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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 j INDEX VIEWPOINTS Country music is not M a a ^ a today : Viewpoints 3 ? ; op I <^n i Q"K*! ? ETC. Drayton Hall presents "Pranken- \ V H | ^^| l I I I I 1/ I III I * Low 55 Comics 6 stem; 5i m f >4 IIIb 1 III S TUESDAY Sports 7 SPORTS Gamecocks shutout ECU : I f I I I I I 1. I I I I |1 >C^ ) Partly Cloudy and improve to 2-1. 7 W#' IP' I V 1 Hi?h 84 : Classified 8 ^ Low 56 ! Serving USC since 1908 j ' j GAMECOCK BRIEFS USC to stage "Frankenstein" USC will be performing Mary Shelley'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. Oxfam Carolina to meet Monday Oxfam Carolina, the anti-hunger coalition at USC, will meet at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22. The meeting will be held at PALM Campus Ministry, 728 Pickens St. The annual Hunger Banquet, Day of Fast and other activities are being planned. Call 799-7363 for more information. v Black Graduate Student Alliance meeting next week The Black Graduate Student Alliance will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 in the Law School auditorium, room 160. For information, call Yvonne Mitchell at 754-2601. Learn how to really get involved at USC The Working to Inspire Leaderv ship Development Team (W.I.L.D) is sponsoring a information meeting about student organizations on campus on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. in the 3rd floor lobby of the Russell House. For more information, call 777-6688. Golden Key to sponsor practice tests Golden Key National Honor Society will be selling tickets for practice v CPA, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT to be held Saturday, Sept. 27, at 9 a.m. in Gambrell Hall. Tickets cost $5 and will be sold Monday through Wednesday, Sept. 22-24,10 a.m.-2 p.m. Proceeds will go to Golden Key. One-Shot Community Service projects coming up A One-Shot community service pro v ject will be held at the Department of Juvenile Justice from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23. Refreshments and transportation will also be provided. For more information, call 777-8402. Autumn Jazz Cruise on Lake Murray An Autumn Jazz Cruise on Lake Murray will be held from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. It will benefit Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Columbia, Inc., and is available to individuals over the age of 18. For more information, contact Barron Damon at 691-5700. European Bronze Sculpture opens at Columbia Museum of Art "The Age of Bronze: 19th and 20th Century European Bronze" from the Mandell Collection will be shown Sept. ^ 27-Mav 3 at the Columbia museum of Art. For more information call 799-2810. McKissick Museum to hold Fall Folklife Festival The McKissick Museum's third annual Fall Folklife Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27. The festival showcases the folk artistry of the state 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. S.C. Philharmonic announces its 1997-98 season The S.C. Philharmonic announced its 33rd season beginning Oct. 4. The season includes eight "Master Series" concerts of traditional classical music, two "Pops" concerts and one special Sunday matinee performance. All concerts are at the Roger Center for the Arts. USC poetry reading A USC poetry reading of original works will be held at 7 p.m., Oct. 4 at Alley Cafe on Lady Street in the Vista. For more information about taking part in the reading call the USC English Department at 777-4203. ^ Continuing Education piano workshop to be offered "Piano Playing Secrets in Three Hours," for ages 16 and older, will be held from 6:30-9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8. The cost is $55. Little or no experience is required. To register call Joan Kirkpatrick, 777-9444. compiled by Cara Pellatt ^Hw^lP^ar ? $! ^1: Is j Ara^^l H ^' ^HS^? rviw^ H SBHPg IL BMmmm&II Mmm * 1 V : ; ^gggaB j Air Force ROTC members rei I m (POW) on Friday. They symbo ; on the Russell House patio foi S "captive life" until 8 p.m. L?? ??????? . *% : Cost or < i REGEVNA GREEN Staff Writer j For Deborah Johnson, the dream I of becoming a student at Boston Uni: versity hinged almost entirely on one J thing: financial aid. "I totally wanted to go to BU," j Johnson said. "But it costs almost I $30,000 a year to go there. There's no : way I would have been able to afford to go here if it weren't for grants, loans, scholarships and work study. You could : say I got the total package." As the cost of tuition at America's colleges and universities continues to I rise, the issue of financial aid has bel come increasingly important. I Thirty-four percent of freshmen women cited "low tuition" as very im portant in selecting the college they at tended, and 27 percent of men agreed, : according to the UCLA Higher Edu : cation Kesearch Institute, wfticn sur; veyed 300,000 full-time freshmen in I 1996. : The numbers go up in regard to ; financial assistance as 36 percent of women cite being offered financial as sistance as very important in selectj ing their college, and 31 percent of men : agreed. | Sept. 15 Larceny of a banner, Coker Life Sci stated that some unknown person(s) \ "Welcome to College of Pharmacy" f I timated value: $47.50. j Sept. 14 Burglary (III), malicious injury na Coliseum. Complainant stated 1 j entered a secured area and damage : cession stand No. 1. Entry into the ed value of damage: $4,587. Auto tampering, disorderly cond coin Street. Arresting officer obser I side door handle of a car and made t : officer stopped the suspect and dete : about his breath and person. The s : der arrest. ; Sept. 13 Disorderly conduct, possession o I drivers license, Blossom and Sur : cers observed one white male stag ; heavy traffic. Once approached, he s: steady on his feet and his speech wa possession one unopened 12-ounce : so had in his possession an altere '' > ^ "^hii "' ' ;? '':_ nember those who are missing in act lie ally represented MlAs and POWs b) most of the day. These two soldiers college si Nationally, the distribution of state aid has leveled off after a five-year period with an average of 9.6 percent yearly increase in state spending on need-based aid, according to a 1997 survey commissioned by the non-profit National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, and conducted by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation. The survey reported that the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico spent $2.9 billion on grants to students in the 1995-1996 school vear. onlv a 1.6 Dercent increase over the previous year. Andrea White, a marketing sophomore from Charleston, said one of the most important reasons she chose USC was because of its low cost. "USC is inexpensive [for in-state students], and that was a part of my decision to come here," she said. "If I had gone to a private university or a state school outside of South Carolina, it would have been much more expensive for me and my family." President Bill Clinton signed into law this summer a bill creating a commission to study increasing college costs, with special attention paid to exences building. Complainant removed a banner that said rom the above location. Esto real DroDertv. Caroli that an unknown person(s) d consumable goods at conarea is unknown. Estimatuct, dirt lot west side of Linved suspect lift the drivers he light inside come on. The changed ft cted a strong odor of alcohol arrest, uspect was then placed unMalicioui 4. Suspecl gate on th , . ix j tion. Susp< if beer by a minor, altered ^ . nter streets. Reporting offi- that he jUJ gering in the street during f()r the daj melled of alcohol, he was unis slurred. Subject has in his can of Icehouse beer. He al- Sept. 12 d drivers license that was I SUSAN MEYERS The Gaihecoek ion (MIA) or prisoners of war ' being placed in bamboo cages were required to stay in their lbject of: amining whether colleges are trying to control their costs, whether the federal government should take steps to slow rising tuition and whether increases in student aid have caused tuition to climb. One independent education consultant in Washington believes that federal student loans have helped to increase college costs over the past few years. Arthur Hauptman, a student aid expert who has watched college tuition rise rapidly, claims that colleges, especially private colleges, are able to increase their tuition as a result of readily available federal grants and loans, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. "It is conceivable that private colleges could have stabilized their share of college enrollments over the past decade without a healthy growth in students loans," Hauptman wrote in a testimony he was to deliver before Congress this summer. rirt 4-V*r\ I?t?rtnlr PoIt in/tA WI1 LUC lUlil/ICUj, X I CU1XV 1JCUJJf Vl^C president for research and policy analysis at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, sees no correlation between aid and tuition. om 12-18-78 to 12-18-73. Suspect was pi i injury to real property, Bull Street G t was observed by reporting officer ripj e 1400 block side of Devine Street of the ect fled the scene in his car. He was pulled )fficer. Suspect admitted to breaking the gi >t wanted to have fun. He also said that h nages. Estimated damaged value: $200. Students helj by taking cla: BETH DAVIS Staff Writer fits 1 The Office of Disability Sendees is looking for students to pay for note-takincr ar>rl roarlincr TJVvr fVioir aonnwio ofii. With 1110 m m x viniii ?^? x. wi uivu uvi ? uvu dents are paid $5.15 per hour. ship A note-taker is just what it sounds like. Students sign up for a class they're jn already taking, take notes during the ^ class period, then take the notes to the disability office to copy. Students can also take notes in es ^ a class they're not enrolled in. The Of- toft fice of Disability Services has a list of self all of the classes that need note-takers. According to Robin Cluse, a ^elj graduate assistant in the Office of Disability Services, many disabled students use the note-taking option when co offered, but, "it depends on how it affects their (student) personally," whether sua[ they need this service. On the other hand, for students interested in being a reader, the Office jear] of Disability Services offers a tape recorder and tapes, along with a copy 1SC of the class textbook. Students read the book onto tape 400 and deliver the tape to the Office of Dis- A pe ability Services. They give it to the dis- one abled student, who can listen to the men book on tape. r mor This is a help to students with visual impairments or students who may not be able to turn pages due to mobility disabilities. crin Heather Rouse, a junior in busi- disa ness administration, is taking notes for eral three different classes this semester. "A friend of mine told me about it a no (taking notes)," Rouse said. "It was f pretty easy to sign up for it." ^ much dis( "Colleges and universities are look- era ing at what their mission is and then cies creating a budget around it," Balz said is a in an article in The Chronicle of High- der er Education. "They aren't looking at inc< what money is out there and then de- am vising a budget." for The nation's public universities pla aren't under as much fire in regard to rising college costs as private insti- g^ tutions, but many public colleges and 0f c universities received a boost from state ?he legislatures this year, as about three jf in five states passed budgets calling ^ for spending on higher education to increase faster that the rate of inflation, according to The Chronicle of Higher ^ Education. su? rm ? . 1SS1 This may allow many public in- t-gs stitutions to slow tuition increases as well as increase their financial aid owarrla UC8 ma The South Carolina General As- . s sembly chose to increase their student 1S s aid spending primarily in the areas of scholarships based on merit rather er 1 than need. sev far 1 Several changes may be on the horizon for federal distribution of financial aid. The United States De- ^ partment of Education announced last rec< month that they are considering sevLarceny of a book bag, parti brary. Victim said that an unk attended book bag without p found in the trash can on the n were missing. Estimated value Sept 11 Larceny of parking decal,' stated that someone entered hii took his parking decal. There \ timated value: $1. Sept. 7 aced under Larceny of textbooks, BA lit left her books unattended on a on returning, she noticed that a arage, level her bookbag. Total estimated \ ring off the above loca1 over by the Sept6 ate and said e would pay Removal of a window, McBri said that an unknown person( dow on the premises. Compiled by 1 ) disabled ss notes Rouse said there are added beneto taking notes. "The person I was in contact i last semester, we've got a friendgoing on now," she said. A1 "Buzzy" Nelson, a sophomore beral arts, has been a note-taker e the 1996 fall semester. "They have so many different classi choose from," he said. "I managed nd a srhednle that, worked for mv and the other person." The Office of Disability Services )s students with disabilities get qual opportunity to succeed in their ige career. They work with students with vi, hearing or mobility impairments, hological or emotional impairments other documented disabilities, like oing disabilities or Attention Deficit >rder. The office currently handles around students with various disabilities, rson with a disability includes anywith a physical or mental impairt that substantially limits one or e major life activities for them. According to the American Disities Act of 1990, it's illegal to dislinate against any person with a bility in any activity receiving fedfinancial aid. If you're interested in becoming te-taker or a reader, Contact the Ofof Disability Services iirRoom of LeConte College. mission 1 changes to their financial aid polis, the most controversial of which l system that will calculate a stuit's needs based on a formula using r>mp anrJ nt.hpr farf.nrs A mpHinn ount of assets would be calculated each income range, according to the n. This means that two families with lilar incomes and the same number hildren would be considered to have same amount of money saved, even le actual amounts differed for each lily. This proposal and several others part of the Clinton administration's [gestions to Congress as they debate ues affecting colleges and universii. The landmark 1965 Higher Edition Act, which requires that lawkers re-examine it every few years, let to expire this month. The reauthorization of the HighEducation Act will probably contain eral changes to how America pays tiigher education. Among them, who eives federal financial aid, what d they receive and how much they 2ive. al recovery, Thomas Cooper Linown person(s) removed her un ermission. The bag was later tain floor. However, the contents i: $85. Rpost parking lot. Complainant s vehicle by unknown means and vere no signs of forced entry. Es>rary. Complainant said that she i table in the above location. Up11 of her books were removed from ralue of books stolen: $120. de Quad building F. Complainant s) removed the ground floor winlosalind Harvey