The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 10, 1998, Image 1

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m (NSW^ 0 caroling WEATHER TOD A^0 ? SAIXJW^^^ ? Volume 90, Number 82 SG soonsorine r o clothing drive Student Government is holding a clothing drive to benefit local charities through Wednesday, April 15. Drop boxes will be located outside the Student Government office and in residence halls. Karate expert offers tips World karate champion Bill "Superfoot" Wallace will teach advanced stretching methods, advanced kicking Qj) 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 736-4777. SG extends ^ application deadline The deadline for submitting applications to be a part of Student Government University Committees has been extended to April 17. Applications and a list of committees are available in the Student Government office. For more ^ information stop by the Student Government office or call 777-2654. Public health lecture offered Dr. Bariy S. Levy will be a guest speaker at the USC ^ School of Public Health on Thursday, April 16. Levy will be addressing the future of public health. The event will take place at 2 p.m. in room 103. For more information call 777-5032. Hunger benefit to be held USC office of Community Service Programs is sponsoring a Hunger Clean-Up One Shot on April 17th from 2 to 5 p.m. They will be fund-rais I Maymester offer senior writer BRAD WALTERS May, chan< Exams for Spring semester end less the n than one month from today. For many D students, this will mean the end of school to Afr until August; however, those students hour; who decide to take a class during befor Maymester 1998 have a variety of new vertis and unique courses to choose from. and t Over 70 Maymester courses are listed on the registrar's home page. Many . cause of those classes include required field ey," 1 trips to locales throughout the Caroli- last n nas or, in rare instances, to overseas na- to gei tions. h According to Professor Mark De- ing oi lancey, Maymester is a convenient time "1 to teach classes that require trips abroad lance because the three to four week time pe- ally, riod is appropriate, and there aren't any that \ class conflicts for students to worry about, in an Delancey is teaching a Maymester S< class, GINT 501M section 001, which a cla will travel to the African nation of quite Cameroon for three weeks. terna While there, students will take part p in firsthand research into Cameroonian one o politics, society and culture. es off "Part of the reason I like to hold (THS the class in Maymester is that it is prac- "] tical," Delan.;ey said. "The rainy season abou in the part of Africa we go to begins in Amei ing and cleaning up local shelters. For more information please call 777-8402. MENSA offers qualifying test ^ MENSA will be offering a qualifying test Saturday, April 18 in Columbia. Anyone interested in taking the test can contact Mac James at 782-8776. Cessation aids offered % Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital is offering smoking cessation classes from 6-7:30 p.m. April 15 to 16 and April 22. The cost is $20. For more information call 434-7808. a Z Z Adult Chilli friday dren of Alco ^ r\ holies, 10:30 fe I V J_ (J a-m., Counsel : \ J ing and Human I' " ~~If^ Development Center. Seidokan Aikido, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Booker T. Washington Gym / q ^ ^ PALM Sunsunday day Worship, -? 5:30 p.m., \~| ^ PALM Center. V ] St. Thomas ^ More Chapel, Greene Street, Catholic mass in Spanish, 2 p.m., ever; *;hird Sunday of each month. 7) Leach talks about 'senseless' jjr animal death. JUK Students i news editor SARA LADENHEIM This On use NSF ' students are in the N MP have been award- toral < I ued at $7,500 an- 1997 nually, and three Cemb< have won the Na- Jenki ENDLER tional Science Fel" at tht lowships valued at plans $70,000 each. Se- perin nior Elizabeth Endler won a NSF as well gi as being named a Tau Beta Pi Fellow, curre Registration asst. features editor KRISTIN FREESTATE ~~ jjj The NCAA Division I Manual holds H the answer to a Question that students HH ments are "intended to make the ath- nei lete really be as much of a student as might have regarding athletics: Why do student athletes get to register first? Athletes are mainstreamed like regular students, seeing their advisers and ill calling TIPS or using the Internet to H sign up lor classes. K But that's where the similarity ends, ni "(Student athletes) do get the priority in registration, and that is prob- ||| ably how they differ from our normal students," said Richard Bayer, university registrar. "As the university registrar, we have I J| to comply with this bylaw article 14 of W the NCAA Division I Manual." A specific article listed under the bylaw, Satisfactory-Progress Requirements, "actually says that the univer- g|| sity has to ensure that courses are avail- Si able so the student athletes can comply |p with NCAA rules and regulations," Bay- ||| ersaid. "If they don't comply, they are in- H eligible to compete." rnese requirements mciuae wnat r > Bayer called "a very high level of aca- ||g demic progress toward the grade" to 11 ensure that the athletes complete a Pi minimum number of courses per se- ||| mester, maintain a certain GPA and H make steady progress toward earning a baccalaureate or equivalent degree. Accordingly, the Athletics Academic Support Services Office sometimes n double-checks the athletes' schedules Hi to be sure the athletes are taking the correct classes. Gc Athletes' schedules can be especially difficult to plan because athletes are de' only permitted to take degree-applica- an ble courses. dei According to Bayer, the require ai f~ \isEm 4 '" U.S. citizer won't keej ;T'r ':$y !? out of Jail. ?'.v J I (39 Serving the Carolina Commi University of South I receive NS is the first time Tau Beta Pi and of Patricia D honors have been awarded to one on continuir nt in the same semester. search at th( ational Science Foundation awards Goldwab warded for graduate study lead- ^ ou^ ^ g^g ) research-based master's or doc- an(j Juniors degrees in the field of science math- Scholars ics and engineering. c , & , , ,, of academic le other NSF winners mclude May , graduate William Jenkins and De- ma^ematic er 1997 graduate Charles Smith. students whc ns is currently a graduate student u*ties ?f co^ ; University of Michigan where he tionwide. 1 on focusing his research on ex- Of the 31< lental psychology. tually all of 1 nith, a former biology major who is ing a Ph.D. a ntly a research assistant in the lab to Hans Mai . considered p #> timaKfofi? W^w Im, 1# | a llfl iiimrnWifMi ?; :...;: jF^PSf- - ;.; SE orge Formanek played basketball for five > AA regulations, he was able to register da nts were given the opportunity. athlete and to participate at the aca- Bayer s nic environment." appear to b "We didn't want the athlete to come graduation ejust to participate." is one of th ond only to *s new, interestin and the earlier we go the better analyze why :e we have of getting in ahead of nomenon of \ rins." He said t elancey said that the group going course came i ica has already met in several two- taught in the sessions to gain a basic knowledge ago which "i e leaving for Africa. He began ad- Rocky and sing the class in September 1997, Stimpy" and he class was full by January. one area of fc he reason we have to do that is be- with it, the i people have to gather enough mon- as an indepe le said. "If DeoDle wait until the One advi linute it could be difficult for them fering this cla lerate the money." class periods e says he anticipates the course be- weekday) alio [fered again next May. in one class,: Phis is the best teaching I do," De- up into two ( y said. "I have more fun person- "[The cla* and I come away with the feeling mally teach ve all learn a great deal more than doesn't realb ything else I teach." lum, so May ome students might be looking for propriate fo ss that is as interesting, but not He also s as costly, as the classes where in- time to offer itional trips are required. bring people rofessor David Berube will teach cation for a f the more unique Maymester class- hopes the coi ered; a rhetorical study of Star Trek pie so they v IP 330M, section 001). classes. Fhis is a course where we will talk Professoi t the i ^e popular culture plays in a graduate rica," Berube said. "The class will class, SOW ig his work in ecological re- and Excellence in Educa ; University of Connecticut. The three USC wir sr Scholarships were hand- Ely, Caroline Parler anc undergraduate sophomores Ely is a sophomore bic from the 50 states. Plans ?n "pursuing a PI i were selected on the basis ogy ^ Part^c*Pate m i merit from a field of 1,186 cuses locatmg and , . . normal human genes 8, science and engineering correct ^, . were nominated by the 6c- par]er is a juBior , leges and universities na- neering major who pli Ph.D as well in the field 6 scholarships awarded, "vir- gineering. Caroline pla the winners plan on pursu- her career by "conducti is their objective," according phasizing chemical kin rk, Chairman of the Board ecular level." riority for athl H "We're very proud o said. Although the early-re sure is employed so athle to the NCAA standards, could "easily see" how c might see the policy as vantage." "I understand why letes) have (early registr they need to be able to wc ules around practice," se: l|gija|jMiiiP|ter ji Bayer said that, with W& Kb jMrT., ll athletes on a campus, tl - m ence to other students. Sophomore Amy Mc mr %MMm I anc^ athlete, agreet ? 9|Hr: ? "I think (early regis Mm While Bayer believe H : < Hp I of the NCAA requiremer I . ||fair," considering the rec mM **m HUB athletes have to complj an rayford Asst. photo Editor "We live and die in 0 'ears. Each year, due to eligibility (section)," he ys before all other stu- Early registration a , , letes the chance to work; aid that the requirements . , ,, , a serving their purpose; the tlce9 mto the,r acade" rate of university athletes Disabled students ai e highest in the SEC, sec- ers on campus who are i Vanderbilt. ister so early for classes tg courses tor stuc Star Trek remains a phe- whose 50 students will ^ vestern pop culture." vice agencies in Russii ;he idea for teaching this for 10 days. The class \ from a pop culture class he nationally and, like Dela Honors College a few years by January, studied everything from The class has been h Bullwinkle to Ren and before Maymester was . touched on Star Trek as at USC. Each year th< cus. The more work he did somewhere different, nore he "saw its potential Other classes during ndent course." quire trips to cities such i mtage Berube cites to of- D.C., New York City, Atl iss in May is that the longer and Hannover, German 3 (two hours of class each Students who wish t w entire movies to be shown home can choose from cla rather than breaking them ics range from the sock >r more classes. thought of Malcolm X t is] is so unlike what we nor- of reggae music as an int in the department that it thetic. / fit into our usual curricu- For a complete listii ^ J ?-*? ?-?? nr nlonor iliesier seemcu iiivc an ap- uuu ui iuajmcovci tiaoov rum for it," Berube said, go to the registrar's home sees Maymester as a good go.regs.sc.edu. interesting classes that can Many of these classi who have been out of edu- requisite requirements, while back to school. He Some of the classes li irse will interest these peo- istrar's home page have nil want to take even more due to a lack of enrollm It is recommended th Leon Ginsberg is teaching have questions about the and undergraduate level call the registrar s oi K 306M and SOWK 757, their adviser. [1 iship ^ | ^i^MI ^e <^2V' p you ^N - |^Ef|7|m stomp tli ?^ ^ ^MBSfcrr Pa^Ils mau inity since 1908 Carolina >F, Goldwa eCoursev. M.DTPh.D. nlans nf Trustees of the finlHw Q3H tlfe " " necocks \ gamecock \ I 16 / On-Une www.gamecock.sc.edu J gamecock INDEX A Viewpoints 4 : % Etc 5 M Comics 6 I Sports 7 Classified 8 Friday, April 10, 1998 ter awards ater Scholarship , "I was so ecstatic. I had been waiting ition Foundation, for a long time to hear about it. It was mers are Laura such a tough field of competition," Par1Maureen Ryan. lersaid ilogy major who . . .. . _ . i.D in immuilol- aJumor Ma e Science maresearch that fo- Jor> has researched marine science and sequencing ab- ecology studies at USC and at the Lawin an effort to erence Livermore National Lab. Among other things, she plans on Chemical Engi- "seeking employment with a major mainf a rine/environmental research station." of Chemical En- , ... tis on furthering Ryan 18 also interested in Pursuing a ng research em- Ph D-in environmental toxicology. etics at the mol- "It made all the hard work worth it,"Parler said. Alcohol , policy 9 9S. revised gistration mea- I I |4 ' >tes can adhere ivJJL w MmA Bayer said he >ther students college press EXCHANGE an "unfair ad, LEXINGTON, (student ath- versity of Kenation) because tucky's Board of lil i?All mi i >rk their sched- if^l /%?fl I rrusiees, noprng nior Katie Cre- XS deaths that have tratingforstu- J happened at e classes they >cr -y schools in other ready full." states,has l hn t inn banned alcohol from all fraternity and 0 ^ . sorority houses, be early regis- The new policy, effective this fall, jch of a differ- is considered one of the swiftest and strictest put into action so far and comes stella. a track at a ^me w^en university officials nationwide are trying to control the widespread abuse of alcohol on their tration) bene- campuses. e if they need UK re-evaluated its own alcohol get that class policies in October after the university's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon , , lost its charter in the wake of allegas a e ma- tions. These allegations insinuated that s are unaware the organization had allowed underit, he described age drinking and hazed pledges by jolicy as "only showering them with beer, luiiements the The chapter denied all charges. . j While its national organization turned up no evidence of physical hazing or forced drinking, fraternity offiur office by the cials did say the chapter was guilty of said a "measure of wrongdoing." Iso allows ath- The new policy, much like those *fW?nnn nrar- Set t0 &? into effect on other campuses around the country by 2000, prone schedules. hibits fraternity and sorority members, *e the only oth- regardless of age, from drinking in their allowed to reg- houses. k But the Kentucky policy goes one step further. It also requires Greek houses, owned ' either by the university or leased to the 1 " organizations, to have live-in directors jpnj"C enforce the regulations. -I v-' 11LO Many directors don't get involved rfsit social ser- ? fkahol polity violations, preferring a and Sweden to et s^u^en^s govern themselves mvas advertised ste;^ . nceVs, was full With that m rrnnd, university officials are trying to determine whether eld since 1986 house directors will become universiimplemented % employees or remain under the su^ class travels pervision of the Greek organizations they serve. ** i. Anv violations of the new policies mayiiiestei re- ? > as Washington be considered violations of the unianta Charlotte versity's student code of conduct, which y are considered more serious offenses o stay closer to than alcoho1 infractions, isses whose top- "We know that there are enormous il and political P661" Pressures conform to a drinko the influence culture," said Joseph Burch, vice ernational aes- president of university relations, according to news reports, lg and descrip- "Fortunately, the University of Ken's, students can tucky has not had serious inJury a ipage: http^/ar- student. Other campuses certainly have. es have no pre- ?urinS ??e J ""1 la9t ?ar' f,ve students at the University of Virginia isted on the reg- died alcohol-related accidents, been cancelled " freshman at the Massachusetts ent Institute of Technology died three days at students who after a drinking binge in September, qfof-iiq nf o rinqq and a student at Louisiana State Fice or taiu t0 University died n August after a night of heavy alcohol consumption.