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Hardly a block in this industrial port city of 1.4 million people had a house or building intact. Many streets were reduced to piles 01 ruDDie, lenovers irom the strongest quake to strike an uiban area of Japan since 1948. Osaka, Japan's second-largest city and across the bay from Kobe, was also heavily damaged by the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck before dawn Tuesday. The wreckage extended 50 miles northwest of Kobe to the sacred temples and statues of the ancient city of Kyoto. Nearly 4,000 buildings were destroyed, and hundreds of aftershocks continued through the night, forcing many to sleep outside for fear of further damage to buildings left standing. National police said 1,805 people were known dead by Wednesday morning, 1,036 were missing and 6,337 injured. The toll was expected to rise as communications were restored. TODAY Today is Wednesday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 1995. There are 347 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 18,1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first. (Scott and his party died during the return trip.) An Hila flat A' In 1892, comedian Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem, Ga. In 1911, the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his plane in for a safe landing on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor. In 1919, the World War I Peace Congress opened in Versailles, France. In 1943, during World War II, the Soviets announced they'd broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. In 1943, a wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. ? aimed at reducing demand for metal replacement parts at bakeries ? went into effect. In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed by a fellow inmate in 1973.) In 1975, the situation comedy "The Jeffersons," a spin-off from "All in the Family,'' premiered on CBS. NOTEBOOK Leadership conference registration ongoing The Student Leadership Training Conference will be Feb. 4 at USC. The one-day conference will feature workshops and a morning keynote address by Joe Paul, vice president for Student Affairs and an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. A reception will be hosted by the S.C. College Personnel Association and the USC Student Personnel Association for students interested in meeting Student Affairs professionals to learn more about this career field. A swap shop and luncheon are scheduled to provide students opportunities to meet and share leadership experiences and ideas. The cost for the conference is $15 for USC-Columbia students and $35 for non-U9C-Columbia students. Fees include a continental breakfast, reAwaVintAnla A KIMAUAA*! AM J <uvM^AMAn<%a mofawnla ii^oiuuciito, a luiivslicuii aiiu LuiJicixuai^iiaio. The registration deadline is Jan. 27. Postal kiosk no longer on Russell House Patio The postal kiosk was removed from the Russell House Patio over winter break. Richard Wertz, in the business affairs office, said the postal kiosk was not turning a profit for the U.S. Postal Service. "They had to send someone over daily to collect the mail and to repair the machine when it broke," Wertz said. "It just wasn't worth it." Stamps can be purchased at the Russell House and the USC Post Office on Main Street. Sean Rankin, Staff Writer Public health school offers aerobics training The department of health promotion and education at the USC School of Public Health is offering a 13-week training program for aerobics instructors. The program will be from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through April 19 at the Blatt P.E. Center. The $225 fee includes course materials and instruction in exercise and safety training, American Red Cross Adult CPR and aerobic dance choreography. The registration deadline is today, and space is limited. A $50 deposit will guarantee enrollment. u For more information, call 777-7636. Kaplan, EI ERIN GALLOWAY News Editor The Educational Testing Service is suing Kaplan Educational Services after Kaplan researchers recreated portions of the computerized Graduate Record Examination. ETS, which writes and administers the GRE, filed the suit Dec. 30, and Kaplan signed a two-week agreement with ETS. "One portion is that Kaplan agrees not to -? . . i .1 . go into the test centers and ropiPQUCe questions," said Ray Nicosia, an ETS representative. ETS said Kaplan researchers took the computerized GRE to memorize questions, not to earn a score. Kaplan said the purpose of recreating questions was to show ETS the computerized exam's vulnerability, however. Kaplan maintains no questions were distributed to students, according to a Kaplan press release. After filing the lawsuit, ETS announced a reduction in computerized GRE test dates. Sylvan Learning Centers administers the English sophomore Chris Livingston pla room. Half of the gameroom will be coi Students to pla] STEPHANIE SONNENFELP Staff Writer USC's newest addition, Preston Residential is offering a little more to its residents via the s Incorporated in the day to day life of a Res College inhabitant is a nightly dinner with fe lege and faculty members in the new dining The dining hall will take up half of the space in rent gameroom located in the Russell House. T1 room will still exist minus a few pool tables. According to Don Greiner, associate provost, ing hall will hold up to 200 students. Tentath doors to the facility will open around 5 p.m fo: and stay open until 8 p.m. During this period, students in the collegi able to dine from a self-serve line, five out of seve a week. Students will be required to dine four 1 the nights. In addition to the students dining, said he hopes a staff or college faculty member students during dinner every night. The dining room will serve as a lecture hall Business-rek study-abroad TiEFFA HARPER Asst. News Editor State Farm Insurance Company and R ternational are offering fellowships an abroad opportunities for college junior, sei graduate students. The State Farm Companies Foundatior ceptional Student Fellowship awards offc ships to juniors or seniors demonstratin leadership abilities and majoring in busii business-related field. Fellowships can be used for the comp undergraduate work or the first year of { work. Eligibility is not based on financial sta plicants should have demonstrated lea scholarship, character and career goals a be a U.S citizen. Applicants must be no by USC to be considered. Applications and nomination forms a able in the Office of Fellowships and Sum grams. The deadline is Jan. 27. irrftirnraiif iti mm iinnir? S clash ov exam for ETS. Marsha Malek, a test admi istrator with the center, said Sylvan is offe ing the computerized test now through Ja 21. The next administration of the compute ized GRE will be the week of Jan. 30. Star ing in February the computerized GRE w be given one week a month through Jun "I haven't had any problems schedulii anybody," Malek said. "But if somebody h ra 1 J m i.1- -i. 1J1 VI a r eoruary aeauime, uitti ujluu uc a pi uuieu USC normally administers the "pencil-an paper'' GEE to 300 students four times a yei October, December, April and June, said S sy Whitlock, coordinator of testing for US "Those students who need a test score 1: tween now and June 1 will have to take t' computerized test," she said. "We've been full capacity lately. Several students have be turned down." USC also administers the Miller Analogi Test, which some schools will accept inste GRE page p; ' r jHt3 !? >, ' ** # '^$.'k ?^ < < / ||| g v '&' ;- g , ^ ?! \{<* W&>sSyrlr '' ' '' f V- ^ JpPf?*^ ^ \ v x ' ' v! V '- > \ . . , V STEPHANIE SON ays pool Tuesday afternoon In the Ru averted to the Residential College dlnl r with food, not Greiner hopes a television will be College so students can come together t itomach. terest such as "concerts from Lincc identiai idential debates." llow col- "There will be some special thi facility. UP ^ere *n t^ie Residential Coll< the cur- dler, general manager of Marriott le game- 1 can ^ atmosphere ii be very nice - there will be all rou the din- dents may have conversations, a /ely, the v*ce- 1 realty think it [the dining h r dinner Introducing the dining hall id als regarding the Residential Coll a win be advertisements across campus i ,n nights The reception took place Tuesday to five of and interested students andfaci Greiner college attended. The principal o will join lege> Kevin Lewis and his wife, B along with other College faculty as well, students had about USC's newes ited fellowship opportunities Pnfow TnfarnQfiAnol ia nfflftm* X?UVU1 J illhVlllUMUllUl 1U VJ1VI 11 otary In- students interested in study abr d study- scholars are expected to be amb liors and will and must strive to contribut standing and peace as they pur i's 50 Ex- Rotary offers three scholarsh sr fellow- funding that provide intensive s g strong and cultural immersion, one yea ness or a or study for two to three years in "Since 1985,13 University o iletion of students have received Rotary I graduate bassadorial Scholarships," said h ordinator of Fellowships and Su itus. Ap- js ^ excellent study abroai jFS dents should consider." in mus Ashley Derrick, Shawn Gall mma 6 Sturkie and Cynthia Mallard hav re avail- bassadorial Scholarships for the merPro- icyear For more information, conta< at Fellowships and Summer Pro er GRE's vulnei V n' The computerized GRE is scheduled fo ^ IBI^^ IS* ii<.....i..iiiiii> ^ "TI ??. r>DC ?? 1 nts pajjei-aiiu-pc.v,.. vjni_ # t ...; * will be on the following dates: " _ es ad 2 a Discussion gr to improve ra CLIFTON CHESTNUT Staff Writer I Law professor O'Neal Smalls, along with a committee of students, facul- . ty and staff, has created Operation ' Community to advance race relations The program will pair individuals or groups of students with students and faculty of opposite races in the hope that they will reach a common ground on issues specified on an application each participant will complete. As a part of Black History Month, Smalls plans to use the responses from students to improve attitudes and micsconceptions he said everyone has. "The purpose of the whole operation is to begin the process of bringing about racial harmony and unity here on campus," Smalls said. Smalls said he initiated the program after students and faculty voiced concerns about racism on campus. "Students and faculty members have indicated to us that there's a fair amount of segregation on campus, and we're looking at the whole NENFELDThe Gamecock question of how to move that forward," (sell House game- he said. ng hall. Sophomore Darcie Shively, who is a member of the planning commitCfa in pC tee, has been involved in the plan^Uiliv ^ njng process of Operation Commu . I, .? ,i * n nity. She sees the program as a way ! mS f if i!n % for students to leam about their peers n wnrcn snnws ntin- . .... r i o i. j?_ and ease racial intolerance. ? >lnCentei"and"pres. mat we want t0 do is find out [ ngs that will happen what the concerns of ttie students ar^ c jge" said Carl Chan- !?d ^ P!11^'&ose conce s' Food Services." From Shrvely said. "Then we can go from c i the dining hall] will there maybe to work on another pro- c nd tables so that stu- e nd it will be selfser- Shively said she believes the pro- t all] is a neat concept." will be received well by stu- r lea and other propos- dents, and she feels it will have posege was done through ihve impact on eveiyone. f ind with a reception. from 5 p.m to 7p.m., nlr llhr aafinninlna fnr flio Ba I VI 4AVJ MkJUVVJWVVW IVI W1V H H H VMM f the Residential Col- UlVllAi VlJ lecky Lewis, attended to answer questions ANNE PAGE Staff Writer !t tradition. Reported crime incidents were lower during the winter holidays than when students leave campus during other breaks, said Carl Stokes, director of Law Enforcement and Safety at USCPD. i CI While students were away, however, USCPD officers were busy making an impact in the community. /\y* /\11 "When students leave campus, we U1/ v511 usually have some problems, but this -* time seemed to be particularly qui^ . et," Stokes said. According to USCPD incident re- i oa . Founda ion ports, students in two residence hall i assadors of good- rooms, one in Columbia Hall and the ? a in Ufnrld lmdor. -j.1 n /i.ii j ouier in L/esaussure v^ouege, returned > sue their studies. to campus and found personal beips with different longings missing. A third student itudy in language found a screen to her Thornwell room ir of study abroad cut, but there was no apparent entry another country to the room. Other thefts also were f South Carolina reported. nternational Am- . Stokf ^uted the low level of r 11 t> i j crimes during the break to the mo\ e t a esla , co- creased consciousness of students and mmer Programs. staff in securing their belongings. He i opportunity stu- said this awareness is a result of community policing, oway, Cassandra "That is what community police won Rotary Am- ing is all about," he said, "having the 1995-96 academ- community assist police officers." During the break, USCPD offi:t Novella Beskid cers assiste^ *n the search for suscrrctTTKj 777-OQ^9 Pects in the Jan. 4 shooting of a Co' lumbia police officer at the corner of Pendleton and Oak streets. rability WF*mmm HBlt~ "ill I -;V: I ' *af ? """"W/\ > ^*** i "" ' I?*" ""' '^'/V"" EflfJ ????? If* "ji*"!***!***' iwiiiiWijMjiifrsssawiwailMlihn "^^1 'vi ' f" '"*" 1 HHIIII ?- I !;^;; . > ^.^rw??eeweiiHe***wemwewwi*ime?|?weeiww IP " " "v : : ' '"""' "'' y11'''|1''11'"'''y|| " Ethan My arson Gamecock Graphics oups seek ce relations Operation Community "There's no way to really predict he outcome, but I think it will defi_Li ] 1 11 Jj A 11 nieiy oe someimng inai mis cam)us hasn't, done before," she said. In addition to having students neet with members of tjie opposite ace, Smalls plans to use the results >f the meetings to improve the African American studies program. He has ormed a committee to study the de)artment, and he hopes to increase he number faculty within in. "The president and the provost lave accepted the proposal to strengthsn the program. We're now recruitng, and I think the plans have been aid out for increasing the number >f faculty members there and in vqoomrr mimkor nf /*Aiiy*oao in .i taoin^ tut nuiuuci v/j tuuioco ill he program," Smalls said. Applications for Operation Comnunity will be available in the Stulent Government Office Jan. 19 hrough Jan. 26, and the meetings vill occur Jan. 30 through Feb. 6. smalls is suggesting that students lave a meal together in order to dis:uss the issues on the application. "This provides a meaningful exhange between black and white stulents, and if s an information gathiring device for us. Once they (paricipants) have given us their written esponse, our committee will receive hose and we wiU decide where to go rom there," Smalls said. ime low 'When students leave campus, we usually have some problems, but this time seemed to be particularly quiet.' Director of Law Enforcement and Safety Carl Stokes "[The Columbia Police Departnent] put out an all-points bulletin ndicating they had an officer shot," laid Lawrence Pathel, chief of Investigation and Administration at JSCPD. "We had three of our Crime deduction Unit officers and our parol lieutenant in charge of the shift hat night help set up the perimeter." USCPD officers also successfully ntervened in a suicide attempt durng break. Shortly after 4 p.m. Dec. 11, Officer Richard "Eric" Brown noiced a woman standing on the edge if the Blossom Street bridge while he vas driving home, Fathel said. The voman had one leg over the railing. Brown and two assisting officers vho arrived on the scene restrained he woman when she tried to jump ind stayed with her until Richland bounty Emergency Medical Service >ersonnel arrived, Pathel said. v See Crime Report, page 2