University of South Carolina Libraries
Forecast : j I i : | Index : jur 2k, i ' : Radio free Columbia i News , Bi |1i | OTf1 | I S Friday j Uk. A I I 11/ I I II j WalWl^^plmik i ^ ^rny W^L II | | I. M^|l | ; Lady Gamecocks to a win over ETSU. Lovv 3^ i Danielle Howie j V V i j Page 7 s Sports 7 plays McKissick. : : Pag?4 Serving use since 1908 1 ^ Classifieds....8 11 j iii nw??n??^??? NEWS BRIEFS NATIONWIDE LOS ANGELES (AP)?On the day he was supposed to surrender to murder charges, 0 J. Simpson called his first wife and told her he was framed and was going to kill himself, prosecutors say. That brought an impassioned plea from his son, Jason, who grabbed the phone and "told his father not to kill himself and that everyone needed him," according to court papers released Tuesday. Prosecutors also claimed for the first time that Simpson hit his first wife ? contradicting Marquerite Simpson Thomas' own comments to police in which she denied being abused. The allegations were filed in an effort to force Mrs. Thomas to testify at SimDSon's trial. She is re sisting a prosecution subpoena, claiming it was improperly served at her Fullerton apartment. A hearing is set for next week. Opening statements in the double-murder case could begin as early as Thursday. Judge Lance Ito also is expected to rule on whether prosecutors can introduce evidence of domestic violence during the trial. GROZNY, Russia (AP) ? While their troops fight, Russian and Chechen officials have taken tentative steps toward a cease-fire in the five-week-old war fL of- V? r?r? Iril 1 /\J 4-V* mi nnr\Ja nf rvAAr\la aw^ LI I CI L 11 CIO IU11CU Lliuuoaiiuo \J 1 ^CU|11C CXliU. Last UUUUL on Russia's future as a multiethnic federation. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin met with two envoys from Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev in Moscow on Tuesday, a day after making a televised appeal for immediate talks and an end to the bloodshed. The Chechen officials said the two sides agreed to stop using heavy artillery by this evening, in a first step toward a full cease-fire. The Russians have been bombarding Grozny with rocket and artillery fire for days. TODAY Today is Thursday, Jan. 19th, the 19th day of 1995. There are 346 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 19,1807, Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, was born in Stratford, Va. On this date: In 1736, James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland. In 1809, author Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston. In 1853, Verdi's opera "II Trovatore" premiered in Rome. In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. In 1944, the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads following settlement of a wage dispute. In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Eisenhower. In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India. In 1970, President Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the U.S. Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views. In 1977, in one of his last acts of office, President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American who'd made wartime broadcasts for Japan. In 1979, fonner Attorney General John N. Mitchell was released on parole after serving 19 months at a federal prison in Alabama. NOTEBOOK AT&T reduces instate rates AT&T announced that the prices of in-state longdistance phone calls have been lowered as a result of a S.C. Public Service decision to reduce access charges AT&T pays to Southern Bell. This marks the ninth time AT&T has reduced its in-state long- distance prices in South Carolina since 1984. A 10-minute, direct-dialed AT&T call from Columbia to Charleston or Greenville during night/weekend hours is reduced from $1.90 to $1.80. A similar call from Greenville to Charleston will be 10-percent lower, moving from $2 to $1.80. USC authors featured in workshop The USC Thomas Cooper Society will hold "Writers on Main Street," a daylong program featuring USC authors discussing their published works Wed., Jan. 25, in the NationsBank building at 1901 Main St. At 10 a.m., area high school students and Thomas Cooper Society members will participate in creative writing workshops. The general public, students and society members are invited to near the authors speak from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Box lunches will be sold. Workshop participants and lunchtime readers will be: Ronald Baughman, director of graduate studies and professor in USCs department of media arts; Libby Bernardin, instructor of English in USC's College of Applied Professional Sciences; Claudia Brinson, senior writer at The State newspaper, Kwame. Dawes, chairman of the Division of Arts and Letters at USC Sumter; Robert Lamb, director of periodicals at USCs University Publications; and David Miller, lecturer in English and creative writing at USC For more information, contact Richard Layman at 771-4642. Parking clo WENDY HUDSON News Editor Effective immediately, students will no longer be allowed to park in the Carolina Plaza. Students had been allowed to park in the Plaza when they purchased a $20 parking decal. Now, students will have to park in one of the perimeter student lots. The lot change was made because of faculty and staff concerns. About 75 more faculty and employees from the music school will join the 300 staff who work in the Plaza when the school moves into its new building this spring. "The parking committee met in the fall last j v^cai , cum a yi w ao put uciuic ilic UUIH* mittee," said Bill Baker, director of Parking and Vehicle Registration. "There was a request made by the employees of the Carolina Plaza and the music school faculty because of concerns about parking." Baker said about 140 spaces were affected. The area was not sectioned off into separate student and faculty lots. "There are about 200 spaces and about 375 employees between the Plaza and the School of Music," Baker said. Students' parking in the Plaza lot was causMpH d % HHP Br , Senior Chris Hapeshls drinks In Five I New law Five Points bar owners report lit ness with open container restrictio MATT PRUITT Staff Writer The infamous "open-container law" has 1 two weeks, with little or no adverse effects c ments or those who attend them. The law, which has been effective since Js tainers of alcoholic beverages in the five Po the day, seven days a week. No additional o the area, but those officers already assigned sponsible for enforcing the law, according tc Mark Spires. The penalty for violating the court assessment, making the total fine abo Spires said he felt the law would make th to go and socialize." "We're hoping it will curtail the fighting tl and on the sidewalks down there," Spires s drinking to inside the clubs, then the mana keep an eye on things. It will hopefully keep side the clubs and having a free-for-all in th "The law also keeps beer bottles from b< streets," he said. Managers and employees of Five Points e I Hate crimes may CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ? Hate they w: crimes that included racial slurs spokesmi written at a Citadel barracks and has zero a rural high school and vandalism tivity." in Ravenel likely were related to In D< animosity about Martin Luther andaCc King Day, a researcher said onthedc Wednesday. Ridgevil "There's a strong resentment was disci among some whites to the Martin by the ti Luther King holiday," said Marvin day. Dulaney, director of the Avery Re- In th search Center for African-American munity History and Culture at the College and swa of Charleston. paint of Authorities don't believe the in- black mi cidents are related, except that they Somt all occurred in conjunction with the storage King holiday. Curtis h The words "die ni'gr," were black, ai scrawled next to the barracks room of two ve door of a black Citadel cadet on Mon- couple n day after the military college's Mar- Somi tin Luther King Banqyet. sentmer "We don't know Who wrote that Tve particular racial slur on the wall, but say the ses Carolin ing a shortage of faculty and staff spaces, said Rod Rowenfeldt, finance professor and chair of the parking committee. "There weren't sufficient places for parking," said Rowenfeldt. "A lot of cars were being left there overnight. By early morning, there were not parking places available. Many students would leave their car there for the week." Brad Holt, SG chief of staff, was one student who would leave his car parked at the Plaza during the week. He feels the decision was made without enough student input. "To me, when they change a lot like the Plaza, especially a student lot, they should make the extra effort to contact several stu dents to get some input as to whether or not it is a good idea," Holt said. "I feel like they are pushing students farther and farther to the periphery of campus to the point we are almost being forced to move to the garages." Rowenfeldt said the student representative to the parking committee attended the meeting and student issues were brought up. "There were concerns about what would ii ** ss~** , - ?olnts despite the open container law wh causes fey tie change in busi- adve e e?fcts ofth P Marty Dreesen, r ? been curbed by the 1 door tables. These, 1 aeen in effect for almost "It won't really affi in Pivo Pmnto ootnKliaVi- : J' ^mg ouisiue uiiniuii^ US." in. 2, prohibits open con- Cuny Vemer, an ints area at any point of have ^ seen yet> ? fficers will be patrolling the bar must guarf ? to hive Points will be re- , . . Columbia police officer phj| Breazeale of law is a $50 fine plus a . , TX. . , ut $76 tendance. His estab e area "a friendlier place unl;il they |Lave finii make an effort to r< lat goes on in the' streets Pretty muc^ ;aid. "If we can limit the ed when y?u make * igement of the clubs can Breazeale said, people from coming out- As for the studen ie streets. but are not botherec sing broken all over the "I know a lot of s cities that didn't ha istablishments report no doesn't bother me tl be related to MI ill be expelled," college day is white gu an Rick Mil said. 'The Citadel white Americar tolerance for racial insensi- guilty for oppre laney said. jrchester County, racial slurs ?jt>g t a wj. federate flag were scrawled ^ sAmeri >ors and a wall at Harleyville- ,, , le High School.Thegraffiti though we avered Monday and ranoved ere ab,e to oven ime classes resumed Tues- kad a move try that brought le Charleston County com- and everyone si of Ravenel, racial epithets that." stika were scratched into the Dulaney sai a pickup truck owned by a m0re such incid an- History Month in sone also burned a lock on a generally hate cr shed owned by state Rep. state Law Er labinett, D-Ravenel, who is , TT id smashed the windshields S^? e^aan ihicles at the home of ablack were 30 SUch cn extdoor. mg 1993, the lasi 5 whites harbor a strong re- ures are av&ilab] it about the holiday, "I don't thinl even had people call me aiid in this state, but Martin Luther King Holi- doesn't happen," to students V) c J ?! o ?l i <1> A _ . . a Plaza lot Pendleton <5 | Greene Blossom Wheat ? Catawba C# I I O w Heyward o\ happen to student parking," Rowenfeldt said. "Now, theyAvill have to move to the outlying ^ areas and use the Carolina Shuttle." Safety becomes an issue when student park in the outlying areas, Holt said. "It is bad enough to walk to the Plaza from JAMES PONCE The Gamecoi ilch went Into effect Jan. 2. vchanges e new law. aanager of Poor Richard's, said business has m aw. The only problem he foresees is with his ou lowever, are legal under the law. ictus as a bar." said Dreesen. If someone's stani I and the police arrest them, it affects them n< employee of Jungle Jim's, said no adverse effeci ind she doesn't foresee any until the spring, whe igainst overspill onto the sidewalk from the pari Elbow Room said he has seen no decline in a lishment does not allow patrons to leave the b; shed their beverage, and the bouncers general smind people of the new law before they leav the same. Sometimes people get a little irrita ;hem finish their beer before they leave the bar ts, many have expressed discontent with the la 1 enough to stay home on the weekends, tudents don't like it, but we were one of the fe ve a law like it," said senior Ben Reed. "It real lat much." K rinv I Sonati KJ Vilil IT ilt day ? the day _ 1 _i* is are made to feel ssing blacks," DuMAn PRUrrr Staff Writ* lite guilt day, but a The Student Senafc cans celebrate, that codes and voted againi had nroblems. we dav. Two amendments ;ome them," he said. by the Judiciary Comr mentinthiscoun- . The amendment tc ing on food and travel ou'?he best ln us bill, authored by Chai lould feel a part of and Sen. John Martir sponsible for their own d there tend to be loss of funds to be alio ents during Black Strong opposition 1 February, although eventual failure of th( , , j gued that the law res noes have declined. tan( fanctionSi partin lforcement Division by a vote of 14 to 13. h Munn said there A bill proposing ar mes statewide dur- companied by much d t year for which fig- era' sPec^lc c?des, rev I A clause to change th ,. ,, into four separate bill i its a big problem Two amendments I thafs not to say it a new Senate committ he said. week and be subject ti -=E- btuaents can no longer parK at Carolina Plaza. The $20 parking decal can now be used at the haley following locations. ? = Carolina Plaza = Student Parking Ryan Sims/ The Gamecock the Horseshoe, but to have to walk to the Coliseum or the Bates parking lot or any of the gravel pits is twice as bad, in my mind," Holt said. "Even if they were right to close the lot, I felt there wasn't good communication," Holt said. -i Admissions considering electronic application ; KEISA MCM.WAIN Staff Writer " The Office of Admissions, along with i: I the computer center, is working on an electronic application that (fan be used ^ by students applying to the university, i "We're finding that more students '1 use computers," said Terry Davis direc- 1 tor of admissions. "Ifs not the only method c of applying but another way of filling out ' the form." The electronic application enables 1 the student to input data directly from 1 j r a computer. "For the student with access to a com puter, the electronic application is easi- 1 _J er than hand writing the application or * :k using the typewriter," Davis said. "For r us (Office of Admissions) this method is 3 timesaving, and there is less chance of 1 data entry error." The electronic application is still in the works. The computer center is help- } ing the Office of Admissions develop the application. "We won't be using the electronic application for Fall *95 because ifs not ready," Davis said. "We already have the bulk .j. of applications here for the fall semesit ter" The USC electronic application will ts be based off of the Georgia Tech model. n "We looked at other models includ- " ^ mg one tnat used disKettes ancl another which set up a program between a col- 1 t lege and a high school," she said. "We e ar liked the Georgia model the best because ! . students are able to enter data directly J e from the computer." ^ Davis also mentioned some possible fl .? negatives to the electronic application. V If it were the sole application, students applying to USC would have to 1 have access to a computer," she said. "Another negative would be students ap- ' . plying by electronic application but not1 having brochures or reference materials about the university." , e postpones )n code vote j * 1 e postponed an amendment to change the electioni jt an amendment to the finance codes on Wednes-1 i to the legislative codes had not yet been approved I aittee and will have to be voted on next week. A > the finance codes would have restricted spend-? ! to 10 percent of an organization's funding. The? irman of the Finance Committee William Blitch? i, was intended to make organizations more re-? i fundraising and to ease the burden of a $140,00C? icated. ? from Sen. Bernstein of the law school led to th^ i bill, after a very lengthy debate. Bernstein artricted some organizations from hosting imporllarly in the School of Law. The bill was rejectee 1 amendment to the election codes was also ac ebate. The bill proposed to make changes in sev vording some, adding some and deleting others; e voting hours was also present. It was divided s to be voted on separately next Wednesday. x> the legislative codes, one of which could creafc ee, will come out of the Judiciary Committee nexi o a vote.