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Graduates
By Wostoy Tucker
Staff Writer
With the rise of international tensions, the
U.S. Foreign Service has taken on new and
powerful responsibilities, and USC is a
leader in training people to fill positions,
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according 10 university protessors.
"In the last few years, we have placed as
many ? and sometimes more (students) ?
within the Foreign Service than other
schools of similar standing," said Dr.
i Charles Kegley, USC government and ini
ternational studies professor.
USC competes with schools such as
\ Harvard, Princeton and the Georgetown
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!acriooi 01 r oreign service in placing
students within the Foreign Service, Kegley
said.
i| "Our success rate in placing students in
i international organizations and multinational
corporations is also extraordinary,"
Kegley said. "Students from
our program are in demand in all forms of
foreign relations. They are trained in
decision-making in a way that gives the
expertise neeaea in management '
foreign cultural setting."
ABOUT ONE person out of 150 to 200
people selected for the Foreign Service
comes from USC, Kegley said. AlthouL
that number is small, comparisons show
that USC's government and international
[ studies department is a leading source of
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Thousands of protestors, inc/udir
to march to the Pentagon in proti
policies. (Photo by Michael Goo din
USC group
By Michael Gooding
Staff Writer
USC students representing two campus
i joined thousands of demonstrators in a mar
tagon Sunday protesting some of President Ri
i foreign and domestic policies.
Student members of USC's chapter of th
Organization Workshop and members of U
Alliance traveled to Washington, D.C.,to 1
peaceful protest against United States invc
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GROW member Bill Leslie said he went to
1 see what everybody else in the country was u
t was "pleasantly surprised. It made me fee
alone in my causes," he said.
i "I think this is a real positive step toward br
many divergent groups into a unified movi
\ said.
J KAN PFUNDSTEIN, from USC's Palmett
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I sue was primarily concerned witn issu
[ militarism and the possiblity of war.
"It was an awakening to see that the people
} all anti-establishment people. They were
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May 8. Friday MWF B:
May 9, Saturday MWF 9:
May 11, Monday TTH 9:
May 12, Tuesday MWF 11:
I May 11, Wednesday MWF 10
May 14. Thursday F1H 12
May IS. f riday \H\ f \
' I "Single Meeting ( lasses Between -1 IS I'
I late dtiernoon and evening (lasses meoti
! 1 vimo d.?v and houf during the examinafi
i < .ug of ihe semester and an\ ronfii
work in fore
qualified graduate students, Kegley said.
Dr. Paul Kattenburg, USC government
and international studies professor and a
former Foreign Service employee, said
undergraduates are occasionally selected
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minute."The service recently stopped taking
undergraduate applications, makingth#?
chance of being selected "highly, highly
improbable," Kattenburg said.
There are two phases to the Foreign
Service selection process, including a
written examination and an oral interview
by a panel. About 20,000 applicants take the
written test every year, Kattenburg said,
but only 200 may do well enough to qualify
for the oral interview. Referring to USC's
placing one applicant every year, he said,
"One student out of 20,000 a year is pretty
good."
This figure of 20,000 includes only those
training for positions as officers With the
service, Kattenburg said, and there are
several other levels of jobs available in the
worldwide service. Reserve officers and
technicians are needed to handle
machinery, communications and other
aspects of foreign service, Kattenburg said.
"There are other ways that one can train
for the Foreign Service," Kattenburg said.
"History, business administration, English
and journalism all provide excellent
background in international relations.
"WE'RE PROUD of our success rate
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some USC students, gathered at the Lit
ist of some of President Ronald Reagan'i
g)
>s join prote:
everyday citizens coining toj
things will get better," Pfundsl
organizations marcj1) which was orgar
mw ? Mobilization movement, attr
;>nald Keagan s strators from all over the coun!
ri i?a --ii ? - -
r ? . rruicsiers fcumereu ior a p
ra^S, ??!S Memorial where speakers att;
r" s ^ajroetto foreign policies and accused
, e pait in a militaristic and racist progran
.Ivement m LI THE ACTIVISTS said Ilea
the march "to aimed at assisting the wealth
pto.' He said he increasing an already 'bloatec
i i Ihe marchers then cross*
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Virginia, where a rally and d<
inging together "ui'di"g was h?kl Aoco1r?din
.nTpnt " I Pentagon was chosen as the <
houses the U.S. Department of
. . . "No draft, no war; U.S. ou
o Alliance, said chanted. "The people united
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""" ?said.
The chants took on a more i
j there were not p0iiCe, who kept a low profilet
H FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
im 2:00 P.M. Fxam 5:30 P.M. Exam
(K) TTH 11:00
OS MWf 12:20
10 MWF 1:25 MWI 4:40, M4:15-7:00*
15 TIM 2:00 TIM 4 15-7:00*
10 MWf 2 JO MV\ 5 30
10 71"H 8.00 7 H 5.00
lilt JO
M .iful 7 00 P M
ny, once .i week may have thr final examination (
on w<*??k However, ihe < lass must be so notified
ns resolved m advance through the office of <*ie
ion service
because of the competition involved with
other, more established schools and also
because of the reputation that Carolina
enjoys and particularly, the department of
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guveriuneiii aim liueniauunai siuuies, ne
said.
According to Kegley, "The success in this
area is, of course, a direct reflection of the
class of students accepted into our graduate
program and of the faculty we are able to
maintain. "In our three programs (political
science, public administration and international
studies) we are more than able
to cover in-depth all the aspects of Foreign
Service and relations," he said.
Recent international problems, such as
the Iranian hostage crisis, have focused
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Americans living abroad, Kattenburg said.
A slight drop in the number of Foreign
Service applicants occurred immediately
after the Iranian crisis, he said, but now
people are applying at the former rate.
USC currently has several representatives
working abroad. Student Steven
Metz is the most recent applicant selected
for Foreign Service from USC, Kattenburg
said. Also, Jeff Hartley, who received his
master's degree from USC in 1976, is now
the Charges D'Affaires in Swaziland,
Africa and Dr. Richard Walker, founder and
cnairman 01 usu s GIINT department, was
recently named U.S. ambassador to the
Republic of Korea.
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icoIn Memorial Sunday Qfi
? foreign and domestic //fl
sters z
*ether in spirit in hope that /
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lized by the People's Anti-War
acted thousands of demon- '
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re-march rally at the Lincoln j rig
acked Reagan's domestic and
the president of carrying out
gan's proposed budget were ?l ^11 II
y while hurting the poor and
I Pentagon budget.''
id the Potomac Hiver into [
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g to protest organizers, the I
demonstration site because it I
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militant tone when Washington
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