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USC athletes go
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Several Gamecocks are
competing for spots on
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Comics and Crossword 8
Classifieds 11
Horoscopes 8
Online Poll 5
Quote of the Day 6
Law school raises tuition
BY ANNA HUNTLEY
THE GAMECOCK
The USC School of Law was
ranked 82nd among the nation’s law
schools by U.S. flews and World
Report but could be headed for a no.
1 ranking for the highest cost among
the nation’s state law schools. USC’s
law school will experience a 10 per
cent increase in tuition this coming
fall, a $642 dollar increase per se
mester, placing in-state attendance
costs at $14,188 per year.
The USC School of Law now car
ries a price tag approximately dou
ble that of University of Georgia’s
law school, which was ranked 31st
in the nation. Furthermore, its tu
ition is greater than that of many of
the top-ranked law schools, includ
ing the University of California
Berkeley, the University of Texas
Austin, and the University of Iowa,
ranked 13th, 16th, and 23rd in the na
tion, respectively.
The USC Board of Trustees was
responsible for the decision to in
crease the tuition of the university’s
schools and programs. The tuition
increase will help to fund the 3 per
cent raise to which the entire
University faculty and staff are en
titled as state employees.
According to Dean Burnelle
Powell: “That (the rise in tuition) is
not unlike what’s going on across
the nation.”
Powell continued, “No matter
where they (law students) go, there
will have been, or will be, such a tu
ition adjustment.”
He claimed the revenues generat
ed from the tuition increase would
not only help to build and maintain a
more diverse and top-quality law
school faculty, but also help to fur
♦ TUITION, SEE PAGE 3
PHOTO BY MELISSA WALLACE/THE GAMECOCK
Students heading back to the USC School of Law will return to
find a 10 percent Increase in their tuition bills.
‘Greeced’ lightning
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
USC’s Lashlnda Demus qualified for the 400
meter hurdles next month In Athens.
USC to use GEM
for official e-mails
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
THE GAMECOCK
USC will rely exclusively on the
Gamecock E-mail system to deliv
er official e-mail messages to stu
dents beginning in August, a
move intended to make commu
nication of important information
easier and more reliable.
Before, the university sent e
mails to the address provided by
students in the directory. But that
system was a nightmare to man
age and kept many students in the
dark about information like reg
istration appointment dates, said
Barbara Blaney, university regis
trar.
“It got worse and worse and
worse,” Blaney said of the old sys
tem. “It was just turning out to be
totally unreliable.”
As a result, USC will no longer
e-mail messages to students using
popular services like Hotmail or
Yahoo. Students must check their
GEM accounts for warnings of im
pending registration cancellation
and registration appointment
dates, as well as other important
announcements. Blaney said it’s
up to students whether they for
ward messages from their GEM
inboxes to other accounts.
♦ GEM, SEE PAGE 2