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Serious discussions have been underway
between Emory, Harvard and Yale to
collaborate on the project so the universities
could work together to solve problems
inherent in sharing resources electronically
and to increase the quantity of
material available in electronic form, said
Jan Gleason, executive director of Emory's
News and Information office.
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and storage capability are just some
of the enormous challenges of such a project,
Gleason said. But the rewards of virtual
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"I asked people, 'Hey, what do you feel?
What's going on? Nothing getting done?
Joey is running this year. It's time to get
something done.' It's not a campaign
promise. It is a promise."
Dituri admitted SGA has done some
good in the past, but he emphasized that
a lot of good ideas never get implement
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everybody together for a one-day conference."
Because many leaders are involved in
more than one activity, the diversity of
the sessions was a drawing point, Beskid
said.
The chance to exchange ideas with
leaders from other colleges and universities
was one reason Billy Schiffiano, a
sophomore at Belmont-Abbey College in
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president so he could make student government
more effective.
"For so many years, student government
has become a big joke," he said.
"They get little petty things done, but they
never work really hard for the bigger issues
and the students."
SGA has become an exclusive and elitist
club, Locklair said
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I don't think they voice themselves in the
right way," he said. "It's really unresponROBERTSON
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He wants to bring to campus cash card
vending machines, study areas and coin
machines for students jvho do their laundry
at night.
"Once we fix the minute and the small,
we can accomplish the big," Robertson
said.
Robertson said he should lead the student
poulation because he is aggressive
and student oriented.
"I believe that the time has come for a
student to be elected who will fight for
the students," he said. "A student leader
who is not afraid to speak his or her mind.
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we need to act on them Let's get stuff going,
let's all get together. You'll hear from
me definitely once a week."
Dituri, 26, is a computer science major.
He is in the Navy ROTC, on the USC Water
Ski Team and is the treasurer of the
Water Ski Club. Dituri has served in the
Navy and came to USC because of the
Navy ROTC program.
"I've been in the Navy for the past eightand-a-half
years," Dituri said "I've had my
leadership experience fine-tuned. I've
been in charge of as many as 57 people
and as little as one."
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things like Absolute Carolina.
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Locklair, 20, is an international studies
junior He is in Gamma Beta Phi and
Golden Key Honor Society and is editor
of the Carolina Spectator.
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A student leader who will take the fight to
the administration if that is necessary.
"A student leader who will organize the
students on this campus in order to not
only show the administration, but the
members of the state Legislature, that we
are people who have needs, people who
are paying large sums of money to come
to school."
Robertson, 21, a history junior, has
served on the Freshman Council and as
an executive assistant to former SGA President
Tom Young. He is the treasurer of
Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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here might give me a fresh outlook and
give me some good ideas."
Schiffiano is involved with his school's
judicial board, student government and library
committee. He said the techniques
he learned can be used in all of his leadership
positions.
"I learned some new techniques and
new ideas," Schiffiano said. "I learned
how to motivate and some new ideas to
try out. It's been very beneficial."
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