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Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief Matt Pruitt, Viewpoints Editor
Editorial Board
Lucy Arnold, Jamie Clark, Erin Galloway, Gregory Perez, Stephanie Sonnenfeld,
Allison Williams, Larry Williams, Ryan Wilson, Chris Winston
New fees for resume
service not necessary
Tuesday's Career Fair at USC provided students with an opportunity to
present themselves to roughly 80 potential employers.
The event also brought to the surface a source of discontent for many
students: the new cost of using the Career Center.
In order for a student to receive assistance from the Career Center, in
distributing his or her resume, they must first purchase a $25 program called
"Resume Expert Plus." By using the program, the Career Center hopes to
create a unuonn resume layuui axiu wane uie piuueaamg ui icoumc uuuimation
easier.
Having uniform resumes and expediting the processing of information
are positives. Virtually forcing students to purchase a $25 piece of software
to in order to receive any help from the Career Center is definitely a negative.
If students do not have their resumes on the "Resume Expert Plus," they
are not eligible to receive assistance from the Career Center during events
like Tuesday's Career Fair, nor are they eligible for any on-campus interviews.
Students are also required to attend workshops in order to become
familiar with the software, which can only be used on IBM-compatible computers.
Are the benefits worth the hassle? Some students complain that job fairs
offer a limited selection, and that their individual college is more helpful in
attracting employers than is the Career Center.
Given the fact that many students can only use the program in campus
computer labs (since it strictly for IBM), it seems that it might have been
more practical to install the program on a few computers in various labs. If
a schedule was established for individual students to work on their resumes,
conflicts would be kept to a minimum.
And student dollars would be kept in their pockets.
Republicans slashing your
higher education
Its mid-September do you know
where your loan money is? DAVID HALLER
If it seems like you just got your Columnist
loan check three weeks ago (which
you did), and already it's gone (as ????
mine is) there is only one group to ^ fae r d thr0 h student
blame: the tepub.cans. fees. The result is less money to be
Yep, for Ae ninth year m a row, . the classroom and more
the sire nf hicrher education s mon- i e > j.
" 77 - ---o- - ana more reasons xor our ueau uruey
pot has been left with less than fes30re to ^ ^ move north
both the year before and from what But wai jt
the law requires. Our Republican ^ ^ ^ tf months^
governor and his yes-men (or is that &e Republican Congress will sereversed)
have made the decision vere, |imit to t stu.
Uiat lugher education is something dent |oanSi and s]ash thc
for those who can afford it; and the ^11 be cl^ble to receive Un.
rest can find their own way. der the Republican Contract with
South Carctaa law outlines that 53 000 students in South
schools are allocated funds based Caro]ina ajone will have their stu-,
on a complex formula, considering d t, t That is the total
the number of students enrolled in number of attending state.
the school and tt>e amount of floor supported> sAoola^South
^?aCe^.elr ' have f no lie). Carolina. Subsidized loans?which
The 1995-1996 budget calls for high- allow you to wait until you're done
er education to receive a dismal 65% ^th school before you start paying
of full-funding. The last time high- interest ? will be history. Fortyer
education received anywhere gjx hundred South Carolina stuclose
to full funding was in 1986, dents will become ineligible for Pell
when Democrat and present Sec- Grants.
retary of Education Dick Riley was Good-bye, dreams! Good night,
governor. Riley's strong support for opportunity! Welcome to McDoneducation
is legendaiy: he's the au- aid's, would you like fries with that?!
thor of the now defunct Education This ie what is happening to
Improvement Act? gutted Dy uar- YOU. Not to some mysterious "they,"
rol Campbell and David Beasley not to the kids down the street, not
(e.g. see the decline in basic skills to people living in Butte, but to YOU.
scores announced this week). The amount of money being alloThe
result of this is higher tu- ratpH to colleges goes down, the qualition
fees each year. In fact, the tu- ity goes with it The amount of your
ition at South Carolina schools is loan goes down, the time you can
amongst the highest in the south- spend studying, or partying, goes
east. In 1994, tuition at USC was with it because you spend the time
$3196, $3,176 at The Citadel, and working to buy books. The support
$3,036 at Clemson. At neighboring to education goes down, and so does
University of Georgia, the same, or the availability of jobs and opporbetter,
education cost $2,352, while tunities and the general quality of
at the University of North Caroli- life in South Carolina. I don't know
na at Chapel Hill, one of the best too many big businesses that want
public schools in the country, in to locate their companies and famstate
students pay only $1,569. ilies in a state that won't educate
The commitment to education their kids,
is why both Georgia, home to the These decisions are not all final,
1996 Olympic games, and North and they can be reversed. FortuCarolina,
now the tenth largest state nately, President Clinton will proin
the country with great living con- tect students and veto student loan
ditions, have excelled, while South cuts. But we make ourselves open
Pawilina an/4 ifa /vim rrmni tips Via VP tarcrpt hpratlSft we don't Stand UD
plummeted. They spark opportu- for our needs as students. This is
nity for their future; we extinguish your life we are talking about. We
it are members of this society in full,
Then, they capped tuition in- and each of us better make ourcreases
at three percent, so only a selves heard ? or our forum will
certain amount of the moneys cut be taken from us.
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QUOTE UNQUOTE
"There aren't any compani
Would note
I think I've found the job for me?
a job suited to my skills and expertise?
I wanna be a note taker.
Yep, I can sit in class for you, taking
notes to my heart's delight, carefully
dotting my "i's" and crossing mj
"tfs" and gleaning all the key element
of various professors' discourses on life,
liberty and the pursuit of early pre
postmodernbellum recreational crop
procurement systems.
You might have heard about th<
note-taking service that's come her<
from UGA and FSU. The service hire
designated note takers for various class
es. They diligently take notes and typx
them in, and students in the classes
can pick up the notes for a fee. The ser
vice also dresses up any sketches 01
assorted visual aids the hired note tak
er srrawls nn bis or her notebook.
The only problem Fd have as a not<
taker is that my notes vaguely resembl*
ancient cuneiform, except scientist*
and linguists have been able to inter
pret cuneiform. I have a difficult tim<
figuring out exactly what it was I wai
writing in class; sometimes ancien
Hootie dem
success, reta
Wednesday, Columbia's own Hooti<
and the Blowfish returned to theii
home town to play to a packed Capi
tal City Stadium with numerous oth
er area bands. Hootie, whose mem
bers are former USC students, ha
just completed a nationwide tour tha
has left them the most popular bam
in the land.
Despite the huge success general
ed by their latest album, "Crackei
Rear View," the band members c
Hootie and the Blowfish appear to b
just as normal as they were when i
all began 10 years ago, and that ha
x i.u: 1?* l jk
LU SUilieLIllllg ciuuut neuiuiing
(see Eddie Vedder).
Some of us might not like the band
music, but we have to look at Hooti
for what they really are: Average, sin
pie men who like to get drunk and pla
average, simple music. We should a
consider it amazing that such con
mon people, who we used to see at i
Five Points regularly, are now Som
of the most famous and recognize
people in the land.
Personally, I would have rath?
seen all this rah-rah happen to a moi
talented and diverse band, but Hoot
does represent an aw-shucks attituc
and an honesty that is as close to hon
as a Circle-K hot dog. Plus, their mail
stream easy listening music does a]
peal to today's mainstream pop cu
ture.
Over the summer, I heard an ai
nouncement over the radio saying th
Hootie had signed to play the Norl
Charleston Coliseum in late Augus
It was also announced that the sho
was going to be broadcast worldwi<
' on the Westwood-1 Radio networ
POINT
ies I'm interested in. They think busii
journalism senior Molly Ko<
service repro<
CHBIS MULDROW
Beardman
Viking explorers creep into my South1
ern history or my prominent journal'
ists wax poetic on Juliet's beautiful
DNA structure. Sometimes I think I
just take notes because it's what everyone
else in the class is doing, like the
[ pitiful lemming I am.
j I'm wondering whether the note
service would reproduce my doodles
; on the side of my notes. The graphic
5 artists might have to call me and ask
what exactly a picture of a superhero
r firing a machine gun at Barney (who's
dressed in a Milli Vanilli mask...hey,
' I can't explain it...) has to do with so?
ciology.
> I've not quite gotten organized this
3 semester, too, so all my notes are in
one notebook, separated by hand-drawn
? lines. But it sort of looks kind of orgas
1 nized if you're not one a' them freaky
t neat types.
onstrates how
in musical int
f LARRY WILLIAMS
Columnist
I must have pinched myself a hun,
dred times. Worldwide??? It seems
like just yesterday that they were playing
at Rockafella's, now they're playr
ing to the world, much less a sold-out,
12,000 seat arena.
I also have to admit that I was
e rather shocked when i opened a "Rolling
Stone" magazine to see a band from
3 Columbia at number one on the Bill3
board charts. To realize that Hootie
is as big or bigger than bands such as
3 Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and even Michael
e Jackson, is truly remarkable; howevl~
er, success is fleeting, and Hootie could
y easilv sink down the tubes as easy as
N they shot up the charts.
l" Many people would rather have
n seen other bands from Columbia grat
ie the spotlight the way Hootie did. Laj
d Quiet Awhile? Kindread Soul? Is
abelle's Gift? The aforementionec
!r bands probably have significantly mon
y talent than the Blowfish, but it is un
ie likely that any of those bands woulc
le have handled success like Hootie has
ie Hootie, unlike some people in th<
a- State House, has also dohe more thai
p- their part to attempt bring the stab
il- of South Carolina some other recog
nition ? besides the negative kin<
a- that it normally receives. Itseemi
at. that, whenever confronted with thi
th opportunity to do so on national tele
it. vision, the band always brings thi
w spotlight to their home state. This ha
ie to be positive for our beloved state
k. considering there ain't much to cro\
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Friday, September 15, 1995
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less is it,... Business majors might be interested, but I'm not."
jn, on Tuesday's Career Fair
iuce Beardman's doodles?
I'm a little lost on why exactly peo- people before and not gotten them back
pie would want to buy notes. The ser- before the test in the class. But I killed
vice argues it's not a way for people to those people, so it's not a problem anyskip
class: the university's attendance more.
policy prevents that. Heh. Heh heh. The note service requires the note
Sure, some professors check the roll, takers to not tell the professor who the
but if you've got one of those 3,000,000 note taker for the class is. Like the properson
rooms in Gambrell, it's a whole feasor's not going to know the guy with
heck of a lot easier to skip counting the tape recorder, Powerbook and fivestudents
and just weed out the class subject notebook isn't up to something
skippers (and non-note takers) through when the note taker asks for the third
tests, quizzes and other fun reindeer time how to spell Prioleau.
games. I think the next step for note takMaybe
the service is there for peo- ing and selling is note-test barter serple
who get sick and need notes. For- vices. Ill take notes for you if you take
get the other people in class ? it's a the GRE for me. m supply a fake beard,
dog-eat-dog world, and those sick weak- vital statistics and No. 2 pencils. Youll
lings are wearing beef jerky boxers. Is go in and actually take the test so I can
that guy who keeps dropping his pen avoid the pre-test nervous stomach
so he can look up the girl's dress in and post-test pencil bubble cramps. I'll
front of him really so repulsive that even provide special customized doo
you can hit him up for a day's worth dies of members of your family, dogs,
of notes without shelling out your hard- your favorite top 40 bands and the first
earned Ben and Jerry's money? I'm 25 presidents of the United States. Ill
scared I'm gonna ask for notes from put the notes in the notebook color of
somebody in class now and get hand- your choosing and rub graphite on the
ed an invoice. back of your hand to make you feel as
Of course, I have loaned notes to if you've been sitting in class all day.
0
to handle
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
egrity Housing services
need to listen up
about these days in 'ole South Cakilaky.
Editor
Hootie has been outspoken in their
opinion of the Confederate flag, which Housing and its system of maincontinues
to fly atop the State House, tenance for the Horseshoe Area
as well as David Beasley, who refused need an overhaul. I am not speakto
support bringing the Stare and Bars ing of mdividud mamtenance staff
members? 3.11 01 them (some of
Hootie has also brought much at- "honV .nowJ|al?w have
tention to the University of South Car- een ri^n 0 me an om^
,. ~ . i j j * roommate. However, our almost
ohna. On their worldwide concert .t reauests for certain re
i i , /? /hi | . f?\ lllvCOSalll I cUUcolo lUl Certain IC
S r I H ?l"US ha been ignored since school
yelled "Co Cocks for the world to hear- began,and many of the repairs
Sure, our football team needs all the which have been made were not
help they can get, but you have to won- made to our satisfaction. I am not
I der what English-speaking people not picky, but I would like to use the
1 from around the south imagined when toilet or shower without feeling like
I they heard that one. I ^ jn a nightclub or horror movie
Unlike most big-name bands who (our bathroom ceiling light has a
' have exchanged their musical inde- distinct, strobe light effect). I am
1 nonrlpri re fnr tlOD fame, it seems that armrooiotive of the work which has
Hootie has always played the type of been done, but why were so many
! music that they play today, which says calls to maintenance necessary?
1 something for their integrity. So what We pay a lot of money to live in
' if what they play is easy to listen to, campus housing, and it seems that
' play, or tap a foot to? I personally don't residence hall and apartments could
love the music, but at least they're re- be inspected before students reJ
ally playing and really act how they turn. This is a warning to all not
' feel. to take roach infestations, broken
It is truly amazing the metamor- ^ conditioners, and the like, light;
phosis that has happened to four av- ty- Maintenance services are not
' erage Joe's in one year. They have necessarily the sole guilty party
-ii- i ?a.;- here: housine has a responsibility
a sold seven minion copies 01 uieir ' . - "Cracked
Rear View" album, a num- to Prov^^e students with the aci
ber only reached by bands such as the commodations for which they pay.
3 Beatles. Even though their music
B might not be appealing to some of us, onagman
B 6 ..? ^ ^ ' anthropologysemor
we still must remember one thing:
e that Hootie and the Blowfish have
s been nothing but a positive asset to
s, our university, community, and pride
v in a state that lacks so much of it.