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IN ETC.: The stars come to Columbia pages Serving USC since 1908 WEATHER FRIDAY INSIDE Missing Mom? This book is a surrogate mom for college students away from home. ETC., PAGE 3 gLgH Serving up a winner Slow-starting Lady Gamecocks overaower iJNC-Greensboro. C SPORTS, PAGE 5 CAMPUS BRIEFS use experiments go into space aboard Endeavour The Endeavour is scheduled to be launched at 11:09 a.m. today. The shuttle was supposed to take off last week, but a fuel problem caused the launch to be postponed. The mission will include two experiments from USC. The College of Pharmacy experiment is aimed at developing an cancer-treating drug. The other project, from USC's School of Medicine, is a study about heart disease and Iheart muscle atrophy. Thomas Cooper display honors Congressman Floyd Spencer An exhibit honoring Congressman Floyd Spencer is on display at the Thomas Cooper Library. The display, located on the main floor, will be open to the public through September. Spencer attended USC as an undergraduate and went to USC Law School. Spencer served one term in the S.C. General Assembly as a De mocrat before resigning from the Democratic Party. He then went on to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican. Spencer was the first Democratic lawmaker to switch to the GOP since Reconstruction. I Emerging leaders program takes applications The Office of Leadership Training Programs is accepting applications from freshmen for the Emerging Leaders Program. Fifty freshmen are admitted to the program. These students are paired with an upperclass student who will serve as their Leadership Mentors. Beginning Sept. 21, the Emerging Leadership class will meet on Thursdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for eieht weeks. Registration forms are available in Russell House room 115. The program costs $20, and the registration deadline is Sept. 15. mzx News 1 Viewpoint 2 3 cowfcs Sports 5 Classifieds 6 ? I" _ ? ijjl^ r hb TYSON PE Student Senate el Senate discusses an SG alumni reunior to raise money for a former SG Presi dent's scholarship endowment and sprint break. CRIST1NA ROJAS Staff Writer Student Senate met Wednesday at the Russel House Theatre to discuss matters such as committe< activity, an alumni reunion, elections and spring break Both the Academic and the Judiciary committee! have elected a new vice chair. The Athletics Commit tee is working on block seating and Homecoming. Th< Minority Affairs Committee is planning for Diversity Week and looking for new ideas. Senate is planning i retreat at Winthron Universitv this weekend. A special order came up regarding a Student Gov erament alumni reunion, the first ever of its kind t< be held at USC. Its purpose is to raise $5,000 for for mer SG President Brian Comer's scholarship endow ment, and $780 has already been received in donations Three guest speakers will talk about World War II, Ko rea and Vietnam. A cocktail party will take place 01 Oct. 6 and will be held at the Botanical Gardens a Riverbanks Zoo from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets an $30 per person. In addition, new elections were held. Law studen David Haller was elected to represent the Law School and he expressed very strong opinions on Homecom ing. "At some time, I was very much against homecoming week," Haller said, "I wondered if it was worth it; al the hassle and pain that this campus went through. AIDS benefit to Saturday at Kog< SEMMY PUREWAL Staff Writer elude Ste The AIDS Benefit Foundation of South Clark Eh Carolina will sponsor the sixth annual Sky and Artists Against AIDS performance and years, the silent auction Saturday at the Koger Arts plates dor Center. pany. Thi This year's lineup for the performance donated p part of the gala includes: the Charleston- express tl based pop band, Jump Little Children; ^ 25 pie< USC's presentation of Dewey Scott-Wi- "The 1 ley in excerpts from "Die Search for Signs thegg oflntelligent life in the Universe"; Wort- pillinpha shop Theatre's presentation of scenes jn a(j( from the hit musical comedy "Forever , Plaid"; members of Columbia City Bal- ^"ea U,S1 let performance of the contemporary piece, eauctu "Turbulence"; 10-year-old singing sen- Accon sation Anna Lee Wright; 16-year-old ac- nesses in tress/singer Maggie Collier, Tony Torre Jr. and the Tony Torre Orchestra, who being auct play big band music; and a grand finale art*a s^i of Gospel Music. tificates The emcees are Chicago entertainer signed by Louis Linari and British actor/singer "The ( David Johnstone. help peoj "I feel very confident in this year's with ATP gala," said Candy Dillingham, executive better, "S? secretary of the AIDS Benefit Founda- intereste tion. "I feel we have something for every- have to a] one in both the performance and the auc- Benefit F tion. Ticket The highlight of the benefit is the ^ ^ silent auction where pieces of artwork , created especially for the benefit are sold. ma^ a P The artists donating pieces this year inme D6DC1 vfcll r # . *'#J * I >5s'f' I , vP i|l||l| > * 0 f?$r |%s "^.f: Jimmy Chlpman of Jeff Price .< at Skate flips during a demonstration Wednesday on Greene Street at the Health H; Expo '95. The fair also took place on the ttiqrew The Gamecock Russell House Patio. ects new senators I "We should come up with a system thafs less painful," . Haller said. f Haller also discussed constituency reports. "As far as rnnstitnanrv rennrts tro for larcrer col leges, individual senators have to make a bigger effort on their own as ways to get in touch with the students. 1 As a senator, you can keep in touch with what you are b as a student and that's good," Haller said. Exercise Science junior Allen Tucker was elected 3 to the Public Health seat. "I got interested in student government because I e came to dislike housing government," Tucker said, f "This will be a very good thing for me to get into." 1 "As far as public health is concerned, one of the main issues I would like to discuss concerns class sizes." Tucker said. Professional Sciences senior Bill Potell became senator for Applied Professional Sciences. , "I was a member of the senate last year but I got I held back" Potell said, "But Fm back again and I want ^ to work on some things, We should work with Marriot t to get something done in the Coliseum," Potell said. e The last item on the agenda was legislation concerning spring break. It passed unanimously but now t has to go through Faculty Senate. I, The resolution recommends that spring break "annually should be scheduled to be the second Ml week in March, excluding the Law School, and students I should have a break from class on the Monday of the 1 fifth week of class after students return from Christmas break." I be held On the can er Center rnmmm iphen Chelsea, Tony Elkins, efson, Anna Kay Singley, Blue Candy Waites. In previous i artwork was painted on china ated by Rosenthal, a china coms year, however, Rosenthal has rcrcelain vases for the artists to lemselveson. In all, there will ;es for sale this year, aidding will begin at $125 for es, but the sky is the limit," said iition to the artwork, several nesses have donated items for ding to Dillingham, some busitclude Mahdavi's Rugs, Whit 1 Classical Glass. Other items ioned include telephones, framed trip for two to Denver, gift cerand an autographed football the Carolina Panthers, jrala raised $34,000 last year to lie in the state having to live S, and this year we hope to do lid Dillingham. "Organizations d in receiving this money will pply for a grant from the AIDS oundation of South Carolina." s will be $7.50 for students and le public. Patron tickets also urchased for $50 and include Republican 1996 pre i seating and a reception after Including the USC Col fit. Call 939-0792 for tickets. African-Amerii denied additio ERIN GALLOWAY News Editor er The African-American Studies Depart- ^h ment has been denied $200,000 in additional funding to expand the program. f?6 According to Lester Lefton, dean of the be College of Liberal Arts, funding was re- hi quested in addition to the money appro pnated to the college through the USC bud- no get from the Commission on Higher Edu- Ar cation. In his line-item veto, Gov. David ju> Beasley vetoed the $200,000 request and ga one other USC request that would have giv- to en funds to the USC Law Library. "Gov. Beasley vetoed that line and de- ty cided that if (the program) is a priority to pr USC, then USC should fund it," Lefton said. or "The governor indicated that he thought funding for such programs should be through the university," said USC spokeswoman Debra Allen. . on Lefton said the additional money from the state would have given USC the op- J*"" portunity to expand the program and bring J1 in more professors. Provost James Moeser de authorized the search for a director, James Miller, who will be coming to USC in Jan- 38 uary. USC has committed funds for an opto Palms announces commends faculty ERIN GALLOWAY News Editor de USC President John Palms welcomed m the faculty and staff back Wednesday afternoon at the first general faculty meeting " and commended facultv for increasing the quality of the student body. Palms also announced the "free lunch project" encouraging faculty to eat breakfast and lunch with students in the Grand Marketplace. ^ "I will pay for your lunch in the Russell ' House. Go in and eat lunch with students," a' he told faculty. The program will rim from Sept. 15 to Pr Oct. 15. and the university will pay the cost of any breakfast or lunch for a full-time, a tenure-track faculty member. The program ' will be paid for by funds generated from 13 concession sales. Interested faculty can pick up a meal pass from their department chair "? beginning Sept. 14. Palms also announced the enrollment J** figures for this year's freshmen class, say- j16 ing that the increase in the quality of stu- f dents has been made possible by the efforts of faculty. J? Provost James Moeser said the SAT and * GPA requirements were raised last year despite warnings that the increase would cause a drop in enrollment. "We raised admission standards know- dc ing there would be a great risk. We were warned enrollment would drop by 300 stum npaign trail I JM.-> |Uh' k l|jp| Jit | U ^B| J jp jUL * % jp sldentlal candidate Pat Buchanan speaks } lege Republicans, at Adam's Mark Hotel In do can Studies nal funds ating budget and for new professors in e program, according to Lefton. He said ans for expansion include a search for pressors who would teach in the program and tenured in another department, such as story, English or psychology. "USC, through the provost and my ofe, has recommitted to building an Africannerican studies program," he said. "We're st going to do it (expand the program) rerdless. It wasn't the best choice (ofBeasley veto the funding)." Lefton emphasized that while universifunding for the program was not cut, the ogram will not receive as much as was : ii_. l J lgmaiiy nopeu. "Our job is to get as much as we can," i said. "If we don't ask for the money, somele else will." "We're currently moving ahead with the ogram. We had anticipated expanding e program and being able to expose stunts, both African-American and other stunts, to history," said Cleveland Sellers, sistant professor of history. The Governor's Office did not respond requests for comment. new program, at meeting nts," Moeser said. "But this fall our freshan class rose from 2,300 to 2,500 students." Moeser said the average SAT score of e freshman class is 1,002 points, while e average SAT score of South Carolina gh school students is 850. "This is an incredible achievement for is university," Moeser said. In order to continue increasing the qualr of incoming students as well as current 3C students, Palms told faculty of severgoals he has for USC, including making e undergraduate, graduate and honors ograms in the top five in the southeast. "We can have the best," Palms said. He Ided that this year's 205 honors college ashmen have an average SAT of almost too. ?TJ i. 1_* 1 1 x 'i. x m teacmng people wnai it means to ive a flagship institution," he said. He said that while continued funding )ks more positive than in past semesters, : wishes for more commitment by the state *islature. "I want some consistency in the budget we can make some plans," Palms said, in asking for at least a statement from e General Assembly on what to expect." One goal Palms said he thinks is parrularly important is increasing USC's eniwment fund. "Our endowment is one of the lowest in e area," he said. "We're shooting for $200 illion in 2000." Jhh JAMIE CLARKE The Gamecock Wednesday night to supporters, wntown Columbia. ? i