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BRIEFLY
Counseling Center
to move this summer
The USC Counseling and
Human Development Center will
move to the seventh floor of the
Byrnes Building this summer.
The university’s on-campus
counseling center is currently lo
cated at 900 Assembly St.
The move was prompted by the
purchase of the BellSouth build
ing and subsequent termination
of the lease of the Assembly Street
building, CHDC Director Russell
Haber said.
"As with national trends, USC
has seen an increase in the num
ber of students requesting coun
seling services, along with an in
- creased severity of mental health
problems," Haber said.
"Therefore, it was essential that
the move to the Byrnes location
not result in a reduction in either
services or access."
Student Health Services
Director Bill Hill said there is a
commitment to ensuring the
move goes smoothly.
"By the beginning of the fall se
mester, students and the campus
community in general will have
access to a fully-functioning coun
seling center with the only differ
ence being its location," Hill said.
The CHDC is accredited by the
International Association for
Counseling Services. Its psychol
ogy internship program is ac
credited , by the American
Psychological Association.
CHDC is a division of USC
Student Health Services.
Awards Day
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judged by English Department
faculty. The recipient of the
award gets $100.
Baab said she "feels really
good" about her award, and that
"the money is definitely the best
thing about it."
"[Poetry] is definitely a pas
sion of mine, as well as a con
stant pursuit," Baab said.
Fourth-year business stu
dent Hydrick Harden was one
recipient of multiple awards.
He was awarded the Delta
Sigma Phi Scholarship Key,
which is given for outstanding
achievement in the undergrad
uate business program. He also
received an Outstanding Senior
Award and was selected for
Who's Who Among Students in
American Colleges and
Universities. Both awards are
given based on academic mer
it and involvement.
Harden was also the male re
cipient of the prestigious
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Award. The Sullivan awards
were presented by Dr. John
Palms to Harden and the female
recipient, Tiffany Elser.
"Hydrick's scholastic achieve
ment has followed an unwaver
ing path at Carolina," Palms
said.
During his four years,
Harden has been active in the
Carolina community and has
received many merits for his
academic achievements. He
holds several scholarships, in
cluding the Mortar Board un
dergraduate scholarship, and
he was awarded the State
Farm Exceptional Student fel
lowship during his senior
year.
He has been named to the
president's honor list every se
mester and is a member of sev
eral honor societies. Harden has
served as treasurer for Student
Government, Delta Tau Delta
fraternity and Fraternity
Council.
"Membership in Student
Government and organizations
had been a hallmark of
Hydrick's years at Carolina,"
Palms noted during the ceremo
ny.
Harden is also involved with
the American Cancer Society, the
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
and Adopt-A-Highway.
Of his years at Carolina,
Harden said: "I learned that giv
ing is more satisfying than re
ceiving. I feel that my greatest
contribution to Carolina was
the result of my greatest con
tribution to myself: learning to
move outside my comfort
zone."
A marketing and human re
sources management student,
Elser is vice president of
Omicron Delta Kappa and has
been involved in numerous cam
pus activities, including mem
bership in Alpha Chi Omega
sorority, Rho Lambda, residence
hall government, Business
Student Council and Mortar
Board.
"I'm truly surprised to win,
but really honored," Elser said.
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PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK
Meredith Seibert, a fourth-year student who won a Who's Who
Among American College Students award, wore her program
on her head when it rained at the Awards Day ceremony.
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Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
© Nonviolent
Sunday, April 14
O MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL
PROPERTY, 600 MAIN ST. The ‘
complainant said someone used
the fire hose and sprayed water
down the hallway of Snowden.
The water was an inch deep and
leaked heavily down the
stairway from the fifth floor to
the first floor. Estimated damage:
$1,000. Reporting officer: J. A.
Clcirk©
O SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, 918
BARNWELL ST. The victim said
someone has been making
harassing phone calls to her.
The victim said the subject has
continued to make unwanted
contact with her. Reporting
officer: D. Pardue.
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1714
COLLEGE ST. The victim said
someone scratched his 1997
Mazda. Estimated damage: $150.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
O AUTO BREAK-IN, 701
ASSEMBLY ST. The victim said
someone broke out the rear
driver’s side door and took the
carjack. Estimated value: $80.
Reporting officer: J. B. Coaxum.
© MISSING INVENTORY, 1400
GREENE ST., TACO BELL
The complainant said three
boxes of Choco Tacos were
missing from storage. There
were no signs of forced entry.
Reporting officers: S. D. Jones
and A. R. Ross.
Make-A-Wish
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planned for Chi Omega's cooper
ation with the foundation.
She said she has been active
with the foundation since she was
12 years old and would continue
to work to see children's wishes
granted.
"When you see the looks on
those kids' faces when they are
told that they can make any wish
for anything they want, their eyes
just become filled with excite
ment," Torrence said.
She added that granting those
wishes gives the children even
greater excitement. She said sup
porters of the foundation also
know how rewarding the service
‘ can be.
Torrence said working with the
children is so emotional because
some of them are "literally on
their last breaths of air."
Chi Omega adopted the Make
A-Wish Foundation as its national
philanthropy in October 2000.
Bauld said the sorority mem
bers anticipates collecting dona
tions at USC again next semester.
Torrence said sorority mem
bers are planning a going-away
party for Matthew this summer
before he leaves for Orlando.
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Eddy was charged with tres
passing, a misdemeanor, and
damage to State House monu
ments, which carries a maximum
penalty of three years in prison
and a $5,000 fine, authorities said.
It was at least the fourth time
Eddy has been arrested at the flag
pole that was erected next to the
Confederate Soldier Monument al
most two years ago as part of a com
promise to move the Confederate
flag from the Capitol dome.
The monuments are under the
watchful eye of the Bureau of
Protective Services, but some
lawmakers said that eye was not
i focused on the problem
Wednesday.
“Some signal should have gone
off,” said state Sen. John
Courson, R-Columbia and an avid
Confederate flag supporter. “This
is a total breakdown of security
at the State House.”
Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Gaffney,
was returning from lunch when
he saw Eddy set up his ladder. He
said he yelled at Eddy to get away
from the flag.
“I’m a supporter of the flag, so it
angered me on that front,” Peeler
said. “I’m equally angered toward
the lack of security here on campus.
“I wish I had taken the law in
my own hands and drug him
down myself.”
About a minute passed from
the time Eddy put the ladder
against the flagpole and the time
officers arrived, authorities said.
Three officers suffered minor
bums from the falling debris.
It’s the third security breach
on State House grounds in recent
months. In December, a man
crashed his car into the African
American monument; then in
February, another man ran into
the State House steps.
The only way to prevent such
incidents is with 24-hour securi
ty, said Sen. Verne Smith, R
Greer, who heads the State House
Committee, which oversees the
complex grounds.
“Since 9-11 came along, we’ve
had to have more security on the
garage, more security on the
Supreme Court, more security on
the State House. They need more
men, and we don’t have more
money to pay more men. So we’re
■ just stretching them as far as we
can stretch them. We don’t say
that’s infallible,” Smith said.
Eddy has been seen on the
sidewalk outside the State House
all week with his ladder, which
is emblazoned with the names of
black leaders.
The flag’s presence on State
House grounds will continue to
spark similar protests, said Rep.
Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg.
“I think we will continue to see
this until the flag comes off the
grounds,” said Cobb-Hunter, who
voted against the compromise
two years ago.
However, the black legislator
said she does not approve of such
protests.
“It is an unfortunate incident
and I regret it happening,” she
said.
Cobb-Hunter, who was a key
leader on the commission to get the
African-American History
Monument built on Capitol
grounds, said her concern now was
for the safety of that memorial.
“I don’t want to give people the
idea,” she said. “But I am con
cemed about... some form of re
taliation.”
Some bystanders were amused
by the incident, including Ruth
Nelson from Rhode Island, who
said she was visiting her daugh
ter who lives in Columbia. “I
think that’s a riot,” she said.
Nelson said she thinks the flag
should be taken down.
Djuana Wilson who works in
downtown Columbia watched as
Eddy was taken away from the
State House in an ambulance. “I
think he got his point across,” she
said. “I’m not mad at him.
“He’s got guts.”
PHOTO BY STEPHANIE GIBBS/THE GAMECOCK
A police officer peels the charred remains of the Confederate
flag from beneath the flagpole.
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Test changes
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rector of Kaplan Test Prep. The
"essay is more targeted at the in
dividual than multiple choice is.”
The MC AT changes were made
to simplify the test for what Chen
calls true critical thinkers.
"Shortening the verbal section
... separates people who are true
critical thinkers from people
who can just finish the test," he
said.
The changes made to the bio
logical science portion of the test
came in accordance with the
American Association of Medical
Colleges' desire for students to be
tested on new DNA and genetics
developments.
Chen said that the changes will
affect admissions committees
now that they have "what GRE
hopes are better tools to assess
analytical ability and to deter
mine the qualification of the can
didate."
For students, Chen said the test
could be unnerving for anyone
who isn’t aware of the changes.
"GRE students, if not comfort
able with writing essays, should
sign up right now to take GRE
before it changes," he said.
"Don’t wait just before October
to sign up. So many are trying to
take the test then that you might
not get a slot. [If you] want to
take it before October, book now
because registration gets crowd
ed."
Scott Kaplan, assistant director
of USC Student Orientation and
Testing, said the busiest time of
the year to take the GRE coincides
with the changes taking effect.
“GRE students, if not
comfortable with writing
essays, should sign up
right now to take the
GRE before it changes.”
ALBERT CHEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KAPLAN TEST PREP
While the MCAT changes are
less significant than the GRE,
Chen fears pre-med students
will be more sensitive to the
change.
"Pre-meds tend to prep a lot
earlier than people by it than the
GRE because they may have al
ready been preparing for the cur
rent version of the test," he said.
"Even though this is a minor
change, they may be more un
nerved by it than the GRE be
cause they may have already
been preparing for the current
version of the test."
The current MCAT version has
been in place since 1991.
Kaplan agrees with Chen about
the preparation of the pre-med stu
dents, but also said many GRE tak
ers come in that "have no idea
what the test is all about."
In order to prepare for the tests,
Chen stressed that students "must
familiarize themselves with the
change of the test."
"After that, they should pre
pare using material that is cur
rent and reflect the changes," he
said. "If they are going to buy a
book, make sure copyright is this
year."
For more information, students
should visit www.kaptest.com.
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