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Coffee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 l because it offers an entirely different atmosphere than Starbucks. “People come here with more sophisticated tastes,” Norris said, referring to its coffee and gelato. ‘They come here to relax.” Starbucks’ next-nearest neigh bor in Five Points is Cafe Con Leche. Owner Craig Rosado said his store, which has been open for about a month and a half now, has been unaffected by Starbucks. “I think it’s been pretty good,” Rosado said. “Peop.le going to Starbucks know the Starbucks brand. People come here because we offer a different coffee and at mosphere.” Rosado said offering a Latin themed menu and atmosphere separates Cafe con Leche from others. The owner of Starbucks’ third competitor in Five Points, The ^ . . Gourmet Shop, which competes in bean sales as opposed to indi vidual drinks, was unavailable for comment. Kevin Elmore, Starbucks’ manager in Five Points, was un willing to comment on whether the store has been meeting pro jected business expectations. Generally speaking, Elmore said, “We’re doing well.” Commenting on the number of coffee shops in Five Points, Elmore said Starbucks isn’t in terfering with the other stores. “We all have a different comer of a similar market,” Elmore said. Elmore also said the speed of Starbucks’ service differentiates it from other coffee shops. “We want to serve customers fast,” Elmore said. Some USC students remain un fazed by Starbucks’ presence and support independent coffee shops. “There are a lot of good inde pendent coffee shops around Columbia,” said third-year mar keting and international busi ness student Katie Devine. “I still go' to the same coffee shops that I’ve always gone to: Adriana’s, Cafe Strudel.” First-year liberal arts student Zach Merritt said, “I’d probably go to an independent coffee shop like Cool Beans or Jammin’ Java.” In other cities, most Starbucks-related disputes are fo cused on their “cannibalistic” ap proach to entering an area: es tablishing stores close to one an other that draw business from other stores and don’t allow for easy independent entry. Some coffee drinkers cite Starbucks’ consistent product for drawing them in. “I’m used to it,” said first-year music student Glenda Bates. “I have Starbucks at home in Virginia.” But as of right now in Columbia, with only one Starbucks in the downtown area, only well-branded shops having similar clienteles have anything to fear. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com University to dedicate city block for research BY KALYN PALMER THE GAMECOCK With ground already broken on a new research building on the corner of Assembly and College streets, the next step in develop ing the research campus will be the addition of a city block devoted to research buildings, university officials said. The research block, which will be on the property bounded by Assembly, Blossom, Main and Wheat streets, is part of the first phase of the research campus plan. Three buildings covering about 500,000 to 750,000 square feet are to be built on the lot where a Hardee’s once operated. Craig Davis Properties Inc. is meeting with USC representatives to de termine the university’s space and property needs before develop ment and construction can begin. Tony Boccanfuso, managing di rector of the USC Research Foundation, said the research block will be highly specialized. He said the block will be composed of increased wet-lab space, engi neering research space, biomedi cal-type research space, special ized manufacturing rooms and clean rooms, which are sterile rooms used for-manufacturing. “The research campus will pro vide greater opportunity for stu dents and faculty to perform re search that will help them be suc cessful,” Boccanfuso said. Support from the private sector will be a major factor in the devel opment of the research campus. Space in the facilities will be leased to private companies look ing for research areas. “This will be a big step in bring ing the private sector into closer relations with the university,” Boccanfuso said. “It is a win-win situation for all parties.” The research block is part of the 10-year, 5-million-square-foot plan for the research campus. President Andrew Sorensen has set ambitious goals for USC’s re search campus. With the new research block, USC’s research campus will be well on its way to becoming an in tegral part of the USC communi ty, and it is expected to bring to gether students, faculty and the private sector. Other recent examples of USC’s close relationships with the pri vate sector are the partnerships developed for the Inn at USC, the USC/Gateway Academy Child Development and Research Center and the naming-rights agreement between USC and Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. of Columbia for the Colonial Center. State budget cuts have forced the university to look to public-pri vate partnerships to help support major projects such as the re search campus. USC officials say USC might not immediately become one of U.S. News and World Report’s top 50 public research universities in the nation as a result of the research campus, but they say the univer sity will make continued progress toward more quality faculty and students and more space for re search. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com 4 Most students receive tickets despite distribution confusion BY JON TURNER THE GAMECOCK Happy students found there were no losers in the Carolina Clemson football game ticket lot tery Monday when, despite some confusion, seemingly every stu dent who entered the ticket lottery came out with that invaluable slip of paper. C ATr AVO 1 oIa ries circulated among the stu dents waiting in line, and some were saying the lottery system had broken down complete ly and that the distribution was on a first-come, first-served basis. “I heard that everyone was get ting a ticket,” said Julie Hartman, a second-year nursing student. And, despite confusion, Charlie Davenport and Leigh Ann Green, first-year business students, reached the same conclusion. “It seems like everyone’s getting one,” Davenport said. As she approached the ID scan ner, Green wasn’t positive she would receive a ticket but that she was confident in her chances. “I thought I would get one,” she said. “But I wasn’t really sure. I haven’t talked to a lot of people, but most people I’ve talked to have “I would see people doing all kinds of things to get in, people forging tickets, people from back home.” MATT D'AMORE THIRD-YEAR PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT gotten tickets.” Davenport said that the process worked fairly well, but he was dis appointed by the dearth of basket ball tickets. “It seemed to run pret ty smoothly,” he said, “but I didn’t like the way they gave out the bas ketball tickets at the same time as the football lottery because, soon, there weren’t any left.” Matt D’Amore, a third-year niiKUn rnlofinno student, said the distribution system’s out come has im proved drasti cally from his first year at use. “When I was a freshman, it was wild. He said. “It was a wild chase. Some people wouldn’t get tickets, and I knew people who would pay $250 $500 for a ticket. “I would see people doing all kinds of things to get in, people forging tickets, people from back home.” D’Amore said ticket forgery wasn’t all that difficult. “All you have to do is scan the image and print it on the right kind of paper,” he said. This year, it appears that the number of students who entered themselves into the lottery be tween Nov. 10 and 13 might have actually fallen short of the num ber of available tickets. Consequently, beginning at 9 a.m. today, tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-served ba sis. Student Body President Katie Dreiling explained the situation. “Basically, we do the lottery, and almost everybody who enters should get a ticket,” she said, “On the last day, if anybody didn’t come and get their ticket, the rest are given away.” ^ Dreiling didn’t expect there to '■* be many tickets left for students to day. “For a big game like ciemson, hardly any tickets will be left. It de pends on how many people come and get theirs today,” she said. Dreiling said that leftover tick ets were generally picked up quickly. “For away games, it happens a lot because we don’t get as many tickets, and people don’t realize you have to pay for them,” she said. Voncil Jeffers, a part-time em ployee of the athletics department, predicted a good number would be left for today. “We told an awful lot of people to come back at 9 tomorrow,” she j said Tuesday. 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