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Midlands TEC i By Sue Willis Today's students should prepare for a technological age that is already revolutionizing the world, according to the consensus of several well-known specialist who appeared in Columbia this weekend. Technology must not be feared, and humanities and technology need each other in the coming intense societal changes, the group of experts agreed. ai..:m r i r\ IV111 1U111CI, IcllIlCU !>unai CIHlt dUU author of "Future Shock," topped the list of speakers at The 1984 Conference this past weekend in Columbia. THE CONFERENCE, sponsored by Midlands Technical College, was an attempt to examine how the reality of 1984 compares with the famous "1984" fiction of George Orwell. Toffler was just one of the several speakers who concurred that the fears of technology resulting from the book are unfounded. Literary critic Leslie Fiedler said that "1984" was not at all a futuristic work but that Orwell was "very obviously" writing aobut his own time ? 1948. Fiedler said it was not a warning against technology but a warning of the horrors of a totalitarian government. Parking - Wessinger said she covers the area at least thre issuing most tickets to cars parked in fron dumpsters. Seger said her number varies, and she usuall tickets to cars parked in loading zones or on th About three tickets a day are issued in the are director of Parking and Vehicle Registratibn sa "I WOULD say about 99 percent of them ar< frat houses," he said. work smarte: W Are Just What We N eed to Fill Many I nteresting Jobs with F inest Companies in t /a U7i v. Lvj mces. yviij jLfun i i< R un in Monday and C heck for Yourself! E very Office & Lt. In *sinifx>rce temporary services 900 Elm wood Ave., S I 805 HARDEN ST. I Welcome Back USC St I Come in & see the NEW DON'.' 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He said robotics and computers are synthesized and modeled on human behavior and thus will always be behind human performance. These specialists agreed that technology is moving society away from the despair of "1984." They emphasize the need for humanities and technology to merge. CHRISTOPHER CERF of National Lampoon and "Sesame Street," who spoke on recreational and educational computers, said, "Humanities people should keep an e times a day, Danny Baker, systems vice-p t of garbage and Safety, said the office doe: "That policy does not exist ly issues most with that attitude, then approp ie grass. :a, Jim Lamb, "A number of greeks have d id. us, like the paw patrol the weel e given by the that's not to say we won't en said. R - NOT HARDER Clerks Typists Secretaries Jn.e Keypunch heir Switchboard m Lt Industrial Ij dustrial Skill Needed! 779-6178 luite 104 eoe/mf udents - II v 1.00 I X\ Hibrau I Looking for Openings ft H Contact Ji ? Can tinti 1 1 | UUIJ %JU! 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According to Toffler the upcoming generation will be dealing with an industrial age mentality, in themselves and older generations, a "remnant of the industrial age" which is bound for obsoletion. "The third wave is breaking up a mass society," Toffler said. Politicians, workers and investors will need to acknowledge and move along with the "whole new technological base for society, not just with technology but with culture, too," he said. Toffler said culture, production and (resident for Law Enforcement THE RES( s not favor McBryde residents. unanimous vc officially. If we found people dent Barry C iriate action would be in order. Holderman. one a number of things to help kend of the Clemson game. 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"We had it so easy in the'^Os and460s that we could get a little sloppy and still make a go of it," he said. He said society no longer can get by, but "the country denies the problem." Thurow said we must recognize that "the guy who's willing to work the hardest for the least forces everybody else to adjust to his standards." HE SAID the United States needs to work on all components of production and economy. S.C. ETV will air a half-hour highlight of thp thrpp-Hav rnnfprpncp af 7-^f) anrl 1 1 ICl Feb. 7th. LUTION was passed by the Senate with a te and goes next to Student Government Presiray and eventually to USC President James t will do some good, with the university t could sit on a desk for weeks," Thomas said, would continue to push the resolution. i Quality Copies 1 Dooonnrt Dlintnc 1 uoopu ?L IIU I.UO I Film Processing I Binding I Graphic Services I School Supplies j ALL /***? I EEi i?m! I t. 799-3807 j i DAYS I have to. M g Pilot kall|>?iit. 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