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, IN VIEWPOINTS: Crossfire debate about WUSC, PAGE 3 WEATHER INDEX Tzmm ff i^e?i ::spo,NTs ; s: i ^filYll/l sii D fmW 4 WEDNESDAY [^"" i"1*1 II I III Wf I III II J Jkj|' COMICS 6 iSnBK \ "Ml I IV I Ul IX SP0RTS 7 Low 45 1 ^PW ?" ^ ^ ^ USC on a "Roll", PAGE 4 CLASSIFIEDS 8 Serving USC since 1908 THE CAROLINA SHUTTLE ^ $ E S ? G _ CATC The Shuttle provides four buses that transport student across campus. ROB GIOIELU Senior Writer The Carolina Shuttle, or "ShuttleCock" as it has been dubbed by Carolina students, has been moving students around the Columbia Campus since 1978 when it was instituted by former USC President James Holderman. The main purpose of the shuttle is to carry students irom tne remote parking lots and dorms on campus, such as the Carolina Coliseum and Bates House, to the central areas of campus. Because of the Shuttle, the university encourages commuter students to park in these lots and then take the shuttle to class. "It gets me to the Horseshoe fast. It's a long Graduation a MARTHA U/tTftP Mouuc FH'rtnr I Seniors planning on graduating this May need to * finish their applications by the end of this week. All spring graduation applications must be in the Registrars office by Friday. A standard application , must be completed by all seniors, regardless of their ] majors. In the application, students must detail the ( courses they have taken to fulfill their graduation requirements. In most colleges, advisors constantly monitor students' progression to ensure they are taking the proper courses. , Students in the College of Music must go through an informal "senior check" before they fill out the actual ; graduation application. According to Andrew Gowan, associate dean for the 1 School of Music, the senior check helps to guide the registration process. During the senior check the courses Readv. set m Mascots from local organizations marched In Games, Izzy, to Columbia. ""I I r\ y\ ?] 3 ^ ^ I _l i I / / i r . : I ; TttG\)U*zk lHiN( way to the Coliseum, and ifs faster than walking," said senior Lori Tdand, who rides mostly on Mondays and Wednesdays from the Horseshoe to the Coliseum, i There are four different routes that each have about three stops. Due to the large amount of students coming from the Roost, the green route has two buses in the morning. "Half of all our shuttle routes have been established to help people in the Roost/Bates House area", said Marc Johnson, director the Carolina Shuttle. With the constant construction of new parking lots, Johnson said routes are continually being changed and revised. For example the shuttle used to rim near Capstone and the BA Building, but with the construction of a parking lot at the BA building and the relocation of the music school, that area is no longer serviced. pplication de tsfll/lonfo VlOTTO olivynJtr fhlrnn nm onmt\ofVinin kuucuw iiavc cuicaujf ucuvcii aiu u^mpaicu, vviuii idicil degree requirements. Students in the School of Music usually complete the senior check the semester prior to graduation. In the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, students had to submit their application by yesterday. According to Claire Boatwright, associate dean, the early deadline allows the applications to be checked and any problems to be corrected before they are turned into the registrar's office. "I think it would be presumptuous of me to think that students know how long it will take me to fix the problems found," said Boatwright. 1 call students right away if I find a problem and try not to panic them." She said usually the problem is easily solved; often the needed information is buried in the transcript. Other problems sometimes found with graduation applications involve students who forgot to take a Monday's parade. The event welcomed the off * ! RED \ YELLOW The Carolina Shuttle takes students across ! GREEN campus Monday through I BLUE Friday. Buses run along the four routes, approximately every 10 minutes. ?1 ETHAN MYERSON The Gamecock %the 91 BUS Though there are many routes and buses, the shuttle does not provide perfect service for all students. "I don't have a car. I only ride because if s cold. I usually walk when it's warm," said Tamesha Williams, an office administration junior. "Ifs not always on time and stop locations are not as close to classes as they should be." In 1995, the Shuttle carried 445,000 students, averaging about 3,200 students a day. There are currently 20 shuttle drivers employed by the university, 18 of which are university students. Even though only five shuttles are used on a daily basis, there are actually six Carolina Shuttles. The sixth is a special air-conditioned bus with cloth seats that is used sparingly, such as for faculty house events and taking basketball players from the Roost to the Coliseum. adline nears required class. Occasionally students think they have registered for a class, but actually have not. In those cases the respective deans try to notify students while it is still possible for them to enroll in the needed class. "Those students had two shoes on the same foot, and we needed to get them a left shoe and a right shoe," said Boatwright. Boatwright said inevitably each year there are a couple of students who miss the application deadline. The College of Journalism and other colleges try to accommodate these students, so they can graduate on time. However, Boatwright emphasized she tries to respect the Registrar's deadline. "I have to respect the work from their end," said Boatwright. "I realize that I represent just one college, but invariably one or two students space out each year." ' ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock Tlcial mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympic v ft i ' ^ . 5 ^llfei. '^^mmmKmBBtW . Ill 1WTOPP P 1 ips^ Jt,. jm>> Jjjp: I >^^ML j?x 4 * :" fe' IIP ,.^:ca-|r I Children in the Columbia area gain an early appreciation of music at the Children's Music Development Center. The program, open to anyone under five-years-old, is spotlighted in today's features section. SEE PAGE 4 Technology made easy * Students are able to access the Internet quicker thanks to improved technology in the library. ROB UNSEY Staff Writer In the next few weeks, many USC students will have easier and faster access to the growing lifeline of the world: The Internet. With the advent and explosion of the Internet in the past decade, students not wanting to be left out in the cold will have to leap online at an everincreasing rate. At present, the university offers free access to email and to the World wide Web browser, in Charlotte. Each student who registered last tall was assigned a userid for the CMS system. In order to find out a userid and password, which is used for logging on the mainframe, students must call 777-1800 or visit computer services. In the coming weeks, computer services will be updating the mainframe in various ways. Computer services will be activating a new operating system, USCADM, in the near future. "The new system will let them request an ID from any terminal on campus," said Miriam Mitchell, Internet information coordinator. By choosing the "Option 7," students can access this information with fbpir onrinl spniritv rmmhprs and PFM nnmbpra Thfw arp thp samp numhpre used to access TIPS. This feature will be available for use in the next few weeks. As for the Charlotte Web Browser, the university's link to the Internet, several changes have already been enacted. At the end of last semester, the use of "forms" were added to the browser. This means students can fill out online forms and conduct search queries. The use of forms gives this browser a more active feeling and the user more power. In the future, computer services will be offering even more upgrades to the mainframe. Already underway is the massive task of wiring each dorm to the USC mainframe. Instead of using a modem to dial up the mainframe, special connections or terminals will be in place for a direct line to the mainframe. These links will also allow the use of a graphical browser, such as Netscape, to access the web. However, the wiring of the dorms means very little to the off-campus students. As a possible solution, computer services may either offer modem connections as part of the student's tuition, or offer this service for a small extra fee so these students can have the same graphical connections. On the university's computing horizons, computer services will be applying for a larger mainframe that will make actual operations rim much faster. Also, computer services may act as a server for student organizations to set up their own homepages. And finally, in the planning stages, there remains the possibility of the university acting as server for individual student homepages sometime down the line. USC homepage address is http:Wweb.csd.sc.edu The Computer Services' question line is 777-1800 open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sundays 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.