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because it offers an entirely
different atmosphere than
Starbucks.
“People come here with more
sophisticated tastes,” Norris said,
referring to its coffee and gelato.
‘They come here to relax.”
Starbucks’ next-nearest neigh
bor in Five Points is Cafe Con
Leche. Owner Craig Rosado said
his store, which has been open
for about a month and a half
now, has been unaffected by
Starbucks.
“I think it’s been pretty good,”
Rosado said. “Peop.le going to
Starbucks know the Starbucks
brand. People come here because
we offer a different coffee and at
mosphere.”
Rosado said offering a Latin
themed menu and atmosphere
separates Cafe con Leche from
others.
The owner of Starbucks’ third
competitor in Five Points, The
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Gourmet Shop, which competes
in bean sales as opposed to indi
vidual drinks, was unavailable
for comment.
Kevin Elmore, Starbucks’
manager in Five Points, was un
willing to comment on whether
the store has been meeting pro
jected business expectations.
Generally speaking, Elmore said,
“We’re doing well.”
Commenting on the number of
coffee shops in Five Points,
Elmore said Starbucks isn’t in
terfering with the other stores.
“We all have a different comer
of a similar market,” Elmore said.
Elmore also said the speed of
Starbucks’ service differentiates
it from other coffee shops.
“We want to serve customers
fast,” Elmore said.
Some USC students remain un
fazed by Starbucks’ presence and
support independent coffee shops.
“There are a lot of good inde
pendent coffee shops around
Columbia,” said third-year mar
keting and international busi
ness student Katie Devine. “I still
go' to the same coffee shops that
I’ve always gone to: Adriana’s,
Cafe Strudel.”
First-year liberal arts student
Zach Merritt said, “I’d probably
go to an independent coffee shop
like Cool Beans or Jammin’
Java.”
In other cities, most
Starbucks-related disputes are fo
cused on their “cannibalistic” ap
proach to entering an area: es
tablishing stores close to one an
other that draw business from
other stores and don’t allow for
easy independent entry.
Some coffee drinkers cite
Starbucks’ consistent product for
drawing them in.
“I’m used to it,” said first-year
music student Glenda Bates. “I
have Starbucks at home in
Virginia.”
But as of right now in
Columbia, with only one
Starbucks in the downtown area,
only well-branded shops having
similar clienteles have anything
to fear.
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University to dedicate
city block for research
BY KALYN PALMER
THE GAMECOCK
With ground already broken on
a new research building on the
corner of Assembly and College
streets, the next step in develop
ing the research campus will be
the addition of a city block devoted
to research buildings, university
officials said.
The research block, which will
be on the property bounded by
Assembly, Blossom, Main and
Wheat streets, is part of the first
phase of the research campus
plan. Three buildings covering
about 500,000 to 750,000 square feet
are to be built on the lot where a
Hardee’s once operated. Craig
Davis Properties Inc. is meeting
with USC representatives to de
termine the university’s space and
property needs before develop
ment and construction can begin.
Tony Boccanfuso, managing di
rector of the USC Research
Foundation, said the research
block will be highly specialized.
He said the block will be composed
of increased wet-lab space, engi
neering research space, biomedi
cal-type research space, special
ized manufacturing rooms and
clean rooms, which are sterile
rooms used for-manufacturing.
“The research campus will pro
vide greater opportunity for stu
dents and faculty to perform re
search that will help them be suc
cessful,” Boccanfuso said.
Support from the private sector
will be a major factor in the devel
opment of the research campus.
Space in the facilities will be
leased to private companies look
ing for research areas.
“This will be a big step in bring
ing the private sector into closer
relations with the university,”
Boccanfuso said. “It is a win-win
situation for all parties.”
The research block is part of
the 10-year, 5-million-square-foot
plan for the research campus.
President Andrew Sorensen has
set ambitious goals for USC’s re
search campus.
With the new research block,
USC’s research campus will be
well on its way to becoming an in
tegral part of the USC communi
ty, and it is expected to bring to
gether students, faculty and the
private sector.
Other recent examples of USC’s
close relationships with the pri
vate sector are the partnerships
developed for the Inn at USC, the
USC/Gateway Academy Child
Development and Research Center
and the naming-rights agreement
between USC and Colonial Life &
Accident Insurance Co. of
Columbia for the Colonial Center.
State budget cuts have forced the
university to look to public-pri
vate partnerships to help support
major projects such as the re
search campus.
USC officials say USC might not
immediately become one of U.S.
News and World Report’s top 50
public research universities in the
nation as a result of the research
campus, but they say the univer
sity will make continued progress
toward more quality faculty and
students and more space for re
search.
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Most students receive tickets
despite distribution confusion
BY JON TURNER
THE GAMECOCK
Happy students found there
were no losers in the Carolina
Clemson football game ticket lot
tery Monday when, despite some
confusion, seemingly every stu
dent who entered the ticket lottery
came out with that invaluable slip
of paper.
C ATr AVO 1 oIa
ries circulated
among the stu
dents waiting in
line, and some
were saying the
lottery system
had broken
down complete
ly and that the
distribution was
on a first-come,
first-served basis.
“I heard that everyone was get
ting a ticket,” said Julie Hartman,
a second-year nursing student.
And, despite confusion, Charlie
Davenport and Leigh Ann Green,
first-year business students,
reached the same conclusion. “It
seems like everyone’s getting
one,” Davenport said.
As she approached the ID scan
ner, Green wasn’t positive she
would receive a ticket but that she
was confident in her chances.
“I thought I would get one,” she
said. “But I wasn’t really sure. I
haven’t talked to a lot of people,
but most people I’ve talked to have
“I would see people
doing all kinds of things
to get in, people forging
tickets, people from
back home.”
MATT D'AMORE
THIRD-YEAR PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT
gotten tickets.”
Davenport said that the process
worked fairly well, but he was dis
appointed by the dearth of basket
ball tickets. “It seemed to run pret
ty smoothly,” he said, “but I didn’t
like the way they gave out the bas
ketball tickets at the same time as
the football lottery because, soon,
there weren’t any left.”
Matt D’Amore, a third-year
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student, said
the distribution
system’s out
come has im
proved drasti
cally from his
first year at
use.
“When I was
a freshman, it
was wild. He
said. “It was a wild chase. Some
people wouldn’t get tickets, and I
knew people who would pay $250
$500 for a ticket.
“I would see people doing all
kinds of things to get in, people
forging tickets, people from back
home.”
D’Amore said ticket forgery
wasn’t all that difficult. “All you
have to do is scan the image and
print it on the right kind of paper,”
he said.
This year, it appears that the
number of students who entered
themselves into the lottery be
tween Nov. 10 and 13 might have
actually fallen short of the num
ber of available tickets.
Consequently, beginning at 9
a.m. today, tickets will be issued
on a first-come, first-served ba
sis.
Student Body President Katie
Dreiling explained the situation.
“Basically, we do the lottery, and
almost everybody who enters
should get a ticket,” she said, “On
the last day, if anybody didn’t
come and get their ticket, the rest
are given away.” ^
Dreiling didn’t expect there to '■*
be many tickets left for students to
day. “For a big game like ciemson,
hardly any tickets will be left. It de
pends on how many people come
and get theirs today,” she said.
Dreiling said that leftover tick
ets were generally picked up
quickly.
“For away games, it happens a
lot because we don’t get as many
tickets, and people don’t realize
you have to pay for them,” she
said.
Voncil Jeffers, a part-time em
ployee of the athletics department,
predicted a good number would be
left for today.
“We told an awful lot of people
to come back at 9 tomorrow,” she j
said Tuesday. "
But, by about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday,
several piles of tickets were still
scattered about the desks of
Russell House room 205, and each
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