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x Students should remember to .
Hock their doors, bikes, law
enforcement and safety officials said.
CECE VON KOLNITZ Senior Writer
Thieves roam dorm hallways
searching for open doors.
That's why students need to 1
remember to lock up when they leave
their rooms, said Carl Stokes, director
of USC's law enforcement and safety
division. Otherwise, Stokes said, don't 1
expect that gold ring or wad of cash you
| left cai your dresser to be there when you
get back.
And the number of thefts on campus
increase during the months of September
and October, Stokes said. People steal
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JEWlMJt STANLEY Managing Editor i
Campus religious leaders say they
want to open a door for students to
have an active spiritual life. y
"Students get to know each other ^
and make a connection point," Baptist
campus minister Jane Poster said.
I "They've been able to meet people f
who have similar interests." c
rortunateiy lor usus spiritual (
organizations, the connection between v
religious groups on campus and the
university itself is a strong one. f
"The religious aspects in college, \
a lot of universities don't include,"
Presbyterian campus minister Shauna c
Kelly said. "But the chaplains have c
} a good relationship with USC, and
' that reflects the university's dedication c
to making people well-rounded." o
And religion, she s-nid, is an a
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"It takes two seconds for someone to obsei
get into your room and be gone without may 1<
anyone seeing them," Stokes said. "Very a t h
seldom do we have any break-ins into crimn
dorm rooms because thieves can just 18
walk in." said.
Stokes said he believes most thieves ,.
are students because of the tight watch e
the USC police department keeps on
/agrants coming onto campus. ^
He said students can avoid theft and sa,e
tielp USCPD deal with the problem. 08
"Don't act as though you're at home,"
le said. "Be aware of strangers and don't i QW
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mportant part of being well-rounded, life.
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'ear, they know what their interests derisit
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rom the moment they step on conti
ampus, the Presbyterian Student break
Center, located at 1702 Greene St., "Si
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isiest targets," Gallman said, can
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mt John Palms said.In Will
, the university has shifted ^
ion to academics. t^ie
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[JSC Board of Trustees Pre
1 a $498 million budget for <
7-98 school year over the thaj
that includes small tuition $37,
for South Carolina students the
1 of its eight campuses, has
g USC-Columbia. aca
are still a state that has reC(
Lded higher education," USC a(jn
it John M. Palms said. "We a^n
;a to maice up ior tnat iacK a
ig of about $1,400 a student ,
lest tuition increase year in g
r out. We are not proud of ^ 8 c
l tuition, but we do not want
? mar
ice quality.
Finan, vice president of
and finance, presented the 0 u r
i the board of trustees, calling ?r?1
[ood news budget for the P61"5
ty of South Carolina." re^
rgraduate students will see c a r
if attending USC-Columbia can
by 2.1 percent in the fall, the
ral tuition will increase 1.9 our
for full-time students, and dan
j will see a $6 increase in i
nd activity fees for a total for s
in student tuition costs of of L
ately $36 per student Under atte
in, a South Carolina will
duate's tuition will be $1,717, and
i per year, up from $3,362 wjn
996-97 school year. '
ent health fees will increase rarn
per semester because of the (g ]
e're running in the health can
Finan said. "University gur
fees will increase by $2 per r
sr mainly because of the
as c
in minimum wage gomg up
nt in the last year."
rate students will see their . ,
ncrease by 2.6 percent to 18 .
er semester. Non-resident um
iduate tuition will increase ^?
:ent to $4,420, and non- car^
graduate tuition will go up k
;nt to $3,817 per semester,
university is making the
ous progress in attracting und
tudents, higher research and
, investments in technology grac
cilities and overall docl
ididates for I
ition to be ir
ipus 'by Chr
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for ]
ch committee hopes to bring (
tes to fill James Dickey's com
to campus by December,
g to English department ^eg
i Robert Newman. w^n
>mmittee, chaired by English m-,
r and F. Scott Fitzgerald wag
Matthew Bruccoli, has j
suggestions from faculty ^
i on who they want to take 81
eft empty when Dickey, a 8ve
it author and professor, died ,
ry. and
members of the committee invi
on Greiner, associate provost ^
i of undergraduate affairs, som
writing program director recoi
icNicholas and English teac
Dianne Johnson-Feelings,
ril, MacNicholas said best- saic
uthor Pat Conroy's name pers
mentioned as a possibility I
lositioifc Conroy was the seai
tober
the U-shaped bike locks found at
1 shops. Gallman said bikers also
1 to remember to not lock the bike
self, always locking the frame to a
gnated rack.
le said trees do not make effective
;eshift racks, and it's illegal to lock
se to a parking meter or street sign,
jallman said he also suggests having
ike buddy" who can check on your
i while you're in class. If a student
i has a bike in one of the campus 3
and is planning on leaving town,
hould tell the USCPD and an officer
check on it for him, he said.
Sometimes you can tell when
eone is tampering with a lock,"
man said.
ret' increases
n 2 percent
linistrative efficiency," Chairmen
liam Hubbard said. "Without this
ion increase, we could not continue
remarkable momentum and
snt quality strides we have made
Carolina under the leadership of
sident John Palms."
State appropriations provide less
a 40 percent of USC-Columbia's
5.7 million 1997-98 budget. Over
past five years, the university
focused on its most important
demic priorities, including the
ent shift of $16 million from
ainistration to academics, and
linistrative cost-saving measures
pproximately $3 million.
'As you know, over the past five
irs, various audits have
mended the way in which we are
laging our resources," Palms said,
r ability to make progress toward
goals of excellence, despite
ving expenses on one hand and
iistent underfunding on the other,
ects our shared commitment to
eful planning on all of our
lpuses. This budget, including
small tuition increase, will sustain
operations and programs without
laging their quality."
\ 6 percent increase is planned
students attending the USC School
aw. Students from South Carolina
inding USC's School of Medicine
see a 6 percent tuition increase
non-resident medical students
see a 10 percent hike,
ruition increases at other USC
Lpuses at Aiken and Spartanburg
L percent), and the two-year
lpuses at Beaufort, Allendale, j
nter and Union (2.6 percent),
rhe 1997-98 budget took effect
>f July 1, the beginning of the
? government's fiscal year.
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le state's oldest and largest public
versity with an enrollment of
300 students at eight regional
ipuses.
Some 26,00 students attend
ses on the Columbia campus. Of
ise, 16,000 are pursuing
ergraduate baccalaureate degrees,
10,000 are enrolled in various
luate schools at the master's and
borate levels.
Mickey's
ivited to
istmas'
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iuic ojAxmei at a ineuiui lai service
Dickey held on the Horseshoe.
3onroy also spoke at USC's
mencement ceremony in May
received an honorary doctorate
ree in literature. The awardning
author of "The Prince of
2s" and "Beach Music," Conroy
Dickey's student in 1971.
Newman said the position has
a advertised in publications all
r the country and in London,
ts, novelists, non-fiction authors
short story writers have been
ited to apply for the position,
rhe committee is looking for
eone who is both internationally
gnized as an author and a "stellar
her as well," Newman said.
We're not going to rush this," he
1. "We're going after the best
ion we can get."
dacNichola? said in April the
ch would take about a year.