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Page 18 ? December 7, 1984 News THE GAMECOCK Trial continu USC psycholo! By Batty Huggin* and Marisa Porto with wire reports A USC psychology professor took the stand yesterday in defense of Benjamin Joyner, one of the three men convicted of the murder, rape and kidnapping of Barbara Lynn "Bobbi" Rossi. The sentencing trial for the murder of the USC nursing student began yesterday at 9 a.m., and was scheduled to continue today with the introduction of final arguments at 9:15 a.m. The trial is being held to determine whether the men should be given the death penalty. Dr. Diane Follingstad, a clinical psychologist and associate professor in psychology at USC, took the stand in defense of Joyner, saying "that he has had some severe psychotic episodes which have been paranoid." FOLLINGSTAD TESTED Joyner on his intellectual ability and personality type. She said she spent from 30 ty40 hours interviewing Joyner and his family, looking over his 1BE9 Vulotirlo Qrairit UlUllUlf ?. Christmas is in the air and the sights and sounds including these ornaments on a tree. Senate disapt By Ann Farmer Slturlenf Senate said it had nn nart in mnk. ing the decision to cancel the planned cam~ pout for Gator Bowl tickets, and gave its opinion on the lottery at Wednesday afternoon's meeting. Senators complained that the lottery story in Wednesday's Gamecock indicated that members of the Senate's Athletics/Community Affairs/Off-Campus Students committee, which handles student ticket distribution, had been part of the decision to eliminate the campout. Sen. Ray Ricchi said the senators needed to prove to their constituents what their true opinions were about the change and moved that the Senate conduct a roll call vote on whether or not they supported the lottery. THE FINAL tally was 11 in favor of the les gy professor testil history, and conferring with his lawyers. "He seemed to be very concerned about whether or not people can be trusted. He is likely to think that people are going to harm him all the time," she said. "He is very likely to misunderstand sit ations. He approaches life thinking he's going to be hurt. People with his personality style are not going to be able to read situations very well." -Follingstad said Joyner exhibited paranoid tendencies. "HE HAS ACTED for years in some very bizzare ways," she said. Joyner, who had been admitted to Hyland General Hospital in California and Wade County Mental Health Center in North Carolina, did not want to be seen as crazv. Follingstad said. But, she said she found the reports from both clinics to be consistent with her recent findings. "He has been psychotic, which means out of contact with reality. He exhibits paranoid tendencies. He has times when he is nBy Laura An Students \ will have tc computer fo The ticke campout. ^ commit athletic dej HRn^nHH Coliseum oi some ^iemson-La " ' STUDEN tification ca mite mnrp i -jj&L| iiiuj iiiui v I remove his < The com] numerical o: compiled list they will all this dis people. Cor right now. 1 for a ticket Freshman don't feel it' ones who re them, but th and possibly who really v FRESHM might be th everyone an recommend Clemson-Ca of a traditioi Photo by Jouph Garrett ^or *^'s 8an decision." of the season are in the air, German s distribution problems." _X x" I. jroves ot iick lottery, 17 opposed and three abstaining. SG advisor Rob Chiles fielded question about his part in the decision-that was mad in a Division of Student Affairs meetini earlier this week. Some senators complained they didn' know about the change until they read it ii the newspaper, and had been getting calls al day from students asking why their senato had supported the lottery Other senators said Chiles should hav contacted the ACO chairman and SG ex ecutive officers so that at least a few student would have been part of the decision making. SEN. ROSS Toyne said, "You are suopos ed to advise us, not represent us. Why wasn' the ACO committee there? The students ha no representative." Fies for defense psychotic, but people who are psychotic are not so 100 percent of the time," Follingstad said. "He's someone who overreacts and misunderstands situations. Because he has had psychotic episodes, he lives having difficulty coping with normal everyday activities. He typically feels helpless to change things in his life. He will at times give the appearance of being emotionless." "HE IS someone who is easily dominated," she said. In the past five or six years, Joyner's relationships with women had been minimal, and because of his sensitivity, he would be very worried about being rejected, Follingstad said. Follingstad said she discussed with Joyner what happened to Miss Rossi. "He discussed feeling that he needed to go ahead and have sex with her because he was afraid that he was in danger," she said. See "Trial," pa0j 21 b l*i ww% ! + ucnid auuimi ies for tickets n Boozer vanting to purchase student Gator Bowl tickets > submit their student identification numbers to a r a random drawing. ts will be distributed in a lottery rather than a tee made up of the Student Government adviser, partment officials, university administration and ficials decided this type of allocation would help of the problems that" took place during the rrxlino n q m nrxnt H V/AI1IU VUllipV/Ui TS WILL be required to show their student idenrds in order to hand in the form. If any one sub:han one form the computer will automatically :>r her number from the list. puter will place the identification numbers in rder and randomly select 2,000 numbers from the t. If 2,000 or less students wish to purchase tickets, be given the chance to do so. rman, Student Government president, said, "I feel tribution method is fairer to a wider majority of isider the law students who are taking their finals hey don t have the time to go ana sit out all night to the Gator Bowl." Jan Hodges sasid, "Compared to the campout I s fair. If it's on a first-come, first-serve basis, the ally want the tickets will go down there and get lose who don't really care, will go fill out a form ' get one, therefore lessoning the chances of one /ants to go." AN JAMIE ROBERTS said, "I think this system e best one for this particular situation. It gives equal chance at purchasing a ticket. I would not this type of distribution for other games, like the rolina game. The campout has become somewhat n, plus it allows people to get tickets together. But le I feel that school officials have made a wise Uso said, although he knows that this type of has its good points, it also "has some serious et lottery M Chiles said the timetable of events and the s shortnotice he was given hindered efforts to e get Student Government involved in the g decision. The Athletic Ticket Office and the Divit sion of Student Affairs were trying to avoid a n campout after a student had a knife pulled II on him and the Coliseum was vandalized r after the Clemson campout, Chiles said. However, omciais realized tne pian iney e had announced didn't insure there would be no campout, so Student Affairs intervened, s he continued. i saiu me oinciais gamerea ai the meeting reached a "collective agree? ment" that the lottery was worth a try. t SG Vice President Oscar Prioleau charged, d "The athletic department is taking us for tr> no a. ii n ? aee senate, page 11 ' * - ? . National conference on higher education planned for USC By Ron Brackett I TC/"> n ujv/ uad utcn adivcu iu uudi a uauuiiai education conference next fall, The Gamecock has learned. The conference will be the culmination of a yearlong study of the recently released report that said many college programs are too technical and need more humanities courses. The report, entitled "Involvement in Learning," was released by the National Institute of Education, an agency in the U.S. Department of Education. IN A COPY of a letter sent to USC President James Holde*-man, NIE Director Manuel Justiz said, "Your leadership at the University of South Carolina ex emplifies the national call for greater academic leadership made by the Study Group in its recent report "Involvement in Learning. "Your accomplishments and the university's prominence in the higher education community suggest that there is no more appropriate host." The meeting, for which the full title is the National Summary Conference for the Institute's Study Group on the conditions of excellence in American Higher Education, will be held next September or October and will be a review of the results of several regional and national conferences. Three regional conferences will focus on the NIE's report, and the national conference will concentrate on the specific issue of assessment in higher education. The national conference will be held in June in Washington, D.C., and the results of it will be discussed at the summary conference. "Your accomplishments and the universtv's prominence in the higher education community suggest that there is no more appropriate host." -Manuel Justiz N1E director "THIS NATIONAL Summary Conference," Justiz said, "will also provide the opportunity to examine the impact of the report, share information and bring together people who have raised questions and those who have possible answers." About 1,500 people involved with higher education are expected to attend the conference next fall. Justiz said in the letter, "Holding a National Summary Conference . . . will serve to bring together all the major participants in higher education ? faculty, students, administrators, trustees, state legislators, state higher education officers, Congressional staff and other elected public othcials ? to review what we have learned during the year following the publication of "Involvement in Learning." The incoming Secretary of Education, who has not yet been named by President Reagan, may be one of those attending the conference. < ALONG WITH the NIE study, reports from the National Endowment for the Humanities ana tne Association ot American Colleges will be also be represented at the Tall gathering. "Over the next several months," Justiz said, "our rather general objectives will be refined and shaped by what we learn as a result of our regional and national conferences." Staff has been assigned and NIE funds have been channeled to the National cj :? u v/viubi iui in^iiti i:uuwauuii iu pioviue travel support for study group members, commission papers and prepare conference materials. Justiz said this is "to insure the quality of the planned follow up activities during the coming year." The NIE is the government's primary means of conducting research on improving American education. Justiz, 35, was nominated by President Reagan in 1982 to 1^ UHWIVJI KJI i MI; iiiMiunc. I