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GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu . WEATHER jfl L\DEX it tlie Gamecock i Serving USC since 1908 I Beasle i REG1NNA GREEN Asst. News Editor Gov. David M. Beasley stressed the importance of building roads to the 21st century, both literally and i? ?1 1__ 1 L *_Li __V_ _ J JL J ngurauveiy, lasi mgni as ne aaaressea the convention of the 112th South Carolina General Assembly. Beasley informed the audience of South Carolina's significant economic gains over the past two years, citing a 56 percent increase in job creation, and the creation of 50,000 new jobs, all with median annual incomes of at least $30,000 Jf<mm itiNHil - " ||' M ^kfl NN* 1 Jamie Sanders (right) hands out tele Graduate for on-ca KAREN LAVNE News Editor Some graduate students sharing Bates House with freshmen say they're ready for a home of their own, a place they can live and work year-round. Graduate students can live in Cliff Apartments, but Bates' Cwing is the best on-campus option for single graduate students, according to Robert Ware, a doctoral student in the College of Business Administration. Bates is used by the Athletic Department for summer conferences, and the residents must surrender their rooms, Ware said. Many graduate programs require year-round participation, and students feel they should in turn be offered year-round housing, Ware said. "We're in a pretty nasty situaTryi: i? ? ! , for c 'Fier - - m star Mad( If stress a year. The governor said he believes such sound economic success requires a strong infrastructure, including interstate roads and highways in adii ollxr flfAA/1 cV?ono o c fV>o of oto cvjuaiij guuu onapc ao LIIU atu. Reiterating this is the release of a recent statistic reporting South Carolina welcomed 31 million visitors in 19%. "Extraordinary demand requires extraordinary creativity," Beasley said. The state's most well-known champion of smaller government supports the creation of an siiiii '; i" marketing job information for Civic Develo j student: mpus ho tion," Ware said. "The university bends over backward to provide housing for undergraduates, and ] don't see why they can't do the same for students on the university payroll." About 20 percent of the gradu ate wing is unused during the sum mer programs, and that's about the number of students who would like to stay during the summer, Ware said. Some students would prefer < separate residence hall just foi graduates, but there are advantage; to Bates, he said. The residence hall offers man) amenities to graduate students including computer access, kitchen: and laundry facilities, Ware said. "There's a lot of reasons gradu ate students like Bates," he said but the hassle of moving in and ou HOUSING page J ng to figure WT\T which movie I ^1 ro see this :end? T~V I ^ ;k out ETC. JLj ? V>< i preview of ce Creatures' ring Jamie Lee Curtis anc Cleese and a review of 'Evita ring Golden Globe winnei onna. >es edui independent board to oversee the state's infrastructure improvement process. In addition to improving physical roads to the next millennium, the governor plans to improve what he termed "the road to education," and, while citing parents as the most important element in education, touted the successes of South Carolina schools. "Ladies and gentlemen," Beasley said "this nrntrress is real." , J c According to the governor, South Carolina boasted more than 200 ? . M-/W...f ' aR| U^JTfff. ?g?'<r KiMjn^^ WellS^ ^ I i#I v v s* * : ^ ** pment Group to Rob Mercer. s ask uni\ using for r i ; it i b vi 1 i si i i I ' * ^ Ninety spaces are reserved for gra Melvin Watson's lay-up with 3.9 seconds left gave the Gamecocks their seventh-straight victory. Read all about the win on ? Q page o. Now at 12-5 overall and 6j 0 in the SEC, USC will loot ' feet tomorrow as they welc r Fi wnk McGuire Arena at 1 { information in the preview oi cation, National Merit Finalists and SemiFinalists and almost more students of Advanced Placement courses than any other state in the nation. The state ?]so plans to double th&number of students at the South Carolina Governor's School for Math and Science in Hartsville, S.C. Hie South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts in Greenville, which is currently only a summer program, will be extended to year-round operations in the near future. "I commend you, the General Assembly, for your actions," the ; 4k # hf ?1- ***, - ' ? ? " * J-J" Zr -~-W ' ? , ? ? /i s ,'*<* .?-? " * . m & KARA STOVALL The Gamecock ersity summer m m ' W mm ?* i I in; KARA STOVALL The Gamecock iduale students in Bates House. IN SPORTS : to keep its 1997 record perome the Ole Miss Rebels to ).m. Get of the up-to-date [i page 9. certain changes to parts of the Constitution unconstitutional. The amendment proposed that senate Districts without representation would forfeit their seat(s) after the last senate meeting in November. This, Wright' said, is unconstitutional because it revokes a college's right to representation, because that right is guaranteed elsewhere in the constitution. "One, it's against part of the Constitution as it goes against part of the Constitution already," Wright said. "The other thing is even if they change that part, the whole purpose of student senate is to have representation of the student body." "If they got rid of those seats, it would get rid of representation for a certain portion of the students and student senate wouldn't be representing the entire student body," Wright said. According to Wright, it is imperative that even if colleges don't exercise their right to repre sentation, they possess the right to be represented in Student Government. "Even if those seats aren't filled right now, at least colleges have the right to fill them up. If they got rid of them, they wouldn't even have the right," Wright said. The legislation also proposed to relieve the Vice President of his responsibility to fill vacant senate seats. According to the present Memorial f moved to E STAFF REPORTS Writer Pat Conroy will speak at a memorial tribute to James Dickey at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan, 27, on the Horseshoe. In case of bad weather, the service, which will last about an hour, will be held at Drayton Hall. The ceremony also will feature remarks by Donald Greiner, interim provost; Ward W. Briggs, interim associate provost for undergraduate studies; and Matthew Bruccoli, the Emily Jeffereis Professor of English. 1" J U.SI of sp T<Vfc!* Aniir 101 I Fun ANS Source: Harper's Index^^^ employ governor said "We are seeing results ... [and] we will raise the bar and reach for the stars in education in South Carolina." Beasley also uncled a plan to help parents put their children through college. Beginning at age eight, according to the governor's plan, parents would be able to deposit money into a college trust fund for ten years. The governor's strong support for young people and their primary, secondary and postsecondary educations was clear as he announced his new plan and Wright v Senate p REGINNA GREEN Asst. News Editor Student Body President Patrick Wright provided the reasoning behind his veto of SBL (96) 037, a constitutional amendment making rment boasted of success within South Carolina's schools and among South, Carolina students. As he told the General Assembly, "it is for their good that we serve. It was a night when the st^te i.~ J 4.U A.^ 1 J expecieu uit? guvcriiur tu uiciue ntJctu on the issue of the Confederate flag, and he did. 'The [1994] Heritage Act is right for us today just as it was then,' Beasley said. The Heritage Act brought, forth BEASLEY page i etoes roposal Constitution, the Vice President reviews applications for vacant senate seats and provides preliminar> approval. The candidate then goes through the application process with the Powers and Responsibilities committee and is later brought before the senate body. The proposed amendment would eliminate the Vice President's role in the process, and Wright believes this is a "curtailing of [the] power of the Vice President." "Right now, the VP has the power to fill empty or vacant seats," Wright said, "and what this does is take the power from the Vice President and give it to the Powers and Responsibilities committee." Wright originally planned tc use the power of the line item vetc and strike certain parts of the legislation. Upon further review, however, he found other problems with the bill, problems that the bill sponsors admitted existed during a discussion of the amendment "In general, throughout the proposed amendment, there are certain things, like the numbering of certain things, that are wrong," Wrighj J IIO_ -.1 - -I saiu. so 10 give uiem a cnance iq clean up the whole thing, I jus! vetoed the entire thing. " In other business, Student Services committee chairman Michele Marinkovic proposed placing SG surveys in residence halls and on the Internet, so as to facilitate a greater return of surveys from students. WRIGHT page 2 or Dickey lorseshoe Julie Bloemeke, a former student of Dickey's, and Davie Bottoms, and English professor ai Georgia State University, will read selections from Dickey's awardwinning poetry. The Thomas Cooper Medal alsc will be presented to the Dickey family. li ;_ i? : J i? - music win uc piuviucu oy uit Columbia City Chorale and the Zassoff Boys. A reception will take place ir McKissick Museum following the service. t is the total number ots drawn by DisneyU lators for the movie x )almations? SWER: 6,469,95^