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The Gamecock
USC student journalists attended the
South Carolina Press Association con
vention in Columbia Friday, where awards
for 1999 collegiate newspapers were giv
en out.
The Gamecock garnered nine awards,
and The Carolina Reporter— the Col
lege of Journalism and Mass Communi
cations’ senior semester program — re
ceived six awards.
Journalism junior Brad Walters re
ceived a first place award for best news
story for his coverage of the student who
was severely beaten along Greene Street
last year.
Journalism junior John Huiett won
second place for news writing for his sto
ry on the constitutionality of prayer at
football games.
The Gamecock also won first place
and third place for advertisment design.
Kevin Langston and Walters won first
place for news layout.
Walters also won third place for an
informational-graphic detailing grocery
prices.
And Sean Rayford won first and sec
ond places for photography.
The Carolina Reporter won second
place for best feature story, second place
for best sports story, first place for best
feature page layout, first place for best
informational graphic and third place for
best photo.
Dean offers
opera as
alternative
punishment
College Press
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WlUMANTlC, Conn.—Minor violations
of campus code land students at Eastern
Connecticut State University a seat at the
opera.
After finding that free tickets to the
opera and symphony didn’t generate much
interest among students, Kirk Peters, as
sociate dean of Student Affairs, established
the university’s Alternative Restitution
Program, which gives students guilty of
minor offenses a choice between per
forming community service or attending
an opera performance.
Some students have actually said they’d
rather serve the time, but so far, about 50
students have taken Peters up on the show.
Among them is Felipe Dossou, a first-year
student cited for tearing up the women’s
softball field during a rain-drenched pick
up football game. Dossou said he’d always
thought the opera was a “rich, snobby”
thing to do, but would definitely return
now that he’s actually been.
Despite the chance to attract new fens,
officials at the Connecticut Opera have
complained about having their art being
presented as a form of punishment, but
Peters shrugs off the criticism. He said he
thinks its important to punish students —
particularly those from disadvantaged back
grounds — in ways that will help them in
the long run.
“My idea was to raise the bar here
anyway I could,” he said.
Horseshoe host to
annual Showcase
by Phil Watson
Staff Writer
USC’s annual Showcase, an edu
cation and entertainment festival, took
place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday
on the historic Horseshoe.
Showcase was open to the public.
Booths were set up in the Horseshoe
for various USC departments and or
ganizations.
The entertainment at the Show
case featured the USC Dance Com
pany, the Left Bank Big Band, the uni
versity band, choral concerts, Cocky
- the USC mascot - and the USC
Cheerleaders.
The event also featured under
graduate admissions information ses
sions.
There were also display exhibits
on the Horseshoe. Visitors were able
to play computer games, explore cy
berspace, see a science fair, get free
health screenings and view art exhibits.
Booths for children were also set
up. Story telling, face painting, origa
mi and other games entertained chil
dren at Showcase.
Guided tours of the campus were
given to visitors. The Capstone Con
ference Center had an open house from
IP a.m. to 1 p.m. Preston College was
open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Dar
la Moore School of Business had an
open house from 10 a.m. to noon. Vis
itors also had the chance to have cof
fee with South Carolina Honors Col
lege Dean Peter Sederbeig from 10
a.m. to noon.
McKissick Museum was also open
to visitors. Three exhibits were open
to the public, including “A Place in
Time,” which is used in the museum’s
annual fund-raising gala. Another ex
hibit on display was the USC student
art show, which featured creative works
from USC students. “The Middle Pas
sage: Drawings by Tom Feelings” were
also on display. The exhibit was a se
ries of drawings depicting the journey
of slaves across the Atlantic.
Awards
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allowance of $ 10,500 per tenure year
and a one-time International Research
Travel Allowance of $1,000. The to
tal award package is in excess of
$80,000.
Twenty-two other USC students
have received NSF Fellowships since
1987.
Economics junior Douglas Mc
Cartha and marketing senior Emily
LeMaster were named as two of the
50 State Farm Companies Foundation
Exceptional Student Fellows.
McCartha is a member of the S.C.
Honors College and an active leader
in the Carolina Student Judicial Coun
cil and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He
was a member of Student Govern
ment’s Freshman Council.
LeMaster has recently been named
USC Outstanding Woman of the Year,
and she is the recipient of the Kappa
Delta Founders Scholarship and Omi
cron Delta Kappa’s Thomas More
Craig Leadership Award. LeMaster
has served as president of Kappa Delta,
vice president of Omicron Delta Kap
pa, vice president for Calendar Pro
duction of Mortar Board, co-chair of
marketing for homecoming 1999 and
was the elections commissioner for the
2000 SG elections.
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Teacher reviews
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One guideline urges students to review how a professor
teaches a class and not just the professor. It says, “If your in
tent is to confuse students or damage a teacher’s reputation, go
somewhere else.”
Another guideline asks students to write useful reviews in
stead of “‘Dr. Fossey sucks.’” Greene and his team can take down
a review they feel broke one of the rules. But using vulgar lan
guage in a review won’t get it taken off the Internet.
“We prefer students don’t use vulgar language, but that is
not a reason to hide a review. Students reading the reviews de
cide if they trust the reviewer or not. Vulgar language may in
fluence that decision,” Greene said.
Associate professor of mathematics Howard Becker received
a grade D+ and called the review “self-discrediting,” so it will
have no effect on the way he teaches. He said he wouldn’t vis
it the Web site again because he had better things to do with
his time.
Becker did want to say: “As for me personally, I can save
all USC students the trouble of reading Internet reviews by pro
viding this information myself. Students who want to keep the
amount of learning as low as possible should not enroll in my
classes. They will find a number of my colleagues to be far more
accommodating in that respect than I am.”
History professor Owen Connely said he realized students
are entitled to their opinions, so he doesn’t have a problem with
students using the Web site to review professors. He received
a grade F for teaching a class about the Napoleonic Wars.
“One problem I’ve found is that people who volunteer re
views are usually people who hate you or think you’re the great
est. The ones who are angry are more likely to submit reviews,”
Connely said.
If enough students wrote complaints about Connely^1
style of teaching he said he would talk to the class and refer to
the standard reviews before changing anything.
“Certainly I wouldn’t change on the basis of one review, but
I would pay attention,” Connely said.
Nichole Castater, who received a grade A for teaching in
troduction to finance, liked the idea ofTeacherReviews.com.
She said she would check the Web site from time to time to
see if she can get an overall indication of how her teaching is
perceived.
“I believe this Web site is a good idea if only to get out the
word to students on which instructors to take, as opposed to
which instructors not to take. Perhaps if there is a strong enough
demand out there for quality teaching by the student, good teach
ing will be rewarded more often by universities across the coun
try,” Castater said.
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March
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to 1975, led an effort to get lawmakers
who raised the flag to ask for its removal.
“As I have had to say publicly, some
what to my embarrassment, in hindsight
one of the mistakes I made as governor is
not taking it down,” he said. “It was not
an issue then. Had it been an issue, I would
like to think I would have taken it down.”
Paula Byers of James Island said she
had two great-grandfathers who fought for
the South in the Civil Whr.
“The Confederate flag is my heritage,
but it should have been taken down at the
end of the Civil War,” she said. “We have
serious issues in the state, and the Con
federate Flag is not one of them. Wfe should
take it down so we can address education
and spend our time doing something pro
ductive.”
There was a single pro-flag demon
strator as the marchers left a park on the
edge of the city’s historic district after a
brief rally.
Carter Sabo of Charleston stood with
a Confederate flag and said he wanted to
make sure the flag is given a place of hon
or at the Statehouse.
6-year old prodigy excels in college
College Press
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OCALA, Fla. — Justin Chapman is the
only student at the University of Rochester
who’s on the veige of losing his baby teeth.
The 6-year-old is the youngest stu
dent ever to enroll in the university, where
he’s taking an ancient history class. Of
course, that’s just one of an awfully full
load. Justin is enrolled in 29 other class
es offered through the Internet and Mon
roe Community College.
Despite all the schoolwork, his mom,
Elizabeth Chapman, insists her son is in
class less than the average first grader. Of
ficially, Justin is a sophomore at Cam
bridge Academy, a private high school
in Ocala, Fla., that offers correspondence
courses. Rochester allowed Justin to en
roll in a program admitting exceptional
high-school students. School administra
tors say they have no questions about his
abilities.
Neither does Elizabeth Chapman, who
said she first noticed her son’s intelligence
when he passed one of her college-level
exams at the age of 2.
She thought he was just filling in butf
bles at random. She also said she has no
idea where the kid got his smarts.
“I don’t remember him reading books
on string theory,” but he knows all about
it, she said.
Aside from his young age, Justin is the
typical student. He talks during class and
doesn’t study. His mom — who insists on
speaking for him — says his biggest prob
lems stem from often doing “more than
what’s expected for class.” She said she
has to tear him away from his computer
to make sure he gets plenty of exercise.