STATE
Departures mark
end of era in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) - A color
ful cast of characters left the
Senate this week, including a 99
year-old South Carolinian who
ran for president as a Dixiecrat.
Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina, Max Cleland of
Georgia, Fred Thompson of
Tennessee and Jesse Helms of
North Carolina were among the
senators who said goodbye.
Thurmond, R-S.C., will be re
tiring as the oldest and longest
serving senator in history. He
* evolved from a Democratic seg
regationist to a Dixiecrat presi
dential candidate in 1948 and
then to a Republican who sup
ported racial integration.
He has to be helped around the
Capitol in a wheelchair. Senators
allowed Thurmond to close the
Senate Wednesday night.
But Thurmond couldn’t resist
adding his own little touch after
getting his second standing ova
tion from senators in two days.
“That’s all,” a beaming
Thurmond said as they got
ready to close the doors on the
chamber.
NATION
Lawyers say Big
Macs make kids fat
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers
have filed a class-action lawsuit
against McDonald’s on behalf of
New York children who have
suffered health problems, in
cluding diabetes, high blood
pressure and obesity.
In federal court in Manhattan
on Wednesday, a lawyer alleged
that the fast-food chain has cre
ated a national epidemic of
obese children.
The plaintiffs include a Bronx
teen who ate every meal at
McDonald’s for three years
while living in a homeless shel
ter. Another is a 13-year-old boy
from Staten Island who says he
ate at McDonald’s food three to
four times a week and is now 5
foot-4 and 278 pounds.
McDonald’s asked Judge
Robert Sweet to dismiss the
case, arguing those who filed
the claims cannot show their
health woes were caused by Big
Macs and insisting the compa
ny has never misled customers
about its food. The judge did not
immediately rulq on the re
quest.
WORLD
Miss World pageant
article triggers riot
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AP) -
Rioters stabbed pedestrians and
torched churches during violent
demonstrations Thursday in the
northern city of Kaduna. The
Red Cross said more than 50 peo
ple died and 200 were wounded.
The protests were triggered
by a newspaper article suggest
ing Islam’s founding prophet
might have chosen a wife from
among contestants in the Miss
World beauty pageant.
Schools and shops hurriedly
closed Thursday morning as
hordes of young men, shouting
“God is great,” ignited makeshift
street barricades. Others were
heard chanting, “Down with
beauty” and “Miss World is sin.”
The latest demonstrations be
gan Wednesday with the burn
ing of an office of ThisDay news
paper in Kaduna after it pub
lished the article questioned the
reasoning of Muslim groups that
have condemned the Miss World
pageant to be held Dec. 7 in
Abuja, Nigeria. Muslim groups
say the pageant promotes sexual
promiscuity.
’ Honors dean addresses
terrorism threat in U.S.
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
TIIK (JAMKCOCK
Peter Sederberg, dean of the
South Carolina Honors College,
spoke about ter
rorism at the an
nual Phi Beta
Kappa faculty
lecture Thursday
in Harper
College's
. Gressette
" Euphradian Hall.
Sederberg's Sederberg
speech,
"Metaphors We
Kill By, Metaphors We
Compromise By," dealt with a
range of possible responses to con
temporary terrorism.
Sederberg began by acknowl
edging that "the resort to terror
ism often represents deeper and
more profound problems." He then
sought to clarify the characteris
tics of terrorism as distinct from
other political tactics.
"We must specify those charac
teristics that distinguish terror
ism from other coercive tactics
used within or between political
► communities," Sederberg said.
"The targets of coercive attack
should be other combatants, and
the weapons used against these
targets should be highly discrimi
nating."
Sederberg defined terrorism as
an act that fails to conform to
these rules. Terrorism deliberate
ly targets civilians and uses un
conventional weapons, he said,
and "is an especially nasty tactic
that may be used for a variety of
ends by the contenders in a vio
lent political struggle."
Sederberg said reactions to ter
rorism should be based on certain
information, "including the na
ture of the
groups re
sorting to ter
ror, the
breadth and
depth of then
support and
the ends
which they
pursue."
Sederberg
then dis
cussed the
importance
of metaphors
as an aid to
general understanding.
"Metaphorical reasoning does
not simply satisfy some poetic
impulse to vivify dry analysis; of
ten, it represents the first step to
ward developing an explanation
and a consequent response,” he
said.
Sederberg described three cen
tral metaphors, relating terrorism
to war, crime and disease.
Based on those metaphors, he
discussed the formation of re
sponses to terrorism: prevention
through the use of force, appre
hension through investigation, re
action to terrorist attacks as a
means for recovery and coopera
tion through compromise.
"Judgments about appropriate
response to terrorism often reflect
two criteria: acceptability to our
“Metaphorical reasoning
does not simply satisfying
some poetic impulse to
vivify dry analysis; often, it
represents the first step
toward developing an
explanation and a
consequent response.”
PETER SEDERBERG
DEAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA HONORS COLLEGE
democratic sensibilities and ef
fectiveness in minimizing the
problem," he said.
Nancy Butterworth, an
English professor at USC, said
she was fascinated by Sederberg’s
lecture.
I find
these ideas
very com
pelling that
there's a
range of op
tions," she
said.
Jamie
Monogan, a
fourth-year
political sci
ence student,
also said he
enjoyed the
presentation.
"I found the lecture particularly
helpful in that it could spell out
clearly what the fundamental fea
tures of terrorism are and give a
litany of the potential policy re
sponses," he said.
"Embracing the war model,
then, does not automatically pre
clude the possibility of negotia
tions and concessions," Sederberg
said.
"Wars on terrorism may ulti
mately admit the need for concili
ation," he said.
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Fraternity honored at banquet
to end annual achievement week
L
Awardsjocus
on principles of
Omega Psi Phi
BY MICHELLE Nl DHALAIGH
THE GAMECOCK
The Zeta Zeta chapter of Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity celebrated its
annual Achievement Week on
Wednesday night with an awards
banquet in the Top of Carolina
conference center at Capstone
House.
The keynote speaker was for
mer Democratic secretary of state
candidate Rick Wade. Wade has
been involved with Omega Psi Phi
at USC since he joined in 1983.
Wade addressed the banquet's
k main theme of economic empow
erment leading to social and po
litical change.
"Every child, despite his or her
circumstances, despite place or
plight, must have the opportuni
ty to grow and develop," he said.
"Poverty, violence, crime and
drug abuse are the direct result of
lack of economic opportunity. We
must elect leaders who can ad
dress these issues."
The banquet celebrated four
cardinal principles of Omega Psi
Phi — manhood, perseverance,
scholarship and uplift. Awards
were given to fraternity members
who had displayed each of these
characteristics.
Wade’s speech to the gathering
implored them as young black
Americans to show leadership
above all else in today's changing
economic environment. He con
gratulated all the awardees on their
achievements and encouraged
them to continue to control not
only their own lives, but also those
of the less fortunate. He spoke
about the vast differences in South
Carolina between rich and poor
communities and the racial barri
ers that he said prevent poor black
communities from developing.
After Wade's speech, fraternity
members were awarded the car
dinal principle awards. The uplift
award went to USC graduate
Arieus Alcide.
In a departure from tradition,
three members received the schol
arship award: Clifford Bourke,
Kerrick Walters and Dwayne
Mazyck, all of whom recently
graduated from the Law School at
USC. Normally, only one scholar
ship award is given.
The manhood award was given
to Wade in appreciation of his re
cent efforts for the Democratic
Party and bid for office. Zeta Zeta
chapter President Dustin Thomas
thanked Wade for his speech and
said the chapter and the national
fraternity were proud of every
thing Wade had achieved.
The citizen of the year award
was given to Philadelphia-born
Tiana Walters, a fourth-year nurs
ing student at USC and communi
ty chairwoman for the Association
of African American Students.
Walters thanked the fraternity for
the honor and those who had
helped her at Hannah House, the
Palmetto Children’s Hospital and
the Sickle Cell Foundation.
"It is an honor to receive this
award tonight," Walters said. "It
means a lot to me and those whom
I work with."
Dylan Bess, a fifth-year com
puter information systems stu
dent, was named Omega man of
the year for his contributions to
the chapter during the past year.
"When you are only doing what
you think is your job, you don't of
ten feel that others appreciate your
work," Bess said. "It is an honor to
receive this and to know that ail of
your work is appreciated."
Bass and Walters will go on to
compete against other nominees
in a six-chapter area for the na
tional Omega man of the year and
national citizen of the year awards.
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POLICE REPORT
I
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department
Compiled by Allyson Bird
.
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
correspond ing
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
# Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
ly Nonviolent
Monday, Nov. 18
O LARCENY OF CELL PHONE,
RUSSELL HOUSE, 1400
GREENEST. Lauren Smith
said that when she returned
to the Russell House lobby
after she used the restroom,
she found that her book bag
had been taken, along with
the cell phone and umbrella
inside it. Estimated value:
$130. Reporting officers: N.
Beza, A. Lee.
® AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
OF SPEAKERS,BLOSSOM
STREET GARAGE, 1300
BLOSSOM ST. Stephen
Bartos said someone took his
speakers, his tools and his
book bag from his car.
Estimated value: $175.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
® LARCENY OF LICENSE
PLATE, 1211 WHEAT ST.
Robert Hayslett said
someone took his license
plate. Reporting officer: C.
® Taylor.
COLLISION, PENDLETON
STREET GARAGE Joseph
Pauline was legally parked
when another vehicle hit his in a
hit-and-run. Reporting officer: N.
DeHaai.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
©.SIMPLE POSSESSION OF
MARIJUANA, BATES HOUSE
RESIDENCE HALL, 1423 WHALEY
ST. Reporting officer J, Clarke
responded to a call about possible
marijuana use and was allowed to
enter Charles Levinson’s room. A
green, leafy substance was found
in an old prescription bottle, and
Levinson was arrested,
o POSSESSION OF BEER BY A
PERSON UNDER 21, DISORDERLY
CONDUCT, COLUMBIA HALL .
Reporting officer M. Gooding
responded to a call that Jesse
Tennyson was making threats to
Housing workers. Gooding found
Tennyson drunk, speaking
profanely and holding a beer. He
was arrested.
© DISORDERLY CONDUCT, 900
BARNWELL ST. After a passerby
told officer E. Stoudemire that two
people were chasing someone,
Stoudemire stopped the two.
Reporting officer: T. Means.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
O DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
5430 GARNERS FERRY
ROAD (OFF MAP) Reporting
officer: P. Jones responded
to a reference that Joe
Sanchez was drunk and
causing a disturbance.
Sanchez was arrested.
Q NONCRIMi^AL
MISCHIEF, CAPSTONE
HOUSE METER LOT.
, Shah Shaileshkumar said
someone in a dark Nissan
Altima egged, toilet
papered, and put shaving
cream on his car. He said
he had removed everything
from the car before
reporting officer M.
Gooding arrived.
, (ioi SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
6430 GARNERS FERRY
ROAD (OFF MAP) L. Rascoe
of the Virginia police said a
suspicious person had been
on the premises earlier in
the day. Reporting officer:
J. Merrill.
© MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, GREEK
HOUSING, 814 MARK
BYWAY (OFF MAP)
Someone used orange spray
paint to mark "C,U.” and a
Clemson tiger paw on the
front doors of the building
and on the west side wall of
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority
housing. Estimated
damage: $100. Reporting
officer: S. Jones.
© MALICIOUS INJURY TO
■REAL PROPERTY, GREEK
HOUSING, 507 LINCOLN ST.
Someone poured orange
paint on the statue of the
lion on the front right side
of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
building. Estimated
damage: $100. Reporting
officer: S. Jones.
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