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IN THE GAMECOCK ONLINE: Guide to late nightspots, http://www.gamecock.sc.edu/mapped_out/ WEATHER ^ . INDEX ins ?r ^ritfwr'nri? is r : hs3 vLau liXUtK US= Low50 m m m&v nt mi?classifieds 12 Serv/ng f/SC since 1908 Speed Kitty PAGE 8 teSBFm ^ V ' I mm | ^^2 ?* ** Workers for MTV continued Those who attend the cone '' ? A worker cuts down a tree Senate mee appoints ca JENNIFER STANLEY Asst. News E( The Student Government Sei met for the last time this seme! Wednesday and approved f resolutions and four executive cab members. The senate unanimously apprc the following cabinet members: N Adler, director of Academic Affa Crista Gaflhey, director of Greek AfiE Alicia Walker, executive director; Ernest Sessoms, directoi Multicultural Affairs. Hie senate approved Daniel Rui j* a. ,.ix i arr_ as director 01 multicultural miairi April 10. However, they were infon Wednesday that Russell was appro for the wrong title. His title is dire of Spiritual Awareness, a new cabi position created by Student Bi President Patrick Wright. Senator Michelle Marinco presented a resolution recommenc to the S.C. State Legislature that Student Body President serve i voting member on the USC Boar Trustees. The resolution was pas unanimously. The president currently serve: a non-voting board member. 1 resolution says Duke, Florida St: Kentucky, Louisiana State, Tennes and Vanderbilt all have voting stud members on their governing boai * k y VI I I ^ 'iy "" ^ ^ ^ ? - '' - __ I to set up the stage Wednesday for th ert are asked to arrive early and be sea WALTON Th^ Gamecock with ^ SJ as concert decoi limb on the Horseshoe. ts for last time, Hinpt mpmhprQ AXX^AAl^ViU jitor Marincovic said a voting student member will "give more of a voice of 3ter what happens on campus." I v e Senator Darcie Shively proposed a inet constituent program that will require the senators to call five of their ived constituents a week. The resolution [att also calls for surveys to be placed in ars. fall advisement folders. The survey airs- will ask "student service" questions, and Shively said. 0f The resolution passed unanimously. According to senator T.C. Ford, it ssell is not a requirement for faculty to issue 3on a class syllabus. The senate ned unanimously passed a bill iVed recommending the Faculty Senate ctor require faculty to have a class syllabus, [net The senate passed another bill to * V*OTTA OTrl 1 O IM 4-VV A Tnf A*?? Af Qfly uovc ojuaui puotcii vn biic iiivciuub. According to Ford, this service will be vjc "maintained by the Computer Service l^g Division," which will keep the cost low. the The senate has not yet discussed ls a the possibility of this bill with CSD. d of Vice President Jamel Franklin said se(j Dennis Pruitt, vice president of Student Affairs, is "looking into it." 3 as The senate passed a resolution that phe will try to bring back a shuttle from ate campus to the Williams-Brice Stadium jsee on g31116 days. Senators said this would lent "deter drinking and driving." The *ds' SENATE page 3 1 Bk mSgmm ......... . a Hootie and the BlowfiSh concert, wl ted at 7:30 p.m. See concert tips, page iting for o 15 Staff Writer LN1TZ News Editor T 1"T> and the Blowfish concert will 1 il I J jxposure to USC and the city of V has been in Columbia since ig local bands, USC and other CECE VP e capital city. een very accommodating," said . ducer of MTV Unplugged. "They continue low USC and Columbia in the and the E students MTV will do a sound check and ^0I^^0r iuction tonight to get ready for . f 0; .1 W , coin Kn f 1 ups. "The Department of Housing needs to be an open book," Luna said. "(Housing is) a partnership with students. We all have a stake in directing housing." A change in housing sign-up resulted in more than 200 people on a waiting list. Luna said incoming freshmen were guaranteed housing, and "the people with the highest need are freshmen ... we made a commitment to freshmen." Because of the demolition of Baker and Burney and the renovation of Maxcy, housing has had to deal with a loss of available rooms. Housing, I wm.mfC JULIE WILSON The Gamecock lich will start at 9 p.m. Friday. ?2. Hootie lbs cut off w on tfte Horseshoe. t"uu "s u the Horseshoe is still being down for Thesi )t of small details that have to of a lot m a a small amount of time," said everybod irt director for Atomic Design, my lat designed the set for MTv' seem ^ Paiter was attaching Christmas a coacert cheap inflatables" that will be . id fog and arched over the trees f ,. e had been HOOTIE page 2 Housing dir JENNIFER STANLEY Asst. News Editor About 15 people attended Student Government's housing forum, 11 of whom were SG members and housing staff. "I think it (the housing forum) was very successful," said Patrick Wright, Student Government president "The things Dr. Luna talked about are things that students need to hear." Gene Luna, director of Housing and Residential Services, updated students on the latest housing developments and entertained questions about Greek housing, housing renovations, costs and sign N KOLNITZ News Editor TV-hired production companies d to build the set for the Hootie Uowfish concert Wednesday, some were angered to see tree limbs seshoe trees being cut down, jophy sophomore Darrin Burgess bought the limbs were being cut the concert. e trees are going to be worth a hell lore than these four morons that l/s going to forget about in five way," Burgess said. "It just doesn't i it's going to be worth it. It's only ? McKinney, university spokesman, trees limbs that were cut down scheduled to be removed anyway. ector addres along with student input, decided to assign freshmen to the residence halls that are hall-bath style and allow upperclass students to reserve rooms in the suite-style halls. About 2,240 spaces are available for freshmen, who must reserve their Dlace bv June 15. Luna said the department could guarantee housing to those students on the waiting list because oi cancelations and "no-shows". The specific room assignments for those waiting are still uncertain. "We will find a place for everybody. That's a promise," Luna said. Housing fees generate about $12 million in revenue each year. Two million dollars of that total goes toward renovations. One million dollars goes to pay the wages of students who works as resident advisers and desk assistants and to maintenance personnel. Several students voiced their mnrprn Q aKnilt knnoinrr rotn ~ "uuo"'6 1 increase. Luna said a base amount of 3 percent would be added to the costs of housing. Additional charges may be assessed to individual halls for extra services. For example, Preston and Sims will be charged an extra $32 for renovations. Other residents may P CSD coi e-mail i AMY SBARPELLA Staff Writer ? Ac finnl nivMA/ifn r?*?A /)iia n*>/4 r?%nr>?r ina jlllicu. piujccus aic uuc aiiu lxicmj students surf Netscape for a last forage for easy information, off-campus students checking daily e-mail may get a busy signal. In light of exams, this may seem at worst an annoying inconvenience. But to technological policy-makers on campus, the problem of increasingly difficult online "access is no small shakes. Solution? The USC campus is being further "wired" for online accessibility, convenience ? even optional frills. According to George Terry, vice provost for Libraries and Information Systems, a two-fold project overseen by the Academic Computing Information TppVinnlnov flnmmiffoo ( APTTm will first, increase mainframe computer access ? which includes student e-mail transactions ? by networking the remaining residence halls and academic buildings on campus, resulting in more free phone lines. E-mail transactions and access to textual (words, no pictures) Internet will remain free of charge. "CMS (Conversational Monitoring System) is not going away anytime soon," said Patrick Calhoun, network librarian Honors geolo down to eartl ADAM SNYDER Asst. News Editor With Earth Day almost here, an Honors College geology 102 class culminated their studies of the environment with a panel discussion with community leaders. "Sustainable Development in South Carolina" was the theme of the talk. Five community leaders were invited to speak and answer questions based on a proposal students had put together through research. Timothy Rogers and Alma Byrd, state representatives from Richland County; Tom Perlic, director of the South Carolina Sierra Club; Ed Parler, director of economic development with the Chamber of Commerce; and Willie Morgan, the permitting liaision; and environmental quality control of DHEC served on the panel. Melissa Inzerillo of the class was also on the panel. To prepare for discussion, students researched topics and developed several focus groups. They were: economic and ses fall changi ? 1 HOUSING DATES ? ( Saturday, May 4 a Residence Halls will offi- r cially close at 4 p.m. and \ open for May session stu- j dents at 8 p.m. ^ a Residents who are not ( participating in commencement exercises are required to vacate their rooms within 24 hours after their last exam. ^ Thursday, May 30 I a Halls open at 8 a.m. for Summer I. Saturday, July 6 Halls open at noon. be charged extra so their hall can operate during breaks. "It's always like that," Luna said. "A portion you pay today is an ' investment in tomorrow." According to Luna, Housing has and will cut staff to keep costs as low as possible. Housing also is working to complete the master plan. About 400 r | itinues ipdates and a member of the committee. "We have to have that as a subsidized function. I view e-mail as a basic function." The second part of the project seeks to make available an optional access to Netscape with graphic accompaniment through a university contract with an outside vendor, such as America Online or Compuserve. Both services apply to students on and off campus, as well as faculty and staff. ACITC members emphasize that service provided through vendor contracts is separate and distinct from e-mail. "Ihe new package is not the new e-mail alternative," Calhoun said. "Providing a new option would be exactly that ? an option." To receive the optional graphic web access, students will be billed ? probably directly by the not-yet-chosen provider. Vendors' rates, number or hours online included, as well as general quality of vender services are currently under comparison by ACITC and its advisory committee. Re-channeling Netscape users through the outside vendor, in addition to providing direct CMS access in every dorm room, should significantly free up CMS page 3 >gy class gets ^ with fnrnm jl t t xvx jl X vy Jl jl jl business, political and legislative, environmental, community, international, and outreach. "We tried to find people who would have knowledge about these issues," said class member and panel moderator Clifton Chestnut. The class's goals were to educate the class and community about environmentally sound economic development and to produce a guideline useful to S.C. citizens. The class's original idea was a model United Nations, but after Doug William's class attended a talk at Woodhill Mall a few months ago, the idea shifted to a community panel. We decided that community leaders need to know how students felt. The best ways of affecting policy is by communication with community leaders," Chestnut said. Hie class's original idea was a model United Nations, but after Doug ENVIRONMENT page 2 es at forum lousing spaces will be established hrough apartments that will be built >n the comer of Sumter Wheat streets, idjacent to Blossom Street Garage, fhese apartments include four private ipHrnnms fwn KnfVirnnmo a livinn oom and kitchen. The apartments vill open in fall 1997. Another 450 spaces will be istablished by the year 2000. The Greek village is in the banning stage. Luna said Housing nay buy land and contract it as a levelopment to Greek organizations. 3n-campus Greek housing, much like VlcBryde Quad, will still exist. "Issues of equity need to be iddressed. I'm committed to that," juna said. The USC Board of Trustees has jiven their support for the Greek rillage project. The target date for Greek >rganizations to enter a lottery for and is January 1997. In other business, the Board of rrustees has approved $1.3 million >f funding for a "state-of-the-art" security system for the residence lalls. They would entail access to the lalls by use of student ID cards. According to Luna, such a system nay be in place by fall 1997. 1