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going to be eight sororities and
seven fraternities, so it’s going
to be very nicely balanced.”
The Zeta Tau Alpha sorori
ty was happy to become a part
of the village. Former
President Jessica Hood com
mented about the inclusion in
the village’s community:
“Being mixed in with other or
ganizations builds a sense of
Greek unity.”
Although it will be another
year before the village is com
plete, the extra living spaces
I will help significantly with the
recent housing shortage.
“The houses are going to
sleep anywhere from 28-36
members,” Reuter said. “We’re
looking at having about 140
people in the fall, and when
it’s done and all the houses are
full, we’re looking to have
about 500 students living
there.”
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Future f/otiiy of
Kappa Delta Sorority
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION SPECIAL TO
THE GAMECOCK
Left: Proposed plans
for the Greek Village.
Below: Kappa Delta is
one of fifteen Greek
organizations moving
into the new village.
PHOTO BY ROB GRUEN/ THE
GAMECOCK
WILLIAMS-BRICE GETS NEW TURF,
* OTHER CHANGES BEING DISCUSSED
BY BEN BRYAN
TUB GAMECOCK
When the USC football team
takes the field this fall for the
start of a promising new season,
they’ll be running onto new
ground.
As a part of the maintenance
being done to Williams-Brice
Stadium this off-season, the
football field has been stripped
and completely re-sodded.
Typically, some piecemeal
sod replacement is done each
year to the most worn parts of
A the field, such as the area be
* tween the hashmarks and the
endzones and other places
where heavy painting of logos
might have damaged the soil.
However, Jeff Davis, assis
tant athletics director in charge
of facilities said, “Nothing this
extensive has been done to the
field in the last six or seven
years.”
The entire process takes near
ly two months, which began on
May 13 and concluded around
mid-July.
First, the maintenance crew
had to strip and remove the ex
isting sod from the field. Then,
the soil was blended and fumi
gated to eradicate any remain
ing old or foreign grasses from
the ground. A new drainage sys
tem was installed and a “sand
cap,” a one-inch layer of sand,
was then laid.
Only then could the crew be
gin the process of installing the
new sod. The remaining project
was to replace the artificial turf
that extends from the sidelines
“Nothing this extensive
has been done to the
field in last six or seven
years”
JEFF DAVIS
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
to the stadium wall. The entire
process cost less than $300,000.
For right now, there are no
major plans for stadium reno
vation in the near future. There
have been recent rumors about
perhaps adding an upper deck
section to the North End Zone
section to close off the stadium.
Davis acknowledges such an en
deavor has been discussed, but
there is nothing concrete in the
works as of yet.
While talks continue about
the possible addition of seating,
Davis said such a project is
presently just a discussion.
“Adding the upper deck is
probably in a conceptual design
stage right now,” Davis said.
Bidding on the project is not
in the near future. For now, the
Gamecocks will settle for fresh,
new turf for the upcoming sea
son. With the potential for sev
eral televised home games, the
field’s face-lift will help to main
tain the professional image that
the success of the football team
has earned.
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Alumni experience
college life again
BY ANGEL SIZEMORE
THE GAMECOCK
Whereas manystudents at
USC are looking forward to
leaving the university, this sum
mer’s highly-successful Alumni
University proves that college
life really is an event to treasure
and experience again.
Each year, alumni are invit
ed back to re-live their days as
undergrads by participating in
classes for four days.
The program cost $250 per
person, which included all sem
inars, activities, materials, tours
and most meals. Reduced rates
were also made available to the
returning graduates at the
Clarion Town House Hotel and
Suites on Gervais Street.
The four-day event began on
June 19 and ended on June 22.
Among many other interesting
topics and events, former stu
dents participated in discus
sions of “A Farewell to Arms,”
toured the Strom Thurmond
Fitness and Wellness Center,
heard the Lynn Dobson Pipe
Organ in the USC School of
Music and received a behind
the-scenes look at moviemaking.
The week ended with a tour of
the Fuji Photo Film plant and
the Park Seed Company in
Greenwood, and a dinner cruise
at Lake Murray, which includ
ed a commencement ceremony
for all participants.
Coordinator Peggy Binette
was thrilled that former stu
dents have the opportunity to
return to classes sometimes
decades after graduation.
According to Binette, many of
the returning alumni have par
ticipated in the program all
three years. “People enjoy it
enough to come back,” she said.
•Binette was especially excit
ed to have Dorothy Payne in the
School of Music as a participant
this year and was the first facul
ty member to partake in Alumni
University.
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School phone plans in trouble
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO—Instead of
paying 9 cents a minute through
Sonoma State University, 20-year
old Sadie Gardere pays a flat
monthly rate of $45 for a nation
wide long distance plan that cov
ers her calls home to the Bay
Area.
Savvy students like Gardere
are saving money for themselves,
but costing cash-strapped public
universities millions of dollars by
not using the school-provided
telephone services in residence
halls and dorm rooms.
Universities say it is only a
matter of time before they will
have to consider raising student
costs to make up the difference.
“I would imagine over time
that if there continues to be a fur
ther and further drop, it would be
reasonable to expect that there
would be (an increase in tuition),”
said Toni Beron, a spokeswoman
for California State University,
Long Beach.
The Federal Communications
Commission estimates that na
tionwide, 61 percent of 18- to 24
year-olds carry cell phones.
* Years ago, universities could
make good money serving as
mini-phone companies, said
Sherry Manning, director and
CEO of Educational
Communications and Consortia
Incorporated, a national univer
sity telephone billing service.
Universities became whole
salers, charging slightly more
than they paid for service but less
than local carriers.
Eventually, however, students
started using calling cards and
long-distance dialing because the
advertising was aimed at the
youth population, Manning said.
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university for future com
mencements,” Paquette said.
“There have been questions
about the December 2002 com
mencement, but future ones
will definitely be held here.”
With all the features being
discussed and construction
moving closer to completion,
the subject of sponsorship is
being raised once again.
“No agreement on sponsor
ship has been made yet, but we
are still working on a long
term agreement that will ben
efit the investor and the uni
versity,” said Robert Gahagan,
Accounts Manager for Action
Sports Media.
In addition to the state-of
the-art scoreboard., the new
arena will feature a high-in
tensity sound system, a food
court-style concession area
and 41 private suites and pre
mium seating options.
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