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Uihl Quentin looks into 0 Lilith Fair makes its / lAk^l (^amecack\ jM' the meaning of what X WmL- second stop in ZI sets eyes on Sep.5 l~\ \!C>?-LinoJ/ ' ^ ?BHES ? "a WOfd v/ HKflkJ Charfotte.Nc- A -1 8635011 OP0*1 W www^aacfcg^ Carolina WEAIHER ^ J gamecock INDEX TIThr (ftamprnii? 6;^ ViUIll VL/olllttUllv -: ry* -* Sening the Carolina Community since 1908 ' Vol?e 91, Hmal?ir 3 University of South Carolina Wednesday^julyjg^jjgg Nightclub supports family shelters Have A Nice Day Cafe on 920 Lady St. will have complimentary wine, beer and appetizers on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. All proceeds will go to benefit the Children's program in the Family Shelter, a United Way Organization for Homeless Families. Donations to attend this event are $10. Call 255-0042 for more information. muiniii association to salute USC faculty Aug. 18 Hie University of South Carolina Alumni Association will host its second annual "Carolina Alumni Salute to Faculty" Tuesday, Aug. 18, in the Riverbanks Zoo Botanical Gardens from 6-8 p.m. Call 777-4111 for more information. Civil War reenacttors encamp at the State Museum Civil War soldiers will be depicted by the 20th S.C. volunteer in tan try on Saturday, July 25 at the South Carolina State Museum. The encampment will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the grounds in front of the museum. Briefs are compiled from the week's news releases and staff reports. Send briefs to The Gamecock 1400 /"? fx /"?_! I.." ureene &i.,i^uiuinuiu, SC 29208 or fax to (803)777-6482 I Art mus | ^^ppj^ppi* : II news editor JENNIFER STANLEY What was once an empty department store building was supposed to be the site of the National Advocacy Center. But instead, its a place that will both educate and entertain, Columbia Museum of Art Executive Director Sal Cilella said Thursday. Major donors of the $16 million art museum celebrated the long-awaited opening Thursday evening. The two-floor Pat\ iii?a XC1IU1C ^Ulll/JL college press EXCHANGE Professors are getting an unpleasant crash course in the methods of American business. Cost-cutting, downsizing and flexibility, three modern tenets of corporate eum eel ill Ml' I Jhe J complex, which is located on the corner of Main and Hampton streets, opened to the pubhc Saturday with a opening cer emony and free tours through Sunday. This project really makes sense. It draws people," said Caiy Smith, the President of the museum's board of trustees. "It's an asset (to Columbia). The objective should be to leave things better than they found it" oversy contii] life, are invading campuses and rocking one of academia's most sacrosanct traditions: tenure. With rollppps spramhlintr tn nrnvidp the new, career-oriented courses that students demand, with schools hiring presidents who have corporate backgrounds, with trustees pressuring ad ebrates c - _ Photos by ROB LINDSFY The Gamecock Columbia Museum of Art opened Satui is for free Saturday and Sunday, (far left of Main and Hampton streets, (left) T1 k and gift shop, (top) Visitors could par seum's long awaited opening. The project was funded by city, county and private money. "It's a partnership between the city and county. Voting public monies for art is not an easy vote," Mayor Bob Coble said. "It's a wonderful step forward for the visual arts." Coble said the addition of the art museum would revitalize the city center and Main Street. He said the museum was a Lues as educal ministrators to keep costs down, tenure ?higher education's seemingly immutable institution? is now a target. In response, professors are rending their academic robes over what they view as the steady erosion of tenure. They say it could ultimately compromise academ opening i ;. aflpr4 # l$illa?l$Sli Elmwood Ave Columbia Museum of Art Main and Hampton streets I ^ Hampton Street ?r?? ?T I f $ | fe g ^ 2 a1 S -S 0 K < g m Gervais Street mum rday. Visitors could view the collec) The museum is located on the corbe entrance includes a information ticipate in activities to celebrate the first step, and the city would continue to make progress. With 17 galleries, the museum has increased its floor space from 30,000 onunwt Innf a QK f\Afl aaiiawa fnnf 1 n rrrn* s^uaic ICCL tu uu,wu squaic icci, laigci than the Greenville Museum of Art and the Gibbs Museum in Charleston. Additionally, there is 5,000 square feet educational space, including a 164ART page two ;ion changes ic ireeaom ana jeopardize tne quality 01 education. Tenure provides us the protection to engage in open debate and teach without interference," said William Brown, TENURE page two