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use BRIEFS Monks will create >and structure in RH Tibetan monks representing he Dalai Lama will construct a ;iant sand sculpture to represent >eace, tolerance and compassion rom Oct. 22-26. The monks are visiting from >Jamgyal Monastery in New fork as a part of USC bicentennial’s Search for Six. Tie monks will create the sacred and mandala on the second loor lobby of the Russell House. They will deliver lectures, and he week will end at noon on Tiday, Oct. 26 at Granby Park in )lympia, where the monks will elease the art into the Congaree liver. Search for Six guest vill speak at USC Writer Pat Conroy will speak it 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 in the lussell House ballroom. Conroy was selected by tudents to visit USC as a part of he Search for Six. The event is ree and will include a ireseniauon Honoring uonruy ind his achievements as a '■ /riter. Conroy is a South Carolina lative and a Citadel graduate, lome of his novels include The Water is Wide, The Lords of discipline and The Prince of pides. JGA director to talk ibout new media Dr. Scott Shamp, director of he New Media Institute at the Jniversity of Georgia, will give a scture titled, “What’s New ibout New Media?” The lecture /ill be held at 7 p.m. in Amoco lall in the Swearingen Ingineering Center. The rogram is free and open to veryone. It is sponsored by ISC’s New Media Group, a rassroots faculty initiative for www.dailygai promoting interest across the campus about new media solutions for education, research and service. ‘Hands Don’t Hurt’ submissions shown An interactive art exhibit will showcase contest submissions and the display canvas from the Creed Week event “These Hands Don’t Hurt.” It will be held at the Hunter-Gatherer at 7 p.m. on Monday. Donations will be accepted at the door, including supplies for domestic violence shelters. Proceeds will go to Sistercare, a domestic violence shelter in Columbia. Volunteers from SHARE and the Social Work Student Organization'will staff the ovpnt Pharmacy students to give health info Student organizations in USC’s College of Pharmacy will provide health information for USC students during National Pharmacy Week, Oct. 22-27. All events Will be held on Greene Street in front of the Russell House. ♦ Mon., Oct 22: The Student Society of Health System Pharmacists will discuss allergies. ♦ Tues, Oct.23: Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Psi Little Sisters will be available to discuss breast cancer. Kappa Psi will make a presentation on sexually transmitted diseases. ♦ Thurs, Oct.24: The Academy of Students in Pharmacy will present “Operation Immunizations,” with an emphasis on flu vaccines. necock.com -; - Pakistan sees influx of refugees BY LAURA KING ASSOCIATED PRESS QUETTA, PAKISTAN -In the biggest singlexiay refugee influx of the two-week U.S.-led air as sault on Afghanistan, an esti mated 5,000 people — most of them ragged, frightened and bringing with them only what they could carry — streamed through a desolate border cross ing into Pakistan on Saturday. Crying children, women cov ered head-to-toe in veils and dust, hobbling old men and a few younger ones swathed in ban dages — all joined in an exodus from Afghanistan that humani tarian officials said represented only a tiny fraction of the number who might flee in coming weeks if fighting intensifies and hunger grows sharper and more wide spread. This human flood at the Chaman border crossing came despite the fact that the frontier — officially, anyway — remained closed to refugees. Budget Future of some colleges unknown CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 classes along with the prestige of the college,” said Abrams. This was the first time the SDIC has had direct interaction with the student body, and most students were not satisfied with the answers to their questions. “[The committee] pretty much ran circles around the ques tions,” said Abrams. “Everything we asked them was an ‘I don’t know,’ or ‘We don’t know what is going to happen yet’ answer.” Third-year student Paul Walker agrees. “We were just worried because none of the professors had any an swers to the questions we had concerning our accreditation and the people who were already in the college,” he said. “In a few cas -|-1 r Pakistan insisted that only those with valid travel docu ments were being allowed in. But large numbers were believed to be traveling with papers either procured from relatives in Pakistan or obtained from smug glers — at a price. Hardship cases were allowed through at the discretion of Pakistani border guards — and Taliban authorities on the other side. Only a few fighting-age men could be seen among the crowds; the vast majority were women, children and the elderly. They passed through in groups divided by gender; before they crossed over, the Taliban, seen only as distant figures mov ing under their pure-white flag, first separated men from women. It was not clear if the Taliban were separating people by gender in order to conscript fighting men, though there have been scattered reports of forced conscription since the air campaign began. In the chaos, some were sepa rated from family members. A lit es I feel pretty much that [the committee] didn’t know them selves. It would have been better if we could have gotten more con cise answers, but maybe later we will.” Odom expressed his concern with the low number of faculty in the College of Criminal justice, one of the reasons that might re duce the college to a department. “I fear we will be reduced to a little arm of the Sociology de partment, not getting any fund ing and any classes, and that would be a shame,” Walker said. From the faculty’s point of view, Alpert says the college could flourish as a department, given the right leadership. “I think that a lot of the stu dents really misunderstand the free standing nature of the col lege,” Alpert said. “Whether we are a college or a separate de partment really is not an impor tant issues for us as social scien tists. We need a chair who is a “A lot of people are injured in Kandahar. The Taliban are off someplace safe - it is the ordinary people who are suffering.” ABDULLAH AFGHAN REFUGEE tie boy, perhaps 4, sobbed while some Pakistani guards tried to console him. His father had been either held on the other side, or opted not to try to cross. Many of those crossing were from Kandahar, the nearest ma jor Afghan city, 125 miles to the northwest. A Taliban stronghold, the city has been pounded repeat edly by airstrikes since the U.S. led bombardment began on Oct. 7. “A lot of people are injured in Kandahar,” said a bandaged man crossing at Chaman, who identi fied himself only as Abdullah. “The Taliban are off someplace safe — it is the ordinary people who are suffering.” Many refugees said they had sold all they had for a chance to criminologist that can help these young faculty achieve the high est level available to them.” Abrams sees the small size of the college as an asset rather than a hindrance. “Two of my professors I am very close to because it is such a small college,” he said. “I am ba sically on a first name basis with the assistant dean. I don’t know how many people can say that in other colleges.” Also present at the meeting were a number of students from the school of music. “We had been studying music advocacy,” music professor Gail Barnes said. “Some of my stu dents might find themselves de fending their programs, and since the university is scrutinizing var ious programs, it was just going to be interesting to see what [the committee] said.” Despite Barnes’ optimistic view of the school of music, she still has concerns for the college’s well being. escape Afghanistan, even know ing that their future in Pakistan is an uncertain one. “It was impossible for us to live there,” said Gul Mohammed, 46, who arrived with his wife and three children. He sold his house in Kandahar for far less he had paid to raise money to start a new life here. Although the borders were closed even before the bombard ment began, the frontier is im possible to seal, and refugees are slipping across, many paying smugglers to guide them along mule tracks and footpaths. Some are being charged 2,000 Pakistani rupees, or $40 — in a country where the average annual in come is barely $200 a year. “I think the school of music performs in all services of the university so we feel we are an in tegral part of a flag ship institu tion,” she said. “I would say that obviously in difficult economic times everybody is on edge, and I don’t think it is unique for mu sic.” The SDIC is expected to make its report to the president by mid December. With time run ning out, Abrams stressed the importance of student partici pation. “Voice your concern and opin ion and voice your questions,” he said. “I think that if no students came out the committee could do whatever they wanted to because they would think that the stu dents don’t care.” The SDIC meets Tuesdays in Osborne 107C from 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays from 3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. —I Celebrate the Life & Works of ONROX PAT CONROY 7 p.m. Russell House Ballroom rar uonroy was com on maouer m, lyn, hi ouapia, Georgia, to a young career rtiiiitary officer from ('Jiicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, whom Pat often credits for his love of language. He was thi|first of seven children. Since the family had to move|nqjif times to different military bases around the Soutjjef’at changed schools frequently, finally attending tfie ( tadel Military Academy in Charleston, SoutfyjSafoiina, upon his father's insistence. WhilejUlfaStudent, he wrote anrf then published his first "Book, The Boo, a tribute to a belofed teacher. ■I English in Beaufort, g woman with two (Par. He then accepted a job “ttra ewe room 111—*^*** a remote island off the Pat was fired for his >-5uch as his mishment of his students, txposed the racism and endured with publication book won Conroy a iional Education Association and was made into the feature film Conrack, starringjon Voight Pat Conroy moved to Atlanta, where he wrote The Great Santini, published in 1976. This autobiographical work, later made into a powerful film starring Robert Duvall, explored the conflicts of his childhood, particularly his confusion over his love and loyalty to an abusive and often dangerous father. The Citadel became the subject of his next novel, The Lords of Discipline, published in 1980. The novel exposed the school's harsh military discipline, racism, and sexism. This book, too, was made into a film. Pat moved from Atlanta to Rome where he began The Prince of Tides, which, when published in 1986, became his most successful book. Reviewers immediately acknowledged Conroy as a master storyteller and a poetic and gifted prose stylist This novel has become one of the most beloved novels of modem time. With over five million copies in print, it has earned Conroy an international reputation. The Prince of Tides was made into a highly successful feature film directed by Barbra Streisand, who also started in the film opposite Mick Nolte, whose performance won him an Oscar nomination. Beach Music, Conroy's sixth book and his first novel sinoe The Prince of Tides, tells the story of Jack McCall, an American who moves to Rome to escape the trauma and painful memory of his young wife's suicidal leap off a bridge in South Carolina. The story takes place in South Carolina and Rome, then reaches back in time to the Vietnam War and the horrors of the Holocaust. Pat Conroy divides his time between San Francisco and South Carolina. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BICENTENNIAL"* Sponsored by the Department of Student and Alumni Services and the Bicentennial Student Events Committee jjffflf CTiW 9WT ★ Tuesday, OcrlFi @ 8 p.m. on RH Palm www.sa.sc.edu/cp •^Department of Student Life ' Department of Student Alumni Services The University of South Carolina