The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 17, 1990, Page 2, Image 2
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By ALLEN WEST
Staff Writer
Daisy Boatwala was newly arrived in
America, unfamiliar with the language and customs,
with her family and friends halfway around
the world, when she fell and twisted her
leg.
In a strange land, even the simplest of tasks
may become monumental undertakings and a
painful injury might have left a bewildered
newcomer with little hope.
Fortunately, the Columbia Council for Internationals
provided Daisy with friends in the
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the support shp needed.
Established in 1965, the Columbia Council of
Internationals has been working with USC's
Byrnes International Center to match up local
families with international students.
"Students do not live with host families, but
rather they provide support during their first
year, a period of adjustment, and add a change
from campus life by including them in family
activites," Lou Brooks, chairman of the host
family committee, said.
The council also receives loan money for student's
emergency situations, helps students secure
household appliances and coordinates various
annual functions.
Fiifnre2 Pnntinnpd from na
developments are likely to be- the progra
come everyday conveniences? the person
Gene Stephens, a criminal jus- Intrude
tice professor and futurist at USC, knocked u
said it won't be long before most, puter wher
if not all, new homes will be and will c
computer-controlled. the room
Everything from home security calling the
to meal preparation will be hand- so security
led by a computer, and people will Stephen;
have less to wony about when it homes hav
comes to their homes, he said. testing, an
"It is best to have a computer- more than
controlled home newly built," Ste- to be buill
phens said, adding that while com- the next fr
puters can be added to existing Best o
homes, a specially built home can computer-*
better accomodate them. mere $5,0(
With the computer-controlled a regular h
home, locks and chains on doors Another
will not be necessary, he said. ' tin is the
A DNA (Deoxyribonucleic sumer sim
Acid) tracker and sensor will be and style
located by the door, and will en- and pours
able the owner to program in all material d
nponlp whn are allowed access to water and
the house. When a person ap- home is c
proaches the house, he places his turistic dis
hand on the sensor, and the com- Houses
puter will instantly check the DNA manufactu
"fingerprint" and compare it with and sold,
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cells' duplication, and it shows cell in a I
how using live mice in experi- of the dri
ments is important," Baker said. that survi\
Cancer cells are cells that dupli- to grow ir
cate rapidly, out of control. It is drug canrn
not unusual for researchers to find But the
a drug that kills all but one cancer tinues. "I
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ps intern;
The Columbia Council for Intern;
affiliated with two national associal
with support from church and civic
tions were able to link up more than
lies with about 160 students this past)
Students like Leszek Piatkiewicz fix
and Koffe Fadima from Toga, We
shared such difficulties as not knowi
to shop and having no means of transp
Paitkiewicz's host family helped hi
affordable second-hand bicycle and
over for Christmas dinner, providing I
tical and emotional support.
Shopping is one of the common (
shared by most newly arrived interna
dents. Australian Kay Carter, for
found the sprawling Columbia stores
ferent from those in hometown Melboi
But host family members will argut
who get the most out of the program.
Betty Layson, the council's presi<
said, "I've made life-long friendships
ten a whole new perspective on th
problems and events, and especially
gaining insight into the student d<
movement of China."
Layson once hosted a couple whei
became pregnant.
"They didn't know how they woi
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mmed images to see if lower cost
may enter. home that tal
rs will be instantly Cars coul
nconscious by the com- puterized, an
i it senses their presence the opportun
:reate an air-vacuum in their travel i
while simultaneously would driv<
s owner and the police, could do h
will not be a problem. whatever he
5 said a number of these The car v
e already been built for speed, sense
id that scientists expect and remain e
1 million of the houses cars in front
t for consumer use over Computer
ve years. possibility ?
f all, perhaps, the control traffi
controlled home costs a cidents. Ho\
X) to $15,000 more than expense, the
ome. them for se
idea in home construe- said.
Xanadu home. The con- "They w
ply picks out the shape though," he
he wants for his house, expensive, b
his home. The building pensive as I
ries quickly, and is both caused on hi
fire proof. The Xanadu Mothers c
urrently touring in a fu- other people
play. leave their 1
might also begin to be every day
ired like mobile-homes, enabled to
ready to live in, at a computers tl
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f you kill most of the because it's
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having a baby in the U. S. I h<
lifficulties doctor. They ended up having I
tional stu- Judy Clas arranges rides fro
example, places students in homes until I
quite dif- "Last year was wild. I picke
Lime. dents myself, and over a peril
i it is they we had 11 people from seven
our house. My own children >
ient-elect, ask, 'What country are we ha1
? and got- said.
e world's Host family assignments 1
/ enjoyed year and application and mori
jmocratic available on the third flooi
Center.
The group also organizes
l the wife namely the "Internation Hour,
sponsored by different chu
lid afford groups where students get a ch
than a conventional their places of bus
:es months to build. Yes, Stephens
d also become com- "Dick Tracy" wri
d travelers might have tinct possibility f<
ity to simply program beyond. Machine
oute and go. The car wristwatch coul
j, and the occupant combined watcf
is work or sleep or television and mir
wished. In the works ?
zould maintain a safe lating machines t]
curves and obstacles, ally break the coi
quidistant between the rier. The machin
of and behind him. one voice speaki
ized highways are a translate it and
- highways that would what is being sail
c flow and prevent ac- guage through a s
vever, because of the Stephens said
world might not see might one day tx
veral years, Stephens as universal trans!
ould be worth it, He said some
said. "They may be and countless ot
iut they're not as ex- advances could
Jie number of deaths lives in the next
ghways." the future h
>f young children and that.. . remains I
who feel they cannot
homes to go to work Editor's note: Tt
will increasingly be part of a two-pa
work at home, using on the technolog
lat are networked into may affect the fut
can extend someone's ally," he said,
onths or a year. That's Sartiano agree;
ands of hours in the quires an intens<
;aid. specialty. "You
i to enjoy what you're fled with intella
research work. I like it instead of an e>
a challenge intellectu- said.
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My enjoyed throu8h Jan"15'
the student J" 10
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of China. s, SuSDec. was -
Betty Layson transported to Richla
'resident-elect Detention Center for
Internationals offense.
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jlped them find a Assault and Battery
twins," she said. vine St. Complaintai
m the airport and saulted by unknown p
they get settled. items were taken,
d up a lot of stu- jan j2
od of two weeks p snatching
countries stay at House An untde[U
, f'r-the snatched a purse fron
ring today? she Nq ilems
recovered.
ast for only one Safecracki?g, c
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r of the Byrnes Snack Bar. Unknown
social activities,
" a weekly event
rches and civic q ?
ance to meet. iJ '
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said, even the DEADLII
stwatch is a dis3r
the 1990s and T _
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d actually be a "D ^
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li-computer.
ilready are trans- fiction, poetry
hat could eventummunication
barie
could pick up
ng one language,
tell the listener
d in his own lanet
of headphones,
these machines
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lators.
of these things
her technological
be affecting our #
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to be seen. ?
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_ _ moved currency from the safe.
IS Jan. 13
i A Disorderly Conduct, Pendleton
lf? Street. Suspect was arrested and
transported to RCDC for the
ipus police above offense.
Jan. 10 Second degree larceny, Capstone.
An unknown person entered
a dorm room and removed
, 800 Sum- several items,
rrested and jan ^
Disorderly Conduct, Assembly
the above an(j pen?j|eton streets. Suspect
was arrested for disorderly conduct
while intoxicated.
, 1501 De- jan.
it was as- Possession with intent to dis>ersons.
No tribute cocaine, speeding and
driving without a license. Subjects
were stormed for traffic vio
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, Russell lations, and the officer noticed
ified male the illegal substances in their car.
a the com- Subjects were arrested and transhave
been ported to RCDC.
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