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formed with the Board
of Trustees. He said
that even' at last year’s
inauguration, he began to
form a relationship with
USC President Andrew
Sorensen.
Williams went on
to give an overview of
what SG accomplished
since last March,
beginning with the
Carolina Convoy, which
transported 50 students
to USC basketball games.
The cost was $50 and
included a gift bag, lunch
and a T-shirt.
Other accomplishments
mentioned were the State
of the Student Body
Address last semester,
SGTV, SG Quarterly
magazine and the
Congressional Advisory
Board, which will travel
to Washington, D.C., in
April. SG Quarterly and
SGTV are ways to keep
the students informed
on what Student
Government is doing for
them, Williams said.
Williams touched on
three incomplete parts
of his “Contract of
Carolina.”
Un implementing
a grade forgiveness
program, Williams said
the board, with the
approval of the Faculty
Senate, could allow the
program to start as soon
as next year.
Grade forgiveness
would give students a
second chance at a course
in which they earned a D
or F.
The abolishment of
the 16 credit-hour limit
and the creation of
the “Campus Roadside
Assistance Program”
were also mentioned.
The “Campus Roadside
Assistance Program” is
for students stranded
on campus with a dead
battery or a flat tire and
need assistance.
Student Life sponsors
the program, and a trial
run of the program will
begin this semester after
spring break.
At the end of the
presentation, Williams
said, “the dynasty
continues” with
President-elect Preston
and Vice President
Holt, who Williams said
would continue with
a “functional student
government.”
Williams’ final words
to the Board of Trustees
expressed gratitude to
Sorensen, Research Vice
President Harris Pastides,
Provost Mark Becker and
board members.
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Williams-Brice Stadium
will get three-quarters of
a million dollars to finance
an upper-deck elevator and
repaint part of the beams
that support the overhead
lights.
Sorensen’s presentation
touted the school’s rankings
and outlined a five-year
plan to increase the school’s
funding.
Sorensen said 12 USC
programs are ranked top
10 in the nation. Ten
other programs are ranked
between 11th and 30th
nationally.
Board member William
Hubbard said he thinks the
university is undervalued,
which might have USC “at a
disadvantage.” Hubbard also
said USC is too conservative
in evaluating its endowment
and that the board should
reopen endowment
standards.
The university’s current
endowment is $235 million,
which Sorensen said he
expects will reach $350
million by 2010.
Sorensen also said the
university is accepting more
freshmen in general, and
80 percent of next year’s
incoming class will be in
state students. Sorensen’s
five-year plan calls for steady
increases in the incoming
freshman class size, with
over 4,000 freshmen at USC
by 2010 — 77 percent of
them from in-state.
Sorensen also projected
his five-year financial plan
— he expects to raise
$90 million each year in
campaign capital to grow
sponsored research to $183
million by 2010.
Projected tuition increases
will be 9 percent next year
and 9.9 percent for the
following years, though
those figures are purely
speculative at this point.
The grade forgiveness
program proposed by the
SG executive council is in
the Academic Standards
Committee of the Faculty
Senate right now, but after
it leaves the Faculty Senate,
the Board’s Academic Affairs
Committee will review the
program.
In a presentation to
the board, outgoing SG
President Justin Williams
said that USC and
Vanderbilt are the only two
schools in the Southeastern
Conference without a
grade forgiveness program.
Moore said that the school
shouldn’t look to its athletic
competitors for academic
standards.
The Board voted to
amend Steve Spurrier’s
contract to allow for a
change in his incentive-based
compensation. Under the
new contract, Spurrier will
receive $25,000 for being
named SEC Coach of the
Year by coaches and $25,000
if he is named the Coach of
the Year by sportswriters,
instead of receiving $50,000
for being named Coach of
the Year by coaches.
This amendment was
retroactively applied to the
2005 football season.
Sorensen showed a
video of the Carolina
Plaza implosion earlier this
month.
“I had more fun pushing
that button than any button
I’ve pushed in my life,” he
said.
The university raised
several thousand dollars
from pedple paying to have
artifacts in the building
when it imploded, Research
Vice President Harris
Pastides said.
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MONDAY, FEB. 20
Larceny of clothes,
8 p.m.
South Tower,
614 Bull St.
The complainant, 20,
said someone removed
one sweater, a pair of
capris and a pair of Old
Navy fleece pants from
her room.
Estimated value: $126
Reporting officer:
D. Davis
WEDNESDAY,
FEB. 22
Grand larceny of
a computer, 7:15 p.m.
438 Main St,
The complainant said
someone entered his
unsecured room and
stole a Gateway 7320G2
laptop and a Canon
Rebel 35mm camera.
Estimated value: $1,650
Reporting officer:
N. Peter
THURSDAY, FEB. 23
Assistance rendered,
z:io a.m.
147 S. Marion St.
The complainant,
21, was complaining
of chest pains. First
Responder and EMS
arrived and transported
her to Lexington Medical
Center for future
treatment.
Reporting officer:
N. Peter
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University Oaks residents
who could state that Setzler
was campaigning the night
before the election.
Elections Commissioner
Chris Gainey said he later
received phone calls from
College Suites residents
who presented evidence
that Setzler visited that
apartment complex as
well.
On Tuesday night the
commission found that,
according to Election Code
409.40, an “irregularity”
had taken place, and it was
“reasonably likely” that the
disturbance “significantly
impacted” the election
results. Setzler had won by
98 votes.
On Wednesday, Student
Life Director Jerry Brewer
signed the findings of the
commission to officially
reject the election results,
but he said this wasn’t
a poor reflection of the
process.
1 his doesn t necessarily
make this election a bad
one. Democracies are
sometimes a complicated
process, and most
importantly it’s a learning
process for those involved,”
Brewer said.
He recalled a time in the
early 1980s when a similar
event occurred, when the
then-editor-in-chief of
The Gamecock wrote an
editorial published the
day of the election urging
students to vote for him
as a write-in candidate.
Student Government threw
out the results of that
election under a provision
similar to 409.40, where
an unfair advantage was
obtained that impacted the
election.
Michael Selby, a
graduate international
studies student and leasing
manager for University
Oaks, said no charges
would be filed against
Setzler or the other two
students, but that there
would be a follow up on the
students who violated the
solicitation policy. Selby
said this meant contacting
the parties involved and
informing them of the
solicitation policy and
why they are not allowed |
to do so on University
Oaks property, but that it
would not involve placing
a restraining order on the
students.
We place such a high
value on the privacy and
happiness of our residents;
we take the solicitation
policy very seriously,”
Selby said.
Guest said she didn’t
call the election to put
the blame on anyone. “I
just want to have a fair
election,” she said.
In a statement to The (
Gamecock, Setzler said his
goal for the door-to-door
campaign “was to reach
out to these off-campus
residents, which (sic) are
often left out of campus
activities due to their
geographic location, and
let them know that they
have a voice in Student
Government.”
Setzler contends he won
fairly and said he would
work “just as hard to fairly
win this election.”
The election will begin
at 9 a.m. Monday and end
at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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