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IH THEBAMECOCK ONUNE: Playing Monopoly WEATHER ^ li PH*WM WEWS ' TODAY wwm V(| [| TlfR^ A &&> iftfl K+tfXsHR VIEWPOINTS 10 ashb ^i^tfwriirD n5 etc ,2 Low 73 EBSil III I III 14 tfgft COMICS 24 TUESDAY WkilEf? \ I I | II | | || It . SPORTS 25 ? hFa9'' /.fed I " CLASSIFIEDS 29 T" -JONilH ^Bh? -<W^m am w -w Coolplaces L?w 70 ? aSi Serving USC since 1908 PkGl 12 Still se; Greiner agrees to cece von kqlnitz News Editor The second highest administrative position at the university will change hands at least one more time before 2 permanent provost is selected. On Sept. 1, Don Greiner, dean o undergraduate studies and associate provost, will take the position fron current interim Provost Winone Vernberg. Vernberg was chosen by Presiden John Palms to replace James Moeser who left the job in January to become the chancellor of the University o 1-- v ? T "curas&a ai jjincoin. vernoerg is leaving the position of provost becausi she and her husband John are goinj to retire. At the board of trustees' Aug. I Meeting, Palms announced that despite campus visits by and the review of ol five candidates, the search for a Permanent provost will continue this year. Palms said, "We want to be surt we find the right person." Palms thanked Vernberg and saic Greiner has agreed to fill the positior Until a permanent provost is found Greiner said he feels scared aboul ^e new job. "I feel like a freshman. I fee Uncertain and like Tm going away frorr home for the first time in my life,' Greiner said. "The reason for all thai is I've organized my career to be ? Students c gSCE VON KOINITZ News Editor This fall students will be able to accee jheir schedules, grades, fees and persona formation using Argo, the home pag f?r the Office of the Registrar on th Internet. University Registrar Richard Baye said, "Up until last year, students ha< to come by the office to get their schedules Now, they can do it themselves at homi ?r from a public library." Students can already access maste schedules and find out which classes ar open or closed through the registrar*; h?me page. Over 7,000 users have visit? the page since the master schedule o classes was posted. Students will use the same procedure to access their schedules and othe information from the Internet as the; did to use USCs Telephone Informatioi Processing System. They will type thei social aeoirifv vwv*-? vurn JA/X OVIIOI lUCHUilUlUU] numbers. The difference between the tw systems is the way information i presented, Bayer said. For example when students look at their bills 01 computer, they will see what Bayer call a "friendly version." Bayer said, "What you'll see is a plaii English description of what your fee fare." Another feature of the new informatioi system allows students to change ineorrec i Jf\ * tr#f?c jam creates a line < ?Into their netf rooms 01 arching f| be interim provost "The reason I want to do it is * Dr. Palms, the board of 1 ; trustees and the faculty have 1 enhanced the academic f experience at this university ; during the last five years, and 1 I want to keep that 1 momentum going while we t search for a permanent > provost" j. Don Greiner, associate provost am A A A A ftlriM wrti in Ka O Aill_ ; 1 3 leauiiei oiiu a Dunuiai, nut tv wc a imi3 time administrator. Now I will be a I full-time administrator for at least a year." ) Greiner moved into administration s three years ago from the English f department. Since his move, Greiner i has been teaching at least one course j per semester and writing at least one scholarly article a year. 5 "I may have to postpone those pleasant duties for a year," Greiner 1 said. i But he said he wants the job despite what he may be giving up. t "The reason I want to do it is Dr. Palms, the board of trustees and the I faculty have enhanced the academic l experience at this university during ' the last five years, and I want to keep l ?i- : L:I? _ u H I mat momentum guiug wmie wc ae<ii\;ii i for a permanent provost." I :an access sc personal information if they find it Any and incorrect information can be changed by Coli s e-mailing corrections directly to the J registrar through a link on the registrars the e home page. ] e Bayer said the Office of the Registrar the will continue to expand student services fron r available through the Internet Eventually, mo\ I students will also be able to see their i. transcripts and episodes using Argo. a ve e Bayer said, "Someday we will have registration on the Internet." regii r He said online registration is still at was e least a year to a year and a half away mo\ 9 and will not mean the end of TIPS. tern 1 'There will always be a need for TIPS," f Bayer said. prir Robert Askins, associate registrar, will B said the security of students' social security whi r and PIN numbers was an important actr y concern when the new information system 60 j i was being developed. regi r Askins said, "We feel we have several thai i layers of security that will protect the students' privacy, and I think in many mat o ways this is more secure than some of 1 s our other systems." the Tf onmonna tm oa f A oaaooo nAIV\ar Rill r 11 SUiliCUIlU LI ICS IU atLCJa aiiULIl^l x-mi i student's social security and PIN numbers seal s by using NetScape's "Go Back" option, there will be a blank screen. par i The biggest changes in registration coin s and fee payment will come before the of tl fall, during Coliseum activity, l Bayer said when he first came to t USC, his goal was to move registration jj! *! yf cars outslds Patterson Hall Saturday d i camput About 26,000 students will arrive bbsvip bt - ? " i i w"* - f , ^ I****! r JkKT laul that stereo, lift that fridge. April Lesho, a L~N /^V /J - - 1 y^V /A T J/N L1CUU1CS Uil IIJ registration activities out of the seum by the Fall of 1996. ?pu/ rpn "We have been trying to get out of " Coliseum completely," Bayer said. The regis He said removing registration from expand Coliseum is an attempt to get away available \ a arena-style registration. Also, the students 'e will save money. take adva 'I think going to the Coliseum was ing service sry costly thing," Bayer said, rhe estimated cost of moving straps office activities to the Coliseum Course 9 $40,000, a Figure which includes " Students ung costs, additional security and poraiy workers. home pac rhis year the Coliseum will be used procedure narily for late fee payment. There Telephori be a bank of TIPS phones available Processin; ch students can use for registration nties. Bayer said last year only about jercent of freshmen used TIPS to Personal ster. According to Bayer, this year Students ; number is up to 80 percent. sonal infoi The office of the registrar will still any incoi [e "Coliseum Fee Payment" available. directly e Students who choose to register at trar's offi Coliseum will use TIPS telephones. page s will be produced using ID card iners. Activities such as immunization, Fees ant king permits and financial aid Student: lseling will be conducted in the offices . 1 le appropriate departments as usual. es ' Staff at the Coliseum Fee Payment frorr^he h nr>AICTB*D O KCUISIlvui pciye a iin+Vi Ua; IV 11CI Allen said 1 behind the c standing in froi and held the g he tried to offe but Williams s car. Williams sa out of her car year-old whose because he is i out. "I guess 11 said. "I just sat nikki thorpe The Gamecock Casey " urlng the first day students Allen said >' n campus by Thursday. ber out of the ^ ^ icK {? Acei jj~W<?888& y^'TtflMjunn |~|| monitEMU h ?mi ~yS \ m ? h_J :. II i froshmnn frnm Pnrk Mill hiavm iternet Campi 8-1-96 istrar services strar continues to Autobreaking. 1 student services T>arjien^'l /ia Internet. This fall Pendleton I should be able to Street Garage. | ntage of the follow- Complainant | 3S. reported | unknown I person(s) J irhAHlllAQ on f ororl Vi or I can access their unsecured _ from the registrar's vehicle and je using the same removed the followi they use for USC's book ba& a textbool le Information a flashlight, a checl j System a black leather pu. 10 cassettes and ere Estimated loss: $3 I Information > can access per mation and change Larceny ] rrect information by Complainant said i -mailing the regis- removed $20 from i ce from its home No signs of forced 8-4-96 I Grades > can look at their Larceny, Thon om last year and Complainant said t jes/bill information up against her. Wh iome page. left the area, she had removed $1( 1 . students victim LNITZ News Editor snapped out of her she her to get out of the iams said she was sitting Allen said, two other eat of her 1988 black Ford joined the juvenile w 1 when a young man, shirt When she stood u and his nose to hide his Williams said the gui gun to her head and caliber semi-automa it she give him her keys, her head, in the direc ar was parked in the lot Theatre, assell House and Thomas Williams said she y. Her boyfriend, Casey not been with her, sh >otball player, had walked today, r parking space. "If Casey hadn't be the gunman walked from be here," Williams s ar to where Allen was mvlife." nt of the driver's side door Allen said when 1 un to his face. Allen said he thought Williams r the juvenile his wallet, "It just kind of frei iaid, "He just wanted my kind of grabbed her a to me," Allen said. "I dd she had trouble getting to make sure it was s when the gunman, a 16- Allen said, "I was name cannot be released way up to the point i juvenile, told her to get gun. I just kind of turn she was dead." was in shock," Williams Williams said sht ; there and was looking at she and Allen were v the car towards the he took her hand to help said they should just cr^. Williams said she Both victims sail MH i I 4 | | I . I ' ^ 1 jl-imm al NIKKI THORPE The Gamecock terson Hall Saturday morning. is crime mixed bag ? 8-6-96 Breach of trust, South Tower. Complainant said the suspect hprrowed "".Iga her vehicle with permission. The vehicle has not been returned. Attempts to contact the suspect have rRIMc Illegal use of telephone, J HIWIm Coliseum business office. Victim said IFPflRT an un^nown suspect left an obscene wll I message on the voice mail system. The investigation continues. ng: a pink Jansport i, a 35 mm camera, Assault and battery, fourth level, kbook, $30 in cash, Thomas Cooper Library. Victim said rse, daily planner, an unknown subject touched her right dit and bank cards, buttock without consent while at a 120. study desk. 8-7-j^ Bates House. Suspicious package, Business inknown person(s) Administration Building. While a secured cash box. checking the mail, the complainant entry. discovered a 12" x 6" box with no MM O /I /I M ft rt rt A V\ i ctuiii auuicoo. nil uivcsii^ciiui responded and found the package contained unexpected handouts. las Cooper Library. Found property, Gambrell Hall, he suspect brushed The complainant observed an en the complainant unattended Zenith color television set realized someone and a Sharp video cassette recorder. ) from her purse. CRIME page 4 ized by car jacking >ck when Allen told three young men inside, stalled several car. By this time, times, then sped out of the parking lot young males had after hitting another car. ith the gun. "I was just shocked. I've always felt p to leave her car, really safe on campus with the police riman nrea nis .zt> and call stations that we have. 1 thought tic handgun near about transferring," Williams said. "I :tion of Longstreet like the school so much and I didn't want one little incident to stand in the way of thinks if Allen had my education." e wouldn't be alive Williams said, "I have trouble sleeping at night, and I always lock my doors. Fm en there, I wouldn't always looking around, making sure that aid. "Casey saved someone isn't just walking around, especially like around my car." the gunman fired, "He (Casey) is usually with me was dead. whenever I come home at night. I don't aked me out. I just like to drive at night now. I'd rather not nd pulled her close drive at night by myself." looked at her face "Tve been a little paranoid lately about itill there." being in crowds, but it hasn't really really calm all the bothered me too much," Allen said, when he shot the After the car left the parking lot, ied white. I thought according to the USCPD incident report, a Columbia Police Department officer i wanted to run as obseijyed them drivine "erraticallv" and , V J ? talking away from attempted to pull over the vehicle. When library, but Allen the vehicle refused to stop, the officer keep walking. requested assistance. The USCPD heard i the car, with all JACKINCPage 6