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2 DATEBOOK Entries for Datebook may be submitted to The Gamecock in the third floor of the Russell House. The Leadership Fitness Series will hold a workshop from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday in RH 303. The workshop topic will be "Dealing with Stress." The Baha'is of Greater Columbia will host a series of meetings on "The Benefits of Racial Unity" from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in RH 322. The series win ieature a panel discussion followed by an open question and answer forum. Mortar Board will meet today at 7 p.m. in the RH theater. The International Center for Public Health Research at the Wedge Plantation will hold an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call (803) 546-6064. Sundays PALM Campus Ministry, Worship and Dinner, 5:30 p.m., 728 Pickens St. Student Government Executive Cabinet, 6 p.m., Witten Room Sorority Christian Fellowship, 7:30-9 pm., basement of South Tower. For more information, call 779-7173. Ballroom Dance Club, 4-5 p.m., Blatt P.E. Center 107 Mondays Carolina Productions Concerts Commission, 7:30 p.m., RH 201 Model United Nations Club, 8:30 p.m.,RH 302 Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH Theater Fraternity Council, 4:30 p.m. Carolina Productions Performing Arts Commission, 6:30 p.m., RH 201 Carolina Productions Special Programs Commission, 7 p.m., RH 348 Tuesdays Newman Club, 7 p.m., St. REAPING EXPERIENCE c because even though many freshmen i read the novel in high school, they i probably have not read it properly. The 1 book should be part of every freshman's i intellectual base upon entering college, j he said. ] This work has entered the American I consciousness as no other has, with the I exception of Huckleberry Finn. Gatsby i has entered the American mind, the American consciousness, such that people t who haven't even read the novel refer i to Gatsby," said Bruccoli. 1 Bruccoli has been amassing his t Fitzgerald collection since his I undergraduate days at Yale, and it 1 I Mi t? ? mm Just a reminde 7 (Thomas More Center Hillel, 7:30 p.m., RH 315. For more information, call 544-0607. SAGE (Students Allied for a Greener Earth), 7-8 p.m., RH 302 Association of African American Students, 6 p.m. P.E.E.R.S. meeting, every other week, RH 315 Carolina Productions Ideas and Issues Commission, 7:30 p.m., Witten Room Carolina Productions Cinematic Arts Commission, 7 p.m., RH 309 RHA Senate, 7 p.m., RH 322 Wednesdays PALM Campus Ministry, dinner and program, 5:30 p.m., 728 Pickens St. Student National Pharmeceutical Association, first and third Wednesdays of each month, 5:30 pm, Coker Life Sciences Building lounge. Call Sonia at 544-0899 for more information. Young Democrats, 7 p.m., RH 315 Student Government Senate, * 5 p.m., RH Theater Women Students' Association, 6 p.m., RH 203 Carolina Productions Marketing Committee, 6 p.m., RH 201 Carolina Productions Black Cultural Commission, 7 p.m., RH 348 College Republicans, 7:30 p.m., Gambrell 250. Call 343-7194 for more information. The Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Association, 8 p.m., Business Administration 401 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 ontinued from page 1 currently contains more than 12,000 items. It was acquired in 1994 by the University by a special gift/purchase agreement with Bruccoli and his wife, f\rlyn. The collection will eventually be loused in a special room in the Thomas hooper Library. Items will be available jo students and researchers in the Khrary's are book reading room. Next fall there will be a series of jvents starting on Sept. 24th, the 100th inniversary of Fitzgerald's birthday, ncluded in this celebration will be a heater department production of Fie! rie! Fi-Fi, a musical comedy that pitzgerald wrote in college. r that cramming for fu The Qamocock SENATE continued from page 1 information that would clearly define the current officers and the officers-elect. "Without this supplemental legislatio said, "I could not support this bill." Bigham agrees with the part of the bi a transition time is needed between the curre and the president-elect, but certain detai out in the bill. "I think we're assuming a lot," Bighar not saying a new and old president woulc to work together, but their duties have tx defined." Senator Trav Robertson didn't agree. "First of all, the Senate voted 01 unanimously," Robertson said, "Also, we I to update it until it becomes part of the co Bigham also spoke about several ot concerning the student body, including rui a young woman who said she had been att Blossom Garage Monday. "A young woman found by some gen Sumter Street claimed to have been attacke ARTS continued from page 1 graduate student, is the tin whistle be player for Patrick's Cadillac. Suk dii started playing the tin whistle because po he heard it on a Kate Bush song "Jig of Life." fo "I wanted something in my life that m( made me feel beautifiil," Suk said. "I ac just felt my fife was QVC, suburban shopping malls, and there wasn't much I did that was part of the soaring human ^ spirit." W* Chris McCormick, an englishrtheater senior, has attended some USC poetry C0] readings and MnTficaiW Mncmim'o na Muses Night Out. mc McCormick said he reads in public stu GREENBACKS continued from pac for this award should pick up an to 1 application from the Fellowships Office, tht It is important that students pick up Th the application early because they must yft be (fficially nominated by the University. to( The application deadline is Jan. 15. prc The Gleitsman Foundation said SQC that by encouraging these students, ^ "one not only endorses their special contributions, but reminds their fellow citizens that they too can challenge . injustice and implement change." m11 Another scholarship opportunity Stu exists for undergraduate students who aca are minoring in Southern Studies. The Wheeler Scholarship is designed Dec urKfifi \LJttlll 0 lals will only do so much. yQJ Thursday, November 30 roles of the said. "But the young wc She had a long history n," Bigham to have been attacked mind at ease? a fellc 11 that says harmed." nt president Bigham also discus Is were left Garage in general. "I feel very confident i said. Tm in lighting, painting and In't be able of time," she said. ) be clearlv There are still nn nlai in the garage. Bigham also talked s 1 this bill which will be ready by 5 tave a year will have 13,000 spaces, des." It will also have two paj her issues "It will be first come nors about a garage spot," Bigham acked near lottery. I encourage you The garage will be tleman on charges will be available d," Bigham Advocacy Center (NAC1 cause he likes the response and the lerent ideas that people bring to his etry. "Ifs veiy difficult for me to get away >m my writing because it's hard for i to be able to judge if it gets things ross to people," McCormick said, hat I really like is for people to come tn imp aftprwnnd nnrJ oav wViaf fkmr ed or even say what they didn't like." The Carolina Productions mmission selected students to rticipate tonight. There may be >re Miscellany events for artistic dents who would like to get involved. jej benefit students who are studying s history and culture of the South, e award honors Claire Reed-Hill teeler for the contributions she made community and national heritage (grams while teaching history and ial studies at St. Andrew's High 100I in Charleston. Students applying for this tolarship must have completed a limum of six hours in Southern dies classwork and must be in good demic standing. The application deadline is Friday, :. 1. tcock WSSW89WlCT9WWWWWg8W9W9^ 4 rittti -jx&v. :S.. sm>.- Mm M JFvki. mk. 0^3? '"fiK redtneu i fi ' * ir ^mI * Ks5^ , 1995 >man wasn't a student at USC. financed mos of drug abuse and has claimed "There w: before. I did want to put your elevators anc )w student of yours was not [will be conne to the police c ised the situation at Blossom Although than the oldt . Well see some improvements In other bi i cleaning within a short period Emilv Greer Committee. os for installing security officers In commit working on gr ibout the new parking garage, universities a /larch or April of this year and provost. The < 800 of which will be assigned, this year but i r stations and three entrances. Student St first serve if you already have to complete th i said. "After that, it will be a organizations l to pay early." Finance Co six stories high and hourly that of the lai . It will be named the National from student s l Garage, after the group that USC economi< predicts positi for South Care Staff Reports The next two years should be good t economically for South Carolina and the 1 nation, with most sectors growing, f C TTOn> 1 avcuiuuig ias iiiiuuigo JL1U1I1 UOVj S cUlIlUdl J Fall Economic Outlook Conference held Nov. 21. t But the entire economic outlook for a South Carolina isn't rosy. o "Textile employment is expected to i] decline more than two percent annually," said Susan Lauiy, a research economist v in the Division of Research in USC's fi College of Business Administration, o However, Lauiy said, South Carolina's g economy will not slip into a recession p over the next two years. y Real personal income in South n Carolina will grow at about a 2.2 percent ta annual rate over the next two years, while employment will grow between di two and 2.5 percent in 1996 and 1997, a Laury said. di The unemployment rate, reported R as 4.7 percent in the second quarter of fc 1995 ? its lowest rate since 1990 ? Ii may drop even further over the next two years. w And the outlook looks good for retail in and business sectors, including real estate. ec "Retail trade and services will 11 demonstrate strong growth in 1996 and ra 1997, with the former growing between cc Classifieds Wor | |^j ^ m * m * - * _ tfr"i EytOi* 'It M|| Get a good ni t of the construction, ill also be camera surveillance, glass I intercoms at all exits. The intercoms cted] straight to Parking Facilities and lepartment," Bigham said, this garage will be more sophisticated >r garages, spaces will still cost $160. isiness, Comparative Politics freshman le was appointed into the Elections tee news, Academics Committee is still ade forgiveness. It has contacted other ind is waiting for a response from the :ommittee proposed a program earlier t was not accepted. ervices Committee reminded Senators Leir university committees and student questionnaires. mmittee approved some budgets, including v school, from the $145,000 allocated ictivity fees. : conference ve outlook )lina, nation hree and four percent through early .997 and the latter growing more than our percent in each of the next two rears," Laury said. "Strong job growth is predicted in he near term for the finance, insurance ind real estate sectors, slowing to about ne percent annual growth beginning a 1996." Non-durable goods manufacturing, diich includes textiles and apparel, will ill at a one to two percent annual rate ver the next two years, while durable oods employment will grow at at a two ercent annual rate over the next two ears. This includes non-electrical lachinery employment and ansportation employment, Lauiy said. On the national front, the gross anestic product will grow at a 2.7 percent onual rate in 1996, followed by a small 3celeration to 2.5 percent in 1997, said . Jeffrey Green, director of the Center ir Econometric Model Research at idiana University. Green said the unemployment rate ill decline from 5.6 percent to 5.3 percent 11997. "Inflation will remain low, but will Ige up slightly, to about 3.4 percent by 197," Green said. "Long-term interest ites, as measured by AAA bonds, will rntinue to decline slightly." k...777-1184 I l