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! 10 ""'^?;."? I Green gives Duke's Devils the blues I Woods has already in- ball COach Spired a song. ?ee Sports, page 11 See "Green," page 11 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 82, No. 11 University of South Carolina September 6, 1989 ASKUS (*0J WT A l\lkJVlLiL/n IlflI\l\lJ Staff Writer The College of Library and Inforr USC will offer continuing education TV through an affiliation with Mini versity, starting in 1990, a university Through the program, USC studen the option of taking graduate courses circuit television or watching educatii The Mind Extension University is television network devoted to educs non-credit programming. This progn fort to provide professional developn school library media specialists, said Fire - not fo< students fron By KATHY HEBERGER Staff Writer Smoke from an electrical fire filled the Grand Marketplace's hamburger grill area Sunday, prompting food services employees to send students upstairs or outside with their lunches. "It was just procedure. You Hnn't n;or\t n/xnnlinoido nrKan UUU I want llldiui/ W 11 v^n there's a fire," Food Services Director Jeff Bradt said. Bradt said he isn't sure what caused the fire, but added there was a problem with an electrical component of the hamburger grill. Three fire trucks arrived on the scene because standard procedure required that Bradt notify them, but he said the Marketplace's sprinkler system worked fine. Prevention is the key issue that arises after most fires, but in the case of an electrical fire, Bradt said, "There's not much you can askus Morrison's stress kille< By ALEXSARGEANT Staff Writer Former Head Football Coach Joe Morrison's widow has Filed a claim against the USC, claiming her husband's death was caused by job related stress. Her claim was rejected by the Worker's, Compensation Fund, the insurance carrier for the university, and she has appealed to the Worker's Compensation pAmmicoiAn VV/lllllllddlUll. At a hearing on Aug. 31, lawyers for JeVena Morrison and the state Worker's Compensation Fund jointly appealed for more time to ; prepare their cases. A. Victor Rawls, the presiding commissioner in the case, granted a 60-day extension and encouraged both sides to use the additional time to streamline their arguments. "It's not fair to either side or the commission to spend five days to try this case," Rawls told The State. Walt Tollison, the attorney for the state Worker's Compensation Fund and USC, said he was finding it difficult to complete research and compile documentation for his client's defense. Jon Popowski, who is representing Mrs. Morrison, declined to comment on the case. Michael G. LeFever, the commission's executive director, said Continuii n?, DDTCPTl I A UADDTC changes By SUSAN BUCHANAN Staff Writer It took USC's ASKUS systei Herarlp. tn e.vnlvp. frnm a small operation, when student opera scripts to callers over the teleph new automated voice response ASKUS coordinator Roosvelt said. State-funded ASKUS began ii to USC and the Columbia comi 1979 with scripts provided by tl Way. Soon these scripts were rec< cassette tapes, so an operator calls and played tapes for callers. ^ This posed two major problem wife says i husband Mrs. Morrison could receive as much as $160,000 if Rawls rules in her favor. The award would be based on Joe Morrison's salary at the time of his death,$94,000, and ' other factors. After a decision is made, both sides will have 14 days to appeal the decision to a three?member panel of commisioners, LeFever said. The panel would then hear the evidence and make a ruling. Both sides would then have 30 days to appeal the panel's decision to the Richland County Circuit Court. The circuit court's decision could then be appealed to the state Supreme Court if either side did not agree with the lower court s ruling, LeFever said. Morrison's attorney was involved in a similar case last year when a claim was filed by the widow of SLED chief J.P. Strom. Strom died of a heart attack Dec. 14, 1987. His wife was awarded $154,120, but the claim has been appealed by the state. Rawls had ruled in Sept. 1988 that Strom's heart attack "resulted from extraordinary duties and an increase in hours worked over a period of time." Joe Morrison, who was 51 years old and had a history of heart problems, collapsed Feb. 5 after playing racquetball at Williams? Brice Stadium. ig educatii of the college. "This association nation Science at will extend our vis courses by cable with other major ur d Extension Uni- electronic learning," dean said. The purpose of I ils will soon nave tnrougn cable l v is either by closed- no education, he sa anal television. possible for people i ; a 24-hour cable duate credit towa itional credit and institutions, imming is an ef- Starting the sum; nent activities for courses for public ai Fred Roper, dean ate professor Dan B 3d - sends 1 cafeteria "You don't want people inside when there's a fire." Jeff Bradt, Food Services Director do to prevent them." Although the final damage report is not available, the Marketplace reopened for dinner Sunday. "We didn't have too much trouble with ruined food because the lunch hours were almost over anyway. We just threw away what was already out in the open," Bradt said. With the fire and the initial ten sion gone, Bradt gathered all Marketplace employees on the Russell House Patio, bringing them up on the situation and asking the already laughing employees, "Does y anybody want to take their break now?" telephone te could only use ASKUS during normal business hours, when operators were there m only a to work the cassette player, was one prob"closet" lem. The other was callers had to ask the tors read operator for a specific topic, which might one, to a have been embarrassing for people re; system, questing health information. Martain Last year, USC began searching for a way to expand ASKUS and provide s tuts service dents with better service, nunity in "One reason we moved from cassette le United tapes to voice response is to stay with technology. The old tapes and machines orded on are no longer being manufactured," Maranswered tain said. Atlanta-based Computer Communicas. Callers tions Specialists, Inc. had the most speit! ' 4 M 4MHb| pi . | 9 Sometimes you kick... USC Kicker Collin Mackie tries for a field goal a game against Duke. Mackie became USC's career s< Saturday, bringing his total points scored to 204. on courses to b be the first profess with Mind Extension University vised, he said, libility nationwide, and allies us "This program is liversities in the growing field of through team effort Roper said. One of two coui the continuing education courses mer will teach libra to fill the gaps where there exists ron said. The other lid. The association will make it school media speck throughout the nation to earn gra- Students have tl rd a degree at USC or other through closed-circ on educational tel mer of 1990, USC will provide tional, Ltd., the p; id youth service librarians, associ- University, arron said. Barron is scheduled to Students taking Wirw i Coke and a smile Zeta Beta Tau brother Scott Rose greets fraternity chnology,; cific capabilities and was in the cost range, Martain said. Along with the new ASKUS system, USC acquired the new grades and registration-by-phone systems. These are located in the-Computer Services kiulrlin nr uuiiuui^* With the new ASKUS system, callers have access 24 hours a day. The system is designed where the information on the cassette tapes were recorded onto hard disks. The transition took all summer, Martain said. ASKUS provides answers to 800 of the most commonly asked questions about health concerns, USC and the Columbia Metropolitan area. New IE in effec By CORAN GLUBA Staff Writer The new Chinese law requ Chinese citizens to always c identiflcaton papers is not ui ithe revised student ID card pol implemented here at the USC. According to Carolina Comi ity Student Policy Manual, fall, USC students are require carry their own permanent sti ID cards at all times. This is one of many new policies air in progress, designed to make campus safer and more effe< this semester. "I think the new policy is s because it cuts down on potent dangerous outsiders on cam and I think it is convenient to your ID with you all the time,' litical Science freshman Au Hann said. The new regulation policy states that a student should po: only one USC ID. An ID's idity, which is audited by cor ter, is enective only while a dent is registered in the univer: Any utilization of an invalid will result in the confiscatio that card. It will then be rest to the Registration Center and Lonrn. a^cock rf n**1 10 stu<knt- Cards also be confiscated from a stu x ? . . ? whose ID does not resemble it Saturday s her appearance. ;oring leader Any owner of an ID card has been lost, stolen or ru must report this to the Registn <e offered on or from Davis College to be tele- ceive instru will be aboi ? an example of what can be done dents can w Barron said: Through ses that will be offered next sum- students wi] rians how to improve literacy, Bar- structor. Sti courses will show how to manage in Columbi; ilists, he said. tion or testii le option of taking classes either A more uit television or watching at home would be t evision, thanks to Jones Interna- Since class< irent company of Mind Extention courses via closed circuit will re rushee Glenn Archer during fraternity rush. R approach The. hf-alth cpr.fion mrp.ivpjs QO np.rr.pnt of all requests. "The unique aspect about the health section is it allows callers to receive health information anonymously," Martain said. He said the 35,000 calls ASKUS receives per year proves there is a need for this service in the greater Columbia area. ASKUS is the only system of its kind in the state. The scripts are updated constantly to provide callers with* the newest information. These scripts are provided by professionals in Columbia. See PHONES page 3 ) policies :t this fall Center and apply for a new ID Subsequently, when 3 student iring acquires a replacement ID all ID ;arry cards issued previously are considnlike ered invalid permanently. In the icies 0386 where an ID has been stolen, a theft report should be filed with nun- University police. If a student this should find a card that was missed t0 ing, it should be returned to the (dent Registration Center, only Broadcast journalism seeady nior,Aurelia Patterson said, "The i the policy is beneficial for everyctive body...and it doesn't hurt anybody." mart But students who ignore the new dally ^policies may-have differeftt-views, ipus, because of the disciplinary action have they may be subject to. ' Po- Disciplinary action will be drey issued when: a student loans an ID card to also any person >sess a student pursues to use a val- card reported missing, npu- a student has in his/her posstu session more than one USC ID sity. a student refuses to show card his/her ID to a university official n of upon request ored Whether the students feel the I not implementation of these new polimay cies eradicates their rights as stuident dents or ensures a more effective his/ way to live on campus, is still unclear. But what is certain is the efthat feet of the new policy will be moined nitored by the entire campus for ition the rest of the semester. cable TV iction from the Columbia campus. There it On lAoohAnc omnnH tVin ctotA ctn_ xi ^\J luvuLiuio aiuuiiu uiiv/ oiai^ rvuv/iv otu atch. the use of satellites and telephone lines, 11 be able to interact directly with the inidents, however, will be required to meet i at least three times for in-person instruc^g conventional method for taking classes 0 view them at home on the television. is will be broadcasted, it is-possible to See LIBRARY page 2 1 4&ifc II ?i I Hr Wr * k f: >* x N V " ?\ I JAMES NETTLES/The Gamecock ush took place last week.