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The University of South Carolina Monday, January 23, 2006 Vol. 99, No. 53 • Since 1908
House bill would change admissions
Legislation
would require
USCs incoming
freshman class
to be 80 percent
in-state students
dlorgan Harris
THE GAMECOCK
The mission of USC is
in question following the
proposal of new legislation
by Rep. Jim McGee, R
Florence. The issue of
building prestige versus
admitting more South
Carolina students has been
raised in House bill 4320.
The bill reads that
beginning with the fall 2006
semester at the University of
South Carolina-Columbia,
the school must admit at
least 4,000 entering first
year, full-time freshmen,
eighty percent or more of
whom must qualify for in
state tuition.
“It is important to
realize regarding out-of
state admissions that when
looking at all eight campuses,
they are all at less than 20
percent out-of-state,” said
Russ McKinney, USC’s
communications director.
“At the main campus in
Columbia, the number of
out-of-state students is
higher at 30 percent.”
Of the 3,734 new
freshmen who enrolled at
the University of South
Carolina-Columbia in
the fall of 2005, only
65.35 percent were South
Carolina residents. In fact,
ever since the fall of 2001,
the university has been on a
steady decline in admitting
in-state students. The fall
of 2001 brought in 78.4
percent in-state students,
followed by 77.2 percent in
2002, 74.8 percent in 2003
and 71.2 percent in 2004.
Clemson University,
USC’s largest in-state rival
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for student recruitment, has
a lower percentage of in
state students, but not 4)y
much. Clemson’s standard
ratio is 65 percent in-state
versus 35 percent out-of
state.
According to the
Florence Morning News,
Rep. McGee did not feel
comfortable addressing the
BILL • 2
A Brother
Katy Blalock / THE GAMECOCK
From left, Sam Masone, Hunter Williams, Sid Mullins and Grayson Mullins sit outside the Sigma Chi
fraternity house. They all helped organize a benefit concert for fellow fraternity member Adam Gorlitsky .
Through charity, fraternity, friends helping paralyzed student
Dicole Cokuell
THE GAMECOCK
An outpouring of support
for a student paralyzed
f from a car accident culminates
Tuesday in a benefit concert in the
Vista sponsored by the student’s
fraternity.
Second-year marketing student
Adam Gorlitsky was driving to see
his family just around 9 p.m. on
Dec. 30 when he fell asleep on I
26 and veered into the median.
Gorlitsky’s Chevrolet Tahoe was
totaled, and he was launched into
the backseat. A young couple pulled
over and called for help.
He was rushed to the Medical
University of South Carolina in
Charleston, where he has remained
for three weeks in the Neuro
Intensive Care Unit.
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Over the past few weeks,
Gorlitsky has been coping with this
unexpected life change, but with
an optimistic eye to the future.
“The nurses and doctors say that
he is their favorite patient. He is
so cooperative and has such a great
attitude,” said Gorlitsky’s high
school friend, Jamie Bradford.
After intensive surgery at MUSC,
Gorlitsky is headed Monday to the
Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Ga.,
one of the foremost spinal centers
in the nation. He will then begin
an 8- to 12-week rehabilitation
program designed to help him
become fully independent and work
through his injury.
“Adam has such determination
to overcome his injury,” Bradford
says. “During visiting hours in the
hospital the other evening, Adam
pointed to a pencil and paper, not
being physically capable of speaking
to express himself. I handed it to
him, and he wrote with conviction,
‘I will walk again.’ “
Bradford has created a Facebook
group titled “I Support Adam.” The
group serves as a support system for
his friends, where Bradford posts
daily updates on Adam’s recovery.
There is also a section with Adam’s
home address, where his family is
gathering cards, pictures and letters
full of memories and inside jokes
to share with Adam throughout his
recovery.
“After seeing the car,” Adam’s
father, Dr. Stan Gorlitsky, said,
“we were shocked that he was still
alive.”
Adam’s father depicts him as a
guy that “has always had everything
siemncHi • 3
Dean candidate
bolstered UMass
engineer program
First of four prospective college heads
would assist at Innovistd research campus
Jachie Alexander
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
The search for a new dean
of the College of Engineering
and Information Technology
picks up speed Monday as
the first candidate interviews
begin.
Seshu Desu, head of the
University of Massachusetts’
electrical and computer
engineering department,
will speak with USC faculty
and administrators Monday
evening as one of four
selected finalists for the
position.
The chosen candidate
will influence the college
greatly, managing several
new projects that affect the
college’s competitiveness.
The Centenary Plan will
add 100 new research
faculty members in the
next three years. This
plan will hopefully solidify
USC’s position as a leading
institution in energy and
fuel cells, nanotechnology,
environment and health
sciences.
The new dean will also be
involved with the Faculty
Excellence Initiative,
which will add another
150 new tenured faculty to
replace 350 retiring faculty
members. Through the
oenn • 3
Great outdoors now wireless,
says USC information officer
Albany Gault
THE GAMECOCK
Students can now log on to
the Internet from anywhere
outside on campus, as the
outdoor phase of building
a campus-wide wireless
network was completed last
week.
More antennas have
been placed on the roofs
of university buildings to
provide signals for outdoor
computers below, but there
still are some dead zones.
“Not every single nook
and comer is ‘hot,’ but
wireless access really is
campus-wide now,” said
Kimberly South, public
information coordinator
for University Technology
Services.
The focus for South’s
department now focuses on
WIRELESS • 2
Nick Bam / THE GAMECOCK
A model of the restaurant to be built between Gambrell
and humanities buildings is on display in the library.
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Construction begins on Gambrell-area restaurant
Jess Davis
STAFF WRITER
Construction on a $1.5
million campus restaurant
near the Humanities and
Gambrell buildings has
begun and is expected
to open for the fall 2006
semester, a university official
said.
A new restaurant is being
P built in the Humanities
building pavilion. The area,
once a reflecting pool, will
be brought up to ground
level and a 5,000-square
foot restaurant will be built.
The unnamed restaurant
will serve upscale breakfast
and lunch foods and will
be open in the afternoon
serving coffee and desserts,
said USC business director
Helen Zeigler.
Zeigler has worked with
Sodexho to develop a
building that will maintain
the pavilion’s feeling of
openness, she said. The
inspiration for the restaurant
came from an Atlanta
restaurant, La Petite Bistro.
Along with indoor
and outdoor seating, the
restaurant will have a loft
area — one side will be a
reserved room available for
groups and the other will be
a “cyber cafe,” Zeigler said.
Much of the building will be
glass to preserve the open
feeling of the area.
The idea for a new eatery
came after a 2004 look into
renovating the Sidewalk
Cafe revealed structural
problems that prevented
its expansion within the
Humanities building.
Zeigler said the university
realized if it invested in
renovations of the Sidewalk
Cafe the end result would
be similar to the original.
With half a million already
invested in renovating the
Sidewalk Cafe ($400,000
core • 2
Viewpoints
Jennifer Silverman
talks about hypocrisy in
the world today; Valene
Sims waxes on about the
benefits of being a member
of the iPod cult. f
The Mix
Awfully awesome
In the first part of
a regular series,
Jeremy Turnage
discusses the Web site
somfthingawfiul. com.
Barely beaten
at Rupp Arena
USC’s men’s
basketball team lost
a heartbreaker to
Kentucky. *
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Comics & Crossword..7
Classifieds.;.10
Horoscopes.7
Opinion.4
Police Report..2
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