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Sorensen unveils research plan
Investors would
fund $25 million
cost of‘phase one ’
BY KEVIN FELLNER
Til K IIAMKCOCK
USC President Andrew
Sorensen gave details for the first
phase of a proposed research cam
pus on Friday at a joint retreat of
the Board of Trustees and USC’s
four foundations. Part of the re
search campus could be under con
struction as soon as November.
Phase one involves converting
the existing Carolina Plaza to a pub
^flic-health-research facility and con
structing a new home for the
Arnold School of Public Health at
Assembly and College streets,
where the Carolina Plaza’s parking
lot is. Sorensen said a mix of feder
al. state and private money has al
ready been obtained to cover the
$25 million price tag for the 200,000
square feet of building space.
The other two buildings in the
first phase would be constructed
at the corners of Blossom and
Main streets and Assembly and
Wheat streets, where some uni
versity offices and an abandoned
Hardees’ restaurant sit.
Each of the research facilities
has a proposed cost of $15 million
and will require 100,000 square feet.
Sorensen said the displaced offices
would be moved to the BellSouth
building on Pickens Street.
Sorensen said the funding for
these buildings would go some
thing like this: The university asks
a private developer to build on
USC’s property. USC then leases
the building to a private corpora
tion. USC’s professors and stu
dents then combine their intellect
and skills with those of the corpo
ration to share laboratories and
offices and perform research from
which both sides benefit.
When the lease expires in 30
♦ RESEARCH, SEE PAGE 2
USC has been modeling its research campus after the “Centennial
Campus' at North Carolina State University. Here is a breakdown of how
USC plans to divide the space on its campus compared with how NCSU
has divided the Centennial Campus:
USC (projected) Square feet
Research/Non-classroom labs 16 percent 800,000
Administration/Offices 24 percent 1,200,000
University space 25 percent 1,250,000
Residential 25 percent 1,250,000
Service/Retail 10 percent 500,000
I Total 5,000,000
Centennial Campus Square feet
Research/Non-classroom labs 12 percent 645,000
Administration/offices 21 percent 1,197,000
University space 34 percent 1,915,000
Residential 25 percent 1,426,000
Service/Retail 8 percent 429,000
Total 5,612,000
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PHOTO BY JOHN RABON/THE GAMECOCK
About 50 volunteers helped with Saturday’s run/walk, which raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Fidler 5K raises $4,700
-to fight blood cancers
Holtz.
Because of the country’s eco
nomic troubles, this year’s goal
was lower than last year's $10,000,
which the race almost met, Holtz
said. Before Saturday morning,
Fidler 5K had already raised
around $3,200, Holtz said.
Much of the race’s proceeds, all
of which go to benefit the
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, an organization that
strives to find a cure for blood-re
lated cancers, are raised by indi
vidual donations.
Second-year marketing and ac
counting student Tara Sconzo
and second-year public-relations
student Holly Dutton raised $70
for the event.
“I’m here because of the cause
we are supporting and because of
the companionship. To raise a
good amount of money for this
just makes it that much more
meaningful,” said Sconzo, who
did not run in the race.
The award for highest individ
ual fundraiser went to first-year
finance student and Delta Tau
Delta brother Rory Mallon for his
fundraiser of $500.
The 5K event was carried out
by more than 50 volunteers, Holtz
said, most of them Delta Tau
Delta brothers or pledges.
Third-year marketing-and
real-estate student and Delta Tau
Delta brother Bill Hrisko said the
volunteers did any odd jobs that
needed to be done and stood at
various points around the race
course to show the runners
♦ FIDLER, SEE PAGE 2
Corp. to give monthly $1,000 scholarship
BY RENEE TURNER
THEUAMKGOCK
Students seeking financial sup
port can start looking to the
South Carolina Student Loan
Corp.
Staring March 17, the corpora
tion will begin its “$1K
Giveaway,” which will award a
$1,000 scholarship to one South
Carolina student each month.
“Our intentions are to help as
sist people in attaining their ed
ucational goals that may not have
the opportunity to do so without a
little extra help,” said Jennifer
Jones-Gaddy, vice president for
loan origination at the South
Carolina Student Loan Corp.
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In This Issue
♦ VIEWPOINTS Shawn Rourk
boasts the finer points of the
revised Master Plan. Page 4
♦ THE MIX Pierce Cook shoots
“Preston College: Search for
the One Ring” in the residence
hall’s supply shed. Page 5
♦ THE MIX Jump, Little
Children returned to Senate
Park on Thursday. Page 6
♦ SPORTS The Gamecocks
split a weekend baseball series
with the Clemson Tigers.
Page 8
The $1K Giveaway will begin
in March, which has been de
clared Financial Aid and
Awareness Month. The winners
from each month’s drawing will
be able to apply the $1,000 schol
arship to the educational intu
ition of their choice.
“We are saying thanks to
folks striving for a higher edu
cation and trying to help out
with the skyrocketing costs of
tuition,” said Bill Mackie, presi
dent and CEO of the Student
Loan Corp.
“We offer this scholarship in
hopes to relieve financial burden.
We know people do not enjoy hav
ing to pay for their college educa
tion after they have graduated,”
Jones-Gaddy said.
“This scholarship is extreme
ly unique because it is not based
on financial need or academic
standings, and once a student is
registered, they are eligible to
win until Sept. 15,2003,” she said.
Any student planning to enroll
in the 2003-04 academic term is el
igible to apply. Students who plan
to attend an out-of-state college
can carry the scholarship with
them. Similarly, out-of-state stu
dents who plan to attend a South
Carolina college or university
this fall are also eligible.
“Any extra financial aid I can
find, I am going to use. Extra as
sistance is a great idea,” said
Alison Garrett, a first-year psy
chology student.
Chuck Sanders, chief execu
tive officer of the Student Loan
Corp., said that, unlike in the lot
tery, this money is going to peo
ple who need it.
“We know the proceeds of the
$1K Giveaway will be put to good
use,” he said.
First-year computer-informa
tion-systems student Maicol
McGaughey said, “I think it is a
great idea and I am going to sign
up.”
Students interested in signing
up can visit the South Carolina
Student Loan Corp. at
www.slc.sc.edu and complete a
short online registration form.
More than 1,250 prospective stu
dents have already signed up.
Students who applied for a
♦ SCHOLARSHIP, SEE PAGE 2
.
USC resigned
to proposed
block of hotel
Before senator’s bill, university
had planned 125-room facility
BY KEVIN FELLNER
THE GAMECOCK
USC doesn’t plan to fight a bill
that would keep state universities
from opening hotels, university
officials said Friday.
USC’s Development
Foundation had planned to build a
125-room hotel on Pendleton
Street between Henderson and
Pickens streets as a way to sup
port the influx of visitors to the
university and to the Ernest F.
Hollings National Advocacy
Center. But the bill, sponsored by
state Sen. Glen McConnell, would
block that plan.
“I’m not going to fight it,” said
USC President Andrew Sorensen.
“I just want to make sure that Sen.
McConnell and everyone else un
derstands that the university
doesn’t want to build a hotel. The
university does not want to oper
ate a hotel.”
He said the university instead
wants a private developer to head
up the project and then have an
experienced hotel company oper
ate it.
“I’m not interested in getting
in the hotel business,” Sorensen
said. “If the city of Columbia can
♦ HOTEL, SEE PAGE 2
Catch of the day
USC’s Landon Powell gets his glove In position to catch the ball
thrown by Aaron Rawl on Sunday. Carolina beat Clemson 6-4 In
Columbia, but lost 8-0 to the Tigers In Clemson on Saturday.
BY JULIA KNETZER
theoamecock
The Fidler 5K raised about
$4,700 to benefit the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society during
its second annual run/walk
Saturday at the Blatt P.E.
Center.
The event, sponsored by the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity and
held in honor of Professor
Emeritus Paul Fidler, reached
well over this year’s goal of
$3,500, said race director Ryan