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......... Columnist The renovated / J ^ Common f^a/W6COC^\ gives readers ^ Elbow Room /J^ folklore for vj V, On-Line I caroling WEATHER j gamecock INDEX T^S 53 C /f |% -A, fT/l^AiTA/fli V'ETO,K,S " 3 wf iLrit C5amccocR =. Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 % Volume 90, Number 51 University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 21, 1998 WUSC begins *98 training WUSC-FM begins training new DJs 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Russell House room 305. Anyone interested in becoming ^ a DJ can attend. Cookie orders being taken Congaree Girl Scout Council is taking orders for cookies. The cookies will be delivered beginning Feb. 21, and booth sales begin then also. For more A information call Leanna JoynW er, 544-4538. Graduate school fair The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs is holding a career/graduate school fair from noon to 5 p.m. today in the Russell House Ballroom. w Private voice lessons offered Registration for private voice lessons will be held until Jan. 30 at the USC School of Music. Lessons begin Feb. 1 and are open to anyone in the area who is 14 years or older. For more information call Sandy Janiskee at 777-4281. Children's Music Center has openings USCs Children's Music Development Center has a lim W itea numoer 01 openings in its infant and preschool music classes that start today. For more information call Valerio at 777-4281. Leukemia Society marathon ^ The Leukemia Society is recruiting runners and walkers of all abilities to participate in the Mayor's Midnight Sun Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska or the Rock 'N Roll Marathon in San Dieeo in June. An informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Sheraton, 2100 Bush River Road. For more information ? call 749-4299. L O ^ Chronic 111WEDNESDAY ness Support ^ ^ Group, 3 p.m., I 28, Counseling and Hu man Development Center. Drop-in Self Hypnosis, 2:30 p.m., Counseling and Hu^ man Development Center. Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting, 9:13 p.m, Nursing Auditorium. Bisexual Gay and Lesbian Association meeting, 8 p.m., Gambrell 124. #V~c'~>aRace Mat" THURSDAY ters,B 3 p.m., Jan. 29., Coun\ / / seling and Hu^ ^ man Developi' ment Center. Dissertation Wnting Support Group, 10 a.m., starts Feb. 5., Counseling and Human Development Center. Building Healthy Relationships, 3 p.m., Feb. 5 to April 2., Counseling and Human Development Center. The World Tae Kwon Do ^ Club, 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Booker T. Washington Gym. Palms: ] editor in chief ADAM SNYDER sev< Classes will be suspended for saj(j Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a Day in 1999, USC President John ag l Palms announced Monday at this year's MLK Day breakfast. "This will not be a day out, but a day in," Palms said. He wanted to emphasize that 03111 USC will not be shut down for the ern holiday. Special programs will still be held to celebrate the mes- stuc sage of King, including the break- Gov fast and service projects. saic Textbook staff writer BRAD WALTERS The Spring semester is now ove two weeks old, but many students an still remembering the chaos associ ated with settling bade in before class es. For some, the search for new book and the quest to sell the old ones be came part of the chaos. One problem students occasion ally rah into when trying to buy book; for the new semester was that lists o required texts differed from one book store to the next. This sometimes caused confusion as to what books students needed to buy. History major Laura Moxie en countered difficulties buying books Only one of the four campus book stores had the correct listing of bookf for her English 283 class. The othei three had a book missing from the list. Steve Long, regional director foj Wallace Bookstores which owns Uni versity Bookstore at the RusseL House, attributed the confusion ir cases like Moxie's to communication problems between the bookstore and the professor. Another factor is thai booklists often changed rapidly and they had to reprint the list. Some students made the trek tc the bookstores only to find some ol the books they needed were out ol stock or had never been ordered at all "(University Bookstore) kept telling me to come back, the book would be there the next day or that afternoon." government maior Jessi ca Lentini said. "Well, it still wasn't there. So, I asked to speak to someone, and they told (me) maybe I should go to another store. "My teacher submitted the name of the book only to University Bookstore and Addams tried to figure out what the book was. So they bought die book, but by the wrong author, and sold it (to me)," Lentini said. Michael Oliver, textbook manager at Addams Bookstore, said in situations like that they usually go by the class syllabus, and mistakes like that just happen sometimes. Marine science maior Matt Sisk had the same problem trying to find ~v~ Industrial Hygiene Graduate applications due Monday Looking for an opportunity to be come a professional in a rewarding position? If so, the industrial Hygient Graduate Fellowship Program may b< an option. For application materials oi additional information on policies, pro cedures and guidelines under which the program operates, please contact Mar] Kinney at (423) 576-9655. MLKDaj Palms said the holiday was SG pas jral years in the making. He campus tc 1 he wanted to make sure that school holid iy off from classes would serve than 3,000 neaningful recognition for than a' mo, f- "Were jamei rranKiin, stuaent ooay 0J_ , . ~ j . .,,, . . . Student G 3ident, said this is a signifiachievement for Student Gov- a erenc ment and the student body. Frankli "This is real change that the students a lent body has helped Student whole sei ernment to make," Franklin said he is I. take this o] l1lW'TT?PB cost debate a textbook none of the stores carried. ~ He said some of the salespeople were r rude but that he understood it was a a stressful time for them. "Sometimes bookstores don't get - things on time because of the pros fessor. The professor gets a form that - asks which books will be needed for the class" former Addams Bookstore - employee and current student David i Hornsby said. "The sooner they f turn it in the faster the book arrives. The bookstore only follows the pros feasors' requests." 3 cnesne r owier rrom ?outn Carolina Bookstore said that miscom munication among bookstores and between the bookstores and the - professors were part of the problem. 3 According to Oliver, lists of rer quired books were sometimes differ? ent from store to store because departments and professors did not r let all bookstores know in a timely . fashion about the changes to class re[ quirements. i Other students agreed, saying the t reason why some of their books were [ not on the shelves when they went to : buy them was that the professor did I not order the books until after class es started, i Until Falll997, all four area bookf stores (Addams, Carolina, South Car olina, and University) were owned by ; the same company. However, now only Carolina and South Carolina are under the same leadership. According to Oliver, it was much easier to order the right amount and same orders of textbooks when all four stores were working together. "We wish there were an easier way because we don't want to sell people the wrong book" Oliver said. Students cited high prices as another problem they had to face. The purchase of textbooks was taxing because many wallets were already empty from Christmas shopping. However, according to Hornsby, prices are usually more than reasonable. "(Books are) like anything else you buy. You don't get them at the buyer's cost, you pay retail cost. EveryBOOKSTORE page two 1 James Madison i Fellowship deadline is Jan. 30 The James Madison Memorial S Fellowship Foundation, a federally en dowed program designed to strength? en instruction about the Constitution in the nation's schools, is accepting in' quiries from master's-degree-level students and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers in r American history and government. For more information, contact Novella Rnclrirl in fV?n FnllntircViinc Hffinn TJom l^VUIklU AAA U1U X bUUTT01U|/J V/iilV/V/j 1JLCU r er College 303 or by calling 777-0958. a ? Udall Scholarship . applications due Feb. 3 f r classes can sed a petition around stead of sleeping in or going out hoi i declare MLK Day a of town. spe lay. Franklin said more According to Franklin, the holstudents signed in less *^ay fr?m classes will be a "per- ths ith's time. manent fixture" for the universi- p o: ally wanted to show ty calendar. Palms pointed out hot overnment can make ^ USC is the first state agency sta 10 cancel classes ior ml.j\ uay. tnt e," he said. He also said that in 1983, USC n and Palms hope that was 0ne of the first state agencies pre vill make this day a to celebrate King's birth. wh J Tl_ 1-1 - ? " '" vice uay. riauMm Also at the breakiast, s.u. hopeful students will state senator Darrell Jackson, on< pportunity to serve in- who represents Richland and Cal- wh id by consumers j|p: ^ ^??2 ... -o& .^P...... VWSIWwk-' -.-.vs' aaaia^ooca: H I j J FILE PHOTO Above and Below: Students seek textbooks to betrin the new semester. Bookstore assistants may be helpful in some instances but for many students the search goes on without their help. FILE PHOTO USC sophomores and juniors in- Beskid in the Felloe terested in a career related to envi- Programs Office in ronmental public policy and Native American and Alaska Native students PWOC a interested m careers related to health care and tribal public policy can ap- nominat; ply for the Morris K. Udall Scholarship, n I. For more information and nomination I3.CU.lty materials, contact Novella Beskid in Professional W the Fellowships Office, Harper College accepting nominat 303 or by calling 777-0958. papers by women Cash awards will b< State Farm Co. application due Feb. 9. pus. For more infc Przybysz at 777-75 Fifty $3,000 fellowships will be awarded by State Farm Companies FfYirtloVPi Foundation to juniors or seniors in busi- . ness-related fields of study. Fellowships tion acce are not based on financial need. Ap- I . plications are available from Novella ?PpilC3Xl celled i an counties, was the keynote cam saker. fere: He had a message to all races i it "It's time to overcome." He tics' inted out that it will take ican ;h races accepting and under- inat nding one another in order for 1 > nation tn crrnw tncrpthpr hpri Jackson issued a three- com inged challenge to blacks and er. ites at the breakfast. ] First, "we must get to know cede } another." He said that those cal j 0 travel are most accepting be- itua 1 Tutorinj '98 succ< DPI I ATT ntrivs vuuur vhiw rckuiii t Carolina for Kids, a USC r student-run organization that sends students from the university to elementary and i middle schools in Richland t County, started its spring re- , cruiting yesterday and will continue today from 12:00 to v 3:00 p.m. v Hie program is sponsored by Pulliam Ford who arranges for tutors to go into the schools as part of their Business Ed- e ucation Partnership program. c "We have two $500 scholarships that we award to two * l rn i r m j _ r meiiiuers ui uaruiuia ior mus fi Leadership Team. Carolina t for Kids, in return, recruits tutors for us," Missy Thompson, coordinator of the Busi- o ness Education Partner- a ship. Students who volunteer for Carolina for Kids are as- g signed to one of the 90 elementary or middle schools in Richland or Lexington County with which Pulliam Ford has a partnership. I Volunteers can be either ? (\ a lunch pal or a tutor during or after school, according to * Thompson. t Volunteers are expected ^ to work for one hour per week and 12 hours during the se mester. t< "Last semester, we had 0 300 USC students volunteering. We're hoping for another good turnout this time," a Thompson said, who esti- n mates nearly 75 students volunteered yesterday. Carpooling is available for 1< those students who do not - have cars. Last semester, 60 carpools were arranged. Thompson said students Z1 should not be intimidated V by tutoring. n "You won't be expected to tutor physics or anything like 11 that," she said. w Thnmnsnn helipves thp USC students get as much benefit out of the program as the students they tutor. vi wships and Summer The S.C. S Harper College 303. tion is accept Anne Agnew ccepting wfh?Jr;con A ? ol higher learn ions from line is March write SCSEA bia, S.C. 2925 omen on Campus is ions ol outstanding IJ W |. graduate students. * * 3 presented on Grad- SuTVG^ dominations are due * spartment chairs, di- PrOfifFc 3 studies and memal Women on Cam- The U.S. ( irmation, call Jane Sciences Inte *51. tinually accept on appointor eassocia- mi3ter!idb; # Umversities. r )ptlll?[ tact Ernestuu 2358 or Dehor ons 4813. n '99 >e they become exposed to difnt cultures and races. Second, he called racial poli'the greatest cancer" on Amersociety, and it must be elimed. Finally, he said, "diversity is 3 to stay," and we must bee more tolerant of each othWis kftvnote address was nre id by "The Chosen," a musijroup who sang several spirls for the occasion. * drive jssful "This makes them feel like hey are part of the commulity. I think the tutors get a ot of satisfaction out of helpng the students. One voluneer was working with a ;indergarten student and within three visits, the boy yas making improvements," he said. Richard ?ims, a fifth gradr at Watkins Elementary !chool, said his Carolina for [ids tutor helps him with his tomework, reading, and eaches him Spanish words. He wants to be a dancer r an artist when he grows up nd said his Carolina for Kids utor is helping him reach his oals. "She's a new friend," Sims aid. "She says if I go to college, can be successful and beome famous. She tells me bat if I have the education hat I need, I can do anybing." Caroline Croft is Sims' tu)r and the former president f Carolina for Kids. "We are veiy enthusiastic bout the response we have sceived from fellow USC stuents," she said in a press re;ase. "More people are finding lit about this great organi_ j_* _ __ J rv - - x i 1 anon ana onering to neip. fliether helping a child in lath or reading or simply goig once a week to have lunch ith him, these volunteers re really making a huge difirence in a child's life. It is a ery rewarding experience." itate Employees Associaing applications for the Scholarships. Students lpleted at least one year ing are eligible. The dead1. For more information, , P.O. Box 5206, Columi0. Geological 7 TnfomeViirt r jjlxi/vi. aauixajj im geological Survey Earth irnship Program is coning applications for handsets. The program is ady Oak Ridge Associated 'or more information, con2 Friedman at (423) 576ah McCleary at (423) 5764