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^ GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu GAMECOCK INSIDE ; j WEATHER INDEX NEWSSeewhatorganizationsmeet j M I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I ; TODAY : Datebook 2 " " 21 irmt ^^tUfyrftrh \t% & iv,e?3 ETC. Erin Shaw reviews the CMJ Mu- : J- W H [ 1 I I I I I/ I III Si" Low 65 Etc. 4 sic Festival held in New York. 4j B IjH I I I I I III W\ THURSDAY i Comics 8 SPORTS East Carolina is the next test I I I fijj BL . !1 : Sports 9 for the Gamecocks. 9; ^ " " W ^ ^ Vr5* Low 66 I Classified 10 : Serving use since 1908 : . uassmeo iu GAMECOCK BRIEFS I USC to stage "Frankenstein" USC will be performing Mary Shel- I ley's "Frankenstein" Sept. 19-28 in the ; Drayton Hall auditorium. Tickets are available at Longstreet Box Office and : one hour before the show. For ticket ^ reservations call 777-2551. Step-Off *97 competition at USC : , Step-Off "97 will be held at 8 p.m., ; Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Blatt P.E. : Center on Wheat Street. Advance tick- j ets are $8, available at Kussell House information desk and Capital Tickets : Outlets, and $10 at the door. For more j information call 777-5061. ^ USC Bodybuilding & Fitness Club : to host championships j On Saturday, Sept. 20 at the USC : Koger Center for the Arts, the Body- j building & Fitness Club of USC is host- j ing the Capital City & Collegiate Body building Championships. Prejudging j begins at 10 a.m. and tickets are $7. : Evening finals begin at 7 p.m. USC j (with ED) tickets are $12 and general j public tickets are $15 and $20. Divi- : ^ sions include collegiate, women and j men in novice, junior and open. Oxfam Carolina to meet Monday : Oxfam Carolina, the anti-hunger I coalition at USC, will meet at 4 p.m. : Monday, Sept. 22. The meeting will be held at PALM Campus Ministry, 728 I Pickens St. The annual Hunger Ban- j quet, Day of Fast and other activities are being planned. Call 799-7363 for : more information. 9 Habitat to construct seven homes j in seven days : Central South Carolina Habitat j for Humanity will construct seven : homes in seven days during it's third j annual Blitz Build on Faith through I Sept. 21. Each day starts with morn- : ing devotions at 7:30 a.m., and the ham mering begins at 8 a.m. A dedication I ceremony for the new homes and Habi tat homeowners will be held at the site at 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21. Volunteers : are needed to build during the week- j days and should call Volunteer Coor- j dinator Cynthia Rahal at 252-3570 to : schedule a time. j Black Graduate Student Alliance j meeting next week : ( ^ The Black Graduate Student Al- | liance will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. : Tuesday, Sept. 23 in the Law School j '< auditorium, room 160. For information, J call Yvonne Mitchell at 754-2601. j 1 j i Learn how to really get involved ! at USC j 1 The Working to Inspire Leader- ( ship Development Team (W.I.L.D) is I sponsoring a information meeting about j _ student organizations on campus on ' w Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. in the i 1 3rd floor lobby of the Russell House, j ' For more information, call 777-6688. j One-Shot Community Service pro- I jects coming up ; A One-Shot community service I project will be held at the Department of Juvenile Justice from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23. Refreshments and : transportation will also be provided. ^ For more information, call 777-8402. j ^ : ( Autumn Jazz Cruise on Lake ; < Murray : An Autumn Jazz Cruise on Lake : Murray will be neia irom 7-9 p.m. j ( Thursday, Sept. 25. It will benefit Big : < Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Co- ; lumbia, Inc., and is available to indi viduals over the age of 18. For more in- I j formation, contact Barron Damon at ; ^ 691-5700. : 1 : i European Bronze Sculpture opens : j at Columbia Museum of Art ; < "The Age of Bronze: 19th and 20th i Century European Bronze" from the ; 1 Mandell Collection will be shown Sept. > 27-May 3 at the Columbia museum of : Art. For more information call 799-2810. j : ] 1 McKissick Museum to hold Fall I 4gk Folklife Festival * ' i The McKissick Museum's third an- j ] nual Fall Folklife Festival is scheduled : , for Saturday, Sept. 27. The festival [ showcases the folk artistry of the state j and region. It's held on the Horseshoe , in front of the museum. For more in- | formation, call Holly Mitchell at : McKissick Museum at 777-7251. . 1 : i compiled by Kristin Richardson : ' It's all ROSALIND HARVEY News Editor Thursday night was Kappa Delta's big night as Maiy Wood Beasley, South Carolina's first lady, was inducted as an honorary member. Kappa Delta's annual Shamrock Project gained the support of the first lady because of the fundraising efforts to heln nrevent child abuse. Since be coming the first lady, Wood Beasley has advocated many issues, several relating to children. For example, a few years ago, Gov. and Wood Beasley launched their campaign to decrease the infant mortality rate by promoting prenatal care. Wood Beasley kicked off this year's Shamrock Project fundraising campaign, said Ansley Mitcham, Kappa Delta alumnae president. All of the money raised in this campaign goes to help the prevention of child abuse. Wood Beasley is the first honorary member to be inducted into the Kappa Delta sorority, Mitcham said. Kappa Delta chose Wood Beasley to become an honorary member because her philanthropic work across the state, Mitcham said. "An honorary member induction is designated to honor certain members of our society," Mitcham said. "It is out way of acknowledging them." Wood Beasley said she was look: i 1 : l uig iui wai u lu uecuiiuiig a pari ui xvappa Delta. "It is a great honor to be a part of such a strong national organization," Wood Beasley said. "Kappa Delta does so much good philanthropically all over the country." Students sh MALITHA C. WHITE Staff Writer USC students showcase their pern i j i i ii i .1 i i tormmg-ans taients uirougn a tneatncai ensemble, Brothers and Sisters in Control (BASIC). BASIC Theater, founded in January 1997, is a division of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. What sets this theatrical ensemble apart from the rest is that it allows students the opportunity to display their performing arts mlents while exposing the campus community to theater that addresses so:ial, cultural and diversity issues. In the past, BASIC Theater has performed pieces addressing subject matters such as AIDS, sexual abuse and drug awareness. Early start on CARRIE MCCULLOUGH Staff Writer It's time to start thinking about internships. ; No matter what your major or low far along into it you are, it's never too early to consider an internship, according to Anne Orange, Career Center librarian at USC. Students should begin filling iut applications for spring internships and for some fall internships. "January can be too late," Orange said. "Some internship deadlines are a year in advance." Finding the right place to look for internship information can be difficult and confusing. Students can jet advice from all over the university, not just the Career Center, but it's considered the "cleanncrhmise" ivhen looking for scholarships, Orange said. There are certain requirements ;hat differ from department to department for gaining accreditation. For some departments, including the School of Journalism and Mass Communications' advertising and public relations departments, internships are normally taken during junior or senior years, according to Jerome Jewler, professor and director of ad/ertising and public relations in;ernships program. Orange advises students to keep m mind that not all schools give credit for internships and there could be some classes that must be taken before credit can be given for an in Greek The new member class of Kappa Delta stai Beasley, who was made an honorary memb She also said that becoming an "Iff honorary member has fulfilled a sis- a S1 terhood void. tha "I went to Converse College, and ^av we did not have sororities," she said, leg* iowcase artist Jamilah Fraser' Abdur Rahim, the ensemble's producer, said one of the 19 most rewarding benefits of being in- to volved in such a group is that each per- f0I formance allows you to "express your- m( self in a different light." "We control what we bring on, that's why it's called Brothers and Sis- ^ ters in Control," Rahim said. ^ BASIC Theater also is dedicated sir to building the students' character, self ^ confidence and self-esteem. The the- gD ater serves as another avenue for stu- ^ dents to share their talents. Funded by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, BASIC Theater m< is able to put on two productions each Pe school vear and an imnrnvisatinnal nicrht held once a month, the FoxxHOLE. Fo internship searc / / to train he adde Th January can be too late. Some temghii internship deadlines are a year |-()r -ng^, in advance. ?., At Anne Orange pensate r r . T u lncludu Career Center Librarian . . ceivmg ing or h flj 9j the corn ' ' an intei ternship. To insure credit will be given, students should check with the ( department before they take part in ence ^ an internship. ?n*vo1 that stu "We have internships in all of our areas," Jewler said. "We really . promote our internship program and mto ^ think they are very important." d^Thi Jewler and Orange both stated secreta] that summer is the most popular -n a ?ar time of the year for internships, al4.1 j a i j TK uiuugii niaiiy are uueiwi y&xi -aruuiiu. - -Students that take place in in- Qran^e ternships find they provide experience and help prepare for finding , f' jobs. aLstudei m . ? , . theinte Essentially, at least in the ag g^ broadcast business, there is only so much you can learn frbm books," said Jeff Hart, a broadcast journalism Center graduate student at USC. Hart has ships, t taken part in two internships, one that ha1 at a Charlotte TV station and an- have da other at Channel 19 in Columbia, update! He said students get to learn Fo from people who are in the field. Em- ternshi] ployers are looking for the "right fit," ter call and they don't necessarily have time site at v college ] to fire k * '* ad with fellow inductee, and First er Thursday night at the induction here was anything I missed, it was sterhood of a sorority." The first lady said she believes t if things were different, she might e pledged Kappa Delta while in coltc talent th The name FoxxHOLE, a popular 70s term, is used by BASIC Theater describe an evening of freestyle permances of all genres in a relaxed at ^sphere, such as that of a fox's den, ihim said The first FoxxHOLE, held Thursy at 7:30 p.m. in the Golden Spur, itured poem reading, rapping and lging acts to name a few. Student ike Ting, known on the stage as Sa'tence, performed a poetic rhyme at e FoxxHOLE. "I love the talent that God gave }, and I decided to share it with my ople," Ting said About 100 students attended the xxHOLE. h advised I people when they hire them, ere are down sides to in)s. Not all are paid positions, mce. xmt 60 to 70 percent are comd in some way," Orange said, ng being paid a salary, reroom and board while worktaving the employer pay for se fee required for credit for nship. b went on to say that experil be gained out of internships unteer basis, or internships dents don't receive credit for. ange advises students going internship get a clear definwhat they'll be expected to i prevents getting stuck in a ial position instead of being eer position. ere are ways to develop into fVtnf wtATtf lrt^nnrlnol t-v/AAvrlo to uiai iiicui uiuiviuucu iiccu>3. suggested networking and a place that would best serve tit's interest, but make sure rnship will be acknowledged before getting into it. ere are books in the Career that have listings of internhere are various web sites ve listings and some schools itabases in the writing labs 1 annually. p, r more information on in- 1" ps on file at the Career Cen- ta 777-7556 or visit their web- ^ Avw.resume expert.com/usc, password: GAMECOCK 1 it lady I SUSAN MEYERS The Gamecock rePr vers said Lady of South Carolina, Mary Wood i ceremony. inal "If I had gone back to Alabama, sent like my daddy wanted me to, I would enC have liked to have pledge Kappa Delta with my friends," she said. "So this is all very exciting for me, and I am look- Angi ing forward to working with them." Nur irough BAS.I.< The ensemble, which as about 20 members, is seeking talented individ- duel uals to audition to be a part of the first Afri production, as well as motivated stu- Geoi dents to be backstage workers. does The scheduled dates for the first production are Nov. b to Nov. 8. Anyone can participate in auditions, and ^ i involvement does not require theatrical experience. BASIC Theater tries to work close- ig en ly and maintain an ongoing relation- meet ship with the USC Department of The- in R atre, Rahim said; However, according to the ensemble's brochure, the impor- jng f tance of the existence of a separate the- whic atrical group is to "preserve the legacy to at of African-American playwrights." form m n i ? ;s;;: > . lasy rom left, junior Jacob Shaw and freshman Jac nch at Finley Park. Yesterday, students and C ke dinner to the park and take in the music ic first installment of the WUSC Free for (f)all f ienate to lunch tudent /eb page tA PELLATT Asst. News Editor At Wednesday's senate meeting, is were announced for a student page. Sen. Graham King announced Dior of Programming Duke Taylor started work on the web page, which include pictures of the senators and executive officers along with a list>f officers' names, majors, and phone ibers. "We're tiying'to make Student Govnent more accessible to students, lo that with flyers and posters and by going on-line," Taylor said afhe meeting. Taylor, who also created a web ! for Freshman Council, expects the lent Government web page to be hed in October. In other business, senate accepted by acclamation two senators, Robert Sprankle of the x)l ol Music and Jamie Jenords ol College of Liberal Arts. "It's an honor and a privilege to esent the student body of the Uni;ity of South Carolina," Sprankle at the meeting. Sprankle and Jeffords were sworn Eter the meeting. The following senators were abon Wednesday: Summar Ford-Sci> & Math; Quincy Whittle-Science [ath; Zerell Hall-Liberal Arts; JaGowdy-Business Administration; e Moore-Criminal Justice; Joslyn Lis-Medical Sdiool; Cleteur Counardsing. C. theater BASIC Theater specializes in proLion pieces written by various can-American authors, such as "ge Wolfe and Philip Hayes Deas, e the USC Theatre Department not. David Wiles, a professor in the USC iter Department, assisted the group /ear and plans to do the same again term. Anyone who wants to get involved couraged to attend BASIC Theater ;ings, held every Thursday at 7 p.m. ussell House room 201. Persons interested in auditionor the cast of the first production, h will be held Sept. 22, should plan tend a BASIC meeting for more filiation. mmm * SUSAN ME'I ERS The Gamecock kie Williams take a break for lolumbia citizens were able to of Robins Cradle as part of concert series. I ft f