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Forecast | index K: Wngs 91 <4$h ML : Mateyl TODAY ; eo||A.sr@ : j i Confessions of a software pirate News 1 High67 II music hold \ ]}B^ i P?8? ? j Viewpoints....4 LoW 44 \ Bft^B|wWlrtln TB ll ll 11/ I II! ^ ^ j : Carolina! 5 my Thursday j P^UB Booker T. b J>-| 1 I IW I I II 1^ The Tennessee Test j comics. 9 tQ. Sunny |k9HQ|^| Washington I r ll I P I y jf^ Bl %. Scott says UT game willt>e measuring stick for inaugurHigh 70 : W,i i ! ^WWM m P al season. | Sports 10 BBim Low 42 Page 5 Page 10 j j Serving USC since 1908 j S Classifieds ...14 NPWQ RPIECC mm w mm am %0 NATIONWIDE Economy tail as robust at previously thought NEW YORK (AP) ? Economic news was mostly grim this week. Consumer confidence fell for the fourth straight month, the dollar hit an all-time low, worker wages are creeping up only slightly and interest rates are rising. Taken together, the news suggested that the economy, which had been thought to be growing at the healthiest clip since the 1990-91 recession, isn't necessarily as robust as forecasters believed. The freshest signals on the economy's direction came from the Conference Board, a New Yorkbased research group. It found consumer confidence dropped in October for the fourth straight month. Consumers who lack confidence in the economy spend less and borrow less. That means merchants sell less, factories cut back on output and employers eliminate jobs. Consumers account for two-thirds of the nation's economic activity. TTifl Pnnfmnca 'Rnarwl ottwKnfiul *MV J^VUIU HVU1UUWU UI? Ul V/JJ largely to rising fear there will be fewer jobs in the months ahead. Consumers also scaled back plans to buy cars, appliances and homes. The results came against not only a backdrop of anxiety over jobs, but a steady rise in interest rates that began early this year when the Federal Reserve reversed a five-year era of lower rates. TODAY Today is Wednesday, Oct. 26, the 299th day of 1994. There are 66 days left in the year. Today's highlight is history: On Oct 26,1881, the Gunfight at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday shot it out with Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's gang were killed; Earp's brothers were wounded. On this date: T? 1 one *i d_; - /-i 1 j i ui xuxxi, uie cine v^tuitu upenea in upsiaie iNew York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. In 1942, the UJ3. ship Hornet was sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War n. In 1949, President Truman signed a measure raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. In 1957, the Soviet Union announced that defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov had been relieved of his duties. In 1958, Pan American Airways flew its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris. The trip took eight hours and 41 minutes. In 1967, the Shah of Iran crowned himself and his Queen after 26 years on the Peacock Throne. In 1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam. NUTfcBUUil Leadership Conference accepting proposals The Office of Leadership Training Programs is now accepting programs proposals for the 1995 Student Leadership Training Conference. The 9th annual conference will be held Saturday, Feb. 4,1995 and the theme is ~Student Leaders: Risk-Takers and Role Models." This concentrated one-day event provides an opportunity for new and established campus leaders to enhance their leadership skill development as well as their personal growth. More than 400 students from southeastern schools attended the 1994 conference. The 1994 conference featured over 30 development workshops focusing on leadership development, organizational skills, diversity issues and successful leadership programming. Proposals are open to faculty, staff and students. Student presenters must have the cooperation from a faculty or staff member. Program proposals may be obtained at the Campus Activities Center in the Russell House University Union and are due by Nov. 11. For more information, contact Michelle Jerome at 777-5780 or by e-mail at T230683@univ8cvm.c8dscarolina.edu Menu offering qualifying test Mensa will be offering a qualifying test Saturday, Nov. 5. Anyone interested should call Mac James at (803) 782-8776. Mensa is an international organization with only one membership requirement: a score higher that 98 percent of the general population on a standardized IQ test. The name stands for round table society, where race, color, creed, national origin, age, politics and educational or social background are irrelevant. PICTURETHIS Source: American Journal Public Health h OABWM. MADDEN The Gamecock Physics TAs MAI UMUNOZ Staff Writer Teaching assistants in the physics department to jeopardize the academic welfare of their stude holding grades, but they refuse to release gradei are some specific changes at the college and univi Nearly two weeks ago, TAs circulated a memo department and to the students stating that all would still be conducting labs and tests, they w lease grades until changes are made concerning tl According to graduate TA Ashley Abbott, th have not been raised in the past five years. "All other colleges in the department have beer nual raises except the Dhvsics department." she sni promised a small raise, but then tuition went upi happened." Abbott said the stipend for physics TAs at thi is almost 50 percent below the mean for southeai stipends, 25 percent below the next lowest depa below the single-person poverty level. Abbott said the College of Science and Math* B I {,^Cob6 Lm Foster responds to a question at a news anchor Carolyn Sawyer, author Alio Sex crimes topic TAMAWA LAW Staff Writer Alice Vachss, author of "Sex Crimes" and former Queens, N.Y., district attorney, was the keynote speaker at a panel discussion on sex crimes in the Russell House Theater Monday. The discussion was on the low prosecution rates of sex crimes and the difficulties of prosecuting sexual assault cases. The panel included 5th Circuit Solicitor Dick Harpootlian, S.C. Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Victims Assistant Officer Jackie Brothers. Sheriff Lee Foster of Newberrv and Investigator for Lexington County Scott Frier. WIS co-anchor Carolyn Sawyer moderated the panel. Vachss spoke on her 10 years experience as a Queens district attorney specializing in sex crimes. She took cases she said no one else wanted to take. "Somebody else in the office didn't want these cases, and for the most part, it was something about the victim. Whether it was a teenager or the victim was inarticulate or the victim was the wrong race or social class or educational background or angry, too angry for what we think of rape victims," she said. Vachss was fired from her job because of her outspokenness on how sex offenders were not getting the punishment they deserved and has since dedicated her time to fighting for rape victims. "We seem to have this standard for rape victims, and we seem willing to apply the most virulent of prejudices against them that we would be embarrassed to even express against any other class of citizens in this country", she said. Vachss also said victims, if given the chance, do want to go to court, and we must give vieMcGuira sunn rr fans to wear g GREQ RtCKABAUQH Staff Writer The stickers are being printed, the fliers are being made, and students are pulling out their green clothing in preparation for the USC-Tennessee game Saturday. No, ifs not an early St. Patrick's Day celebration but a serious attempt to rename the Coliseum for the late USC basketball coach Frank McGuire, who was Irish. "I just think it would be a good idea to name it after him, and I like green," said freshman Reagan Dunaway, who will don her green clothing Saturday in support of the renaming effort. Board of trustees members contacted this week said a show of support Saturday by students and alumni could possibly motivate the board into taking quicker action on the issue. The board holds the authority to rename the Coliseum. The S.C. Bookstore is printing 5,000 stickers with hold grades lionotwant "* ?*ln the * nts by with- been getting annual raises e: 3 until there department. We were promh throughtiie but then tultlen wen though they nothing happen ould not releir stipend. Graduate TA Ashley Al eir 8a^a"es been allocated $100,000 to help depart ? nattier. tile. d"Wewere "Based on... the money that has be and nothing Science and Mathematics, there sho given to TAs considering they are so f ; university southeastern schools," she said, stern school The TAs also believe it is unfair for rtment and SP^ UP over^ead on research grai "I think this is a blatantly unfair si smatics has Koltko. "We've even had TAs quit in th ter because they couldn't afford to lose . ... fitmitT I * -ee Foster panel discussion sponsored by the Rape Crlsl s Vachss, 8.C. Representative Gllda Cobb-Hunt of Rape Crisis Net 84% of rapes each year are never 62% of reported rape cases never of an individual for the crime. 98% of the victims of rape never s tried and imprisoned. Source: Majority Staff of tims a fighting chance. her c The panelists were asked if they thought C< there was such thing as a bad victim. then The panelists said they believed there are "I no bad victims, but said that when there is no solici easy case with crucial evidence, convincing a in th jury can be difficult. areb "Victims can make mistakes, like not re- same porting it, then gathering physical evidence is victii impossible," Harpootlian said. time Frier pointed out that when working with porte victims, he tries to help them as much as pos- tims, sible. pens "It is my responsibility to aid the victim in orters urge ;reen Saturday the slogan, "Nam Sit McGuire Colise urn" which will b available on Thurs day or Friday. Owr ers of Casey^s Jim' Discount Firework are also working 01 fliers to post at tb game in support o the effort. Students gav< mixed reactions to their support on wearing the stick er or green clothing to the game. "Thaf s kind of ridiculous," said freshman Marl Emerson. "Dressing up to support something sound kind of stupid to me." Sophomore Marsha White disagrees. She said i she decides to attendee game, she will wear green McGUIRE page 3 over stip< Although n apartment have erai tas ciaii Kcept the physics 80n involved . ? , job, which wa wd a small raise, iowedtoseek it up and the departme j ? "TV Fnmrl refused to rele abott offered us son Bleiweiss sj rnents in stipend trou- much higher! "I think he en given to the College Kurt," he said uld be a weighted sum Farach wo ar below the mean for Although tl action, those i the department not to they are striki its to pay them. "I don't like tuationsaid TA Kurt ... because thii e middle of the semes- full-blown stri anything else." it turns into tl rwgjr | VAN HOP! The Gamecocf s Network. The panel Included Wt bt and Newberry Sheriff Lee Foste work panel reported. ' result in the apprehension ee their attacker caught, f all rape prosecutions are .missed before trial or result juital. half of all nnnx/intpH ranictc >ct to serve an average of or less behind bars, prosecution is more than likely as a murder ion and 30% more likely bbery prosecution to be d. the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, May 1993 redibility as much as I can," he said. ibb-Hunter said the system does believ s are bad victims. do not think there are bad victims. Thi tor, the law enforcement people, judgei e tri-county area certainly believe then ad victims," she said. "They believe in th< > points the speaker made, the race of th< q, what she may have been doing at the of the assault, whether or not it was re d. What happens when they are bad vie when they are inarticulate, what hap is those cases do not go to court." VACHSS page 2 Diversity Week "94 conti Afternoon With Dori Sande Administrative Employee C Russell House Ballroom. 1 who wltl speak and take qi e "Clover." At 9 p.m. in the Russell I e Program Union will present h Wedding Banquet" will run h p.m., in the Russeil House Other activities this afternc Jp%ing a Caring CaroliV g ^ptude^ljesponse to Sexu f if 7-8:3011|n., Russell Housi If Intern! jional Dinner: tod e ^ 1 Coloui| | of the Rainbow: l||Communify: today from 8-9 Intentional Coffee Hou s. ana Monties: /-y p i 3nd dispute lost of the faculty supports the TAs actions, se\ n that a faculty member threatened every pel in the situation with termination of his or he s of concern to the TAs because they are not a outside employment without permission fror *%4 lib. i basically threatened us with termination if w ase the grades," said TA Michael Bleiweiss. "H lewhere around $730 to stop striking." aid Farach was adamant about pointing out hot Koltko's salary was to each TA he threatened figured it might upset us and turn us agains uld not comment on the situation. lere is only one TA who is openly opposed to th vho are reacting do not want it to be said tha ing. i the fact that people are accusing us of coercioi i is after two years," Koltko said. This is not i ke. It is only a grade strike for right now, unti le real thing." 1 Race drives majority of bate crimes ANNE PAGE Staff Writer While most hate crimes are racially-motivated, victims are also targeted according to religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity, according to speakers at a forum on hate crime Monday. A panel of professors, law enforcement professionals and minority groups members discussed hate crime in a College of Criminal Justice-sponsored forum, "When Hate Turns to Crime." Assistant Dean of the College of Criminal Justice and panel moderator Danny Baker said federal legislation in 1990 created the Hate Crimes Statistics Act that mandated the annual reporting of hate crimes. The.first report, c published in 1993, showed 60 percent S of all hate crimes in the previous year r. were racially-motivated, followed by crimes where victims were targeted according to religion, sexual orientation or ethnicity. According to USC Law Enforcement I and Safety Investigator Michael Couick, v beginning to gather data on hate-motivatbd cnmes is just the first step. Couick said South Carolina is one of only three states with no legislation specifically designed to handle hate crimes. While a crime may be classified as assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, Couick said, it will not be prosecuted specifically as a hate crime. According to Couick, USC Law Enforcement and Safety, unlike municipal police departments, has the special opportunity to deal with bias crimes through Student Affairs. Hate crimes are committed primarily by more than one perpetrator to maintain the presumed superiority of one group over another, College of Criminal Justice professor Andrew J. Chishom said. He warned that hate may not always be an obvious motive. "As we examine the statistical realities relating to hate crime, we have to also consider that hate can be an incognito process as well," Chishom said. Marsha Brown, Assistant Director e of the Columbia Jewish Community Center, said hate crimes do not necesi sarily have to be violent and personal * in nature. Brown told of the defacing of i a Jewish-owned business in Columbia i less than a year ago. i "You cannot always regulate thought, i but you can regulate behavior," Brown said, emphasizing the importance of the legal system in the prevention of hate crimes. Panelist and Bisexual, Gay and Les Jbian Asaoaation member Catherine FTyHATE CRIMES page 2 nues this week, starting with "An rs." "Afternoon," sponsored by the lub, will take place at 4 p.m. in the | rhe event will present Sanders, lestions about her new book, House Theater, the Carolina "Last of the Mohicans." "The from Thursday - Saturday at 9|f Theater. ?n and Friday are as follows: ia Community: The University and al Assault on Campus: today from 3 Theater. ay from 7-8:30 p.m.. Horseshoe. Diversity Within the Gav p.m., Russell Hou$e Room 203. se, Topic: Holy War?i Mixing .m., Friday, Russell House 3rd . ^ CPU/ Gamecock Graphics