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By Amy Bedenbaugh
While President Ronald Reagan received an
honorary doctor of laws degree on the
Horseshoe yesterday, a group of USC students
and faculty members held an "Alternative
Reagan Degree Ceremony" in Gambrell Hall.
The student-faculty forum, entitled "Giving
Ronnie the Third Degree," raised questions
on how much the president has con
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relations during three years in office.
"This faculty-generated activity was
designed to complete the program of
Reagan's visit, not take away from it," said
Kevin Lewis, associate professor in the
Department of Religious Studies.
"The administration has not objected to
our meeting; in fact, they have been generous
in their silence. We are glad Reagan is here
and are honored by his presence."
DEPARTMENT OE Government and International
Studies professor Peter Sederburg
said, "We must question the administration's
haste in awarding a degree for partisan pur
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as a vegetable and cut school lunches.
He has proposed undermining affirmative action
programs in universities and abolished the
Department of Education. He has indeed
focused national attention on the problems of
education."
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By David Hill Reagar
The honorary degree given to dress dur
President Ronald Reagan yesterday Follow
was the first USC has awarded to the presi
an incumbent president, but his Sen. Strc
visit wasn't the first by a U.S. the Canl
president. Fairgrou
That honor belongs to William Gerald
Howard Taft, a Republican who game at
made the Horseshoe a stop on his 1976, bu
re-election campaign trail in 1909, game ag
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Stuart Andrews, a graduate of the USC
Law School, said, "Reagan should adopt
policies that invest in life rather than
weapons and death. He has proposed increases
in defense spending that could go as
high as 63 percent over the next four years.
That money could benefit health and education,
eliminate poverty and send femaleheaded
households to college for a year."
John Prestby, doctoral candidate in
clinical and community psychology, spoke
out on the psychological effects the nuclear
threat has had on children. "A survey of
fourth through 12th graders showed that the
children are very concerned with nuclear war
and its effects on them. They are afraid that
the world will end soon and they will have no
opportunities for marriage, children or
careers," he said.
BARRY LOEWER, philosophy professor
said, "It was an administrative decision to
award Reagan this degree, and there was no
widespread discussion among faculty
members. We should test the president's
record and examine his contributions before
we award such a degree. This was a cynical
act."
Natalie Hevener, of the Department of
Government and International Studies, said
the purpose of the meeting was to critically
appraise the contributions for which Reagan
was being honored.
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that says something about Blanding Strei
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candidates at Both received their degrees in
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cent presidents, In that era, the commencement
>osevelt, Dwight coincided with the convening of the
tichard Nixon and state General Asssembly. Both were
have visited Colum- important social events to many
mpaign trail, Terry South Carolinians, Terry said.
Thomas Clemson, philanthropic
rilson grew up here. founder of Clemson University,
home, located on received an honorary degree from
et, is a historical USC in 1886.
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James F. Byrnes, a former
Supreme Court Justice, received an
honorary doctor of civil laws degree
at the Horseshoe in 1941. Byrnes
was secretary of state under President
Harry Truman in 1944.
Others who have received
honorary degrees from USC include
John Shaw Billings, former
editorial director of Time-Life Inc.
publications; Harry Byrd, a
longtime senator from Virginia;
Gen. Mark Clark, commander of
the 15th army in Italy in World War
II and a Charleston native; Adm.
Chester Nimitz, commander in
chief of the Pacific fleet in World
War II; Gen. William
Westmoreland, commander of
American forces in Vietnam anH a
South Carolina native; and Kurt
Waldheim in 1979 when he was
U.N. secretary-general.
Westmoreland's degree was one
of the last to be presented in a
ceremony at the Horseshoe.
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