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SH Hr? I Basketball schedule announced I c _ , I Sp?rts 5 TCT% Pa8' I Set Spofls, page 5 | classified 6 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No. 7 University of South Carolina July 6, 1988 Universil By JULIE STUEMPFIG Staff writer USC Housing Services has several dorm renovations planned for this summer, and several of the projects are already underway, according to University Housing officials. Renovations are planned for most campus housing. Bates House and Bates West, Capstone, South Towers, the Horseshoe, and the Towers are all scheduled to be updated this summer. Some of the USC family housing units are also being updated. Some returning students will find major changes in their living environments when they return in the fall. Some of the improvements that are planned include new furniture, wallpaper, carpeting, as well as smaller changes such as shower heads and closet doors. According to figures provided by Housing Services, about $150,000 is being spent on plumbing refinements at Patterson Hall and the Towers. Carpets are being replaced at some Cliff Apartments at a cost of almost $480,000. Bates House is being waterproofed at a cost of nearly $77,000, and about $71,000 is being spent on painting the interiors of Bates House and other apartments and residence halls on campus. Tile relacements and lighting refinements are also being done to several campus buildings at a total cost of nearly $115,000. The biggest expenditure is the $665,000 which is going toward the replacement of furniture in student rooms in Douglas, LaBorde, and Moore dorms in the Towers area. The list of renovations which started the Monday after classes were finish for the spring semester will continue until the day before the fall term begins. According to Housing officials the length of the renovation period is due to an increase in funds Housing Services received. ^ Y*"" ' >v Y 5. ^ ^ -< # JP J\<. %m ; ' 1 :> '$v ' " ^ HHP ^jl^wBWBIBIBil^BBBBI^wBBwwMMBIIlHlB Some people never get a break. Janitorial staff cleans the Towers area during the sur Department 0 BY LISA PYE 1 Staff writer prt USC's English Department is offering a new in- car ternship course in technical and business writing to res qualified students of all majors. Tom Waldrep, Director of the Internship Program for the English Department said, "The new seminar course (ENGL 608X) will locate internship positions in selected firms in the Columbia area and will assist qualified students in applying for these positions." "The outstanding aspect of this particular internship program is that these honor students not only gain three hours college credit, but they are W also paid good salaries for their writing skills. Thus, both the corporations and the students _ benefit," Waldrep said. Students will work eight to ten hours per week for twelve to fourteen weeks at the sponsor's place oi ousiness periormmg ousmess or recnnicai we writing tasks which the sponsor has assigned. wit Job opportunit BY JILL AREHEART force, many are Staff writer do as well or Although the job market for Rosser said, women is improving, equality has not Gail Wright, yet been achieved. director for the 5 "Women in the work force are not ment, is the first regarded as equal to men, and that's position, something that hasn't changed a lot Even though i in many years," according to Sue in her field, 1 Rosser, director of women's studies respected and tr at USC. "I am fortur However, there have been definite agency that lool arivanees marie "There are clearlv nr?t vnur spy nr more women working outside the Wright also s home, and that's a trend that is here worked with lis to stay," Rosser said. much as they d Women now make up 44 percent that hers were of the U.S. work force, with nearly often. 70 percent of women in the age group Despite impr< 24 to 54 working outside the home. women overall, "As more women enter the work white females m ;y Housir "In the past, Housing Services has had about $ million to spend on housing renovations, but over the Is ? three years that amount has risen to the current $1 : million," said Linda Saad, director of Housing Service : According to Saad the mnnev housing received is n covered by USC tuition. It is totally dependant on hoc ing fees, and at present about 5 percent of housing fe goes toward renovations. That figure was obtained 1 taking the monetary value of 1 percent of the value of tl i building to be renovated. i In the past, more money was allocated toward buildii housing facilities because there was a great demand fi dorms as the children of the baby boom generatic > entered college. Now, however, the number of students entering collej has declined, and the buildings which had been neglectt have fallen into disrepair, according to Saad. Housing Services is now turning its attention to all < the necessary repairs, and over the past few years has be< trying to update the buildings in need, Saad said. Many of the renovations are being done by hired coi s tractors who make bids on the various projects. Howeve 1 other renovations are done by housing maintenance sta members. This also includes students hired for the sun ; mer to do minor electrical repairs, carpentry and paintir in the Bates and Towers areas, said Robert Harman, assi tant area manager for University Housing Services. i Housing Services is trying to make sure that all of tl renovations will be completed during the summer brei so that students will not be inconvenienced when thi s return. If problems arise, however, some of the renovatio : could run into the fall term. If this happens, Housing Se ; vices will try to keep renovations from interfering wi students schedules,Saad said. v;f '' n - rimer sessions. iffers writing ii Waldrep said, "The internship program will Interr :pare students for the transition from college to Septeml eer and will be a valuable addition to their Decemb ume." upon b> "In addition to work- Befor wmm. ^or sP?nsor?" he successf f said, "Students will composi attend periodic confer- They mi | v I ences and monthly semi- of the ii nars that will provide In or ^ - instruction and guidance corpora 1 for perfo ming the ship pos internship." of writii 'J ^ | Internal reports, user Also, m * Jfe manuals, and explanat- ate sup< w ory booklets are exam- student' m a drep ples of writing projects Waldref the intern may do. 1 he t 'Students gain on the job writing experience as progran 11 as developing personal working relationships Student! :hin an office structure," Waldrep said. contact ies for women proving that they can every dollar made by white males, better than men," "One of the main problems, Rosser said,"is that the job market public information gender-stratified. Jobs such as nur 3.C. Wildlife Depart- ing and teaching that have trad t woman to hold that tionally been held by women do m Dav as well as comnarable. mal there are few women dominated occupations." Wright feels she is Scholastic Update Magazine say eated equally. "The National Commission c late to work for an Working Women reports that 77 pe cs at the job you do, cent of all employed women work race," Wright said. clerical, sales, service, or facto: aid that the men she jobs." ?ted to her ideas as o anyone else's, and According to Business Wet being used just as Magazine, in 1986 the hourly waj for nursing aides (88 percent < Dving conditions for whom were female) was $6.05; $3.t , however, in 1987 below the U.S. average wage. Tl ade only 70 cents for average wage for truck drivers, on Lg renc ,5 m ist .2 :s. ot ^ nr. K1 H ff ; -1 s r .? Bt :rth Dorm renovations outside the Towei private support at usl. The program involves sending i letters to graduates of each college s which are signed by prominent graduates of the college. The letters t are followed by a phone call from i current student. i The student discusses all aspects t of being a Carolina Alumni in- s eluding personal contributions and answers questions about Alumni Association membership and r Alumni activities. t According to Alumni Annual r Fund Director, Penny Parker, i "This reachs alumni the most." ? s The new program is bringing impressive results. "At the time we t started the program, we had three t percent alumni support. We raised s that to six percent and we've raised r that to 12 percent," Parker said. The Development Office sends out 2500 letters every week to graduates of particular colleges. For example all the of the College of Pharmacy graduates are contacted in one campaign. The student caller mentions the letter in the follow-up call which t tends to improve alumni response. "It was amazing to me that people were excited and anxious when we g called them," Parker said. I The University has raised s $850,000 in pledges and cash g use Ca] guidance BY JACKI MARTIN Staff Reporter University students at every level from confused freshmen to newly graduated Ph.Ds to career establishIed alumni, will find career guidance and employment assistance at the USC Career Center. The center offers a range of services which,in the private sector could cost more than $100 an hour. The full package of services is worth thousands, but is available at no charge to undergraduates, and for a nominal fee for alumni. Linda Salane, director of the center says, "Ideally, students follow a logical progression through the center's services as they go through school." Freshmen often benefit most from one-on-one counseling with the center's Ph.D counselors, who administer a battery of tests that help establish career direction by evaluating the students values and personal strengths. Last year the LllCl UMlip ts will begin work by the first week of >er and work through the first week of er. Wages and work hours will be decided ' the student and the sponsor, e enrolling in the class, students must have ully completed a course in advanced ition, business writing or technical writing, ast also have a 3.0 GPR and the permission istructor. der for a corporation to participate, the te sponsor must offer a part-time interniition which includes a substantial amount igthe corporation must provide an immedi:rvisor who will assign and evaluate the s work and report the students progress to ). inglish Department is planning to offer the 1 during the fall and spring semester. 5 seeking a writing internship should Tom Waldrep at 777-2512. not equal three percent of whom were female, was $8.72. is Rosser said that although factors s- other than discrimination do conli tribute to the wage gap between the ot sexes, discrimination is still the main e- factor. "Even when a woman has been in the work force as long as a s, man, she tends not to progress as >n rapidly," she said. x- In 'The Economic Emergence of at Women' author Barbara Bergman ry cites research that evaluates factors thought to be important to career success. :k The research shows that such fac?e tors as a person's education, trainaf ing, work experience, attitude toward 55 work, and absenteeism explained ontie ly 45 percent of the wage gap between ly men and women. >vates (3 rM| * ' , 1 s % ? .. >?-*** "m*: ^IMI * i * s area. New furniture is being unloaded for reer Centei for student center tested more than 600 students. i "The key to job marketability 1 upon graduation is the work ex- r perience gained during school," says c Salane. "The center actively solicits co-op jobs in different fields, typically offered to students on a part-time or alternate semester basis." Internships, summer jobs, and volunteer work is also available. Approximately 600 employers recruited on campus last year, and 1200 more contacted the center with requests for employees. Over 3000 senior took advantage of the services offered to graduating students. The center offers the seniors workshops in resume writing, job-search strategies and interviewing hints to help them find a job. Beth Bodie, a senior in Business is one of the students who attended the resume workshop, and she feels it was time well spent. "I attended the resume writing workshop because I thought that a really good resume would help me Fund supplen by private d< BY AMANDA F. COLSON t Staff reporter I A new "individualized" contact program is dramatically increasing I lorms the dorms. r offers s, alumni ind a job in December. I'm giad that went.it really helped me in writing a esume on my own and I feel confilent that I'll find a job," Bodie said. This fall the center will offer 3ADM 300, a one-credit course lesigned to help juniors plan a job;earch strategy. The course will be )pened to all students and will be retired of Business majors. All services are available to alumli, but are geared toward job or :areer changes. The fee for the entire f/"Vr olnmni Ir CCH Ar C 1 ^ r\ar savi\-??v lvi aiuxiiiii is ui J) i -> \J\~i vorkshop. Alumni can also subscribe o a bulletin which lists mid-level job >penings. "Each week the Career Center nails important information about ob markets to each college of the Jniversity and receives feedback rom the schools," Salane said. The center also initiates brainstorning sessions involving employers, acuity and students to gain perspecive on career issues. tents budget )nations hrough the phone program alone, 3arker said. In order to staff the program, the Jniversity operators a year-round relecenter. The center employs a ull time director and 60-70 itudents. The students are given extensive raining in how to solicit donations inu answei aiumni questions. we legotiate for a level that's comforable for them to give," Parker ;aid. Parker refers to the Alumni Anrnal Fund campaign as "an educaion process." Many alumni are lot aware of the expansions and mprovements that have been made it USC since they've graduated, he said. Also, many alumni do not realize hat less than 50 percent of USC's >udget comes from government upport making private support a lecessity. Donors may specify how their noney is to be used. They can lonate to their specific college or to i scholarship fund. Their donation :an also support facilities such as he library or areas of levelopment. Donors can sometimes recieve a ax deduction from their gift. Parker said that the new projam is so successful that other Jniversities and colleges are conidering adopting a similar projam. "They want the secret too."