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WsmBBmSm iLiljUijkLLuxcJSHHEB &J&?ak?ltfaie* 1 i tTWBHMMI jduA JiiMii /Nv I\f Qjrip ) H?' ^O Kiki solves the prob- ^ :v' Barenaked Ladies ^ Compton announces / I Mamecock \ {M.1V mmt* mm? lem RetJneekius eret-. I ij| release another good ff a>) three sofibafl recwits r*\ V On-LinOy - jfl ^ ^ M I album. V I for 1999 season. W w^SaBrtcSc^ caroling WEATHER ^ IA gamecock INDEX TODA^rJh 92 ivL Vi iQit (SamccocR = d/r"^ / Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 Volume 91, Number 2 University of South Carolina Wednesday, July 15,1998 Bayoumi joins engineering faculty Abdel Bayoumi, a professor of manufacturing sci ence and engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named chairman of the USC department of mechanical engineering. Bayoumi will assume his responsibilities at tht start of the 1998-99 school year. USC graduate receives STAR award Patrick Ferguson has been awarded a 1998 Science to Achieve Results . Graduate Fellowship. The $102,000, threeyear fellowship includes tuition and fees, a $17,000 annual stipend and $5,000 annual research allowance. The fellowship is awarded to master's degree or doctoral degree students who are working on environmental research projects. Only 100 awards are mtron annua llv Mechanical engineering students successful USC's Solar Board design team competed against 17 collegiate teams and won. The team of five mechanical engineering students participated in the annual Solar Splash competition in Milwaukee, Wis. The team took first place in the four-hour endurance race. They also took eighth nlonn in o QflH cnrint piatc 111 a uuu iucw;i op uit race, third in the slalom competition and fifth in the technical-report requirement. Stores work senior PATRICK WIETECHA 0p editor in chief ROSALIND HARVEY H( With summer session two in full swing in' and fall semester around the corner, Columbia bookstores start their preparation for one of the busiest times of the SP year. we At the beginning of each semester, some students experience difficulties buy- bo ing all of their books. With a new semester to ahead, some students find it hard to be w( * >> ' J ? ' Jf if : #' & ?? r m k-S : ^ v ^ ^ $ Mp g 4 * .-MX ,T ? ? .. J " S i. ?< I, juiuui i/unt uuv ui itn siuucui eating at The Grand Marketplace in the "miraculously improves over the course July 8 Harassment, Resisting Arrest, Medical Park Dr. Victim said the subject acted in a harassing manner towards her. I The victim said the subject telephoned her after being told not to do so. The subject also visited the victim at her place of work after being told not to do so. Subject was arrested and transported to Richland County Detention Center. In- r vestigation continues. ( July 9 ] DUI, 1100 Blossom St. While on patrol, responding officer was traveling east on ; Blossom and noticed a blue Chevy ex- 1 tended cab 4X4 truck turning west on { Blossom Street off Main Street. The j subject's vehicle swerved into the left lane then all the way into the right traffic lane. 1 ing to ge timistic about finding all of their )wever, bookstore managers are g to avoid this problem. Junior Jennifer Brazell sai id problems finding her books f ring semester and is not lookir trd to purchasing her books for t! "In my class only half of us hi ok," Brazell said. "The other ha borrow or photocopy the pages >uld not get behind. ? WffM[|faf| " i mm AMY MCCORMICK Ph ts on campus this summer. T Russell House. Taylor said tl : of the summer." <Jisnpiv> /Pr\CRjME U Jrfpor w ROSALIND HARV^ rhe responding officer made a i )bserve the subject's vehicle furl vehicle was swerving from lane rhe officer activated blue lights i traffic stop. Upon approach, tl loted a strong odor of an alcohol ige. After performing several ;ests, the officer arrested the su DUI and he was transported t \cres Police Department. t books on si books. "I know that they are a business tha work- needs to make a profit, but it is absur for someone to spend $300 on books, d she just pray they are all there when I hav or the to buy them." ig for- Part of the problem with the boo le fall, shortage seems to be coming from th id the lack of communication between the book If had stores and faculty members, so we Russell House Bookstore Michae McLaughlin said, "We continually visit Senate vol Higher Ed I college press EXCHANGE Student loans would fall to tl lowest levels in nearly two decac B and more needy students would h H efit from federal education grants der the Higher Education Act, adc mPgj ed by the Senate last week. The bill, which passed 96-11 B Thursday, also included a surpi B amendment that would allow welf B recipients to spend two full years college or technical school without h B ing to work at the same time. "When Congress passed welfare r i-. j: j ~ r? oto Editor lunu, it surety uru ttui mean iu ru students to choose between feed aylor is their children and obtaining the e he food cation they need to better their fa lies' future," said Sen. Paul Wellsb of Minnesota, who sponsored 1 imri amendment. "Our goal in this bill is to streng en federal support for higher edu tion," added Sen. Edward Kenned; Massachusetts, the senior Democ J~ serving on the Senate Labor and 1 \\ man Resources Committee. UJ The overall legislation is pope with student groups and college c cials because it reduces inter i-turn to anatuiior't by 1 * ;her. The ceniage point to o.o percent rrom i to lane. current 7.6 percent while borrow to effect are in c?Uege, and to 7.4 perct le officer from current 8.2 percent after tl ic bever- The interest~rate cut would save sobriety borrower of the average $12,0001< bjectfor $650 in interest payments over the o Forest the loan, Kennedy said. Despite the student savings, Clinton administration opposes bill because it would give billion: helves early it ed with the faculty on the importance d of getting their lists in so that this would I service the students." e McLaughlin said books orders turned in on time help the store get the books k order and on the shelves. However, there is the case where publishing problems could cause some delays. Michael Oliver, text book manager of j Addams University Book Store said, "We > BOOKSTORES page four tes to extend iucation Act what the White House calls "arbitrary and excessive" subsidies to banks. The jeir Congressional Budget Office estimates > the cost at between $1 bilhon and $3.6 ,en" bilhon over five years. Student loan un" providers say the federal money will help them cover costs associated with lowering the interest rates, but the a e White House contends that the subsi?se dies" are not offset by corresponding are spending cuts. Given overwhelming congressional support for the measure, it is unlikely the President would veto it. rce Among the bill's other provisions: An increase of the maximum Pell ing i Grant. The maximum award is set at ^ $3,000 for the 1998-99 school year, but one ^ proposes to increase the award to $5,000 in time for the 1999-2000 school year, and by an additional $200 each of the following four years. ' 'Wider eligibility standards for Pell y Grants that would include more sturat dents who are independent of their iju. parents and more dependent students who work outside of college. Jar *A limit on the amount of time students can receive aid. Full-time stuest dents would lose their grants if they ier- remained in school for more than six the years. arc An extension of the amount of time jnt lenders must give students who are iat. more than $30,000 in debt to repay the their loans. Currently, students have 10 uoare THo hill nrrmncoc that thov JCU1 -?.V J VIM Ut *1*V W1X1 J/l V11U t K11V/J life get 25 years instead. The forgiveness of student-loan debt the up to $8,000 for college graduates who the teach for three years in schools in poor s of areas.