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Story by Achim Hunt,
Sports Editor
It all started when a few members of the pep
band and the Student Gamecock Club gathered at
Eagle Aviation outside of the Columbia Metropolitan
Airport on the night of Feb. 1 to congratulate the
men's basketball team on a fine 15-point win over
LSU.
Then two weeks later, the Gamecocks went up
to Cincinnati and upset the then No. 8 Bearcats 9783.
The win brought out a pretty large crowd of
m between 300 and 400 people and most of the local
TV stations and newspapers.
It was nothing like last night though. You see
those little Gamecocks from a place called Columbia,
S.C., that eveiybody in the nation (including our own
fans) can't believe is one of the nation's best college
basketball teams just beat Kentucky.
And bov. when vou beat Kentuckv. on their home
court, on their Senior Day, on national television,
for the SEC regular season championship, then if
m you are a Gamecock fan or student, you better go
< and celebrate.
You see, it was the first time Kentucky had lost
at Rupp Arena in its past 34 games there, and the
first time they had lost on their Senior Day in 33
years.
Add that to the fact that this was Carolina's first
SEC championship, not just in basketball, but in any
varsity sport, any 9elf-lCipecting Gamecock fen should
have been out at the airport cheering on our team.
And judging from the huge crowd out at the airport
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program is also grabbing some attention. "it's an out
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Association-College Equities Fund their enthusiasn
recognized USC, along with four other to our students,
universities, with the Hesburgh Certificate is evidence tha
of Excellence for faculty development to provide Sou
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Washington, D.C. ^ Don Greine
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the Russell House has become more like Management,
a trip to a landfill, according to the noses pipes run by a
of students unlucky enough to pass behind the bui
through. Some of the
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[the Russell House] because it smells so grease mixed to
bad," junior Renee Keller said. Several kitcl
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half to greet the winning team at the airport
on Sunday evening, just about every Gamecock fan
that could find a place to park their car near the
terminal was there.
When the charter touched down at 5:31 p.m. in
Columbia, the pep band played the fight song and
the cheerleaders cheered and the fans roared for
their team that had just arrived from the end of their
march through the SEC.
The crowd was happy to see their players, but
they wanted to hear from them. So head coach Eddie
Fogler and the three starting guards, Melvin Watson,
Larry Davis and BJ McKie all spoke to the crowd.
"I want to thank you all for coming out here and
supporting our players," Fogler said. "We won the
championship outright here today.
"We were really aggressive out there today, but
we got some more game left to play, and we hope to
keep this think going."
After Eddie gave a few words to the fens to really
get the crowd fired up, point guard and team captain
Melvin Watson took center stage.
"When the season started, we got great support
from you in Columbia, even when things got tough,"
Watson said. "But now we are SEC Champs! And
this has been a great year for me, and we hope that
it continues."
Melvin then let Larry Davis, the leading scorer
of the Kentucky game, take over. Davis won a national
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John H. Biggs said. recruiting.
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standing tribute to this best in the nation is indee<
pecially our faculty, for but, more important, it is pre
a and tireless commitment university is making great
" Palms said "This award improve the learning and
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ible are paying off." In 1993, USC establi
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fairs and provost at USC, Development Program to
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linked, the university centralized several
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of the five student initiatives under the newly
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will take [the odor] to a pretty low level,
amount of It should be getting better," Clark said,
ins," Clark Clark said there has always been a
slight odor from the air vents. However,
[anagement the smell is not toxic or harmful to
r eliminator breathe.
The lines were replaced last summer
ecked every because they had not been replaced since
decreasing, the Russell House was built. The lines
g the area] are expected to last for 20 to 30 years.
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March is Women's History Month
and in observation, the University of th
South Carolina's Women's Studies bj
rrogram has planned several activities bt
ranging from musical performances to
panel discussions. W
At noon today in Russell House room itfi
315, Arlene Bowers Andrews, from the fei
USC College of Social Work and Institute
for Families in Society, will present "Solo w<
Moms and Disconnected Dads: Strategies ve
to Promote Responsible Fatherhood."
The program is a presentation and al
discussion on the increasing abandonment W
of children by fathers and the ways to ev
prevent it. th
Other activities include the "Lula av
Washington Dance Theatre" March 20 wi
at the Koger Center and "Spirals of Light?
Senate plans forg:
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With Senate Pro Tem Gene Willis gt;
presiding Wednesday, the student senate th<
called a recess until after a press
conference concerning articles printed f1E
in The Gamecock. ^
The senators reconvened after the
press conference with Vice President thi
Jamel Franklin presiding. be
The senators accepted by acclamation m(
SBL(97X)05. The bill endorses a debate
on academic forgiveness. The debate will pe
be between members of student sei
government and faculty senate, the in
Associate and Assistant Deans' Council
and the Board of Trustees. pe:
The bifl states the student government Se
"expresses its hope that the urgency and
importance of the issue of academic pn
forgiveness will once again be re-assessed Su
as a result of this debate". J.I
The debate has tentatively been Mi
scheduled for 8 pm. April 9 in the Russell Je:
House ballroom. La
Senators Curtis Brown and Ashley Ni
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arcn a>, a program ctt poetry ana music
aturing USC music faculty.
From 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 25,
ere will be a display of T-shirts designed
r and for violence victims on Greene
reet.
Becky Kihslinger, president of the
omen Students Association, believes
3 important for women and men to see
male role models.
"People don't get to see important
imen in the nation and our community
ry often," Kihslinger said.
The Women's Student Services is
so sponsoring events in honor of
omen s mstory Montn. some 01 tne
ents are Chimera, a self-defense class,
e Outstanding Woman of the Year
rard, and assisting Alpha Kappa Alpha
ith a panel of women speakers.
iveness debate
ties read SBL(97) 004, a bill requesting
at USC adopt a "Freshman Good
anding" policy. The senators tabled
3 bill until next week's meeting.
SBL(97)006, an amendment to the
lance codes, went through its first
iding.
Currently, the finance codes state
it percentage review must take place
fore the fall semester's final senate
ieting.
The passage of this bill will cause the
rcentage review to occur "by the final
aate meeting in January of the year
which allocations are made."
"Our hands are tied in that the
rcentages are set for the next year,"
n. Matthew Richardson said.
The following senators were not
ssent at the senate meeting:
e Moyer
). Martin
chael Phillips
nnifer Balkcum
nny Littlejohn Jr.
cole Anderson
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