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Olympic official By JIMMY DeBUTTS v Senior Writer nf An official representing the 1996 Olympic Games was the guest speaker Wednesday at an awards ceremony for journalism scholarship winners in Rutledge Chapel. Retired Army Col. Rick Kiernan, nress director for the Atlanta Com mittee for the Olympic Games, is a former USC graduate student. He said work in today's society is not fully appreciated. He added that persistence is not generally recogni2ed. "We come from an era where people want instant gratification," Kiernan said. He spoke about the importance of reputation in mass communications - prior to the individual scholarship 4 Minority stuck | By College Press Service NEW ORLEANS ? Students of color are much more likely than whites to study with, dine with and date stut . _ r _ i aenis irom ainerent racial or etnnic groups, according to a University of Michigan study that paints the first national portrait of social integration on American college campuses. The survey also showed that students who are Asian American or Mexican American are more likely than I blacks to eat, study and date people from other racial and ethnic groups. Researchers say the findings con| tradict recendy voiced concerns that {minorities are practicing self-segregation in greater numbers on college campuses. "In fact, students of color are crossing ethnic-racial lines the most, while wnuc Muucnis seem 10 dc segregating themselves," said Sylvia Hurtado, assistant professor of education at the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Hurtado conducted the study with Assistant Professor Eric Day and Jesus Trevino, assistant dean at Arizona | State University. Minority students also are more likely than whites to feel excluded from activities because of their racial or ethnic identity and are more likely to report racial insults or threats made by faculty or fellow students. Hurtado presented the study April 5 at the annual meeting of the AmerjrW( I H I I H r~fl I I I r~| 111 I a m 7'S f JH '? $ Jg jfl^B H# 9 ^BC-; Ma^M i w ^H|V j |v ? j^B J EK J1W IHMr Jj I I Ev iHkJ^ Iffi/Bi / Ji mbhh|BB H WV WWW fl Y p llMIMBlM^""f"-1limiilM I?^ ** t IPSSrV JF-* ^"IfilWMI ? ' TsX^ - , "' :;- ?%' ' ' gT"' ^^ Hfe$#yp^ w? : m I speaks to joum winners being recognized. "Your value system needs to be based on integrity and competence," he said. Kiernan said there are two characteristics he looks for in the field of mass communications: the abilities to communicate and get along with others He said the 1996 Olympics will be the largest peace-time event in the 20th century. More than 10,000 athletes will compete in the 100-year anniversary of the Games. He said he sees a parallel between the Olympians and scholars. "They are both champions, dedicated and discipline," Kiernan said. He said journalists should not feel trapped in their fields of specialization. "Reject stagnation," he said. "Don't 1 i 1 :ma mure ulivci "In fact, students of color are crossing ethnic-racial lines the most, while white students seem to be segregating themselves." Sylvia Hurtado Assistant education professor University of Michigan ican Educational Research Association. It was based on a sample of 6,000 college students at 390 schools who were surveyed in 1987 and questioned again in 1991. Among the key findings: Ahonf 6Q nprrent of Asian-Ameriran students and 78 percent of MexicanAmerican students (other Hispanic groups were not included in the study) reported frequently dining with someone of a different racial or ethnic group, with 60 percent and 72 percent, respectively, reporting they often studied with someone of a different group. ABout 55 percent of African-American students said they frequently dined with members of other groups, and 49 percent said they frequently studied with members of other groups. Only 21 percent of white students frequently dined and 15 percent frequently studied with someone from a different group. The numbers in all categories drop JSC-I B k X 9K jUaMBM&WM |p*^5 KMHE^I 1!?^ laSWt *Mr- *WmfsA! &* iffifm ?Jj22S9fi53SSSI HMI Adventure with a twist... and a mjm couple of leaps forward. Put anot ! M experience unlike anything you'v Turn up the decibels... crank u{ ^FIRST QUEST , the new Interacts &flk FIRST QUEST" Audio CO Game: |HB The Introduction to Role-Playing Ga W&S& Features over 60 minutes of digital!1 HHr - sojnc tracks DUNGEON MAS' books, player ca lalism students be imprisoned by fixed things. Keep learning and growing. Your power is your intellect." Kiernan said journalists should not become complacent. "You are only as good as your last news release," he said. "This is how you gain credibility." Kiernan said just as athletes use what is taught to them by their coaches, the skills learned at the Coliseum will be with the students throughout their lives. Kiernan said journalists should follow the Olympic motto of "swifter, higher and stronger." He said journalists have to know the difference between risk and gamble. "With a risk, you can recover," he said. "With a gamble, you can lose everything." y to integrate when it comes to dating. About 42 percent of Asian Americans reported they had dated someone outside their own racial or ethnic group, compared with about 24 percent of Mexican Americans, 13 percent of African Americans and 4 percent of whites. Hurtado and her colleagues also analyzed the incidence of exclusion or harassment based on racial or ethnic identity. About 53 percent of AfricanAmerican students felt excluded from school activities because of their race, compared with about 24 percent of Asian Americans, 16 percent of Mexican Americans and 6 percent of whites. At the same time, only 19 percent of white students said they have over- | heard faculty members make inappropriate remarks about minorities, compared with 51 percent of African Americans and 31 percent of Asian Americans. About 32 percent of African Americans and 30 percent of Asian Americans said they had been insulted or threatened by other students, compared with 10 percent of Mexican Americans and 9 percent of whites. Hurtado said the findings call into question claims of "reverse discrimination" raised by white students. "While it's true that students of color are much more likely than whites to face such hostilities on campus," she said, "these negative experiences do not appear to lead to less frequent cross-race interaction." jgj I I I E Hk \ I \ m m i the adventure! re Audio CD adventure game. te trademarks I J C. |k.-' JBf M W ' Wr" fp 'J|M| 1 Q * <7*1 1 . w| SH| 1 mZZ^H m ? VI S ?fl ~ swh* jhh raPPS? turn, plus a her way - a new e heard before! Study finds not necessj From staff reports Child neglect, a larger and less understood problem than child abuse, is usually not the result of uncaring parents but of a complex array of circumstances, according to two reTTC/~ ^aiuivio ai UJV>. "Most negleaors are not 'bad' people," said Lois Abramczyk, director of the Center for Child and Family Studies in the College of Social Work. "They want good things for their children and know they are not providing for them as they would like. Parents cited for neglect are apt to be poor, but also have other problems, including difficulty using resources effectively." With two grants totalling $800,000 and scores of interviews with parents in the Midlands, Abramczyk and researcher Kathleen Paget are completing research on neglect as seen through the eyes of caretakers and their children. The study is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. They have been comparing Richland County families identified by the S.C. Department of Social Services as neglectful with families who are not. Sixty-six local families are included in the study. None are abusive. While neglect occurs among families at all economic levels, the poor are most vulnerable, the research team said. Abramczyk and Paget define neglect as the omission of necessary parenting behaviors, including the failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical attention, & * & Sum AND THE 4k- 4k- 4k- 4k. : ry\ /yv sy\ ...and the Gam Join the Gan inform the Ca days of sum Wednesday, Ms in Russell Hous time, and you'l R3I Fvin Or Tur Vr Vfl JL liLi A l_i Laugh with us at 1 at7:3C Gu CPU This program paid for in f carolina mtoofcam wow disabilities please contact ; neglectful irily 'bad p supervision or healthy interactior with their children. To find out why poverty con tributes to neglect in some cases anc not in others, the researchers havt spent four years studying the familie; through intensive interviews and ; battery of psychological tests. Preliminary data show that the heads of neglectful families have low er self-esteem and a lower sense o control, they said. Early studies also show that fami line TtrK/\ 1 f*n o ' rt nnl n/^t Ai 1 o VV11U div.ll t IIV.5IV.V.LIUI diV. UlVSlV likely to include a nurturing grand parent or neighbor to help out witf the stresses of child-rearing. Having these types of role, models of gooc judgment seems to improve parent ing skills, Abramczyk said. Location can also contribute to ne gleet, Abramczyk said. "Living in isolated, rural settings 01 in dangerous neighborhoods make! it difficult for parents to develop sim pie but important links with a helpfu friend or relative who can help maki the difference between neglect ant proper child care," she said. Though the groups studied wen equally poor, the families accused o neglect had a more difficult time man aging money and resources and wen more pessimistic about their financia uuuuuk, nui auiizyii. )<uu. The groups, however, were equal ly concerned about being gooc providers and good parents. "What we found across the boarc was that these parents really wante< a better life and better opportunitie *k _>sk sk ^ 7^ yf^r y^ y\ LIVING * ^ ^ ^ tecock will be rep lecock summer s rolina Communil imer. Attend a mi ly 27 at 4:30 p.i >e Room 321. Yoi 1 get great experi word for it! ar Rat Race G( uesday Night Live, ' ) pm in the Golden S ?ST COW&JN 'art by student activity fees. People need the Carolina Program Union at least 48 1 i parents leople' t for their children," Abramczyk said. "They viewed nurturing, morality, providing for their children and edu* cation as very important. They want: ed to be good parents. They just 5 weren't always able to make that hap1 pen. As part of their research, Abramczyk and Paget also studied families previf ously identified by DSS as neglectful but no longer in neglect status. Those . families, the researchers found, coni tinue to have difficulty being effective - parents. * "We really didn't know what to ex' pect of the families formerly identi* fied as neglectful," Abramczyk said. "Our study showed that they continued to be very vulnerable and could benefit from further intervention and r follow-up services. 5 In the last leg of their research, . Abramczyk and Paget are interview1 ing children of the families in tHe i study to find out how they view theifr1 selves and their parents. "Very little research has been dofle - on neglect from a child's point bf * view, and we're interested to see how their lives,, perceptions and achievej ments are affected by neglecti" Abramczyk said The researchers already have prej sented preliminary results at professional conferences. Abramczyk arid J Paget want to use their results to imi prove services for neglectful and at s risk families. * IS EASY / jxk. jsk ^ orting about it. staff and help ty over the dog eeting either 11. or 9:00 p.m. a'11 have a great ence. Take our )t You Down? i Tuesday April 26 pur!! o Bu_ fey j ing special assistance for lours prior the evenL ^ %