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'1984' fever catching p. 5 H m Spring Bizarre begins p. 10 H IIMIl April 18,1983 USC trounces Baptist p. 13 m 1% m W W |R University of South Carolina # A Am+I/% MODUUdUU med schoi Bv Associated Press t CHARLESTON ? The S.C. Medical Association voted yesterday in favor of merging the state's two medical schools and limiting freshman enrollment at a combined university to 200 students. A resolution by the Spartanburg County Medical Society calling for the merger of the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine was approved on a voice vote during the final day of the association's annual A meeting. w "Anytime the medical society takes a position I think it has great influence ftith the lawmakers," said MUSC President James Edwards. Ill IT FXVWAWriS- who Qtrnnolv snnnnrtc such a merger, repeated his position that the final decision is up to the governor and the Legislature. The state Commission on Higher Education has voted against the merger, but has recommended the General Assembly create a joint governing board for the two schools. The association approved the measure following about 10 minutes of debate. It apneareri ahnut 70 nerrent nf ahnnt 700 delegates were in favor. "You saw what the vote was," Edwards said. "I'm not going to waste my energies on this project when I can use my energies" for programs at MUSC, he said. "I'm trying to stay out of this." OPPONENTS OF THE resolution warned it would cause more tension on the issue. ^ Dr. Walter Roberts of the Columbia Medical Society warned the association should work "a spirit of cooperation." He said when the USC School of Medicine was created, he questioned the need for a second medical school. But he said the USC school now has an excellent faculty and a "student body of which we can all be proud." ~ BUT SUPPORTERS of the mercer repeated their argument that the state can't afford two medical schools. Dr. Marcus Newberry, dean of the College Software del; From Stan Reports The Gamecock's graphic appearance \ undergone a small change beginning with this p Friday's issue because of the installation of n typesetting equipment. Later this week we hope to acquire softw similar to that which has been used through the semester. The Gamecock regrets any inconvenience new look may have caused our readers. We h< to rectify the problem as soon as possible. /\ / Men \ \1Working / rJ // n favors [ dI meraer 'Anytime the medical society takes a position I think it has great influence with the lawmakers.' ? MUSC President James Edwards of Medicine at MUSC, said both schools have been hard hit by budget cuts. "The schools have an economic problem that should be recognized," he said. Dr. Donald Kilgore said the state shouldn't be pouring more money into medical education. "We are on the bottom as far as primary education in this country," he said. "We have the highest ratio of first-year medical students to baccalaureate degrees in the nation. "WE'RE PUTTING a gold roof on our building when the basement is leaking," he said. Before the vote, Dr. Weston Tucker of Columbia moved the resolution, * but that attempt failed. Most of the "no" votes on the final resolution came from the section where the society's District Two delegates were sitting ? a district made up of Edgefield, Aiken, Lexington, Richland and Saluda counties. A proposal to merge the medical schools originally came before the association last year, but was tabled while an ad-hoc committee looked into the matter. DURING THE final day of the association's five-day meeting, delegates also approved a series of resolutions aimed at improving services for indigent and Medicaid patients in the state. 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The Kurzweil Reading Machine, a computer that will read printed material aloud to blind and1 visually impaired students* was given to USC by Xerox in December. t. 1 - l i i_ .1 - j Ai _r ii is uuuscu in 111c cuucauuii urea ui Thomas Cooper Library. The computer is the first machine that can scan and convert to synthesized speech almost any book or typewritten page printed in English. PAULA SWOPE, assistant reference librarian in charge of the machine, said it will revolutionize what blind students can do and make them less dependent on other people when studying. She said blind students are mostly dependent on people to read to them. One blind student chosen to learn the machine, George Zarvos, said the Kurzweil will help the study habits of blind tjpnnnlr nran I'VVV/VIl \^1 U|J \\cock ~\ U| jOdaOD po I III Af I suo|4Djn6nDui OS yjf^A -~- : ~f. ; - -C'C^'SB. jSL ^Vf.f iWflv - " TSHngi Paula Swope teaches another staff -linn IIIIC. irerts speech ISC students students. Zarvos said most of the machine's functions are not new and can be done manually. He said the advantage is that it speeds up the process and makes it easier for blind students to study. The blind Derson can use the machine's 38 controls to speed tip or slow down the reading rate, repeat lines or words, spell out obscure words, announce punctuation and capitalization and mark certain words or phrases for later reference. nrttr* ircrn ^1 ' ^ _ 1 r. inL ?j9lk pmces ine material race down on the glass surface on the machine's desktop scanner, activates the machine's camera to read the page and within a few seconds, an electronic voice reads the material the camera sees. The machine's voice has been modified many times, and USC's machine has one of the newer voices. It is a deep, monotonic voice that is hard to unders tand until the user adapts to it. See "Computer," page 4 hie change J-L J0 I pfe _?v S < *&'/.* 4 i y. ii'| Hjj M 12^1 h >^f J-m^Y * jr? >> ^ 1*Wjm CUUBERT50N / /