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Founded 1908 Wednesday Volume 79, No. 15 University of South Carolina September 24, 1986 > Emergeni Student Aff 'red tape' fi By MARIA FRATUS ? Assistant news editor As doctors examined two students who were struck by a car at 11 p.m. on Sumter Street Aug. 27, Dennis Pruitt stayed in the hospital waiting room until after 5 a.m. Although it was after normal working hours and two days before classes started, he was there. Pruitt, vice president for Student Affairs, was there not only because the students' parents couldn't be, but also because it's P part of his job. Students who think Student Affairs is just another USC office open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. are "badly mistaken," according to Pruitt. "Typically what might happen is I'll be lying asleep at home at 1 a.m. and get a call from the police telling me a student has been in an accident," Pruitt said. Pruitt will make a few phone calls to other members of Student Affairs whom he will meet at the hospital treating the injured student. The Student Affairs staff includes members of the health center, university housing, career planning, counseling and human development, and other student services. "A staff person will stay with the student until the next of kin gets there," Pruitt said. "We have a good relationship with ri r\ r r> if ole an/4 iifn /Mir iiuo^uaio, anu ww uuvt uui assistance." Student Affairs makes airline reservations for the injured student's family, picks them up at the airport, and provides housing and transportation for them while they stay in Columbia, Pruitt said. "If a family is going through a tragedy, they don't need to go through bureaucratic red tape," he said. Members of Student Affairs inform the student's teachers of the accident, and if the student's hospital stay will be extended, the staff will get their books and study materials, Pruitt said. They will also provide flowers and magazines. Attention k stresses U! By BRENDA BLYTH News reporter Children's performance in sch with the amount of attention they and teachers, according to a professor. Children's motivation is very h their education when they are v< and tend to learn quickly, said M associate professor of eler PAnncAlino VVUIIJVIIII^* Keeping that momentum i< students to remain interested in s ^ "Values are transmitted to a ch their parents do. For example, children will read, mimicking at : magazines and books," Robinsoi "Parents are saying to their c important way to spend your timi time story is also important." It is important to ask children learned during the day. "Parents i out and tell their children they car They need to set out a time every < they feel they are a valuable part said. "They should help them expl ^ they have, emphasizing any strei Sports ' V cy! H II airs nanaies or students "Whatever we can do to ease the inconvenience of the situation we try to do," Pruitt said. Many students don't realize what Student Affairs will do to make their years at the university the best possible, Pruitt said. "A lot of people view the university as being this big impersonal place," he said. "A student needs to know there is a place to turn to and there is a whole network set up to assist them." Although the Student Affairs office sees students as coping adults, Pruitt said nobody is equipped to handle major disasters. "I don't care whether you are 6 years old, or 22 years old, or 44 years old, it is important to have someone assist you during a crisis," he said. No matter what kind of crisis a student is dealing with, Student Affairs has someone to help. Pruitt said. The office has assisted students into detoxification centers; they have packed up students' rooms, stored the boxes, and arranged for shipping companies to deliver them; they have counseled women with eating disorders; they have provided money for student's who suddenly have a rpaf financial tiTcrR1 and thev have provided books and clothes for students whose rooms are burned, Pruitt said. "The range of things we deal with are infinite," he said. "The only situation we don't deal with is if a student ends up in trouble with the law." But before 1966, the university posted bail for students in jail, according to Pruitt. Many times the Student Affairs office gets calls from teachers about students with problems and they will intervene, Pruitt said "The faculty does a lot of referrals," he said. "Students go to them first." Pruitt said many students don't want help, but he wants them to know the office will assist them. "We want to extend the same service and attention tc everyone who needs it." ;ey to child': 5C educatioi the child le; weaknesses." ool tends to vary Teachers al ' get from parents students. Rob USC education Carolina schc about student igh at the start of receive greatei ;ry eager to learn The teachei like Robinson, an skills, which a nentary school The hypothesi are very simi ; important for and if teacl chool, he said. counselors, t ild by seeing what students bette if parents read, According t first by looking at gram is for te. i said. more personal hildren 'this is an depressed, the e.' Reading a bed- it. The test wa what they did and students, of need to come right terpersonal sk e about their lives. "A statisti day just to talk, so found betweei of the family," he teachers," Ro M /~x f tiAmmii 11UI lUIUlUU ore what interests problems foi ngths and helping Inti rugby club ? ' II looking SflSHB irticipants - p. 9 USC ML trfr - JP ' .jgjjgjIH What's left? Mark Moore, a media arts senior, buys against the Georgia Bulldogs, who lost Reagan r National From staff and wire reports President Reagan nominated US dent James Holderman to the Science Foundation's board of Tuesday. "I feel terrific about this. It's a ere whole university," Holderman t Gamecock Tuesday night. "It's a gi for the university and me too." nru~ i o n i i iic iNauuiiai acicuic noaru members, each nominated by the 1 and confirmed by the Senate. Meml six-year terms. 1 "This is good for all of us. It take ; get this through. These nominal ' highly sought after," he said, no ' South Carolina senators Strom T ' and Fritz Hollings and others in Wa D.C., helped him get the nominatio s success, n professor am that he must live with his so need to show interest in young inson recently did a study in a North 'ui inai uatnti WHO tait s as individuals are more likely to ' positive response. rs received training in interpersonal re the same skills used by counselors, s is that teacher-student relationships lar to counselor-client relationships, icrs received the same skills as hey could possibly relate to their r, he said. o the studv. the main idea of the pro ichers to approach their students on a level. If the teacher sees the student is teacher should ask the student about s given to 770 second and fifth grade which 413 had teachers trained in inills. cal difference in perfomance was n the two groups favoring the trained >binson said. inicating with children can cause more parents as the children become See "Children," page 3 erviewing I poet has ne W9' offers s 'Banned New^^ J|l||9 and cons of censorship, and King jflr said she hopes she will receivt i essays on both sides of the issue JOEY WEST/The Gamecock "We are living in a society tha is very complex. We all need tc tickets for Saturday's football game examine ourselves on this issue.' to Clamson 31-28 last Saturday. "I remember when Hitle burned the books in Nurem iominates Holderi Science Foundati >c Presi- "We are all proud to see a fellow "I fei directors South Carolinian appointed to this im- to the portant board." rdit to the U.S. senator has 24 president 3ers serve The board sets policy for the foundation. "We The foundation has a $1.5 million budget and Carolin ?s a lot to supports scientific and engineering research at board,' tions are American colleges and universities. excellen iting that The board meets every other month for two ensure t hurmond days. Holderman said that he would not par- remains shington, ticipate when USC was being considered for presidei ,n- grant money. with his SjgfiagX .. " ^ 6 ] ?5- SB s f.? -*=5?! fsvJT^-A ?? > -& ... *7 '.' 7 ) , '"' " :;vV > - \ . v \ S < N Cmm C H Classifieds Of BOOS 0. 0 I Comics ;i iiiii'L ^ate^)C,0'<' fa Monev iw book out p. 61 Viewpoint okstore fl ituaents I Books' burg," she said. "I buy books and read books and sell them, so it was an indelible experience." The essays will be judged by an English, a philosophy and a law professor "in order to cover all aspects of the issue," she said. The deadline for entries is Oct. 'X onH Q Kr\Al/ p/irti n urill > uiiu u vvi iiiicaiv win be given to the winner, with $25 and $10 certificates for second and third places. Although King said no books i have been challenged at the bookstore, she noted that many of the more recent cases have i been through local school boards ' and concerning high school- and college-level readings. > Three cases in South Carolina ' have been documented by the American Library Association. Two of them were in Greenville and one in Columbia. What Happened to Mr. Foster, by Gary Barger, was challenged at the Greenville County Library t in 1982 because the novel's prin) cipal character is a homosexual, ' and Of Mice and Men, by John r Steinbeck, was challenged in See "Books," pag? 9 man for inn hnarrl Wil bI terrific about this. It's a credit whole university." James Holderman USC president are all proud to see a fellow South ian appointed to this important ' Hollings said. "Jim Holderman is an t choice to help guide our efforts to hat American science and technology the best in the world. I applaud the it's decision, and wish Jim the best ; new position." | Sign painting John McCarty, a broadcast i .or, prepares a poster for CPU's P' olina Extras, short courses of> fered at USC this fall. Signup is Sept. 22 to 26 and Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock Inside ; 10 8 7 6 5 Q 4