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IN VIEWPOINTS: Touctye. ry gives support to school vouchers page 3 '"XBaiffcotfr ^ Serving USC since 1908 WEATHER TODAY : THURSDAY | "Vjj Sunny High 60 I Low 38 INSIDE What a wonderful toy Etc. catches up with a USC student who was a boy in [ the Slinky commercials. ETC., PAGE 3 if# Unplugged The Carolina-Clemson game won't be televised for the first time since 1986 SPORTS, PAGE 7 BRIEFS Counseling center sponsors "Forgiveness Workshop" A "Forgiveness Workshop" will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. today at the Counseling and Human Development Center at 900 Assembly St., room 212. The Carolina Band presents functraising concert Friday The Carolina Band will present its "Sounds Of Gamecock Spirit" at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Carolina Coliseum. Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for students. Proceeds go to the Carolina Band Scholarship Fund to help support USC Athletic Bands. USC-Sumter alumni to hold first Big Wednesday party USC-SumteFs Alumni Association will sponsor its first annual "Big Wednesday" for Carolina and Clemson fens Nov. 15. The event will include a tailgate party at 6:30 p.m. of n, ?of?u cu nciuco ujriii, a gun umtui, tacuir ty guests and a Gaudiest Gamecock/Tackiest Tiger Contest. ALD offers scholarship LSeniors who plan to attend graduate school and were members of Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman , Honor Society may apply for a $3,000 j/ scholarship. Applicants must have a 3.5 GPA and be involved in cam- _ pus activities. The application dead- ? line is Dec. 8. Harrison Greenlaw, ALD advisor, is available to help Pl students with the application. of P* Correction ?c Amy Parker's quote in the Nov. fo 7 "Free nde" story should have read, h? "If they (Alpha Phi Omega) don't give rides to off-campus locations, 3: they should advertise more clearly." th index s News 1 Viewpoints 3 le; Etc 4 tie Comics 6 ? a Sports 7 as wi Classifieds 8 a: be fpl ? ^ ^ & X I 5. USC Folic* Officer Gene Gabrys works < his shift Friday night. He worked almost Working the evening shift (4 p.m. - midnight) Nov. 3 was Officer Gene Gabrys, a two-year veteran of the USC Police Department and a former Marine. He explained that his duties were mainly oriented around the protection of people and property. The officers on patrol make sure the campus is secure both through routine checks of cam pus buildings and through timely response to any request for assistance from people on campus. Safeguarding property can be hard for police, said Gabrys, because people are not very security-conscious on a university campus like USC. That is a real problem around here, because a person will go out a door and maybe the door will not close the whole way and then the door is ajar, and so the entire building's open." Gabrys said he tries to get the property checked early so that as the evening progresses he can turn his attention to other - Vcademic centei BIN SHAW Staff Writer "ffjj Enhancing the overall experience of on-cam- yyh i( is living is a primary goal of the Department Housing and Residential Services. The deirtment is taking one more step toward that ning lal with the opening of the Academic Center r Excellence, located in the Towers residence like ills. com] A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at also 30 p.m. Thursday to kick off the opening of ing a e center, which is located in the lobby area stween Moore and Snowden. this,' All students can use the resources of the cen- idea r, although it is geared, in particular, toward na is shmea It is situated near a large demographic parti ncentration of freshmen, with 1,200 residents comj the Towers, most of whom are freshmen. h ACE will provide students with a variety of in us andng-enhancement services and opportuni- comp is. Students can browse through a myriad of and j formation about improving academic skills at with 'self-serve" area of the center. On weekdays, targe staff member from Academic Skills Programs tial S 11 be on hand to assist students. On Fridays, comj representative from the Career Center will line ^ available to meet with students about plan- T AROUND CAMPUS * n 15 I H k # GABR JiiyiliiPsi fe^;. ? n ^ ^iiiiiin ^y%-u. ,M LUKE ROBINSON ! ne Gamecock t>n paperwork after finishing two hours of overitme. RIT matters. "Right now, it's 9 o'clock, people are starting to have a good time. By 10 or 11 (p.m.) they're getting liquored up and other things may take precedence over property at that time." On dealing with students, Gabrys said, "You've got to treat people with respect. In most instances you'll be treated with respect back... There are people whoU look at you, and they won't see you, they'll see the badge." He added that sometimes getting respect can be a problem, because many students have the mindset that every officer wants to "do them wrong," that every officer wants to blame students for something they didn't do. But, that doesn t mean that uabiys won t do his job. "If someone needs to be hooked up, and go down to Richland County Bed & Breakfast (Richland County Detention Center), that's where they're going, and I don't feel bad about it." opens in the is continues our mission in housing, ;h combines living and learning." ' Gene Luna, director of Housing , their futures. Tie center will hold workshops on topics time management, note taking, reading 1 irehension and speed reading. There will 1 be a two-credit course on improving read ind study skills. We're quite excited about the potential for ' said Gene Luna, director of housing. The ' came about a year and a half ago, and Lu- ( i confident that it will be a success. He is cularly enthusiastic about expanding the ' >uter resources of the center, i addition to the eight computers already e at the Towers, ACE contains a new IBM s luter. This computer is complete with math * English tutorials. It also will be equipped Sigi, a program designed to help students ( it potential careers. Housing and Residen- 4 iervices is looking in the future to wire these J )uters to the backbone, getting them onwith other computers across campus, he idea of adding more computers and ere- c * ?9H| McjyMlL 1111 -gjr n A<5 Ys LUKE ROBINSON The Gamecock In the second part of The Gamecock's series on safety, a reporter spends a riday night with USC Police Officer Gene Gabrys to find out what our university police force does. LUKE ROBINSON Staff Writer )ER Gabrys said he sometimes feels frustrated at how much needless crime occurs on campus. "You've got to practice a little crime prevention in your own life," he advises students. "These autobreakings, I mean, of course, if you have 100 CDs sitting out in the back seat or your wallet sitting out... or a cell phone in plain view, man, you're setting yourself up." According to Gabrys, cars are not the only places where common sense would prevent the most frequent crimes. "I've been in the library before, walked past the Xerox machine and seen a wallet or a purse sitting there, no one around, then the person comes back and says they were just looking for another book." Gabrys cuts short here as he pulls up in front of the Russell House, where a sorority social is swinging into action. The police department is cautious about the event, and POLICE page 2 Towers area ating a University 101 classroom is also beinj considered. For now, housing is planning t< monitoring the progress of the center for th< next two years. mere are other campuses around the coun try who have done this sort of thing. It helps partner the academic aspect of campus life with residential," Lima said. This continues our mission in housing, which combines living and learning." Housing is in the process of reevaluating and reconstructing many of the formats previ ausly utilized in campus living. They seek t( nake living on campus more attractive to stu ients, while providing enhanced opportunities or academic concentration. This includes structuring more services and support for first-and second-year students, while jiving upperclassmen less structure and more reedom. An open house was held for the center Nov, 2, and Luna said the response has only been aositive, from students and faculty alike. If the rowers' ACE is successful, it is possible thai lew centers will be established in other resilence halls, like Bates House and Patterson, ~ Education dean resigns after 7 years 1^1.1^ 511 1_ m--mm mm mciMtru isnier win remain as a nin-ume faculty member. He says the college is ready for new leadership. JENNIFER STANLEY Staff Writer Richard Ishler, dean of the College of Education, has submitted his resignation to the university. His resignation will become effective on June 30,1995. Although he will no longer be in an administrative position, he will continue as full-time faculty. Ishler has been the dean of the College of Education for seven years. Before joining the USC community, he was a dean at two other institutions for 11 years and an administrator in higher education for a total of 31 years. He has three years left before retirement. "It's time for something else," Ishler said. "I feel I've * moved the College of Education forward. If s time for new leadership." Ishler will devote his time to teaching and research. He hopes to teach classes involved with education administration, teacher reform, school reform, and "deaning. His resignation is strictly voluntary and a search for a new dean is under way. In this kind of situation there is a specific process which is overseen by the provost's office. Provost James Moeser meets with the faculty of the college at a general meeting where nominations are made for faculty to serve on the search committee. Pull professors vote on those who receive nominations. The provost can also appoint people to the committee who are not faculty in the college. The search committee meets with the Office of Equal Opportunity to learn about procedures involving sex, race, gender and confidentiality. They also meet with media relations. The committee accepts applications and narrows down the applicants. Applicants meet with the committee, administrators, faculty member, and various other groups within the USC community. The committee makes a recommendation to the provost, and the provost makes a recommendation to the president. The search committee for the dean of the College of Education consists of 10 people. This group includes one representative from the State Department of Education, one member from the School of Music, and one member from the Department of Psychology. So far the committee has met twice. Housing to use lottery system to assign rooms Under the new system, students currently living on campus will not be able to return 10 ineir same rooms nexi year. SARAH NAGEL Staff Writer An open forum for students was hosted by the Residence Hall Association to address the concerns they might have had about the housing shortage anticipated for next year. Leading the forum were Gretchen Koehler-Shepley, associate director for administration, and Mel Miller, associate director for residence life. The intention of the meeting was for administration to collect feedback from students on the proposed changes and hear any suggestions students may have to improve the situation. Most of the time, however, was spent correcting the , misconceptions that students had and dispelling rumors that have been flying around campus since the discussion of what to do about housing next year began. The permanent closing of Burney and Baker in the towers area as well as the temporary closing of Maxcy will put a strain on campus housing, but many steps are ' being taken to ensure that this shortage will be correct} ed. According to Koehler-Shepley, housing has always Knnn mioi?o?f aa/4 mnnrmnrr frochrv\or*d fUntr ttrill uvv^ii gucucuii/uuu iui mwuiuiiig u^omiiuu aiiu uiuj win continue to be the university's major priority. In order to * insure a productive first year for these students, fresh1 men centers are being created in the following areas: Patterson, Bates (with the exception of the graduate wing), 1 the remaining towers, and a few floors of Capstone, two of which are already reserved for Honors College fresh? men males, as of this year. This means that many students already living on ) campus will be displaced and will not have the option of returning to their rooms if they wish. "In the past, students returning to the same room or building they occupied previouslv had prioritv when sign ing up for housing. By instituting the lottery system, we are putting everyone on equal footing," Koehler-Shepley said. This year, housing priority will be based on seniority alone, without regard to previous residence as it has been in the past. 1 "The worst case scenario is that eight out of 100 people currently living on campus will not have on-campus housing next year. However, this is not taking into acHOUSING page 2