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SoutttfrCaro 1iniana&Library Horseshoe V % . 2 . ; O'Connor speaks p. 3 jdgfc. iiflTHT S m monday Clash rocks Township p. 10 K MPBB Bewk |SmF APril 9' 1984 Rhodes sets record p. 13 SB BB g|j University of South Carolina Holderma By David Hill The controversy between USC and the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education over freshman admission standards was "much ado about nothing," USC President James Holdbrman said. "We've just been trying to cooperate and we've done it," Holderman said about the university's relationship with the commission over the latter's efforts to set standard minimum admissions requirements for all state-supported universities and colleges. Thp PHP HicclntpH at itc Tlinrc. day meeting that USC and the commission had reached agreement on the admissions requirements, and The State reported Friday that the university had been pressured into accepting the requirements. Astronomer C< to speak at gi Krom Staff Reports n - - - - ruiu/.ci rri/.c-winmng asironomer the USC commencement address IV James Holderman has announced. "We were looking for someone a recognizable," Holderman said. The commencement ceremonies wi Carl Sagan y^,. Commencement speaker plant the I IUlli.ll Ol 1171II11 11 /AC MIL V CIIIClll , UK I I tional astronautics prize; twice, Distinguished Public Service; and Astronautics Award of the Americar His scientific research has focused on Venus, dust storms on Mars, the the origin of life, and the search for In addition to more than 400 publis popular articles, Sagan is author, co than a dozen books, including "The which he won the Pulitzer Prize. Media overt By Chris Handal \A/hiW> f\nininn nnllc p:iii ntf? media arc bombarding the public v many of them, two USC professors "We are probably over-polling Perry Ashley, a journalism profess has conducted six or eight political polls and more than a hundred other 5 "Mavbe we have too manv of the said. "Maybe we should get togetl really do a bang up job." DAVID WHITEMAN, who te; government and international studie in government and the mass medi "I'm pretty skeptical about that par electoral coverage...The ultimate pr have with the polls is they reduce t paign to a superficial level." Ashley brought up one the problen poll which purports to say how wel didate will do in an upcoming elect poll is like taking a photograph," n sees no; BUT HOLDERMAN said he was not aware of any pressure. He said the admissions committee of the Faculty Senate approved the requirements last week. He said the faculty still has control over admissions standards. "I think the quality of the university is directly related to the quality of the faculty." Holderman made the remarks ita? -! -' i nuity in an interview wun me Gamecock and WUSC. He said USC's admission re- . quirements are higher than those the CHE outlined. (' BUT, HE said, "they are not high enough to satisfy the University of South Carolina." s "They're talking about course requirements; we're talking about s proficiency." c Jrl Sagan raduation Carl Sagan will deliver lay 12, USC President cademic in a sense, but ill begin at 9:30 a.m. in ksy Una Coliseum. 'JS f .? >C will award nearly graduate, ^38 medical, can, the David Duncan :ssor of Astronomy and iv. i_ u u v./ i u i u i y i s>> i .Mary Studies at Cornell ersity, will be awarded honorary doctor of ce degree. - played a leading role in Mariner, Viking and iger expeditions to the ? I .ns, for which he received ^ ^ ASA Medal for Excep- c ' 'JBfflK&l ix Galabert, the interna the NASA Medal for the John F. Kennedy 1 Astronautical Society. > . ' on the greenhouse effect organic clouds of Titan, life elsewhere. H? . . hed scientific papers and IVlGGt I author or editor of more Jimmy Higg Dragons of Eden," for | the contest. I use doIIs. infl I adding that is is very difficu ful, the results into the future. k'ith too The 1980 election is a g< said. Ashley's statement. Fiarly said Sen. Edward Kennedy wc or who president Jimmy Carter for opinion nomination. iurveys. Carter defeated Kenned ;m," he showed Carter far ahead of her and As the election neared, the p was too close to call. The | wrong as Reagan's victory lrhpc q lanrtclirlf* 4viivj u imiivhiiimv. s course a, said: WHITEMAN SAID the t of the because it is an easy way tc oblem I paign. "It (polls) generat* he cam- guaranteed story," Whitemi Whiteman also said polls is of the the horse-race aspect of the < I o i? th*? wav (hp mprlia li I U V?I1" ???V T .. ion. "A campaign. he said, "It (polls) reduces the wh admission: *u P\ ' f Atd *** j im she JSC President James Holderman col "We've just been trying to cooperate |ea with the CHE) and we've done it." 1 say "We've led the way for all public cot chools in raising standards." "But the issue was one of USC ( Living, "UKay, we're going to ma ooperate with the commission.pre r i V I ' ^ \ * t ' j^ijf mil ^ he contestants inbotham of WUSC-FM radio introduces the cc luence voter: It to project the news aod example of ?~ ""Hi' iiwIi/iatoH lit cimnlocl lovnl " I [/UI13 IIIU1VUI VU ? * J JlllipiVJI IV ? VI , I >uld beat then- paign is reduced to < the Democratic candidates have trou across, he said, ly. Next, polls S.C. Sen. Fritz He Ronald Reagan. many of the news : oils said the race Hampshire primary polls were again ding in the polls 6r 1 ' was termed a rULLS LAIN also feel about candidate; media use polls dependent effect of > cover the cam- said. "They change js news. It's a measure." an said. Gary Hart's succe! help emphasize helping a candidate :ampaign, which helped build abstra< ke to cover a Hart, he said. Ashley agreed wi lole campaign to ment. "If polls ha' s controM A STICKING point in the con>versy had been over foreign iguages. USC maintained that iguage programs in high schools ry widely and taking two years of language would not mean that a ident is proficient in it. Holderman said foreign language ucation, needed if the United Ues is to continue competing in ternational trade, needs < provement. i ummaieiy...! don't think there 1 )uld be a college graduate in this < .intry who's not proficient in at st one foreign language." 3y approving them USC was i 'ing, "Okay, we're going to s operate with the commission." t * )N OTHF" matters, Holder- i n said USC's fiscal situation will bably improve. ; \NV& *f t ; ** k: V f v, -j ,* IP *? <$%*#*' N? i6? &*<sr? la* " ' ImW ^&'>$MJ VdiS mmr -'" *. . r )ntestants at the Hawaiian Tropic Miss U >, professoi 1 , said, "it analVSlS a firm it = While ic said. When the cam- candidat i horse race, unpopular range e ble getting their message there's a BUT )llings found this out as Whitenn stories before the New And As! dealt with his low stan- polls is t lis lack of organization. Polls ? a persoi influence the way voters about ar "The polls have an in- tions hel their own," Whiteman said ad< what they are trying to governir determir ?s is an example of polls issue. , Whiteman said. Polls "If w< :t popular support for by cons harm do ith Whiteman's assess- us what ve an impact," Ashley "I'd < rersy "I'm very optimistic about full formula funding, and 1 think we'll get some relief on the salary n 11 p c f i r? n " He said he is glad students have been doing a lot on their own in relation to getting more money for the university. Holderman said Gov. Dick Riley's primary and secondary pHnrafinn nnrWnop hpino naccorl "-"'fcthe House of Representatives with [he penny sales tax increase intact ivill free other money for higher education. HK SAID he hopes USC will get noney for what he called "the salary question." That, he explained, means that the university is ?iven about 75 percent of the noney needed to fund salary in See "Holderrnan," page 4 *r" i' ifw l^v5 $88?!% >' * ' Photo by Joseph Gamett SC contest. Leslee Bozard won rs say 's on a lightly held opinion" but not lea. polls may affect a person's view of a e, Ashley .said, there is no longffect on history. "I don't think ny impact." BOTH said polls are not all bad. m said: "They have their place." iley said "1 guess the real value of 0 help shape the issues," he said. 1 1 c U nl r-\ f trni TV* I/i* aiavs V.WHI II in upiuiwiid. 1 uty IVJI i know others fee! the same way 1 issue, Ashley saifT. "National reacp confirm beliefs and attitudes," he ling that he would not object to tents conducting impartial polls to le how the public feels about an e're going to have a society that runs ensus," Ashley said, "there is no me in developing a tool (hat helps tell the consensus is. >ay they (polls) are worthwhile."