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RHA continued from page 1 IT position. Teague is a freshman i does not have the one year of experiei he said. Driggers said the senate confini the NCC-IT knowing Teague does have the RHA experience required the constitution. "No inninr nr senior wanted to fill position," he said. The senate appro1 it because we decided it would be be1 to have a freshman who could stay v it for a while." Moore said he resigned because RHA professional staff, including R dent Education Coordinator Kim Sh non, was overstepping its authori feel like the student organizat RHA is not a student organization. 1 students have been taken out of it," JOHNSON continued from pa which I have quite a bit of affinity. 1 opportunity to continue working in ti oroo wViiln rnmnHonoAnalv rrommrr on Mivw ffllUV BUUUlWMlWUOy gUUUlig SJSJ experience is still very exciting. According to Dennis Pruitt, vice pr ident of Student Affairs, Johnson's fleunce and accomplishments at U will be missed. "It's a tremendous loss for the u versify but a wonderful opportunity Dr. Johnson," he said. "We comme him for his outstanding service to t University of South Carolina, spec cally for his advocacy and support the students with whom he has work "The university has a reputation o Four charg< LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) - First, El Sheets helped her teen-age son and ] two friends get rid of the evidence co netting them to the murder of two scho mates, police said. Then she made evei body a pizza. All four wore rhnrrarl TiiesHov in tl ? ?? .. -O ' J shooting deaths of two high school gii whose bodies were found in a burnii 3arn. More than a week after the corps )f 16-year-olds Abby Marie Worrell ai Jamie Kay Kelley were discovered, pn scutors refused to say what the moti 'or the slayings might have been. Police said Mrs. Sheets helped h L5-year-old son, Robert Sheets Jr., ar lis teen-age friends Robert Daniel ai Bonya Hawkins dispose of incrimine ng pieces of clothing. Then she made )izza for everyone, Sheriff Gaiy D Wastry said. Daniel, 16, and the younger Shee ~~ 'T md said Tm doing what they (the RHA proice, fessional staff) want. I'm constantly being kicked to do this, do that. I felt the aed only way to show these problems to stunot dents was to get out." 1 by Former National Association of College and University Residence Halls the Communication Coordinator Jim Sanders ved agreed with Moore. His resignation was :ter effective Sept. 30. ith "We got a new adviser, a new pro fessional staff. They began taking over the the whole organization," he said. "We esi- were told what to do. It got real frusan trating. Rim Shannon saw us as second, ty. She was overstepping her bounds. It ion would be like President Palms telling [Tie Brian Comer what to do." he Sanders said Moore tried to address ge 1 rhe training ground for national leadership hat in student affairs. Dr. Johnson is one of me a long line of Student Affairs personnel who have gone on to acquire senior manges agement positions in other institutions," in- Pruitt said. SC Johnson feels he has left his mark on USC, and he hopes his leadership ni- will inspire other students to have their for opinions heard during this period of trannd sition. ;he "Td like to think that first and foreifi most that I have been a positive influfro ence for all students at USC, and more ed. importantly, that I have been a mentor fa to a number of students across all dis3d in slaying of sie were charged Tuesday with murder, bis Hawkins, 19, was charged with comn pMcity to commit murder, and Mrs. Sheets, ol- 54, was charged with tampering with y- evidence, obstructing justice, arson and gross abuse of a corpse, be Daniel and Sheets were charged as *ls juveniles; prosecutors said they would ig seek to have them tried as adults. If convicted as adults they could receive life es in prison. id As she was led from her son's hearts ing, Mrs. Sheets told reporters she and ye her son were guilty "because we was there." She denied her son killed the er girls, and later at her arraignment she id denied helping. id "I didn't do it," she told Municipal it- Judge James Luse. i a Hawkins tried to plead guilty dur e-ing her arraignment, but Luse refused to accept the plea because his court has ts no jurisdiction over felonies. _ F!Q Q2H -o * >' i-t, !?% (p Th? Qam?cock the problem. C "Mike met with (Director of Housing and Residential Services) Gene Luna AN (about the problems), but he (Luna) didn't say anything to Kim about it," he said, tioi "The hall directors already know (about Hu the problems within RHA), most of them die; don't want to work with Kim Shannon, sot The students know, but I don't think housing really cares." doc According to Sanders, RHA was not mtl reaching its goals. "We were not doing what the orga- 1 s' nization was meant to do. We couldn't ? do anything. We felt there was no oth- t^e er alternative," he said. Shannon did not return calls from 111C UOiliCWUV/A. Ch] Xui ciplines, but more specifically for students in the field of higher education," pro he said. clei Although the multicultural climate thr on campus has improved since his arrival in 1985, Johnson said he feels mul- tior ticultural relations on campus still need to be improved. ^ "I think we're just beginning to move W in that direction," Johnson said. "I think USC has underutilized resources in the area of diversity. We still have a good ma distance to go before we can say this ? campus exemplifies positive interaction on a consistent basis. cltlC Matt Pruitt contributed to this report. ^ ( leai teen-agers ? ^ spe Sheets, Hawkins and the two victims a p; were all students at Watkins Memorial try, High School. Daniel attends Whitehall fess High School. the Worrell was also Sheets' former girl- i friend, and Hawkins, who "hated" her, Naz was Daniel's eirlfriend. according to Ber anonymous sources quoted by The Colum- PaP bus Dispatch. ^yt The newspaper reported Tuesday an(^ that Worrell and Kelley went to a party Sept. 24 near Worrell's home. After leaving the party, the newspaper said, they met Sheets and got into his car to go to his home. It was the last time they were seen alive. Their bodies were found Oct. 2 after a newspaper carrier reported a barn on fire 11/2 miles from the Sheets home. Kelley was shot once in the head; Worrell was shot three times in the chest ana once in tne neaa. * S ' '1 tT -v<- ^ &%* VwlgiiMflB afii -i'-j^- ?.x& j # p Wednesday, October 12, 1994 Mia representatii NE PAGE Staff Writer Mouhong Xue, China's representative to the United h as Environment Program and the U.N. Commission 1 man Settlement, spoke Tuesday to a Gambrell Hall a ace on United Statee-China relations in a colloquium spc ed by the Center for Asian Studies. Xue said China's economic growth coupled with an op ir policy provides the United States with unique opporl I Afl "China can offer a vast market for U.S. capital and pr " Xue said. "Surely U.S. businessmen will not miss tl den opportunity." According to Xue, China appreciates the importance U.S. market, and mutual economic benefits can be an n us for improved United States-China relations. Xue discussed the relationship between China's econoi ioom and the development of democracy. "A flourishi] ina will automatically bring about a democratic Chini 3 said. The United States also has political motivations for h ved relations, including the common goal of opposing n ar proliferation, "not just on the Korean peninsula b oughout the world," Xue said. The issue of human rights continues to irritate the re] iship between China and the United States, according ipeech professo IT PRUffTStaff Writer Roy Schwartzman, an assistant professor of speech coi nication, will receive the Speech Communication Asso >n's Outstanding Dissertation Award for 1994. The awa I be presented at the SCA's annual conference in New C us next month. Schwartzman's dissertation was chosen from dozens ries from across the nation, all related in some manner ech communication. The selection committee consisted anel of scholars from various universities across the cou , each chosen by the SCA. It is the first time a USC pr or has received the award, and one of the few times th award has been given to a professor in the Southeas Schwartzman's dissertation is titled "Racial Scienc ism and the Genesis of Genocide."According to Dr. Dav ube, also an associate professor of speech, Schwartzman er is a study of Nazi racial science and how it was us? he Third Reich to form separate communities, the aryg the non-aryan. Berube said the award was granted 1 rra TM'+y |hT i * < l|j$ W Tr ? JS^V ? :: ,:JP / X '*% ? IrKK-^W ^?lll P Ts *%f \jjjjjiA xM 3 ie speaks at Gambrell Xue. He said the Chinese are now willing to consider human ^7 rights as an issue to be discussed in an international forum for and not limit it to internal consideration, tu- "Beijing cannot release all political dissidents, and can't >n- guarantee they won't arrest more," Xue said." [Beijing] is afraid the stability of China will suffer." Xue added that staen bility is "top priority" to encourage the growth of democracy. ^ "The settlement of human rights can only be gradual, by piecemeal," Xue said, adding democratization has been "... ?. relatively slow compared to the stride of economic growth." Xllfl alsn flHHrPSflaH Taiwan's Hasina fan inHananHanna fi*im mainland China. Xue said China is particularly sensitive to m Taiwan's separatist movement because of its influence on v China's sovereignty and boundaries. Xue drew a parallel between the Taiwan separatist moveng ment and the American Civil War. He said he would like Chii," na to adopt something similar to the one state, two systems formula devised by Iincoln in attempt to save the union. Xue a- added he hopes the United States will not forget their oppou~ sition to foreign intervention in the Civil War as they conut sider their stance on Taiwan's fight for independence. ^ In closing, Xue said there is impetus for the United States and China not only to become business partners, but he is "cautiously optimistic" the two nations can become friends. r to receive honor Schwartzman because of his work in the translation of Gern man propaganda. ci- The Speech Communication Association is a national orrd ganization comprised of about 5,000 professors of speech com>r munication. It is the largest and oldest professional organization in its field. The SCA holds a national conference each ?f year, at which time the Outstanding Dissertation Award is presented. Berube was positive about the impact the award will have r*~ on the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. "It should be able to attract some grant money for the department," he it said, adding that "it will make recruiting faculty members e much easier." Berube also hopes that the award will lead to id increased opportunities for graduate studies, fa The one negative aspect of Schwartzman's honor USC id will have to fend off hungry recruiters hoping to entice the in newly-honored professor, to "Our big goal now is to keep him," Berube said. VPM I 4M M Atfl v# i Mm %m Mt Ml M mm M mt <m IP Ml aM -Ml Ml Ml ?li mi Mi Ml Ml ssi Ml Ml Ml Ml M Ml Pi Ml M I ft ' Mi Ml M Ml Ml mm Z !!! Ml I PP Mi MS AM Ml I SB' ; Ml I SiPf Pi -<?