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NATIONWIDE
WASHINGTON (AP)?Anticipating defeat on a
key element in their "Contract With America," House
Republicans hope to reap credit for holding a vote
on term limits while blaming Democrats for the measure's
likely demise.
"If we get half the Democrats, we will pass the
term limits constitutional amendment," House Speaker
Newt Gingrich declared Tuesday as debate opened.
He said that more than 85 percent of GOP lawmakers
would vote for the measure and "it ought to be possible
to get half the Democrats to side with the country
that elm."
Gingrich's partisan jabbing aside, the term limits
issue has had a rocky path toward this week's expected
vote, particularly for an issue that commands
support in the 70 percent range in public opinion
polls.
Some senior Republicans oppose the limits. The
critics include Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois, chairman
of the Judiciary Committee who calls them a "dumb
idea" that would rob Congress of needed expertise,
and Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, the party's whip, who
says they would enhance the power of unelected bureaucrats.
It takes a two-thirds vote ? 290 if all 435 lawmakers
vote ? to send the measure to the Senate.
Republicans hold 230 seats in the House, Democrats
204, and there is one independent.
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, March 29, the 88th day of
1995. There are 277 days left in the year.
Today's rtghlight in Mstory:
On March 29,1973, the last United States troops
left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military
involvement in the Vietnam War. That same
day, President Nixon announced that "all of our
American POWs are on their way home."
On this date:
In 1932, a vaudeville comedian made his radio
debut with the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, this
is Jack Benny talking. There will be a slight pause
while you say, Who cares?"'
In 1943, World War II meat, butter and cheese
rationing began.
In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted
of espionage charges. (They were executed in
June 1953.)
In 1962, Jack Paar hosted NBCs "Tonight" show
for the final time.
In 1971, Army Lt William L Calley Jr. was convicted
of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians
in the My Lai massacre. (Calley ended up spending
three years under house arrest.)
In 1974, eight Ohio National Guardsmen were
indicted on charges stemming from the shooting
deaths of four students at Kent State University
(The guardsmen were acquitted.)
Five years ago: President Bush, addressing the
National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, declared
his administration "on a wartime footing" against
the disease, and called for compassion, not discrimination,
toward those infected with the virus.
One year ago: Mexico's ruling party picked ittnesto
Zedillo to be its new presidential candidate, replacing
the assassinated Luis Donaldo Colosio.
NOTEBOOK
Campus Coalition for literacy ReacM-Thon today
The Campus Coalition for Literacy Read-A-Thon
will be on the Russell House Patio today from 8 am.
to 6 p.m.
As part of Literacy Awareness Week, the ReadA-Thon
will feature local celebrities to help promote
the need for literacy awareness in the USC and Columbia
communities.
Among those members participating from the
Carolina community in the Read-A-Thon will be
Dennis Pruitt, vice president of Student Affairs; Professor
Ann Dreher from the department of theater
and speech; Lee Clontz, editor in chief of The Gamecock;
Mark Berson, men's soccer coach; and Sue Kelly,
women's soccer coach.
WIS-TV sports reporter Joe Daggett and WARQ
93.5 disc jockey Steve Varholy will also be participating.
For more information, call Deanna McLendon at
544-0868 or Margaret CGorman at 777-5780.
Women's History Month activities continue
The religion studies department will present "An
Exploration of Women's Spirituality" today at 6 p.m.
in the Gambrell Auditorium.
The Hisrnssinn will cover such topics as Merlin
Stone's "When God Was a Woman," how patriarchal
religions gained power, current dianic paganism and
women in Christianity today.
Outstanding Women at USC Celebration today
The Office of Women's Student Services is sponsoring
the fifth annual Outstanding Women at USC
Celebration today.
USC faculty, staff and students had the opportunity
to recognize a female colleague or advocate
for women by making contributions of $15, $25 or
more in her name to the USC Educational Foundation.
Donors and Honorees will be recognized at the
Outstanding Women at USC Celebration.
The speaker this year is Jackson Katz, the founder
of the anti-sexists group Real Men. He is the first
man to receive a minor in Women's Studies at the
University of Massachusetts.
For more information, call 777-5780.
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Students pa
TINA MORGAN Asst. News Editor
USC students addressed proposed higher
education cuts Tuesday during a WIS-TV
panel discussion.
Students had the opportunity to watch a
segment by WIS reporter Rochelle Stewart
on higher education that featured chemistry
professor James Marshall's departure to the
University of Virginia because of spending
cuts and the costs of The School of Music's
new facility located on the corner of Assembly
and College streets. After the segment,
students watched and contributed to the panel
discussion.
The panel discussion, "Dollars for Diplomas,"
was moderated by WIS-TV anchorman
David Stanton and included Gov. David
Beasley's Chief of Staff Will McCain; Rep.
Henry Brown, Chair of the House Ways and
South Caro
Pulitzer Prize winner anc
Harry Ashmore returns ho
MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer
Talking with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
and author Harry Ashmore reveals
not only that he's a Yellow Dog Democrat
but also that he's extremely knowledgeable
about politics and history.
Ashmore served as a moderator Tuesdav
far t.bft TISC innmalist. nanel discus
sion, "Covering the South Today" and spoke
about his new book Tuesday night at Belk
Auditorium in the BA Building.
A South Carolina native, Ashmore graduated
from Clemson University in 1937,
with a bachelor of arts in science. During
the time he attended Clemson, the university
did not have a journalism school, and
there was no real liberal arts degree.
Ashmore said he basically wrote his
own curriculum, taking lots of courses in
history.
Through the efforts of his high school
English teacher, Ashmore began writing a
column for his high school paper.
"I had an absolutely wonderful English
teacher who encouraged me to read. Since
then, Fve never consciously considered doing
anything else [besides journalism]," said
Ashmore.
While at Clemson, Ashmore's journalist
career really got started. The death of Ashmore's
father, while Ashmore was still a
child, meant that he had to work his way
through school. So he spent time working
on the Clemson newspaper. It was through
this work that Ashmore learned about the
makeup of a paper. Also, the local printing
company offered Ashmore a job doing substitute
work as a printer.
After graduation, Ashmore immediately
started working for the Greenville Piedmont.
After that he began writing a political
column for the Greenville News. Part of
his column was devoted to the legislative
happenings in South Carolina.
In 1941 Ashmore s work won him the
opportunity to take part in the Newman
Fellowship at Harvard University.
The five-year experience was designed
to, "advance and elevate the standards of
working journalists," Ashmore said.
However, in February of 1942 Ashmore,
who was in the Reserves, was called up to
active duty. He served in an army combat
unit stationed in Europe until 1945.
Scholarship;
TIEFFA HARPER Asst. News Editor
USC has been selected to participate
the Mutual of Omaha Marlin Perkins Sch
arship Program.
The scholarship is intended to help?
sure that future generations can follow
the footsteps of the Perkins, a pioneer c<
servationist.
The scholarship offers a $1,000 each spri
to a junior or senior who is pursuing a coir
of study through the marine science progra
Students must meet high academic sfc
dards and have shown interest in conser
tion through extracurricular activities or \
unteer work.
USC was selected because of its outstand
program of study and emphasis on prot
tion and use of natural resources. The i
dergraduate marine science program is rani
fourth in the nation.
"The center is so proud to continue M
lin's conservation education legacy throu
these scholarships so that a future gene
tion will benefit," said Brad Smoak, gen
al manager for Mutual of Omaha's divisi
office.
The scholarships are funded by Muti
of Omaha companies. For more scholars]
irticipate i
SG is currently mailing ?
parents encouraging the
planning a panel discussion
Theatre at 7 p.m. to infor
in proi
Means Committee; Jim Hodges, De
ic Minority Leader and Clemson Ur
Interim President Philip Prince.
Student Government Preside
Bigham emphasized that students i
main informed throughout the leg
process and let the law-makers kn
students feel about the proposed s]
cuts. SG is currently mailing out a
students and in-state USC parents
aging them to rally around the caus
Una welct
I South Carolina native
me to share his stories.
Since World War I, Ashmore has serv
"as a correspondent and editor-in-chief 1
a number of papers across the country,
was during his executive editorship at t
Arkansas Gazette that the Supreme Coi
made its decision requiring the integrati
of all public institutions. A series of poli
cal editorials dealing with the issue of i
tegration won Ashmore the Pulitzer Pri;
At the same time the Gazette won a Pulib
for its public service in the efforts to c
segregation.
After receiving the award, Ashmore w
quoted by an Associated Press news repor
as saying, "I richly deserved it, and it w
long overdue."
Ashmore said his response was mea
to be irony, but the reporter took it liter
lyIt
was also during the period when pi
lie schools were being integrated that A?
more faced his hardest and most intere
ing stories.
After the Brown v. The Board of Ec
cation decision, the Arkansas Gazette s\
ported the entry of blacks into public ins
tutions. According to Ashmore, Orval Faub
the governor of Arkansas then, and the C
izens Council were against the decision a
as a result boycotted the Gazette.
The Gazette had to decide how to pi
the news. We ran everything but in the o
text of no violence," Ashmore said.
thought our biggest obligation was not
crusade for justice but to keep order."
When discussing his experience woi
ing during this time period, Ashmore
sponded with a quote that is often used
describe World War II.
1 wouldn't have missed it for anythii
but I wouldn't go again," Ashmore sa
Since that time, Ashmore has grown
prestige as a result of the 12 books he I
published and his recent induction into 1
S.C. Academy of Authors. Ashmore and t
other authors were inducted into the Acj
emy March 25 during a ceremony at t
College of Charleston.
In light of his many scholarly acco
plishments, Ashmore still considers hi
self to be foremost, a journalist.
Tve always principally been a jourr
ist," Ashmore said. "I never had the int
tion to be a scholar, but I do some stuff tl
is accepted as history."
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m. search opportunities for summer
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ya- in the sciences are eligible to work
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Hospital staff in cancer research I
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in. is a very serious disease in South
[ed and Richland Memorial Hospital,
decided to team up and try to pr
ar_ search at the campus and the hos]
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The panel was made up
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re ing southern newspapers. Di
, ^ ing the discussion, each of t
panelists presented his vie1
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a(j. ing at the South: the Sou
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that the country looks mc
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way the country as a whole
tal- adopting the demographi
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In-state USC of state.
Cft is alcA Hodges said his main concern about the
^ spending cuts was the increasing cost of and
I Russell House the possible decline in the quality of higher
sveiopments education. Fnnce echoed these concerns and
described Clemson's attempt to thwart cost
increases by reducing the number of colleges
from nine to four and cutting the number of
discussion for next administrative positions,
ell House Theatre at McCain criticized USC administrative deit*
flhnnt rpppnt dp- cisions such as allotting millions of dollars
. spending cuts. to building renovation. In the segment prior
imanities freshman, to tbe panel discussion, Professor Marshall
;hat universities are also criticized USC because his laboratory is
uality professors be- not being kept up to the highest standards
salaries. because of a lack of money,
humanities senior, "Higher education and education in genae
of Gov. Beasle/s er&l *s not making the progress it needs to
vas sought from out make," Marshall said.
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CLARK The Gamecock
>apers around the country describe news In the South.
discuss Southern news
iter em issues. The issues of states' said Chris Burritt of the Atrights,
guns and race as a lanta Journal-Constitution.
h_ defining factor in politics have "In Union blacks and whites
or all been traditionally south- have their place, and they
n. ern based. In the past few stayed there."
he years these issues have re- Ashmore said the media
caved more and more national foiled to cover the shift of black
0f attention. going to the North to find a
"Die nation has realize that place to live and make a livjr
the South is not a bubble that ing. This shift helped remove
he is going away but is the en- the South from isolation,
ivs gine of American democracy," The panelists also menal
Ashmore said. tioned that politics is a topic
he During the discussion, pan- that is typically difficult for
elists stressed how race is an the media,
al- issue that the southern me- "There is no longer a poss,
dia must typically deal with, litical vocabulary anymore for
)k- Dealing with the race issue is the kind of division that exth
sometimes difficult for jour- ists throughout society," Ashact
nalists, they said. Recently more said.
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about the race issue during cult for journalists to explain
s is the Susan Smith case in why southern values and ideas
ics Union. now seem to be converging
di- The newspaper is always with the ideas typically found
th- reluctant to offend people," in tho West, the panelists said
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ill be selected to par- Amy Bigham will deliver the annual
ch, and some of the presidential address to the Student Govouring
cancer facili- emment Senate today, and the Senate will
minars on cancer re- begin to vote on Bigham's cabinet appointees
and working at the ag well.
The SG president is required by SG conduring
the summer, stitution to address the Senate annually,
i opportunity to talk jn the tradition of the State of the Union
eating patients with or the State of the State address. Bigham
ach ethical issues as has been granted permission by the Senion
do you tell a pa- ate to do so today,
the end of the sum- All SG president appointees must be reake
a poster of their viewed by the Powers and Responsibilities
ent if- Committee and approved by the Senate,
s student extreme in- Bigham's appointees for Chief of Staff and
search," Fowler said. Executive assistant, two of the most ins,
and it's a very sat- fluential cabinet positions, are among those
that will come up for approval today,
is provided. Finally, the Senate will hear from Dition
or to request an . rector of Student Media Chris Carroll con3331
or applications ceming the fate of WCFG-TV. Carroll will
the office of Fowler, provide explanations for the station's lack
ine, VA campus. of funding and field questions concerning
its possible co ntinuation.