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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
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^ 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 |
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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<
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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. . ;
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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. :
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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
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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
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Richard Bayer, un
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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
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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
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ig to a new country and a new school. ^
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mong international students," y<
ranklin said. "They are well-preired
and veiy focused on their stud- E:
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tudent Government office.
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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
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alts. This is a way for students to s
lat we are still dealing with these
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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.
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ed $7 million to increase US(
technology, and an extra $2 ir
lion came from student techno
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mmunication between America
udents and international students
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;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
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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
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nt and we want a lot of people to con
m- out and talk to us," Newman said.
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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,
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cess to the Internet."
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ier access to the Internet, they
ril- also can complete a number of adlo
ministrative tasks from their perprogram
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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.
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)- they would pay USC. Scholarships
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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