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Forecast i : I : lndex i : j ! Go south, young man j News 1 B Today : - j. 4 I Carolina Roadtrip takes you to historic a I|K | ?? K-itfwrrirb i ? | r~:: Bj HBSj^a I m ^PbbI I Is I I II l\ i Puck politics . \A II ,^L ^l^_ : Columbia hockey plans thawing. High 64 ; Moving on a P>^ ^ PageS i Sports 5 Low40 : Rich man j : i I Pane 5 '? I Classifieds....6 I rageo ' Serving USC since 1908 NEWS BRIEFS WORLDWIDE Senate defeats balanced budget amendment WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate solemnly dealt defeat Thursday to the balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution, cornerstone of a broader Republican drive to cut spending and shrink government. Both sides sought political advantage in the residue of battle. The 65-35 vote that left the amendment just two votes shy of the needed two-thirds majority followed Democratic accusations that the Republicans were threatening Social Security, a charge Majority Leader Bob Dole sharply denied. At the White House, President Clinton challenged GOP leaders in Congress to detail "how they are going to keep the promises of their 'Contract (with America/ on balancing the budget and paying for their tax cuts." Fifty one Republicans and 14 Democrats voted for the amendment, while 33 Democrats and two Republicans ? Mark Hatfield of Oregon and Dole ? voted no. Dole is a firm supporter. His vote was cast solely to place him on the prevailing side, a parliamentary maneuver to keep the politically popular amendment alive for another possible vote during the 1996 election season. TODAY Today is Friday, March 3, the 62nd day of 1995. There are 303 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: One hundred and fifty years ago, 1845, Florida became the 27th state. On this date: In 1885, the U.S. Post Office began offering special delivery for first-class mail. In 1887, Anne Mansfield Sullivan arrived at the Alabama home of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur Keller to become the teacher of their blind and deaf 6-yearold daughter, Helen. In 1918, Germany, Austria and Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which ended Russian participation in World War I. (The treaty was annulled by the November 1918 armistice.) In 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States. In 1940, Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded "Frenesi" for RCA Victor. In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test the lunar module. In 1974, nearly 350 people died when a Turkish A T\/*l - AV 1 1 1 i1__ _ A 1 1 ? ? Airlines jla,-iu crasnea snoruy aner laxeon irom Orly Airport in Paris. In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers in a scene captured on home video. In 1991,25 people were killed when a United Airlines Boeing 737-200 inexplicably crashed while approaching the Colorado Springs airport. Ten years ago: Coal miners in Britain voted to end a yearlong strike that proved to be the longest and most violent walkout in British history. Five years ago: President Bush sparked controversy by expressing opposition to the settlement of Soviet Jewish refugees in East Jerusalem. (Bush's comments came at a news conference following talks in Rancho Mirage, Calif., with Japanese Prime MinTnoKilri TToifii \ lOtCI Ivoiiina JLUU1MI/ One year ago: Amid continuing trade tensions with Japan, President Clinton issued an executive order reviving an expired provision of U.S. trade law 1 known as Super 301, which provides a strict timetable for results. NOTEBOOK Applications for Carolina Productions due today Applications for the newly formed campus programming board, Carolina Productions, are due today. The board will be responsible for activities such as campus concerts, speakers, performing arts, Homecoming, traditional events, films and cultural events. The board is seeking applicants from the cammis-at-larcre to aDDlv for the offices of vice president for membership development, vice president for marketing, vice president for internal affairs and vice president for finance (basic accounting class required). Applications are available in RH 235. Debate Team wins regional championships On Feb. 24-26, the USC debate team participated in the SouthEast Cross-Examination Debate Regional Championships at Georgia State University. USC entered three two-person teams in the novice division. The team of Lane McFadden of Rock Hill and Shawn Starkey of Columbia finished first; the team of Adam Johnson of Florence and Amy Howard of Columbia, third; and the team of Jamie Dancer of Philadelphia and Katie Dennis of Orangeburg, fourth. Katie Dennis received an award for fourthbest speaker in her division. The debate team's next tournament is the Novice National Championships, which will be in Maryland during spring break. Shannon Faulkner to speak Monday, March 13 Shannon Faulkner will discuss her struggle to attend The Citadel at a free public lecture. The lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. March 13 in the Russell House Ballroom. AIDS aware QENA E. WALUNG Staff Writer The second-annual AIDSWALK will begin at 9 a urday at Finlay Park in downtown Columbia. AIDSWALK *95 is an 8K walk and run organized 1 mon Threads, a community group dedicated to inc awareness of the threat of HIV infection, and preven spread of HIV/AIDS through the development anc mentation of safer health behaviors among population for infection. Last year's AIDSWALK featured 350 walkers froi Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia and raised m< $25,000. More than $21,000 was distributed to the AI efit Foundation, Newberry Council on HIV Disease, to AIDS Life Support Services (PALSS), S.C. Christia Council and S.C. HTV Network. Common Threads retained $3,500 as seed money year's AIDSWALK The goal for this year is to attract 600 walkers a: $50,000. Proceeds from the walk will be distributed to H service organizations in South Carolina through a gr posal process. H - n ||l i 11 'IT 4HP^S k nfl M ^m i President John Palms buys a nail Wsdnesi Breal TINA MORGAN Asst. News Editor USC President John Palms bought a commemorative nail Wednesday from the Alternative Spring Break group to show display for the organization's fund-raising efforts. The Alternative Spring Break group is working in coryunction with Rural Mission Inc., a regional nonprofit organization that provides services to low-income Sea Island families. The group will be on Johns Island j during the week of March 5. It is really important to us," said Matt FV t folt, an organizer for the Alternative Spring j. Break program. "Community service makes g for a great spring break. People on the island ^ really appreciate what we do." The 29 students registered for the trip had c to pay $m> to go to tne lsiana. ine iuna-raising efforts aren't meant to supplement student expenses; they are for supplies that will ^ be used on the trip. "The money collected goes to Rural Mis- ^ sion to buy supplies for house painting and Case study: J-b The Judicial Board, in conjunction ne with The Gamecock, presents the second ethical dilemma in which stu- ^ dents and faculty members will have an opportunity to reply to an issue W) pertinent to campus. in Special to The Gamecock i You and a friend of a different ethnic back- gt ground attend a party. While there, ethnic slurs g, about your friend are made in your presence. How do you respond? ^ John D. Smith, music education se- junior and Judicial Board member f0 Down through the ages, we have always pe been faced with numerous differences between, and various opinions about, people who show w: the slightest significance in acknowledging their hi apparent ethnic background. Time has yet to l0 change the way we criticize and disparage oth- in ers just because we fail to see our own callous- tf mess walk Rose Maiy Naccash of Common 1 m gat. '95 is important for college students affects all types of people in all situat -jy com. targeted college students by mailing reasing camPus organizations throughout tl ting the Naccash emphasized that when I imple- v?lved in events such as AIDSWAL a at risk sage to the community that AIDS i addition, participation shows compa n South c?Ue&e students by the community, jre than Late registration will be from 8 a. DS Ben- Late registrants should report to th Palmet- Park- There is a $15 entry fee for w a Action an^ a $20 fee for runners. The 8K out-and-back course will for this Park- Hills on this run could make t] lenging 8K, so water stations and i ad raise along the route. IV/AIDS The event will be held rain or shir ant-pro- clothing are suggested. For more ii Mary Naccash at 929-6538. day from student Matt Flfoft, an AtternatJ cing a s1 f< 'It Is really Important to us. F Community service makes for a great spring break. People on J the Island really appreciate i what we do.' t Alternative Spring Break participant Matt Frfolt timber for building," Fifolt said. 8 The group is scheduled to participate in F hree projects; tearing down a partially burned c tome, painting a house and completing gen- f sral carpentry in another. The assignments trill keep the group busy. t "Tliey will not be standing around," Fifolt g laid, "iliey will be working." v The group, sponsored by the Office of Com- c nunity Service Programs, has doubled in size rom last year's 16 participants. "We hope for continued growth in the years ^ o come," Fifolt said. "There are possibilities ^ /linmirtdAi uotu uiisuuoaci !8S. We continue to talk about people behind eir backs, and then proceed to deny that we id anything once we are confronted with the sue. Why do we deny our own words? The ay I see it, we are more concerned with keepg face with someone than we are in standg up and taking responsibility for our actions. From my point of view, no one is able to ake claim to an absolute ethnic background. very background is different, and so is every irson within each respectable ethnic inherince. We are all different in some form or fashn, and regardless of sex, color, creed or relion, no one person is above another; therere, we have no moral right to chastise another ;rson for being different. I believe that a person, when confronted ith a controversial problem, must look inside mself to find a feasible solution and not alw his emotions to act without the benefit of itellect. I choose my friends carefully, and lose that I bestow the fitting title "friend" to : steps off Si breads said AIDSWALK to support because AIDS ions. This year, the group : more than 600 letters to * le state. college students get inK, it sends a strong mes- v sn't an isolated issue. In i'jM I^SA ssion not often seen from JmM e sign-in tables in Finlay ?j| alkers who have pledges ^jj^H I 1 ? : P ?j i ^^P"L i i E m inte intf KIM TRUETT The Gamecock R-^ v? Spring Break participant. and ] cesi west s th )r the future. There are a great group of peole going." nicj Ifs estimated that more than 10,000 col- 0f ige students will spend their spring break sta] nis year volunteering in an Alternative Spring woi Ireak program. "Alternative break programs are revoluionizing the way college students perceive bit, f spring break," said H. Michael Magevney, i founder of the Alternative Spring Break irogram. "Students used to think that the inly things interesting they could do was go ' >arty at the beach. "Now, students have a true alternative hrough volunteerism. The feeling that you me jet knowing you have helped someone out vill last a lot longer than a suntan or a hang- j iver." The "silver" and "gold" commemorative fer lails still will be available for purchase after p.n he trip is over. If interested, contact John pla )gle at 777-7110. yoi ter daj pul s ethnic slurs Fu fgyi are just that, and nothing less. I would not engage in, nor condone, ethnic slurs being directed toward another person, especially a , friend. The problem stems not from the re- ^ marks, but rather the handling of the situati?n. m? If ethnic slurs were being directed toward saj a friend in my presence, I would address the situation in the following manner. I would politely request that those making the slurs refrain from doing so, and then I would resume an enjoying the festivities. If for some reason the ethnic slurs continued, I would address the na situation a second time, but with a different ]jn tone of voice and a more meaningful attitude. na If worse came to worse, then in order for me to maintain by bearing and refrain from Ne disrupting the ongoing party with physical vi- de olence, I would gather my belongings, insist ha that my friend accompany me elsewhere and Mi then discuss the situation with him after leav- jar ing the ignorant environment. an P 77 iturday Saturday ~8 a.m.m.rri::lt8? pregistratiojg^^^^. \ 9 a.m.: Opening , J ceremonies, walk I beoins f l11arrf:T8?TO5r relelxatWfflMMj'lBi: To make a donation or ^ register for the walk, I pWcontact: AIDSWALK '95 ' , P.O. Box 50591 Columbia, SC 29250 929-6538 Tidnet irovides aternet \ /\ /\ /\ n lUUTO? IAE.WALUNG Staff Writer Midlands residents are welcoming [Net, a new community information vork that will provide them Internet ;ss. [fie MidNet project is a joint effort of 2, Richland County Public Library S.C. Educational Television. Itfs fund>y a two-year, $110,000 grant from Corporation for Public Broadcasting. MidNet was selected from more than ipplications to participate in CPB's t funding efforts. The system came ne Feb. 14 and already has 1,800 acnts established. MidNet provides access to informal on health, education and city and nty government; local, national and srnational e-mail; local, national and ;rnational library catalogs; opportues to participate in group discussions; [ limited access to Internet for e-mail. MidNet is free to people who have ac_ i. x J J J s 10 a computer anu a mouem. ruiu; is established in most USC computabs and the Richland County Public rary. Students can access MidNet at USC rough Telnet by typing in lnet.csd.scarolina.edu and logging in i visitor. The recommended commuitions software to gain access outside tie USC system is ProComm, but most ridard communications software will k. To connect to MidNet: 1. Set modem to 8 data bits, 1 stop no parity. Terminal emulation:vt 100. 2. Dial 777-6439. 3. Wait for "connected" message. 4. Hit return key three or four times i wait. You will be presented with *_ TJ pn. 5. Login as visitor. 6. Proceed to item 1 from the main nu to register your account. 7. Allow eight hours for your account irocess. Richland County Public Library ofs an introduction to MidNet at 5:30 l. Tuesdays. For a more in-depth exnation, or to learn how to configure it modem or establish an account, atid the class offered at 5:30 p.m. Frifs at the Thomas Cooper Library com ter lab. To gain even more information on the labilities of MidNet, contact the Comter Services Division for classes ofed. Gary Porter, a USC graduate assislt working on the project, said some sjs still need to be worked out. The sysn is operating on eight phone lines, d the tremendous response to MidNet ikes it difficult to login at times, he d. Users can post information on Midit. Information should be community ated, and all messages are previewed d approved before posting. There are plans to put access termiIs in any public place with a phone e, and the equipment for the termiIs will be donated. Stephen Bajjaly, director of the Midst project, would like ideas from stunts for resources they would like tc ve available. For more information or idNet, contact project manager Ben nin Breazeale in the College of Library d Information Sciences at 777-1085 01 7-4659.v