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f Gamecocks stun Southern Cal See stories, page 16 Med school dedicated p. 3 vnrrt S m lift Oil dsi^ REM set to play p. 12 ff fink October 3, 1983 Georgia wins Classic p. 17 S H HPL BL JiUniversity of South Carolina ^Sw ? IB ^HB* H Vol. 76, No. 25 Dignitaries receive de Convocatio By Janet Edens Western countries need to understand each others' noint of view in order to maintain a strong alliance, former British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington said yesterday. Carrington made the keynote address yesterday at the co vocation to open The Security of the Democratic Worh Symposium. Many Americans, he said, tend to view Europe as a "cohesive entity," rather than the group of vastly differing countries that it is. "IT'S ALL very well to be friends," he said, "but all of us know that friendships need to be kept in well repair." The future depends on East-West relations, he said. He also discussed the arms build up of the Soviet Union, both nuclear weapons and conventional military arms. I The St t: Aill iBHniHnBinL. 1L ^ " i;IB' ^-> .; '^^^^BBB^^^BSUS^^SmSL ' -!'A'-:; BEasPf ' ^SSH^^SBSflHraMHB^^^HB^flBMM^^^^^^n&Bb. . IAII in a row USC President James Holderman gives an introduction as (I. to and Edward Seaga look on. Seaga gave an after-dinner speech as \ posium's final session is today, beginning at 9:15 a.m. in the Cami "" " ? * " . _ a A Foreign Relations win serve as moaeraior. Liberal arts still i By Chris Handal reliance on * Liberal arts will still play an important role hurt comm I in education, even with society's increasing portant for emphasis on high technology disciplines, say said. USC officials. Chester Earlier this year, the University of Auburn Humanities underwent a divisive fight when it appeared arts are a the school's president was placing impor- education. * * - * *1 I Itance on agriculture ana engineering ai mc mcit expense of liberal arts programs. seen a decl During the dispute several faculty joring in tl members resigned, including the head of the political science department who told Time "BUT V magazine: "I know that I could not in good the enrolln conscience and integrity tell a young faculty tinued to I member that Auburn is the place for you in arts course your professional future." In other coming fi l THE ROLE of liberal arts in the tuture is ^iuuci basically the same as now, said Jarnes under the Bezdek, chairman of the computer sciences good opp department. "Their role will not change. In said. fact, the importance of these fields will Employ increase. graduates, j "Increasing technology increases our graduate, igrees n opens defens While no one really knows why the Soviets are engaged in the arms race, Carrington said it would be 4<a madness and a < criminal folly" to allow the Western countries to become militarily inferior to the Soviets. 1 ? J Related stories, pages DESPITE WHAT he termed, "a lack of trust on both sides," Carrington said arms limitation talks were vital to < keep peace, and are expected by people of their governments. i He said the talks with the Soviets should continue despite their "brutal and inexcusable" behavior during the Korean airliner incident. If the talks fail, said Carrington, it should not be the fault of Western nations. "And should they fail, let the blame rest for it squarely where it belongs," he said. wurity of the Democratic Wo ^ WLA : jfl 1 . r.) Armand Hammer, Lord Carrington, Malcolm FraSer, Carolyn Holderman tart of the symposium on The Security of the Democratic World. The sympus Room at Capstone. Alton Frye, Washington Director of the Council on necessary curricuii computers," he said. This could zunication skills "so it's more im- news anar the liberal arts to flourish," he ? =* abilities, a knowlege of culture Bain, dean of the College of ty to see trends in society. > and Social Sciences, said liberal n important part of a college "BUSINESS FIRMS and g becoming more intereste have to be specialities. We have employees that have the at ine in the number of students ma- municate clearly," he said, le liberal arts," he said. Baines said better technolog prove communication skills VE have not seen a sharp drop in cessors have "stimulated theii lent in the courses. We have con- terest in composition. teach the same number of liberal "It has freed them up :s," Baines said. paragraph and sentence struct words, the interest in liberal arts is But this will not be the m om other disciplines, he said. technology on the liberal art its interested in the humanities are change I see developing is impression that they do not have a rapid increase in the availabil ortunity in the job market," he tion," Baines said. ers, however, do need liberal arts "WITH THIS increase in , Baines said. The liberal arts of information, we're going he said, has broad critical thinking greater stress on student res e symposium THERE IS not a difference in purpose among Western countries, he said, but merely a difference in method. He concluded by praising USC's efforts to increase nations' understanding of each other. Carrington was presented with an honorary doctor of laws degree along with Edward Seaga, prime minister of Jamaica. Armand Hammer, chairman and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum Corp., was presented with an honorary degree of doctor of science. SOUTH CAROLINA Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel also spoke at the convocation. The dignitaries are at Carolina for the symposium, which will take the form of an open forum to discuss the Western alliance. The symposium ends today. rid Photo by Edward L Krtsch iam irift in! ilo pan mil, uinumio oay ; obtaining the information." ysis USC Provost Frank Borkowski summed * up the liberal arts situation this way: "It ; and the abili- seems to me that anyone graduating from a university must be able to critically think, express their views clearly, write in a concise overnment are way, descriminate among value systems and d in hiring be able to read in a perceptive manner. >ility to com- "Those basic skills should be apparent when an undergraduate degree is completed, y may help im- The other side of that is that the graduate of . Word pro- a liberal arts degree should be r (students) in- knowledgeable" so they don't feel left out in the development of technology, Borkowski to try new said. ures," he said. ajor impact of "I AM supportive of the notion to develop s. "The major an environment on campus that enables the sharp and students to become computer literate," itv of inforrna- Borkowski said. The danger of not receiving such a balanced education, Borkowski said, "is in burrowthe availability ing in each of the disciplines and thus to see a much graduating and moving into a career with iponsibility for parochial or narrow views."