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The Gamecock
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Volume 80, No. 19 University of South Carolina September 23, 1987
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| By JEFF SHREWSBURY jj
Assistant news editor
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paired have somewhere to go if they 'A.'----:. ' .- / -; '
r to learn to read lips.
USC's Speech and Hearing Center ; ' '. . ,,.
is offering a course in beginning lip i ^ _:r reading
for the hearing impaired starting
this Friday and running through i . ' " . s . .
Nov. 20. The class costs a total of I
$80, or $10 per session, and will be
held at the Speech and Hearing
Center at 1601 St. Julians Place in
the Middleburg Office Complex on
| Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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more interested in learning sign
language, but the hearing impaired
wish to avoid hearing aids and prefer
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"When people start losing their v
hearing, they find they are beginning
to miss communications and words,"
Means said. "They want to get help
other than electronic aids, so they
turn to the visual medium of lip
She said the class will teach more ft ,
than lip reading. It will also teach the i ' ^
hearing impaired to discriminate
sounds, otter counseling and help
plan strategies for understanding
Barbara Porter, a sign-language
interpreter for USC, says she agrees 6 .
lip reading is useful, but she says to I
understand the majority of what's I
being said, a person should combine
sign language and lip reading. Lsomeone
could go through
reading lips, that would be super, but .
about 50 percent of all words look BBa ^ T ^ W^jjBBESWTT^
the same, and people sometimes
them," Porter said. "We encourage
people to use both to get a much
clearer idea of what's being said."
Those interested in the class may
register at the center until the end of
the first class Friday. Means said no
one has registered yet, but she said
she hopes to have from six to 10 peo- CdlCtldClf ?ifls
pie in the class. This is not the first lip
reading class to be offered at USC; Scott Smith, business admin
there has been at least one every calendar on the Pickens Street
semester for the past few years.
Fight in front of lit
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incidents reported to the University Police Depart- reported finding
mcnt this past week-and-a-half. stairwell. Police foi
A USC student was involved in a fight and stab- tified, leafy substar
bed at the Thomas Cooper Library Sept. 12, police An incident of sir
reports said. Others arrested in connection with the telephone was also
fight, including Benedict College students, were police. A student in
charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. she had received si
A fire that caused extensive damage was from another stude
reported in the Carolina Coliseum Sept. 12 by a Another incident
faculty member. When the faculty member arrived was reported Thurs<
for work, he found a janitor's closet on fire. week. A male stude
Police responded Sept. 13 to an assault and bat- from an unidentifie
Guidance
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By J. MCRAK HUTCHINSON
Staff writer "Th
USC's retention r' te is higher for minority students * *
than that of white s.udents, a university administrator minority
sa'd. a I
Still, all is not well. "There arc still problems with our reiSMOIlSI
minorities not being involved with leadership positions <111(1, ITIOS
and not taking full advantage of the wide range of services stliDS an
offered by USC," said Ralph Johnson, assistant dean of ' " '
minority affairs.
This is the reason for the Minority Assistance Peer
program.
Out of 378 new freshman 224 are envolved with MAP.
Johnson said. "The coui
The program has 26 peer counselors each having nine freshmen. W<
minority freshman in a group. The groups are involved ministration,
with activities both academic and social. and that's wh
The selection of MAP counselors is rigorous so they leader for the
give good, solid peer advice, Johnson said. MAl's go USC's M/
through two interviews and two screening nrr?rp?wc
before a team selection process. Then they go into "People c?
training. gram," Johr
"I want to stress that our MAPs are all volunteers. "Other sch
Mk Their satisfaction comes from knowing they've helped so- we do," Che?
meone," he said. Sherrie Sni
"1 was surprised that there v.as no such program here from a MAI'
already," said Johnson, who came to USC three years "It was lik<
ago. The program is in its second year.
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istration senior, glances through Fi Kappa Alpha's annual Carolina (iirls
bridge. Money raised from calendar sales will go to Children's Hospital.
jrary ends in stabbing
lates House parking lot. Police to do him bodily harm.
">cct in the case. Police also investigated a case of simple posse:
ier in Bates House Saturday sion of marijuana in the Towers. Officers wh
a controlled substance in a were legally present in the room Sept. 12 found
md a bag containing a uniden- small amount of marijuana. No charges were mad
ice. as of Tuesday.
nple assault by illegal use of the A USC student in the Towers reported Sept. 1
investigated by the university that while he was sleeping, someone entered hi
i Bates West reported Saturday room and removed property from his backpack
evcral threatening phone calls Another resident of the same hall also reporte
nt. Sept. 13 that his room was broken into and some o
of illegal use of the telephone his property was removed.
Jav in the Towers this r>i?ct a 1? n| "
? - ^ tai |j(ii mu 111 oiussuin direct parking garag
nt said he received several calls was broken into Sept. 16 and had two T-top
d male cursing and threatening See ..Crimc? pa^ ;
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counselors benefit as well as (lie
freshman. We, as MAPs, form jpl |
lips with the administration ?J K- J
it importantly, we form friend- ,
d that's what it's all about." ;
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nselors benefil as well as the minority SSI
as MAPs, form relationships with the ad- RS
and most importantly, we form friendships, Bon B 2
at it's all about," said Alfred Chester, team
\r has received regional and national jjffj^
to the extent
iter said; Couch potato
pes, assistant MAP team leader, benefited *
her first semester. Glenn Livingston, a USC graduu
? having a big brother, she said. "He called day morning. Livingston works at
See "MAP," page 2
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up at USC
By BRKNDA BI.YTH seven-year high, is a 16 point inNews
editor crease to 973 overall. I he SAT
USC's enrollment is higher this fall average in 1986 was 957. Haynes
compared to 1986, and the average said.
Scholastic Aptitude Test score for "Based on SA1 scores, we're
I this year's freshmen has also increas- recruiting a higher-caliber student
ed, said admissions director Deborah than ever before," she said. "Our
Haynes. average is definitely highet than the
This year USC has 23,946 state average."
students, compared to the 22.965 USC's avi?rai>o is nm nnk r
I students enrolled in 1986, Haynes than the South Carolina average, but
said. also higher than the national, said
Haynes attributes the increased Bob Moore, coordinator of guidance
enrollment to the university's grow- services at the state Department of
ing academic reputation and more Education.
and larger merit-based scholarship The 1986 state average SAT score
awards. was 832. The na'ional average of all
"I think it is because of students high school students who took the
seeing that the university offers a SAT in 1986 was 906, Moore said,
quality education for a reasonable Enrollment of freshmen has also
^ amount of money," she said. increased this year ? 293 more than
(Also, the average SAT score of this the 2,522 who came to USC in 1986.
year's 2,815 freshmen is higher than USC also has 281 provisional
1986, although admission regulations students whose academic records and
did not change. The new average, a * ->
Holderman set
to visit Tokyo
By TODD NINES economic issues.
Assistant news editor "USC considers it very important
Sometimes overseas trips can look to be working with the stale," Allen
like vacations, but a college presi- said.
dent's job is never done. Among featured speakers at the
In this case, USC President James symposium will be Jeff Arpan, direcHolderman
and Gov. Carroll Camp- tor of USC's Master in International
bell will be the keynote speakers at a Business program; R. \V. Apple,
USC symposium on economic and chief Washington correspondent for
political issues in Tokyo Oct. 7. the New York Times; John Bohn,
The conference is expected to draw president of the Export-Import
some ot Japan's top business leaders Bank; Robert Squier, president of
and leading American international The Communications Company;
affairs experts. Lionel Olmer, former undersecretary
Holderman will speak about the of commerce and a member ot the
between the two coun- national Center advisory
tries can be enhanced, board; and former
with emphasis on South South Carolina Gov.
spokeswoman Debra USC organized the
^ The symposium is l'?n W',h Keidanroi, the
tion with the Japan-U.S. Organizations, which
Southeast Association IB includes tho leaders of
meeting Oct. 4 through James llolderman Japan's largest
? 6. Campbell will lead the state trade corporations.
a delegation, and he and Holderman It will be moderated by 1 awrence
e will be the keynote speakers for the Hagleburger, president of Kissinger
association meeting Oct. 5. Associates Inc. and chairman of the
5 Specifically, the symposium will International Advisory Board for the
IS examine the issues and candidates in Byrd International Center.
the 1988 presidential race; the The conference was organized at
d congressional outlook for the Ronald the request of former Japanese
Reagan's legislative agenda; congres- ambassador Yoshio Okawara.
sional priorities; economic balances Okawara is a member of the Bvrnes
oeiween tne United States and Japan Advisory Hoard and a senior member
lS and possible solutions; and ways for of Keidanren.
I the two countries to address world See "Japan," page 2
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Grand Marketplace grill.
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