The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, June 24, 1998, Image 1

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INSTHF:) ^ Columnist contacts Charlotte Music / L|pi LA^ ^^ameco^(^\ (M. J JL JH> \ lijg intellectual depths of ^ Kf JS Festival brings ZL Oi pete at USATF r\ On-Line) tw movie. J HkWKL diverse entertainment A I d Championships w it : - 1 : :::::: : : .......... caroling WEATHER ^ J gamecock INDEX ? ' (Trha / m <y r rtrn " ([ lit cpamecocR e : hy"< Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 * Vokima 90. Number 92 University of South Carolna Wednesday. June 24,1998 Morris College professor to research at USC School of Medicine Pearl Fernandes, an assistant professor at Morris College in Sumter, has received a Visiting Professorship Award from the American Society for Cell Biology's Minority Affairs Committee to conduct research at the USC School of Medicine. Four students receive awards i j i i 10 study aoroaa Four USC students received wars in the National Security Education Program and the Fulbright Grant program-to study abroad during the 1998-99 academic year. xioux ictipients include Emily Cely, Nicholas Miller and Sheila McWilliams. Nichole Castater received the Fulbright Grant. SC Honors College presents Distinguished Honors Teaching Award Patty Marinelli, a senior instructor of Spanish, has received the Distinguished Honors Teaching Award from the South Carolina Honors College. use Medical professor receives top award T"h\ Nanrv - - j luuicaun, (l professor in the department of internal medicine, received the Innovation to Curriculum Award from the American Medical Association. Legislati news editor JENNIFER STANLEY Some student will have some extra money this fall. The SC General Assembly has voted to give some students $2,000. Governor David Beasley signed the LIFE scholarship bill into law Friday, and the program will go in effect this fall. Financial Aid representatives are already working to determine who is eligible for the scholarship, which should credit Bush aca sports editor BRYAN JOHNSTON South Carolina junior fullback Jacob Bush has been academically suspended from school and will not play this fall for the football team. "I just had a bad spring," Bush said in Friday's edition of the Greenville News. "But it's happened now. So all I can do now is try to stay in shape while Fm home and come back in January and start over." Bush, who started four games last season, had emerged from spring practice listed as a starter for the fall. XT r\ iirill nnf nffnTl J n nV\ a a1 4-V\ i d foil lie win iiui attciiu oeiiuui tins tan and will re-enroll in January. Because he is only a junior, USC might choose to redshirt Bush for the upcoming season, leaving him two years of eligibility. "I really don't know how it's going to be handled," Bush said. "I tried to appeal it, and it was turned down. I was told to come back in January." The 5-foot-ll, 248-pound Jacksonville, Fla., native rushed for 95 yards on 29 carries in 1997. His biggest gain of the season came against Georgia, a 30-vard run. Bush also caught five Dass es for 74 yards. Rated as the No. 2 fullback prospect coming out of First Coast High when he signed with Carolina three years ago, Bush has struggled with his weight and has split time with Steve Mixon for the position. on fills s $1,000 to students' tuition bills each semester. The LIFE scholarship will be given 4-? iirL/\ man/In A?Arv* LU uuueiit SLUUCIILS wiiu giauuatcu nuiii high school in May 1995, have a B average and maintain 30 credit hours a year. Freshman who earned a 1,000 on the SAT and had a B average in high school are also eligible. Students don't need to apply. The Office of Financial Aid will determine who is eligible. However, Director of Finan1 1 demically Fullback Jacob Bush (No. 11) has I not be eligible for the 1998 football out of high school, the Jacksonville in 1997, but was listed as the starte As a true freshman, Bush saw limited action, rushing for 27 yards on three carries. All of those yards came on one play, a run against Vanderbilt, but he developed a pulled groin muscle that forced him to miss the final three games of the season. This coming season was touted as a students' cial Aid Jerry Bird told The State newsil i il )x L. paper tnai tne process won i oe an easy task considering that tuition bills will be mailed in two weeks. The university legislative report, which , was given to board members at the June 11 Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting, characterized the legislation as "favorable to higher education ; and radically different from the 'worst case' scenario that we could have faced." ineligible ^ mm I '"'SI II 11 mill ^ 11 flBffg^ SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK teen academically suspended and will season. A promising prospect coming . .i.! i. 1?J Ul. L! rut., iiauvc siruggicu wiut 111s weigiit r coming out of spring practice. breakthrough season for Bush, since ! new offensive coordinator Chuck Reedy has installed a run-heavy scheme , with a two-back formation. Now, most of the load will fall on I Mixon, whose .production dropped dras! tically from his freshman year. Redshirt freshman TJ. Hines will be Mixon's backi up. pockets The scholarship package designated $26.5 million for the LIFE program and $7 million for a tax credit for students not eligible for the LIFE scholarship. The tax credit will give full-time, four-year ctiiftantc nnH twn-vpar stiiHpnt.s $350. Other legislation that would effect higher education was also introduced. Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, DOrangeburg-Dorchester, pushed for a bill LIFE page two Trustees increase Hntinn 9 ft VU1V1V11 MIU percent news editor JENNIFER STANLEY USC students can expect to pay $48 in tuition more in the Jail. The USC Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a 2.8 percent tuition increase for in-state students as part of the university's $539.2 million budget, which includes all eight campuses. Out-of-state undergraduates will pay $4,621, a $201 increase. In-state graduates will pay $1,947, a $85 in crease, and out-ol-state graduate students will pay $4,057, a $240 increase. "We continue to see excellence at the university, as evidenced by our progress in admissions, teaching and research," Board of Trustees chairman William Hubbard said. "This modest tuition increase in necessary for us to sustain our momentum and continue to provide the quality of college education this state expects of its flagship university." The state provided only 40 percent of USC Columbia's $408 million bud get. Included in tuition is the student activity fee, which was raised $14 per student per semester. The increase will give $10 toward the the Wellness Center and $4 per semester to Student Media and Cost of Living increases. TUfTION page two