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^ ' Forecast : ^ : : ,ndex j SHf* : BandingTogether : News 1 ^JT Today ; : f~T7T^\ a*Cfc?L kJ * 14 loca'banBs to converge on Annie's D CloucV : V. J*. HK j Vfljr ^11^ ; torai? funds lor WUSC. | vieWpoints....3 S7" sXend ^ wRk *>~: : t 11 I I I 111 |% : Downing the Devils : Comics ^ High 82 j He's no I l~V V- VV V 1 Lady Gamecock tennis upsets | ^ ? iM, L0W 52 j Don Juan j : Page 6 i Panfi4 : : Classifieds....8 ^ Serving USC since 1908 NEWS BRIEFS NATIONWIDE TAMPA, Fla. (AP)?The hospital where a man lost the wrong leg and another patient was mistakenly removed from a ventilator was stripped Thursday of the accreditation it needs to continue getting millions in federal funds. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations took the action 10 days after a surprise inspection. The panel issued a statement announcing the punishment and wouldn't elaborate on its findings. University Community hospital, one of three major hospitals in the Tampa area, has 20 days to appeal. In the meantime, it will retain the accreditation it received two years ago with high marks ? a score of 95 out of 100. Without accreditation, the private, not-for-profit hospital cannot qualify for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. The hospital last year received $52 million from the government programs ? about one-third of its patient revenue. The problems at the 424-bed hospital began Feb. 20, when doctors amputated below the knee the wrong leg of 51-year-old diabetic Willie King. Less than two weeks later, Leo Alfonso, 77, died after a technician mistakenly removed him from a ventilator, thinking he was another patient. Later investigations revealed other mistakes, including an arthroscopic surgery performed on the wrong knee of a patient in February and a tubal ligation performed without consent that left a woman partially sterilized. TODAY Today is Good Friday, April 14, the 104th day of 1995. There are 261 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset. Today's highlight in history: On April 14,1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while ii v ii j__ ur\ k ! r~y ? attending me comeay uur /unencan oousm at Ford's Theater in Washington. The president died the following morning. On this date: In 1759, composer George Frideric Handel died in London. In 1775, the first American society for the abolition of slavery was organized by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush. In 1828, the first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published. In 1894, a motion picture "peep show" device invented bv Thomas Edison went on nublic dis play in New York City. In 1902, J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo. In 1912, the British liner Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began sinking. In 1931, King Alfonso the XIII of Spain went into exile, and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed. In 1939, the motion picture "Wuthering Heights," starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, premiered in New York. NOTEBOOK Graduate history symposium this weekend The Graduate History Association will sponsor its seventh-annual symposium today and Saturday at the State Museum. The symposium will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. today. A reception featuring Gerhard Weinberg, a World War II historian, will also be today. The conference will reconvene at 9 a.m. Saturday. For more information, call 777-2225. Last day for housing signups On-campus housing sign-up continues today for students wanting any type of housing according to credit hours. Sign-up is from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. PALM week activities continue PALM week activities continue at noon today with Good Friday Service at PALM Campus Miniafrv at. 728 Pickens St. For more information, call 799-4993 or 799-4663. PICTURE7H1S Make mine^i>6?''?>*vx pork./^x_^ \f^/ \ number of pigs an iffim ki American fy eats in a -p*>. lifetime: 3W GABRIEL MADDEN The Gamecock Source: Harper's Index <* _ ' V Famous w WOLFGANG KARG Staff Writer From John Wayne to Hiroshima and from C01 Auschwitz to JFK, participants Thursday at a ? the World War II writers symposium at USC worked their way through their war experi- ^ ences as well as through the subconscious- 33 ness of the United States. eX( In an attempt to remember World War II n( without the glorification of the "John Wayne ro] Syndrome," nine authors tried to separate remembrances of the war from the pleasant nos- et talgia of a Gamecock victory. ^ Author Paul Fussel criticized the "cheerfulness of the war," expressing his outrage at the simplified picture that movies create of the war. "The 'Wayne-Syndrome' is really charac- }a teristic when Americans talk about warfare," m said William Styron, author of "The Long March." " .V,'\ Republican presidential hopeful Bob Do Ing at South Carolina's Vietnam Veteran Dole speaks MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer ^ The scene Thursday at the state's Viet- g| nam Veterans Memonal was one 01 an- ^ ticipation as the crowd waited for Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole. ^ Dole, a senator from Kansas, came to ^ Columbia to celebrate the efforts of veterans who served in foreign wars. Dole officials said the senator's speech was nonpartisan, even though it was in the middle of a multistate campaign to an- f nounce his presidential candidacy. .( The speech at the memorial came one 1S day before the 50th anniversary of Dole's ? injuries in World War II. The senator lat- 1S er received a Medal of Honor for his brav- n ery- . t, In introducing Dole, S.C. Republican J" Sen. Strom Thurmond said he embodies " the best qualities of an American soldier. n "Dole is a brave soldier, a true patri- Sl ot and a great American," Thurmond said. v "The next president of the United States will be a veteran, and that person will be ^ Bob Dole." s As Dole spoke, it was apparent that t i -m Citadel told t Associated Press CHARLESTON ? Shannon Faulkner must be admitted as the first woman in The Citadel's corps of cadets unless South Carolina can provide a separate, military-style education for women by August, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled 2-1 that Faulkner's exclusion from the all-male corps violates her constitutional right to equal protection. It gave the state school four months to find an alternative or admit her. Both sides immediately claimed victory. Faulkner said it moves her a step closer to the corps. But the state said the court upheld public single-sex education, as long as it provided for both sexes. "It's one more victory in a great war," said Faulkner, 20, who has attended day classes under a judge's order but has not yet worn the gray cadet's uniform. If she does not become part of the corps by August, she would not be eligible under school rules. "We're playing beat the clock again," she said. "I'm veiy optimistic about getting in. It's just how _ ? Titers reli Styron recalled a scene when he and his nrades booed Wayne when the actor gave speech to troops. The writers defended the dropping of atomDombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 j a "historical necessity." The bombings were 3cuted because of psychological reasons, but d one wishes this has ever happened," Styi said. "They asked for it," said James Dickey, poin residence at USC and author of "To the _ hite Sea." Dickey remembered the war crimes of nnnpsp snlHipvs in flhinn and thp trefltmp.nt. prisoners of war. Facing the political scandal about the EnoGay exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum Washington, William Manchester read from etter he wiote to The New York Times stress- / WRITERS page 4 1 mMMB /- wsimWmm . &# *4 ? le, a senator from Kansas, addresses a is Memorial In downtown Columbia. ?to Midland is focus was to praise veterans rather sa lan to promote his campaign. At the 0r tart of his speech, he asked veterans of ^ >reign wars to stand. Dole spoke to them s though they were members of the same -aternity, no matter which war they Wi night in. so Dole emphasized how the veterans' C; acrifices made the United States what p. ; is. n? "Because of the sacrifice you made, ir some the supreme sacrifice, America a i still the beacon of hope and freedom round the world," Dole said. "America re i the greatest moral, spiritual and eco- so omic force in the world." 0f Vietnam veterans received a special . ribute from Dole, as he recalled the con- ^ ict surrounding that war. He noted that *-h lany Vietnam veterans had to quietly ettle back into society because they had Di mrn a military uniform. ne Dole reminded the crowd that it wasn't ^ he soldiers who made U.S. policy; they imply followed orders. "It took time for the American people 1o accept the sacrificed of Vietnam," he G o offer alten are things going to work out." The state of South Carolina has no plan anneal Thursday's order but will move ahi with its alternative plan, state Attorney Ger al Charlie Condon said. "We're pleased with the decision," he said says very clearly that single-gender educatio constitutional... it's just that you have to ha\ substantively comparable program." The appeals court said The Citadel could cc up with an alternative plan, similar to one proved for Virginia Military Institute, the c other state military school in the nation. The 4th Circuit court said VMI in Lexing Va., may stay all-male by creating a wom< leadership program at Maiy Baldwin. Judge Kenneth Hall, in a majority opin wrote that "I am convinced that we have i barked on a path that will inevitably fall shoi providing women their deserved equal acces important avenues of power and responsibili The Citadel and VMI have argued that schools should remain all-male to preserve e FAULKNER pag< ive war i \uthor James Dickey signs a boc 'hursday at the World War II writers GREEN F - ' ' ffiSHi KIM TRUETT The Gamecock crowd of veterans Thursday morns veterans id. "The media locused more attention i the demonstrator than the heroes of e war." The recognition of Vietnam veterans as meaningful to spectators who knew ldiers killed in the war. Former Gov. arroll Campbell's younger brother, atrick, was killed in the war, and his ime was subsequently etched on a wall . the memorial. Dole's speech helped the audience to cognize the many contributions U.S. ldiers have made to the development the country. However, there were peoe in the audience who said Dole used e appearance for political reasons. Thursday's event was important for ale because South Carolina's primary sxt year will be the first in the nation, ith Campbell's support, Dole is expected fair better in the state than he did in >88, when he lost to then-Vice President gorge Bush. native or a< USC comi] ead ruling in F ."It o /e a TINA MORGAN Asst. News Editor In phone calls to about 30 rani )me campus students Thursday, reactic ap- Shannon Faulkner case against The inly was decidedly negative. Flirt nrV?A aaitatw Ar\4r W1 LUC dlUUCIllO Wliu UUIlIIIiC 11 LC ton, than half were against Faulkner jn's the corp of cadets. "I feel like she could have m ion, point another way," humanitief em- Stephen Manning said. "The wor :t of about it is that she attacked tradii s to city where tradition comes fii^t." ty." Manning also said Faulkner hi the a "mockery" of the "father-and-so ;du- tion" at The Citadel. She is doing i publicity and money, he said. 72 "The tradition .should be uphe nemories H jp8| W * W A KIM TRUETT The Gamecock >k for doctoral candidate Anthony Young symposium. Weekend fight raises safety questions ANNE PAGE Staff Writer Questions regarding safety at a Five Points bar were raised again earlier this week following the beating of a Shaw Air Force Base airman. Shawn Boustead was punched and kicked until he became unconscious at 1:55 a.m. Sunday outside Tammany Hall on Harden Street. Boustead had pulled a knife on three people, according to a Columbia Police Department incident report. Columbia Police Chief Charles Austin told a State reporter Sunday he had previously considered revoking Tammany Hall's liquor license because of earlier incidents, but had held off after reassurances from the club's management. Austin added that the ?v\ nlf tirrtiil/^ V\r\ 1 /\nl/ arl -?r\f a arro 1 v\ iliaulci wuuiu uc iwivcu iiilu again. Austin later concluded the bar's owner would not be held responsible because the beating occurred outside the business, said Tracy Hanlon with the department's information division. She said no arrests had been made as of Thursday. This fight follows other recent incidents at Tammany Hall. In January, Gamecock tight end Boomer Foster was charged with felony assault for allegedly hitting a North Carolina man with a beer bottle. On Feb. 18, USC freshman Chuck Henrich reported being jumped by 10 suspects who he said hit him with beer bottles, according to a Columbia Police Department report. Henrich received five stitches to his head as a result of the attack, which also caused one eye to swell shut and left strangulation marks on his neck. Tammany Hall assistant manager Felix Denms said Wednesday the bar has been unfairly singled out by the media. "Police have been in front of all the other bars," Dennis said. He said Sunday's fight could have involved patrons of other Five Points bars, all of which must close by 2 a.m. Sunday. "It wasn't in any way associated with us. It could have been anybody from any bar," he said, adding that Tammany Hall's doors were already closed at the time of the incident. "I think we've done just about everything we can," said Dennis, who added that Tammany Hall management has since scheduled more doormen each night to alleviate potential problems. tfTTT A _ 1_ 1 i.1 we separate people wnen we see tnem getting into an argument," he said, "and if someone is getting really intoxicated, we stop serving them or ask them to leave." lmit Faulkner lunity criticizes lauiimer case plied professional sciences freshman Keliom on- ly R?ss said- "Although it's a state-sup>n to the ported school and she has the light to go, s Citadel she should respect the tradition." Morv rtrnwfnrrl intprim rlirppfnr rvf .d, more women's studies, had the opposite opinion, joining j ?Ti> It s about time, she said. It s an isade her sue of basic civil rights and long overdue." ; senior Most of the students disagreed with st thing Crawford. tion in a "I'm definitely not happy about it," fi-eshid made man ^^eP^an'e ^??k sa'^- a^'m Southern n tradi- and believe in Southern tradition. She's t for the doing it for the national publicity and would not have chosen to cause an uproar if it dd," ap- had not been fr>r that."