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Volume 80, No. 33 University of South Carolina October 26, 1987
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'Safety Da
By KELLY S. MARSHALL
writer
| - Poor response toward past "Safety Days" is the
reason the program continues, not stops, said
Senate Safety Committee Chairman Marie Louise
Ramsdale.
"We urge everybody to attend, because it's their
safety we're concerned about," Ramsdale said.
"Safety is not a decreasing problem, it's an utmost
priority."
Apathy over safety is a pervasive problem on
camnus. Ramsdale said, but added she hones
"Safety Days" will bring more awareness of crime
prevention.
Office's goa
4o teach US<
about crime
By AMY WISE
Staff writer
Re-educating students and faculty on safety procc
is the main concern of the USC Office of <
1 Awareness, says Weaver Grayson, police depar
training officer.
"We're not telling you anything your parents pre
haven't been pounding into your heads since you \
years old," said Grayson.
"We call it 'the Office of Crime Awareness' as op
to 'crime prevention' because it is very hard to p
everything that could occur."
The office was founded in 1982 by Carl Stokes, s
fKvice president for law enforcement and safety. Gr
^ said before the office was founded, USC police i
turned on campus lights and locked the buildings.
Since then the number of property thefts, the
common crimes on campus, has reduced from 150 t<
four years.
The creation of leaflets with tips on how to avoid
rape and assault is the office's main service. The 1
are passed out by SAGA and residence-hall govern
and feature a "wise owl logo and "Use Safety an<
tion" motto.
The office also provides the campus with reserve
officers and lecturers for freshmen classes.
The reserve officers, distinguished by blue blazei
> gold crests on the pockets, have duties including \
it tickets and patrolling the campus late at night,
j "A lot of times you may not see anybody, bi
doesn't mean they're not around," said Grayson.
; Alpha Phi Omega, a service organization, work
I ffche office in providing a campus escort service t
J p.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday. The
I in the dispatch room and the cars used were dona
1 I the office.
{ Student Government passed out rape whistles d
. I hv the office this nast vear. S.G. is also workinit w
office during National Street Safety Week in pre;
programs and a street fair.
The office will have a booth set up during the I
day. Members will be passing out leaflets and ans
f questions about safety awareness.
The Parking and Registration Department and t
tional Safety Council also help promote safety. "VN
our own little town here, and everyone works tow,
same goal," Grayson said.
w Each person is ultimately responsible for the sa
\ himself and his neighbors. "You can, as an indi
m become aware of ways to prevent things from hapi
Don't walk by yourself. You're just exposing yours
potential problem," he said.
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"There is really just a lack of concern from the
Senate and from students when it comes to safety,"
Rainsdale said. "We just have to keep trying
to get a response, and we won't stop until we do."
"Safety Days" was started in 1985 after the
September 1984 murder of Bobbi Rossi, a USC
nursing student. Rossi was off-campus when she
was kidnapped and later found dead. Violent
crimes such as this could possibly be reduced if
students know the right prevention techniques,
Ramsdale said.
"Even the little things we focus on are important.
Just telling your roommate where you are or
locking your room can make the difference, but a
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23 Psychological
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By TONY MORENO
onated Copy editor
ith the Students who need psychological help can
renting from the Psychological Service Center.
The center, located at 1819 Pendleton St.,
fair to- to anyone, not just students, faculty and staff,
wering tant Director Theresa Abril.
"We see quite a few people from the commi
he Na- said, adding that they offer therapy to i
!c have couples and families.
aid the Therapy is given by appointment, and all th
are advanced doctoral students in IJSC's
department.
fety of The center serves as practicum for th<
vidua), students, who are graded on their perforn
pening. Abril, who is also a student in the program,
elf to a "This is where the doctoral students get tr;
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lot of students arc really casual about that type of
thing," she said.
"Some of my close friends on campus have been
attacked, be.: maybe that could have been
prevented if they had programs like we re having
now," Ramsdale said.
Frrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, 12 booths with
topics ranging from safe sex to alcohol awareness
will be on Greene Street. Information on safety
and crime prevention and cards with emergency
phone numbers will be distributed.
Evening programs will also begin at 7:30 p.m.
today in the Russell House Ballroom, when Danny
See "Safety," page 2
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Service Center o
"This facility is one of the best
inytuuiugy uLjnu imtin inv .->iu
get it free training, and the clients get excellent t
Abril said the high quality of the tl
is available close supervision on all cases by facul
said Assis- psychologists.
"We start out being observed throu
unity," she ror," she said, "so even though we arc
ndividuals, there's a faculty member observing us
"Later, we see the clients alone, but
e therapists and tapes to our supervisors to get wl
psychology proved. The service people get here is c
checked, so people end up getting exo
e graduate Gloria Manucia, a clinic assistant, al
lance, said program. "F'eople can get professiona
by some highly respected and certified |
lined," she said, pointing out an extra benefit.
"The student clients probably feel
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By MARY PKARSON
Administration reporter
A proposed housing fee increase
has some USC residents concerned.
At a Student-Trustee Liaison
Committee meeting Thursday, Pete
Denton, senior vice president of
business and finance, presented a
proposal to the committee that, if
passed by the Board of Trustees,
would raise housing fees for USC
family apartments by 5.1 percent and
housing fees for single student
residence halls by 6.7 percent.
The increases, Denton said, would
be used to meet a projected increase
in expenditures of $570,000 for
maintenance and security costs.
If the proposal is passed, the in
crease wouiu oc me nrsi in lour
years, Denton said. The last increase
was 15.7 percent.
Denton said most students he had
talked to think the proposed increases
are fair and necessary to
maintain residence halls.
Chairman Samuel Foster said committee
members will be polled to
determine whether the increases
should be recommended to the Board
of Trustees.
"Wc arc asking tor a 6.7 percent
increase, which is a bare-bones
minimum," Richard Wert/., vice
president for business affairs, said.
Wertz said the USC housing situation
is very good with more than
7,000 students in residence halls, but
the increases are needed to maintain
and secure the housing facilities.
A Patterson Hall resident said she
believes the 6.7 percent increase is
fair. "It is a good plan," advertising
freshman Meredith Gibson said. "1
think increased security is needed,
and if the money is used toward that
ndation ad
jid for Ca
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"1
o improve North Americanions
was adopted at a con- the
it USC by the Caribbean nr)lif
lopment Foundation this past V,
Can
>n, a partnership of Caribbean the
leaders, promotes economic
iwfh throneh a dedication to aCCIV
the preservation of humane T6St
foundation and USC cosecond
Caribbean-North r
me, entitled The Caribbean inCentury:
Human Resource ???
probli
:e dealt with employment, ap- seven
icience and technology, the single
role in human development natioi
>f education in the Caribbean. one v
ce attracted many dignitaries. At
ird Seaga, prime minister of heard
I Hernandez Colon, governor assist
o; Eugenia Charles, prime tions
e Dominican Republic; and theC;
ill, U.S. deputy assistant the f
c. busin
jssed where he believes the privai
lems lie. sciem
to believe that the central pro- conc<
iolitical fragmentation in the Amer
s the impact of the voices in the undci
>eek to make their case to the Th
d." a mit
1 this belief as he described the snecil
ffers free he
things about che talking to us sint
dents get excellent benefit from oui
herapy."
terapy stems from Abril said thei
Ity who are Ph.D. to have. "We g
said, "tmngs in
gh a two-way mir- problems, copin
talking to a client, problems."
we take our notes She did say, 1
lat we've done ap- ing through the
heckcd and double matter what pr<
client service." poor self-esteem
so recommends the is successful in
1 therapy indirectly
psychologists," she "I think we I
rate, and that gi
more comfortable tising," she sait
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ig fees
icrease
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end, I don't disagree with an increase
in housing fees."
Some students, however, said
housing fees arc already too high,
and they do not welcome an increase.
"We already pay too much. $310 a
month is very expensive. It is really
not good. We have roaches, and
when it rains, the roof leaks," said
Kym Hyen, who lives in University
Terrace with her husband, a graduate
student.
Third-year statistics graduate Miin
Shcng Yang said if USC replaces
some of the old equipment in the
apartments without an additional increase,
then the proposed fee raise
wouia oc iair. ^
Single students also said an increase
in housing would cause an additional
burden.
"1 don't think they should increase
the rates unless they make living here
worth the 6.7 percent increase by fixing
the residence halls up," said
business freshman Audrey Aiosa, a
Sims resident.
"It concerns me a lot. Tuition has
been raised year after year," Aiosa
said. "If they start raising housing
fees too, chances arc they will raise
the fees year after year, and it will be
leal expensive for you even if you are
an in-state student."
Denton also discussed the
possibility of putting campus-wide
cable television into residence halls.
The addition of cable would cost
students another 6.7 percent housing
fee increase, he said.
President James Holderman said
cable television would be too expensive
to consider because of the other
possible increase, but the matter was
not closed.
lopts plan
ribbeans
I have come to believe that
central problem is that
tical fragmentation in the
bbean limits the impact of
_ _ _ . _ ^1 _ _ _ _ a a
voices in ine region as iney
to make their case to the
of the world."
Richard Holwi/I
deputy assistant secretary of state
sms caused in attempts to deal with
il small, individual countries instead of a
entity. He went on to say the Caribbean
is might speak louder if they used only
oice.
the summary session, the foundation
and accepted a joint proposal that will
entrepreneurialism, aid in public rclaand
improve the quality of education in
aribbean. Specifically, the proposal binds
oundation to assisting the training of
ess skills, assisting the governments and
te sectors in improving the levels of
;e and technology and constructing the
?*pt of improved Caribbean-North
ican relations that are important to their
standings.
e foundation accepted the proposal with
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fie means of accomplishing the proposal.
dp for all
;e we are closer to their age, and they still
r supervisors' advice."
re is no typical problem their clients seem
et a very wide range of problems," she
<c alcohol and drug abuse, relationship
g problems and children with behavioral
lowever, there is a common thread runn
numerous problems. "It seems like no
Dblems people have, one of the issues is
i," she said. She said she thinks the center
dealing with the problems.
have an excellent reputation anil success
ves us a lot of good word-of-mouth adveri.