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NEWS BRIEFS
NATIONWIDE
CIA admits to secrecy in the 1980s
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The CIA has quietly admitted
to the House Intelligence Committee that it
improperly kept the committee in the dark about
the collapse of its spy network in the East Bloc during
the 1980s, officials said Tuesday.
Dozens of spies, mostly Soviet citizens secretly
working for the CIA, were betrayed to the Soviet
KGB in 1985-86 by Aldrich Ames, the veteran CIA
<*mmti?rint.ellicrenM> officer who confessed last vear
to spying for Moscow for nine years. At least 10 informants
in the East Bloc were executed after being
fingered.
Congressional investigators have called the losses
the worst in the CIA's history.
Both the Senate and House intelligence committees
that oversee the CIA complained last year
after investigating the Ames scandal that they had
been stonewalled on the disastrous agent losses and
deaths. They said the CIA is legally obligated to alert
the committees to "any significant intelligence failure."
Clinton threatens binding aribtration for baseball
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Clinton found
out Tuesday what most baseball fans already knew:
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all their might.
The president's hand-picked mediator gave both
sides his suggestions for settling the six-month strike,
but got nowhere. Players and owners, along with
their lawyers, were then summoned to the White
House, perhaps to personally face the frustrated
commander in chief.
Clinton, Vice President A1 Gore and several White
House aides met with mediator W.J. Usery for 35
minutes in the Oval Office. Usery brought with him
an outline on how to resolve the dispute, but did not
disclose those plans to reporters.
White House aides said there was a possibility
that the players and owners would be asked to accept
binding arbitration.
"The president was exasperated that there was
no progress toward settling the baseball strike,"
White House spokesman Mike McCurry said.
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 1995.
There are 326 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history;
On Feb. 8,1915, D.W. Griffith's motion picture
epic about the Civil War, "The Birth of a Nation,"
premiered at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles.
(The film caused a sensation with its innovative techniques,
but was also denounced for racial stereotyping.)
On this dates
In 1837, for the only time in history, the Senate
selected the vice president of the United States, choosing
Richard Mentor Johnson after no candidate received
a majority of electoral votes.
In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War began as Japan
besieged Port Arthur in Manchuria.
In 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
In 1922, President Harding had a radio installed
in the White House.
In 1924, the first execution by gas in the United
States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson
City.
In 1968, three college students were killed in a
confrontation with highway patrolmen in Orangeburg
during a civil rights protest against a whitesonly
bowling alley.
NOTEBOOK
Candidates for office speak about the issues
Candidates for Student Government will speak
about the issues at 7 p.m. today in the Russell House
Ballroom. The event is sponsored by the Young Democrats.
Academic skills program spring dropin seminar
The academic skills program spring drop-in seminar
sarias rnntinnpa tnrlav with a time-management
symposium. The seminar will highlights tips for finding
time to have fun and get studying done. Organization
skills also are taught. The program will last
from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. today in Russell House
309.
Clarification
In the Feb. 7 issue of The Gamecock, the price
range for birth control pills at USC should have been
given as $7 to $12.
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pollutants
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Though snow
ANA MORGAN Asst. News Editor
With average snowfall in January hovering arou
an- inch, there is little wonder why South Carolinia
to grocery stores at the mere mention of inclement \
"Ifsjust weird seeing everyone run to the grocery stc
how everything just seems to shut down," said studer
Lee, originally from Pennsylvania.
USC's policy on canceling classes is to contact car
lice and other law enforcement agencies for input coi
the weather. After consideration, USC President Johi
under advisement of the vice presidents, decides whi
be best for the safety of the student body.
inis aeusion iaii.es into aixoum nui umy uii-uam
dents but commuting students, staff and faculty wh(
driving in under other conditions.
"Oftentimes, it's a general consensus in the comn
terms of closings, whether it be the governor's office,
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Recycle 20(
LUCY ARNOLD Staff Writer
The USC recycling program, known as Recycle
2000, allows the university to take control
of and even profit from its waste products.
Recycle 2000 has grown steadily since it was
established seven months ago. The program
originally recycled two or three tons a month,
but now it recycles as much as 25 tons a month.
"Every month gets a little higher and higher,"
said Chris Thomas, who is director of recycling
at USC.
In January, USC recycled 18.68 tons: 16,460
pounds of mixed paper, 9,020 pounds of newspaper,
9,075 pounds of computer paper and
2.810 pounds of cardboard.
"Recycle 2000 tries to get recycling programs
in all of the departments and all of the residence
halls," Thomas said.
One hundred departments and one resident
hall have recycling systems.
The system in Columbia Hall is a pilot program
to test Recycle 2000 in a residence hall.
There are recycling bins in every room, so individual
cooperation is a necessity for the system
to work.
"It definitely merits consideration for camAlly
Team to giv
to gay, lesbian s
HEATHER JENKINS Staff Writer primar
A new organization will be available lesbian
to assist students next semester. be hare
The Ally Team will be a peer support might r
group for gay, lesbian and bisexual stu- team w
dents. The team will be composed of stu- tifiable
dents who are trained to help students Th<
deal with problems that are related to be- cieariy
inggay. . studen
"We will be recruiting students be- ?g^
ginning after spring break," said Donna ,
Hight, coordinator of Student Development
and Discipline and chairwoman of or lesbl
at leas
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ing to be looking for people who are will- team c
ing to learn, committed to training and 0n<
who are effective in listening." help e<
The team will be set up similar to the formed
resident adviser system. Students will be During
able to contact members of the team on wc
a one-on-one basis when they need help. ancj wj
Facuity and staff are welcome to jjoin if ^eg-^e
interested, but for the time being it will
be students operating the team. . ,
"The benefits to gay and lesbian stu- a
dents are that the team will offer them a matior
after s]
threatens, sc
fices or secondary schools," said Debra Alii
in(j ^a|f_ munications at USC.
ins flock Allen suggests that commuting studenl
veather fessors if they think ice or snow may keep
, ing classes.
(res-.an "\ye get a few dozen calls every time it 1
i ames Domj director of Special Services
"We talk with the governor's officeDc
apus po- president's office are in contact with tl
ncerning er Service office. If we feel it will impede
n Palms, wju make a decision to cancel a full day
at would classes."
From there, USC contacts local radio
pus stu- tions. There also is a recorded message on 1
) may be closings and canceled classes.
"We used it with Hugo and with a torna
lunity in ago," Dom said. It works well, and we've h
state of- We get the weather experts to tell the w<
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puswide implementation," Columbia Hall RHD
Christopher Dockal said. "There seems to be a
lot of student support."
"I'm pretty confident that more residence
halls will have them by the summer," Thomas
said.
The computer services department has successfully
used Recycle 2000 for about six months,
Thomas said.
-We've got office paper bins, computer paper
bins and now tin-can bins," Computer Service
Center employee Jamie McCullough said.
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we ny io piace inem m strategic places so people
will use them."
USC has been recycling since 1989, but Recycle
2000 wasn't introduced until the fall of
1994.
After the materials to be recycled are collected
from the various sites, they are sold to a
recycling market. This helps cover the costs of
the program itself.
The recycling system doesn't completely pay
for itself, but Thomas predicts it will more than
cover its costs by the fall 1995. He plans to be
recycling 65 tons a month at that time.
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itudents expl<
y hope," Hight said. "If a gay or ANNE PACE Sta
student is being harassed, it can Spencer J.
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lot know who they can talk to. The to an undercov
ill give these students easily iden- block of Green
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peers to lurn to. neece, a res
; Ally Team wants to provide a is in custody a
defined haven for gay and lesbian ter failing to pi
ts in times of need. lumbia Police !
idies have shown that in any group Reece was
i a possible 10 percent that are gay material unl
an," Hight said. "That would mean conspiracy to s
12,600 hundred students. If the age 0f explosiv
an help one, then it's working." The invest
i of the goals of the team will be to conducted by tl
lucate students who are misin- Law Enforcem
[ about gay and lesbian students. USCPD wa
its first six months, the Ally Team 0f ^g proxjmji
irk alongside residential advisers sibility that R
ill be sponsored by Housing and pathel> chief 0
ntial Affairs. USCLawEnfc
mtually, the team hopes to work "Basicallv
variety of students More infer- b the milita'p
i about the team wtll be ava.lable crew
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It doesn't matter if ?
ts talk to their pro- We don't want students
them from attend- shoe to class. Students
The most recent loca
threatens to snow," 4.3 inches in January 1
for Student Affairs, here was 16 inches in I
irn said. They and Scott Sidlow, an ass
le National Weath- tions are made througl
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or half of a day of is in the atmosphere ai
For example, when
and television sta- cent chance of precipita
the TIPS line about cent probability that pr
point in question,
do a couple of years To receive informat
ad a good response, changes, call TIPS on
sather, and the in- 251-8477.
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PD assist in
)sives arrest
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Reece, 22, of Columbia was arrested on
anging to sell one block of C-4 explosives p
er agent at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in the 1700 c
e Street. I
rident of the 1800 block of Greene Street,
t Richland County Detention Center af- f
ost a bond of $15,000, according to a CoDepartment
release. 11
charged with unlawful sale of explosive
awful possession of explosive material,
ell explosive material and improper stor- ^
e material.
igation resulting in Reece's arrest was ?
le Columbia Police Department, the State f
ent Division and USCPD. I
is involved in the investigation because (
;y of the activity to campus and the poseece
could be a student, said Lawrence i
if investigation and administration for t
ircement and Safety. I
i C-4 explosive is a plastic explosive used 1
f and also by construction sites and de"
Pathel said, a c
canceled
:e the decision.
rttfdents are commuting or on campus,
to be walking across ice on the Horseare
treated equally."
.1 snowfall of a significant amount was
988. The maximum recorded snowfall
February 1973.
istant state climatologist, said predioh
use of numerical models, which are
ilogists who analyze how much water
id if precipitation is probable,
a weatherman says there is a 60-perition,
it really means there is a 60-per ecipitation
will fall at the observation
ion about class closings and schedule
campus at 2-8477 and off campus at
Programs
bet on
student
success
ENYA PATTERSON Staff Writer
The Best Bet workshoD Droerams
re designed to help USC students find
nswers to their problems. The prorams,
which hope to assist students
rith positive self-development experinces,
depend on students taking reponsibility
and making the right deciions.
The workshops, which will run Feb.
1-22 and 27-28 and March 22 and 278,
will cover different subjects each day.
Best Bet goals will include:
providing an opportunity for stuents
to learn techniques for respondig
to situations and issues commonly
ncountered while in college;
redirecting behavior by providing
iformation about the choices in an edicational
and experiential manner;
empowering students to respond
9 personal and professional issues; and
advising students of extra resources
o get information and assistance with
hese issues.
Four sessions are scheduled:
"Anger Friend or Foe?" will focus on
>ositive aspects of anger and will offer
tudents effective choices on how to hanile
it. This program will be led by Jery
Crotty.
"Communicating Through Conflict"
irill concentrate on conflict resolution
md different ways of negotiation that
an help students leam to communicate
lonestly. This subject will be led by
dichelle Jerome and Mike Sita.
"Exploring Risks of Alcohol" is a reerral
program for students who have
lad a campus policy violation involving
Jcohol.
"ROOSTER - The Art of Respect" is
program for students who want to seek
nswers to progress in respect for th emelves
and others. The Carolinian Creed
3 used as a "code of respect" model for
ommunity living. This subject will be
jd by Art Farlowe.
"The goals of the Best Bet programs
lave been distributed to facilitate a proram
on positive characteristics of stuents
and to serve as an answer to inlividual
problems that occur," said Mike
lita, one of the programs' leaders. "It is
n active listening program. It allows
tudent organizations to engage in selflevelopmental
experiences. We hope to
aake the social life that students live
aore comfortable."
To contact the people leading these
irograms, look in the USC telephone
iook under the faculty section.
Students interested in the Best Bet
irograms should contact Donna Hight,
oordinator of Student Discipline and
)evelopment Programs.
"The Best Bet programs have a lot
o do with takine responsibilities, and
t would be your best bet to join the meetrigs
to get the help that you need," Hight
aid.
Other programs available to resi- 1
lence halls and student organizations
iy request are "The Art of Success," "As- 1
ertiveness," "Choices," "Community," ;
Community Service and Service Relection,"
"I Just Want To Be Different
ike Everyone Else!" and Where Do We
jo From Here?
The dates of these programs are availible
upon request, and other topics will
>e considered upon request. If Student \
discipline can't do a program, it will di- :
ect you to someone who can. .
For more information, contact Stu- r
lent Development at 777-4333.