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Professor tak( By Edwwrd K?Uch A USC professor's extensive knowledge and interest took him nnH a C PHnratinnal Television film crew on an arduous 11-day journey to Shanxi Province in northern China in March. Hilel Salomon, director of Asian and Pacific Affairs at USC's Byrnes International Center, went to make several documentaries on China under the auspices of Island Creek Coal Company. ICCC, a subsidiary of Oxidental Petroleum, is negotiating a joint management deal with the Chinese Ministry of Coal to start one of the largest open?pit coal mines in inc woria. SALOMON APPROACHED ICCC about the possibility of hiring or contracting USC to train their people in the Chinese language and related studies. PILE 1 [( All Too Can Eat ! \\ Every TOESD i - I Knox Abbott 975 Knox use I m~ 794mm m Cs# gr The staff and administration ol congratulates you on your fort extends an invitation to you tc about the opportunities we ha^ your rewarding career as a pre C0N1 BETTY SWINDLE o ROWENA JACK j Or stop by: LI 'r B kJ-SL^^L, : js film crew t( ICCC had planned on sending prospective employees to China for several weeks to sec if they would like it. "I think I dissuaded them from this," Salomon said. "Instead, I suggested that they do a documentary on the coal mines and the immediate surrounding area." "What I suggested to them was that in effect that they hire us as a kind of consultantdocumentary team," he said. After some negotiating ICCC agreed to subsidize and pay for the trip and expenses to China, Salomon said. The crew was also able to film for their own purposes. They hope to produce one documentary on China and one on the exchange program between USC and Shanxi University. "WE WENT there over a period of 11 unbelievably hard driving days, morning through night, doing a lot of filming and in [TON! 1 Spaghetti Dinner Vk AT NIGHT \ *ht and Saturday O A A A Spaghetti // v v Salad I, Drink II ^Ws 1 Abbott Dr. 5469 Mon.-Sat. 10 am-10 pm ' - ' ! .. ^ | JS5Slte| rURSES g f Baptist Medical Center hcoming graduation and | -v, j > visit with us. Let us tell you ; ,; , /e to offer you as you begin Bfi] >fessional nurse. K- j PACT R, RN at 771-5840 ir fcpfil SON at 771-5220 H Taylor at Marion ipj olumbia, S.C. 29220H i ) China's Shai terviewing," Salomon said. ICCC discovered that USC had great connections in China. The ability of USC to get things done was considerably better than their own, Salomon said. "Our contacts were so good and so firmly entrenched, particularly in Shanxi Province, that we secured a visa very expeditiously," said Salomon. 4*WJn ant uitac onf nprmiccinnc u/cnl fn China, filmed it and prepared the documentary in less time than their production company would have been able to get a visa to go over there. I think that they were aware of the fact that we worked very hard in preparing this documentary," he said. WHILE IN CHINA the ETV crew filmed limestone caves near Datong, famous for its carved Buddhas. They are planning an SCETV documentary on the caves and Datong to be aired in the near future. ' #M^ecuri torac Got A Storage Prob Need Packing & Supj See Us -We Hav 1 The Space You Ne Ac I r\\ki ac ?i i cm nor r !j / w L.V vv UJ * w v pvi i Only Mini-Warehouse In C With Individual Burglar A 7437 Garners Ferry Rd. 733-2708 LOCAL TRUCK SgSSSSKSSSSS 7y J ' ? L..., Ko WJTH STUDE jSl CPU has three 5 \jkj&iuumcd a valid giji with the opporti this summer: ujfli Vice-Presider Visual Arts C Xj; Traditional E\ i"!1 Apply in the C S!? 9f)9 fix Cinematic Arts $ A STVBBI Vi ennnrii a 01 aju onvvtvao. jjjij Come see wha I'll students are cr< 5H ing right here c 5![ Tuesday, May 7 X< 7 p.m. RH The SSwft Carolina ixi Province * They then went to Tian, the capitol of Shanxi Province, to interview and film university personnel and USC exchange students at Shanxi. "1 think this is going to be very useful to the university. The fact is that the documentary will show the incredible impact of USC on Shanxi Province," Salomon said. reopie wno nave oeen mvoivea with the USC exchange program hold positions such as foreign affairs director, president of the university, department chairmen and research directors, he said. "THESE ARE to a large degree USC alumni, sort of. As a consequence our impact on Shanxi Province is nrohahlv the lnroect kind of impact on a Chinese province that any university in the U.S. has made." Shanxi province has coal reserves which probably equal Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio combined, Salomon said. ^saasMw"1 "1 i $ I Th. GAMECOCK i? the at?4?nt' newapaper of the Unlveraitv of f*o?lh Carolina and ik published three tlmea ? a week on Mondaya, Wedneadaya and ! t Friday* during the fall and apring ?r? J?f. aeoieetera and weekly on Wedneadara _JP?*g I during both aummer aeaaiona, with tne I exception of unlveraity holiday a and ex1 amination perioda. MIM Opinion* expreaaed In the GAMECOCK are thoae of the editora and not I hi "y thoee of lh? Unlveraity of South Caro' ' * The Board of Student Publication _ and Communlcationa ia lh? publisher of IIIPC/ ,he GAMECOCK. 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