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IN VIEWPOINTS: Morgan suffers from sleep deprivation page 3 Serving USC since 1908 ^ 1 t mj. r. m ; i;\11 WEATHER <fxfW? 1T0DAY Cloudy H High 63 T I Low 47 MA, I WEDNESDAY ~ . one: P ? Cloudy Um High 65 r l I 1 r byt Reg to a INSIDE was _ ann < '' Punch in Etc. gives the "hole" truth about body piercing. ETC., PAGE 4 mar imi Triple threat Lady Gamecock three-pointers down Campbell 82-59. SPORTS, PAGE 7 BRIEFS Stress blowout to be held Friday at Blatt P.E. Center The Solomon Blatt P.E. Center will sponsor its semi-annual Stress Blowout on Friday from 7 p.m.midnight. Activities will include sumo wrestling, door prizes, music, food and much more. The event is free and open to all USC students. Leadership Fitness Series sponsors last workshop today The Leadership Fitness Series will sponsor its last workshop for the semester from 4-5 p.m. today in RH 303. The topic "Dealing with Stress" with be led by Lisa Mohn and Sam Ekert. Support group forming for students with HIV or AIDS A group of students is forming a support group for other students TirifVt WTV nr A TT^Q TV?n rrrmin v? i vix xxx ? i/x mjL/Ui xiic gi uu|/j Positive Living, is for people between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. Confidentiality of group members is assured. For information, contact Laurie or Lisa at 777-8248. Scholarships available for Alpha Lambda Delta members Alpha Lambda Delta members who are planning on attending graduate school may apply for a / $3,000 scholarship. The application deadline is Friday. AD/ Lecture to be held today StnHpnt.fi are invited to an cont afternoon lecture by Mary Galvin the on "Creolization in Colonial South hon Carolina" at 3:30 p.m. today in hou Gambrell Hall room 151. 1 and the j and cent plar INDEX i ??ofth Mews 1 was Viewpoints 3 ?? Etc mat hou Comics 6 t X Classifieds 9 bett mai i/loeser to lea BTHA HOTOP Asst. News Editor Affairs and Provost. At the time Moeser i [JSC Provost James Moeser has been applied for USC's provost position, he red the position as chancellor at the was one of about 180 applicants. Before 1 versity of Nebraska-Lincoln. coming to USC Moeser was on the music ; Che position still must be approved faculty at the University of Kansas for he Nebraska University Board of 20 years and served as the dean of the < ents, but that approval is expected College of Arts and Architecture at Penn )me at its Saturday meeting. Moeser State University from 1986 to 1992. i in Nebraska today for the official Don Greiner, vice provost at USC, ouncement. served on the committee that interviewed < 'While we hate to see Moeser leave, Moeser in 1992. During that interview, are all excited and proud for him," Moeser was asked about his future career 1 USC President John Palms. "He plans. ! been an energetic and forceful provost Greiner said he knew from that has worked to enhance the academic interview that Moeser aspired to be j n n t n ! j j. ?r_ n racier OI Carolina. prtsxuexxi ux a xxagsxxxp uixxvexsxty. vjxexxxex Moeser came to USC in 1992 to accept said that despite Moeser's eventual position of Vice President of Academic intentions to accept a position as a ON THE COURT . 'ft ? u: - Urn^ r Nan w win theo V wik in he butr only done ^^ f-V: ^aSaf v W ^^ V 'ag^L Gam ^ Mich ->? 4b ^ '* * ^B a^H^r '-^%k wb wmi r ^^mSm'Z was ] Br /%*. heri / ^^"'*l,N*s,s^k ^ P^ ^ won ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock jea(j USC women's basketball coach Nancy Wilson advises her players at Monday night's game against Campbell. !00 attend "Save the ^ lm snyper staff writer "We have gotten a lot of suppor rhe "Save the Wedge" campaign from people as far as writing letter to President Palms. te of public health research for a four Unfortunately, it is going to take r open house. money (to save the Wedge). We each^esearch *-1 "ave enough obligations plantation provided local school programs tO fUlld OUr budget next year." other visitors information about the Dwight Williams, director for th< er. Refreshments were served and the International Center for Public Healtl itation was decorated for Christmas. Mso, Alexander Lofton, a descendant that Wedge was there (McClellanville) e Lucas family who built the plantation, The "Save the Wedge" campaign was i on hand to present historical started after the office of the Provosi rmation. He had a display of historical announced that the research centei ers including a ledger describing programs would be "mothballed" after this erials and costs of building the main fiscal year. The Wedge is the only researcl se. center in the world that studies insects ant 'We had tremendous community vector borne diseases. Because of the cos port," said Dwight Williams, director of keeping the program running, the Provos le International Center for Public Health, decided it would be in the best interest o er know as the Wedge. He said that the university to close down the project ly people said that they never knew "We have gotten a lot of support fron * ve USC f university president, BHBBBHBSSj "We [JSC hoped to keep situatioi aim for at least five man^s^ Moeser was P "9 undergr u ui v ei sitjf ui ui a oti u Nebraska President jifir** his new L. Dennis Smith J^f| "I dc over two other I course f finalists: Provost intend tc John Kozak of Iowa MOESER Duri State University USC, M( and Provost George Thomas of Reading Washington State University. Moeser, Residen 56, will replace Graham Spanier who * Russ became president of Pennsylvania State Affairs si University Sept. 1. head" w tool! si u SC women's basketball coach a< cy Wilson celebrated her 400th h Friday against University of t( higan. n H WILSON Sports Editor e< Ivery year during basketball season, there P hvays stories about college coaches across a! ountry reaching milestones in their careers. w ims that these milestones come so frequently A they appear too commonplace in the daily H 1 that is a five-month basketball season. 3, ISC women's basketball coach Nancy >n has had her share of coaching milestones aj r 12 years at the helm of the Gamecocks, tc ecently she accomplished something that * ii 19 other women's basketball coaches have S : win 400 games. Wilson notched her 400th win as the Lady ir ecocks (5-1) defeated the University of h ligan, 78-69, in Ann Arbor Friday night. oi Jthough Wilson would have preferred to ft ler 400th in Frank McGuire Arena, she glad that the win in Ann Arbor typified st dea of how collegiate basketball should ayed. a Ihe great thing (about winning 400) was Ji the Michigan game was a good game," p] on said. "It was a very competitive game vas played at a tempo that you like to see bi liege ball." n he Lady Gamecocks grabbed Wilson's pi t game Monday night as they downed the ai ir Camels of Campbell 82-59 in Frank if uire Arena. Ironically, the Lady Camels tne victim last season as Wilson recorded e< !00th win as head coach at Carolina. st he Lady Gamecocks sport six players from 'ear's squad that garnered Wilson's 200th, . si ive new players have given this year's hi d a different chemistry. A chemistry that Wilson's 400th, and one she is proud to 400 page 2 f) /ledge" rally t people as far as writing letters to President Palms. Unfortunately, it is going to take money (to save the Wedge). We don't have enough obligations to fund our budget next ! year," said Williams. "We are trying to approach foundations for substantial support," Williams said. Williams believes that if the supporters of the Wedge do not have an alternative plan 3 by the Board of Trustees meeting in Feb., the Provost will suggest to the Board to sell the property. It is possible that part of the money gained from the sale will be 3 used to relocate the Wedge faculty to t Columbia. r "It will really change the character of 3 our program if they move us," stated i Williams. The Wedge is deemed as a good 1 location for insect study because there is t a very dense mosquito population, t There are no more open houses planned f by the Wedge. The center is always open though and those interested can stop by i from 8-4 any weekday. * - or Nebraska 're down-hearted about our the academic end of the university. 1, because Moeser facilitated so The provost handles requests for fnificant and important changes," tenure and the hiring of new professors, einer. "He's enhanced the Additionally, he or she is responsible for aduate program." the day-to-day supervision of the 15 ier also will stress the importance department deans, ng undergraduate program in Moeser's leaving USC will leave a role at NU. temporary vacancy in the provost's office, in't see a dramatic change in Despite the vacancy, the undergraduate or this university," he said. "I academic programs are expected to i stay on course to retain quality." continue improving, ng his three-and-a-half years at In relation to Moeser's leaving, Greiner oeser helped start the Freshman explained two of his sayings about life: t Experience and the Preston "The institution will always survive, and tial College. no one is indispensible." McKinney in the Office of Public According to Greiner, the academic aid that the Provost is the "titular department won't regress, but students ho is recognized as the head of MOESER page 4 Slew office to serve Dre-law, med students i Vice-provost Don Greiner announces a new position o serve students who are planning to go into professional jraduate education programs such as iaw or medicine. OB GIQIELU Staff Writer For all those interested in law or medical chool, there is a new department at the niversity where students can go for help and dvisement. WW The Office of Pre-Professional Advisement [J as been created by Vice-Provost Don Greiner |p ) help students who are interested in law, | tedicine or any type of professional graduate ' iucation. J* Eileen Korpita has been named as the Pre- x llpP jg^ ?|g rofessional advisor and will run the office ^ long with an executive assistant. Korpita, ho now serves as program director for Sexual JpjP .ssault Services in the Thomson Student gfa. / [ealth Center, will assume the position Jan. n | When Greiner assumed his office two years QREINER ?o, he set up a series of goals that he wanted ) see reached to improve undergraduate education at the university. These lcluded the Preston Residential College, the Office of Fellowships and ummer Programs and now the Office of Pre-Professional Advisement. "Students come to campus and say their may major is pre-law or preled. But there is no pre-law or pre-med major. This is how we can help our sst undergraduates get through the labyrinth of applications to the top six r seven professional schools in their prospective field. This is a person whose ill-time job is to know all the nuances of each application," Greiner said. Greiner also sees the office as a recruiting device for top high school ;udents applying to the university. Korpita said she read the description for the job and saw it as an upbeat nd fresh position that would be exciting. When Korpita starts the job in anuary, she plans to do a lot of research and start to put the systems in lace to help students. Some of the ideas that Korpita has already thought of for the office will e to start portfolios for each student so that they can keep track of their scords and goals. She also wants to set up a mentor program where freshman re-law students could be paired with senior pre-law students to assist and dvise them on how to be a pre-law major. Korpita thinks it would be good students also learned to utilize other resources at the university. "I think this office is just another show of support for undergraduate lucation at this university, and I want to be here to assist, advise and support ;udents," Korpita said. Korpita has been at the university for six years. Before coming to USC, IP was pJuratinn rnnrHinat/vr at RirVilnnH \fpmnrial Wnenifal SVio rtvoivorl er masters degree from USC in Public Health. State bowl teams compete at USC Faculty and students got a good representation of Volunteered for "The USC questions," stated Margaret Challenge" this weekend. Anliker, graduate advisor for Alpha Thirty-two South Carolina Lamda Defta. the freshman honor high school academic society who sponsored the event, teams participated. In fact'ALD revitalized the ADAM SNYDER Staff Writer competition Tjr-r?r?: 3?? "The Alpha Lamda Delta High school academic teams ., . - , , from across South Carolina invaded P^nt five yea^ ago wanted USC Dee. 2 for the fifth annual "S<? ?t0 sP0"s0r the acade,mic Academic Bowl. Riverside High b"w1.' smd Hams?" Greenlaw, School took the overall competition admIustrat'va advisor for ALD. crown in the day long event. After another university Thirty-two teams were dropped the sponsorship of the challenged by more than 500 competition, the ALD president questions devised by liberal arts pushed for USC to take over the and science and math professors, academic bowl. Every since, he Topics for questions ranged has come back to help with the from geography to government to bowlbiology. The winners had to A list of 25 faculty members compete in 10 rounds of these and mid 20 students, graduates and other questions in order to win undergraduates, as well as Gamma their division. Phi Beta and Golden Key "With those two colleges, we volunteered with the bowl.