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UVA gives stude By College Press Service wnen scnooi opens in tne tall, there will be a student sitting with the University of Virginia's board of trustees for the first time ever. The student won't be able to vote, but it's a "first step" toward giving students a real voice in how their campus is run, said Student Council member Rudy Beverly. It's a "first step" that students in Missouri, Texas, and Massachusetts, to name just a few states, have been fighting hardpr tr? rprpntlv v . THE EFFORT to get students on boards of trustees ? a major campus political issue of the sixties that faded over the years ? has gained new steam in the last year as, once again, the quality of student life has changed dramatically over a short period of time. "There's definitely been a resurgence of interest in getting student members on governing boards," said Janice Fine, president of the U.S. Student Association in Washington, d.L;. She attributes the resurgence to students "getting fed up when they see that the governing body responsible for their woes doesn't even have a student sitting on it." Journalism profe By John Annunziata May of 1983 marked the 30th anniversary I nalism professor Richard Uray made history b person to appear on Educational Television States. In 1952, when the Federal Communicatic eranted ahout 242 television stations for edneal and the journalism staff of the University of H it would be fun to operate a TV station of the applied for and were granted station KUHT i "We just happened to be the first station ti There was no particular reason," Uray said ac "pure, blind, dumb luck" that the unive KUHT, happened to be the first ETV station HE WAS the executive producer of the new: tion. His first appearance on the ETV, which "trivial", consisted ot no more than an annc He said it was an introduc&tion about the n station. The students edited the whole progrz The first show contained only the half-hour then on, the station broadcasted about four I "Today, it would be considered your newscast just like you'd see on WOLO and > "WE DID a little bit of everything, when w it was very exciting because TV was in i Everyone wanted to get involved." n_i:? donn Continued from page 1 "The newspapers didn't give any totals, what we had before," he said, adding he wa students on the Columbia campus got the m from the commission's report. USC RECRUITS high school students alo from Florida to New York, focusing on sc black populations, Bolin said. Daniel Manage From Staff Reports USC's Daniel Management Center will of fer several programs in early August of in terest to accountants, lawyers, customer ser vice representatives and other professional! who want to increase their skills anc knowledge. Seminars to be presented during the nex three weeks include: The C.P.A. Review Course, beginninj Aug. 1, is a 13-week course designed to helj accountants oreoare for the November 198! C.P.A. examinations. The course is designe< to provide insight into problem areas and th likely content of examinations. Participant may enroll in any or all of the three session (Theory and Practice, Auditing, and Law] The registration fee for the entire course i $595. Sneakinc Skills for Lawyers, Aug. 10-11 o is a chance for lawyers io evaluate and in prove public speaking skills. This two-da workshop will feature demonstration, pra< on/i fopHUarlr It hac hppn annroved fc IlIW Clliu IVVUl/uvn. ?> ? _ri the S.C. Commission on Continuing Lawy< Compentence for 13 credit hours. Tl I registration fee is $375. f Speaking Out With Confidence, Au; 16-17, is for managers and other profe sionals who must express their views to larj and small audiences. The workshop w focus on formal presentations and inform? impromptu talks. Videotape will be used | I * nts 'first step' ti "More and more students around the country are trying to get the trustees to accept student members," said Linda Hender son of the Association ot Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB). SOME EFFORTS have succeeded. Students have won governing seats at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, Harvard, Radcliffe, Northwestern, Howard, Wesleyan and Occidental College, said Sara Thurin of the Coalition of Independent College and University Students (COPUS). Among state schools, only 22 to 26 states had student trustees in 1981, according to an AGB estimate. A new Education Commission of the States survey found 34 states now have at least one state school with a student on its governing board. But the governing boards themselves often put up stiff fights against letting students sit on them. They feel the boards should be inHi>nfnrii>nt r?V?i*?r?tivp r*f flip u/hr*lp wvpwiiuvili) VI/JVV11TV UVtT VVUIVkl V* I 1 IV If 1IV1V campus, not representatives of special interest groups like students or faculty members. "Students do represent a specific constituency," said Henderson, "and our national commission recommends that governing ssor celebrates 31 that USC joury being the first in the United MIS," he said. DR. RICh e went on the air Marks anniuer ts boom years. The birth of TV came as a s was there," he said. "We di They didn't tell The university publicizes i s concerned that associations that sponsor fai frong impression college opportunities. USC also distributes "Spe< black high school students. 1 ng the East coast summer workshop on campu hools with large school as part of the recruiti The black population at L ment Center to demonstrate how the instruction can improv< speaking effectiveness. The registration fee i; $355. Positive Customer and Client Relations > Aug. 18-19, will help develop and refine th< 1 crucial skills of key employees who worl with clients and customers. Customer sevio t representatives, receptionists, secretaries an< others who have frequent public contact wi! I learn to project a positive image for thei 3 organizations, handle inquiries and resolv 3 conflicts. The registration fee is $295. \ All programs will be conducted at th e Daniel Management Center on the eight s floor of (JSC's College of Business Ac s nnnisirauon. ror muic iiuuiiuaiiuii ). these and other USC continuing educatio is business programs, call 777-2231. I, liy FOUR FACULTY members at USC's Co i?" nf trtin-nolicm hnvp nuhlished w" 1VJK JUUl nullum ty laboratory manual titled, "Public Relatioi ;r and Persuasion Writing." le "Mary Caldwell, Elizabeth Dickey, Ar Herlong and Elnora Stuart wrote the manu g. because they were unable to find a text for s- required public relations writing course th< ie taught," said Albert Scroggins, dean of tl ill College of Journalism. il, "From discussion of common probler to and the expression of mutual frustration, t award running ca board members not have any kind of constituency or special interests to serve except what is best for the university." BUT TO think non-student governors don't represent special interests is ridiculous, Mne said. "Most trustees are wealthy businessmen, and their constituency is business. If anything, students are less political because the only interests they have are altruistic, not how they can award contracts to help big business." COPUS's Thurin said a government "study on the demographics of the average board of trustees (show) they are typically u/KitA linnpr-^locc m iIac r\\/Ar qop anH VTUilV) uppvi V1UOJ 11IU1VJ VTVL unu mostly alumni of the institution." Students, on the other hand, "represent all kinds of backgrounds," she says. WHATEVER THEIR background, students seem to want to get on the boards mostly to gain representation in decision over their taction ? tuition. They r^ed "at least something to give students a way to voice their opinions on important matters like faculty cutbacks and tuition increases," Thurin said. rtxL Jin anniversary u had a little e; nobody had m lot. We had n< .... llB-w In 1957 he IARD URAY Southern Illi sary of TV debut Uray recei urprise, Uray said. "Plop, and it Kent State U dn't know what to do at first. I from the Uni its assets through black student acting as guid rs that inform black students of he said. OAI IM C A UWLdll :ifics," a newsletter designed for organizations Solin said the university offers a The reasor is for black rising juniors in high than it did i ng program. students the i fSC helps recruit other blacks by around 5,00C offer seminars i news briefs 2 working in public relations. It is published by c Burgess Publishing Company of Mine neapolis, Minn. i r e TWO USC professors have been appointed e to administrative positions in the departh ments of Health and History. I- George Rogers has been named chairman it of the Department of History, and James n Keith has been appointed associate dean ol the College of Health. Rogers, a specialist in American history has been on the USC faculty since 1958. H< KrtMc Una MrKi?ipk Dial chair nro 1- fessorship in history. a A native of Charleston, in 1974 he wai is among the first five USC professor! designated as Senior Fellows at the universi ?? Coninr PaII^u/ ctatnc i? rnrifiidered th( Ill L J UVIIIVI * VUVff UIMVWU WWW ? al highest honor for active faculty, a Rogers holds an undergraduate degre< sy from the College of Charleston and master' he and doctoral degrees from the University o Chicago. He also has studied as a Rotar ? ... * * ? ~e ns fellow ai me university ui cuihuuiru i he Scotland. mpus "We want to make sure we have a voice in the selection of future presidents, as well as their salaries and other matters," said Jim Lofgren of the University of California Stu aeni LOuoy, wnicn is trying to win more decision-making rights for students of the nine-campus UC system. Illinois students are trying to get voting rights for their representatives on the public governing boards, while Missouri and Texas students are just trying to earn seats, with or without voting privileges for the time being. THE AGB, however, opposes those efforts. "We've found that students generally have too short a term ot service to know their jobs as trustees. Just when they get the hang of it, they graduate." Instead, the AGB advises schools to hold special meetings to allow student input. But "getting one student to sit on the pnverninp hoard is mprplv a fnken" anvwav Ov - O ~ ~ . ~ J 1 Fine said. "We're working to get students represented on many levels ? state student associations, on university committees and on governing boards as well, then we'll feel we really have some ability to affect decision making." f ETV debut <perience with TV, but that wa^ OK because uch experience in TV then. We experiemented a 3 idea about what the setting should look like." iem (the students) behind an easel," he said. "I i/h\/ Wo iiic# caiH Hr\ it NJrwxr rnj. ?* v juji juiu o uu iv. i i v; , i j j/ivui ehind desks and weathermen stand in front of a it's pretty standard," he said. hey were able to experiment with a lot of stales lse it was not commercialized like the networks. ive. It was a lot of fun. Whatever you said or did ," he said. kid who dropped the copy on TV and had to just ie,' pick up the copy and start over again. The was fun." 11 v nas "Decome a major competition, i ve seen i grow and become an important and vital cornservice." le University of Houston, Uray was supervisor of tion as well as the ETV station. RAY left Houston in 1957, the station was proit eight hours of programming a day. was asked to set up an ETV at the University of nois University. ved both his bachelor and master degrees from 'niversity, and in 1963 he received his doctorate iversity of Houston. les for prospective students and by writing letters, kID USC has some of the best and largest black > in the country. i USC has a slightly lower black population now n 1981, he said, is because the pool of black jniversity draws from is staying almost the same, > students. A I Ifll I 0 + ii Muyuoi The author of several books, Rogers was editor of the nine-volume "Papers of Henry Laurens," editor of South Carolina Historical Magazine from 1964-70 and past president of the South Carolina Historical society. Keith has been a USC faculty member since 1978. He has been co-principal investigator and intervention director for the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trials, researching risk factor prevention in coronary heart disease. r>ri/-?r tr? f>Aminn In r'nrnlinn hf? ;< nrn , fessor of behavioral medicine in the Depart; ment of Family Medicine at the Medical ' University of South Carolina in Charleston. Keith is a licensed counseling psychiatrist ? and has produced a number of scholary publications. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Alabama and a post-doctoral Master of Science degree in 5 public health from the Tulane School of 5 Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His undergraduate degree is from Troy State University in Alabama. e The USC College of Health houses the s School of Public Health, encompassing the f departments of Epidemiology and y Biostatistics, Environmental Health n Scienccs, Health Administration and Health Education.