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BEN PILLOW Asst. Features Editor
Three USC student organizations are in danger of extinction
thanks to graduation and underclassmen not filling
the roles left void.
Campus Coalition for Literacy, Campus Rape Awareness
and Women Students' Association are "really small, low-funded
clubs," WSA President Ashlie Bagwell said, and may be
put out of existence because of their small memberships.
"We always start out with a big group, then it falls," Bagwell
said of WSA meetings, which usually garner five to 10
people. "We need people that are going to get involved in executive
positions and plan to do things."
In the case of Campus Rape Awareness, President Ben
Martin said the club's main issue has become an issue for
other groups as well.
"About five years ago, our issue was one not many people
talked about," Martin said. "Now a lot of other groups pick
it up as an issue, and the university has done a good job of
facing it."
As a result, students concerned about rape have moved
ft) other groups, leaving CRA with seven members.
J Despite recruiting efforts such as a membership drive and
reception after the previous Organization Fair, Martin said
what probably will happen to CRA is a "phasing out" into a
programming board for the Office of Sexual Assault Services,
which already sponsors the organization.
I "We would most likely be a board for planning things and
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That may not be a step backward, he said.
"It would be a healthy step, because we don't want to be
driven into the ground by all the other groups focusing on
this issue," Martin said.
Still, the biggest problem, Bagwell said, is that few new
students are becoming involved in groups losing seniors to
graduation. Ben Reed, president of Campus Coalition for Literacy,
is a senior, as are Bagwell and Martin.
"The people that keep it running are people that want to
do something," Bagwell said. "They're going to graduate, and
no one else will run anything."
For an organization to start up, at least 10 full-time stu
dents must organize its initiation, but there is no set number
of members it must maintain, according to the Campus
Activities Center.
What ends up happening, Bagwell said, are officers that
rotate positions.
"The same three people end up just changing places," Bagwell
said. The organization then suffers because "the more
programs and people, the more funding," and a limited membership
hurts its ability to get things done.
"No one really knows about these organizations," Bagwell
said. "I know there are people that want to do them. They're
just not aware."
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When Keith Kortmeier began taking classes ?
University of Georgia this past fall, he knew that he wo
last long.
"I couldn't keep my mind on anything that was happ
in the classroom," he said. "I'd just keep thinking ?
what I've always thought about: running my own busii
Although Kortmeier was sure of the fact that he \
ed to run a business, he was
still undecided on what kind.
After a lot of thought, much of 4I COIlldn't keep
it during class, Kortmeier had was happening
a plan. He would open a coffeehouse
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diner he once saw in a movie.
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signed for people just to hang out in," he said. "I toyed
the idea of opening a bar, but I don't drink, and I didr
ally want to deal with all the potential problems that
owner might have. A coffeehouse is kind of like a ba:
essentially just a big hang-out, but with the kind of p
I want to deal with."
Kortmeier pitcned tne idea to his brojher, Karl, a s
at the University of Georgia, and soon the two became
ners. Then the brothers from Marietta, Ga., set out tc
the right location, furniture and appliances and the ir
to pay for it all.
"Karl and I had a tiny amount of money," Kortmeier
"We knew all along we'd be doing this on a shoestring
get, but we still needed some cash."
One of Keith's old employers had just purchased a
building in Athens, about two blocks-away from can
After some persuasion, he agreed to lease the space tc
th and Karl.
"We got really lucky," Keith said. "But the space \
huge mess, and we had a lot of work to do."
According to the brothers, that work turned out to b
of their main sources of advertisement.
"We were there every day, painting, putting up i
and shelves," Keith said. "People would be walking 1
day and would stop and ask us what we were doing
built up a friendship with a lot of them.
"Pretty soon, there was this verbal buzz going ar
about the place. People were like, *Cool, there's going
this funky little coffee shop here."'
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devote more time to Jittery Joe's, which opened in j
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busi- ?t.my brain to this. Thafs been weird. Pm actually surprised
neurs that I have that much focus."
theo- " When fraternity brothers Arley Pressley and Olan
dying Mack were students at Syracuse University in New York,
they had partying down to a science. During their junior
it the and senior years at the school,the pair threw huge bashes
anywhere they could rent space, from large cafeterias to
downtown hotels. Their talent to entertain was known
ening throughout campus.
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looking for a location near
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building eight minutes from
irtmeier, entrepreneur the university.
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1 7?" it was important to make sure we had a visible location in
a ar the community as well."
s Pressley and Mack teamed up with two others to open
eople Ozone, a bar and dance club, in March.
"We scraped, scratched and clawed to come up with the
enior m0ney," Mack said, adding that the foursome used an asPar^~
sortment of savings, credit cards and loans to open up the
) find club. "We didn't want to do something that was a cmori idaa
loney ciosed Up jn a week because of money problems. All
along, we maintained that we'd be here for good."
Running Ozone is a second job for the four young entrebud
preneurs. Mack and Pressley work at the Syracuse Community
Health Center,
n old ?we don't really spend too much time to make it work,"
ipus. Pressley said.
> Kei- Apparently, that time has paid off. According to Mack,
Ozone's business has been excellent,
vas a "The crowds have been coming in," he said. "We've been
paying our bills, and the word's getting out."
e one The young entertainment executives, all from New York
City, are totally committed to their endeavor,
vails "We've acquired a sweet taste for success here in Syra>y
all cuse," Pressley said. "We're staying to see this thing through
j. We and maybe branch out to some other areas of the entertainment
field, like booking concerts and shows."
ound Although Pressley is determined to make Ozone a nightlife
to be fixture in Syracuse, he admits the N.Y. winters are getting
tough on him.
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