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Eighty-one Years of Collegiate Journalism
Volume 82, No. 75 The University of South Carolina Monday, April 2, 1990
BRIEFLY 11
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Lithuanians fear an\
martial law rar
VILNIUS, USSR ? The
mood in the Lithuanian capital
was grim Sunday as the Slt
Soviet army moved in do- 11C;
zens of additional armored
personnel carriers hours after an
a threatening statement from
Soviet President Mikhail S.
Gorbachev. c ?
The combination of the
warning, the reinforcements,
Friday's, seizure of a Lithua- int
nian government building by mc
Soviet troops and the Soviet ?
Union's drive to remove
foreign correspondents from
the republic by Sunday night
had many people worried
that martial law would be
imposed within days.
"I fear they are going to
start shooting," said one
middle-aged Lithuanian
woman.
Explosions force C
airport evacuation By
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jiuixtii, /\usirana ? as;
Gas explosions ripped
through a plant in southern Qe
Sydney Sunday night, touch- rec
ing off a huge fire and fore- bet
ing officials to evacuate ]
thousands of people from C0I
nearby homes and close the wy
international airport. res
No injuries were immedi- nQl
ately reported. I
Nuclear missile "0C
faces opposition mi
WASHINGTON ? The ^
United States is considering ^
"bold, imaginative" propos- ^
als to deal with controversial ^
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range nuclear missile in Eur
ope, a senior administration an(
official said. r
The idea of updating the oJd
Lance missile, which would
be based on West German
soil and used to halt a Soviet j)Q
thrust through central Eur- qq
ope, has run into trouble in unj
Congress. lhe
It also has encountered pu]
fierce public opposition in -n
West Germany in light of rea
moves toward democracy in oLd
Poland and Hungary, and
prospects for German ?
reunification.
Sheriffs help fight IS
rural traffic deaths
ANDERSON ? Sheriffs By
are trying to win a federal
grant they hope could end
the state's No. 1 national
orif
ranking in per capita deaths ^
on rural roads.
In 1988, 82 percent of the
state's 1,034 traffic-related e
deaths occurred on roads seldom
patrolled by state troop- ?
ers or county police, according
to statistics compiled by ,
the National Traffic Safety
Highway Administration. jThe
national average for
traffic deaths on rural roads 1S
is 58 percent, according to a CC j
spokesman for the national
highway agency.
per
Today, partly cloudy with
a 40 percent chance of showers.
High in the upper 70s. exe
Southwest winds at 10 to 15 yn
mph and gusty. j
Tonight, partly cloudy saj(
with a 20 percent chance of anc
showers or thunderstorms. Sch
Low in the lower 40s. I
Tuesday, sunny with highs enr
in the lower 60s. /
Compiled from wire reports ber
of
nternational
CAREN CAMPBELL
aff writer
USC has the top international business
partment in the nation, according to a
vey in the March 19 issue of U. S. News
d World Report.
fTQr'c intpmatinnal hneinpcc Hpnnrfmpnt
iked higher than programs at the Univery
of Pennsylvania, New York University,
rvard University and Columbia Univery,
according to the survey of deans and
ids of MBA programs.
'We're one of the few schools that offer
international MBA degree, and it's even
ire rare to have a doctoral degree in innational
business," said Virginia Holmb
of the College of Business
Iministration.
in addition to having the second largest
ernational business faculty, the departnt
is the editorial home and co-publisher
the Journal of International Business
idies, a top academic journal in the field,
ilcomb said.
rhe department is also one of five federBills
could ^
ffect lives ||
)i sruaents m
LUCY SOTO
sistant News Editor
rhere are several bills in the
neral Assembly that will ditly
affect USC students if they
Most of these bills are still in fmmi
nmittees. Although the session
11 end in June, the bills may be
uirected next session if they are
t considered this year.
The Appropriations Bill,
ich is the state's budget for next
ar, has been passed by the
use of Representatives and is
w in the Senate Finance Comttee.
The committee should be BMP
iding it to the Senate floor after ,
ril 9. The bill is funding higher
iiauuii at ou pvuv^iiL ui luunuia
iding, which is a decrease from
5 percent funding this year.
House bill 4748 would reire
the Department of Highways
1 Public Transportation to issue
lew license to persons 21 years
I or over for a reduced payment
$5. It is sponsored by Reps,
ndy Waites and Tim Rogers,
th Democrats from Richland
unty, whose district includes the
versity. The bill is currently in
Committee on Education and
blic Works after a first reading
the House. Bills receive three
dings before being sent to the Ba
er chamber for consideration.
Rogers said he and Waites spon- Bi
wea
See Assembly page 2
Minority stude
College Press Service
decent reports by the American Council on I
i indicate that most predominantly white cc
1 universities are failing to convince minorii
its to enroll.
'Colleges are caught in a Catch-22," said
rkowitz of the council, a Washington, D.C.
up that represents college presidents. "They'
iu niuicaac iiuiiuiny enrollment, uui uie iai
low is a disincentive for minorities to go thei
n a January report, the council, after revi
a over a 13-year period, found that the perc
black high school graduates enrolled in colle
m 40 percent in 1976 to 30 percent in 198
panics, enrollment went from 50 percent to 3
t over the same period.
:or middle-income blacks, the college partici
5 for high school graduates went from 53 pen
'6 to 36 percent in 1988. Corresponding rai
panics were 46 percent in 1988 compared
cent in 1976.
'Every college in the country is having troul
:ting and recruiting minorities," said James
cutive assistant to the president of Florida A
iversity.
light out of every 10 administrators polled b)
i they directed "a lot" or "some" efforts to
1 retain minority students during the 19
ool year.
lut only one in four administrators said mi
ollment had actually gone up.
U the University of Wisconsin-Madison the
of minority students dropped from 252 in tl
1988 to 245 this past fall, despite an ela
business depa
ally designated centers for international
business education and research, Jeffrey Ar- h
pan, director of international business, said. tc
This designation brought $140,000 in
federal grants to the department to be used fi
for faculty research, new programs and fi- c<
nancial assistance for masters and Ph.D. s<
students, Arpan said. The department hopes
to get mree limes mat amount next year, ne ir
added. tr
The Masters in International Business
Studies program is largely responsible for m
the department's high ranking, Holcomb K
said.
The 15-year-old program was ranked No. ^
1 in the nation last year in a study by Dr. ^
Lee Nehrt, former president of the
Academy of International Business.
"The program is getting the full attention S1
that it deserves," Holcomb said. lv
In addition to bringing top quality stu- ar
dents and faculty to USC, the high ranking at
will help attract more companies to our students
and raise money from other sources, 3<
Arpan said. e<
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rely getting by
siness graduate student Scott Hedin takes
ther Sunday by studying and sunning on the Ri
nt enrollment d<
"Madison Plan" to double the enrollmi
-(juca_ Hispanic and American Indian students.
Alleges Plagued by racial incidents in 1988, tl
tv stu- stu(^ents at Pennsylvania State drop
for the first time in seven years, even d
Ivlave minority enrollment increased.
-based Money also seems to be a big reason,r
re trv- tenson ?f the American College Testing
ct that *n a reP0It released the first week of Mart
re ? The growing emphasis on student loan
ewing ls driving low-income students, who mo
not are minorities from hieher ediica
eniage ? ' ??
fell low-income people generally are less w
g por taking out a loan, Mortenson said.
Mortenson's study said that between
late 1970s, when grant assistance expai
pation college enrollment of disadvantaged s
jj-j increased.
tes for ?ut s*nce loans have become the
to 53 form of student aid, decreasing 40 and i
those gains in low-income student enro
ble at- tenson reported.
Spear, Some schools are trying to solve the
tlantic offering special scholarships.
Florida Atlantic announced March 8 I
! ACE give free tuition to 43 black students who
attract si?n standards, which is up from thi
88-89 scholarships,.
Blatant racism, however, seems to tx
inority deterrent to minority students thinking at
at a predominantly white campus,
num- At Slippery Rock University in Pennsy
tie fall "
borate See Minor
irtment gets
Along with the high ranking come
igher standards. Every year, it gets hardi
) get into the MIBS program, Arpan said.
"A typical MIBS class draws studen
om at least 35 states. About 15 foreig
auntries are also represented," Holcom
lid.
Between 20 and 25 percent of the peop
i the MIBS program are from other coui
ies, Arpan said.
MIBS students intern in France, Gei
ianv T ii*pmhniircT Snain Fcrvnt Tanoi
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orea and six countries in Latin America.
An Italian track will be added to th
[IBS program this June, with plans to ad
ussian and Mandarin Chinese tracks i
)91, Holcomb said.
The department also hopes to double th
ze of the MIBS program over the ne)
vo years, if resources become availabh
id change the curriculum to allow for gre
er specialization, Arpan said.
Each student participates in a 24 c
5-month program of international busine:
lucation. The longer program allows f<
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Program said News Editor
-h. While several pred
s over grants white colleges and uni
re often than the country are having
tion because cruiting and retaining
illing to risk students, USC has be<
ing its minority enroll
1966 and the the past few years, a
nded greatly, official said,
itudents also "When you look at
one of the reasons mi
predominant fact that USC already 1
50 percent of number of minority si
llment, Mor- it is somewhat cycli
Ralph Johnson, assista
problem by Student Life and direc
nority Affairs. "If y<
that it would large number of mir
i meet admis- dents, you are going t
is year's 28 to attract them."
The average freshm;
J the biggest USC is 2,500 studen
>out enrolling minority student repr
of approximately 40(
Ivania, a pre cent). About 2,027 (13
cf the 14,551 undergr;
ities page 2
> top ranking
>s an extra year of language training for peoer
pie involved in particularly difficult tracks
such as the Japanese, Korean or Arabic
ts tracks, Holcomb said.
;n In the 24-month program, students have a
ib traditional MBA curriculum the first year
including language and geopolitical studies,
le Holcomb said. Then students travel to forei
ign locations for five weeks of intensive
language training. After a short break, stur
dents put everything they learned in the
i, classroom to use during their six-month internship
with a company in a foreign locaie
tion, Holcomb said.
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vj i iiwi wiv iiui x111w1ii.no in uiv piu^iaui,
n American students intern abroad, while
foreign students intern in the U. S., Holie
comb said. The internship lasts from Auct
gust to mid-February, she said,
s, "The program does cost you money,"
5- Pauline Doig, a MIBS graduate student,
said.
)r Students are responsible for their own
)r See Business page 2
students
o through
window
VNN GIBSON
tant News Editor
o students went through a window during a
si Saturday night at the Gamecock Park restaurthe
Russell House.
nthia Marie Williams, 19, and Stacey Vaughn
h, 23, were treated and released for cuts at Bapledieal
Center after going through an 8-foot-by
t window near the stairs to the restaurant at 9:10
tnesses told USC Police that Williams had been
n through the window, but as of late Sunday af3n,
no charges had been filed against Hough,
lliams, an advertising/public relations freshman,
olice she and Hough had gotten into a fight, and
I this fight both hit each other,
ugh, a senior, went through the window also and
1 both of them back to avoid falling on the stairs
\ Williams told police.
ugh fled the scene, but at 9:45 p.m. he voluntartumed
to speak with the police, telling them he
un back to his dorm room to take care of his
5S.
ugh told the police that Williams had made a
comment" to him and when he confronted her,
ood up and slapped him.
ring the altercation that followed, both he and
tms fell through the window and he pulled them
sack into the building, Hough told the police,
lliams told the police she plans to file charges
i suffered a two-inch cut on her forehead above
ght eye, a two-inch cut behind her right ear and
rter-inch cut on top of her right hand,
ugh suffered two small cuts and one large puncvound
on his back.
mage to the restaurant was estimated by the pot
$500.
many campuses
? i
itinues to attract
Tiber of minorities
dents at USC are black, accord
ing to statistics from the Office
lominately of Minority Affairs,
versities in USC has a higher percentage
trouble re- minority students than most
I minority traditionally white institutions in
In increas- die country> and it has the highment
over est minority enrollment of any
university ?ther institution in South Carolina
with the exception of hisit
I think torically black South Carolina
ght be the State College,
has a large ^ata from the USC Office of
tudents so Minority Affairs for the last 14
cal " said years a'so indicates that a higher
nt dean of percentage of minority students
tor of Mi- stay *n school longer than nondu
have a rninority students.
lority stu- For 1988, the data derived
o continue fr?m studying the freshman-tosophomore-year
return of USC
an class at students in four-year degree
ts, with a programs carrying nine hours or
esentation more indicated that 81.9 percent
) (17 per- of minorities returned, while 79.4
.9 percent) percent of non-minorities
aduate stu- 7 ~T~ 7
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