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News briefs World Democratic opposition moves off street PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) ? After millions of people filled city centers to demand an end to authoritarian rule, opposition leaders p.nfprpH fallrc with thp Pnmmnnict nrp.mip.r tr?Hav cavincr thpv wnnlH first demand a new cabinet. Monday's two-hour nationwide general strike ? a festive affair of speeches, song and flag-waving ? was the largest public display of opposition to the ruling Communists since they took power in 1948. The opposition coalition Civic Forum said after 11 straight days of mass rallies for democracy the time had come to pressure authorities into relinquishing power and allowing free elections. But it also held out the threat of further strikes if the popular will is not heeded. Any doubt that workers backed the pro-democracy movement was eased during Monday's strike as shop floors across the country were idle. Nation Virginia election results to be recounted RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? Virginia's closest and most prolonged election for governor next goes before a three-judge panel that will supervise a recount requested by the Republican who lost to Democrat L. Douglas Wilder. J. Marshall Coleman, a former attorney general, said Monday he wants a recount and an investigation of alleged irregularities in the Nov. 7 balloting. The State Board of Elections said Wilder beat Coleman by 6,854 votes, or .38 percent, out of nearly 1.8 million votes cast. Unofficial returns had showed a 6,852-vote lead for Wilder, the state's lieutenant governor who will be the nation's first elected black governor. Coleman is entitled to a taxpayer-funded recount if the margin is less than a half a percent. State Holiday traffic deaths lowest in 3 years Fifteen people died on South Carolina's roads and 357 motorists were arrested for driving under the influence over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, the state Highway Patrol reported. The holiday traffic death toll was the lowest in three years. In 1988, 20 people lost their lives, 19 people died in 1987 and 11 were killed in 1986, the patrol said Monday. use Lecture to discuss Latin America Guerrilla uprisings in Latin America will be the focus of a free public lecture at 3:30 p.m., Nov. 30 at Gambrell Hall Room 151. Gilbert Joseph, a history professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak on 'Tracking the 'Social Bandit': A Re-Examination of Peasant Resistance in Mexico and Latin America." Joseph has studied and traveled extensively throughout Mexico and Central America. His writings include four books and several journal articles on the history of Mexico, the Yucatan and Latin America. | UNIVERSITY I BOOKSTORE A i?11 i r*\ r? i i i i/m mr jj KUSCbtLL MUUi>t | CALENDAR S | In the General Book D< | ALL CALENDARS 2C I ??iikw swpP'"9"1 M ( Gift no Your Hot jig- wrg^ ? 1 i V "Your Educational Resource Ce YOUR MOST It's the first step in your care ^F a way to make it a giant leap. J you'll graduate with much moi You'll be an Air Force And far ahead of your peers ir From the beginning, you'll i high school diploma. Our Four tf you compete for scholarships _ _ ? ? tuition, textbooks and fees - v ?. - tax-free allowance during the: IV Make the first step a giant 1 opportunities for your career. Neglect of c By KATHY BLACKWELL Copy Desk Chief USC has been awarded a $145,000 grant to conduct a study on the neglect of children in low-income families, an area on which there had previously been little research. The grant, awarded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, will help researchers in USC's psychology department and the Center for Child and Family Studies in USC's College of Social Work identify ways of preventing neglect in poor families. To conduct the study, three types of lowincome families will be interviewed: those in which signs of neglect exist, those who had once been neglecting but are no longer, and those who are not neglecting. "Including formerly neglecting families is another unique feature of the study," Paget said. "We want to understand what is helping them or has helped them move out of the neglecting status." The S.C. Department of Social Services and Richland County DSS will select families for the study. To be included in the study, families must be recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children, a common form of welfare, said Lois Abramczyk, director of the Center for Child and Family Studies. "Poor families are not necessarily neglecting Students refuse ] protest teacher's By The Associated Press players wh CONWAY ? Black school stu- High Sch( dents began a "lunch-out" against boycott be; the Horry County School District, ^11 coach carrying homemade lunches rather terback w than purchasing hot meals from white team school cafeterias to protest the firintr of a Conwav Middle School e coa< teacher. ard hcar The protest was privately agreed player to by a group of black parents Fri- mo?dy a day, and it began Monday, accord- instruction. ing to the Rev. H. H. Singleton, Singletoi president of the Conway branch of been ma(je the NAACP and the science encj t|le iUI teacher who was fired. students be 'This is the same message that ^5 ^ w white parents and students gave to fore Thank the superintendent when they pres- to prote; sured him to fire me for speaking my mind," Singleton said. "Whites And a 11 pressured the superintendent and Saturday th he responded. Now black parents people wa are showing their own displeasure ton's dismi with him." School < School Superintendent John Ward Boyd Dawsey and the school board fired lunches se Singleton, who served as a spokes- School dro man for a group of black football sixth Mond CALENDARS ^ ALE Uf W jpartment f, ? >0l >% OFF | u must If Snhfi u ? or a 1 UNIVERSITY ^ EXIT BOOKSTORE I ? Roon nter" gg ;2sT| S IMPORTANT STEP EGE IS THE FIRST: AIR FORCE ROTC. ier-a big step. Yet there's oin Air Force ROTC, and re than a degree. ir. Confident. Self-assured. 1 terms of opportunity, make the most of your -Year college program lets that pay your full college PlGS /ith a $100 monthly _ school term. S LC eap, and create boundless AC " Aim High with Air Force Ul on y your FULD sh0L lence Starts Here hildren subj families," Abramczyk said. "One of the unique things about the study is that we will ask these families how they see themselves and how they explain their circumstances." For example, knowing what a parent's attitudes are concerning child rearing could help identify problems that could lead to neglect, she said. "Some parents might think, based on how they were raised, that they are functioning 'normally' when, in fact, they're not." One of the main reasons child neglect has not been thoroughly researched is because of the sensitivity of the issue. Child abuse, for instance, is more overt than neglect because there are specific actions involved, while neglect is a complex issue that can be hard to detect, Paget said. "It's hard to talk to people about neglecting their children," she said. To help with the pro cess, they will hire and train at least two lowincome mothers to act as liaisons between the families and researchers to help open the lines of communication. "We need the liaisons to help establish a good rapport with the people. We want to help people in the study feel comfortable and we want to give the impression that we're being sensitive to the situation," Paget said. Besides the chosen field of study, another asunches, Campi firing Crim o boycotted the Conway Entries in 11 x)l team this fall. The police crime log for gan after the white foot- Nov. 27,1989. replaced the black quarith a less-experienced mate. Nov. 23 :h testified at a school ? ing on the matter that and ?lossor . K/, ,?o<. a.m. A suspect was nd ? IH ' , , ? L ! DUI whUe 'W'ine ? nd wouldn t take north hound lane of ti ii said no decision has iVov. 24 on when or whether to ich protest. Some black Three traffic cita >ycotted classes for two issued for various off< eek ? the two days beseivinp vacation hp.oan NOV. 25 O o st his firing. Auto break-in, 600 rr*li in PnoMa P"1* Vice's rig? narcn in Myrtle Beach *4^., , ,z ,at attracted about 1,000 ^vESlS?. s prompted by Singlessal Nov. 26 iistrict spokesman Edsaid the number of hot Malicious Injury rved at Conway High Property, Pendleton ppcd by more than one age> 3.Q5 a m Coe, ITENTION: DECEME and/or TRANSFE i received a PERKINS (formerly N[ IEALTH PROFESSIONS STUDEN' >C and will be leaving at the end o have an EXIT INTERVIEW to set dule for the loan(s) before you cai transcript. For your convenience, w INTERVIEWS in the WILLIAMS-BI 1125 as follow: TUESDAY DECEM TIMES: 2:00 P^ WEDNESDAY DECEM TIMES: 4:00 PL se bring your address book as you will \ A M IMTCDV/I H\M niioptiAnnoirA CA /nin 11m i E.n vii vv Ljucouuiiiianc luiin. r r rHE GROUP EXIT INTERVIEWS will all our academic records which will preverr diploma and will delay future registratic ild call 777-4077 before December 5 to ject of study "The grant focuses on neglect, not abuse. This is an area of research that needs to be investigated. We're trying to understand the family life of those who live in poverty." Kathleen Paget Psychology associate professor pect to the research is that it will be consist of interdisciplinary work between the psychology department and the College of Social Work, ' Paget said. According to Abramczyk there are two reasons for the importance of this interdisciplinary study. "The first reason is because of the outcome of the study. In terms of understanding and delivering services to help such a complex issue, no one discipline can meet all of the needs," she said. 'The second reason is the process itself. The university has been encouraging colleges to do interdisciplinary projects, but they're difficult to carry off," she said. I? chine was abased by unknown J.i3 person(s). e Petty Larceny, 1400 Devine Street, 1 p.m. Wheel covers were , removed from victim's vehicle by unknown persons). Nov. 27 Larceny, 700 Pendleton Street, 8 a.m. A battery was removed > Influence, flora a university vehicle by unn streets, 3 known person(s). arrested for outh in the Disorderly Conduct, 900 Asnffic. sembly Street, 11 am. A suspect was arrested for disorderly conduct and public drunkness. He was transported to Richland tions were County Detention Center and ;nses- charged. Assault and Battery, Bates Park Street, West, 11 pm. Victim reported fct passenger that subject struck him once in out by un? the eye and once in the stomach with a closed fist. The victim plans to file charges. Stte^Gtt- Compiled by Kelli Lister mm i-coia ma- ^nme Ktporter 1er graduates :r students i V DSL), NURSING f LOAN while enrolled f this semester, you up the Repayment i receive a diploma < % a ii 11 A^nrli i prai i n e wm v/uiiuuu onuur RICE NURSING BUILDING, BER 5,1989 H and 3:30 PM BER 6,1989 H and 5:30 PM be required to complete ULURE TO ATTEND ONE low us to place a HOLD t you from receiving in. 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