Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IN SPORTS: Panthers receive too much media coverage pages ?(5aiflcock Serving USC since 1908 WEATHER TODAY jjij Cloudy High 88 WSlBfo* Low 67 FRIDAY ^^< 1 Sunny Low 70 / 7 ??? INSIDE P*| P& y imattm JJHF& + *JP^|M Low notes, high notes Pat Conroy's "Beach Music" meets mixed review ETC., PAGE 3 Mathis scores three goals leading USC to 5-0 win over Presbyterian. SPORTS, PAGE 5 CAMPUS BRIEFS Carolina Productions accepting applications Carolina Productions is accepting applications for the following positions: VP for Financial Affairs, Concerts Commissioner,Ideas and Issues Commissioner, and Special Programs Commissioner. Applications can be obtained in RH 235. All forms are due on Fri., Sept. 8. For more information call 777-7130. Cockfest sldt tryouts changed to Wednesday, Sept 13. Tryouts for student organization skits for Cockfest have been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept 13. The auditions will be held in the Russell House Ballroom. All skits should last no longer than five minutes. Any skit over five minutes will be penalized. All skits must be related to the Homecoming theme: "Simply Carolina." Organizations are reminded that skits should be rehearsed since they will be performed in front of thousands of people. Props, dancing, music and comedy are suggested for the skits and skit director should be elected. McKissick Museum Receives National Award USC's McKissick Museum will receive the highest award from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) on Sept. 7. The award is being presented for the exhibit "New Ways for Old Jugs." McKissick's 1994 Jugtown exhibit included pottery from Seagrove, N.C., Jugtown Pottery, historical news clippings, magazine articles, speeches, memorabilia and oral history interviews with key figures. INDEX * - ^ ' A -I Viewpoint 2 ' 5pc? ...5 J ComiCS 4 Classifieds 6 Students walk around the fenced-o ramp between Russell House Patio Constructic Al 118AM Ufll I IAMC Kl< Construction of the new parking garage across from South Tower facing Blossom Street has closed part of the bridge leading to the south side of campus, leaving many students, faculty and staff to find alternate routes to their residence halls, the gym or their cars. A section of the bridge connecting the Bates Area, Blatt Physical Education Center and Blossom Street Garage to the center of campus has been closed for about three weeks and will be closed until the end of September, said David Lindsay, project manager for Southern Management Group, which is the in-house University project manager for the new parking garage. Senior chemistry major Anusha Patel said she uses the Shuttlecock to get to campus from Bates West during the day, but has to find a way to walk back following an evening lab after shuttle services shut down at 5 p.m. "Without the bridge it's difficult to Thomas Coop MIKE O'CONNELL Staff Writer This fall, new resources have been added, and older ones improved or reemphasized, to make use of Thomas Cooper Library easier and more pro ductive. A Reference Rover system is an innovation begun last year and set to flourish this semester. Burton Callicott, a graduate assistant working in the reference department, said, "A Reference Rover walks the stack levels answering questions and helping people find books." He said people needing help can use intercoms (located on the stack levels by the elevators) which connect to the circulation desk. From there, a circulation desk worker contacts a rover by walkietalkie, sending him or her to the person in need of assistance. Tom McNally, the university Librarian for Public Services, said, "We're really i ..i .1 n n nappy witft tne iteierence ivover program." He said it is especially beneficial to disabled and foreign students who sometimes need a little more attention. Other new things at Thomas Cooper include new reference desks on the fourth and main levels. Also, McNally said construction on a "classroom of the future" on Level 3 should be completed October 15. He said this classroom will consist of state-ofif-the-art multi-media technology and will be open to all students when not used for classes. Also, the computer workstations on the main level have been improved using Microsoft Windows. These computers contain the same research programs they did last year, including USCAN, Periodical Indexes, Interlibrary Loan Requests, Carl Uncover and Gopher, but they now also include Netscape, a graph * ''#*>i\ ' ' * / , d* m-y t. -,v- ^H"l is!? * <* I# ^ v 'v- n ^ ff bridge. The bridge is closed off fror i and Thomas Cooper Library. >n closes Ba "Without the bridge It's (Sfflcult to get around because with the bridge It's a straight shot to dataa uuaa4 uaui i uiaii/ mmu.hji Haws iraai. nun i nam auunu and find a shortcut" Anusha Patel, Chemistry senior get around because with the bridge it's a straight shot to Bates West Now I walk around and find a shortcut," Patel said. The section of the bridge being closed is from the steps by McBryde Quad on Blossom Street up to the bridge ramp between Russell House Patio and Thomas Cooper Library. Many students have been cutting through the fraternity quad, crossing Blossom Street underneath the bridge or taking Sumter Street. The bridge is being closed to move electric, gas, water and sewer lines that serve a majority of campus. The lines must be moved in order to make room for the garage, Lindsay said. "This is the main thoroughfare for all >er adds, imprc Library Hours Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m. -12 a.m. Sat. 10 a.m. -8 D.m. Sun. 1 p.m. -12 a.m. '? : TOURS General Tour Mon.Tue 11a.m. Wed 2 p.m., 7 p.m. ;; Thu 4 p.m. Network Tour Mon.Tue 11:30 a.m. Wed 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Thu 4:30 p.m. ETHAN MYERSON The Gamecock ical browser for the World Wide Web. USCAN, the library's on-line card catalog, has likewise been improved; it now contains Infoshare databases, including the Reader's Guide Abstracts, the Social Sciences Index, ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), the Business Periodical Index and more. Other resources which students may /?! z. L' L 1 i.J nut uc aw tut: ui uui wxucn nave existeu for some time are study rooms, study carrels and e-mail terminals. Group study rooms are found on levels 14 and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Carrels, allocated on a semester to semester basis, are individually locked studyjooms available to faculty and graduate students. To reserve one, a graduate student must complete a study carrel application, present a USC ID card and the current semester's fee receipt. Books can be checked out to a carrel for an entire semester, but both books siLjr* I J1 , HP ... I . f?tl! WW?' si <^K|||ijk ? ^fEMM^HK| ^'"sSSSSs^ >%l IMifcjJI KIM TRUETT The Gamecock n the steps by McBryde Quad to the tes bridge V/ utilities on campus. All of those utilities have to be moved into that area that is closed off to make room for the garage," Lindsay said. The cost for the utilities relocation is $1 million. In addition to the utilities relocation, the area closed off will also undergo landscaping. "We want to open it up just as quick as we can because we know it's a headache for students," Lindsay said. Freshman Kelly Lee said she has to tack on about five more minutes to her 15 to 20 minute walk to class from Bates House, but said she is used to walking around the bridge. "I need the exercise anyway," Lee said, laughing. The garage will be completed by next summer to offset the loss of parking spaces in the faculty lot by the Business Administration Building when the National Advocacy Center is built. >ves services and carrels must be renewed at the end of each semester. Jeannine Long, a graduate student in Public Health, said carrels are very quiet without "the distraction of people walking by." She said she liked carrels because she "could store books in them for a semester; she had a key and she felt safe." E-mail terminals are available to students on levels 2,4 and 5. The terminals on level 5, located in the computer lab, are for novice users, while those on levels 2 and 4, located in the copy center rooms, are for experienced e-mail users. Debi McSweeney, the night circulation desk supervisor, said many people are unaware of the terminals on levels 2 and 4. These terminals are for "people who want to get sucked into cyberspace," she said. Besides the new and sometimes overlooked services at Thomas Cooper, the library also offers a host of other services, including a reserve room which houses many current issues of popular periodicals, a computer lab with both Macintosh and IBM PCs, an interlibrary loan department, government documents, microform collections, photocopying services and much more. Two different library tours will be conducted through September 29. A general building tour lasts 30 minutes. Network tours also last about 30 minutes and cover the electronic resources available at the library, including CDROM databases, USCAN and the Internet. Money ma; ranks USC ERIN GALLOWAY News Editor The University of South Carolina is one of the top college buys in the country, according to the latest ranking by Money magazine of America's top 100 values in four-year undergraduate schools. The ranking is based on cost and academic qualities, such as entranceexam results and graduation rates. "I am ecstatic," said Don Greiner, associate provost. "The reputation of a university is always five to six years behind the fact. What we're seeing with this report is the result of the last four years under Dr. (John) Palms and (Provost James) Moeser." Vice President for Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt said that while a report such as this one is an honor for USC, students look at many different factors when choosing a university. Pruitt said the ranking encourages students to take a closer look at USC. "This really encourages students to take a look at us. We have the benefits of a big university but the personal touch of a smaller school," Pruitt said. Greiner said he believed these Mon- i ey magazine statistics, along with oth- ] er university programs recognized na- i tionally, back up the rhetoric of a good j university. USC brought in 32 Nation- j al Merit Scholars in the 1995-96 class i of freshmen, double last year's class. The average SAT scores of this year's ] freshmen class broke 1,000, according to Greiner. , "We know what's been going on here, and it's been going on for four to five x years," he said. 6 Money magazine's report also ranks t schools by region, and in the Southeast 1 c Journalism freshman Kevin Dj Patrons Cleaners on Main Street Laundromats range of stuc AMANDA HOLMES Staff Writer g The latest concept of laundro- ^ mats means you no longer have to sit in boredom watching your wash ^ going round and round. The new look caters to your needs. One such laundry is Suds Super ? Laundromat. It is only a few blocks 11 away on Millwood Avenue and tries e to make washing a more enjoyable experience. They provide a two hour M fluff and fold service at just 49 cents ri per pound, washers cost $1.25, $2.50 h or $3.75, depending on the size of f< the machine, and drver tokens are 1< 25 cents each, lasting about eight minutes each. The laundromat al- o so has a bar and grill, a drive-through t< service, cable TV and video games, b A similar such experience takes f< place at Soape-The Good Time Laun- a dry at 114 Assembly Street. They r have a TV, a bar and grill, video y gazine good buy Top 100 I The following are the top ten schools,* and the South Carolina schools, listed in 1. New College of the U. of South Florida : 2. Rice University (TX) 3. Northeast Missouri State U. i: 4. Trenton State (NJ) m m Technology ':& tfc of Noilh Caroffete - - - N Chapel Hill :: ^&U.NXat Blnghamton :;ti| i 8. Spelman College (GA) 9. U. of IllinoisUrbana/Champaign 10. S.U.N.Y at Afoany 29. Clemson University 34U, of South Carolina 1Wm 57. Furman University 81. Wofford College ETHAN MYERSON Th? Gamacocfc region of 25 schools, five South Carolina schools are listed. Clemson University, ranked 29th overall, came in 10th in the Southeast. USC was ranked 12th in the Southeast, followed by Furman University (14), Wofford College (18) and Coker College (25), according to the report. "Having that kind of representation or this small state is one reason why veVe got to have state support," Grein;r said. "Money magazine is confirming he national reputation, and that's one nore reason why the legislature should ?ntinue to fund higher education." - ^ ^ ^ ! 4 ^ ;i^pl * ^ ? JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock inlels does his laundry at across from the Towers. . cater to ient needs ames, pool tables and even tanning eds. They are open 24 hours a day londay-Friday, and Saturday and unday from 6 a.m. until midnight it $1 a load and 35 cents for dryer ikens lasting about 15 minutes, it lay be worth considering. Mind you, t does tend to get busy in the venings. If you would rather drop off your cashing while you go shopping and elax, try Bumette's Cleaners in Co imbia Mall. They have a fluff and aid service costing $1 per pound, saving you to shop 'til you drop. These are just a few examples f the latest that laundromats have d offer, so check out further possiilities. There is no need to settle >r the few washers and dryers that re on campus, which tend to be ather crowded, when you can wash our clothes in luxury.