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Senate begins effort to curb gambling NCAA supports bill that would halt betting on amateur sports by Steve Ellino College Press Exchange In a move designed lo stem the grow ing tidal wave of sports betting, two 1 d.S. senators, with the support of the NCAA, introduced landmark legislation Wednesday that would ban wagering on all amateur events. The bill, which is targeted mostly at the state of Nevada and its legal sports belting operations, called gambling a cor rupting influence on college sports in par ticular, which has been damaged by point shaving scandals at several prominent colleges. The Amateur Sports Integrity Act, co-sponsored by Sens. John McCain, R Ariz., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., would ban gambling on high school, college and Olympic sports. “We’ve got real issues that need lo be dealt with, and we can’t stand around pre tending that they’ll just go away,” said Bob Minnix, the compliance chief at Flori I da State and the chairman of the NCAA’s Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Com mittee. “The numbers get worse every year. Somewhere along the line, you’ve got to try something different.” In the past decade, football players at Boston College and basketball players at Arizona State and Northwestern were found to have fixed the outcome of Gambling SEE PACE 2 Census Road Tour hits USC Thursday Staff Reports The Gamecock The Census 2000 Road Tour hits cam pus Thursday. The tour, intended to raise awareness of the once-a-decade count, will roll in to town during a census forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Russell House Ball room. The event is sponsored by five uni versity organizations, including African American Studies, Multicultural Student Alftrrs, Student Government, the De partment of Student Life, and the Divi sion of Student and Alumni Services. Officials attending the forum include Irma Santana, coordinator of Hispanic Out reach; Dr. Will Goins, Cherokee Indians ofS.C.; Susan Hardy, regional director of the U.S. Census Bureau; DeWayne Crow ell, manager of the Columbia Census Of fice; and Robert Nance, co-chair of the S.C. Complete Count Committee. The event will be moderated by Jesse Wash ington, executive director of the Colum Census see pace 2 Architects unveil a new arena design SPECIAL 10 I HE UAMECOCK Architects unveiled Tuesday a new design of the $70 million, 18,600 seat USC Sports Arena at the Columbia Design Development Review Commission meeting. The USC board of trustees rejected the first design, an all-brick structure with an angular class atrium, because It wouldn’t blend well with other buildings on campus. The new design features a curved glass atrium and a light-colored stucco exterior. It might have a fountain In front The building Is expected to be com pleted by late summer 2002. Rivals united on flag issue by Pete Iacobelli Associated Press Wells, S.C. — Normally, they are ri vals. On Tuesday, however, South Car olina coaches Eddie Fogler and Lou Holtz marched with Clemson’s Larry Shyatt and Tommy Bowden, united to say the Con federate flag should be lowered from atop the Statehouse. “I felt it was important to be here. It’s just one person expressing one opin ion that the flag needs to come down,” said Fogler, the school’s basketball coach. The 120-mile march that began in Charleston on Sunday is scheduled to end Thursday in Columbia at the Statehouse, where pro-flag groups also plan a midday demonstration. Those who want the flag lowered say it represents hate and slavery. Those who want to keep it flying say it stands for her itage and honors Confederate war dead. The Legislature, which raised the flag in 1962 to commemorate the Civil War centennial, then in 1995 gave itself the sole power to lower it, hasn’t been able to compromise on what to do with the banner. “We’re trying to do our part to get their attention,” said Fogler, who was one of the first coaches to speak out against the flag in January. When the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People start ed a tourism boycott of South Carolina that month, it hoped to affect sports in the state. Some thought that because the state had so few marquee events, the ef fects would be minimal. “They have been wrong about that,” said James Gallman, president of the state NAACP chapter. “We have been very successful in the sports field.” Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., who organized the “Gel in Step” march, walked with Holtz, South Carolina’s foot ball coach and one-time national cham pionship winner at Notre Dame, and said: “I had goose bumps.” He said they discussed Charleston, the Gamecocks’ football team and whether the flag should come down. “He’s a thoughtful man,” Riley said. “He told me, it’s important to do what’s right, and this is what’s right for Flag see pace 2 USC auctions student, faculty artworks by Amanda Silva Staff Writer USC held its 45th annual faculty and student art auction Tuesday night. “It’s a way for the community to keep in contact with rising artists,” said Boyd Saunders, USC art professor and auction oiganizer. Students and faculty had more than 100 pieces of artwork, including sculpture, jewelry, photography, paintings, prints, ceramics and iron works on display. The auction, which began at 8 p.m. and is spon sored by the College of Liberal Arts, has a history of good turnouts, according to Saunders. “Believe it or not, this is our 45th anniversary and there will be people here tonight who have attended all 45,” he said. Auctioneers for the 2000 auction include Dot Ryall, executive director of the CulturaJ Council of Richland and Lexington counties, and Warner Wells, a local banker with First Citizens Bank. Other auctioneers are mostly faculty members, who are assisted by art students, Saunders said. Robert Lyon, chairman of the art department, said two-thirds of the money from bidders will go to the artists, while the remaining third will be divided be tween the cost of the event and the Boyd Saunders Scholarship FUnd. Alita Schramm, an art education graduate student and one of the featured artists, said, students make up about 75 to 85 percent of the artists, while the re mainder are faculty members. Faculty members are allowed to submit up to three works, and students may submit up to four. The bidding among collectors is competitive at times, Schramm said, and sometimes lasts past 11 p.m. Pieces are sold at prices that range from $25 to more than $100. Elizabeth Adams, English professor at Benedict College and a fan of the Italian Renaissance said: “Interior decorators really battle for some of these pieces.” Last year’s event raised more than $14,000. According to Adams, the event is a wonderful way to collect art, and a great service to artists. MMT MOULDING r HOTO CONOR BSA candidate for studio art Donl Jordan looks at a sculpture before the 45th annual art auction. The art was on display starting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Capstone before being sold In the auction. i Maymester offers distinctive courses by Charles Prashaw Senior Writer Studying reggae and sports broadcasting or tak ing a criminal justice class that sends you to Rus sia are but a few of the courses that students can take for Maymester. How’s this for an English class: Show up at 8 a.m. and take your seat as the professor plays Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. For students in English 483M, professor Kwame Dawes does just that. “I’m trying to teach the class so students can learn about both reggae and Caribbean literature,” Dawes said. Dawes, who also teaches traditional courses in African-American, African, creative and modem British literature, came up with the idea for the reggae/Canbbean course three years ago whiie re searching the influences of Caribbean writers. Many writers in the region are influenced by reggae music, so Dawes said he naturally thought about leaching a class on the subject. Dawes, a former reggae musician, was edu cated at the University of the West Indies and has written an anthology of poems, “Shook Foil: Collection of Reggae Poems.” Dawes said students generally find his class unique and fun. He and the class celebrate the end of classes by going out to eat at a Caribbean-themed restaurant. Another Maymester class is THSP 501M, taught by professor David Berube, who also came up with the idea for his class while doing research. Berube was researching the qualities of heroes and monsters in science fiction films when he re alized that it was sometimes hard to tell the dif ference between the two. The class is based on this idea. Some of the movies the class will watch and discuss are the 1932 film “Island of the Lost Souls,” the original “King Kong,” “Foxxy Brown,” “Pulp Fiction” and "The Matrix.” Berube said that although students might have seen some of the films already, the class analysis will probably cast the films in a new light. Journalism 463M, a sports broadcasting class, will feature a number of guest speakers like Lar ry Collin from CNN, Tim Brando from CBS and Jimmie Rayburn from Foxsports South. Professor Charlie McAlexandar, who teaches the class and also announces home football games, said the course usually holds the record for the highest number of people who want to take it. McAlexandar said he expects about 90 students to take the class. Journalism sophomore Julie Halenar said, “It’s probably the most worthwhile class I’ll take in col lege because I’m actually interested in sports broad casting. I learned a lot in that class. For one thing, I learned that announcers don’t just show up to the game and announce it — there is a lot more to it.” At the end of the course, students get a tour of Williams-Brice Stadium and later get to make a mock opening announcement of a football game from the press box. MaYMESTER see page 2 Students present work at Graduate Student Day 2000 by Amanda Silva Staff Writer Graduate Student Day 2000 will give about 110 graduate students the opportunity to present their scholarly and creative work for competition. In addition to the 110 graduate students, 30 grad uate students will present their work in a poster com petition from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today in Russell House Ballroom C. Graduate students will compete in one of the oral presentation categories, which include communica tions, cultural enrichment, engineering and tech nology, health, humanities, physical and life Sciences, contemporary social issues, and historical social is sues. Graduate see pace 2 Weather Inside Datebook Online Poll Today 64 44 Thursday 78 55 Encore! previews the Spoleto Festival Encore! Wednesday • Graduate Students Day • Student Senate, 5 p.m., RH Theater • University Ambas sadors, 8 p.m., Visitor Center Tuesday • Leadership and Service Recognition Awards Day • NAACP, 6 p.m. • SALA, 7:30 p.m. Should USC consider revising or changing its fight song? Vole at www.gaifiecock.sc.edu. Results will be published Friday.