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South Carolina's #7 Student Newspaper WEATHER . WORLD WIDE CAROLINA TODAY |VJJ| Vfllp |i I, =3 Access the ss^v ^uujf X/MTiwi*rtrn i&ra 9c?* Low 55 r~ III I 17 I III II Jtfllf^// ; printing office, TUESDAY 9%^ jj|" VsJ III Mf I III IA , for ,u"text f,les \^/lll I l-w L ULIV 1 ?,resoiu6ons' Low 56 r W W m ~ ^ ^ and laws. Serving USC since 1908 http://www.gpo.ocop.edu INSIDE iy?l t lMHHIHKnai Cece discusses President Clinton's signing of the defensive marriage act. ETC. samples a little bit of culture at Columbia's Greek Festival. Women's soccer beats Virginia Commonwealth University in a shutout. South Carolina Happenings Women's Studies speaker The Women's Studies Department will present Lynn Weber, director of Women's Studies professor of Sociology at USC, on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., in Gambrell Hall 250. Weber will speak on "To Me That's the Whole ThingPowers': Race, Class Gender & Sexuality in Everyday Life." There will be a reception following the lecture. For more information call 777-4007. Homecoming Showcase Student Government will present the Homecoming Showcase on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. The showcase will feature the evening wear competition for the Homecoming King and Queen competition A total of ten women will be competition for the Homecoming Queen title. There will also be seven men competing in the first-ever Homecoming King competition SG Vice President Jamel Franklin said the finalists for the competition are very imnrWQiv/P IKf nvl in u.yvwifv ouiucuuuuiy ataj ui their extracurricular activities. ? Debate 1 compete WE6WNA GREEN Staff Writer One year's worth of hard work and piaiming came 10 iruiuori mis past wees, as Dr. David Berube and Carolina Debate hosted one of the year's first Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) tournaments. More than 100 teams and nearly 400 people were on campus for the tournament which boasted some well-known collegiate names, including the University of Miami (FL), University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. The tournament featured a round robin competition that took place last Wednesday and Thursday. Participation in this segment of the competition was by invitation only, and invitations were scarce. Only the nation's top 16 teams were invited. Minnesota's Macalester College, University of Georgia and Arizona State University were some of the debate powerhouses who participated. Michigan State, perhaps in foreshadowing their future success, managed rare first and second place finishes in the round robin tournament. Three days later, they scored another double coup: they garnered first and second {daces in the tournament's varsity level competition. At presstime, Fort Hays University and Michigan State were battling it out for first place in the junior varsity division. USC's debaters did have one team in the competition. Playing host and participant, however, proved difficult. "Our team didn't really get that far GAMMA r national rc CHDY THOMPSON Staff Writer Sun, surf, sand, rape, STD's and alcohol. GAMMA, Gamecocks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol, used those words in their award-winning Safe Spring Break Week 1996 promotion. Due to their efforts, GAMMA won a second-place prize of $250 for the USC campus. The prize was awarded by the BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education Network. GAMMA's promotion included a non-alcoholic happy hour, a carnival and a car crash reenactment. They also handed out "survival kits" filled with essentials to promote safe behavior. USC and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs also received recognition from the South Carolina Personnel Association with the 1995-96 Award of Outstanding Programming among Laige Public Institutions for Safe Spring Break Week 1996. The success of GAMMA's Safe Spring Break Week has "increased membership by half and has added diversity to the Career Cei internshin SHAMF SIMMONS Staff Writer 'How can I get an internship/ or 'Where can I go to find out about internships?' Well, look and wonder no longer because USC allows students to adventure down four specific avenues to an internship of their choice: in the Career Center Libraiy(CCL), individual Academic Departments by checking with USC faculty members, student services advisors, bulletin boards or even just speaking with someone you may know. "There's absolutely nothing wrong UnfV> o rrmnrf Ailf onrl "mi a oiu.u^iii gvsiiig uut uiiu uvvMwtiuiig. For example, speaking with a business person in the community and asking that person whether or not you could intern with them. In fact, to many students' surprise, and perhaps delight, there are many brochures that we have highlighting helpful hints about internships and one these such brochures include our usc career center hps on pursuing internships; which admonishes one to: "start your search early, at least 3 to 4 months before teams ! at USC because we'd have to prepare for debate and also coordinate," debater Patrick Daley said. "It's been pretty hectic." Planning for a competition of this magnitude begins over a year in advance, according to CEDA vice president and University of Vermont Debate Coach Alfred C. Snider. "Planning for next year's tournament has already begun, including things like hotel contracts arid scheduling, "Snider said. Carolina Debate has also been planning for quite a while for next year, except they've also been preparing for participation in the 1997 National CEDA tournament, to be held at Wichita State University in Kansas. "Close to every weekend there is a tournament These smaller tournaments culminate in the National [CEDAJ tournament in the spring," said Dr. Roy Schwartzman, assistant professor of Speech Communications and director of the Basic Public Speaking course. "Debaters have travel schedules that are similar to a sports team?except these last a whole year," Schwartzman said. Carolina Debate will participate in many competitions in preparation for the 1997 National CEDA tournament. According to Schwartzman, the debaters are expected to participate in competitions at several schools, including Wake Forest University, Northwestern University (IL) and the University of Utah. eceives ^cognition group," GAMMA President Michelle Fisher said. Not only has the membership of GAMMA increased due to the award, but other universities have inquired about the program and want to start similar programs. "It's the best form of flattery," Coordinator of Student Life Programs Rick Gant said. "We are very excited. [The award] brings validation to the program. It is important to get external recognition on a national level." GAMMA also has many other events they hold throughout the year to promote qIaaKaI ou/oronooo UiWilUl U ?? U1 V11VOO. There are educational information meetings twice a week, where someone will usually speak on a subject with which GAMMA deals. GAMMA and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs also sponsor stress blowouts and other educational events. iter offers advice desired time to intern and for internships with the federal government, 6 to 8 months ahead," Orane said. While summer internships are most plentiful, they are also the most competitive, so intern during the fall and spring semesters; find out if credit for an internship is possible by checking i.1* J: ? i.... : x;.. wim inc uuui uniaior in respective academic departments; investigate academic credits before the internship begins, not after it is over, and regardless of what friends may think,it is not crazy to work in an unpaid internship. "Often students wonder, well, whafs the criteria for an internship? And the answer is simple; there isn't a specific criteria, but there are similarities. One, they must be career related; and,two, the work in which the student does must be education related in nature," said . Orane. "Perhaps" the Career Center's finest example of success in connection with internships is USC graduate studentChad Carter. INTERNSHIPS page 2 | W^m ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock I Senior Chuck Smith, above, | works with a rattlesnake that's I housed In Sumwalt. The snake on the right Is a copperhead, j Smith Is studying the DNA of j 11 such copperheads. There I are a total of 31 snakes that 1 are presently being studied | 1 here at USC. fcs o' 1 oiauios iec MARK PWAS Staff Writer 1 ther Peter Siachos slammed his fist down, goini looked out at the crowd, and shouted, intn "If s your money!" at last year's student life o government debate, an outburst many thos agree catapulted him into the office of help student government treasurer. 1 He ran for the office on one main also idea: student activity fees are paid by acti each student, and each student should inves have more say in where that money will fiscal be spent. fund According to Siachos, "more and more I money from student activity fees has to m been getting lost within the fundi administration, and less money is actually Stud being channeled back to student their activities." A To deal with this problem, he has team created a fiscal responsibility task force. Frar Students to c yearly Habit; TRACY VREELAND Staff Writer your it ig Mary Amkrum and Shirley Anderson aren't construction workers or real estate or^ agents. ? , But the USC seniors have come . together because they want to build houses. They're the co-presidents of ,. USCs chapter of Habitat for Humanity, and their goal is to build a house every year starting this year. Amkrum said she likes Habitat ? because "Building is really tun!" Habitat j?^1 "brings people together that have all , . kinds of talents." eiJ Amkrum began doing service projects ^ similar to Habitat when she was in high ? school. She was a volunteer in Works Appalachian Service Project which prepares homes for low income families ^ ^ and home repair. She was also involved ^ in Trendy Housing Corporation, a two year program for homeless families with children. It gives the families a ^ transitional place to live while the adults learn skills to get a job.even Habitat is something Amkrum feels very strongly about because you "give Sharing an inl B1LYAUEW Staff Writer the^ With 1,300 international students on campus, the organization International inte Programs for Students is helping to spread the word of cultural diversity at USC. whlJ This semester, "Thinking Globally" workshops are being conducted through P n' University 101 classes. Ova- the summer, lntei 40 professors signed their classes up for r Snake s MARK PIRAS Staff Writer J 1 Those hissing and rattling noises coming from room 354 in - the Sumwalt building are nothing to be alarmed about- unless, of course, vou haDDen to be afraid of snakes. SeniorChuck Smith, in conjunction with the biology department, and Dr. Roger Sawyer and Dr. Eric Thompson have 31 copperheads and rattlesnakes in ' little cages for the sole purpose of research. The DNA of 11 adult copperheads is being studied to see what effects interbreeding has on the genetic chain of two different subspecies. As Smith explains it, "In the ^ *W. .* 5jJ[ ^51^7 < - % J- '2 directs act die goal of the task force is to take hi| noney the treasurer says, "has been g to student service such as health, vo imurals, leadership offices, greek "g ffices, and so forth", and to redirect m e funds into the programs he feels sti to benefit more students. PL "he fiscal responsibility task force is looks to address three main issues: vity fee allocation and usage, foi 3tigation and analysis of university th I responsibility, and higher education sa ing. Jniversity fiscal responsibility refers gr akingsure the university uses its ho 3 in an "efficient and effective manner, ac lents should be getting the most for dollars," Siachos. said. . sai according to the treasurer, he is by dng with Patrick Wright and Jamel iklin to lobby at the Statehouse for instruct r jS it house 1 time and see the results." She said || "a very successful non-profit |jgnization that really helps people." ;p Anderson became involved with q> itat four years ago. Her senior class ect in high school was to build a |?j itat house. The house was a gift & 1 their class to the family. For the fa se, she went out three days in a row 11 l a hammer in putting the house Ej ither. The family consisted of "a || idmother, dad and three sons. The ?? er was "out everyday building on |? r house." || Ifs fun to go out with a hammer and 3' and do construction,'"Anderson said. Even if someone does not want to 0 at and get dirty, there are plenty of Q r things to do like the planning and Iraising," Shirley said. S' rheir goal for the year is to work hard & rising the money to build the house, if? group looks to corporations and l|l rches for donations of money and S lies. They will also have fundraising ts on campus. The Central Carolina HABITAT page 2 | lernational 1 workshop. di 5ach workshop features four al rnational students who talk about fr own personal experiences and topics In as culture shock, adjustments made Fi e in America and stereotypes. There is no barrier between the in versity 101 class and these V? mational students. It is our goal to fr t students about concerns and _ ighting mountainous part of South Carolina, we have Northern Copperheads, and down near the coast, down near Savannah, we have Southern Copperheads. As they merge toward this area of the state, they interbreed." They produce offspring that (results in) some of them (being) darker, like the Northern Copperhead, and some of them are lighter, like the Southern Coppeihead. But they all still live in central South Carolina," Smith said. "We want to see whaf s going on genetically with these guys," to see what differences, if any, still exist between the two species after they have interbred. SNAKES page 2 ; I :ivity fee gher education funding. Currentfy, Siachos is working on a ter registration drive in the hopes of iving the Senators and legislators a essage--to tell them, 'Hey! We're udents, we vote, our voice matters, ease fund higher education, our tuition far too expensive.'" "One way we've gotten more money r student use is with the proration of e graduate school activity fee,"Siachos id. "What this means is that a lot of aduate students take under twelve urs (of classes), but don't have to pay tivity fees at all," he said. This is no longer the case, Siachos id, as student activity fees are prorated the number of hours of credit they SIACHOS page 2 HOMECOMING^ fednesday: araival ioo -4pj?u itfw peene Street;;;:;. III 11 aturing: The Fettuctuni Brothers | lursday: &ckfest 10:30 p.m. | I arolina Coliseum je Swingin' Medallions & Geoe*$ hnsc? with Chairmen of the Board \ sudents, $3 general admission, $8 mily (2 adults and 2 kids) oat Building Party p.0L II; ... ibbes Green iday: trade p.m. . i ## arts at the comer of Parte and ?|| ervais Streets rand Marshall- Leeza Gibbous Jjf treet Jam II pan. reene Street ?: aturday: omecoming Game v. Mississippi tote : .....J,.; I' pan., Wiffiams-Briee Stadium alftime Awards Presentaton sxperience fferences between the students, but Iso of the commonalties between eshmen and transfer students," iternational Student Adviser Rebecca ranklin said. A typical session consists of an formal discussion about relationships, dues, religious beliefs, education and iendships. The instructors allow INTERNATIONAL page 2 .