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" Old boyfriends r\ Fencing Qub ^ USC women's ^ \ fjBtnBCOCK \ (Ilf lF1X-/X/? make for an ) holds charity >S basketball team **N \ On-LineJ ^ IK^S? "ironic" evening. ^ tournament. I defeats Ole Miss. J lagaiiBHI HHL-H?SHI www.gamecock.sc.edu caroling WEATHER J gamecock INDEX H Be (Bamccock e ; Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 Volume 90, Number 56 University of South Carolina Monday, February 2, 1998 fc I Puppet Regime elects officers The Puppet Regime will meet 5 p.m. today in Longstreet Theatre green room. Officers will be elected. k TTSr' IpfiHpfcliin wm v/v/v# conference to beheld The Student Leadership Training Conference will be held Saturday at USC. Final deadline for registration is Wednesday. For more information call 777-6688. k SALA sponsors * * dance lessons SALA will sponsor a salsa dance lesson from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Blatt P.E. Center dance studio. Reservations required. For more information call 777-6359. ? Host families needed for exchange ASSE International Student Exchange Program needs Columbia families to host students. The students would stay for a school year. For ^ more information call Diana W Hackbarth at 699-6728. Turkey subject ol panel The office of International Programs for Students and the Turkish Student Association will sponsor a panel discussion and cultural presen^ tation on Turkey 7 p.m. Feb. 10 in Harper College's Gressette Room. For more information call 777-7461. Professor to lecture on James, Astaire Stanley Cavell of Harvard ' University's philosophy department will hold a lecture at 4 p.m. Feb. 16 in Gambrell 153. The lecture is Identifying Praise: At Moments in Henry James and Fred Astaire." Ifi o IfjGoWenKey E national nonor Society, 6 p.m., first Monday of Ithe month, RH 309. "Into the Streets," 7 p.m., every other Monday, RH 302. A~q q ] PRSSAmeetTUESDAY ing, 5:30 p.m., q Feb. 3, Colise) urn CEO room. \ Coping with t 1" ? Living, 3 p.m., begins Feb. 3, Counseling and Human Development Center. "The Connection I Need to Grow," 3 p.m., Feb. 3 and Feb. 10, Counseling and Human Development Center. Office of Community Service Programs' Open House, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 3, Campus Activities Center. ^ Appreciating Self, 2 p.m., Feb. 17, Counseling and Human Development Center. The World Tae Kwon Do Club. 7:30 n.m. to 9 D.m.. Book er T. Washington Gym. ^ Students Allied for a Greener Earth, 7:30 pjn., Calcott 312. Palm Campus prayer meeting, 12:30 p.m., PALM Center. ^ Fellowship of Christian Athletes prayer meeting, 7 a.m., Rutledge Chapel. ^ Fencing Club meeting, 7 pan. to3 p.m., Blatt 308. f Manage Porn stars, P crux of WUSC copy desk dbfe/CHRIS DIXON news editor CARA PELLATT WUSC Public Affaire Director Bin Wilt ski was taken off the air twice in 24 ho for questionable content. During an interview with two porn st Friday, Wilcenski was ordered by Stud Media Director Ellen Parsons to end the i cussion. He was 30 minutes into the ini view about the porn industry. "Fve done much worse interviews w bands, and they weren't stopped," Wilct Game< Grant's seco buzzer-beak as many gai lifts USC ove No. 18 Cine asst. sports NATHAN BROWN There can be no doubt in the wc universe, about the existence of Goc Carolina basketball games. Last W with nine tenths of a second left, v> past Florida, 74-72. On His day of the week, Sunday, t down on Frank McGuire Arena an 13 Gamecocks (16-3,6-2 SEC) for t two games. Carolina hit a 3-pointe maining on the clock to beat No. 18 If God looks after USC basketbi is His blessed son. In the Florida cor in the winning shot. Against the Bi someming more impressive man the sea. He picked up the loose ball second left on the clodc and stroked t nothing but the net, just as the buz: "The ball popped out, and I jus shot it," Grant said. "I was just picking up and relea intention. I got knots on my forehes charging the court]. People were ju was just tiying to hold my head do' get out of there." After the first half, Cincinnati pro were going to get out of the Coliseu Cats dominated the first 20 minutes Carolina 39-19. Carolina was outps every category of the first half. The Cats outrebounded USC 24percentage of their shots 53.6 percen West shooting percentage under Edc six blocks to USC's one. The difference between the first a like night and day for the Gamecoi the locker room, Carolina was dev watched their deficit swell to 23. E _ January 22 Illegal Use of Computer, Patterso Hall. Victim stated that unknown pe: son(s) sent her a threatening e-mail. Ii vestigation continues. January 23 Domestic Dispute, Carolina Garden Victim stated that she and her husban were having an argument when he tx came angry and struck her several tim< with his hand. Victim did not pres charges. Victim's rights forms wer signed. Civil Disturbance, Wade Hampto residence hall. Complainant stated thj she received verbal threats from sul jects 7 tolO. In retaliation, subjects 11 6 returned verbal threats. Investigate continues. r pulls pli irate Radio' at controversy ki said in an interview Sunday. "I wasn't do ing anything wrong. It could have been much worse. It could have been a total porno, tasteless thing." urs Wilcenski said Parsons' reason for ending the interview was that it was inappro-ars priate for a radio station run by the Board ept of Trustees. He said Parsons mentioned noth^s' ing specific that was said in the interview, ter* He believes she had a problem with the overall idea. rith Parsons said in an interview that the subins* ject of the broadcast was inappropriate. 30cks ful nd IJf ** V in M tk 4. ? rtnr* l rent in to nit use he Almighty looked d blessed the No. he second time in y r with no time reCincinnati 67-65. ill, Antonio Grant itest, Grant tipped aarcats, Grant did Moses'parting of with less than one 13-pointer that hit ter sounded. t picked it up and sing. That was my id [from the crowd mping up on me. I ^;. ivn. I was ready to 4 <$ bably thought they ;fB|| m with a win. The & vQ|| i of play outscormg PN;^WipHi srformed in nearly W<%M ra by 20 and soon tut after the 18:53 William Gallman slams it kETBALL page five the entire game until Ante n January 24 _ r- Disorderly Conduct, / y^\\CR\l 1- 900 block Henderson I / )) \ Street. Subject was ob- \ I JJ REP served stumbling in ^ the street. When re- I Uwl ? sponding officer ap- | proached the subject, I . a strong odor of alcohnl was oViqatvaH nnH Compiled by MAT ig *? ' ' the subject's speech was incomprehensible. Subject was ar- Est rested and transported to Richland County Detention Center. J? " Assistance Rendered, Blatt P.E. Cen- Un 1 ter. Victim dislocated knee while play- bloi 3~ ing racketball. Victim was transported fice "? to Lexington Medical Hospital. ope n ere i ug twice c The station manager and I spoke, and the decision was made that it was running too close to violations. It was deemed not appropriate," she said. Early Saturday morning, Wilcenski and other DJs also were ordered to end the "Pirate Radio" show. The show's format includes taking calls from listeners. One of these calls was a factor in the show's removal when a caller used the word "shit." Another factor in ending the show was Wilcenski's use of the word "dickhead." The DJs were then suspended from the station. Wilcenski believes the words would have been inappropriate during the day, but they were used during the FCC's safe harbor, which is the operating time between 10 p.m. 1 of mira SE home early in the game against Cincinnati nlo Grant hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to i Malicious Injury was arresi 1 to Real Property, land Cour R II P I t> 4. ner. mi ? xvuust. v/uiueia i esponded to a fire January I f \ D T alarm at the Roost. T WrC<k The Columbia Fire J) Department re- Victim sta /\ f) sponded. Upon fur- removed ? ? ther investigation a cured wal bulletin board had larceny < r MYERS been burnt by un- by. Compl known subject(s). person(s)] ;imated value: $10. table from $151.65. nuary 25 lawful Possession of Beer, 1700 January ck College Street. While on patrol, of- Assistant sr observed subject walking with an c . v 1 /? I Ti J OC16I1C6. V m container of beer. It was discov- ., . d that subject was underage. Subject p^g^Q - >ver weekend and 10 a.m. when language rules are less strict. "This is the most toned-down pirate ra- / dio T've everhaan a nart of " Wilr.anslci said f ? "This borders on censorship. It seems to | (|Pn)) 1 promote one person's morals. Ifs just one \ person speculating on the thoughts of oth"Pirate Radio" was a part of the Spring 1997 WUSC schedule. Both incidents are under investigation. Station Manager Drew Harton is scheduling I 111^^ meetings this week with the DJs involved to I determine if any policies were violated. In- WJWBI formation gathered during the investigation EBLHHiBlM will help decide how long the DJs will be sus- J? BBI pended and if the cases should be turned over J* B J HH to student discipline or the Board of Student Publications and Communications. "I CP may cut movie cles program asst. news editor t ~ |^|Ms?|[| CARRIE MCCULLOUGH I $?& Students may have one less choice ? on-campus things to do Wednesday ^ mm in and Thursday nights. Carolina Productions is consideri ing either running the free movie pro a gram every other week or discontinuAnderson, CP cinematic arts commis"We have done just about everything we can. Fm still talking to my adviser about it though," Anderson said. Anderson said it is not a question of the budget or a lack of good movies available. Instead he attributed the possible cancelation to a lack of student atHe also said the money will not necessarily go to recouping CPs financial losses caused by The Wallflowers" con _< A __ t. n small tui iiuul at tiic tunuei t re||11111| suited in the campus programming or||| ganization losing more than $40,000 in |11|1|? November. He said it may go to other areas in lllliy . Carolina Productions or to another student organization. Jenny Shelley, a junior political science maj?r> said she enjoys the movies. I She usually attends on Thursdays. "Sometimes they have some really good new movies and sometimes they lllillllf have your old favorites," Shelley said. Shelley added that when she has attended the movies, the theater was nnn kolf fn fKron-frMinf^a full ' Anderson said the tentative movies % for this semester are "Men in Black," 'experience' The Gamecocks trailed staff wrilertiMHEl. WEAVER cln the game, 67-65. As high school seniors decide which college to attend, academic programs at USC prepare for their arrival. ???????J The Office for Academic Affairs and Provost has selected the novel to be feated and transported to Rich- tured in next Augustus First-Year Readity Detention Center. ing Experience. "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?" 27 by Lorrie Moore has received rave repealling Card, Bates West. views from critics, and staff hope inited that unknown person(s) cominB freshmen will love it. i calling card from her unse- Don Greiner, the Associate Provost let. Estimated value: $1. and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, rfan End Table, Towers Lob- wanted freshmen's first impression to ainant reports that unknown an academic event at the universiremoved one unattended end Greiner also knew that students i the lobby. Estimated value: wanted more academic affairs in common with each other and more ungraded contact with professors. 2g For the past three years, freshmen ? . . . _i i involved in the program have read a * Rendered,Jones Physical ^ storyl jn AugU9t> then discus8ed lctim stated that he splashed -t with other students and professors his eyes. Victim was trans- Aav ... Richland Memorial Hospital. he day after moving 1^ ; FROGS page three