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Forecast / : : Index V v 1 / . . . . : An<l a PowerPC In a Pear Tree \?Qf TODAY Independent - A ! Marc LaFountain lists the best and worst of holiday shop- ; News 1 IgL jg? I r^^RaglngR?8e j ^ ll j *ht^M . I Viewpoin?s....4 Low 56 j /1f'\ Recofd* | NSsnuS* <-^/11h11Y| ilPfl i i Carolina! 5 S?3 % takes on the : B ^Bll III 1/ I III I4 : THURSDAY ^ji .. m | | W\ \ | Comics 7 Cloudy, rainy I } wono /Ell I I E : Tigerburned High 75 j f Page 5 W ; Lady Gamecock volleyball cant top Clemson, 3-0 Sports 9 Low5? j j( j Serving use since 1908 j Pa9e 9 ~ j Classifieds ...10 NEWS BRIEFS NATIONWIDE Scientists make gains in AIDS research PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Scientists say they have discovered a protein that may activate the AIDS virus in the body and cause it to develop into AIDS. The discovery by University of Pennsylvania scientists could lead to treatments that might enable infected people to put the human immunodeficiency virus on hold indefinitely. They still would cany the virus but might not contract the fatal disease itself. HIV-infected people can be healthy and live for years before the virus attacks the body's immune system. A protein isolated from a gene in HIV carriers appears to tell infected cells when to start repro during the virus, the researchers said in an article published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Nava Sarver, one of the chief scientists in the AIDS division of the National Institutes of Health, said the study is interesting but very preliminaiy. Usually, studies such as study chief David Werner's that are conducted in the laboratory do not hold up when tested in bodies, she said. The study centered on one of nine known HIV genes, "vpr." The gene produces a protein, known by the capitalized abbreviation "Vpr," that appears to be necessary before infected cells can produce new, infected viral particles that in turn infect other cells, Weiner said. TODAY Today is Wednesday, Nov. 9, the 313th day of 1994. There are 52 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: Five years ago, on Nov. 9,1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall. On this date: In 1872, fire destroyed nearly a thousand buildings in Boston. In 1918, Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands. In 1935, United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization as part of the American Federation of Labor. T_ inOO XT mmnnnmino no 1X1 IVOOj i^cu.13 luutcu anu. uuincvi ojnaguguco co well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht In 1953, author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39. In 1963, twin disasters struck Japan as some 450 miners were killed in a coal-dust explosion, and 160 people died in a train crash. In 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. In 1967, a Saturn 5 rocket carrying an unmanned Apollo spacecraft blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a successful test flight. In 1970, former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79. In 1990, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a historic non-aggression ireaiy wnn Germany, winning praise from German leaders for his role in the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall. Ten years ago: A bronze statue by Frederick Hart, titled "Three Servicemen," was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. The statue, depicting a trio of battle-weaiy soldiers, was included in response to criticism that the memorial did not adequately represent Vietnam vetr erans. One year ago: Vice President A1 Gore and Ross Perot debated the North American Free Trade Agreement on CNNs "Larry King Live." Edward J. Rollins, who had managed New Jersey Gov.-elect Christine Todd Whitman's campaign, set off a furor by asserting New Jersey Republicans had paid money to curb black voter turnout, a claim denied by Whitman and retracted by Rollins. NOTEBOOK Continuing education to offer classes in January The University of South Carolina's Division of Continuing Education is offering college courses for adults Jan. 16 - March 3 in Irmo and Northeast Columbia. Courses will be offered from 5:45 - 8:30 p.m. Tuesday's and Thursdays at the Lake Murray Technology Center in Irmo and Mondays through Thursdays at Spring Valley High School in Northeast Colnmhin For registration and other information about continuing education programs at USC, call 7779446. PICTUREwis Demographics 5 million \ ^ik \ Americans claim w Surprisingly, 553,850 of V\f~\ these Americans are over \ 50 years old Soit-rce: Motorcycle Industry council ^ V\\ GABRIEL MADDEN The Gamecock y> Honors Collej STEPHANIE SONNENFELP Staff Writer The Oct. 30 suicide of Tom Brock, a junior biology major at USC, saddened many in both the USC and Columbia communities. Brock, who was in the South Carolina Honors College, transferred to USC from Furman University in Greenville after his freshman year. He was valedictorian of Airport High School in the greater Columbia area. Brock received the Funnan University Pres lUUliUCU kA<ilUlUl Olii^ VK/V M. VUllVtVID WVUV1UI ship, Palmetto Fellows Scholarship and the Robert Byrd Scholarship, and he received a National Merit Scholarship. In addition, Brock Beasley "It's been a COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? Republican Davit Beasley led a GOP sweep of the Statehousi Tuesday by beating Democrat Nick Theodor tn become South Carolina's next governor. Beasley had about 51 percent of the vote t AA nArr*>nt fnr ThpnHnrp with 95 nerrfint. nf t.h r ? I precincts reporting. The victory was just one c seven Republican wins in statewide offices "It feels absolutely great," Beasley told Th Associated Press at midnight. "If s been a nei vous, wrenching night." Theodore conceded shortly after midnighl "I ask one last favor of all of you... lef s help th new governor of South Carolina. Because thi is not about politics, this is about our childrer our grandchildren. This is about the future < South Carolina." In the race to succeed Theodore as lieutenar governor, Republican Bob Peeler defeated D( mocrat Liz Patterson. With 96 percent of th vote counted, Peeler had 54 percent to Pattei son's 45 percent. It is the first time this century that Sout flarnlina has had Remihlirans simultaneous! than 6 and a plan to give voters the right to n ject state and local tax increases. An exit poll seemed to show that worker His strongest support among those question* came from those who described family valu< as one of the election's two most important i sues. Beasley also won support from those wl viewed crime as a key issue. Tomorrow, we rest And Thursday, we sta putting together an administration that wi Republican COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? South Carolina Republicans virtually swept state and con gressional races Tuesday after a campaign that voters say disgusted them with nasty politicking but drew the electorate out in force. David Beasley won the governor's race and Bob Peeler won the lieutenant governor's race, the first time this century that Republicans have controlled the state's two top offices. Republican Charlie Condon won the attorney general's race. Republicans also took three contested congressional races and gave incumbent Democrat John Spratt a scare before he finally won. In the state House, Republicans made solid gains that put them within a hair of winning a majority for the first time since Reconstruction. Though voters from Kershaw to Charleston called this one of the most negative campaigns in years, they turned out in droves. 1 thought it was ugly. Fm real sick of it," said Jake Knieht of Columbia, 29 and a re al estate appraiser. "I think the general public is really fed up." The number of voters who turned out could break a record for a year when there is no presidential race, election officials said. Tve checked with counties from the coast to the mountains, and they say it's a much much bigger turnout than anybody anticipated," said Jim Hendrix, executive director of the state Election Commission. Turnout was close to the earlier projections by elections officials of900,000, or about 60 percent of the state's re^ stered voters. ge to hold mei "What scared me the most about this he was premed, he was biology. You, someone might be in by looking at the thing like this cai Honors College biology se was director of the Mount Hebron United ria Methodist Church's youth choir and was a lec member of the church's Chancel Choir and the Adult Handbell Choir. de: Jim Stiver, associate dean of the South Car- hi] in the state's two top offices. The win for Beasley, a 37-year-oid forme legislator who switched parties three years ag helped bring Republican dominance to a stat that Democrats had solidly controlled until th early 1980s. The GOP also took five other statewide o fices, in one case upsetting 27-year incumber Democratic Treasurer Grady Patterson. R< publicans also appeared close to gaining coi trol of the 124-member state House of Repri sentatives. But a hoarse Beasley seemed to suggest ths his life as governor-elect would not change muc Wednesday. Til get up and make my childre some pancakes," Beasley said, laughing. He campaigned, promising to "put famili< first," with tax cuts for senior citizens, increase +qv ovamnHnna fnr familipfl wifVi rViilrhvn vnnncn olina Honors College, has organized a memo- Br squeaks nervous, wrei e e o I "L M jj^M pp^_ '^ESj^^HH^n ISk yg|^^k yij e ^^^^MEmmPI h y Iw- ^*4* m mHBF^ nr ^a j> ?_ e e fMBi^^MWBSBP!yrar^^.< ^ ?:;-J?MM^M f- I ii it i. || jEj^ran^ * ??% iyfiHrag ^ put families first Black families and white, rich ^ families and poor families, two parent families ^ and one. Whole families, and broken families. Blue-collar, white-collar and no-collar," Beaslej told supporters in his victory speech. We will embrace policies that will put famrt ilies back in control of their destiny," he said j j One-fifth of the voters surveyed in the exil poll identified themselves as members of the $ sweep state Knight is a self-described Republican, m Riil Via aVinaa TVamMi/>V TVonilnro fnr I T ^ X-t UW 11V V11V/OV 1/ViUVVlUK A 1 ivn llivvuwi v iVl " " governor because Knight said he worried & about the influence of conservative Christians on Republican David Beasle/s campaign. Catherine Nordan, a 35-year-old pharmacy manager in Lugoff, started as a Beasley ^ supporter but then questioned her loyalty after negative ads from Theodore. In the end, however, the attacks left her disgusted and turned her back to Beasley, s||g| she said. Lieutenant Governor Republican Bob Peeler won with 54 percent to Democrat Liz Patterson's 45 percent # with 91 nercent of nrecincts reDortine. The two sought to replace Theodore. Though the office has few formal powers, Patterson, a ? 54-year-old former member of Congress and ||||| the state Senate, said she would push for a ban on parole and tougher penalties for those who abuse nursing home patients. Peeler, 42 and making his first attempt at a major asam office, said he could brine the common-sense *88S8*4 business approach to state government that he learned as an executive at his family's daiiy farm. He campaigned with a large replica of a cow. Attorney General Republican Charles Condon's victory to gave the Republicans a position previously held by a Democrat. With 91 percent of the P3^ vote in, Condon had 56 percent to Democ- Pno] rat Dick Harpootlian's 44 percent. Incum- s*at< bent Travis Medlock lost a gubernatorial bid in Septembers primaiy. Condon h \d accused tru^ Harpootiian of neglecting his job as solicitor sPee mortal for suici< _ , _ T ~ and piano, i suicide was he was one of us: . who wouid just don't know how much pain music, im. It just scares you that some- , stiver d close conne n happen," . Tproba, nior Eva Imperial We always did our ad' 1 service for Brock Monday at 4 p.m. in RutIge Chapel. things tha The service is an opportunity for those stu- when he wj nts and faculty who knew Brock to remember depressed, m through personal recollections. Because "Sometii ock was an accomplished musician in voice by Nick!; iching night" jJbHK VAN HOPE The Gamecock Governor-elect David Beasley celebrates his victory Tuesday night. The Republican's win gives the party another four years of control after Carroll Campbell's two terms. Democratic candidate Nick Theodore lost the race by 20,000 of 900.000 votes. MATT UNDLER The Gamecock religious right. Four out of five of those voted J for Beasley, a Southern Baptist who became a i born-again Christian in 1985. i The exit poll on the issues was based on 892 interviews Tuesday with South Carolina votf era outside precincts around the state, conducted by Voter News Service, a cooperative of the four television networks and The Associated Press. Democrats had hoped a victoiy by Theodore, : a 66-year-old businessman who has been lieuBEASLEY page 3 congressions 111 L'J k GOVERNOR % COM D: Nick Theodore 4* D;& R: David Beasley 51 R: D< N;Wayr*8. &*H* 1 &W& U: John Peeples 1 D: Gi LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ,R; Ri D: Liz Patterson ,,,,,,,,.,,,,........45 L: Dc N: Charies E. Bunch 1 D: R< SEPRETARY 0ESTME;^II8IS11III-R: U D: Milton Kimpson 33 L: Rc U: Ted Adams 2 D: Jii ^>dfTdRNEYGENEjflAL WKKKKKKKHKM n? Hi<~k Warrwrtlian dd -<V II R Charge Cannonv:: - ^ J? EDUCATIpN SUPERINTENDENT R; B< 0: Sylvia. Weinberg: IIS1'U.S, R: Barbara Nielsen 57 D; Jc ' U; JSalpb Urtdbia4 tC & U AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER U.S. 0; trmcy Ch&tere 38 .s D;J? R: Les Tindal 62 R: G ADJUTANT ammAt ??SIlf*IIIi D: Stan Spears 58 D: D; R^Tom H^ndnx iSU " ^ 42 , R: Br impaign and called the Democrat "a politi- a tough can lack who will readily abuse his office for wislfc the Re isan gain." Tuesday night, Condon said his Educati rity would be to reduce violent crime in the Rermbl e. Harpootlian had promised to end feder- won 5 fersight of the state's prisons and work for Sylvia Weir h-in-sentence legislation. In his concession sch, Harpootlian complimented Condon for le victim a piano will be available for those like to remember Brock through scided to hold the service due to his ction with Brock, bly knew Tom as well as anybody, had a good time together when we visement, but we always talked - s. But, we never really talked about t bothered him. I never saw him is depressed because when he was he ran," Stiver said, nes some of us feel more alone than SUICIDE page 3 OxFam banquet tonight PETE REIP Staff Writer Carolina OxFam will hold its annual Hunger Banquet at 6 p.m. today at the Baptist Student Union. The banquet will create a real-life atmosphere of the world's hunger problem by feeding those who attend in proportion to how the rest of the world eats, according to PALM co-president Stephen Harms. "60 percent of the world's population eats the equivalent of rice and water, 25 percent only eat the equivalent rice and beans, while only 15 percent eat a real balanced meal," Harms said. "Our presentation will reflect this proportion by giving 60 percent of the audience rice and wa ter to eat, 25 percent the rice and beans, and 15 percent a meal of sweet and sour chicken rice and a dessert." The banquet is open to all students regardless of religious affiliation and will present additional entertainment by a band, Shade of Grey, and skits prepared by PALM. Carolina OxFam, the organization sponsoring the event, is a nonprofit organization that teaches farmers in underprivileged countries how to farm and provides educational support to teach them how to provide for their nutritional needs. "OxFam does not use the money it raises to buy food to be distributed to famished people. Instead, OxFam uses the money to educate the farmers of a region of when to plant, what to plant, and how to maintain the soil nutrients. OxFam works to give the fanners the necessaiy tools to become self-sufficient." said Harms. OxFam is also sponsoring The Day of Fast Nov. 16, when they want everyone to give up food and drinks and donate the saved money to OxFam. The Baptist Student Union is located at 700 Pickens St. OxFam requests a donation of $3 per person for students and $5 from the public. offices IPTROLLER GENERAL % 3ll Baker 47 tmnm 11 Hi ? rady Patterson 47 ^ ^ chard Eckstromi) ;?. 50 ivid Morris 3 Dbert Barber 32 arfc Sanlorcl:.^}^Sl?8^>bert Payne 1 HOUSE (3rdDIStflHeW5l 7i Bryan 37 ndsay. liH HOUSE (4th DISTRICT) any Db Inglis 70 HOUSE (5th OiStiRICT):!! >hn Spratt 52 ?rry Bigham H 148 11 HOUSE (6th DISTRICT) m Clybum liilillll 6$HI! ary McLeod 32 ennis Bolt not avail. arnoy Giese hot avail; III! lpaign and asked his supporters to ipublican luck in a difficult job. on Superintendent ican incumbent Barbara Nielsen 7 percent of the vote to Democrat iberg's 40 percent, with 91 percent REPUBLICANS page 1J