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Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 79, No. 9 University of South Carolina September 10, 1986 "Sadat leave By AMY DELPQ Assistant news editor Jehan Sadat informed the university Monday that she would not be teaching this fall. Her decision comes in the midst of a controversy concerning details of her employment. Sadat, the widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, has been serving as a visiting professor to the ~ university and was to teach a course called "Women w in Egyptian Culture." Students who were registered for the course arrived at class Monday only to be told by the graduate assistant that Sadat would not be teaching the class. "It was not a resignation," Hans Knoop. a university spokesman, said. "She made the decision not to teach this semester. "The 47 students enrolled in Mrs. Sadat's course Complaints * Students rarely de on grievance comn By BRENDA BIYTH the Grievance Cor News reporter The committee ! Have a problem? Students who ducted in an info have any complaints about their fidential manner. coiiege careers at use nave two closed to the publ alternatives open to solve their recording is n problems. proceedings. ^ Students can make both At the conclusic acadcmic and non-academic ing, each party ii complaints, but few people take grievance submits advantage of the programs, ac- the committee, wh cording to Jerry Brewer, dean of a solution by maj< student life. All decisions of Only one case was brought Committee are fi before the Non-Academic to the grievance pi Grievance Committee during Only six of n ?. /* ? * nrewer s iour years as a memoer unaergraauates at because most grievances are presented an acad< resolved before reaching the com- according to Ass mittee, he said. Mike Welsh. Foui In the Grievance Policy and denied, and one w Procedure for Non-Academic the college commi Areas, a grievance is defined as a In academic ar "dissatisfaction occuring when a three ways t< student thinks that any condition grievances, affecting him/her is unjust, ine- The first is to gc quitable or creates unnessesary tor. For example hardship." does not like his Examnles of snrh orievanrpc annual tr* hie inctrn are processing errors in student the instructor will fees; a miscomputation in grade, the mat ^ registration; mistreatment by any appealed. USC employee; or discrimination "The universit by race, sex or handicap. procedure difficull When petitioning a grievance, protect the studer the first step must be a confronta- from arbitrary tion between the student and the grades," Welsh sa person said to have initiated the The second wa grievance. Most grievances are grievances is to s resolved in this stage, according the administrative to Brewer. For example, After the confrontation, if the thinks he has no Student thinks he needs to file a fairly by his instru* formal grievance, he must file peal to the instri with the alleged offender's im- ment chairman. Fi mediate supervisor. The super- peal to the dean, ? visor will make a decision on the may reach the I matter. trustees. If the student is still not The final way satisfied, he can appeal before Sm "Coi Fraternity rush Marlin Alford gats a lift from Dalta Upeilon brothers duri 4ft * w Money Columbia airport I 5S abruptly; m were informed at the first class meeting of her decision today not to teach this semester," a statenieni released by the university said. "There had been no time to inform the students individually." USC President James Holderman said he accepted Sadat's decision not to teach with "deep disappointment." "Her presence here has benefitted students of all ages from all walks of life and brought great distinction to the university." Sadat's decision comes during a time of controversy concerning her position at the university. In July, USC journalism senior Paul Perkins and his wife Cheryl filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the university after officials refused to reveal Sadat's salary. Under the provisions of the act, Perkins re iHiklOO J} smic srievance. & istant Provost of them were * as sent back to "as. .here are Taking a break 3 approach Accounting junior Vincent Davis grab | neni rinanciai aid, wnicn was visited b > to the instruc- parj 0f jt8 "Monday Motivator" progra , if a student I grade, he may noTchange the 10 DrOfeSSOH ter can't be B y makes this Ten USC professors have receive* t on purpose to grants totalling nearly $1.4 million, its and faculty Research areas funded by the grar changing of cancer, diabetes, earthquake stres; id. production of fuels from natural re v t r\ onnrrvop^ 17 A nKr-^tr I - ; tvs uppi v/ucu k-t auuit) 1 liUUipdUU J1 Ull U55li ippeal through fessor of biology, received two gra channel. ing $288,823 from the National Ir if a student Health. His cancer-oriented re: t been treated designed to provide greater underst :tor, he can ap- gene activity and tumor growth, jctor's departle can also ap- The National Science Foundatioi and the matter a grant of $165,000 to Paul Ellis, a JSC board of Drofessor and director of IJSC" Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, to approach will support Ellis' work with cataly mplaints," pago 3 A catalyst is a substance that sp jm| _ :: HE^> - ig^JvqBL PAUL OFLLA MAGGIORA/Tha Gamecock Ing fratarnity rush, which began Monday. * k ; litigation i quested "all expenses incurred and payments or transfers made with respcct to Jehan Sadat as well as members of her family" in relation to USC. USC responded to the suit by arguing that it should be dismissed because the state's Freedom of Information Act docs not apply to payments to Sadat. The university cited security and the fact that she falls under no specific employee classifiction as exemptions from the act. Perkins said that he and his wife will still pursue the case regardless of whether Sadat teaches or not. "The rlnr'iimpntc ctill r?vic? ond ..V ^x/vv?>..v..ivj tvim vaui uuu UIV 11IU11V,)' wad 31111 spent," Perkins said. "She's out of it ? it never involved her. It only involved the documents." Perkins said that Sadat's decision not to teach strengthens his case against the university. _ II Sturii full-time as regul ^^^JBBhhBPP^H those people who community who an at 1 Dean Thorn Cor nHH "Those Jg l|i?? |Hu| wanted to, cou another class. Al ? i% a little bit l< # this case," class* cancelled and elsewhere, he sai The 47 stud Monday that S Tiinimp niiuniinruiTi o L.^. ^A.,..,,.. inunnNO numrnnci/ine uamecocK teach the cours Monday was the s a slice of a sub in the Office of Stu- the class. y a team from radio station WWGO as <<A lot of th taking just this : get grants to sear j research chemical reaction without being altered ir process. its include Charles Blake, professor and chairmai > and the the department of anatomy at the I sources. School of Medicine, was awarded $ 145,21 irtnfp nrn. f Kn lioilf i nrtltntn f/>r Kir turvrl/ rtrvMnof jyi v/ U1V I1VU1U1 UlOlilUlW A Wi iliO VTU1 1\ CUliWWl nts totall- hormone secretions of the pituitary gl; istitute of The award is for the first year of a $702 search is ? tit. His research has applications in fe anding of ty, sterility and pituitary gland tumors. Biology professor Roger Sawyer receiv $132,563 grant from the health instil i awarded Sawyer's work with keratins, proteins chemistrv fnrm a r?rr\tf?r,tiv/? harrier f/~?r cl/in s Nuclear help determine the origins of skin cancer The grant John Baynes, associate professor 'sts. chemistry, received a $131,136 grant fron teeds up a health institute. The grant will sup Staff shortages ca for all English 101 By MATT WARD News reporter Fall semester English 102 and spring semester English 101 will be phased out this year because of staff shortages created by record numbers of freshmen students. Next year, 101 will be offered in fall only; 102 in spring only. "We simply don't have the staff to teach all the 101 and 102 classes every semester," said Thomas Waldrep, director of the Freshman English Program. Sections of English 102 are being offered this fall to accomodate students who failed the course last spring or took English 100 and 101 during last year's fall and spring semesters, but students who exempted English 101 must wait until spring semester to take 102 and satisfy their English requirements. Waldrep said. _ ? _ _ - in 111 ?l>1 II I 11 II I Mil IIIII I Ill II ?_Je5i continues "It bolsters our case because they can't allege security anymore," Perkins said. The Freedom of Information Act requires that the { salaries of all state employees vjflra { who are department heads or above be made public, and ?*. jHT salary ranges must be given v for all employees below the ^ 1p\/p1 nf Hpnartrr*pnt hoaH WW R *]} ^ Perkins and his wife filed in ifl July for information about Mm Sadat's salary and other . . e . . , r , 3 , . Jehan Sadat details of her employment. A judge will hear the case Oct. 10. He will have 30 days to decide whether or not the university has to reveal the information. jnts refunded ariat's nniirsR only one they're taking," Compton said. "They had a lot of inhere planning to terest in her and in the material 's "Women and she's presented." have either been For this reason, he said, loney or placed another teacher was not .sought 10 aid the associate continue the course. College of "We don't have any other exSocial Sciences. perts in Egyptian women here. two different She was the only authority on our : those who were faculty with command of the parlar students, and ticular topic." > were part of the Several areas have only one were taking the recognized professor, and when idit," Associate that professor is not available to npton said. teach the course, it is not offered, time, if they Compton said. Id be put into As for those students who reIthough, the tim- quested another course, he said iter than usual in they were placed in any "other es are frequently course in the university that the students placed professor would take them at id. such a late date." lents were told aoat, widow 01 Sadat also had taught two r Sadat, will not other courses at USC : "Of ;e this semester. Temples and Queens," and ; first meeting of "Women in Egyptian Culture," all of which were under the e students were humanities and social sciences course. It's the department, he said. ch for cancer cure i the Baynes' research on the ways sugars attach themselves to and hinder proteins in the body, n of This is a process important to understanding JSC diabetes. 2 by Robert Lawther, an assistant professor of ning biology, has received a grant of $116,303 and. from the institute for his study of how ,078 bacteria regulate cellular processes in rtili- response to changes in their environment. Because bacteria are relatively simple ed a organisms, studying how they respond to :ute. change yields insight into the mechanism by that which more complex cells may regulate their may metabolism and growth. The Center for Disease Control awarded of $112,926 to J. Jerry Gibson, associale pro1 the fessor of preventive medicine and community port See "Grants," page 3 iuse rescheduling ! and 102 classes Sections of English 100 are available this fall for freshman or transfer students who did not place in r:~~i:?u mi *u~ ? -i * *?* uugiiMi iui uu mc wining puiiciiiciii ICM. The Freshman English Committee decided on this action after studying similar freshman English programs in state universities in Louisiana and Mississippi, according to Waldrep. "It's a workable plan, because most of the students who come in the fall ? 88 to 90 percent ? place into 101 on (he writing placement test, so they want to take 101 in the fall and 102 in the spring anyway," he said. English 101, or composition, was offered in 117 sections during registration for the fall semester. English 102, dealing with composition and literature, was offered in seven sections. Four sections of English 100 were available. These do not include evening classes. I i Classified 12 Comics 10 Datebook 9 Features 7 Money 5 Sports 11 Viewpoint 4