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4 History pw receives Dj ilb'iA HARPER Asst. News Editor USC history Professor Edward Beardsley received the campus chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution's NS DAR Medal Saturday at the Fort Jackson Officer's Club. Beardsley, who portrayed Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the ceremonv. was honored as part of the chapter's U.S. history celebration and commemoration of World War II. tit was) very nice to win the award," Beardsley said. "I didn't know what was in store. I was asked to take part in history week, and I had no sense of what was going on. I was very flattered and very surprised." The history medal is presented to a person who has made historical contributions to the community and in the field of history. "Dr. Beardsley was nominated for the award because he has taken his marvelous talent outside the classroom to the community at large, demonstrating significant contributions to the understanding and promotion of American history," said Edie Purvis, DAR chapter regent. Applicants must have supporting letters of recommendation from distinguished people in the history field. Beardsley was nominated by USC faculty for the award and approved by the national chapter of the DAR. Endorsements for Beardsley came fi?nm Pnf at* HaaVai* /?Vi oirm an nf fa ii viu x cwci L?ctivci, V/iiaii uiaii vi khv USC history department; Allen Stokes, librarian for South Caroliniana Library; Rodger Stroup, director of collections and interpretations for the S.C. State Museum; and Don McCallister, archivist for the Newsfilm Li/>rv m ftV/>tvto rvim | Practice sal 1 the one y I "There are one hundred excuses not to do something and dozens of road blocks, but there is always a way to get it done." Volunteer! We're' here to help you figure out where! Call or come by the Office of Community Service Programs 777-5780. Mental illness has warning signs, too. For a free booklet about mental lllnraa, call: 1 -800-969-NMHA. Leant to aee the wanting signs. Meaoml Staari K?aMh A?mutton S3 I i rfessor C \R medal s ry braiy-Movietones Collection. pai Beardsley has produced historical theater shows about Teddy Roosevelt, de< FDR and Ben Franklin that are regularly shown on ETV. no "My motivation for doing shows Sai rtomn A?nm fVta oanoo nf o wVin UUiiC U VUi U1V ovukJw Wi u wuviivt "iiw i,y i felt competition just using a lecture ras format," Beardsley said. "And to reach an audience raised on entertainment, j^i I decided to use theater as a vehicle cu( to entertain and educate. It takes the place of the lecture...and it's very suecessful." |n 1 file Mima Pe^ Baardslay pcrtrayt Franklin Roosavalt at tfca DAR caramony Saturday at tiia Fort Jackson ^ Offlcar's Club. to 1 he con sai mi; rvi-a-? Hi r> w a r> in ft w rii t$~tz > i H'h/ ' -: Yy*k > C Central South Carolina f* l 106 256m49 8 j 9 I NEED LARRY MARSHAL 541 Santee Ave Cola, SC 2 256 6^ i m?)/HOF? Hai j IJy^lJUl EhJB p> ?#???. pn> 1305 Assembh Columbia, ZZ (One block from Richlam ZZ Phone: 77S Th? Qam?cock xore strike? lSHVDLLE, Tenn. (AP) ? Striking back Mom the row over President Clinton's surgeon gei lominee, Vice President A1 Gore called Dr. H Foster Jr. the victim of an anti-abortion a ign to intimidate Congress. "We're not going to let the extremists win,' dared. But critics of the Tennessee obstetrician shoi sign of easing up. House Speaker Newt Gingi d in Georgia, "I think he's going to be very h confirm. I think it's going to be a very emt ising set of hearings." In Washington, White House press secret ke McCurry acknowledged, "We have our w ; out for us." But McCurry also joined in the tougher rhet i White House has begun using. He said extrerr the right-to-life movement "have now hooked blicans and Congress by the nose and the; igging them around." President Clinton left the strong talk to his als, saying only that the controversy was not tcting him from other work and that he exp Foster to be confirmed if he's considered r-minded Senate." Senate hearings are expected next month v litchell attemj EENVILLE (AP) ? Former state "I w i. Theo Mitchell, facing no other De- of addr cratic opposition, got back in the race ing wit nday for the Senate seat he was ex- state," 1 led from for violating federal cash-re- Mih ting laws. April 4 Two Republicans also have filed for trict 7 s May 23 special election. Lav Mitchell, a 20-year legislative vet- mer la> n who became one of South Caroli- pers M s senior black lawmakers, was ex- womar led by the Senate Jan. 17 while he public s imprisoned for 90 days. Green\ The Greenville lawyer had pleaded filed fo lty to misdemeanor counts of failing "Th eport $154,000 in cash transactions black v< handled for a client who later was er said ivicted of drug dealing. I'm giv After filing for re-election, Mitchell s e a t i: d he was ready to move beyond his Americ stakes. Mit Heart Send the FTD? /J? Bouquet of Love Jli Fragrant flowers ... elegantly arranged in a 24-percent leaded Our Hands Move Hearts"" $essawS FIVE POINTS 2001 DEVINE 700.^71 / -X ^ ^ i Registered Trademark of Florists' TTansworld Delivery Assn. a Trademark L HAIR CARE 1 5 Points none ffl 119 I n.-Fri. 7am-7pm j ? ppy Hour 4-7 00 Beers! pSteet "?H $0 JJ? 2 i! County Library) ^SIJ |S*4SO*r " kWHI ruesday, February 14,1995 s hank i)t F day a confirmation vote to follow, ler- Dispatching Gore to Tennessee [en- in an aggressive set of White House im- the troubled nomination. While mosl held from public view until their conl ' he ings, Foster has defended himself in a speech, a newspaper article and a n ved sion interview, rich Monday, sitting elbow-to-elbow ard a cramped low-income apartment, G >ar- the White House campaign to empl tor's efforts to reduce teen-age prej ary inner-city youths. The apartment h ork "I Have a Future" program, which t teem and urges youths to abstain fr oric Fewer unwanted pregnancies wc lists er abortions, Gore said. Re- "Anybody who wants to see few< yfre this country ought to applaud the noi Henry Foster," said Gore, a former 1 i of- ator. "He has devoted his life... to m dis- less necessary." ect- The remarks were clearly aime< >y a tion groups rallying against the nom fVio lowmtilforo wV\rv lioton fn them TV vith hopes to label any senator voting ag; )ts to regain G ant to get on with the business tion while essing the true issues and deal- federal co h the serious problems of the District C le said. day after chell will face the winner of the fused to hi Republican primary for the Dis- Mitchell's leat. He cor rrence Acker of Greenville, a for- for expuls vyer who is black, filed his pa- victions. 1 onday, said Lisa Stevens, chair- stitution i 1 of the Greenville County Re- itself. :an Party. Sammy Boan of Mitch rille, a white insurance broker, Correctioi r the special election last week, to bring' is seat is representative of the spending rice in this part of the state," Ack- "Wen . "By running as a Republican, islation w ing people a choice to keep this future of c n the hands of an African- ing more an. men and chell will campaign for re-elec- time at tl leaker! FLORIST ST 0 of Florists' Transworld Delivery Assn. c 1994 RT.D.A. ' Govemmer Paid for by t oster oppon an opponent of legalized aborti was the latest "There are people in this cc moves to save criminalize a woman's right to c t nominees are now trying to make Dr. Foster irmation hear- to make an ideological, politic! medical school behalf of the extremists," Gore oflAnol folovi. UTT7 _ X X _ 1 - X iL . iomw,ku we are not going to lei in? this man," he said, with Foster in Foster had little to say, prom ore stepped up seif at his confirmation hearing, lasize the doc- gpg^" he said of his critics, jnancy among tQ speak ? ouses Foster s Asked for his position on at eaches self-es- uo r , , , ? om sex Safe, legal and rare. 11 ' n, Foster has said he perform* ilia mean tew- . , , .... , . supervised a drug tnal in whi >r abortions in ended their pregnancies after n nination of Dr. in the 1970s- ^ House Tennessee sen- makers, including Democrats, aking abortion in8 the number of abortions p? The nomination ran into m i at anti-abor- was disclosed that Foster had { ination ? and tomies on severely retarded w ie White House E acked by independent doctor ainst Foster as said the practice was accepted n rreenviUe Senati he's challenging expulsion in of higher learning urt. He took the case to U.S. Mitchell filed fo ourt in Columbia Friday, one before the noon dei the state Supreme Court re- He had ^ las1 tit the special election or hear ^^1^^ itenVsfnate rales onlv allow condi,ion-She was lion as a result of felony con- derwent surgery a Tie Senate says the state con- from prison. elIIows the chamber to govern "I don't want t< the district, yet I ell, who chaired the Senate's change my wife, ( is Committee, said he wanted lot more to her " 1 common-sense" to planned been unselfish. She eed to prioritize and pass leg- ^run ?gain." hich will pay dividends for the hough he rep tur state," Mitchell said. "Build- e'ecte<^ ^?m ^ prisons to house and support ran unsuccessful ( women for longer periods of nor in 1990 and lie le expense of our institutions year. /'^Street Jarn^^ / Publicity HOMECOMINi 1995 Chair Applications no1 available in Russell House Rm 23.' Due February 18, 199: by 5:00 p. m. (Be sure to sign up for an interview when you turn in your applicatior \ Secretary HALF TlMI he supporters of "Cav" Lents ons. untry who want to :hoose, and they are a victim... in order al point and win on said. i extremists defeat ising to defend him"People have a right "And I have a right ortion, Foster said, id 39 abortions and ch 55 more women loving to Tennessee angered some lawby twice understatirformed by Foster, ore trouble when it performed hysterecomen in the 1970s. s> the White House ledicine at the time. eseat is not right." r re-election an hour adline. t week he would wait 1 because of his wife's hospitalized and unday after his release ) go and shortchange don't want to shortJreta. I owe a whole ditchell said. 'She's to given me her blesseatedly has been renate district, Mitchell :ampaigns for goverutenant governor last <~y \ 3 \ w 5 5 j time / 0 / / /