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cf Addams University bookstore \ursday,
a sign that the United Parcel
^rvice Teamsters strike will leave
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aart of the semester.
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tagged," said Phil Anders, manager ^
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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.
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cutting ceremony will be held August 21 at 1
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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-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."
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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.
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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
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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.