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^ GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu 4MEC0CK INSIDE j WEATHER j INDEX NEWS See what organizations j M a ^ ^ ^^ 1^^ :fififi35L;i T??^Y h * Datebook 3 meet and when. 3 7ITh * f ! T rt H11 iK** ^T" j Viewpoints 5 STC. Want to beat the upcoming I 1-^ 9 v I I I I 1/ I III l^k low 75 Etc. 7 flu? Try an herbal remedy. 7 j Ml Mil I III W\ !l V ISATURPAY ! Comics 11 tPORTS Soccer's Jennie Ondo is m.1 /L|| I L.I1 i HSSTPi Sports 12 retting her goals for 1997. 12 : I W ^1 j Z ^5 | CassiHed 15 j Serving USC since 1908 UPS, Tei jECE V0> KOLIVHZ Senior Writer M Boxes of books filled a back room p cf Addams University bookstore \ursday, a sign that the United Parcel ^rvice Teamsters strike will leave ^me students without books at the aart of the semester. "We have 150 boxes clogging our | Ul- MVim linfil T TDC nflf afm'lro " -C Ui Ui U tuiiiw ?id Amy Chontos, manager of Addams. ~ Ve're hoping it will end soon." " Chontos said because Addams is part of a chain of500 stores, the store a lually ships books to universities all ^ er the United States. But this year ^ e strike has put those shipments on )ld. 4 Some books for USC classes won't n i on bookstore shelves in time for the ? art of classes, bookstore managers w dd. "We have a few things that are c? tagged," said Phil Anders, manager ^ the University Bookstore in the ussell House. ^ Anders said some books, mostly for ^ "aduate classes, will be late. He said vi tculty members who turned their se rders in late can expect to see those ai jooks a little later than usual. n To deal with the problems created n by the strike, bookstores are using other shipping sendees like Federal ai Express aid Roadway Package System, li 1 |;Tll"?faKl Ww^KMf % W HHHhL " m wi ^1 B B B 1'! ^ K._MiS.Jfli ?\ " * V Drills, drills and more drills. Fal where they finished 6-5 and didn state anticipating a much impro* group has been working extreme and enthusiasm have been excelli Marriott con ROSALIND HARVEY News Editor USC students no longer need to ask, "A going to get a Chick-fil-A." The answer is "Yes!" According to Richard Wertz, the direc business affairs, USC's dining committe the State of South Carolina unanimously on a five-year contract with Marroitt, ovi vendor Aramark. Wertz said the selection process was di because both vendors had the capability to the university's needs. "Aramark had a very nice proposa Marriott had more to offer to USC," Werta Marriott's contract proposal included a the popular chicken eatery, Chick-fil-A, i Carolina Grill and a Starbucks coffee i Grand Market Place, Wertz said. According to Chick-fil-A, a special VIP r cutting ceremony will be held August 21 at 1 misters I doubt UPS would just 1 packages that are waiting Amy1 01 "We're just going around UPS and oing to somebody else," said Cheslie owler, retail manager at South arolina Bookstore. "That's what you ave to do to stay in business." But even though "other companies re taking up the slack, we're not going i have everything like we normally o on time," Fowler said. Since the start of the strike Aug. , UPS has shipped 10 percent of it's ormal 12 million daily packages, trikers' complaints involve part-time ork, pensions and subcontracting. Bookstores aren't the only areas of impus with mail worries caused by le strike. Most of the Biological Sciences epartmenfs supply vendors use UPS. "Since UPS isn't delivering, the endors are calling other delivery jrvices," said Debra Williams, business 3S0ciate for the department. "We're ot getting them (supplies for labs and jsearch) as quickly as we usually do." Members of the department have Iso had trouble mailing documents ke grant proposals, Williams said. 1^ fe Wwi M &, ? AfSjijP |pi > , ->>M tit P^Sjjgip . . . .:#aH UpK ,:j-v? . ^ - X : : : -$* , : ;-: * -x,' * S NT ^ ^ # | ?? II football practice has begun as t 't advance to tbe postseason. Heat ed team. And Scott, himself, Is res sty hard," Scott said after Wednes ent." See story on page 12 to catch itract bring to officially open the new loct In addition to bringing n ^ we campus Marriott also has something new to each dini campus. :tor of For example, Fast Break e and Coliseum will have Chi< voted added to their menu, Bak sr the a larger selection of salads a will be changing its service fc t go" concept to help students 1 mee^ Wertz said he feels USC happy with Marriott's impro1 1, but ?^e Harriott ' wonderful contract," Wertz sj , ^ to benefit both students ant n the Other issues Marriott ha five-year proposal to custoir ii plans. \ n Marriott will now be offerin ^ Block Plan 160 and Block PL strike 'si >e able to pick up all the for them In one day." Chontos, manager of Addams Bookstore n if the UPS teamsters strike ends today Federal Express has helped as much as it can, she said, but the UPS strike seems to have slowed down the response time of otfier snipping services. "Everybody is used to faxing orders in the afternoon and getting them the next morning," Williams said. Filling orders at the Thompson Student Health Center pharmacy could be a problem if the strike continues, said pharmacist Georgann Wilson. Students from out of state who ship their belongings to campus before they fly to South Carolina could also have a problem shipping or receiving their stuff because of the strike, said Dennis Pruitt, vice president for student affairs. He said some contractors working on renovation projects on campus have said they've had problems ordering small replacement parts to finish construction. Pruitt said some of the university's smaller daily needs have not been affected. "Now with electronic transfer of transcripts and faxes, we rely far less on overnight (shipping) than we once g^J ' $ ^ ? *? :^xj-:. viSS? Hp: ijfe^ : M&Sk&ftfc * -. A. * ' ' ^ V * . >-, ^,, ,? .M,.. lie defense works on a tackling dril 1 coach Brad Scott, heading into his idy to get started when the GamecocI lay's practice. "The veterans have se up with more of Scott's outlook on t ? Chick-fil-A ition. Plan concept allows ew food chains to plans more efficien promised to add The 160 ad 1851 ng facility across to use their design or 185) during the se: in the Law School said. The 160 plan i :k-fil-A and Pizza week and the 185 er Street will have week, nd Sidewalk Cafe Marriott will a >rmat to a "grab'n' program to studei save time. Freshmen students 1 students will be a $20 bonus added cements. redeemed at all dii has offered us a also be offering a "Tj lid. "It is designed concept that will al 1 the university." their professors at ; s focused on is its The new contrac lize student meal the university. Ma money to the Carol g two new plans? fund and to the Sch an 185. The Block Tourism Administi i nagged' <?jH Senior Jarod Odom, University Bool books. According to bookstore man because of the UPS strike. did," he said. As of press time Thursday, more < and more South Carolina drivers were 1 crossing lines and going back to work. ! ^ IS! < ^ . &.. V.;.-,;.. w fjjb ?*?*| 1. The 1997 Gamecocks will be look fourth season, has heard the buzz a ks open their season Sept. 6 at home it the pace, and the fVeshmen are be he upcoming season. , Starbucks I 3 students to use their meal Accorc tly. money to Hock Plan will allow students a scholar ated number of meals (160 Marr mester at their leisure, Wertz includesl averages around 10 meals a y)a(^L plan is around 12 meals a millior lso be adding an incentive its who have a meal plan. f , , , .?. feels Mai with meal plans will be given , 1 to a cash card that can be s ling facilities. Marriott will s ake Your Professor to Lunch" 8111 ^ low student to buy lunch for meet stu( a low cost, Wertz said. Most < ? also includes incentives for But accor rriott has agreed to donate constant i linian Scholars Scholarship "The c tool of Hotel Restaurant and term plai ation. still looki books, < HBSkV JM Kjp kstore employee, assists freshman lagers, some students will And the Chontos said 20 packages were delivered to Addams and UPS told her they could deliver packages going to locations within the state. IS # * KM i?- ,< mm' ^ MKKJ THORPE The Gamecock ing to improve on last season, iround the community and the ! against Central Florida. "This ginning to acQust. The attitude to campus ling to Wertz Marriott will also donate Student Government in hopes to start ship fund. iott's financial obligation to USC 0 percent of the gross sales to be place the university. Wertz said the estimated 1 from Marriott's sales will be used for ind other campus facilities. 1 J a. Oi 1 TT *J1__ late siuaeat otepnen narms saia ne -riott's changes will be good for USC is a vast change form a few years ago. to see that campus dinning is tying to lents needs," Harms said. :hanges will be implemented this fall, ding to Wertz, Marriott will be making Improvements over the next five years. :ontract has both long term and short is," Wertz said. "For example, we are ng to add more name-brand concepts." campus % V <iwjjm M SUSAN MEYERS The Gamecock Courtney Thomas with finding her sir books missing from the shelves If the strike ended today, "I doubt UPS would just be able to pick up all the packages that are waiting for them in one day," Chontos said. Freshmen surpass university's expectations 'The USCHonors College admitted more students from the class of2001 than their goal, and the number of scholarship applications from freshmen rose 12 percent. musiim KiiHAHUsum A 8 This year's freshmen class will be one of the largest and most academically qualified to enter USC in the past decade, according to a univef sity scholarship task force. "We are really excited and eager to welcome the new class to the University of South Carolina," said William Hubbard, chairman of the Board of Trustees. By mid-July, the number of applications had increased by 12 percent. The Scholarship Committee was expecting at least 10,000 applications by the beginning of August. Alumni scholarships have been awarded to 43 scholars; 31 are in-state students and 12 are out-of-state. Eightyfour percent of the Alumni scholars will be students in the South Carolina Honors College, according to committee data. The average SAT score of these students is more than 1350, up 39 points from last year's. Preliminary data showed that 16 students from the Governors School for Science and Math enrolled at USC, a significant increase over the past iranwa J ecu. o. The good news continues as more than 750 students have already accepted University Scholars awards, an increase of more than 200 students from last year. The goal of the Honors College was to have 230 students this fall. The Honors College has preliminaiy enrolled 257 students with several on the waiting list. There are more honor students enrolled and all of them have scored over 1200 on the SAT. Seventy-nine percent of them are in-state students. Last year, USC entered the Chronicle of Higher Education's list of colleges and universities enrolling the most National Merit scholars. This year, the university has improved dramatically in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolling at Carolina. In 1992, six National Merit Scholars enrolled at USC. This year, the committee is anticipating 41 enrolled scholars of the freshman class to make their mark at USC. Although these reports are still fluctuating, board members said they have high hopes for the incoming freshman class. "We are looking forward to a tremendous year as these outstanding students enter the university," Hubbard said.