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The Gamecock
Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism
Volume 83 , No, 23 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, October 3, 19901
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IN THE NEWS|
Hiiarkpri Phinpsp ipt
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; official said Tuesday.
Many victims were dragged
from their homes and shot at
close range, and others died in
the fire that gutted the densely
populated market area, witnesses
said.
The incident occurred Monday
in Handwara, an apple trading
town 50 miles from the JammuKashmir
state capital, Srinagar.
Atwater completes
radiation treatment
WASHINGTON ? Republican
National Committee Chairman
Lee Atwater has completed
radiation treatment for a brain tumor
and has appeared in public
several times recently, although
he still remains hospitalized,
RNC spokeswoman Leslie Goodman
said.
Atwater has been a patient at
George Washington University
Medical Center, since midAugust,
when doctors learned a
condition initially diagnosed in
March had worsened. He has left
the hospital several times to
spend time with his family.
Gasoline prices jump
4.2 cents per gallon
Prices on regular unleaded
self-serve gasoline has jumped
4.2 cents in South Carolina since
last week, according to a survey
of the AAA Carolina Motor
Club.
The survey covered 70 cities
in the Carolinas, 28 of which
\uprp in Cm.tU n ?
nviv ?? ouuiii Carolina, saio
Quentin Anderson, public relations
director for the club.
The last survey was done Sept.
25.
The average for regular unleaded
self-serve gasoline now
amounts to $1.28.6 cents per gallon,
he said. In North Carolina,
the price jumped 5.5 cents and
averages $1.35 per gallon.
The nationwide average as of
Tuesday was $1.34.6, Anderson
said.
In the Middle East forum story in
the Oct. 1 issue of The Gamecock,
GINT professor Shahrough
Ahkavi said "Pyrrhic victory,"
not "empiric victory." The
Gamecock regrets the error.
Compiled from wire reports
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crashes, killing 120
BEIJING ? A hijacked Chinese
jetliner crashed into two
other jets and exploded today after
landing at an airport in southeastern
China. An official report
said 120 people were killed and
53 seriously injured.
A Western survivor said there
was a struggle in the cockpit of
the hijacked Boeing 737 as it
landed at Canton's Baiyun International
Airport, causing the
plane to careen into an empty jet
and a Boeing 757 loaded with
passengers bound for Shanghai.
; Indian paratroopers
burn trading village
HANDWARA, India ? A
! paramilitary patrol responded to
a grenade attack by burning 400
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nuuses anu nnng on villagers,
killing at least 17 people and
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Ruth Weston, a worker at Gamecock Park
Teaching ass
By SHELLEY MAGEE
Staff Writer
A new legislation, which has been passed
by nine states, requires that all foreign college
instructors speaking English as a second
language must be able to prove themselves
fluent enough to communicate material
effectively to their students.
Those states include Missouri, Illinois,
Ohio, Florida, California, North Dakota,
Texas, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.
Student complaints about problems in
understanding foreign professors and teaching
assistants have become common in the
last ten years, during which foreign students
have become a large portion of the graduate
community. These troubles are not strange
to USC, where graduate students predominantly
teach lower level math and computer
courses.
New library
has pluses, n
By GORDON MANTLER
Staff Writer
A new student might think no- neODl
thing of the new numbering of library
levels ranging from mezzanine
to level one, but for many SyStei
upperclassmen the new floor into 1
labeling is causing confusion. Starte
"I've got lost a few times," numb
said Johnny Vo, a biology junior.
"After a month, I still have to
think about it."
Over the summer, the naming
of the library levels were dents d
changed to the current state after change,
a proposal by the new Dean of
Libraries Arthur Young. "I onl
The new order replaced the der the)
ground floor labeling with level elevator
live anu uic uumucns uecrease as an Engli
the floors go down. caused r
"We found some people were
confused with the old numbering Busii
system," Young said, "When you Moore s
went into the elevator and started but... it
going down, the numbers would Younj
go up. transitioi
"Another issue was a ground numberii
level that was not on the ground; year, mo
it was below ground," he said. "I to it.
think most tend to think of a
ground level as the lobby, which The ^
was not the case." eluded
Even though there have been cards, o
complaints concerning the new tem u$i
numbering system, many stu- COnfusioi
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distant proble
"I can rarely understand what the grad
student says in my computer lab," journal
ism sophomore Kevin Bush said, "and it's
hands-on material so I have to know what's
going on. I find myself tuning him out and
just reading the book."
USC standards require all foreign graduate
students to pass the Test of English as a
Foreign Language. This is a written examination
for minimum standards and does not
test verbal ability. The Test of Spoken English,
administered by the English Program
for International Students, is taken by graduate
students wishing to be teaching assistants
in addition to the TOEFL.
From the TSE, a recommendation is written
to the professor for whom the TA
wishes to work, and the student is rated on
a scale from one to six, six being the
fluency level of the average American stusystem
ainuses I e
found some
e were confused
he old numbering
m. When you went
the elevator and
d going down, the
ers would go up."
Arthur Young
Dean of Libraries
id not even notice the
y pay attention to the or'
(the floors) are in the
said Dena Verdesca,
ish sophomore. "It hasn't
ne any problems."
less sophomore Jim
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said this year is the
rial period for the new
ng system and, after a
st students will be used
loor number is not inon
any of the catalog HRVflBHI
r on the computer sysCAN,
so as not to cause A sign in th
n in locating materials. the floor levels
University
turns to pi;
to sport gr
I Recycling issue not
a factor in decision
1 By TIGE WATTS s
I Staff Writer
TTnivprsitv Dinincr'c cwitrh frr*m nQivr tr* E
1 plastic bags was based on having a Univer- a
sity Dining logo on the bag, a food services
official said. c
"Environmental reasons had some influence
in the decision, but it was not a major F
reason," said Ken Medendorp, senior food l'
services director of University Dining of ^
Marriott.
Initially, some USC students believed ^
University Dining was concerned and thus
switched bags for that reason, Medendorp
said. ^
What most students did not realize was P
that the most effective way a plastic bag
can be recycled is if it is brought to a recycling
center, said Harvey Lucas of the USC P
Recycling Office. ^
In addition to the University Dining logo,
there is a "Recycling" symbol on the bags. a
"A lot of grocery stores started printing s
ock those symbols just to ease the consumer's
conscience, but it's up to the individual to
ms result in lai
dent. It is suggested that in order to teach a
class, the TA should have a proficiency it
level of five or six. is
However, a professor can ignore the re- yi
commendation and put a TA in the class- si
room with a score of 2 or 3. te
EPIS holds no veto power over such decisions,
and there are TA's holding classes la
who appear not to have met the suggested th
requirements. m
Although legislation could stop this prob- te
lem, it may very well start another in the ta
process. There are a lack of American stu- sc
dents to teach classes in the colleges of
math and computer science. If the foreign th
students were forced out of teaching posi- ci
tions, it is possible those departments would cl
find themselves having to cut classes that h<
are very much -in demand, according to ~~
EPIS spokesperson Alexandra Krapels.
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Dining
astic bags
oup logo
ee that the bags get recycled," said Lucas,
. philosophy junior.
University Dining has provided no sepaate
recycling bin for the bags, Medendprp
aid. v
Lucas said the nearest recycling bin for
>lastic is at the Food Lion in Five Points,
nd added that even the paper bags had
imited recycling possibilities because they
ould not be mixed with newsprint.
"The root of the problem is both still delete
natural resources," he said. "Paper is
tie lesser of the two evils because it's
legradable."
Medendorp said University Dining buries
tieir waste, and a major benefit of plastic
ags is their light weight. A thousand paper
iags weighs twenty-nine pounds, whereas a
lousand plastic weighs less than thirteen
ounds.
The decision-making committee believed
ley would help relieve the environmental
roblems by cutting down on the amount of
lie waste, he said.
"We felt we could help the environment
nd contribute less to the waste amount by
witching to plastic. Our waste amount is a
See BAGS page 3
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"I honestly don't know if we could do
Krapels said. "We have not ignored the
sue at USC. We have had the tests for
sars. But to make a real difference, these
;udents must have intensified individual at.ntion.
We need more support."
Ohio State University, where the state
w exists, requires that the students pass
le Spoken Proficiency in English Asseslent
Kit exam, and pass a mock classroom
st that is videotaped, according to Assisint
Dean Jim Siddens of the graduate
:hool at Ohio State.
The Ohio State EPIS program evaluates
le tape and the student must score suffiently
on the exam before he can enter the
assroom as a teacher. For those who need
jlp there are required classes designed to
See INSTRUCTORS page 3
Health fair
to promote
awareness
By TIM KAUFMAN
Staff Writer
The fair has come to USC ?
not the one with cotton candy and
roller coaster rides but a fair with
everything from health screenings
to live exhibits of dangerous
wildlife.
It's the 1990 Fall Health Fair
Extravanganza, and its on the Russell
House Patio from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. today.
Sponsored by the Open Door
Health and Wellness programs, the
fair will feature 35-40 booths on
such topics as exercise, mental
health and nutrition.
It is being conducted to "create
awareness of campus resources"
and "promote healthy living and
I good decision-making as far as
health issues and safety" are concerned,
said Darlene Small, coordinator
of the Health Fair.
One portion of the fair will concern
free health screenings. Students
can be tested for problems
concerning vision, blood pressure,
body fat, anemia, stress and a variety
of other health concerns.
Coordinators hope student participation
will help to change their
lifestyle "towards healthier living,"
n said Small, a graduate student.
See HEALTH page 3