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Psi Chi society to have meeting The Psi Chi Psychology National Honor Society will meet at 8 tonight in the Walsh Conference Room. For more information, contact Torrey Becote at 544-4354. Alpha Kappa Psi holds session Alpha Kappa rsi, uac s co-ea professional business fraternity, is holding informational sessions for spring rush at 7 p.m. today and Thursday in the BA building, room 463. All sessions require professional dress. For more information, contact Delane Stonp at 644-1874 or Michelle Porter at 772-4354. WUSC offers disc jockey training New WUSC DJ training for the spring semester will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in RH 303. Any USC students or staff members interested in becoming DJs should attend. Call 777-5468 for more information. Author to hold free book signing Get your book signed and have tea with Anne Carter Zimmer, author of "The Robert E. Lee Family Cookbook and Housekeeping Book," from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. ZimmeFs cookbooks will be on sale. For more information, call 777-7251. Center to hold writing sessions Licensed psychologists will host "support/rap" sessions from 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Thursday beginning Jan. 28. at the Human Development Center. For more information, call 777-5433. Briefs for On Campus and Datebook can be submitted to RH 333. We can't promise to print everything, but we can promise to try. i wm? Name: Christy Haubeqqer ! 9 Age: 30 Career Entrepreneu Founder & Publisher Latina Magazine Foundation (also given Madeleine Albright), an of the "most influential So how did she end u[ out it all started with o few business classes in sors, and they always tc mythical big idea." she Id always wondered w! magazine for Latina wc could do it myself." Christy graduated frorr with a philosophy degr to Stanford University I graduation approached zine idea from her hea year to chasing her dre 4 ../"uscptT) , /fTXCRIME V(Jrejort. January 18 DUI, Blossom and Assembly stree An officer initiated a traffic stop f a headlight violation. The subje had bloodshot eyes, slurred speei and an odor of alcohol about hii When the subject was asked if he hi been drinking, he replied, "Yes, oi or two drinks around 3 p.m." The su ject failed sobriety tests and was ta en to Columbia Police Departmei Disregarding traffic signal, u derage consumption, Assemb and Greene streets. An officer stopp a car for disregarding traffic signa The officer noticed a strong smell alcohol from a passenger. Sobrie tests were performed, but a brea analysis showed the passenger's bloc alcohol level to be .04 percent. January 17 Carolina for Kids I SPRING continued from page 1 , . mester, CFK had about 400 activ members. For the spring semester, Cochrai wants members to participate in listserv to help improve communica tion within the organization. According to Cochran, the purpos nf fV\a licfcomr ia 4-/\ rraf PFlf momVinv yjl bliv iltJbOVl T 10 bU gV/b VI 11 U1VU1UV1 who attend the same schools to plai meetings within their groups. At thei meetings, members can discuss th highlights of their experiences and or ganize other activities. "I think the listserv will help pec pie communicate and find a com mon ground within the organization, Cochran said. CFK also will have an event i: spring similar to its Halloween car nival. On Feb. 12, members will mak Valentine cards with children fror the Family-Shelter. If members miss sign ups todaj they will be able to sign up two oth er ways. They can come by the 0] Ik s Th For someone brir who is only 30 years old, magazine magnate Christy Haubegger has already p together a pretty impressive resume. She's won ai award from the Ms. to Oprah Winfrey and d Tom BrokaW named her one people of the year" in 1996. ) in company like that? Turns ne simple question. "I took a school with some great profes ilked about the search for that recalls. "As a Mexican-Americai hy no one had ever produced c )men. Then I wondered if I 1 the University of Texas in 198^ ee and immediately headed ofl .aw School. But as law school , she couldn't shake the magad, so she decided to devote a :am. "My friends thought I was 1 Grand larceny of computer and motor vehicle, McBryde Quad. The victim said his laptop computer and bookbag containing car keys were stolen from his room. His car was also found missing from the Bull Street parking garage. Investigation continues. January 16 Is- "DUI. Park and Greene streets. Of or ficers had traffic blocked with a pa!C* trol car with blue lights activated. The subject drove around the officer, n' patrol car and six traffic cones and proceeded south in the north lane of Park Street until Blossom Street, where he was stopped by officers. The officer detected a smell of alcohol from the subject's breath and administered three sobriety tests. The subject was ticketed and taken to the Columbia y Police Department, ed k. 'Assault and battery, Sims. The victim said the subject struck her several times in the face and that she * scratched him defending herself. The victim refused to press charges and also refused medical attention. ' 7 _ _ rr , ucfcs ojj new semester fice of Community Service until Jan. 27 and fill out a form, or they can come e to the CFK meeting at 8:30 p.m. J an. n 27 in the RH Theater. a Any members who have been int volved for at least one semester are allowed to run for a position within e the organization. All positions will be s n open, and the election will take place r April 14. e "I hear a lot from the people at the schools about people not making the commitment because they don't go to y their schools," Cochran said. ? "I think what is most important is that your are committed because n that sends the message to the student: - Yes, it matters. What they do is ime portant." Students who sign up to be tutors are required to spend at least one hour ' y a week with a student in the Columf bia area in need of some extra help. I take any reas i a year reseai an expert if tt crazy," she recalls. "But I could happen would be and I'd end up being a la As President of her class possessed the leadership Her P was e Secret ! igs you information designed tc Watch for the rest of this seri Law Review. Still, she fig ut needed to know pretty c reasonably smart person n researching an industry, tl they work at it," she says the public library. Censu magazine industry, books plan, it was all there." In cheap in San Francisco's research to pay the bills. Once Christy's business show it to people who n n, millions of dollars she wi LI: "im I pUUIILdllUI I. pCUpiC says. "But most of them face, and I was able to le could improve my busin< ) f Eventually, some good of her to her first big invest stuff about using all of y< says. Turns out that Chri neighbor (follow that?) k * hmh|bk^' lS8?P? '- Vm W %>LiW ''i^ xsate*1^ ^ WmKKKKKKM Members of AAAS socialize at the sprir J group has begun planning events for Bl AAAS plans f by Rachel Helwig Asst. News Editor USC's Association of African-American Students held its first meeting of 1999 Tuesday night in the Russell House Theater. AAAS President Rico Reed began the meeting by thanking members for participating in Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. About 60 students signed up with AAAS to join in the march and visit the Epworth Children's Home on Millwood Avemue. "[The day of service] helped make this holiday more profound for students and gave Martin Luther King Jr. Day more of a meaning instead of just a day off from school," AAAS Vice President Felicia Richburg said. Projpct coordinators discussed prospective projects for upcoming meetings and for Black History Month. >onably smart rching an indust ley work at i figured the worst thing that that the business wouldn't fly wyer after all." at law school, Christy already skills that entrepreneurs need, ublishing experience, however, limited to editing the Stanford Success S ) help you achieve your personal a es in future issues of your school ured she could learn what she juickly. "If you take any and tell them to spend a year hey can become an expert if . "All the data I needed was in s data, information about the on how to write a business the meantime, she lived on the Mission District and did legal plan was done, she started to night be willing to invest the ould need to launch a glossy told me no. I counted." she didn't slam the door in my arn a lot by asking them how I ^ss pitch." d-fashioned networking led or. "If you don't believe that our contacts, you should." she sty's classmate's aunt's ;new the editor of Essence. a ^fas3 ^ ^p^pPjj "x/" " %L*? s, s. \ " m ig semester kick-off Tuesday night in th ack History Month in February. or Black Histx One of these projects is a Black Heritage Quiz Bowl, slated to take place at | 6 p.m. Feb. 9 during the AAAS meeting. 2 The quiz bowl is open to teams of i no more than four people and will include trivia questions about AfricanAmerican heritage. 1 First and second prizes are $200 i and $100, respectively, and winners , can choose to give the money to organizations of their choice. Pnr>lrpts with thp nilos nnrJ mips tions will soon be available to those in- , terested. AAAS Freshman Council also is planning the first Elite Male Scholar- j ship Pageant to showcase positive male ^ leadership in South Carolina. "On TV, African-American males are often portrayed in a negative light," AAAS member Jotaka Eaddy said. "This will be a chance to open a window to the positive male leaders that go unseen and unheard." I person and tc try, they can b< it " 11 Christy Haubegger women's magazine aimed at A Christy convinced the magazi \A/irh hor anrl hie mmnan\/ ant VV I LI I 11^1, UIIU I IIO Wllipuil| Ugl start-up. Christy launched Lati it was an immediate hit. Toda circulation of almost 200.000. there. One of the hardest thir entrepreneur is simply the fac m Potential I IT I C assume yc "Nobodys nd career goals. meeting an newspaper. looking at a I persevered, to get over your pride and fak you need to." While there is a certain glamo the publisher of a major maga the role of underdog. "Each n more when you're a start-up," just advertised with us for the publication, it wouldn't be sue! they agreed to be in our mage down and cried and hugged, ate ice cream." As an owner of a growing cor Latina. Christy has continued magazine into a leading lifesty thousands of dynamic, educat like herself. She says mat sne hopes to inspire | other young women to pursue Apr their dreams as well. "Strong cnoi i ' ? *mm -sUh fcJlBfifei vfe f *k' ' ' '* "*% "' . 'William Cramer The Gamecock e Russell House Theater. The Dry Month The pageant will be the culmina ;ion of an entire weekend of seminars ind community service activities that ire open to everyone. "We want this to showcase talentad young men as aspiring leaders and role models and to discuss the role of the male in the new millenium," Eadiy said. The pageant has tentatively been scheduled for late April. Many other activities are planned P/w novt Tmantinrr in onfipi. iui liCAk x ucouay o iu^uug in aiinvi pation of Black History Month. Clips from the movie "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," which documents the civil rights movement, will be shown, and Sen. Robert Ford will speak about and answer questions about the era. Paid advertisement. *U them to *come drican-Americans. nes president to meet eed to help fund her na magazine in 1996. and y, it has an impressive but it wasVt easy getting lgs about being a young t that you are young, business partners often >u are inexperienced, aw me walk into a d thought they were magazine publisher. But Ynn havp rn hp nrpnarprl ? e your confidence when ur associated with being izine, Christy still relishes lilestone means so much she says. "A major retailer first time. To a larger h a big deal. But when izine, we jumped up and Then, "she laughs, "we npany and Publisher of to nurture her dream le publication, read by ed young women just ret pQ j igh tor <1 Man. But Made lor a Woman'! 1 4