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COLLEGES BRIEFLY m rnm mm a m a Amnrax imnea iu Texas university AUSTIN, TEXAS (DAILYTEXAN) - The strain of anthrax responsi ble for five deaths in the United States has been finked to a labo ratory at Texas A&M University. The Ames strain was originally captured at A&M's Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in May 1981. Investigators have deter mined that all spores used in the postal anthrax attacks in Florida, New York and Washington, D.C., were of the Ames strain and orig inated in the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease at Fort Detrick, Md., where the Ames strain is now kept. The strain was also sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, where it got its name. Investigators are question ing researchers at all three fa cilities. Access to student records questioned FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. (ARKANSAS TRAVELER) - Attorneys have raised questions about the way University of Arkansas police of ficers investigated changes in the grades of several university football players last summer. An investigation found 21 unauthorized grade changes in six students' records. The students' attorneys are questioning the aca demic privacy of the records. UA associate general coun sel Scott Varady said the search es were in line with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, also known as the Buckley Amendment. Under an exemp tion to the act, college officials with an educational interest in seeing student records may view them without a subpoena or the student's permission. Varady said the university had an obligation to investigate because ot ncaa regulations. All six football players face criminal charges. Their trials will begin this spring. Missing Ohio State student found dead COLUMBUS, OHIO (THE LANTERN) - Christopher Gerspacher, a senior history stu dent at Ohio State University, was found dead in a ravine off a near by rural road Tuesday after he had been missing since Dec. 22. Earl Smith, Columbus Division of Police spokesman, said police are following up on a variety of leads, but won't re lease anything until they have something solid. Elizabeth Conlisk, OSU spokeswoman, said university officials were deeply saddened bv GersDacher's death. Harvard considers big wage increase CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (HARVARD CRIMSON) - Harvard University President Lawrence Summers announced Thursday he will agree to the sig nificant pay increases recom mended by the high-ranking committee convened to examine workers' wages. The decision comes nine months after members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement occupied Massa chusetts Hall for three weeks and called for a "living wage" of $10.25 per hour for all Harvard employees. In keeping with the report released by the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies last month, the university will re open union negotiations to boost wages for the school's 1,000 lowest-paid service em ployees to at least $10.83-$11.30 per hour — but it won't imple ment a mandatory wage floor. Elections CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 new ideas and an honest per spective of how this universi ty should be." The e-mail_ could make clear how this year's Elections Commission will interpret a por tion of the elec tions codes that has proven con- Bomemann troversial in the past. While USC bans mass solicitation, the pol icy might leave room for the commission to exempt elec tronic communications from the ban. - - The e-mail also lists the SG office number as a way to contact the Bornemann campaign. Elections Commissioner Bristow Adam Bourne said he didn't know whether there were any codes or uni versity policies prohibiting such use. Bourne said he was inclined not to do anything about the e mail, but said he wouldn't make an official ruling unless one of Bornemann's opponents filed a violation with the commission. Sen. Brook Bristow, who is running against Bornemann, first brought the e-mail to the commission's attention. Bristow said in a brief inter view Sunday that it's possible he'll file violations with the commission to ensure "a level playing field." "I wouldn't be surprised, al though you don't want it to get as ludicrous as it did last year," Bristow said. Stauffer did not return calls on Sunday. During last year's vice-presi dential race, dozens of viola tions were filed, and presiden tial candidate Donald Brock came within one infraction of being thrown out of the elec tion. Students who think they've seen a violation of the elections codeg may file violations with the Elections Commission in the SG office. The Elections Commission rules on those vio lations and gives candidates in fractions if it thinks the viola tions are severe enough. Any candidate with five infractions is disqualified. In the 2000 SG election, Katie Taylor, now an Elections Commission member, received two infractions for a mass e mail sent by her then boyfriend, Russell Quattle baum. The commission found that the e-mail violated USC's solicitation policy and that Taylor should have listed Quattlebaum as a member of her campaign staff. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Black History CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 will perform in the Russell House Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. Crawford has appeared on such programs as "Showtime at the Apollo," "Good News” and BET's "Comic View." He has also performed at the Comedy Store, The Improv and Comedy House Theater. Admission is $5 for USC students, $7 for others. ♦ The Bible Way Church Mass Choir will join USC's Touch of Faith Gospel Choir and Chosen Gospel Ensemble to per form the musical "God's Trombone." Written by James Weldon Johnson, "God’s Trombone” is a series of ser mons written in free verse. Featured music will contain el rminntc nn tirnll nn modern gospel. The perfor mance, $6 for students and $10 for the public, will be on Friday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m. at the Roger Center. ♦ Walter Kimbrough will give a lecture, "The Saga Continues: The History of Black, Latin and Asian Fraternalism," on Monday, Feb. 25, at the Russell House Theater. Kimbrough is the vice president for student af fairs at Albany State University in Georgia. He is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and is considered an authority on black Greek organizations. The lecture will start at 7 p.m. and is free. ♦ Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former surgeon general under President Clinton, will speak in the Russell House Ballroom on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Elders was the first black surgeon general. During her time in office, she was an outspoken advocate of sex education and reproductive health services. Because of some of her views, Elders was forced to resign after only 15 months. She is now working in pedi atrics, and remains an activist for women's rights, education and health care. The free lecture will start at 7:30 p.m. ♦ The Multicultural Student Affairs Office will wrap up the month’s events with a presenta tion of "Same Vision, Different Voices." Written by Carl Wells, multicultural student affairs di rector, the play focuses on two dynamic leaders of the-20th cen tury: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Michael Goodwin will play Malcolm X, and Christopher Harris will por tray King. The free performance will be at the Russell House Theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28. To see a full calendar of Black History Month 2002 events, go to www.sa.sc.edu/omsa/ BlackHistoryMonth.html. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Drug Arrests CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 public property adjacent to can pus grounds. With those nun bers added, 391 murders o( curred in 2000, along with 3,98 forcible sex offenses, 42,45 liquor arrests and 25,351 drug ai rests, The Chronicle reported. Federal law requires educatio al institutions whose students i ceive federal aid to report crime i formation and make three yeai i- worth of statistics available to ti i- public. Congress changed the law 2 1998 by ordering the Educatic 5 Department to compile the da annually. The department did for the first time in 2000,when Redefine Your World! Learn more about how you can live in another culture, gain practical experience, and help others and help yourself. University of South Carolina • Monday, February 4 / 5:00 p.m. Environmental Oppotunities in the Peace Corps Burns Building, Room 704 • Tuesday, February 5 / 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Information Session for French Speakers H William Close Building, Room 634 ■ Tuesday, February 5 /12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Want to Teach English Overseas? r i. vvimai 11 vtvw bsvuiuu iy, rvwi11 Vxji • Wednesday, February 6 /10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Information Technology Opportunities in Peace Corps H. William Close Building, Room 634 ■ Wednesday, February 6 /12:00 Noon, to 1:00 p.m. General Information Session & Video Presentation H. William Close Building, Room 634 • Wednesday, February 6 / 6:00 p.m. Community Service and the Peace Corps Russell House/Office of Community Service Apply Online TODAY! (800) 424-8580, Option 1 Visit us at www.peacecorps.gov € POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent O Nonviolent Monday, Jan. 28 ® LARCENY OF BOOKS, 1323 GREENE ST. One victim said someone took an "Anatomy Atlas" book, a microbiology book and a "Pathology Basis of Disease" book. Another victim said someone took an "Anatom; Atlas" book and a physiology book. A third victim said someone took a "Grant's Dissector” book. Estimated value: $290. Reporting officer: J.L. Taylor Jr. Tuesday, Jan. 29 ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, 720 BULL ST. The victim said someone removed her purple Brunswick Road Master mountain bike from its secure location in front of McClintock Estimated value: $75. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. ® LARCENY OF TEXTBOOKS, 1112 GREENEST. The victim said someone removed his books from a locked book carrel on the fourth floor of the Law Center. The following uuui\o 1111001115. IOOUOO 111 Professionalism," "Modern Criminal Procedures" and "Business Corporations." Estimated value: $265. Reporting officer: G.S. Whitlock. © LARCENY OF KAYAKS, 1328 WHEAT ST. The complainant said someone took two white plastic kayaks from a locked, fenced location at Blatt P.E. Center. Estimated value: $920. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. © SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, 817 HENDERSON ST. The complainant said someone has been writing obscene words in the stairwell outside of Gambrell. Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum. © FOUND PROPERTY, 1409 DEVINE ST. The complainant found a Gary Fisher mountain bike and a Next mountain bike near the Student Health Center . loading dock. The bikes were turned over to USC police and locked in the bike barn for safekeeping. Reporting officers: J.L. Meador and N.U. Beza. n- assembled data from 1997,1998 e- and 1999. n- Controversy surrounded the s' department's report last year, le when Salem International University was accused of un n derreporting crimes. Officials n this year, however, say the prob :a lems have been resolved and the >o data is, for the most part, reli it able. Wednesday, Jan. 30 ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1200 DEVINE ST. The victim said someone scratched her 2001 red Saturn L3000. Estimated value: $800. Reporting officer: ' Means. O AUTO BREAK-IN, 400 SUMTER ST. The victim said someone broke out the driver side rear quarter panel window of his 1991 white Honda Accord. Missing were a Panasonic CD player, a Lanzar 150-watt amp and a Lanzar enclosed speaker with two 10 inch subwoofers. Estimated value: $500. Reporting officer: D. Hare. ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, 1423 WHALEY ST. The victim said someone took his bike from its * locked location in front of Bates House, The chain lock was also taken. Estimated value: $157. Reporting officer: L.R. Morales. 0 INFORMATION, 1423 WHALEY ST. The complainant said someone urinated at the entrance of a Bates House rinrrn rnnm Tha R A onH custodial staff were notified. No damage to property. Reporting officer: L. R. Morales. (a) ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, MCKISSICK MUSEUM The victim said she received numerous harassing telephone calls, but didn't want to press charges. The investigation continues. Reporting officer: G.S. Whitlock. @ MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1322 GREENE ST. Joseph Lewis Edwards was stopped when he tried to leave the library with a book. Edwards told the reporting officer, M.P. Craska, that he had found the book somewhere else. A check of the | area revealed that security devices and other indicators had been removed from the book. Edwards was arrested for unauthorized removal of library property and malicious injury to personal property. Estimated value of book: $65. Estimated damage to book: $10. I Reporting officer: M.P. Craska. An analysis of USC's crime statistics by The Gamecock showed that USC’s increases were larger than the Education Department's national figures. For more information on USC's crime, see Wednesday's issue of The Gamecock. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Super Bowl CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ing the Rams to Jeff Wilkins’ 50 yard field goal after they had moved from their own 20. The Patriots let the Rams reach their 34 early in the second quarter, but this time Wilkins’ 52 yard attempt was short. New England had trouble moving, but it was still the Patriots’ pace at this stage of the game. Everything was slow as the Patriots’ varying defenses — as many as Seven defensive backs on some plays — made Warner and the Rams work for every thing. With 8:49 left in the half, New England got the break it was playing for. On a first-and-10 from the St. Louis 39, New England line backer Mike Vrabel broke clear on a blitz. As he was about to hit Warner, the St. Louis quar terback unloaded — right to Ty Law, who raced untouched 47 yards down the sideline to give New England a 7-3 lead. 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