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_jU4r y?DAY: AA/^Arl "n ACfl ATT June 4,2003 ♦ Vol. 97, No. 1 High 85,^Low 67 J VV vLlllCuvldj University of South Carolina ♦ www.dailygamecock.com t'::' AMEGOGK INSIDE VIEWPOINTS Sanford shouldn’t have skipped town Wes Wolfe chastises Sanford’s Bermuda vacation in May. PAGE 5 THE MIX Bluegrass band jams at El Burrito Local Restaurant offers summer concert series for fans of folk culture. PAGE 7 SPORTS Another ‘Super’ trip for Carolina Gamecock baseball team advances from Atlanta Regional to take on UNC PAGE 10 INDEX Comics and Crossword 9 Classifieds 12 Horoscopes 9 Winners and Sinners 6 Online Poll 6 Quote of the Day7 USC Police Report 3 RH undergoing renovation PHOTO BY TRISHA SHAOWELL /THE GAMECOCK Construction being done in the second floor of the Russell House will soon bring new restaurants to the Grand Market Place, including an Asian eatery and a vegan kiosk. BY COREY GARRIOTT THE GAMECOCK The Russell House will see over 7 million dollars of renovations this summer as the student union, parts of which were built in 1954, is re cast in modem architecture. The chief improvement is the in flation of the first floor to include a vegetarian kiosk, grill, and com fort foods station. The student union building will also incorpo rate five new food venues, play host ro iour private Dusinesses, convert ■ the Grand Marketplace to a make to-order system, and remake a quarter of the basement into a game room. But the jewel of the new build ing will be a gleaming staircase to replace the old brick steps. Customers entering the new _ Grand Marketplace will first have to make it past the fragrance of its ♦ REVAMP, SEE PAGE 4 Cooper earns $300,000 award BY BRIAN RAY THE GAMECOCK University of South Carolina graduate Kristina Cooper received the Jack Kent Cooke award on May 16. The scholarship will give Cooper $50,000 a year for up to six years of graduate studies at the University of her choice. She plans to use the award to seek her master’s degree in public administration at New York University. Cooper’s career will focus on public service and the arts. She has been dancing since the age of three. During her matriculation at USC, her activities included USC’s dance company, theatre program, mock trial team and community leadership service team. Her ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to tour a museum or attend a con cert, regardless of his status or lo cation. She plans to specialize in non profit management. “I eventually want to work for the Department of Education or the National Endowment for the Arts affecting arts policy on a national scale,” she said. “The arts are vital to our society.” USC’s office of fellowships and scholarships informed Cooper of the Jack Kent Cooke foundation. “I had applied for the Truman Scholarship my junior year at USC and did not receive the award,” she said. “Novella Beskid in the Fellowships office informed me of the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Scholarship.” Cooper received her first Jack Kent Cooke award her senior year, which she used to study dance at the Alvin Ailey School in New York. After learning more about the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, she decided to apply for their grad uate scholarship. Jack Kent Cooke, former owner of the Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Lakers and the Chrysler Building, died in 1997 and be queathed his fortune to establish the scholarship foundation that now bears his name. Its mission is to help outstand ing students pursue higher educa ♦ SCHOLARSHIP, SEE PAGE 2