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U.S. politics
to converge
on campus
BY ADAM BEAM
THEUAMECOCK
With rumors of President Bush coming to speak
at graduation ceremonies and a full-scale Democratic
presidential ■debate this weekend, USC will be the
center of the national political scene over the next
few days.
USC spokesman Russ McKinney said that if the
president comes to speak, an announcement will come
from the White House press office, not the university.
“He has a standing invitation to come to the cam
pus anytime he likes. He’s had that since he became
president,” McKinney said.
The White House press office did not return phone
calls.
Bush has South Carolina ties through his chief of
staff, Andrew Card, a USC graduate and a past USC
commencement speaker. South Carolina also has
several military ties, with Shaw Air Force Base and
Fort Jackson both playing major roles in the war in
Iraq. Bush’s father spoke at the USC commencement
services in 1990.
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“Dem Weekend 2003,” which includes the Democratic
Presidential Candidates Debate. ABC News is pro
ducing the event, which will be held in USC’s
Drayton Hall this Saturday at 8 p.m. ABC’s George
Stephanopoulos will moderate the debate.
“It’s a great opportunity to have a large national
media pool on campus and a lot of national attention
focused on the university,” McKinney said.
The South Carolina Democratic primary election
will be held Feb. 3,2004.
Several events will be held during the weekend, in
cluding South Carolina Rep. Jim Clybum’s fish fry on
Friday night at the South Carolina Municipal Building.
“It is a great opportunity for political science stu
dents to sort of get plugged in to different campaigns,”
♦ POLITICS, SEE PAGE 5
STRESSED-OUT STARGAZERS
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PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK
Tara O'Shea, a first-year print-journalism student, studies for her astronomy test while waiting
In line. As of yesterday, only half of the 1,050 students in the class had completed the tests.
Waiting until the
last minute
BY ALYSON GOFF
THE GAMECOCK
Procrastination comes in many forms, but for
students enrolled in USC’s self-paced astronomy
course, it comes at a high price.
As of yesterday, only half the 1,050 students in
the course had completed the required units, leaving
roughly 525 students one day to get all their tests in.
Astronomy Center Supervisor Melissa Hurst said
this is normal.
“On Monday, we gave 2,150 exams, but that isn’t
even our highest number,” Hurst said.
First-year business student Leslie Bums said she
spends about two hours on each unit. For the past
few weeks, Burns said, she has neglected her other
classes in order to finish all her evaluations.
“I’m going to be here most of the day,” she said.
Originally, astronomy was taught like any oth
er class at the university.
“It was like all the others—actual teachers, class- j
es and tests on paper,” Hurst said.
♦ ASTRONOMY, SEE PAGE 2
New tuition
plan could
start in fall
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
THE GAMECOCK
USC will decide by June whether to charge tu
ition on a credit-hour basis starting in the fall.
The decision, which will come from a recom
mendation made to the Board of Trustees in its
June meeting,
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terns: the credit- PETER SEDERBERG
hour system, honors college dean
. which would
charge students per credit hour enrolled, and the
bracketing system, which would charge students
per credit hour if they are taking a number of
hours below or above a certain range.
“Nothing has been decided at this point,”
Associate Provost John Olsgaard said. “I think
there’s been some reaction that bracketing is the fa
vorite of the two systems. By reaction, I’m talking
about by students and by faculty and by deans.”
Olsgaard said that while the decision is still
“at the talking stages,” it should be known soon
whether and how a change would be made.
“If a recommendation is going to be made, it
would need to be made before the Board of
Trustees meeting in June,” Olsgaard said.
While a new tuition system would help the uni
versity’s accounting, some students and faculty
are skeptical about how such a change would af
fect use.
Peter Sederberg, dean of the South Carolina
♦ TUITION, SEE PAGE 2
NEWSMAKERS OF THE YEAR
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PATEL JENKINS SORENSEN
SMOAK BESKID
LUNA PINNOCK
ANKIT PATEL
Love him or hate him, Student
Government President Ankit
Patel found his way into the
pages of The Gamecock many
times.
In December, Patel announced
a $15,000 surplus in SG’s budget
that would be given back to stu
dent organizations. In January,
^Patel faced subpoenas and an un
Psuccessful impeachment attempt
by SG senators over his conduct
with the Board of Trustees.
COREY JENKINS
At the beginning of the year,
Corey Jenkins was hailed as the
next big thing in Columbia as ex
pectations were high on the up
coming football season. By sea
son’s end, fans saw Jenkins in the
defensive backfield.
After his disappointing perfor
mance at quarterback, many
thought that Jenkins’ time in the
spotlight was over. But Jenkins
quickly proved his critics wrong
with strong performances against
Florida and Clemson at safety, cul
minating with his being drafted
by the Miami Dolphins.
ANDREW SORENSEN
USC President Andrew
Sorensen started the year as the
new kid on the block, but quick
ly made himself at home by
tackling a series of important is
sues.
His first semester was marked
by several major grant announce
ments, including research grants
to study colorectal cancer and a
federal grant to establish a bioter
rorism research center. Sorensen
also introduced his plan to build
a 5-million-square-foot research
center that would expand USC’s
campus into the Vista.
MOLD
Perhaps nothing caused as
much frustration this year as
that pesky little problem known
as mold. The fungus put the li
brary’s collections in danger and
gave many South Tower resi
dents headaches as the universi
ty scrambled to clean up the
mess.
JAN SMOAK AND NOVELLA
BESKID
Hardly a day went by that The
Gamecock didn’t receive a news re
lease about another USC scholar
ship winner. By year’s end, 24 stu
dents had received awards, in
cluding several prestigious na
tional awards such as the Udall and
Fulbright scholarships. Smoak and
Beskid, directors of the Office of
Fellowship and Scholar Programs,
led the charge in getting students
prepared for these awards.
GENE LUNA
University Housing Director
Gene Luna has taken an on-cam
pus housing program that was
falling apart and turned it into a
fierce competition among students.
Responding to student requests,
Housing has invested more in
apartment-style residence halls,
increasing interest among upper
classmen in living on campus. As
a result, more than 500 upper
classmen were put on a wait list
for housing for the fall. As of yes
terday, the list was trimmed to
just fewer than 200 students, with
all seniors expected to be offered
housing before they leave for the
summer.
MIKE SCHEFFRES
Dining Services General
Manager Mike Scheflres has made
eating on campus cool again. The
expansion of the Russell House’s
lower level has brought in a
gourmet-style pizza and Italian
restaurant and a popular smooth
ie store that has students talking
about boosters and grass juice.
More is on the way for next year.
ERNIE ELLIS
Law Enforcement and Safety
Director Ernie Ellis is the man
who answers all the hard ques
tions. When a female student was
raped under the bleachers at Sarge
Fry Field, it was Ellis who had to
face the media and provide infor
mation. When first-year studqnt
Jessica Horton fell to her death
from the sixth floor of Patterson
Hall, it was Ellis’ department that
led the investigation.
DERRICK HUGGINS
Parking Services Director
Derrick Huggins receives a lot of
complaints, but he is also in
charge of a big problem. While
parking is an important issue to
students every year, the hot topic
this year is the possible elimina
tion of freshman parking.
ANDREW PINNOCK
The bullish fullback from
Connecticut was supposed to lead
the Gamecocks on the ground this
year, but a series of early-season
missteps almost sidelined the se
nior football player. But Andrew
Pinnock never lost his athletic
drive and continued to pound
away on defensive lines and even
tually earned a spot in the NFL
with the San Diego Chargers.
Index
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Classifieds 19
Horoscopes 16
Letters to the Editor 13
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In This Issue
♦ NEWS U.S. forces fire on
anti-American protesters, killing
13. Page 5
♦ VIEWPOINTS Brook Bristow
pays a final farewell to
Carolina. Page 13
♦ THE MIX Not everyone goes
to college. Not everyone thinks
he should. Page 14
♦ SPORTS Find out more about
three of USC’s senior softball
players from California. Page
17
Restoring the past
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
niK (iAMKCiOCK
In the age of the Internet and
24-hour news coverage, some peo
'
pie still have little appreciation
for unavailable news, despite
how inaccessible it used to be.
Years ago, the only previews
shown at movie theaters were
newsreels. From Lindbergh’s
transatlantic flight to beauty
pageants, exploding ships of
World War II and presidential
speeches, the events of the world
were represented in a few min
utes of newsreels.
Now, the Newsfilm Library at
USC preserves and revives these
films by storing and restoring
them for public and private use.
The Newsfilm Library was es
tablished through the gift of 11
million feet of Fox Movietonews
film from Twentieth Century
Fox in 1980. This collection in
cludes all existing outtakes from
1919 to 1934 and all associated
outtakes from World War n cov
erage from September 1942 to
August 1944.
“Only 10 percent of the footage
that Fox ever shot was used in
newsreel proper, so most of the
film that we have has not been
seen other than by the camera
man that shot it,” said Andrew
Murdoch, curator and chief re
searcher at the Newsfilm
Library. “It’s one of the world’s
largest jigsaw puzzles — putting
it all together and trying to dis
cern, ‘Where does this piece go of
this work?’ ”
Because of the Movietonews
Collection, which includes the
1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and
speeches by Winston Churchill.
♦ FILM LIBRARY, SEE PAGE 5
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