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The USC Symphony 11 a 11 1^ 11 1 "It's a pretty grandiose role that the Orchestra cranks up the COITell HSSlStS VOlleyball SQUUd press claims for itself. Some of * a smmr Koger Center's season. J n "?** Ste" ? w.. oo-4? phen Guilfoyle, columnist WS&F' See Carolina Life, page 4 See Sports, page 8 See "Press," page 3 The Gamecock Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday Volume 82, No. 25 University of South Carolina October 11, 1989 mm m If^l -$+ \ 'v"^w? m m HI M mk * ** <xj ^ ' '->r wnat to buy, what to buy ... A group of USC students flip through a stack Tuesday. Honors colle Epsilon Pi introduced new mem- Some 400,000 bership education programs. men and 250,00< The National Interfraternity women belong to Council, which represents fraterni- tions in the Unite ties at 900 college campuses, nada. After a slum weighed in with an anti-hazing from 1965 throi campaign of its own in September, Greek organizatk stressing that the image of fraterni- steadily over the h ties everywhere was suffering from Hazing has coi hazing incidents that harmed campuses this fal pledges physically or notorious case at 1 psychologically. Mississippi, when "It's not a concern for decreas- pledges were ab ing membership," said Jonathan J. and naked last mc Brant, executive director of the pus of Rust Colle Indianapolis-based council. "We're antly black schoc just really fed up with the percep- and a racist epithel tion that silly and dangerous things chests. By RON BAKER Staff Writer Black enrollment in South Carolina College is increasing slowly, in spite of more substantial growth in black enrollment for USC as a whole, according to university officials. About 2 percent of the students enrolled in the honors college are black, as opposed to 13.7 percent of the undergraduate students as a whole. The Gamecock reported in February that 1.3 percent of the students in the honors college were black. While the number of blacks in SCC has increased, so has the total number of students in the college, said SCC Coordinator for Academic Affairs Reenea Harrison. Harrison said there are 12 black students currently enrolled in SCC, and there are four black students who are "trying out a course" to see if they want to enroll. If all four students choose to enroll in the honors Greeks discuss ei pledge process, h By The Associated Press occur on the coll An ontifiOTinrt pomnaimi oimnH fro torn itinc o rn < i in aiiu-iiiu-iiig waiupaigii amivAi iiaiviuiuwo aiv . at countering the image of greek dated with those I rows as gin-soaked Animal Houses "What has en appears to be gaining this fall on making our case campuses from the University of that we are pain Southern California to Dartmouth. the stakes have be Worried by their image, as well liability," Brant sa as the possibility of lawsuits, Fraternity brc fraternities around the country are campuses still re moving to eliminate hazing. Some ditching the timewant to eliminate pledging, the of putting new r practice of having a period be- physical or menu tween the recruitment of a member their formal initia and his formal initiation when haz- cesses that have ing is most likely. and hundreds of ii In August, two of the' nation's decade nationwide largest fraternities, Tau Kappa Ep- "I really don'i silon and Zeta Beta Tau, decided form any sort of 1 that the most effective way to end without pledging,' hazing was to ban pledging al- afella, a sophomi together in their chapters. month into Alph Kappa Delta Rho also approved Penn State Univer a long-range plan that includes a "The oneness move to end pledging by 1995. Phi with the brother Sigma Kappa amended its consti- you have in comr tution to allow for experimentation and tribulations with non-pledge programs. Alpha there." W fe 1 ? * JULIE BC of posters. The posters were for sale on the Russell ge wants to ii "I think that the honors college has always had a very elitist, lily-white 1.! I _/? f . . 1 kiiiu oi image, unionunaieiy, ana some of that is expressed by these students." Reenea Harrison SCC Coordinator for Academic Affairs 'They are telling me they are afraid they won't do well in the honors college," Harrison said of black students who turn down invitations to apply to SCC. "We are trying to increase public awareness" of the honors college, said Harrison. She said the college will soon begin to expand its effort by letting people throughout the community know about SCC. Harrison stresses that the courses offered in the honors college are "more challenging" than normal curricula, rather than "harder." Many black students, iding Kll ometinies asso ipowered us in to fraternities is . fully aware that sen raised in legal >thers on many "'V IUU1 U1 " \ ^>~:?||g?| honored practice nembers through al ordeals before ition, despite exled to 40 deaths -zszte: %S&s\ rijuries in the last > ' ^aid Steve Col3re initiated last 1 V 1 JEZ a Sigma Phi at ? that you show > ^ hood, the thing ^ non, is the trials \p*^' " ist decade. itinued at some he University of jffl i Beta Theta Pi AHBBHI "nnm0onneLb0c^md The ultimate present ge, a predomin- International studies sophomo >1, with "KKK" ing freshman Kelly Bailey prep: : painted on their Tuesday, sponsored by Tau Kaf n Ex-hej mm sues o1 By GEORGE GEORGAS An industriar hygienist ha: $250,000 lawsuit against USC, ch; was wrongfully fired. Helen McGill Hied the suit this nesday, two days after being fired I insubordination and failure to get i J**- ^er t>?ss? William E. Wells, the < environmental health and safety. W jVr JffO she was actually fired for reporting fraud and mismanagement in US ? l chemicals and hazardous wj ?BHH The termination comes at a ti USC and the state Department of I Environmental Control are conferi SIp violations found in DHEC's last iff of the university as a waste genera ^ negotiations followed her reporting M dons of state and federal laws ai ^ tions concerning the handling of ws jkj CJ McGill, who had worked since i WJf i manager of hazardous materials, was harassed after making notice leged waste management to USC ai wchillon/vu gamecock pjer job involved disposal and tran of chemicals, waste from the chen House patio engineering departments and oils vents used in campus construction \ ticrease black r?r\l 1 e*rtc% tKa rv?rr?r?n to rra nf klor?lro itv/mi! rl tumn fr\ O 1 vvsiivgv, uiv ui uiavKd wuuiu jump UJ jj.L percent. Harrison said there are now about 750 students in SCC. Harrison said she has been chosen to head an effort to attract black students to the honors college. "I contacted students by letter and by telephone," she said. "There is interest that has been generated, as well as more black students than they've ever had before." William Mould, master of the honors college, said he is pleased with Harrison's effort. 1 "I feel that she has been extraordinarily successful," Mould said. "While I'm not being at all complacent, sitting back and saying, 'OK, we've done all we have to do for minority recruitment in the honors college,' I do feel we're definitely on the right track." Harrison said the image most students have of SCC may create inhibitions among black students. "I think that the honors college has always had a very elitist, lily-white kind of image, unfortunately, and some of that is expressed by these students," Harrison said. century, and 22 j ^Mj^ig distinguish the JL Marx from the U. The survey, t spring of 1989 at I 0 \ ~~ " ' leges and univei Ife. "* seniors on their 1 mrnm/~" tory an(* Uteratui Jt iIIMli> i had been graded | " y ^ ^ "A" 10 "F' IJw - half would have JP percent would ha ^ /' Jp' the survey repoi ' Organization con > > //" < ' ' n for the National , ^ //< P the Humanities. // 'y 4^)&gk The troubling > survey are dis< ^ TUiiifcj^ Chairman Lynn WBrnammm^y mK^M, Hours, a new n K leges and unive curricula so und essential areas of Because more; and universities dents to graduat courses in histor ence or mathema the only solution general education "It is through JUUE BOUCHILLON/Tht Gairucock ^at College an^ ties establish a ( re Derrick Jackson and Account- ^on- ^ *s ^rou^ we to "Send a friend a condom" ^at commu >pa Epsilon for Safety Week. an e(^ucated ] J know . . Cheni ilth worker izpr finno TV1 ""6 She said other workers in her department shared her concerns about university wastei filed a management practices, but wouldn't speak arging she specifically about the case and referred all questions to her attorney, J. Lewis Cromer, past Wed- Cromer said the basis for the suit is her For alleged harassment by Wells, citing his "continuing along with efforts to isolate, discourage, humiliate, beiirector of rate and otherwise attempt to have (McGill) IcGill said quit her job." I incidents Cromer said the damages sought would >C's hand- cover what she suffered in terms of mental iste. anguish, humiliation, embarrassment, loss of ime when self-esteem and reputation, and a consequent health and loss of present and future income, ring about He said it is ironic that she was fired for inSOeCtion cimnlv fiilfillincr miecinn nf Knr iaK "Cka x WIV IHUJIVII V/& I1V1 JUU. J1IW tor. These was insisting on reporting, and she was in\ of viola- sisting on monitoring all hazardous waste, id regula- That's what she was hired for, to see to it iSte- that it's identified, transported and all federal \pril as a and state regulations are complied with, said she "Her view was that DHEC should know of the al- whenever something was wrong.*" id DHEC. Paul Ward, USC senior vice president and spoliation general counsel, had no comment about the nistry and claims, which he said USC has 30 days to and sol- respond to. irojects. Wells wasn't available for comment enrollment particularly Carolina Scholars, are afraid the difficulty of the work will cause them to lose their scholarships if their grades drop, she said. i-imi xaiii, a umvtiMi^ spuKcswuiuaii, saiu enrollment in the university as a whole has reflected a growing black population. While total black enrollment increased only .2 percent over the past year for undergraduates, the percentage of freshmen has jumped from 13.6 percent to 17.4 percent One way the honors college has chosen to address this disparity is by judging the applications of African-American students differently, Harrison said, because often black students, regardless of their abilities, don't pretend to perform as well on standardized tests such as the SAT and the ACT as white students. Black applicants, Harrison said, will be judged more on their high school records, including such in formation as leadership skills, class rank, grades, extracurricular activities and other such indicators of potential. ianities lacking, up survey says ^CKWELL USC English professor Phyllis Fleishel, who teaches American lita recent Gallup erature, agrees with Cheney that t 700 college se- colleges and universities no longer i half of the stu- place a strong emphasis on a wellientify the Magna rounded education. "I do believe t could not place that in a number of cases, universi1 the correct half ties become institutions of higher percent couldn't training rather than institutions of writings of Karl higher learning," Fleishel said. ,S. Constitution. She is also aware of the general conducted in the lack of knowledge of many stu67 American col- dents. "Many of my own students sities, tested 696 have little knowledge of history cnowledge of his- and current events, much less liter e. If the students ature," she said. "The long term on the the stan- effects of this ignorance are shatscale, more than tering. If the students don't know failed, and only 2 it now, then their children won't ive made an "A," know it either," she said. u!!l! As a possible solution to the ducted the survey , . ., Endowment for ^?ukcatl0n P?Wem Cheney sets frvrth <i prvro nf lanrnmr* 1U1UI a vv/iv ui lvoiiuu^ WIUUl III" nC eludes 50 semester hours of rer results ot the . . , hv NFH cluircd learnin8 concentrating on a rhpnp in srt well-rounded, solid background e eney 1 education. These hours break down :T"TLZ'; in"> 18 hours of study in cultures ,rsl . ? and civilizations, 12 hours of foreStt,dy fen 'anguage. six hours of tnathe matic concepts, eight hours of na aiiu iiivsiv vvjiivfcvo . , . are allowing stu- mral s.clence and Slx hours of s0" e without taking sciences. y, literature, sci- Carol Kay, dean of USC's Coltics, Cheney feels lege of Humanities and Social Sciis to strenghthen ences, found the report reassuring requirements. of the new curriculum the college i the curriculum put into effect this past fall, university facul- "In many ways it reaffirms the lesign for educa- core curriculum we have right ;h the curriculum now," she said. "I found many as micate what it is pects of it appealing, especially the person should emphasis on the study of other ey said. countries and cultures."