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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5,2003 ■' "’'£££ .USC apologizes to Ky. for fans’ behavior BY MATT ROTHENBERG the gamecock USC Athletics Director Mike McGee apologized to the University of Kentucky on Monday for USC students’ behavior during Saturday’s basketball game. In a news release featured Monday on The State’s Web site, USC Sports Information Director Kerry Tharp relayed an apology ^from McGee jo Mitch Barnhart, athletics director at Kentucky. The apology was mentioned in regards to a group of USC stu dents making vulgar comments. The Augusta Chronicle reported students yelling statements such as “Bogans is gay” and yelling that Bogans would die of a brain aneurysm. As stated in the release, Tharp said “profane and insulting com ments directed toward partici pants and/or officials will not be tolerated.” Should the crude behavior reap pear at the Carolina Center in the future, Tharp wrote that those par ticipants would receive a warning. If the reprimand is not sufficient, the fans will be removed from the game. Tharp also issued the concerns to the Office of Student Life and the Student Gamecock Club, but at the same time said he doesn’t want to limit the students’ participation. “We’ve had discussions with the Student Gamecock Club and the Office of Student Life. The last thing we want to do is curb our stu dents’ enthusiasm,” he said. Student Gamecock Club presi dent Chris Odom said nobody in his section behind the basket was yelling at Kentucky players and that the club’s members are held to a strict code of conduct that prohibits using inappropriate language. “It upsets me when things like that are happening,” Odom said. “It’s not a positive thing for our players, and he (Bogans) was feed ing off of it. I want students cheer ing, but you’ve got to realize what’s effective and what’s not effective.” The apology came as a surprise to the athletics officials at Kentucky. “The students’ actions didn’t faze us. Was it proper? No. Was it necessary? No,” said Brooks Downing, an athletics department representative at Kentucky. “We were neither anticipating nor ex pecting an apology.” Downing said Barnhart’s re action was that he didn’t expect the apology and that “it was nice” of USC to apologize. ♦ FANS, SEE PAGE 2 Memorial service honors Columbia crew f PHOTO BY ED SACKETT/KRT CAMPUS Family members of the Columbia space-shuttle crew embrace before a memorial service yesterday in Houston. President Bush gave a speech honoring the crew and emphasizing the value of space exploration. ‘State of University’ to cover research, SG ®BY KEVIN FELLNER TIIK IIAMKC.OCK use President Andrew Sorensen and Student Government President Ankit Patel are each scheduled to deliv er a “State of the University” ad dress to the Student Senate and the public, stalling Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Russell House Theater. The speech is first of its kind for a USC president. “I think it’s kind of a new ap proach for the president,” uni versity spokesman Russ McKinney said about Sorensen’s speech, titled “Excellence in Engagement.” Sorensen is expected to focus on how the university communi ty can foster growth internally and in the Columbia area through research. He is expected to use two examples to illustrate his vi sion: the recent grant to establish a colorectal cancer center that would include undergraduate stu dents as collaborators in research and the West Quad residence hall. Under construction on Wheat Street between Main and Sumter streets, West Quad is designed to be a residence where faculty and students will jointly participate in research and teaching. “The notion of clearly demar cated boundaries between re search, teaching and outreach in such circumstances is patently absurd,” Sorensen said. He will also discuss bringing “coherence to educational institutions” and enhancing the diversity of the university, he said. ♦ ADDRESS, SEE PAGE 3 Sprins break of service BY ALEXIS STRATTON THE GAMECOCK Tim Wojoski, a fourth-year stu dent at USC, is cementing the fi nal plans for his spring break trip to Costa Rica. t * This spring, Wojoski, along with 13 other USC students, will travel to the southeastern coast of Costa Rica not seeking sun tans, but service. At universities nationwide, in cluding Georgia, Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina at Chapel Hill, students participate in similar alternative break ac tivities through a program called Alternative Break Corps. “It kind of offers students an alternative to the typical Cancun or Daytona spring breaks,” said Wojoski, a Baccalaureus candi date focusing on business finance, psychology, public health and Spanish. He is the site leader for the Costa Rica trip. “It’s an op portunity to go and do volunteer work as a group representing USC, (and to) put USC’s face out in the community,” he said. USC’s Alternative Break Corps was founded in 1998 after nine students and one faculty member made a trip to Rural Retreat, Va., where they helped rebuild the im poverished town. The experience had such an impact on these members of the USC community 4 that, upon returning, they formed a student organization that would allow USC students to participate in future service trips. These trips have involved a va riety of activities at a number of locations, including housing con struction in Georgia and Kentucky, neighborhood cleanup in Detroit and New York City, im provement of nature trails in Tennessee, forest and wetland restoration in Florida, and social work in Philadelphia. ♦ SPRING BREAK, SEE PAGE 2 PLAYING CATCH-UP • PHOTO 6Y ERIC SOONG/THE GAMECOCK Students who missed classes because of flooding in the physical science center now must make them up on Saturdays. Missed classes rescheduled for Saturdays BY ROB SEAL THE GAMECOCK The Jones Physical Science Center will hold Saturday classes to make up for the canceled class es earlier this semester. After a leak was discovered in the center, USC closed the build ing for the first week of the semester and canceled all classes that met in the building. “The intention of rescheduling these classes was to make up for the time missed when the building was flooded,” said Student Services Manager Jennifer Shiver. To make up for the five class days missed during the first week of the semester, Saturday classes will begin Feb. 15 and end March 29, Shiver said. The sessions were scheduled so students wouldn’t have to go to classes on consecutive Saturdays. Classes that were canceled on the first Monday, Wednesday and Friday of the semester will be made up on Feb. 17, March 1 and March 29. Classes that were supposed to meet on Tuesday and Thursday of the first week will now meet Feb. 22 and March 22. Loren Knapp, assistant dean for undergraduate affairs in the ♦ CLASSES, SEE PAGE 2 Cuts could lead to steep tuition rise BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK Students could face tuition in creases as high as 17 percent next year, as university administrators begin laying out options for over coming future state budget cuts. USC Provost Jerry Odom said a worst-case scenario would be an other cut this semester, followed by more cuts next year. Chief Financial Officer Rick Kelly said if the university gets a five-percent cut, that would mean an 8.4-percent tuition increase to cover the lost revenue. A 10-per cent cut would translate into a 17.4-percent increase. An 8.4-percent increase would equal a $332.98 increase for in state students and a $915.94 in crease for out-of-state students. And a 17.4 percent increase would mean a $689.74 increase for in state students, and a $1,897.30 in crease for out-of-state students. Kelly said that the numbers would only be true if the univer sity sought to cover the cuts solely on tuition increases, but that he “didn’t want to predetermine an answer." The Board of Trustees “ not be lieve that is an option,” he said. Kelly said he is anticipating a two-percent to four-percent cut this semester, but that a tuition increase wouldn’t apply to that. Instead, revenue would be made up by holding off equipment re placements and delaying the hir ing of new faculty. But if the university gets cut again next year, drastic measures might have to be taken. ♦ TUITION, SEE PAGE 3 Index Comics and Crossword _ 9 Classifieds 12 Horoscopes_ 9 Letters to the Editor 6 Online Poll 6 Police Report 4 Weather TODAY TOMORROW fc -T High 56 High 48 Low 35 Low 37 Inside ♦ VIEWPOINTS Brook Bristow prepares for the commercialism of Valentine’s Day. Page 6 ♦ THE MIX Puzzle no longer over what those WUSC DJs are talking about. Page 7 ♦ SPORTS: The men’s basketball team travels to the bayou to face LSU tonight. Page 10 ♦ VALENTINE’S DAY EXTRA Not all advice is good advice, especially when it comes to relationships. Insert