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Caucus president ,
to give free lecture
Harriett Woods, president
of the National Women's
Political Caucus, will give a
free public lecture at 4 p.m.
; Sept. 8 in the Gambrell Hall
auditorium.
"The Year of the Woman:
Do We Only Get One?" will
address recent political gains
made by women and the value
of continued support of
candidates for public office.
Woods, who served as
lieutenant governor of
Missouri from 1985 to 1989,
is credited with launching
the 1992 "Year of the
Woman" political campaign.
Since July 1991, she has led
the National Women's
Political Caucus, a non-partisan
grassroots membership
organization dedicated to
increasing the number of
women in elected and
appointed offices at all levels
of government.
Woods' lecture is sponsored
by USC's Office of
Women's Studies, the
Department of Government
and International Studies and
Women's Student Services.
For information about the
lecture, call 777-4007.
Midlands Tech
challenges USC
in Walktoberfest
The first step on the road
to a cure for the nation's
fourth leading cause of death
by disease, diabetes, was taken
by the Midlands Technical
College in a challenge
issued to USC over WALKTOBERFEST,
the American
Diabetes Association's signature
fundraising event, which
will take place at 8 a.m. Oct.
3 at Sidney Park.
In issuing the challenge,
Midlands Technical College
is saying tnat it can raise
more money and turn out
more walkers on event day
than USC.
WALKTOBERFEST is
comprised of a 10.5 mile
walk and a 2.5 mile walk
that covers the best of
Columbia. Walkers will
include corporate teams, fraternities
and sororities, peonip
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families, health care professionals
and the general public.
LEAD contii
Protection Agency issued the Lea<
and Copper Rule in 1991, whicl
required that all water systems con
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system exceeded the acceptabh
levels, the system had to take cor
rective steps.
Columbia exceeded the level ii
1992, putting it on the EPA's lis
of water offenders with an abovt
average percentage of lead. Wha
followed the testing was a three
phase plan to eventually clean uj
Columbia's water.
The plan consisted of a study o:
corrosion control by the system
source treatment, public educatior
and replacement of lead service
lines if other efforts failed tc
decrease lead levels.
Steve McAnally, a wastewatei
management expert and USC engineering
professor, is involved ir
the drinking water campaign.
Since the testinp has been mm.
pleted and pilot studies are going
on now, the Department of Health
and Environmental Control's final
report is all that remains to be
done.
However, the study won't be
completed for another two years.
McAnally said that even then the
government has the option of acting
or waiting for further studies.
According to McAnally, most ol
the lead in people's homes comes
from the corrosion of water in their
pipes. A simple filter can counter
most of the lead.
One plumber said that he
replaced the pipes in about 500
Columbia homes because of lead
content.
DHEC's policy is that the water
system "must replace lead service
lines if other treatment measures
fail to bring lead levels down to a
safe amount."
| Police pla
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By PETER SORENSON
Staff Writer
One of the utmost concerns on
any campus, especially in the fall,
is student safety.
USC is no different. The USC
police want students to know the
basic precautions to take as they
adjust to life on a large campus.
"The university can be enhanced
by the individual practicing of
good safety habits," Lt. Weaver
Grayson said.
He suggested some general oncampus
tips for students:
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a theft to occur, and if there is no
proof that the stolen item is yours,
nothing can be done;
Avoid shortcuts at night and on
weekends. The campus escort services
would be a safer alternative.
Just give the police a call.
. Two areas Grayson stressed were
awareness of bicycle theft and road
courtesy when bicycling?1 While
bicycle theft is not on the rise,
there are precautions that should be
taken in order to avoid such theft.
"It's an on-going thing, and it is
required that they do register it,"
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would be spending money on
people who were going to leave
anyway.
"We normally don't necessarily
know who is going to retire
and when, so this has turned out
to be a good planning tool for
us," she said.
Jamison said it was significant
that a majority of those retiring
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school year. Some of the professors
retiring will also return as
adjunct faculty to teach a few
classes for lower pay. This will
enable colleges to maintain the
skill and wisdom that might
have been lost with the professors'
departure.
Keith E. Davis, interim dean
of the Humanities and Social
sciences saia, n uiis is nanaiea
properly, it will be a benefit to
the college and the department
because it will allow the professors
to teach a couple of classes
and to write or travel or do what
they like."
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1 "(We) don't actually have people
1 replace lines because of lead," said
a Columbia Sewer and Drainage
secretary, but the plastic replace.
ment line used costs $2 per foot.
"If lead is coming from the
i pipes," McAnally said, "it is the
1 homemaker's problem."
McAnally said the new law is
only intended to replace pipes at
} the source, which means the pipes
in the immediate area of the water
f plant.
'There's not enough lead in the
J water to cause a big stir over it,"
' said Bobby Franklin, a plumber.
He said residents don't usually call
him about lead in their water. He
recommended water filters for
1 homeowners with high lead levels.
DHEC recommends that people
, with dangerous lead levels:
J n Flush each tap before using
1 water for drinking, cooking or
making baby formula;
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remove loose soiaer ana aeons
from the plumbing materials
installed in newly constructed
homes or homes where plumbing
has recently been replaced;
Identify and replace lead materials
with lead-free ones;
Determine whether the service
line that connects your home or
apartment to the water main is
made of lead;
Have an electrician check your
wiring.
"It's not a lot of lead in the
water," said John Hopkins, a
plumber. "It's a lot of lead in the
pipes."
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t safety
Grayson said. "It doesn't cost anything
to register a bike. It's free."
Bicycles should be registered at
the Department of Parking and
Vehicle Registration.
Grayson stressed road courtesy,
"You should be watchful of other
vehicles, cars and pedestrians, concerned
with their safety as well as
your own. Have a light at night. A
light is required."
The USC police department is
concerned with student safety,
which is evidenced through programs
such as vehicle patrols, cops,
cops on bikes and educational lectures.
If an organization wants a safety
lecture, the police will be happy to
coordinate it, Grayson said.
Police also recommend Project
ID for keeping belongings safe.
The police will label all of a student's
belongings with the student's
name, a measure to avoid
theft.
The easiest way to keep yourself
and your property safe, is to follow
the police's safety logan: "USC . . .
Use Sense and Caution."
Catholic sti
By College Press Service
It might have been a Catholic Wood
terms of the numbers of young peoj
thronged to Denver in August to catch a
of Pope John Paul II and to share a sort
tual free love.
But most participants in World Yoi
1993, a biennial gathering of Catholi
from around the world, generally ignore)
er '60s mandate to question authority.
Most of the 186,000 participants e>
satisfaction with the church's teachings
issues such as abortion that cause con
among U.S. Catholics, according to 1
polls.
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like that, and it should stay like that," he
But Kristina Kerscher, a graduate sti
theology at the University of Dayton i
disagrees.
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refusing to ordain women," she saic
church is overlooking the gifts that at k
its members could bring to the priesthoo<
Official World Youth Day events
clear of such controversy. In various s
young Catholics talked about their faitJ
bishops and cardinals speak on prayer an
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