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_Vol. 93, No. Serving the Carolina Community since 1Q08 www.gamecock.sc.edu University of South Carolina ^ Columbia, s.c. Bicentennial Campaign Funds not solely for USC-Columbia campus by Brandon Larrabee Staff Writer Figures saying that USC has raised $236.5 mil lion might be misleading to students who believe all the money being raised for the bicentennial campaign is going to the Columbia campus. According to Charles Phlegar, of Develop ment, USC-Columbia has received only $210 mil lion of the $236.5 million that was recently an nounced as the total amount raised by the bicentennial campaign thus far. USC President John Palms announced Sept. 1 at the Carolina Leadership Luncheon that the university had raised 80 percent of its $300 mil lion bicentennial campaign goal. But $26.5 mil lion of that was raised by other campuses, such as USC-Spartanbuig and USC-Aiken, according to Phlegar, who oversees the university’s fund raising efforts. “Each campus conducts their own campaign,” Phlegar said. University spokesman Jason Snyder said that all eight USC campuses are involved with the fund raising campaign. “The bicentennial campaign is for the University of South Carolina, not for the University of South Carolina at Columbia,” Sny der said. USC-Aiken has raised about $8.6 million; USC-Lancaster, $8.4 million; USC-Spartanburg, $4.8 million; USC-Beaufort, about $1.9 million; USC-Salkahatchie, $1.2 million; USC-Sumler, about $1.1 million; and USC-Union, about $250,000. Aiken and Spartanburg are four-year schools, and the other campuses are two-year schools. According to Phlegar, each campus has its own goal. The Columbia campus has a goal of $270 million, and the goal for the seven other cam puses totals $30 million. Phlegar said donors usually specify which cam pus or program they want their money to support. “[If] the donor makes a gift and wants it des ignated for other campuses, then that is where the money goes,” Phlegar said. “A lot of folks designate what they want their funds to go to,” Snyder said. Although the fund-raising figures are com bined, the funds are not, Phlegar said. Each cam pus keeps the money it raises. “I haven’t seen that [the sharing of funds| hap pen,” Phlegar said. The bicentennial campaign is scheduled to end in 2001. However, university officials said USC will not stop its fund-raising efforts then. “Fund raising really never ends,” Phlegar said. “Fund raising at this university will go on forev er.” Snyder emphasized the importance of con tinual fund raising. “This is just a campaign goal,” he said. “This isn’t where you stop. A cam paign is just a set time frame to accomplish a goal.” Phlegar said many public universities carry out “capital campaigns” like the bicentennial cam paign every two to three years. This is the first such campaign USC has undertaken. “Most laige public universities will go into a capital campaign [about] two to three years after their last campaign,” he said. Phlegar said the university didn’t have any plans for another campaign after 2001. “There are not any definite plans for another campaign,” he said. “I would be surprised if we didn’t have another campaign” in 2004 or 2005. Phlegar also said the university would con tinue to raise funds even after meeting the $300 million goal. He said he’s not surprised the campaign has raised as Atuch money as it has, though he was veiy pleased by the size of Darla Moore’s $25 million contribution. Phlegar credited the quality of graduates, the leadership of John Palms and a strong economy with the success of the campaign. He described the volunteer fund-raisers’ ef forts as very professional. “There is a very definite process and organi zation to fund raising,” Phlegar said. “It’s run very much like a for-profit business.” He said the campaign is driven by USC grad uates. “The campaign’s volunteer-driven," he said. USC colleges also help in the effort to raise money. Bicentennial see page 2 Power failure disrupts Coliseum by Clayton Kale Associate News Editor The Coliseum, the law center, com puter services and several other campus buildings were left in the dark for about 25 minutes Hiesday following a short cir cuit at the major power substation feed ing the USC campus. Charles Stevenson, from the depart ment of Eneigy Services, said a high-volt age short circuit in one of the four main circuits caused the power failure at about 1:30 p.m. “We isolated the fault and took the load olT the damaged circuit and put it on the three remaining circuits,” Stevenson said. “The power was out from about 1:30 to 1:55.” Stevenson said that repair crews are working to fix the problem and that it should be fixed by today. “We’ll fix the circuit and shift the power back to it,” he said. Stevenson said there will be a short “blip” in the power when it is returned to the repaired circuit, but no major dis turbance is expected after the problem is fixed. USC spokesman Jason Snyder said: “At most, it [the power failure] was an inconvenience, a little disruption during the day.” It’s not unnatural for electrical dis turbances like the one on Tuesday to oc cur, Stevenson said. “It is bound to happen from time to lime,” he said. Stevenson said it has been a while since USC has had an outage similar to Tuesday's. The last one, according to Stevenson, was over winter break in 19% or 1997 in the Horseshoe area. “Luckily, no one was here during that [power failure],” he said. Auxiliary power didn’t turn on in the coliseum as it is supposed to in a power failure. Stevenson said he didn’t know why the auxiliary power didn’t start the way it should. Stevenson said the university main tenance department is in chaige of keep ing the emergency lighting in working or der. Power SEE PAGE 2 1 USC enters the Holtz era on a stormy night with a 10-0 loss Sean Rayford photo editor USC football coach Lou Holtz leads the Gamecocks onto the field Saturday night, at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, N.C. Despite a strong defensive effort, N.C. State won, 10-O. USC’s next game is Saturday against SEC foe Georgia. use vs. NCSU Holtz's return all wet by Brock Vergakis News Editor < Raleigh, N.C.-In one game as USC’s head coach, Lou Holt/, did what he had previous ly done only once in four years as N.C. State’s coach: He lost at Carler-Finley Stadium in Raleigh. Underneath strong winds and heavy rain left over from Tropical Stomi Dennis, the Gamecocks fell to No. 24 N.C State 10-0 on Saturday night in front of a national televi sion audience. A fumble and a blocked punt was all State needed to lake the victo ry “Our defense and special teams had an other exceptional game. We had guys flying around and making big plays,” N.C State Head Coach Mike O’Cain said. The game’s lone touchdown came when Brian Williams broke free, blocking a punt by Courtney Leavitt. “Nobody blocked me; 1 knew I could get it,” Williams said. State’s Koren Robinson scooped up the Football SEE PAGE 11 Campus call boxes potential for safety left unfulfilled by Meredith Davis Staff Writer USC Police Department officials say lew students are properly using the safely call boxes on campus. Out ol 141 calls USCPD received last spring from call boxes, only 46 were legitimate claims in which the students who placed the calls wailed for the re sponding officers near or at the call box. Out of those 141 calls, it look USCPD more than four minutes to ar rive on fewer than 10 of those calls, ac cording to the log sheet that shows the response statistics. The most frequent response times varied from 30 seconds to three min utes. “When the calls are placed, they are immediately dispatched,” said Hen ry Garbade, of Crime Prevention and Community Relations at USCPD. "The call goes out over the radio. We average about two minutes to go out and get to that call box, and unfor tunately, a lot of the time, no one is there when we arrive,” he said. According to Garbade, “hitting a call box is like an extension of the po lice, just like a 911 call.” Like the 911 service, USCPD is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will provide medical assis tance when needed from surrounding hospitals. USC has about 60 call boxes on campus. Since the university installed these safety devices 10 years ago, an av erage of five to 10 call boxes has been added annually. Ten call boxes have been added within the past year. “Call boxes are a good start for this campus, they alert the police effec tively,” said Jen Mackie, former presi dent of SHARE, a campus oiganization focused on preventive sexual assault measures and body image concerns. “The only drawbacks to call box es is that they sometimes make you feel safer than you should on a city campus. The y should not be a replacement for better security and more lighting,” Mackie said. “They give you more se curity and more of a reason not to be defensive when traveling across cam pus. Although I support them, the call boxes should not be the reason a stu dent makes a bad judgment call regarding her safety.” While some students said they think Safety SEE PAGE 3 • Call boxes run anywhere between $3,000 and $6,000 per installation. —, • Out of 141 calls USCPD got last | spring from call boxes, only 46 = were legitimate emergencies. Brad Walters graphics editor Weather Inside Datebook Online Poll Today 94 68 Thursday ) Encore! makes fall 1999 debut. Section B Today • Siudenl Senate, 5 p.m., RH Theater l Thursday • Last day to apply for December graduation % I /FT | How will the Gamecocks II 1.1 / W do this season? Go lo www.gamecock.sc.edu to vote in this week’s poll. \ r i