The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 19, 1997, Image 1

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QAMECOCK INSIDE : VIEWPOINTS Columnist discusses : Zipsheet craze. 3 : ETC. Find out more about PALM Cam- : pus Ministry. 5 ; SPORTS Men's soccer gets 4th seed : ^ bid in NCAA Tournament. 9 ; GAMECOCK BRIEFS Carolina Spirit Week this week j Carolina Spirit Week leads up to : the USC-Clemson football game Nov. j 21. Events started with the kickoff at 1 noon Monday on the Russell House pa- ; ^ tio. Learn the cultural and religious I views about world hunger * The 1997 Oxfam Campaign j Against World Hunger will sponsor : campus-wide Day of Fast today. Sign up to fast (give up a meal, junk food, : etc.) and Marriott will give the value to ; Oxfam America. There will be the an- j nual Hunger Banquet at 6 p.m. in the : Capstone Campus room. For more in ^ formation, call 799-7363 or 799-0212. I "One-Shot" at Hunger and Home- : less Shelter offered Friday * The Office of Community Service : Programs is sponsoring a "One-Shot" ; vnliinfpfr nnnnrtiinifv frnm 9*30-?* n m ! Friday at the Hunger and Homeless : Shelter. For more information, contact 777-8402. j Carolina Productions to show 'Air- : plane* tonight and Thursday Carolina Productions will show the : comedy "Airplane" at 8 p.m. tonight and Thursday in the Russell House theater. I Charlotte Observer bureau chief : to speak to College Democrats j Henry Eichel, Columbia bureau : chief for the Charlotte Observer will j ^ speak to the College Democrats at 9 j W P-m. today in Russell House room 304. : Pharmaceuticals sales training pro- j gram will be held Thursday The Student National Pharmaceutical : Association is sponsoring a program by j Roy Smith of the Executive Training j Institute at 12:20 p.m. Thursday in Cok er Life Building, room 110. Campus Outreach Opportunity League conference to be held * Campus Outreach Opportunity League will hold a kickoff reception for : the 1998 COOL National Conference j from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Capstone. j Kick the habit this week during the : Great American Smokeout * The Great American Smokeout j A is a day designed for people to quit smok- : w ing. The Open Door is offering "Quit j Kits" to smokers in the basement of the student health center this week and at : tables on Greene Street and the Pick ens Street bridge during lunch today, j Singers needed for opera : Male singers are invited to audi tion for the chorus in opera at USC's : spring production of "Rigoletto." Pri- j A vate auditions can be arranged through j Friday, Dec. 12 by calling Albert LeDoux i at 777-5374. j 30th annual Gem, Mineral, and Jew- j elry Show to be held Nov. 28-30 : The Columbia Gem and Mineral j Society will conduct its 30th Annual : Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show Thanksgiving weekend. The show will : be held at the S.C. Fairgrounds in the Moore Building. j o??4.:ii ?.?c GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit tkl Slaying ADAM SNYDER Interim Editor A USC freshman was killed Sunday while visiting his girlfriend's home off St. Andrews Road. Cory Shcolnik, 18, died after being shot once in the head by a .22-caliber handgun. His girlfriend's mother, Mary Sturdevant, also was killed by the same gun. She was the mother of USC freshman Joshua Sturdevant. Brett Blair Hollis, 17, of 101 Lancer Drive, was charged with two counts of murder Monday in a Lex USC studei experience lifip in a Kr a way for students to get an expa of what homeless people go throu courage them to get involved and of the homeless shelters in the a Hunger and Homelessnes ness Week began in 1994 when concerned citizens became interest Tigerburn 1 ALLISON AIKEN Staff Writer The 1997 Spirit Week started Monday on the Russell House Patio and ends Saturday when the Gamecocks take on the clemson Tigers. "This year, however, we're not sponsoring just Tigerburn, but a total of five events planned to highlight our Gamecock spirit," said Penny Owens, traditional events coordinator. "We have turned this into a Carolina Spirit Week. Our theme this year is 'Let's Torch Those Tigers !m Students could meet the players, Cocky and the USC cheerleaders at the Russell House Patio Monday. Tuesday saw Tiger Roast, where students could take their turn bashing t^emson with jokes, poems, songs, ocai/9 stiii avauauic lur ifiai uu Luther King Jr. Day trip to Atlanta : The USC chapter of the NAACP j has six seats available for the annual j trip to Atlanta from January 16-18, j 1998 to celebrate Martin Luther King i Jr. Day. The cost is $70. For more in- j formation, contact Keyoka at 699-5939. ^ Nominations being accepted : Nominations for the Michael J. j Mungo Teaching Awards are being ac- j cepted until Jan. 16,1998. These awards ; recognize and reward excellence in un dergraduate teaching at USC. Appli- I cations are at the Office of the ; Provost in Osbom Administration Build ing. j Gamecock Briefs is a service of The I Gamecock. Organizations are welcome to submit briefs to the news editors, but the newspaper is by no means obligat- I ed to print submissions. The editors re serve the right to determine what is pub- j lished and when it is published. I ^ Compiled by Cara Pellatt j rx 'P HP?\ the Gamecock's Home on the Worl( Samci Serving USC since 1908 ; takes lif ineton Countv courtroom. Lt. Garv Shco Morgan of the Lexington County Sher- house Sat iffs Department said other charges ed movie, could follow. lis, who v Those charges include: criminal car' c^m sexual conduct, first-degree bur- the house glary, kidnapping and a weapons vio- ^ass ^00] lation. Lexington County Sheriff James His e Metts called it a "very brutal crime," withheld, according to The State. his way ii The young woman ended her re- He tl lationship with Hollis about four pushed months ago. Metts told The State such woman to situations can lead to an obsession that him to un] can make "you totally lose control." according JLJLLV^ JUL A U KJ V NOEL REYNOLDS Staff Writer It's the coldest night of the ye a homeless person a cardboard t the warmest spot in town. Some USC students learnei cold a winter's night can be. Mon four students braved the cold ai cardboard boxes to kick off Hi Homelessness Awareness Week. Tour not just learning the feeling the facts," said Carrie He chair of Hunger and Homeless Is The night began around 7,' speakers who once were homeless their story to over 30 students v, the cold. Then, four students pre] night alone in a cardboard box. "The purpose of the night v dents could experience homelessn night," said David James, coor Community Service Programs. "It's a way for students to tially learn what homelessness w . rt UCUlVi. to 3 p.m. Students can get a free comput- ,. 1 erized image transferred to a button v< Thursday. throuSh F They can have a picture taken Co-sp with Cocky and friends to have a keep- Stude sake of the week's events. Phi Epsilc The event begins at 11 a.m. on Traditiona the Russell House Patio and ends at olina Prod 3 p.m. Any c Friday is Tigerburn. Tigerburn involved c begins at 6 p.m. with a pep rally in 777-713 front of McKissick Museum, fol- mariaow^ Above: Members of USC's Commui n T" C prepare to spend the night on the Ri L itu Alpha Fraternity stand behind some food drive that leads up to the Caro /as so stu- ^ iessforone M 1 I MM dinator of experien- ing the needs ofthe hungry and homel as like. It's the Midlands, inded view "The purpose (of the week) is to < gh and en- awareness, and for people to know th help some a problem with hunger and homeless: rea." said Tammy Briggs, public relations 3S Aware- tor with the Salvation Army, a group of Between ?,500 and 4,000 peop] ed in meet- homeless in the Columbia area. Ov agencies have come together for one lighlights Spir skits and lots of other talent. Prizes lowed by ? were awarded. at a locat Today is Banner Day. Students Stude can make banners to illustrate their USC Band Carolina spirit. The location is yet to Carolina be determined and lasts from 12 p.m. j d Wide Web http://www.gamecock, c e of USC lnik was at his girlfriend's After Hollis put d urday night to watch a rent- yelled at Shcolnik to according to The State. Hoi- room for safety. But matched the house from his caliber gun in the b? bed an 8-foot wall behind Metis told The State : and knocked on the sliding . Sturdevant was v motion and shot with x-girllriend, whose name was foot of her went to the door. Hollis forced i and tried to kiss her. Later, Shcolnik v . i . j same gun, and the yc len pulled out a shotgun and , , the 16-year-old young to he/ ^ s the floor. But she convinced ed, according to The, load the gun and put it down, The-young woma to The State. able to convince Ho :: ? lV v . I Jl -' '< ppflwffi <v SUSAN MEYERS The Gamecocl lity Service Hunger and Homeless Issues Coalitioi issell House Patio. Below: Members of the Pi Kappi of the cans they collected as a part of their canna lina-clemson football game. SUSAN MEYERS The Gamecocl ess in to help find some solutions to the problem of hunger and homelessness. :reate This is the first year USC has actively tere is participated in the program. Oxfam Carness," olina, an organization on campus, is the direc- prime sponsor of this week's events. "Oxfam is an organization that origile are nated in Oxford, England in the 1940s," er 84 week HOMELESS page 2 . TTT 1 ill I |l l||f an contact Penny Owens at 0 or e-mail her at Above: The band Bk )vm.SC du. Monday in suppo* "> ol .sc.edu WEATHER : INDEX : TODAY : Viewpoints 3 5 C j Partly Cloudy I ; High 55 : Etc> 5 : Low 35 j Comics 7 j THURSDAY | Sports 9 V" Sunny j i t High 59 : Classified 12 : Low 35 I freshman [own the gun, she police. He turned himself in around 5 lock himself in a a.m. Sunday, according to The State. Hollis had a .22- "I just hope that people can take ick of his pants, something from this," said Janna Baxley, Shcolnik's mother. "I hope they can , , ,, learn and grow." roken by the comthe gun near the Shcolnik was studying computer science at USC. He loved writing' music and lyrics and wanted to do somevas shot with the thing "fun and challenging" with his lung woman was career, Baxley said. 5 exually assault- "People keep telling me how much State. he was loved," Baxley said. "I just can't n eventually was begin to tell you what a wonderful son >llis to go to the SLAYCSGS page 2 Student fee legal victory fires debate REGEVNA GREEN Senior Writer A recent Wisconsin federal court ruling stands to substantially change the allocation of student fees at colleges and universities nationwide. United States District Court Judge John C. Shabaz's summer ruling instructed the University of Wisconsin-Madison to produce a list of student organizations receiving money from student fees and establish an arbitration process for those students who disagree with the use of their fees to subsidize groups on the list. The decision came after three UW-Madison law students celebrated a legal victory in 1996. Judge Shabaz ruled last year that the university violated their rights to freedom of speech and freedom not to associate by using their student fees to fund organizations whose missions they opposed. The three plaintiffs, Kevin Bannach, Amy Schoepke and Scott H. Southworth, had filed the lawsuit because they objected to their student activity fees, which amounted to about $331 per I student, being used to fund organizations that offended their beliefs. Among those organizations were the Ten Percent Society (a gav and lesbian organization) and the Wisconsin Militant Student Union. Southworth, who graduated from the university's law school in May, celebrated their legal victory last year, but Judge Shabaz's recent directive has him surprised. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Southworth called the judge's ruling an "administrative nightmare" and said he would be "shocked" if university officials complied. Southworth believes UW-Madison should abolish the student fee and force each organization to finance itself. "I have no sympathy for those who say they can't form a student group without money," Southworth said. "You don't need money to exist. Let the organizations survive or fail by the marketplace of ideas." The judge's order would only be put into effect if the university chose to keep collecting the fees. Susanne Newman, USC's Student Government treasurer, has been following the UW-Madison case very closely. "I know we're a little different than most schools because our finance codes already take steps to ensure that we don't fund organizations of a political nature," Newman said. "But, I expect that we may have to deal with that same issue in the near future." Newman believes that giving students the privilege of almost directly deciding what organizations receive funds, and essentially how much they receive, may not succeed realistically, though it may be a sound legal judgment. FEES page 2 SUSAN MEYERS Photo Editor ie Man Fiction performs in front of the Russell House F Carolina-clemson Spirit Week.