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\ GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu 4 K , WEATHER V lAPEX it the 6amtcock ai Serving USC since 1908 College of Engineering sponsors ^ art, poetry contest Students, faculty and staff are invited. to submit poetry and works of art addressing the theme "Spirit of Innovation" by noon Feb. 17. Winners _will-be announced Feb. 20 as part of USCs observance of National Engineers' Week. For full contest rules, call Carol Fairman at 777-4178. School of Puhlie Health seeks \ volunteers for study The Prevention Center is seeking men and women 18 and older for a study on physical activity habits and physical fitness in adults. Participants will receive free measures of blood pressure, body fat, height, weight and fitness level. The deadline to register is today. For information or to make an appointment, call the center at 777-7492. f College of Education offers evaluations for children The Educational Services Clinic is offering comprehensive educational and developmental evaluations for schoolaged and preschool children. The clinic is located in the lower level of the College of Education building. For more information, call Brenda ^ Szymkowiak at 777-6550. University professors ' KAREN LAYNE News Editor Even college students can be sent to the dean's office for talking in class. Professor Celeste Jones said she was following the College of Social Work's policy when she asked two students to leave her classroom Monday for excessive talking. | - Her syllabus warned the 129 students that disruptive behavior would not be tolerated and violators would be asked tn leave the class, she said "If the behavior is disruptive, extremely disruptive, if you ask someone to be quiet and they can't, the College ( Housing plai no price inci BRAD H1IMCHER Staff Writer The 600 spaces lost last year to housin be regained with the additions of the Si Apartments and the reopening of Maxcy. The 600 losses were due mostly the Maxcy, which cost 150 spaces. Also, the destruction of two of the Tower 450 lost spaces. "About 400 new housing spaces will b< in the form of four-bedroom apartmentrstyle of Housing Gene Luna said. Maxcy will reopen in the fall. All /.LftmnAa QY?0 norf r\f fVlft imn rv11 llUUSUlg LIIOilgCD as v jscu V Vi uic uup Master Plan, which includes significant im current science center as well as new hou accommodate the increasing population. The sign-up process for housing will with seniors receiving priority for housing "Bates, Bates West, McClintock, Wade K Hall and the other traditional freshman c primarily freshman next year, while the Maxcy dorm will be used mostly for Hono said. Despite the expense of the current char for students will probably not rise more 1 percent next year. Feeling a little < to WUSC-F Amplified Folk with host Wilson, highlights traditional and conl music. For th check out the si l Student Cmiernmi ? u t 7 mm j Jamel Franklin- Liberal Arts wnnwinmi Curtis Brown-Science and Math Michael Ladd- Science and Math Laura Mcfarland- Science and Math Jonathan Sharp Science and Math 88roBBlHClu4 Nathan Brown-liberal Arts Jomarie Dacanay- liberal Arts Chris Dorsel-liberal Arts Elizabeth Fordham- liberal Arts Shelly Hogan-Liberal Arts Jahan- liberal Arts AAley Jones- liberal Arte Calee Kaiser- liberal Arts expects st ' regulatic of Social Work's policy is that they go talk to the dean of social work or the dean of students of social work about their behavior before they return to class," Jones said. Many administrators say their high expectations for students have kept them from developing fonnal codes of disdpline. They say classroom standards are set by individual faculty members. They say they expect college students to "practice personal and academic integrity" and "respect rights and property of others" as listed in the Carolinian Creed. as include m rease for nex g renovations will About 400 new outh Quadrangle next year, in a reconstruction of s resulted in about i added next year, i housing," Director ^ lementation of the ______ __i i ii_ . provements to tne ring on campus to That is the averag . ,? USC, according to t\ remain the same, Housing rates ai f cho'ces ? late March or early bmpton, Patterson madeb June. lorms will remain Lu/a ^ the bo newly renovated cost increases for (h( rs housing, Luna it was , , more than three or f ,ges, housing rests Someriseinthe than three to four yeaI. simply t0 accol out of the eroovte? Swine your M 90.5's . The show, THE FO n a :emporary Celtic te big picture, Lory in ETC. lie following is a list of candidates who had filed for Student 1 anuary 30,1997. Filing will continue through Friday. Amy Thogerson- Liberal Arts T J " pnnip Lauri Velotta- Liberal Arts J? Gesla Marie Wilson- Liberal Arts ^ 7 SaatiPlstnctlS Timothy Qardy- Business Twana n v n ? y j fe rate increase for housing each year at le university's Department of Housing, e voted on by the Board of Trustees in April, and final decisions are usually ard has managed to maintain minimal ; past four years. i not uncommon for housing rates to rise our percent each year, cost for housing must be expected each mt for inflation and other factors. i The Lady Gamec dial over .3 up their first ! j1 W Wednesday with t\ win over Kentuck' kT USC improved t 10-5 overall and ] lGE 4 5 in the SEC- Fo1 play, minute-by-m out the story in S worgeme- Business Ruth Nettles-Business John Sageser- Business JareJl SaiatelfelriGtll7 LaTasha Friday- Engineering Qeteu Teronya Cadand- Engineering Keith Richards-Engineering Steve Velthnan-Engineering Michai :udents to ns in class c I think basically students ^ behave in the classroom. c Mary Ann Parsons t dean, College of Nursing s W The administrators' expectations are a usually fulfilled. This is the first such incident I've ^ heard of," said David Schrock, dean of s the College of Business Administration, t ore spaces, t semester u housing spaces will be added the form of four-bedroom ipartment-style housing. Gene Luna director of Housing Senate DM Oil N. Burris- Criminal Justice senate sstrici iu ttley-Law flftMftlo KAIHIAI 4A we District iz r Counard- Nursing ItaltaalHit :1C. Phillips, IV- Liberal Aite follow >rooms Mary Ann Parsons, dean of the College of Nursing, said a trip to the lean's office might help resolve classroom onflicts. "I think the dean would want to mderstand exactly what happpened," he said. "I think basically students lehave in the classroom." Jones said the issue has been resolved inrl tVin stnrlnnts nrn hnrlr in rinse "It's a real shame. It's a real isappointment," she said. "It's not omething I think any professor chooses o do. It's a last alternative." Senior Eric Johnson practices la ock basketball team picked SEC victory of the year heir 68 50 BIG ; SHOTS r the play-by- PAGE 6 linute, check PORTS. mm LilVllU yy office as of 4:45 on Thursday, SenattDiitrictOS Hansen* Journalism n Henderson- Journalism Mostrand* Journalism USC re of polyj questio JENNIFER STANLEY News Editor University of South Carolina students and faculty toss away about 1.5 million polystyrene cups each year, according to the USC recycling center. rolystyrene (atyrotoam) products are only part of the 3,100 tons of solid waste the university produces annually, but efforts are underway to curtail the loss of ? such products as take- ?ir out containers and f^e arel cups. ? system that The university intensive spent about $94,226 Mar in 1993-94 for waste collection services and another $80,000 to Laura P have the waste USC Recy< landfilled, according to the USC 1994-95 ^ Environmental Audit. According to the audit, the university planned to "divert 25 percent of the university's wastestream to recycling markets by spring 1997." The university has also established an extensive recycling system in administrative offices, resident halls, cafeterias and the university grounds. Although the university uses 1.5 million polystyrene cups annually, there are only three places on campus equipped for plastic foam recycling. Recyling containers for polystyrene exist in the Gamecock Grill area and in Baker's Street. TV>? flranrl MnrVot Plnro falroa Styrofoam from trays and puts it into dumpsters behind the Russell House. The residence halls are equipped with recycling containers for colored paper, mixed paper, newspaper and aluminum. However, there are no bins for polystyrene. "We're not able to logistically gel [polystyrene recycling] underway because we aren't paid for recycling [polystyrene materials], so labor is expensive," said Laura Pergolizzi of the USC recycling center. "[We are] tiying to develop a system crosse on the Horseshoe before the How much money is sper housej*o|d roaches in Am ^7 ANSWER:$l: cycling styrene liable that is least labor intensive for us and Marriott."* According to a DHEC representative, polystyrene recycling is not economically logical because there is only one company in the country that recycles the material, and the company is not located in South Carolina. Therefore, USC must pay to ship the lightweight but / bulky polystyrene. ?* One 1 g to develop a alternative to is least labor shipping the material for as and is a solvent which rlott. dissolves polystyrene. However, the solvent is "a 'ergolizzl couple thousand ding Center doUarf for 55 gallons of the the chemical, | 9\ according to DHEC. J Marriott manager Liz 1 Bohlkey said alternatives to polystyrene, . such as containers made of plastic and paper, are not more environmentally safe than the plastic foam. The university and Marriott are trying to reduce the amount of polystyrene used, according to Bohlkey. "[We're] trying to get people to dine rm_ jj. .. x i i ?n in. i nai s one way 10 neip us, rergouzzi said. Some on-campus restaurants, such as Gibbs Court, are using china in place of the polystyrene containers, Bohlkey said. In addition, Marriott has sold reusable eco-mugp which students can use whether they dine in or out. Pergolizzi said most campuses use student volunteers to collect waste for recycling. USC is one of the few campuses that lues not have these volunteers. "If [students] are really concerned, they can eat in," Pergolizzi said. She also said that students who care can volunteer to help the recycling program. Jonatku Sharp? The Gamecock week's cold weather set in. it on killing JUST erica every S FOR fr\ FUN 24,000,000