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♦THE MIX
In living color
Maria Charles rakes up
the science behind fall
leaf color.
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♦THE MIX
•‘Friday Night
Lights’ shines
Leslie Dennis gets
bowled over by latest
football flick.
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♦ SPORTS
Gamecocks
avoid scare
Despite three fumbles
and two interceptions,
USC beats Kentucky on
the road, 12-7.
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WEATHER
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Low 65
♦TUESDAY
High 83
Low 64
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INDEX
Comics and Crossword.6
Classifieds.9
Horoscopes.6
Letters to the Editor.4
Online Poll.f.4
Police Report.2
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Arts and Sciences waits
for dean to start merger
Last October, some students viewed the
merger as an obstacle because of a rivalry
that existed between the two schools.
“I don’t think it will be a problem,”
said Mu Wang, a first-year graduate
student in the College of Science and
Mathematics. “It will mainly seem to
change things at the administrative level
rather than the student level.”
The search committee for the new
dean submitted four finalists for
consideration to USC President Andrew
Sorensen and Provost Mark Becker on
Oct. 8: Mary Ann Fitzpatrick, deputy
dean of the College of Letters and Science
at the University of Wisconsin; Joseph
Glover, associate provost for academic
affairs at the University of Florida; John
Skvoretz, interim dean of USC’s College
of Liberal Arts and Carolina
Distinguished Professor of Sociology; and
Joseph C. Pitt, head of the philosophy
department at Virginia Tech.
By TAYLOR SMITH
STAFF WRITER
While the USC Board of Trustees
created the College of Arts and Sciences
last year, the new college is still missing a
dean, something USC spokesman Russ
McKinney said could be resolved “in days
rather than weeks.”
The new college, which is the merger of
the College of Liberal Arts and the College
of Science and Mathematics, will compose
40 percent of the USC student body. The
merger will be official after USC
administrators hire a dean, something
students and faculty members are
concerned about.
“I think it is very important that you
want someone who can speak to both the
arts and sciences, but can build a program
and as many ideas as possible,” said Bobby
Donaldson, a profe^or of history and
African-American studies.
Donaldson, who was on the search
committee said, “Most of the candidates
we have as finalists recognize that we are all
on the same page.”
The time table for the decision of a new
dean is unimportant to other students who
feel that as long as the right decision is
made, time is not an issue.
“With us being such a big football
school, look how much effort we put into
finding football coaches,” said Erika
Veletto, a fifth-year sociology student. “It
seems like that much effort should be put
into picking a dean.
According to Veletto, on of the main
issues with the new mega college is how
much student relations will change
between students and administrators
within the school.
“My main concern is what kind of
resources will be available for students to
♦ Please see DEAN, page 3
DEAN CANDIDATES
MARY ANNE !
FITZPATRICK
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Wisconsin. She is *dme~time
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supports her Keliett MkJ
Career University Fellowship.
affairs and undergraduate programs®**
for the college from 2002-03.
Skvorelz has published more than
70 articles, book chapters and
papers and has edited three books.
JOSEPH
GLOVER
Joined tne
University of
Florida in 1982
as an assistant
professor and
JOSEPH C.
PITT
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department at the g
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University. • °
qsnckty mewed up, serving as
professor and chairman of
the mathematics department
and associate dean for faculty
affairs the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences before
becoming associate provost
for academic affairs in 2001,
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2004 SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
MIC SMITH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Senate candidates Republican Jim DeMint, left, and Democrat Inez Tenenbaum, center, hold a debate at the College of Charleston in Charleston on Oct. 3.
Candidates to face off in fourth debate
By GABRIELLE SINCLAIR
THE GAMECOCK
The fourth debate between S.C.
Senate candidates Jim DeMint and Inez
Tenenbaum begins tonight at 7 on WIS,
and USC students will be outside to
show support. 4
Candidates are urging more students
to get involved in the senatorial race.
Grassroots rallies will start about 5
p.m. outside WIS studios on Getvais and
Bull streets.
Tenenbaum has attacked DeMint’s
views on out-sourcing jobs and his plans
for tax policy. DeMint has charged
Tenenbaum with being too liberal.
The candidates are vying to replace
retiring Democratic Sen. Ernest “Fritz”
Hollings, who has held the seat since 1966.
Tenenbaum trails the Greenville
congressman in recent polls, despite
comments from DeMint saying gays and
single pregnant women shouldn’t teach in
public schools. DeMint has since
apologized for his remarks.
Spokeswoman Kay Packett said
Tenenbaum, who has campaigned as a
moderate Democrat, was the right choice
for college students.
“We have a choice between someone
who is willing to put South Carolina first,
stand up on trade and someone who has
put his party and ideology ahead of
South Carolina’s needs,” Packett said.
Packett slammed DeMint’s plan to
replace the IRS with an estimated 23
percent national sales tax.
“Students will go from paying
virtually no tax since they have no
income ... to paying 23 percent for every
single thing they buy.”
Young Democrats President Katie Day
said she is working to bring Tenenbaum to
campus. DeMint recently spoke at the
Russell House.
Day said key issues in the debate would
be job out-sourcing and the rising cost of
tuition for college students, along with the
candidates’ clashing views on abortion.
She said some local politicians would
speak in upcoming weeks, but that
volunteering has been mostly with
outside campaigns.
“We’re the liaison between campaigns
and students to get them involved. Most
of us are so consumed with campaign that
our group functions are to have politicians
speak and a registration table” for absentee
voters, Day said.
College Republicans co-chairman
Randy Dargan said the race is the most
important in South Carolina.
“Whoever wins this will be in the Senate
for a long time,” he said. “South Carolina
has a record of electing incumbents. It’s also
an opportunity for the Republicans in this
state to pick up another seat that they
♦ Please see DEBATE, page 3
Cocky defends title in mascot tourney
By STEVEN VAN HAREN
THE GAMECOCK
Cocky is poised to defend his title as Capital One
Mascot of the Year as he and 11 other mascots garner
online votes in the now tournament-style competition.
Voting began last Monday at
www.capitalonebowl.com and will continue through
Dec. 26. The winner will be announced Jan. 1,2005,
during the Capital One Bowl on ABC.
While the contest still relies on online voting, this
year’s competition is arranged tournament-style.
Each week, the members of the Capital One All
America Mascot Team are divided into six pairs of
two mascots each, and voters make six picks, one for
each match-up. The mascot with the best win-loss
record at the end of the 11-week period will win the
online portion of the tournament.
Judges also help decide the winner in this year’s
modified scoring system. Online voting counts 50
percent, while a seven-judge panel’s ranking counts for
the rest, according to the Capital One Bowl Web site.
The judges will rank the mascots based on fen
♦ Please see COCKY, page'3
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK '
Cocky pumps up the crowd at the Homecoming parade on Oct. 8. Cocky is running for
Masdot of the year for 2004. To vote, visit www.capitakmebowl.com
Web site allows
students to set
textbook prices
By MARJORIE RIDDLE
THE GAMECOCK
A USC student is trying to make buying
textbooks easier by creating a Web site that
lets the students decide how much each
textbook should be worth.
Rodney Cephas, a fifth-year computer
information systems student, began
developing winwintextbooks.com in fall
2003.
“This is just something I wanted to do,”
Cephas said. “There is a problem with
textbooks at the University, and it doesn’t
seem that anyone wants to address it.”
Winwintextbooks.com allows students to
swap contact information so they can buy and
♦ Please see TEXTBOOKS, page 3
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