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2 DATEBOOK Entries for the Datebook may b< submitted to The Gamecock on the third floor of the Russell House. Then is a box designated for the Datebool in the newsroom. The Counseling and Human De veiopment Uenter at 900 Assembly St. is offering a variety of programf in the following weeks. An assertiveness training pro gram will be on Wednesdays, Oct. 4 18, from 2:15 to 5:30 p.m. The ses sion will be lead by Dr. Ruthann Fax Hines. "Support/Process Group for Pea pie of Color," lead by Malcolm Anderson will be on Tuesdays, staffing on Oct. 3, from 3 to 5 p.m. A dream workshop will be or Thursday, Oct. 5 and Oct. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. There may be a follow-up meeting Oct 19 from 2 to 4 pm. The session is lead by Fox-Hines and Dr. Judy Small. "The Power of Names," lead by Fox-Hines, will be Friday, Oct 6 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. A Contra Dance will be today at the Dutch Fork Magistrate's Office from 8 to 11 pm. Holly Ridge will offer musical accompaniment and Craig Whitehead is calling. The traditional New England dance will be taught to newcomers and no partner is necessary. The beginners workshop and dessert/snack potluck will be from 7:30 to 8 p.m. There is a $5 admission. For more information, contact the Columbia Old Time Music and Dance at 791-1567 or 783-1017. APO Escort Service is offering a free ride to any USC student, male or female, who doesn't want to walk alone on campus. The service is available Sunday through Thursday, from 8 p.m. to midnight. To request the service, call 777-DUCK Sundays fALM Campus Ministry, Worship and Dinner, 5:30 pm, 728 Pickens St. Student Government Executive Cabinet, 6 p.m., Witten Room Sorority Christian Fellowship, 7:30 - 9 p.m. in the basement of the South Tower. For information, call 779-7173 Ballroom Dance Club, 4 - 5 pm, Blatt PE Center 107 Mondsys Carolina Productions Concerts Commission, 7:30 p.m., RH 201 Model United Nations Club, 8:30 p.m., RH 302 Alpha Phi Alpha Service Table, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., Greene Street Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH Theater Fraternity Council, 4:30 p.m. Carolina Productions Traditional Events Commission, 6 p.m., RH309 Carolina Productions Performing Arts Commission, 6:30 pm., I ft V?r* vS^ @ C&VhCA AN HISTOI Efficienc One Bedr Two Bedi Rents include all uti rates quoted are mo available, prices Summ $100 per rr May 1 Located ac University of Horseshoe and Cornell Arms < location for d (803) 1230 Pendleton Stree 3 RH201 3 Carolina Productions Special 3 Programs Commission, 7 p.m., RH t 348 Student Nurses Association, last Monday of every month, 1:15 2:15 p.m., College of Nursing room i 125 3 Tuesdays Newman Club, 7 p.m., St. Thomas More Center. Hillel, 7:30 p.m., RH 315. Contact 544-0607 for more information SAGE (Students Allied for a Greener Earth), 7-8 p.m., RH 302 Dissertation Writing Support > Group, 3:30 - 5 p.m., the Counseling and Human Development Center, 1 900 Assembly St., Room 212 or call 777-5223 1 Association of African Ameri! can Students, 6 p.m. P.E.E.R.S. meeting, eveiy other week, RH 315 Carolina Productions Ideas and 1 Issues Commission, 7:30 p.m., RH Witten room Carolina Productions Cinematic Arts Commission, 7 p.m., RH 201 Wednesdays PALM Campus Ministry, Dinner and Program, 5:30 pm, 728 Pickens St. Student National Pharmaceutical Association, first and third Wednesdays of each month, 5:30 p.m., Coker Life Sciences Building Lounge. For more information, call 544-0899 and ask for Sonia Young Democrats, 7 p.m., RH 315 Student Government Senate, 5 p.m., RH Theater Women Students' Association, finm RH 90S Carolina Productions Marketing Committee, 6 p.m., RH 201 Carolina Productions Black Cultural Commission, 7 p.m., RH 348 College Republicans, 7:30 pjn., Gambrell 250. For information, call their voice mail at 343-7194 Hie Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Association, 8 p.m., Business Administration Room 364 Gamma Beta Phi, Oct. 18 at 8:30 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 5:30, in the Nursing Auditorium. Test Taking Strategies, 12-1 p.m., Towers Conference Room and Russell House 303 Thursdays Habitat for Humanity, 5:30 p.m., RH 205 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, 7:30-9 p.m, RH 315 Baptist Student Union: Heart to Heart, 7 p.m., BSU Center Campus Crusade for Christ "Prime Time," 7:30 p.m., Calcott 15 Carolina Productions Homecoming Commission, 7 pm., RH 201. Contact Lori Toland for more information tudenl Thp I Inivprsitv nf ? I I IV I I I T u I U I IJ u I VJ *IC RESIDENCE y $405 oom $465 room $500 lities and cable TV. All nth to month. Leases subject to change) er Special lonth discount - August 1. ross from the South Carolina the State Capitol, Df fers the premier owntown living. 799-1442 t Columbia, SC 29201 The Gamecock REPORT continued from page 1 graduate programs, as well as attrac ing $40 million a year or more in Fe< eral research funding. South Carolii meets all these credentials except it a tracts only $20 million a year in fede al funding. But, by becoming an AAI caliber institution, the university cou _ i ii_ _ * (hnn .. *11? . . J . i attract tne extra $zu rnimon to acnie> this status. "We want to be recognized as beii in a league of places that incorporate the best institutions in each state. W want to get the support so we can t competitive," Palms said. Specific suggestions to reach the* goals and to make the university moi efficient as a whole are in the secon part of the report. First, the goals an missions of all the USC campuses shou be re-evaluated, so that they fit in to holistic plan for higher education in tl state.' Second, the report asks the lej islature that the state funding for th university be re-evaluated so as to ei courage growth in institution and pri S.C. House hold plann . Associated Pre? COLUMBIA ? Republican lawmal ers in South Carolina's House talke Thursday about cutting more taxes eliminating regulations and revamp ing the state's education bureaucrac during next year's session. The GOP majority made no majo decisions during the first plannin mpp1~incrs nf the veer ThursHav whirl also featured a mini-seminar on can: paign strategy and the state's chang ing political landscape. Republicans control the 124-mem ber House 65-55, with four indepen dents. GOP lawmakers appeared to ea gerly back plans to continue to cu property taxes for South Carolina' homeowners, with some expressinj interest in cutting the tax on moto vehicles. House Ways and Means Chairmai Henry Brown, R-Hanahan, warnei that the tax now raises $400 millioi a year, about 10 percent of the stat< budget. To repeal it "would be a pret ty big deal," he said. But Brown said he intends to pusl for more property tax cuts, with a goa of eliminating all property taxes tha go for school operations. The Legisla ture last year eliminated school oper ating taxes for homes worth $100,00( or less, at a cost of $195 million. GOP legislators also embraced les specific education changes which coul( change the way the state spends mon ey on schools and how those school are governed. Republican Reps. Doug Smith o Spartanburg and Hunter Limbaugl of Florence said they would introduce legislation to dramatically cut the Ed ucation Department's role over th< state's schools. "I don't mind having a superin tendent, but lef s cut the departmen down dramatically," Limbaugh said t Medii iouth Carolina I Scoring hat trie I We : 4 0 X \ USC Students , % 256-2001 * Friday, September 29, 1998 ir gram quality, not to just simply accomd modate the number of students and exia isting program costs, it- This section also mentions improvr* ing faculty and program productivity, J" improving academic excellence through^ out the higher education community. 7e One of the major parts of this goal is proJ A? -1 ll -A viaing incentives ana programs mat keep South Carolina's best high school students. Another goal is avoiding pro)e gram duplication in the School of Medicine and related health science pro,e grams, as well in USC's regional cam,e puses and technological colleges, and l(j expanding the number of televised course L(j sites. [d "We want to get the same support a Chapel Hill gets, the University of Virie ginia gets the University of Florida 7- gets," Palms said. "We are that kind of te institution. We are worthy of that iml age. We've been here since 1801. We are > pretty good at what we do." Republicans ing meeting Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee plan to push for d changes in the 10-year-old Education j, Improvement Act, though specifics >- have yet to develop, y "The bottom line is to get test scores up. As long as the current programs r have existed, we have remained last" g in test scores, said Rep. Bobby Harh rell, R-Charleston. i- Teachers groups and Democrats ?- are already questioning whether the GOP plans to spend money raised l" through the penny-per-dollar sales tax l* on basic school items such as teacher salaries, instead of on the special proL" grams that EIA created. A brief discussion of auto insurs ance prompted the day's most lively ? debate, but it was clear that the GOP r caucus lacked a consensus on how to lower rates. ^ "This is going to be an issue in the next election, whether we deal with it 1 or not," said Rep. Rita Allison, R-LyB man. Republican lawmakers also got a ^ seminar from a political consultant on 2 how to plan for a campaign and an . overview on how South Carolina has shifted towards the GOP. !_ "I don't ever expect the Democrats, ^ in the lifetime of anybody in this room, to get the state House back," said cong sultant John Morgan of Reston, Va. -j When Morgan told the caucus that families with two wage earners often 3 lean toward Republicans, GOP Rep. Charles Sharpe of Wagener characf terized Democratic-voting families as i welfare recipients, a comment that 3 drew groans from other caucus mem bers. 3 Sharpe said Democratic families "are drawing AFDC." Aid to Families - with Dependent Children is the fedt eral government's main welfare program. the I klmeeoci Spirts IPi? More Too,,, 15% Off with I.D. % * i ON DEVINE 2865 Devine St. 1 Fourth-grade junk food, r< Staff Reports Fourth-grade nutrition is far from being first-rate, says a professor in the University of South Carolina's School of Public Health. Dr. Roger Sargent, who conducted a survey of approximately 900 South Carolina fnnrth-craHars said innk food is still the daily special. Today's typical fourth-grader is far more likely to snub the fruits and vegetables in the favor cookies, trench fries, potato chips, candy, pies and other sweets. "Children say that the food they eat is one of the most important things for their health," Sargent said. "But their nutrition and food habits say the opposite." Sargent conducted the 1995 S.C. Fourth Grade Nutrition Survey with Sara Corwin, a USC doctoral student in public education. The comprehensive survey included 140 questions on food preferences, dietary habits and nutritional knowledge and showed that eating behavior among 9-yearolds has not changed in the past two to three decades: They still eat too much fat, sugar and protein. "Their diets are no good for developing healthy lifelong behavior, as well as healthy bodies," Sargent said. "These children have diets low in fruits, vegetables, milk and milk products, but high in fat. Their diets simply are not good." Parents, he said, may actually be bad role models. "Adults don't eat fruits and vegetables either," Sargent said. "Why should we expect kids to do well when parents aren't doing very well?" Researchers were surprised by an apparent lack of parental control over what children are eating. Nearly onethird of the students reported regularly making their own breakfasts; another 50 percent said they sometimes make their own breakfasts. About one-third of the students reported making their lunches on the weekends; 44 percent said they sometimes make their own lunches on week- 1 i CI1US. Approximately 52 percent of those 1 who take their lunches to school say 1 they sometimes pack their lunches 1 themselves. The Office of School Food Services ' in the State Department of Education funded the study, which was conducted 1 in urban and rural South Carolina J schools. 1 "Although a great deal of infor- 1 mation exists about teenage eating 1 habits, little information about the diet and nutrition habits of this age < group exists," Sargent said. When asked to recall what they 1 had eaten in the previous 24 hours, t 79 percent of the children said they ! had not eaten a green salad, 79 per- 1 I /%1 i Ctati Put on ad in Th iuiuii uu mi 8 GAM Sports Ca This Week in Game men's SC Sun, Oct. 1, vsp? AU home games are c WOMEN'S S WED, OCT. 4, vs1 All home games are c volleye Fri, Sept. 29, v< Sun, Oct. 1, v! All home games are at tl For Ticket In formats For More Details Contact: USC S BUCKLE UE I YOU. irs still love sport says cent had not eaten raw vegetables, 50 percent had had one or fewer servings of fruit and 36 percent had eaten only one serving of cooked vegetables. "When you consider that nutritional guidelines call for at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day," Corwin said. "Children are not receiving the basic foods they need." Other findings from the survey: Pizza is students' favorite food. Slightly more than 31 percent ranked it first. Seafood, including shrimp, fish auu ci <tu, caxue in secunu. Fruits and vegetables are their least favorite foods. Only 1.7 percent fruit was their favorite food; fewer than 1 percent listed vegetables as their favorite food. Favorite snack items in school vending machines are soft drinks and fruit juices. More than 45 percent worry about being fat, more than 20 percent like the feeling of an empty stomach and approximately 35 percent are trying to lose weight. Vivian Pilant, director of the Office of School Food Services a the State Department of Education, said the research is important to determine what can be done to improve children's diets. "The study will help us provide better training for school food service personnel and give us better understanding of where we should spend our time, energy and dollars to help children learn more about nutrition," she said. "We are concerned about the health and well-being of children," Pilant said. "Food services should be part of an educational team in every school to help children learn how to make better food and nutrition choices." One of the biggest problems in the nutrition dilemma is the work schedules of parents. "Very few people spend much time preparing food these days," Sargent said. "Most people want simple, easy options. But parents can limit tb* " tions in the household to good choic3S by keeping more fruits, vegetables and juices on hand for children and fewer chips, soft drinks and cookies in the kitchen cabinets." Nutritional risk factors and dietary practices developed in childhood and adolescence usually persist into adulthood, including elevated cholesterol levels, elevated blood pressure and obesity, Corwin said. "Often, children who are obese besome adults who are obese," she said. 'What you eat as a child generally is what you eat as an adult. Dietary behaviors are learned early in life. The moner we can get children making healthy food choices, the better off they will be." s M! t Goat! crnrifc lendar cock Athletics >CCER jsbyterian at 2 pm it The Graveyard IOCCER Wofford at 5 pm it The Graveyard 3ALL ?Arkansas 7 pm s LSU at 2 pm he P.E. Blatt Center 4 Call 777-4274 'Ports Information 777-5204 Classifieds Work! *\5aiftoch