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* ' , i , 1 v1 " ^11 11 'v:.1 ^.V;1 ;A'v.1;1.,v.1.winm w mmmmmmwimmmmmmmmmmmmmiMMwmmmmmmmtmmmMii''iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ^ fT)pJ* 11 i * i. reward isn't |r Brush up on ^ Softball sweeps ^ gamecock I gained at any > ^ < your coffee ^ Coastal Carolina On-Line I caroling WEATHER ^ J gamecock INDEX tl Hie (Bamecock e i Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 Volume 90, Number 84 University of South Carolina Friday, April 17, 1998 SG accepting ( applications * * senio) The deadline for submitting applications to be a part of St Student Government Univer- thusij sity Committees. For more b information stop by the Stu- F( dent Government office or the call 777-2654. have first ] Hunger benefit & one-shot held iS USC office of Community Service Programs is sponsor- j ing a Hunger Clean-Up One ' Shot today from 2 p.m. to 5 hJgetl p.m. They will be fiind-raisinir onrl nlnoninrr nr\ Innnl dlLlCU ixig auu ncouing up IUVCU shelters. For more informa- collec tion please call 777-8402. yet\.TS N< # aftern Fraternity articl holds festival i? The Zeta Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. is holding Kappa Fest *98 today through Sunday. For more information call Felix Meyer at 544-4422 or Ma- i lik Husser at 544-2095. IQ test offered ~ MENSA will be offering a qualifying test Saturday in ^ Columbia. Anyone interested ^ imtaking the test may con- w tact Mac James at 782-8776. aj ot MS society | holding walk The MS walk will be held at pj 9 a.m. Saturday at Hand Ei Middle School. Participants d( may dedicate their walk to pi someone they know has MS tl or they may receive a profile si of someone with the disease 0 to dedicate their effort to. bj tv Cheerleading tryouts held ih Varsity cheerleader tryouts will be from 6-8 p.m. April of 20-24 and at 10 April 25 at P* the USC Fieldhouse. The co dress is shorts, t-shirts and Tl tennis shoes. S1 K Mascot needed ?> Mascot auditions will be held at 6 p.m. April 22-24 at USC Fieldhouse. Students will be expected to perform a two ^ minute skit and read to impromptu situations created ^ by the coach. w th Applications due for p> L.E.A.D. e? CI" Annlirufinna fnr fV?n T nartar A tj/^/uvuviv/UO 1U1 U1& UVUUVi ship Enrichment and Devel- ^ opment Retreat are due to to the Office of Leadership Training Programs, Campus ^ Activities Center by April 22. The retreat will be May 6 and 7. For more information con- L?_ tact Cindy Benton at 777 6688. I >7^ 13:7>mT?i / q q ' Adult ChilFRIDAY dren of Alcoxj holies, 10:30 vl J a.m., Counsel- ffc ing and Human II ... Development Center. ^ Seidokan Aikido, 5-6:30 p.m., r Booker T. Washington Gym W( A Q Q ! PALM Sun- rpbg Sunday day Worship, Ful, 1 5:30 p.m., . , ^ I V PALM Center. ? St. Thomas R?? I'1 More Chapel, stuc Greene Street, Catholic mass ir?g: in Spanish, 2 p.m., every third abr( Sunday of each month. lothing driv< r writerKENLEY YOUNQ Apartments expressed a d tinue the drive for a few addi udent Government officials are en- The vice president hop< sstic about the success of their "Let's tion ^ wfli be able to com faked" clothes drive project. ick the clothes o."?113: ?e membeI! "[The Salvation Army] i J1998-1999 Student Government t these doth but wc,re been sponsoring this drive as their at Good wm d ^ large order of business. Senators r. , ,, . ., Dorset said, i large cardboard boxes in residence ~ .. . , throughout the USC campus in an v f ?"m v Z 0?trel"* to gather as many clothes as possi- ^ Van Nostrand a8reed .1 i man rtfte needy. r " a Wednesday evening, senators col- . "We deeded to keep these I most of the boxes, sorted and fold- m nnmediate commumt 3 clothing, and packed the articles could give something bac ier bia," Van Nostrand said. "Ma /e counted a total of 1,787 separate we can extend the drive to i es of clothing, and we haven't even areas." ted the box from Cliff Apartments Van Nostrand believes th laid SG Vice President Chris Dorsel. ve was beneficial to both tl bw donations that arrived Thursday area as well as Student G loon raised the clothing total to 1,802 *T think it was a good pi es and, according to Dorsel, Cliff off this year's Senate. Not on] Awards presentei iff writer Wm NETTLES The Golden Key Hon< award is the Carolinian Cr In a school of nearly 30,000 students, Award. It was given to Elia can be difficult to stand out from the for undergraduate partici{ owd. Yesterday, however, well over tivities, academics and a c ? awards were given to USC students to the Carolinian Creed, ho were able to set themselves Provost Jerry Odom \ >art academically, athletically, or in number of awards from th her ways. Affairs and Provost such ai The annual USC Awards Day, spon- international Ambassador red by (he Honors and Awards Com- tllral Scholarships, Fulbri( lsaion, theDmsion of Student and ^ ^ B M Qoldwa lumm Services, Onncron Delta Kap1, Student Government and the USC Rotary International, ar3hiD everv year for nin ms iram uie various colleges ana ae- , , , %: irtments of the university as well as f?dy f ad* PF? w mse from various organizations ^onstups with people of c ich as Golden Key, Mortar Board and .?us- 1^5 scholarships ar micron Delta Kappa. Also presented ^ $22,500. This yeaFs rea f President John Palms were USC's DamelBranyon, Kelly Vic iro moat prestigious undergraduate j1 ^nn. Chandler, vards, the Steven N. Swanger and Al- Chakrabarti. ;rnon Sydney Sullivan awards. Also given for research Many colleges presented awards to country is the Fulbright Gr ie students with the highest academ- ed to Stacy Race for work u achievements as well as the winners women's studies, various contests. The English de- The Barry M. Goldwal irtment sponsored the Havilah Bab- ship is awarded for achiev ck Poetry and Short Story Contests, demic commitment and pi; lese awards were won by two under- in math, natural science a aduates who are roommates, Andrew eas that contribute to techi atchen and Scott Carter. vances. The $7,500 aware Katchen, winner of the poetry en to Marine Science maj< ntest with a poem about adolescence Ryan, senior Caroline Pari id a man looking back on his child- ogy sophomore Laura Ely. ?d, learned of the opportunity through Odom also presented tl s English class. ty 101 Outstanding Fresh "[Andrew] is my best friend," Carter Cate Finalist Awards. This id. "He told me about the contest, and tahlished in 1991, is given leaded to enter." According to Carter, wfi0 has worked to enhana s winning short story was about "the first-year students to h ntemplation of suicide, and having wardg succe8S. This yeai ;e guts to do things when you feel the were juniore Wise a derson. Each year Student Government ^ 0micn|n Delta Kq eaents tie Richard A. Rempel award ^ the Outstanding ODK a member of the feedty who shows the Mo^Cr^ itraordmary concern for student is- AwarA GrantCauthen*f LAS , , n . r, j x rr- ient of the Outstanding S< Student Government President Kim - ,r ickerson presented this year's award to the most con ribution Br. Gene Luna, Krectorof Housing, the orgamaatums eucc^a r his outstanding vision and work in Leadership Award for the e housing at USC. the most Potential lead, 6 given to Michele Marinkoi gampfO&k Southern Stud " awards fellow ^ ' ;v|||*fCThe Institute for Southern wdl award one fellowship f< D A ^ I# O 1998-99 academic vear witl of $9,000 to a graduate stu< research focuses on the Am 'llnwshirw nffire South- APPllcatl0ns are av? llOWMlip^ OllieC Gambrell 107. The deadline Orkshop today today. For more informatioi Fellowships office is holding a aright grant workshop at 4 p.m. j jnp ly in Harper College Gressette U1 a^llUMTMlT m for rising seniors and graduate offered lents who are interested in seeksupport for research or study The University of Texas at >ad. will award 20 scholarships Master of Science in Marke i a mark of sua esire to con- for the entire community, but I think it ID tional weeks, also helped to unite [Student Govern-' ?s the Salva- ment]," Van Nostrand said, e to C an Dorsel applauded the devotion and vill probably willingness of the new senators, and he also looking Is excited about the future of Student Goval charities," ernment. "Often, it's real disorganized trying to ft 1 Chairman get everyone together, especially in the with Dorsel s first three weeks," Dorsel said. "But if the clothes with- resP?nse this drive is any indication of : ty so that we hew the Senate is going to operate in ** v k to Colum- the future, I think that the opportunities j ? ybe next year are endless." nclude other Also on Wednesday, the Senate heard </? the first reading of a bill that would es^Columbia tablish the Community Outreach Comovernment mittee as a legitimate Senate organiza oject to kick tlon- A he Senate will vote on the bill next Student Governm< ly was it good week. Senate sort throug , . v / . : / : > .V i to the best of the ! anned'work 1^ ad other ar- sean eayford lological ad- Student Government President Kim Dickerson present: is were giv- director of housing, with the SG Richard A. Rempei Awan >r Maureen The highlight of the ceremony Board honor society an er and Biol- wag presentation of the Sullivan the Omega. She has ? and Swanger awards. These are pre- dent of her sorority and i leUniversi- sented for academic achievement, lead- pus-wide sorority rush, iman Advo- ership, and service among USC un- Chestnut has main 3 award, es- dergraduates. grade point average in to someone The Sullivan award is the univer- member of the South l } the lives of sity's highest honor for undergrade ors College, Chestnut ha elp them to- ates. The two winners were Sara Pen- in many organizations r's finalists darvis and Clifton Chestnut. the Streets and Leade ad Tara An- Hie award, named for a 19th cen- and he has served as p tury lawyer and philanthropist, is giv- Mortar Board honor soi apa Awards en annually to one male and one female The Swanger award Senior and graduating senior for outstanding aca- former ODK president Leadership demic achievements, campus leader- tion that traditionally is the recip- ship, exemplary character, and service ors and Awards day. inior award to the community. Grant Cauthen, thi this year to Pendarvis, the ODK representative ent, is president of ODK The Craig selected to emcee the awards ceremo- this organization as pr< junior with ny has a 3.319 grade point average in committee member, anc ?rship was niacin? science. She has been induct- for membership. He wi rjc ed into the Alpha chapter of Mortar Province IV Leader of t lies search program. Admissions deadline The National Associat is May zv, ana scnoiarsmp aeaanne is women is accepting aj Ship June 1. For more information call through Monday for in (817) 272-2340. management scholars) Studies tion are available in th 3r the ? ,| j Office, Harper College i a stipend Tax council awards lent whose % ? * ^ % erican scholarships Geology int ^is^8 *m The South Carolina Tax Council is ac- jpfOgt*3.fTl aC '1S if7?7 cepting applications until May 15 for 1# . ' accounting major scholarships to a appllCatlOU South Carolina college or university. TTO i io A .. -i ui u i The U.S. Geological Si Applications are available m the Fel- T . r? pS lowship Office, Harper College 303. a% acceptffig applkS on appointments. The Risk management administered by Oak I Arlington ? . ed Universities. For m for their SCholaTSllip Offered contact Ernestine Frie ting Re- r 576-2358. cess for SG ^ ^ ; SEA1* Ph<Mo Editor ent Vice President Chris Dorset and members of the jh clothing collected for the homeless by SG. Student 3est media m heads | ~**| chosen copy editor ERW REEP | : Student Media's new leaders have J^jj been chosen for the summer and fall M JS|11 Robert Regal, electrical engineering junior, will be WUSC's station manager starting in May. His position lasts through May 1999. lli Regal applied for the position because he really likes the station, he said. He has dee-jayed for WUSC for two If and a half years and has also served as Ha- | ja station librarian and traffic director. : " fflUl Hp sniH hp nlflns tn rhnncrp crimp ||^;;- |H things at the station. "There's a lot of things that could MMjm be worked on," he said. Regal said he wants to improve DJ |2I2L_-^S training among other things. a?.m. Photo Editor Rosalind Harvey, public relations i Gene Luna, . junior, has been chosen as The Game^ cock's editor in chief for the summer, d the Order of "It was an honor to be .chosen even 3rved as presi- though I didn't have any competition," organized cam- she said. Harvey's position lasts until the fall tained a 3.412 editor takes over in August, journalism. A Jennifer Stanley, junior journalism Carolina Hon- major, will be The Gamecock's editor in s been involved chief for the Fall 1998 semester, including Into Stanley, who has written for the parship Council, per since her freshman year, plans to resident of the get The Gamecock more involved in stuaety. dent life. is named for a "I want to reach out to the Caroli, the orgaruza- na community, teaching them how to sponsors Hon- uge us> how The Gamecock works, , . . and what our job is," she said, s years recipi- D, , , , one wains iu uner wurnsnups to He has served usc leaderg teach them how to ^ mncedirector. , , , 1 vice-president in l?etter conta? "lth the ? paP? is named ODK 8111 w s effective press releashe Year. esStanley also plans to cover more city news, such as the gubernatorial elections, and to run briefs on state and in~ ternational news, though that will deion of Insurance ^ on ^ papcr,s budgct ^ 9ajd ip ica ions ^ addition, she wants a bigger staff tsuranc s with well-trained writers, and she wants nps. pp ica- a^rac^ more freshman writers le Fellowship , r_ u through freshman writers orientation. English junior Amy McCormick has been chosen as the Garnet &Black magernship azine's editor in chief. . Last year she was the chief phocepting tographer for the magazine, and she i:~j r J.i.? i 1 x. x_ appneu iui euitui uecause sue wants to S "optimize the magazine's sign-maklrvey Earth Sci- ing potential," she said, ramiscontinu- McCormick also wants to make the ions for hands- magazine "a more visually coherent program is unit," she said. tidge Associat- She wants to tie t08ether the Fea" ore information, tures Literature sections. dman at (423) 1 would llke t0 see a Stealer sense of the use of language," she said.