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"TSatftl Serving USC i Lee Clontz, Editor in Chief Suss Editorial Keith Boudreaux, Lupe E Jimmy DeButts Gate agape City's decision to convent ignores needs of student X "T Tith the start of a new school y< \ l\ I ntndonta and trnffir on flrppn? VV puT USC has taken one step toward allevi off a portion of Devine Street. As the affi full of new students not familiar with the was certainly a very logical one. However, the decision by the Columb open between 7:30 a.m.. and 9 a.m. and pus events, seems to be a step in the wrc All-day events, a mainstay of life at t plan that denies them set-up time. Aftei closing off Greene Street require an em evening to break down. Heavy traffic has the street, let alone hook up cables. The suggestion to relocate carnivals i on either side of the reflecting dooI does Medians with parking meters make the 1 of people. Besides that, the university hi closing off areas that are always in use. Though traffic may be hampered by t during these key times, the prospect of d price to pay for allowing students a safe ] tion of their campus events. After all, we're worth it. Semester sta frantic, traun Chris Muldrow Columnist Moving into school is a traumatic experience for many people. It basically involves transplanting everything you own from one home to another, and most of us college students own cars only big enough to hold two people, an Eastpak full of fresh notebook paper and a potted plant. Through the magic of parents, however, if s possible to fit everything under your roof into your Honda Civic with a little air pocket left for you to drive in. I've found the best way to decide when to travel to school is to call your roommates and find out when they're going to arrive. You should get there about six hours after them; that way they'll be rested from unloading their stuff and ready for yours. Make sure to take a director's role as you unload so none of your very fragile belongings get scratched. The goal here is to only carry your Eastpak and your potted plant, getting someone else to carry everything else. Once you've moved in, you must decorate. Many people go to Wal-Mart and buy furniture, but milk crates still reicm aunreme as the multi-Tmrnose decorating tool. I find a nice navy blue milk crate is best for a subtle ocean view appearance. Orange milk crates are good for Southwestern flair. A brown milk crate says, "I'm an environmentally friendly chair/table/bookshelf/hamster cage/trash can." Posters are an important addition to any room but be sure to coordinate your poster with your decor. This means Budweiser posters if the setin beer stains on your floor are Budweiser stains and Busch posters if they're Busch stains. A AaW ITAIl'lTA /MfA/I VTA11M Afl /I rutci juu vc murcu juui otuii oiiu decorated you have to glide through the highly efficient fee-payment system here at USC. A warning: I've actually heard the ladies who work at the Coliseum talk about sending students on wild goose chases around campus when the students were being horse's rears about their fees. Don't make them angry...you iSatcock J5 Student Media Russell House-USO Cc Lee Clontz Jimmy DeButts Editor in Chief Sport* Editor Susan Goodwin Kim Truett Viewpoint* Editor Photo Editor Steven C Burritt Nguyen Le Copy Desk Chief Graphic* Editor Keith Boudreaux Erin Galloway New* Editor A**t. New* Lupe Eyde Robert Wertz Features Editor A**t. News The Gamecock is the jtudent newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Prlday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinion* expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of Soe"i Carolina. ^ and Communications Scock Since 1908 in Goodwin, Viewpoints Editor Board :yde, Steven C. Burritt, Kim Truett ience traffic body jar comes the ever-familiar clash of and other busy streets around camiating the problem by recently closing scted area lies in front of the Towers, in's and ouf s of campus life, the move ia Citv Council to keeD Greene Street 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., regardless of earning direction. his university, will be hampered by a r all, most of the events that warrant tire morning to set up and an entire never been a good time to walk across and the like to one of the parking lots not adequately address the problem, ots unattractive sites for large groups as enough parking problems without he occasional closing of Greene Street riving an extra block or two is a small haven for the set-up and implementartup can be latto time wouldn't like them when they're angry There are scores of ways to pass your time when waiting in line for financial aid. The best way I've found is to play poker for other people's scholarship checks. Me: Well, what've you got? Intrepid scholarship check ownen Three of a kind, tens. Me: Hah, I've got a full house!! I.S.C.O.: Oh great, now Fve gotta do another year of community college. You do this to me every year. After you pay fees, you should use every dime you have left to buy books and other school-related goodies. Books here at USC are apparently laced with threads of a highly rare mineral, so their prices are justified. I always buy used books to save money and in the hope some old exams are left folded between the pages. Of course, usually the old exams were shoved out when the credit card forms and magazine subscription cards were inserted, so I try to set up a table on Greene Street to sell subscriptions for a small fee. I did something new this year as I moved in, I bought a parking garage space. This year, though, the garage spaces went up in price from $100 to $160 a semester. This increase in price is designed to provide each car with a gold-plated parking card, valet service to your dorm (sorry...residence hall), free oil changes for the semester and a Doberman to tie to the bumper for security. After you've given the University aifaiiii kil aaak m itaiiw ftk artbir>rr o/?_ CVC1J uit Ul uioil ill jv/l&i uictnaiig awcount, you should go to Wal-Mart and start using that new credit card you got at the table in front of Greene Street from that nice bearded fellow. I recommend the gargantuan Wal-Mart beside Columbiana Center; it's got a McDonalds inside for those people who make their WalMart shopping experience an all-day affair, and if s having a huge grand opening bash with unlimited sixpacks of Pepsi for 98 cents a pack. If your veins are filled with caffeine like mine, you'll hold off on a couple of books to have enough money to buy Pepsi in bulk for that price. We bought 2,500 six-packs, which work almost as well as milk crates as furniture, except they shrink as the year progresses. Once you've maxed out your Visa and your checking account, you can relax in relative comfort on your milk crate LaZBoy and prepare for the start of classes, confident in the knowledge everything you own will expand over the school year to an unmanageable size incapable of fitting in your car again. 777 777& Chns Cwroll .. ill. Diector of Student Media rtising: 777-4249 Laura Day ; 777-6482 Creative Director ilumbia, SC 29208 Jim Green Aft Director Wendy Hudson Gregory Perez Aaat. Copy Deik Production Asst. Tanya Kropf Elizabeth Thomas A?t. Copy Desk Adv. Graduate Asst. Allison Williams Renee Gibson Ami. Feature* Advertising Manager Ryan Wilson Chris Wood Asst. Sport* AM. Advertising Manager Jason Jeffers Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Lattars Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letter* should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit 11 letters for "HE'S ftfiSJESBH? py CH "The best part was me< The only negative resi Changes in pape Welcome to the first fall issue of The Gamecock. For those of you returning to USC, welcome back. For those of you new to the campus, you're about to embark on what is likely to be the most important adventure of your life. The newspaper that you hold in your hands is significant for a number of reasons. First, this is the largest issue of The Gamecock ever produced, by a significant margin. We are wildly pleased to see that the Columbia community continues to support our efforts. Second, you may notice the paper's redesign. Many changes were made both in design and content to make the paper more useful for you, our readers. One change that will affect many campus organizations and their members is the alteration of the Datebook section. It will now appear in the news seo tion, with an events calendar taking its place in features. The added exposure of the news section will hopefully draw more attention to campus events and make them easier to find. Datebook will be replaced in Carolina! by an entertainment and audition calendar. The Gamecock is once again an Associated Press newspaper, so look forward to more timely national and state stories. The Notebook section on the front page will feature announcements from campus organizations or information about upcoming events on campus. Bear SG vows to build ( Welcome back to Carolina! I hope that each of you had an enjoyable summer. Student Government worked extremely hard this summer on important issues. I want to take this opportunity to update you on some of our accomplishments and goals. Many of the students living on campus will immediately notice a revised visitation policy that is more flexible. This policy is the result of hard work by students involved in the Residence Hall Association and Student Government. I hope that it meets the desires of our on-campus residents. We hope to continue making housing improvements. Student Government raised more than $3,000 this summer through fund raising and corporate sponsorship. A large amount of this money will go toward the homecoming activities for prize money and advertising. We also plan to use some of the money to hire a graduate assistant for the South Carolina Students' Association. This association is a statewide coalition -*--i i_ r% ii_. i i I i 01 scnoois. V/urrenuy, auoui ven scnouis are represented in the coalition. Together, we hope to effectively lobby the state legislature for higher education funding. Student Government also reviewed campus safeHow sale d I" ? 1 I feel pretty safe since Tm origii na. My first choice was Howard Washington, D.C. and I felt pre South Carolina. l ^ ^6en ^6re 3 C0U^6 ^ ? I eW I ^ ^ WSTUM* COHS0*<kTNES... CJ >tlng all the people, they were reall] ilt of the shoot was that I had to dn r kick off exciting ^eC ^'?ntZ in mind that space is limited, so we won't always be able to get in everyone's announcements. The sooner we get them, the better your chances. The Gamecock is home to some new comics. "Dave" is gone, mercifully, replaced by "Mr. Boffo," AflW/vJ kf t>Avf UTAAI/ \ AVt/1 A /WAQfllirAwl 1tx1acu ifxcuia v31'"1 wing licAt Tvwny aiiu a uuoottuiu puzzle, which should thrill professors across campus. The Gamecock is looking ahead to some very exciting changes in the upcoming months. A change in the publication schedule is a possibility being investigated, as well as CockNet, an Internet-accessible version of the paper's text. The Gamecock is intended to serve a number of purposes for USCs students, faculty and staff. We are an information source ? the most recognized on campus. We are working to ensure that The Gamecock is thorough, accurate and fair. If you ever think we aren't, please write a letter. We are a forum for the student voice. Through our various sections, particularly the Viewpoints page, )n summer work, r r 1 E Brian Comer Student Body President ty this summer. We planned safety workshops that will increase self-defense awareness. The classes are targeted toward incoming freshmen taking the University 101 classes. So far, the response has been extremely favorable. You may also notice that traffic is not quite as bad around the Towers area due to the closing of Devine Street. Student Government worked with the University Safety Committee and the city of Columbia to close this street and reduce traffic. Ann+Vior nrinritv diirincr tVie Hummer war t/i ren resent students during administrative interviews and on university committees. Students were involved in interviewing registrar candidates, applicants for positions in Greek life and the P.E. center, as well as other applicants for student life positions. Students o you feel on the strei lally from South Caroli- I Safe. I University and it was in Jimmy Huff Psychology freshman ays. I don't really know. pjl I feel r Neal Brooks jjflkB?an5 Finance freshman |B9||H^yp ^ I I ' ? D MX- AN F*0KCAST/ * 1 f nice and professional. ?p out of my sorority." Jan Pollack Ad/PR senior, on her Playboy shoot [ new semester we toy to keep our collective finger on the pulse of student opinion. Our goal is represent a broad range oft opinion, as well as the staffs editorial opinion. If you l uisagiee wuii sumeiiimg you set:, wriue a leiier. We are a source of publicity. Organizations depend on us to get the word out about their upcoming events. While we can't print every event of every organization, let us know when you're planning something particularly special. We also serve as a training ground for potential journalists of all kinds: writers, photographers, copy editors and graphic artists. The Gamecock is excellent experience for those who want to prepare for internships, jobs and classes. If you want to learn more about The Gamecock or to join the staff, you're invited to our organizational meeting on Tuesday, August 30 at 6 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. Call 777-7726 if you want more information or to talk to an editor. If you want to contact us, you can call, stop by Russell House 321 (soon to be Russell House 333 ? same room, but the numbering is being changed) or write a letter. The on-campus address is: The Gamecock, Letters to the Editor, Russell House. Add USC, Columbia, SC 29208 if you're writing from off-campus. We've got a long semester ahead of us. With the support ana input 01 eacn 01 our reaaers, we can make it a great one. epresent students were also extremely involved with the Board of Trustees on committees concerning Greek housing. T xi J A ""* ... i. i in me coming year, oiuueni uovemmKm nopes to focus on empowering students through voter registration and increased representation during the review of university policies. We also plan to implement a book exchange so that students will have an opportunity to buy and sell books at more favorable prices. The process will be complicated, but we hope to eventually set up a simple system that can be used every semester. We are also in the process of forming a scholarship fund with money from past USC Student Body Presidents. This will enable Student Government to establish an annual scholarship for a deserving student. This is just a brief account of what we have accomplished. We have set many goals for the fall. Our top priority is to continue to effectively represent the students. However, we can't do this without your involvement and input Please come by our office in the Russell House if you ever have any concerns. We are always eager to help! Best of luck for a successful year! ets of USC? just got here. Fve lived in big cities. Fm not scared. Ashley Edens Psychology freshman datively safe on campus, but then again I wouldn't where alone at night. Tamara Moody Marketing/management senior 5