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By Marisa Porto
USC and American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. are preparing final contract
negotiations for the new telephone system,
said Rob Robcrson, system vice president ot
Computer Services.
"At this point, the apparent winner is
AT&T. Until the contract is negotiated fully,
we cannot call them the contract winners. As
of yet, we don't know the extent of the
system's cost. We won't know that until the
contract is finalized," Roberson said.
The extent of the work will entail rewiring,
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beek audacious
Columbia civil rig
By ?my oeaenuaugn we
The fight tor equality of blaeks in pe<
the United States belongs to blaeks
themselves, and they must seek ar<
"audacious power," a nationally yo
recognized civil rights leader said at try
USC yesterday.
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This audacious power is not bigotry, he
but "being an American citizen, you Sii
must demand that you become an
eaual DarticiDant in anvthine America
lias to offer," said Modjeska Simkins, yo
a Columbia native who has played an tri
active role in the crusade for human \vc
rights in South Carolina. cu
Simkins was a featured speaker in
USC's South Carolina Afro-American
Scholar Lecture Series. pr
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A PHRASE from the past that still
holds today is "If you're white you're ev
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Ilglll, UUl II )UU iv. ui?v.i\ ;uu f,u. iv/ -J stay
back," Simkins said. qi
After the Civil War, she said, there wl
Burnout time is hi
USC psychologist
By Marisa Porto
The burnout season is here, and students
term papers and upcoming finals, will suffer
otiH ?;aid USC nsvchol
Fox-Hines.
"The definition of burnout is one thai
Aronson and Pines. They define it as a cluste
mental, physical, or emotional that comes
under a continually stressful situation," Fo;
Fox-Hines, who has been with the G
Human Development Center for 10 years, '
dividuals and groups to educate USC sti
causes and cures for burnout.
"IT'S FORMAL to feel depressed aboi
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general, then you've got a problem. If s<
wrong, then the normal reaction is depre;
when these things are prevalent, then the pr<
she said.
The most common symptoms of burnout i
haustion, sense of failure, disillusionmer
depression, Fox-Hines said.
The 10-item quiz she uses in her discussi
that students are more susceptible to burnci
sion when they are pressured by work, sc
grades and other people.
"People with burnout will deal with i
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ways, i ney win gci mvk a un aim uy w v?i
'isms/ An addiction to foodt alcohol or woi
When students ignore the symptoms and t
not dtf&l with it, that's when they have a p
Hines said.
JOBS, DEMANDS on time and other i
three most important causes of external str
"Working in an office where no conflic
where people don't get along and where p
told they are doing a good job ? this is a
tion. Most importantly, people feel that th<
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ds phone i
switching equipment and some liber optics, b
Roberson said.
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"TENTATIVELY, THE administration e
offices will be converted by the Christmas v
holidays. The dorms will be convened by t
next summer, in 1985. We wanted to schedule p
it where we have the least impact on students
andvthe smallest number of students in the e
dorms," he said. e
Officials were originally scheduled to ar- p
rive at an apparent contract winner in late q
February, but because of the large number of h
power' for equality
|hts leader tells bl<
re three classes of people: "white are taken I
aple, negroes and the trash." Black p
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i black there are just some things
u're not going to have in this coun- "WE V
r," she said. from Afru
"There is not one black that should to love hi)
;1 that simply because he is black the" woods
's not as good as anyone else," want us to
nkins said. we didn't *
there anc
YOUNG WHITES can't understand said,
ung blacks because many vital conbutions
of blacks to this country and During
)rld history were "emasculated, or blacks wt
t off," Simkins said. , where the
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"Many people don't know the' from goin
iceless contributions blacks have blood, b
ade to American culture. refrain fr
"When a black runs for office, uneasy,"
erybody wants to know 'is he Simkins
lalified?' " Simkins said. But this make a di
lestion is not asked as frequently of "The o
lite candidates, whose qualifications serve youi
ere, Mcdis D
says Viewdata
Bv Herb Reeves
, pressured by , .
c , . /, The communications revoluti
from physical
ogist Ruthann K'?' ? . . ...
Rita Oates, education edito
r comes from Viewtron, the company tnat <
r of reactions, Videotex, spoke yesterday at ih<
from working lege Journalism's third a
n-Hines said. Media Day
Dunseling and Videotex is a combination of
works with in* television and home computers.
idem* on .he ..VU)EOTEX |s two.way
munication, where you have a c
it things every to inleracl ancl? in some eases,
1 about life in communications possibilities b
omething goes those that have existed in the
ssion It's just t,onal media, Oates said.
>bleni begins," However, she said she does r
pect Viewtron to penetrate the n
jre physical cx- ty of Amoncan homcs ,or a wh
it and General "" was in lhc 60s before tel'
reached more than 50 percent
ons has shown homes Amcrlca' buI who c
>ut and depres
hod activity, iMewsmar
t in unhealthy
capt within the Ru , . nmimm?
rk is unhealthy; ?i e fr .
ry td escape or invasion of Grenad;
uoblem ** Fox- l^ie mec^'a from the small Can
,v# ing that freedom of the press i
Washington Post editor said.
people, are the
ess she said Grenada is a disturbing sign
t is'dealt with erosion in this fundamental nc
eople don't get H?a?land, assistant manag
stressful situa- l'lc *,(>stfr\r
Hoagland, speaking as part c
lurnout/'* paflVi' Media Day, told the audience tt
to prohibit reporters on the islai
contract to
ids, the process took longer than expected. ?
"We received responses to the bid in late pee
rehrnarv. Wo wanted to make sure that
verything was precise. It took five to six tail
teeks to examine and evaluate all the bids cha
hat we received. Then, we chose the ap- 1
>arent winner. pin
"We had to have the specifications we ask- qui
d for and see how they responded and
valuate all the bids. There were a number of thir
ieople who satisfied the functional re- the
uirements. Once we got to this point, we cha
ad to consider the price," Robcrson said.
WBM
for granted, she said. /
te at every election, she said.
VERE brought here
:a, given white Jesus, told flH^gHRHSH^gg
n, and we prayed down in
; when our masters didn't B- t
pray. After all that praying, [
?et any relief until we got out [
1 started voting," Simkins
World War I, Simkins said,
:re iu icuaiu iiuiii y,uiuy, bbphnwiohibi!.
y might be resented.''
weren't supposed to refrain ;
g over there and spilling their
ut they were supposed to H
om making somebody feel W " -she
said.
; urged blacks to "aim to
fference." Civil rights speaki
nly way to serve God is to Modjeska Simkins
brother," she said. Carina and civil righ
el
official discusses '
have a television set today?" she said,
on is Viewtron has plans for expansion into
about 13 cities. A plan exists for
r for Charlotte, N.C., but none tor bouin
offers Carolina.
; Colnnual
MONDAY, CHICAGO joined
Miami Beach, Fla. as the second city in
cable the nation to offer Videotex.
Viewtron is owned by Viewdata corporation,
a subsidiary of Knight
O ir\r\nr NJ#?v?/v r>:? nrr?; I nr.
corn- .x.wvw. ,
hance With Vievvtron, a home television
have screen provides direct access to local
eyond and national news stories in their
tradi- entirety.
But news is only part of the story,
lot ex- Oates said, adding that newspapers
najori- and magazines will be around tor a
,|c long time, but communications in the
;vision future will be vastly different.
of the
loesn't VIEWTRON OFFERS 16 basic
i denounces press
an 44 isolated event
a and the subsequent banning secrecy."
ibbean island cou! J be a warn- That distinction
is an endangered principle, a tion's failed attern
Post would not h
plans in advance,
that there has been significant said.
tion of American life," said "I've not heard
ing editor of foreign news for secrecy or the lack
sion," Hoagland
>f the College of Journalism's The Rock Hill
le U.S. government's attempts "simply a whine I
id during the invasion was not
AT&T
tOBERSON SA1I) no changes arc ex
ted in the university's 777 exchange.
'We arc not sure yet. We would like to re1
the exchange. We have no intention of
inging it," he said.
because of the' new system, university
>ne directories will be in circulation
cker, Roberson said.
'It's virtually all automated. One of the
lgs that we are working on right now
altering of phone numbers. We can
nge the number when it's requested now.
See "Phones." page 7
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Photo by Jennifei Woolen
sr
spoke to an audience yesterday about South
ts.
Videotex use
topics, begining with news, that can
expand into more than I,()()() channels
of information, services and, of
course, video games.
"Electronic mail" is one of the most
popular services Viewtron ot'ers,
Oates said. Each subscriber has a
private number to a "mailbox," which
can be shared with other subscribers as
he or she wishes, allowing them to
leave messages for each other.
"lint that's not the only thing the
feature may be used for," she said.
"You can place feature news stories,
or any other feature, in your 'mailbox'
and save it for future use or reference.
lis like cupping me new^Hiptri
Grolier's Academic American tncyclopcdia
is offered, as well as the
Florida Driver's License Manual and a
study guide for the Scholastic Aptitude
Test.
restrictions
that required a moment's notice of military
goes to an event like the Carter administrapt
to rescue the Iranian hostages, which the
ave leaked even if it had known the rescue
th<? Pnlif/nr Pri7??-winnino llSf" oradnatp
I any serious journalist complain about the
of access that surrounded that ill-fated missaid.
native said the debate over Grenada is not
from the media. "
Ssh "Grenada," page 4