The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 19, 1979, Page Page 2, Image 2
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By Stanley A. Johnson, Jr.
Gamecock Staff Writer
as me average age ot ubc
students increases, the size of the
USC campus population might
decrease even though admissions
applications and acceptances are
currently increasing, according to
several USC administrators.
Art West, admissions director,
said, "Total applications are up 14
percent compared to last year as of
July 15." Current admissions
figures show 8,768 freshmen,
transfer students and students
applying for readmission have
applied for admission compared to
7,668 as of this past July 15.
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Using a unique formula containir
tract of rabbits, USC chemist Scott
for the detection of arsenic in water.
The method currently used is tim
and is unable to measure very small
He said his procedure is not only
other method, but is several times r
detecting minute traces of arsenic.
Although water supplies in Soutl
traces of arsenic by the S.C. Deparl
Control, DHEC, Goode said his nev
mucn more aennitive.
USING GOODE'S method, the
phosphate and two other chemicals
sample contains arsenic, a form of
NAD, appears. The speed with whic
amount of arsenic present.
Tom Kurimcak with the DHEC v
instrumentation is adequate for t<
vironment and is certified by the En
Although two cases of arsenir n
supplies were discovered in Charlc
ficial Julian Keil said arsenic poison
Arsenic is found in weed-killing pi
stores in Columbia, posing a potent
according to Goode.
Asked about the danger of arsen
loral marMs Kpil saiH "Thf? tnvii
the benefit to the public in the way o:
The arsenic in these products is o
human system with water, Keil si
lethal form of arsenic, has been take
ARSENIC can find its way into d
said. Water containing arsenic conc
million is considered unsafe for hur
parts per million, over three years o
Larry Ladman, a S C. Water Res(
the federal government has recomi
.05 parts per million in drinking wati
Although the general public cs
private use, the same products hav
to use as pesticides for their crops,
poisoning by eating unwashed fr
supermarkets is slim, according to 1
"ARSENIC poisoning is rare and
it does occur a person will develc
menial contusion ana crippling 01 in
Even if the danger of poisoning is
list of 16 chemicals thought to cause
For this reason, Goode is rapic
which he predicts will take ano
hopefully become the most widely
existence," Goode said.
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"Freshman applications are up
18 Dercent since last vpar " Wrcf
said, "but the average is going up
all the time." USC might have to
start depending on the older
students more and more as
nationwide trends of fewer 1
students starting college are seen
in South Carolina, according to
West.
"WE HAVE an untapped <
resource in the older, non- I
traditional students," he said, <
"and they're not going to want to 1
live on campus in residence halls."
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wesi saia aamissions were aiso 1
up over this past year. "And we ;
usually enroll around 80 to 85 I
tect arsenic '
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Staff Writer
ig an enzyme found in the digestive .
Goode has developed a new process
e consuming, prone to human error
levels of the chemical, Goode said. (
much cheaper and faster than the
nore sensitive, making it capable of
i Carolina are regularly tested for !
tment of Health and Environmental
v method should make that testing
"rabbit enzyme," along with a
, is added to a water sample. If the
' nicotinomide adenin dinucleoticle,
h the NAD shows up determines the
vater testing division, said DHEC's
;sting traces of arsenic in the environmental
Protection Agency,
oisoning related to drinking water
iston in 1977, USC public health ofling
is rare in South Carolina.
-oducts on the shelves of many local
ial health hazard in South Carolina,
ic-based products on the shelves of
city is low in these compounds, and
f weed control is large."
rganic and can be flushed out of the
lid, and arsenic trioxide, the most
?n off the market.
Irinking water and poison it, Goode
:entrations as small as .02 parts per
nan consumption, and "levels of .05
r so, could kill you," Goode added.
Durces Institute microbiologist, said
mended that arsenic levels of up to
er are considered safe.
in use arsenic-laced products for 1
e been banned from use by farmers '
So the possibility of getting arsenic
uits and vegetables purchased in
iCeil.
unusual," Keil said. However, when
)p such symptoms as loss of hair,
ie muscles, he added.
slim, arsenic has been added to the
cancer, Goode said.
lly refining his detection formula,
ther year. "It (the method) will
' used arsenic detection process in
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percent of those who are accepted,"
he said.
A recent survey by the National
Association of State Universities
and Land Grant Colleges found a
nationwide decrease of four percent
in enrollment from fall 1977 to
fall 1978. "We are not at all up with
the national trend," Katherine
Mille, S.C. Honors College
director, said. "Many colleges are
beginning to suffer from the
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we're doing better than ever.
"But we know there is a point
when our fortunes begin to change,
and we have to pad up our defenses
:o be ready for it," Mille said.
'That's one advantage of being
behind the national trend; you can
>ee it coming," she said.
IN THE June 7 issue of the
Gamecock, university spokesman
Chip Gray said USC expects a 4.5
percent increase in enrollment this
fall. "I tend to think a 4.5 percent
increase is believable because I've
been an admissions counselor for
the last year and a half," Mille
said. "I think the student body will
continue to grow, but we will have
fewer 18-year-olds and a lot more
30-and 40-year-olds."
Mille said manv nationwide
surveys cannot take into account
the economic and regional factors
influencing people's decisions to go
to college. "This is also true of SAT
scores," she said. "It is pretty well
understood among college admissions
people that you can't look
for the same SAT scores in a
southern region as you would in a
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West agreed many factors are
involved. "One is that the Sunbelt
is definitely growing," he said.
"Another is that up until six years
ago only 40 percent of our high
school seniors went on to postsecondary
education. When only
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graders actually graduate from
high school, you get a small
figure," he said.
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USC has received grants totaling
more than $65,000 to fund several
cancer research projects. The oneyear
awards were made by the
American Cancer Society.
The largest sum, $45,388, went to
John Dawson of the USC chemistry
department, who is studying the
structure and function of a natural
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circumstances, can cause cancer.
The normal function of the enzyme,
known as cytochrome P-450,
is to break down non-water
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"BUT IN the last few years,
South Carolina has had about 54
percent of its seniors going on to
post-secondary education," West
said, "and all the people who
dropped out of school somewhere
between sixth grade and high
school graduation are now can
didates for USC.
"We've got to be flexible enough
to offer programs people need and
want at times they can take them,"
West said. "That's why the College
of General Studies is a boon to a lot
of adults in this community."
Some people, such as Ed Ewing,
director for Undeclared Majors,
expressed concern about this shift
in the college population. "Mature
students often don't know until the
last minute whether thev will
attend school or not," he said.
"They don't apply early, and the
way it is now, we don't really know
about total fall enrollment until we
get a listing of who has paid their
fees. You can't predict. Even those
who come to orientation are not
obligated to enroll," Ewing said.
There might not be a sure way of
predicting enrollment, according
to West. "Our competitor,
Clemson, collects $125 or more for
a combined room and admissions
deposit, and they still have 125
people who forfeit that fee and
don't show up to ask for a refund,"
he said, "but we have sent out
cancellation cards every year
except last year for those who
don't plan on attending to notify
us."
HOUSING administrators have
already begun preparing for the
campus population decrease. Dave
Macaulay, director of men's
housing, said USC will not be
building another dormitory
because of a projected droD in
enrollment. "We anticipate a
decrease, even though campus
housing is running at capacity
now," he said.
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excreted. However, when it comes
in contact with certain chemical
compounds such as those found in
cigarette smoke or other forms of
pollution, "it can make those
compounds carcinogenic,"
Dawson said.
"We want to know how P-450
works and why. If we can do that,
then maybe one day we can control
it," he said.
An additional grant of $20,000
will be used as seed money to help
other USC scientists get involved
in cancer research.
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Chairman chosen
Frank T. Avignone III has
succeeded Oswald F. Schuette as
chairman of the Department of
Physics and Astronomy at USC.
Avignone, of Massapequa, N.Y.,
holds bachelor's and master's
degrees and a Ph.D. from the
Georgia Institute of Technology
and was an instructor at Georgia
Tech from 1962-65 before joining
the USC faculty in January 1965.
He was promoted to professor in
1973.
Avignone has been active in
research in elementary interactions
of neutrinos, in nuclear
structure experiments and theory
and was the 1972 recipient of (JSC's
Russell Research Award.
He has served on several
committees of the USC Faculty
Senate and is chairman of the
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Committee. He also serves as the
university's radiological safety
officer.
Avignone is the former executive
committee chairman of the
Universities Isotope Separator
Project at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, a research
organization of 13 universities, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory and
Oak Ridge Associated Universities.
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