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www.dailygamecock.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2004 vSS INSIDE VIEWPOINTS Government funded bombings Why are only certain acts considered terrorism? PAGE 5 THE MIX One isn’t such a lonely number Badly Drawn Boy’s “One Plus One is One” deserves attention. PAGE 6 SPORTS Second life for a Cardiac Cat Carolina Panther Jake Delhomme feels more comfortable in his second full season as starter. PAGE 9 INDEX Comics and Crossword 8 Classifieds 11 Horoscopes 8 Online Poll 5 USC parking still an issue BY JON TURNER THE GAMECOCK A new garage across from East Quad will mean more parking spots next August, but this year students will have to do without the gravel lot on Bull Street as construction con tinues. Even so, Derrick Huggins, deputy direc tor of Vehicle Management and Parking Services, said there shouldn’t be more of a problem than last year. “It’ll be about the same,” he said of the parking situation on campus. “We’ve got another thousand spaces coming in August.” Although the new parking garage across from the East Quad is built on an old gravel lot, Huggins said he hopes more students will look to alternative means of transportation. “Of course, we try to encourage people to use the shuttles,” he said. “Five thousand peo ple used the shuttle system last year and we hope to improve that. ” Last year, the shuttles were subject to more than $100,000 worth of upgrades, in cluding $30,000 from the Student Government budget surplus. The new up grades will allow students to check the loca tions of individual shuttles on their cell phones, palm pilots or laptops. Like many students, Mark Foil, a second year motor development student, said he’s had trouble finding parking in the past. “It causes lots of problems,” he said. “As far as I can tell, it’s luck of the draw,” he said. “I’ve been a student for going on three years and am just now getting a park ing spot that I want. I’ve known several fresh men, including out-of-state students, get spaces instead of me. Parking means commuter students have ♦ PARKING, SEE PAGE 3 A DJ’s dilemma PHOTO BY MELISSA WALLACE/THE GAMECOCK DJ Jordan Blackmon searches for music for his Monday night show at WUSC. Becker named as new provost BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA THE GAMECOCK USC President Andrew Sorensen appointed Mark Becker, dean of the school of pub lic health at the University of Minnesota, as provost and exec utive vice president for academic affairs. Becker will take over as provost Sept. 1. “Mark Becker is a highly re spected leader in the fields of pub lic health and higher education,” Sorensen said in a news release. “I am confident that, with his experi ence in the class room, in the re search laboratory and in administra tion, he will be a strong, respected ltjauei iui uui iciuui ty and a valued Becker member of my ad ministrative team.” The decision came after former Provost Jerry Odom, who served in that position since 1997, retired from administrative duties last spring to resume teaching chemistry at USC. At Minnesota, Becker also served as assistant vice president of Public Health, Preparedness and Emergency Response, as well as a professor of biostatistics. Becker served as a professor and dean at the University of Michigan before working at the University of Minnesota. He has authored sev ered articles and worked as an in vestigator for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Becker said in June that he an ticipates the budget model will be his biggest challenge as provost. He said he supports budgeting based on activity to create an “in formation-rich environment.” Becker was selected over Uday Sukhatme, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Robert Blocker, the Lucy and Henry Moses Dean of Music at Yale University, for the position. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu