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pp * # k fmk i r USC provost Arthur Smith Smith steps in From staff and wire reports USC's provost and executive vice presiden academic affairs was named interim president fc university by the Board of Trustees June 6. Arthur Smith, 52, will take over for James He man on July 1. Holderman resigned his post as president May 30. "From July 1, I will do my very best to sustai momentum and the direction that have been e lished for the university system," Smith said. "The Univeristy of South Carolina has achiei system status that is truly extraordinary," he said, have an outstanding faculty, and able staff of adi strators and excellent students on all our campuse Smith joined USC in 1988 after serving as president for administration at the State Universi New York. Smith will take over and hold the position ui committee elected by the board finds a replace for Holderman, who served almost 13 years as f dent of USC. T T ! 'i.. ? ? u mversuyuj By The Associated Press University of Utah President Chase N. Peters cheerleader for the phantom phenomenon of tat fusion, is retiring under fire for a hidden, $50 transfer of money toward its development. Peterson, 60, said Monday he would retire nexl but had no intention of resigning under pressure. In a resolution last week, the faculty's Acac Senate had questioned Peterson's ability to ru: 23,500-student university,in light of the furor ov< money transfer. Peterson has held the post since ] The president acknowledged that the "perk time I can effectively provide leadership is nearii end." reierson nau come unuer snarp cnucism iwic fore in the past 15 months, first for the school' nouncement of a breakthrough in the quest for f mrj richlaho fashion mail r*^"~ 1 1 ?< jr 1 (f (SCHWARZENEGGER Ru (fcW* M TOTAL RECALL us ft#: mFUn ftg; \l2:15-2:40-5:0S-7:30-9-.S5 NO PASSES BB/ yfcfi] 19 Shf stoip 12:00-2:30-5:00f BIDE [ his heart 7:30-10:00 K[g\Pi? 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"I think the scope and quality of the progn the system has brought to the people of Soi olina represent a remarkable achievemeni achievement that has moved forward with grea under the leadership of Jim Holderman, and n tve Holderman, as well," he said, stabSmith, as USC's academic officer, has been fed a sible for all academic affairs on the Columbia "We and for the coordination of academic matter; mini- nine-campus USC system, s." vice As a Latin American specialist, Smith also ty of nured professor in USC's department of gov and international studies, ntil a While Harry Lightsey is still mentioned as ment vored candidate for the position, the board h< >resi- motion a national search for a permanent repl for Holderman. Utah's pre side i and then for his handling of a $15 million < on, a that later was returned. ?letop Last month, controversy erupted when it 3,000 known that a $500,000 donation to the school research center that had been characterized by t year versity as an "anonymous," outside gift actu; the result of a Peterson-authorized transfer o lemic from the school's Research Foundation, n the Peterson on June 1 said hiding the origin ol natinn was a mistake. He said he had hoDed 1983. jealousy within other departments, but had ' )d of credibility of the institute." ng an Chemist B. Stanley Pons of the university i ish colleague Martin Fleischmann annou e be- March 1989 that they had achieved a susta s an- clear fusion reaction in a tabletop experiment, usion nouncement held out the prospect of a cheap, Review < yBETJT 7:45-10:15 U forcing administrators no passes Pi {X)rarily lay off 98 full- a Uj time workers. Zthe ?i?ng~~N\ Q Others involved in tuit just # M tests included students fro 1^ ??T ,ITTlR' 53 U lin College, Bennington 1:30-4:30-7:10-9:10 J ! , _ ? ' TT . ? El and Stanford University w BWfBtfT M ministrative increases wi VISjR1 11| the cost of tuition, room ai 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00-9:15 y^ll "* mmmm " " xrring this Friday |f I I Dick Tracjj LI lures of Milo and Otis III wrnmmw g|Q 1^1 BIRD IMfTED EDITION T-SHIRT IS YOUR D SEAT AT THE FIRST SHOWING. - * ?ha ehrf onrl coo 625 S' Malll et the shit ana see , _ ie movie, all lor $12! across from the Toms call 771-4455 * Seating Capacity. Offer good i Day I 'ght PEOPLE W \<r are urgently neede Spa Mono test kits. If \ within the past 1 off ail tanning I ;ages with this ad. 1 Hours for only i-Fri 10-8:30 Sat 12-4 _ _ , . Sun 14 For Further In s 2719 I CT-93 I Resignatiot may hurt e? By The Associated Press The resignation last month of USC Presi B. Holderman may foil the school's effort former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, < official said Tuesday. Koop was attracted to the school, where fcred to chair a maternal and child hcah because Holderman was turning USC into ; acclaimed institution, said Dr. Michael chairman of USC's Department c Administration. "That's the kind of thing that would all one of Dr. Koop's caliber. I don't think a that he would be interested, at least until w the new leadership would be," Samuels new president came in that might conccntra undergraduate education rather than rescar hard to attract someone like Koop." Koop, who served as U.S. surgeon gcnci 1981 and 1989, was traveling Tuesday Angeles to New York and could not be i samecock comment, said his assistant, Mary Lee Gcoj She said Koop was aware of Holdcrmar t Two group restart of cl ims that By .The Associated Press Site, ith Car- ^wo envjronmentai groups start ' ,an said today they had filed a fed?s \es eral lawsuit in South Carolina "cxl ar0 to try to block the restart of a ? federal nuclear weapons plant respon- closed more 111311 tw0 aS? iqcc camnus for safetyreasons- y, 5 of the sult ^ tlie Natural ^e" CL sources Defense Council and at)0U the Energy Research Founda- n is a le- tion was filed Monday in U.S. or< ernment District Court in Columbia, said sP^n Daniel W. Reicher, an attorney 3 1 ?h^ fa. for NRDC Er is set in The Energy Department, Watl acement which owns the Savannah River for r nt resigns over donation virtually inexhaustible source of energy. Despite extreme scientific skepticism th; became today, the Legislature appropriated $5 mill 's fusion to establish the National Cold Fusion Ins the uni- school and to protect the state's patent righ ally was The center has tried to raise money frc f money ernment and corporations but has had limi A Department of Energy panel recommer f the do- funding, and the only confirmed contri to avoid $50,000 from Utah Power & Light Co. in 1 'hurt the In June, Salt Lake medical equipment n James Sorenson donated $15 million in p ind Brit- cal stock to the university with the under* need in medical school and hospital would be ren, ined nu- honor. The an- Peterson was forced to return the mone; safe and tests from doctors, faculty and students. Continued from page 1 to tern- above $20,000 in 1990-91. 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"I don't believe he dent James USC, at least for the pre s to recruit " She said Koop was t t university country filming health too many other projects he was of- Ms. Geoghegan said, a< h program, whether Holderman's i nationally willingness to take a job ! Samuels, Samuels said he las if Health months ago about the jol Public Health. He said K tract some- quaintance of Holderma t this point position at the time, 'e see what "When we were in n said. "If a was that he (Holderman; itc more on versity here," Samuels i ch, it'll be contact Koop this week joining USC. al between from Los USC's Board of Tru cached for provost, Arthur K. Smith ^hcgan. ident when Holderman i i's resigna- a permanent president co s will try 1 osed SRS i has said it intends to re- tive, I the first of Savannah tors b; r's three active reactors by vital t< January. The plant pro- Trit s tritium gas for nuclear 5.5 pe cads. tities le reactors were closed in plenisl after an accident at one fa- its stc ' raised troubling questions ning 1 t safety standards and the about of mechanical failures. classil 5 than $1 billion is being t to upgrade the reactors A retrain workers. Depai lergy Secretary James D. fice ! cins has said the timetable ately estarting the plant is tenta- the la transfer q, Pons said he was grat* at continues "He made a strong ef ion last fall gret that it is an issue in titute at the said. "We still know tha ts. that soon he will be abl >m the gov- the positive accomplisl ~A TTtah " lfc>U ided against Critics lauded Peters bution was end of the 1990-91 acad Vlarch. "I think that his tim lanufacturer and his statement is ap] harmaceuti- Sandra Taylor, a history itanding the the Academic Senate res amed in his Peterson was the sch< sciences when surgeons y after pro- heart implant in 1982 or 112 days on the device. "he idea of having a system of Ame ic education is to encourage as credi y people as possible to go to T1 ge," said Jonathan Darnell of on I Student Empowerment Train- dive 5roject. busii n other countries, like Great econ lin, students actually receive a Sout nd to attend," he said. "Stu- O s in this country have to de- stud< affordable education~if they from t to keep it." York sues involving minority stu- ? tc s and racism on colleges cam- A1 s have been prominent in the with s over the past few years, and activ snts have been involved since ary, beginning with fighting for ra- step equality. dives rhen South Africa legalized the Al can National Congress and Calil i its leader, Nelson Mandela, activ ' 27 years in prison on Feb. 11, meet rhe three most a l/SC student sho //? f^intincj ,3I t ^ Z ! 1 j ":f ~4 1 1 *? O I * I rman e Koop is considering any offer with sent." oo busy traveling around the programs for NBC. "He has going on at the present time," dding that she did not know resignation affected Koop's with USC. t spoke with Koop several 3 in the university's School of ^oop, whom he said was a acn, was very interested in the egotialion, the real attraction > was building a national unisaid, adding he would try to to determine his interest in stees appointed the school's i, to take over as interim pres^signs July 1. The search for mid take up to six months. ;o block eactors )ut that putting the reacack in production soon is 3 the nation's security, ium decays at a rate of rcent a year, so the quanin warheads must be rehed. The government says >ckpile of tritium is runow, although information tritium inventories is ied. secretary in the Energy rtment's public affairs of;aid no one was immediavailable to comment on wsuit. ffunds sful for Peterson's support. Tort to see it through. We re his retirement decision," Pons t we are right, and we are sure e to list cold fusion as one of iiments by the University of on's decision to retire at the emic year. etable is entirely appropriate ireciated by the faculty," said professor who had introduced lolution. aol's vice president for health ; completed the first artificial 1 Barney Clark, who died after rican students took part of the it for the victory, iroughout the 1980s, students J.S. campuses led the fight for stment of companies doing less in South Africa and for tomic sanctions against the h African government /er the course of the decade, snts pressured 60 schools ? Columbia University in New : to the University of Hawaii > divest. Ithough observers thought that Mandela's release, campus ism would dwindle, in Februstudents on many campuses ped up the pressure for >tmenL : the University of Southern fornia, for example, student ists rallied outside a Feb. 7 ing of the Board of Directors SI forta&t things' ukftconsifier \rtment^j Dcatp^; 00 / \ FIVE \ , POINTS \ i igement, InA/