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0 GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu QAMECOCK INSIDE I j WEATHER INDEX VIEWPOINTS Students write on today Dotebook 2 gay lifestyles'column. 3; TITH*# WW% gV j Part^%?{udy | Viewpoints 3 ETC. USC's Peer Health Educators i Wllvl I I I I 1/ I III U? Low36 : Etc- 5 give advice to students. 5 : K I >-| I | | | | ||| W\ j Thursday i Comics 7 SPORTS South Carolina needs an an- / LI I I I | ^ i Si? Sports 8 noying band song like Tennessee's. 9: WW * ^ ^ ^ V \ |?g = ^ : Serving USC since 1908 ; ; GAMECOCK BRIEFS j j Smash-and-Bash fund raiser to j ^ be held with sledge hammer, car : The initiate class of Phi Sigma Pi | will be holding a Smash-and-Bash fund : ? raiser today in front of the Russell House from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Students can I take out their frustrations on a car with : hi a sledge hammer. j ! i.1. ^ Service class for international stu- j dents offered through (One-Shot' j The Office of Community Service Programs and the English Program for Internationals have created a com- : munity service class for international students. Students in the class will en- j gage in one community service project : per week and invite all USC students to participate. The first "One-Shot" will j be Thursday from 1:30-3 p.m. For more j information, call 777-6688. Jeep Collegiate Health and Fitness : Tour to visit USC next week The Jeep Collegiate Health and I Fitness Tour is scheduled to stop at : USC Monday and Tuesday at the Rus sell House Patio. : A Carolina Outreach recruiting vol- * unteers for newly accepted ; Carolina Outreach, a program : where student volunteers help newly accepted students, begins from 5:15-7 : p.m. Tuesday and each Tuesday fol lowing in Lieber College. For more in- j formation, call Robert Rhinehart at 777- i 4070. : Red-Cross Blood Drive coining ^ The Richland County Adminis tratoFs Office is holding a Red Cross j Blood Drive from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 13 : at the Richland County Administration j Building at 2020 Hampton St. Contact j Debby Porter at 748-4926 for an ap- i pointment. Carolina Productions to sponsor : 1997 games tournament j Carolina Productions is sponsor- I ing a spades and nine-ball pool tour- ; nament at 1 p.m. Nov. 16. Registration | ri am J i Cr\ r?f i rv? n?t/> ntmilnVvln of * lUiuis euiu uiiuiiiiatiuii ai c avaiiauic ai the Russell House information center j or room 235. Any questions or concerns, | please call David Gellis at 777-7130. i Carolina Spirit Week Nov. 17-21 Carolina Spirit Week will lead : up to the USC vs. Clemson football game * Nov. 21. Events start with the kickoff j ^ on Nov. 17 at noon on the Russell House : d W patio. ? Build a cardboard castle ^ Volunteers are needed to build a house : te of cardboard boxes at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 on the Russell House patio. For more in- j a formation, call the Office of Communi- : b< ty Service Programs at 777-8402. d< : e : in : /ti : ? Gamecock Briefs is a service of The ** Gamecock. Any student organization is welcome to submit briefs to the news ed- : te itors but the newspaper is by no means aj obligated to print submissions. The ed- j in itors reserve the right to decide what I is published and when it is published. a: ; F Compiled by Carrie McCullough P; Black History Month meeting to- j day in the Russell House i The Office of Multicultural Affairs | q is holding a meeting today at 4 p.m. : ^ in the Russell House in the Golden Key j w room. For more information, call 777- I ^ 4806. . ; A sc Ebonics lecture to be held si The African-American Studies Pro- : gram and the Linguistics Program will | w sponsor "Ebonics 101: Frequently Asked j ai Questions." Dr. Charles DeBose, a vis- | se iting professor of linguistics from Cal- al ltornia State Umversity-Hayward, will : speak at 4:30 p.m. today in Gambrell j ft Hall room 258. The event is free and j p open to the public. ; te ^ Students invited to "Meet Your Stu- m dent Government Day1 today Student Government will hold "Meet Your Student Government Day" j today. Student Government represen- | tatives will be in front of the Russell j House all day, and students are invit- I ed to the senate meeting in the Russell House Theatre at 5 p.m., with pizza and drinks afterward. : SG repr( OSALIND HARVEY News Editor a Student Government will try to a aprove its image Wednesday with d deet Your Student Government Day." G Beginning at 10 a.m. in front of le Russell House, Student Govern- b ent members from Judicial Board, S i.: x 1 T? i xecuuve ^aumct ami rreanmen ouncil, as well as senators and ex- K lutive officers, will be on hand. They "1 ill be there until 3 p.m. to talk to stu- is mts and answer questions. ei SG Vice President Kim Dickerin said she thinks USC students k lould know who represents them, bi "I hope to have students know "I ho they [senators] are, and if they a e in class with one of their repre- S1 intatives, then they can talk to them ^ ?ut what they want," Dickerson said. S1 Student Government will have 3 regularly scheduled meeting at 5 m., and students are invited to at- is nd the meeting. h d< Richard Bayer, un During the meeting Technologic; NOEL REYNOLDS Staff Writer Technology at USC has advanced over the past five years to allow students access to more than university e-man. Students can access anything from books in the library to their own personal schedule. "I think that the number of changes in the past five years have been enormous," said George Terry, vice .provost and dean of Libraries and Information Science. "Many of the things that we have accomplished were just dreams years ago," Students are able to access many types of information from their own personal computers. StuInternationa AISUKE SODA Staff Writer iei CO This semester, 1,144 students st om 106 different countries are atinding USC. d "This is a favorable number for in university of this size," said Rejcca Franklin, International Stu- st mts Advisor at International Pro- P( rams for Students. "I think m iternational students are a critical imension of a university. I don't U jlieve there can be a diverse student la )pulation without them." th Franklin said she believes in- S1 srnational students coming to USC ec -e prepared for the challenges of com- ^ ig to a new country and a new school. ^ ttI don't see any major problem mong international students," y< ranklin said. "They are well-preired and veiy focused on their stud- E: ca V isentati We want students to know th Q of our meetings are opened to the nd that it is another way to let st ents have an active part in Stude lovernment," Dickerson said. Dickerson said pizza and soda v e available alter the meeting m t tudent Government office. College of Journalism senat [athryn Henderson said she fee Vleet your Student Government Ds i a chance to see what Student Ge rnment is doing for students. "This is a chance to let studei now what is going on and wh ills we are passing," Henderson sa Vlost projects span over several yea ad it is sometimes hard to see the i alts. This is a way for students to s lat we are still dealing with these _Q n Duke Taylor, SG director of pi ramming, said Student Govemme trying to change its image and mei era want to be more accessible to st ents. xxy i;':" . . s . ? % ' I v ' ' !; " .v.;aw.% .v.v .. . w v.v.v.v-w ? v &i -X*"* -v- a % -w v vava x....... .-v smaaav.j .;wawaw..vw% v.v <v v < >. ' ?i JvC * . ' h #> ' * * ' s W J :;|||l;0^;:S:-i; I ' | :.v;.^ '. %. . .'. .$ ]: .' .. I ' ' ? ' . '^ : >.: :< v.x . ^ .>. iversity registrar, points to a dii I, Bayer told of future on-line r al improven dents can research volumes fri Thomas Cooper Library and ol er libraries in the United Stal without leaving their rooms. If getting to a computer is a pr< lem, the university provides aca to more than 20 computer la around campus. Students unsi about how to use USC's system c take classes to gain experien "University 101 has a spec program to introduce students e-mail, the library offers class and computer services offers cla es on various computer program Terry said. Computer Services budg ed $7 million to increase US( technology, and an extra $2 ir lion came from student techno 1 /"n 4-i i /I /\ 4 .1 stuueiit s, but I don't think there is enoug mmunication between America udents and international students International Programs for Sti ;nts is located in the Byrnes built g and offers various services, ir uding assisting internationa udents, promoting study abroad oj >rtunities and cultural progran ing. During the academic yeai SC students can study in Eng nd, France, Germany and Monac trough USC direct-exchange prt ams. These programs exchange a lual number of students from tw hools. The numbers of students don ive to be identical every year, bi tey have to be balanced within a fe1 ;ars. Through International Studer xchange Programs, USC student in study in more than 100 countrie ives mee ?r iat "Usually, students see us whe m, it is election time," Taylor said. ;u- want students to know we are here fi int them, and we want to hear the needs. nil In an effort to help students idei he tify their Student Government repr sentatives, Dickerson said SG will plai or bulletin boards around campus. T1 ;jg bulletin boards will have the senatoi photographs and phone numbers pos )V. ed on them. "We are here to make a diffe rtg ence," Dickerson said. "We want to li aj. students know which people represei their college because everyone on car niia ia rnnrnnnnf ktr of looof ono 001 Pg puo 10 icpicociiicu uj at 1 caot ocj ^ ator." ee SG Treasurer Susanne Newma is- said she thinks students should tal a more active part in their governmer ro- "We are students just like ther nt and we want a lot of people to con m- out and talk to us," Newman said. :U" SG DAY page 1 TORI ( igram on one of the new university mu egistration for all students. lents give USC 3m gy fees. These fees equipped resith dents in Maxcy Hall and the South tes Quadrangle with ID security card systems. All dorms will have the same 3SS system in three years. The money bs also paid for 36 additional phone ""e lines for TIPS to prevent students an from getting a busy signal when ce. attempting to register for classial es. to "We have also tripled the es, bandwidth," Terry said. "That's ss- our connection to the Internet, S " allnu/a vnn mnrli faatur ao. cess to the Internet." et- Not only do students have ease's ier access to the Internet, they ril- also can complete a number of adlo ministrative tasks from their perprogram nui h USC offers summer study-abroad pron grams to Cameroon, England, France, ." Germany, Mexico and Russia. i- Students don't have to have pro1 ficiency in a foreign language to l- participate. Students can study in il English in non-English-speaking coun> tries such as Belgium, Fiji and South l- Korea. Students also can study in English-speaking countries. r, The cost of studying abroad is j- not much more than studying at USC. :o USC students pay the same tuition )- they would pay USC. Scholarships n and federal financial aid can be ap'A nlior] fn f/vneviem oYpKancro nrnorama \J piJLVVt W/ 1V1 vigil VAVllUllgV |^1 Vgl U111Vy 't and students who participate usualit ly can still graduate on time. w It has become much more difficult for international students to obit tain a student visa to the United ;s States since the passage of the Illes. gal Immigrants Reform and Immi :t with el a, ie Student Government Vice Preside] je Henderson discuss plans for toe _ Day," event from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 0 are also encouraged to attend the O'HARA A?9t. Photo Editor ilti-media classrooms. advantages sonal computers. Students will now be able to do everything from changing their addresses to registering for classes from USC's web page. "As the web folks designed the registration process, they designed it with user-friendly in mind," Registrar Richard Bayer said. The goal of Internet registration is to move toward a student/faculty-centered environment. This means students won't have to walk from office to office to take care of fees, grades and registration. Instead, students can access all of the information on TIPS from INTERNET page 2 nbers grow grant Responsibility Act of 1996, Franklin said. "Sometimes, people at the U.S. Consulate do not believe documents students submit, and they call us to make sure they are real," Franklin said. "It is a waste of their time, and it is a waste of our time, but we have to play the game. "There is also discrimination against women when issuing a student visa It is much harder for women over the age of 25 to obtain a student visa, in general, because the consulate often thinks that they might be just trying to get a husband in the Unite States." Even with the increased diffi[ culty in obtaining a student visa, the number of international students increased by 20 percent this semester. lectorate SLSAN MEYERS Photo EdUor at Kim Dickerson (left) and Sen. Kathryn lay's "Meet Your Student Government in front of the Russell House. Students 5 n.m. Student Government meetina. I Supreme Court passes on Prop. 209 COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE will be any shortage of opportunities to re-litigate this case." The Supreme Court has already agreed to decide one racially charged case this term. It concerns the Piscataway, N.J., school district, which retained a black teacher over a white one in order to maintain racial diversity in a high school business department. Some legal analysts have said Piscataway may yield a narrow ruling because the case has unusual facts, includine the virtuallv identical WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court declined Monday to review California's Proposition 209, passing up a chance to decide whether voters can ban affirmative action. The justices, without comment, let stand the voter initiative, which prohibits California government programs based on "race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin." The court's decision was issued one day before Houston votes on a similar proposal. Supporters of Proposition 209 hope, and opponents fear, a nationwide series of copycat referenda, especially in light of the Supreme Court's inaction. "If s a clear signal that all programs to end public discrimination are constitutional," said Michael Carvin, atfnmmr fnr a Prnnnaifinn 90Q onnnonro' 1U1 C4 X id\J\J OI IJWl o group, Californians Against Discrimination and Preferences. "This should inspire further efforts to eliminate racial preferences from American life." Proposition 209 opponents, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, said there is no way to tell why the court rejects any case. Mark Rosenbaum of the ACLU's Southern California office said the justices may be waiting for a case in which a specific affirmative action program is terminated. "This is not the end game for 209," Rosenbaum said, adding that it threatens a variety of education and business outreach programs. "I don't think there qualifications of the two teachers in question. Proposition 209, on the other hand, strikes at the center of the national debate over race relations, equal opportunity and affirmative action. A year ago, California voters approved Proposition 209 with a 54 percent majority. In a legal brief for the Supreme Court, the ACLU pointed out the racial and gender divisions in the voting, as determined by Election Day polling. While 63 percent of white voters supported Proposition 209, it was opposed by 74 percent of black voters. 76 percent of Latinos and 61 percent of Asian-Americans. Men backed the measure with 61 percent of the vote, while only 48 percent of women voted for it. PROP 209 page 10 1 7