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ETC. Gk?pd singer Michael English j \C1^I i-V' K ^ f III 1/ I III I^P j ?_^T^? Lovv 6j Etc. 4
makes a comeback. 4 j I ^fl I I I I | III II ^ ~pT\ Satnrday j Comics 6
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Gamecock volleyball 7 . * \^fSSP Low 57 : Classifieds
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CAMPUS BRIEFS :
MdBsack Museum's Fall FdkHfe |
Festival receives second grant :
USC's McKissick Museum has
received a grant from the SC Arts I
Commission to help underwrite its j
third annual Fall Folklife Festival j
tflept. 27. The festival showcases :
^olkartistry from the state and
region. About 25 folk artists and j
performers display and sell pottery, :
canes, baskets and quilts. The j
festival is on the Horseshoe in front :
of the museum. ;
Fulbright Grants available for :
graduate study in the arts, j
academics !
Students planning on :
professional training in the arts or j
graduate study should attend the :
Fulbright Grants Workshop at 4 :
p.m. August 27 in the Gressette j
Room on the third floor of Harper :
College. ;
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Habitat for Humanity to build :
two new homes
Volunteers and families are I
invited to raise the walls of two ;
Habitat homes in Arthurtown. This
initiative is part of the "Build a :
Home America" program of the j
nSeven Homes in Seven Days Blitz I
Build on Faith" Sept. 13-24. The :
Columbia community can participate j
on August 23 in the Habitat Village :
on Riley Street. The day will begin ;
- i.1. ~ ? 4- 7.0A ~
Willi a uevunuii at i ,o\j a.111.
Building will begin at 9:30 a.m. :
Artists offer interesting views
of S.C. watercolors
Two well-known South Carolina
jftwatercolorists, Guy Lipscomb and |
^Harry Hansen, wffl offer their unique j
perspectives on the medium to South
Carolina State Museum visitors :
Aug. 24. j
Nationally known speaker :
Helen Alvare to talk about j
respecting life
Helen Alvare, the spokeswoman |
for the Conference of Roman j
Catholic Bishops and its national j
''^advocate foe the Sanctity of Life, j
will give a series of lectures and j
meet with priests from the Diocese :
of Charleston Wednesday, Sept. 3,
at the University of South Carolina I
use to celebrate 100th j
anniversary of William :
Faulkner's birth j
The University of South Carolina j
^pvill celebrate the 100th anniversary ;
Of the birth of Nobel Prize-winning j
novelist William Faulkner with a !
symposium for students and the j
public Sept. 4-5.
XJSC infant and preschool music
classes have limited openings I
The University of South j
Carolina's Children's Music
Development Center has openings :
for its infant and preschool music
glasses, which begin Sept. 9. j
Women's Healthcare Center to
host seminar on migraines
The Women's Healthcare Center, :
a division of the University Specialty
Clinics-College of Nursing, will host j
a free seminar on Thursday, Sept.
4 at 7 p.m. in North Trenholm
Baptist Church. Admission is free. :
Call 782-1002 to register. j
^Daniel Goldhagen and ;
^Vuremberg trial prosecutors j
to speak at USC j
Daniel Goldhagen, author of the ;
landmark 1996 book, "Hitler's j
Willing Executioners," will join 10 :
of the prosecutors from the j
Nuremberg Trials Sept. 24-26 at j
the University of South Carolina j
to discuss the trials and their j
implication on future international :
war crimes trials. :
^Volunteers needed for USC's :
McKissick Museum :
The University of South j
Carolina's McKissick Museum has :
volunteer opportunities for
individuals age 15 and older I
beginning this fall. ;
The Gamecock to hold meeting !
for new staff members
The Gamecock will be recruiting I
new writers, photographers, graphic
^artists and on-line staffers for the j
M1997 semester. An organizational :
meeting will be held Wednesday, j
August 27, at 7 p.m. RH 315. Call I
777-7726 or stop by RH 333 for :
more information. :
Garnet & Black recruiting
Garnet & Black magazine is
holding an organizational meeting I
Tuesday, August 26, at 6 p.m. on j
the third floor of the Russell House. j
Stop by and join the award-winning :
staff. :
SouthHi
ADAM SNYDER Features Editor
It was only a matter of time before
Columbia jumped on the music festival
bandwagon.
Joe McCulloch, a Columbia attorney
and SouthHip '98 organizer and
founder, is proposing the state have a
three-day music festival of its own next
year. It's an idea that has become
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wiaeiy popular in otner aoutnern cities
over the last 10 years.
"South Carolina is naturally timid,"
McCulloch said of why the festival
HOME/
ROSALIND HARVEY News Editor
USC students moving in this pas
have had many actives to keep them b
Activities planned for students this
sponsored by student leaders and sevei
organizations.
According to Carmela Carr, dire
Russell House University Union, the plan
this week in "Carolina Welcome" are a hi
"The feedback we have receivec
participating organizations have said t
participation is tremendous," Carr sai<
Anne Goodwin, vice president of 1
Carolina Productions, said the week has
well and that attendance to activities ha
from last year.
"There has heen around a 20 percei
in attendance from last year," Goodwin i
this week has been a huge success."
Some of the other organizations invc
Carolina Welcome week include Campus
Community Service, Student Life and the
of African-American Students (AAAS).
Laina Tharp, fitness coordinator of
Center, said the free aerobics classes offe
the week were very popular among sti
"We Dacked the house evervdav." 1
"Students seem to have a great interes
andintheP.E. Center.'
Freshmen Jacob Tuttle participate(
of the planned activities in Carolina W
Ford Motors 1
ISRAEL KLOSS Special to The Gameco
Ford Motor Company will offer a
powered truck this fall.
Natural gas, ethanol and methai
alternative fuels that Ford offered as i
nine of its 1997 models, and this fall, it ad
to that list.
This interests David Cameror
management administrator for Soutl
Electric and Gas.
"The price of propane comes out t
$1.75 per gallon, and that does not in
federal and state road-use tax, which a
about 32 cents per gallon. So you are
well over $2 per gallon for propane," Cai
Cameron said that the Ford Motor
is offering the F-150 truck because of the
of propane filling stations across the ni
'They are claiming that there is alreai
infrastructure across the country with 1,20
Pomnmn coir?
Cameron said he prefers natural gas
Building site
sorority, Irate
KRISTIN RICHARDSON
Asst News Editor
Plans for the long-awaited Greek
Housing Development are underway
as the 1997-98 school year begins,
With only a few residence halls
specifically designated for Greeks,
South Tower and McBryde Quad,
sororities and fraternities are separated
and spread across the campus.
These inconvineinces often make
it difficult for these Greek organizations
to have different activities that they
participate in with other students at
the University and amongst themselves.
There have been many questions
about the idea of having a separate
housing development for sororities
and fraternities on campus that have
now been answered.
The progress of the Greek Housing
ip '98 cou
has been so long in the making. "We
have a small state complex."
Although still in the planning stages,
McCulloch announced Wednesday
evening at a special kickoff event that
he hopes musicians, film makers and
writers from all over the region will
come together to study the business
of entertainment. The public will be
able to enjoy a showcase of all genres
involving South Carolina talent.
"South Carolina recently has
emerged as a strong player in the
entertainment industry," he said.
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harp said, said he believes the events helpe
t in fitness from home to school.
"I thought I would be home
1 in several been things to do to keep my mi]
elcome. He sajd
;o use alternate
SCE&G began converting to n
vehicles in 1994. Before the price
i propane- jn earjy 1980s, the comp
. vehicles converted to propane.
10 ,are f e Chuck Edwards, shop manaj
op ions or gas> saj(j be prefers propi
propane uowever.) be also said the averag
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elude your sai(*- "^ot Just everybody war
imes out to $2,500 into a new automobile to c
looking at Cameron said natural gas
neron said. f?r the consumer.
' Company "The push right now is noi
availability public involved simply beci
ition. conversion," Cameron said.
iy a fueling The average cost of conver
0 locations," is $3,500, depending upon the
is purchased, according to Ki
to propane. Department of Energy Nation!
chosen for
irnity housing
Development is happening by means
of the Building and Grounds Committee
of the Board of Trustees," said Richard
Rockafellow, Executive Secretary of
the USC Development Foundation.
, The USC Development Foundation
was created to assist the university in
its relationship with real estate and
acquire land that would benefit USC,"
Rockafellow said.
The university already owns land
behind the Bates Area, which is where
the first phase of the Greek housing
will begin," he said. "Some of the land
we have nearby will now be used as a
replacement parking area."
Rockafellow said that the Building
and Grounds Committee has met with
some of the sororities and fraternities
! to get the plans underway.
ild put S.C.
Following Hootie and the Blowfish's or the n
success and MTV Unplugged thegooc
performance, MTV producer Matthew their 11
Anderson said the momentum provides "We
South Carolina with a rare and short- will be
lived opportunity to become a full- musicfi
fledged music scene like Seattle. Carolin
"I hope we are not going to feed off hub for
Hootie only," McCulloch said. "I believe McC
Hootie's success awoke a sleeping in the f
giant." setting
Although some at the media event also sai<
doubted Columbia's ability to reach alreadj
such stature as a "Seattle of the South," festival
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Area businesses, including Walmart and Ma
i with the transition Sophomores Lance Watson
did not attend Carolina Wela
sick, but there have is was not for them,
id off things," Tuttle "I feel the welcome week i
Reardon said.
^ fuels; other eon
atural gas powered Hotline in Rosslyn, Va.
erf propane increased Ettenger said there are in<
any had 350 of its available for converting to n,
"Natural gas burns inhere
ger SCANA propane from an energy security stanc
ane to natural gas. "Right now, 53 percent of ou
e consumer probably domestic gas that we use for h
or Canada. Its all extracted i
e is the answer for for the local economy."
tie cost of conversion Ettenger said convertin
erage guy," Edwards provide buyers with tax deducl
its to put $2,000 or tax, reduce fuel expenses, inci
onvert it to propane." engines, decrease the amount
is not cost effective for vehicles and lower pollut
me university 01 south u
t to get the general Department has two vehicl
luse of the cost of natural gas.
Mark Johnson, administi
sion to natural gas University Transportation E
conversion kit that decided to keep gasoline fu<
irt Ettenger at the vehicles,
il Alternative Fuels "SCE&G are the only one
On-campus drinkii
CARA PELLATT Asst News Editor residei
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Whpn it mmw tn drinking on-camDUS. riri+V. M
USC's policy is similar to South Carolina ?Th
state law. intoxica
"The general understanding is that the fac
if you're over 21, you can have it," Rick yelasqi
Gant, Coordinator of Student Life ?ar
Programs, said. have pa
However, even though a student may must h
be old enough to possess alcohol, the gro u p
university still regulates where a student orjenta<
can drink it. submit
The Carolina Community states: "On.
j appro\
campus consumption of beer, wine, and
distilled spirits by individuals or groups ^ ^ ^
is prohibitedin all public areas of
University owned or controlled facilities aPP*"ov
or grounds...". This includes areas such , ^
as residence hall lobbies, study rooms, 311 ^
and the Horseshoe. use,r<
In residence halls, students over the
age of 21 may have alcohol in their rooms
but not in the public areas of the building, and wh
according to Shannon Velasquez, a at tae ?
are una
, on mu!
lerits thereof, McCuIloch spread
1 word as local bands showcased pi
dent live in the background,
hope that next year, this event
realized as a Southeastern
ist," he said. ^We want South glJ
ta to be the nation's emerging .,
talent." 11
"ulloch noted Charleston's role w
ilm industry as an alternative re
to larger, congested cities. He
i that more than 40 bands have wr
shown interest in the 'music ad
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nerchandise and coupons to fl
ry Kay turned up to introduce s
and Michelle Reardon Watson a
Dme because they felt, "I did not
know much i
s a Freshmen thing," something tl
Activities
ipanies expe<
around here
?ntives and discounts case they are
atural gas. "Whenitdoef
rntly cleaner. It's good switches ove
Ipoint," Ettenger said. ^ Cdun
r oil is imported. The gCE&G ^
eating is from Amenca
right here so it's good Streetsandd
gallon.
g to natural gas can Cameron
lions on earned income sector conve
-ease the life of vehicle "I can't si
; of oil changes needed seen any re
i?n- manufacture
aroline Transportation the same pr
es that are fueled by , ?
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rative assistant at the Ford, CI
)epartment, said they Toyota n
si as an option on the ^ 19$
and ChrysL
s that sell natural gas alternative j
lg policies foil
it advisor in Wade Hampton. /
: said she rarely has problems '
sidents possessing alcohol,
ere's a lot of people coming in *
ited and there are problems after '
t, such as people being loud," 1
aez said.
npus organizations wanting to ti
rties where alcohol will be present ?
iave an advisor and two of the
's members attend a policy
lion. The organization must then
. an event registration form for
ral. If the organization is not
alcohol but people will be bringing a
; function, the event still must be g
ed, according to Gant. d
anizations can also control when Q
tere its members are allowed to
ihol. ec
y Albrecht, a member of Delta di
lid only those who are at least 21 le
o present identification can drink ai
lorority's functions. People who m
lerage or are drinking excessively
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The city of Columbia has already
edged to provide financial assistance.
"We wholeheartedly support this
stival" Mayor Bob Coble said, adding
3 and the city want to promote the
iccess of local entertainers. "We know
will attract visitors to our community
no will spend money in noteis,
staurants, shops and much more."
McCulloch said the date of the event
ill be announced in the next month,
Iding that other satellite events should
:velop from SouthHip *98.
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reshman Tenelle Baker at the
tudents to area businesses.
greed.
; move in until Tuesday and did not
tbout it," Watson said. It is not really
lat I am interested in!"
will continue throughout the weekend.
cted to join
!. We've been leaving the gasoline in
i closed cm the weekend," Johnson said.
3 run out of natural gas, it automatically
sr (to gasoline)."
ibia, natural gas is available through
i filling station is on Flora and Assembly
barges 79.9 cents per gasoline equivalent
. does not foresee an increase in private
rsion.
ry that it (price) will (decline). I haven't
iduction in prices so far. Once the
;rs make the cost of a vehicle for about
ice as a gasoline vehicle, then it may
i enough." Cameron said.
lrysler, General Motors, Nissan and
lake alternative fueled vehicles available
1 vehicle models. Ford, General Motors
er currently offer 1997 models with
Fuel options.
ow state laws
On-campus consumption of
?eer, wine, and distilled spirts
by individuals or groups is
prohibited in all public area
of University owned or conrolled
facilities or groundsCarolina
Community
re referred to the Campus Judicial
ioard and they are usually required to
0 community service and attend
^AMMA meetings.
Members of Alpha Phi Omega, a co1
service fraternity, are not allowed to
rink while wearing the fraternity's
tters and alcohol cannot be related to
ay fraternity function, according to
tember Lee Anne Hellebrand.