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Volume 79, No. 15 University of South Carolina September 24, 1986
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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
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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.
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By BRENDA BLYTH
News reporter
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their parents do. For example,
children will read, mimicking at :
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"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."
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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."
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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,
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so need to show interest in young
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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
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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
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Science Foundati
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directors South Carolinian appointed to this im- to the
portant board."
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U.S. senator
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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