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TeacherReviews.
Web site shuts down
Founder pulls
plug on popular
page after threats
BY Z’ANNE COVELL
TIIK GAMECOCK
TeacherReviews.com, a free
Web site started in 1999 that al
lows students from universities
across the country to share their
opinions of professors, was shut
down last Monday after a profes
sor threatened to sue the site’s
founder because of an inappro
priate review.
According to founder Dylan
• Greene, the’professor’s com
plaints were understandable.
“He was justified, because the
things said were inappropriate
for any setting — true or not,”
Greene said.
Greene said he believes he
could have won the lawsuit, but
be did not want the complica
tions.
“I don't have the money for a
lawyer or the time because I have
a full-time job outside of Teacher
Reviews,” Greene said. “It would
be too much of a hassle, and I
didn’t think it was necessary.”
To avoid the lawsuit, Greene
decided to shut down the site un
til changes caq be made to pre
vent complaints.
“There needs to be changes
made to the site
so the reviews
can be more
trustworthy and
professors don’t
have these is
sues,” Greene
said. “Only a
very small nurfl
ber of professors
do have these
problems, but I
want that number to be none.
Greene said the changes would
include the ability for any user to
remove a review that he finds in
appropriate and the ability for
professors to delete reviews about
themselves and even remove
themselves from the system en
tirely.
Greene also wants professors
to receive an e-mail notification
when a new review is posted
about them and separation be
tween a professor’s recent re
views and older ones.
According to Greene, the site
will be back up as soon as these
changes are
made.
Greene an
ticipates the
changes will
take two to
four weeks
to complete,
depending
on his in
come.
Greene must
tuna the changes with his own
money and with the help of dona
tions. Students and professors in
terested in donating to
TeacherReviews.com can visit a
link on Greene’s Web site.
Greene said he hopes the
“This site is designed to
help students get the
best education possible
and the most for their
money.”
DYLAN GREENE
TEACHERREVIEWS.COM FOUNDER
changes will eliminate professors’
concerns, because the site was
never intended to be offensive.
“The reason I started the site
was because I had a really good
professor that I wanted other stu
dents to know about,” Greene
said. “This site is designed to help
students get the best education
possible and the most for their
money.”
Greene said the Web site also
aids professors in educating stu
dents.
“The professors like the feed
back because it helps them be
come a better professor, and when
a professor gets good ratings, it
can be a great ego booster.”
Student Government support
ed TeacherReviews.com earlier
this year during a promotion of
online services available for stu
dents.
“We support it because USC
doesn't have their own system for
students to view professor rat
♦ TEACHER REVIEW, SEE PAGE 3
BellSouth to remove
campus pay phones
after low revenues
BY JULIE LEDBETTER
THK (iAMKCOCK
BellSouth will no longer sup
port campus pay phones because
they are not generating enough
revenue.
David Jones, head of commu
nications at Computer Services,
said that while pay phones might
have been useful in the past, stu
dents no longer have a need for
them.
“Now if you look around cam
pus, probably a high percentage
of the students have a cell phone
with them,” he said. “So there is
no real need for them to go up to a
pay phone and use it.”
BellSouth has already begun
the process of removing pay
phones from campus. “They mon
itor the revenue of the pay
phones by number and, at ran
dom, they are removing pay
phones that aren’t generating
enough revenue,” Jones said.
They have already removed
some pay phones, and there is no
schedule for the removal of the
rest. “You may walk by a location
on campus that has a pay phone
today, and go by there Monday
morning and its gone,” he said.
PHOTO BY MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK
Only one pay phone remains in Capstone, as removal begins.
Some venues have requested
that pay phones be reinstalled at
their previous locations such as
larger venues like the Coliseum
and Longstreet Theatre.
After a venue has requested a
pay phone be installed, Sprint has
agreed to replace the removed
pay phone.
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Treasurer candidate works from experience
PHOTO BY MORGAN FORO/THE GAMECOCI
Kenyatta Frazier, left, stops to talk with of his fraternity brothei
Trey Simpkins. Frazier is running for SG treasurer.
BY CARRIE GOODIN
THBCAMEGOCK
Kenyatta Frazier’s got a prob
lem.
“I never want to say no,” he
said. “I just want to give, give,
give.”
But his inability to turn peo
ple away might just make him a
prime candidate for Student
Government treasurer when
elections begin Feb. 23.
Frazier said he mainly wants
to focus on SG’s finance commit
tee. The primary purpose of the
committee is to vote on student
organizations’ financial propos
als and decide who gets money
and how much money they get.
The proposals are then sent to the
senate and voted on again.
Because the finance committee
chair is normally filled by one of
the senators, there is always one
senator who can’t vote. Frazier
said he has a solution to this
problem.
“I’d like to see the treasurer
as the chairman of the finance
committee so that every senator
; would be free to have his vote on
♦ FRAZIER SEE PAGE 3
Sestions
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES
What is in your CD player
right now?
Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory
What’s the last book you
read?
A book from the “Left Behind"
series
What’s your favorite place to
eat in Columbia?
Grilled Teriyaki in Five Points
Who is your hero?
Frederick Douglass
What’s the best class you’ve
taken at USC?
History 415, the history of
Black Americans
Kentucky heartbreaker •
PHOTO BY MATT GOINS/THE KERNEL
Forward Erik Daniels goes to the hoop against USC In the
Wildcats’ 65-64 win over the Gamecocks Saturday.
Pilot program offers
chance to fly for less
Be A Pilot helps
students register
for certificates
for flight lessons
BY JESSICA FOSTER
THE (JAMEOOCK
Sitting in class, listening to the
monotonous drone of an unenthu
siastic professor, students can
sohietimes find themselves in a
daze with their heads in the
clouds.
Through the Be
A Pilot program,
students can actu
ally have their
heads in the
clouds.
Be A Pilot lets
students register
for a certificate to take an intro
ductory flight lesson for $49, about
half the cost of a typical flying les
son.
The two-hour introductory
course is a “discovery flight” de
signed to familiarize students with
the basics of flying a single-engine
airplane, said Mike Costello, flight
instructor and owner of Horizon
Aeronautics. From day one, stu
dents get to taxi to the runway,
pull back on the controls to take
off and fly at more than 2,500 feet.
The certificate can be taken to
any of the 2,000 participating flight
schools nationwide. CASA of SC,
Horizon Aeronautics and
Midlands Aviation are the three
participating flight schools in
Columbia.
The first lesson aims to help stu
dents get comfortable with-flying
and realize it is safe and that peo
ple do it every day, Costello said.
Training requires 30 flight
hours for a recreational pilot cer
tificate and 40 hours for a private
pilot certificate. Many opt for ad
ditional instruction. The national
average is 65 hours for a private
Certificate.
The cost of lessons after the in
troductory lesson varies by re
gion, program and the student’s
ability. Costello said dual instruc
tion is $93 per
lesson and su
pervised in
struction is $67
per lesson at
Horizon.
Twenty hours
of each are re
quired to get a private pilot cer
tificate.
Scholarships are also available
through organizations such as the
Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association, the National
Coalition for Aviation Education
and the Student Pilot Network.
There are several options for
someone with a private pilot li
cense.
Corporate flight operations,
charter and air taxis, business fly
ing and public service flying are
just a few of the career options for
pilots.
But even those who don’t plan
♦ PILOT, SEE PAGE 3
“It gives you a break
from the world.”
CALEB BARR
SECOND-YEAR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS
TAKING FLYING LESSONS
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