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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 VOL. 107, NO. 23 ● SINCE 1908 Budget for new business school jumps by $15 million USC’s Educational Foundation to provide extra funds for priciest building in university’s history Josh Dawsey [email protected] The new Darla Moore School of Business will cost $15 million more than previously planned. All told, the project will now cost about $106.5 million, making it the most expensive building in the university’s history. The board’s building and grounds committee approved the increase after discussion in a private executive session THE DAILY GAMECOCK Brian Almond / Friday afternoon. It will face a final The Whitney Hotel of Columbia (above) housed football and women’s track athletes for discounted rates, according to the NCAA. stamp of approval Oct. 7. Construction is scheduled for completion by December 2013, according to Ed Walton, the USC FACES NCAA CHARGES university’s chief fi nancial offi cer. The extra funds will add natural Allegations surround per night. light and an open-air pavilion to the football, women’s track The letter also details a second new school. It will allow USC to meet violation in regard to the Delaware- FROM HERE top environmental certifications and based Student Athlete Mentoring become “net zero” effi cient, according James Kratch (SAM) Foundation , its president Steve to Walton. [email protected] Gordon and treasurer Kevin Lahn . USC has until Dec. 14 to The changes will also move the Both men are USC graduates. school’s food service preparation areas The NCAA hit the University The NCAA alleges they provided prepare a response to the into the basement; they were originally of South Carolina with a notice of $8,000 worth of allegations. on the first floor. The first floor will allegations late Monday afternoon, impermissible have open windows in all directions giving official indication the benefits to and wouldn’t be conducive to “serving university’s athletic program will face prospective student- and preparing food,” Walton said. a formal infractions hearing. athletes through USC’s hearing before the The increase will be funded The letter, sent to USC President their roles in the committee on infractions is with a $15 million gift from USC’s Harris Pastides, states that 12 USC SAM Foundation . private Educational Foundation. student-athletes — 10 football players Both issues are expected to be on Feb. 17 or The foundation — designed to serve and two members of the women’s track considered “potential 18 in Los Angeles. as the university’s chief fundraising and fi eld team — received an estimated major violations,” the foundation for all its colleges and $47,000 in impermissible benefi ts at PASTIDES letter stated. missions — unanimously agreed to the the Whitney Hotel through reduced The university From there, the committee will contribution during its May meeting. rates not available to the general is accused of a failure to monitor in Russ Meekins, chief financial public and rent deferment plans, which regards to the potential violations. announce a penalty. It aims officer of USC Foundations, said constituted impermissible loans. “The university will review the the contribution is currently the The notice alleges the 10 student- notice and respond accordingly. I for a turnaround time of six to foundation’s largest contribution to any athletes on the football team spent a assure you that we will continue to eight weeks, but the process building project. combined 1,717 days in two-bedroom take all aspects of this investigation It gave $4 million to the library’s suites at the Whitney Hotel for a very seriously,” Pastides said in a can take longer. new special collections wing but could reduced rate of $14.59 a night, while release. “We are prepared to continue eventually give more than $15 million the two women’s track and field to work with the NCAA to resolve any to a new law school, Meekins said. The student-athletes spent a combined 74 — Compiled by James Kratch foundation has already raised about nights in two-bedroom suites at $14.16 NCAA ● 2 $8 million for the new law school, according to Meekins. Records show USC’s Educational Foundation had $25 million in expenses during the last fi scal year , meaning this New professor hopes to combat illiteracy gift toward the new business school represents 60 percent of what the Read-o-Rama to programs, and she started foundation spent last year . Meekins said the Read-o-Rama program, $15 million is “a lot of money no matter expand in South which began as a summer day how you slice it” for the foundation but Carolina, beyond camp in Clemson, S.C., in said it was fully capable of providing the 2009. contribution, which he said will be paid Amanda Coyne The program, which in increments. [email protected] Martin hopes to bring to The foundation had about $3.3 USC and the Columbia area, million in cash as of June 30, 2010, At Monday’s ceremony serves children with literacy but is valued at about $276 million celebrating Michelle H. challenges and uses children’s with assets and investments. Meekins Martin as the inaugural literature as a “springboard said the foundation hoped to raise the Augusta Baker Chair in for hands-on applications,” as $15 million as part of the university’s Childhood Literacy, Martin Martin described it. Carolina’s Promise capital campaign. If enthusiastically announced “Every activity — the money can’t be raised, Meekins said her plans to combat illiteracy swimming in a pool, going on the foundation would hope for “gifts by expanding childhood a hike, doing arts and crafts, MOORE ● 3 reading programs in South jumping on a trampoline — Carolina and beyond. expands the experience of the Martin introduced herself books that the children read,” as a woman committed to said Martin, who hopes to service from an early age, make Camp Read-o-Rama even teaching a second-grade a statewide program in the classmate to read when she near future and eventually learned that her classmate expand it nationwide. could not — a small bit of Other programs Martin foreshadowing to Martin’s hopes to implement are the eventual career. Campus Literacy Pledge, in As an English professor which incoming freshmen at Clemson University, she would take a pledge to read specialized in children’s with a child or an adult literature, African-American with literacy difficulty Courtesy of the Darla Moore School of Business children’s literature once a week; Touchdown Brian Almond / THE DAILY GAMECOCK The cost of new Darla Moore School of and community literacy Michelle H. Martin started the Read-o-Rama summer Business was just raised by $15 million, LITERACY ● 2 camp in Clemson to help reduce childhood illiteracy. bringing the total to $106.5 million. 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See page 5 See page 4 See page 8 2 Tuesday, September 20, 2011 LITERACY ● Continued optional program to In addition to her $9,000 granted for green project from 1 a compulsory one. many plans for creating She also hopes to new university and area for Literacy, which extend Touchdown outreach programs, would play on the Two USC students strive for to an estimate of what kind of for Literacy to all Martin will begin USC–Clemson rivalry transportation they’re using to go area college football teaching her first two carbon-neutral sporting events by encouraging fans to and from games, how far they rivalries and make classes in the Master’s on each side to donate William Thorness are traveling and what they are Book Buddies an in Library Sciences new and gently used [email protected] consuming while at the games. established program program this spring books on game day, When the research is pulled in all South Carolina and is hoping to get which will be donated Imagine attending a South together, the two teammates public libraries. a contract for a major to area preschools and Carolina football game with no hope to be able to offset all of “I know a lot of research project, which kindergarten classes; carbon footprint. That’s what Erin the carbon emissions from the what’s out there, and focuses on children’s and Book Buddies, Fedewa and Nicole Rheinlander are particular event chosen, which I’m looking at them, literature. which would connect hoping to see in the near future. would be accomplished through the seeing how I can “Dr. Martin will help middle school children Fedewa, a fourth-year marine involvement of athletes. A student- help and trying to the university and the to elementary school science student, and Rheinlander, a athlete herself, Fedewa said she determine which ones sate tell the story of how children to and with fourth-year international business would like to see a more “personal are struggling,” Martin literacy contributes to whom the older and accounting student, are on approach” to the project.