The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 03, 1995, Image 1

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?H j?aj-r|% I **""" j Enssr'1 11 %. m~|I I Ik I ill |\ i? ? '? ? * pi>^ Hi-h ao W H H ' Lady Gamecocks set to battle the Ole i . ' Prescription for : Miss Lady Rebels Saturday. I Sports 5 low 30, j murder i : Pages : I D-noi I : Classifieds....6 rage 3 Serving USC since 1908 NEWS BRIEFS NATIONWIDE WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a tribute to two form* presidents, President Clinton approved the namin of two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers after Ronal Reagan and Harry Truman. "Once again, the names Truman and Reagan wi lend themselves in pursuit of our national securil in an effort to secure the peace they won during tl Cold War," Clinton said Thursday. Navy Secretary John Dalton called Reagan's wii Nancy, and Truman's daughter, Margaret Truma TVamiaI 4-r\ 4-/ill iViAm nf 4V?/i rvvooi/lnnf'o /lamG1 nn 1/CtlUCl) W tell tllCiU VI tilC V0XUVUI? ? wwwivui Clinton said that Truman, who led the natic out of World War D, laid the foundation for 40 yea of peace and stability during the Cold War. And 1 said that Reagan was "unsurpassed in his boun less patriotism and love for the armed forces, ar someone who still inspires us with his courage ar grace." WASHINGTON (AP) ? In command just shy of month, House Republicans are showing a willin ness to compromise on the details of their Contra With America They're facing tough struggles on ta es, spending, welfare and term limits as they ra against a self-imposed 100-day deadline. "We're clearly on scheduleSpeaker Newt Gi grich said Thursday as GOP aides outlined a sche ule of long days and late nights for March and ee ly April when the final measures reach the Hou floor. Rep. Richard Gephardt, the Democratic lead< /winter^ that, the voters ultimately will reiect tl GOP program's main elements. "It does not addre the central challenges our country faces... the sta dard of living for the American people," he sai Hie precise pledge made in the contract is to ht votes on the House floor before 100 days on bills a ering 10 areas. If s likely to be Labor Day or lat before final House-Senate compromises are work out on the more contentious items and the bills a sent to President Clinton. TODAY Today is Friday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 199 There are 331 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history. Feb. 3,1959, was "the day the music died" as plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the liv of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens a J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. On this date. In 1865, a conference aimed at ending the C: il War that included President Lincoln and Co federate Vice President Alexander Stephens to place on the River Queen off the Virginia coai In 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constit tion, providing for a federal income tax, was ra fied. In 1916, Canada's original Parliament Bui] ings, in Ottawa, burned down. In 1917, the United States broke diplomatic i lations with Germany after the Germans announc a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. In 1924, the 28th president of the United Stat " " V 1 _ TI7_ _1_ L Wooorow Wilson, aiea at ms noine in wasmngi at age 68. NOTEBOOK Congressional hearing to be at Airport High There will be a special U.S. Congressional He ing Saturday at Airport High School in the gym. 1 representatives will be taking public opinion to p posed cuts in financial aid. Philosophy seminar Tuesday Michael Halberstam, a philosophy faculty me ber at Yale University, will present "Totalitarij ism as a Problem for the Modern Conception of I itics" at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The seminar will be held in Gambrell 258. A ception will precede the seminar at 3:30 pan. in 1 monifioQ Pre-Med honor society induction Tuesday Alpha Epsilon Delta, the pre-medical honor ciety, will have its induction at 7:30 p.m. Tues< in Coker 215. The honor society is expecting about 40 induct and representatives from two organizations t sponsor the MCAT, Kaplan and the Princeton view. There will be a reception following the inc tion. The public is invited to attend. SPJ presents law enforcement, media semi A ;?? ?T QU7 RDfnrv^omon + TVia Merlin < n scminai, aiiv iuvuiu . the Public's Right to Know," will be presented fi 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Monday in the CEO room at the < lege of Journalism. Featured guests include: Columbia police cl Charles Austin; WIS-TV news director Randy C ington and Gil Thelen, executive editor of The S newspaper. Professor Erik Collins will act as n erator. Conference seeking program prooontaa, attend The S.C. Organization of Residential Educa is holding its 1995 conference Feb. 17-19 at U The purpose of the conference is to share progr ming ideas between universities and colleges in S< Carolina. Anyone interested in attending or presentii program should contact the Residence Hall As! ation at 777-0088 before Wednesday. For mori formation, call Kim at 777-7483. II Students to SARAH NAGEL Staff Writer sr Student Government will sponsor a rally to ig students on ways to prevent a proposed $20 bil d federal student financial aid outlined in the Re tract With America, ill The rally will begin at noon in front of the F y The proposed cuts would make attending sc ie ficult than ever, and the cuts would be the larg tory of student financial aid in this nation. e> The financial aid programs targeted for el: III work study programs, Stafford Loan programs tal Grants, Perkins Loans and student loan in ,n tion. Federal money accounts for about 75 pe nanrial aid available to college students. J? USC is expected to lose about $3.8 million i if these programs are cut. The direct funds lost wouldn't reflect the in repayment costs if interest exemption is elimi ate students in particular would be hit hardes spend more years in school and would accumi terest on loans. According to KRC Research on behalf of t Save Student AID, a hypothetical student att ce year college and six years of graduate school woi $33,000 in interest during school, on top of $6 to repay. The total debt would be more than $1( student's monthly loan repayments would in ere ^ $800 to about $1,200. ge Kevin Boyer, executive director of the Natioi of Graduate-Professional Students, a nonprof ;r dedicated to supporting financial aid, is com be iSS u m T pauses er ^ KEITH BOUDREAUX Circulation Manager The Grand Marketplace was closed un1 noon Thursday after a plumbing leak in tl Gamecock Grill caused extensive water dai age to the ceiling. ^ "Apparently, there was a plumbing lei in the Gamecock Park area," said Todd Mei ers, unit manager for the Grand Marketplai "It caused sections of the ceiling to fall in t ! a cooking, serving and dining areas of the Gra ^ Marketplace." Because of the inconvenience, Marrit Dining Services offered free coffee and doug nuts and opened the Patio Cafe at 9:30 a.: so that students could get a complimenta 0k breakfast. "It was a disaster that we don't like to ha ;u. happen with a place as popular as the Gra ti- Marketplace," said Carl Chandler, genei manager for Marriott Dining Services. ^ Id- feel bad about the inconvenience to the si dents, but we did have about 300 students to the Patio, and they responded well." The flooding occurred when the drain an ice machine in the Gamecock Grill bach eg on' up, causing the water cooling the machine flood through the ceiling of the Marketpla The flooding was not discovered until e ' ployees came in to work at 6 a.m. There v no estimate on the amount of the dama "A number of ceiling tiles and a cash r ister will need to be replaced," Meiners ss Biology sophomore Ricardo San Pedro Y ^ to eat his breakfast elsewhere. ro_ "It's the only place you can really get bre fast, and I have to use my meal card," he si "When I saw the closed sign, I just went 1 stairs to eat." >m. University employees helped with 1 an- cleanup. >ol- "I was pleased that there was a lot of operation with the folks at the universit re- Chandler said. "They came over and hel] ^u" clean up the water. Marriott hourly assi ates and the managers participated in cleanup and taking care of the students well as they could at that point." Chandler said the cleanliness of the cc lay ing facilities in the Marketplace was not ee6 fected. hat "The water was predominantly in the < Re- ing and service areas, and wherever wa luo came through we used disinfectant to cl the surfaces," he said. nar id College womei :0i- ? MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer I * i , More women ages 25 to 44 in Columbia a dying as a result of AIDS than from anythi a, else, according to a recent report by the Cent< for Disease Control and Prevention. The report also labeled AIDS as the top kil nationwide of both men and women in this a group. non Over the past two years, women have < SC. counted for one-quarter of all reported AI] am" cases in South Carolina, said Lynda Retting suth director of the HIV/AIDS division at the S Department of Health and Environmental C< ^a trol. 30C1- Of these women, the maj ority are betwr i in" the ages of 25 and 44. They mainly acquire 1 ^ rally against serving the interest exemption "NAGPS is calling on all stui i. J t ate students, to contact their o 1 K, r and senators to let them know i publican Con- ,, . , , r the mterest exemption is elimn hissell House "The loss of the exemPtion is hool more dif- the abUi^ of the nation's est in the his- tam graduate students, anu wc tive effect upon our nation's coi imination are ra% will provide inform.' }, Supplemen- their congressmen if they terest exemp- on *he matter of financial aid. rcent of all fi- SG will have free long-distan to 4 p.m. today for students wh n direct funds sentatives. Students also will 1 message, which will be sent din crease in loan senator, nated. Gradu- More than half of USC stud t because they aM> and it's hoped that these s ulate more in- band together to voice their cor director of financial aid, stressed he Alliance to airing their opinions, ending a four- think it's in the students lid incur about what's happening," Godfrey sai< 8,000 in loans Pact on students here at USC. X),000, and the doesn't have anything to do wi ase from about stand on. "It's a matter of whether o rial Association have an obligation to make stu< it organization P?n-I hope we can get a good t mitted to pre- ran get out that, yes, our stud* on and they do care." cafeteria to ? le Qn" ?. ie >tt i. $ * ilHI n- ?| PIP H ri<L k - 11 mm nd ^ :ug0 to ymm HMH9HB WMR n-j^ I eg jju(?"*"^/:'' g^H y? 3ed f V? ?1 liili m i as okiin lter Celling tile* were damaged and caa ean leak on the second floor of the Ri Grand Marketplace Thursday mornlnj n not as affectei disease as a result of heterosexual activity, ire ''With AIDS, age, sex and color don't matt ng Kettinger said. "Most women don't realize 1 ;rs are at risk. They don't realize that their p ner may have used drugs or may be infe< jer with HTV." gg AIDS is the fullblown form of HIV. Aft person comes in contact with HIV, it usu ac_ will be six weeks to six months before that DS s?n tests positive. The time between when sc er one tests positive for HIV and the time fullbl C AIDS develops is usually between eight an on- years. * College women aren't as subject to AID sen they are to other sexually transmitted dise* the At USC, about 900 AIDS tests have beer ministered in the past two years. Students ; financial ai program. dents, but particularly gradu- I I i Aim 11 ongressional representatives More tha sf the serious repercussions if r ?r>?. fj some fori laieu, uuyci smu. certain to dramatically affect CUtS WOU. late schools to recruit and re- following mid have an ultimately neganpetitiveness" ition on how students can conwish to express their opinion i jBHKS ,, i safein ce service connected from noon JW rpiij. o wish to speak to their repre- r*? De able to sign a prepared fax [ ectly to their representative or Hmo& pbpayr ients receive federal financial tudents as well as others will ::g| If j| icerns. Bob Godfrey, assistant the importance of constituents -^$^00 ( l?TfV ' best interests to be aware of it tr 1. "This could have a major im- 1,200 Ifs not a political issue, and it th which side of the fence you Total 1 r not you care about this. We lents aware of what could hapornout of students so the wonl SOUR.^1 ;nts are aware of whatf s going [___ ood Thursda t w~"?w h, ^ I5 ' f^r f KIM TRUETT The Game h register* were covered In response t issell House which caused flooding In {. The flood forced the cafeteria to closi i by rise in AIE receive an AIDS test for about $ 11 at the ter," son Student Health Center. ;hey The number of AIDS tests administ art- relatively low in comparison with the r :ted of STD tests given to men and women health center. Between 1993 and 1994 er a were 1,085 new cases of STDs and 733 ally up visits, said Lisa Mohn, director of Hea per- Wellness Programs, jme- Though college women don't face an ex own significant risk of acquiring AIDS, thei d 12 a need to take precautions. Students avoid having sex with multiple partners. S as officials also recommend using a condor ises. cially when engaging in sexual activi i ad- partners who have AIDS or are at high i can contracting AIDS. id cut today n half of USC students receive n of federal aid. The propose^q Id affect these studeijt^jr^^lrt ; ways: i cflle^e Work Stuqyis^v^^^^' atempioro-thainplOO students ?i? i}.-f : u^erestr^^ rd Loan program! is eliminated, |f|| students will hav^ijhetr tj'ili':- ; nent amoimts-inciease sl^to 50 peto6aJj|fJSSV:S/.| ie?t pptememaU; iiant is ate4 900 studentiwilllos^?- I )oo jiaggfei & \ |j| i^ei;kiRsJLoan ts^timinaied, s$faefits wiirixweiSjLJ miliiorTl^ loss iij direct funds to its r $3-8 million illpllSC Office of Financial Aid 71 Leadership [ conference stresses risk-taking The ninth annual Student Lead ership Training Conference brings together students from regional schools to examine their roles as leaders. ANNE PAGE Staff Writer More than 400 student leaders will participate Saturday in the Ninth Annual Student Leadership Training Conference in the Russell House University Union. The conference, sponsored by the Office of Leadership Training Programs, will feature students from more than PI -30 colleges and universities in the South(*""" east. lita The purpose of the conference is to i bring together students from across the I Southeast to hone their leadership skills I and for them to epjoy themselves while H they learn," said Michelle Jerome, co-1 ordinator of campus leadership pro-1 grams. This year's conference, "Student I Leaders: Risk Takers and Role Models," I will showcase speakers and 39 work-1 shops designed to increase leadership H and organizational skills. Workshop ti-1 ties include "All I Ever Needed to KnowH 11.4 About Goal Setting I Learned at Day-I Itona Beach" and "Have You Checked? Your Enneagram Lately?" Workshops will vary from discus? sion groups to interactive games. "The\? are designed to get people to work to? gether," Jerome said. ? The workshops will be facilitated b? students, student personnel adminis-^B trators, graduate students and a fev? ^ faculty members. ? I "It is really like a family," Jerom? said. "We have a lot of the same facili^f tators returning each year." COCK A UlUIUlllg KcjfiiuK; auuicoo, ting to trust: A Leader's Guide to Low? ? a ering the Risk Bar," will be present efl ^ by Joe Paul, vice president for studen? *" affairs at the University of Souther? Mississippi. Paul is a student leade? ship expert and a senior consultant wit^H k pj a Fortune 500 management consults? Comedienne Wendi Fox will ente? Thom- participants in the afternoon wit? her "Alcoholic Insanity Tour." Durin? ered is Performance, Fox will discuss ho? lumber negative feelings about.her alcoholis? at the ev?lved into a positive lesson. [, there Fox's program is co-sponsored by tlfl follow- CPU Ideas and Issues Committee aifl 1th and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Program? "In the past, the program has be? , y really successful," Jerome said. The co? "e 8 st"' ference will try to fulfill needs partic^f should pants have listed on previous conferen? Health evaluations, including information ? a, espe- promoting programs, working with st^H ty with dent media, networking and intera? risk for ing with student affairs personnel, sfl said. ? . I