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GAMECOCK BRIEFS
Tickets for the Carolina-Clemson
football game still available
Those students who didn't sign up
for the lottery for Carolina-Clemson
football tickets may still pick up stu^
dent tickets in Russell House room 203
^ from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today. Tickets are
also still available for Saturday's Carolina-Florida
game.
Anthropologist to talk on Mayans
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ut. urant dones, irom uaviason
College, will lecture at 3:30 p.m. today
in Gambrell Hall, room 152. The lecture
is titled "The Spanish Conquest of
the Last Maya Kingdom."
^ Red Cross Blood Drive coining
The Richland County Administrator's
Office is holding a Red Cross
Blood Drive from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Thursday at the Richland County Administration
Building at 2020 Hampton
St. Contact Debby Porter at 7484926
for an appointment.
Tailgate party set for Saturday
A tailgate party sponsored by the
USC Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs
starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at the
State Fairgrounds in front of the Cattle
Arena.
Carolina Productions to sponsor
1997 games tournament Sunday
Carolina Productions is sponsoring
a spades and nine-ball pool tournament
at 1 n.m. Sundav. Registration
^ forms and information are available at
W the Russell House information center
or room 235. Any questions or concerns,
please call David Gellis at 777-7130.
Carolina Spirit Week is Nov. 17-21
Carolina Spirit Week will lead up
to the USC-Clemson football game Nov.
21. Events start with the kickoff at noon
Nov. 17 on the Russell House patio.
Build a cardboard castle
Volunteers are needed to build a
house of cardboard boxes at 2 p.m. Nov.
17 on the Russell House patio. The program
coordinates with National Hunger
and Homelessness Week and is designed
to help students understand the living
conditions of the homeless. For more
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Service Programs at 777-8402.
Sleep-out on Russell House patio
The Office of Community Service
Programs is sponsoring a sleep-out at
8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on the Russell House
patio. Donations of old blankets will be
accepted. For more information, contact
the Office of Community Service
Programs at 777-8402.
Discover the cultural and religious
W views about world hunger
The 1997 Oxfam Campaign
Against World Hunger will sponsor
campus-wide Day of Fast on Nov. 19.
Sign up to fast (give up a meal, junk
food, etc.) and Marriott will give the
value to Oxfam America. There will be
the annual Hunger Banquet at 6 p.m.
in the Capstone Campus room. For more
information, call 799-7363 or 799-0212.
^ "One-Shot" opportunity offered
The Office of Community Service Programs
is sponsoring a "One-Shot" volunteer
opportunity from 2:30-5 p.m.
Nov. 21 at the Hunger and Homeless
Shelter. For more information, contact
the Office of Community Service Programs
at 777-8402.
Industrial Hygiene Graduate Fellowship
applications due Jan. 26
Tanking for an opportunity to be
come a professional in a rewarding position?
If so, the Industrial Hygiene
Graduate Fellowship Program may be
an opportunity. For application materials
or additional information on policies,
procedures and guidelines under
which the program operates, please contact
Mary Kinney at (423) 576-9655.
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! KRISTIN RICHARDSON
Asst. News Editor
Carolina Productions will host Thi
Wallflowers live in concert Thursday
one of the largest concerts in USC'i
history.
j Carolina Productions, USC's stu
j dent-run programming board, had ti
: compete against two other major con
I cert promoters to get The Wallflower
I to consider its promotion.
"When we had ideas this summe
to have a big concert, The Wallflower
were one of our choices," Concert Com
| missioner Cedric Scott said. "We sen
j in an offer, along with Cellar Door an<
C&C Concerts, to bid on which orga
I nization would promote the band.
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: Assistant Phoi
! The Jeep Collegiate Hea
j Tour visited USC's Russ
I Monday and Tuesday to
ness on the importance of
! lifestyle. Above, Freshm
majors (L) Barton Bailey
! Singh race on the Bunget
j Charlie Nardiello, Fres
S Science major becomes i
; the Sticky Wall. All activit
! charge.
j Oxfam cam
: JESSICA VANEGERN Staff Write
; The fifth-annual Oxfam campaigi
against world hunger will be held Nov
: 17-19 at use.
Students will be able to contribub
\ even more toward the fight agains
I world hunger by donating a meal fror
their Marriott food card. Students in
j terested in participating should inforn
; a cashier at a campus dining facilit;
they wish to donate a meal. Marriot
I has agreed to donate $5 for each mea
students chose to donate.
I "I don't think giving up one mea
is asking too much of people," said Ed
I ward Wadford, a student volunteer fo
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; uxiam Carolina. Alter spending urn
in the service and seeing how peopl
I live in Haiti, Somalia and Honduras
; I realize how lucky we are to live ii
the United States."
i Booths also will be located in tb
dining facilities at Bates House, Pat
I terson, Capstone and the Russell Hous
: for students to donate money to Ox
fam America.
Oxfam Carolina will sponsor i
; Hunger banquet Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. n
I the Capstone Campus Room. Ticket
; can be purchased at the door. The cos
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Scott said these organizations are
actual promoters who work with groups
throughout the nation and promote
B bigger shows.
"We competed against people whc
3 are doing this for a living and have
more experience," Scott said.
Scott said Carolina Productions
3 had known The Wallflowers were go
ing to be touring through Columbia, st
s they tried to get in touch with theii
agent.
r "We all had to devise a productior
s package, which made each particula]
- organization stand out," he said. "The
t Wallflowers' agent called us on the
i deadline date to accept our offer."
One reason Scott said he thinks
" Carolina Productions got the show is
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r is $3 for students and $5 for the public.
"This is a great opportunity for
students to feel the effects of hunger,"
the Rev. Tom Wall said. "It is impore
tant to raise awareness in the comt
munity. One way this can be accomn
plished is if individuals can refrain
" from eating, smoking or even watch11
ing television for a day."
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People attending the banquet will
j be given a ticket. Whether the meal
participants receive is representative
of how people eat in a first, second or
third world country is determined by
the color of the ticket.
r
e Wall said 1.2 billion people worlde
wide live in poverty. One-third of the
, grain grown in the world and one-hall
1 of the fish caught are fed to animals
in wealthy countries.
e Donating money to Oxfam America,
an organization that has been help_
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more than 28 countries for the past 25
years, enables students to taken an
a active role in helping world hunger.
a "We need to remember that we
s are the minority," said Theresa
t Garwacki, a volunteer for Oxfam Car?
lflowers o
i because they could offer students low-, ca
j er ticket prices. we
5 "The other promoters wanted
money," he said. "Carolina Productions coi
> wanted to have a good, quality show.
> We were able to lower ticket prices and h"
still give the band a big check."
i Scott said The Wallflowers' agent no
liked Carolina Productions because
> their offer stood out.
"We can make the fans happy, as
well as make the band happy " he said. e
! "We were lucky for that." ^
r This will be the largest single event ti\
; in Carolina Productions' history. an
"A lot of our stuff had been falling so
through last year," he said. "We had Pr
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ty on a day-to-day basis, that doesn't
mean it does not exist".
Garwacki also is a member of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority. Because of
her efforts, 14 social sororities on campus
also will be taking an active role
in the effort to raise money for Oxfam.
The sororities will be competing against
each other to see which organization
can raise the most money by Nov.
19.
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Because of the efforts of Oxfam
. and other charity organizations, the
fight against poverty is making
progress. In the past 50 years, average
real income in the developing world
has doubled.
! I
: Child death rates have been cut
in Vmlf and avpratrp lifp PYnprtanrv I
has increased by one-third.
Oxfam Carolina is a student coalition
on campus. Members volunteer
time each fall specifically for the Oxfam
campaign against world hunger.
The Oxfam campaign is support1
ed by Palm Campus Ministry, the Neuman
Club, Office of Community Sers
vice Programs, Carolina Productions
i and the Presbyterian Student Center.
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tion, which had less people than <
(anticipated." i
Scott said one of his goals as ^
acert commissioner was to implejnt
three major concerts throughout i
i year in Carolina Productions. !
"We have The Wallflowers, and 1
w we are planning a concert to be
Id in January or February and, of 1
urse Cnrkstnr.k." hp said.
"The Humpday House Party" will J
held at the University House i
ednesday at 8 p.m. It will feature
oups such as the Tantrums, Primi- ,
re Magic from Los Angeles, Calif., j
d Robin's Cradle. Danielle Howie alwill
be performing at this opening
e-party. 1
"This is the first step in the right
ection," Scott said. "We have planned 1
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PEBRA MITCHELL Sta
Twenty-one delegat
in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7-1
SAACURH, the So
Universities Residence 1
ference held to bring al
.Region together to comi
residence halls the best
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for RHA, and Chinaye r
ganized the trip to SAA
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ference as advisors.
The sole purpose
gates to attend the proj
and to gain knowledge
USC to improve on-cam
"I enjoy attending t
so much personally," M<
"You learn a lot a
I tending the programs fs
For some of the del(
they had the privilege c
Parker it was an excitii
"I had a great tim<
people," Parker said.
All of the schools p
spirit and the programs
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!Top 15 programs for SA
award at the conference
The Gamecocks a
This is USCs second con
something the delegate:
"These conferences
tion, having fun and leai
er, who helped organize
"I am really lookin
with the delegates for ft
USC in the best way we
Although SAACUE
the delegates said they
"T hone tn attend ne
a lot on making life in o
________ memorable."
?rom L-R, Susanne Newman, Kath
ead students Tuesday night in a "Sal
vas designed for students to walk ar
o make the campus safer for student
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everything from the basic idea to the
actual performance without any professional
help."
Scott said Carolina Productions
is on the right track to becoming consistent
in getting national acts to come
to USC.
"We actually competed and beat
the real promoters at their own game,"
tie said. "The students will benefit from
lower ticket costs and the band wilT get
more out of our promotion."
The doors at Carolina Coliseum
will open at 6:30 p.m. and show time
is at 7:30 p.m. Student tickets are $15
and may be purchased at the Russell
House Information Center. Tickets for
the general public are $20, and tickets
the day of the show are $22. To charge
tickets by phone, call (803) 251-2222.
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s new ideas,
s win award
iff Writer
es from USC traveled to Georgia Tech
) to participate in SAACURH '97.
uth Atlantic Affiliate of Colleges and
lalls, is an annual Residence Hall Con1
of the schools in the.South Atlantic
e up with new ideas on making their
they can be.
)00 delegates representing schools
tates. USC, Clemson, Newberry, Furre
South Carolina's representatives.
lational Communications Coordinator
rurner, the NCC in training, both orCURH'97.
i and Chris Zupko attended the conof
this conference was for the delejrams
presented by the other schools
on how to implement these ideas at
ipus housing.
hese conferences because you can gain
elver said.
bout growth and development by aticilitated
by your peers."
jgates this was not the first conference
>f attending, but for freshman Regina
lg, as well as educational, experience.
i, and I especially liked meeting new
larticipated in a competition of school
3 they presented. USC delegates Gesrson
and Keisha Mouzon placed in the
A.CURH '97, the highest programming
1
lso won the spirit award this year,
secutive year winning the spirit award,
s worked very hard on.
3 are all about interaction, participa ning
for everyone," said Chinaye Turni
the trip.
g forward to organizing and working
iture conferences in order to represent
i can."
HA '97 was an educational conference,
enjoyed themselves.
xtyear, Lakeya Nesbit said, i learned
ur residence halls more enjoyable and
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