Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_Carolina News Religion from page A1 However, the official opinion might , lean more toward traditionally held male dominated views. Rachel cited the pope as an example, saying he’s the dominant figure in the Catholic system. She identified four women in the Catholic faith who she believes are role models: the Virgin Mary, Joan of Arc, Mother Teresa and Dorothy Kazel, a per sonal figure from her hometown who was murdered while serving as a missionary in El Salvador. Susan Aude Fisher represented the Bahai faith. Only 156 years old, the Bahai faith is the newest denomination of Christian re ligion. According to Fisher, Bahai stresses the “essential oneness of all major reli gions.” Unlike other religions, the young faith of 6 million believers has managed to re main united diroughout its history, avoid ing division and sects. Great emphasis is placed on the equal ity of men and women, as Bahais believe that gender equality is the key to world peace, Fisher said. The goal is to foster unity witliin the family in order to promote equality be tween men and women. Baha’u’llah, the founder of the Bahai faith, uiges the followers to “avoid poli tics like the plague,” Fisher said. In general, this religion abstains from active involvement in politics. However, they’re officially recog nized by the United Nations for their work done to benefit world peace and human rights. Victoria Keaton represented the idea of nondenominational Christianity. “I think I am a Christian, but most Christians don’t think so,” she said. Keaton centers her spiritual life on the teachings of St. Jermaine. According to Keaton, those teachings are “not to judge, criticize or condemn any part of life.” In relation to women being repre sented in her faith, Keaton said the female deities outnumber the males, adding that she incorporates aspects of different re ligions into her own views. Her faith isn’t politically active, as it views everyone only as spirits, not as men and women. National Women’s History Month of ficially begins later this month. Scholarship from page A1 South Carolina to become the state’s only Truman Scholar. “They’ve been absolutely excellent. ■ They offered guidance, support and help in making my application the best it could possibly be,” Hem said. The Office of Fellowships and Sum mer Programs offers its services to all stu dents. Faculty members work with stu dents on their written applications and help prepare for face-to-face interviews. “It’s really instrumental because you learn a lot about yourself and what you want to accomplish in life,” Hem said. Fellowships and Summer Programs Assistant Director Jan Phillips agreed with Hem. “There are so many benefits to the process of applying - self reflection and clarification of one’s future plans, plus better preparation for both job applica tions and graduate school applications,” Phillips said. Beginning in late March and contin uing until late April, the office will offer spring scholarship workshops. Each one will focus on a particular scholarship and last for 45 minutes. Interested stu dents can get more information from Harp er College Room 101. Salaries from page A1 nearly $34,000, associate professors made just more than $25,000, assistants made just less than $20,000 and instructors made nearly $16,000. The S.C. Commission on Higher Ed ucation reported the following for the 1998-99 fiscal year: • USC-Columbia ranked highest in the state in proiessor salaries, with a total av erage of slightly more than $60,000. • Clemson University’s professors made an overall average of more than $57,000. • Hie USC School of Medicine’s pro fessors averaged more than $52,000. • The Citadel’s professors averaged just less than $50,000. • Professors in the business manage ment and administration field made an av erage of nearly $60,000 at state teaching universities. • engineering professors made an av erage salary close to $51,000. • Computer and information sciences professors’ average salaries were close to $50,000. • Professors in the area, ethnic and cultural studies averted tire lowest salaries at less than $30,000. • Foreign language and literature and protective service and criminal justice professors’ average salaries were slightly less than $40,000, filling out the lowest of state universities’ faculty salaries. East Quad from page A1 allocated for scholarship athletes. “East Quad is open to all students, and we regularly try to integrate different stu dents in our housing community,” Assis tant Housing Director Andy Fink said. Luna said South Quad East should at tract more students to live on campus. “When we provide the right housing, we find students prefer to live on cam pus,” Luna said. Besides residence hall construction, Housing is also planning a number of ren ovations. This summer, those plans include up grading all residence-hall computer labs, renovating and refurnishing Bates West, and painting and putting new carpet in Douglas and Snowden. Other plans in clude the addition of sprinklers in the McBryde Quadrangle and Bates West. The completion of South Quad East marks (Jie second pliase of Housing’s three step plan, which will end in 2010. Luna said focus groups are being used to determine which new types of housing students, parents and staff would like to have at USC. 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College Marketing Reps play an integral part in the breaking of Sony Music's developing artists. The - College Rep position is a great way to learn about the music business, gain marketing experience and get your foot in the door of one of the world's leading entertainment companies. You must have at least one and one half years left in college and own a car. This is a paid part-time posi tion requiring at least 20 hours/week. If you are an avid music lover and are interested in applying, send or fax your resume along with the answers to the questions listed below to: Sony Music College Department 550 Madison Ave., Room 3174 New York, NY 10022 tel: 212-833-8564/ 8489 fax: 212-833-5780 Please include in your cover letter: The last 5 CD's you purchased: Last band you saw perform live? Where did you purchase them from? Where at? A What's in your stereo right now? Favorite radio station(s):