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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
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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
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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
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based on both programmatic and con- h
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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.
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?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."
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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
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F South Carolina
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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
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even drive a car. a
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W.W. Ball much credit. f|:. |.J|
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"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
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senior writer BRAD WALTERS
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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
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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.