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lursday, January 18,1996 *l5ail Serving US Wendy Hudson, Editor in Chief Tina Morgan, Brent Set Editor! Chris Dixon, Martha Hotop, Karen Layne, Ryan Sims, Stephanie Sonnenfeld, Cece v< O P I 1 Pitfnlino Din uaiumm no opportunity The South Carolina RVTI legislative body is at the Carolina Plaza while the Legi: Statehouse is being residt renovated. Have you Carolii dropped by to say hello to our guests? _____ If not, you're probably not alone. Although the Studeni plaza is on Assembly , ' Street, just a little out of r ^ q our way, most people find to w mixing and minting with , ? the lawmakers a little te^slat' intimidating. It shouldn't be, though. This elected body will be affecting our ^ futures with decisions on higher education, taxes and many other things to come. We should take this opportunity to communicate our views and let them know how we, the voting public, feel about the issues. The leaders of government, especially in the past few weeks during the budget crisis, seem to have become unreachable, intangible figures. As students and the leaders of tomorrow, we have to reach out and open the door. Likewise, the legislators should feel free to walk the campus grounds and reach out to us. This interaction could lead to <s THE UNIVERSITY 01 How did coming I week early affect Graduate student, "I liked it because I we were going to i 1 W**^ Irft ? into my regular p ^ ^at*e Dereng -?Sociology freshma W T ^ "Seems like it's j together and to n s It was also a has I Walter Robins International studie iLda^fc BHm 1 didn't pet to see mJfWP Robert Lewis Business administr letters to the Editor welco 3e 200-250 words in len Samecock, Russell Hous tBatotk ss itudent Media Russell House-USC* Cc Wendy Hudson Robbie Meek Editor in Chief Matt Pruitt Ryan Wilson Sports Editors Managing Editor Allison Tina Morgan Williams Brent Seeliger Special Projects Viewpoints Editors Ethan Myerson Martha Hotop Graphics Editor Cece von Kolnitz Karen Layne News Editors Deanna Chris Dixon McLendon Stephanie Keith Sonnenfeld Boudreaux Features Editors Copy Desk le Gamecock is the student newspaper of the Diversity of South Carolina and is published Tuesday rough Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with t exception of university holidays and exam periods, pinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the litors r author and not those of the University of >uth Carolina. * Board of Student Publications and Communications the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Irak ;C Since 1908 Ryan Wilson, Managing Editor, :liger, Viewpoints Editors al Board , Robbie Meek, Tyson Pettigrew, Matt Pruitt an Koinitz, Robert Walton, Allison Williams N 1 O N 179 hnncoc ifcu nuuuug for students E7TJT9|| wonderful things. First, students would know their slaters legislators by name and ? at the fece. They would learn how ia Plaza to be heard instead of helpless. And the legislators will be able to QQIQ3 take into account the ts should ?Pinions of the youthful, Ivantaop something that may not . have happened normally. pportuni- ? i_ c , . , Perhaps one of or mt the best things that could orsvv i e (jQjHg interaction eside at istheexchangeof arolina information. Instead of aza- pondering how the budget crisis will affect us as South Carolinians, why not ask those in the know? With several university professors and teaching assistants housed in the plaza, some students will have academic reasons to be down on Assembly Street For the rest, consider this: what's the best way to get a current update on what's going on? Isn't this education? A lot of people will see the added traffic and people around campus as a hassle. We should see it as a chance to do something most of us never done ? nave a direct say in our future. iuuuiuii i F SOUTH CAROLINA back to classes a you? s snow storm. I was stuck at the nd I missed a day of classes." MIBS i I was bored at home. I liked the fact start school. It was a nice change back tattern." in I ust been a hassle to get my classes lake sure financial aid was secured, sle to take care of all the errands." son >s, junior ! everyone I wanted to. I didn't get to WCUibCU IAS. ation, freshman I l me! Submissions should 1 gth and delivered to The e room 333. i ] 777-7726 Chris Carroll 1 rtising: 777-4249 i Director of Student Media < : 777-6482 Laura Day ? ? ? _ creative Director ilumbia, SC 29208 jeffA.Breaux ] Tyson Pettigrew Direclor Robert Walton Sue McDonald j Photo Editors Jim Speelmon < Adam Snyder Graduate Assistants Jennifer Stanley Gene Crawford Asst. News Sorin Nelersa < Lucy Arnold Production Assistants . Dipka Bhambhani Marilyn Edwards , Asst. Features Taylor Achim Hunt MaAc,in?Dircc,or 1 Asst. Sports Erik Collins 3 Ryan Sims Faculty Advisor Online Editor Jason Jeffers i Cartoonist t Letters Policy t The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. ] Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full j name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to ] The Gamecocljjjiewsroom in Russell House room 321. ^ The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not __ - NOT TO M C marathon," ha\)6 t > T QUOTE, UNQUOTE "Class should be a boili notes Cnnnril 1 The USC Sorority Council serves as a self-governing body that allows all 14 sororities to come together in the common interest of promoting the Greek system. As stated in our constitution, our purpose is to "seek solutions to our common problems and to assist each other and the university in attaining their educational and cultural objectives." The spotlight may shine on sororities during times of rush and recruitment ,but the council's purpose far exceeds trying to add to our membership. Cabinet officers focus programming on issues such as housing, women's issues, homecoming activities, intersorority relations and alcohol awareness. Our main focus, however, lies in the areas of scholarship, service and leadershin. It is our accomnlishments in these areas that make the council the most proud. Sorority Council has long maintained a tradition of academic excellence. Since the time our constituent organizations were founded on college campuses, we have placed great emphasis on academic achievement. Last spring, USC's sorority women proved their commitment by earning a 2.993 combined GPA, as compared to a 2.893 GPA of non-sorority women. This fall, we continued our tradition of excellence by having a combined GPA of 3.0, versus a 2.9 GPA of nonsorority women. Our Scholarship Chair sponsors a yearly faculty appreciation award to be given to a faculty member who has been an inspiration to their students. This year's award was presented at the Order of Omega Awards Ceremony to Dr. Martha Bell. Some of our organizations are currently participating in the Facultv and Friends Program. which allows faculty and staff to be Religion offe At the beginning of a new year, many people make new resolutions. Some resolutions may be to lose weight or to learn tn manaoe mnnev. This need to improve ourselves is heightened for students when the beginning of a new year and a new semester coincide. Often a student will resolve to become a better student. We spend late nights hitting the books, writing papers and studying for exams. Or at least this is the image of the good student we have when we fervently make these resolutions. However, being a good student is more than the day-to-day grind of school. In the Jewish spiritual tradition, education is looked upon as tne rounaation ot all tilings. oeing a good student means learning how io live. A person who is well educated is a person who can survive in the vorld. In Judaism, a parent is supposed ? do three things for a child: teach ;he child Torah, bring the child to ;he chuppah (to see to it the child is narried) and teach her a trade. These ;hree things mean a parent is responsible for teaching the child to nake h'er way in the world. It used to be parents saw to most f ,i J?. p i 1.1 --1- ? ?utpom? by thc a loc/h- TfWJEfWSANl t _ I <-f\ r-^ a ^ ? /I OUINfcl) rUKtfc^ fUK ng pot of intellectual exci i can provide that informa Don Greiner, Vice Provost s way for fei involved with programming other student a o r o r 11 y Council CATHERINE continually claytor strives to give _ back to the t|jBH4aM Carolina and Columbia communities. During the 1994-95 school year, Greek Fraternities and Sororities logged over 15,000 community service hours and donated over $14,000. As a council, we have participated in projects such as the Names Proiect AIDS Memorial Quilt by having over 60 volunteers. We cosponsor the Carolina/Clemson Blood Drive with Fraternity Council and other traditional programs to support local foundations. For our chapters at USC, Sorority and Fraternity Councils are currently planning an officer training session in which council members and chapter presidents will coordinate workshops for individual chapter officers. This event, called the Sigma Series, will assist chapters in having a smooth officer transition. The councils traditionally co-sponsor a new-member training series to educate younger members about issues pertinent to Greeks. This year, we had an extremely successmi training canea the Alpha Series. This series included programs from SLED, Eileen Korpita of Sexual Assault Services and our most successful program ever, Friendship in the Age of AIDS. This program by T.J. Sullivan and Joel Goldman discussed the sensitive issue of AIDS and how it can impact a close friendship. ^rs insight to In current jZIZZZIZIZI times, people are educated m "^j| by others as well as by M naronta ^B\.. ! mm :m W" I In institu- A! tions of higher learning such as USC, professors, assistants, resident advisors, coaches, administrators and other students all have a role in the education process. The Jewish view is that responsibility of teaching life lessons must be shared by all people in this culture of learning. The Lubavitcher Rebbe, a leader and spiritual guide for many Jews, pointed out that true education is learning that everyone has a responsibility for living ethically, and this creates a better world. So in Judaism, education is learning how to live. This is the same as the role of the good student. We should be students all our lives, because we spend our whole lives learning how to live. How can people learn to do this? In a new book bj the Rebbe, he expresses the notion in Judaism that ??rV,-+ " ? I ryVgiuf line ) , ) use emu ' we 1 - , // r<W , - - 1 J ] ] I 1 < ] ( ( < i 1 1 i : ? | < 1 ( I itement. There is no way 1 tion." j \ c , r nale Greeks ! The Sorority Council has many c members the Carolina community should be proud of. Not only are these i women active within their own chapters, c they are vocal and active all ncross i campus. Sorority women participate ? in Women btudents Association, The c Association of African-American 1 Students, Student Government, Carolina Productions, Open Door, Residence Hall Association and many other f organizations on campus. Sorority r Council feels the Greek experience allows these women to expand their horizons and seek out new ways to utilize their gifts and talents. Being a member of a sorority provides women with a close network of support in which they grow as ^ students and as people. Sororities allow s for mentoring networks to be established, ? not onlv within the local chanter, hut also across alumnae lines. They also f provide an opportunity to develop a friendships that will last a lifetime. As sisters or sorors, members have a a common bond in the shared experience f of participating in ritual. These rituals s are reflections of the stated values and v purposes of each organization. r Having just wrapped up another s successful year, Sorority Council has been busy setting goals for the next. 0 The council wishes to continue to offer r exciting activities on campus by s furthering our co-programming efforts. J We are also ready to work hard to F continue our faculty relations and t relations with non-Greek students. We ^ are here to enhance the college 2 experience for all of our members by 1 providing opportunities for women to t grow and learn. In ritual, in leadership, 2 in scholarship and in service, these 0 women gain valuable skills and ^ friendships that will help them v throughout their lives. b c life lessons i V and studies in her environment, is a meant to touch her soul and show e her the necessity of sanctifying the * world around her. When we are P students, we should first learn about g the greater good of being a human v and then the technical tools of living. a However, absorbing information e is meaningless unless it leads to action in life. If a math professor Q teaches her student an equation, the ^ /*? * ri^n - A- 1 -A ? J oluucul can otuuy it, mam it anu II understand it, but it will not be o comprehended until her student tries to solve one for herself. The same is true for living. Being told not to say hurtful things to one S another seems easy enough at first, cj until the day there is a disagreement ^ over something, and we realize it isn't so easy to not say something a mean. A In his book, the Rebbe discussed e how every person has an open heart and a fertile mind. Each person will affect many others. It should be a , . 01 new semester resoJ jtion to learn, a how we as students, can make ti 3 Fraternity Council helps community ^ The USC ~ jg|My~ I o n g b e e n a i* W positive part of , * the lives of -* *-* 1 many fine men. p From scho- RUSSELL I afs h i p to THOMPSON service, the men l?7T7TTTnTIH Df use fra- MmrMB ternities have established an incomparable image. By establishing such a standard, the men find themselves creating an experience that is never forgotten. This experience may be viewed from many liferent points. Setf-improvement, social finesse, communication skills, ahilanthroDv. academic achievement... rnd the list goes on. These are a few of he many accomplishments fraternities exhibit at USC. USC prides itself on the Fraternity Council being a joint council, which ?nsists of the National Inter fraternity Conference (NIC) of national men's Creek letter organizations, and the National Pan-Hellenic Conference NPHC) of predominately African\merican men's and women's Greek etter Organizations. The joint council serves as a model aanel for many other colleges and iniversities, as it is one of the few combined councils in the United States, rhis provides men a diverse knowledge hey take with them into the working vorld after graduation. The men of the joint council share lifferent ideas and methods of operation hat benefit themselves as well as their ndividual organizations. These joint 'flfhrts cm hevnnd the fraternal hi 1 sin ess nto sporting activities, joint fund raisers tnd academic competition, which in turn mates life-long friendship. This friendship s the cornerstone of the fraternity (xperience. As other student organizations strive or academic achievement, fraternity nen also look to meet that challenge, ^ot only do the men meet the challenge, hey surpass it This fall, over 53 percent >f all fraternity men achieved a 3.0 or retter, which will be published in The Tamecock in a full page ad. This ad is jlaced in hopes of finding the faculty vith a smiling face and giving them latisfaction in the fact that Greek men tppreciate their service to us as students, ftiese academic accomplishments stem rom brothers helping other brothers to ittain their goals in class. It is the wishes of Fraternity Council ind the individual fraternities that our ine faculty recognize us as upstanding tudents and true gentlemen. In return, ve would like to recognize a faculty nember each year for their dedicated ervice to the students and the university. As we are top leaders in our own irganizations, it is not surprising Greek nen also lead the campus in other tudent organizations. In the past four 'ears, three out of the four student body (residents have been Greek men, and he current president is a Greek woman, larnet Circle and the student alumni issociations are dominated by Greeks. Affiorvw Oriwvrvlr! n/J/ln i/\ .lie tup uuivcis cue vjricen.; uus auu& UJ he Greek experience in leadership skills ind moral accomplishment. This type f leadership on campus not only allows Jreek men to broaden their horizons rith other Greeks (as the cliche goes), iut also opens doors to the non-Greek ommunity, faculty and administration. A prime example of a success story rem the USC Greek fraternity system > Robert McNair, class of'58, chairman nd CEO of Cogen Technologies. McNair ras also student body president and ttributes this accomplishment to the ncouragement of fraternity brothers, lis example makes the fraternity system roud. In order to make the men of the raternity system more responsible and fell rounded, the Fraternity Council nd Sorority Council co-sponsor ducational programming for their lembers. In the fall semester, programs om SLED, Open Door -Sexual Assault iervices and Friendship in the Age of JDS, allowed the men and women to iteract and gain positive knowledge n these pertinent issues. T.nnlri n a h a r? Ir nn Aiir Anllarro AJVVUiUg UUVU VU U U1 VUllCg V xperience as a senior, or looking to the ature as a freshman, the fraternity xperience is exciting and worthwhile, ome would say it has made their college areer, and they wouldn't trade it for le world. The everlasting friendships, le leadership skills, the networking, le service, the hard work and dedication nd the academic achievement are just le tip of the iceberg of the fraternity xperience. Throughout the lives of 'aternity men at USC, a constant ^flection will be made on the talents ained by being a member of such valued rganizations. But the most prevalent spect of the experience will time and me again be the common bond shared "