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Forecast ' : Index B: ht ? Lady ^pk : Righting the wrongs j TODAY i __ M ~ A i The USC community observes International Human Rights i News 1 W ! rip|Sf fr-..|i8rrt r4> i &F?"' ; Low 60 : opener, TB ^ 8bXB K ll ^ ^ : i Carolina!-?5 S Tuesday i 9HH remain B Vnl I || I 111 |m j Superfrosh ! Comics wl0hdVp i fer ^ unbeaten ^ I P>^4^%rw| w* ' Two Gamecock football players make the SEC All- j Sp0rts 9 J*9 ?f ' Bus P/i p ; j Freshman team. j | I Serving USC since 1908 , j Page 10 j Classifieds ...11 i inn u,w i ii NEWS BRIEFS NATioNWIDE Bsntsen resigns; Clinton names Rubin to poet WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Clinton selected Robert Rubin, who amassed a multimillion-dollar fortune on Wall Street before joining the administration, to succeed Lloyd Bentsen as Treasury secretary Tuesday. Bentsen's departure will deprive the administration of the Cabinet officer with the most experience and respect on Capitol Hill just as Republicans are taking control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. But the change is expected to have little impact on policy since both men are pro-business Democrats. Rubin, who took a $26 million pay cut to leave the investment banking firm of Goldman Sachs & Co. to join the administration, won widespread praise as a self-effacing coordinator who made sure a coherent economic strategy was developed for a president often criticized for an inability to reaph timely decisions. But it was unclear how smoothly Rubin would be able to make the transition from his behind-thescenes role to chief economic policy spokesman for the administration, where he will have to serve as the point man in dealing with a Republican Congress intent on shrinking the size of government and cutting taxes. Former justice official uleeds diiltv in Arkansas Former justice official pleads guilty in Arkansas TJTTLE ROCK Ark. (AP)?Webster Hubbell. tlorsesnoe. ine puoiic is mvuea 10 sample nors aoeuvres, meet some of the writers and peruse the latest collection of books by members of the Southern Studies Community of Scholars. For more information, call 777-2340. Nominations being accepted for Mungo Award Nominations are being accepted for the Michael J. Mungo Teaching Award. The five $2,000 awards are intended to recognize and reward excellence in undeigraduate teaching award on the Columbia Campus. All full-time tenured or tenure-tack faculty who teach undergraduates are eligible. Nominations should consist of a brief memo or letter from students, faculty or department chairs or deans. Multiple nominations of the same faculty person are not encouraged. The last day nominations will be accepted will be January 16,1995. Direct all nominations to Don Greiner, Associate Provost and Dean if Undergraduate Affairs, Osborne Administration Building. BinTIIDCfyiC Snoring 111,811,200, American adults are snorers^^^^ ^ the former No. 3 Justice Department official and friend of President Clinton, pleaded guilty today to bilking his former law firm and clients out of nearly $400,000. In a plea agreement, Hubbell, 46, pledged to cooperate with Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr's wide-ranging investigation into the business activities of the Clintons and other prominent Arkansans. The first Clinton administration official to admit to criminal activity as a result of the Whitewater probe, Hubbell pleaded guilty to mail fraud and tax evasion, two felonies. The charges cany a maximum of 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines. Hubbell was accused in documents filed by pros?x fj.i! j:? 1? e.? T ecuiors 01 ueirauumg mo luimex mw miun uhuc Rock and its clients of $394,000 between 1989 and 1993 through excessive billings. The tax evasion charge steins from underreporting his income for 1992. Hubbell reported he made $194,000 that year but actually made $309,000, according to the charges. In a statement immediately after the court appearance, President Clinton's lawyer sought to distance the White House from Hubbell's legal troubles. TODAY Today is Wednesday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 1994. There are 24 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On Dec. 7,1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S. Pacific fleet located at Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, an act that resulted in America's entry into World War n. On this date: In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1836, Martin Van Buren was elected the eighth ^ 1 * 11 19 BJL asbesi KRISTEN ISQETT Staff Writer The university will begin removing asbestos from the B.A. building Dec. 19, marking the beginning of a $5.6 million, sixteen-monthlong project. The need for a new heating and cooling system in the William H. Close Building is what brought the BA abatement to the forefront, said Debra Allen, university spokeswoman. "The asbestos is in the ceiling, which is where the mechanical elements are for heating and cooling. Workers haven't been able to repair because of the hazard, and the system has deteriorated," Allen said. , "It is best to get the asbestos out of the way so that it doesn't prove to be a health hazard for anyone," she said. The abatement will be done in five phases, with the contractors working on two floors at a time. The Daniel Management Center on the eighth floor will move to 1420 Lady St. on Dec. 19 and will remain there during the abatement and renovation. The Counseling and Career Center, also on the eighth floor, will permanently move to 900 Assembly St. Offices and classes affected by the renovajl ^PV, . ' / 1UHP i .irn^ wm w*min Nobel laureate Christian de Duve, < Medicine Tuesday as William Bowers Nobel Winn KEITH BOUDREAUX News Editor Christian de Duve, winner of the 1974 spoke about "The Origins of Life" Tuesday icine campus on Gamers Ferry Road. In his lecture, de Duve highlighted four c is life, when did it start, where did life con start? According to de Duve, life appeared aim either coming from space or originating o gue that life started on Earth because it wa life's origins explainable. "If we try to explain the origins of life, t explained by what we know," he said. De Duve said life can start whenever cc Observatory < TtEFFA HARPER Staff Writer The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is offering a Summer Intern Program for undergraduates interested in a career in physical sciences. The program allows interns to participate in individual research projects supervised by staff scientists, take trips to local observatories and participate in computer workshops and symposiums. "Participants in summer internships such ' as this program provides students a unique educational experience in the sciences," Co! ordinator of the Office of Summer Programs and Fellowships Novella Beskid said. The internship is for 10 weeks in Cambridge, Mass., and provides a stipend of $250 per week. Travel and housing expenses will be subsidized. Applicants must be U.S. citizens enrolled 5 in a degree program leading to a bachelor's tos removi tions will be temporarily set up on the eighl floor while their floors have the asbestos r moved and are remodeled. The second ar third floors offices and classes will move to tl eighth floor until March 17, when the two floo should be complete. "This is a very complicated and messy kir of project and will prove to be very time co: suming, but the building must remain ope during the renovation," said Allen. Davis and Floyd, Inc. of Greenwood hi been hired to oversee the abatement. "Every possible safety precaution will 1 taken to ensure the safety of everyone involve from the contractors to the students," sa Rudy Powell, president of Davis and Floyd E vironmental Division. Rooftop fans and high efficiency filters w be installed for the entire building before a bestos removal begins. An elevator will I eonstrnrted on the outside of the buildincr ar one of the building's elevators and two stai wells will be sealed off for construction use o ly"In any abatement project, we build an e velope of two layers of polyethylene plast ASBESTOS page SIP ? . *#h, ?L- ' jfl Pip;, jjy^ center, talks to an audience membei Chair of the Department of Microbiol ler argues o "Life is a repr Nobel Prize in medicine when condi( on USCs School of Med- result of matter. Reaction to d< {uestions about life: what "He is just an le from, and how did life Wischhusen said der the same cor ost 3.8 million years ago, ?it was defini n Earth. He chose to ar- science lab man s the easiest way to make g00(j points abou , .. ,, . , DeDuvewon hen it must be able to be bert claude ^a inditions allow it to exist. an(* ^nct'ona^01 reate to give a le )ffering sumr degree. Students graduating in June are i eligible. "Minority students may also apply for Smithsonian Institution Minority Student ternship, which provides internships throu out the Smithsonian Institution, includ: the SAO, and it can provide a stepping st< to future career opportunities," Beskid s? To apply, applicants must send their set and home mailing address (including e-m; telephone number, statement of major ? minor, GPA and academic year and an es: of no more than three pages stating their ? demic and career goals, scientific interei relevant work experience and why you w al to begin ( ih . IJI I, m ' i J P11' PJffl I I mil | ] fj Id phase floor re'loca One : DMC to 1420 Lad re 5II: . Counseling to 9QC ,, iff 2nd floor BAAdvif ' 3rd floor Accountii >n Ip-lirtl floor ctessefl T\??^ At\r> nlooooo f is I vvw -riii 1I wwi oiujwivj i 4th floor offices to J 5th floor classes t r: 5th floor offices to id : Thre&: - Basement - no 4k in , summ .s- , 1st floor to DMC.c De ' m' ^ Four 6th floor to DMC r* 7th floor to 2nd flc n" ww-xassss? . - . . w ftth ffcvir uarsHit I I v w w 1-1 I UVWI? wuwi II ? DMC to return aft 2 DMC = Daniel Management < DMf fHai HpC" "HP" W JiflKl >J Pr ,s^B ^ HL JwaHM MAGGIE CAMPBELL The Gamecock r after his lecture at the USC School of logy, right, with glasses, looks on. rigins of life oducible multistep process bound to arise where ;ions are suitable," he said. "Life is an obligatory The universe is pregnant with life." } Duve's lecture was enthusiastic, amazing person," first year medical student Lisa L "What amazed me was that he thought that unlditions the whole thing could happen again." tely thought-provoking," department of exercise ager Dave dacKson saia. ~ne orougnt up a 10101 it the possibilities of life." the 1974 Nobel Prize in medicine along with AlGeorge Palade for the discovery of the structural rganization of the cell. He is the second Nobel lauicture at USC this semester. tier internship not to be an intern in the program. Official transcripts), list of spring term course work and the two recommendations must also be included. In- Completed applications may be sent to gh- Kimberly Dow, Program Director at SAO Suming mer Intern Program, MS 83, Harvard Smith3ne sonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden 1 1 ' 1 1* i Art4 rtrt ua. 51., uamDriage ma 100I For more information on the SAO Internal), ship, contact Kimberly Dow at (617)496-7586 md or e-mail: intern@cfa.harvard.edu. 3ay For more information on other summer inica ternships in the sciences, contact the Office 3ts, of Summer Programs and Internships, locatant ed in Harper College. )ver break y St. 12/19/94-3/17/95 ) Assembly sing to DM0: ''StpDMC 0 DMC ^ nMP Q/Vfl/QR . ft/i a/cm V/ IWIW V( a V( w w Wf > wr w w ' 2nd o DMC DMC isses during S/1&/&5?6/16/95 ar or lo DMC >r 2nd floor , s vjH m 8/17/95-11/16/95 )or ...;.;v;v,v.v..... vav..av..Av..AV.VAV.V.V.\v;*.V . .V;\W.;..V.V.V.V.V.-.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.Vv. -.v. ' 11/17/95-3/15/96 er renovation. Center Bands play tn hpnpfit Habitat HEATHER JENKINS Staff Writer The USC Chapter of Habitat for Humanity is holding a benefit to raise money for tools so large student groups without equipment can assist with Habitat projects. The event will be held at Rockafellas' in Five Points Wednesday night. "We are hoping to have a large turnout because our chapter has just started up again, and we are depending on the revenues from the benefit to help purchase equipment," USC Vice President of Habitat Sarah Strait said. Three bands from around the Southeast 1 i x j x _ xi i rrx mi nave volunteered to piay tne Deneiu. i ney are Bone Pony from Nashville, Bus Stop of North Carolina and House of Euphoria from Columbia. The show begins at 10 p.m., and the cover charge ranges from $3-$5, depending on your age. "Lots of student groups here at USC want to participate in the building of homes but don't because we don't have supplies for them to use. This benefit will make it possible to have the tools available anytime a group wants to work with us," chapter adviser Greg Carbone said. Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that helps in the building and finding HABITAT page 2 GIY1AT format changes; test loses takers ERIN GALLOWAY Asst. News Editor . Students taking the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) in October were greeted with a new format, including written essays and less time per section. The new format has scared students away. The number of test- takers has fallen by 11 percent according to the Kaplan Educational Center. Richard Chamberlain, director of the Columbia Kaplan Center, said the changes to the test are not as dramatic as students may think. The 30-minute sections have been short ened to 25 minutes to accommodate the two scored essays. "Subtle changes can make a big difference to students," he said. _ Also of concern to students is "The Official Guide to GMATthe one practice guide for tVio toot whipVi rvnlv tViP nlH fnrmnt of the GMAT, Chamberlain said. "It has three tests in the old format, and it's the 1994-96 edition," Chamberlain said. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) does not plan to distribute copies of the October test to centers such as Kaplan. Chamberlain said copies of the January test, released in March, will be the first test distributed. However, Kaplan has devised a practice test simulating the new format that students can take at the Kaplan Center. "We are happy to give students a practice test free of charge," Chamberlain said. Despite the drop-in test-takers, Cham1 1 J -TVTO J A. ~1 uenain stuu rjio uuea not piuii tu uicuige uacn. to the old format. "ETS is in the business of creating tests, and so if it's on the test, it's because clients want it and the clients are business schools," Chamberlain said. According to Kaplan, the essays were added TEST page 2