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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.
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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
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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
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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