Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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South Carolina's #1 Student Newspaper WEATHER ^Trr^U^s. >J WORLD WIDE CAROLINA TODAY filir I I. =jl Want to read &srr? VyMJIIW A ^9m ^ your favorite Low 71 Mt .- I - 11 I I IT I I II I ^9 comics? Logon SATURDAY "*WM vJ III |^ | | | | |^k ancj read Hfch86 | ^ - Superman and Serving USC since 1908 http://www.dccomics.com INSIDE Read about the many headaches on^campus parking causes students. Carolina 6 Culture ETC. once again travels to the depths of Columbia to unearth cultural hoopla. Clint Mathis returns to lead the soccer team in another season. South Carolina Happenings mmmmmmmmrnmrn VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The USC Volunteer fair will be held Wednesday, September 11 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the Russell House Union Patio (rain location: Russell House Ballroom). The fair provides a unique opportunity for Columbia community agencies to highlight their volunteer opportunities and to introduce themselves to the Carolina community. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. USC's Office of Community Service Programs sponsors the fair and encourages the University community to increase their awareness and involvement related to service. I To many students, the idea of volunteering is a new one. Others | are interested in service and may | simply be unaware of all the I community service options that exist in the Columbia area. The USC Volunteer Fair will Provide and excellent opportunity f?r agencies to preview their services to future volunteers. For more information call Lisa /oaJeon ?r Rachelle Lehner at I 77-6688 or visit the USC Y^e of Community Service in e Russell House. 8 Hurricari fr-; 'T-iii illP* ' J iff I ? Beth Kneen, a College of Chariest on fresh USC's Baptist Student Union Thursday. Charleston stud escape Fran at I CECE VON KOLNITZ Projects Editor Kneen said a friend had p The possibility of Hurricane someone's house Fran slamming into South plans fell throu{ Carolina's coastline chased over 20 no piace College of Charleston students to remembered th USC's Baptist Student Center ammd G Thursday- USC as an op Administrators originally evacuees thought USC would house 150 COC "Everybody students, but because Fran's threat amazing," Kne< to Charleston diminished Thursday ^ ^ e'ntertai evening, only about 15 evacuees given us a place stayed me nigra atB&u John The evacuees boarded COC fom charieston vans early Thursday morning, and at thp Ror hpr anivedm Columbia around 10:30 were0utoftow a.m. Their sleeping bags and e to e suitcases were piled on pews and home, lined one wall of BSC's chapel. Ballaid who Beth Kneen, ** COC freshman residence hall from West Palm Beach, Fla., said heard the hun some of her fears about Fran's more north, s presence in Charleston had already concerned abo subsided when she heard the Charleston too hurricane had set its eye on the Shandran J( northern part of the coast. COC's residen "Now that it's turning north, even though F and we're not getting the eye of it, away from Chai it will turn out a lot better than we safety is the fir expected," Kneen said. minds of COC Kneen said she remembers think it st: when Hurricane Andrew devastated to be concerned, would always i We drove down to Miami [after side of being S? aSl311(1 lt was Kneen keeping studer said, t he only thing that worries Keine safe." me is seeing another city like that." CHARI k jk gi HQk JJSC mascot, Cocky gets students excited fo auring the football games. Cocky is ft?, fluently seen dancing on the sidelines. te 4 4 ni le Fran p 11 - | "rr''^ I - jgl H o; i $ < , + ' X ISw! ^kcfi - 1 J ;^IliiliillllllW^^^l Hil a# Wtirnm** I 0 iHpi ACHIM HUNT The Gameco iman from West Palm Beach, Fla., arrived ? ents SG sen JSC REGINNA GREEN Staff Wt Student Senate met f originally she and time this semester Wednes lanned to stay at 1996 Homecoming procedu ?in in the area, but its newest members. *h. Kneen said she Senior Penny Owens, a to go until she USC-Union, was approve e flyers she'd seen of Special Projects. Owen impus announcing body president of her forn tion for student l i urancn. LaShawn Johnson s so nice here. It s sophomore, was also appr jn said. They fed the Senate's newest memt tied us, and they've said she had particulai t to sleep. wanting to be a part of Sti I, a COC freshman l, said he ended up ause his parents T m n and he couldn't T T^t PI I stay with closer to L_J O Vj JT 1 J UvesinWentworth SHARIF SIMMONS Staff VI at COC, said I ricane was going The University of So o I'm not really Division of Law Enfor ut it messing up Safety(SCDLES), in ajoinl bad." Bell Atlantic NYNEX )nes, a director on Cerulean, is now launchii ce life staff, said crime-fighting tool, Cel 'ran took a turn Packet Data or CDPD. CI rleston Thursday, officers to instantaneously st priority on the state and local motor vehicl staff members. databases before they ev< ill gives us reason the car. " Jones said. "We "This new system was i ather err on the needed, because in the p / lie as opposed to old system, officers would Lts there and not call the dispatcher, wht check the database, whic LESTON page 2 | PO football season CHIM HUNT Sports Editor different one a If one is new to the area, or has gver been to a Carolina football game, " * ien one needs to go to Wihiams-Brice Was.^ tadium tomorrow night for the to ^ w< SOS, have bee r UULUOll auu UU.UA uaauj ? ? ever gjnce imes are part of the tradition that a _a ' r irrounds life at USC. FooMgames for its sp ve meaning to students, faculty and fighting use(j ^ olumbia residents. the 19th rentn The University of South Carolina oftwQ g the only major college athletic Qne "ogram in the countiy that uses the Garnet and ascot "Fighting Gamecocks". The near the turn ( ams have been called "Gamecocks official colore of t r more than 90 years. Carolina athlel In about 1900, the Carolina oo are dominant o Jam struggled to settle on one which ^ ^ Uni ckname, instead of changing to a uts S.C. i USC reacts to h MARTHA HOTOP News Editor Campus was abuzz yesterday with talk about the approaching Hurricane Fran. In passing, students and faculty asked one another about the latest news on the hurricane. Students wondered and speculated about where the hurricane would make landfall. Throughout the day, numerous students could be heard asking one another if they thought classes would be cancelled: some students openly said they hoped they wouldn't be cancelled. "I'm anxious to see what will happen," sophomore Tammy Skelton said. "It kind of scares me that Lexington and Richland Counties have a delayed opening-they must have a reason for doing that." Despite students hopes that classes would -be canceled, Marketing and Media Relations specialist Bond Nickles didn't expect classes to be canceled. "The Columbia campus doesn't anticipate the cancellation of classes, today or tonight," Bond Nickles said. To keep students informed about the status of classes and evening activities, the Emergency Information Center on TIPS was activated. Students could call TIPS to find out about the hurricane's coordinates, and whether or not classes were cancelled. "The Emergency Information Network was put into effect in 1990, after Hurricane Hugo," Student Ombudsman Jim Doran said. "The university wanted a way to be able to get information to students." The Network, which overrides TIPS prompts, can be changed at moment, Doran said. ck Yesterday, messages on the Network were it updated at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The actual decision about whether to hold classes is made ate discusses H jer "There's been several problems witl : my major that I'd heard about befor or the second joined the Senate," Johnson sai day to discuss "Pharmacy students have not be' re and approve receiving information, and as a secor year pharmacy student, Fd like to ma i transfer from sure that students in the college get t ;d as Director COrrect information." s was student Td like to help with anything, real ler university that I can," Johnson said. _ u Student Government Vice Preside , pnai macy jamel Franklin disseminated the 19 oved as one of Homecoming Showcase rules ai )ers. Johnson regulations. reasons for As in previous years, all candidat udent Senate. must have a minimum 2.5 GPR and cmisers pilot ne Writer uth Carolina cement and t venture with Mobile and ig the newest mttT lular Digital access federal, H e and criminal =n step out of gMfl^HKpT f^^^^K%j9|j desperately ast, with the 1 have to first L_jHflHiHH BC_ ) then would h would give ^ _ . . USCPD Corporal Daryl Longshore LICE page 2 Data Packet that police cruisers awakens Gameo Imost every year, like for its athletic teams, past. Then, during the The first mascot for Car itball, the football team athletic teams was Big Spur, wf as the "Game Cocks", replaced by Cocky in 1982. Big e State shortened the urao l/\irn?J V>v P.omoi>nA for>c ?UAV >1 UO 1 UT^U IJ J VJ U111V/ VUVIV lUilk ad, and South Carolina when the University switched to < ;n called "Gamecocks" many fans were mad. When ( won the National Champions! ; is a fighting rooster, best mascot in 1984, those gram irit and courage. Cock quickly disappeared, i be a popular sport in The Gamecocks feature pe; xy, and involved the the most unique and electri amecock roosters until pregame entrance in all of cc football. As the minutes wind Black were adopted on the game clock prior to opi )f the century as the kickoff, the Gamecocks assem he University of South the tunnel in the southwest cor ac teams. The colors Williams-Brice Stadium, nes on the gamecock, Then, as the first chords of" versify^ official mascot blare over the.sound system, the i rv on alert lurricane Fran by President Palms. As the Hurricane moved closer to South Carolina yesterday, students from coastal areas of the state expressed concern for the families and homes. Students that lived closer to the beach expressed more concern than those from further inland. "The Hurricane doesn't bother me as much because my house is five miles in from [Myrtle Beach]," senior Jamee Blanton said. "However, my dad is in law enforcement so he has to stay there." Blanton said he might go home this weekend to help clean-up, if there is a lot of damage. Students who experienced Hurricane Hugo first-hand in 1990 when it destroyed Charleston, spoke of the power and destruction associated with hurricanes. These students recollected and spoke freely about the damage they witnessed during Hugo. Some of the students recalled being without power for a week, and bathing by candlelight with bottled water. Other students recalled seeine trees strewn about their neitrhhorhnnds and roofs torn off houses. The experiences of Hurricane Hugo taught some students what to expect with a hurricane. "Hurricane Hugo taught me to know what's coming up and to be prepared," sophomore Aubrey Stevenson said. Teople took Hugo too lightly and didn't realize what a category four hurricane could do. Even though Hurricane Fran is only a category three storm, it's still big." To protect the students and university property in the event of the hurricane, the university has already begun to take precautions. Construction equipment and materials FRAN page 2 [omecoming lin hours of college credit, e I Candidates may only be nominated d. once by a registered campus organization, en and the completed Homecoming King id- and Queen applications must be ke accompanied by a $15 application fee. he The deadline for applications to the Student Government office is Sept. 18 1-. ~i. r ly, at u p.m. According to the official rules and nt regulations, "The Student Government 96 . will not economically benefit from this id fee, or from any money generated by this event." The funds will go to charity, ,es 30 SENATE page 2 w technology fr ajj^j m, ~mr / iF ? ADAM SNYDER The Gamecock demonstrates the new Cellular Distal are now equiped with. nrk" trcirlifinnQ uuuiuvynu noise starts to build with the music, olina As the last chord of the song sounds, 10 was the team runs out through the tunnel ; Spur and past the band, i, and The "2001" theme corresponds Cocky, with the University's 200th birthday Cocky celebration the year 2001. lip for Gamecock fans come from all over blings the state to see the Gamecocks play and enjoy the tradition of 2001 and rhaps tailgating. fying Tailgating is the practice of arriving >llege at a parking space near the stadium down about four hours before kickoff, and ening enjoying some great fried chicken and blein tasty beverages. It is a time to spend ner of with friends and1 i sten to the tailgate show, while discussing who is starting 2001" and what the opposition will be like crowd on that day.