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- Page 2 EZEEffiMi St Carolina Chaplains n to give award lC Nominations for the Paul Fidler Volunteer Service Award should be made by writing a letter to ? Mark Blice-Baum at PALM Cam- 1 pus Ministry, USC Box 80061. miss i Nominations nppH to hp marip hv omn Monday. The Carolina Chaplains mine recognize a student for signifi- univ cant volunteer service to thos^ in omn need. For more information, con- an(* tact Blice-Baum at 799-4993. an(* crea 1 National Society of vide Collegiate Scholars ^ to hold meeting prep wou The USC chapter of NSCS will ate f hold its March meeting at 7:30 enro p.m. Tuesday in the Gressette gran Room on the third floor of Harper I College. Fund raising and officer accu elections will be discussed. For facu more information, call Ian Schar- profe rer at 544-4956 or Lynne Bolt Quit Hanson at 777-8172. .univ with p Tufts University fice ( professor to give lecture is do Daniel Dennett, professor of phi- m? losophy at Tufts University, will give a lecture, "Are You Out of ot^e the Loop? When and Where to ? Make Up Your Mind." The lec- mor( ture will be at 5 p.m. Thursday in defin GambreU 429. "US< dous College to hold career fair CSC The College of Criminal Justice will hold its eighth annual career see t fair Thursday from 10 a.m. to univ 12:30 p.m. The fair, open to all he si students, will feature 55 companies. For location and other ques- dent tions, call Steven Hobelman at 777-0543. . ofC( Mat] Briefs for On Campus can be submitted to RH 333. Submissions s should include a contact name and phone number. 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CARC ate may designate money >r minority recruitment Rachel Helwig nority faculty, and if the state is now ;tant News Editor willing to give us financial aid, then we should be able to be more thorPhe S.C. Higher Education Com- 0Ugh in our g0al 0f diversification of lion is considering a series of rec- facu]tv " lendations aimed at attracting ,, ri c j. r ix , , , , , , , This problem of low minonty-facmtv faculty and students to state .. . ,, . ersities and colleges. These rec- ** rf10818 a ProDlem at UbU1ana lendations include monitoring elsewhere in the state. Recently, a reporting the schools' progress Clemson teacher sued the school, designating more money to in- claiming that he was denied full prose access and equity. fessorghip because he is an ethnic miliis money would be used to pro- nority. for basic grants as well as com- "This is a nationwide problem, not ;ive grants for schools with pro- just an S.C. problem," Gist said, ms to improve academic "Schools like Harvard, Duke and the aration for minority students. It University of Virginia also have the Id also set up grants for gradu- same problem [of low minority-facellowships to increase minority ujt ratios] ? llment in advanced-degree pro- ^ mmmissinn ^ recunmends IS n the past year, USC has been 'hat SAT scores be used as a dragsed of having disproportionate nostlc rather than as deterlty diversity. Aretha Pigford, a mining cntena for admission to col;ssor in the College of Education, leSes or for financial aid in an effort in September, claiming that the to improve minority student enrollersity wasn't concerned enough ment. maintaining faculty diversity. Gist doesn't believe USC has a according to Bobby Gist of the Of- problem attracting minority students, if Multicultural Affairs, minori- however. nake up 4 percent of the school s "The percent of minority students lty. However, Gist believes USC at usc 1S betwcen 18 md 20 percent," big a good job in trying to recruit Gjst said ^ is one ofthe Wghest .minonty ac ty. ratios in the state, especially comle also believes the state s rec- , x , , , lendations would help USC and Pared to f100'8 llke ^ Cltadel r state colleges diversify faculty. Clemson. Anytime the state can-provide believes the real solutions 3 funding for these searches, it are to "encourage more minorities to itely helps the schools," Gist said. move into higher education" and "to 2 has shown to have a tremen- get minorities to pursue degrees commitment to finding more mi- [there]." immittee to pick computer science cha\ *1 continued from page 1 hat the former student went to a Bays said it would be "silliness ersity that lost its accreditation, consider having no independent cc That would reflect upon the stu- Put6r 30161,06 at a res6arch univert Bays said. in 1999." We are eager to keep the College "There will be no action taken i jmputer Science in the College (of does not test ^ ^ ^ ti and Science]. It plays an important role," Craw- said. Palms office could not be react aid. for comment. : want your fiSHHHH try. V T?p Pension Fund." 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Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. distributes the TIAA-CREF Mutual Funds. all for prospectuses. Read them carefully before you invest or send money. To request prospectuses, call 1 800 842-2733. ext. 5509. al funds and variable annuities are subject to certain risks including the possible loss of principal. 1/9" ? / )LINA NEWS ALD looking for organ d by Mackenzie Craven However, accordinj Senior Writer "Myths and truths abou m, ... i i i. j tion," organs will not be The next time you look at your dn- . ver license, check to see if there is a consent 1S receivi "yes" beside organ donor. % If not, then you might want to In South. Carolina, 5 consider checking out the Alpha Lamb- waiting for organs. It is ei da Delta table on Greene Street Tues- neonle in the Unitpd St day and Wednesday. Students can sign year becauge of a ghort, up to donate organs and contribute to rp -cajj pojjQ saving a life. . . ,., ALD has chosen to participate in ^ in need: kidney, he: organ donor awareness as part of its er> pancreas, small bowel community service. Unlike other ser- eyes, bone, bone marrow vice projects, ALD says organ donation Organ donation will r is a selfless gift. appearance of the body u{ "We wanted something more than ALD encourages studei collecting money," ALD faculty advis- now SQ thdr femU me] er Harrison Greenlaw said. . .. In addition to receiving a card ac- aware 01 tneir wlsnes 10 knowledging their agreement to donate P?r further informat upon death, participants will also get PA at 1-800-462-0755. a card to give to a family member. Do you love < Then write hi BChe 0amcc any member community t< of 250 words welcome Lou _ Turn your letters in at the Gam ; or e-mail them to gcked@sc.ed m- Letters will be edited for conti sty Letters will be published in thi Holtz section of 'Che 0amccock Name and phone number are r< ^ published Deadline: 5 p.m I Lou on the 'i Sponsored by: AAAS, Athletic Departn Delta Gamma, Fraternity Council, The Gar Student Gamecock Club, Student Gov \] ^ A dar I J Quest ? J A , Monday, March 29, 1999 nri rvv?o FINANCE continued from page 1 UI1UX u "In my opinion ... the time bel to the flier, tween the final application and the t organ dona- passing of the budget was too quick," donated until he said. ed by the fam- Gearman recently proposed a bill that would have required ap00 people are to last a week. That bill failed, stimated eight Gearman said he would introates die each ^uce a sim^ar hill in the 1999-2000 r senate, which was sworn in Wednesige of organs. , ' day. He said the bill might not ask wing organs for a Week, but it would ask for "more irt, lungs, liv- than one day." ' V6S' "1 probably admit that it could 1311 s be a longer time," Clardy said, lot change the gut ciardy said the Finance xin death, and Committee only had enough time its to sign up to hold one day of appeals. He said mbers will be that if the budget had failed for any donate. reason, the committee would have ion, call SCO- had little or no time to fix it and bring it back to the senate. '^l^tPinmrrnrbl this man? m a letter! ocfc is inviting I of the Carolina [> write a letter ; or less to i Holtz to campus. lecock newsroom- RH 333 lu int, libel and length i special April 7th Lou equired for letters to be i., April 6th >hoe tent, Carolina Productions, nocock, RHA, Sorority Council eminent and Student Life. dH n ice t h 30th, 8-1 lpm vRH Ballroom * Carolina * productions ions? Call 7-7130 or stop by RH room 235.