The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1979, Registration Issue, Page Page 9A, Image 9
Don't bla
USC insti
By Peggy Brady
G?m?cock 8taft Writer
Blaming the Organization (
Petroleum Exporting Countries fc
our current oil crisis i
"irresponsible" and will onl
hinder our search for governmer
energy policies, Mohamme
Daoudi, a USC teaching associate
said this past summer.
Daoudi, whose . pendin
dissertation deals with economi
resources as political weapon*
made his remarks in response t
Stuart Eizenstat's June 28 mem
which labeled OPEC as a "clea
enemy." uizenstat, chief domesti
affairs policy adviser to th
president, urged President Carte
to shift the cause of inflation an
energy problems to OPEC to allo>
the administration to "regain ou
political losses."
"Creating animosity towar
OPEC is not the answer," Daouc
said. "This will lead to cor
frontation rather than coir
promise."
WHILE THE possibility of usin
oil as a political weapon agaira
the United States to force th
establishment of a Palestinia
nomeiand is "unlikely," Daouc
warned that creating hostilit
toward OPEC could be dangerous.
Asked about OPEC's recent 2
percent increase in prices, Daouc
said by raising prices th
producing nations hope to pressur
the consuming nations to conserv
and look for other energy sources.
OPEC chose the middle cours
rather than the extreme when the
decided to raise oil prices, Daouc
said. The other alternative was t
change from the dollar to th
German mark as a medium c
exchange.
Daoudi said if OPEC had decide
to switch to the mark, the dolla
would have devaluated to a ne\
low overseas, and the Unite
States would be "ten times wors
off than it is now."
Kenneth Perkins, assistan
history professor at USC, said tha
in terms of real dollars, oil price
have been rising proportionate!
with the rate of inflation. When th
rise in oil prices and th
devaluation of the dollar ar
considered simultaneously, "th
prices have, in fact, been keepini
pace with inflation."
DAOUDI, WHO is teaching :
summer course at USC entitle*
Freshman c
to be rev i
By She!
Qinwco
An updated and revised gramm
implemented at USC this fall, i
Carolyn Matalene, director of fres
Matalene and Keith Walters, a
are largely responsible for revisin
"The Revision and Editing
reorganize a sentence from sera
spelling and punctuation," Mats]
show an ability to perceive senten
and organization, as well as detei
hn? hM>ri hv tho u;rHci
sense of purpose."
The exam will be more closely r
101, Matalene said.
"The test is geared more to wh
written paper rather than functii
said Nancy Thompson, assistant
the English 100 program and a n
"This test would more nearly n
course," she added.
Obsolescence as well as the ne
improvement of the old exam, acc
"Tests must always be revised,
become too predictable."
Matalene applied for a grant thi
request was approved, and the mc
Productive Scholarship Fund, a 1
nniversitv-relAtfid nroieots nronos
"A usage survey was distribu
structors and teaching assistant
usage requirements will be base
a _ _ iL a v rn/^i it ml
leacn me courses ai ur><^. i ne pi
the fairness of the test, and the res
Other faculty members, inclu<
Education, have provided assis
develop techniques and format for
me urcu,
ructor says
"The Politics of Oil," said the
United States needs to be educated
>f on such an important issue af?r
fecting their lives.
s He said we need to stop blaming
y others and begin looking for
it energy alternatives in the United
d States. "Government energy
5, policy should be set ud to decrease
oil imports and conserve energy
g until alternative sources are found
c that are cheap and plentiful," he
>, said.
o Daoudi blamed America's rising
o gasoline consumption on the 1970's
r trend toward vans and pickup
c trucks, migration of Americans to
e Sunbelt states, where distances
r are long, and inadequate mass
d transit facilities in the cities.
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r comprises only 6 percent of the
total world population, it consumes
d 33 percent of the world's oil and is
li the biggest oil importing country in
i- the world, Daoudi said.
i- Since the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo,
United States dependence
g on foreign oil increased by nearly
;t 50 percent, Daoudi said,
e Asked if the current oil crisis is
n real, Daoudi said, "That's difficult
li to say, but it's probably partly real
\7 anH nartlii "
J U1IVI put ujr V.VS111& i V CU.
4 A CONGRESSIONAL study
li released in May indicated that the
e petroleum shortage in the United
e States was mainly a result of
e sudden cutbacks on gasoline
production by American refiners
e despite sufficient supplies of crude
y on.
ti Daoudi said that in 1973-74
o American oil companies were
e "actors who needed a crisis for
>f their own ambitions. At that time,
the oil crisis was not as serious as
d it was blown up to be."
r Even though the Arab oil emv
bargo was imposed during this
d time period, two major oil- ,
p nrnHnpino natinnc Iran onrl ConJi
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Arabia, exported extra oil to the
t United States to make up for any
it shortage caused by the embargo,
s according to Daoudi.
y The profit margins for the oil
e companies was "astronomically
e high" in 1974-75 as a result of the
e crisis, Daoudi said.
e He contends that until the adg
ministration subpoenas all of the
oil comcpanies' records and
documents, the American public
a will never know whether the oil
j crisis is real or contrived.
jrammnr test
sed for fall
lly Kaufman
ck 8taff Writer
ar test for English 101 students will be
replacing the old test, according to
ihman English.
USC graduate student in linguistics,
g the required test.
4 : 11 _ : 4i? -i?i ? i- A
icai win icvjuiic uit; siuuenis 10
tch and correct errors in grammar,
lene said. "The students will have to
tee structure, paragraph development
*mine the thesis sentence, how well it
r and whether the writer has a clear
elated to the course content of English
lat a person needs to know for a final
oning as an isolated grammar test/'
professor of English, coordinator of
lember of the Freshman Committee,
rieasure what we're teaching in the
ed for a more relevant test required
ording to Matalene.
" Matalene said. "They wear out and
is past year to re-write the exam. The
>ney was allotted by the Research and
LJSC committee that grants funds for
ed by faculty members.
ted in early April to all English ins,"
accordint to Matalene, "so that
id on me sianoaras 01 teachers who
eliminary survey was taken to insure
ults will be published.
iing Joseph Ryan of the College of
tance on the project. Ryan helped
the exam.
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