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PATEBOOK Guide to Weekly K The Department of History is hosting Ramon Ruiz of the University of California, San Diego today at 2:30 p.m. in Gambrell 152. Ruiz will speak on Chiapas and Cuba. The Women Students' Association and Women's Student Services is sponsoring an empowerment fair Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom B. An information session on the Goldwater Scholarship for sophomores and juniors majoring in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering will be held Monday at 4 p.m. in the Gressette Room on the third floor of Harper College. Sundays Ballroom Dance Club, 4-5 p.m., Blatt PE. Center Room 107. For more information, call Gabriele at 2563140. Worship Service and dinner, 5:30 p.m., PALM Center, 728 Pickens St. Mondays Living Off Campus and Learning (LOCAL), 2:30 pan., RH 307. For more information, call the Off-Campus Student Services in RH 209 at 777-4174. OXFAM Carolina, planning meeting for hunger awareness events, 4 p.m., PALM Center, 728 Pickens St. Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH Theater. PALM Campus Ministiy, "Body 6 SouF meal and program, 5:30 p.m, PALM center. Campus Rape Awareness, 7 p.m., RH 332. Students for the Ethical Treats ment of Animals, Oct. 10,7 p.m., RH 305. CPU Cultural Arts Committee, 7 p.m., CPU Conference Room. CPU Cinematic Arts Committee, 7 p.m., RH 203. CPU Publicity Committee, 7:30 p.m., RH 201. Tuesdays Student Ad Federation, 4 p.m., Coliseum 4027. Carolina for KIDS, 6 p.m., RH 302. Dinner and program, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Student Center, 1702 Greene St. Carolina Cares, 7 p.m., RH 204. Student Psychology Association, 7 p.m., Barnwell Conference " - ' J, . \ intervi Sound. In % Meetings Room. Homecoming Commission, 7:15 p.m., RH 307. USC Model United Nations Club, 8 p.m., Gambrell 201. n SAGE (Students Acting for a Greener Earth), an environmental action group, 8 p.m., RH 302. Campus Coalition for Literacy, every other Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., RH 202. For more information, call 7778402. Wednesdays Academic Success Drop-in,12:1012:50 p.m., RH 306. Workshop on memoiy and concentration through hypnosis with Dr. Judy Small, 2-3 p.m., Counseling and Human Development Center. Call 777-5223 for more information. Living Off Campus and Learning (LOCAL), 2:30 p.m., RH 307. Call the Off-Campus Student Services in RH 209 at 777-4174. PALM Campus Ministiy, 5:30 p.m., dinner and program, PALM Center. Student Government Senate, 5 p.m., RH Theater. Women Students' Association, 6 p.m., RH 201. Campus Rape Awareness, 7 p.m., Oct. 5, RH 332. Bible Study, 7 p.m., Presbyterian Student Center, 1702 Greene St. CPU Golden Spur Committee, 7:30 p.m., CPU Conference Room. . CPU Special Programs Committee, 8 p.m., RH 201. CPU Contemporary Sounds Committee, 8:30 p.m., RH 306. College Republicans, 7:30 p.m., Gambrell 151. Call Lany Drakeford at 544-3501 or Vernon Davenport at 796-7402 tor more information. Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Association, 8 p.m., BA 303. Fellowship erf Christian Athletes, 9 p.m., Roost lobby. C$11 J.J. Gentry at 256-8067 for more information. Special praise and worship night. Thursdays "Heart to Heart," 7 p.m., Baptist Student Union, 700 Pickens St. CPU Ideas & Issues Commitfpp 7:30 n.m.. CPU Conference Room. Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 8 p.m., RH 303. For more information, call Richard Grinnan at 256-1211. Iti ILL , --.,U -A ' ?. > ? i m Jm Hi m U ' mm &Black Quarterly, ?day to a newsstam iew with James 6k! eluding Hootie and ! get the scoop on w f submissions this s GBQ is LJil* |LA #ImmJ* mi9 III? 9IUIIU3 , Comer vetoes p GREG RICKABAUGH Staff Writer o SG President Brian Comer vetoed a senate amend- ^ ment Wednesday that would have changed the definition of a political organization. Comer said the change makes the definition more vague and told Finance Committee members they were ^ jumping the gun" on changes without proper research. Senators could not muster the two-thirds majority to override Comer's veto despite last week's successful 1 c o a iu-o vine. vviui mule ociiatuio cuiciiuing vvcuncouay o meeting, the vote to override the veto failed, 19-13. ^ "Brian offered no new reasons for vetoing the amendment," committee member Jeff Ramsey said. "I feel Brian just reiterated the argument by the small dissention CONTAINER continued from page 1 would like to see it not become a crisis." hol-related inju The Rev. Kenneth Burton, candidate ington, the legis for Richland District One School Board Charge Coaliti member at large, presented a petition South Carolina to the council with 150 signatures of USC gradua community leaders. solution to the ] "We are increasing the risk of alco- "If you don'1 COCKFEST continued from Daae 1 act based on the Homecoming theme "Nothing Could ^ Be Finer." [ The Rascals had an identity crisis as Alfalfa's love ( for Darla threatened the club's all-male rule. After going to the USC-East Carolina game, won by the * Cocks 95-0, the guys and gals gave up their bickering e and paired up. v Jenni Byrd played Darla and was instrumental in preparing the skit. Tm really excited that we won be- n cause we worked hard. But everyone did a great job." n?v*rrrr HTUat% nf Cirrwrt T?r\ A*iint7A/l lirAvl/mrr linfV? f v-ucgg xiiuiui/Uii ui kji^uia up cujujcu rvuiivuig vyilai Alpha Delta Pi again this year after last year's victo- s ry. "All of us had fun working together. We mix well," b he said. lj Kappa Delta and Kappa Sigma did a parody of For- I rest Gump with Forrest trying to decide where to go to college. He chose to come to Carolina, with some 6( help from passing students who told him about the school's assets. When they talked about academics, a a group danced to Micheal Jackson's "A-B-C, 1-2-3." ^ The student organizations were represented by acGREINER continued from page 1 S1"3111) Greiner One of the most recent ways in which ^1 anc* ^2 elf Greiner began to implement his under- enrolled stude graduate education philosophies into the r 1 anAensieir| curriculum was by inviting freshmen to first-year* readinj join a first-year- reading experience this discussion of th past summer. more intellectu After reading Pat Conro/s "The Wa- the members ol ter is Wide," Greiner, 38 faculty mem- 'Even thoug bere and 380 freshmen gathered during course a semest W7 r%\/>r\rm fn Ci tllO PFOSldOnt < lino jy^cu o tt ciiuiuc ?t i\j ttuiiji movie version of the book and discuss that * s^ou^ b the novel. This program was so sue- n?t ^ave 58 mu( cessful Greiner decided to extend it next students after i year to 500 incoming freshmen. having three he Along with the first-year reading pro- 45 minutes. Id to sit with thei ^ Almnrf ) I UillUOl -^ \^ fflHw it, .^**4$ . , p>f^ .s 8 ? bo the new general interest/ i near you. The premiere i tey, an inside look at Play! the Blowfish, and a ride m hat's hot and what's not e ide of the Folger Shakespe the publication that finally Wednesday at 15 li m ? olitical defimtic f sen at ore." The amendment would have made a three-word hange in the definition of a political organization, needd by the Finance Committee to decide which student roups are not eligible for student funding because of heir activities. The amendment would have changed he phrase "or resulting in" to read, "promotes and enourages" when referring to whether a group encourges lobbvinsr a legislative or executive bodv for policies dvocated by the club. Sen. Randy McKay reacted to the veto in his Finance Committee meeting Wednesday. "I think we all need to come together and change it 11 in one fell swoop," McKay said. "If I don't want loud cheerii ly," said Carlton Wash- live near Williams-Brice Sta lative chair for the Take One proponent of the ordi on for an Alcohol-Safe he was concerned that the pi beer sold on St. Patrick's Da te Jeff Miller offered one nated to charities. Refeiring to problem. ment, Miller said, "I don't can : like it. move," he said. from beel. safes M.bake salffi irs in sandwich board signs and singing the names j 0 the tune of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." 1 tressed in athletic gear, a group danced to "Be True 1 Your School." ] Taking recent political events as their motif, Zeta I 'au Alpha and Chi Psi decided to run Cocky for Govrnor instead of vote for Beasley or Theodore. Cocky | /ins in a landslide after nromisiner to limit students i o one class a day, build mansions for sororities and i lake the Gamecocks win a bowl game. Those involved with the skits enjoyed working on 1 hem. "Ifs just fun! I think it helps everyone to get i pirited and show how much we care. A big part of i eing happy at USC is getting involved and feeling i ike a part of school," said Heather Newby of Kappa i )elta. "The school is so diversified that Cockfest is need- 1 d to bring us together as a school. It looks good for < s (the fraternity) to participate in school functions < nd not just hang out with our brothers," said Branon Twitty, Kappa Sigma pledge. 1 Virginia Edwards of Zeta admits that she "had a ! appealed to all English talk about the novels with b isses and asked to have students. So that's a loss. ( nts read Mary Shelly's er hand we have a lot of ter the same week. Like the tives for enhancing undergr g program, Greiner hopes ucation. Generally speaking lis novel will provide for balanced by the gain," Gn .al experiences between During his interim basis f the freshman class. ate provost, Greiner initial ;h I continue to teach one velopment of the accelerates er, and I'm grateful that reate/early admission to grad and the provost agreed concept, the new Office of Su e in the classroom, I do grams and Scholarships anc :h time to spend with the opment of the highly touted class is over. Instead of college. iurs of office time, I have Throughout his caieer at I on't have time after class er has directed more than 1( en and drink coffee and theses and doctoral disseitati HereT jBjlk f iWB| 3 I If"<j I * at. a iHiiinHH s __SK__ JIlaBIHHl^Hnl ^ literary magazine at US( issue of GBQ will feature joy model Jon Pollack, th it the information superh m campus and the best u are Library! You've been f brings it to you. Nations across (an ? >n amendment Membere had said last week they were hying to pievent witch hunts by senators who used a broad definition to target an organization and strip their funding. Finance Chaiiman William Blitch hinted Wednesday the next step might come from a committee looking into the entire student allocation process. The committee is made up of faculty, staff and students and will pynmine notional issues on student allocations TheV" will discuss court decisions concerning student allocations and how other universities are distributing their money. The committee is hoping to have recommendations to the senate by Thanksgiving, in time to affect the spring student allocation process. ig, I won't The open container ordinance prodium." hibits consumption and possession of alnance said cohol in an open container on Columbia rofits from public streets, sidewalks, parking garages y were do- and parks. However, the City Council that state- will be able to designate areas for pube if it came lie festivals where drinking would be al5." lowed. *ood time practicing for the skits, but also came to near REO Speedwagon. "I have been waiting to see them for a long time. It's even better that they're at Cockfest," said Tes Strickland, freshman Coquette. Staci Versen, a senior nursing student, and her group of friends came just to hear REO. "We've been excited about this since we heard they were coming," she said. Comedian Jaz Kaner got little response to his act, though his disparaging remarks about Clemson were appreciated. He parodied popular rock songs and did impersonations of weird combinations like Jack Nicholson singing Bruce Springsteen or Jimmy Stewart singing Elvis. Kaner satirized Mick Jagger, singing about Geritol and cocaine to the tune of "Start Me Up." The audience participation number required cow, pig, and :oyotes noises. Some students interviewed said they liked Cockfest better last year and thought that having it at the Stadium brought more students. no or three er also served as director of undergrad3n the oth- uate studies in English from 1970-75, rific initia- as weu as director of English graduate aduate ed- studies from 1978-82. In addition, Grein r hp ic einer said er ^aS ^een ^onore(^ ^our t*mes by 3 as associ- South Carolina Honors College with its ted the de- Distinguished Teaching Award and rei baccalau- ceived the AMOCO Award as the outuate school standing teacher in the university, immer Pro- Greiner joined USC as an assistant * ^eve^ professor of English in 1967. He received tesi entia un^eror1-aduate degree from WofFord JSC, Grain- University in 1962 and his master's and 30 master's doctorate degrees from the University ons. Grein- of Virginia. * # ? a* - * " ?* . ,, i-.t.. *.? r\r?- ' """ ....." . , > -... - " ' ? jj'f i..-,... , V- .. .? is coming an in-depth ie Columbia ighway. 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