Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jack Dunn Editor in Chief C. E. Holman Managing/Viewpoints Editor Carson Henderson Copy Desk Chief Ann Winchell News Editor Desaree Hollins Carolina! Editor Andy Borgert Sports Editor Sean McGuinness Graphics Editor Eric Glenn Photo Editor Keith Jones Darkroom Technician Paul Jon Cartoonist 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 of the University of 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. TVio v-rl nf Qln/Hont PiiKllr?a_ tions 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 College By SVETO POSTIC and ANN WIN Staff Writers A number of faculty from two US are considering leaving the university next few years unless there are some the budget situation, said the colleges' Keith Davis, interim dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences, saic bers of his college are already leaving ering leaving because of a combinatioi such as lack of pay raises, and cutbac areas, which are necessary to the gr< academic community. Davis said three professors have accepted positions in other schools, six have /jjt received offers but \ haven't made decisions i:^4 ?~4 yet, and another 20 are taking the opportunity A i to look elsewhere. The / rest have retired and gMamMg* will not be replaced. "The tide of people who are looking is BMkIIIi growing," Davis said. ^ Don Greiner, Carolina professor of Eng- Bell founc lish, said more and Texas as more teachers are pay- arts and sc ing attention to professional job lists, like the Modern Association. Davis said it is easy for faculty to m have a good reputation. Teachers who are close to retirem most vulnerable, Davis said. Nora Bell, philosophy professor an< center director, found a job in Texas arts and sciences. She said she has al approached by colleagues offering he vices when she becomes able to hire. A university's reputation takes yeaj Health cen By KRISTIN BEARNARTH Staff Writer The USC Thomson Health Center offers AIDS testing as other liAiifOifar r>A?ni</iA <n UW, HUWtVW Ult 5C1V1CC 15 not free or anonymous. The cost at USC is $10, and students are notified of the results in two weeks. James Turner, USC's health center director said the results are somewhat confidential, even though S.C. law mandates a name be attached. Only the names of the students with positive test results are sent to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, but the names are not published. DHEC only contacts the patient to get information, Turner said. "The results are treated with extreme confidence. I don't even see them," he said. At Ohio State University, for example, students are identified by a random number, and no medical records are generated, said Ted Grace, OSU's student s expec CHELL and when you lose son of time to gain back th C colleges ^ love ^is univers within the professors leave, it w changes in back it s reputation," s deans. Many in the human College of a mistake in accepting 1 40 mem- Amittai Aviram, ar or consid- sor, agreed. He said 1 [i of things, private discussions am ks in other Susie VanHuss, int< 3wth of an Business Administrai several faculty in th international busines Band marketing area this year, and one-ha] of the rest have a opportunity to leave. VanHuss said she i optimistic that no on else will leave thi year, but next yea they will, unless ther are pay raises. Kl^^l boring states have bee "?ra Rpll giving pay raises thi year, and that makes u 1 a job in vulnerable," VanHus dean of said. iences. She said the facult is not only concerne Language about the lack of pa raises. iove if they VanHuss said travc resources, which play ent are the and reputation of any: The business school's i Bioethics of development, and t as dean of a better job of placenu reauy ocen ureiner aiiu uic ua r their ser- the situation is not the tion, because it has rs to build, Honors college and th< ter tests h health center director. "By keeping it in the health cen ter, where a variety of services are it's much more confidential. High risk students should feel more com fortable to come in and be tested, he said. OSU's testing is funded by a pri vate charity foundation in thei community. Grace said he is afraid there wil hp a dramarir increase in the num ber of students with AIDS becaus the numbers have the potential t< grow rapidly. A national study by the Cente for Disease Control two years agi found that about one out of ever 500 college students is infected witJ HIV, the disease that causes AIDS At OSU, college health official estimate the rate may be as high a one student in 200, compared to general population rate of one i; 250. Turner estimates that betweei 400 to 500 USC students have beei tested and that there are 50 to 5; HIV-positive students. Only sevei :t to lose ne key people, it takes a lot Palms sai e reputation, Bell said. meeting tha ?ity, and I fear if all these USC that a /ill take 25 years to build plishments i ;he said. with state si ities college feel they made budget cuts jobs at USC, Greiner said. said, i associate English profes- Greiner a; te hears the same thing in ing under G< iong the faculty. of things de> irim dean of the College of "The bott tion, said her college lost has a lot of e tion," said G s r |j Palms sai S cione lheir J If taken long, n J deal with fyE*# Committee': S ma^e critica s while effort A|. of trustees. jpfRk Palms ma H study devek I the next five J back could s Don Greiner with legisiat 1 r- -j pay raise.' ?r2nt m.any The boarc in the humamhes Car, So|o d mad<f a mistaken ? *<= T y accepting jobs a. :1 course, but j a large part in the vitality to have the school, have been cut back. Palms idea technology is in sore need working for hey need resources that do v0*e 'n ^avc ;nt for students, she said. nizes the imj tns of both colleges agreed If the le fault of USC's administra- strongest sc continued to support the Clemson, tb 2 library system. most, it wou ~ ^ A TT^P 1 , >r dui or eight have been diagnosed with - AIDS. ;, But he thinks a lot of students go - to their family doctors to be tested. In 1981, when the first reports of AIDS appeared, most of today's college students were in elementary school and not yet concerned about r a disease that has since infected 289,320 people in the United States ^ alone, said a volunteer from the " National Center for Disease Control e Information. 0 "A lot of teenagers became HIVinfected when they were in high r school and may not know it until 0 they are in their 30s or until they are ^ stricken wan iney won t know unless they are tested," the s volunteer said. s "Some students come in for a AIDS testing, but the biggest conn cem here is the many cases of other sexually transmitted diseases, which n are on the rise," said Cicely Jenkins, n director of nursing at the Thomson 5 Health Center. a Mike Barnette, a marine science faculty d at the Thursday board of trustees t there used to be a "brightness" at lme from the extraordinary accomn the last 15 to 20 years. But now, innort dwindlino the "olooin" nf the is overcoming the brightness, he greed and said the system was build3v. Dick Riley, and there was a sense /eloping then. om line is that the S.C. Legislature rhetoric, but they don't value educaIreiner. d at the meeting that the faculty has ob to help the budget situation and hard looks at their departments to cuts and satisfy the Future > requirements, and they have had to 1 adjustments just to keep afloat, iceep our faculty is the most worthwe can make," Palms told the board de a plea to the board to allow him to jpments in the budget situation over : monins 10 see wneiner a luiuon ronbe managed he promised to work ors next year to bring about a faculty I accepted Palms' suggestion, mon, student body president, attending and praised Palms and the board >rts. ;nt really wants a tuition increase, of student government feels we deserve 5 best faculty possible. I support of considering a tuition rollback, and faculty pay raises. And the board's >r, deserves credit because it recogportance of these issues," he said, gislature would focus aid on the :hools in South Carolina, USC and le schools that are being raided the ldn't be expensive, Davis said. t at a price senior, said he thinks students should have easy access to AIDS testing. He said some of his friends are haphazard in their sex lives, and he hates to see anything bad happen to them. Free AIDS testing is available at the Richland County Health Department and all county health departments in the state. For more AIDS information, call the S.C. AIDS hodine at 1-800-322 2437 or the national hotline at 1 800-342-2437. The Columbia information line is 779-7257. HIV/AIDS Infection Rates ? . iW! . uenerai j av*i ^onege Population / 1 Population in in 250 ^TVT 500 M