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www.dailygamecock.com WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002 Since 1908 .Criminal Justice senators to keep seats | BY JOHN PENNINGTON THE GAMECOCK Student Government Attorney General Brook Bristow has decid ed to allow the student senators from the now-defunct College of Criminal Justice to retain their seats in the Student Senate for the rest of their current term. The term will serve as sort of a “last ride for the criminal justice department in the Student Government,” said Bristow, be cause their positions will not be filled once vacated. In his ruling, Bristow says this issue is “further highlighting a need for a new constitution and more detailed constitutional codes.” He has said he intends to | create a special committee to re p work the constitution and codes, but hard feelings among the for mer students of the criminal jus tice department might be un avoidable. Sen. Tom King insists both he and Tyler Odom, the other crimi nal justice senator, are “both very pleased to be studehts here.” He also said, however, he felt as though he was “kept in the dark” by the Board of Trustees before they made the “unfortunate decision” to make the College of Criminal Justice part of the College of Liberal Arts. -—J. * Bristow agrees they were kept in the dark, and says President Sorensen has been open to sug gestions since taking his position, though the Board of Trustees “isn’t ♦ RULING, SEE PAGE 3 m i-1 PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK Current streetlights will be replaced with 150-watt bulbs. PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK Criminal justice Sens. Tyler Odom, left, and Tom King will be able to keep their seats on the Student Senate, despite the school’s submersion In the College of Liberal Arts. More people taking LSAT BY ALEXIS STRATTON THE GAMECOCK With the U.S. economy as weak as it is, it came as no surprise to Albert Chen, executive director of Kaplan Test Prep’s graduate pro grams, that LSAT registrations have increased dramatically from previous years. Kaplan es timates that this year’s ©COflOITliC October regis- dOWTltUm trationforthe law school en- makeS WOrk trance exam hard to find could be the and since tas^mhis. business “It began school in early requires work Chen.' “We experience, saw double- many students digit growth apply tolaw explosion fw,oul this year.” instead.” Chen credits ALBERTCHEN a poor econo- executive director of my and job kapun test prep’s , , _ GRADUATE PROGRAMS market for the spike. “ Whenever an economic down- > turn occurs, first the GMAT [stan dardized business test] registra tion increases. Soon after, we see a spike in the LSAT. ...The eco nomic downturn makes work hard to find, and since business school requires work experience, ♦ LSAT, SEE PAGE 2 City Council votes to improve lighting on Greene Street BY WENDY JEFFCOAT THE GAMECOCK The Columbia City Council voted unanimously last Wednesday to add new lighting to Greene Street and the sur rounding areas. According to Shirley Mills, director of government and community relations at USC, the purpose of the University Neighborhood Lighting Project is to increase safety and securi ty within the area. The driving forces behind the proposal include the National Advocacy Center, the USC Neighborhood Association, USC, City Council and the Five Points Merchants Association. “This project is a perfect ex ample of what can be accom plished when the city, the neigh borhood and the university work together toward a com “I think it's a good idea to improve the lighting. I would feel a lot safer.” LAZANDRA TIDWELL THIRD-YEAR BIOLOGY STUDENT mon goal,” Mills said. The existing streetlights will be replaced with 150-watt Arlington lights on a 14-foot Charleston fluted pole, similar to the lights on Gervais Street. The project requires 270 lights throughout the neighborhood, and wiring for the system will be underground. The start and completion dates haven’t been announced. Ernest Ellis, director of law enforcement and safety at USC, said that, in the more than 20 years he has been with the uni ♦ GREENE STREET, SEE PAGE 4 University researchers publish report findings BY CHRISTIE PERKINSON THE (1AMECOCK > Two recently released USC studies report new findings on preventing colds and the impact of culture on the state's econo my. The Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health and the Moore School of Business released studies within days of each oth er. Charles Matthews, a professor the public health school, found that adults who participate in moderate physical activity might lower their chances of catching a cold. He led a group of re searchers from the University of Massachusetts in a comparison of the rate of physical activity to the occurrences of upper-respi ratory-tract infection from 641 men and women aged 20 to 70. Although previous research shows that excessive levels of physical activity trigger infec tion, the study says the research was insufficient in showing the effects of low levels of activity on health. Records from the Massachusetts-based Seasonal SURFYOURSELF http://research.moore.sc.edu http://www.state.sc.us/arts Variation of Blood Cholesterol study showed that fall and win ter triggered colds for about 40 percent of the subjects, while summer saw 10 percent of re ported colds. The participants who engaged in moderate activi ty decreased their chances of in fection by 23 percent annually. Fourth-year finance student Katie Koemer said: “Going to the gym and even walking across campus to class gives me more en ergy throughout the day. Also, I feel so much better than the days that I sleep in.” An article outlining the find ings of the study is found in the ♦ RESEARCH, SEE PAGE 2 Bush urged to seek approval for attack Lawmakers say president needs Congress’ OK to go after Iraq BY KEN GUGGENHEIM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Legal ques tions aside, lawmakers say President Bush needs to seek Congress’ approval before send ing American troops to attack Iraq because it’s the right thing to do. Vice President Dick Cheney warned of grave consequences from not acting quickly against Saddam Hussein. “I don’t play this game so much on what’s legal and what’s not le gal,” Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said of a U.S. attack on Iraq. “If the president is going to commit this nation to war, he’d better have the support of the Congress and the American people with him.” White House counsel A1 Gonzales told Bush this month Index Comics_ 9 Crossword9 Classifieds12 Horoscopes 9 Letters to the Editor 6 Online Poll 6 Weather TODAY TOMORROW High 87 High 86 Low 70 Low 71 that he doesn’t need explicit au thority from Congress to wage war with Iraq, presidential _ spokesman Ari Fleischer told re porters Monday in Crawford, Texas, where Bush is va cationing. Despite that opinion, Bush has Bush not ruled out seek ing lawmakers’ approval if he de cides to attack Iraq, Fleischer said. “The president will consult with the Congress be cause Congress Cheney has an important role to play,” he said. 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