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Volume 80, No. 69 University of South Carolina February 29, 1988 |
Students work |j
for security I
By EILEEN ROSS
Staff writer
Those individuals protecting residents each night arc
not simply security guards, they are members of USC's
Community Awareness Staff ? and fellow students.
The student-guard program was changed to CAS this
past year because students were receiving more training
and thus deserved a title they could be proud of, said Sgt.
Ken West of the University Police Department.
"In the last year or two, we've beefed up the system
and given the students more information, more
knowledge on how to handle their position," West said.
CAS members regularly guard USC's residence halls,
except for the McBryde quadrangle and The Horseshoe.
They arc on duty seven days a week, and most work from
11:30 p.m. to 8 a.m.
io oecomc a las memoer, a student must be enrolled
full-time and have at least a 2.0 GPR and a clean driving j
record, West said. Vonnie Edwards of Resident Student
Development does the initial applicant screening, and she
then sends the applicant's background and also interviews
each one, presenting him or her with different job situations
and evaluating the responses. He said he looks for
assertiveness and indications of how well the applicant
could handle conflict.
CAS members must make sure all those entering the
residence halls are residents and their invited guests, but
they also watch for public drunkenness and open containers
of alcohol. They may not physically restrain !
anyone because they could be charged with assault, West
said, but they can call the resident assistant on duty or the |
residence hall director. They also will immediately call
USC police in severe situations.
(Each member attends training workshops and is expected
to study the folder or guard instructions at the desk
he or she is assigned to, West said. Five students are
chosen as supervisors, and two supervisors are on duty
each night. One stays at the USC police department to
receive calls from CAS members, who must call in every
hour, and one supervisor roams the campus in case of
problems.
Some CAS members have been fired for sleeping on the
I job and for having bad attitudes toward other students.
West said, "There are infractions that occur that develop
cause for termination."
This past semester, the CAS program initiated internal
5 security in Maxcy. The residents serve as CAS members f
for Maxcy in two four-hour shifts, from 11:30 p.m. to I
7:30 a.m. West said it was very successful and gave the
residents pride and concern for their building.
They also knew the nerson who was to relieve them and
who could substitute for them. Maxcy is continuing the j
program this semester, and F>reston will start the same
program this week. L
Police worki
By AMY WISE
Staff writer <4T
The University Police Department often works little
with city and county police to ensure community
safety, but they also understand and try to help Head
students who get in trouble, says the department's just J
patrol commander.
"We're more flexible than in the city. We don't
J want to get anyone kicked out of school," Ronnie
Roberts said. ??
Roberts said campus police must be able to charge:
| understand students and their unique situations, driving
and provide options they wouldn't receive from the him wi
city. Instc
"Take the boy who was caught driving on the some c
ramp toward Bates," Roberts said. "He did it on a Uni\
dare; he hadn't even been drinking." people
He said the arresting officers had enough vides t
j Comedy shopping
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program, pi
Bv AMY DEI.PO
Staff writer
Shopping for comedy wasn't a laughing matter to the I
USC students who went to Washington recently; it was |
time-comsuming business.
The students were delegates from Carolina Program '
Union, and they were in Washington to attend a convention
of the National Association of Campus activities.
They weren't just looking for comedians, however; they ?
were there to learn how to bring better programs and
entertainment to Carolina.
CPU is a student run organization that plans activities
i] and programs for USC. Its members pick the movies
| ^shown in the Russell House, and they hire bands and com>
edians to come perform throughout the year. The Jason
and the Scorchers concert and a lecture by Sidney Biddle
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the things CPU programmed this past year.
At the convention, students from universities all across
the country met and exchanged ideas about successful
programs and activities. Students also spent much of their
time listening to comedians, bands and other performers
to find acts suitable for their schools.
"It was a sharing experience," said Sheila Hill, CPU
i president. "It was a good opportunity to be around
students who are under the same pressures you are, and
l| they can tell you what worked at their schools. you also
ij ^get to see different acts; you can see for yourself who is
}') |||good and who isn't."
Hill said one of the main things they were looking for at
the convention was comedic talent. CPU is planning a
comedy showcase for next year, and the delegates were
hoping to find some acts at the convention. They found
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father, Kerry Tharpe, director of Sports Inform
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5 on the young man to hold him for reckless
take six points off his license and charge 1
th a $218 fine. r<
:ad, Roberts said the department worked out
ommunity service for him. b
'ersity officers do have the power to arrest v
. The State Law Enforcement Division pro- a
hem with statewide jurisdiction. Columbia
delegates ge
lblicity advi
"It was a good opportunity i
iround students who are under the
pressures you are, and they can tel
vhat worked at their schools.**
Sheil
CPU pn
two comedians who they may bring to Carolina, I
Reggie Bullock, who attended the convention
year, said it helped his committee program movie
Russell House.
"Let's say we wanted to book a certain film, bi
from University of Virginia said it Hopped there,
might think twice about bringing it here," he sa
The delegates also learned about advertising, 1
"We learned ways to promote movies. So far, <
publicity has been passive, like putting up po<
flyers," she said. "They told us how to make oui
ty more active."
Hill said an example of active advertising v
distributing fly swatters to promote showing:
movie The Fly.
The delegates attended sessions and workshop
a.m. to 1 a.m. They went to education sessioi
morning and then to an exhibit hall in the af
where talent representatives handed out fl>
brochures. At night, they went to showcases wl
saw comedians, jugglers, singers and other acts
The convention began Feb. 16 and ended Fe
was time consuming and draining, many deleg*
but it was worthwhile.
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tect USC
olice cannot arrest anyone outside city limits
nless it is for a federal offense.
"We arrest quite a few, but we have many occa
ons where we could arrest and don't," lie said.
The most common arrests result from reports of
ssault and battery.
"Students go to bars and end up in fights over
leir girlfriends or boyfriends," Roberts said.
That's why we're so tough on parties ? we don't
'ant it to get out of control."
The crime that occurs the least is rape. Since
985, there have only been two actual rapes
:ported on the USC campus.
"We have a lot of reported rapes that turn out to
e non-rapes," he said. "We have four inestigators
who investigate the scene of the rape
nd collect evidence."
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By MARY PEARSON
Senior reporter p
Recent budget breakthroughs for t
higher education promises a better h
year for USC next year, but more I
funds arc still needed to reach the
f aL a -f r 11 r i
aouineasiern average 01 iun-iormuia t
funding, a USC administrator said. c
Acting Provost Chester Bains said i
the proposed House Ways and S
Means Committee 1988-89 budget f
that was approved by the committee I
Thursday was a good starting point. I
Bains said if the proposed budget 1
is approved by the General Assembly
and the governor, USC may be able c
to restore funds to those programs 1
that faced cuts this past year as a t
result of the funding shortfall. t
Baines said, however, students j
could still expect a tuition increase
next year. 5
"We are falling behind where we t
should be with each year. This year, <
even though it looks like we may
receive more, we may still be 7 per- i
cent short of the funding we need. i
This money has to come from other
Scientists
chicken r
By KERRY HUGHES
Staff writer
It's not a part of the Coker Life
Sciences building most students see.
In fact, it's not even something most
students would just stumble across
between classes.
They would have to know exactly
what they were looking for before
they found Dr. Roger Sawyer and his
chickens.
And Sawyer's chickens aren't ordinary
chickens ? they're featherless
chickens.
Sawyer and his work have received
millions of dollars in grants and funding
from the National Science
rounuauon ana tne [National institute
of Health over the past ten
years to study these chickens.
Ridiculous as it sounds, the study
of these nude birds is actually serious
stuff. These birds have been around
since the late 1950s and are a big part
in the study of skin diseases, malformations
and hair formations.
"These are model systems,"
Sawyer said. "We can, at this point,
take skin cells and grow them in a
culture."
The system enables doctors to
transplant human skin. This is
especially useful for helping serious
burn victims.
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for two dollars per hour with a valid ID.
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uing,
says
ilaccs, and tuition and private conributions
arc the primary ways we
lave of getting the funds wc need,"
tains said.
About $34 million was proposed
or higher education Thursday by the
ommittee. This means the state's
iniversities and colleges will receive
>3 percent full-formula funding up
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f passed, the proposal would be the
lighest percentage of funding for
lighcr education in several years.
Full-formula funding is an average
)f funding set by the Commission on
lighcr Education that is needed by
he state's universities, colleges, and
echnical schools to remain competitive
within the Southeast.
Also included in the proposal was
f>5 million for starting up funds for
he CHE's education package, "The
Cutting Edge."
The proposed budget provides
nore funds for higher education than
he governor's which was approved
See "Budget," page 2
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The only problem with this process
is the lack of sweat-gland development
in patients. Sawyer said this is
not a major concern because the skin
transplant is only used in small areas
of the body. It would, however, present
a problem if the transplant were
used on the entire body. The body
can function normally with only a
small percentage of sweat glands.
Through a genetic restructuring
process, Dr. Ursula Abbot, the first
to work with the birds, has found a
way to make feathers grow back on
the birds.
Sawyer said this process is being
worked on further because the
feathers that have grown back have
been abnormally shaped, and some
of the chickens sprouted feathers on
the backs of their feet.
This process is a primary focus of
the Upjohn Company, which is funding
Sawyer to study hair formations
in humans. Sawyer said he is "using
the hairless mouse to examine products
that have hair-growth promoting
activities."
Upjohn hopes this study will someday
enable them to make hair grow
back on humans.
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