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INSIDE caroling WEATHER TODAY r/ 37 TUESDAY O" 28 Volume 90, Number 50 SALA meeting to be held Students Associated for Latin America will have a meeting at 7 p.m. on Jan. 22 in Russell House r6om 205. Meetings are held every other Thursday. Leukemia Society needs runners The Leukemia Society is recruiting runners and walkers of all abilities to participate in the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska or the Rock *N Rbll Marathon in San Diego in June. An informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the Sheraton at 2100 Bush River Road. For more information, call 7494299. Zen, Taoism lectures set Philosopher and Taiwan native Dr. Kwang-ming Wu will give lectures about the Asian teachings of Zen and Taoism at 4 p.m. Jan. 25 and 26 in Gambrell Hall, room 151. For more information, call Dr. Hal French at 777-2178. Celebrate Israel's 50th anniversary Columbia Jewish Federation, in cooperation with McKissick Museum, will exhibit "For God's Eyes: Plates and Vases" Jan. 25 through Feb. 22 at McKissick Museum, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25. Bass fishing course offered USC's division of continuing education is offering a bass fishing course from 8 a.m. to _ 4 p.m. Jan. 24 and 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25. The course costs $89. To register call Joan Kirkpatrick at 7779444. Fencing holds tournament for charity The USC Fencing Club will hold the 2nd annual Cyrano Challenge Charity tournament 10 a.m. Jan. 31 at Blatt P.E. Center 308. All proceeds will be donated to Sandhills Academy, a school for the learning disabled. For more information call Nicole Moen at 798-6211. 7T]> Golden Key mondav National Honor Society, RH IvJ w room 309, 6 1 \ 1 p.m., every first I'-' w Monday of the month. "Into the Streets", RH room 302, 7 p.m., every other Monday. q I^The World TUESDAY Tae Kwon Do /-v /\ Club, Booker T. v/(J Washington V [Gym, 7:30-9 ^ Students Allied for a Greener Earth, Calcott 312,7:30 p.m. Palm Campus prayer meeting, PALM Center, 12:30 p.m. ^ Fellowship of Christian Athletes prayer meeting, Rutledge Chapel, 7 a.m. Fencing Club meeting, Blatt 308,7-9 p.m. WM Religious colur B nist needs you B input. v.. ;.~rrrrr.rrr.rr^rr^:.rrr:. ~~r. :~3rr-* W % T C , ^f/1 i.v So let freedom ring from the hilltops of New HampSk*Let freedo ring fro the mighty mountains of New York Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California, But not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia, Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi and every mountainside. When we let freedom ring, when m let U ling fivm every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will he able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Prates tants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual, *Free at last, free at last Thank God Almighty, we are free at last * Students s news editorsARA LADENHHM Martin Luther King Day means a lot oi very different things to a lot of very different people. For some it means that we need to observe his memory and attend mock rallies of his famous march on Washington and attend seminars and breakfasts in his memory.* For most people and in most places his memory is observed through a day off from work, school and the everyday norms of life. When Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot on April 4,1968 people around the world mourned the loss of a great humanitarian and equal rights demagogue. His relentless pursuit for African-American equality resulted in a national holiday that was decreed in November of 1983 by then President Ronald Reagan. The national holiday was to be celebrated the third Monday of January, and is only the second national figure, behind George Washington, to have a holiday recognized on his birthday. It took 15 years and the most aggressive lobbying campaign in American history to establish Martin Luther King Day. January 10 DUI, Pickens Street. Officer on patrol pullec with no headlights. Upon approaching vehicl* ficer noticed strong odor of alcohol. Subject unable to complete field sobriety tests. Larceny of Day Planner, Blatt P.E. Center, tim stated that unknown person(s) removed day planner, which was placed on a courtside be Estimated value: $40. January 13 1 Domestic Dispute, Carolina Gardens. C plainant stated that he and his wife had bee an argument when his wife ran out of the aj n- Jf\l Can CP r / IVw/i comete ^ nn Serving the Carolina Com? University of Sou! * a & - A Mf Martin Luti . - ' ^ j f9 v ilKrat.tZfcr?* a'av ?> * -: : >V; ,V r , ' v""' ^ The Office of Community Service Programs is offering a "one-shot" at a local homeless shelter today. Participants will read children's stories to kids and help them with homework. The hours are 2 to 5 p.m. and transportation will be provided. For more information, call 777-6688. hare thougl Four days after King was assassinated, | Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan), submitted legislature to Congress calling for a King holiday. With support of King counterpart and peer, Joseph Lowery, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Congress was finally swayed and Reagan was persuaded to sign the legislation. The holiday almost did not come to be thanks to efforts made bv Senator Jesse Helms (R-North Carolina). His aggressive campaign against King was filled with insinuations and slurs against King's character. The most notable reference Helms made towards King was his insistence that King was a communist. Across America, post offices, federal offices, banks and schools will be closed today in remembrance of the man who "let freedom ring" for so many. The University of South Carolina will not be closed. This subject has been debated heavily throughout the fall semester, with Student Body President Jamel Franklin and the Student Government lobbying to have the holiday observed if not for this semester, then for next spring. ment. Upon location of the vic. tim, she stated that everything ^ i c&r i r^p was okay. i^T 2' Assistance Rendered, McBryde / I was Quad. Victim stated that she be- I f gan shaking while in the Vic- McBryde Courtyard. Victim was J [ the transported to Baptist Hospital. inch. ?I January 14 m Driving Under Suspension, com No Taillights and Disregard ing Traffic Signals, Sumter and Pendleti 'om- Subject on moped was stopped for runn in in light and having no taillight. A check o jart- ving record revealed that he had a susi make a q ick after A ^B ^B m H v 4 nunity since 1908 th Carolina The Black Law School Students Association celebration will be held at 3 p.m. in the USC Law School Auditorium. The Hallelujah Singers will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Koger Center. For more information call the USC Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, 777-3854. its on King The red tape proved too thick for this semester and SG is planning to continue its efforts to have the King holiday memorialized with cancelled classes at USC in the near future. For USC students, Martin Luther King can be represented in many Ways. Sophomore LaKeya Nesbit feels the day should be observed with cancelled classes because "it is an [American] ritual that we celebrate birthdays of significant people." Sophomore Anya Latimore believes that King Day should be observed, but not necessarily with cancelled classes. "Dr. King fought for blacks to go to school with whites and this means that in order to get the most out of our education we need to go to class to further Dr. King's point," she said. While the subject of whether or not classes should be cancelled will come up for many years in the future, the most important thing to remember in observing Dr. King's birthday is the message that went with his words UT 1 : .1 ... . ? t*L .1 1 . i nave a oream: equality ana peace aoove all. cense. Subjec USCPDi der arrest. f \ rV I l\/| rj Distributioi \\Tvl IYI L caineWithi //DCdAOT a School, D ,/KhrUKi Crack Coca //0^\ J/ lawful Pos& VvO y\ fr f?l an(l ? With a Dei Rosewood an< piled by MATT MYERS While on roc marked pat an streets, proached with an offer to buy crac ting a red the subject exposed the substano n his dri- ficer attempted to arrest the sub jended li- sisted, pulled a gun from his waisi Men's swimming ^ ^ knocks off Gemson. * Mc I ? V A A JNCAA S 'no' to college press EXCHANGE ATLANTA? Senior Grant Wistrom is realistic. Being a football player at the University of Nebraska is a timeconsuming endeavor ? exhausting more than 33 hours a week, by Wistrom's estimation ? and doesn't leave much time for outside employment. Fact is, he wouldn't have worked even if the NCAA had let him. That being said, Wistrom has a problem with an NCAA hierarchy that is spinning its wheels and still forbids Division I athletes on hill scholarships to secure part-time employment during the academic year. "I don't think anybody should . deny you the right to find a job," said Wistrom, who was honored at this year's NCAA convention n CV AV\ A f Vl A XT P A A 'a All f - a. ^ uxic yj i vac xi vjnn a \j uustanding student-athletes. "That's ridiculous." And the debate inches along. - The ramifications of last year's Proposal 62, which pits the rights of student-athletes against the legislative nightmares of athletic administration, were discussed again Monday by NCAA delegates and a high-ranking administrative body. "Philosophically, it's a good rule," Big 12 commissioner Steve Hatched said. "But trying to get it implemented is just overwhelming. "We're going to have a mess on our hands." Proposal 62, called "Financial aid ? Division I Employ ment earnings, nasiouoweaa circuitous route since being presented to the NCAA membership at last year's convention. In January 1997, the NCAA's 300-plus Division I schools narrowly passed Prop 62, which would have allowed Division I athletes on fvdl-ride scholarships to hold part-time jobs, a right Divisions II and III athletes ? as well as Division I athletes on partial scholarships ? already have. The full-ride athletes could earn only enough money to cover the gap between their scholarship amount and the school's "cost of attendance." That figure changes from school to school and could range from a low fourdigit amount to $4,000 or more. The big-time Division I-A schools opposed the rule 61-51. But enough smaller Division I schools swung the total vote to 169-150 for the proposition. The aftershocks were almost immediate. Big-time power schools argued that monitoring each athlete's income would be a legislative nightmare. Schools in areas with more job opportunities would have immediate recruiting advantages over smaller, more rural schools. Athletes, many of whom spend grueling Wistrom-like hours dedicated to their sports, would sacrifice their academic habits. And perhaps the biggest fear was that overzealous boosters, whom universities had worked so hard to detach from athletic departments, were now being ? was placed un- to point it at the o scene successfully n of Crack Co- continued struggle, n Proximity of tody, istribution of due With Un- Januaryls ession of a Pisjisting Arrest Assistance Rend, idly Weapon, Victim stated that i Marion streets, front of the above itine patrol, un- ported to Baptist f rol car was ap- An examination lat :k cocaine. When victim's lower righ e, responding of- Breach of Trust,! fleet. Subject re- that she let the su tband and began et> ^ the subject leT gamecock X On-Llne www.gamecock.sc.edu gamecock INDEX Viewpoints 2 Etc 3 Comics 4 Sports 5 Classified 6 mday, January 19,1998 >ays . -i worK invited back. Heck, athletic department personnel and boosters would even be allowed to help athletes secure jobs. So the NCAA spin control took over. The Board of Directors?the final authority on legislative issues in Division I ? approved a one-year moratorium of the rule, which was supposed to take effect Aug. 1,1997. "For it to be delayed the way it was," said Meredith Willard, a University of Alabama gymnast and member of the NCAA Student Athlete Advisory Committee, "that was extremely disappointing." The NCAA Management Council, a rung below the Board of Directors, eventually appointed a subcommittee to explore the issue more thoroughly. Its proposal includes a $2,000 cap on earnings. Monday, a new batch of questions came up during an open r ci lj A.u- l luium. onuuiu iiie ernpiuyment bejimited to on-campus jobs only? With many companies only giving out paychecks twice a month, will athletic departments have to conduct day-today monitoring to ensure no one exceeds the cap? How will tips be monitored? The Management Council, though, unanimously approved the subcommittee's proposal, which now will be sent back to the membership for a 60-day review and comment period. Under the current format, the rule wouldn't apply to first-year transfers or freshmen, and the full-ride athletes couldn't work for the school's athletic department. The revised details could be made final by the Board of Directors in April. No matter what happens between now and then, remember this: The students won a major victory last year when Prop 62 initially passed. Even though it has been delayed, the rule is in the books. Getting it "erased" would take an even more intricate and time- consuming process. "It was the will of the membership to have a program," said Stanford athletic director Ted Leland, chair of the subcommittee that explored the issue. "Those of us who were opposed finally said, *We better jump in the boat here.' "The rights of the students overshadow the pragmatic problems." Still, opposition is strong. Monday, Leland held up a stack of letters, many of them outlining various concerns, that came from the membership. When Willard was asked whether she is unequivocally convinced that, come Aug. 1, Division I athletes will be allowed to work, she stared straight ahead and paused. "Excellent question," she said. "They better." fficer. A second officer on the disarmed the subject. After a the subject was taken into cus red, Swearingen Engineering, she slipped on the walkway in building . Victim was translospital for medical treatment, er revealed two fractures in the tleg. Blossom Garage. Victim states bject borrow her sorority jackrefuses to return it. t