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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
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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
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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
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^ 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.
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MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer
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, 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."
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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
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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 (
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' 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
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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
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atempioro-thainplOO students
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students will hav^ijhetr tj'ili':- ;
nent amoimts-inciease
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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