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South Carolina's #7 Student Newspaper WEATHER J GAMECOCK ON-LINE TOOAY P%iIP (J\ [I T|I I Interested in itg| Low 8 BB B B B 7 H W htitv// Gamecock 1HURSOAY | Vig 1 M lvl I I If I 14 1 -w. Online alive? n^lK^ JW^M J ittUtlV ^ 1 Ca? 777-7726. Serving USC since 1908 http//www.gamecock.sc.edu INSIDE KVJTMI VJ ITAjl I^HlCl 1 Ef^CrfpN'96 ^ What if Cal Ripken, Jr. ? B South Carolina Happenings APO ESCORTS The Alpha Phi Omega (APO) escort service began running on Tuesday, August 27. For an escort Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m., call 777'DUCK. WUSC's READY TO GO WUSC will hold a meeting for any interested in becoming DJs for the fell 1996 semester. DJ training will be discussed, as well as show formats. Interested? Go to Russell House room 305 tonight at 7 p.m. REMEMBER THESE DAYS Carolina Productions is ready for another homecoming celebration. All clubs and organizations interested in participating in tnis year s celebration, which includes Cockfest and a traditional parade, must attend a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Russell House room 322. CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN The USC Mountaineering and Whitewater club will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m in Russell House room 205 tonight. Call Audrey Melton at 926-1380 for more information. threw his hat into the 1996 presidential race? Netscape's great . . . unless yuu can i use iu oee wnai web tips ETC. offers. USC's 1996 volleyball season is starting and we've omf a appaf nrpvipw r?f it. City \ SHIN YUN Staff Writer Several USC students and gradu have found that City Year fills their ston as well as their souls. City Year is an Americorps nati service program that originated in Bo It unites young adults, ages 17- 23,1 diverse backgrounds for a year of ser The twelve-member City Year staf been preparing for another group of dedii corps members. Orientation started Tue at the Kussell House. This year, two previous corps men are now team leaders. Debbie Parkei left Boston to study sports administn at USC under a softball scholarship, majored in criminal justice and graduated from USC in 1994. Parker a corps member in 1994-95. "I had a great year as a corps men so I applied to be a team leader," Pa said. "I would come home and be emotioi and mentally drained, but it was a j tired, and I just talked for hours t( roommates." Parker worked with her team at t P. Thomas Elementary school. She w teacher's assistant, mentor, and re buddy. Parker said City Year helped grow and realize her potential. "It was hard, especially coming f college and being on a softball team was very structured and down to busii City Year made me step outside my con zone and put myself out there," says Pa] Although Parker plans to get a mas in history and teach high school one she is now a team leader. Parker wi the experienced guide, counselor, cheerta and driver for twelve young adults, days a week. U A IT 11 .i mnrnrn, ^^fv:T-'i '^?&vi ah a corps memDer 1 couia say tn< a safety net below me, and that woul the team leader," says Parker. "Now the safety net I feel like there is a lot ri on me this year, but I'm ready." Parker attended a team leader trai workshop in Boston this summer, and attended additional workshops to help prepare for this year. She met her flag team Tuesday, which shell be leading three days. Then shell meet her real t at the City Year retreat on Septemtx Centers opt ALYSSA SMITH Staff Writer For many USC students the schoc day does not begin until 5 o'clock a night. Students who attend night course at the University are usually face< with closed offices when they arrivi to the school, instead of the man; helpful information centers that ari available to day students. The lack of help available to nigh school students was realized by man; of the university's colleges and ha; resulted in two new Eveninj Information Centers. The centers are located in Gambrel Hall in room 157, and in the Carolim Coliseum in room 1000. The centers are stalled by graduat* student advisors that can answei students' questions and solve problems The Centers are open Monday througl Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. The Centers can also be reachet by phone. The Gambrell Hall location': number is 777-1830, and the Coliseun Brick by brick 'ear fini iates The other corps member-turned-team leader is Jay Hendrix, 21, a sports administration major at USC. He has been onaj involved with City Year since he went on ston Alternative Spring Break to City Year in ^om Boston in 1993. This was sponsored by the USC Office of Community Service Programs. Hendrix was a corps member of the sixweek City Year summer expansion program started by Marie Louise Ramsdale, another USC graduate who participated in City tbers Year. He then took a year off from school . 23 to join the first full Corps in the fall of 1994. After his year of service, Hendrix returned ghe to USC to finish his junior year. He had w as planned to graduate this spring, but held was off on paying fees when he learned of a team leader opening in August. 1^)er When Hendrix was informed of his rkei! acceptance, he talked to USC professor na11y Thomas Regan about his future. j0od "He told me that a lot of people don't ' my come back when they take time off from school, and I guaranteed him that I was intent on finishing school," Hendrix said. ras a "He knew it was an opportunity to do cesg something wonderful. It requires a lot of L..i L-: 1 *A\ i n .1 her uiue, uut ueuig young ana witnout a iamiiy right now, its a once in a lifetime opportunity rom forme" that Hendrix will be taking night classes to iess lighten his load when he returns to school ifort deer Unlike Parker and Hendrix, Tjuan ter>s Dogan, a USC advertising and public relations graduate, has already had some q ^ experience working in the corporate world. lcjer Dogan has been the City Year Program Director for two years. She said working for a pharmaceutical 3re's company for two years after she graduated ^ jjg was a great experience, but she did not feel like she was helping people. "The money was fabulous and I had a lot of amenities like a comnanv car. a home office and a computer. All the things you want to have when you graduate from school, , jjer but it was competitive and I worked long g^jp hours," Dogan said. It wasn't as self-fulfilling Tfor as City Year. I felt good because I made a sale or my numbers were up, but I didn't ;r 3 feel like I was changing the world. Here at en for evening location's number is 777-4290. During "|' regular office hours, advisors can be up >1 reached at 777-9446. t The Centers were started by the College of Applied Professional Science, rig s the Division of Continuing Education, ?g< i the College of Liberal Arts, the College 5 of Business and the Office of the _ V Provost. it i Dr. Sally Boyd, assistant vice stll provost for continuing education v acaaemic credit programs, said tne ? P goals of the program are "to have s evening class students feel more ' involved in the University, change the image of the institution after hours, and to increase night school enrollment." wr( USC's night school averages about stu< 12,000 students per year, according to in, 3 Boyd. The University has 400 students stu this semester attending only night 1 i Scll< classes. , "I have only been working at the Center for two nights and I think that ava 1 it is great; I m really enjoying it," said aire Graduate Assistant Harriett Hurt. "I tha ~ ? a jp *j35SB^*!? ; Wm * ? '*h \ #m ?*sr *W i ROBERT WALTON The C Is use I I ... Debbie Parker, a USC graduate and tributed to City Year volunteers. Be City Year I feel like some of the things I do make a difference." Dogan is working on her master's in student personnel while working at City Year, and she hopes to continue working with young people when she's ready to leave the organization. Some corps members join City Year to take a break from school and help people while learning about themselves. Elizabeth Perlman, 21, Interdisciplinary junior, is one of this year's 60 corps members. "Tuesday's orientation was fabulous," said Perlman. Tm ready to have some real life experiences and learn how the world really works and see what happens when people get together to live a vision." Jana Harrell, 30, City Year's new Executive Director, has worked for the private sector and understands the need to discover oneself and to contribute to society in a meaningful way. While she attended Wake Forest, she spent one summer CITY YEAR page 5 students M< m really enjoying it. I have 3V Iped students who were in ! wrong section find the V 1< ht one, told students what ssions they are enrolled in, . G a, & given students directions, info s just somewhere where scho idents can go for help after weel urs" MARTI rriett Hunt, Graduate Assistant the A i Evening Information Center exists who ai e helDed students that were in the eHnrni >ng section find the right one, told Th ients what sessions they are enrolled throuj and given students directions." Th " It is just somewhere where design a furtl dents can go for help after hours," R I Hurt. recip "The program has only been experi ilable since Thursday, Aug. 22, and Sir sady the program has received many abroa, nks from the students," said Boyd, languj Ho also b award Th, to stu< will gr "T Augus mm Brick laying the(?1 B abounds at USC. ... Not only are the wlU re Horseshoe paths tnP u receiving a allowa facelift, the former Stu Humanities Quad grant reflecting fountain good f( is being bricked. jn . Two metal statues ajg0 r( once were located ,, . . .. ? there t n the Humanities . Quad fountain. more ? should Wednt Gresse Harpe Jamecock Foi volunteers pt - I W M SHIN YUN The Gamecock now a City Year team leader, lugs In boots which will be dielow, Jay Hendrix, a USC junior, carries in yard tools. ; fpi JMpPBBS SHIN YUN The Gamecock oney to write or travel ailable to USC students A ^11 Ui X gianid <X1IU JLCJLIUWMlipS mecock Greenbacks Novella Biskid, rms students about ii1feCu0r ?f larships and fellowships Fellowships and civ Wiy oummer H |g 1 Programs at 777HA HOTOP News Editor |i p jfpjfjf I 0958 mique fellowship opportunity Students for students across the country interestedin "e interested in furthering their GAMECOCK screenwriting tion abroad. PRFFNRAPK9 also have the is opportunity is available opportunity to *h the Fulbright Fellowship. apply for a e Fulbright Fellowship is scholarship, ed to allow students to pursue The Writer's Film Project ler decree in annthpr rnnntrv encourages new screenwriters. idents selected for a fellowship Orkin said. ceive a grant to cover round- " The results have been quite ansportation, tuition, and remarkable- a number of exceptional nces for living and research. screenplays and the start of many dents applying for the Fulbright successful screenwriting careers," should note the fellowship is Orkin added. >r only one year. Acceptance to the program is based some countries, students can on storytelling talent. Applicants will iceive an internship to study be judged together, regardless of the ;he following year. genre or form of their submission. y student interested in learning Writers will also be evaluated on ibout the Fulbright fellowship their prose and dramatic writing attend the campus meeting on samples. isday, Aug. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Any student who is interested in itte Room on the third floor of finding out more information about r College. the Writer's Film Proiect can call (213) r more information contact 683-3977. earning their degree.abroad, Founded in 1990 by the Chesterfield ients will gain first-hand Film Company, the Project is designed ence of another culture. to help bridge the gap between fiction ice recipients will be studying writers and the American film industry, d, a knowledge of the foreign The founders hoped that through ige is required. the project they would encourage more wever, language classes may students to pursue careers as film and >e required as part of some screen writers, s. "Our goal had been to bring e Fulbright Fellowship is open together novelists, playwrights and ients from all disciplines who screenwriters and encourage them to aduate between January and write original screenplays," said Ken t ofl997. Orkin, one of the project sponsors. Dse awarded a fellowship must "We give them a living stipend so bachelor's degree, but can't they can concentrate on their writing ; their Ph.D. before the start of and pair them with mentors who 1 AtiroU i rv r\f/%tn J a f Vi a vv\ i*rif nvn/w^- /? ???] am aa "