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Volume 79, No. 70 University of South Carolina March 30, 1987
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By MARY PEARSON
Senior reporter
Author and Central Amcrica
analyst Andrew Reding, of the
World Policy Institute in New
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W Journey Through Central
America" tonight at 7:30 p.m. in
Gambrell Hall Room 250.
The lecture is part of the South
Carolina's Central American Information
Week which begins today
and lasts until Sunday.
Thirty-five visitors from
Nicaragua, El Salvador,
Guatemala and the United States
will present about 600 scheduled
lectures and forums ? including
about 90 scheduled lecturcs,
brown bag luncheons and
classroom guest speeches at USC.
Jan Love, an international
studies professor, said the purpose
of the events is to educate
people on Central America's
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The week's sponsors include
The Interreligious Foundation
for Community Organization,
the Carolina Peace Resource
Center, USC's Alliance for
Peace, South Carolina Rainbow
Coalition and USC's Committee
on Central America.
"It is a part of new effort to
give a broader range of perspectives
on the confusion in Central
America," Love said. "We
believe that the American people
need to be well informed on the
real issues in Central America.
Our hope is that we can find nonmilitary
solutions to the problems
there."
Nine other states, including
Oregon and Florida, have par
lew
By CAROLINE FISHBURNE
News reporter
What do a 12-year-old boy, a p
school dropout and a college profe;
mon? They're all in the top 2 perce
tion in intelligence and belong to th
group of Mcnsa.
^ Mensa is an international orgar
9 people. Started in 1961, it now has
South Carolina has 500 of then
Columbia.
Members are of diverse ages, i
cupations. The only requirement f<
a score at or above the 98th pi
number of standard intelligence tes
Scholastic Aptitude Test, a require
Requests may be )
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By MARK HARTSELL
News reporter
The demand for vital organs
used in transplant surgery still far
exceeds available supplies, said a
Richland Memorial Hospital
director.
Mary Jane Phipps, director of
planning and development for
nursing, said every successful
^ organ transplant operation
makes the public more aware of
the need for organ donations and
the groups that accept donations.
The South Carolina Oryan
Procurement Agency, the
American Red Cross, the Lions
Club and the Kidney Foundation
of South Carolina are organizations
with Columbia offices that
accept donations.
The Organ Procurement Agency
primarily accepts donations of
vital organs, while the Red Cross
accepts skin and bone tissue.
V Both organizations match needs
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America
ticipated in information weeks
since 1983, said Don McClain,
project coordinator for Central
America Information Week.
Other events on campus will
include:
El Salvador native Miguel
Cruz and other guest lecturers in
Spanish, GINT and anthropology
classes.
Cruz has lived in the Los
Angeles area for the past seven
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Salvador, which helps
Salvadorans in the community
maintain cultural ties with their
country and educates Americans
on the country's current health
and economic conditions.
He will also speak Tuesday at 8
p.m. during an Alliance For
Pcace program in Gambrell Hall
Room 104.
Sister Mary Coakley, the
assistant director of the Center
for Educational Design in
Washington, will speak Tuesday
at 7:30 p.m. in the Saint Thomas
More Chapel on Greene Street.
Coakley, an author, a board
member of the Committee of
ivioiners 01 tne Disappeared,
Political Prisoners and
Assasinated of El Salvador; and
the Washington contact for the
Women's Coalition to Stop Intervention
in Central America.
Margaret Lobenstine will
present a slide show and lecture
on Nicaragua Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. in Sims residence hall.
Lobenstine has spoken about
Central America and Nicaragua
throughout the Northeast and
Southeast.
nee to M<
reduced to 1251
membership,
oliceman, a high The Columbia
ssor have in com- people who don'
nt of the popula- "We'd love m
le Columbia area Wood, local M<
students who ar
lization of smart their membershi]
50,000 members. Art Shealy, T
1; 160 are from most members f
director of unde
interests and oc- Journalism, is or
jy membership is ly joined,
ercentile on any Mensa mcmb<
ts. A 1300 on the have several rea;
ment that will be stigma attached
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"The best situation is
when a patient has said,
' I want my body
donated.999
Mary Jane Phipps
Richland Memorial
Hnunitttl Hirpftnr
r-?^with
supplies through a national
computer link-up. The Lions
Club accepts corneas for its eye
bank.
Phipps said there are several
ways to donate organs. "The best
situation is when a patient has
said, 'I want my body donated,
she said.
A patient may indicate a desire
to donate by signing a universal
donor card or telling the next-ofkin.
If a deceased patient did not
express desire to donate organs,
bands compete for cash pi
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Troy Player, engineering junio
beauty pageant Wednesday. The
Columbia Hall Annual Marathon
;nsa easie
3 in September, also guarantees
area Mensa is looking for eligible
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ore college involvement," said Pat
snsa president. "There are many
e eligible, and we'd really enjoy
? and participation."
vlensa's publicity chairman, said
rom USC are faculty. Bill Brown,
rgraduate studies at the College of
le such faculty member who recent:rs
said potential members could
>ons for not applying, such as the
since childhood to the highly inns
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the next-of-kin must give permission
to the physician.
Phipps said in most instances,
the patient or relatives must start
organ donation procedures. She
said physicians request donations
only when there is an urgent need
for a specific organ.
Legislation requiring a mandatory
request by physicians for
organ donations has been introduced
in the state legislature.
No action has yet been taken on
the ..iea.ure.
Several criteria must be met
before a donation can be made,
Phipps said. A physician is required
by law to declare a patient
"brain dead," or having no
chance of regaining consciousness,
before organs can be
removed. All organs ? corneas,
skin and bone tissue ? must
come from a "heart-beating
cadaver" to ensure the organs are
oxygenated.
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Yet children with high int
necessarily "better" than 98 perc
tion, they said. They're not
beautiful, rich or happy when th
"It (intellegence) only guarant*
minority. . . Mensa is a minority
people who are used to feelin
especially socially." Wood said.
Members say they are just or
social club ? a resource outlet t
average in every respect but one
have anyone fit into a mold," sa
gram chairman. "We have a who
here."
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By YVETTE LATORRE
News reporter
Students violating university
housing policies will now have
the option of appearing before
the new Peer Conduct Board,
said Keener Scott, assistant director
for resident student conduct.
Comprised of nine students,
the board will listen to cases and
recommend appropriate sanctions.
Violators can expect to
fulfill community service, among
other penalties, Scott said.
University officials hope the
Peer Conduct Board will have a
positive impact on student
behavior.
"It's not meant to be
retributive, but redirective," said
Jim Doran, board advisor and
graduate assistant for resident
student conduct. The primary
aim is to redirect student
behavior, Doran said.
Scott said, "Discipline should
be an educational experience.
Students listen more if it comes
from someone the same age as
them."
"There was a hole in the
system," Doran said. "It was
working real well. It just didn't
include peers in the process."
Under the new system, cases go
before the Peer Conduct Board
after student offenders have appeared
before Scott in a
preliminary interview, Doran
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elligence are not cent are marrie<
:ent of the popula- Wood said m
guaranteed to be tual stimulation
ey grow up. Some join just I
2es that you're in a Spouses and
she said. It's for and the month
ig "out of place, public.
Mensa's prim
dinary people in a on the highly ir
"or people who are communication
. "We don't try to telligence tests t<
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said.
He also said if offenders admit
their guilt, they have the option
of an administrative or Peer Conduct
Board hearing. If the student
claims innocence, he is
automatically referred to the Peer
Conduct Board.
Between three and five board
members are allowed to sit in as
cases are heard, Doran said.
Planning for the Peer Conduct
Board began in September 1986.
The proposal for a Peer Conduct
ttoara gained approval and
received suggestions from the
Residence Hall Association and
the Office of Resident Student
Life, he said.
Resident advisors, residence
hall directors and residence hall
government officers helped in
organizing the board by
nominating members, Doran
said.
After a screening process, candidates
were invited to join the
board.
Board member Joseph Grojean,
a marine science junior,
wanted to get more involved in
the university.
"I don't think I'm judging
students, but helping them,"
Groiean said. "When the nerson
gets in trouble and they're put
before the board, we'll try to
figure out the whole situation and
who is being affected."
>le think
12. Seventy percent are men; 50 peri.
ost people join Mensa "for intellec,
for social reasons or for prestige.
:o see if they can do it."
friends are invited to social events
ly Mensa meeting is open to the
arv duties arc to conduct rpr.earrh
itelligent, to promote international
among members, to administer in3
prospective members and to offer
Warships for college.
the Mensa handbook, one of every
fies for Mensa. The organization
reached at 799-8272.
J.K. YORK/Thr Oamtcock
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