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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.