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* g Friday Volume LXX No.>? University of South Carolina, Columbia , S.C. Oct. 10,1980 USC offii By Steve Riddell Editor USC President James Holderman and an 18-member delegation from South Carolina will leave Oct. 19 for a 10-day expense-paid tour of the People's Republic of China. University officials said they believe it is the first time the Chinese government has paid for a visit from a foreign university delegation. "We will not be the first university to go to China," said Chris Vlahonolous. vice nresident for nublic relations "Rut this is the first time we know of that the Chinese government is paying for a trip. "Once we hit the Chinese border, we will be the guests of the Chinese government. They will pay all our expenseshe said. Vlahopolous said tne purpose of the visit is to set up an exchange of facultv and students between USC and Shansi University in the Shansi province of China. "THE UNIVERSITY is taking along a formal memorandum of agreement to establish an exchange relationship between the universities," Vlahopolous said. "The visit is also for us to meet with Chinese educators and government officials." The delegation will arrive in Hong Kong Monday, Oct. 20. On Oct. 21, the group will take a train to Canton. The delegation will fly to Peking Oct. 23 and the next day will travel to Tai-yuan, in the Shansi province. Thp ormin will snpnd fnur rlavs in Tai-vnan and will visit Shansi University. On Oct. 29, the delegation will visit Sian. The next day it will travel to Shanghai. The group will travel to Hong Kong by train Oct. 31 and will fly to Tokyo before returning to the United States Nov. 2. CHAI ZEMIN, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, was instrumental in setting up the trip. "We initiated a relationship with the Chinese when we brought Chai down to Carolina last spring as part of our international program," Vlahopolous said. "We invited him down to meet with faculty and students, and state leaders wanted him to look at some industry in South Carolina," he said. "The ambassador was very impressed with USC and encouraged us to enter into this relationship with Shansi ** . _ . . "i ? 1 _ _ i _ i_ n * n _ l i university, wnicn is in nis nome province, vianopoious said. Vlahopolous added that the delegation may visit several other universities while in China. "The only expense we will incur is for the flight over and back," Vlahopolous said. "That money is coming from a private grant the university has to support international activities. The money came from a private donor and has been in the university's hands for some time." Vlahopolous said no state money would be used to pay for any part of the trip. Members of the delegation from the university include Holderman, Vlahopolous, R. Markley Dennis, chairman ol the USC board of trustees; Dr. George Curry, secretary ol the board; Dean David Waugh of the government and in ternational studies department; see China, page 5 Senate gives 'negl By Leroy WUIiams . , . . staff Writer out for hav,n8 to? any unexcused absences. The student senate But the senate did remove Invr ? ? ? -- UULUU dgdiiiw Miller trom the Finance the expulsion of Sen. Eric Committee. Miller despite the Rules Rules Committee Committee's recom- Chairman Pat Shaughnessy mendation that he be thrown told the senate Miller had \Z\ , . ?r ^ 'v "r T " i?? 1 ? JBHI l^lil^i MlllllllMMf ' BpaaM 1SB!1^?1P8f? ' ' The student senate voted Wednesday not to expett accumulating too many absences. Sen. Andy N proceedings with another senator. (Photo by Kyle He cials to vis iSHHnHHHHnHaBnHHnHi v-. _-. . -, - -_- t-A? l - - .?^1?^.1- , -.-1.-".BI I MMm v57^?'- JL vzr!ty c^? (ijS-'rir^Lit-^.-JiS'JtSI-fM^/J.V^-.^'?'-.-,'.:: ? - -' y>?\^=^HB^^^PH|^H F-'-r '^J^^ifJri^r-r? '^: ?r1 *.V~-ft^;.^.7~1 BH09HHHHflHHHHfllHHIHHMHHMHHIHHHKS&<*>:&v^.:s^?-':::TC:39HMIHflHHHHHIIHHHMHflBIHHHHII Chinese educators from Shansi Province of the Peop Engineering in May. From left to right T. Y. Chu, USC Tai Yuan Institute of Engineering; Feng Yi, president t Vice Governor Wang Zhongqing. head of the Bureau of i - . .??*. * Ruptured water flooding in Capi By Susan B. Lynch ^re Staff Writ?r rgn A ruptured water system on the ninth floor of Capstone dormitory soaked the hall's carpet and seeped into eight L rooms Thursday, setting off a fire alarm that caused the knc 1 evacuation of the building. tim n _ i L: _ i-i! r?L! _f r* r~y a 1 - - ? ' ii. n ^oiumuia r ire uniei o.r . /\naerson saia a ninin uoor exp resident, Thea Coleman, put a steaming pot of hot dogs under A the kitchen water faucet. The student was unable to turn the Caj water off and she loosened the top of the faucet. Water rep : spewed out, hitting the ceiling and breaking a light fixture, he wal : said. The dining room, storage room, study room and five dorm dor " rooms were flooded with an inch of water. Several An< linonr' momhor 9nrl A 111V?A1%/V1 aw M accumulated 3t unexcused senate meetings, but one the absences this semester, It absence was excused Ru: resulting from his missing because Miller said he didn't Ser . three Finance Committee know about the semester's The meetings. first senate meeting. Ass Miller said he missed two T SHAUGHNESSY SAID other meetings because he spe Miller had missed three was trying out for the varsity Stu dismissed from the senate Pe without appeal if he had Cai a another unexcused absence vis J JB this semester. A senator can Ca W be removed for missing two Stu x w meetings without a valid the reason. am THE SENATORS 1 discussed stripping Miller of a t Sen. Brie Miller (right) for his voting rights for four as* filler (left) discusses the meetings, but that move was Sti -illand) defeated. coi The senate also approved am it China le's Republic of China tour (JSC's College of professor of engineering; Liu Mei, president of if Shansi Agricultural University in Taigu; and Higher Education. pipes cause stone dorm fighters used water vacuums, shovels and mops to love the water. INDA SAAD, Capstone area manager, said she didn't >\v how much the damage would cost. "We haven't had e to assess the damage yet," Saad said, "but we don't >ect any great problems." uderson said the water system on the ninth floor of )stone is broken, and he did not know when it would be aired. Every floor below the ninth contains some leaking fnr KA coir) LVri , 1IC OU1U. Pipes leading to the storage rooms aren't sealed in this m, so there is a leakage all the way to the first floor," Jerson said. chance f Today allocation of $2,100 to the %;4 WA ssell House Cultural Konaid ies to pay for promotion. r Rea&aft will SSMfcak Bs.SfciBg he senate approved the * ,N nding of $40 from the # *B MSG' : dent Government budget '>' will open thfc first of publicity posters. The three performances ten* will display pictures f fa Coliseum, individual senators and , w ? .? * ? . ^ I be posted in the various ^ " ^ s show ate districts. Will. b<! 8t 7:30 |).m. Saturday at 11 a.m. he senate also approved awj 3 p m Powers and Hespon- ?4| lities Committees ap- w ntment of Mary Beth R?$$/ BetlC Midl6^ ss to the Standards and $||OWSat 7, 9:30 p.m. rolyn "carter ?to "the' Ad- midnight, *1.5?. ory Committee for Off- % * * mpus and Married , XA/BSttlBP idents and Chris Handal to &&&? Committee on Curricula ^jTCNi&yj Siiftfty Cttd i New Courses. IMP# Hi$h$ in the I ' ' v s MB.SEN ATE also passed )ill that will add several sistants to the Office of $?** ident Advocate. The office $ isists of a chief advocate iwtote ff| tfa* d an associate advocate. , , - IT- -w