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USA Today asks for nominations USA Today, in cooperation with four higher education associations, is beginning its annual search for the nation's best college students, 60 of whom will be named to tne iyv4 ah-u^a Academic Team. Students will be selected for the first, second or third teams and all will be featured in a special section of the newspaper. The first team members will each receive a $2,500 cash award. They also will have the opportunity to engage in a public dialogue with college presidents on the condition of undergraduate education. A session featuring first team members and presidents is being scheduler! fr?r the American fYmnril U1VU 1V1 U1V A U11V1 AVUK vyvwtlw* on Education convention Feb. 21 in Washington, D.C. Any full-time undergraduate of a four-year institution is eligible. Each nomination must be signed by a faculty member familiar with the student's work and an administrator. Winners will be selected by a panel of educators, chosen in cooperation with the co-sponsors. The criteria are designed to find students who excel not only in scholarship but in leadership roles on and off campus. The key element, to be given most weight by the judges, will be a student's outstanding original academic or intellectual product. The judges will be influenced by the student's ability to describe the outstanding endeavor in his own words. The judges rely solely on the student's ability to describe the effort in writing, supplemented by recommendations from the nominating professor and up to three other persons of the nominee's choice. Nomination forms can be picked up in The Gamecock newsroom on the third floor of the Russell House. Call Carol Skalski at (703) 276-5890 if you have any further questions. Correction In the Sept. 29 issue of The Gamecock, Willie Harriford was mistakenly identified as a full professor. Harriford was the first African-American instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1971, which is now split into two colleges, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Math and Science. The first African American to assume professorial rank was James Lucky in 1970, who taught in the College of Education. The Gamecock regrets this error. I I mmSSmm MHttpM Colorado a into law pr By College Press Service DENVER ? Several student athletes were arrested in Colorado in separate incidents on charges ranging from illegal weapons possession to obstruction of justice. The arrests occurred in the space of a week, beginning Sept. 5 at the University of Colorado. Keenen Gardner and Thadus Swazer, linebacker and tight end for the University of Colorado Buffalos, were arrested by police for carrying guns on the sprawling campus. University of Colorado basketball star Donnie Boyce was charged with obstruction of justice, but the charge was dropped by the Boulder Police Department Sept. 23. Meanwhile, at Colorado State University, freshman basketball guard Russell Nicholls was charged with sexual assault. The gun charges against Gardner and Swazer caused the biggest shock to university officials. Both players were expelled pending disciplinary hearings. "We have a code which specifi?11-. L.i caiiy piumuiis uuugiug wcapuns on campus for any reason," said University of Colorado spokeswoman Pauline Hale. Campus police have banned the two athletes from campus, and they would be "subject to arrest if found on camEDUCATION, cc academic problems, but the real reasons may have to do with finances or lack of them," saic Tendaji Ganges, director of educa tional services and programs a Northern Illinois University in Dc Kalb. Loans are not always the answer Ganges noted. Freshmen from low- to moder ate-income families who are firs generation college students oftei have an aversion to borrowing money, Ganges observed. "It's against the stereotype, bu these students overwhelmingly pre fer to work," he said. "One of ou financial aid officers was trying t< explain to a student recently that h< needed to work for pin money bu not try to pay for tuition and fees But they are looking at that sevei to 10 years to pay a loan back." But even students who are no QUALIFIED Having a motorcycle show that unlicensec states. So get your 1 even keep you from Br v hk| _ jBWHMllliIlll|| HP-'^SW m %\f^i| Hy^^rajgn thletes run oblems pus," Hale said. Both athletes were discoverec the campus with weapons. Scl officials declined to give furi details. "We cannot, by law, discuss specific disciplinary actions in : cific cases," Hale said. Gardner, Swazer and Bo were not available for comment Boyce was involved in an campus incident. A crowd of dents, including Boyce, were g ered at a Taco Bell near Boulder campus. There are versions of what took place v police stopped at the scene. Ofl KODeri dunenoerger saiu observed Boyce "along with fiv six other males" standing out "exchanging money." Meanwhile, at CSU, offi< said Nicholls, a freshman bas ball guard, will be arraigned 19 on charges of false impri: ment, third-degree sexual ass and third-degree assault cau bodily harm. The charges s from an episode in which a year-old female, who was visi a friend on campus, asked to the phone in Nicholls' room. W he made a sexual overture, the refused and struggled with 1 and she hit her head during struggle, police said. Nicholls' future in CSU ketball is uncertain. tntinued from page 1 l afraid to borrow money are fir i it difficult to put together the I 1 ing for school. States have cut cational funds dramatically, an t federal Pell Grant program j been reduced. "Despite the commitmei , institutions and governmei need-based grant aid, low moderate-income families h t tremendous financial burde 1 paying for college, one w I exceeds basic financial aid g lines and which represents a gi t level of effort than that face - middle- and upper-income I r lies," said Thomas Mortensi 3 policy analyst who author; e Post-secOndary Educ; t Opportunity newsletter that ,. lished the UCLA study. 3 Attempting to put a < through college in the '90; it financially devastate a family J ? Howar 1 83811 J Homel I TO RIDE. \'? I A operator license is more tl 1 riders account for 80% of t icense. It's proof that you becoming a statistic. 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A survey by TAV fami- College Press Service of college "c* cv/* "Mhe menta^ health counseling centers, City Editor ation which have seen a 40 percent LEECLONTZ pub. increase in cases in the past several Carolina! Editor years, revealed that financial strain child Is exacerbating the emotional ERIC GLENN ? can issues faced by today's college stu- Photo Editor with- dents. J CHRIS CA1 nnvAi r AftHiTAD i mcMcc I Coordinator of Si inuiVLC wrtiwivn uwLnub ; ? RENEE GIBSON CeniiJfcf Advertising Manager cm 27670 mgyM TODD SHEVCHIK mPm Asst. Advertising Manager ERIK COLLINS The Gamecock is the student newspape tian legal. It's vital. Statistics and U publish^ Monday Wednesday and , r 1* semesters, with the exception of universit; he fatalities in some \ Opinions expressed in The Gamecock a con r\Aa Anrl if mo\r\ 4P / not those of the University of South Carol can riae. Ana 11 may \f/ TheBoardofstudentand IRCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION \7? The Gamecock. The Department of Stud< ? CULUK5 "F |SBnM CAROLINA |igjgj^jgl Tuesday, October 5 Wednesday, October 6 PAM w STONE HOMECOMING crrnivhl StEmr: Comedy Night at the ^ Koger Center 7pm Greene Street Free Far Students with J| USC I P ^^ic $10) 10 am-3 pm Wednesday, October 6 Thursday, October 7 77ze Carolina Community FLOAT fOOKOI IT BUILDING V-'Vy Vw/l\Vy \J I featuring the Dave Matthews Band Gibbes Property 5 pm-7 pm Evening Till We're Done Russell House Patio _SpoTni*FJTf',cTni1,s?"iry Council, Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs .Friday, October 8 F riday, October 8 y homecoming <T The Homecoming / Pep Rally 7:30pm \ e fJJU umi 'Vance Featuring Beat the Clock S. Featuring Comedian 9:30 pm-lam James Gregory ^ Russell House Ballroom / $2 Students \ Co-Sponsored by Offlct of Alcohol and Sponsored by Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Drug Programs ?lemson festival 0 explore ace roles in art y College Press Service CLEMSON ? Can art help idge the differences between the ices? That is the kind of question lat will be raised during lemson's first Festival of frican-American Literature and le Arts to explore the role of race 1 novels, films and other art >rms. The Oct. 20-24 Festival will fealre playwright Alice Childress, olvelist Dori Sanders and poet fikki Giovanni, who will discuss ieir -work, and an art exhibit and tzz and gospel concerts. Harvev Gantt, former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., will deliver the welcoming remarks. In 1963. !lemson was the first college iir le South to be integrated peacejlly when Gantt, then an architeclre student, enrolled. While Clemson is proud of that eritage, it doesn't consider itself a lodel of race relations. "Like all campuses, we have ad our share of racial tension and issonance," said Dean of Liberal uts Robert Waller. "Clemson took te lead in 1963, and we'd like to 0 it again with some honest talk bout the issues that are shaping ur country's future. This festivals 1 an attempt to show that bridges re being built." 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