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Medict BY BILL PRATT of The Gamecock staff An on-site inspection of the University of South Carolina's Medical School was completed July 31. The ultimate aim of the visit is provisional accreditation, which would allow the school to begin teaching its first class of 32 fresh men, Administrative Asst. Mike Spears said. In November the school will receive the results of the inspection which is being compiled by a four man study team from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), Spears said. The in spection consisted of a close study of both faculty and physical facilities, according to Spears. Faculty members are judged on their weight in the medical and scientific community as well as the "crucial touchstone of how are they going to teach these students," he said. The inspection also included a close study of all facilities the medical school plans to use. These include the Coker Life Science Building, Booker T. Washington and three buildings at the Veterans Administration complex on Garners Ferry Road as primary classroom facilities. Clinically, Professors In Libyan BY KAREN PETIT Of The Gamecock staff Three USC professors were guests of the Libyan government in June in an effort to bring 52 Libyan students to USC. Dr. Perry Ashley, Dr. David Waugh, and Dr. Ezedin Shamsedin represented USC in what may become this University's first contractual student program with a foreign country, said Dr. William Wesson, vice president for student instruction. Since April 1, USC has received frequent inquiries from several Midd'e East countries who are looki:-g at the various courses offered. In addition to USC, they have been contacting a number of American universities. "This is not the sort of thing we would seek out,' Wesson said. "Instead, we are playing a more passive role. The Middle East countries are coming to us for information. We are not soliciting them," Wesson added. Alre ady two representatives from German Culhural Films To Be Shown Begin autumn at USC with a German evening. The mem bers of Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honorary Society, invites you to see "Heidlelberg,"' the renowned university city, and other films. Enjoy Germany and her sister countries, Austria and Switzerland, the people and t heir culture, at the Capstone, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1975, 7 p.m. l Schoo Spears said, Richland Memorial Hospital, South Carolina State Hospital and Moncrief Army Hospital at Ft. Jackson will be used and were inspected during the visit. In keeping with policy, identities and interviews with members were not available. This policy, Spears said, is honored to allow the in spectors to make as objective a decision as possible without getting involved in the school's local politics. The final report will recommend an opening date for the school. But, until this date is received faculty members will be preparing for the first class along with the job of reviewing all applications Spears said. This provisional period is the second phase of the accreditation process. Initially, a school must receive a letter of reasonable assurance for accreditation. USC's medical school passed this first test in October 1974. No medical school becomes fully accredited until its first class graduates. Once the school becomes provisionally accredited, ap plicants can be accepted. The first two classes will consist of 32 students. The third class will have 64 students, and the fourth class will consist of 96 students, Spears said. Interested Students Libya, one from Egypt, and one from Kuwait have visited USC. Libya's academic interests are in the areas of engineering, jour nalism, business, and the media arts program. Libya intends to bring 52 selected students to an American university. The University of Ohio and Ohio State were also scouted by the Libyan government. The USC professors involved with the Libyan project visited Tripoli and Bengazi to explain the facilities USC can offer the foreign students. In addition, they met with the students to determine admissions qualifications. There are two reasons for Libya's particular interest in USC. Dr. Shamsedin, a native of Libya, has contacts in the Middle East and is well known in these coun tries. Efforts to bring foreign students to a new campus begin with well known contacts in the U.S. Also, the USC geology depai'tment has several contacts in the Middle East. Under the direction of Dr. William Kanes, USC has done extensive work in North Africa. Kanes, a petroleum engineer in the Middle East before teaching at USC, has helped make the University familiar to Middle East people. D)r. Waugh represented USC's College of Engineering as well as serving as spokesman for the group. Journalism professor Perry Ashley studied Libya's com munications program to determine the technical training and skills the Libyans have in this area. Ashley p)resented a four prongedJ program in advertising-public relations, broadcasting, news and audience analysis and research to the Libyans. D)r. Shamsedjin's particular Pliease Turnii to Page 28A ls Faclite., MAI, x -s Med Scho Booker Washington, Coker Life Sciences, the State Hospital, Richland Memorial Hospital, Moncrief Army Hospital, and the Veterans Hospital NM We brought the you aske The Carpenters, Seal Jim my Buffet, Mi A meri< HEAR THEM STERI Inspected pA - Dane Eftns ot Facilities (above) are the sites being considered for the academic and clinical functions of the new USC Medical School. m to town because d for them. s & Crofts, Eagles, nnie Ripperton, a, Poco EVERY DAY - 10 96