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_vql. 94. no. 34 rnaay November 17, 2000_ Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 www.gamecock.sc.edu UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - Columbia, S.C. Fans celebrate Tieerburn by Gina Caruso The Gamecock Loyal USC fans gathered at the State Fairgrounds for Tigerbum on Thursday night to show support for their Game cocks for this Saturday’s battle against Clemson. The festivities were highlighted by the burning of a tiger and also included performances by the USC cheerleaders and band and special appearances by players and assistant football coaches. _ The evening, made possible by Car ™ olina Productions, the Alumni Associ ation and the Carl Smith Law Firm, kicked off with the Carolina spirit song while cheerleaders danced and fire works lit up the sky. A live host from WARQ 93.5 started the event by intro ducing a member of Sigma Nu who is participating in this year’s “Game Ball Run.” According to Mark Goddard of Sig ma Nu, brothers of the chapters from USC and Clemson will run the game ball from the fairgrounds to the stadium in Clemson to raise money for the Multi ple Sclerosis Society, which provides re search and programs for sufferers of the fatal disease. Cheerleaders and Cocky then pro ceeded to distribute miniature footballs to the fans in attendance. Each football was marked with a number. The host called out two numbers, and the two winners received either a gift certificate to the Russell House bookstore or a cell phone compliments of Sprint PCS. Assistant coaches Charlie Strong and Skip Holtz made appearances, assuring the fans they were prepared for the con test against Clemson. “You are as ready as we are,” Strong said. “We’ll make sure our defense is better this weekend.” According to Holtz, the team is look ing forward to the challenge of playing arch-rival Clemson. While playing at home is an honor, he said the players are excited about the away game because they know USC fans will also be there to support the Gamecocks. Right tackle Melvin Page extend ed his thanks to all the fans. “This is the biggest game all year, and we’re going to kick butt Satur day,” he said. Cleveland Pinkney also thanked the fans for their support. “I know we’ve let you down the last couple weeks, but we’re going to try and pull this one out,” he said. The focus then turned to the tiger. Created in partnership by Carolina Pro ductions, Omega Phi Alpha and Kappa Alpha Theta, the tiger was doused in lighter fluid and then ignited by mem bers of Carolina Productions and Cocky. As the tiger went up in flames^ the fans and Cocky danced to the fight song. The festivities completed as fireworks filled the sky. The event capped off “Spirit Week’v at USC, which also included a Blood Drive that continues through Friday and the grand re-opening of the Gamecock Bi-Lo on Devine Street. The university desk can be reached at ganwcockudesk@hotmall.com. SG representatives meet student body by Brandon Larrabee The Gamecock With balloons, cotton candy and the almost obligato ry golf carts. Student Government took to Greene Street on Wednesday to get out their message in the second an nual “Meet Your Student Government Day.” Student senators sat at the tables of their respective colleges, ready to answer student questions about SG. At noon, executive officers gave their “State of the Univer g sity” addresses. * SG President Jotaka Eaddy licked off a list of accom plishments and goals that she and her Cabinet have for the remainder of her term, which runs out in January. She highlighted some of the elements of her “Contract with Carolina,” including the creation of a “Sixth Man Club” section for university basketball games and the pe tition to extend the drop date, which has garnered more than 5,000 student signatures. “Student Government brought that issue to you," Ead dy said. Eaddy said other goals for SG include holding a series of town hall meetings, creating a student activity hotline, helping with the university's business incubator project and holding a statewide diversity summit at the universi ty. SG also wants to hold a forum involving SG presidents from across the state. Eaddy encouraged students to hold their elected offi cials to “a higher mark." “You voted for them, they’re responsible to you,” Ead dy said. * And she told students that all of them had a role in SG. “Every student at the University of South Carolina is a member of Student Government,” Eaddy said. After her speech, Eaddy said the day was a day where “Student Government actually comes out of the office.” “It’s an opportunity for students to hear what Stu dent Government is doing,” she said. That interaction, in addition to supporting SG, was why she attended the event, Eaddy said. “My main objective was to meet students,” she said. Eaddy said SG’s most important goal, based on the response from students, was their effort to extend the drop date. “It’s something that the students felt that we should be doing,” Eaddy said. Vice President Corey Ford gave Eaddy credit for al most fulfilling her contract. “There’s more to do, of course,” Ford said. He listed three things he wanted student Senate, of which he is president, to accomplish: raising funds for re cycling, researching academic forgiveness at other schools and working with the Multicultural Committee to do re search on the ratio of minority faculty to minority students. Ford said the purpose of the day was to “at least have the opportunity for students to come up and talk to their representatives.” “I wanted them to know that they had access to me,” he said. Ford said the day was a success. “I would say yes, on the simple fact that we were out there,” he said. “But I was very displeased in the turnout from the members of Student Government.” He said turnout from students was “adequate.” Other SG members also showed up to interact with students. “How are the students going to know we’re here if we don’t show our faces?” said Manasi Sinha, working the cot ton candy machine at SG’s refreshment table. SG capped off the day with a meeting of the student Senate and a reception with several deans from the uni versity. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmaU.com. Travis Lynn The Gamecock Student Government President Jotaka Eaddy addresses stu dents at “Meet Your Student Government Day.” « Workplace has new ergonomic standards byKristin von Karowsky The Gamecock The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a new ergonom ics standard Nov. 13 that will grant new protections to 102 million indus trial employees. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA web site, ergonomics is the science of fitting the job to the worker. The new safety standard will af fect workers in industrial jobs ranging from assembly lines to computer termi nals. OSH A’s government standards could significantly reduce the severity and num ber of work-related musculoskeletal dis orders (MSDs) caused by exposure to risk factors in the workplace. Some of the risk factors for developing workplace MSDs are repetition of tasks, awkward postures and force, vibration and con tact stress. However, according to OS HA, the standard does not include in juries caused by trips, slips, falls, vehicle accidents or similar accidents. According to OSHA’s web site, MS Ds occur when there is a disparity be tween the physical capacity of workers and the physical demands of their jobs. About 1.8 million U.S. workers each year report work-related MSDs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, back injuries and tendentious. About 6,000 of these MS Ds are serious enough to result in work ers being forced to take lime off from work to recover. OSHA believes the so lution to this problem rests with er gonomics—lilting the job to the work er—rather than vice versa. All general industry employees are covered by the standard, but the stan dard doesn’t apply to employers covered by OSHA's maritime, construction and agricultural standards. It also does not apply to employer-operated railroads. OSHA asserts that the new standard will prevent 4.6 million MSDs in the first 10 years, and will save an average of $9.1 billion annually. In terms of cost, em ployers will pay $4.5 billion annually. The average cost for fixing an individual work station averages about $250 per employee per year, according to OSHA’s web site. Elizabeth Steedly, who has been a USC administrative assistant for 15 years, Injuries see page 2 Students can vote online in ‘Search for Six’ |Alumni wLeeza Gibbons I Raphael Lee Frank Matthew* I George Meetze Robert McNair Brenda Pressley Dick Riley Marva Smalls JeanToal Henrie Mcenteith Treadwell Arts Doug Flutte iii! ■ Latwyn Hill v. l;_r Paul McCartney Jessye Norman Cal Ripken Carlos Santana Steven t g. Spteiberg venzel Washington Oprah Winfrey Tiger Woods Business Patch Adams Neil Armstrong Jeff Bezos Francis Collins Bill Gates Sieve Forties Tiro Berners-Lee Dave Thomas Jack Welch Oprah Winfrey Education Wiliam Bennett Pat Conroy Charles Frazier Howard Gardner Jint Hoagiand Pat Mora Dick Riley Wole Soyinka Patrick Tyler Kurt Voruiegut Harry Wong Politics Madeleine Albright Koti Annan Julian Bond Julia Butterfly Jimmy Carter Kek Galabru :: LolsCfofclil Vadav Havel Colin Powell Mary Robinson fe# Oscar Anus i, y Sandier Lech Walesa Religion Leila Ahmed M Bill Bright Chuck Colson Jim Cymbals The Dalai Lama Elisabeth Elliot Tony Evans Franklin Graham W ' TD Jakes Tim InHaye Sister Helen Ptejean Joni Earekson 1 Tada Rigoberta Turn Eire Wiesel by Charles Prashaw The Gamecock The “Search for Six,” an attempt to select six individuals who best portray the Carolinian Creed to speak at USC for the Bicentennial Celebration, has come down to an online poll that ends today. The process to pick ‘The Six” start ed in October with student and faculty mixed committees being set up to run through possible candidates. Those com mittees picked between 10 and 15 peo ple for each of the six categories. After narrowing down the list of possible candidates, the different search committees researched biographical in formation about the candidates and wrote a paper on each, giving reasons why they believed each candidate portrays the Carolinian Creed. When the search is over, one indi vidual will be ultimately be selected from these six categories—alumni, pol itics, religion, entertainment, education and business—to speak at USC. For now, there is a list of 10 to 15 candidates in each category, and students can vote today online to determine who will represent each category. Students can vote in the “Search for Six” at vip.sc.edu by logging in and clicking on the “Personal” tab. The six speakers will address USC throughout the bicentennial year. Un der the original plan, the six were all go ing to speak at the kickoff to the bicen tennial year Jan. 10. But due to time constraints and the availability of most of the speakers, it was decided to alter the plan. Some of the speakers, Director of the Search for Six Carmela Carr said, may be a little hard to get, including the Dalai Lama, Madeleine Albright, Bill Gates, Carlos Santana, Steven Spielbeig, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods and Kofi Annan. But the search committee will try to get every candidate students se lect in the online voting. “We probably won’t get all six,” Can said. “But we will try.” Although all six won’t be speaking at the kickoff, Carr urged students to come and take part in the event. Ac cording to Carr, the administration de cided to open dorms two days earlier to allow more students to attend the kick off. “This a really great opportunity for students and faculty to work together for a common purpose,” Carr said of the search process. Megan DeLoreto, a student on the Alumni category search committee, echoed those feelings. She said it was great experience working with a mix of students and faculty. “It is nice to see what kind of peo Search seepage2 Weather Inside Quote of the Day Datebook Today 58 40 Saturday 52 39 Look inside for The Gamecock’s Sports Extra basketball preview “In America anybody can be president. That’s one of the risks you take.” — Adlai Stevenson Friday Spirit Week • Carolina/Clemson Blood Drive, RH Ballroom • Volleyball, SEC Tourna ment • Native American Festival Saturday • Football at Clemson, 3:30 p.m. • Great American Smoke Out • Native American Festival • Volleyball, SEC Tournament