Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cloudy today with a 30 percent ir^ g I It's likely, but not official, \ ^ ^ ^BjjPfcdMBP^chance of rain. Highs in the mid- I |-c| 1 1 a ll O Ilfl IY1111 (J Hllff*?*llSfc that USC will receive its \ lowsinthe40s'Thursday, I iiiJ'iti.vvvrriiitag i|uvi/iw fourthGatorBow,bjd j The Gamecock ^ I ^Founded 1908 Wednesday S Volume 80, No. 42 University of South Carolina November 18, 1987 Home edu< passes Sena JL approval ii By TONY MORENO J C opy editor I A bill making it easier for parents to teach their children in their homes has passed in the South Carolina | Senate and is awaiting House approval. Current provisions for parents to teach their children require them to have qualifications similar to public school teachers. This means the (parents must have a college degree. Under the new bill, proposed by 3 Ion WnrrfMi P.iptc R.RiphlanH parents wishing to teach their children need only have a Graduate Hquivalancy Diploma. Giese said lie wanted to make it ! easier to get board approval because a lot of people get denied who shouldn't. He said these people could I| fight in court for approval and win. ji ^ uui iuu11 uaiiiwa ait aiiu many |j can't afford it. | He also said there is a definite need I for an alternative such as home teaching because of the inadequacies I of S.C. public schools. He cited South Carolina's poor ranking in national Scholastic Aptitude Test averages, the large number of uni qualified teachers still employed under a grandfather clause and increasing private-school enrollment as indicators of the inadequacies. Giese said just because the bill would reduce qualifications for home teaching, it doesn't mean the children j will be getting poor educations. {Home students will have to take the same year-end aptitude test as public school students do now, and if the children do not pass the tests, the education board can revoke the home teaching privledgc. Other safeguards provided by the bill include: Trail wa -A. JL. T By JEFF SHREWSBURY i Assistant news editor i Students who live in South Carolina': ! have something extra to give thanks season. Trailways bus lines plans to have tu bus trips to the Charleston area next wc Aing from and returning to the USC ca Trailway Sales Director Bill Vandcrbi will return Sunday, Nov. 29. The first bus will leave from in from Long lines c first day of i By MARY PEARSON Administration reporter Students faced longer than usual lines Tuesday on the first day of registration for spring semester classes. Linda Woollen, associate registrar, said about 3,500 people came to register and about 7,200 registration i forms went through the system, a ^ w record for the first day of registration. j One reason for the high number of I forms was some students sending two to three forms through for friends, ' Woollen said. i "That is not fair," Woollen said. "We had twice as many forms as people. Maybe it is nice to do a good deed for your buddy, but it is not fair ' to others who have to stand in line, too." ; woollen said a result of the large \ number of transactions going through the system was that many classes were already filling up. | "Maybe students were scared " U.S., Soviei \ By The Associated Press GENEVA ? Afghanistan and , other issues temporarily dominated Tuesday's American-Soviet presummit talks, and Moscow reportedi lv considered offering a shortened timetable for withdrawing Soviet \ troops backing the Kabul J government. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Armacost and first deputy Soviet foreign minister Yuli VorontP ^sov met today, said United States mission spokesman Art Skop. No details were released from the discussions, which also were to cover a possible Arab-Israeli peace plan :ation bill ite, awaits n House curriculum of studies provided by the state, the keeping of a plan book by the parent, listing activities performed, the recording of the student's progress, a library accessible by the student and a portfolio of the student's work. But Giese said the main assurance of the student getting a quality education at home is the fact that the a t . _L :i J .i i.. i i : J parent loves ine cnuu ueepiy. ne saiu the quality of the four hours of required teaching time is far better than the hours spent in public school. The parent who is willing to teach at home is more devoted to his task, than any teacher of a class of 30 children could ever be, he said. Giese quoted statistics in support of this. He said 72 percent of homeschool students tested were one grade above where they were supposed to be, and 18 percent were at their correct level. In other supportive statements, Ciiese said that, when sick for extend ed periods, public school students are required to be tutored for two hours a week. His bill says students get four hours a day for five days a week, 10 times as much as the state deems satisfactory. Though the bill faced minimal opposition in the senate, Giese expects a tough fight before the bill is finally ratified, as it is now facing stiff opposition by state superintendents. "It's going to be rough," he said. "If it passes, it'll be because the people demand it." ys offeri Tuesday at 2:30 \ Orangeburg, Summ > Lowcountry may arrive in downtown for this holiday for Savannah, Ga., Florida will be mad /o specially priced The second bus ek with buses leav- Wednesday at 6:45 mpus, Blue Ridge Charleston and do\ It said. The buses North Charleston at at 9:15 p.m. t of Russell House The return trips w haracterize registration about going through the same hassle they experienced this fall in getting the courses they wanted, and they didn't want to go through that again," Woollen said. She said to correct the problem the staff members may require students to show appointment cards at the scanners as well as at the gate. A registration staff member, Bernice Rivers said another problem resulted when students would make errors and get back in line, making the lines seem even longer. "We soon had to tell them to leave and come back tomorrow and try again because they were holding others up," Rivers said. "We started making announcements about at 3 o'clock." "We stopped letting people come in at about 4:10 because we were so backed up, and the load was putting extreme stress on the system," she said. ts hold talks and the Persian Gulf war. Vorontsov is also the chief negotiator at the U.S.-Soviet arms control negotiations, which continued Tuesday. The meeting is trying to remove final obstacles to a treaty eliminating intermediate-range nuclear missiles, which have a range of 300 to 3,000 miles. These talks originally were to end Monday. But a U.S. source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Vorontsov and the chief U.S. delegate, Max Kampelman, decided on an extension because they did not have enough time to cover all points. See "Talks," page 3 ' HI Graduate student Tim Blair sticks another donor Carolina-Clemson blood drive. Those who donated USC les By TODD HINES Assistant news editor USC is on its way to meeting its goal of 2,001 pints of blood to beat Clemson's goal of 1,000, Tuesday's donation total showed. On the first day of the blood drive, the Red Cross had counted more than 350 pints donated by USC's students, faculty, staff and by the general public. After 3 hours on their first day, Clemson had donated 50 pints. Sharon Duke, public relations director for the local Red Cross center, said the turnout was good considering the rainy weather. "So far it's going belter than it did at this time last year," Duke said. This past year, Clemson won the contest by one pint, and they were awarded the $1,000 scholarship and trophy given at halftime of the USCClemson football game. Clemson also won the ing holiday j.m. and will take passengers to p.m. and 6:; erville and North Charleston; it will The specia Charleston at 5:30 p.m. Connections Charleston ; , Brunswick, Ga., and all points in purchased ai e in Orangeburg. The norm wili leave from Russell House on to Charlesto p.m. and travel non-stop to North Vanderbil vntown Charleston. It will arrive in USC came a 9:05 p.m. and downtown Charleston on buses to students win ill leave the Charleston station at 3:15 and soinetir -.- Hi ^Hj; I" - \ . - - - j ^M !?$$$> *' v H I ;;rBp I ^ZQHBHi Km| a- JH I / . ';; -;' - > ? ij^H JON A Gimme shelter During Tuesday's rain, Kim Steinacker, a publ Tim Benbow, a business junior, find a dry spot t \ 1 I i I [i'M SfabtBtib NE^BKmbC; f,: ng^*, ^BBMkSmWBBI^B^B^BWm^HB^^BBI^^^^L & - - ".'-:l~i /3a. uM rpre?, _ - :^._^-yi.;~^jv""^ ?V . mS^jl - - ' ^TTT-Pli11M j _ - T- -r -_ li^.vr AS JHI^ilHHMHHBiHH^I needle in the Tigerburn tiger head Tuesday in the blood had their names written on the needles. ids bloo< prior contest. Duke said judging the competition according to pints was the fairest means. Clemson has less than half the population of students as USC, so they are required to raise half as many pints. This year Duke said she feels confident USC will meet its mark. She said if both Clemson and USC make the mark, this could be the largest blood drive ever in the Southeast. "What you have here is all South Carolinians giving blood for a good cause, and the patients are the real winners," Duke said. Also, if the schools meet their marks, the blood supply would be enough for the Red Cross to get through Christmas. Duke said it's normally difficult to get many donors in the winter months, because many people are taking medication for colds and flus and y fares for 50 p.m. Nov. 29. Trail' il fare for these trips will be $24 round trip to "V and North Charleston, and tickets may be Some t the time of departure. have al Trailways round-trip fare from Columbia said. - :? (Ti^ ar\ r i i:j ^ u is 101 uic nonuay season. iu i.u t said the idea of having the buses leave from Va bout because the number of students who rely the I make their trips home is so high. He said othei o rely on buses have luggage to worry about Th nes have trouble getting to the station, so USC |Wggp, research J|p^| By KAREN MCDANIF ^ W!n now ava''a^'e { Earth Sciences and Re central information 01 South American coun " 77ie Journal of Souti ' *^^aSw^>^''*rV *? American Earth Set <? %>? ewces will be useful t< -M\ vC^.-s*^ . other researchers aw ^ i flki\ SA-e^S."" '-?**? - w .p* private companies, M kjm i ill JUUI uai man iivnu ;pBp' 3 single unit by co coun, e^ to^ display a type of exploration w -i^*v ;S$r-. resources, Macellari sai provide several years j synthesis for the geol< THAN Willi A MS/The Gamtcock America. Almost 150 major including Macellari, a He relations junior, and need for a journal. B ogether. overwhelming, positi JO\A THA V H II / M MS The Gumrcock ? Russell House Ballroom during the annual j.' d drive would give tainted blood. The entire process takes about 45 minutes, but the blood is actually removed for only 10 minutes. First, people must register and fill out a medical history. Then their temperature, blood pressure and a blood sample arc taken. After giving a pint of blood, they arc escorted over to the canteen station where food and drinks are provided, and they must wait there 10 to 15 > minntnc nUoi'l/iiin AI il Ill 111 U IV. U\, I VJ 1 VII?.VI\III5 V/Ul . A unique feature this year is having a paper needle with the donor's name punched through the head of the Clemson tiger to be used in Thursday's "Tiger Burn." WWMC-103 FM is also doing live, remote broadcasts each hour to give up-to-date blood drive totals. USC and Clemson are also keeping tabs over See "Blood Drive," page 3 students ways is coming 10 mem. Ve're very interested in the college student. :times they have three or four pieces of luggage and to come all the way down to the station," Vanderbilt "Since it doesn't cost us anything more, we decided >me to them." inderbilt said Blue Ridge Trailways' principal route is ^owcountry; it does not offer the same special to r areas. lis is the first time this special has been offered at I will compile American data, i, professor says lers USC signed a contract with Perga ( t mon Press in London, Macellari i m-.A "I'he university will be the center X of geological research for South America," Macellari said, lth America Pergamon Press is marketing the o the public journal in Europe, the United States, of a USC l.atin America and Japan. The first issue is scheduled for this month at a catch associ- cost (if $430 per year. It will be ^ ited States, Argentina, &> " m^.r^ / Chile, Great Britian, / Brazil, France, Germany h ' * and other countries in7 voiced in South Amerio >, / ca's geology, Macellari j Carlos Macellari said. acellari said. Topics will range from the struc h America as tlire of the Colombian Andes to mbining the petroleum in the Brazil basins, lie more global said. lthough other Macellari is a native of Argentina e is a gap in and lived there for more than 20 ation between years. He received a master's degree erica and the and doctorate in geology from Ohio State University. .ritical to any ork in earth Macellari has been at I ISC for id. It will also three years. of regional ;)gy of South I he Research Institute has several projects in international research and researchers, does applied research in oil exploragreed on the tion. Macellari said they spend a lot ecause of the of time in the field experimenting ve response, and exploring.