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Volume 78, No. 86 University of South Carolina a i oo
Seniors
* buying
tickets
by SHARON COSTE
Senior reporter
Seniors desperate for gradua^
tion tickets are attempting to buy
W extra ones from other seniors.
Recent ticket allocation restrictions
allow graduating students
only five tickets, one for
themselves and four for their
guests.
Many seniors would rather pay
high prices for guaranteed tickets
than submit their names on a
waiting list and hope to get lef
tover tickets from those not attending
the ceremony.
As a result, some seniors not
P planning to go to graduation are
getting their tickets so they can
sell them to people willing to
"pay the price."
"It's really a shame that I have
to resort to buying graduation
tickets from other seniors, but I
want all of my family to go to
graduation," said one senior,
who asked to remain anonymous.
"It just isn't fair that I have to
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UUpUl
By BOBBY FRAZIER
Staff writer
English graduate assistants po
protest scheduled for earlier this
they received a commitment f
department for more pay and
teaching load.
| The graduate students had planr
classes on The Horseshoe in froi
President James Holderman's hou?
21 and 22.
The English Graduate Organizai
memo April 17 notifying English gi
structors that the protest had been [
"For the moment, we have calli
group action mandated by the majc
graduate teaching assistants," 5
spokesman Gordon Van Ness.
TKa I * - A ?' * *?
uv. vjuiuiuciii usieu mice re
cancelling the protest. The first was
I mcnt from the English department
' the stipend from $6,000 to $6,500
The document also said the d
plans to reduce the workload foi
Suicide ral
By BILL HANE
Staff writer
Between five and 10 students
go to the USC Psychological Service
Center each semester to get
) counseling after thinkina ahnnt
or attempting suicide, according
to a graduate student in the
psychology department.
The exact number of USC
students who have attempted
suicide isn't known because few
cases are reported and the center
does not keep statistics, said
Kevin Turner, a coordinator at
the center
"The rate of suicide has increased
a little among college-age
students, but the suicide rate for
| teenagers has increased greatly in
the last few years," he said.
Most students visiting the.
center are not seeking help for
suicide nr<*vf?ntir?n Tm-r??f
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although the center does provide
counseling for students who may
have serious problems.
If a student does come to the
center after attempting or considered
suicide, he can set up an
appointment with a student
i therapist. During the appointment,
the therapist asks questions
about the student's personal life
m
uommencement ticket distribution will i
buy tickcts to a graduation that I
have already spent so much
money and time on achieving,"
she said. "I just don't understand
why the graduation committee
cannot do this differently."
The student put an advertisement
in The Gamecock stating
she needed five or six extra
tickets. Within a 15-minutc time
rtment to raii
assistants from four
academic year. A sev
stponed a plans to study how I
week once effect.
rom their TAs would be requir
a lighter in the fall and one in tl
Van Ness.
led to hold The other reasons fc
it of USC test were that USC adn
ic on April enough time to responc
demands, and that Enj
tion sent a ty and administrators a
raduate in- protest would be "co?
postponed. best, repetitive and uni
ed off any
)rity of the F.GO has also sent a 1
;aid EGO vost Frank Borkowski
the university budget a
asons for assistantship prograi
a commit- departments.
to increase "Those of us who we
per year. apply for an overload
epartmcnt and get more money t
graduate said.
te unclear
dealing with academics, family
relationships, friends and other
topics as they apply in different
cases.
During the interview, the
therapist tries to identify the actual
problem and tries to help
solve it by working with the
student.
441 think the center has had
some success at getting students
to admit their problems that
could enable them to overcome
suicidal thoughts," Turner said.
Students' records arc kept con- ,
fidential and are not released
without written consent of the
student, Turner said. Counseling
is free for students and available
for a small charge for community
members.
Counseling and Human
Development on the second floor
of the Business Administration
building also prov ides counseling
services for students, according
to Turner.
Turner said the Psychological
Service Center also provides
training opportunities for clinical
psychology graduate students.
The center is open 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. Monday through Thursday
and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. The
phone number is 777-4864.
continue through Friday in the Russell Ha
period, she received three phone
calls from seniors offering to sell
their tickets for $8 to $15.
The legality of selling the
tickets, which have no set
monetary value, may be questionable,
according to Dennis
Pruitt, dean of student affairs.
"I don't think that thp Cpllinn
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>e TAs' pay,
to three classes per Van Nes
en-member committee strike. "I c
;o put this system in balloted to
ed to teach two classes He said
ic spring, according to had been di
not find th<
>r postponing the pro- contracts. 1
linistrators didn't have in front of
I to the TA and faculty "Thiswc
;lish department facul- not a strikt
onsulted by EGO felt a
jnterproductive or, at State lav
lecessary." striking, ai
USC News
etter sent to USC Pro- If a redu
asking for a copy of adopted, V
na lniormation about students wi
us in other USC the spring :
Van Nes?
int more money could freshman E
to teach four classes for a few s
hat way," Van Ness asking regu
English ela:
Dr. Paul Langner tends to a dog used
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RAY GRONBERGfThe Gamccock
use second floor lobby
of these tickets could be called
scalping, but it would seem illegal
to sell tickets that were never
originally for sale and that have
no market value," Pruitt said.
"These students need to check
with the Carolina Community
and the state's scalping laws
before selling their tickets."
cut hours
;s said the TAs had not planned a
lon't like the word 'strike.' We had
> c. 'el a class."
the original idea of cancellation
ropped so the administration could
e group in violation of its teaching
Instead, they had planned to teach
the President's House.
>uld be more of a symbolic protest,
he said.
. i * *
t ^iumuiis puDiic employees from
ccording to Hans Knoop of the
Bureau.
ction in the TAs' teaching load is
an Ness said it will leave about 750
thout a freshmen English class in
jemester.
> has proposed limiting sections of
inglish, allowing masr enrollment
ections, hiring more professors or
lar faculty to teach more freshman
sses.
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By JULIET NADER
News editor
Three protestors of the April
14 bombing of Libya agreed that
the United States is not looking at
i uui 01 mc terrorism problem in
the Arab world.
The protestors spoke at a vigil
Monday at the Strom Thurmond
Building sponsored by the Columbia
Nuclear Weapons Freeze
Campaign.
The United States needs to
acknowledge the Palestinians'
right to a homeland, which was
supposed to be created for them
when Israel was established as a
separate nation after World War
II, said Bruce Pearson, a USC
English professor and member of
the Columbia Friends Society.
The United States Navy and
Air Force bombed Libyan terrorist
facilities and Libyan leader
Moammar Khadafy's compound
last week in response to Libyan
terrorism.
Pearson spoke from a religious
standpoint, "hor church people,
killing is like throwing gasoline
on fire. It doesn't help to stop the
problem."
He said there are alternate
routes through the United Nations
and World Court that the
United States could have taken.
"All religions emphasize peace
and reconciliation," Pearson
said, adding that anything else is
prcaching false religion.
He compared the way the Libyan
situation should be handled
to the way situations are handled
in family life. He said parents
mediate and try not to judge their
children one way or the other.
"The U.S. is playing a similar
role in international relations ?
they should not take sides."
Pearson said the the raid did
.iwi jh vc us purpose 01 weakening
violence, but has made terrorists
more determined to strike
back.
"If we want to end terrorism
we need to end all the real
Work with I
takes 'sped
Editor's note: The following is the
USC's Animal Resources f acility. ,
research being conducted.
By TRACY MIXSON
Senior reporter
It takes a special person to work at
\j ? ? |;ii3un vvnu iuvcs animais so n
i creature destined to be used in a I;
That's the belief of Peg Rentz,
esponsibilities is necessary to get her
jram's animal care supervisor. The
>erimental subjects for scientific resi
"You have to love animals, of coi
vhat they're here for," she said. "Nc
>en to these animals, and it does take
:ience, but you have to accept it."
"You have to accept that all the ai
esearch procedure. You treat them
hem and put it out of your mind th?
>e here."
Kent/, said she had problems sta
vhen she started working for the fac
"We had two dogs here that I g
'They actually were not (put to slec
ent the other one back to the shelter
turchased). From then on. 1 realized
nvolved with the animals."
The lab animals are valuable rest
echnician Derrick Thompson, who
lecause of the time and money devo
>f the animals involved becomes top
"That's where we come in," Thorn
y to take care of them while they'rt
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eaker:
lid fuel
orism
grievances," lie said. "Terrorists
feed on this kind of action."
Sulaiman Aljuraid, a USC
government and international
studies graduate student, said the
American reaction was nonsensical.
He said the United States
condemns terrorism, vet practiced
it in bombing Libya.
The manifestation was a
Palestinian problem, he said, and
inc united States must "become
impartial" and help resolve the
problem by recognizing that terrorism
will continue whether
Khadafy is in power or out of
power.
"Terrorism could only have intensified
when we began shelling.
That resulted in killing 260
American soldiers," he said.
Shahrough Akhavi, a USC
GINT professor, said using
planes and ships won't stop the
violence: "terrorism can't be
stopped with a blunt instrument.
"Terrorism is a weapon of the
weak. We're just playing in the
hands of terrorists. There is no
need to stoop to their level."
Articlc 5 1 of the Charter of the
United Nations gives countries a
right to self-defense, but the
United States was not in extreme
enough danger to apply this rule,
Akhavi said. The rule was framed
in 1945 after World War II to
prevent direct attack because
there was a great fear, he said.
In cases such as the bombing of
the Trans-World American
airliner by Arab terrorists on
April 3 in response to the U.S.
clash with Libya the week before,
Americans were killed, he said,
but it was not a direct armed attack.
He said the United States
needs to show evidence to support
their violent actions.
He said the saying "an eye for
an eye" should apply, yet "this
action was way out of proportion
of Libya's original action."
lab animals
ai' people
second of a three-part series on
Friday's story will be about the
USC's Animal Resources Facilinich,
lie is willing to show love to
iboratory experiment.
who said an acceptance of her
through a normal clay as the profacility
supplies animals as exearch.
irse, but you also have to realize
) one enjoys what's going to hap,
? 1?
a unit wicsiung wuii your conslimals
are going to be used for a
i with kindness while you have
it tomorrow they're not going to
ying unattached to the animals
:ility in 1980.
ot very attached to," she said.
:p) ? one was adopted, and we
(from where the clogs were first
1 could not really get emotionally
iarch investments, according to
works at one nf ihn farii;?;?c
ted to specific research, the care
priority.
pson said. "It's our rcsponsibili;
here. We feed them, give them
See "Animals," page 3