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4 Graduation Gala i STAFF REPORTS and their families are invitee Z ~ ~ ~ ~ The Graduation Gala be; The University of South Carolina Carolina tradition. This and the Division of Student Affairs means of bringing closure t will host an Inaugural Graduation ; j ?i_-? ? CApeneiiue cuiu ui ueieurauiig Gala from 7p.m. until midnight occasion of graduation. May 2. The Gala is an exciting The Graduation Gala will be located will bring graduating studen on the concourse level of the Carolina staff and their families togei Coliseum, and all graduating students evening of celebration. CAMPAIGN continued from page 1 Jones said. TJSC won't have a full voice until they have a voting student." Jones said that there are still ways for students to make their opinions known. When I was at USCI "really saw a lot of people complain and worry about things, but when it came dow n to the nittygritty, I was discouraged by the campus apathy," Jones said. "I encourage all of USC to rally together if there's an important issues, and get involved. Report: Crime costs Americans $450 billion ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK ? Crime costs Americans at least $450 billion a year according to the most comprehensive survey ever done on the price of violence, The New York Times reported. The survey is the first to try to measure the cost of child abuse and domestic violence along with crimes like murder, rape and robbery. It is also the first to estimate the mental health care - - - - ? ? n , n i_i rrv costs and the reduced quality 01 me ror vicams 01 crime, une nines reported in Monday editions. "Hie estimate of $450 billion for crime is an amazing number which tells us just how heavy a burden that crime and the fear of crime place on our society," said Rep. Charles E. Schumer of New York, the ranking Democratic member of the House Subcommittee on Crime. "Victim Costs and Consequences: A New Look," done for the Justice Department, was sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the Justice Department. It calculates the out-of-pocket costs covering items like legal fees, lost work time and the cost of police work as well as intangibles like the affection lost for a murder victim's family. The authors devised a formula for the intangibles. The study excludes the cost of running the nation's prisons, jails and paroles and probation systems, which would add $40 billion, brining the total annual cost of crime to almost $500 billion, according to Justice Department statistics. The report has been praised by a number of academic specialists anrJ law onfnrrpmpnt. authorities but others have raised Questions about the methodology used in calculating the intangible costs like the value of a murder victim's life. The authors of the new report made no recommendations on the best mix of measures to control crime. But they point out that ignoring the intangible benefits of crime reduction "can lead to a misallocation of resources." For example, the average rape incurs "out-of-pocket costs" to the victim of $5,100, far less than the $20,000 annual cost of a prison cell, the authors said. But when the rape's effect on the victim's quality of life is calculated, the cost soars to $87,000, many times greater than the price of a prison cell, the study concludes. McVeigh Speaks of 'Protest by the Sword' in Prison Interview ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON ? Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh rlflima many Americans share his sympathy toward anti-government militia groups, The Sunday Times reported. "For a long time, I thought it was best not to talk about my political views," McVeigh told the newspaper. "But millions share them, and I believe it is gravely wrong that I should allow the government to tiy and crucify me just for believing what I do." The British newspaper interviewed McVeigh at a prison in Englewood, Colo., where he and co-defendant Terry Nichols are awaiting trial in the April 19,1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building, which killed 168 people. McVeigh has denied guilt in the bombing, but said in the Times interview that the government has earned violent opposition overall. "If you had to label what I think, then I would say I am closest to the views of the patriot movement," McVeigh said, referring to right-wing militias that say they oppose government interference in private lives. "I don't know about war, but I do know about disenchantment," McVeigh said. "They say the government is the omnipresent leader ? but when they govern by the sword, they must reckon with protest by the sword." No formal ties between McVeigh and the militias have ever been established. The Sunday Times said he admitted that he had read The Turner Diaries," a white supremacist novel that details a plot to bomb FBI headquarters in Washington. "I read it as a gun-rights advocacy book," he told the newspaper. The Sunday Times asked McVeigh how he reacted to the fire that ended a government siege of a Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, on April 19,1993, killing 81 cult members. "I Mow events and what I saw reminded me of Tianamen Square," he said. "How could the same thing happen in America? 1 saw a localized police state." Federal authorities allege McVeigh bombed the federal building in retaliation for Waco. Earlier this month, a videotape came to light that shows McVeigh at the Branch Davidian compound shortly before it was engulfed by flames. McVeigh and Nichols, a former army colleague, face the death penalty if convicted on federal murder and conspiracy charges. Their trial is expected to begin late this year or early next year. ) The Gamecock Huv^Vkfl Monday, April 22, 1996 to start new tradition I to attend. All of the proceeds from the Gala "Second Nature," heavy hors d'oeuvres gins a new will go to the university in the form of and specialty desserts, event is a a Class Gift that will be used to support There will be an open bar serving o the USC scholarship funds. beer and wine from 7 until 9 p.m., and ; the joyous The tradition of the Graduation a cash bar from 9 until 11 p.m. Gala will continue each semester on Taxi service to the area hotels will event that the evening before Commencement be provided at a discounted rate. Lts, faculty, exercises on campus. For more information, call Margaret ther for an Admission is $20 per person. O'Gorman at 777-4172. The Gala will feature live music by 8* i *** Hp**" ?>? E9 B ' :?-liP#f^. w||m IEr! flft jj \ Jul BHPi .p^HBB :v (. W^* A 111 i "*' if B f ^^BPWi^^y^L w~~j^M 'm ?^C23M , ^p&*& . 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