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Trustee fitness < Center to be name editor in c^ROSALINP HARVEY The Board of Trustees building and ground committee approved the construction of a $38.6 million Wellness and Fitness Center during their May meeting. Director of Buildings and Grounds Charles JefFcoat said the $38.6 million budget will be funded with $32.1 million in institution funds, $4.36 million in private funds and $2,135 million in institutional capital project funds. The $32.1 million in institution funds will be paid by USC students. JefFcoat said this cost will be paid by students over several years by raising the student activity fees by a small amount each year. The idea of.a new fitness center was sparked during a meeting to discuss the over all Master Plan in 1994. The plan states that the university "fells well below both national standards and its peers in the Southeast ?r> rwvwnoinn rvf* nnf^nnro wvmoaflAn All LA AO pUVAOAUAl UA UUIA1WA O ALV1VUUUAA fields..." The plan also cited the Blatt PE Center "as deficient in meeting the university's recreational and fitness needs." The current fitness center was built in the early 1970's when the university population was much smaller. In February 1997, the board approved a $750,000 budget for the planing and idea development of a fitness center for USC's growing population. Since then, a site has been determined and a 170,000 square foot facility has been designed, Jeffcoat said. baCk women's and kid's everyday values N PLATSKOC ^|^^|^c?mporf , WOMEN I *^s55SMb^_ ^ WEBSITE I also | available in 46 kia s sizes v\S^ S9Q97 4 SLAM M compare m A $38" S3R97 J WHOMPERS ' compare 5>SKECHERS! s42*9 OUTLET PO 722-8236 ^ ATTENTION < J RENTAL REF ALLS : $3 1 per s Available at low ra FREE RENT semeste INCLUDES: OELIVERY & PICKUP WITH COUPON GOOD THRU I 9/30/98 I 4^' I ^ s okay center ?dfor Thurmond The center will be located at the corner of Assembly and Blossom streets on the Gibbes property owned by the university, Jeffcoat said.. In a later meeting, the board approved the name for the fitness center, which will be called The Strom Thurmond Fitness and Wellness Center. Senator Strom Thurmond has had a long-standing tie to the university and has endorsed USC's plans to develop a new fitness center. He also has been an advocate of recreational fitness, this is why the board felt the fitness center should bare his name. "As someone who has dedicated Viimoftlf 4v\ moinfmninrr Vinnlfk 4-VvwMirrk uu mnnxuiumi^ liccuui uuuugii careful diet, preventive medicine and a vigorous exercise program, I am very enthusiastic about the plans to construct this facility and am offering my strongest support to this project," Thurmond said. The fitness center will have racquetball and squash courts, weightlifting and exercise room, indoor and outdoor pools, recreational fields, an indoor track, a climbing wall and gymnasiums. Other things the fitness center will house include administrative offices, a food facility, an informal lounge area, locker rooms and pro shop Construction on the $38.6 million center is expected to start next fall and be completed by August 2001, Jeffcoat said. oScHoc 1 / i; FLUENT I compare 1 7 $59" V^i 7GWW LUcompareG NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER OFFER. 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(7 MOND HEALTH A ^ I I 0 WELLNESS CEN1 > AND CHANGED SINCE THIS SKETCH. THE UNIVER! SEPTEMBER. ???-q MAKEy0I } [ I i L MAMA PRC I I So, you think yo I L ^ L > grown up now Tinr TTmmv you're in college. \ IIRt rAMILY you mom doesn't , your too old for fiki/ervHav stuff to &? on the i Y Crt moVo nrnn values interest meetings |97 B p.m. either Augusi ' W 31 in Russell 1 e Jg 203' ^r' ^ y?u can't v cHERSjjd| do something cool j4fl| | House 333 or call 777-7726. Jp :>x ^:; You don't have U Ihnberiandftjgfl I journalism majoi I gj I you don't have tc I ,iii^MPlWW experience. er rfm W0\ i J SALE^aHg .Take our wc AIKWALH I . ,_E~ UBIA MALL Thoma B<a1 Electronic Resource^ jjUMnm Mondi Tiiocrli 1 UVJUI Wedn< and Thurs The tours will last apj will include many of t ^Reference, Education second part of the tou at the Thomas Coopei databases will be den Donations at almost $102 million STAFF REPORTS - Private support for the University of South Carolina reached a record $101.3 million in 1997-98, increasing more than 50 percent from the previous year. The university, which is in the midst fHUR- ?f a $300 million Bicentennial CamlND paign, will use the funds to support rER . ? ? ana attract outstanaing iacuity, enhance the library, create scholarships, strengthen academic programs and improve facilities. The campaign, which was officially announced in April, will conclude in 2001. USC President John Palms said the increased support is very good news for the university because it demonstrates a commitment by alumni and friends to the university's mission and vision. "For today's public university, private giving is both a barometer and predictor of improvements," Palms said. [)ND "This record-breaking giving is powrHUR erful evidence that the university has the private support that will enable it over the long term to achieve its destiny to be among the nation's top re5ITY search universities." Support for scholarships reached $33.7 million in 1997-98, while supJR ports for academic programs en?UD hancements totaled $58.4 million. Funding for faculty development, including ll're a chairs and professorship, reached $3.1 that million. Ve bet USC's endowment, through inthink vestments, funding management and private giving, rose fro $ 146 million to 201 million in 1997-87. Corporation gave $15.5 million; nonf Our alumni donated $13.2 million and foun at 7 dations made $6.4 million in contrit 24 Or butions. Alumni giving also rose FTmmp uuuoc <tco a ~,;i ?ig m iivcui Li jr. aiuimii save: guii.t 11111lion, and of the more th?ui 50,000 alumrait to h* 15 were $1 million or more. , COme USC alumnus Robert McNair, Lussell chairman, president and CEO of CoUS at gen Technologies in Houston, Texas, made a $20 million gift to create and 3 be a endow a prestigious scholarship pror and gram for out-of-state undergraduate ) have students attending USC. In other fund-raising news, USC's athletic department, through the Gamecock Club and USC's premium sear program, reached its largest > fimd-raising total in the history of the department, with $9.18 million in 199798. s Cooper Library 111998 Tours of information available in the library?take ? hour tours will be divided into two parts: ing for the first half-hour, and a tour of the > Network for the second half-hour. No signast show up and learn what resources and rvices are available to you. 24th - September 24th Tnn re ivui a ays: 11am ays: 11am esdays: 2pm 7pm days: 4pm jroximately one hour. The first part of the tour he library departments, such as Reference, Science , Government Documents, and Circulation. The r will focus on the electronic resources available r Library. The Internet, USCAN, and CD-ROM lonstrated 1 W