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is in politics.
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checks it out.
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USC Football heads to
Vandy this weekend and
Sports previews the game.
South Carolina
Happenings
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TRIO PROGRAMS HOLDS
EDUCATIONAL FORUM
The USC TRIO
Programs will host a
forum on educational
issues today from 3
to 4 p.m. in the Belk
Auditorium in the bottom
of the BA building.
The forum will focus
on recent efforts that
have been made in the
public sector to help
with higher education
funding and expansion
of programs.
The forum will
include a panel discussion
with representatives
from state legislators'
offices. Organizations
such as the League of
Women Voters will also
be present. The panel
discussion will he followed
by a question and
answer session.
The TRIO Programs
are designed to increase
college participation and
graduation rates among
low-income, academically
eligible students.
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CECE VOW KOmiTZ Special Projects
A USC assistant professor of engineering
was suspended without pay Thursday after
being arrested Tuesday afternoon and
charged with possession of steroids,
marijuana and cocaine.
Larry Hawkins, 45, an assistant
professor in the department of mechanical
engineering, is being held at the Lexington
County Detention Center on an $11,376
bond.
Hawkins was also charged with two
counts of distribution of blank prescriptions
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REGINWA GREEN Staff Writer
Pram 1870 to 1920, immigration to America
increased by more than 100 percent; Americans
relocated to the country's urban areas in
massive numbers, the urban population almost
doubling with every census taken from the
time period.
With such a large number of both
Americans and immigrants concentrated in
newly urbanized, metropolitan areas, the
laws of economics quickly took effect, and
many urban residents found themselves
without employment, food or shelter.
The land of opportunity never really
recovered from the initial bout of urban plight
it experienced in the beginning of the 20th
century: The problem remains in 1996. Only
now, the cancer known as homelessness has
spread from urban areas, such as New York
City and Chicago, to America's smaller cities
and towns.
According to the 1990 Census, more than
14 percent, or about 38.1 million of the
American population live at or below the
poverty level. Of that number, according to
the Washington, D.C.-bastd National Coalition
for the Homeless (NCH), 40 percent are
children. South Carolina lags behind the rest
of the country in this area: The state-poverty
rate lingered at just less than 20 percent in
1995. In relation to this, the NCH reports:
Poverty is the leading cause of homelessness
in America; children comprise more than oneV
fessor su<
and attempting to obtain steroids by fraud.
When officers searched Hawkins' office
and home, they found a "quantity" of illegal
steroids, marijuana, and cocaine and seized
two computer systems.
The arrest was the result of a sevenmonth
undercover steroid investigation
by the Lexington County Sheriffs
Department and a Drug Enforcement
Administration task force.
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i lit! investigation is continuing, saia
Gary Morgan, Lexington County Sheriffs
Department spokesman. He said other
warrants may be pending.
Hawkins became an assistant professor
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faculty can hear the chiming of Rutl<
onal since 1975 and are mechanically
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ment help <
I Columbia's
L^a^^^newgsfi^aLmge
fourth of the homeless population.
According to a 1996 report released
the Bureau of the Census, gaps betwe
household incomes were the widest ev
recorded in 1994, the latest year for whi
statistics were available, despite the fact tl
the country, as a whole, experienced econor
growth. The share of the national incoi
going to the top 20 percent of households v
49.1 percent while the share going to t
bottom 20 percent was only 3.6 percent. T
middle class also lost out: A typical full-tii
worker lost $300 in 1994.
It should come as no surprise then tl
about one-fourth of all families receiving Jto
Families with Dependent Children (AFE
receive housing assistance, according to NC
This sheds light on the Center on Budget a
Policy Priorities' statistic that reveals a
percent decrease in AFDC benefits from 19'
1994 after adjusting for inflation. This woi
mean that out of the 25 percent of famil
with housing assistance and AFDC, ma
would not be able to afford sufficient housi
in 1994, even if they had in 1990.
199b brought many changes in regulator
from the federal government and t
Department of Housing and Urb;
Development (HUD), which oversees housi
authorities across the country. According
upended t
in August 1990, according to "YJq fcn
university records. . . .
University spokesman Russ _ 9 ?
McKinney said Hawkins had diStllblJ
been planning to leave USC after ^aV6 flfl
this semester and was not
teaching any classes this fall.
McKinney said, in light of
the charges placed against
Hawkins, he has been suspended without
pay until further notice.
The USC police department participated
in the arrest which occurred around 5 p.m.
Tuesday, according to Carl Stokes, USC
director of law enforcement and safety.
Clem
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Clemson police of
they believed to be Ro
at a Clemson off-cam
Four Clemson Ui
charged Wednesday, i
with possession wil
Rohypnol and simple
Garrett T. Hoffn
Jawski, 19; Matthew
Ari Sandor Mutchnik
$3,000 surety bond la
Police Department Agi
An undercover op
tablets from Mutchnil
Degennaro said. Mut
witn tne sale ot itohy
Mutchnik was su
Wednesday, and the <
"going through the.
President for Studen
said.
The university wi
000*"^ arrests because Rohyp
media attention, Jacl
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Fm not surprised," she
more Rohypnol on car
other schools show wi
it"
Y pr Students have b(
arrests because Clems
Jacks said.
"People expect sorn
in Columbia because i
she said. "We're a ru
faculty and staff hav
We appreciate all the
information out abou
The university hai
and news releases b
he Gamecock Rohypnol and teacl
themselves from the <
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??>e " media attention beca
a "date rape drug."
housing uf
decreases
|1 Nancy Stoudenmire, director of ]
HI information for the Columbia He
Authority (CHA), one change has bee
III preference is no longer given to the hoi
"They now must go to the bottom
list just like everyone else," Stoudenmi
"y According to HUD guidelines, n<
en than 30 percent of a person's income
e,r used to cover housing costs, and befor
[cn 1, there was no established minima
^ for dwellers of public housing. Now res
mc regardless of income, must pay a mil
of $25 a month, and federal legislation
?as the minimum rent to $50 is pending.
The minimum-rent law will cer
affect those inhabitants of public h
me who receive Supplemental Security 1
(SSI). The program is used to assis
131 persons with disabilities and effects
^ 1,1997, the federal government will eli
' that program.
"There are lots of federal initiativ
n" are impacting the clients we're sei
^ Stoudenmire said. "It's kind of like b
a catch-22."
. Almost 50 percent of homeless >
ies and children are fleeing domestic vi
ny according to a 1992 Ford Foundation!
^ For many women, lack of housing isn't
the main reason for homelessness.
)ns women who leave abusive relationshi
the tools necessary to survive on the
a 11 even when shelter is available, says
to HOMELESS)
ifter drug arrest
ow that there are people who
ugs to campus. As far as
ting and selling on campus, we /
it found that to be a problem."
Carl Stokes, ^ ^ V|
ISC director of law enforcement and safety
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Stokes said he does not think drugs i 7~yk' M
are a problem at USC. JL
"We know that there are people who f fKnh
bring drugs to campus," Stokes said. "As V Sim
far as distributing and selling on campus, Ik,.,. 1
we have not found that to be a problem." HAWKINS
ison police seize
pnol during raid
ints Editor "We just have to watch out and
ficers seized 3id tablets make sure no Rohyphnol is given to
hypnoi in a raid Monday any women. If a rape occurs, and a
pus apartment. woman shows Rohypnol symptoms,
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n relation to the seizure, we are going to look a lot harder
;h intent to distribute intO tl13t."
possession of marijuana. jack Degennaro,
^n' Clemson University police agent
Daniel Mahon, 19; and ' ' y
19, were released on a Reports of Rohypnol abuse have been
te Wednesday, Clemson concentrated in California, Texas and Florida,
ent Jack Degennaro said. The Rohypnol tablets could have arrived
erative purchased three in Clemson between seven and 10 days ago,
? for $20 before the raid, Degennaro said.
chnik was also charged He said some of the Rohypnol could have
pnol. already been distributed, and there is very
spended from Clemson little the police can do about it.
ither three students are "If the gentlemen are willing to cooperate
judicial process," Vice and give names, we could do something,"
t Affairs Almeda Jacks Degennaro said. "We just have to watch out
and make sure no Rohypnol is given to any
as concerned before the women. If a rape occurs, and a woman shows
nol has received so much Rohypnol symptoms, we are going to look a lot
cs said. harder into that."
this has happened, but The Clemson Police Department has
; said. 1 hope there's not suspected Rohypnol could have been in the
npus, but statistics from area for up to a year, Degennaro said,
e probably have more of "The drug got our attention because it's for
high school and college kids, because it's a
een surprised by the cheap high, and if you mix it with alcohol, it
on is a small community, will get you really high," he said.
"We can't claim that we got all the Rohypnol
ething like this to happen in the city or in the state. We know it's here so
it's a metropolitan area," we can be shaiper and start doing some training
ral area. The students, on it in the future," he said,
e been talking about it. Rohypnol would be easier to find if more
coverage because it gets information was available about the drug,
t the drug." Degennaro said.
3 sent out campus alerts He said much of the department's information
0 warn students about came from newspapers and television news.
1 them how to protect Rohypnol is listed as a Schedule Four drug
drug, Jacks said. under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970.
m the subject of recent If convicted, the four students could face three
use of its alleged use as years in prison, a $3,000 fine, or both.
) Senate to define
'political group'
REGINNA GREEN Staff Writer
public Student senate introduced a bill Wednesday to set aside
using new funds for organizations at USC.
;n that The bill allocates funds for the International MBA Student
meless. Association, the Public Relations Student Society of America,
i of the the Mock Trial Club, the Sorority and Fraternity councils and
re said. Amnesty International at USC.
o more Sen. Graham King took issue with the appropriation of
can be funds to Amnesty International, however. According to King,
e April die SG Constitution states that USC cannot fund any oiganization
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udents, International unconstitutional, King said.
1111111111 "Amnesty International has done some, really good things,
raisin? but they are a political organization. [And] if we can fund
Amnesty International, than we'd have to finance Young
tainly Democrats and College Republicans and other political
ousmg organizations on campus," King said,
income "[They] would be eligible for student activity funds ? and
t those if these organizations are eligible to receive hinds, then you
re Jan. have students paying [through activity fees] for ideas they
Imnate may not endorse," he said.
It remains unclear as to whether Amnesty International
es that is, in fact, a political organization. The finance committee
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diig in and postage for their Urgent Action network mailings, but did
agree to help underwrite their trip to the Amnesty International
vomen convention.
olence, The finance committee maintains that it is able to fund
survey. the activities of any campus organization as long as they do
always not acknowledge and condone any particular idea, which is
Often, their reasoning for denying Amnesty International funds for
ps lack mailings and flyers.
sir own "These funds will be allocated for USC events only... and
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oneiyi j not other political events, finance committee chairman Zerell
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