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Marketing class offers hands-on experience BY ALEXIS BASS THE GAMECOCK * USC’s Marketing 451 is an in ternship disguised as a class. In this three-hour credit class, students are actively involved in researching, implementing and evaluating a promotional cam paign for their clients, Jim Hudson Pontiac in Columbia and the Pontiac Division of General Motors. These USC students, known by their clients as the Carolina Marketing Scholars, are no longer just students, but ac tive members of the marketing industry. As a part of this partnership sponsored by General Motors and officially titled the General Motors Marketing Internship, students were given $2,500 by Jim Hudson Pontiac to promote the Pontiac Vibe. After five weeks of researching their target market, the Carolina Marketing Scholars are currently working to design an interactive event aimed at increasing aware ness for the car. After presenting ideas to the executives of Pontiac, General Motors and Jim Hudson Pontiac, students will hold the event and evaluate its impact on their iden tified target market. The program bridges the gap between industry and education by providing students with the hands-on learning necessary for employment. EdVenture Partners in Berkeley, Calif., manages GM’s programs and, along with GM, provides each student agency with ongoing resources, guid ance, and a project budget to implement their marketing campaign. The program is unique for stu dents because they are provided -ts--1 PHOTO BY FORREST CLONTS/THE GAMECOCK The marketing class is working with a local Pontiac dealer to research reactions from targeted audiences. with opportunities to use and im prove skills acquired in previous classes. In this real world scenario, students are continuing to de velop better presentations and writing skills by pitching ideas to clients, submitting reports summarizing the campaign and tracking the campaign’s success. In addition, students sharpen their teamwork and communi cation skills through other client relations. Emily Keller, a fourth-year marketing student, said that al though this class is not recog nized as an internship, the three hours of credit received are nothing compared to the valu able experience the program provides. “We are putting on a real mar keting production with only guidelines for structure,” Keller said. Because this class is so time consuming, Keller had to give up her part-time job as a waitress. But in the long run, she said, she knows this hands-on experience is worth some sacrifices. At the end of the semester, Carolina Marketing Scholars stu dents will be eligible to compete for the General Motors Marketing Internship Scholastic Achievement Award. This regional award of $1,000 is given to the top college partici pating in the program, with more than 350 campuses nationwide participating. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Proposed Afghan constitution to be made public this week BY DANIEL COONEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - A new constitution that will be put forward soon for ratification de clares Afghanistan a Muslim state but stops short of imposing Islamic Shariah law, a con tentious issue in this conserva tive nation, an Afghan official told The Associated Press on Sunday. As they draw up a constitution aimed at unifying the fragment ed nation, conservatives and sec ularists have been hotly debating how to enshrine Islam into law after years under the Taliban, who enforced a harsh version of Shariah that some Afghans recall with horror but others support. The hard-line Taliban militia banned women from working, barred girls from school and or dered men to grow their beards long and pray five times a day, as well as carried out executions and amputations for a range of crimes. Ratifying a constitution is cru cial for Afghanistan as it lays the foundations for its first demo cratic elections in decades, sched uled for June. The rebuilders of Afghanistan hope that vote will be a cornerstone for political sta bility after 23 years of war. A 10-day meeting of a 500-mem ber loya jirga, or grand council, will debate and ratify the consti tution. The gathering was pushed back by two months to December after President Hamid Karzai de manded more time to finish the document. After 11 months of work by dozens of constitutional experts and three months of public con sultations in which 150,000 peo ple submitted suggestions, a draft will likely be released this week. Some in Afghanistan support the version of Shariah imposed by the Taliban, others argue that Islamic law should be the law of the land — even if it’s not the in terpretation practiced by the Taliban, who emerged from hard line'religious schools in Pakistan. While most Arab states define themselves as Muslim nations in their constitution, some call Shariah the basis of their laws and some make no mention of Shariah at all. Saudi Arabia en forces a version of Islamic law that is somewhat less strict than the Taliban’s. Even though the 35 members of the Constitutional Review Commission have finally agreed to the wording of the text, it is far from certain whether members of the loy a j irga will reach a con sensus. Many of the council’s members are warlords and may feel their authority will be un dermined by a strong national constitution. Karzai’s administration has little authority outside of the cap ital, Kabul, and many initiatives to expand his power have failed because of opposition from the warlords, who have private mili tias and rule their territory as if they are fiefdoms. = Work Study Students ss Need A Job? Earn While You Learn! Work-study-positions at the Columbia Area Mental Health Center offer an opportunity to gain valuable work experience. We're looking for bright, enthusiastic students who may be considering a career as a mental health professional - or those who just want a rewarding work experience! Positions available year-round. YOU MUST ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY FOR WORK-STUDY THROUGH THE USC Office: of Student Financial Aid to qualify for Work-Study Employment. Program Assistant Assignments in administrative or clinical areas, DEPENDING ON YOUR INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE. Good oral and written communication skills ESSENTIAL. ’ Tell us about yourself! 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Clemson makes IBM computer deal GREENVILLE (AP) - Clemson University recommends that its 13,000 undergraduates who need to get now-required laptops buy one from IBM. In exchange, the school will get one free computer for every 100 IBMs students pur chase. The new requirement could cost students more than $2,000 at a university where tuition has increased 107 percent the past five years. Clemson University spokeswoman Cathy Sams said administrators looked for the best deal for students before set tling on IBM. She said the school’s research showed mak ing laptops required could have a positive impact on learning. Leaders in the South Carolina House and Senate weren't aware of Clemson’s requirement or its IBM deal. ciiuca uuucgca. Sorensen’s research plan calls for USC’s health sciences to ac count for one-third of the total uni versity research expenditures from outside awards and grants by 2010 as well as quadruple fund ing from the National Institutes of Health to USC in the areas of biol ogy, pathology and biomedical en gineering by that same year. A large part of this is the es tablishment of a biomedical re search infrastructure network, an $11 million grant from the NIH to study the causes, treatment and prevention of colon cancer. The university also hopes to find new funding opportunities from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com toilers, it is easier for them to have • a broader selection because the product is so small.” Local retailers, like Consentino, think it’s hypocritical for the uni versity to spare hats from the ban. “There is nothing wrong with the word ‘cocks,’” he said. “If they are going to have it on hats, they might as well have it on everything else.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com sit down and talk to all the differ ent companies that are planning to lease space in the building, and we’ll find out about their space I projections and their needs for fa cilities,” he said. In February, Sorensen laid out a twofold plan to enhance USC’s health sciences research. The plan calls for a task force to work with the Medical University of South Carolina and sets ambitious re search goals for USC’s health sci Colombia bombing kills 11, wounds 48 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AP) - A bomb blew up outside an up scale nightclub in southwestern Colombia on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 48. The attack cast new doubt on President Alvaro Uribe’s promises to crush a 39-year rebel insurgency. The bombing was blamed on leftist rebels and appeared to b® part of a nationwide campaign of violence aimed at thwarting regional elections scheduled for Oct. 25. Rebels have assassinated politicians, disabled rail and communication links and blown up bridges. Revelers were heading home after a Saturday night out at a popular Bar Rosa in Florencia, 235 miles southwest of the capital Bogota, when the bomb went off. Congress members assess Iraq damage BAGHDAD, IRAQ (AP) - Members of Congress took a tour of Iraq’s dilapidated infras tructure Sunday, getting a first* hand look at the daunting tas' P of rebuilding the nation before they vote on President Bush’s $87 billion funding request. Meanwhile, Iraqi police and U.S. forces seized weapons in Baghdad and the north of the country after a small but sym bolic rocket attack on a U.S. compound in the Iraqi capital. Sir Jeremy Greenstock, British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s envoy to Iraq, said in an interview that elections in Iraq and the handover of power to a new government would not take place until well into next year. WORLD ' Ailing pope picks 31 new cardinals VATICAN CITY (AP) - Amid con cems about his frail health, Pope John Paul n appointed 31 cardi nals Sunday, acting months ear lier than expected and strength ening his influence on the group that will chose his successor. The new “princes” of the church include senior Vatican officials and diocesan leaders from 20 countries. They will re ceive their red hats at a ceremo ny known as a consistory on Oct. 21 — a date chosen to coincide with the weeklong celebrations marking John Paul’s 25th ar£ niversary as pope. v Vatican officials had said no consistory was expected before the end of the year. No explana tion was given for why the pope acted sooner. Koshlap said she didn’t think the ban would affect USC’s royalties that much because it didn’t extend to hats. She said headgear is a good product to sell nationally be cause retailers don’t have to give up a lot of floor space for a hat. “It’s harder to convince some one in Washington to carry lots of Gamecock T-shirts than a selec tion of hats,” she said. “And obvi ously, with the success of Hat World and Lids and mall-based re Research CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 study and close collaboration with President Sorensen and the uni versity’s chief financial officer, we were able to narrow and perfect this vision,” Schaafsma said. Schaafsma added that while his company has examined the construction site in detail to know what they’re dealing with, as well as had some preliminary discussions with Harris Pastides, dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and interim vice president for research, the specifics of the buildings and their facilities are still in the de velopmental stages. “One of the first things we’ll do is what’s called a ‘needs analysis,’ sometimes called ‘programming’ by architects, which is where we’ll UMD cheerleading now varsity sport COLLEGE PARK, MD. (AP) - Cheerleading is now a varsity sport at the University of Maryland, a move critics say is designed to sidestep federal sex discrimination law. The university and the federal Office of Civil Rights say it is the first instance of a school seeking to use cheerleading scholarships to comply with Title IX, the 1972 law prohibiting sex discrimina tion by any school that receives federal money. Critics say the move is in tended to skirt the law so Maryland can increase funding for men’s programs. Four cheerleaders now re ceive partial scholarships, and a total of 12 cheerleading schol arships are to be phased in with in three years. NATION Putin declines to offer help in Iraq CAMP DAVID, MD. (AP) - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday urged Iran and North Korea to abandon suspected nu clear weapons programs, al though Putin refused to stop plans to build a power plant in Iran and declined to pledge any postwar help for Iraq. Putin said any Russian con tribution to Iraq’s reconstruc tion would depend on a U.N. res olution sought by the United States to encourage other coun tries to offer money and peace keeping troops. Along with France and Germany, Russia is demanding a greater role for the United Nations in Iraq and a speedier timetable for ending the U.S. oc cupation. Man kills relatives, turns gun on self GARY, IND. (AP) - A 20-year old man with a history of men tal illness fatally shot four fami ly members early Saturday be fore turning the gun on himself, investigators said. The man’s 82-year-old grand mother, who survived, called po lice to report the shooting. Authorities said the gunman was 20-year-old Terry Dennie, whose body was found next to a semiautomatic handgun. Police said Dennie had a history of mental problems and that a SWAT team was sent to the home a year ago after he threat ened to kill himself. The other four dead were Dennie’s mother, a brother, a sister and a 2-year-old nephew. Crabbers can apply for federal relief HILTON HEAD ISLAND (AP) - South Carolina’s crabbers can apply for federal aid to recoup some of their losses from the five-year drought. David Whitaker, director of the state Natural Resources Department’s Office of Fisheries Management, estimates as many as 400 crabbers could be eligible for the money. Congress has approved $250,000 to be split evenly among the crabbers. Whitaker said the money probably won’t make up for the loss in catch. In 2002, statewide commercial crabbers caught about 4.4 mil lion pounds of hard shell crabs, about 30 percent less than the 6.2 million pounds caught in 1997. Cocks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 percent and 45 percent of his store. “If you look up the word ‘cocks’ in the dictionary, it’s a male bird, or a rooster. People just take it wrong,” Cosentino said. “Instead of ‘Go Gamecocks,’ we say ‘Go Cocks.’ There is nothing wrong with it.” In an interview two weeks ago, October-6,8,15,20, 2Z&27 (7-9 pm) Brought to you by. Pre-Professional Advising 803-777-5581 XteS to Register by October 1st 4-i—-%—■-i-i—r-s i p 1