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Founded 1908 Monday Volume 79, No. 40 University of South Carolina November 24, 1986 'Limit set fo By LINDA TAYLOR Editor in chief Salaries of distinguished visiting professors at USC will not be higher than those of full professors. according to a policy passed by USC's board of trustees during a special meeting Friday. The salaries of present full professors arc $52,000 to $54,000 for each academic year, which includes only fall and spring semesters, not summer sessions. 9 Jehan Sadat's salary for three semesters at USC was $207,000 plus expenses. Robert MacNeil and James Lchrcr of the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour were each paid $37,500 to teach a class this semester, and Howard Simons, Former managing cciuor 01 i ne wasmngion rosi, Expert says epilepsy not dtm fatal illness Ru Riinnv Mnnnc WBP? am News editor The recent report of a USC ^4 graduate student's death on cam pus from an epileptic seizure has caused concern from other f;?| students about the nature of his death. More than a dozen USC ! students who have epilepsy have called the Midlands Epilepsy i Association to express concern ^ about the fear of such seizures, W according to Margaret Masse, ex- [ ecutive director of the ( association. j Samuel G. Hay. 26, died from i natural causes arising from an I epileptic seizure, according to V ! coroner's reports, but Masse said determination of the cause of M death in such cases is difficult. MB "We may never know why he WIMKRm ^ died," said Margaret Masse, executive director of the associa? tion, a United Way agency. Although one III "You can't prove by autopsy that a person died from a seizure," she said. "It wouldn't I I ?J ? show up because its over." I I I 11 I |J The seizures themselves cannot I I Wi directly cause death, but if they continue repeatedly, an organ, By MARY PEARSC such as the heart or lungs, could Senior reporter stop functioning and cause death. Students Mic These seizures arc called status Sanders spend r I seizures. pus laboratorie ? When someone dies from a study research I seizure, it is usually caused from Their work is swelling in the air way, which $30 million in rc cuts off the oxygen, Richland this year. /- T.' I, <<TUaro ? v-UUIIiy vuiuiiti iiaiiis. uaiiuii inutaun told The Gamecock for a Nov. 14 ist for students article reporting Hay's death. those things th "The way he said it, it sounds three hours a like an air way was swollen to the professor Bruct point where he could've choked, He also said and that's not possible," she available to stui said. "The students have been time to researcl calling to say, 'Can this happen Sanders, a to me?"' research enable See "Epilepsy," page 3 and discoverie? 18-year-old sentencei for assaulting USC s Man also faces 2 other rap From staff report* at the southeaj An 18-year-old Columbia man House and thr was sentenced Friday to life in ly. He forced ^ prison for the kidnapping and ment room wl w rape of a USC student. A jury found Anthony Leroy After the i Brown guilty of kidnapping and walked to Bu first-degree criminal sexual con- met two US -j?4 n 1 ? i:c~ 11. i u? * UUll. DIUWII ICCC1VCU c* IIIC WdlKCU IICI HI sentence for the kidnapping con- police and ! viction and 30 years for the rape contacted, conviction. Brown has with the rape c The rape occurrcd about 12:15 dent and of a a.m. Sept. 27, 1985. According to Dreher high a report filed by the university Both of the: I police, a man sioppeu me viciim, wmnin a mc who was then a USC freshman, Brown was cc ? Football season ends with 21-21 I tie at Tigertown 0f?<WW See p. 7 ? : ?* r salaries o was paid $45,(XX) to teach a course. During the meeting, USC President lames Holderman asked the board to set a limit on the salaries. He said a limit on the visiting distinguished pro fessors program was needed so that "it would be clearly demonstrated to all concerned that the university is in full control of the expenses and the costs of bringing the distinguished visitors to the campus." This control is absolutely essential to the future of the program, he said. r-\?i. #?,? r,,i_ V- II (111 lllclll V/IIIIIKI TT IV,ll?,Vr> J I , r? cl IVI I 11 v. uuai U I Ully supports the distinguished visiting professors program. "We recognize its value," he said. "We want Jjjjjflflfi ' I? -. //4 J?1Ws^^^h 8BW*K 'iylSB b^i^Bsj^Sjaay^SggrS-., Km f?? ft: ?^?^;?.?v<wiBi^wMi?w4Ak#i ?n?iw^.i?i)iw?i'. - ?' * "5fisf fr***'??': k<k? PnrnlSna anil tlin nlhor Pinmenn tlinco lano Aran'# In##inn 1D9 UaiUIIIIO UIIU HID UIIIDI UIDIIIJUII, IHD3D IUIIO (II Oil % 1 C7 11111 irgraduates lear IN build on them. Thigpen, a psycholi hael Thigpen and Robert undergraduates also nore than 20 hours in cam- research through means s working on independent ing in labs. or class credit. "Sometimes a lot o funded from the more than students to participate in ;search grants USC received jeet," he said. "Then, tl write a paper on their lot of opportunities that ex- research. In that way re: in research, but it is one of as a learning tool." at you just can't work for Undergraduate stud week on," said chemistry chemistry labs receive ; Dunlap. Dunlap said. They he tremendous benefits were aspects of lab work, dents willing to dedicate the chemical flasks, i. "Work-study student biology senior, said his pie," he said. "They fre s him to trace the methods professors, giving them ? of other researchers and actual research." 1 her parents were F * I also been charged A I )f another USC stu14-year-old girl in a '( just ca||e(] ' school bathroom. * se rapes occurred S.C. Gov. Dick Riley welcomes Stay >nth ot the rape young people not to use drugs. >nvicted of Friday. iM V # f visitina or O I it to continue to bring credit to the university and insights in learning to all who participate in it on all of our campuses." The proposal passed by a unanimous vote. Student Government President Amy Houser said in a telephone interview with The Gamecock that the policy is reasonable and fair. "It is fair to other faculty," she said. "A lot of them were disturbed by the news of Sadat's salary. I'm glad to see that it was done." It will allow the distinguished visiting professors program to continue without the expenses and costs of the program increasing, she said. Houser said the new limit on salaries doesn't mean the end of her campaign for a voting student ^J A (?/^i\r/linn tr* t K< /W^UIUIII^ IV/ till Police Department unusual problems or fighting at Sat fifiht for braggir none were expectc Danny Baker, for remember any un m ? at 'ast year's gam "There's no Jj there's going to be BJB there, but in term RHP hibiting behavior i vtrnrnimmtimmmSHSBMSI ordinary 1 really According to JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock press Service, ho\ tho rivalry como botwoon thoni. Ic^cs huvc proHlci n from indepem About 80 students arc hired t< 3gy junior, said research assistants in the p are affected by department, according to Andy other than work- department administrative assist! biology department, 31 stuc f courses require employed by professors to wo i research as a sub- labs. icy are required to Biology associate professor perceptions of the DeCoursey said she has worked search can be used than 60 students in independ research in the past 10 years, ents working in These students are not paid work-study hours, work, but usually they receive ai :lp with technical hours of class credit in addition t such as washing skills, she said. Although only a small perc s are support peo- undergraduates take part in res e-up graduates and opportunity is there, said associa more time for the professor Robert Lawther. "Most professors in biology THOMAS HU hb Wonder to a "Just say no" rally on Sunday. The rally was h ofessors member on the board of trustees. "I will still push for a student on the board," she said. "That started last February, long before the Sadat issue. 1 would still like a student on the board because there arc a lot of other areas a student would be appropriate for." Houscr had used Sadat's salary as an example of how insignificant USC students are in USC's decision-making process and how much a student board member is needed. Rufus Fellers, chairman-elect of the Faculty Senate, commented in a telephone interview about the effect of the new policy on faculty members upset by the amount Sadat received. "It should cool See "Board," page 3 lemson rivalry y off the field getting out of hand. The University of Southern be hard on the California recently fined fans during the who did an estimated $10,000 on football worth of damage at a hotel at the the field, the Stanford-Southern Cal game in ie two schools 1985, and 125 fans were arrested idly one. in Dallas for the Texas: Clemson City Oklahoma game in October. , there were no As a result of the problem, with rowdincs.s many schools are beginning to urday's annual implement tougher penalties for ?g rights, and rowdy behavior because of injury d. and insurance concerns. JSC vice presi- The University <Af Pennforceinent and sylvania cancelled a senior class t he couldn't parade in retaliation for eggusual problems throwing incidents at football e either. games, and a University of Iowa question that student was charged with incite; a lot of energy ment to riot while celebrating, is of people ex- Some other schools that have [hat's out of the adopted new rules to control can't say." fans' behavior arc Arizona State, The College North Carolina Stale, and the vrver, other col- universities of Maryland and ms with rivalries West Virginia. dent research a work as willing to work with students just as long as sychology the students are committed to their desires r Ryan, a to learn," he said. int. In the But the program isn't well known among lents are students, said chemistry junior Cynthia rk in the Johnson. "Many graduate students are not required to work in research labs. The only Patricia place we find information about research is with more usually in the course catalogue." ent study "In the classroom, professors never mention anything about research, and you for their never see anything about research on the bout three bulletin boards," Johnson said, o research "Therefore most people do not realize undergraduate research exists." entage of Thigpen said students benefit from earch, the research by more-knowledgeable ite biology professors. "Professors doing research are aware of would be See "Research," page 3 Inside Classifieds 8 Comics 6 flatehnnk 5 I Features.... 4 Sports 7 Viewpoint 2