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WEATHER T0DAY SATURDAY . With Honors Story by Lucy Arnold Features Editor ^ More than 150 students walked away from the Horseshoe Thursday with a bit more pride in themselves and their university. Omicran Delta Kappa sponsored the annual University Awards Day ceremony an the Horseshoe at 2 pan. inursaay. Several departments participated in the event by bestowing honors upon student achievers. Among the most prestigious of a honors is the Steven N. Swanger Leadership Award. Darcie Shively, former student body vice president, won the award. The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards go to a male and female student each year. Manisha Shroff and Peter Siachos won these awards. Shroff is the president of Mortar Board and was this year's Student Government elections commissioner. % Siachos is a former student body treasurer. The Richard A. Rempel Award is presented each year by Student Government to a faculty member. This year, Jamel Franklin presented the award to Walter Jackson, director of Multicultural Student Affairs. The Mortar Board Honor Society's Woman of the Year Award went to ? Marie-Louise Ramsdale. Ramsdale is a USC graduate who .? ettcvitfdtVJJirvardliaw School and then returned to Columbia to start the CityYear program. In addition, Jerry Odom honored Summer Parrish as an Outstanding Freshman Advocate Finalist. Students who received Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarships are Charles Ancheta, % music senior; Amy Bragg, music senior, Ann Goggins, Baccalaureus Atrium et Scientiae senior; Christine Hill, Fmglish/ personal management senior; Suzanne Pollard, Spanish Masters program; and Tom Wang, international studies senior. Rotary International Cultural Scholarship recipients are Jonathan Rehberg, biology senior, and Chris ^ Wikoff, marketing junior. ^ Recipients of the Barry M. HyS&pu * HHHHHI OPERA i Carmen, duction im dalous se: and a love all comes t Center tor you've neve there. More in El GAMECOCK ONLINE Visi + } 'If I ;-wiv^a>-;-, .., w..w-.-^.,,v,,w ., Kimberly Young, F above left, and |j??x< / Charles Ancheta, fc-; . above right, are H| presented music (Seawards Thursday ^ I ,. for University Ig Awards Day. More than ISO \J students took | | t 1 Is ntnsk awanfla >:di? the Horseshoe Goldwater Scholarship are Aaron Fi Ahearn, biology junior, Greg Ferrante, chemistry and biology junior, and Wffiam S< Smith, chemistry junior. F The student recipient of the Tau sc r>_?~ r>: ?v: - a*:?i 1 t dcui ri r euuwsiup was lviicnaci u. Boone, mechanical engineering senior. F Boone also received the National B Science Foundation Minority Graduate C Research Fellowship and the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program J< l'ImI >.> cu| IVIKKJ 1 it USC presents ???/^ " "? a musical pro- || | | | solving scanDRAMA o the Koger PAGE 4 light. OPERA like * AVlj ^ r seen it before. Be rc. t the Gamecock's Home on t 1(5 Serving USC ?.' I H ^^ w ellowship. ft The student who received National ience Foundation Graduate Research si ellowships is Robyn Kelly, geology o inior. The State Farm Exceptional Student F ellowships were received by Kimberly E axter, accounting junior, and Benjamin I ohen, mathematics junior. I Fulbright Grants were received by jssica Nash, German senior, and Karen Monica Hofftnan enjoys a peaceful view of the roses behind the admissions office. The area is "probably the most beautifbl ibBAKxjl *_ fHORPE The Gamecock 8W< :he World Wide Web http:// ame since 1908 S^jK * 1H liley, international studies senior. Jason Lockhart and Sara Pendravis erved as the master and mistress of eremonies. The event was sponsored by the lonors and Awards Commission, the )ivision of Student Affairs, Omicron )elta Kappa, Student government and JSC Educational Foundation. Seminar addres CEDR1C SCOTT Staff Writer So a woman's word is not good enough? If she has been drinking, apparently not. This was the topic of a seminar Thursday in Capstone featuring Jonathan Gasser, deputy solicitor for Richland and Kershaw Counties. Criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, often referred to as date rape or acquaintance rape, refers to occasions when one party uses force or coercion in trninincr sPYiial intprrnnraa It also deals with engaging in sexual relations with someone who is mentally defected, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless. Alcohol is considered a substance that limits one mentally or physically. Just how much alcohol one can consume before being rendered mentally or physically helpless is debatable. "Obviously if one is so intoxicated that they cannot speak coherent sentences SOFTBAL lior Trinity |%J inson fired a per- ? ^ t game Thursday linst East Carolina. Alxr r, e Lady Gamecocks ;pt ECU, 8-0 and 5-0. For all the n ?ck out Sports. \ 'www.gamecock.sc.edu cock SG senators app of 1997-98 Exec CARAPELLATT Staff Writer Senators approved members of the 1997-98 Executive Cabinet at Wednesdays senate meeting. Thirteen of the 27 positions were approved by the student senators. The cabinet members will be responsible for assisting Student Government President Jamel Franklin in achieving his platform goals. During Wednesday's meeting, nominees expressed their desire to be on the cabinet. "I don't think there's anything the job entails that I am not capable of doing," said Tamacia Bing, who was approved ? for chief of staff. In other business, the senators Proposed 19! CONFIRMED Chief of Staff*"""""" Assistant Chief of Staff* ??? Executive Director* *?? * Institutional Affaire******* Co-Freshman Council****** & # ^ 9 9 9 & ux ouiuiiuy .ruituis Elections Commissioner* * ? * Director of Safety Director of Community Servic Director of Public Relations * Director of Special Projects ? Director of Programming* * * * UNFILLED OR P Co-Multicultural Affairs * * Co-Economic Affair fundraising? ?# #? ?# < activity fees Director of Fraternity Affairs * Organizational Affairs ? Director of Housing* ****>*?? Director of Graduate Affairs Attorney Generals Director of Academic Affairs* Director of Dining Services * * SCSA Liaison* ? ??# ??# ? Director of Spiritual Awarenei Executive Assistant to Presid< sses rape with un or walk without assistance, they certainly are not able to consent to sex," Gasser said. But according to Gasser, most of the convicted offenders apparently do not realize that. "Normally, cases that get to the stage where charges will be filed include girls that have passed out," he said. Many cases of nonconsensual sex are not reported, though. But when the cases are reported, they will be substantiated. Said Gasser, "After murder and child molestation, [criminal sexual conduct] is probably the next most scrutinized charge." This is to weed out the people who falsely accuse others of this crime. So males, the target audience of this seminar, could rest a bit easier after the conclusion of Thursday's seminar. "I thought that sex in the '90s was getting to a point where you would need a signed form of consent and a witness present to complete the act," said Thomas How many frequent flyer i do US airlines owe passei S ' ANSWER: 870,000,0 ews Source: Harper's Index FVniTY Events 2 Viewpoints 3 Etc. 4 Comics 6 Sports 7 Classified 10 irove members utive Cabinet approved by acclamation Brandy Grimes inH Dpfiahfl Smith frr Spnate mpmhprahip jrrimes will represent the College of Cursing. Smith will represent the College )f Applied Professional Sciences. President Pro Tern Graham King ilso swore in Mike Moore and Gene Willis is senators. The two were approved at ast week's senate meeting. Moore will serve as the Student Services Committee Jhair and Willis will serve as the Athletics Dhair. The following senators were not jresent at roll call: Simi Blew fason Gowdy legina Fletcher )7 Cabinet * * ?Tamacia Bing CrystalKinley * Kenneth Baxter s * ? ?*Penny Owens ? ? * ?Donald Gore * ? Lisa Weaver ? ? * Amy Thogerson Grant Cauthen ? ? Chris Reeves * Valerie Washington >? ? *Patrick Daly ? **?? ?Jamie Sanderson >???? ?Duke Taylor ROPOSED ? ? ? ? Thrrftnrp Wilsnn *?? Marcus Grant ?Leroy York unfilled > ? ? Michael Phillips ??* Whitney Shively > ??? Denisha Hendricks unfilled ?? unfilled ? <Tiffany Shaw ? ^unfilled ? Allen Tihghmany 3S#?? unfilled mt? * ^Kiesha Middleton iversal message Woods, who attended the lecture. That was one of the primary reasons Ken Fax, an resident adviser for Capstone, organized this event. "I just wanted to help dispel the rumors and to provide students with the truth about the law. I wanted to educate them on what the law really is," Fax said. As for the event's advertising, which was considered controversial by some, Fax said that "[he] was not vktimhlaming. I was trying to draw interest in the ltV+TITO " Though the lecture was targeted at men, Gasser contended that the law was universal. The statement that a girl's word is as good as gold is far from the truth. Just because the woman has been drinking does not mean she cannot consent," he said. Nevertheless, as Gasser explained, "all parties need to be responsible for their conduct." ? JUST igers y FOR K*,ok FUN 1