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By JANE SHEALY
News Editor
Heart disease, the number one
westernized cultures including the
result of unhealthy life styles leam
according to Dr. Steven Blair at t!
Physical Education.
Hardening of the arteries and ,
blocked by cholesterol deposits) i
smoking, high fat diets and lack <
Blair. "We know now that even ii
streaks which many believe t<
atherosclerosis," he said.
Bad habits are learned early in 1
disease may not show up for 30 to
A.S. overnight," he said. "Howe
dying of heart disease in their 3d
SMOKING, A contributing factor t
decline, according to Blair. "Thi
the public to believe there are as
before, but that's not true," he s
In 1965, 53 percent of the n
cigarettes and 32 percent of the i
cording to surveys done by the Cen
Atlanta, a branch of the U.S.
Education, and Welfare.
Reports published by the sai
showed a marked decrease in the
and female smokers. Only 39 perc
Professors ?
unt
By LORRAINE CALLISON
Gamecock Staff Writer
Three USC professors ca
continue teaching until their joir
mandatory retirement case i
settled in court, said biology ii
structor Wade T. Batson.
A suit has been filed in U.S
District Court to make th
university honor the verbs
retirement age 01 /o under whic
the three professors claim the
were originally hired.
The 65-year-old Batson's pari
ners to the lawsuit are H. Henr
Lumpkin, 64, history, and Paul V
Blackstock, 64, government an
international studies.
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among many states, except Virg
opposition usually defeats us by 01
good measure. There are always <
people who, I would have to gues!
They oppose all progressive leg
becomes a conservative or a lib*
ERA-S.C. HAD A problem for
financial backing because, accordi
Southern state and the traditiona
states are more progressive."
The organization has received f
Women Voters, the National Org*
various business and professiona
Holland said ERA-S.C. was ir
)ad habits it
cause of death in most
U.S., is believed to be the fl|
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he College of Health and
atherosclerosis (arteries HffiiiB
ire linked with cigarette JflPMNj
sf exercise, according to
1 children there are fatty
) be the beginning of
life, Blair said, and heart W
40 years. "You don't get +
ver, people have started v
i'S."
o heart disease, is on the
e tobacco interests want BrwS
> many smokers now as
aid.
tale population smoked in 1975 as c<
rvuiucu disu smoKea, ac- smoKing w
ter for Disease Control in percent in
Department of Health,
"THE PI
ne department in 1975 "About 90
percentage of both male smoking is
:ent of the males smoked He predi
allowed to tea
il court action
Federal Judge Robert W.
Hemphill has ordered USC to take
the case to the state Supreme
n Court. Both sides are preparing
it briefs and will present their
s arguments at a hearing scheduled
l- for April.
"I wouldn't mind quitting school
5. since I will continue to be active in
e researcn, tsatson said. "1 filed the
il suit because I will miss daily
h contact with students if fired, and
y because it is unfair to have different
retirement ages for dift
ferent state jobs."
y The mandatory retirement age
1. for other state agencies is 70.
d "There is no question that this
case has universal significance,"
Batson said. "The result will
determine whether individual
institutions have the right to set a
mandatory retirement age as
opposed to a state law aDDlvina
equally to all employees."
If the state Supreme Court rules
against USC, the professors will
continue teaching until age 70. If
the court rules for the university,
the case will go to federal court.
"We are confident that the state
Supreme Court will find in our
favor," said Victoria L. Eslinger,
attorney for the professors. "If we
didn't feel that we had an excellent
case, we wouldn't have gone to
;inia and Georgia. "The u/nmon in
w ft v?a?v??
ie vote plus one more for was mutu
one or two seniority-type cooperatio
5, are living in the 1800s. how the pc
islation until everything in this sta
iral issue." There is
workers at
many years acquiring themselve;
ng to Holland,_^We are a grass root
1 belief is that Northern
"Wtt WI
unds from the League of ''Maybe w
inization for Women and work been
1 groups. been more
lost effective in getting "We stil
lain cause (
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>mpared to 53 percent in 1965. The per
omen declined from 32 percent in
1975.
HOPAGANDA is finally sinking in," E
percent of the population agree that
harmful."
icts that in the next two decades, s
ich
is taken
Br mo* Andrew-THE GAMECOCK
court."
"It is obvious why the university
wants to keep the mandatory
retirement age at 65," Blackstock
said. "It is an easy way to get rid of
* - -a #
unwanted pro lessors.
"We have received encouragement
from all sides and
are most grateful. Recently a
Massachusetts school teacher,
after being forced to retire at 65,
appealed to his state Supreme
Court and was rehired."
Blackstock, a jogger and
mountain climber, said he could
understand why a policeman would
have to retire at 65 since his job
demands top physical condition.
"But you don't automatically
become senile at age 65."
the community to work together. "B<
al suspicion among women instead
n. Women have learned a darn gooc
tlitical system operates both with and
te."
no feeling of personal failure among
; the amendment's defeat. They believ
s and their issue and were well-orga
s level.
SHE VERY SUCCESSFUL here/' Ho
e would have been more effective hi
in operation longer. That way, we v
> believable also.
1 have the same network of ERA w<
>f heart dist
become increasingly
become very uncomm
A second factor contr
ifat diets cause high ch
been linked uncontest
"Children should be U
diet," Blair said. "We
in which A.S. has b
jjffPSMP cholesterol serum level
are sometimes affecte
Lack of exercise car
M?j||ilfi "Even unobese person
|| is having the energy U
these factors are part
MjjpjIB Blair said. "And, it's !
follow that is conducive
heart disease, cancer,
g?pS?| LIFE STYLE factors
from congenital heart c
number of deaths fron
e oamccock about six percent of ?
Congenital defects, wh
centage of population, are not the
1965 to 29 but may be the rest
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OlIKVItVU J AJiail ?KI1U.
Blair, who is an avid
Hair said. "Regular moderate es
; cigarette into now," he said. BU
down to within 10 -15 p<
is persons Qf course, no one shoi
Plus gradin
proposed b)
By BRYAN GLAZER
Gamecock Staff Writer
A new eradinc svstpm hac Koon n
Academic Committee for the third *
adoption of a plus grading system bj
The system adapts the use of lett
give recognition to students on the t
For example, a student who has an
receive an A grade. With the propos
a grade of B+, allowing the distinc
proposed system, which is present!
include the use of a minus scale.
The proposal states "... whereas I
the plus grading system and when
defines grades. Be it enacted, then
over the entire university as follo>
define the grade point value of each
THE PROPOSAL will be sent to I
on final approval and enactment of
been endorsed by the Faculty A
chairman Dr. Hugh Norton. Norti
presentation made to the committe
been broucht to the attMitim nf
each time for the past three year
From 1927, when the university v
grading system was used. In 1964, U
scale and adopted a four- point systei
nationwide trend on college campu
system while still retaining the fou
IF THE PROPOSED grading sysi
for use next fall. According to Don
ApofUnnio ITamalfu ?
a avwuvAIHV * VA/HIIIIllV\A/j IV
necessary. The space used to record 1
plus grades.
The SG Academic Committee hir
Firm., for $150.00 to poll 300 USC s
students' views concerning the gri
indicated 85.7 percent of those pol
grading system; 14.3 percent were
decided.
efore there we'll trv to activate for
of mutual close, though. We hav
I bit about
against us According to Holland
in the state was the <
I ERA-S.C. legislators.*'
e they sold
nized at a "I WAS STANDING <
the day of the ERA vote
discussin the amendr
Hand said. granddaughter raped.'
id the net- the ERA would be i
vould have granddaughter ever be
doubtedly knew better,
>rkers and know better."
5ase
health conscious, smoking will
Dn.
ibuting to heart disease is diet. High
lolesterol levels which in turn have
ably to A.S., according to Blair,
lught to like the taste of a low fat
have done extensive animal studies
een promoted just by increasing
s." Blair said that cholesterol levels
d by heredity.
i also promote disease, Blair said.
5 may not be fit," he said. "Fitness
^ live a full and vigorous life." All
of each individual's total life style,
the total life style many Americans
e to all degenerate diseases such as
obesity and diabetes."
> are unrelated to fatalities resulting
lefects, according to Blair. "And the
i congenital heart defects is small,
ill heart-related deaths," he said.
ich affect a large percentage of the
: result of the individual's life style,
lit of his mother's if maybe she
jogger, averages six miles oer dav. /
ercise is a good health habit to get
tir also recommends keeping weight
Hinds of the desirable weight. "And,
ild smoke," he said.
g system
r SG
roposed by the Student Government
>ti aigui year, i ne proposal calls for
f the university.
er grades, A "plus" will be used to
>order line of the next higher grade.
88 percent average is not eligible to
edsystem, the student would receive
tion over an ordinary B grade. The
ly used by the law school, does not
the USC Law School is already using
jas the plus grading system better
; will be a uniform grading system
vs . . The proposal continues to
letter grade.
the Faculty Senate, who will decide
the bill, March 1. The proposal has
dvisory Committee, according to
xi said he was impressed by the
e. According to Norton, the bill has
Faculty Senate and has been vetoed
s.
vas founded, until 1964, a six-point
SC disposed of the six-point quality
n. In recent years, there has been a
ises to return to the phis grading
ir-point scale.
.em is approved, it can be applied
na J. Walker, member of the SG
ew report cards would not be
law school grades could be used for
ed the Midland Market Research
tudents at random, to determine
ide system proposal. TTie survey
led favored the transition of the
opposed; and 1 percent were unelection
time. The office will have to
e no money."
, a major factor in the ERA's defeat
amotion generated by "right-wing
I
OUTSIDE the Senate chambers on
5," she said, "and I heard a woman
nent. She said, "I don't want my
Someone led this woman to believe
indirectly responsible should her
i raped. Whoever told her that tinbut
didn't want their constituents to
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