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Volume 84, No. 23
The Meeting of the Mi
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The President's Minority Panel
The group formed by Student F
meet to discuss minority issues,
late include Cockwheat and Horn*
System en
increased
From Staff Reports ?
The beginning of the 1991-92 |
academic year finds enrollment at (
USC's nine campuses up 3.1 per- ^
cent, with 41,759 students enrolled
compared to 40,499 in fall 1990.
Columbia campus enrollment
also showed a slight increase with
26,133 students compared to
25,613 this past year.
All campuses, except Coastal J
Carolina College, recorded student ~
increases. At Coastal, there was a
slight drop in enrollment? from ?
4,080 in 1990 to 3,983 this fall. *
USC?Spartanburg's enrollment
was up by 24 students to 3,525, ?
while USC-Aiken increased 4.8
percent to 3,108 students.
Among USC's regional cam- ?
puses, USC-Sumter grew by 28.6 ^
percent for a total of 1,620 students;
USC-Lancaster is up 5.6
percent to 1,039; USC-Beaufort in- n
creased 14.2 percent to 1,023; ^
USC-Salkehatchie is up 12.5 per- h
cent to 935 students; and USCUnion
grew by 6.8 percent to 393 ^
students.
Undergraduate enrollment on the e
Columbia campus remained steady f;
at 16,059, an increase of 42 stu- 7
In the World...
The United States and the
Union are ready to open talks to
ment President Bush's propo:
deep cuts in nuclear weapons
piles, the State Department annc
Tuesday.
The Bush administration would I
ing to discuss with the Soviets thei
osal that all nuclear weapons t<
the two nations be discontinue
officials said.
Russian czars' former hon
gained their old names Tuesday,
sidents seemed more concerns
empty food shelves than with I:
adieu to Leningrad.
The city's five million residents
in June to change back to St.
burg, and the Russian federat
Oct. 1 for the official Chang
Local leaders, who have been
the city St. Petersburg for weeks
was an arbitrary date and sch
no ceremonies Tuesday.
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Such hot minority topics of piac<
scorning. "I
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irollment |
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lents over 1990. USC maintained |?p
ts effort to enroll mostly South
Carolina students, with 82 percent
>f the undergraduate enrollment
>eing state residents. Fifteen percent
of the undergraduate students
>n the Columbia campus are black.
The 1991 freshman class regis- k
ered 2,619 students, including
>rovisional year students. Approxinately
50 percent of the entering
reshman class graduated in the top
15 percent of their high school
lass and have an average SAT of
43. Seventy?seven percent of
tie freshman class are South Carina
residents and 18 percent are
lack.
Provisional year students, whose
ombination of academic records
nd SAT scores are below average
ut who have college potential, are
dmitted for 30 semester hours of
cademic, non-remedial credit and
lust maintain a 2.0 to continue at
JSC. Historically, a higher percenige
of provisional year studnets
cturn for their sophomore year
lan do other freshman. y(
South Carolina Honors College ^
nrolled 144 new freshman this w
all, bringing its total enrollment to c26
students. [
In the Nation
Soviet Some 5,000 demo
imple- gry over California Gov
sal for veto of a gay-rights bill
stock- dows and spray-painted
unced Francisco's Civic Cent
took to the streets in th
be will- area, burning Wilson in ef
ir prop- No injuries were report*
ests by Monday. Seven protes
d. U.S. rested in Los Angeles, thi
ing a police officer and
ies offenses including vanda
but re- t0 disPerse' P?,ice saicl>d
with
bidding Another Senate D<
day endorsed Clarence
i voted nation to the Supreme
Peters- enhancing the black
ion set chances of winning Se
eover. tion to the nation's high*
calling Sen. Richard Shelby. I
. said it Democrat to support tl
eduled took the Senate floor t<
decision. *
mL
University of South Carolina
JSC vice p
[uray finalist ^
** George R
t Kent State X
vertised y
jORDON MANTLER Huray
stant News Editor position h
ml Huray, USC's vice provost for research, As vie
le of three finalists for the provost and vice three yea
ident for academics and student affairs posi- professor
at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. ment and
m very lnicresiea in a pruvosi position,
ly said. "And I was very impressed with the r
>le there (at Kent State)." worth a
rhe position there is a combination of two sa^- ^
tiree positions here," he said. "It's quite a elude on
notion." $1.3
uray was nominated for the provost position search P
lid-July by Ken Schwab, Centenary College million,
ident and USC's former executive vice jje is i
ident for administration. tendant 1
tie other finalists are Myron G. Henry, pro- college n
and vice president for Academic Affairs at coul(Tbe
Dominion University in Richmond, Virgiand
J. Ivan Legg, dean of the College of When
nee and Mathematics at Auburn University possil
uburn, Alabama. sponded,
uray, the first candidate to visit the campus, P?rt f?r
his family will go to Kent State Oct. 13. concern i<
decision on the position will be made by a Huray i
;h committee after all three candidates visit cji on q{
'ampus. dent's sci
uray said he did not know who would re- has testi
5 him if he got the Kent State job. Washingt
want to make sure there is a smooth transi- week,
here if I leave," he said. "These are won- Huray
If I is* Is n<z e fi
ruiun v/u?7if
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Eric Glenn/1
Maria Wilbanks, a sociology senior, draws money c
ouchmatic automatic teller machine. The machine sit
le Russell House with three other machines. A recer
ide poll found forty percent of college students use
ard.
i... In the State...
nstrators an- Education in South C
. Pete Wilson's hampered by poverty, sin(
smashed win- families and parents' educa
slogans at San Gov. Carroll Campbell said
er. Thousands a report on how the state m<
ie Los Angeles to national education goals.
figy- He said some of the states
5d in either city problems are due to shorta^
iters were ar- ca| areas that force teache
ree for assault- 0ut of their fields. Less than I
four for various Qf mathematics teachers ar
lism and failure cent of science teachers in !
olina have college majoi
teaching fields.
smocrat TuesThomas'
nomi- The Federal Election
! Court, further Sion has cleared Rep. Rol
conservative's D-S.C., and his campaig
nate confirma- charges they accepted and
>st court. illegal cash contributions c
>Ala., the 10th congressman's 1982 primar
he nomination. But six employees of Tallon's 1
5 announce his thing business were found (
legol campaign activity.
:o(
Wednesd
rovost mj
)ple here in South Carolina."
>rovost's position is being held by
oaupc in on interim ronapitv ofter Ar.
.w?vj Aii an iiiiv/iuii wupuvu;, uuvi i n
h was named president at the Univertah,
and the position has not been adet.
said he is also interested in the provost
icre.
:e president for research for the past
its, Huray has worked with other USC
s to receive grants from the governindustry.
e currently working on four grants ^
total of approximately $3 million," he
wo other grants being worked on in- I
e with the Department of Energy for I
lion and a Defense Advancement Re- J
toject Agency grant for up to $7.6 j
working with State Education Superin3arbara
Nielson on a statewide preaath
and science program. This grant
as much as $5 million. tw0 y(
to Wa:
asked if the loss of him could mean gef(
ble loss of research money, Huray re- Tenne:
"I am worried about the lack of sup- jje
education in South Carolina. My main Univei
s losing good racuity. partne;
is on President Bush's Advisory Coun- an^
imputing, and works with the presi- MUSC
ence advisor, Allan Bromley. Huray "I
fied at Congressional hearings in South
on eight times, including once last erythir
have b
worked at the White House full time ^on *n
Shuttle
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By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Bk Assistant News Editor
ML. After two meetings with C
stone and Columbia Hall reside
B the USC transportation departm
is considering rerouting a sn
portion of the new Carolina Shu
BK^^ system.
Coordinator for the Carol
B Shuttle, Derrick Huggins and 5
dent Vice President Shine Bix>
mnf \^/-vn/tmr t/% rl nm/l Ai >r
iiivt lYiwuuaj WJ utviut aiiu tvt
H ate what possible changes to c
sider after complaints from C
stone area residents the new roi
M T did not give shuttle access to
science department on campus.
A possible solution to the pr
S f. m lem, Huggins said, is to add an
m * 4 tra stop to the Red Route, wh
runs from the Carolina Colise
I to the Nursing Building. The n
stop would be at the corner of I
0 vine and Sumter streets.
JrJ "It's an idea we would like
00?- see happen," Huggins said.
Die Gamecock" With the new stop, Capstc
>ut of the area sU,dents can catch a shuttle
s outside ^ronl lhe Williams-Brice C
it nation- lege of Nursing and ride to i
an ATM Physical Science Center.
This week the transportation i
partment will weigh the pros z
arolina is ft?
^lie-parent "
tion levels. l?t|*fcjP> 2$p
Tuesday in How many si
easures up v~8^<*t two tot?l$ for sfude
education
jes in critics
tO work North II 677
)0 percent Carolina
id 60 perSouth
Car- Virginia |1 499
s in their
Georgia |
Commis- *. Ill
bin Tallon, New Jersey || 472
n staff of
laundered NewYork |i 354
jurmg the l|
y contest. g:
former clo- Pennsylvania |l 274
guilty of il- *
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ay, October 2, 1991
iy leave
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Paul Huray, Vice Provost for Research
iars before coming to USC and still flies
shington once a week.
3re that, he worked for the University of
ssee for twenty years.
also helped develop the South Carolina
rsities Research Education Foundation, a
rship between the Savannah River Site
3ur state universities, USC, Clemson,
! and S.C. State.
lought it was strange that the colleges in
Carolina competed with each other in evig,
not just football, " Huray said. "They
3 work together. We don't need competithe
research arena,"
considers
erouting
cons of the situation and make a
permanent decision next Monday
ap. after evaluating whether the shutnts
ties can handle the influx of new
students.
lall "Nothing is concrete," Huggins
Hie said. "We (first) want to see if the
bus can handle the load."
ina If the department decides the
;tu_ proposal can not be accommo0\cs
dated, an alternate plan will be
tlu. made.
on_ Huggins said they are also enterap.
taining the thought of lengthening
ites the running time of the shuttles unthe
til 5:15 p.m., instead of the current
times of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ob- The new times would go into efex
feet at the end of the month.
ich ,.
um The new schedule would be implemented
because more people
would be walking to their automobiles
in the dark after 4:30 p.m.
when daylight savings time goes
0 into effect.
>ne The added 45 minutes would
: in help add to the safety of those stuol
dents, Huggins said.,
the The Carolina Shuttle system was
changed earlier this semester to acde
commodate the new budget cuts
ind the department encountered.
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dd^iidre from where at USC Columbia?
nt distribution in the United States.
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