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2 ** . . u i I yt 8t[^nnual a A-A* student leadership training conference ! | NAME STUDENT J POSITION(S) HELD 1 MAILING ADDRESS I PHONE : L ^ 1 I f I Live o | Want t( ! Check i *... ysjijifc nMllI TEhe(B | 1 IffL tif**?*' jW'~ | ^ I '"ilillllliiiiii f. '^il ,:, > : :x> < ^ <Ba? <. v f '' ' &, Av v . j, '-*y&?*~! E * H^Hk a r^#&4$?"' ' * tX$?^/V; 'f%sl& ^JsP BThe University Visitor Center is sched April 9 and 10. Officials estimate tht students and visitors to the city of Co in the lobby area of Carolina Plaza. Fr< received hundreds of phone calls and distributed thousands of pamphlets and brochures about USC, with most of the questions involving directions or events such as Homecoming, football games or Kimberly Aiken's November visit. "There are a lot of other places to get the answers to those kinds of questions, but you have to know where to go, so the Visitor Center will be a kind of nerve center or central information site," Wellman said. The members of Rex's original class remain active in the decision-making process of the center through their involvement on the center's committees and boards and have also contributed financial support. TV?a opofpr Jc nrmofplir fiinHpH nrifK 1 l 11V WV.1UU 1J piivaivij 1U1IUVU ??i LII a HM, majority of the contributions from the Hp alumni of the class of 1941, SGA, Student HL. Alumni Association and local businesses such as Merrill Lynch of Columbia, W want fa... velsp ysur leader4lip abilities? fure flat ysur future suiter* mil love tie 4kit I* fa lead) ->r0ve tie ffdity and ef)(jefitivene44 sjj ysur at sup sr sraam tend exailtinp- W0rk4lsp4 and li4ten fa alailenginfr m&rivat Its all here at the 1994 I Leadership Training Conl Saturday, February 5,1994 Russell House University Union Cost: $15 for USC-Columbia studei DEADLINE IS TODAY!! Call 777-5780 for more informatioi YEAR IN SCHOOL Please make STAFF MEMBER Training Progr* to Campus Act ? University I Sponsored b; Training Progi m mm mm wm mm ^m mm wm wmm mm mm mm mm mm a mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm ff campus? 3 get involved? Out W L.O.C.A.L.w * Living Off-Campus And Learning JhT W Organizational Meeting flRSftVl t A Thursday February 3, 1994 SMMMI I4:00 p.m. flHUB ^ <=i Room 203 Russell House University Union v H For more information call 777-4174, v or stop by Russell House Rm 209. iamecock College ^BB| unique - By College Press Service Mark Forti had no idea t\ * tjiat j,e was on the brink ol *<1! :^** ^ a remarkable new flying toy ,Ml,,,i^^^^^pgfffffgipy>. he was just goofing off by n airplanes in his apartment a versity. "Basically, I was avoiding he said, explaining how the > scope that can fly twice th< football field when thrown marketed across the nation His situation may seem ir ering that slacking off never ] so handsomely for most ^ development of the X-zylo w | just a fluke. "I've always been inter ByfiE ~i foils and other physical phen Forti, who graduated last) been studying various air-foil ^ an airplane, such as a wi vides lift or stability) and wa* the idea coming up with born essentially when Fort David Mandrell/The Gamecock take a paper airplane wing a uled to open on "Showcase Weekend," form a circle that picks up : center will serve 15,000 prospective thrown and flies in a level li lumbia. Above, construction continues Now 23 years old, Forti is :d Adkins, left, finishes ceiling work. corporation with his dad, c on the X-zylo and the nal industry is knocking on his 1 page 1 some scientific and technical for the gadget's design. NationsBank and R.L. Bryan Co. but Forti is quick to downf The class of '41 adopted the center as bve nature of his invention its class project and has raised more than real challenge of a compai $100,000, Rex said. ?ng a product that customer; "We are literally bridging generations with, with this project, bridging 50 years "Money is just a way of ke between the class of '91 and the class of Forti said. *41," Wellman said. In its current form, th< Faculty, alumni and students will coop- thin plastic cylinder that m erate in the creation of the center's dis- inches in diameter, weigl plays, which will consist of original art- one ounce and looks som< work and faculty publications. short soft-drink can with the The center will be open regular busi- torn cut out. ness hours during the week and several According to Forti, the hours Saturdays to accomodate week- heavy gyroscope rim at the end visitors. of the cylinder's body. Wh< "It has been an entire university forward, the heavy spinnin effort, and every place you go, the Visitor the body to maintain its pre Center is known as an idea whose time tion, and the rim's angular has long since come," Wellman said. seems to prevent the cylind To volunteer or get more information ing down in response to the about the University Visitor Center, con- ity. tact Denise Wellman at 777-0169. That's the general fligf i The rtw# u PI ifnat speaker*? yS OPEN Student M Ference! 1 . .... ra sjiifi BfcfiSd <2 1 mon EEJiM unlimi nts kg| ^2 checks payable to Leadership 2ms and return with this form * ^ 'nv ' tivities Center, Russell House | ^jj ( Jnion, Lower West Wing. | bMy GrfSl y the Office of Leadership - p&a IflSm*! ! JM 103-A 12th; --J 1? cyyixntar<=$>oa Mortal* Board is a national honor society for college demonstrated outstanding commitment to leaders!" Board is an active organization with se To qualify for membership into Mortar Board, yoi end of the 1994 Spring semester, plan to graduate b 1995, be a full-time student with a cumu! Infoirnation sheets arc due by February 4. Picl Information Desk on the second floor of the Russel Center in the Lower West Wing ol For additional information, c ?>rf,p,pAicati(Ms deadlin Wednesday, February 2, 1994 student designs ierodynamic toy although Forti admits no one is certain vo years ago precisely why the gadget flies. After he F discovering invented the cylinder, he realized that the . He thought device was aerodynamically unique taking paper because it flew straight across the room t Baylor Uni- of his apartment quite easily. "At that time, I didn't realize that I had homework, anything revolutionary. I just knew it was C-zylo, a gyro- a very cooj thing," he said. " 'en8r^ ?j_a Forti tried other models with the same , came to e design and different materials, getting fly- ' in toy stores ? . , , , . . ing devices that progressively improved onic consid- with each step He was takinB a marketpays off quite in8 c'ass at the time and was supposed to people, but come up with a marketing strategy for a as more than new product. He decided to design a marketing strategy for the X-zylo. His proested in air fessor, Van Gray, gave him an A on the lomena," said project and encouraged Forti to make the fear. He had product for real. designs (part First, Forti took his invention to the ng, that pro- physics Department at Baylor to get a ' inttjgued by more technical explanation of the X-zylo's a i erent prjncjpies. The device baffled the ngs fascinat- cxperts *?e. ie X-zylo was Then he showed the X-zylo to his i decided to ^ac*' Forti, then an executive at nd bend it to General Dynamics Corp. in Pomona, Calif, lift after it is The X-zylo mystified the experts at Genine. eral Dynamics as well. : partner in a So the Fortis took the device to the iwns patents nation's top experts at NASA's Advanced nonai space Vehicle Division at Langley Research Cendoor to find ter jn Virginia. The X-zylo stumped NASA I applications experts, too, and they're still working to try to explain it because they'd like to use ' a> t e ucra ^ concept in high-altitude research He savs the aircraft or possibly in ballistics, ay is provid- K > are satisfied ^ a toy' the manner in which the X" zylo is thrown has a lot to do with how ' eping score," far jt goes. The flying gyroscope has the potential of traveling as far as 200 yards, : X-zylo is a although 100 yards is likely the best diseasures 3.75 tance to be gained on early tries, hs less than Frisbee enthusiasts have shown a lot of ething like a interest in the X-zylo as the new toy of the top and bot- 1990's, Forti says, although dogs won't have as much success in X-zylo-throwX-zylo has a jng ^ (jQ jn Frisbee-throwing. ea ing edg*j "Dogs love to chase them, that's for ii sure. It's just a question of whether they'll g rim allows , ' ^ , ? ' ijected direc- rough them up once they get them' For" momentum ri said Because the gyroscopes are ler from nos- niade of thin plastic, they are easily puncforce of grav- tured by the dog's teeth, and that factor doesn't make the X-zylo the best possible . it principle, canine toy. 1 111811W? Ta Wl$ki *m-wni jf ' I Sun Salon m featuring 10 Wolff Beds PS [ 7 DAYS A WEEK || don. - Thurs. 7am - 9pm Friday 7 am-8pm luMi Saturday 10am-6pm HH Sunday 12-6pm o with this ad only SC STUDENTS ONLY |fe55aM ive minutes from campus PJJ 3REAT PAR KING fag 794-3461HB H Street Plaza, W. Columbia |1| - - /iaa/ (^y~t^) seniors, recognizing those who have lip, scholarship, and service. Mortar rvice-oriented activities. 1 must have 90 or more hours by the etween December 1994 and August lative GPA of 3.0 or better. c up information sheets from the 1 House, or in the Campus Activities ? the Russell House. all 544-3079. & ^eAxUCWU/ 4. ,