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www.dailygamecock.com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2003 Since 1908 Officials push campus projects Administration suggests 3-year maintenance, renovations plan BY KEVIN FELLNER TllEliAMECOCK USC administration officials Friday continued their recom mendations to the Board of Trustees for initiating campus maintenance and renovation pro jects under a three-year plan. The recommendations focused on exterior improvements such as repairing windows and roofs and interior improvements such as painting and carpeting. “We’re trying to balance the most critical needs of campus im provement,” Chief Financial Officer Rick Kelly told the Building and Grounds Committee. “We’re trying also to be sensitive to campus disruption.” The committee gave preliminary approval to projects in excess of $250,000 that included $575,000 for McKissick Museum window re placement; more than $1 million for new roofs on the Russell House, Rutledge College and DeSaussure College; $1.2 million for improve ments to the north side exterior of the Russell House; $750,000 for din ing service improvement in the Russell House and Sidewalk Cafe; more than $1 million for replacing underground electrical infrastruc ture; $435,000 in elevator upgrades in classroom buildings; and $1.3 million for the renovation of 816 Henderson St. The administration doesn’t need the board’s approval for grants totaling less than $250,000 and informed the board of several such projects under the plan. University architect Charlie Jeffcoat emphasized that admin istration officials are prioritizing projects according to urgency. “The roof structures on many campus buildings are deteriorat ing faster than we can keep up with,” he said, adding that some buildings have buckets to catch leaking water on rainy days. University Housing, a fi nancially self-supporting entity, will fund some residence hall improvements. Some trustees objected to the renovation of 816 Henderson St., a vacant building next to Gambrell Hall, for the relocation of the University 101 offices. “I’m all for preserving old build ings,” trustee Mark Buyck said, but $1.3 million “seems like a lot for this building.” Kelly said historical signifi cance would cause the university to take special renovation pre cautions, which would increase the project’s cost. He said admin istration officials would look into the possibility of relocating the structure. Committee chairman Miles Loadholt applauded the adminis tration for recently completed campus improvements. “The im provements that have been done ♦ CAMPUS, SEE PAGE 3 Working the crowd E PHOTOS BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK Left: Florida fans react to a successful Gators play during w Saturday’s football game against USC in the Williams-Brlce l '* Stadium. Above: A Carolina fan taunts the opponents with a spirited T-shirt. With the Gamecocks leading 16-7 at the half, many thought the game might give USC a necessary win for bowl-ellglbility. After a failed attempt at a two-point conversion to tie the game, Carolina lost 24-22. ♦FOR THE FULL STORY, SEE PAGE 8 New SG boards could continue BY JESSICA FOSTER THE IIAMKCOCK Student Government President Katie Dreiling said she plans on introducing legislation to the Student Senate that would make the new student-run boards per manent parts of SG. Tne legisla tion would re quire future SG presidents to make sure the Minority Affairs, Student Safety and international Student Affairs boards are staffed and AmMinnirifT When Dreiling ran for president in the spring, she promised to cre ate the student-run boards because she felt they would increase stu dent participation in SG. This semester, these ideas be came reality with the establish ment of the three boards. Dreiling “It’s beneficial to the student body in that we can do programming that wouldn’t normally come into existence, like Diversity Week YVONNE MILLER MINORITY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR said she is working on legislation that would require the continuance of these boards so that they “will al ways be addressing student issues.” The legislation includes guide lines on how the chairperson of each board and board members will be chosen. Dreiling said the boards would be organized so that tnere are al ways returning members. She is also considering re quiring that the chairs of the boards train for a year as co chairs. But the SG president will have the final C0X7 r\r-t fVia o/-»l /-v/-> tion of chairs to maintain the right of SG presidents to choose cabinet members. Dreiling said the three boards are all similar in their aim “to fig ure out what bothers students and ♦ BOARDS, SEE PAGE 3 Renowned photographer to lecture at USC BY VIVIENNE DECKER THE GAMECOCK World-renowned photogra pher Peter Howe will give a lec ture Monday at 2 p.m. in the Russell House Theater. Howe has worked as picture editor for The New York Times and director of photography for LIFE magazine and is now pro moting “Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer,” a book he edited. The book is a compilation of the work from ten of the world’s best war photographers. Pictures featured in the book are from all over the world. Howe covered El Salvador and Northern Ireland, and the book also features pho toeranhs taken in Haiti, Vietnam and New York City after the col lapse of the World Trade center. Other war photographers fea tured in the book are Patrick Chauvel, Philip Jones Griffiths, Ron Haviv, Catherine Leroy, Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, Howe’s book is a compilation of the work from ten of the world’s best war photographers. Christopher Morris, James Natchtwey, Maggie Steber and Laurent Van der Stockt. These photographers put themselves into war-torn countries and got as close to the battle as possible, risk ing their own lives to capture pictures tnat contain more words than books. Carolina Ward, a first-year ad vertising student, said the pic tures speak for themselves. “There are so many you could stare at for a long time and just "see the sadness, feel it captured,” she said. Many people question why these photographers would want to freeze such atrocious mo ments in time. In these photos, the photographers capture im ages that are far removed from normal elements. Since war is not threatening Americans’ backyards, these photos allow us to see what is going on in lands with cultures completely differ ent from ours. ♦ PHOTOGRAPHER, SEE PAGE2 PHOTOS BY DON MCCULLIN/COURTESY OF CONTACT PRESS IMAGES Peter Howe’s “Shooting Under Fire: The World of the War Photographer” Is a compilation of the work of such world-famous photographers as Don McCullln, whose photographs are featured above. Howe will be promoting his book during a lecture on Monday at the Russell House. Index Comics and Crossword J7 Classifieds 10 Horoscopes 7 Letters to the Editor 4 Online Poll _ 4 Police Report 2 Weather today High 79 Low 62 TUESDAY High 79 Low 52 ■hmmhi In This Issue ♦ NEWS Read state, nation and world briefs online. www.dallygamecock.com. ♦ VIEWPOINTS Rachal Hatton worries that women haven’t come as far she hoped. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX Cable channel TIC offers viewers a how-to guide to life. Page 5 ♦ SPORTS The USC football team lets an early lead get away and falls to Florida 24 22. Page 8