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/ * 5ow//; Carolina's #1 Student Newspaper WEATHER 1 ttoi - WORLD WIDE CAROLINA TODAY Pi- "U fc; V?| [T^ I I. =jl The Gameock =b "Sf ^mwrnrb 111 ?THURSDAY jm? ^W, ^hL ? III WK? I III l^k 0g||f?||i > Internet. Take , HheS VL^OI IIvUUVIV I it Serving USC since 1908 http://www.garnecockjc.edu INSIDE I HHRHHRHM Fred Leach says that Bob Dole's service to the coun' try should not be forgotten. * Hbb . 6 Students have politics on their mind. Check out who might be running one day. 1 Achim Hunt has plenty to say about referees and their ' little yellow hankies. South Carolina Happenings LOURIE PAPERS ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY Former SC state Sen. Isadore Lourie is being honored at the Thomas Cooper Library until Jan. o A. He joined a celebration in his honor last week to kick off the library display. State leaders celebrated his career and the exhibit, which features photographs and papers. The Lourie Papers are part of USC's Modern Political Collections, which include the personal papers of some of the state's most influential political leaders such as: Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, Floyd Spence, Olin Johnston, Dick Riley, and John C. West. S "Y nintn VIIIIIU STEPHANE SONNENFELD Edtor in Chief mmmmmmmrmm President Bill U] |1 Clinton and former President Franklin ^ Delano Roosevelt have I something in common as of last night: they are the only Democrats in the past 60 years 10 De re-eieciea as u.a. rresiaent. Clinton was declared the winner of this year's presidential election at 9 p.m. Tuesday with a total of 275 electoral votes. At press time, Republican candidate Bob Dole had a total of 97 electoral votes and Reformist candidate, Ross Perot, had no electoral votes. Clinton had 48% of the popular vote, w Students i at polls w ROB GKHELU Asst. Viewpoints Editor HVjjm Election Day was CV off for most Carolina and especially for t j had to travel out c Jason Keller, a sc was glad to have the day off because travel to Charleston, and faced what 1 the norm around the country this ele long lines at the polls. "I had to wait over an hour to vot said. Emma Tomasini, a sophomore from said she felt it was important to vote there was a pretty good choice of canc the Presidential race. Tomasini was i majority of USC undergrads in thai her first time voting in a Presidentia Robert McCoy, a senior, votei Columbia, but he also had to wait aboi and fifteen minutes to vote. McCoy saic have voted anyway, but he was glad to day. Scott Taylor, a sophomore, also v in Columbia and said he would have vc way, but was glad to have the day ol Homeless < A growing number of homeles from homes with domestic viol* REOINNA CWEEN Staff Writer Almost 5 million American women a years and older were raped, robbed or assi or were the victims of a threatened or atte violent crime. Almost 3/4 of these attack committed by someone the victim knew. Both of these statistics were found b Department of Justice National C Victimization Survey in August 1995 Nearly half of all women and children fastest growing homeless population ? are domestic violence, according to a 1995 Foundation survey. The majority of these women are not 1* their homes with their children becausi want to: often it is the only option after re] physical, emotional or verbal abuse. "Most of the women, when they leav* their children, it is a last resort," Sistercai Coordinator of Shelters Sheryl Fraziei Not only is it a last resort, says South C; Coalition Against Domestic Violence and i. Assault (SCCADVASA) Executive Director Higginbotham, but when women finally that crucial decision to leave, they're oft* aware of all the options. "When many women and children lea often in the middle of the night, in A < n win: while Dole had 45%. Perot came in third place with 5% of the vote. In South Carolina, a primarily Republican dominated state, Dole and Clinton were tied with 48% of the popular vote prior to 8 p.m. Early on, Clinton was ahead of Dole in electoral votes. Before 8 p.m., Clinton had already won the states of Ohio and Florida, two swing states Dole had hoped to win. Among the states which Clinton won were Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Connecticut, Maine, New York and the District of Columbia. Among the states Dole won were Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma and his home state of Kansas. jp in-- ! ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock speak out dth vote bought a new a nice day telephone.Taylor said that i students, he voted because he works hose who at State House and felt ?f town to ^ was mandatory. "It would have felt bad iphomore, on my conscience if I hadn't he had to voted>" Taylor said, ooked like Lindsey Greenburg, a ? ctionday, freshman from Pawle^s Island, said she voted because e," Keller an<^ s^e foe's she needs to ex for Bob Dole because he wa Columbia, candidate and she agreed with , and that Taylor also said he likes D lidates for preferred another Republic also like a graduate student, voted hen t this was voted for Clinton. 1 election. "Most people feel he is nc d here in But I like Clinton, I think he is at an hour Parker said. 1 he would Parker waited about an 1 a have the P?MS> and said he thinks1 most important things an i oted here "If s the only way to expn )ted either Parker said. Rf, too. He - Alyssa Smith contri md sexual ; sve IpHMiiiMa's Mice. Eli gamecock new soe< ges 12 aulted nightgowns, [and] oftentimes tl mpted where to turn for assitance," Hig s were SCCADVASA was establish! coalition of the state's shelt< y the organizations, such as Sistercar ; ri m e ^aPe Crisis Network. SCCADVASA organizes the information sessions for its membe fl..: Tt alan hac a lotriclafrivo arm M neeuig " ?- *'? - ? ? ?por(j implementing legislation and i that will improve the lives of men eaving women, who are victims of domes e they sexual assault, Higginbotham s; peated According to the National Co Domestic Violence (NCADV), J e wjth adults are women, which Higgink e, Inc. 's partially the result of gender < said, sexism. arolina If sexism were not so pervasr Sexual society, being female and a vict Susan violence would not have the stigi make ^ which it does, Higginbotham s en not This stigma is often what pr from leaving husbands who batt ve, if s ?ften afraid that they will be bk their a victim of domestic violence s four Clinton's large lead mirrored his lead in the 1992 election, where he defeated incumbent president George Bush. According to USC GINT professor David Lublin, the nation's stable economy was one reason Clinton had the advantage in this year's election. "Generally, incumbents who are in a period of economic progress seem to do well," Lublin said. But, Lublin said, defeating an inmmViont rvrocirtont ie nncciVdo /?itinrr 111VUU1WWIV 1 VUlVlvllv UlVj Vlblllg the defeats of presidents Ford, Carter and most recently, Bush. Stronger themes and more charisma could have helped Dole's campaign for presidency, Lublin said. For many USC students, this was the first election where they were able ||||k she has an opinion, Robert v press it. She voted is the Republican Many USC sti i him on the issues. first trips to 1 ole but would have to elect the i mi-Jeff Parker, a the United S i in Columbia and officials. Ab< Carter, an el< ?t a good selection, teer, gives a 1 the best candidate," the new el? machines. Ab< hour and a half at Emmy Toma rating is one of the Christopher T( \merican can do. from one of 1 ess one's opinion," tants with the buted to this story assualt com Higginbotham. MMgd Many women also s HMi are for poor women, anc cEal report! only victims of abusive 1 Higginbotham said, ley don't know That only applies to jinbotham said. a shelter to whlch to & ed in 1981 as a According to the NC >r<5 an d rri <ji? travel an average of IOC .Incandth: ^solution top from living on the stree training and violence is four-fold, I sr organizations. ve to quit vhich works on Higginbotham said, mblic policies didn t she leave? ai , and especially somewhere?, when instc tic violence and <whyis this man beatir ur: * _i.i i _ mgguiuuinam aisc alition Against needs to establish a no e )5% of abused attitude toward domest >otham believes then manifest itself ir )ppression and P?^cy actions. Higginbotham says i /e in America's ^at stricter sentencir im of domestic perpetrators of domest ma attached to and adhered to. !aj^ "We've got to incre; events women when women find themi thev knnw that thara at .er: women are ?J ? uned for being who can helP around i] , according to sa'd more' to vote for a presfdent" Walter McMurray was one of them. McMurray, a senior psychology major from Ropk Hill, voted for Clinton ? but had some reservations about the entire presidential campaign all together. Ifs not that I voted for Clinton for any particular reason, if s that I didn't vote for the other candidates for particular reasons," McMurray said. One aspect McMurray disliked about fVlic voor'o nrooi/lonfial on uroo VAAAM J VU1 0 VUlUVIlblUl VlU Vll 0il M UO Perots absence from the debates. Voters need to see all candidates and hear what they stand for, McMurray said. "One reason I didn't vote for [Dole] is because I didn't think that a 15% tax fj cut is feasible. I would like to have had ? the tax cut explained," McMurray said. B in! REGINNA GHEE wrsrm ^ at the victory pa Fort Mill De t Greenville-base ||9b state's senior se ' J|m M eighth term in t Thurmond wit! Though Republi ^BPpF $ that they planne Walton The Gamecock the Fairgrounds Former Gov. Carolina voters idents took their Thurmond has i the polls Tuesday "Strom Thrn isxt President of he represents," ( tates and other with people and ?ve, left, Mabel isnowthePres sctlorwlay _ volun- Campbell contjr volar a tlckat for "The people ..ironic voting -rheyVeSaidlw >va, USC student ' alnl, voting at v .tFi n owars, goto halp _ , 2? tha polling aaala- Dole/Kemp men new machines. agree with Gov. values as reason; party. "They have g( 15, oflrmo said. Another teen Lewis from Rich -j It's the mors y~\ H "Democrats j ust L Iv Iv V^t you make, then They (Demc is not the answe USC College still believe that shelters explained why S 1 poor women are not the unprecedented e lusbands and boyfriends, s ^one a values a lot of So women who would have "And at 93 year; ) if they left. "KickirT coult 1ADV, rural women must campaign s mus ) miles to reach a shelter. entrance at the1 nting women and children play "2001." Upc ts as a result of domestic group Queen's fi ligginbotham believes. Dust. ; blaming the victim," Biting the e 'People often say: 'why supporters had ii id 'why didn't she go *? run against S sad they should be asking: ^ was thrill? m her9"" Gaflhey of Green ) believes that America when the Assoc xcuses and zero tolerance Sen. Thurmond :ic violence, which would "That made i 1 legislative and public count my exit vc Close, who b; \merica must also ensure "new independer lg guidelines regarding to too much c ic violence are proposed My roommates they saw his ads ase public awareness so Daly said. They selves in these situations, on age, he co e places to go and people Some voters, 1 ae state," Higginbotham a factor, and th graduate studei years B#. ^m* *?^B - >.j \fl ILL CLINTON >se, yet I Strom Senate m stair writer The Godfather of Soul James Brown helped U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrate his victory last night in the first senatorial race in twenty years in which he didn't run unopposed. Brown, an Aiken resident, appeared rty when Sen. Thurmond led the race vote and 38% of precints reporting, mocrat Elliot Close, textile heir of the d Springs Industries, challenged the nator as Thurmond sought a historic he Senate. t the campaign, polls showed Sen. i a solid, although dwindling, lead, ican Dole/Kemp supporters have said id to ignore the polls, and that the only matters is the one on Election Day, )lican officials had been quick to point iistently suggested a strong Thurmond is never [a doubt in my mind] that SenId win re-election. But I always run ivid Beasley said at the Republicans' Sen. Thurmond held at Seawell's on i. Carroll Campbell believes that South recognize the committment that Sen.. nade to the citizens of the state, mond has never forgotten the people }ov. Campbell said. "He stays in touch he is a South Carolina Senator and he sident Pro Tempore of the Senate," med. have spoken," Gov. Beasley offered, e know] what Strom can do" and ""we Dublicans govern." (publicans, such as the ones selling lorabilia outside of the victory party, Beasley, citing Republican morals and 3 why they are a part of the Republican xxl morals and good values," Will Hood, -age Republican, 17-year-old Brandon land Northeast High School, concurs, ds, but ifs the money, too," Lewis said, want to punish you: the more money lore taxes they take," Lewis said, (crats) think money is the answer. It r," Lewis continued, of Liberal Arts student Patrick Daly en. Thurmond won his election for an sighth term. great service to the state, he upholds uth Carolinians believe in," Daly said.. 3 old, he's still kickin'." 1 also be used to describe the Thurmond iical selection for last night: upon his victory party, campaigners planned to n his exit, they planned to play musical amous recording, "Another One Bites lust is not what many Elliot Close i mind when Close decided last August en. Thurmond. d when Elliot said he'd run," said Judy ville, a close friend who was very upset iated Press called the race a lock by with zero precints reporting, ne furious," Gaffney said. They didn't ite." ased his quest for votes on his being a it voice" ran a campaign many believed if an attack on Sen. Thurmond's ageshifted toward Sen. Thurmond after that showed him reaching for his aides, thought it was too much of an attack ntinued. lowever, felt that age was most definitely lat is one of the main reasons USC it Jeff Parker cast his vote for Close. THURMOND page 3