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Forecast _ : ^ . i Index : Faklaris : MJ : Radio days : Bf TODAY |.. . . _ -jfit) a Annie's welcomes Small Factory, Low and Imp for ; News 1 EL. $3 ; Wfiff/ ; g" : Low 52 j iBjBL.i ireoare for : F*rWj \ Tq of the c|ass j Car?'ina! 4 THURSDAY NCAA I I I l| I I II |^L Fogler signs three of the state's top prospects for the Comics 6 ^ Cy70 V j /]\J tournament j \^/VH I IVVVVlli = season. j sports 7 LoW 52 j ?age7 j Serving USC since 1908 i - j Classifieds... 10 NEWS BRIEFS WORLDWIDE BMW conducts plant-opening ceremony GREER, S.C. (AP) ? BMW officially opened its first American manufacturing plant with fireworks, a svmDhonv orchestra performance and speeches ^ X V by company officials and outgoing Gov. Carroll Campbell. "Little old South Carolina is a big league player in the global economy. BMW stepped up to the plate," Campbell said at Tuesday's ceremony. The German automaker has been making 3-series sedans for two months at its $400 million Spartanburg County plant along Interstate 85. South Carolina beat out dozens of other states to land the BMW plant. "What we were really looking for was competency, integrity and involvement. And after an exhaustive search we found all those elements here in Upstate South Carolina," Helmut Panke, chief of BMWs North American operations, said at Tuesday's ceremony. TODAY Today is Wednesday, Nov. 16, the 320th day of 1994. There are 45 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Nov. 16,1933, the United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. President Roosevelt sent a telegram to Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov in which he expressed hope that U.S.Soviet relations would "forever remain normal and friendly." On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washings/in rln?-ir>rr tVio American Ravnlntirvn In 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and his troops began their March to the Sea during the Civil War. In 1885, Canadian rebel Louis Riel was executed for high treason. In 1889, playwright and director George S. Kaufman was born in Pittsburgh. In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th state of the union. In 1959, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway, starring Mary Martin as Maria von Trapp. In 1961, House Speaker Samuel T. Rayburn died in Bonham, Texas, having served as speaker since 1940 except for two terms. In 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his second trial of charges he'd murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn, in 1954. In 1973, Skylab Three, carrying a crew of three American astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an 84-day mission. T? 1 O70 PmaiAlanf Wivnn oi rr-r* e\A fV? a Ala c V a XII li7 I Uj X 1 COXUPlib illAva Olgu&U inu X ia uui\u Pipeline measure into law. In 1981, actor William Holden was found dead in his apartment in Santa Monica, Calif.; he was 63. In 1982, an agreement was announced in the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players. Ten years ago: The space shuttle Discovery landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying on board the , first two satellites ever salvaged from outer space. NOTEBOOK Parent-teacher bookfair to be in Five Points The USC Children's Center Parent-Teacher Organization is sponsoring its annual Bookfair at Volume I Bookstore in Five Points Nov. 16-23. Tom Feeling, award-winning author and illustrator will be at the fair to sign books Thursday night. The Children's Center will share the proceeds from any books bought if the receipts are dropped in the box at the store or mailed to the Children's Center, Booker T. Washington, campus mail. Call 777-5733 for more information. Columbia Women's Shelter holds souper The Columbia Women's Shelter will hold its 15th annual Souper Meal on Thursday, Nov. 17 at East Minister Presbyterian at 3200 Trenholm Rd. The meal, always held before Thanksgiving, is meant to remind people that other people go hungry. The meal will start at 5:30. Price of admission will be $2 for adults and $1 for kids. Entertainment will be provided. For more information, call the Columbia Women's ov.nn<\ Anc\a onci lci at i ?a?? # vu. Correction The story "Paintball warfare fires up on Columbia battlefield" in the Oct. 14 issue of The Gamecock incorrectly implied that Vanguard Paintball Games uses red paint. For safety reasons, the use of red paintballs is prohibited at Vanguard. PICTUREYM IS A \ Basketball In 1991, there J J. U/^\ ^=))i '/ were 8 players in f } the NBA under 6 /?V? GABRIEL MADDEN Thn {-wmecock Sourc ^JSA Today Cheerleader stui CUFTON CHESTNUT Staff Writer Pending an internal investigation following neck injv suffered by two USC cheerleaders and new rules of the athletic department, USC cheerleaders are being vented from doing stunts and formations. A committee, headed by Dennis Pruitt, vice presider student affairs, is investigating the spirit department fo possibility of the university's liability for the injured athl Laurie Massa, senior women's athletic administrator, < Moore, associate athletic director, Dr. Robert Pealy, the te orthopedic physician, and Gerald Malloy, former USC cl leader, are the other committee members investigate spirit department. According to Bill Boggs, director of promotions/spiri viser, these new rules have damaged the morale of the sc resulting in at least 10 members' quitting the squad. "After the injuries, basically they were restricted froi ing tumbling maneuvers, pyramids and tosses, but they still allowed to do some of the lifts," Boggs said. Boggs said some members of the team had become 1 * j-~: v,,4- I,? because 01 tne resincuons on certain luuuues, uui ne these precautions are being taken to prevent injury to team members. "They are an athletic group; the squad provides good it leaders. They compete in national competitions and brought national recognition to the program, and the; that aspect being drawn away," he said. "We need to i Tuesday, Bloody Tuesday 1 &** S I I m 111 Hp I I Marine science sophomore Adam Hoyt has b blood drive Tuesday by Red Cross employee New campaign pro HEATHER JENKINS Staff Writer E The first in a series of three billboard ad campaigns promoting USC began last Thursday. * The ad, which spotlights the Continuing Education Program, is entitled "Life Long Learning" and a will run through December. e "One of our main goals is to increase awareness ii of the University and possibly increase enrollment," t said Margaret Lamb, director of Marketing and Media Relations. c Fourteen billboards in the Columbia area of will + be dedicated to USC over the next five months. J The billboard concept was created by University Advancement, with an agreement with Outdoor i Gleitsman Foundat TIEFFA HARPER Staff Writer ? c The State Farm Companies Foundation is offering scholarships for business majors, and c the Gleitsman Foundation is seeking to recog- k nize student activists. These are two new op- f portunities available through the Office of Fellowships and Summer Programs. State Farm offers 50 $3,000 Exceptional Student Fellowships, which recognizes campus lead- ( ers and scholars in business. "The recipients of the State Farm Exceptional 1 Student Fellowships are recognized nationally 1 as leaders on campus and future leaders in business," Novella Beskid, coordinator of Fellow- < ships and Summer Programs, said. ' To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens, have a 3.4 GPA and be full-time juniors or seniors that have demonstrated leadership, 1 scholarship, character and career goals. Students majoring in accounting, actuarial science, business administration, computer sci- ] ence, economics, finance, insurance, manage- ! ment, marketing and statistics may apply, and 1 its frozen pend ? "After the injuries, basically the ines stricted from doing tumbling mam Pre- mids and tosses, but they were s lt for to do some of the lifts r the USC director of promotions/spirit adviser E etes. John sure we're following all of the right steps to m, a '8 are in a safe environment." tieer- Andrei Grier has been the cheerleading o 3 the two years, and Boggs said his style of coachinj reason why many upperclassmen have de< t ad- team. piad, "The cheerleading squad went through ? last year, and it takes a year or two for new n do- and philosophies to sink in," Boggs said. "We were 1fi mnnles total and there's Drobablv 26 mem "Probably now the people that are in pla? jored who have come in under Andrei and underst i said style," he said. other Cheerleaders will not be ableto perform stu than lifts until the investigation has been com] spir- he feels the program will not suffer from thes< have he believes the investigation will be over "by y feel mester, certainly before the beginning of next nake "Indications are that the restrictions wil ? . | m MATT SHERIFF The Gamecock lood drawn by at the Carolina-Clemson David Glaser. motes university last,the sign company who owns the boards. The campaign was created by the Office of Mareting and Media Relations. "The billboards are visually appealing, ana we re very pleased with the results. This project is an xperiment. Hopefully, if it goes well, we can expand t. Unfortunately, everything though comes down o budget," Lamb said The other billboards in the series will inlude,"Carolina Tonight," which will advertise a naionwide Alumni Association broadcast and run hrough February; and TJSC Showcase," which will, ocus on USC's annual spring open house and run n March. ion offers awards ipplicants must be nominated by USC. Appli:ation deadline is Jan. 27,1995. The Gleitsman Foundation offers the Michael 5chwerner Activist Award, which gives five iwards to students "who fulfill the spirit of acivism and promote positive solutions for social :hange." Activities can focus on campus-related caus;s but may extend to broader issues like human ights, social and economic justice, racism, sexsm, environmentalism, anti-semitism, homoahobia and other oppressions. "This award celebrates the work many stulents at the University of South Carolina are ioing in terms of social change. I encourage the tireless volunteers among the undergraduates to carefully consider applying for the University of South Carolina nomination," Beskid said. The application deadline is Jan. 17, 1995. Applications for the State Farm and Gleitsman awards can be picked up at the Office of Summer Programs and Fellowships in Harper College, Room 303. . / ing injury in' they (committee) migh y were re- noticeable to the nakec iuvers, pyre* Junior Clifton Walk lid aiinw^i PeoPle that are left'the 511,1 a,,owea perfect and there's notl pie that are complainir till Boggs ally, I feel they are see they have against the ] ake sure the kids now have nothing bad According to Walk( oach for the past that are too difficult, a y may be another as a result of unsupen hded to quit the "Everyone that quit that got hurt were hur i transformation them on their own tim r coaching styles junior Charlie Rat started out with unrelated accident, s? ibers remaining. strictions placed on th ce are the people rAflllv 11Tlfnrtll and his coaching ? been through this yeai nts more complex think Andrei Grier ar pleted. Boggs said They do a great job wi i restrictions, and "As a squad, it was the end of the se- on us where we couldi -l__, n 4.1 _ i ... . semester. mcoc uuui o pi 1 be dropped, but showcase our talent," SG's 'Nickel campaign m ERIN GALLOWAY Asst. News Editor At 3 p.m. today Student Government's Nickel and Dime campaign will come to a head with the presentation of $3,200 in nickels and dimes to Parking and Vehicle Registration Services to'protest the rise of parking garage fees. Twenty students will cash in their $160 parking garage fees for the equivalent amount in change, SG Vice President Amy Bigham said. "This is the only way we, as Student Government, knew to make our voices heard and let administration know that we're not going to be a profit center for them," Bigham said. According to Bigham, garage fees have been raised by as much as $60 to comply with the Master Plan's budget. "I'm 100 percent behind the Master Plan, but they need a massive fund-raisBeasley's fa owns aborti TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) ? South Carolina Gov.-elect David Beasley, a prolife Republican, has an in-law dilemma in Alabama: bis wile's latber is a doctor who performs abortions. Dr. Louis T. Payne is medical director and part owner of the West Alabama Women's Center, located in this college town where Mary Wood Beasley grew up. Abortion opponents like the ones who endorsed Beasley picket Payne's clinic weekly. While abortion was an issue in the closing weeks of the South Carolina campaign, Mrs. Boasle/s father was not. No one ever mentioned the donations Payne and his wife, Catherine, made to their son-in-law's conservative campaign. Disclosure reports show they gave at least $5,500. While Payne made the financial contribution to Beasle/s campaign, a former Payne associate said the abortion issue had created friction in the family. The silence about the donations may have been because voters did not know about Payne. There were only rumors of how a GOP nominee backed by the Christian Coalition had an abortion doctor for a father-in-law. The anti-abortion activists who supported Beasley against Democrat Nick Theodore learned about Payne only this week when contacted by The Associated Press. Tm surprised it did not come out," said Jackie Ragan, who monitored South Carolina's election for the National Right to Life Committee. "Even though her father's position doesn't affect tier's or her husband's, I would think that would have turned off pro-lifers." Neither Beasley nor Mrs. Beasley returned telephone calls seeking com ment. eeasieys ornce reieasea a statement confirming Mrs. Beasle/s relationship to Payne on Tuesday, a day after being contacted about Payne by AP. "We are very excited about the success of David's campaign," Mrs. Beasley was quoted as saying. Payne did not show up for an interview scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at his office. A receptionist said he was delayed at a hospital. The Beasleys met in 1984, married four years later and have three children ranging in age from 1 to 4. Until this year, Beasley, 37, was best known as the sponsor jif an unsuccessful 1991 bill instigation t change some things that may not be I eye," he said. er, who is still on the squad, said, "The sir morale is very high. The coaching is ling difficult we can't do. The only peolg are the ones who have quit. Personking revenge with one personal thing orogram. The people that are cheering to say." jr, the team is not subject to routines nd the two cheerleaders were injured ased, dangerous stunts, did it for personal reasons. The people "t in a routine that was too difficult lor e attempting new tricks," he said, ion, who quit the squad because of an lid the team grew weary of all the reem. nate the things that the program has \ It's a really top-notch program, and I id Bill Boggs are really great coaches, th everyone," Rabon said, harder on us to have all these rules out 1't do anything. We were putting in all g, and we weren't getting a chance to Rabon said. and Dime' arch today ing effort," Bigham said. Bigham said the garage fees were raised because the budget is decided on by the administration in the summer ? when no students are here. "This year we've seen an increase in . tuition, housing. People are just fed up with it and this was the final straw," Bigham said. As an example, Bigham said that in ; 1990, the fee for the Blossom St. Garage was $50, which was increased to $100 in 1992 and to $160 in 1994. Students who would like to march with Student Government to the parking office should meet in the SG office ; at 2:30 p.m. today. The march is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. "This is a really bad trend," Bigham said of the increases. "We hope to see it (the Nickel and Dime Campaign) continue to grow." ther-in-law n Uil tlllllt to outlaw abortion in South Carolina ex cept to save the mother's life. Payne has practiced medicine for 20 ; years in Tuscaloosa, where his daughter graduated high school before going to Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. Payne opened the women's clinic in August 1993. At least one member of the anti-abortion movement knew about Payne's work and his daughter's political ties long before election day. Julie McLaurine, director of Tuscaloosa Citizens for Life, called the National Right to Life Committee in Washington last summer after learning Dnimft'o oAn.m.low woe wirinmrr fnr rrnv. ? ajnc o ouirunan ticw i uiurnig iwi gv ? ernor. "We weren't interested in sabotaging a campaign if the man was a legitimate candidate, but we were also interested that the truth be told," she said. "They just weren't too interested I talked to the person who was in charge of candidates, and they didn't jump on it." The executive director of South Carolina Citizens for Life said Payne's abortion clinic would not have affected her group's support of Beasley, even had Mrs. McLaurine's worries made it through the pipeline. "The governor-elect wouldn't be held responsible for his father-in-law's alleged actions. I don't think it would have made any difference in the outcome of the election, either," said Holly Gatling of Columbia, S.C. An original owner of the West Alabama Women's Center, Joy Davis, said she sold her share to Payne about eight weeks after the clinic began operating. Ms. Davis is now active with groups that oppose abortion. Payne's work and the anti-abortion views of his daughter and her husband have caused friction in the family, Ms. Davis said. "Payne had a lot of problems with his daughter and son-in-law. They're extremely pro-life,' she said. Before the clinic opened, Ms. Davis said, Payne performed abortions in an obstetrics office he still shares with two other doctors. The women's clinic is separate and closer to the University of Alabama, where advertisements in the campus newspaper say students get a 15 percent discount. t