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CAROLINA B BRIEF Law school begins fundraising effort USC officials have launched a $65-million fundraising campaign to build a new law school. The campaign,: titled “A Place of Purpose ... A Place of Pride,” will be chaired by Columbia lawyers Steve Hamm and Mike Kelly. USC President Andrew Sorensen said funding for the new building is a top priority for the university. “It is exciting to experience the momentum of the campaign and anticipate its successful completion,” Sorensen said. “This new building will serve as a catalyst for important goals, including the recruitment of outstanding students and faculty as well as the achievement of becoming one of the top 50 law schools in this country.” THIS WEEK # USC TODAY Talent Show: 7 p.m., Russell House Theater . TUESDAY Tony Roebuck DMA Trumpet Recital: 7:30 p.m.. School of Music 206 SG Elections: Mandatory Candidates' Meeting: 5:10 p.m., Russell House 322 Carolina Unity Week Concert: 7-11 p.m., Russell House Ballroom ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Sweet. --*- , —_ ■ USC’S TOP MODEL Nick Esares / THE GAMECOCK A three-dimensional model of plans to expand the Thomas Cooper Library is available for viewing in the building’s mezzanine. State Panel to decide on evolution criticism Whether South Carolina high school students should be encouraged to question the theory of evolution will be the focus of a meeting of the state’s education reform panel today. The discussion is not about inserting intelligent design into the state’s biology curriculum, the lawmaker who started the debate insists. “The issue is ... whether or not to have critical analysis injected into the curriculufn,” said Sen. Mike Fair, R-Greenville, a member of the Education Oversight Committee. But some scientists and educators are calling it an “anti-evolution” effort. Nation Jury recommends life for ex-grad student CLEVELAND — On Sunday a jury recommended life in prison without parole for a former graduate student who killed another student and wounded two others during a seven-hour siege inside Case Western Reserve University’s business school. Biswanath Haider was convicted last month of killing Norman Wallace during the 2003 shooting spree and standoff. He could have received the death penalty, but the jury rejected the ultimate sentence during two days of deliberations. Judge Peggy Foley Jones, who must formally decide Haider’s fate, put off sentencing until Feb. 17. World First Indian president takes office in Bolivia LA PAZ, Bolivia — Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indian president, took office on Sunday with a promise to lift his nation’s struggling indigenous majority out of centuries of poverty and discrimination. The 46-year-old son of a peasant farmer,. Morales vowed that his socialist government would reshape Bolivia. He criticized ffee-market economic prescriptions supported by the U.S., saying they had failed to end chronic poverty. “The neoliberal economic model has run out,” said Morales, an Aymara Indian. HJIRGLGSS • COnTIRUGD PROfR I wireless access indoors — in residence halls, classrooms, and building lobbies. Access is available in the first and main floor of all resident halls, as well as in Coliseum classrooms, the Russell House, the Thomas Cooper Library, the Law Center and the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center. South said students should take advantage of the wireless capabilities on campus because it is funded through the technology fund paid for by tuition. To get access, students will need a Wireless SSID, a code to configure their wireless card. Students then have to log in to the Cisco CleanAccess program, which maintains network access for desktops and then download and log in to the Cisco VPN Client. Sessions at* the iCARE Center are available for those who need help configuring wireless, and instructions are .posted on the USC Wireless Web site at http://www.uts. sc.edu/wireless. The iCARE center also helps to get rid of any viruses that students may have on their computers. It’s located at 1244 Blossom St. in the Computer Services building. “You can bring in your laptop and power cord, sit down with a technician and learn a little about your computer,” South said. The university has no plans to make rooms wireless since there is wired access, although students have requested to have wireless in their dorm rooms. The only residence hall that is completely wireless is West Quad. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu CAFE • EOnTinilED FROIAI from Sodexho and $100,000 from USC), Zeigler said that it made sense to spend an extra $1 million and create a “much better level and quality of service to that area of campus.” . The money came from leftover funds from renovations of other dining facilities. With an aim to provide a place for students and faculty to enjoy high quality lunch foods, the restaurant will serve healthy, fresh salads, soups, sandwiches, pasta and meat dishes. Zeigler said the restaurant’s iced tea, campus’ most popular beverage, will be a key element. “We want to do tea right.” She is working to finalize menu items, and said she welcomes feedback from students about what flavors of tea they want to see at the restaurant. She also wants feedback from students about a name for the restaurant — her current choice is “The Colloquium.” “It sounds academic and it’s what we want people to do there — sit and talk,” Zeigler said of why she chose the name. The restaurant will probably not accept the meal plan or bonus bucks, but will take CarolinaCash, Dining Dollars and cash or credit. Prices for an average meal could range from $6.50-$7, Zeigler said, a price she says compares to what lunch at an off-campus restaurant would cost. Initially the Sidewalk Cafe will remain open, with its food choices and price point staying the same. The university will decide after several months if there is enough demand to keep both dining facilities open. “The SidewaJ^c Cafe Weather Forecast TODAY High 68 Loui 41 High 61 Loui 31 High 65 Loui 34 High S9 Loui 39 High 63 Low Hi CRIME REPORT THURSDAY, JAN. 19 Grand Larceny, 1:45 p.m. Thomweil College, 1420 Pendleton Street Thevicdmsaidsomeone entered her unlocked room and removed her Dell Inspiron 600M laptop computer. Estimated value: $1,200 Reporting Officer: J. Dupre Non-Suspicious Fire, 10:4$ p.m. Columbia Mali Meter Lot, 918 Barnwell Street The complainant said someone started a fire in a trash can, but the fire was extinguished when the ^ reporting officer arrived. The fire did not appear to be set intentionally. Estimated value: $25 Reporting Officer: C. Taylor bill • commie mom i issue at Clemson because, as a University of South Carolina alumni, he feels more comfortable addressing the issue here. Out-of-state students make sizeable contributions to USC. Not only does it boost the average SAT score, but the university also benefits from higher tuition rates with out-of state students. However, Rep. McGee is challenging USC’s mission. i Along with other citizens of Florence, McGee is supporting that the mission of the university is to educate South Carolinians first. As a fourth-year Honors College student at USC and a South Carolina resident, Rebecca Spencer has mixed feelings about the bill. “Having out-of state students and higher SAT scores pushes S.C. high school students to strive to achieve more in order to meet admissions standards at the university,” said Rebecca Spencer. “Growing up in South Carolina and staying in college here at a Southern school prevents you from gaining new perspectives because it is all the same to you; therefore, out of-state students provide the necessary exchange of regional differences and values,” Spencer said. “As an in-state public school, the university should always remain majority in-state students, but it should not limit itself.” I he issue or increasing the in-state enrollment at USC-Columbia did not sit well with the USC Board of Trustees; however, the issue may be revisited in the future. At this time, the board is not willing to raise the number of in-state freshmen; the board affects USC admissions because it decides the number of out of-state students admitted each fall. With an increasingly growing number of frustrated parents and phone calls about an average SAT score that’s too hard to reach, some lawmakers are finding the issue hard to ignore. USC’s mission statement provides the source of conflict for the proposed bill. USC is committed to becoming one of the finest universities in the United States, but the mission also states that USC Columbia recognizes its historic responsibility to provide South Carolinians a university as good as any in the nation. The USC mission statement recognizes the university as a selective institution, seeking inquisitive students with academic ability; however, it also recognizes its g central mission to advance ^ knowledge and enrich our cultural heritage. “The bottom line is that the most qualified students should be accepted, but a majority of the student body should continue to be in-state,” said Megan Kraft, a fourth-year psychology student from Michigan. “At Michigan State and the University of Michigan, it can be difficult to get in because they are prestigious institutions and the admissions process is very competitive,” Megan PP said. “I feel as though our school is reaching that point where we will not have to recruit out-of-state students as actively because we have developed such highly acclaimed academic programs.” The bill was hied on November 16 and has been given one reading in the House. The bill, co sponsored by Reps. John Altman, R-Charleston, and G. Murrell Smith, R Sumter, has been referred to the Committee on Education and Public Works, where it has not been greeted with open arms. Rep. McGee said the committee is already against it, but he continues to say that some limit must be set. The bill will go into affect if it is passed by the General Assembly and signed by Gov. Mark Sanford. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu is convenient to get a sandwich to go, but (the new restaurant) has a higher grade and quality of menu,” Zeigler said. “There are two clear choices.” And for those worried about noisy construction interrupting their classes this semester, the university thought ahead and devised a plan with the construction company to reduce excessive noise in the area. Most of the noisy construction will take place in the early stages of building , md the contractor has agreed :o work on the weekends so^^ classes are not interrupted.^^ Construction teams will also vork in the early morning, Defore classes start, Zeigler said. “Unfortunately, noise s just a side effect of xmstruction, but we will io everything we can to minimize it.” Construction is expected :o take seven months. Comments on this story? E-mail ramecockyews@gwm.sc.edu .