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llffc Low 46 | to Cloudy j sm>High66 I McKISSlck mam low 42 : Unpiugged : Page 4 NEWS BRIEFS NATIONWIDE WASHINGTON I API ? Tn a final flourish for the "Contract With America," the House pushed toward passage Wednesday of Republican tax cut legislation blending a $500-per-child tax credit with reductions long sought by business. Democrats battled the measure to the end as too generous to the rich. "Under the Democrats, tax increases were the answer to every question," said Rep. Bill Archer, the conservative Texan who heads the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. "When this bill is passed, the tax-raising legacy of President Clinton and his party will officially be over." Clinton, who backs a smaller tax reduction, said the GOPs $189-billion measure marked a return to "trickle-down economics." Republicans, he said, want to cut Head Start and education "to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans.... That is wrong." A final House vote was expected after nightfall. But the outcome seemed pre-ordained after Republicans prevailed on a mid-afternoon procedural roll call, 228-204, that demonstrated their command of floor proceedings. WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Clinton pledged Wednesday not to launch nuclear attacks against countries that have no nuclear weapons and agree not to acquire them. Similar assurances will be offered by the leaders of Russia, Britain and Prance, Secretaiy of State Warren Christopher said in a statement drafted for presentation to foreign diplomats at the State Department. And he said China would provide similar assur ances as part of a United Nations resolution. Christopher, in his prepared statement, said the presidential declaration would be released later. TODAY Today is Thursday, March 30, the 89th day of 1995. There are 276 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: On March 30,1981, President Reagan was shot and seriously iryured outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr., who also wounded White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and a District of Columbia police officer. On this date: In 1822, Florida became a United States terri> tory. In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Ga., first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed in the United States as "Seward's Folly.'' In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect. In 1870, Texas was readmitted to the Union. In 1909, the Queensboro Bridge, linking the New York borougns 01 Manhattan ana queens, openea. In 1945,50 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded Austria during World War II. In 1955, "On the Waterfront" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1954, while its star, Marlon Brando, won best actor; in an upset, Grace Kel ly won best actress for "The Country Girl," beating 1 out Judy Garland for "A Star Is Born." man AI !//*, -1 * ,i In 1970, the musical "Applause," based on the film "All About Eve," opened on Broadway. In 1973, Ellsworth Bunker resigned as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, and was succeeded by Graham A. Martin. In 1986, actor James Cagney died in Stanfordville, N.Y., at age 86. Ten years ago: Police in South Africa used tear gas and rubber bullets against black protesters in the 10th straight day of unrest around southeastern industrial cities. Five years ago: Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus vetoed a highly restrictive state abortion measure, saying the bill did not provide a woman and her family any flexibility in cases of rape and incest. I NOT2 20K Panel discussion today An informal panel discussion will be held today concerning international health in honor of World Health Day. Speakers will be Felicia Pearson, a representative from the Peace Corps, Dr. Jerry Gibson from the Department of Health and Environmental Control, professor Francisco Sy and professor Andrew Gordon from the School of Public Health. The event will be at 12:15 p.m. in the Health Sci ences Building, room 104. African students hold symposium The African Students Association will be hosting a symposium on The Image of Africa in the United States." A panel will discuss African images in the U.S. ^ media, U.S.- African economic relationships, Africa in the U.S. Educational System, Stereotypes of Africa in U.S. Popular Culture and U.S.- African Political Relations. The event will be held at 7 p.m. in the Golden ?>ir. ^v|U:r *\E5i Legislate) r JAR SG President Amy Blgham looks Townsend addresses MIBS student i ' ^0' A JIBIm Arou theW USC's International Wednesday with the Intern turing traditional dances fire the Far East. USC's ballro performed at the festival. Above: Students sampl the world at the festival. Right: Reggae band on the Russell House patio1 P Provost ad Faculty Sei mer scnooi. The Faculty Senate passed a recommendation to extend the time to add classes from 5 p.m. to midnight on the last day to add a class. The proposal was presented j. by the Committee on Scholastic StanI dards and Petitions based on recomj mendations received from Student Govf ernment. A speaker from the Blatt P.E. Center spoke on the need for funds at the P.E. Center. He said the funds are necess^jy for maintenance of the building. funding cu After.a faculty vote to include service tenure decisions, the provost addressed the Faculty Senate Wednesday about the S.C. House bill to cancel tenure. LUCY ARNOLD Staff Writer The Faculty Senate met Wednesday tc discuss resolutions from committees. Provost James Moeser addressed the group on several issues, including the faculty's campaign to rest <re cuts made tc higher education in the S.C. Legislature 1 think the actions of the faculty have had an impact," Moeser said. He also informed the Faculty Senate of the status of a bill in the Legislature that nrnnnsos to eliminate tenure. The ",v*v I?I bill is still in committee and has net beer scheduled for hearing. "It's important that we neither over react nor be too complacent," Moeser said Provost Moeser announced the im plementation of a review of academii deans every five years, in addition to th< review that is currently carried out year lyMoeser said the discussion concern ing the transfer of the media arts de partment from the College of Applied Pro fessional Sciences to the art departmen in the College of Humanities and Socia Sciences is progressing. This transfer wil have to be approved by the Board o Trustees before it can take place. Merit salary was another issue ad dressed by Moeser. c Serving USC since 1908 rs, students BaHBBBB nORA nFVFRA Staff W Seven state legisl |HHS1 ^ proved $17 million ed concerns Wednesday "I feel that the H< Sen. Darrell Jackson, Wk a very bad message ai According to Rep.' report, the cut could r USC engineering i of senators and repre P doesn't know if he wil According to Eldric get for the engineering cent, and any further one of two classes req ies ponce The Gamecock Eldrich said he wa on as Rep. Ronald that his funds will be Adam Nailer. |k |p|^ % ?i ind om dance club also fiMB^^ST! hotos by Jamie Clark ? f'"i* m dresses nate about ts, tenure "Hopefully, merit salary will be an annual policy at USC," he said. Provost Moeser applauded the efforts of the faculty to recruit new, highly-qualified students for USC. "I want to thank you for your work in recruiting students for this university," Moeser said. "I can tell you it is having an effect." The new director of the USC Press, Catherine Fry, was introduced by Moeser. Hie Steward Committee gave addresses for representatives in the Legislature and ! addresses for newspaper letters to the editor. The Senate was encouraged to write ! regarding the education cuts. The Faculty Senate accepted a report on new coui-ses and course changes from 1 the Committee on Curriculum and Courses. They also passed a recommendation from the Faculty Welfare Committee opposing a regulation from the S.C. Human [ Resources Office that restricts the amount * an employee can be paid for teaching sum : Summerton j Columnist takes a< for free vittles. irbi? 11 : Looking bac | Two senior stud* I their careers at l j Page 5 ; discuss ec riter May 19' ators discussed the state House-ap- P lucation cut and listened to students' night in the Russell House Theater, mse made a very bad mistake," said ^0U1 vo D-Richland. "I think [the cuts] send enc?" :ross the state of South Carolina." rim Rogers, D-Richland, in a previous efc esult in a $3 million loss to USC. ? . student Wayne Eldrich told the panel ;sentatives he is worried because he yer|era 1 be able to graduate. Jac*sor :h, who receives financial aid, the budI department has been cut by 200 per- SUP cuts could result in the cancellation of to .a uired for his degree. P? 1 lca is told by the -financial aid department 0 s cancelled if he does not graduate by ?y J " ^ i ' i||, , , - | :?|L _ # Moeser, Gems in running for Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ? Two South Caro na educators are candidates to become preside of West Virginia University, the school sa Wednesday. USC Provost James Moeser and G. Jay Gog of Clemson University are among the six cam dates chosen from 137 nominees. Moeser has been provost and vice preside for academic affairs at USC since 1992. Gog has been acting vice president and vice prove for agriculture and natur al resources at Clemson 'I would hop since last year. COUld help ll Moeser also was dean of the College of Arts and KI10W 3D0U Architecture and executive very positi\ director of the University . , .. Aits Services at Penn State knew from " from 1986 to 1992, and on in live lUft dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of ? Kansas from 1975 to 1986. Moeser said he first learned of WVU throu foimer university President Gene Budig, Kan; chancellor from 1981 to 1994. "It's the major player in the state of West \ ginia," he said. "Ifs the clearly unchallenged fl; ship in a state that's on an upward climb in gard to its economical potential." Gogue, 47, who joined Clemson in 1986 as sociate director of the university's research fice, said he would bring excitement and o{ mism to WVU. "I would hope I have some skills I could h in," he said. "Everything that I know about W Viiginia University is very positive and folks ti I know from there that have gone on in life h; done very well." The 17-member search committee has ui i : Index SndCkln' i News 1 dvantage of family reunions Viewpoints....3 Etc 4 j Sports 5 mt-athletes reflect on JSC. I Comics ...6 Classifieds....8 Lucation cut 96. . Tim Rogers praised students' efforts at fighting the cut. > is tne nrst year you ve maae greai stnaes 10 mane ices heard, Rogers said to the students in the auditson explained to the students the reasons why the lecided to cut the higher education budget in the pasthe General Appropriations Bill earlier this year, is whole thing started when certain members of the 1 Assembly thought we had a property tax problem," 1 said. opinion poll of state tax payers showed overwhelmport for a reduction in property taxes, and according 3on, some legislators shaped their policy around this 1 question. rder to keep their political promises and provide a reEDUCATION page 2 1 SG Senate confirms 13 (or Cabinet MATT PRUm Staff Writer m? ox I __a /I i O a. ? 3 i ne oiuaeni uovernmeni senate connraieu 13 of Amy Bigham's Cabinet appointees during Wednesday's meeting. A resolution proposing to change the Freshman Council Constitution was sent to the Judicial Committee for . review, and a resolution proposing to change the dates of spring break was sent to the Student Services Committee for review. The confirmed cabinet appointees are as follows: Wesley Walker and Casey Bonds, coadvisers for Freshman Council; Allen Tibshrany, director of Greek Affairs; Donald Gore, director of Organizational Affairs; Wayne Fishell, director of Housing and Residential Services; Cedric Marshall, director of Off-Campus Affairs; Julye Johns, elections commissioner; Jayson Johnson, director of Academic Affairs; and Malitha Clinkscales, co-director of MultiCultural Affairs. Also confirmed were: Tieffa Harper, MultiCultural Affairs Task Force; Deanna McLendon, director of Special Projects; Melinda Hutchins, Special Projects Task Force; and Rebecca Fleming, Special Projects Task Force. The resolution proposing the change of the spring break dates sparked much debate. The resolution proposed to move the break to the third week of March in order to place it after midterms. Arguments were made that the resnlnti/m oVinnl/^ nnlv orvnlv tr> nnftarOT-Qftnatp stru dents, since graduate students often have different midterm schedules. The Student Services Committee will probably make clarifications as to which group it should apply to. A bill proposing to make minor changes in the wording of the Freshman Council Constitution should come to the floor next week after * review by the Judicial Committee. All amendments must be reviewed before they can come to the floor for a vote. son director WVU presidency April 28 to give the University System of West li- Virginia board three to five finalists to replace nt President Neil Bucklew, who is resigning July 1 id after nine years. The person selected for the $85,000 job will ue oversee a 22,000-student campus, ii- Another candidate is Elisabeth Zinser, president of the University of Idaho since 1989. nt Zinser, 55, may be best known for her fourue day tenure in March 1989 as president of Gal>st laudet University in Washington, D.C. She was forced to resign after A I ItttlfA ?hn eLillc I Tvrmtootc frnm atiiHonts nnH 0 I IIQVV IMV 9VUII9 ~ ?? 1 Evervthin? that I the deaf community nai. everything tnat l tionwjde that she wa3 not t West Virginia is healing impaired. Boycotts e and folks that I closed the scho?1 for sever" al days. ere that have gone -That's a very spere done very well.' cml moment in my life in an odd kind of way," she /ost James Moeser j ?T+ ? _ said. It put me in a position to play a part in a veiy gh important social movement for a community of ;as people who were labeled and looked upon as disabled." rir. Other candidates are: ag- Charleston attorney David Hardesty Jr. a re- five-year member of the University System board before he resigned last December when he was as- nominated. of- William Miller, associate provost for research )ti- and academic development at WVU since last year. elp Albert K. Karnig, provost and vice president est for academic affairs at the University of Wyoming hat since 1988. ave Each candidate will spend two days on the campus during the next three weeks to meet furatil ther with the search committee as well as address the university community on various topics.