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Death,'th By CUIUS DEI'SE (ianircock Staff Writer People attend college to learn how to make an ample living. Now mev ran learn something alxuit living by taking a course which will he offered this spring. "Counseling Death Education" will he taught by assistant professor David L. Fredrick of the education depart ment. "Death is the last taboo," Fredrick said. He said people are becoming more open on subjects sueh as sex. which was once a taboo Death as a topic for conversation is becommo n?.? ? r? ,M'1 fashionable. hut accept a hit*. Fredrick said. Till'. ("Ol l>SI', covers death and dying hum a personal per spective and a practical*"" \ iewpoint." lie said. ' It tells you what you need to know, for example selection of cemetery, psychological reactions, wills and luruT.il costs Fredrick, who lias given seminars on death all across the state, said he usually limits his classes to 20 persons because the first part of the course includes group discussions which he says he believes would be awkward with a large group. "Then comes the practical part." he said. "We have nurses come in and funeral directors and morticians. We even have tor minally ill patients." PFOIM.K I KAK an approaching death because it is an unknown experience, Fredrick said. "The first reaction to the unknown is apprehension and anxiety. Close raped on campus An IK year old CSC coed was raped Thursday aboul a.m. in the Blossom Street Parking garage. The woman was walking alone on the enclosed ramp over Blossom Street when a man "just grabbed her and pulled her down. He pulled her in the garage." said \A Clarence Hanson of the City of Columbia Police Department. 1 The assailant was about 20 years old. police said. No arrest has been made, but two investigators are working on the ease. The woman was taken to Richland Memorial Hospital for ;i routine medical check. The assailant did not use a weapon, Hanson said. ?News Briefs Democratic candidate for U. Governor Thomas E. Smith will speaK at 7::?) Tuesday night in room 319 of the Russell House. His speech is being held as part of the USC Young Democrats meeting. A program entitled "Panama Canal Treaty: Myths and f Realities" will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Russell House Ballroom. Peter Johnson of the U.S. Office \ of Policy, Latin American Section, will hold a discussion, question andi answer session after the program. e last tabo family members dying may be the only tiling we know about death, i and it's a traumatic thing." He said religion, or the lack of it. ; is an important factor in the fear of i death. "A person who is firmly < convinced of his religious faith is able to handle it," he said, "and < those with no faith are also okay. t The problem is with the large m'i inrifv /vf * m imipiu \>Ill> I'DIIH1 111 J hot ween. S < IIOW TO UKAl. with grief in a | practical manner is an important 1 purl of the course. I "Kvery cult tiro has its own ways i ot handling brief," Fredrick said, lie said funeral customs are good for giving everyone an opportunity < to express what the\ feel, hut it can i he done without so many extra s rusts c Wl Tc If you art; receiving a do foreign language before with Mw? N:>? innol .. .... I UIUV/iiui iJUl.lll 1 training program in one fields. That's why the Pr is so helpful in identifyii aptitude is strongest. You must register by No PQT on campus ?it will school year. By scoring i qualify for an employmei interview, an NSA repre role you might play in fu i;uinmunicauons security intelligence information. The PQT helps to measu areas such as: LANGUAGES ? Foreign 1 for research, analysis, ai 8?SSI1 lo/subjec "A lot of people are making money on people dying," he said. Fredrick said funeral directors ire quick to take advantage of the latural feelings of guilt that accompany grief after a person dies. 'Grieving people are in a vulnerable position and are likely o spend more money," he said. "For instance, there's the standard funeral which costs about ;i r>()0 111 "51 imn i\~ M , xr V ? \ M I I H."I U III!" funeral I'm not suggesting jcoplc should be cheap when linking funeral arrangements, hut he\ should be aware of unleeessary costs." Some people may prefer remalion because it's cheaper ind does not lake up precious pace like a cemetery plot. Ac ording to Fredrick these people Mathematics and lAT'SAN t the POT gree iu mathematics or in a September 1978, a career ty Agency could begin with a of several different career ofessional Qualification Test lg the NSA field where your ^ ? ? * ~ * ? 1? *l vuiuuui kj 111 uiuur iu iciKu xne not be Riven again daring the -veil on this tost, you will at interview. During the sentative will discuss the irthering this coantry's / or in producing vital foreign re your aptitude for career anguages are valuable tools id documentation projects. i' jffk |B kH^HBit9HB^^^w?Mii :t of new cl< must go out of state because (he funeral director's lobby has as prevented u crematorium being sa built in South Carolina. This may sli make funerals ultimately more cl< expensive, he said. * mi j! hor those occasions (\ should be something fBaQro^ A Located downtown in | Coll 779 2855 lor ev %SSSSSSSS8eSStS?SSSS8SSSS5Sg language majors... ISACAREER "and find out. 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