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(right) Jnnior Mel Pennington
teeter-totters with Jerel Scott as
part of Kappa Delta Sorority's 14th
Annual Shamrock Project. Proceeds
flrom the fand raiser go toward the
prevention of child abase. South
Carolina's First Lady Mary Wood
Beasley and Miss South Carolina
Angela Hughes (above) helped kick
off the event Monday on Greene
Street. The 24-hour teeter-totter
marathon will continue today.
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Disorderly conduct, domestic can
dispute, The Roost. Victim reported floe
that subject, his girlfriend, entered his
room and demanded money in Su
reparation for damage he had done to
her vehicle early in the week. When ^
victim stated that he did not have the
money, subject became agitated and
began throwing things around the room
Upon arrival, the reporting officers r?
separated the victim and subject and
escorted the subject to her car. a
Discharge of fireworks, Russell a ^
House 1st Floor. Complainant stated ve
that unknown persons discharged a
pyrotechnic device in the above location
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vegetarianism to break some Wrih
of the many myths about nonmeat
eaters.
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cer observed a vehicle stopped at Detention Center,
intersection of Saluda and Devine.
the officers were going through the Saturday, Mar. 15
jrsection, subject vehicle pulled out
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d light and stopped abruptly. Subject Greene Sts. Reporting
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hland County 743 Greene St. Complainant stated
that unknown persons removed one
hand held gas powered concrete saw.
Estimated loss: $1,000.
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location sitting Disorderly conduct, Russell House.
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The Gamecock basketball team
their season Friday by losing to
State in the first round of the
Tournament. The 15th-seeded
upset the No. 2-seeded Gamecoc
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Two USC juniors have been named org,
finalists for the prestigious Truman
Scholarships, setting a new school record. (
Elizabeth Ann Chandler and Stacy ^
M. Race were nominated for the national ?
competition by a faculty committee,
according to Novella Beskid, director of (
the Office of Fellowships and Summer gc^(
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. "We are extremely pleased that both ,
students nominated by the university sc [
have been named 1997 Truman Scholar ? ,
Finalists," Beskid said. "Elizabeth Ann rjj
and Stacy both have a strong commitment 88,
to public service and are outstanding
representatives of USC. Two Truman
Finalists in one competition cycle is a
new record for USC."
The merit-based scholarship provides ^du
$30,000 toward graduate study for a
student pursuing a career in public service *ve
or government. not
Thefecuhy committee, led by Sociology corn
Professor Shelley Smith, considered
students' community service goals and ^ac
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Chandler and Race based on their records, eith
"They are two of the strongest com
candidates we've put forward," Smith
said. "They deserve a lot of the
congratulations." yes
Chandler, a junior broadcast app
journalism major and South Carolina fina
Honors College student, serves as a
residence hall officer and is active in eve
Carolina Alive, the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Student Leadership at Shandan Apr
Baptist Church and Gamma Beta Phi 1
and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies. uni
After graduation, Chandler said she Tru
wants to get a joint degree in law and rece
public administration, do political work Bui
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graduate school now have one more
reason to surf the Web. W0I
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and is designed to aid
students with their / /
essay-writing skills for V# V#
college admission. The student is f
Daniel Kaufman, learning. Down i
president of IvyEssays, student uses tin
began the site a few they will not be a
months ago. According the academic st
to a news release from the institu
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more than 1,000 Terry Di
successful essays on Director of Ad
his site previously ^
used to gain admission / /
to schools.
These essays are for sell and are to s^u
be used as a reference guide for writing, the
according to Kaufman. the
However, concerns have been raised ^
about the potential problem of plagiarism.
Helen Lee, managing editor of jU(j
, IvyEssays, said there is a contract they 0f ^
ask all of their customers to sign before <
they can receive the essays. The contract WQ]
has warnings about plagiarism, and the
customer's signature is a legal agreement ea?
that they will not plagiarize.
According to Lee, IvyEssays will assist p0j
any college or institution that might have
a question pertaining to essays that are aca
submitted to them. ^ (
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Washington D.C., practice law in South
Dlina, and establish a non-profit law
inization on the side. After that,
ndler said, shell dive into local politics.
Chandler said she was surprised by
success.
"When I applied, I didnt really expect
3 this far," she said.
Chandler interviewed for the
>larship March 7 in Atlanta. Shell
n March 27 if she will receive a
>larship.
ilace, a psychology m^jor and member
le South Carolina Honors College,
been invited to Phi Beta Kappa and
icron Delta Epsilon.
she has been active in sexual assault
vices as a Rape Crisis Network
iinteer and an Open Door Health
cator, Beskid said.
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familiar with people as interested in
ununity service as I am. [Being a
list] isvery gratifying to say the least,"
esaid.
Race said she will pursue a career in
er social work or psychology with a
?ntration in the sexual assault field.
Race said she has been involved in
scholarship process since May of last
Lr. The process has included
lications, interviews and, before the
1 interview, mock interviews at USC.
"[The interviewers] challenge me
ry time I talk to them," Race said.
Race will interview for the scholarship
il 11 in Washington, D.C.
This is the third year in a row
versity students have been named
man finalists. USCs Stephen Hibband
ived a scholarship in 1981, and Steven
Titt won in 1995.
ivides essays
ool hopefuls
Lee said she believes the potential
plagiarism is there but feels students
) use the site are smarter than that.
The last thing any student who has
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it to do is blow it all away," Lee said.
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Director of
. . Admissions Terry
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the line if a n0tane88ay
ese essays, admissions policy
ible to meet for USC. However,
ondards of ghe said she feels
ition, that any student
who chooses to use
someone else's
missions work as their own
is only cheating
themselves.
"The
dent is clearly not learning. Down
line if a student uses these essays,
y will not be able to meet the academic
idards of the institution," Davis said.
Brian Polding, USC's director of
icial affairs, said there is a number
hese Web sites and students need to
careful if they decide to use someone's
rk as a reference guide.
"Freshmen fall into this trap very
lily since they are not aware of the
per way to cite or to quote a document,"
ding said.
Polding warned that the penalty for
idemic dishonesty could be as serious
expulsion.
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