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QDADTC QDT17I7C orUKla DKIcro Elkins wins award The Southern Division of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association has recognized Arlo Elkins, women's tennis coach at USC, as the 1988 Coach of the Year. Elkins, who has coached at USC for five years, has compiled a record of 90-56, and led the Lady Gamecocks to four straight Metro Conference Championships. While under Elkins' leadership, USC has also been ranked in the Top 20 nationally for the past three years. Soccer team meets UNC in tourney The USC soccer team will play North Carolina for the NCAA > Southern Regional Championship Sunday at 2 p.m. at The Graveyard. Because this is a National Collegiate Athletic Association event, admission will be charged. Tickets for adults and students, including USC faculty and students are $5, and admission for students under 12 years of age will be $3. Tickets may be purchased the day of the game at the field or in advance at the USC ticket office. *' i USC swim team tn hold fir meet *? The USC men's swim team will take on the Florida Gators today in its first meet of the season. The Gamecocks, defending Metro Conference Champions, are led by head coach Kris Kirchner. The meet begins at 5 p.m. at the Carolina Natatorium in the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. ?GOT A NEWS TIP? Il-CALL 777-772tj||| GET INTO CAROLINA HOI place yoi "MIR AC GREENE 1 The Gamecock Ho 777-41 UNIVERSITAS CAROUN h Hen t I ? Robert E. Alexander Franchot A. Brown Harold Brunton H. Thorne Compton Jasper M. Cureton John Duffy Rufus G. Fellers Willie L. Harriford, Jr. The Univt Friday Afternoon, November 18, 1988 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Students' Perspectives on I Friday Evening, November 18, 1988 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address: Dr. Henri Monteith Treadwe The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Saturday, November 19, 1988 9:00 - 10:10 a.m. SESSION I "Mobilizing the University f< 10:15 - 11:25 a.m. SESSION II "Integrating the University': 11:30 - 12:40 p.m. SESSION III "Milestones in Desegregatin 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. SESSION IV "A Twenty-Five Year Retro: Conference Convener - Grac< [The conference is sponsored by ti with support fr Transfer E By JEFF NICHOLS Staff writer Every college basketball player is eager in mid-November. It's only natural. Practice has been going on for about a month and that longawaited season opener is just a few days away. Anticipation has been building all summer. For some, it started when the clock ran out in the final game last year. Then there's Beth Hunt, a 6-foot-l-inch transfer who comes to the Lady Gamecocks from the University of Maryland. She's been waiting on the 1988-89 season, not since last season ended, but since it began. That's because the former prep All-American was forced to sit out the 1987-88 season in compliance with National Collegiate Athletic Association rules after she transferred from ' Maryland following her freshman year. "I've been anticipating this season starting since last November when I transferred," Hunt said. "I knew the wait was going to be long. It really got bad this summer when school got out, and I was sitting at home, but once school got started again it got a little bit better. Now, I'm really looking forward to this year." Hunt brings a long list of credentials to a Lady Gamecock squad that finished 23-11 last year and is looking to repeat as Metro Conference Champions. She was named the USA Today High School Player of The Year in 1986 and was the only high school player to make the South team that participated in the National Sports Festival after her junior year at Myrtle Beach's Socastee High School. Hunt also participated in the event after a stellar senior season that saw her not only make several Ail-American teams, but also establish herself as one of the top high school players in the nation. Hunt's success in high school carried over to her freshman year at Maryland. She fulfilled expectations by leading the Lady Terrapins in both scoring and rebounding as a freshman. Hunt averaged 16 points and 9 boards a game and was named ACC Rookie of the Year. What more could a young college basketball player want? It depends on the person. Hunt still felt sometning was lacKing. "I think the big reason I transferred is THEII " HDAY SPIRIT! ir ad in :le ON STREET" , liday Magazine ^ 11 ; The Origins of Contemporaiy Desegr : The University of Sout A Twenly-Five Year Retrospec 1963-1988 Featuring: Robert Anderson imes L. Solomon, Jr. ri Monteith Treadwell Matthew J. Perry Panelists: Roland E. Haynes Ke I. S. Leevy Johnson Ga Milton Kimpson Sh James W. Luck Ws John McFadden Ha Charles L. McMillian H. Harriet G. McCombs Ch L. Casey Manning Ha A two-day conference November 18-19, 1988 Gambrell Hall srsity of South Carolina - Columbia SCHEDULE )esegregating The USC" (Featuring the persons who d ill, Program Director (Dr. i reaaweu is one 01 tne tnree persons wno aesegreg )r Desegregation" s Faculty and Administration" g The USC Student Body" spective, 1963 - 1988" e Jordan McFadden, Director of Afro-American Stud he Afro-American Studies Program (777-2734) and the Department of om the Office of L'.S.C. President. Dr. James B. Holderman.j iunt eager "I wai game we r - w pected to I'll be ex| H * Mb defensive because I wanted to be closer to home, and I'm definitely closer to home here," she said. "You can be close to home, go to school, play basketball and do it all if you're close enough." So last year at this time, when that midNovember eagerness was setting in, Hunt knew she could only practice with her new team. She knew then that it would be a year before she would see action in a game. Now, finally, she can adopt an old Gamecock maxim from the recent past, "This is next year." And Hunt couldn't be happier. Although she's struggled at times this year in practice, Hunt says "that's getting cleared up really quick." Part of the early difficulties she's had result from not only having to sit out every game last year, but also from missing three months of practice following surgery she had on her left knee last Oct. 30. "It's almost like being a freshman again sometimes," Hunt said. "You're kind of learning everything new. Sometimes, you draw a blank. But with practice and repetition, that clears up in a hurry." Hunt's numbers and accolades attest to the fact that she's got a lot of talent. But her biggest asset to the Lady Gamecocks may be her versatility. Hunt will probably be called on to play all three front line positions this year, and because she started as guard at Maryland, she'll also see some time in the backcourt, although Martha OU CAN LIVE YESTERDAY OV AGAIN! ALL THOSE YESTERDAYS ARE BETWEE THE COVERS OF THE 1988-89 GARNET I BLACK YEARBOOK. TAKE ADVANTAGJ WITH THIS CONVENIENT CARD AND RESERVE YOURS NOW! ^^Th^Garne^^lacl^fearboo^^^^M For more info, call the Student Media Office at (803) 777-3888. egation 1i Pirnliii'a .XL V^UJL UililU :tive Con FRID nneth Price lyle Ransom irley Ransom ilker Solomon rry L. Walker Larry Winecoff arles H. Witten rry H. Wright SRTCI esegregrated The USC) rated The USC in 1963.) ^ ies, USC-Columbia History for season . inj thi it my role here to be anything ou ng to help us win. It should be a srent depending on what kind of to 're in. Some games I'll be exscore, and maybe other games h* lected to hold a particular player ly.Anything that's going to help sh 'm ready to do." co Beth Hunt afl basketball player c U< Parker and Karen Middleton will see most of ret the playing time there. Although her role may Hi not be as clearly defined as it was at Maryland, po it should be more challenging. do "At Maryland, my role on the team was to score," said Hunt. "Here, we have a lot of of good talent on this team, players that can all clc score." of "I want my role here to be anything that's go- Hi ing to help us win. It should be a little different depending on what kind of game we're in. Some games I'll be expected to score, and maybe sh< other games I'll be expected to hold a particular gei player defensively. Anything that's going to in help us win, I'm ready to do," she said. Hunt says rebounding and scoring are the mi strongest points of her game. lef "That's what I do best, but I don't think I do at anything really bad to the point where that's a th< major weakness," she said. I try to be consis- leg tent with everything, but of course, everybody tin nas ineir sirengins. in< She also knows she can get better. ke( "I'm always looking to improve on hij everything, although there's not one thing that's really a glaring weakness," she said. "I try hard du to be as consistent as I can in every phase of the jus game." Hunt did admit she has one goal in mind. She jus wants to be one of the country's leading be rebounders. She wasn't as quick to specify what team soi goals the Lady Gamecocks have, however, say- Be er YES. I WANT T< YESTERDAYS Name: SSN#: Graduating Senior: Yes. No. ( enclose $20.00; your book will If yes, permanent address: Enclose a check for $18.00 (or $20.00 i payable to: Garnet & Black. Send checl form, to: STUDENT MEDIA BUSIN The USC, Columbia, SC., 29208. To ~773 cj im ia Party fit Z Or In Clam fiY: Happy Hour 5pi FREE Admissio $5.00 pitchers of $1.00 light pitche 25<p draft DOOR PRIZES! IRDfiY: Dnftn 1?-30r - ? * - * - ^rwi ? r Come watch the Ga on wide screen We'll have snacks along with happy ho to begin l only, "We have some pretty high goals for is team, but we kind of want to keep them to rselves right now. We want to keep these als in the back of our minds and know we're ning for them. Right now, we're getting off a good start." Hunt did say she thought this year's team will ve "higher goals than any team here has d." "I would feel real comfortable saying that," e said. The Lady Gamecocks lost to Texas in the se nd round of the NCAA tournament last year ter winning the Metro Conference crown. One more thing. This year, John Hudson and ). may not be the only players dunking for sC in the Carolina Coliseum. That's right. If the left leg of Beth Hunt urns to full strength soon, well, move over idson, the 6-foot-l-inch "Air Hunt" may be ised to do something few women have ever ne ? dunk in a game. "I was kind of fooling around at the College Charleston last week and I was surprisd how >se I was, so that's something that's not far f at all because I've done it (dunked) before," mt said. But will she try it in a game? "I'll try it in a game if the situation is right," e said. That's one of those things where if you t the opportunity like that, you always have it the back of your mind." But it's possible we'll only mull over what ght have been. Hunt has had surgery on her t knee twice, the first time while she was still Maryland, which makes her accomplishments :re even more noteworthy. She says her left : is only 85 percent strong now, and at one te it was almost an inch and a half smaller in her right leg due to atrophy, which would sp even Michael Jordan from getting up as ;h as he could. At any rate, Hunt says she's being patient ring her recovery. After last year, she knows it how to do that. And while she would love to dunk, and mieht it do it, she's plenty happy just knowing she'll playing in a USC uniform this November. As rock artist Tom Petty says in one of his rigs, "The waiting is the hardest part." For th Hunt, the waiting is over. 3 BUY THE OF 1988/89! 'circle one. If "yes", please be sent to you.) if you wish the book sent to you) along with this completed order ESS OFFICE, Box 85131, day! Z I n x: acks Here son! Ti - 8pm n (5pm - 8pm) Fuzzy Zacks jrs Dm - 2am mecocks T.V.! for you >cir prices :MSON ABC REGULATIONS ENFORCED!