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_ Vol^94, No. 22 ^X^dnesday October 18, 2000 _ ft • ...... . ■-■■■■JCMUtt *J| e Carolina Community since 1Q08 Going Bowing ■ USC has virtually assured itself of a bowl bid. But how many tickets will be available? by Brock Vergakis The Gamecock After beating Arkansas 27-7 on Saturday, the £ speculation is| finally over: USC is bowl eligible. With the SEC having seven secured spots in bowls this^ year, Carolina’s six wins all but guarantee that the team will spend the holi days playing its first bowl game since 1995. For those dedicated stu dents who don’t want to settle for watching the Oamecocks bowl game on television, the athletics department has begun thinking about how many seats they’ll request from bowl officials, and how many of those seats they’ll dole out to students. Associate Athletics Director of Tick et Operations Chris Massaro said the ath letics department can’t make any defini tive plans on student ticket distribution until Carolina is offered a bowl bid. “It depends on the size of the allot ment,’’ Massaro said. “For the Clemson game, students get 1,200 tickets. ...That’s about 10 percent of our allotment. For the Peach Bowl, it’ll probably be a simi lar percentage. If we get 15,000 seats, 1,500 will go to students.” The Peach Bowl, in Atlanta, is less than a 4-hour drive from Columbia and, as such, has the potential to draw more students than other venues. If USC heads to the Peach Bowl, the athletics depart ment will consider having a lottery simi lar to the one held for the Clemson game every year, Massaro said. But if the Gamecocks were to play in, say, the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Massaro said any student who wanted to go would likely be able to get a ticket. The last time USC played in a bowl game was the Caiquest Bowl in Miami. No ticket limits were put in place, as Tickets see page 2 Possible bowls The Gamecocks, with six wins, have ffy '{■: Virtually assured themselves of a bow! |3$K Which bowl they go to depends B on ho* they finish die year. «L. • independence Bowl SEC No. 7 vs. f|| fShreveoort} Big XII opponent WL, ^B: SEC No. 6 vs. B Big East No. 4 ^ SEC No. 5 vs. ACC No. 3 I M SEC No. 4 A vs. Big XII No. 2 i t SEC No. 3 vs. Big Ten No. 3 Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2 8CS championship^ USC likely must win Bbi^lllll remaining games 3 to be picked a* an at-larga taam to go i t* S«oeft VaBay Boat, Bra Ua Vagaa 8owl. Bra Oahu so«i or Bra Motor C&y Bm*. i Bowt Championahtp Sanaa II YWCA sponsors Week Without Violence I by Eugene Rodillo The Gamecock The YWCA is playing host to the sixth annual Week Without Violence this week, a program designed to help alle viate the problem of domestic violence. YWCA Women’s Resource Coor 'dinator Nicole Holland said drawing at tention to the problem was important to bring to light nonviolent alterna tives in the area of conflict resolution. “I think it’s important if you want to make a difference within your com munity, which is where I think a lot of nonviolent alternatives or changes need to start or stem from,” Holland said. “I think that activism within the commu nity is very important. It’s aimed at the entire community, and the entire com munity can participate.” According to Holland, this year’s Week Without Violence will be the laigest in the Midlands to date because there are now more people employed by the YWCA. Holland said this program began as a way to fix the problems that were hin dering the YWCA’s mission, which in clude empowering women, violence pre vention and eliminating racism. The week started with the Friends of Sistercare March and Rally on Oct. 14, beginning in Finlay Park and ending at ‘It’s aimed at the entire community, and the entire community can participate.’ Nicole Holland Women’s Resource Coordinator, YWCA the Statehouse. “I think the march and rally are im portant in terms of raising community awareness about domestic violence,” Barton said. Various speakers spoke about do mestic violence-related issues, includ ing Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, Comptroller General Jim Lander and Rebecca Collier, director of the Com mission on Women. A highlight of the event was the “Sur vivors Speak,” where survivors of do YWCA SEE PAGE 2 Journalism School Dean ship Three finalists to visit campus in coming weeks ■ One of the finalists will be on campus Thursday and Friday by Charles Prashaw The Gamecock The three candidates for dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication will tour the university in the next three weeks, starting with William Norton on Thursday. Each candidate will have two days of meetings, tours and question-and-answer sessions when they ar rive at USC, said Associate Provost of Undergradu ate Affairs Don Greiner. The candidates are Norton, dean of the journal ism program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Edward Pease, professor and head of the department of communications at Utah State University, and Ronald Loewen, vice president for strategic development at Liberty Corporation and Cosmos Broadcasting of Greenville. Norton’s visit to USC will run through Friday. Pease will visit Oct. 26-27, and Loewen will visit Nov. 3-4. An hour-long session has been set aside for in terested students to talk to each of the candidates on those days, starting at 8 a.m. After every candidate has visited, the search com mittee in charge of finding candidates will suggest to Dean see page 2 The finalists ■ Ronald Loewen President, Liberty Insurance Group, former VP Of WIS-TV V ■ William Norton Dean, • University of Nebraska school of journalism ■ Edward Pease Head, Utah State University department of communi cations Michael Ronqulllo The Gamecock Virgil Conrad and Julie Paradis were two of the many community leaders who met at Bethel AME Church In Columbia to encourage participation In the fight against hunger. Agencies encourage fight against hunger by Valerie Matchette The Gamecock In observance of S.C. Hunger Aware ness Week, area agencies held a commu nity conference Tuesday to encourage par ticipation in the fight against hunger. The conference, which was held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Bethel AME Church in Columbia, focused on what initiatives are being taken by anti-hunger groups across the state, as well as what is being done to educate the public on hunger issues. Many South Carolina community-ser vice organizations participated in the fo rum, including the S.C. Christian Action Council, S.C. Committee Against Hunger, S.C. Food Bank Association and Inlerfaith Community Services. According to Denise Holland, the ex ecutive director of Harvest Hope Food Bank, informing the public about com munity service is one of the most impor tant aspects of feeding the hungry. “It’s actually very important because to fight hunger requires everyone’s col lective effort,” she said. “The fight for hunger requires a lot of education as to why we do still have hunger in such an affluent society, what we can do about it, how to be an advocate for people who are experiencing hunger and how to help them in a dignified, caring manner dial truly addresses those families.” Holland also said part of the success of South Carolina’s community service groups is because of their efficient organization. “It is an entire infrastructure within die nonprofit community from a food bank to Hunger seepages Today 77 57 Thursday 79 49 Spotlight reviews Weekend Excursion Page 7 “We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.” — Montaigne WEDNESDAY • SG senate, 5 p.m., RH Theater •SAGE, 8 p.m., RH 302 • Ambassadors, 9 p.m., Visitor Center • Student Legislature, 8:30 p.m., GAM B 152 Thursday • NAACP, 6 p.m., RH 205 •ODK, 6 p.m., RH 315 •SALA, 7:30 p.m., RH 305 • Muslim Students Asso ciation, 7 p.m., RH 305