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Fund raising CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 makes them better teachers as well.” Gerard M. Crawley, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, said that because of increased reputation, this funding would help USC recruit and retain even better faculty, graduate stu dents and undergraduate stu dents. “Reputation is terribly impor tant,” he said. “Why are people willing to pay $30,000 to go to Harvard or Michigan from out of state? Well, because of reputation - the scholarly reputation of the university, the quality of the fac ulty. This grant funding is going to help the reputation to rise.” Crawley said that while uni versity funding overall has in creased by 20 percent, it increased by 32 percent at the College of Science and Mathematics. “It’s really a case of doing more with less,” he said, noting the in creased number of students and the decreased state budget. “We’re competing with the MIT’s, Cal Tech’s and Harvard’s and so on - much bigger institutions with much more support. We really manage on a shoestring.” And it’s not only graduate stu dents and faculty who are a part of the research and funding at use. John Bedenbaugh, a second year chemical engineering stu dent, works as a researcher in the engineering department. He said the funding lets “us get the fuel cell center,” which will “help us be a major player” in fuel cell re search. Bedenbaugh said researching as an undergraduate gives him good experience in his field. “It helps you decide whether you like your field and maybe what career options you’d like to pursue,” he said. “It gives you more real-world perspective.” While the record-breaking $130.9 million figure is an impor tant accomplishment, both Pastides and Boccanfuso said the university still has room to grow. “We’d like to be a top 50 uni versity,” Boccanfuso said. “We’ve had a better year, but so have oth er people.” For him, though, this doesn’t diminish the university’s achieve ment. “I think everybody can take pride that we have a record-set ting year, everybody’s had a role,” Boccanfuso said. “We can take pride in the fact that faculty, staff and students achieved this num ber, because they are the univer sity.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com _-----—-:-1 SURFYOURSELF For more details about the areas in which USC is doing research, visit the office of research Web site at www.sc.edu/research. ---‘-7 Freshmen CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 a freshman class size of 3,500 and an average SAT score of 1145. This year’s class size is 3,522 and its average SAT score is 1146. Pruitt said the goal for next year’s freshman class size has not yet been set, but academic standards will definitely go up. He said the average freshman SAT score will be 1160 next year and 1175 in 2005. “We’re right on target for our goals,” Pruitt said. He also said USC will aim for both higher standards and more expansion in coming years. Also resulting from grow ing applicant pools and in creased class sizes were an early February cutoff date and the institution of a tuition de posit, which gave admissions officials a better idea of how many accepted applicants were actually going to attend USC. Pruitt said these mea sures proved very effective this year and will be contin ued. He also said USC is consid ering switching to a compre hensive admissions plan, which considers other factors such as ethnicity, age and lo cation of residency in addition to SAT scores and high school grade point averages in the ad missions process. He said this type of admissions plan is gaining popularity with col leges after the Supreme Court decision involving the admis sions process at the University of Michigan last summer. Pruitt said the decision to 0 switch plans is ultimately up to the Faculty Senate, which de termines admissions standards at USC. He said the new com prehensive admissions plan could be in place as soon as 2005. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com If you’re searching for something to believe in or belong to — our hearts, our minds and our doors are always open. 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He said although the summer months didn’t un cover any new trends in on-cam pus crime, most of the crime comes back to school with the students. “Times when crime is more prevalent are when the popula tion is higher. The bad guys know that. In the summer it drops off but only because the population drops off for the sea son,” he said. The police department has a three-pronged safety plan for the new semester, including safety presentations in residence halls and University 101 classes. The plan is intended to present a high ly visible police force, especially at night and on weekends; and maintain an undercover presence as well. “It’s the yin and the yang,” Grabski said. “When we’re out in the open, it makes people feel safer. Likewise, there’s a benefit in being not-so-visible in detect ing crime.” Since larcenies from vehicles top the list of on-campus crimes, Parking Services is also enforcing new safety procedures. “We haven’t put any signs up yet, but we are working with the police department to put signs on cars to warn owners,” Derrick Huggins, director of Vehicle Management and Parking Services, said. These slips will in form drivers of the risks of leav ing valuables visible in their vehicles. As always, the Carolina Shuttle, distinguished by the white strobe lights, will be run ning until 12:30 a.m. In addition, before fall break, parking services plans to have a “Know Your Car” seminar that will bring mechan ics and the police department to gether to teach attendees skills like locating gauges, changing tires and how to call a tow truck. The event will be free of charge W and will take place in front of Pendleton Garage at a date to be announced. “We want you to know what’s out there, and we want you to use it,” Huggins said. Using Housing and Residential Services’ Evening Services Office should be easy this year, since the pilot program was made perma nent this semester. “It should be helpful to students whether there is a maintenance problem at 3 a.m. or an emergen cy,” said Gene Luna, Director of Student Development and University Housing. The office is located in the lobby of the Towers on Sumter Street and is open from 11p.m. until 8 a.m. In addition, a professional staff ^4 member will be on duty every ™ night to assist students in emer gencies. Grabski said common sense is the key to avoiding becoming a victim of crime. “Lock car doors, don’t leave things laying out in vehicles, have an agreement with room mates to lock the door even if you’re just going down the hall,” he said. “Report suspicious ac tivity. We’d much rather get a call and find out it’s a brother of so-and-so than not get the call and have three or four rooms broken into.” —- ’'J Comments on this story?E-mail m garnecockudesk@hotmail.com Charleston CONTINUED FROM PAGE A2 Department of Revenue to assess if any state laws have been bro ken,” attorney general’s spokesman Trey Walker said. Bob Adams, a former treasur er of the mission’s defunct board, called for Salmon to be investi gated in the early 1990s, claiming Salmon drained the charity of enough tax-free personal income to fund a lavish lifestyle for more than a decade. A Adams quit the board, saying he * discovered Salmon was pocketing as much as $100,000 a year in unre ported money from the mission. The amended tax return is more proof that the mission prop erty and the money from the sale vanished, Adams said. “I am thrilled to death. That re turn was a gift from heaven,” he said. Salmon said previously that he has done nothing wrong and was the target of a few disgruntled for mer residents, people he has dealt with through his private real es tate business and the media. He has acknowledged using do nations for personal benefit through the years but said he re ceives an annual salary of no more than $2,400. The Post and Courier reported A Salmon sent teams of residents, ^ some who lived at the shelter and others who lived in his privately owned boarding houses, as far away as Florida to solicit cash do nations. He also used mission money to buy an antique car and pay prop erty taxes on a condominium on Myrtle Beach. Other charity mon ey went to glider lessons, scuba gear and a membership at Weight Watchers, according to the news paper. ' Open Mon-Th 11am - 10pm Fri-Sat 11am - 11pm Sun 5pm - 10pm tfuAVckt uedxvceA Chinese Restaurant Tel: 231-2008 2338 Main Street Fax: 231-2010 $8 mlnmum for USC students Blowing A Little Love to You 1 fcjwfaf Vj| ■i