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Assembly Continu
sored the bill at the request of
some USC students. He said if the pend
measure does not pass this year sons
they would try again next year, the p
The bill is aimed at students who beer,
have "under 21" stamped on their The I
licenses, but are over that age. Huff,
"If vou 20 in before 30 davs of R-Gn
your birthday, you get it (a new conte:
license) free," Rogers said. "But, when
most people don't know that." R0]
Senate bill 704 and House c
bill 4000 would establish the Asso- move
ciation of Student Body Presidents on ^
as an advisory council to the Com- not ?1
mission of Higher Education. The sa|^ 1
principle sponsor for the Senate minat
bill is Sen. Ernest Passailaigue, D- years
Charleston, and the principle sponsor
for the House bill is Rogers. ment
he sai
The House bill was tabled,
which means it has been put aside, Th<
in the Education and Public Works ary C
Committee after a first reading on port,
the floor of the House. The Senate terruj
bill has been in the Education Housi
Committee since last April after has n<
one reading. Both bills don't seem ]
likely to come to life before the it unf
close of the session. a mo
Minorities Contir
dawn fight Feb. 11 between black ties h
and white students, followed that form
night by a cross-burning in front of Nebra
a black student's off-campus apart- at Ch
ment, has scared away some mi- and
nority high school seniors who Purdu
were going to enroll next fall. Penns
"Some (applicants) have indi- univei
cated they're not coming," admis- Cabrii
sions director Dave Collins said, and Si
"We've talked with every minority Oswej
applicant we've been able to reach. At
One father indicated that his son racial
would attend a predominantly orche:
black school." on Fe
Wisconsin's "Madison Plan" got the tru
off track after a well-publicized "W
fraternity party in October 1988, they'n
eight months after administrators Hive 1
announced the plan, at which office
pledges wore Afro wigs, painted iPtrf>"
their faces black and sold their ser- ^ r'es
vices in a fundraising "slave auction."
The incident created a storm acts 0
of criticism of the university. puses
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House bill 3154 would sus- bumper affixed
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wine and alcoholic liquors, the House and
)ill, sponsored by Reps. Tom reading in the
R-Aiken, and David Wilkins, After a third res
jenville, is the first bill on the to the Governoi
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there are objections to a bill,
gers said this bill has been on The bill outla
alendar "forever," but may sticker, decal oi
along because of its position device containi
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ppose the idea of the bill, but ual acts, excre
he measure would be discri- parts of the hui
ory against persons under 21 displayed to mer
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House bill 3053 would make bumper stickers
awful for a person to operate themes, and one
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lave cropped up in varying White sudents
s at the universities of of Florida in G<
ska-Lincoln, Arizona, Illinois ample, propose
ampain-Urbana, Washington; "white student 1
Brown, Bradley, Duke, what an organiz<
e, Marquette, Colorado State, fair" opportunit
ylvania State and Villanova students.
sities, Cal State-Sacamento, Scholarships
li and MacMurray colleges, sensitivity semin;
tate University of New York- not be enough 1
50, among others. minority recruitrr
Iowa State University, where cording to Daryl
tensions spurred students to tion professor at
strate an "anti-hate" march ate School in C
b. 23, recruiters are telling cently comple
ith and hoping for the best. colleges' efforts
e tell the students that campuses.
I going to run into racism," "As long as y
Sverage of ISU's admission 'We're not chanj
said. "A university or col- come,' we won't
he said "is no different than attracting minor
;t of society." Smith said, addin
lege officials even worry that tors need to put (
f intolerance on other cam- developing teacl
can subvert their own ment methods an
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to it. Rep. Herbert By many objective standards,
c, and Theodore way to go to reach President Jan
arleston, sponsor of becoming one of the nation's I
has already passed terns by 2001.
received a second The state's $5,370 average sti
Senate Thursday, sixth among 14 Southeastern sta
iding, the bill goes the regional average of $5,389. i
r for his signature ries at USC of $35,950 lag behii
/. age of $37,058. And average SA
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r emblem or other Even state higher education
ng profane, inde- Sheheen places USC below the t
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tory functions or Still, university officials say tf
nan body that are the goal of national prominence
nbers of the public service to the state,
vehicle." "We are committed to being a i
tion," Holderman told the News
itial debate on the paper of Charleston in a story
use in March of "There may be others in this state
nt to the bill, Rep. more out-of-state students than wi
-Fairfield-Chester, can drive up their SAT scores t
iper stickers to the easily than we can. We believe c
how the stickers to South Carolina."
ble meanings and Already, the school's program
; of the bill would and international business have c
Ikes said all four tion for excellence,
i dealt with USC But Holderman's goal of raisi
sticker mentioned prominence appears to have pre
ken".
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at the University Johnson credited USC's locatic
linesville, for ex- as a factor in its recruitment ar
d establishing a return rate,
jnion" to protest "USC is located in a rather u
it said were "un- ban setting," he said. "You have
ies for minoritv rather large, visible and viabl
y black community, and the studen
and anti-racism ff1 comfortable with that becaut
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.0 sa vage ai ing "There are role models out thei
lent programs^, ac- ^at t^ey can reiate t0 an(j meet
Mnitn, an euuca- saj^ "an(j jf they feel like the
Claremont Gradu- need support beyond this campu
alifornia who re- they know they can go out into th
ted a study of community and receive it, an
to diversify their that's very important."
Johnson said he feels the Minoi
ou say to people ity Assistance Peer Counseloi
?ing, but you can have also been an asset in reter
be successful" in tion. The group was featured in th
ities to campus, April/May edition of The Blac
ig that administra- Collegian magazine,
squal emphasis on "Students come to campus an
hing and assess- they have an opportunity to b
d courses that en- Paired with a peer, who is going t
be a big brother/big sister who'
going to uplift them in their transi
tion from high school to colleg
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id housing, Hoi- more money in scholarships," Hoi
companies, how- comb said,
to USC's Busi- Marnie Moore, a MIBS graduat
ip Foundation, student in the Spanish track, wa
es each student a evacuated from Colombia becaus
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gneu 10 pay ror or drug cartel tnreats on Amencai
>enses, Holcomb lives, she said.
"The drug lords were saying fo
f the scholarship every one Colombian that was ex
ent tracks. "It's tradicted to the U. S., they wen
isive to live in Ja- going to kill 10 Americans," sh<
in Venezuela, so said.
k would get a lot "The only thing that made me ;
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published Sunday. USC
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id said.
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le feel that, they're going t
ts back and stay," he said.
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ie Office of Admissions has ;
Carolina Tip-Off program i
'e black high school studen
South Carolina, North C
y Georgia and as far away
s, York come to USC for a (
ie program designed to eni
d black students to attend US
Another factor that has
r- other predominately white
"s tions has been the rec
i- surgence of racial incidents
ie USC also has experience
k tensions recently. During
bruary Student Governme
d tion, unknown persons s
e the message "Whites vote 1
o percent minority Student '
s ment" on the Pickens
i- bridge. Other such messag
e appeared near the Russel
I- little apprehensive was th;
weren't a lot of American
e us nice a cny or a minion
s and there were about 20
e cans, so I really stuck out,"
n said.
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r pleted her internship in
- City, she said,
e "That's a real-life exp
s because international exe
have to go to political hot
a Holcomb said.
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th Carolina would be willing to make whatever
ment to have one of the 10 best universities in
ntry," said Rep. Robert Sheheen, state Speaker
douse and brother of Fred Sheheen. "But can
t given the priorities that we have arranged for
js over the last 10 years? The answer is no."
il services, health care and prisons all are
unding priorities for the Legislature this year.
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laceu wiin a money squeeze, lawmaKers are
ing a 1990-91 state budget that would give
education less than 1 percent growth in
gs
likely to set back the university administraoal
of raising faculty salaries 8 percent annueach
the regional average by 1993.
gets one of its highest ratings from J. Wade
vice president of George Mason University in
Va. Gilley is writing a book that will rate uniiystems.
"has made dramatic improvements in the last
s," he said. He said the school has attracted
i faculty, increased private giving and given
to branch campuses while they strengthened
jmbia campus as well.
in you combine those things with what I've
i academic circles, USC is steadily improving
jor research institution," he said,
iven Gilley is not optimistic about USC movthe
nation's top 10 by 2001.
involved and the pathway between Thomas
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Johnson ^ouper LiDrary ana Longstreet
Theatre.
have a Kurt Walker, vice president for
ent that the Association of Afro-American
students Students, said the unity of the
0 come black students and the availability
of minority organizations has
ent, the helped to curb racial tensions at
started a USC.
n which "What really saves USC from a
ts from lot of those situations at other
arolina, schools is the unity amongst the
as New black students here," Walker said,
lay-long "I think that goes back to the numcourage
ber of in-state students that come
C. to USC who know each other a
plagued little bit.
institu- "When they get here, they alent
re- ready have a connection, much
more than at other schools," he
sd racial said.
the Fe- He said the climate is better for
nt elec- minority students at USC because
crawled of the availability of social as well
10 to 15 as academic outlets.
Govern- "It is very important that a stuStreet
dent feel comfortable at a school,"
jes have he said. "Then you won't have as
1 House many problems."
it there "What's a peaceful country tos
there, day may be a political hot potato a
people year from now," Holcomb added.
Ameri- This was certainly true for the
' Moore German-track MIBS students, ac
cording to Moore. Part of the progid
com- ram for the German track was a
Mexico week-long trip to Berlin that happened
to coincide with the week
erience that the Berlin Wall came down,
cutives Moore said.
spots," "They were dancing on the Berlin
Wall," he said.
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