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Zero Pop, an "electric band" J Viewpoint 2 1 ; 7S;TbSF. I Rogers, Sharpe negotiate contracts 1 . ^?_j[. Music Shop. I ? " * ? Comics 5 "--VJ; ^ H W I S** Features, page 3 J t The Gamecock I Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday j V H Volume 81, No. 3 University of South Carolina June 1, 1988 H Law school ? from aluinnu By SUSAN BUCHANAN Staff writer The USC Law School has received a $1 million gifi from one of its alumni as a part of his estate. Roy Webster, a 1909 graduate of the Law School, diec in 1973 in Concord, N.C. His widow was left with the en X tire estate until her death, 10 years later. After her death and the final settlement of the estate it 1987, several small bequests were made ranging from $7! to $3,000 to Webster's cousins and close friends. Webste also set up trusts ot 525,uuu tor continual care 01 lamn; burial grounds. Webster was an only child and had no children Therefore legal advisers said that in the event that mone; was left after his wife's death and all bequests were made he needed a beneficiary for the remainder of the estate. Webster's last will and testament states that "Th balance of my estate, if it shall be in excess of $15,00C shall continue to be held in trust by my trustee and the in come therefrom paid annually to the University of Soul Carolina for the use and benefit of the Law School. . Not only was his estate in excess of $15,000, but it cam to a total of $990,000. USC had absolutely no knowledg of this gift until Webster's estate was settled 14 years afte his death. "We were totally surprised," said professor of la1 _ Charles H. Randall, who was acting Dean of the La' School at the time the inheritance was announced. "We knew nothing of him, because our records do nc go back as far as when he graduated in 1909," Randa said. To find out more about the gift, USC hired a freelant writer this past year to travel to Webster's hometown i Mt. Pleasant, N.C., and to research the major's life. Tl information obtained also appeared in an article in tl r oreign students language, educa By PRABHAKAR KHOLE other nations Staff writer to notice only USC now has a true "international and asked me flavor" with more than 900 foreign questions."\\i students, about 10 percent of USC's VInHi*uy?:it population, university officials said. People asking "The foreign students come to over and ovei USC to learn, acquire higher educa- they began tion and to hone their skills," said a sometime alor university faculty member. became indiffi Jeongshin Shin is a student from Ajit Kaick* South Korea who is studying in the from India, c College of Business Administration. American cusi But Shin feels left out sometimes and "In my col said international students encounter an entirely < many hurdles. teaching syste "My problems begin with the on theory. I h language and understanding here. new system hi Back in Korea, I was considered one understood ai of the brightest students. Here, I find could get t problems in getting along with some Kaicker said, professors as well as fellow "Once you students," he said. are some basi ( * "The educational value system and lifestyle, * too, is quite different here than my no problem country, which makes a difference." Prashant Jo Dago Gonzales, from Mexico, said India, he initially faced somewhat similar USC has problems. designated as "1 was apalled at the general tional Servio apathy and ignorance of the fellow assist foreign students about my country and about "The (tro Laptops make a By WAYNE YANG Copy desk chief After finding a seat on the Los Angeles flight to At! ta, the businessman opens his briefcase and pulls 01 computer. He finishes some advertising copy that he been working on, takes a drink of the soda that stewardess has brought by and settles in for a short r A* Vi/\tiil In A 11 o r% # o iha Kiicin*ccman An?na Kie c ni lilw iiuiV/i in iiciAiiu, iiiv uujiiivaoiiiuu wpvim iiio o C case and lays out his clothes. He then goes to his bi case, lifts out the computer and connects the comput modem to the phone. With a few keystrokes, his ad c has now been sent to Los Angeles. Laptop computers are light ? 20 pounds or less ? because they are small enough to fit in a briefcas< I backpack, they are the answer for people who need c puting power on the go. Journalists, business executives and field engin have fallen nrev to the keyboards of lantOD comDUl I They are, Changing Times magazine said, "powc enough to satisfy a professional." 5?| $48,279 WA ^Sc's ?vera9? ? 1 faculty salarlei jets $1 million is' will, estate Carolina Lawyer. "I spent three days up in the small town where he lived, t It was difficult finding people who knew him because he had been dead for so long," said Gary C. Dickey, a South 1 Carolina writer. Roy Webster completed his undergraduate studies at Wofford College. He then received his law degree from 1 the USC Law School, then attended Columbia University 5 in New York for his Master's Degree. r The major's career was in education. He was a proy fessor of history at Carlisle Military Academy in Bamberg, superintendent of schools in Martinsville, Va., then taught at the Collegiate Institute. y According to Dickey's research, Webster was quoted as , being quite "eccentric," "peculiar" and "different" by former students and classmates. He also was involved and e concerned with his students. >, "The major truly stressed excellence in academics and i- had a definite personal interest in his student's welfare h and achievements," said Virginia Smith, a former studenl " of Webster. e "He would not accept less than the best a student could e achieve," she said. :r The money Webster left will be kept in a bank trust ir Concord, N.C., and will collect interest for the use of th< w law school as long as it exists, said John Montgomery, ac w tive dean of the law school. M/-kn?v ic mmrfprlv hv fhi? I JSC! Roard o )t Trustees, which delegates how it is to be spent. The firs J1 payment was made in February 1987 and so far fra3 ac cumulated to $103,000. None of the money has been spen :e yet. in The faculty would like an endowed chair to honor j le professor, along with full scholarship funds, t< le memorialize Webster, Montgomery said. M - ~ 1J 5 cope wiui culture, tional differences in general. They used begins even before the formal admi< the obvious difference sion of a foreign student to th some really awkward university," said A. Lorraine Aur said.. OIS associate director. "We try t .used to drive me mad. understand the special problems th { the same questions 'internationals' are likely to er r again. But later on, counter and try to solve them," sh to amuse me and said. ig the course of time, 1 "We prepare them for the di crent about it." ferent culture they are going to fac sr, a foreign student here. We understand the languag lid not agree with the problem and test their knowledge c toms at all. English. If deemed necessary, we als lege back there, it was conduct preparatory classes fc lifferent grading and them," Aun said. m with more emphasis "We try to give them a feel of tl tad to take on a totally typical American family by arrangir ere. But the professors a host family for them. And we ai tid helped; gradually I always available in cases of ar issimilated into it." specific need or emergency," she ah said. understand that there The Columbia Council for Inte ic differences in values nationals is another organizatic I think there should be which tries to help USC foreif in adjustments," said students. shi, a student from The agency is a voluntai organization of citizens that tries a special department understand and assist foreij the Office of Interna- students. It arranges "host familie: e that is designed to for the foreign students and tries students in all areas. acquaint them with the Americi ubleshooting) process household and family culture. imputing portable "Sized to sit on your lap, it lets you type a report wh I you're on a trip, send and receive messages, perfoi calculations and keep track of appointments, pho ^ numbers and other data," Changing Times said. t^e The shrinking of computers like those of Intemation Business Machine Corp. means that computers will co jt" tinue to get smaller. Portable computers will fluorish " Zf. sorts of away-from-home situations," predicts t er's ^ew American Boom, a book by the Kipling Washington Editors Inc. . .portables will make it simple to do business wi and ?^cc no matter where the individual is. One effect . or all this will be that 'work* no longer will be a matter o! om- <*C8'C an<* a ^xe?* location, if the computer user pref< another mode." s A lot of the technology exists now. Companies li ters Tandy, Toshiba and Epson make the computers irfuj sometimes for less than $1,000 and therefore in reach students' pocketbooks. ' * a . month equivalent University i In fall 1987 By maria sophocleous Staff writer Education gets better as teach 15' crease, Secretary of Education Wil But increases in university salai Average national salary lev members rose 4.9 Dcrcent in 198" I to a 5.9 percent increase in 1986-H $19,685 I from the American Associatioi Salaries for USC professors ari \ j crease by four percent this ye i ' Other factors, however, are coi ^ v | mining wage increases. This year': I' k \ outweigh the increase in iniiation 5 Trevor Howard Hill, professo chairman of the Faculty Welfar < i i 'i 1 11 |f" I ^ 11111' ; mission jor react . Members of the Veterans for Peace group were in Gr 1 #n /InlU-n^ I 12 j iwwu, mcuitiiic uuu uiiitrr supplies. Peace convoy s * By PRABHAKAR KHOLE total, carryini Staff writer vital supplies They have been traveling in the pie, will be bi scorching sun for the last eight days 100 hundred and have covered 1,200 miles. They most of whor have to cover 4,600 more ? all of There ha: them in the hot summer. coverage of tl It will get hotter as they travel fur- there were a c ther south to Nicaragua. and a reporte They are the Veterans for Peace, a a local televis convov carrying truckloads of "The medi e medical supplies, clothes, toys and stance Ashto special equipment for the the convoy in o handicapped. government; ie The convoy, consisting of 11 supp- past eight yes i- ly trucks, a film crew and about 24 free under Fc ie volunteers, arrived at Greenville This is her about 2 p.m. Sunday. Greenville was and she said f- the only South Carolina stop en route much more ;e to Atlanta. Before they had to move family is ini je on, the convoy collected donations work for the >f from supporters. feels many 1 ;o The convoy started from Maine, situation ther >r but this group was only one of four. "In Nicar The other three have begun from dif- political part ic ferent points in the United States ? percent of th ig the West Coast, Midwest and the ruling Sandir re Rockies. All the convovs will merce sense that th< ly in Austin, Texas, before moving on It in no way i io to Nicaragua. cent people li They will have traveled through the elections r- Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras and fair," M >n when they finally arrive in Managua, "Howeve jn Nicaragua on June 17 ? 5,600 miles ministration < in the heat and dust during the height and decided ry of summer. More than 40 trucks in stead. The < to ^ ___ USC . A junior varsity cheerleader was killed ( early Sunday when the car in which she was riding t|| U.S. 76, a Lexington County roadway, and hit a t 111 the Highway Patrol and county coroner said. Jamey Elizabeth Collins, 20, of 120 Harding Str was a management science junior in the College Business Administration. She was expected to gradi N4ot. 1QQQ ill iviajr 1 707. County coroner Harry Harman said that the veh a Datsun 280Z, was traveling west about 2:45 a.m. w m it crossed the center line on a curve, struck a di ne became airborne, landed and struck a nearby pine I Harman said Collins died at the scene of the accii ia* from multiple trauma. I1" The driver of the vehicle, Scott Leitner, 19 ,n Chapin, is currently in intensive care and has been li in serious condition at Richland Memorial Hos lcr since Sunday's accident. Services were held Tuesday at Union Ur t*1 Methodist Church in Irmo, with burial in Ch United Methodist Church cemetery. Memorials are being made to the S.C. Dial ;rs Association. "This is an unfortunate tragedy. It always is v something like this happens to one of our studei coi/4 llonnit Prnitt uico nrcciH/>nl nf Slndpnl A ffni of I ' . r salary raise shorl there is no relation between inflat salaries received. The administration lers' salaries in- nually whal money is,ava,ilab'e for P' Ham Bennett has arranges ralses f??'d.ngly he said. int liauwuni avwia^t iv/i vunug ies have slowed $47,400 for full professors; $35,300 els for faculty professors; 29,200 for assistant pre M988 compared S22.'090 for instructors, the AAUP a >87, said a report Sai,fc^? e ,u i of University . u?c s ^cragc for he mne-mom faculty salaries in fall of 1987: fi e expected to in- "8,279; associate professor $34,744; ar fessor $31,115; and instuctor $19,i report said. isidered in deter- In a 1986-1987 list of the 50 major s inflation is four sities, USC stood 29th for assista ,uill talariee Hfh fnr awnriate nrnfessors: 11 J XltVI VUOV TT ill , , , the difference is full professorial salaries. Alaska topp paying their professors the best wage; r of English and nation. e Committee, said Concern is raised because USC sal ) Mf* llfiiyf HHmMQI M l&FE. - ;;\iv 1^7 I f-k>J PHILLIP COOK/The Gamecock lift cenvillc Sunday. The convoy is headed to Managua, Nicaragua L^^Si tops in Greenville I g more than 50 tons of totally ruined the tiny nation." . Rf| for the Nicarg'.'an peo- "The contras are using the enor- 1;^ rought in by more than mous American aid for attacking and H|f volunteers and drivers, destroying buildings, hospitals, lMM n are veterans. schools and other public facilities, Ipgl s been little media and more than half of that nation's pj| tie event. At Greenville, income has to be used for defense. H|i ouple of photographers Nicaragua has a democratic, ||p|| r and cameraman from presidential system like Mexico, and |J|lj ion station. the next elections are due in 1990." |||| a is Diaseci, said Con- Marilyn Nelson, president oi La i^p n Myers, who will join Paz in Greenville and author of the |||i Austin. "They fear the book, They want more than bananas |p|| this has been for the holds a similar view. py irs. The press was more "The majority of the people of the R|jj >rd and Nixon." U.S. are still not aware of the situa- pg|l sixth frin tn Nioarnona tinn in Ontral Amprira " she said. iSvS I she intends to spend "We try to correct this by arranging pp time there. Her entire lectures, inviting speakers and pi| /olved in doing active volunteers who have been out there pp i Nicaraguans, and she for discussions. A drive for peace will EpS lave distorted the real make a good beginning for the Ilia e. government. I believe this peace con- Hp agua, there are seven voy is the first effort of its kind. But pf| ies and only about 30 all these efforts have come from the |j|| ic people don't like the people. The U.S. government should H| lista government in the change its repressive tactics and try |:v; :y didn't vote for them. for a real peace drive." p|I means that these 30 per- Nelson also has been to all the pp ke the Contras. In fact, seven countries in Central America I|| in Nicaragua were free and has lived in these countries. She vers said. has helped the neonle and has talked Bp r, the Reagan ad- to them. She said she is convinced B :hose to neglect this fact that the United States should change to aid the contras in- its policy towards the Nicaraguan B economic embargo has government. fM CLEMSON - State arson investigators have been called I |flj le in to examine damage to the John C. Calhoun mansion H ree' on the Clemson University campus. i About two a.m. today, firemen from the school were If! eet' called to the historic structure where a flammable liquid pi ; had been used to start a fire. University Fire Chief Jack FM jate Ahram said the outside of the building was "burned and H scorched" in two different locations. The building's \/{ icle, sprinkler system put out the fire. p| Salvage operations are underway as school officials pi tch, try to dry out the furnishings. A damage estimate M ,ree' should be available later today. |p dent Minutes after the first fire was reported, another Ng blaze occurred at an apartment complex in Clemson. ' Twelve apartments were destroyed with damage I IS. , estimates placed at about a half-million-dollars. Abram I k? 1 said several people were forced to jump f rom third-floor p; windows. One person has been hospitalized with a fe uted broken leg. p apin Officials at the university are planning a press con- pi ference this afternoon to answer questions concerning li )Ctes the fires. | p Officials at Clemson said the fires may be related. I vhen -jhey also say they have made no arrests and have I? suspects in the case. p? t of inflation increase I ion and the when compared to the Southeast's average. That il i decides an- average is $51,163 for a professor; $36,667 for an I ofessors and associate professor; and 521,385 tor an instructor, g; the AAUP report said. A difference in salaries of ft e salaries is about SI ,500 exists in all areas. B for associate In 1986, it would have taken USC an estimated If ifessors; and $1,048,436 to bring up USC salaries to the I innual report 1986-1987 southeastern sample average. The I; average USC professor earns about $40,000, a I h equivalent USC report said. ? jll professor Tension exists in the faculty job market when R assistant pro- young professors, even those without a Ph.D., I 685, a USC earn more in hard-to-hire disciplines than senior | prorcssors in owicr disciplines. state univer- Hirschel Kasper, professor of economics at nt professor Oherlin College and chairman of the AAUP com, and 26th for mittce, said inequities in salary levels will exist as ed the charts, long as people in extremely competitive fields like ? in the entire law, medicine, accounting, business, computer scienccs and entiineering, have attractive oppor aries are low tunites outside of higher education. L_