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Department of Biological Services,
to present him with a packet containing
alternatives to using
animals.
After an hour-long meeting, Sawyer
promised he would present
them to the faculty and make sure
they are awa.e of alternatives, but
he didn't rule out the continued
use of animals.
"Our best approach in teaching
anatomy is to do dissections; that's
our belief. We've tried transparencies,
just doing microscope work
and without viewing the tissue.
You just don't learn it," Sawyer
said.
However, he said that no student
majoring in the biological sciences
has to take a dissection laboratory
in order to graduate.
"I do not believe there's any
professor that would mandate that
a laboratory exercise be taken
against the wishes of the student.
If I found that to be the case I
would certainly overrule that," Sawyer
said.
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Wertz said.
Pete Denton, vice president of
Business and Finance, said another
reason for the increase is to install
air conditioning in McClintock,
Sims, and Preston within the next
three years.
Vice President of Student Affairs
Dennis Pruitt said increasing
health fees will change the direction
of the health center.
"We are going to move away
from nighttime service, where we
have two or three clients a night,
and we're expanding our Women's
Care Clinic," Pruitt said. i
"We're also going to improve i
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Part of Frisch's objection to dissection
is that it "desensitizes students.
In other words, they become
more cold and uncaring. If they
start treating animals like that, after
so many years they're going to
start treating human beings like
that," she said.
Sawyer said an experience such
as the one that lead to the student's
alleged withdrawl might be useful
to someone in the nursing profession
who would have, to stir.k a
needle in the heart of someone
having a heart attack in order to
give them an adrenaline shot.
Another objection Frisch has is
that some of the animals are
treated cruelly before being killed.
Carolina Biological Supply Company,
the main supplier of deceased
animals for USC, is currently
under investigation by the
United States Department of Agriculture,
according to People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Daniel Mason, a spokesman for
PETA said the organization had an
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have for our students. Right now,
we have an insurance plan that if a
student needed to be taken to the
hospital by ambulance, the first
$500 are covered," Pruitt said.
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will cover illnesses like strep
throat, mono, the flu, and fevers
when the center is closed. The
total cost will raise $30,000.
The increased funds will help
provide an emergency medical
technician on duty when the center
is closed to provide quick first aid.
There is also a movement |o upgrade
information management and
operational efficiency with
computers.
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undercover investigator in CBSC's
organization in Alamance, N.C.
The investigator, who wished to
remain anonymous, said that she
took pictures and shot video of incidences
at the plant, which included
animals being brought in
"12 or 15 at a time in cages designed
for transporting only one
animal at a time."
"So many animals were placed
into the carbon monoxide chamber
at one time that they could not get
enough gas or gas quickly enough
to always die. So, many of them
when they're taken out of the
chamber are still alive and I saw
many animals still struggling as
they were being embalmed," she
said.
Sawyer said if the USDA's investigation
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Sawyer added that that CBSC's
license would be revoked if the allegations
were proven, so USC
would have no choice in the
matter.
Franklyn Bolander, director of
the graduate studies program in
biology at USC, said he didn't
think the use of live animals in research
would ever be completely
eliminated.
There are simply too many diseases
that involve entire animals or
entire organ systems that require
animals to study, Bolander said.
Bolander also said the use of
computers to simulate cell activity
will work in some instances but
not in others.
"Some of the alternatives are
things like cell cultures," Bolander
said, "But the problem if you're
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Interim President Arthur Smith
said the price increases were
inevitable.
"It's important to maintain the
quality of life for students in both
housing and health services. With
all things subject to inflation, I
think we are doing fine with these
proposals," Smith said.
"Even if you add the price increases
from the last two years, it
would be less than the inflation
rate. The student is not losing out
We are keeping the quality in tact
with minimal costs," Smith said.
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both negative and positive events
that have taken place on this campus
and others in regards to
racism.
The words "Vote white. Don't
let the 15 percent minority rule,"
were scrawled on the Pickens
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Government elections in March,
Brockington said.
However, he was quick to note
several positive steps that have
been taken recently to combat racism.
He cited this past weekend's
conference on college racism, the
formation of an ad hoc committee
on race relations, the inplementation
of Students Enriching and
Empowering for Diversity and a
soon-to-be-completed policy on racial
harassment.
"Let's be happy that our university,
The USC, is one of the forerunners
in this inclusive struggle,"
Brockington said.
Student Government Vice President
Todd Weiss said, "We still
have an underlying current that
makes us segregate into separate
groups. But we can integrate culSenate
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nance bill with the revised percentage
allocations of Student Activities
Fees for the 1991-1992 fiscal
year.
The percentages were as follows:
administrative fee, 10 per
oeni; siuaeni government, /./ percent;
student media, 15.5 percent;
sports clubs, 4.75 percent; undergraduate
organizations, 12.3 percent;
Carolina Program Union,
19.75 percent; Student Support
Services, 24.4 percent; graduate
organizations, 2.0 percent; law
school organizations, 2.6 percent;
and medical school organizations,
1 percent.
The third bill was a response to
the raise in parking violation fines
in January. Sen. Shannon Baxter
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tural diversity into our own society
if we admit to each other that there
at least exists a problem. We can
come together. We will
overcome."
Student Government President
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two specific course of action he
would like to see the university
take in response to racism.
"I think we need more AfricanAmericans
and other minorities
represented on our faculty and
staff to create a better understanding
of cultures as well as understanding
of cultures as well as race
relations on our campus," he said.
"We also need to have required
courses on diverse cultures and
their histories."
Interim President Arthur Smith
closed the rally by saying, "Diversity,
cultural harmony, race relations.
These issues cut to the very
heart of the university's purpose.
The students are strongly positioned
to put racism to an end. I
congratulate all of you on gathering
today to help remind us of
what it takes to improve race
relations."
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introduced the bill, which insisted
the board of trustees insure that
student output would be taken into
account in any future actions that
affected the majority of the student
population.
The bill had originally said
"calls upon the board of trustees to
insure ..." but Sen. Shine Brooks
disagreed with the wording.
"I am extremely mad about this
(tne increasing fines)," Brooks
said. '"Calls upon' is too weak.
We should use demands or
insists."
After a few word changes, the
resolution passed unanimously. "A
lot of students were very upset,"
Weiss said. "It is a way to voice
their opinion."
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