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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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PAUL OFLLA MAGGIORA/Tha Gamecock
Ing fratarnity rush, which began Monday.
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; 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
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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.
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process.
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> and the the department of anatomy at the I
sources. School of Medicine, was awarded $ 145,21
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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.
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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 ^
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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
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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.
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