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The University of South Carolina Wednesday, March 15, 2006 ' Vol. 99, No. 72 • .Since 1908
Late-night
munchies?
Head to
• the GMP
Eatery to begin offering
breakfast foods Thursdays
from midnight to 4 a. m.
Justin Chapura
NEWS EDITOR
Students with the midnight
munchies can stop griping about
the distance to the nearest Waffle
louse.
The Grand Market Place will
now be open Thursdays from
midnight until 4 a.m. for students
who need satisfaction for those
late-night cravings.
The GMP will serve breakfast
style foods such as pancakes and
waffles.
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said students can pay for their
foods with any form of money,
including CarolinaCash and
Bonus Bucks, but meal plans will
not be immediately accepted.
Spivey, a third-year finance
^^tudent, said he and several
^Pkudent Government members
had approached the university
about serving late-night food for
the convenience of students on
campus.
Spivey had consulted the SG
Executive Council and Senate
President Pro Tempore Chase
Stoudenmire.
“Tommy (Preston), Chase and I
went to dinner about three weeks
ago. Somehow, it came up that we
have all these people who want
something open 24 hours. We
thought Thursday night would be
a good night to do that,” Spivey
Why not have something like that
here?”
Mike Scheffres, Dining
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Student’s life
to be honored
on Horseshoe
There will be a memorial
service for Blayne Brown today
at 4 p.m. in the Rutledge Chapel
• on the Horseshoe. Those who
would like to help celebrate
and remember Brown’s life are
invited to attend.
Brown was a first-year sports
and entertainment student and
a member of the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity. A native
of Raleigh, N.C., Brown was
also a McKissick and Capstone
scholar. He was known for his
devotion to Christ, his love
for baseball and his captivating
personality.
Brown died in an automobile
accident March 3 in Florence
on his way to Raleigh for spring
break.
— Morgan Harris
Rebecca Painterfor THE GAMECOCK
A van lies overturned last week in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward from devastation wrought by Hurricane
Katrina. USC students traveled with volunteer groups last week to aid in cleaning the troubled city.
Overtime
Students shun a chance for warm waters, nightclubs
for getaways of humanitarian aid and mission work
Leslie Draffin
THE GAMECOCK
Spring break is usually hailed as a time of
travel, revelry and socializing, but some
USC students turned their attention instead
toward community service in the lingering wake
of Hurricane Katrina. .
Rebecca Painter, a second-year nursing student,
traveled to New Orleans with USC’s Campus
Crusade for Christ to work in coordination with
the humanitarian group Camp Hope that helps
clean up homes affected by hurricanes.
Camp Hope experienced such an overflow
of volunteers during last week that Painter and
other USC “Cru” members stayed in the Grand
Plaza hotel on Canal
Street, only five blocks
from the French Quarter.
The Grand Plaza, one of
the more upscale hotels
in the city, was heavily
damaged during last
year’s hurricane, with
water damage reaching
all the way up to Painter’s
room on the sixth floor.
Painter said she had
electricity but no hot
water. She also learned to
sympathize with evacuees
by eating FEMA-provided
food, which she said was
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Justin Chapura
NEWS EDITOR
Nothing evokes the spirit of collegians
on spring break like jetting to tropical
latitudes with your roommate and friends in tow,
surrounding yourself with abject poverty and few
creature comforts.
Well perhaps not, but third-year baccalaureus
student Thomas Chandler took last week’s
break as an opportunity to escape conventional
academics and immerse himself in the lessons of
community.
Chandler spent a week in the tiny village of San
Vicente Guerraro, volunteering with Forward
Edge International, a non-denominational
Christian group that
performs missions in
several Third-World
countries and inside the '
United States.
He came with his
roommate, third-year
political science student
Brandon Sousa, and 12
other friends from USC.
Lauren Saleeby, a
third-year biology
student, coordinated the
trip with Forward Edge,
earning a grant from
USC’s Dobson Volunteer
Service Program that
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Brandon Sousa for THE GAMECOCK
A woman tends to her restaurant near
Oaxaca, Mexico. Students volunteered with a
nearby medical mission over spring break.
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity looks to return to campus this fall
Nicole Colwell
THE GAMECOCK
This fall, USC’s Greek
community might have a new
fraternity in its midst as Pi Kappa
Alpha looks to reinstate a chapter
on campus.
“We were excited about starting
to rush interested students
starting this spring semester, but
we have decided that it would
be better for both the university
and Pi Kappa Alpha to begin
recruitment next fall,” said Shawn
Hutcherson, recruitment director
for the fraternity also known as
“Pike.”
The time crunch at the end
of the semester and promising
opportunities for next fall were
cited as factors considered in the
decision.
“Pi Kappa Alpha is looking
for young men who consider
themselves scholars, leaders,
athletes, as well as gentlemen,”
said Tom Olsen, a former Pi
Kappa Alpha expansion consultant
for USC. “We look for people
who hold certain values, treat
people with respect, want to do
well, and are competitive by
nature.”
Pi Kappa Alpha was present as
a fraternity at USC since 1891
until the national headquarters
revoked their charter in 2001
because of low membership and
financial reasons.
Olsen said the national
leadership, however, liked the idea
of reintroducing the fraternity at
use.
We are extremely excited and
looking forward to working with
the Greek community to create
an ideal fraternity,” Hutcherson
said. “I’m completely confident
that we will be able to do that.”
Should the Fraternity Council
vote to reinstate the fraternity,
the chapter itself would begin
as a colony, a sort of “fledgling
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USC’S ‘SAP’
CAN SOLVE
RANDOM
PROBLEMS
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Student-centered program
offers help in LeConte
Jess Dauis
STAFF WRITER
A new program offers USC
students a one-stop shop for
virtually all their academic needs,
including tutoring, counseling and
preparing for the real world.
The Student Assistance Program
set up shop in LeConte several
weeks ago.and is slowly testing
the waters, said graduate assistant
Laura Jones.
“SAP is basically a program
designed for students who aren’t
really sure where to start,” she said,
explaining that students can come
to SAP for one-on-one advice
about virtually any problem.
Whether by phone or in person,
Jones said she listens to students’
problems or questions and directs
them to a USC or Columbia-area
program designed specifically
to help them. For example, a
student having trouble in math
classes might be referred to the
Academic Centers for Excellence
or the university math lab. A
student having trouble paying for
SAP • 6
Student-prof
e-mails might
cross bounds
Gina Uasselli
STAFF WRITER
The adoption of university e-mail
programs might be contributing
to an increase of supposedly
inappropriate informality with
professors, according to a New
York Times article.
At USC, professors can easily
straddle both sides of the fence.
“E-mail is frequently used
by students for trivial reasons
and as a substitute for a casual
conversation,” said geology
professor George Voulgaris.
He cites examples of students
writing e-mails asking, “Where is
the syllabus?”
He said such questions “would
have been OK if we met and they
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Viewpoints
Liz White explores the
rough waters of Niagara
Falls and relationships;
Tim McManus salutes
Scott McClellan — a real
man of genius. v
The Mix
Go crazy
As the spring semester
comes to a close, there
is no better time for
friends andfun to take
your blind off school.
Sports
Conditioning
Steve Spurrier
and the Gamecock
football team began
spring practice
Monday.
Index
Comics & Crossword.... 13
Classifieds.10
Horoscopes.13
Opinion.10
Police Report..2