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Wednesday, July 18,2001 ^ ffli me each Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 ............-.. .—.— vol. 95, No. 2 . University of South Carolina ^ww.dailygamecock.com Today’s Weather 92 75 This Week: isolated T storms Wednesday, sunny this weekend Inside This Issue Big names help ‘The Score’ hit the taiget see Page 6 Online Poll What will you do wm-ouT Burger King n Columbia? Wither up and die. How can you live without the Whopper? □ Be OK, but just won’t “Have It Your Way" anymore l)A0f Go to Wendy’s cfj/O instead rrwy What? Burger King ISp >s closed? News Briefs ■ Clemson lowers TUITION INCREASES Last month, trustees raised tuition $1,500 a year, but voted on Friday to reduce the increase by $600 for in state students for the fall semester. The trustees acted after Gov. Jim Hodges vetoed cuts in state funding for higher education in this year’s budget. The change doesn’t affect out-of-state students, and, in the spring, in-state students will begin paying the full higher tuition amount. Under the tuition increase, in-state students will pay $5,090 a year, an increase of 42 percent. Out-of-state students will pay $11,284 a year, or 15 percent more. Courtesy Columbia Museum of Art ABOVE: A still from Leslie Lerner's video “My Life in France: A House on Fire.” RIGHT: Willie Cole used an iron to scorch a canvas in his work “Shield Field.” Blood drive aims to reduce shortage by Greg Hambrick The Gamecock Urgency underscored a USC faculty and staff blood drive this week after an announcement Monday that the American Red Cross in South Carolina is suffering from a blood shortage. With less than a half-day’s supply of type 0 blood on-hand, the American Red Cross might not be able to help people who have medical emergencies requiring blood transfers. Volunteers have been donating since Monday in the Russell House Ballroom in a blood drive sponsored by USC Health and Wellness Programs. Nicky Brown, American Red Cross coordinator for the event, said turnout had been lower than expected, but hoped for a larger turnout today, the last day of the drive, to make the event a success. “We need all blood types, not just type 0,” Brown said. Blood donated is used for a variety of patients, from children in neonatal intensive care units to those undergoing cancer chemotherapy. Blood drives are most successful for publicized accidents — like that for Florida shark victim Jessie Arbogast — but blood is also needed for day-to-day trauma and accident victims. The Red Cross estimates that only 5 percent of people who can give blood actually donate. USC blood drive ■ WHEN: Today, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ■ REQUIREMENTS: 17 years old, weight of 110 pounds “Sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time of great vulnerability in which we will need blood,” said Bemadine Healy, American Red Cross president and CEO. The entire donation process takes about an hour, with the actual donation only lasting about 10 minutes. If you want to give blood and can’t make the scheduled times, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE to make an appointment. The news desk can be reached at gamecockudesk© hotmail.com Museum exhibit merges fire, art by Ann Marie Miani The Gamecock Temperatures might be reaching the upper 90s outside, but the inside of the Columbia Museum of Art is on fire. “Bum: Artists Play with Fire,” the newest exhibit at the museum, showcases artists who use fire, smoke, ash and flame to create contemporary pieces of art. The artists use these fire elements with many different media, such as conceptual art, video, painting, sculpture, photography and photo-documentation. The resulting collection is varied and unique, from Ana Mendieta's haunting photographs that silhouette her body in ash and flame to the ominous charred wood sculptures of David Nash to Willie Cole’s scorched images on canvas using a common household iron. “I think it’s completely original. I would never think you could do anything with burning stuff,” said Dewey Nguigh of Rock Hill High School. Nguigh visited the exhibit as a part of a camp he’s attending at USC called Adventures in Creativity. The exhibit will be on display until Sept. 23. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. The news desk can be reached at gamecockudesk @ hotmail.com USC student wins pageant by Susan Orr Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A USC student is headed to the Miss America pageant. Jeanna Raney, a rising junior from Inman, S.C., was crowned Miss South Carolina 2001 Saturday night in ™ “ front of a packed HANtY house at Spartanburg Memorial Pageant see page 2