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Forecast : ^ ^ i Index S TODAY ; GameCOCkS i : Van Damme's new action film bombs. : News 1 Hkjh70 ; ^9^^? thrash \ US^ Pa9e5 i Viewpoints....4 Low 62 : Wildcats to j TB j i Carolina! 5 H Tuesday ! L^lfeJi go 3*1. m Vflll I mm I I II Im ': ': comics 6 Cloudy : pf^' p 7 ^r^MJ I 1 Til \ % I % ': Death row High 69 I rNL J j ^ j Convicted murderer should be allowed to waive appeal. I Sports 7 LOW60 j j Serving USC since 1908 j Page 4 j Classifieds 8 imjobriefsi WORLDWIDE Simpson trial starts today LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The O. J. Simpson murder trial formally begins today amid all the anticipation and hoopla appropriate for a case that has attracted worldwide attention. And hardly anyone will see a thing. The jury selection process will be conducted outside the courtroom pool camera's eye as the judge tries to protect potential jurors from the media glare. For the next month or more, news from the case will be dominated by the tedious yet critical task of finding 12 minds unpolluted by pretrial publicity and Simpson's fame. "We've been through so much," said Robert Pugsley, professor at Southwestern University Law School, "that by the time the 'actual' trial starts, with opening statements and both sides presenting their cases, it will seem like double jeopardy." IRA thugs beat up teens TJCT I? A err /ADA C u-U DDiii ntJi, 11 ui uiciii jLicicuiu yru. ) ? vravui oniyui and several other teen-agers lie in a west Belfast hospital, their limbs slashed and shattered by the nail-spiked cudgels and iron bars of IRA men. The Irish Republican Army has called a ceasefire against British forces, but in Roman Catholic neighborhoods, its punishment squads continue ' to bludgeon men and boys implicated in "antiso-. rial behavior." Activists who support those beaten or forced into exile want American officials to raise the is sue witn uerry Adams, leader or tne lka s allied Sinn Fein political party, who began a visit to the United States on Saturday. "They think in America that the IRA only shoots at army and police, but look what they do to their own people," said Ann Smyth, 39, the mother of Gavin and five other boys. "Their gangs are still beating up anyone they like. It makes a laughingstock of the cease-fire." TODAY Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of the year. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 26,1789, Thomas Jefferson was apJ A?M AM AA'H ? wif AMr Of nf A TAUM puuiieu ninei tea a 111 at ucti ctai j ui uiaic, uu 1111 Jay the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood the first Postmaster-General, and Edmund Jennings Randolph the first Attorney General. On this date: In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution. In 1892, John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band performed publicly for the first time at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, N.J. In 1918, the Meuse-Argonne offensive against the Germans began during World War I. In 1950, United Nations troops in the Korean Conflict recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans. In 1960, the first of four televised debates between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took place in Chicago. In 1969, the family comedy series 'The Brady Bunch" premiered on ABC. 1980, the Cuban government abruptly closed Mariel Harbor, ending the "freedom flotilla" boatlift of Cuban refugees that began the previous April. In 1986, William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief iustice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as its 103rd member. In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Ariz., called Biosphere 2, a project intended to develop technology for future space colonies. One year ago: Eight people emerged from the glass dome of Biosphere 2 in the Arizona desert after being sealed inside for two years in an experiment dogged by setbacks and controversy. NOTEBOOK Neon Owners Wanted A team of journalism students are competing in a national case competition focusing on the Chrysler Neon. If you are a Neon owner and have a few minutes to give the team feedback, call Professor Jon Wardrip at 777-3301 or 777-3297 and leave a message. Correction In the Sept. 23 issue of the Gamecock, student senator Ralph Wilson was the proponent of the Minority Affairs Committee amendment for the restructuring of Freshman Council. PICTURETHIS yib | use STUDENTS 1? i REFERRED TO ,W g STUDENT 3* ? DISCIPLINE Jim** J a BY GENDER 7 I * 1987-'92 L?I 79% WERE STUDENTS y/pi2|M^SP^ & M 21% WERE FEMALE \! ! GABRIEL MADDEN The Gamecock W Gunshots fi ANNE PAGE Staff writer ERIN GALLOWAY Assistant News Editor Two gunshots were fired on Greene Street after a Delta Sigma Theta-sponsored dance at the Russell House early Sunday morning, and three suspects have been arrested, according to USC spokeswoman Debra Allen. "At approximately 1:10 to 1:15 a.m., several fights broke out in front of the Russell House. USCPD were on the scene and at tempted to break them up," Allen said. The police investigated after they heard several gunshots fired. Benedict College students Daryl Randall Cat's Cradle ^^B^ Br Pwf - *- m . Ct s 3oHW'ik Pharmacy freshman Tori Echeverrl during the Volunteer Fair on the Ru Housing offer DORA DEVERA Staff Writer , For less than $20 a night, USC visitors car stay on campus in the new guest rooms in the Towers. The rooms on the sixth and seventh floors of Laborde are available for alumni, studenl and faculty guests and visiting graduate students. "Its purpose is to provide short-term hous ing for visitors," Gene Luna, director of Hou& ing and Residential Services, said. Responding to requests for non-student oncampus housing, the Capstone Conference Cen ter and housing services devised the guesthousing plan and renovated the rooms during the summer months. The guest rooms are providing a necessary service, Luna said. Guests were designated 70 beds, and dur ing Parents' Weekend only two guest room: were left vacant. "I didn't know that it would fill up," Lun? said. About 20 members of the City Year servia corps are currently staying at Laborde, ac cording to Danielle Williams, graduate assis tant at the Capstone Conference Center. During October and November, a team o Russian athletes will take up residence on th< guest floors. a1/\ miAofo orn nn fka ommr*4-V j. cuiaic gacoio ait 11 wu^wu v/n tuc ocvciiu floor, and male guests stay one floor below. I parents want to share a room, they are usual 9-23-94 Malicious Injury to Persona Property, Blossom Street Garage A complainant reported an unknown per son tampered with her license plate, makin, the characters unreadable. 9-23-94 Burglary, Petit Larceny, Resist ing Arrest A complainant told USCPD he observe! the subject enter a residence and leave wit! several pieces of clothing. The subject initial! resisted arrest but was taken in custody an transported to Richland County Detentioi Center. a nrt A i T . ^ T> 1 m U-ZZ-U4 Larceny 01 jdooks, i nomas L/Oop er Library A victim told police he placed his book on the hallway floor and left to use the re stroom. When the student returned, his book were missing. Estimated value: $104. 9-22-94 Malicious Injury to Real Prop erty A Woodrow Hall resident reported a van dalized window pane. 9-22-94 Malicious Injury to Real Prop erty, Woodrow Hall A complainant reported hearing glas breaking and sounds of a struggle. The res; dents told officers that while they wer red Saturda1 t "At aooroximatelv 1:10 to 1:15 a. of the Russell House. USCPD w< break 1 USC Spokesw Tisdale and Dandelo R. Shull were arrested along with USC student Thomas Dockery. Tisdale was charged with carrying a weapon near a public building or college and disorderly conduct. Shull was charged with disorderly conduct. Dockery was charged with disorderly conduct and a minor in possession of alcohol. KIM TRUETT The Gamecock holds a kitten at the Pets Inc. table iccall U/iM?a natln FriHav s guest rooms ly placed on the sixth floor, but all female guesl must use the bathroom on the seventh floo: All the guest rooms feature some amen J ties available at most hotels, including be linens, towels, ice buckets and alarm clock; Luna said the rooms were repainted an refurnished on a budget between $8,000 an $9,000. Guests are charge $18 per person, p< night in a single room, or $12 per person pe night in a double room. "All of the funds that are earned this wa are reinvested into the residence halls," Lun said. Reservations for the rooms can be made b , students, faculty and staff at Capstone Coi ference Center. j Guests must follow a visitation policy sin ilar to the one for Laborde's full-time resident % fi ir li _i _____ i_ _ ii J! i.__. _f_._ T _l iviixe i\eiiy, resiaence nan airecior ior l^auoi 5 de, said. For example, a female student may visi ! her boyfriend who is staying in a guest roon but she must be escorted by him at all times ; and she must leave the room by 2 a.m. Sti dents who visit parents in the guest rooms ma be exempt from some of the visitation rules Guests are provided a key and key chai f to show thev are not Laborde residents. The i are also given a 15-minute permit to park i the drop-off zone on Sumter Street in front < 1 the dorm to unload luggage. During their sta; f guests may park at the Computer Services lc - by purchasing a parking pass for $2 per da; 1 wrestling, one of the men put his hand through a window. The man had a cut on his right hand but refused offers of medical treatment g Estimated value: $40. 9-21-94 Strong-Armed Robbery, RusseU > House A victim notified police that while he was i at the Russell House near the ATMs, he was h approached y by three susd pects wear- I n ing skimasks who l. rtamnnrlfvl mnnpv Tht? virtim cravp $10 tn thf suspects who left on foot, s 9-21-94 Larceny, Physical Science Building s A blue, leather purse and wallet includ ing keys and credit cards were reported stolen >- Estimated value: $85. 9-21-94 Non-Suspicious Vehicle Fire i- Bates Cafeteria Loading Zone A USC Transportation Services van dri - ver was alerted his van was on fire by an on looker. USCPD and Columbia Fire Depart s ment officers responded and distinguished i- the flaming vehicle. , e 9-21-94 Larceny of Books and Book Bag y night at Rusi ; exit ,m., several fights broke out in front ^ ere on the scene and attended to them up " the /oman Debra Allen abj Eyewitnesses said a crowd of approximately i 50 dance attendees fled Greene Street when two shots were fired. According to one eyewitness, the group ac- pro: companying the shooting suspect pulled up to - left the crowd in what appeared to be a red Volkswagon Jetta and a gray four-door car. After ter Tissue cutback GREG RICKABAUGH StaffWriter mor i USC housing has stopped giving toilet paper to its apartment-style residents. com Depending on who you ask, residents are two raising a stink about it. h?u Susan Simpson, Horseshoe resident hall director, has received complaints after many deci residents used their last roll and didn't find any] more waiting by their door. ing. "I don't think it is hard to add toilet paper ] to a groceiy list, but if students are upset about mer it, it's important to me," Simpson said about 0n I the change. . Angry residents point to higher housing fees accompanied by shrinking services. < "They raise our tuition every semester. I g don't see why they can't give us toilet pa- ^ per,"Nimisha Sangani, a resident of HarperElliot, said. "Next semester, they may say you have to pay for water." " f Patterson gets it, why shouldn t wer Mz- xt ^ abeth Edwards, Pinckney-Legare resident and Horseshoe government senator, asked. resi A Horseshoe resident said, "I pay enough the to live here, I feel I deserve one service." Housing officials are scraping to provide Felt explanations, but answers are varied. ly. It's to save money, Facilities Coordinator Bob Holdeman said. Bates West toilet paper bee distribution was cut out last year, saving $2,000, while they hope to save between $8,000 and we $10,000 this year by cutting apartment-style jet>? benefits. Not so, according to Gene Luna, director of Housing and Residential Services. Hous- *?ee intr has navar nmvidad it tn pradnata and fam ily housing, and they are not sure private apart- P ments need it. Luna said they often find rolls' stock-piled, thrown out or used at football *ior games. add Resident Life Director Linda Newman explained, "If s just another effort by the facili- for i ties department to be good stewards of the ern: More women ts r. STEPHANIE SONNENFELD Staff Writer gr More and more women from all racial a<J and ethnic groups are taking the Graduate U? ?j Record Examinations General Test (GRE), ^ accounting for the dramatic increase of U.S. fu ;r citizens taking the GRE in the past decade. *n !r According to an Educational Testing Service (ETS) report, the number of males tak- se y ing the GRE rose 77 percent since 1983, while P? a the number of females rose 112 percent. This ^ is just one of the findings presented in "Trends or (V JP* Qfofiefi/*o okrtiif rLxnAYvxl Taof Pv V V* X 1 U11IUO. Uiatli3lIU9 CUA/Ut Vl^lICiai l&Ob JJA*" aminees by Sex and Ethnicity," written by in ETS research scientist Jerilee Grandy. w< Also included within the report are sta- ps tistics regarding ethnic differences in the fe: numbers and percentages of test takers, in- th it tended graduate fields of study, highest de- gr grees planned and undergraduate institu- G] 3, tions attended. ca i- "This report should be a valuable addi- m y tion to information available to policymak3 ers and scholars of graduate education," Char- wi n lotte Kuh, executive director of GRE, said. ye J "It describes the growing diversity of Amer- qv ican applicants to graduate school and the ze change in choices among types of graduate id programs. Much available data concerns the ^ outputs of graduate education?that is, de- cj; i USC Bookstore vale ; A student reported while he was shop- 9-19 ping his black Eddie Bauer book bag was re- Wes mnvoH frnm sfrnrncro r*nJ-\ir>loa in tVio frnnt nf i I the store. Estimated value of bag and con- pros tents: $140. The ! 9-21-94 Larceny of Bicycle Tire, Pendle- ask, i ton Street Garage resj ^^WOm^an re" subj ^ was secured by a Ubolt lock to a hand rail. Estimated me[ value: $75. 9-20-94 Forgery, USC Coliseum jf A victim said while going over his check- ^1 ing account he noted a check signed in hand- ' ar writing other than his own, and did not re- i call making out the check. The man later dis- nort covered the check was used by a former a m roommate to pay late fees to the University, stri Amount of check: $10.25. neel I 9-19-94 Larceny, USCBookstore and A vender reported fc^V class rings were was , stolen from a display tahe. Total estimated pita feiMI sell House ;ing their cars, the men approached the vd, a fistfight began and shots were fired. The same eyewitness asked an officer at scene to help disperse the crowd while the lights were occurring. The officer told her icn.-up uiiii was on me way. The incident, she said, may have stemmed a a scuffle that occurred at the dance apidmately an hour and a half before guests the Russell House Ballroom. Police locked the Greene Street gates afthe incident. causes stink ley you all pay us." Whatever the reasons, housing is trying to pensate for recent complaints by offering rolls to residents who request it at area sing offices. We continue to make it available, but we ided our cleaning ladies won't deliver it more," Luna said. "We prefer them cleann Housing officials admit they hope apartlt-style residents do not become dependent JSC toilet paper. Residents finding no toilet paper by their r are turning to other methods. "I know people who are taking it from othlaces, like other dorms," Bates West resit Janne Yee said. fee lived at Wade Hampton last year, but doesn't use USC's toilet paper, describing 3 "sandpaper." While the issue draws snickers from many dents, most would like to understand why service was discontinued. Tm not angry about it," resident Becky iwicksaid. "But why? It seems kind of silHow much can it save them?" Holdeman said the housing budget has n shrinking every year. "We're trying to pinch money everywhere can," Holdeman said. "We just figured, \ tiy this." Other cutbacks include not purchasing ded equipment, overtime hours being reed and a waiting period on hiring new emcees, he said. While students continue to voice opposii to the change, Luna hopes students will ress resident hall government. "If students are upset, it is a viable issue students to bring up at resident hall govment meetings," he said. taking GRE ees. This data tell us more about the charteristics of those who aspire to attend gradtte school," Kuh said. Other information in the report includes ich findings that Asian-American females eluded computer sciences among their top re choices to study in graduate school, while rvice-oriented fields like nursing, clinica] lychology and social work continue to be ghly selected by females regardless of racia] ethnic groups. The ethnic groups showing the greatesl creases in female examinees since 1982 jre Asian-Americans (244 percent) and His inics (236 percent). The number of whit< male test takers rose 106 percent during is time. Among all racial/ethnii oups, more females than males took th< RE in 1991-1992. Among African-Ameri ins, there were nearly twice as many fe ales as male test takers. To obtain such information about wh< as taking the GRE, the ETS included a sur y of questions with the GRE. Some of thes< lestions asked if the taker was a U.S. citi in, their specific gender and racial/ethnii entity and if the test taker had an inten m to go to graduate school and in what spe tic Held ot study, le: $1,600. >-94 Simple Assault and Battery, Bates it \ complainant reported a woman aptched her and started causing problems, subject reportedly became hostile when ed to leave the room and swung at the dent, grazing the side of her head. The ect later returned to the room and threat1 the complainant. Individuals in the room ltually forced the subject to leave again. )-94 Larceny, Construction Site at olina Plaza Workers notified USCPD of stolen equiplt including two portable radios, a drill or, an electronic rolodex, a phone and a e saw. Estimated value: $1,150. f-94 Assault, Williams Brice Stadium 'king Lot \ woman reported while walking in the liwest corner of the stadium parking lot etal bolt thrown by an unknown person ick her in the right portion of her face, t and chest. Stadium First Aid Explorers EMS responded to the scene. The victim transported t^Bichland Memorial Hos> 1 for treatment.