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Gamecock ^JJWI W J&BUfa. ilffT" B m WCdllGSdiiy Coupon g[ ?iffi df^L MSB? iffr fp? October 12, 1983 Special fit Pm^BwF-La ^L. _ 'BL^ .Jm ?L . University of South Carolina ^ 1 Vol. 76, No.^6fjfl Cultural acq aids Malavsi a By Beth Harrison There are many cultural similarities between student life in Malaysia and the United States, a USC student from Southeast Asia said Monday. Saik Yan Ang, a second-semester business freshman, said Malaysians are already familiar with the American way of life through television, magazines and j newspapers. g Favorite forms of entertainment for Malaysian youths include playing sports such t as soccer, going to movies and visiting 4 friends, Ang said. < Related story, page 3 s / TV PROGRAMS shown in Malaysia arc c primarily American. Malaysians frequently < watch "The Rockford Files" and "Trapper c jonn, m.d.," he said. Malaysia is a multiracial, democratic ^ country that achieved its independence from England in 1957. The primary races are Malays, Chinese and Indians. West Malaysia, the country's mainland, is ' divided into 11 states. The country's two largest states are in East Malaysia. Because < of its position near the equator, the country ; is hot. humid and rainv throughout the vear. Ang said. Ang is from a small town called Rasa in ( the state of Selangor. I RICE IS Malaysia's staple food and dishes are "generally very spicy," he said. Fast T food chains, including McDonalds and Ken- i tucky Fried Chicken are common in Ang's country. "1 don't like fast foods here," he said. r One thing Ang said surprises him are "par- j tics every night" around USC. "I don't know how Americans can do that." He said t Pretrial program he offenders, official s By Glenn Burkins It was mid-February, 1983, and Carolina Coli: filled to capacity for a concert with Bob Segei Silver Bullet Band. Outside, a USC student and a smoking marijuana in a car as they waited for th begin. Two plain-clothes officers approached th within five minutes she and her friend were handc on their way to police headquaters. Thanks to the Pretrial Intervention Program students didn't have to face a bleak iob mark criminal record. Karen Galloway, assistant director of PT1, sai< gram has helped many USC students clear then charges that could have ended a career before it The program was started in 1972 and is open t age 17 and older who has committed a nonviole Galloway said because PT1 is self-supporting, t $200 enrollment charge, a $50 application fee, nonreiunaame, ana a jidu rec once you nave cepted into the program. ONCE A person applies for the program, it is arresting officer, any victims of the crime and th< to decide if the person will be allowed to enter the - "If the arresting officer feels that the person is in other crimes or feels that the nature of t demands that the person goes to trial, then he ca that the person not be allowed to enter the ps Galloway said. To the student, who asked not to be identified gram was well worth the time and money. <4Witl jor, I would have never gotten a job with a dru tion," she said. See "PTI, i uaintance ? an student J "It's quite expensive to come here to study. We don't want to waste our parents' money." ? USC student Saik Yan Ang ie enjoys this aspect of campus life. "It's a ;ood atmosphere, very lively," he said. Ang said he has had some problems jnderstanding his American friends' accents. fg||||i 'They have problems understanding my ac- 11811 :ent," he said. * Ang said he believes many international itudents at USC are more studious than lipil \merican students. "It's quite expensive to :ome here to study. We don't want to waste Ppfpl >ur parents' money. We try our best to do ||||?fl )ur best." I THE MALAYSIAN school system "is {/' ". 'ery oriented to exams," he said. Ang at- ended primary and secondary schools, each B& asting six years. He took English every year, jgHBh because English is Malaysia's second 1. anguage. L - He then attended Tunku Abdul Rahman j College, school of pre-university students. 1 Some of the courses there include historv. I geography and English. ?_v Ang applied to several American colleges. H ' Dne reason Ang said he decided to attend [ ^ y JSC was because he received his first accep- I v ance letter from USC. Other reasons are 60 [ ; Malaysians were attending USC when he ap- I )lied, and the school is "one of the cheapest i i n the South." The education system in America is quite Af imple and easy to follow, Ang said. After he eceives his business degree, Ang said he ygj)lans to go back to Malaysia and get a job. . .... "I'm very happy here," he said. <4I don't hink there's anything I dislike about USC." iipsl Representing aVs Center direc seum was _ _ . __ ? . . and t^he B? Br,an McCreight friend $at It may come as a surprise to most e show to USC students, but they have a e car and representative in Washington, D.C. uffed and He is Jonathan Davidson, deputy the two director of the Byrnes International et with a Center. The center is located on Sumter Street across from the 1 the Dro- Horseshoe, but Davidson has another iselves of office in downtown Washington amid started the foreign consulates and federal o anyone buildings. nt crime. A native of England, Davidson has here is a worked for the British Foreign Service which is jn Bangkok, Thailand; Senegal; India; been ac- London and Washington. He was invited to form the Byrnes International Center in 1V81. up to the ; solicitor program. ,4I TRY to coordinate the interests involved and activities of USC across the board he crime ? contracts, international studies pron request grams and bringing distinguished rogram," visitors to campus," he said. , the pro- The Security of the Democratic 1 my ma- World Symposium recently held on g convic- campus was his undertaking. Foreign visitors were Prime Minister page 3 Edward Seaga of Jamaica, former Prime Ministers Malcolm Fraser of niQEnX 1 = I 1 'UIJIUJILJ'IPI 8*? i- -VT^* ' {.iH *" **? ? *J *-- x I f :!. *? .. f |ij| - . .O j ) student Cnris Merck stares out the window on ng on Pickens and Senate streets. use in D.C. tor brings dignita Jonathan Davidson Deputy Director of Byrnes International Center Australia and Andreas van Agt of the Netherlands, Lord Peter Carrington, former British foreign secretary, and Keith Johnson, Jamaican ambassador to the United States. American dignitaries included Lawrence Eagleburger, undersecretary of state for political affairs; William Middendorf, U.S. ambassador to the r-:%m\ > imi^s y^j|| the bottom of a staircase in McMasters ries to campus Organization of American States; Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., and Armand Hammer, chairman and chief executive officer of Occidental Petroleum Corp. Davidson said the busy schedules of. the dignitaries and the logistics of hav ing tnem all in the same place at the same time has been made easier b> the reputation USC enjoys as an amiable and important place to discuss international affairs. "President James Holderman has put USC on the map," Davidson said. "By bringing distinguished people here, USC has received lots of recognition. We've developed a very successful program for coordinating and facilitating international business." DAVIDSON SAID there was nothing specific olanned for th<* im mediate future, but he tries to get people when they are available. "1 think we should carry on the way we're going," he said. 4'That means lifting the profile of IJSC and widening thtTscope of international concern. "USC now has a good reputation both nationally and internationally," Davidson said.