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*' zmmmmmw v "- n *i' *, - - - ^ **mp <? ' $ SISS^BP^? A hair-raising experience 1 HHfiH A split decision s,?"* " Staff columnist Andy Duncan says hairstyling is for yuppies, While USC's men's basketball team lost to USM, and that his barber does a more than adequate job on his hair ^USC's women defeated Cincinnati Saturday The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday Volume 78, No. 54 University of South Carolina January 27, 1986 USC sends students warning n ? uean says conduct must be improved By ED YOUNG Staff writer USC students who live in ^ dorms received letters from DenW nis Pruitt, dean of student affairs, warning them against using drugs and destroying university property. The letter came as a result of violations last semester. "What we want to convey to the students is that we have higher academic standards and it requires students to have a higher conduct of behavior also," Pruitt said. The letter says "any student 0 who is involved in an incident of disorderly conduct, vandalism, disruptive activity, or alcohol or other drug violations can expcct intervention on the part of the university that may well result in limitations being placed on that student's activities." Bob Holdeman, Bates Area Manager, also sent a letter to Bates residents. The letter was a ^ result of damage done to W> elevators there last semester, which cost about $2,000, Holdeman said. ADout 3>13U worth of damages j was done to Bates West elevators I this past week. The system was shorted out and all three elevators stopped working. i Pruitt said his letter was not sent to threaten students. "We are not in the business of supplying punitive punishments. We really try to assist students in realizing that if they have done something in noncompliance we try to assist them in understanding why," he said. Pruitt said his letter was not a reaction to the vandalism at Bates West. "It was in reaction to the entire campus community last semester. What appeared to be occuring was a pretty unstable environtment," he said. "We really warn o sensitize students to what appeared to be a decaying environment and to resolidify it where there is a pure academic background and to have an optimum ability to learn in safety," Pruitt said. 3 (JSC e> 1 get taste By RONI BEA KAYNE Staff writer Many students read about China tbooks, but never get the chance to country firsthand. Three USC studc enough to spend the fall semeste students at the University of Shan China. Graduate student Rob Lichtenhe Tim Vinzani and Mai Kha Shutt sti part of USC's international studies | say they participated in the exchan strengthen their education. "You can rend all vmi u>ant ar?/H able to see, feel and get the taste o Vinzani, who had taken two years of the trip. "The best way to learn about the learn about the people," he said. ' tourists staying in Holiday Inns wc We got to see the good and the bad, ing eggs on the streets and the old wo six children." Leaving their culture and society b ing the problems of a underdevelop quired adjustments, but the America r had to deal with a language barrier. "All our book knowledge came ali TIM CURRY/1 he Gamecock Contact point This scene looks like Sherlock Holmes revisited as hotel/restaurant/tourism senior Scott Vigil waits on a friend in front of a 5-points restaurant. Onftftfih liJofir ujjgcoii anu ricdimy uuiilbi offering $1 examinations USC's Spcech and Hearing Center is offering $1 check-ups January through April to identify communication problems and to arrange therapy when needed. Stroke patients, slow-learning toddlers, cheerleaders who have injured their vocal chords, elderly who are losing thier hearing and people who stutter are among those who can be helped by USC's speech and hearing specialists. The "USCares" program offered by the clinic provides a one-hour mncilltatinn rvn Imnrinn ?*?/ ! f 1-.W- 1 1 '1 1 vx/.iuMiiuiivii wit uvui 1115, auu umgua^t IUI ctUUIl.S ctllU I'lUIUrcn. If a problem is suspected, the USC speech and hearing specialists will inform the person of available therapy and related services provided by the center or other state agencies. "There is assistance for reducing or eliminating the majority of speech problems, and we can help those who have hearing problems get the most from the hearing they have left through a variety of devices," said Carol Coston, Speech and Hearing Center director. Adults often think they are too old to be helped, but that is not the case, Coston said. In addition to therapy, financial assistance for therapy and vocational rehabilitation may be available. To make an appointment, call 777-2614. [change students of life in China ed the country," Vinzani said. "We were speakin Chinese all the time - as! .ng directions, buyin in history tex- tickets, finding restaurants. experience the "The average Chinese has never talked to mts were lucky foreigner. They never assumed we understooi r as exchange Chnese, but they always treated us special a a. in iiuiiutui /Mucricans. me majority 01 people gave us a gooi reception." Id and seniors Shutt is Vietnamese, but said the Chinese treatei idy Chinese as her as a native. She had only one semester's ex program. They perience in Chinese before going to China. ge program to During her semester abroad, Shutt took classe dominated by Japanese students who also were lear I you won't be ning the language. She earned nine hours of crcdi f China," said for independent study and introductory Chinese. Chinese before T1 r, , . r I he China exchange is one of 40 programs spoil . sored by USC's Office of International Exchange ii ,?,_gU?gC the Byrnes Center on Collect* Sirr<M Thp nnrn^co > TtT 5>aW Wn U ^1C China program, established in 1981, is to expose ?u never see. students to people of different countries and tradi tions, according to Bernard Nzo-Nguty, director o men caring for |hc officc ... . Nzo-Nguty said about 30 LJSC students are study e und anc ac- j abroa(j wjth four m0re scheduled to spend tin ed country rc- , semcs|er jn chjna n students also Slum said she feels she got a lot more out of col vc as we travel- 'e8c 'n China. Former ai teach law By KATHY LEWIS Staff writer Two criminal lawyers who opposed each other in the Pee Wee Gaskins murder trial are now colleagues teaching a course at the USC Law School and partners in a Columbia law firm. Jack Swerling and Richard Harpootlian, two USC Law School graduates, have joined the law school faculty to teach a course in criminal trial advocacy for second- and third-year law students. Swerling and Harpootlian became interested in teaching a course after coaching the USC team for the National Trial Competition. The team won the regional competition and went on iu cvjiiipuLc in iexas. "Teaching this class is something I've always wanted to do," Swerling said. "I think it is rewarding to pass on any knowledge 1 may have to potential lawyers. It took a number of years before 1 felt experienced enough to do it, but now I'm looking forward to it." Harpootlian, defense lawyer for Larry Gene Bell, said the course is as educational for him and Swerling as it is for the students. "It's very enjoyable to teach becausc we are constantly bouncing ideas around with students and having them bounce them a U5U plan may help workers Wellness project iiyuid auzemuuisiii A wellness project for state employees may reduce absenteeism, improve productivity and save money, according to a USC health professor involved with the project. "Increased exercise and seat belt use, smoking cessation and better dietary habits should result in significant savings for the state," said Jennie Kronenfeld, an administrator of the Carolina Healthstyle state wellness program. The benefits to the state millfl h(> ''ill ri*r\ I hniltii WV4IV* I'V ill 1 VUUVVU care costs and absenteeism, increased productivity and improved employee morale," said Kronenfcld, who based her projections on nationally g known research findings, g South Carolina should realize even greater results as a Carolina Healthstyle prod grams reach beyond the s Midlands this year to agencies d and public school districts throughout the state, she said, d Since the program began, 56 ;- state agencies with about 15,(XX) employees have rcceivs ed information and assistance frnm Pnrnlina Hpallhclwln In t develop wellness programs. Tailored to individual agency needs, programs focus on stress management, exercise, 1 nutrition, weight control, smoking, alcohol and drug abuse prevention, women's " health and accident prevention and safety. Health risk ap <mu iti c provided, Kronenfeld said. "We hope we will reaeh more employees, and that this will eventually lead to more Jversaries r together back to us," lie said. "It's very beneficial." Swelling and Harpootlian teach one of about 10 courses taught by practicing lawyers each semester, said John Montgomery, law school dean. Full-time faculty members teach "theory-oriented" courses, Montgomery said. "Practical skills training can be more efficiently done by those in practice who deal with it daily." Swerling believes his practical experience is helpful in teaching the class. "We have both tried a lot of cases and used a lot of techniques," he said. "Some worked and some didn't. Hopefully we can help some younger people not make the same mistakes." "We can add a new dimension to their education," Harpootlian said. "We can help them to get a feeling for whether or not they want to be trial lawyers." "Criminal Trial Advocacy" teaches students the fundamentals of trying a criminal case, Swerling said. "At the conclusion of the course, students should be able to try a criminal case," he said. Harpootlian said lawyers can , r..i .? ing the courtroom. "It is a credit to the law school that they have added a course for a limited L;u% :vixv_.Ti ' ----- \j ,ysK ^ -'iivSr jfl i TS^Hn. \n al^rai' '?< y/' ^9H *j\ i ?Bp O * i jp ^ nS;:wr ?i t^HV I^J^H Pam Peistrup (left) and Linda Jordan co 1 ! ? II Villi II > VYUI M.1.1 W1IVJ IlilW (1 higher sense of job satisfaction," Kronenfeld said. There have been positive changes in areas of health behavior among employees participating in Healthstyle programs, Kronenfeld said. "There has been a decrease in smoking, an increase in use of seat belts, infant safety restaints and amount of exercise and improvement in some areas of nutrition,'' Kronenfelil said. Based on national estimates, a decrease of one heart attack per year as a result ot the program could save $60,000 in direct medical disability costs alone. Similar savings can be seen RinharH Marnnntlion ? M ".".fuuixun Attorney number of practitioners," lie said. USC Law School is "as good a school as any" in preparing lawyers lor practice, Harpootlian said. "They are always looking for ways to improve," he said. "1 think the law school is doing a real good job now because they offer a good combination of legal knowledge and practical skills," Swerling said. Both lawyers said they would leach as long as the law school wanted them. "1 think one of the greatest compliments anyone can be paid is to be asked to teach other people," Swerling said. "We hope it vrill hr> cn/*/?Accfiil It 'c o "iii v/s, juvw>?>ii vii 11 a ivji me, and I'm looking forward to it." "We hope they will teach this course as long as they can," Montgomery said. "The lawyers employed at the law school arc all qualified, excellent practitioners." abSSQnBHw iHH J9 ^H| mm jB| , JHB me to the aid of Bob Kelly in the use of seat belts. Motor vehicle accidents are a major cause of on-the-job fatalites and lost work time, Kronent'eld said. t r\ tli.i irw. , .vvw.^wlfc iw HIV. 1'H'jl.ttions, cach fatality is estimated to cost the employer $120,000 in medical care payments alone. Although only state agencies use the Healthstyle programs, the impact of public awareness is causing more private companies, such as ^outncrn Hell and Columbia Newspapers, to start wellness programs to attract and maintain healthy employees in an effort to cut rising health care costs. J, . i ? * IF"