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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
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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(
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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.
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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.
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Russell House. Taylor said tl
: of the summer."
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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
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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
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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.