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9 Volume 90, Number 55 University of South Carolina Friday, January 30, 1998
Phi Sigma Pi
recruiting
members
Students with a 3.0 or higher
GPA and 12 or more hours
A are invited to attend Phi Sig^
ma Pi's formal rush at 3 p.m.
Sunday in Russell House
room 203 and 205. For more
information, call Milli at 5444888.
Puppet Regime
meets to elect
officers
w The Puppet Regime will meet
at 5 p.m. Monday in the
Longstreet Theatre green
room. Officers will be elected.
USC leadership
conference to
be held
^ A Student Leadership TrainW
ing Conference will be held
Feb. 7 at USC. Early registration
deadline is Friday,
and the final deadline is Feb.
4. For more information, call
777-6688.
Turkey subject
of panel
V The office of International
Programs for Students and
the Turkish Student Association
will sponsor a panel discussion
and cultural presentation
on Turkey at 7 p.m.
Feb. 10 in Harper College,
the Gressette Room. For
more information, call 7777461.
Professor to
lecture
Stanley Cavell of Harvard
University's philosophy department
will hold a lecture
at 4 p.m. Feb. 16 in Gambrell
153. The lecture is "Identifying
Praise: At Moments in
Henry James and Fred Astaire."
'Stride' for
health
The Columbia chapter of
Hadassah is sponsoring a 5K
Run and One Mile Health
Walk March 1. Registration
is at 1 p.m., the walk begins
at 2:30 p.m., and the run
starts at 3 p.m. For informaA
tion, call Shelly Kriegshaber
at 788-5367.
Trenholm
hosts chess
tournament
Trenholm Park, 3900
Covenant Road, will host a
_ chess tournament at 11 a.m.
V Feb. 21 for people ages 13 to
19. Registration is $5 by Feb.
18. For more information,
call Richland County RecreA
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dren of Alcory
holies, 10:30
j V^S a.m., starts Feb.
( 16, Counseling
^ ill and Human Development
Center.
Elderly home "Une-shot"
community service, 2:30 p.m.
to 5 p.m., Feb. 6, meet at 2:30
p.m. in front of Russell House.
1^ "LifeChance"
Sunday Ballet Gala for
1S.C. children
with AIDS, 6:30
^ \ p.m., Jan. 31,
I* Roger Center.
^ PALM Sunday Worship, 5:30
p.m.., PALM Center.
Senate d
staff writer KEHlTf YOUNG
Lieutenant Weaver Grayson of the
Crime Awareness Office of the USC Law
Enforcement and Safety Division spoke
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concerning his organization's continuing
efforts to improve student safety on campus.
While Grayson acknowledged the effectiveness
of the university's emergency
call boxes, bicycle patrol, campus police
and uniform police, he also mentioned
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staff writer VmFf YOUNO
This summer, USC senior and I
Phillips will be one of 60 participai
the nation to embark on 'The Journ
bicycle voyage beginning in San Fra
Washington, D.C.
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15 and spans about 3,500 miles, is;
a nonprofit organization intended to 1
ness on behalf of people with disabili
is the largest fund-raising campaign
gram. However, the fraternity o
"Give a Push" weekends. In the pe
gram have constructed wheelchair i
and playgrounds and even repaired
Although "The Journey of Hope'
of operation, this is Phillips' first op
as a cyclist.
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recently participate in a tour from
Hopefully, that was a preview of whe
Phillips is particularly enthusias
because he will be apart of the prog
ebration, which includes an additio
saiy Route for certain cyclists.
Along the way, Phillips and his t
ing to the media in order to promoi
issues facing disabled persons.
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According to Phillips, in additioi
disabilities, PUSH America also 1
public image of fraternities. In fac
sors established the PUSH America
pa Phi became the only national me:
ed its own service project. As a rei
endeavors, PUSH America has recei
donations since its inception.
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Kaufman and Kay, along with Professor
Patricia Gilmartin, who provided
maps and other visuals for the book,
gave this presentation to discuss both
the making of this biography and their
visit with Grafton during the writing
process. ^
liscusses
the development of a Student Safety Web
Page.
According to Grayson, any USC
student who may have information about
infractions or violations could use the site
to report such news to the proper authorities.
The page also would serve as
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assistance of the student senate on these
matters of student safety, and he reindor
to rid
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those smiles on their faces.
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ant. They want to be treated normally,"
discuss no1
The book mainly discusses the life
and evolution of Grafton's main character,
Kinsey, who Grafton has compared
to herself in many ways. The biography
also delves into the social and political
issues of Grafton's novels and about
Grafton and her writing style.
While the professors spoke, they ran
a slide show from their visit to Grafton's
hometown of Santa Barbara, Calif. According
to Kay, Grafton was involved
in the publishing of the novel and was
a very eager participant in helping the
authors piece together the book.
The idea of writing the book came up
almost out of nowhere one day when Kay
and Kaufman were having coffee together,
although Kay attributes "a lifetime of
reading mystery novels" to helping spawn
the idea, a? yell.
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that they sponsored this program,
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people} want the same things you w
Phillips said.
Professors
staff writer BRAD WALTERS
Three USC professors held a presentation
Wednesday in Gambrell Hall
to discuss the writing of G is for Grafton,
their novel about popular mystery writer
Sue Grafton and the protagonist in her
novels, Kinsey Millhone.
Few USC students were present at
the event, but the auditorium was packed
with about 100 people.
Professors Natalie Hevener Kaufman
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forced a suggestion that has long been
discussed within the senate.
"Your senate subcommittees should
keep notebooks so that when you guys
leave office, the incoming officers will
know where you left off," he said. "That
is a good way for the student government
to become a more viable entity than it is
now."
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Mike Moore of the Student Services Committee
presented a proposed student surv'
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ry for PUSH America this summer. H
aiify for the program.
In order to participate in "The Journey
ber of his team must raise a minimum of $
that the money supports PUSH America, n
The cyclists have sponsors. Right now, S
corporate sponsor, so none of the money thz
funding our trip. At night, well sleep in gj
ly, donated hotel rooms," Phillips said.
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contact Brian Phillips at (803) 929-0414.
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Three years later, the book hit the
shelves. Kaufman and Kay are good
friends and found that collaborating on
the writing went smoothly.
"We've yet to have a fight over [the
book]," Kay said.
Kay, an English professor, special
izes in Shakespeare, but she finds joy in
reading detective fiction, as well as writing
about it.
"Detective fiction can be as well-written
as any other genre," Kay said.
Kaufman, a legal scholar, works in
the department of government and international
studies. She believes that
sometimes people as a whole don't take
popular culture seriously enough. Both
Kay and Kaufman have run panels on
women and detective fiction for the Popular
Culture Association.
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vey concerning the imposition of a Student
Safe Ride Program.
"I know that many students drink .
and drive, despite the obvious danger to
everyone. If we pass out these surveys
on election day, Fm sure that we can get
the numbers we need to support this program
and see it implemented," Moore
said.
Moore took the opportunity to question
Grayson about the proposal, and the
lieutenant responded with a cautionary
remark.
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Kaufman and Kay invited Gilmartin,
a cartographer and professor of geograDhv.
to make maDs for the book. These
maps were based on Kinsey's fictional
home, Santa Teresa, whose real life counterpart
is Grafton's hometown of Santa
Barbara.
"I found that the mental map I had
constructed from reading these novels
was intact with reality, with the exception
of what Sue tampered with,"
Gilmartin said.
Kaufman and Kay have recently
toured to speak about the book in Santa
Barbara and Washington, D.C., as well
as locally in Greenville, Hilton Head and
Aiken. Philadelphia, Pa., Augusta, Ga.,
and Charlottesville, W. Va., are among
their scheduled stops in the near future.
Sue Grafton is a New York Times
bestselling auth or. The first of her
irogram
"The idea is a sound one. However,
you must consider the legal liability of
the university if it sponsors such a mass 7
transit program," Grayson said.
Any student interested in the Safe
Ride Program should complete the survey
that will be available near the ballot
boxes on Election Day.
Absences Wednesday included the
following senators: Quincy Whittle,
Deisha Smith, Douglas Barrett, Elizabeth
Fordham, Jason Gowdy, LaTasha
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False
alarms
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costing
students
sst. news g^t/or CARRIE MCCULLOUGH
If students think problems caused by
Use fire alarms set in the dorms end once
le students go back inside, they should
link again.
The Columbia Fire Department allows
le university to have three "free" false
larms every year.
After the initial three, the Department
t Housing toots the $100 bill, according
) Gene Luna, director of housing and juicial
programs.
"We don't get any tuition. We don't get
ny tax money. The students' rents pays
>r these [false alarms]," Lima said.
This means students are paying for the
ilse alarms because Housing's funds
re the students rent. False fire alarms
re a factor when students' housing costs
icrease.
False alarms have been a serious prob
_ n 11 A J it
;in in oouin v^uaa ims year.
Tim Hamby, residence life coordinator
r South Quad and the Towers, said new'
updated fire alarm systems are more
msitive. People don't necessarily pull the
all fire alarms. The alarms have gone off
icause of steam from cooking, steam from
lowers or someone burning dinner.
The new systems are in South Quad,
neston, Maxcy, CM" Apartments and Bates
ouse, Hamby said.
"To my knowledge, no one has pulled
le alarm in South Quad," Hamby said.
A large number of false fire alarms nev
make it to the Columbia Fire Departient.
Once an alarm sounds, it rings in the
lilding involved, at the Columbia Fire
epartment and at the USC Police Deartment.
USCPD evaluates if it is a re1
fire or a false alarm.
If the evaluation is made quickly
tiough, the Columbia Fire Department is
ailed to cancel the alarm it receives, and
fSCPD goes to the residence hall and turns
ff the alarm.
Bates has had a few rashes of people
ulling alarms in the last few years, acarding
to Hamby.
Students caught pulling fire alarms
nd causing- false fire alarms will be re
ponsible for the fine and also will face
ime disciplinary action, according to Lua.
"I take it extremely seriously," Luna
aid.
sr Grafton
Kinsey Milhone books is A is for Alibi,
and each story in the series corresponds
to a letter of the alphabet.
According to Kay, Kinsey's character
is a working-class, sharp-tongued female
detective whose favorite place to eat is
McDonalds. Grafton's latest Kinsey Millhone
novel in the series is M is for Malice.
The next in the series, N is for Noose,
is scheduled to come out in May.
Kay and Kaufman's book, G is for
Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone,
was released Nov. 24, 1997, and
was an alternate selection for the Mystery
Writer's Guild for this month. It is
352 pages and published by Heniy Holt
and Co. Inc. ^ ~ . ^