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V 1,,in: I M. \0sim . u . .. ; ^ _ . . 11............. caroling WEATHER TODAY rr\ WW 45 SATU^^^ Volume 90, Number 7C Nominations being accepted Nominations for the Brubaker Carolinian Award are being accepted through Tuesday. Students nominated should exemplify at least one of the tenets of the Carolinian Creed. For more information call 799-7363. Office taking applications The Capstone Area is accept* ing nominations until March 20 for the "Capstone Area Award for Excellence in Teaching". Applications are available in the Capstone Area Office. Judicial Board applications available The Judicial Board is accepting applications March 16 through 27. Applications are available in the Student Government Office. Warwick forms due Applications for the Warwick Exchange, a program which allows four Carolina students to attend the University of n A. n l J _i__ conveniiy, rmgiana, are aue Monday to Dr. Mark Smith, Warwick Exchange Committee, Department of History, USC-Columbia, 29208. Final selections will be made by the end of March. COOL National Conference coming to USC The Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) National Conference will be held March 12 through 15 at USC. This year's theme is "United We Serve." For more information call Jason Youngstrom at 777-9596. Contra Dance to be held A Contra Dance will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. March 14 at The Red Barn on Frontage Road. A workshoD will be at 7:30 p.m. $5 per person. For more information call 7499694. Center holding carnival A community Purim Carnival will be held from 12:30 to 3 p.m. March 15 at the Columbia Jewish Community Center. For more information call David at 787-2023 extension 303. A ^ ] Burnout pre| FRIDAY vention/coping 6 with stress session, 9:30 a.m., | \ JMarch 27, Counseling and Human Development Center, call 777-5223 to preregister. Adult Children of Alcoholics, 10:30 a.m., Counseling and Human Development Center. A~? ? ^ palm ^un* SUNDAY day Worship, 8' 5:30 p.m., PALM Center. | \ St. Thomas ILjmiiinni'rly More Chapel, Greene Street, Catholic mass in Spanish, 2 p.m., March 22, every third Sunday of each month. 7JL Studies sti pSR!? concern c Spnng b? USC bit staff writer LEIGH GULLEDGE The University of South Carolina has climbed in national ratings for attracting freshman National Merit Scholars from 78th in 1996 to 45th in 1997. The year 1997 marks the first time USC has been in the top 50 in ranking. The higher ranking was achieved due to a program put together by Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Donald J. Greiner and Dr. Randy Engle of the Psychology Department. In 1993, when Greiner became Associate Provost at USC, there were no more than 16 National Merit Scholars in the freshman class. Former Provost James Moeser, who is now president of the University of Nebraska, wanted to increase the small number of National Journalisn senicr writeriOSH tONON f TheChrh&oc .. editorialized the need for more spat I/-.for the newly founded School ofJou nalism. ill* need another.dessroom buil< ing," reed The Gamecock. i||(f The school occupied two rooms ah - a closet at the top of the oldPresidenf I| mansion/on the Horseshoe, and ha only a few students. 1; Today, 7& years latei^ the Colleg ofjF&nrnftlhfflFt and l&m Communis |?? tions occupies 40,000 square feet of th | Carolina Coliseum and has hundrec l of students. , |||*|: <#!he college opened with a bandit -.of students; and we have about 970 sh ||| dents today > .<so the college has indee llfgrowh a loip said Judy VanSlyke Tori dean of the college. Journalism is celebrating .its 75t |??year at USCfby inviting guest Speal liars from all four of the divisions of tb Iff undergraduate programs: print, elei ? tronic, advertising and public relation :*l|ijifim;HoagIand, senior columnist fc fflT^'WcJanePaiileyt lNfNJ, ana uavia uroois 01 a major pui |^J|e relations finn/'. Ka^i^Wprldwid ail yea i|}p) Ifoa^andwEap^^il^ aw! i lijrpbia will-apeak Dot. 7 p|||jah JFautey will speak Nov. 19||?||||||| IlllSI&tti Wesfbroek, President of Fa |v ibh&M&igotfc advertising agency spols 7 last week* i||?|| Ike college is also h?yin&7Sth at || fcjversaty birthday parties^ in New Yori IllWashtngton, D-C., Atlanta, Chariot! Jy and Greenville. gf1118 "W* taking advantage of th ?.;:: milestone to introduce ourselves to som Ipl key movera and shakers in New Yot ||ljpiWakhington 0,&)* Turk said . St ||pid they will be attended by ahwat ii and paid for throng donations, ||| lllll'TbeTirat;party'held i |?f Charleston on February 25. It ws if 1 attended!# the first journalism grm || :: natet Charles Braxton Wflfiams||f| Senate rejects senior writer KENLEY YOUNG A resolution to the Senate Finance Committee's budget that would have endorsed Carolina Productions as an alternate funding source for financially affected organizations failed by a 14-13 margin in the Senate meeting Wednesday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Curtis Brown, who was accompanied by Sen. Steve Veldman and SG President Jamel Franklin, introduced the resolution based on next year's controversial new budget, which the Senate passed last week. "I decided that this would be a nice compromise, especially for those organizations not getting their desired [portion of] activity fees," Brown said. "Under this bill, [the Senate] will endorse Carolina Productions' openness to allow all undergraduate organizations iiyiyjyjyjiyiyiyfoyffi t (5 Serving the Carolina I Inivorcitu aks top' Merit Scholars representing the fresh- c man class of Fall 1993. Greiner put to- s gether a committee to begin the course C of action. The committee was chaired by c Dr. Engle, who has since left the uni- p versity. However, he did not leave until j the university's goal was reached. The program became known as the Engle Plan, thus giving full credit to En- ^ gle. The plan's goal was to increase the number of National Merit Scholars in the freshman class by 10 percent per year 11 for 10 years. a The plan was studied and written in the academic year of93-94; the goal was r; to bring in 20 National Merit Scholars u and National Achievement Scholars, T which is a program for minority students, ft The program was a two-part effort, C based on both programmatic and con- h i celebrates a &S?$g #> |.-.'/.v.v.; . % '.';^*> ' gill ll' I 'ft Jv* :Swro.:^Ky.frv: ,; < ! d ^ |i||M u Yes, I think he will [veto]. |? Curtis Brown Senate Finance Committee s Chairperson y W( 55 re ents, a club that suffered one of the bud- sp et's most dramatic cuts. Bi "Our pasture on this issue in not based n the benefit of one organization. This wi ^solution is for everyone," Veldman said, m When the floor was opened to debate, it, ules Committee Chairman Graham jng raised an objection. lo' "How will this act as a precedent?" th jng said. 45 bj I'lBi WrM Hi i $ Above: The Orsi School of Journals || closet In the old USC president's on jjf McKissick Museum now stands on th ||;( Below: The College of Journalism at ?part of the basement of the Carolina III! Williams graduated from the School "? is . :-of Journalism in 1925,. He recently |J & , wrote his memoirs on .USC, k "The fall of: 1922 brought the ntti* |g| varsity a new president, and. the next 1 ]M year a new School of Journalism," wrote & * Williams.' |??ffj||He credits the founding of the school 1 |: :;:to Board of Trustees member August :| ' m Kohn and USC President William Davis.. Melton. compromise m to approach them for additional funding." ( Brown said that the bill would involve a "shift in Carolina Productions' _ budget" He gave credit to Sen. Chris Dorsel for his role in devising the resolution. While he supported the resolution, Veldman pointed out that the bill was not a new concept. "Carolina Productions has always been open to clubs in the past," Veldman said. "This bill is just a reaffirmation of q] that. This proposal requires Carolina n Productions to shift its budget a little, but it will solve backlogging of funds, and p it will help Student Government achieve ^ parity with Carolina Productions." Furthermore, Veldman denied that K the resolution was only for the benefit of the Association of African-American Stu JSC senior to r\ pin wheel. amv HI IIV Community since 1908 F South Carolina >0 in nal rete incentives. The university offers tudents programs such as the Honors st lollege, Preston Residential College, the )ffice of Fellowships, the Office of Pre- S< rofessional Advising and the First Year th leading Experience. Also, the national b< lent scholarship was raised from $3,000 tier year to $6,000 per year, to reach a te otal scholarship worth $24,000. * al With these incentives, USC's rankig for its number of national merit schol- w rs reached the top 70. or Presently, just three years later, USC M anks 45th in the nation's colleges and m niversities, both public and private, w here are now considerable waiting lists Ci )r both the Honors College and Preston co ollege as the word spreads of what USC H as to offer. 7, nnlprsary! ^at^M ?-^-."^j^^0<^^^^^^^58gBB^MMB8?8^^^^ >:> >:aH?:w: < J&jlll Special to Hie Gamecock < SU^MEYERS Photo Editor mi occupied two bedrooms and a'11 lanslon. ft was located where the | lC Horseshoe. gsSiCVy^j id Mass Communications occupies f Coliseum. ||:i;||;|p| ' -jT ||| Dr. Melton threw himself into the work heart end soul He had a lot to J? throw physically" wrote Williams, not- 4 lag that Melton was so fat he eould not j even drive a car. a Ill Williams also gave the first dean ? W.W. Ball much credit. f|:. |.J| H *IO can lick a raw youth into shape I so that in the first year of outside work, | he will not be a burden to his city edi- . mm i JOURNALISM pagestx '' solution by 1 v< BB SEC tournament p" Jf IBB previewed. : jg mnf\ J ral L* 1 LlOIiai Yd "Good students want to go where good ro udents go," Greiner said. 3,: Eligibility for the National Merit :holarship is based on SAT score and he le quality of a written essay. The num;r of national merit scholars entering *h le university is still growing. Forty enred in Fall 1997,47 including nationachievement scholars. Greiner points out that USC's rank ouldbe even higher if the ranking was j lly in regards to public institutions. QU Measuring the number of national ^.( eru scnoiars in puDiic scnoois alone ould be fairer; in this poll taken by the tig hronicle of Higher Education , USC is de mpeting with private schools such as mi arvard, Yale and Duke. For example, of 379 national merit scholars were en- So Historic gets ma senior writer BRAD WALTERS d Flinn Hall, one of the oldest buildings on campus, is in the process of being renovated after a fire destroyed e much of the building in 1995. ^ When the renovation is complete, Flinn will become the new home of the t departments of women's studies and c African-American studies, according to a Pete Stiehr, project manager for constmrtinn sorvifoa nn ramrmc Stiehr said the renovation is scheduled to be completed in mid-June, and that construction is running close ? to schedule. ^ Maxine Higgins, program coordinator for women's studies, said that the \ department is excited about the move ^ because the facilities in which they are ^ currently housed are inadequate. Currently their offices are on the c 2nd floor of 1710 College Street. They are forced to stack things on the floor t due to a lack of space. ( "We have six rooms on the top floor a of this house right now," Higgins said. ^ The department will have more _ i.L . m a ^ oince space once me r nnn renovation is completed. They will expand their program and hire new faculty, which s they have not been able to do in their * current facility. t Higgins said the department of women's studies is excited to be able to t work with the department of African- g American studies in the same building. "We feel like [the move to Flinn is] a commitment on the part of the administration to both departments," Higgins said. 2 While most of the building will be I used for office space, classrooms and j seminar rooms are going to be built on the first two floors as well. These rooms will be used by the departments of women's studies and AfricanAmerican studies as well as the Hon- 1 ors College. v According to Peter Sederberg, dean of the Honors College, one of these class- c rooms will be a "smart classroom." r Professors will be able to display \ documents or movies from their computer to students, like an overhead projector. ? ote; Franklin v< This resolution seems to influence oups that are unhappy with the bud- fyi it to seek funds outside of the Senate bil nance Committee, even though we've Fr Id these clubs that we don't think they lould receive any more." vo Minority Affairs Chairwoman Kathy in Nostrand asked whether Franklin ve Duld veto next year's budget if Brown's mi solution did not pass. ne Franklin, who is not permitted to ieak without Senate approval, allowed ^ 'own to answer. "Yes, I think he will [veto]. But this F1' ill be a much more effective compro- e ise with the president's signature on 1 " Brown said. Brown then asked the Senate to alw Franklin an opportunity to speak on & e resolution. Mi Initially, the Senate granted Franklin Jo i seconds and later extended his time Gi r 30 seconds. Fc \gamecock\\ V, On-Liney llll www.gamecoctu$c.cdQ f gamecock INDEX Viewpoints 2 - Etc.......... 3 Comics 4 Sports 5 Classified 6 0 Friday, March 6,1998 likings lied nationally in Fall 1997, but only 201 attend public institutions. Tve spent my entire academic career sre, and I've never been more ecstatic tout the quality of undergraduates on is campus than I have been in the past re years," Greiner said In reference to the university's future >als, Greiner said, "we are aggressivebeginning to recruit in-state and outstate by starting in fall of 1998 havg five Carolina Scholars from it-of-state in addition to the 20 we take )m in-state." This plan to award USC's most presrions srhnlarshin to nnt-of-stntp stn 5 r nts is part of a larger goal designed to ake USCs undergraduate program part the top five public institutions in the utheast. : Flinn keover The room will also have video, aulio and slideshow capabilities. The Honors College currently us:s space on the first floor of Harper or classroom space. Sederbere said thev hope to even ually renovate the area to make suffiient space for the office of fellowships tnd summer programs, which is curently housed on the 3rd floor of the tuilding. Flinn Hall is located on Pendleton Street, between Maxcy College and the Vorld War Memorial. The fire that consumed much of the uilding in August 1995 affected the hird floor most severely, but the enire building was included in the renivation. Prior to the fire, the building housed he departments of naval science NROTC) and the department of lerospace studies (Air Force ROTC). rhese departments are temporarily looted in LeConte College. Maybry Limehouse, administrative ipecialist for the Air Force ROTC, said hey would love to have been able to reurn to Flinn. "We were told they're going to want o put something nice there," she iaid. The NROTC has long-range plans o move to the Coliseum. Flinn was originally built in 1860 ind named in honor of professor William linn whn was artivp in fiinHraisintr tn >rovide a student center. Flinn was originally a faculty house it the corner of Sumter and Pendleton itreets. The original building was noved in 1935 to make room for the var memorial building. Stiehr said that as part of the renivation the front porch is going to be estored to its original size, as it was >efore the building was moved. "I think ifs going to be a handsome milding when we're through," Stiehr said. stoes budget "This is a resolution intent on pacing and finding a common ground. This \ does not alter the budget in any way," anklin said. The resolution was defeated by a onete margin. Brown said that Franklin will now to the budget, and the Finance Comittee will be forced to pass an entirely w budget by next week. Athletics Committee Chairman Gene illis also proposed a new bill that will Dre clearly define the duties of the Athics Committee. The proposal was tabled r future consideration. Absences Wednesday included Sens, lura McFarland, Dionne Pringle, illy Vickery, Kathryn Henderson, Jared obley, Brandy Grimes and La Shawn hnson. Rules Committee Chairman aham King announced that Elizabeth irdham is no longer a senator.