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The Gamecock
Founded 1908 Wednesday
? Volume 79, No. 46 University of South Carolina January 21, 1987
Commission
By BRENDA BLYTH
Assistant news editnr
High school students seeking admission to USC
in the fall of 1988 will have to complete a required
curriculum in order to comply with the new
statewide regulations for admission to a state
supported college.
The new regulations have been decided upon by
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and have been voluntarily acccptcd by all statesupported
colleges in South Carolina, said a staff
member of the commission.
The new regulations require students to have four
units of English, three units of math, two
laboratory sciences, two units of the same foreign
language, one U.S. history course, an economics
and government course, one social studies course,
and one physical education course.
"The statewide regulations have been presented
911 system do
campus emerge
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News editor subscriber's nan
USC law enforcement officials and area of the i
say students, when dialing on- But if a person
campus, should continue using a USC telephone
the 7-5222 campus emergency would have to
telephone number and not use the and refer the pi
new 911 service Richland and them, Guntcr sa
gfc Lexington counties recently "You would t
started. private teleph
Guntcr said.
Although the emergency shown will be th
dispatch system can trace the the address bchi
phone number that dialed 911, Danny Baker
on-campus calls don't give tnc president 01 law
specific location of the telephone safety said t
to the dispatcher, said Wayne emergency nunil
Gunter, Southern Bell sales 7-5222.
manager. "I think you
When someone dials 911 in but there is no
^ Richland or Lexington counties, lock in to the
w a dispatcher will answer by say- said. "All they
ing, "911. What is your emergen- ing from campu
cy?" The call is then identified Charles Poc
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may cause fear that prevents many people the stu
from donating. many i
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nursing at the American Red Cross, said made,
she was sure fear prevents a large number "Pa
of would-be donors from making a We 1
donation. such a
If the donor gets through the first time, mcmbi
it's not that bad afterwards, she said. these
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in agreement with them," she said.
There is no current required curriculum for col
lege admission in the state, said Debbie Hayne?
director of admissions at USC. She said the admi;
sions office docs, however, advise a collcg
preparatory curriculum to high-school students vvh
arc interested in USC.
"Most of our students arc already meeting tl
new regulations," Hayncs said.
"Faculty senate has already planned a require
curriculum that is very similar to the statewic
regulations," she said.
Meeting these prerequisites for admission docsn
guarantee admission to any state college. Most cc
leges will continue to look at SAT scores and hij,
school ranks when selecting from freshmen a]
plicants, according to the commission.
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1 dialed 911 from know a location.
, the dispatchers
call USC police "The university administrati
hone number to would prefer we use our 01
id. number for emergencies,"
>e dialing from a said. "Even if 911 could tell wl
lone system," phone number, they couldn't t
"The location what building or room numb
ic university, not We've been assured they have
nd." way of knowing."
, assistant vice Gunter said the 911 system 1
enforcement and have information on the caller
he on-campus matter how fast they hang 1
acr would still be But he said, "Don't dial it ?
hang up. Stay on the line and
can dial 9-911, the nature of the emergency. 1
way for them to dispatcher needs to know whe
phone," Baker dispatch."
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is." to use it only in emergency. Ot
tie, director of than that, the system's work
lologics said if great."
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rst time. I don't think anybody was Health a
ifraid the first time than I was," with reactic
is said. "There ?
tis Walker, director of nursing at get very fai
ident health center, says there arc shot or hav
easons for the fear associated with Most rca
ng blood, having a blood test imbalance
or getting a shot. being ner
rt of it's cultural," Walker said. sometimes
lear about so many bad experiences The nurs
s stories of problems other family donor has
:rs have had, and we reflect on reaction. !
stories when we think of giving donor usuj
or getting a shot, she said. A probl
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' meeting the new requirements"
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o freshman admission. USC offered 4,216 students
admission and about 2,3(X) accepted.
ie Haynes said she expects no significant decrease in
enrollment because of the new requirements,
d Admission standards for entering freshmen are
le based on a prediction formula, said Terry Davis,
assistant director of admissions. SAT scores, high't
school ranks and grades arc computed together in
>1- the formula to predict how the student will do his
?h freshman year.
p- The admissions office plans to continue using the
prediction formula together with the new rcgulaor
tions in 1988, Davis said.
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int if they think they will get a ed, Melonas said,
e to give blood," Walker said. When a person eal
ctions are caused by a chemical somewhat relaxed, losin
because of rapid breathing or will not usually cause a
vous, Melonas said. This Debbie Lee, a psych
causes faintine. donated blood to the Re
ic who approaches a first-time plans to donate again,
a lot to do with the donor's "I don't like it bi
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! Bv BRENDA BLYTH hours Tuesday.
(Assistant news editor since been take
Some students are saying ard said,
they're having trouble dialing Some studer
off-campus since the new 9? the use of the
system went into effect this other long-disti
semester. as MCI and
"I tried to get an off-campus Students can't i
line and it just hung up," said with these
Susan Thaxton, a journalism students need
sophomore. "1 keep getting a dial vendor and gel
tone." from them, W<
Elizabeth Woodard, systems
Evice president for computer ser- Students will
vices said, however, there is no to dial toll-fre
problem getting an off-campus said Charles I
line. associate tech
"They are not dialing right," past, students
she said. operator their
Woodard said there was a pro- The univers
blem with the encoding proccss plications for I
of the 9? authorization codes. personal auth
cock The computer was not taking in the Carolina C
the new codes as students signed
up for them. This delayed Any student
students from using their codes to with their pi
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Exceptions to the formula arc considered. For example,
if a student did poorly on the SAT, more
emphasis is placed on the student's grades and high
cfhr\nl rank Havnpi; nairl
"We have always looked at their courses,
especially if they arc borderline," she said. The admissions
officc does consider that some students
may not have a high grade point average, but may
have a stronger college curriculum than another
student.
Out-of-state students will also have to comply
with the new regulations. Many surrounding states
such as North Carolina, Georgia and Florida are
adopting statewide regulations for college admission
similar to South Carolina's, Haynes said.
All S.C. high school students have received a
brochure from the commission with the new regulations
and arc working on meeting the prerequisites,
a commission staff member said.
'^ j Chairman
calls panel
impractical
By The Associated Press
A proposed pane! to review
USC President James Holder.
man's discretionary fund would
be impractical, said the chairman
of USC's board of trustees
Sen. David Thomas, R L
Greenville, has requested an imA
partial panel review documents
concerning the fund.
V But Othniel Wienges, board
chairman, said he was concerned
about the time I nomas request
would require, leaks to reporters
and panel members' impartiality.
sera "1 talked it over with some
1 STEIBIThe Gamecock members of the board. We
thought it was a little bit imprac5222
when calling lica''" Wie"8cs said- t
Thomas proposed the panel
consist of citizens sworn to
secrecy to prevent leaks. After
reviewing the records, the panel
could issue a general statement
on the extent of any ir...
. regularities, said Thomas, who
they do not cat ?
idents only eat at Novcmbcr
cm to feel drain- .. . w
He gave a letter to trustee
... , . Herbert Adams, who forwarded
s right and is .. . ....
r ? . . . it to Wienaes.
g a pint 01 Diooa
reaction. .... ... . ,
ology junior has ^lengcs suald he ne"r, "ol back
d Cross twice and to Th? s because the etter was
not addressed to him. 1 would
.1 I think it is have replied to him if it had been
..im ;r .u?? addressed to me, he said.
uld do it they are . .
In reply, Thomas said, The
- ' ?ni . ? - revelation of how the money was
See Blood, page 2 . . . . , . ' .
spent must be so bad they don t
" even want an impartial panel to
sina look at it. What I was trying to
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ground.
1nts "I'm going to bring it to the attention
of the full Senate that my
request was ignored," he said.
I he problem has Meanwhile, a subcommittee of
n care of, Wood- t^e j-iouse Ways and Means
Committee said it will seek to exits
are confusing amine Holdcrman's spending
new system with records. USC officials haven't
ance carriers such whether they will allow the
Sprint, she said. subcommittee to inspect the
use the 9 system documents.
vendors. I hese "I will have to see their request
to call their local before I can comment on it,"
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. wienges saiu.
jodard said.
State Rep. Don Holt, DI
also now be able Charleston, a member of the subc
numbers direct, committee, said USC should
>oole, director of reveal how it spent public money,
nologies. In the "They don't want to have the
had to give the Ways and Means Committee
STAN number. mad," Holt said. "We are going
;ity is taking ap- to get the information one way or
he new seven-digit the other." USC's annual budget
ori/.ation code at js reviewed by the committee.
:oliseum. Since Nov. 21, the board of
trustees has refused to reveal how
s having problems Holderman spent $364,000 of his
lones should call $729,000 presidential discrens
at 777-2846. tionary fund for fiscal 1986.
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