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St489 receive deg USC gra By Forrest Brown "It is essential that we find the humoi others," USC's 1982 commencemer audience including 3489 graduates. Blind since birth, Harold Eliot Krent: undergraduates, 722 advanced degree students and 209 law students pa mencement the important role humor h Krents, the inspiration for the Broai "Butterflies Are Free" and advisor to programs for the diasabled, said, "Fin helps me deal with my problems. Once you rather be blind or deaf?' I replied,1 asking a missionary would you rather b KRENTS WAS presented an honors letters degree. "This is the easiest de ned. My heart will always be with th Carolina," he said. "I hope they dor New attends Students qu By Susan Muir Students will face a new attendance policy in the fall that is less tolerant of class absences than the current policy. The policy approved by the faculty May 4 states absence from more than 10 percent of a course's classes, whether excused or unexcused, is "excessive." An instructor may consider such excess when determining grades, according to the policy. Current policy allows a student to miss 25 percent of the classes in a course without being penalized. USCr CKE debs D? i uin o ia 11 ncuui ib r, - .. " Educati Some members of the urging t medical field are recom- measure mending that the USC School school t( of Medicine be phased out agreerm only a decade after its Univers creation. in Char 1 CHE The latest round of debates setting ; began with proposals by the entry in Commission of Higher Commi Health; nursing a From Staff Reports USC's College of Health and the Coll< Nursing have announced a new d option which permits students to \ cuuiuiiiauon 01 Master 01 rNursing Master of Public Health degrees. The new joint degree option wi available to students by the 198; semester. The new dual degree offers grac more options than either single d< according to Dr. Alan Sear, ass* professor in the Department of 1 \ Kinko's is saying Thank-you with 7 1 Vi 4 Sale Beginnir / June 17 th! KINKO'S SUMMER HOURS 8-7 M-Th 8-6 FKI 10-5 SAT. rees duates ur 1 r'liirlnntK OO mn/jinnl ^ OlUUCIlld, OO UICVIH.UI | ding the humor in life ? , a man asked,'Would bridge, my alma i That's like a cannibal The main point c . i if>d or baked?' " problems. Beside stroke five year iry doctor of humane predictable epilej gree I have ever eare University of South KKENTS SAII i't quote me in Cam- because of his un Em f nee policy m estion facult\ THE NEW policy affects only undergraduates, but English professor Trevor Howard-Hill said, "The graduate council may decide to make its own alterations." The new attendance policy was one of five presented to the faculty by the University Standards Scholastic Committee. Professor Ray Moore of the Deoartment oi Government ;inH International Studies opposed the 10 percent policy, saying many professors will ignore it, especially since there is no distiction between excused and unexcused absences. ite medical schi ion in mid-May Hospitals, a he Senate to pass a education progr; ? forcing the medical dinated by MUSC > reach a cooperative officials fear they 3nt with the Medical control of theii ity of South Carolina curriculum and pi eston. cooperative situat members favor * deadline for USC's ONE PKOVISK to the Consortium of consortium a{ inity Teaching names the MUSC alleges offer new d< Health Administration. Gradu 2ge of pursue careers in teaching an egree practice or public health administ get a Entrance requirements for , and degree are the same as requirerm College of Health and the Collej 11 be sing. > fall Completion of the degree luates students to take required ant 3grec\ courses totaling GO hours. The ociate provides the same depth of instru 3ublic each degree taken separately. 9 3 3 Main ged to fim hr SB "Live life to the iB ful/est. Recall that K<J the most important ^ 'lim Ming is laughter:" JjB| - Harold Eliot Krents I .Sssgi?' mater, or I could be in big trouble." of Krents's message was dealing with life's S his blindness, Krents suffered a crippling s ago and suffers from sudden and un3tic seizures. ) he is very nervous before his speeches preaiciaoie epileptic seizures. "lUvery lime nits absences; y's decision SOME STUDENTS have also expressed dislike for the new policy, which will limit acceptable absences to an average of four to six for classes meeting three times a week and two to four for bi-weekly classes. Junior Janet Frick said the policy is ridiculous because it doesn't allow for sickness. David Brooks, a sophomore, said it's "unfair to students. I think we're at the age wnere we can decide it we want to go to class or not." Sophomore Susan Gardner also disapproved of the policy, saying, "if students are responsible enough they'll go (to class)." ooi issue hospital trustees final arbiter in am coor- disagreements between the . But USC two medical schools. would lose USC officials are more school's open to a second CHE olicies in a proposal, which calls for the ion. USC school to make arrangements with Richland [)N in the Memorial Hospital for jreement training students. ' board of But some individuals in the medical profession question whether the state needs two medical schools. ates may WHEN THE USC School of id nursing Medicine was created in the ration mid-1970s, South Carolina the dual *lac* a shortage of family >nts for the practitioners, but a surplus ze of Nur- ^yPes physicians is predicted for the future. Some county medical requires societies fall on both sides of 1 elective ^e debate, while others program remain uncommitted, iction as in awaiting further study of the issue. 799-3807 I i humor in life j I give a speech, I have to psych myself up," he said. Despite his problems, Krents said a positive attitude can help one cope with life. "When I attended Harvard, I was exposed to the world of mixers. Mixers are where 50 females and 280 males lock themselves in a small room, listen to hard rock and work un a sweat for romantir atmnsnhorp Nnui I have to explain here ? blindness was not "in " for the fall of '63. Mostly, I just ate potato chips in the corner and acted like [ I wasn't interested. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, and I waded into the crowd. I went to this person and said, 'Pardon me, would you like to dance?' I was quite shocked when he said no." i i KKENTS SAID that being blind is not all bad. 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