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Jack Dunn Editor in Chief C. E. Holman Managing/Viewpoints Editor Jay King Copy Desk Chief/Photo Editor Ann Winchell VT T?J!A news rAiuur Desaree Hollins Carolina! Editor Andy Borgert Sports Editor sean Mcuuinness Graphics Editor Keith Jones Darkroom Technician Paul Jon Cartoonist Jim McKellar Student Media Coordinator Laura Day Production Manager Jim Green Assistant Production Manager Shannon Wadford Production Assistant Renee Gibson Advertising Manager Erik Collins Faculty Advisor The Gamecock is the student newspaper or tne university or South Carolina and is published weekly during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. lhe Board or student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of The Gamecock. The Gamecock is a registered student organization of the University of South Carolina and is partially funded by student activities fees. The Gamecock P.O.BOX 85131 University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 NEWSROOM 777-7726 ADVERTISING 777-4249 Travel pinch. By WILL MOREDOCK Staff Writer When Kent Sidel spent a week Washington, D.C., three weeks ago, I was all business. The USC College of Journalism an Communications professor went to th tal city to chair a panel on the role c media in international development at ference of the International Communi Association. Ana wnen me wonting w was over, Sidel had paid $650 out-of expenses. Most colleges and universities would have "It S p been happy to pick up r r the tab a few years ago, considering it an invest- of US' ment in their reputation. "Most universities are in similar situa- prOITT. tions...the unusual situa- tfclVeli tion is where a school wouldn't have the problem," said Earl Black, USC's GINT depart- lJ( ment head. Ten years ago, USC would have paid Sidel's bill. But with budget cuts, which are fall rain on the University of South Caroli academic areas will go untouched. And for faculty, travel expenses pre be pinched even tighter in the futui recent Gamecock telephone survey o department beads of USC colleg respondents said their departments h; to reduce travel funds. National conferences are where ac people get together to be on the cuttir get the name of the school out, and hi ticipants stay abreast in their field; John Montgomery, USC Law School ( "We are a research university and one of the ways our people can sha they have learned with others," said Ishler, education college dean. Campus recyc By DEREK McKISSOCK Staff Writer Recycling may seem to be an omnipresent word in today's society, but employees of the USC Recycling Office are having a difficult time getting their message about its importance heard. Beth McKay, Recycling Office employee and interdisciplinary studies senior, stresses that recycling is critically important because of the dwindling amounts of land for use as garbage dumps. Scientists estimate that about 86 percent of the 7,600 landfill sites in the United States have contaminated groundwater, McKay said. She also believes recycling will save money and valuable natural resources. She estimates that Americans throw away 11 billion tons of garbage annually, consisting iffects USC viti In the Business Administra the travel budget of various de] end in probably take a harder hit than the trip faculty support, said Janice D< tant dean for finance, d Mass "You still have to buy pap e capi- still have to buy paper. You sti >f mass the phone bill, "but travel a con- DeLozier said, cations Travel for junior faculty mei eekend than a weekend out of town; it -pocket dtentin building careers, DeLo; "One ol with lack rpttv imnossiblp travel is :ulty to meet all C's scholarship ciPate in r . sional org: a for tenure or reaiiya'c otion without said, me" Jean ' LAlo* tenure an committee Jean Wood ^(Z Tenure 3nd Promotion "It's di Committee chairwoman ,. c * ble for fa all of USC criteria f ing like promotion without traveling," na, few colleges expect faculty to expr petence in their field by publi >mise to grant money, and presenting i re. In a meetings." f many "I've overheard junior fac ;es, all say they attended more confere ave had ate students than they have sin the faculty," Sidel said. :ademic University-funded travel ha ig edge, been viewed as a job benefit sip par- noted for its pay, Sidel said. 5, said 1 100K at iacuuy iravei as lean. die low pay bearable...it keej I this is down," he said, re what "It's even harder to maintair Richard face of no pay increases, and n Sidel said. ling program n< mostly of paper, glass, plastic and n metal, all of which are recyclable. v McKay and her co-workers said v the program offers benefits to this c campus, but the key problems n might be the lack of visibility of collection sites and student commit- b ment. d "There's a great demand for recycling. People really want to ^ have it available to them, but, R unfortunately, most people aren't n willing to take the time to see it ^ happen. Students want somebody else to do it for them," says McKay. Craig Walkinshaw, a computer ** science senior, says he has heard of the recycling group but has not seen & much evidence of it around campus. a "Students are generally aware but a don't really care that much," v Walkinshaw said. c Kathryn Cody, a sociology t< senior, said she had not heard of the si ality Farrak ition College, black s partments will other areas of By DESAREE H ;Lozier, assis- Carolina! Editor Minister Louis er clips. You Islam since m have to pay Monday night to s can be cut, jearn t0 t white govemmenl mbers is more His lecture als is a key ingre- said that one can; zier said. himself. : the problems Farrakhan stre of money for relate to each oth that teachers audience that one promotion and how to respect ea til they parti- taught how to loc their profes- centuries, anizations. It's Before speal :atch-22,'" she "deathbed," the u a point to set the Wood, USC their misinterprets id promotion Jewish communit : chairwoman, He said the pre ge of Nursing 'n8 down in his imber, agrees. Jewish communit "etty impossi- Judaism a "gutter culty to meet 8*ze- ^ have no rt "s scholarship wrongor tenure or Although he s she said. "The whites Perceive 1 ess their com- presenting a nega ishing, getting "e told the at* I . , out of context to it professional . . . . , . hate-teacher for b . sor, the "Honora ulty members shou|d M ncesasgradu- a for ce they joined Farrakhan cite( tion as a warning iS traditionally "Piftu.fnnr n? A AAAJ |/VI in a field not not t^s js a sig not voting they a oil that makes fied with the lead )S the friction "President CI blacks," Farrakha 1 morale in the He continued ow no travel," dash their hopes, lead to greater vie seds student c ^cycling group. She thinks students nil respond only if it is made conenient. She also expressed a conern that the recycling movement light turn out to be a passing fad. McKay said the problem of visiility and convenience is perhaps ue to the absence of a centrally icated collection site. Although lere are two bins on campus, the '#>r-vr1ino Offirp hnnp? tr> finrl a lore central location for their new in donated by Wal-Mart, she said. Another problem for their office > the lack of volunteers to pick up tie contents of the bins, McKay aid. With a crew of only three from campus that has 26,000, the odds re against the program working ery well. The office is looking for oncemed students who are willing a help them extend their service, he said. han preaches ?elf-reliance OLLINS Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of 5, visited the Carolina Coliseum >pread its message that blacks should lpon each other and not rely on the io focused on black self-worth and not love others if one does not love ssed the importance of how bracks ier. He told the predominately black of the main reasons they doii't know ch other is because blacks were only )k up and "bow down" to whites for ting of how America is on her ncompromising Islamic leader made fart? strnioht with thp nrp?<i nhnnt ition of his recent encounter with the yjss made it appear that he was backaggression by apologizing to the y for a reported comment in calling religion" in 1984. "I did not apolojason to apologize if I didn't do anytated he was not interested in how rim, Farrakhan accused the press of live image of him to blacks, lience the press would take his words make him appear as an anti-Semitic lacking the teachings of his predecesble" Elijah Mohammad, that blacks d on integrating with the white soci piUglC!>5>. 1 the voting statistic in the 1992 electo the American government, rcent of people eligible to vote did n. When you have that many people ire telling you that they are dissatisers of this country." linton has raised a lot of hope in n said. to say that if Clinton continues to blacks will be in despair which will )lence than there is today. ommitment RIElCiyiCILUlNIGI SfflTlFRI ALUMINUM BA Parking Lot Humanities Class Gambrell Welsh Humanities Leconte Physical Science Nursing Canteen Cunell Calcott N WSPAP?P Burney Wade Hampton Snowden Columbia Hall Simons Capstone Patterson Residence Halls Preston Baker Douglas Bates West CARDBOARD Behind the Russell House