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NEW STUDENT EDITION T - i Viewpoint page 5 (MglW^ The Cultural Series will present Features page 6 sesara^1-' I Recreation office makes changes a s? See Features, page 6 I See Sports, page 13 Classifieds page 16 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 81, No.10 University of South Carolina August 3, 1988 use inci BY PRABHAKAR KHOLE Assistant news editor Tuition and housing fee increases at USC for the fal semester were approved by the USC Board of Trustee; this past June. Despite opposition voiced by W. Lee Catoe, boarc representative of Governor Carroll Campbell, and Marl W. Buyck Jr., a governor appointee. "These tuition increases will make it hard for those people in the state who need higher education the most,' Catoe said. However, according to USC President James Holder man, "this budget reflects the argument make in the state Career Center 7^ offers guidance aw for students B] BY JACKI MARTIN Staff reporter University students at every level from confused freshmen to newly graduated Ph.D.s to career established alumni, will find career guidance and employment assistance at the USC Career Center. The center offers a range of services which could cost more than $100 hourly, in the l| private sector. 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 progres- ^ sion through the center's services as they go 1 through school." Freshmen often benefit most from one-onone 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 center tested more than 600 students. "The key to job marketability upon graduation is the work experience gained during school," says Salane. "The center acfiirnlir CAlir*itC mhc 111 HlffpfPnt fiplHc li v wij JV/ilVlto w v|y juvj AM.* maaavivnv a jviuj , typically offered to students on a part time or alternate semester basis." Internships, summer jobs, and volunteer work is also available. Approximately 600 j employers recruited on campus last year, and 1200 more contacted the center with requests 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 in- H terviewing hints to help them find a job. This fall the center will offer BADM 300, X a one-credit course designed to help juniors |||2Sot plan a job-search strategy. The course will be opened to all students and will be required of Business majors. All services are available to alumni, but * ; are geared toward job or career changes. The ? fee for the entire package for alumni is $50, or $15 per workshop. Alumni can also subscribe to a bulletin which lists mid-level job openings. Our The center also initiates brainstorming ses sions involving employers, faculty and btudei students to gain perspective on career issues. apartmei The university more private s From staff reports ??. Private giving to the University of South Carolina system exceeded $19.5 million in <t 1987-1988. up from $17.7 million in U 1986-1987. US th "It is this kind of fund raising success that mnro* has enabled the university's endowment to in- margl crease tenfold since 1977-78," said USC Presi- use dent Dr. James Holderman. Ullivei "A critical factor in this growth is the support of our foundations. Under the guidance of South Carolina's most successful business people, USC's affiliated foundations provide the system an endowment of nearly $40 million," Holderman reported to the USC ? Board of Trustees Friday, July 22. Alumni "Our foundations have given us the edge Alumni needed in achieving a margin of excellence that scholars sets USC apart from other universities," he The said. "It is this edge that will allow USC to 1978 wi surpass the goals we have set for 2001." $2,000 < "The foundations have made an invaluable Increj contribution with their emphasis on funding faculty student scholarships and supplementing facul- ships. 1 ty salaries." research Figures for 1987-88 show that contributions attract i for academic scholarships and fellowships at in 1977USC surpassed $2.2 million. This enabled Prelir USC to assist 2,200 students with academic $38 mill scholarships, an increase of 150 students over progran 1986-87. $33.2 m Alumni contributors also increased during Suppi 1987-88, up 33 percent from 12,114 to 16,124 grams h alumni, with members of the Greater USC funding reases tuiti legislature that non-resident students should bear a greater share of the educational costs." 1 The USC budget, as approved by the trustees, increases > the tuition for out-of-state undergraduate students bv 16.9 percent. Those in law school will pay about 20 per1 cent more. ; The international student enrollment fee also has been doubled for the fall semester, i Full time out-of-state undergraduate students now will ' be required to pay $2424 instead of $2074, an increase of $350. Those in law school will pay $450 more. Non-resident i medical students at USC will have to pay $1000 more, # I ' campus its are walking across eastern part of the campus which incl nts. r receives 4001^ f support ?? , i ur foundations have given 20.0 minion edge needed in achieving a n of excellence that sets apart from other rsities.,, 100 "''S' Dr. James Holderman, USC President 5.0 million Association supporting nearly 300 FT J Scholars in 1987-88 with four-year 1 ships of $6,000 each. fl Alumni Scholars program began in ::: 1 ::: ffl th the awarding of 11 scholarships of 10,fT1'lli?n J I ;ach- M iv jj ased private support benefited the 250,ooo -V: r*I through creation of new professorrhe university now has 98 chair and suppon: t professorships that provide funds to m?-?* sj'gminL and keep talented faculty, up from 22 ?-wmiiiion 1987-88 ' / 0 . 987-88 $39.3 million ninary figures also indicate there was ' m'"ion lion in funded research and sponsored In addition to scl is in 1987-88, up 15.4 percent from development, donors illion in 1986-87. contributions be used art for research and sponsored pro- jects, research and las nearly tripled since 1977-78, when academic programs, i was set at $13.4 million. McKissick Museum. inn hniici IVII^ 1IU UkJJ beginning in the spring semester of 1989. According to the revised schedule of fees, undergraduate residents at USC will now pay $1114 instead of $1014 per semester, an increase of $100, or 9.8 percent. Resident or non-resident graduate students will also face a hundred dollar increase in tuition per semester. The graduate assistants' fees remain unchanged, however. Part-time tuition fees are also increased from $171 to $200 for non-resident undergraduates as well as graduate students. Nonresident law students will pay $38 more while residents will pay $13 more. The university also announced, this past January, hous\ t' , '< ^ <v' ^ B/??Nr WAHL/The Gameco ludes, Humanities building, Gambrell building, and NAD n 1USC get trom all BY PRABHAKAR KHOLE Assistant news editor BUSC has received its largest s< donation in history; a scholarsh: ment of $950,000 which has been ed at the university in memory c Walter Watt Gregg, who wa: graduate of USC and a Bennettsvi "The Gregg family donation w the Carolina Scholar program wl Iof the best ways to help attract brightest students," said USC James B. Holderman. "$190,000 of the endowment h Students nee BY LINDA PUCKETT II Staff reporter Most freshman have pre-regi: fall classes, but those who haven rr - know what to expect during the r< Research 4 Scholars P CeSS, USC'S regiStar Said. sponsored Registrar Luther Gunter said Program: 1977-78 . , . , , . $250,000 must have gone through advisem snTmiiL 1987-88 the college or department they art ?.2 minion "Have your advisement in wi 1987-88 . - .. $38.3 minion save these forms, he said, lolarships and faculty Advisers can help freshman a requested their 1987-88 blems, Gunter said. They have 1 to support capital pro- degree requirements and can n equipment purchases, students take the classes they n( the library and USC's order they should be taken, he s< Gunter said some students who ing fee ing fee increases for the Columbia campus on an average of 6.68 percent, which means that the full time undergraduate student, who lives in this state, will be required to pay a little less than $5000 for tuition, housing, meals, textbooks and the like per year. The USC tuition rates are among the highest for public institutions in the Southeast. President Holderman pointed out that the university did not raise tuition last year. He said, "in fact, USC was f Un r*nlir />r nmti rArrifir in C/Mitk ornlino t A nit uiuj jjuunt Luntgt ui uiuvLian^ in juuui taiuiuia IU do so. This increase should thus be viewed over two years, which then doesn't make it exceed the inflation level. USC See "Tuition" page 4 | Number of black faculty increasing I at the university BY JACKI MARTIN Staff reporter Recruiting black faculty members is a priority for much of the University community, but the road to complete equity is a long, and progess is often slow. "The University of South Carolina has made a "Herculean" effort to recruit black faculty, but the staffing situation is complicated by a lack of qualified black instructors," said Fred Sheheen, state higher education commissioner. A May 1988 report from the Commission on Minority Participation in Education and American ' Life substantiates Sheheen's claim. The report states that between 1976 and 1988, the number of black's earning master's degrees dropped by 32 y| percent, and noted that of 730 doctorates in ^ mathematics that were awarded in 1986, only six went to blacks. Similar disparities exist in many I fields of study. "This dropoff of blacks at the graduate level is srongly linked to cuts in government spending for support of black students," said Sheheen. Despite this and other obstacles, USC-Columbia has eight new blacks on its teaching staff for the I fall of 1988, a third more than taught in fall 1987. However, the new black faculty will still represent only approximately 2 percent of the total teaching staff on the Columbia campus. South Carolina began a federally mandated plan to desegregate its public colleges and universities in 1981. In February of 1988, almost two years after the expiration of that plan, the U.S. Education Department judged South Carolina to be in full compliance with civil rights laws in their college system. Federal officials said they would require no further desegregation measures from South Carolina and commended the state for adopting and funding its own plan, which began when the federally mandated plan ended in 1986. In July of 1988, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education approved a plan under which colleges and universities would spend $2.5 million to develop new ideas to recruit more black faculty and students. This request for funding will be included in the commission's 1989-90 budget which goes before the State Budget and Control Board in August. Jane Jameson, systems vice president within the ck University's personnel department, also cites the shortage of black Ph.ds, adding that many are taken by higher paying schools and by industry. To See "Black faculty" page 2 ;s endowment imnus' family been received by USC and the rest of the amount will be received over several years. :holarship The total donation will be made over a ip endow- period of four years and the money will go establish- to the USC Educational Foundation," he >f the late said. 5 a 1927 Donors to the late Walter Watt Gregg ille native. Endowment include Mr. Gregg's wife, ill support Saress, of Bennettsville, Mr. and Mrs. lich is one Richard Hugh Marshall of Pawleys Island, the state's Mr. and Mrs. Walter Watt Gregg Jr. of President Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholson Smith of Myrtle Beach, Mr. and as already See "Scholarship" page 2 d forms to register advisement have ended up in upper-level courses, where they either discovered they stered for were in over their heads or were kicked out 't need to because they hadn't taken prerequisite ;gistration courses. "If you follow the suggestions of an adfreshman viser, you usually won't have any proent within blems," he said. "Don't attempt to decide : entering. which classes you need on your own." riting and Having proof of immunization for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Tetanus is void pro- another requirement. Medical forms showlistings of ing this proof must be taken to the "Infirnake sure mary" booth at registration. If the forms :ed in the are complete, the attendant will clear the lid. students name on the computer, allowing bypassed him to register, Gunter said. -