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Turnon • connnuGD fRom i decision,” he said. McKinney said that if the General Assembly did pass a tuition cap, the university would try to ensure that the cap was not “punitive” to USC or the other state colleges. While at first the cap seems like a logical solution, the repercussions would be far-reaching, and students would likely still pay more for their education, SG Vice President Ryan Holt said. According to Holt, a tuition cap would force the university to raise student fees to make up for lost funding. He said that instead of capping tuition, the state should fund its public universities. Gov. Sanford said that South Carolina has the highest in-state tuition rates in the Southeast and is rated among the top five in the entire nation. He named North Carolina and Georgia as two states who have lower in-state tuitions, but Preston said those state’s schools can afford to have low tuition costs because they are well . funded by their states, r Hughes said that less than 30 percent of USC’s budget comes from the state. In his State of the State speech, Sanford said that public universities should begin branching out and seeking more private funding. McKinney said that the cap is something the university “will be following closely” in its progress through the legislative system. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu k — ■ i ■ ..... DEMI • COflTinUED FROfTl I said efficiently designed chemical process unit operations equipment is the key to achieving these objectives. Ely is addressing this in a six-student research group that employs applied theory and computer simulation to develop improved engineering models. The group also researches the equilibrium and non equilibrium properties of molecular fluids and asymmetric fluid mixtures and other objectives. Before becoming a professor at CSM, Ely worked at NIST as the associate director of the chemical science and technology laboratory and group leader of the theory of fluids group at various points in his career. CSM professor Tom McKinnon said Ely is an excellent candidate for the deanship for various reasons. “He’s got very impressive management . skills,” McKinnon said. “He’s good at building concern for his objectives. He’s able to articulate very well the department’s needs.” McKinnon also said Ely is a “very personable man” and said CSM will be “very sad to see him go,” if he receives the position. Ely has received many honors during his professional career. In 2004, he was one of two professors to receive an Erskine fellowship in the field of chemical and process engineering from the University of Canterbury. Erskine fellows travel to the New Zealand university and lecture to students for one to three months. He was also awarded a silver medal for meritorious federal service from the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1986. His work in developing predictive models for the thermophysical properties of fluids earned him this citation. Ely is currently head of 36 faculty and staff members at CSM. If he receives the deanship, he will supervise 100 faculty members and 1300 undergraduate students. The other candidates include Michael D. Amiridis, professor and chairman of USC’s chemical engineering department, and Christine W. Curtis, a chemical engineering professor at Auburn University. USC will be interviewing Curtis Feb. 1-2. Amiridis will be interviewed Feb. 6 7. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews @gwm. sc. edu PORn • CORTIRUGDPROmi ‘The most important thing someone can get from this is help and direction,” Curry said. “Getting people resources and connecting them to recovery groups is the most important part of this event.” To achieve that goal, students attending PornSunday received an anonymous questionnaire inviting them to sign up for a mailing list and provide feedback on their experience at PornSunday. The presentation presented facts and revealed an issue most students knew little about. “[The experience] brought to the light something that was hidden in the darkness in everyday life,” Knott said. For further research, Curry pointed students to xxxchurch.com, which provides access to groups, facts and resources for battling porn addiction. One of those resources he highlighted was x3watch. com, a free program developed by xxxchurch. com to place accountability and transparency on a personal battle with pom. The program monitors Web sites visited on a user’s computer and every month emails a list of questionable sites to someone of the user’s choice. X3watch.com and other resources are available to interested students at the Web site, and other local organizations are available to talk with interested students, as well. First Presbyterian Counseling Center was on hand at the event as were other individuals offering help with porn addiction. Students can seek local help through the ministry or counselors, as well as a mailing list of information available from Curry. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockneu>s@gwm. sc. edu scum • conTinucDFRomi „ “It’s sad that people have to resort to such crazy schemes to make money,” said Rebecca Whitehouse, a first-year retailing student. “Why would they try this on a college campus? We’re all poor,” she said. Comments on this story? 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