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NATIONWIDE
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Owners of the oil tanker
that once was called Exxon Valdez want a federal
subsidy, contending the ship has lost money since it
was banned from Alaskan waters following the 1989
oil spill for which the vessel is known.
Now called the SeaRiver Mediterranean, the
211,000-ton tanker became infamous when it ran
aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound,
Alaska.
SeaRiver Financial Holdings, an Exxon Corp.
subsidiary based in Irving, Texas, which owns and
operates the vessel, said the ban on sailing to Alaska
forces it to use the ship in overseas trade. The
company wants to join a federal subsidy program
designed to heta shiDS with American crews com
pete against foreign vessels that are less expensive
to operate.
Maritime Administration spokesman John Swank
said the subsidy request, formally filed last fall, is
still pending. He could not say when a decision might
be made.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Border Patrol agents routinely
abuse people trying to enter the United States
from Mexico legally or illegally, a human rights group
alleged Wednesday. The Justice Department denied
the charge.
In a study called "Crossing the Line," Human
Rights Watch-Americas accused border agents of a
variety of abuses, including beatings, shootings, rapes
and even deaths. Tt. said abusive agents have virtu
al immunity because neither the Border Patrol nor
the parent Immigration and Naturalization Service
tries to weed them out.
The INS has an "abysmal human rights record,"
Human Rights Watch contended and is doing little
to improve it.
Justice Department spokeswoman Ana Cobian
said Tuesday that officials had not seen the report,
but she added: "We do not believe that INS officers
commonly abuse legal or illegal immigrants. We take
every complaint veiy seriously."
TODAY
Today is Thursday, April 13, the 103rd day of
1995. There are 262 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
Twenty-five years ago, on April 13,1970, the crew
aboard Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon,
radioed Mission Control: "We've got a problem here."
A tank containing liquid oxygen had burst, crippling
the spacecraft. The astronauts circled around the
moon and headed back to Earth, where they splashed
down safely.
On this date:
In 1598, King Henry IV of France signed the
Edict of Nantes, which granted rights to the Protestant
Huguenots.
In 1742, Geoige Frideric Handel's "Messiah" was
performed publicly for the first time, in Dublin, Ireland.
In 1743, the third president of the United States,
Thomas Jefferson, was born in present-day Albemarle
County, Va.
In 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art was
founded in New York.
In 1943, President Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson
Memorial.
In 1958, Van Cliburn became the first American
to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Contest
in Moscow.
In 1965,16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford
Jr. was appointed by New York Republican Jacob
Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate.
In 1986, Pope John Paul II visited a Rome synagogue
in the first recorded papal visit of its kind.
In 1992, the Great Chicago Flood took place as
the city's century-old tunnel system and adjacent
basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
Ten years ago: East Germany marked the 40th
anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration
camp Buchenwald with a ceremony attended
by more than 20,000 people.
NOTEBOOK
Graduate symposium Friday
The Graduate History Association will sponsor
its seventh annual symposium Friday and Saturday
at the State Museum.
The symposium will be from 2-4 p.m. Friday,
with a reception featuring Gerhard Weinberg, a
World War II historian.
The conference will reconvene at 9 a.m. Saturday.
For more information, call 777-2225.
Last day of housing sign-up today
On campus housing sign-up continues today for
students wanting to sign-up for any type of housing
according to credit hours.
Sign-up is from 8 a.m to 5 p.n. in the Russell
House ballroom.
PALM Week activities continue
PALM Week activities continue on Maundy Thursday
with Holy Communion at noon at Palm Campus
Ministry, 728 Pickens St.
For more information, call 799-4993 or 799-4663.
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Symposiui
TIEFFA HARPER Asst. News Editor
LUCY ARNOLD Staff Writer
More than 300 people gathered at the L;
torium Wednesday night for a public readin
brated writers William Manchester, Joseph ]
Lee Settle, reading from their works.
The reading is part of "The Last Good W;
II Writer's Symposium," which commemora
niversary of the end of World War II by depict
was depicted through literature.
The reading addressed a wide range of j
topics concerning World War II.
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USC debate
TIEFFA HARPER Asst. News Editor
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Carolina ueuaie, s ueuaie team, re
cently ranked number one in the nation am
also won the national title, highlighting a sea
son of first place victories.
"Ifs amazing and astounding that we woi
the national award because we were so inex
perienced," said Dave Berube, Carolina De
bate coach.
The ranking was announced by the Cms
Examination Debate Association (CEDA), th
national governing body for all college debat
teams, at the championships held April 2 ii
San Diego.
Carolina Debate captured first place vie
tones at the University of Utah Invitationa
University of Vermont Invitational and th
Southeast Conference Regional Competitior
The team placed third at the Novice Natior
al Debate Tournament held at Towson Stat
University and also defeated the highly hon
ored Oxford University debate team Marc!
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USC recyclii
up two tons
RAYMOND REYES Staff Writer
Statistics from USC Recycling show a
two-ton improvement of recycled waste in
March compared to February's totals.
Last month, the recycling center was
n i <IA i r i_i_ i.
aoie 10 collect cju tons 01 reusaoie waste, up
from 28.5.
The most significant improvement came
from the amount of white paper collected.
In February, only 5.5 tons of the paper were
l-ecycled compared to last month's 13.9 tons.
Also, there
was a substantial 'We want unive
improvement in realize the i
the J"ecy^ling of environment an<
cardboard.
in the recy- are environment
cling reports, the Steve Richards, U
past four months
have shown
promising totals for the recycling program.
Since December, there has been an almost
10 ton-increase of the reusable waste.
Eveiy month a department is recognized
as the Department of the Month, but for
the month of March two groups received
this honor. Marriott Food Services and the
USC Grounds Department were selected
for the award.
"[They] were chosen for ^heir combined
ii marks W
"This event I think is ac
the University of South Car
IT , . of writers," said George Gee
aw School Audi- .. J? ,
... . Other writers participati
g featuring cele- Dickey> Styrori) Wi]li
an ey Spillane and Albert Wert
Dickey, Styron and Fus
ar: A World War reading at Belk Auditorium
tes the 50th an- tonight.
;ing how the war Accompanying the confe
War II book and Movietone i
general interest Library, which will be open
brary hours.
team ranked
"We play a competitive schedule second t
none. When our students enter a competition
^ they always place or win. They are commit
ted to the art of debate," Berube, said.
Debate consists of three levels, novice, ju
nior varsity and varsity. The team began th
1 year as a novice team, a category for team
that have not previously debated. Budget cut
" prevented students from competing durin
the past two fall semesters.
s "We should have had one of the top 1
e teams. Everybody heard our program disap
e peared, so I spent most of the year convincin
n them that that wasn't true. But our reputa
tion will grow," Berube said.
The debate team was ranked number on
'> for all divisions.
e "We plan to continue doing well next sea
i. son. We have six returning debaters and som
i- of the toD debaters coming, so we should hav
e a veiy good season," said Shawn Starkey, Cai
i- olina Debate president,
h Berube was also named as the 1994 Ne
tional Collegiate Debate Coach of the Yeai
ng figures
i for March
efforts to develop composting on campus,"
said Steve Richards, an employee for USC
Recycling.
The two groups are attempting to produce
a usable soil by slowly adding organic
kitchen waste to leaves and tree chippings,
which have been used to beautify the
campus grounds.
"We worked with Marriott, and they
were willing to give us their iood waste,
Richards said. "The ground workers have
been working on
fSity officials to making wind rows
mpact on the for that waste."
I to show that we If the two dopartments
are suctally
responsibly. cessful in their efSC
Recycling Office forts, the university
may become
one of the few
schools that are conducting on-site composting.
Currently, USC Recycling has recycling
centers in all residence halls and is working
on a campus environmental audit.
"We want university officials to realize
the impact [of recycling] on the environment
and to show that we are environmentally
responsible," Richards; ^id.
WIFs 50th a
tually a historical event here at A question
olina and was a great gathering ing, which will
:kle, of the English department, to arrive early,
ng in the symposium are James <*\ye are ver
am Price Fox, Paul Fussell, Mick- hope that the &
isell will be featured in another eve,Jone'
in the William H. Close Building 0 a^'
6 titled "America
;rence events is a special World ^ a m- noonnews
exhibits in Thomas Cooper visionist Histor
to the public during regular li- tion. These eve
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Left: SG President Amy
Bigham throws the first
pitch before Wednesday
night's Columbia Bombers
game. Above: The
Bombers catcher returns
1 the ball to Bigham after
the pitch.
Photos by Kim Truett.
number one
o "Ifs neat because it was so unexpected. I
l> was totally convinced that someone else was
going to get it," Berube said.
h "He's helped us do everything and has
e spent an amazing amount of time. I've never
s heard of a professor who helps his students
s as much as Dr. Berube has. We went from
^ never debating to number one in the spring,"
q Starkey said.
>- USC will debate for the full 1995-96 seag
son, beginning in the fall.
l" "We should be even stronger next year.
Besides a very strong junior varoity squad returning,
we have outstanding recruits comi
ing to the university," Berube said. "Next year
e i s 1 ooki ng pretty good."
The program will hold student sign-up for
the fall semester this month. Interested stuL.
dents should call USC Debate at 777-6663 to
\ set up an interview or get more information.
USC pays
suspended
professor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ? USC law professor
Randall Chastain is still receiving his $62,000
salary, after being suspended as a professor
and from practicing law for taking clients' money,
The State reported Wednesday.
Tenure, the promise of lifetime employment
that universities grant professors, is the reason
school officials say they can't stop paying
him, and this has angered some legislators and
students.
There's no way to justify it," said Sen. David
Thomas, R-Fountain Inn. "Something's inherently
wrong when you don't have a professor
teaching, for whatever reason, but continuing
to be paid."
In October, Chastain's law license was suspended
for two years after the state Supreme
Court said he took more than $30,000 in fees
from clients and did not work on their cases.
Several months earlier the university learned
of the allegations and reassigned Chastain to
do library research and write legal problems
for classes, The State said.
With an emphasis on ethics at the school,
which requires students to take an ethics class,
to keep Chastain teaching "really becomes a
credibility problem," law school Dean John
nniversary
and answer session will follow tonight's readbe
held at 7:30 p.m. The public is encouraged
y delighted to have such an honored group. We
vents of the next two days will be of interest to
Bert Dillion, head of the English department,
two round table discussions with the writers
., Then and Now," will be from 10-11 a.m. and
At 2 p.m. there will be a panel discussion, "Rey
and World War II," followed by a free recepnts
take place in Longstreet Theater,
formation, call 777-2029.
SG Senate
debates
activity fee
MATT PRUITT Staff Writer
The Student Government Senate debated
a resolution concerning student activity fee reform
for over an hour during Wednesday's
meeting before referring the legislation to the
SG Finance Committee for further review.
The resolution, authored by Senator John
Martin on behalf of the Finance Committee,
proposed to endorse several recommendations
from the Student Activity Fee Task Force. The
task force was formed in the spring of 1994 for
the purpose of reforming the activity fee collection
and allocation process.
The lengthy debate began in part when
Senator Dan Griffith of the USC Law School
proposed an amendment to the resolution. The
amendment was designed to ensure that all
powers of allocation would rest with the SG
Senate. The amendment also included a request
that the S.C. Legislature pass caps on
tuition and fees at USC.
Martin opposed the amendment, saying
that the original resolution provided for student
control and that a verbose amendment
was not necessary. Martin also said the section
concerning tuition and fee increases was
more appropriate for another piece of legislation.
The amendment eventually passed by a
narrow margin. Griffith requested a roll call
vote for the amendment in order to ensure accountability
from each senator.
The next item that sparked debate was the
motion to refer the resolution to the Finance
Committee for revisions and improvements.
Griffith opposed the measure, stating that
the entire body had voted to accept the pro
posed amendment and that a six-member body
should not have the power to decide its fate.
Martin responded by saying that accepting
the amendment would imply that the amendment
could not be improved. Martin said that
he felt more time would provide for a better
bill and that the Senate was taking power away
from the committee by making such drastic
amendments.
The motion was eventually passed, sending
the resolution to committee. .Martin said
the bill will return to the floor next week. The
USC Board of Trustees will vote on the recommendations
in June. The resolution is designed
to provide support for the task force before
that time.
Other legislation included a bill proposing
minor changes in the wording of the Freshman
Council Constitution. The changes were
necessary for clarification purposes, and the
bill passed unanimously.
In addition to Wednesday's legislation, three
more cabinet appointees were conhrmed. r elix
Mayor was approved for the position of codirector
of Multicultural Affairs, Patrick Wright
for director of Graduate Affairs, and Christie
Purdue for public relations for Greek Affairs.
Dame Shively also presented Jamel Franklin
for the position of Faculty Senate Liaison and
Carl Litchfield for City Council Liaison. Both
were confirmed without objection.
Dole to speak
in Columbia
Staff Reports
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kansas,
will be speaking in Columbia at 11 a.m. today
at Memorial Park., located near Sidney Park.
Dole, 71, has announced his candidacy for
U.S. President. He ran in 1988 and lost in the
primaries against former U.S. President
George Bush.
According to a Washington Post article,
Dole has the support of Sen. Strom Thurmond
(R-Aiken) and is seeking endorsements from
former governor Carroll Campbell, Jr. and S.C.
Governor David Beasley.
Dole was wounded in World War II and
has received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze
Star with Oakle^f Cluster for his military
service