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? Foundatmn tiles 'nartial rliwacf motif' put 11(11 Ml* VtflieRIWII^ ? THE EDUCATIONAL Foundation, a non-profit charitable group which provides financial support for USC, has $500,000 invested in companies that do business in South Africa, according to its executive director, Chris Vlahoplus. Vlahoplus, who is also USC's executive vice president for administration, said that amount is relatively small because the foundation has about $17 to $20 million in holdings. ^ THE $500,000 is split between the foundation's Chair Endowment Fund, which supports distinguished professorships and chairmanships; and the General Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships and other programs of financial support. Vlahoplus said $500,000 is a rough estimate of a figure that changes continually and is almost impossible to keep track of daily. "Millions of I dollars in stocks arc boueht and sold on a continual basis, so it's really hard to say." j use CULTU J pre! j A CHOP f 3 Noveir 13 MR. JACI ] ORIGINAL SI j Decen U AUSTIN Febru U THEATI 11 ENSI ; Ma : LIZ STOR ^ HEDG j mow azmm^ Season Ticketi until Novembei IStudi Faculty , ALTHOUGH THE figure changes constantly, it has been on a falling pattern for some time, he said. "The political atmosphere in South Africa has made many companies pull out of their financial connections with the country. One day, they may all pull out." US^'S Educational rounuuuun mis practiced what Vlahoplus calls "partial divestment" since November 1985, when the group's board members voted not to invest in any American company that didn't follow the Sullivan Principles for American companies with affiliates in South Africa. TOTAL DIVESTMENT was discussed at the time but is now a moot point, Vlahoplus said. "American companies which observe the Sullivan Principles arc a positive force for good in South Africa. Those nrp the onlv comnanies we do invest in. "WE MAY wake up some day and find that it's not even an issue anymore, because all the companies will be out of South Africa," Vlahoplus said. "We will most likely stick with partial divestment. The situation is checked and discussed at every meeting of the board. 1 doubt that our policy would change, however, because partial divestment is working," he said. ? By Patrick Jean Text brings computers to business writing Three USC professors have coauthored a unique textbook that uses two floppy disks to give students learning business writing hands-on I CApCI ICI1CC. The Microcomputer and Business ^EnmSb RAL SERIES j sents J IUS LINE iber 18 M r nAMiFi'Q U LVER CORNET H \m j iber 15 " I ON TAP " lary 17 IE MASK EMBLE H rch 3 m Y, MICHAEL : ES AND SREAUX iri! 7 ' ^ 1111 g ixfl j are now on sale - 18 in CPU Office ants $15 /Staff $22 M onev HWBHMnHHMMMlM ... Writing was written by English pro fcssors David Byrd, Paula Fcldman and Phyllis Fleishel. Fcldman said she first thought of writing the book three years ago while teaching an English 463 business writing class at USC. "I was using a personal computer for my own writing, while I was also teaching business writing to students who had to use a typewriter or longhand writing for their papci 5. "It was ridiculous. I began to think that someone should combine computer utilization with business writing classes, and that's how the idea for the book came about," she said. Other business writing textbooks mentioned computers but included no examples or hands-on experience, Fcldman said. She, Byrd and Fleishcl set out to create a book making full use r\f PAmntifnrc vy 1 vviupuivi j. Random House, Inc. had the best idea for publishing the material, Fcldman said. "They published the book in large paperback form. There is a hard cardboard back. Two floppy disks sit safely between it and the book, and the whole thing is wrapped in plastic." The textbook is the first one in which a word processor is used with business ?l H|V 1 ^IIMb HH ~ CAROLINA PROGRAM You Are Invited t< CPU's PHOTO PARTY Oct. 15 Wc 7 pm spi 2nd General Union f of the semestf wmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmammmmammmammmmmmm HEY YOU! CPU's Video Tap Committee meets Tuesdays; 8:30 f HH 3Ub; New Memoers i Welcome. ^ THE GAMI writing, Fcldman said. "livery excrcisc in the book is included on the computer and vice versa." The disks are only compatible with IBM computers, which should create no problems for English 463 students bccause USC's computer laboratories have only IBMs, Feldman said. "They can walk in there with the disks, type uj papers in the computer, print them and go." Keldman said the book should allov more material to be covered in ? business writing class because revising business reports and other papers i quicker. "It takes advantage of th< ways in which word processing can ad vance and assist writing. I also get t< read clean rough drafts." The Microcomputer and Busines Writing sells for $21 to $22.50 at th South Carolina and Univcrsit bookstores. ? By Patrick Jea Business Briefcase Gameroom goes to quarter The Russell House gameroom swi ched from using tokens for its vide games to quarters last month. The change was made by tl Columbia-based American Amusemei Co., which provides and services tl games, gameroom manager Luth Glenn said. "When we started using tokens, v had a unique size that nobody else w using. Since that time, everybody h switched from using the smaller-si tokens to quarter-size tokens," he sai Glenn said gamerooms in high-re UNION "SHOP A fC T i o L a1 A N T C A ids. iir Meeting 3r Sp( i98e & | from ' 'i. e Tues ? 7:3( )m; RH Tl $ ra?. rsnssk areas such as malls arc also going out of business and selling rolls of their tokens. Tokens from other gamcrooms were being used in the machines, which cost American Amusement about $^00 per week and precipitated the switch, he said. | Baker Street is finally open 1 IQr-V noiuml r?.? 1JUAV.I >JliV,Vl, WkJV O IIVtTVJl V/ll campus restaurant, finally opened / Monday in Carolina Mall after several 1 construction delays. ; Plans for the restaurant were s originally conceived in late June or car2 ly July, according to Robin Clark, Baker Street manager. 3 "We would have preferred to have opened sooner. We got somewhat of a s late start this summer in that the cone struction people had some problems in y obtaining the actual floor tiles and wall paneling. That delayed things for a while." ji n The restaurant, locatcd across from I Sunshine Cleaners, offers baked I potatoes plain or with toppings, salads, sodas and other drinks, Clark said. It will be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. s Book lists writing shortcuts t- A new business writing book offers :o self-help and shortcuts for all sorts of correspondence. le The Handbook of Business Letters, j nt written by L.E. Frailey and published le by Prentice-Hall Inc., gives 761 model cr business letters for readers to use, as well as a guide for writing impressive ve letters. I as The book is available for a free as 10-day trial reading from Prenticeze Hall's Book Distribution Center, Route d. 59 at Brookhill Drive, West Nyack, ; nt N.Y. 10995. I & Tour Presents I 'TIL YOU DROP" I )ctober 18 A Leave RH T : 8:00 a.m. L $12.50 A Sign-Up in N ;PU Office T | RH 209 I A I 3cial Programs 1 presents I ? rinmorh/ 5>pri<=>ft li * W V V V Wl J W V I w Max/I I Saturday Night Live" I N?v 4 I ) pm I L"% /-? <T> 4 k* : I