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GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu fmeeef7!^ j [4^^ y index the 0amecock n Serving USC since 1908 Marrioti ROSALIND HARVEY News Editor USC students no longer need to ask, "Are we going to get a Chick-FilA?" The answer is "Yes!" According to Richard Wertz, the director of business affairs, USC's dining committee and the State of South Carolina unanimously voted on a five-year contract with Marriott, over the vendor Aramark. Wertz said the selection process was difficult because both vendors had the capability to meet the university's needs. "Aramark had a very nice proposal, but Marriott had more to offer to USC," Wertz said. Marriott's contract proposal included adding Chick-Fil-A to the Carolina Grill and a Starbuck's coffee in the n^r>? J ].?A _1 TIT i. : J vjicuiu moiR-CL yuxuCy VYCI LL saiu. By the beginning of the fall semester, Marriott says they will have Chick-Fil-A up and running. Marriott also has promised to add something new to each dining facility across campus. For example, Fast Break in the Law School and Coliseum will have Chick-Fil-A and Pizza Hut added to their menu, Baker Street will have a larger selection of aalada and Sidewalk Cafe will be changing its service format to a "grab tt sd" concent to beta students save time. Wertz said Marriott has agreed to buy an estimated $500,000 worth of new equipment that will be installed in many of the dining facilities across campus. USC rememb STAFF REPORTS 'Hie life and works of University of Soi professor and poet James Dickey are ca poignant exmniuon in uaus Aiumm mil c through Sept. 5. aA Hunger for the World: James Dicke highlights the distinguished career of th< in-residence, who died Jan. 19 at age 73. taught English at the university since 1 The exhibition features a series of dra and white photographs by USC media ai Gene Crediford, as well as numerous Dickey's poetry and prose, with inscrip closest friends. An article about Dickey by friend an Reynolds Price and another by his daught Dickey, also are featured. Additional obji t's dining He also said he feels USC H students will be happy with I Marriott's improvements. |||* - "We feel that Marriott || | j has offered us a wonderful I contract," Wertz said. "It is ^ designed to benefit both students and the university." Other issues Marriott has focused on is its five-year " proposal to customize student * 1 meal plans. m Marriott will now be S offering two new plans ? pip Block Plan 160 and Block " M~^i Plan 185. The Block Plan if concept allows students to * * use their meal plans more efficiently. Thp 160 and 185 Rlnck Plan will allow students to | use their designated number of meals (160 or 185) during the semester at their leisure, Wertzsaid. The 160 plan c averages out to around 10 meals a week and the 185 plan is around 12 meals a week. Marriott will also be adding an incentive program to students who have a meal plan. Freshmen students with meal plans will be given a $20 bonus added to a cash card that can be redeemed at all dining facilities. Marriott will also be offering a Take vou Professor to Lunch" concept that will allow students to buy lunch for their professors at a low cost, Wertz said. The new five-year contract also includes incentives for the university. ers poet, prof posters from the movie adi known book, "Deliverance,' ith Carolina fac6) video footage of his 7 ptured in a ^ memorial service, and pc f Distinction students. Much of the material; y, A Tribute faculty members, including ? USC poet- thg Emily Brown Jefferies Dickey had Qonaid jt Greiner, assocu qaa t\? i _ m. in. f i | nannguisnea rroiessor oi imatic black ferry, vice provost and ts professor information systems, editions of The Alumni Hall of D tions to his within the USC Visitc lobby of the Carolina Plaza id colleague ^ Pendleton streets, er, Bronwen wag established in 1996 b sets include ^ a venue to highlight th ; reign e< i 9 miji . Marriott has renewed their eontrai A in the Gamecock Park. Other ad Marriott has agreed to donate money to the Carolinian Scholars Scholarship fund and to the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration. According to Wertz, Marriott also will donate money to Student Government in hopes to start a scholarship fund. Marriott's financial obligation to USC includes 10 percent of the gross sales to be placed back into the university. Wertz said the estimated $1 million from Marriott's sales will be used for housing and other campus facilities. rv l essor Dickey aptation of Dickey's best- o u t s t a e ' an aluminum cast of his members Oth birthday tribute and u n i v e r >etry written by his former community The exl s are on loan from USC area is f ; Dr. Matthew J. Bruccoli, charge and Professor of English, Dr. the public flute provost and Carolina am-5 pm! : English, and Dr. George through Fri J /?_ i*i i f n.on aean ior lmraries ana irom p.m. on Sat istinction, an exhibition For >r Center, is located in the information at the corner of Assembly USC Visitoi at 803-77' yUSCs Alumni Association e contributions made by mtiiiues Fir - " : ItS* ' ~ SE - *.;;~*il? iVlKKl THORPE The Gamecock ct with USC they prepare to add a Iditions include a Starbuck's. Students won't see a big change in meal plan costs. Wertz said there will be an estimated 3 percent increase across the board. This increase would have been necessary whether or not Marriott's bid proposal or AramarkV proposal was accepted. The new improvements will be seen in the fall semester. However, according to Wertz, Marriott will be making constant improvements over the next five years. 'The contract has both long term and short term plans," Wertz said. "For example, we are still looking to add more name-brand concepts." with exhibit oft he HI sitv H :! If r e e o f W I --* * w opento W v om8:30 I r* Monday ||m| / day and I . % , ( T'2 ' urdays. * more f \ (j 0 call the 1; t Center DICKEY f-0169. Board hikes tuition KRLSTDj RICHARDSOIV AsstNews Editor The USC Board of Trustees approved a $498 million budget for the 1997-98 school year June 24 that includes small tuition increases for South Carolina students at seven of its eight campuses, including USCColumbia. "We are still a state that has underfunded higher education," USC President John M. Palms said. "We have tried to make up for that lack of funding of about $1,400 a student by a modest tuition increase year in and year out We are not proud of that high tuition, but we do not want to sacrifice quality." John Finan, from the Division of Business and Finance, presented the budget to the board of trustees, calling it the "good news budget for the University of South Carolina." Undergraduate students will see the cost of attending USC-Columbia increase by 2.1 percent in the fall. General tuition will increase 1.9 percent for full-time students, and students will see a $6 increase in health and activity fees for a total increase in student tuition costs of approximately $36 per student. Under the plan, a South Carolina undergraduate's tuition will be $1,717, or $3,434 per year, up from $3,362 for the 1996-97 school year. "Student health fees will increase by $3.75 per semester because of the deficit we are running in the health center," Finan said. "University activity fees will increase by $2 per semester l? i fiL - - mainiy uecuuse ui me increase in minimum wage going up 24 percent in the last year." Graduate students will see their tuition increase by 2.6 percent to $1,862 per semester. Non-resident undergraduate tuition will increase 3.1 percent to $4,420, and non-resident graduate tuition will go up d.b percent to $3,817 per semester. "Our university is making tremendous progress in attracting better students, higher research rankings, investments in technology and facilities and overall administrative efficiency," Chairman William Hubbard TUITION page 2