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College News Briefs Drug czar wants to cut student aid Following up President George Bush's Sept 5 declaration of a "war on drugs," William Bennett, Bush's "drug czar," threatened to cut off financial aid to students who go to colleges that don't have "tough" anti-drug policies. Concerns about students' privacy as well as a sheer shortage ot campus manpower, however, led some observers to believe a big national crackdown on student drug users probably won't happen in the near future. Colleges already have to have anti-drug programs in place. Bennett said he wants them stiffened. Bennett, head of the U.S. Department of Education during the Reagan administration and now director of the National Drug Control Policy Office, said the goal of the program was to prevent straight students from slipping "down a slippery slope of drug use" and, for others, "to get them to stop." Colleges should be like businesses Tuition would not go up as fast if colleges were run more like businesses, a panel of 19 "education specialists" contended in midSeptember. "What needs to happen in American higher education is no different than what needs to happen in American industry, and is in fact happening: becoming meaner, a little leaner," said Robert Zemsky, director of the Higher Educaton Research Program and head of the panel. Zemsky's group, for example, suggested closing campuses that havp. low enrollment which it likened to "outmoded militarv installa tions, both a drag on the general economy and a misuse of scarce public funds." The report also recommended reversing the 30-year trend toward campuses offering a wide variety of courses. Zemsky wants schools to scrap their smaller programs, and invest in their most successful ones. For example, a small liberal arts college may decide to cut its graduate programs. A university might invest more heavily in its science courses while abolishing less popular curricula. College professor shortage expected Campus will suffer a shortage of at least 6,000 professors by the end of the century unless they start luring more students into grad schools now, a new Princeton University Press report predicts. Half the nation's campuses already don't have enough teachers to lead courses this fall, the American Council on Education estimated. Princeton said the new report, by William Bown and Julie Ann Sosa, is the first statistical confirmation of the trend. Bowen and Sosa see the worst shortages in humanities and social sciences courses, rather than in the science classes previous studies have highlighted. Most students work, study shows More than half of all "traditional age" college students work at least part-time, the American Council on Education (ACE) estimated Sept. 4. DR. HENRY A. KISSINGER Former U.S. Secretary of State FOR MORE INFORMATION, TICKETS AV CONTACT THE CAROLINA PROGRAM UNIO.N 777-7130 j ACE, the umbrella group for the nation's college presidents, combed through 1988 employment statistics to find that nearly 54 percent of students work between 15 and 29 hours a week, although 10 percent worked at least 35 hours a week. Even more older students are juggling work and school. Of the 5.3 million colleges over 25, about 74 percent had a job in 1988. They worked an average of 37 hours a week. Most, it seems, work to avoid big bills in the future. "Rather than face a large debt burden when they graduate, many needy students have chosen to work their way through college," ACE President Robert Atwell said. Doctoral student receives fellowship Keith Mize, a doctoral candidate studying nuclear physics at the University of South Carolina, is one of the four Ph.D. students in the Southeast to receive a graduate fellowship award from the Southeastem Universities Research Association (SURA). Mize, a Columbia native who earned his bachelor's degree in physics from USC in 1986, received a $10,000 research stipend based on his academic achievements and the quality of his research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. Security Continued from page 1 "(Today) when our officers are Marie Louise Ramsdale, is mad hired, they go through a great deal up of a panel of students, facult of training," he said. In addition to and staff who address the campus the regular force, the police are safety problems, supported by Reserve Police Of- "We are trying to pool our re ficer Program, a group of criminal sources to achieve the safest possi justice majors who have gone ble campus," Ramsdale said, through two weeks of intensive "Anyone can come and addres training and are full officers com- concerns before the committee, missioned by the governor. she said. The body meets ever "We don't want people to be in three weeks on Tuesday, fear here," Baker said. "We just want them to use sense and cau- One of the main concerns of th tion. We are happy we have sup- group this semester is the ca] port from other groups here on boxes placed around the campu? campus. The safety committee has "We want people to know wher been very helpful." they are, and we want people t The safety committee, started in know that anyone who vandalize the spring of 1988 and headed by them will be prosecuted to the fu Student Government President extent of the law," she said. CAROLINA Ml ")E(Afj PROGRAM ' ""P UNION CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION j Senate appt policy chan By KRIS TAYLOR Senate Reporter The Student Senate passed one n proved two honorarium requests Wednesday. Senator Connor Mulcahey, on beh Government president and vice pres resolution concerning the visitation freshmen center-style residence halls The resolution states that Douglas two residence halls under the fresh have made a reasonable request to be the traditional-style visitation plan. The halls currently have no oppc allowed in any areas other than the 1 policy would allow for opposite-se noon until 11:30 p.m. Sunday throi visitation until 2:30 a.m. on Friday other Towers residence halls are urn style plan. The resolution also said the Stu dorses the adoption of the tradition Douglas and Bumey." The proposal said it is possible 1 one floor in each residence hall those students who still wish to livi men center plan." The proposal also encouraged th Liason Committee to recommend thi to the Board of Trustees. The Senate passed by acclamation In other Senate business, Senatoi sented two honorarium requests for ! The first request was made by thi cine to be host to a live debate < rights on abortion. The finance co $250 for each of the two debators a icity. The Senate approved by acclar The second request was for $11 Personnel Association. In conjunctio university organizations, they will bt - < r - XT 1^ TU? C teie-conierence on rsuv. 10. xuc jc honorarium by acclamation. Tuition Contim dents, as college cost goes up, financial need for unmet expenses also increases, she said. A student's contribution to his education is compared to average college cost per year, which results in a determination of need, Davis said. Students are given an estimated figure on research done by financial aid. This is basically done to Provost Contim brary and information science from sity of Illinois at Urban-Champaign documents librarian and archivist at sity of South Dakota from 1977 to 1' worked at USC since 1984. Olsgaard will retain his faculty associate professor, meaning he v able to teach classes. He teaches li nistration and research methods. "Being part of a university that tionally dynamic is a lot of fun," 1 ? also said one of the things he like USC is that it is changing and evol some universities of its size. 'That in and of itself is exciting i place," he said, e uu CHIC <X excuses dc e bioc I PORTFOLIO II meets Wednesdays at 5 p jn - Russell House Rm 317 \ND ISSUES VUMITTEE presents ( KISSINGER [TH HENRY KISSINGER" scuss the current international ind answer period will follow ks. W / use I.D. $ 1.00 /^r^\inn a t nTini rn. Lhh $2.00 AILABLE AT COLISEUM BOX OFFICE \ND ALL SCAT OUTLETS ft ident, proposed a policy in USC's % %#> ? and Burney, the > imen center plan, 5 allowed to adopt . U-y site-sex visitation x visitation from jj to least Raian Shah nre- I I Senate approval. i School of Medi- jf concerning states' mmittee approved fl ind $100 for publ- flRHHHHHI nation. 7 by die student Working at th n with three other English junior Da ; hosting an AIDS ture he is making f< nate approved the ment and held in thi led from page 1 alert students of their financial ob- s ligations. The research conducted 1 varies for the undergraduate, gra- " duate, law and medical student. An C out-of-state student's budget will also be different from an in-state student's, she said. "Students are encouraged to file I for financial aid as early as possi- < ble," Davis said. This gives the < led from page 1 the Univer- As associate provost, 01 i. He was a academic administration o the Univer- marily with the Columbia < 981 and has saj^ ^ jn C0ntaCt acting mainly as a liaison. ffS be Part of 01sgaard's dul . Hmi that information, problem: brary admi- university ^ wnsferred > to be solved. Similarly, is organiza- makes sure information is te said. He cuted correctly. Everythin s best about erything else, Olsgaard sa Iving, unlike divisions, there are bound problems. in the work- Olsgaard said he thinks ing, dealing with inforn St || :ken ut. CN'T SAVE UVES. I N I Want T TU ? M. I life? IN* Sign i 1 betweer I : s <?B| ^ll IhL ' 4 $ Mi|^^ e glass station in Kline works to carefully wide )r his glass-blowing class. The c 2 glass-blowing facility in Sloan I itudent an opportunity to receive he best award package possible, rhe financial aid office works losely with students, she said. When asked for possible soluions to the financial aid dilemma, Bannister said a need-based gram jrogram could be set up for Soutli Carolina, which would help decrease student contribution. sgaard will assist the helped pn f USC, dealing pri- versity is campus. However, he ganization u rron L L Welsh other [JSC branches. ? syr an hour? >r e Tour S ont of H his week. _ , process. ties include ensuring At his i s and concerns of the direct intc up to the correct level *s one of the provost's office of his ini > interpreted and exe- tional, m< g is connected to ev- km, he u id, and, with multiple solved, to be communication two ma for USC a ; his academic train- university nation transfer, has just isn't e 9{aUs S J. r $10 off any f $5 off any TAN 1344 C Knox Abbott Di 739 eed Monc o Earn $5 < gn up to work fc 3W Music Colleg on October 20 jp table will be in fr ? /NrM i ni ne i^ru omces in ki 111 am and 2 pm t SIMP CAROLINA PROGRAM UNIG i pipit * * * HHRSPllliiililllilp^H?? DONNIE CORNELUTh* Gamecock in the opening of the glass sculplass is offered by the art departIrt Building. "Other states have state-grant award programs. South Carolina doesn't have an award program for students attending a statesupported institution, Bannister said. t The institution could also raise i more private funds from endowments to help with the financial aid program, he said. spare him for this job. He said the unia good example of how a complex ori works. said, "Olsgaard is a master at group new job, Olsgaard will have very little sraction with students, and he said that the things he will miss the most. Most teraction with students will be direcsaning if a student calls with a probfould direct them to the nlaee to set it tin issues Olsgaard cited were funding md curriculum concerns. He said the always has money concerns. "There nough of it to go around," he said. Ladonna ull set with tips QL other service EASY ive (2 miles from campus) -0221 ^ ??? I 0 I 4 c I *