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_____ ? X^/'C Tr%?7 ) Columnist discusses r\ J* *fli| ~k K's Choice releases r" f*et Jt Ohlsson named GTE rv C ?amecocK\ fr jj ^ * his battle and crisis A * f jflRJi new album, receives | I^L^lV ' Aaic*err"c All-America vJ Otl-LinoJ ?with TIPS. gi^JiKS positive review. ^ j&h* fast team. / caroling WEATHER ^ j gamecock INDEX ^ Hit (gamecock i \ ^ Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 Volume 90, Number 91 University of South Carolina , Wednesday, June 17,1998 USC students, r proiessors win awards for community service The following University of South Carolina students earned awards or opKnlorcfiinc ronnnflxr fnr avuutuA i vwvubijr IUI their commitment to community service at the university a id in the Columbia community: Senior Debby Hames, Rosemary Broadway Memorial Scholarship for her involvement in community service. JefiFDongvillo earned the USC Service Learning Award tor incorporating community service into his Social Work classroom experience. Shannon Anitra Atkerson, Banafsheh Amirzadeh and Ami Natasha Abramson earned Outstanding Volunteer Awards. Hie following professors also earned awards: David Hill, a Spanish, Italian ana Portuguese professor in the College of Liberal Arts, earned the Outstanding Faculty Award. David Rocheleau, a professor in the College of Engineering, earned the Outstanding Service Learning Award for his efforts in the University 101 for Engineers program. USC student wins fellowship from State Farm Adrienne Muldrow earned the State Farm Exceptional Student Fellowship, which is awarded to 50 business students. The fellowship pays a oneyear stipend of $3,000 for the student's senior year of college or first year of grad Trustees news editor JENNIFER STANLEY The USC Board of Trustees Executive Committee got its first look at the 1998-1999 university budget Thursday. To meet the university's needs, President John Palms proposed the usual tu ition and fee increase. This year Palms recommended a 2 percent increase for instate undergraduates and .8 percent for undergraduate student activity fees. This would raise resident tuition $48, from $1,717 to $1,765. Out-of-state students would pay an additional $201, from $4,420 T J. interns o staff writer WCtk HOLUNSHEAD A new program is helping freshmei attending orientation learn more abou getting involved on campus, before the; actually start class. This year, the upcoming freshmei will have some more people to remem ber when thev think about their orien tation memories. They are student in terns from the Student Internshi] Program. This program is sponsored b; the Student Life Department. The interns hold a 30-minute pro gram at noon everyday for incominj freshman during orientation. The pro gram is called "Carolina Connection and gives new students information the; don't have to find out on their own. One part of the program is a ski about a girl who is lost in the Carolin Community. She asks other student questions about student life. The stu dents tell her about everything-- fron dining and resident halls to student or ganizations. Also during this program, an inter active video is shown. The video is de signed to highlight student involvemen in a wide range of student organizations The students are also taught the figh song and the alma mater and fill out; student interest form. The students who participate in thi program are leaders whose organiza tions are involved in fall programs. Thes organizations are: Carolina Productions Welcome Week, Fraternity Rush, Soror considei to $4,621. Graduate students will pay $85 more in state and $240 out of state. The $14 student activity fee increase will fund $10 per semester to the Wellness Center and $4 per semester to student Media and Lost ol Living increases. The tuition and fee increase will help cover the costs of the General Assemblymandated 2.5 percent cost of living and insurance premium increase, which USC BUDGET page two ffer freshm y W* H H o IK a s Student Interns present a 30-minutt tion. The skit is intended to answet n students excited about student orgai ity Rush, the Emerging Leader program, Homecoming, the Community Service program and MAP program. - One duty they have is to expose stut dents to the Carolina community and > to see all that Carolina has to offer, t "It gives us a chance to build up a school spirit early on" said Junior Ben Muldrow, an intern and president of s Carolina Productions. Another duty the interns will pere form after orientation is over is finali, izing plans for their organizations for - the fall. r tuition h 1997-98 1998-99 (proposed) [undergraduate $1,717 $1,765 graduate $1,862 $1,947 [law $3,432 $3,604 medical $3,864 $4,057 [undergraduate $4,420 $4,621 ~ graduate 53,81/ 54,115/ [law $6,803 $7,483 medical $10,241 $11,265 len advice AMY MCCORMICK Photo Editor : skit to freshmen attending orienta frequently asked questions and get lizations. The interns are chosen by the position they hold in their respective organizations. They are paid a $1,000 stipend. The funding for this program comes from the Student Life Education Foundation. Director Cindy Benton said the program is proving successful. "It involves an continuation of student work on freshmen on specific programs for the fall semester," Benton said. ticrcase dollar percent change change $48 18 CUC A CC $172 5 $193 5 $201 4.55 $240 6.3 $680 10 $1,024 10 Committee /Mil mis one vacant dean spot senior writer PATRICK WEITECHA Internationally known nu- H^ clear physicist , 9 Gerard M. Craw- Hp -j* til ley has been H jl named the new jM dean of the University of South ~ Carolina's Collie ll of Science and : SJHI Mathematics. CRAWLEY Crawley, 60, will assume the role in the early part of the 1998-99 semester. Crawley served as the dean of the graduate school and assistant provost for graduate education at Michigan State University from 1994 until January. He has also served as chair of Michigan State's physics and astronomy department from 1988-94 and director of the physics division of the National Science Foundation from 1987-88. USC's President John Palms feels Crawley's experience in teaching, research and administration makes him the perfect man for the job. "Dr. Gerard Crawley has all the qualities that we are looking for in our academic leadership," Palms said. "He DEAN page two