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IN ETC.: Waging war with Anorexia, page 3 - ^ ?^rn i lllrlllfr I 111 K |OCIl s*"CJ11 IvlUHV UPI sports 5 Low 46 iiMT ^ ^ ^ -** CLASSIFIEDS 6 Serving USC since 1908 Presidential platforms, Higher ed A legislative committee's n< plan asks for accountable, ^ affordable achievement. n ROBERT WALTON Staff Writer CC A year of study ended Tuesday as a ^ legislative study committee presented ^ its findings on higher education in South , Carolina. , The Higher Education Joint Legislative Committee centered its report cc on moving schools to a performance- ^ Dasea running system, ana giving more ^ power to the Commission on Higher Education. ^ The report cites elimination of waste and unnecessary duplication of ^ responsibility as a way to improve higher education facilities in the state. It included what the legislative committee thought aj individualinstitutions?technical schools, two- and four-year colleges and research foundations?should use as the focus and goals of thjeir mission statements. The plan outlines the idea of ^ "performance-based education," in which gt schools would receive funding based on ^ II their success, and expands the CHE to a statewide power involved in approving the "mission statements." The approval ^ of mission statements is, in the ^ committee's recommendation, directly cQ linked to funding schools would receive. oro onmnmAa/] ?? v (uw vuavuivcu mat wc nccu tu fund our colleges and universities based, ^ Checkmati ek*1^ It was a strange sight to see, a Ma Marketplace for several games of c Keith Eubanks wage war on the chet , Professor This is the second in a series i which The Gamecock looks at th history of the South and USC on tti eve of the Olympics, the first tim International attention has been o the South since the Civil Right movement Today we will be focusir on what was happening at USC an in South Carolina at that time. ROB OIOIELU Senior Writer Thirty-three years ago this fall, USC trie mtegrating the student body for the second timeand this time it worked. The first time the USC student body we integrated was during the Radical Reconstructs Period after the Civil War. During this time tl "radical university" was the only state universit in the South to be integrated by the Radia Republicans. From 1873 to 1877 black students attende the university, and there was one black facult niember. Tuition was lowered and multipl f scholarships were put in place for students. Bi inl877 when the federal government ende jnilitaiy occupation of the South and control wer kack to the individual states, black students lei ucation cor at on the number of students enrolled, it the quality of education those students iceive," said Nikki Setzler, senator and >mmittee chairman. The change to performance-based inding, however, is still far from being / iplemented. The committee recommends aplementing the formula, which must w m i submitted to the General Assembly | m 7 Jan. 1,1997, by July 1,1999. Each i j i i. ~ Mm.,., Jlr LOkii/ui/iuu wuuiu nave twu yeuia iu *5*3^ imply, at which point funding would ; dispersed based on each institution's - Bj dividual success. The top three factors for indicating Xn iccess are the focus on the mission, the xality of faculty and classroom quality. gin President John Palms responded )sitively to the idea of performanceised funding, saying that it would be 1 asset to USC as the university lproves. "We certainly welcome the emphasis t performance based funding, which ill heln lis fls WA imnmvp fVio rmnlitv our operation, the quality of our udents, the quality of our facility and e productivity of our program," Palms iS id Setzler issued a call for accountability, Sen. Nik! fordability and achievement in higher findings, iucation. He cited several factors the duplication, mmittee considered. ^ univer "No criteria or standards exist for 0r reasona Lality in this state," he said. "Lack of S e t z 1 e ordination has created wasteful relationshii > f 1 ^ riott chef, an insurance salesman and a mi hess. One spectator said they had been pi isboard. reflects on In the university. ^ The issue of integration at the university d not come back up until the mid-'50s when certa people at the university were pressing Soul '? Carolina politicians to integrate USC as soon; H possible. In 1955 the dean of the School !S Education was dismissed for his outspoken viev lg on South Carolina public school integratio: III In 1963 USC decided to integrate. Many we worried about possible incidents at the universi ? because of problems at other southern university _ But when a black student successfully attendt ^ Clemson in the spring of 1963, and with tl _ support of politicians like Governor Holling integration in the fall of 1963 was successfij ls The number of black students at the universil )n has grown steadily ever since. USC has one < ie the highest percentages of black students of ar y non-traditionally black school in the countr d Though there was tension when black studen began to attend the USC, the transition we d rather smooth, according to Paul Fidler, who w? y working in Student Affairs in the late '60s an e is still at the university today. Fidler, who ws instrumental in helping form the first blac 4 student association, said most unrest amor ^ black students on the campus was in protest t p. other civil rights events in the South, not to even here on campus. nmittee releas -" 'v v d Setzler, chairman of the Higher Education Joint L It recommended that performance-based funding be ! Tuition costs at senior colleges and universities as one of th< sities are no longer affordable the committee was formed, ble." The committee also reco ;r said the "adversarial giving CHE statewide authori p" between CHE and colleges would include reviewing and a j k Jjm ROBERT WALTON The Garr ath major, all squaring off in a dark corner of the Q aying for hours. From left, Al Kennedy, Victor Smith integration ac "South Carolina put its good faith in the camp id university. There was a tremendous amount of the st in civility with an orderly desegregation," said "V th professor Cleveland Sellers of USC's African theh as American Studies department. turne of Sellers graduated from Voorhees College in and tl re 1962 but was unable to continue studying in They n. South Carolina because USC was not integrated, shots, re so he attended Howard University in Washington, Sc ty D.C. injure is. While at Howard, Sellers was exposed to the Se id Civil Rights movement and learned about the a riot le methods of non-violent civil disobedience. He There s, participated in protests at the White House and part o il. the Justice Department He also traveled through be in1 ty the South and was at protests in Selma, Ala., of the of and Jackson, Miss. goven ly Sellers came back to South Carolina in 1967 Greer y. to attend South Carolina State. While there he H< ts got involved in some local civil rights protests to be 1 is because of his experience in the movement. In facult ts 1968 he participated in a series of protests at a T id bowling alley in Orangeburg. After being arrested USCi is and brutalized by the police, the protesters were today k asked by the school administrators to stay on mista ig campus. learnt xi A few days later the students held a bonfire expos* ts off campus and came back on campus. When back t police arrived, the students were congregated on ses year-lo ium? 111 *' ' 11 nrflela*l?io 'I' ?? -1 '--' ? WQIW1MM wunij WMHIUIiaV) BMIIUNIg <1 Implemented to ensure more accounted i reasons the mission statements of indivi institutions, mmends The committee also wants to i ty, which it harder for out-of-state studer ipproving receive the same benefits as in-s Rising c I keeps U DWAYNE MdEMORE Staff Write The numbers are in. January busy month for the USCPD, and i be part of a year-long trend, sai( Enforcement and Safety Directoi Stokes. Stokes said police activity m busier than usual for this school About 180 reports were filed with U! in January. Of those, 82 were larc Larceny ranged from the steali personal property to car theft. Per g Jr .items included money, a flute, cl jT and a duck call. Larceny of book and textbooks were also prevale January. University Bookstore and Th Cooper Library were the locations a thefts occurred most frequently. Sophomore Michael Sigmon's bag was stolen from the book cor the University Bookstore, whi attendant was on duty. His bag returned, but his wallet, which inc $60, credit cards and his driver's li was not. "I couldn't believe it happened' someone was working the coirol," Si, mm said. "The criminal did bring m; back, so at least he has some moi Thomas Cooper Library recomm students keep personal items with at all time while in the library. "If you have to look for books, ross S.C. us. The police fired their first volley and udents turned around to back up. Ve were all shot in the back?the back of ead and the back of the neck. We had all d around to back up after the first volley icy shot again. They were both lethal vollies. never used tear gas, batons or warning " said Sellers. filers was one of the 40 students who were sd. Three died. filers was brought up on counts of inciting 3 and conspiracy to riot, among other charges, f was no evidence to convict Sellers, but as a 1%a ?' a >1 jjcutuia uunu ucai lie was nut tuiuweu tu Orangeburg for five years. He spent most 70s and '80s in Greensboro working in city 1 iment and at University of North Carolinaisboro. i came back to South Carolina in the 1990s closer to his family and came to the USC L. y in 1993. he large number of students and faculty at ^ s important," Sellers said about race relations ^ at USC. "But because of indifference, m kes are being made that we should have ?| id of in the'60s. Students have not been n< 3d to that history. We appear to be headed m a a period comparable to that one." Ai Adam Snyder contributed to this report. 0 ng study ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock t the podium, presents the committee's iltty and achievement among colleges. idual students. Setzler clarified this, saying it would not affect the tuition of out-ofnake state students with scholarship^ who its to pay in-state fees, state Ceoe von KoLnitz contributed to this report. rime rate SCPD busy r the restroom or leave the building for any reason, take personal items with was a you," said a circulation department t may employee. 1 Law Auto-related incidents were the second r Carl most prevalent crime next to general larcenies. On the average, 1.52 USC ay be , auto-related crimes happened every day. year- Most of these crimes also involved larceny 30^0 including stolen hubcaps, stereo ernes, equipment and clothes. n& Junior Paul Kowalskfs car was broken sonal int0 in the Blossom Garage. His CD othes player, car-stereo amplifier and about ba?s 30 CDs were stolen. "k 1X1 "It's kind of funny when you ride through the garage and see broken glass omas everywhere," Kowalski said. ^ Other inridents police responded to . , were calls for general assistance, ,. complaints of obscene and threatening r, m . phone calls and traffic accidents. re an Stokes and Victim Witness Coordinator I , , Calvin Gallman offered several safety luded ,. - , , . J cense faps for students. "Don't give anybody a reason to break while *nto y?ur car>" Stokes said. "Make it difficult for someone to steal your gmon ? J 7 bag property,aig? Gallman asked students to report en(jg suspicious people, put valuables in the ^em trunk or take them with them and watch out for other students, go to "We always use the initials USC: Use Sense and Caution," Gallman said. BF . !$ ' Jb^JH . ^ m^m / fiH^V / jj^K , - ? JV ky*&y3? ^-gA Hv / -JHP * * -* ^ j^y- ' >?^NIv^^3K aMHV j I v' ^ 2CwT ^HMHhi(UM|NK' * flflr i r l^K - < itJSjP,. ' j^V M- -jam : j :|jj *' ' " , JS*? \ W File Photo Mfo wore oil shot in tho back ? tho back of ths sad and tho bnclt of tho nock. Wo had al tuvnod pound to back up after tho first vottoy and they hot again. They wore both lethal vollles. They ivor used tear gas, batons or warning shots," sid Cleveland Sellers, professor of Africanmerlcan Studes at USC. He was shot during the rangoburg massacre In 1968.