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NEWS
NATIONWIDE
KOBE, Japan (AP) ? Survivors with blank expressions
wandered battered streets Tuesday in a
city that was supposed to stand up to earthquakes,
their faith in technology smashed by a disaster that
killed at least 1,800 people.
Elevated roads and bridges that Japanese engineers
boasted were quake-proof were broken at crazy
angles, flung to earth by the force of nature, crushing
whatever was beneath them.
Motorists perished as their cars skidded off the
collapsing highways. Tracks and bridges for Japan's
famous "bullet" trains were damaged badly enough
to be out of action for months. Hundreds of thousands
of survivors struggled to live without electridty,
gas or water.
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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College so students can come together t
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along with other College faculty
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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
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ngs that will happen what the concerns of ttie students ar^ c
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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.
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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.
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"There's no way to really predict
he outcome, but I think it will defi_Li
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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