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? {Nsmp 0 car?Hna WEATHER TODAY^^^ y^ * 38 "T- 74 / \aJ^ /.{ A # Volume 90, Number 80 Group electing officers Into the Streets will be holding elections at 7 p.m. today in RHUU 302. * Journalism meeting held The National Association of Black Journalists is holding a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the CEO Room of the Carolina Coliseum. SG sponsoring clothing drive Student Government is holding a clothing drive to benefit local charities from Wednesday, April 8 to Wednesday, April 15. Drop boxes will be located outside the Student Government office and in residence halls. USC professor to lecture English professor Thomas J. Rice will give the annual USC Educational Foundation Research Award in Humanities and Social Sciences lecture at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Gambrell Hall, room 429. He ^ will discuss the complexity of contemporary novel topics. Karate expert offers tips World karate champion Bill "Superfoot" Wallace will teach advanced stretching methods, advanced kicking ^ drills, pad and bag drills and tips to improve fighting technique April 16, at the Spring Valley High School gym. Cost is $5 per adult spectator and $15 per participant. For more information, call Mike or Shelley Genova at 7364777. % AAAS needs chairpersons AAAS, The Association of African-American Students, is accepting applications for committee chairpersons. Applications are available in the Multicultural Student Affairs Office, RHUU 33. For more information call 7775061. <% Unity meetings to be held The USC Baha'i Club will be viewing and discussing "The Power of Race Unity" video at 7 p.m. in RHUU 302 Wednesday. ^ iS O O i* Golden Key ||j monday National Honor I S Society, 5 p.m., L(3 RHUU 309. jlj \ [ "Into the i1- ~ Streets," 7 p.m., every other Monday, RHUU 302. /~q o ' The World Tuesday Tae Kwon Do 7 Club, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Booker T. v ^Washington ^ Students Allied for a Greener Earth, 8 p.m., RHUU 303. Palm Campus prayer meeting, 12:30 p.m., PALM Center. Fellowship of Christian Athletes prayer meeting, 7 a.m., Rutledge Chapel. Fencing Club meeting, 7 to ^ 9 p.m., Blatt 308. Financial Management Assoc! ^-Lion meeting, 5 p.m^BA 363. jyi Students copy editor OOUHIE KARICKHOFF ? Are you a good neighbor? * How many people on your floor do you pass by everyday and don't even ^ know their names? ? Do you stop to speak to the people ? in the apartment next door? Have you ever just knocked on their door just to t say hi? Members of the Baptist Student T Union are hoping to change all of that today, the day they have designated as the first Good Neighbor Day on campus. "The objective is to take a day and focus on someone else for a little while," said BSU president, Jon Sherer, who came up with the idea for the event while spending an exchange day with USC President John Palms. Sherer won the day with President Palms as part of a BSU fund-raising If tIie < u; u mm ...Lit\^ljB % iiA H H p Photos from top: The band, 8 Men Truluck perform music from the Children participate in an interact UT offering scholarships The University of Texas at Arlington will award 20 scholarships for their Master of Science in Marketing Research program. Admissions deadline is May 20, and scholarship deadline is June 1. For more information call (817) 272-2340 or e-mail at msmr@uta.edu. t(B Serving the Carolir University i organiz luction and wanted Palms to help him - tl )roclaim his own student holiday. y Taking ideas from other campuses, tuch as Auburn's "Hey Day," during n vhich students are encouraged to say tl Hey" to those they meet on campus, p Sherer created Good Neighbor Day. oi "This is a day when you do somehing nice for one another," Sherer said. B "Say hello to total strangers as you >ass by, give an encouraging note to tl rour roommate, take something to your leighbors." B But this is not a day just for BSU S nembers or other religious organiza- a ions. Sherer has been working with b >ther student organizations on campus a o spread the "good" word about makng a difference in attitudes toward one ol mother. k As part of the good neighbor festiv- p ties, participants will hand out special :ups to their neighbors, printed with S ?7* VI4 %??f ?;'""w ' ,. ' :; .. ...; ... * ? -^sss&s ' m JLj r^^m.'"^., => - f X Out, performs on the patio of Presto 'swing' genre. Bottom left: The mot Eve reptile show where the turtles wei Truman Scholar MJ^pUVMUV/IJU7 available The Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications from college juniors interested in not-forprofit government careers. Eighty scholarships are available. For more information call Novella Beskid at 777-0958. Undergraduate Southern Studies application offered Southern Studies scholarships are open to undergraduates who have completed least six hours of work Music Micitown says who will take the stage. iaiii la Community since 1908 of South Carolina ;e neighbo tie message "Love your neighbor as "It's jo ourself," from Matthew 22:39. someone t They are encouraged to fill the cups, Thougi lade possible through a donation from planned r le First Baptist Church, with candy, ^ will gro encils or little gifts to share with some- 311 imP?rt ne they don't know. b' It's always nice to get a gift," said because t SUmemberDavii Medley. ?T' "It makes people feel good about _ 1 e lemselves." ? UTSe> The cups will be available at the f11 laptist Student Union (700 Pickens erTaidU t.) Monday afternoon, but everyone on "These impus is encouraged to stop by a neigh- negg can ^ or's room or apartment to meet them A grou nd say "hello." dent Uni The day will be especially good for take cups t ff-campus students, accordingto Med- and in SOi jy, who may not know many of the peo- For t le who live around them. have time "TTtia la nnf mrancrolic+i/* of all 11 CQirl fin fimn fn herer. one else tc I V v$ . ' ? \?mm I i Y IP1 M All photos by ! n College. The members, Mattison Gamble, .V tnted police of Colombia offer candid shot re the stars of the show. toward a minor of a B.A.I.S. degree in NA1 Southern Studies. Applications are available in Gambrell Hall room 107. SCll The deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday 3f)t April 15. TheN Wome S. C. Tax Council thr0llf mana| accounting scholarships Ear The South Carolina Tax Council is accepting applications until May 15 for Inti accounting major scholarships to a J South Carolina college or university. Applications are available in the Felences lowship Office, Harper College 303. ajjy ac on ap{ SSwSS BCl Li 11 ? J wM% a i >4 jmfjlh \ aaabbabbbabbbbabbi r ? 1 x ^ Football team ^ \gamecock I g~ plays annual K \ 0lI-L/#IO/ 8a Sprin8 game" www.gamecocluc.edu y gamecock INDEX Viewpoints 2 III o WW Comics 4 m%3' wl f ' r 6 Classified 6 Mnnilav A rtril ft IQQfi "r1" r day Bill may , . c ist doing something nice for ? \ ^ h this Good Neighbor Day was iiXV/J- V/ftuV ather quickly, Sherer hopes - . _ w in the future beyond just J. _ ? ant campus-wide event. I I I I 1 w-* F| I ape it will spread city-wide, ^ his affects more than just ^ St hSe to end on this day, ltl ATI 1AC but we are hoping to facili- M \J HIV fe^ portunity for people to go and to those around them," Sher- college press EXCHANGE j simple acts of thoughtful- The Senate Labor and Human Relar0 a long way," he said. tions Committee on Wednesday approved p will meet at the Baptist Stu- a bill that would extend the Higher Eduon at 11:30 a m. today to cation Act another five years. ? neighbors around the Union The bill, which is expected to go to the ne of the dorms on campus. full Senate later this month, would inhose students who don't crease the amount spent on Pell Grants to join them, try to take a lit- and would decrease the costs of education i do something nice for some- loans to students. >day and be a good neighbor. . But its passage is not guaranteed, ? because the Clinton Administration disagrees with some of the bill's provisions, which it says are too generous to bankers. The maximum Pell Grant for the 199899 school year is set at $3,000, but the bill proposes that that amount be increased to $5,000 in time for the 1999-2Q00 academic year, and increased by an additional $200 each of the following four years. Among the bill's other provisions are the suspension of student aid for people convicted of drug offenses and wider eligibility standards for Pell Grants. The proposed legislation would net more students who are financially independent of their parents and more dependent students who workin addition to going to college. The bill would increase from $3,000 to $4,250 the amount of money independent students could earn and still be qualified for a grant. It also would increase from $1,750 to $2,200 the amount of earnings a dependent student could exclude from statements about his or her family's need. The forgiveness of student-loan debt Bup to $10,000 would be provided for graduates who teach for three years in a school with a large representation of low-income families. The amount of time lenders must give students who are more than $30,000 in debt to repay their loans would be extended from 10 years to 25 years instead. The bill mandates that colleges and universities disclose to the public more detailed financial information so that students and their parents can make more informed choices. Colleges failing to provide such information would be fined up to $25,000 for H|r each offense. The bill also authorizes $10 million MM iH grants for colleges needing to improve l&p their facilities to better meet the needs of disabled students. Much of Wednesday's discussion focused on another of the bill's provisions, which would lower the interest rates stu* dents would have to pay on their loans. . Republicans and Democrats agree that the WJP rates should be cut, but they don't see eyeto-eye on how to lower the rates. Republicans have proposed to offset Iff-; j "'** ' the lower interest rates by increasing the amount of in subsidies the government iEAN?AW??D am. Photo Edito ,enders ^ hd ^ ^ ^ tttcheU Jontatt and Myers But Democrats have c lained ^ s with the horses. Right (he toctic would ban)[s at the pense of taxpayers, who would have to shell out more money to pay the higher subsidies. rw arrpntino administered by Oak Ridge Associat* o ed Universities. For more informaolarshin tion, contact Ernestine Friedman at r (423) 576-2358 or Deborah McCleaiy )lications at (423) 576-4813. ational Association of Insurance ? . n is accepting applications Fllluri^llt Cj 1*3x11 jh April 20 for insurance/risk jement scholarships. Applica- COlXipCllllOIl OpCIlS re available in the Fellowship \f ov 1 , Harper College 303. / The official opening of the 1999-2000 Cr!pnrpc competition for Fulbright Grants for ill jLlCIltCa graduate study or research abroad in prtmhin academic fields and for professional F training in creative and performing locations arts *s I- Applications must be received at the U.S. Student Pro.S. Geological Survey Earth Sci- grams Division at IIE/New York by Internship Program is continu- Oct. 23. For more information call the icepting appl. ations for hands- HE New York Headquarters at (212) jointments. The program is 984-5330.