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TYF^ SG President, / Columbia ^ Williams lea(is \ gamecoch^\ I MS E<^t0r Zj. Museum of Art \ Gamecocks over U ^ On-Line | Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 Volume 90, Number 47 University of South Carolina Monday, January 12,1998 Gamecock Online No. 4 College News Online has chosen USC's Gamecock Online as the fourth-best college newspaper web site for December. Gamecock Online's address is as follows: ^ http://www.gamecock.sc.edu. Campus-wide MLK festivities set for Mondav J Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 19, will be observed with a commemorative breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. Tickets are $4 at the Russell House Information Desk. There will also be a Black Law School Students Association celebration at 3 p.m. in the USC Law School Auditorium, and a special performance by the Hallelujah Singers at 6:30 p.m. at the Koger Center. For more information call the USC Office of Equal Opportunity Prnprams. 777-3864. Music program sign-up begins today Registration begins today for spring private lessons at USC's School Of Music. To register, call Dr. Keith Amstutz at 777-5900. Philosophy features G'town U. prof 4k Julia Pedroni of Georgetown University will speak on a subject's access to the interim results of clinical trials at 4 p.m. Thursday at Gambrell Hall room 258. Stutter support group begins A A support group for persons whn will mppt frnm 7-9 p.m. Jan. 20 at USC Speech and Hearing Center, 1601 St. Julian Place. For more information contact Carroll Copeland, 833-1371 or Carol Coston, 777-2614. Celebrate ^ Israel's 50th Columbia Jewish Federation in cooperation with McKissick Museum will exhibit "For God's Eyes: Plates and Vases" Jan. 25 through Feb. 22 at McKissick Museum, with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25. % Co O Gol<len Key Monday National Honor | ^ Society, RH sj / room309,6pm, \ I every first P f Monday of the month. "Into the Streets", RH room 302,7 pm, eveiy other Monday. /f?r?-z?j^The World Tuesday Tae Kwon Do ^ ^ Club, Booker T. vl Washington |Gym, 7:30-9 Students Allied for a Greener Earth, Calcott 312,7:30 p.m. Palm Campus prayer meeting, PALM Center, 12:30 p.m. Fellowship of Christian Athletes prayer meeting, Rutledge Chapel, 7 a.m. A Fencing Club meeting, Blatt w 308,7-9 p.m. Parking editor in chief ADAM SNYDER ? A simple redirection at the Bull Street a Garage has opened up more than 400 y parking places elsewhere on campus. During the winter break, workers p moved the guard rail that divided monthly p parkers and transient parkers. It is now on the second level instead \ of the fourth level. r "The ton nart of the parage was not being utilized at full capacity," Director r of Vehicle Management and Parking r news ditor SARA LAPENHEIM 1997 was a year of controversy, vi< tory and loss for USC. Among the moa noteworthy of all events featured in Th Gamecock were the death of nationall renowned poet and USC professor, Jame Dickey, the SEC championship capture by the men's basketball team, and the vi< tory of Jamel Fanklin as student body pre* ident. The rest of the year was marked b similar ups and downs in terms of Cai Olina events. Here are some oftlv 1 gges stories of 1997: "He had such vitality..." The Carolina community raourne the death of James Dickey with a memc rial service on the Horseshoe in whic! writer Pat Conroy eulogi&d the grea poet and mentor. His accomplishments ir eluded being awarded the Guggenheir Fellowship in 1962, which allowed hir to write poetry full time. He became th USC poet in residence in 1968 and was th first "Carolina Professor" in 1979. His deati was a monumental loss for USC. "We're No. If The Gamecock men's basketball tear brought home the first SEC championshi title for any varsity sport to Frank McGuir Arena. The Gamecocks accomplished thi by defeating Kentucky 72-66 at the na tionally televised Senior Day game in Ker tucky. For 33 straight years Kentucky re mained victorious on Senior Day, unti n i* 1 I 11 i uarouna came anocKing on me aoor o Rupp Arena. This was a monumental vie tory that ensured USC if s first ever SE< crown. The championship season propelle< USC to the national spotlight on ESPN* Midnight Madness in October. SG victory for Franklin The 1997 Student Government elec tions saw vice president Jamel Franklii capture the presidency with promises c lobbying for more dining facilities with low er prices, a repeat course policy, race-r? lation forums and more campus coin an ice machines. The election season did k voke some controversy though. The Garru cock was accused of racism after AAAS an the NAACP claimed the newspaper wa "reporting under false pretenses," relativ to investigative stories about candidate and senators. "No Greeks in our backyard" The USC board of trustees approve the first phase of the new Greek village t begin construction in the fall of'98.1 doing so, angry residents of the Cliff Apari ments protested the introduction of th 1-7-98 Larceny of Purse/Partial Recovery; Humanities Office Building-Victim states unknown person(s) removed her purse from unsecured office. Reporting officer recovered purse with all contents except $35. Purse returned to victim. Larceny of wallet; Thomas Cooper Library-Victim states unknown person(s) removed unsecured and unattended wallet Estimated loss: $60 1-6-98 Larceny of computer; SumwaltComplainant stated unknown person(s) removed CPU and monitor from office. The investigation continues. Estimated loss: $600. ). ; solutio Services Derrick Huggins said. He and other university officials sought dail i way to make the garage, less than two thr rears old, work for the most people. par "We now have 1,200 spaces for monthly top larking and 250 spaces for transient larking," Huggins said about Bull Street, of t Huggins said the cost of the change ent irac minimal ( nnai^orinir mnat nf tlio * uu miuiiuuij vvuuiuvx nig ui viiv Qaterials were already in place. the With the cost of labor and additional naterials, moving the guard rail cost "no the nore than $1,500." ina Jfl b ft s KIPJLvHjjH ri^UH im t; lH s e Greeks in such close parameter to their s ly-oriented community. The planned struction consists of using the parking ? in front of Bates House, Bates West an Cliff Apartments for a new Greek village consists of town house- style apartments. " residents were very dissatisfied with th 0 cision to introduce "partying, crime, and 11 ty" concerns to what they refer to as be ^ "peaceful law abiding community." Gen e na, director of Housing, feels that the C Disorderly Conduct; 1300 Block Rosewood-While on patrol, reporting , i officer saw subject unsteady on feet and / step off the sidewalk twice into oncoming V traffic. Reporting officer stopped subject 1 who smeiled strongly ot alcohol, subject was arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to Richland County Detention Center. Disorderly Conduct; McBryde Quad < Shack-Guard noticed was subject unsteady on feet. Subject unsuccessfully attempted to enter McBryde. Reporting officer ^ observed subject was unsteady and smeiled of alcohol. Subject was arrested and 1 transported to Richland County Detention wh Center. Ion * ns sim Essentially, the biggest change is that [y parkers at Bull Street will now enter ough the lowest gate and monthly kers will enter through the middle and gates. According to Huggins, the dual purpose his change is to keep the vandalism of ranee and exit gates at a minimum. "There is a police department office at bottom of the garage," Huggins said. In addition to the USCPD presence at l rrnf n TJtt rtrtt ri nni/1 f V* a*?a titi 1 1 V\a ; gate, iiuggma oaiu tncic win uc reased walk-throughs, drive-throughs Clockwise from left: Nationally n James Dickey; Guard Melvin Wi for a shot over Tennessee during umphant season; The Lady Game team triumphed in the regular ai season led by strong pitching Director of Housing Gene Luna Greek Village development Apartment residents. 1 HBP 4111 -^1 ^sPHi a? fami- community will not change tl con- ditions for Cliff residents in a space for this issue to continue into d the i that , Cliff loses aq estimate e de- Carolina Productions tc safe, when the receipts came in fo ing a ers concert, held on November e Lu- tial claim of only hundreds of d ireeK REI -XjJSCPD^) T\Cmi\E w?5 compiled by Cara Pellatt distance Rendered; 438 Main Streetporting officer was working dispatch en victim walked in and stated he no ger cared about living. Officer notified ? pie, attai and undercover units keeping the garage mon secure. E The same type of efforts are underway, dailj at the Blossom Garage. - " Also, lighting and painting Hug improvements are planned for this summer E fn mproQCfl cafnfv Ka vu W UlViV/UlJV ULUV/UJ . 11V ?f Huggins also said that university man officials have just about decided to place C gates at Blossom Garage's entrance. keep The open spaces were quickly filled and by monthly patrons in other garages, he sj Blossom Street Garage now has 400 I Natio: rlrvn a4 V1U11UI enowned poet Ltson goes up STAFF REPORTS last year's trixrocks softball In support of Soul id in the post Carolina Honors College and hitting; the University of Sou discusses the Carolina, NationsBank with Cliff committing $1 million the Carolina Schola Program, the university 'most prestigious ar valuable scholarsh program. The gift, which comes South Carolina Hono College is celebrating i 20th anniversary, is part USC's capital campaign I its bicentennial celebrati in 2001. "NationsBank has be a opnpmiis snrmnr+ptr nf T TJ Ell over the years," US President John M. Pah Hp* Carolina Scholars Progra r jT*'' | will help ensure that t] ? state's most academical gifted students ha1 ' * scholarships to fund tht studies at the universit; ^ "The Carolina Schola in USC's freshman cla KA * have an average SAT |&glt ? if 1476, and they were in t M r top 1 percent of their hij school graduating classt E They arrived at USC tb semester as leaders in th< schools and community and they represent the tx > that South Carolina has offer," Palms said. "It critical that businesses doi H v, * business in South Caroli] support scholarships for t H ? ^ state's best students. \ know that students wl J " receive their baccalaures i? ** degrees in South Caroli are more likely to settle i state to pursue their caree File Photos "By investing in tl Carolina Scholars Progra . ,. NationsBank has a maj le existing con- . . ,, , _J had wsv. Look role in the education of o jggg state s future leaders business and industr health and medicine, la id $406 education, engineerir >ok a heavy hit religion, government aj r the Wallflow- the arts and sciences," Pali 13. While an ini- said. pilars being lost Through its educati /DEWpage three initiatives, NationsBai contributes to tl development of the are; EMS and victim was transported to McBr Richland Memorial hospital for evaluation nnknr 1-5-98 mach Larceny of Jewelry; Byrnes-Victim Estim stated that a pair of earrings were removed by unknown person(s) from secured 1.4.9$ location. Estimated loss: $600 Stol< Stolen License Plate; b-ltt Lot- Comp Complainant stated unknown person(s) ^o^ j took plate from vehicle. Assault (Verbal Threat); Swearingen 1-3-91 Engineering Center-Victim stated subject Lara entered victim's office to make verbal T < threat. LlfeS perso Malicious Injury to Personal Property, room. X inable 0 thly spaces available. lut none of those have been slated for ruse. We might need to look at that," gins said. luggins said in the next few weeks ill be doing a site survey to see how y spaces are available. )ther urban universities are able to ?pace with their parking problems USC should be able to do the same, lid. There are solutions," Huggins said. nsBank ;es $1M work force. "We want to ensure that ^ the best and brightest ,, students in South Carolina tn , , , have educational IS . M* 1 j il ?0 opporcumues equal to uiose rs elsewhere in the nation," /a said Joel A. Smith III, i d president of NationsBank ip Carolinas. "We believe an investment in higher 38 education in South Carolina rs is one key way to give back ts to the community." "Moreover, the Carolina or Scholars Program at USC is the premier academic en program for South Carolina 3C students," Smith said. ; c "While NationsBank will ns continue to support the USC ie College of Business im Administration, we are he pledging this gift to South Uy Carolina Honors College as v e a statement of the need to support higher education in our state," he said. A longtime supporter of USC's College of Business Administration, NationsBank also has given ;s. generously to the university's lis academic programs, sir including previous gifts to 4" V\ n i?a! i n C! r% V* r\ 1 n wn -so, me uaiuiiiia utiiuidi o ist Award. to The $28,000 Carolina 13 Scholars Award, given each year to 20 incoming ^ freshman from South ye Carolina, recognizes scholarship, character and lte leadership in school and the na community and is renewable in. for four years of re. undergraduate, graduate he or professional studies at m, USC. Students who receive or Carolina Scholars Awards or also are admitted to USC's in highly competitive South Carolina Honors College. w' The Carolina Scholars Program began in 1969 with nine students receiving awards. Since then, the on program has supported the nk educational goals of i e approximately 400 Carolina a's Scholar Award recipients. yde Quad-Complainant stated iwn person(s) damaged two Pepsi tines with unknown object(s). lated loss: $800. 1 en License Plate; S-18 Lot.1 4- ??r?\ 'icuiicuiL auitcu uiiiviiuw ii pciouiivo; )late from vehicle. I eny of Laptop ComputerjCoker Science-Victim stated unknown n(s) removed laptop from secured Estimated loss: $2700.