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INSIDE: The Gamecock's Apartment Guide WEATHER INDEX ik] :i 'V Kwrnrb FRIDAY Vv-I III Wf I III l^k A 1 Vj COMICS w?3m \ /Ll| I IL.LUvIV M*MSP0RTS Low 38 WW* m W Wr W n ?3*J CLASSIFIEDS 9 Serving USC since 1908 Gettin9 blasted PAGE 5 I'^T vm&XM, ' Wf B A* ^?#11 Bi^ kb"-- PBk JIh |k f 't-BBBk < IWB^IBHHH Bfejft J to ^ P pjPfiP VH ROBERT\ Diversity Week 1 Although USC's D DIVERSITY EVENTS W??k ?nd* ?<>d? r~T ? 7T Gamecock will con Diversity week will end with _ three events sponsored by cover issues mmmg the Office of Multicultural through next week. Student Affairs and JENNIFER STANLEY Asst. International Affairs. The Office of Multiculti Columbia Mass Choir concludes USCs Diversity \ a Noon on Greene St. after sponsoring events sine Events have included a i Religious Roundtable music and dance on Gree m G r\ m at RH Thoatar r i t i - ? . anmiormai insnsession, Under the direction of presentation by Hie Real W Minister Anthony Outen Sasser and a cultural ve Women off the World Forums included disc and Literature lec- relationships, religion tures multiculturalism and Iris 7 p.m. at the Byrnes Carolina Productions Qenter movies promoting diven -How we found America: ^credibly True Mventvu East European Immigrant Grism^ andlUtelt Woman and Western CP will be showing "I Li] Authorship" That"tomght Sat Autnorsnip. p m ^ ^ Rusgell Houg Cost of admission is $2. Groups take service ERIN SHAW Staff Writer th rnnorVinnf. thf> vpflr Saturday mornings usually bring eve^' to mind sleeping in, recovering from a . Types of sites range week's work and beginning a relaxing interests. Some grou] weekend. F o r s o m e U S C w?[k ?Vndoor P^ students and faculty members, the ^ work more closely * Saturday morning of March 23 will be group will participate a little different. They will band together, 80 at a r\ursm^ "om filter out into the streets of Columbia w1 P ^ 'ood at tae and serve their community. number of volunte This group will be united by the a^s0 rangfes> anywhen annual Into The Streets event. This 50 people, year's theme is "Together We Will Streets b Serve." Student groups and individuals with check-in at the B1 can sign up to serve during the day of Room 305. Participan volunteering. This year's event includes and meet their individi 24 various sites around Columbia. Area businesses have c "For groups who want to serve the a free breakfast for all community and are not sure where to 10:30 a.m., groups wil. go... we've found a place for them," said sites. Three buses and freshman Sarah Efird, who is in charge carry participants to tl of coordinating site leaders. She is Volunteers will woi referring to the organizing group, Into from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p. The Streets, who have worked with a brief oriei j J nHHHi Sopl pumi roun Aren homi Vamj ALTON The Gamecock conclu< iversity tews Editor P)V^|! alAffaire " ^ ^ eek today i Monday, seminar entit 5ace circle, America: East ie Street, Women and forums, a The theme rid's Sean creating awar tdor fair, understandin ission on uniqueness, women, Other sponi 1 culture. Office of Multio ponsored Women's Stude ity: "The Club, SEED,' is of Two Association, C ike That" HIS Internatioi e It Like Services, Ass xday at 9 American Stud( theater. Hall Associatii Affairs. 'Into th( o plan for the represe Refreshm for a variety of the day.r s will do yard minute 1 r, while others he{ore hf ith people. One Partic a an ice cream DP n , ,, r.h. Cen , while another ... .. Sope Garden. wluchwl! srs at each site prizes. from three to voluntee service. gins at 9 a.m. "It's a tt P.E. Center, Mary Ngi s will register she is ei al site leaders. response mated food for articipants. At m0re f i e i.u open slot leave for their . ;hree vans will sheisloc e sites. more vo1, k at their sites Interi n.. They begin outside tl tation by a Theregis )avidson dunked lomore Ryan Stack and the Gamecock meled Davidson 100-73 in the openin; d of the NIT Wednesday at Frank McGuir a. With the victory, Carolina moves it ? record to 15-1. The Gamecocks will pla lerbilt Monday night at home. it ^ ipp! *s?^o J .. des with rel led "How We Found of Diversity Week is -ijri eness of diversity by jMMWL ~A g and affirming our JP sors, in addition to the aPf'^ ultural Affairs, are the JtmKk nt Association, Bahai' |Rk jg arolina Productions, aits, NADA, Residence an and International The Harambee Africa i Qfr/=>/=>tc' I V/^1 ^ V WJL ntative from the agency. ERIN GAL lents will be served throughout When Fhe site leaders will lead a 15- Crisis Net eflection on the day's work a semestei ;ading back to campus. imagine n dpants will gather at the Blatt s ter for a reception afterward, hotline call 11 include food, music and door "WlTr It will also be a time for helped^ irs to reflect on their day of ghe The R lot of work, but it's fun," said interested lyen, Into the Streets secretary. be held M athusiastic about student volunteer to the event and encourages ?J.a rape c pie to sign up. There are 330 Network? ts for volunteers so far, and Derrki >king for a few more sites for advocates unteers. from hosp ssted volunteers can sign up victims th le Student Government office. "Well itration deadline is March 15. | iJlcvcu"ul MTV star uses his I to spread AIDS m CHRIS DIXON Features Editor the messenger isn't ap | "Real World 3", MTV's documentary series y?un? people, the appi [ filmed in San Francisco, featured the late Pedro obviously someone wh< Zamora and his partner, Sean Sasser, two a&e group. Someone w young gay men of color dealing with HIV/AIDS. f?me 831116 ^ Sasser spoke Wednesday night in the Russell in ^6 con^ex^ ^ House Ballroom to 239 students. His speech I ^on * myself covered everything from growing up black and about who HIV affects gay to being told he was HIV positive and being think young gay men, given five years to live. After the lecture, Sasser men co^or' ^ ^n.cre<^ ancwprpH Aa aiirlipnrp's nnpstions ahniit. tnm'rs affected by this epideiE ape Crisis Network is now looking for others w through it in becoming volunteer advocates. Training will , ce>g?mg e ??PX [arch 23-24 and March 30-31 and will teach ^ most fwardl^of 1 s how to help survivors through the aftermath w en 1 -f0?110 ^ # >r sexual assault, according to Christie Derrick, e ^P1 311 1 s f volunteers and community relations for the Everyone has been to the e J friend or a family member or som i said the training is a broad program to familiarize j^er^ a 3uj7IV?r' totally di ii ii j i , e i li. the doctor walks in after a real i with the different aspects of sexual assault, ,. , . , .. . , , r . i , n . patience and concern and is caln utals visits to legal processes to simply talking . , , ? rough their trauma p ^ a psychology major, R^e have several USC professors lecturing on crisis ^ 11318 e or 33 ePec*1 a as well as law enforcement, a prosecutor and V 4k such as how to "come out" and how to get an everyone is not at risk.. # AIDS test my messa?e t?a specii ^ In an interview earlier Wednesday, Sasser re^erence in mY s^? said the consistent rise in the serial conversion things that have a lot to * from a negative HIV status to a positive HIV orientation. Even still, tl status in people under the age of 30 motivates *m talking about affe< him to lecture. ways. "With the speaking things that I have done, Sasser said more th; Fve come across people who are very much in ^ au<^ences come to hi need of some sort of support or acknowledgement saw him on televisK of their identity," Sasser said. "Nine times out opportunity to speak a of 10, the only chance for that to happen, or are^interesting, that it has happened, has been when I'm up Once they re in the there talking about growing up gay or testing through whatever I he positive and trying to move on beyond that. ^ope everyone, ev "I've maintained contact with a couple of to find out if Puck was re people who were having some difficulty with w!. something that t their sexual orientation. Just seeing and being pohtt. They may not usi able to participate in the coming out process may disregard it, but m or their becoming empowered about who they tae they'll rememb are and learning to accept themselves has been discussed in the lecture more than enough motivation." to t"e^r "vesSasser said he likes to make his speeches ^ne ^ maJor f?c? interactive social discussions, as opposed to a ^ was relationshi] one-way dialogues. Zamora. Sasser said ! "The combination I like to use is basically November 11,1994, wa cnDolnncr oVwnf mv mim nvnnrinnooo ortrl Vinnmrr "He was the first HP UUVUV WITH VA^VilV/UWO U11U iiv^/uxg t to connect with people through the sharing of ^ad a relationship wit similar feelings or ideas or experiences while connection was almost ir growing up," he said. "I think there are lots of ^new w^at we wai reasons why the message hasn't connected with we that we we people. A lot of it has to do with the idea that igious roundtable, It ?1 Mb KZZZL j 5KJh tI . ^ fame scono MM?|V ipropriate. I think for ropriate messenger is ) is at least near their ho is at least dealing ssues and to talk about lose issues, like a lot of people do in great proportion. I especially young gay' ibly disproportionately lie. That doesn't mean Although I don't target ic youth population, I ry, and I speak about do with race and sexual tie general idea of what :ts people in different an half of the people in ls lectures because they m. but he uses that bout things he thinks i door, they have to sit tve to say," he said. "I en if they're just there ally like that, is leaving hey may use at some e it right away, or they laybe somewhere down er something that was !, and they can apply it d points on "Real World p between Sasser and Samora, who died on is "magic." /-positive person I ever ;h," Sasser said. "The nmediate and complete, ited from each other, ire both willing to figure DAI an Dance Company performed outside of the Russell House as a part o unteers needed for crisis r 4 LOWAY Staff Writer a counselor who deals with post-tr Stacy Race first began volunteering for the Rape S^' <<^1.ere 0 ^ work, she thought she would only be there for & v l T* exPfnenfes' r.Twoyearslater, Race, now a sophomore, cant t. Vote advoate wo* two ot being with the Network. times vary to meet the scheduh aid her volunteer job, which involves answering ur"1S Svnf an onwee enc making hospital visits and talking to survivors, sh ha^n0 calls, w'hde othe her as much as she has put into it. , t 11 . , f i ri t' ii hospital as well as answer hotlin l I walk out of the hospital, I know I ve really * . , , , ? , leone. I know IVe given all I could to the survivor,'' K1 J0UJ^aveto be ready, si ' ah p m cm rn thp hnsniTA ann cav mergency room with a ething, but when you're fferent," she said. "When ly long shift, he shows i for the victim." said her work with the in the long term as well. OLUNTEERS page 3 * letwork aumatic stress disorder," survivors there to talk shifts a month and shift ng needs of volunteers Is. shift to shift. Sometimes r times she'll go to the e calls. tie said. "You have to be let's work this through, 1 to meet a survivor has he experience. She said rious as sexual assault, in a different way. SASSER page 3 xture ? ?Mv Jk* * N CHESNEY The Gamecock f Diversity Week.