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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Anticipating defeat on a
key element in their "Contract With America," House
Republicans hope to reap credit for holding a vote
on term limits while blaming Democrats for the measure's
likely demise.
"If we get half the Democrats, we will pass the
term limits constitutional amendment," House Speaker
Newt Gingrich declared Tuesday as debate opened.
He said that more than 85 percent of GOP lawmakers
and possibly half of the Democrats would vote for
the measure.
Gingrich's partisan jabbing aside, the term limits
issue has had a rocky path toward this week's expected
vote, particularly for an issue that commands
support in the 70 percent range in public opinion
polls.
Some senior Republicans oppose the limits. The
critics include Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois, chairman
of the Judiciary Committee who calls them a "dumb
idea" that would rob Congress of needed expertise,
and Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, the party's whip, who
says they would enhance the power of unelected bureaucrats.
It takes a two-thirds vote ? 290 if all 435 lawmakers
vote ? to send the measure to the Senate.
Republicans hold 230 seats in the House, Democrats
204, and there is one independent.
TODAY
Today is Thursday, March 30, the 89th day of
1995. There are 276 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On March 30,1981, President Reagan was shot
and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C.,
hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr., who also wounded
White House news secretary James Brady, a Secret
Service agent, and a District of Columbia police officer.
On this date:
In 1822, Florida became a United States territory.
In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Ga.,
first used ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation.
In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward
reached agreement with Russia to purchase
the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed
in the United States as "Seward's Folly."
In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution,
giving black men the right to vote, was declared
in effect. In
1870, Texas was readmitted to the Union.
In 1909, the Queensboro Bridge, linking the New
York boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, opened.
In 1945,50 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded
Austria during World War II.
In 1955, "On the Waterfront" won the Academy
Award for best picture of 1954, while its star, Marlon
Brando, won best actor; in an upset, Grace Kelly
won best actress for "The Country Girl," beating
out Judy Garland for "A Star Is Born."
In 1970, the musical "Applause," based on the
film "All About Eve," opened on Broadway.
NOTEBOOK
Leadership Council applications due
The Office of Leadership Training Programs is
accepting applications for the 1995-96 Leadership
Council.
The Council is comprised of student leaders, faculty
and staff and is designed to assist in the develnnmmt
and imnlementation of training nro prams
as well as serve as a communication link between
the council and their respective areas of representation.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. today in the Campus
Activities Center.
For more information, call Adriana Nichols, GA
Leadership Training Programs at 777-5780.
Coalition to sponsor storytelling
As part of Literacy Awareness Week, Campus
Coalition For Literacy is sponsoring a storytelling
session with children from Kampus Kiddie Day Care
Center today at noon on the Russell House patio.
For more information, call Margaret OGorman
at 777-5780.
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Biology junior Courtney Stroman was (
named the Outstanding Woman of the Year '
at USC Wednesday night. 1
Tm honored being a junior and being able 1
to keep it (the award) here" Stroman said. "I'd 1
like to make it more than just a title, more of 1
a position." '
Journalism professor and award judge
Kent Sidel said, "The actual process was one 1
of the most fair and thorough. These are very
high priority women. All were very qualified
and presented very strong portfolios."
Sidel credited Heather Sazlansky, graduate
assistant for Women's Student Services,
with putting together a well- organized group
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Cammia f!na1itinn fnr T .itprarv sponsored
a Read-A-Thon Wednesday on the Russell
House Patio.
The Read-A-Thon is a part of Literacy
Awareness Week, which is designed to alert
the public of the need for literacy awareness.
"CCL came up with idea, which is something
that I've wanted to see since I was a
freshman," said Ben Reed, president of CCL.
'You always hear about things like Jail-AThons,
and I thought what better way to
promote literacy than to have a read-a-thon."
? One in four Americans cannot read, and
over 70 percent of the world's population is
illiterate, according to CCL.
"As part of Literacy Awareness Week,
we decided to have this event to stress the
idea that people do read, and that even imSenate
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Eight of Student Government President
Amy Bigham's cabinet appointees were approved
by SG Senate Wednesday.
Bigham also outlined some of her goals for
SG for the upcoming year in her address to
the SG Senate Wednesday.
Bigham emphasized the fight against the
proposed cut in state funding as one of her administration's
major goals in the coming year.
The SG president stressed the need for the
SG Senate's support in lobbying the Legislature
and rallying the parents of in-state students.
In closing, Bigham said Senate needed to
remember that while SG Senate is an excellent
means for gaining leadership experience
and a training ground for future positions, the
most important role for senators is to serve
their constituents and work to fulfill any promises
made during campaigning.
The following appointees were confirmed
to Bigham's cabinet Wednesday; Chief of Staff,
Will Grady; Assistant Chief of Staff, Heather
Cudd; Executive Director, Dan D"Alberto; Executive
Assistant, Betsy Kenney; Director of
Student Services, Peter Siachos; Director of
Public Relations, Melissa Smith; Director of
Economic Affairs, Ryan Rafoth; and Director
of Institutional Affairs, Ralph Wilson. Jeff
Ramsey was announced as Vice Chair for the
Finance Committee.
The Senate also heard remarks from Director
of Student Media Chris Carroll concerning
the cancellation of WCFG- TV. Car
amed USC
of students and selection process. c
"It was not an easy result to arrive at," {
3idel said. "The winner should feel very proud, i
and those who were not chosen should feel
very proud. This is a chance for young women i
at Carolina to show they are a diverse group i
and very dedicated, committed and also a very
an art group of young women." t
ne said eacn contenders involvement in z
extracurricular activities as well as their aca- (
demic successes at USC were impressive. 1
"The Carolina community can feel very ]
confident that the winner and the finalists
represent the spirit of Carolina womanhood," i
he said. (
Stroman said she would like to help in- i
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portant and busy people take the time out a
to read," Reed said. li
Local celebrities and members of the USC p
community gathered on the patio to read
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to USC students who a
were passing by. Books from Dr. Suess's p
"Cat in the Hat? and the Bernstein Bears 1<
to Albert Camus' The Plague" were read
throughout the day. a
"I thought that this was a nice idea," said p
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really simple and relaxed event, and it was c
nice to see student leaders out there taking c
time out to promote literacy. But it also helps
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WIS-News sports reporter Joe Daggett; ?
retired "Voice of The Gamecocks" Bob Fulton;
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ms Cabinet,
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roll cited a $23,000 cut from the Student Media
allocation, lack of equipment and facilities
for the station, and a lack of personnel as the
main reasons for the downfall of the station.
Pomwll aai/t the rnro cmrmn that livi thp sta
tion expressed no interest in continuing production
next year. He also explained that almost
all of the station's equipment is borrowed
from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications,
and the College is becoming less
willing to lend out their equipment as the success
of their program increases.
Because of the number of struggles involved
in keeping the station running at a minimum
production level, Carroll and many of the participants
began to doubt the educational value
of continuing production.
Several senators proposed alternatives to
shutting the station down, such as extracting
revenue from Gamecock advertising or seeking
private sponsorship and equipment donations.
Carroll said many of these options
had been pursued and failed. He said other
ideas could be pursued if student support could
be raised, but that very few students were expressing
interest at this point.
Carroll also answered the Senate's concern
that the station was being arbitrarily dismissed
without consulting those involved. Carroll assured
the senators that he had spoken with
the leaders of the program at length.
Carroll also said the fate of Student Media
programs rests with all those involved not
solely with the advisers and facilitators. He
said he felt only student support would help ?
to keep the station on the air.
Outstandir
Tease the scholarship donations to Women's
Student Services next year as a part of being
lamed Outstanding Woman.
"I'd like to work with Women Student's
\ssociation and expand into the community
nore," Stroman said.
As a sophomore, Stroman was accepted in;o
the Medical University of South Carolina.
She recently had a paper accepted for publiation
in The Shock Journal. Her paper, "The
Effects of Endotoxin of Cardiac Muscle," is exoected
to be published next month.
Strom an is the corresponding secretary for
\lpha Delta Pi sorority, a member of Student
Government's Student Health Advisory Comnittee
and a member of Omicron Delta KapIOALITIONI
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icy's Read-a-Thon.
age literacy
nd Marie-Louise Ramsdale, City Year Coimbia
director were some of the featured
articipants.
"We picked local names of people we knew
nd wrote letters asking them to particiate,"
Reed said. "We also asked campus
jaders."
USC students from such organizations
s student media and government particiiated,
and Dennis Pruitt, vice president for
Itudent Affairs; Mark Berson, men's socer
coach; and Sue Kelly, women's soccer
oach took time out for the event.
"If s good to have local personalities get
nvolved, especially in a cause like this one
>ecause it says that everybody is out there
upporting the cause for literacy" said Dawn
luber, a freshman.
Literacy Awareness Week will continue
rith a storytelling session for local children.
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The University Health Program Committee
has prepared some recommendations to
address certain health care issues at USC.
One of the proposals deals with reducing
the number of students without health insurance.
"As a practical matter, we would like to
see that all students who could afford health
insurance get it," said Bill Hill, student health
center director.
The results of an annual patient survey
conducted at the Thomson Student Health
Center in 1994 indicate that 80.6 percent of
the students who use the health center have
insurance. The 1993 results show that 80 percent
of health center patients had insurance.
"We're working diligently to make some
improvements in health insurance," said Dennis
Pruitt, vice president of Student Affairs.
Some consideration is being given to requiring
students at USC to have health insurance.
"In order to make it really effective, it seems
we would have to require [students to have
health insurancel," said Mary Ann Parsons,
dean of the College of Nursing and chair of
the University Health Program Committee.
Another proposal recommends that USC
faculty and staff be allowed to use the facilities
at the health center. The extra cost to the
health center would be covered by the fees
the staff members would pay for the health
care services.
Another recommendation supports plans
ig Woman
pa, Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board honor
societies.
She has volunteered with the Nurturing
Center, Palmetto Place and the Logan School
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ior auuii uieracy.
The Outstanding Woman of the Year Award
began six years ago by the Women Student's
Association to recognize the overall achievements
of a woman student at USC. It is sponsored
by the Office of Women's Student Services
and the Women Student's Association.
The selection process involves an application
and interview process with faculty and staff.
Finalists for the Outstanding Woman award
were Kerry FYaas, Lisa Pruitt, Jessica Runyan
and Cassie Sturkie.
Psychology
program
rated third
IENNIFER HUSTON Staff Writer
USCs school psychology doctoral program
las been ranked number three nationally by
J.S. News and World Report.
"We should be proud," said Lester Lefton,
lean of the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences.
The number of applicants should increar.e
ay almost 25 percent as a result of the rankng,
said Fred Medway, head of the school psychology
program.
The program admits eight students each
/ear, after going through the 80 to 100 applicants,
Medway said.
"The program will have to admit more than
eight graduate students next year," he said.
According to Medway, students who come
in with a clear idea of what school psychology
is and know they want to go into the profession
are most likely to be accepted.
"It is not uncommon for us to turn down students
who have a 3.S or 3.9," Medway said.
The average student in the school psychology
program has a Graduate Record Exam score
of 1250 (quantitative and verbal combined) and
above. They also had an undergraduate grade
point of a 3.5 or higher. ,
"It helps if a student has met a school psychologist
and has spent a day With him," he
said.
Graduates from USC's doctoral program in
school psychology go on to head special service
sections of a school district, teach or become a
chief psychologist in a school. Others go on to
write books or articles.
"We're ranked number five in terms of publications
of our graduate students," Medway
said.
"School psychologists train practitioners to
work in schools with parents, teachers and
others to facilitate learning, curriculum development
and social interaction," Lefton said.
The doctoral program in school psychology
was established at USC by Ralph Trindall in
1964. Before he came to South Carolina, he was
a head of school psychology for Milwaukee public
schools. While at USC Trindall also worked
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n Committee
id health care
for a USC Wellness Center that would be
available to students, faculty and staff. The
proposed center would include fitness opportunities
and counseling about fitness, nutrition
and other health-related issues.
"It urnnU Via rrnrvr) fnr atn^ants anH if if
serves faculty and staff as well, it would belay
some of the costs," Hill said.
The Wellness Center would combine the
services offered at the Health and Wellness \
Programs Office and the Blatt P.E. Center.
"This university lacks a comprehensive
Wellness Center," Parsons said.
The committee is also exploring the possibility
of making the Thomson Student Health
Center a satellite of a Health Maintenance
Organization (HMO).
HMOs are a type of managed care that
works on a captiated system, meaning people
pay a certain amount of money per month
or year to cover most of their health care costs.
Although there may be small fees for visits
to HMO facilities, these payments are much
less than a regular physician's fee would be.
"HMOs are good things because they help
hold down the cost of health care, and there's
a good continuity of health care," Hill said.
This movement toward HMOs is occurring
in other universities as well, Parsons said.
These proposals will have to be approved
in a process that includes the approval of the
provost.
The University Health Program Committee
is made up of the health science deans, as
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