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35 Serving the Carolina Community since 1908
^Volume 90, Number 54 University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 28, 1998
Native Plant
Society to meet
South Carolina Native Plant
Society will hold the next
meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Coker Life Sciences Building,
room 209. For more information
call 777-8196.
African Film
Series begins
The African Film Series will
present Teelen (Brightness)"
3 p.m. today in Gambrell,
room 152. For more information
call Dr. Garane, 7772878.
*SI.TCear1v
deadline today
The Student Leadership
Training Conference will be
held Feb. 7 at USC. Early
registration deadline is today
and the final deadline is Feb.
4. For more information call
777-6688.
CP seeking
new officers
Carolina Productions is accepting
applications for president,
vice president of finance,
vice president of
marketing, vice president of
^ internal affairs and vice prestj^ident
of membership. Applications
are available in Russell
House 235. For more
information call 777-7130.
Garnet Circle
now accepting
applications
Q Garnet Circle applications
are available at the Alumni
House and the Russell House
information desk. Applications
are due 4 p.m. Feb. 6.
For more information call
777-4111.
Fnoineerinff
holds 'Motion'
competition
USC's College of Engineering
is sponsoring an art
and essay contest for staff
and students. Entries are
due in the engineering dean's
office by Feb. 16. For contest
details and questions call
Carol Fairman at 777-4178.
0 if~0 ? Chronic 111WEDNESDAY
ness Support
^ /-) Group, 3 p.m.,
Jan. 28, Coun
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W man Development
Center.
Drop-in Self Hypnosis, 2:30
p.m., starts Feb. 4, Counseling
and Human Development Center.
Drop-in Crisis Group, 1 p.m.,
0 starts Feb. 4, Counseling and
Human Development Center.
Body and Soul PALM meeting,
5:30 p.m, PALM Center.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
meeting, 9:13 p.m, Nursing
Auditorium.
q "Race Matthursday
ters," 3 p.m.,
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? ment Center.
Dissertation Writing Support
Group, 10 a.m., starts Feb. 5.,
Counseling and Human Development
Center.
Building Healthy Relationships,
3 p.m., Feb. 5 to April 2.,
Counseling and Human Development
Center.
The World Tae Kwon Do
w Club, 8:30 p.m. tolO p.m., Booker
T. Washington Gym.
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Plagued
commits
senior writer REQINNA QREEN
Plagued with controversy, Presiden
Bill Clinton entered the packed chambe:
of the House of Representatives Tuesday
night while some political analysts spec
ulated that the State of the Union ad
dress to the 105th Congress would be hi
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USC GINT professor Dr. Bett]
Glad agreed, saying that the speech wai
definitely integral to President Clintoi
and his public image.
"[President Clinton's] State of th<
Union address was Bill Clinton at hii
best," Glad said. "It was an excellen
speech with a smooth delivery."
The speech, in historical Clinton fash
ion, lasted more than one hour ant
touched on several issues important b
the President and the nation.
According to the President, the Unit
ed States experienced a 14 million jol
jump in employment as well as decreaset
inflation.
President Clinton seemed pleased b
report a continued five year drop in crim
and the smallest welfare roll in 27 years
While America s sound economy 11
important to report, the president re
turned to the values he extolled in hi;
1997 address later in his address.
Nursing lice
raises passii
staff writer SHARIF SIMMONS
The National Council Licensure Exam
for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) will be
harder to pass than ever before as of April
1, according to Kaplan Educational Centers.
Applicants are being hit with a "double
whammy" as the National Council's board
of directors is raising the standard for passing
the test and simultaneously changing
the content.
"Many of the things in which students
will have to study for now in which they
didn't have to study for in the past include
manage care issues such as delegation,
supervision, advocacy, continuous quality
improvement; many things that are going
on and happening in health care because
of changes," said Judy Burckhard, Med RN,
Kaplan's national nursing programs director.
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adjusted based on input from nursing professionals
and information from a range
of other sources.
"The exam changes will ensure that only
candidates who can demonstrate that
they can meet today's health care challenges
will pass," Burckhard said.
"It's good news for patients, but it means
that candidates will have to be really well
prepared on test day."
Kaplan's NCLEX review course has
helped many students pass the exam.
Only Kaplan has computers in its
centers nationwide, so students have the
opportunity ^practice taking a full-length,
by contrc
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"This is not a time to rest," President
Clinton said. "This is a time to build."
t America has already
r begun that process, the
f president reported.
Reminding the audi- 4 9
- ence of gains made in
3 medicine, education and 9
world peace, Clinton said, 9
f "This is the America we
3 have begun to build, and
! this is the America we 9
can leave behind for 9
a our children."
3 President Clinton 9
t praised Congress for 9
passing increases in I
funding for the National 9
j Institutes of Health and 9
the research of diseases 9
3 from breast cancer to 9
AIDS. 1
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y Congress to impose 9
* stricter legislation (Hi the 9
sale and advertising for
5 one of South Carolina's 9
3 most important crops - y y y 9
tobacco. Clinton proposed v ^
s a $1.50 increase in
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- cigarette prices over the
s next ten years in order to discourage
America's youth from smoking.
ensure exam
tig standards
simulated, computer-adaptive test before
facing the actual exam.
For many students, the NCLEX will be
their first experience with computerized
testiner. and familiarity with the format is
critical.
Kaplan also offers box, software, audio
tapes and flashcards to help students prepare.
For more information, call 1-800-KAPI
TEST.
Kaplan Educational Centers is one of
the nation's education companies, providing
people with a full range of resources
to achieve their educational and career goals.
In fact, Kaplan's nearest educational
center is located at 1717 Gervais St.
With 1,200 locations throughout the
1 United States and abroad, Kaplan has
served 3 million students in its nationally
recognized test preparation courses.
In addition to admissions-related services,
Kaplan offers after-school tutoring
and enrichment programs at its Scorel educational
centers; customized assessment
and education services for schools, universities
and businesses; and career and re1
cruiting services through The Lendman
Group and Crimson & Brown Associates.
Kaplan is a subsidiary of The Washington
Post Company.
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Hie President also supports penalties
for the members of tide tobacco
industry who continue
to market their
[products to minors.
President Clinton
pledges to protect the
country's tobacco
farmers but not at
the expense of protecting
America's
young people.
"Let this Congress
be remembered as
the Congress that
saved their lives,"
Clinton said.
In his 1997 State
of the Union address,
President Clinton
told the American
nuhlic that education
(was key, "and politics
must stop at the
schoolhouse door."
He reiterated that
belief again this year
k ^ as he announced his
[ list of education-related
achievements
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m 1997. Among them
were initiatives to increase public
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school choice, add 5.000 new schools
and increase HeadStart enrollment
to include 1 million new children. The
president praised the addition of
220,000 new federal Pell Grants.
"Because of the things that have
been done, we can make college education
to the 21st century what a
high school education is to today and
change the face of the future," President
Clinton said.
The President continued his commitment
to early childhood education
by promoting greater internet access,
reduced class size and an increase
of 100,000 public school teachers nationwide.
President Clinton, who enjoyed a
58 percent approval rating going into
tonight's address, according to a
Jan. 25 USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll,
reminded the audience of the importance
of not "ignoring the thunder
till the clouds are overhead."
The threat of Iraq's Saddam Hussein's
possession and possible use of
weapons of mass destruction is one
such roll of thunder.
"You cannot defy the will of the
world," President Clinton said in a
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staff uriter BRAD WALTERS
At around 12:15 early Friday morning,
four girls relaxing in their Bates
West apartment heard a knock on their
door and expected it to be their good
friends coming over to chat with them.
Only a few minutes later, the people
they heard knocking on their door
were inside their apartment; however,
the callers were two men none of them
had seen before, and one of these men
was exposing their genitalia to them.
Although the two men left the apartment
peacefully when asked to do so,
this incident and others like it leave
some USC students wondering how safe
they really are in their on-campus dorm
rooms and apartments.
"It's disturbing to know that people
you don't know can just walk into your
room and do something like that.
You don't know if the person might have
a gun or sometning, sopnomore uani
Jones said.
The Bates area Resident Life Coordinator
was unavailable for comment.
Tim Hamby, Towers area RLC, said
that hosts should stay with their signedin
guests at all times and escort them
to and from the building.
He said desk assistants are told to
make sure all non-residents are signed
in at all times, and overnight on-call
Resident Advisors should check perirrlirallv
tn make sure Histnrhannes aren't
taking place.
"We ask the RAs to do rounds on
about an hourly basis," Hamby said.
The episode in Bates West is not a
common one, but investigator Calvin
Gallman with the Office of Crime
Awareness offered some tips for students
who may be faced with such a situation.
"Keep doors locked and don't let anyone
in you don't know," Gallman said.
He also said it was important to report
any type of strange behavior to the
police as soon as possible and that students
should report to their RA anyone
they don't recognize who seems to be
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Public relations major Lora Seward,
a victim in the Bates West disturbance,
said that when the two males knocked
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