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Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday
Volume 81, No. 36 University of South Carolina October 26, 1988
STATE BRIEFS
Springs votes to reduce
production of fabrics
GREENVILLE (AP) ? The
decision by Spring Industries Inc.
to pour money into its sheet and
towel mills while reducing production
of apparel fabrics reflects recent
trends in the apparel industry,
according to analysts.
Springs' board voted Thursdav
to limit apparel fabrics to 15 percent
of the company' sales by the
end of 1990. To accomplish that
goal, the company said it would
sell some plants and close others.
Research facility focuses
on blacks at state colleges
CLEMSON (AP) ? State
education officials say they will
use studies by a new research
center at Clemson University to
analyze efforts by South
Carolina's public colleges to
recruit and retain black students.
"We've been administering
programs, but we haven't done an
evaluation on what is effective,"
said Fred Sheheen, state commissioner
of higher education.
USA BRIEFS
Arrest of 2 Mexican police
halts plans to traffic drugs
NEW YORK (AP) ? Plans for
a $50 million-a-month heroin
pipeline from Mexico were foiled
with the arrests of two Mexican
police commanders who, officials
say, boasted they could close airports
in their home state to help
the smuggling.
Pedro Guillen, 39, and
Margaritan Villagrana, 42, commanders
from the state of Guerrero,
which includes Acapulco,
were to be arraigned Monday,
authorities said. They were arrested
late Saturday in a hotel
following a four-month investigation,
said Robert Strang, a
spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Adminstration.
"They had the arrogance to
travel to the United States to peddle
their goods," said Robert M.
Stutman, special agent in charge
of the DEA in New York.
"Whenever you have police officials
involved in the trafficking
of major amounts of drugs, it is
truly the worst betrayal of the
public trust. To have foreign
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Greenhouse effect to cause
declines in Southeast
WASHINGTON (AP)? The
warming of the Earth from the
"greenhouse effect" will cause
significant declines in the
wetlands, crops and forests of the
Southeast by the middle of the
next century, according to the
first major government study of
the phenomenon.
The study, done by the Environmental
Protection Agency at
the request of Congress, used current
scientific literature and computer
models of the global climate
to assess the long-term impact of
projected climate changes.
The greenhouse effect refers to
the gradual warming of the Earth
from the growing atmospheric
concentration of gasses that keep
heat from being radiated into
space. Most greenhouse experts
say the Earth will warm on the
average by three to eight degrees
Fahrenheit by the middle of the
next century.
INDEX j
Viewpoint 3
Features 4
Datebook 6
Comics 7
Sports 8
Classified 10
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By SARA CRUTCHLEY
Staff writer
College campus buildings across the
United States need about $70-billion worth
of repair work, according to early reports
from a study being prepared by the Association
of Physical Plant Administrators in
Washington, D.C.
Putting off repair work has led to a
buildup of urgent work, early reports indicate.
The final report is set to be released in
December.
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President for Facilities Planning David t
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projects are being carried out on each of the
USC campuses. t
Maintenance, however, is often deferred s
because of lack of money, he said.
"When you only receive 88 to 94 percent f
of the money you ask for, maintenance and
building gets caught," Rinker said. f
Pete Denton, executive vice president for f
Business and Finance, outlined the need for c
preventive maintenance to keep problems c
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acilites, he said.
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or repairs on the Columbia campus. This s
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bond bill, which is distributed every
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Tommy Chaikin described his extensive
steroids and said at least half of the footised
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Library Science
enrollment breaks
'Marianne' image
By MARY CATHERINE CARROLL
Staff writer
The image of a stern librarian, her hair in a bun, skirting
around in comfortable shoes and admonishing noisy
patrons, is one that dies hard.
But the image isn't keeping students away. In fact,
enrollment in USC's College of Library and Information
Science has increased 130 percent since 1982, said
associate professor Charles Curran.
The college enrolled 391 students this year, compared
to 186 in 1982.
One reason for the increased enrollment is that more
and varied opportunities are available because of a growing
need for information specialists, Curran said.
In the 1970s, fewer opportunities were available, he
said. As a result, enrollment dropped all over the country.
The coming of the "Information Age" brought with it
a realization that people were needed to deal with all the
information, he said.
"We have left the Agricultural Age and the Industrial
Age," Curran said. "Most of us are no longer growing
things and making things for a living."
Salary is another reason for the new interest in library
science, he said.
Librarians' salaries range from $19,000 to $25,000,
depending on the location.
More jobs are now available in the public sector
because more federal money is being put into the public
service agencies, including libraries, Curran said.
Today's librarians' skills are marketable in areas
beyond the setting of the library and can be applied in
jobs in computer centers, publishing, sales, research
centers or consulting, he said.
Because of the various job opportunities, the College of
Library and Information Science offers four tracks for its
students: school media, public libraries, academic
libraries and special libraries, such as law or music
libraries, he said.
Courses are designed for the specialty areas, and there
is also a general curriculum that equips graduates to enter
any area available, he said. South Carolina has a greater
iemand for school media specialists, he said.
The College of Library and Information Science offers
a master's Droeram renuirina 3fi honrc r?f rrpHit QtnH?nte
ivho enter the program must have a bachelor's degree that
:mphasizes education, liberal arts or science.
Students who choose the school media track also must
complete a six-hour internship.
Lee Hemphill, a recent graduate of the college, is
imployed as a reference research librarian at The State.
Special libraries are much more challenging, said Hem?hill,
who assists reporters in finding hard facts for
tories. He uses resource material, statistics, telephone
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Drug effects serious
By LYNN GIBSON
Staff writer
The steroids that have recently caused a stir in the
sports world represent only a small group of the
chemicals known as steroids, says a doctor at the
School of Medicine.
.. There are several types of Steroids, said Paul
Housley, an assistant professor at USC's School of
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Anabolic steroids refer to steroids that build muscle
mass, and they are derived from testosterone, he said.
The properties of testosterone contribute to the
growth and development of muscle, Housley said.
"That's why men have more muscle than women,
on the average," he said.
Anabolic refers to the building or the synthesizing of
muscle mass, Housley said.
"Although anabolic steroids possess high anabolic
activity and low testosterone-like activity, they do have
both, and it's the testosterone activity that accounts
for many of the side effects," he said.
Examples of non-anabolic steroids would be birth
control pills or the cortisone in cream that is used in
treating skin irritation, Housley said.
"Historically, anabolic steroids have been used in
situations where people have been burned badly, to
keep things going, to keep muscles from wasting away
luring periods of disuse," he said.
The side effects of anabolic steroids depend on the
ige and sex of the user, Housley said.
Side effects include water retention, alterations in
;ex drive, infertility and acne. They have been known
o cause breast enlargement in men, and, in some
ases, the size of the male sex organs has been known
o decrease, he said.
Women who abuse anabloic steroids could begin to
lemonstrate masculine features, such as facial hair
ind male pattern baldness, Housley said.
"As for behavioral side effects, we don't really
mderstand that well in terms of what's actually going
m," he said. 'T don't know if anabolic steroids inrease
aggression so much as they decrease inhibitions
tnd cause a lack of self-control.
"A person who abuses steroids might overreact to
ituations." he said.
The most serious side effects result from long-term
buse and are potentially fatal, he said. The three main
ide effects: possible liver failure; cancer of the liver
nd the Chance of near: disease,
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