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www.dailygamecock.com MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 . Since 1908 - ' ...... .-■■■■■■ - ■■ ■ = Hodges promises scholarship funds BY KIMBERLY HUNT THE (iAMECOCK Campaigning at the USC Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice on Friday, Gov. Jim Hodges said criminal justice students can expect more scholar ship money. “If you want to go get a two-year degree in criminal justice, we’re going to pay for your education,” Hodges said. “What you got to give back is, you got to be willing to work at least a year for every year we helped pay for your education. If you’re going for four years for a bachelor’s degree, we should pay for that, too.” Hodges wants to provide better law enforcement for the state by offering incentives to attract more interest in the criminal justice field. “Clearly, one of the keys is ed ucational opportunities,” Hodges said. “I think in the law enforce ment area — whether it’s for African-Americans or whites or Hispanics — one of the ways we can bring more people in the crim inal justice field is to provide ex tra incentives and extra money for education.” Speaking in front of about 100 people in room 107 of Currell College, Hodges addressed the is sue that has come to define his po litical career: education. “We need to invest more in ed ucation,” Hodges said in his speech. “If we want to make our state the most successful state in the country, economy the most robust, have the highest standard of living, take a guess of what ♦ HODGES, SEE PAGE 3 PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK Fourth-year criminal Justice student Erik Hollenbaugh thanks Gov. Jim Hodges for his contributions to higher education. Hodges wants to boost the criminal justice field with scholarships as an incentive. Sorensen is reaching out to SG, Patel says Student Government hopes for more influence at USC BY JOHN PENNINGTON THE GAMECOCK USC President Andrew Sorensen is making an effort to strengthen the traditionally weak relationship between the Student Senate and the administration, ac cording to student body President Ankit Patel. One of the first things Sorensen did once he arrived on campus was to meet with Patel and his Cabinet in order to establish a strong rela tionship with them. Patel says he will meet with Sorensen once a month to give his input and suggestions. In years past, Student Government has expressed con cerns about whether its agenda would get enough attention from the Board of Trustees after bills and res olutions have been passed through the Senate, Patel said. It has been diffi cult to pass bills and resolutions passed by SG through the Faculty Senate be cause, as ratei de scribes it, they “were being heard, but not necessarily listened to.” The Student Senate has passed resolutions dealing Sorensen Patei with onlme syi' labuses and park ing, only to have them largely ignored by the high er powers. According to Patel, the new sup port of the president will expand students’ role in the university committees, which are usually made up of half students and half faculty. Patel said the president’s support will mean more active stu dent participation in the commit tees, of which there are more than 30, because they will now be as sured an equal voice. Patel is excited about the poten tial effect of having the strong sup port of the university’s president, but recognizes that SG is in an “in teresting and unique position” be cause this new situation “gives more weight to the issues” now that SG is assured the higher powers will listen. This newfound relationship does not mean that bills passed ♦ SG, SEE PAGE 3 A blow to the Temple PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK The USC football team, coming off a pair of defeats, beat Temple 42-21 Saturday to Improve its record to 2-2. For the full story, see page 7. Lou Holtz yells at a referee for not calling Intentional grounding on a pass thrown by Temple's quarterback. Saturday’s game was riddled with penalties; 12 of them lost USC a total of 84 yards. PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDENTS SEEKING FINANCIAL AID: ♦ Look at school-specific grants. ♦ Apply to any scholarships, loans and grants you are eligible for. There are a lot of opportunities out there. ♦ Check out both general and specific scholarships and grants - they are based on a variety of criteria. RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS SEEKING FINANCIAL AID SURF YOURSELF www.fastweb.com www.sc.edu/financialaid www.collegenet.com www.scholarships.com www.collegeboard.com www.princetonreview.com www.finaid.org Students not happy with aid. poll says BY ALEXIS STRATTON THE GAMECOCK The Princeton Review recently ranked USC 14th in students dissatis fied with financial aid, but USC offi cials say they don’t see why students are frustrated. “The financial aid process is not any different than any other institu tion,” said James Byrd, a counselor at the USC Financial Aid Office. Byrd says USC offers a variety of financial aid options, but students have to be willing to seek them out. “Students just need to be mind ful; they need to apply early because each institution has a priority pro cess deadline,” he said. “USC’s is April 1. If students process and have their file completed before that date, they’re going to get a better shot at getting really good financial aid packages.” The review’s results are based on surveys distributed to USC students who answered questions covering a variety of topics from academics and politics to religion and drink ing. “Any of the data in the 60 ranking lists reflects a high degree of student consensus regarding that experi ence,” said Erik Olson, senior editor of the Princeton Review’s “The Best 345 Colleges.” "These rankings don’t reflect my opinion or that of Princeton Review, but that of the stu dents.” The surveys were conducted over a period of three years among 100,158 students at 345 colleges and universities (about 300 students per campus). USC also ranked 11th in the category “teaching assistants teach too many upper-level Cours es.” In the financial aid rankings, USC ranked behind such other schools as Hampton University, Temple University, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. Byrd suggested students also seek financial aid outside of USC, through civic organizations, schol arship Web site searches and other groups. ♦ FINANCIAL AID, SEE PAGE 3 Bush mandate will likely be limited to Iraq BY RON KAMPEAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Lawmakers predicted Sunday that President Bush’s request for a mandate to restore regional security in the Mideast would be scaled down to address just Iraq, allowing con gressional authorization to take on Saddam Hussein. There were also bipartisan pleas for Israeli restraint in the face of Iraqi provocation, al though members of Congress said they would understand if Israel felt the need to respond to attacks. The White House has proposed a resolution that would authorize the president “to use all means that he determines to be appro priate, including force, in order to... defend the national security interests of the United States against the threat posed by Iraq, and restore international peace and security in the region.” “It’s much too broad, there’s no limit at all on presidential powers,” said Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “There needs to be some changes... it’s not even limited to Iraq,” Levin, D-Mich., said on “Fox News Sunday.” Bush wants the U.N. Security Council to enforce bans on weapons of mass destruction against Iraq. The United States believes Iraq is stockpiling dead ly chemical and biological weapons and is rebuilding its nu clear weapons program. Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said keeping “region” in would set too broad a precedent. “I predict that won’t be the lan guage,” Biden told CNN’s “Late Edition,” adding that the White House was amenable to change. “They’ve made it clear to me that they understand they want to talk about it.... We can clean this up in a way that we don’t set a precedent for future presi dents,” said Biden, D-Del. Some Republicans sympa thized with the need to contain the language. “These are very, very important definitions, be ♦ IRAQ, SEE PAGE 3 4 Index Comics6 Crossword 6 Classifieds__ 8 Horoscopes_ J5 Letters to the Editor 4 Online Poll 4 Weather TODAY 4 High 85 Low 65 TOMORROW & High 83 Low 67 ftfr Inside ♦ VIEWPOINTS Jason Rapp argues for state-funded j reparations for those who are | wrongfully incarcerated. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX Find a new way to | get around campus as The ■ Gamecock reviews an innovative form of transportation. 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