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?a~?- -if? . , i w l^^^fefflarounc, and ,ows near 50 I I I TC.4f^ t%lo?r/\i-|- /Ynwv?/\ album from Columbia-based & Tuesday with hiahs around! R % J ^ > f^JLUSi I ll^Nl, \ ILf Jl A B 11" Bedlam Hour, is an excellenU???^B^ ; ^^^^70 and a 60 percent chance of I I ^ ^ ^ hard-core effort. ^ HT1! 1 8 1 he bamecockr 1 ? Founded 1908 Monday B| Volume 80, No. 41 University of South Carolina November 16, 1987 Bp MBJBHBnMBMMWMWWWMMMBMTWIWMBrilBMWMMMWnHlMnWWBBnwrBWBMMHHHPMMHCTBPOBMMBWMWBBBWWBMWWra H? m Professor gives effort for metrics By BILL THOMAS Staff writer The United States continues to inch away from its old measures as more and more companies convert to the metric system. Major companies are converting to compete in foreign markets, where the metric system is nearly universal. DuPont, General Motors and General Electric arc three U.S. companies that have already made the transition. IJSC mathematics nrnfrssor Donald Jordan is the eastern director of the U.S. Mctric Association, an organization that favors total conversion in the United States. One of its activities is lobbying Congress for pro-metric legislation. Jordan said many companies now seek job applicants who are familiar with the mctric system, properly known as Systeme Internationale. The quiet conversion to metric that companies have undertaken represents a change from the late 1970s, when the movement to convert experienced better exposure and greater enthusiasm. Much of it came from the passage in 1975 of the Metric Conversion Act, which pro vidcd for the voluntary conversion to metric. Since then, however, it has lost its momentum. "If it were going to be killed, it would already be dead," Jordan said. The United States is the last country in the world to cling to the old English system, he said. Jordan blamed the recession of the late '70s and early '80s and the lack of a government mandate for the 9 slowdown in the movement, The recession, he said, "took away ine capital mat couiu nave ueen usca for the conversion." He said the recession made people turn their attention away from the metric issue. The 1975 act gave no incentive to abandon the old English system and allocated no funds. Though the movement toward metric has slowed in the 1980s, Jordan said the United States is already on the way toward converting. Jordan said it would take several decades for the transition to be completed, but the change is inevitable. -1 ?u ? ~l a .*ii i wiie uay uic oiu system win ue as fashionable as cigarette smoking has become today," Jordan said. "It will be 'in' to use metric." He said the United States is already more metric than most people realize, referring to the drinks sold in two liter bottles and the common use of grams to measure weight. But the United States has not yet converted even halfway, he said. A more active governmental role in promoting the use of metric is necessary to help the conversion. Jordan said the lack of strong legislation hampers the efforts to convert to I11C11 1L . He is working to have legislation passed that would mandate dual measurements on all public documents. He is also working with the state legislature to pass a bill that would require dual measurements on signs along 1-26. ~ . fi- .. .vt5,V' 1 k ^ Road writing I fP Members of Kappa Alpha fratei Sunday afternoon. The fraternity r Jennings. gjgjii prl - 1 lE^B ? WHHBl ^ ?j^BrPvv^^A*i^^e :' 1 *B&3k ^B1-" HAS " ^ijHfflHMflHj fl _ _ "~ ^-" - ; " Eft# l^Wi-Wtf - i ~rr BMl jmnHHH | f; Elation JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock Gamecock cheerleader Chris Free raises his arms in jubilation as he cheers along with some 20,000 other Gamecock fans at the Wake Forest game Saturday. (JSC trounced the Demon Deacons 30-0 on their home field in Winston-Salem, N.C. Reading Clinic offers ti By MARK TAYLOR in a Reading Masters program to diagnose them learn how Staff writer reading problems, and it offers tutorial services that they can ap The Reading Clinic, located in the univer- to students with reading disabilities. strategically." sity's education building, provides diagnostic Each spring and summer semester, the The Reading ( and tutorial services to students in the public graduate students study and report on tutorial services to the r school system. approaches for helping students with reading "but most of the The clinic works with students from the se- problems. parents," Herrm cond semester of the first grade through high "We are interested in how people read text the clinic are sere school. Students who are accepted by the clinic and how people infer the meaning of words," assistants who ai receive four hours of tutoring a week for a Herrmann said. "We study reading disabilities problems. 10-week period. to learn aoout me various skius ana strategies bach client is i The program serves two functions, said Beth people use to read." * exams, including Ann Herrmann, the clinic's director. The Herrmann said the program "uses students' informal reading semester-long internship trains teachers enrolled strengths and weaknesses in reading to help determine what ixwa harti.hy/the gameitkk "The grief process is some of the will ever do. It demands a great de nlty admire the lay,,,,, of bricks to he overturned in the Rrick Topple .. differs when a national lea alsed money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and patient Kyan citing the Challenger explosion a,u J President John Kennedy. "For one thing, you share it with Studen opport to learr Semester not for everyone, professor says By JAN PHILLIPS Staff writer World ports, a ship, and classrooms make up a program called Semester at Sea, where students attend class while aboard a ship sailing around the world. "It is the only such program that takes students around the world with a full semester load of classes," said Paul Kattenburg, professor emeritus. Kattenburg teaches a government and international studies class at USC and will be part of the Semester at Sea faculty in the spring. He was also on the fall 1984 cruise as a professor. The program's academic sponsor is the University of Pittsburgh, and it is organized oy me institute lor ^nipboard Education. To apply for Semester at Sea, students must have at least 12 credit hours, be enrolled in a degree program at a college or university and have a cumulative grade point ratio of 2.5 or better. The cost is between $9,500 and $10,500 and includes tuition; room and meals. The spring 1988 Semester at Sea is fnr> T? K1 ?,, (- Ct..A Hi/in jaii. I IU iviay u. jiuutnn aitend class while at sea and conduct field studies while at port in the places visited. Some of the stops scheduled for this spring include Spain, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Turkey, India, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Students must take between 12 and 15 credit hours. The classes are those offered at the University of Pittsburgh, but adapted for the program. Credits from the classes will transfer to the student's college or university. Classes offered include biology, political science, history, music and economics. All participants are required to enroll in the core course, atoring, the reading process works so client is proach the reading text more Then informs "linic also provides diagnostic tions to mblic during the school year, Judy clients are direct referrals from masters ann said. Clients wno conic to are tne ened by two full-time graduate work 1 e learning to diagnose reading approa< "Oih ndividually tested with a set of you're c > two vocabulary tests and an teachin] test. These tests help clinicians as read type of reading difficulty the ' learnin ^ miT rn n awcuvcn i, life, gri< a wider base of tified with Chris essor Hal French and national outpou eath. The death of a \ 1 AO ii/oc rlA\/olanp anrt rx nAPrl f growing demand for "With JF K, it vitality and eneri 'or taking the class is "It took a r generation." n, French said. But The class also ? with death or might the reality of de. "Religions ha reasons to handle re- future where thir >eople that are sick in Facing reality "Accept the urvivors as a difficu't words, death hcl and integrity." hardest work that you By anticipatin al." said, it enables " der dies, French said, "Letting go is I the assassination of born you up am and have some o a lot of other people, to* inoi I Ik? m unity I A i at sea similar to a beginning international I studies class. Students have homework, term papers and exams fffi? that determine their gra les at the end pW of the semester. While at various ports, students } arc given three field-study opportunitics. They can travel to another city, take a short trip near port or participate in various activities such as tours and lecturcs. Port calls range from three to seven days. Hgf The field studies are at an addi- p? tional cost, so students are not re- Hp quired to participate. Students may gH also take independent tours. j Alexis Simpson, public relations H| junior, and Sallie Walker, an interna- RIP tional studies sophomore, are two pM USC students who will participate in pif this spring's program. t ~ "I'm thinking about a majo in in- to ternational studies after I complete fe1 my public relations degree. 1 think the Semester at Sea program will i: benefit this decision," Simpson said. The student population of the pro- [,;% gram is 500 U.S. and Chinese students. Fifty adults also will be on p| the cruise. fe| The faculty consists of professors to from across the U.S. Most faculty H members are on sabbatical or per- pig sonal leave and many have direct pi knowledge of the countries visited. In |fS addition, various lecturers teach fp seminars and have informal group ofc discussions. p| Student organizations include a H student newspaper, choir, drama club and a stndent council. Hobbies such as photography, linguistics, bridge and yoga may also be offered, depending on interest. Other activities include aerobics, swimming, dance, volleyball, basketball and an intramural sports tournament. The ship, the S.S. Universe, is an air-conditioned ocean liner that has classrooms, labs, a library and study areas. Other facilities such as a cafeteria, student union, hospital, swimming poo! and bookstore Help make it similar to college campuses. |l training experiencing. [' , Herrmann said, on the basis of the test pi ition, the clinicians make recominendaparents and teachers. Suggs, a clinician studying to get her in reading, said comprehensive cases most difficult reading disabilities to with because there is no clear-cut :h. : thing I learned as a teacher is that :onfronted everyday with the problem of g and explaining difficult concepts such ing," she said. "Here at the Reading See "Clinic," page 2 g 5 dlUUA^llld ;f therapy people. The whole nation sort of identa McAuliffe, the teacher. So there is a ring of grief." n;*tinnol rocnltc in ityi_ or new direction, French said. was certainly an image of what youthful gy that was eclipsed. eal toll in terms of idealism of the examines the strategies for coping with uh. ive done it obviously by promising a igs will be better and injustices lighted." is another way to deal with death, limitations that life imposes. In other Ips you live your life with more meaning g death and accepting mortality, French you to be a survivor of your own death." a trust in the whole ocean of time that's rl #/a (hat Kp hnrn f the same experiences you had and to let See "Death," page 2