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Volume 90, Number 84 University of South Carolina Friday, April 17, 1998
SG accepting (
applications
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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
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# 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
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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?
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Annlirufinna fnr fV?n T nartar
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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.