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? 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."
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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South Carolina and Univcrsit
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? 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.
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games, gameroom manager Luth
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campus restaurant, finally opened
/ Monday in Carolina Mall after several
1 construction delays.
; Plans for the restaurant were
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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.
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