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NEWS BRIEFS
NATIONWIDE
Senate votes against list of deficit cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Skirmishing on a proposed
balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution,
the Republican-controlled Senate on
Wednesday brushed aside Democratic demands
for a detailed list of spending cuts needed to erase
federal deficits.
Hie 56-44 vote, largely along party lines, cleared
the way for Democrats to press their case to have
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all federal programs, sheltered from the budget
knife.
The maneuvering came on the eight day of debate
on the measure, which both sides say may
rise or fall by a margin of one vote. With virtually
all Republicans in favor, the pivotal votes are
held by moderate Democrats ? including many
in the leadership ? who have voted for balancedbudget
amendments before but now are calling
for changes in the version produced by Republicans.
Navqjos bless Discovery shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)?Before Bernard
Harris Jr. was allowed to take a Navajo flag aboard
Discovery, tribal medicine men had to bless it
with corn pollen and make sure the space shuttle's
path fit with their beliefs: It had to orbit clockwise.
When the Navajo decided that from their view
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point, L/iscoverys orat met tne reqmrement, an
signals were go for Harris to carry the first Navajo
item to fly in space. NASA allows astronauts
to carry up a few small belongings for whomever
they want.
"I'm flying this flag for them because being
there I could see their plight as the original Americans,"
said Harris, a 38-year-old black physician
who lived on a Navajo reservation from ages 7 to
15. His mother taught at boarding schools run by
the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Harris, who will become the first black to spacewalk
on Thursday, approached the Navajo in December
about taking some tribal item with him
on the mission.
TODAY
Today is Thursday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of
1995. There are 325 days left in the year.
Today's highlight In history:
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Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with
a U.S. victory over Japanese forces, who were
forced to evacuate.
On this date:
In 1773, the ninth president of the United
States, William Henry Harrison, was born in
Charles City County, Virginia.
In 1825, the House of Representatives elected
John Quincy Adams president after no candidate
received a majority of electoral votes.
In 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate
States of America elected Jefferson Davis
president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president.
In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established.
In 1893, Giuseppe Verdi's last opera, "Falstaff,"
was first performed in Milan, Italy.
NOTEBOOK
Council to offer seed money
"FIGHTING BACK," a community service project
of the Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Council is awarding $12,500 in seed money
to community organizations to help them start
alcohol and drug prevention programs.
Any school, neighborhood organization, church,
foundation, corporation, or non-profit group in
Richland County that serves or impacts residents
located in Richland School District One can apply
to the Community Services Program for $2000.
"FIGHTING BAQC is sponsoring a grant-writing
workshop to assist any group or individual
applying for seed money today at 6 p.m. at the
Ladson Presbyterian Church, 1720 Sumter St.,
The application deadline is March 3,1995. For
more information, contact Zelda Quiller at 7331390.
Colloquium to be held today
The Philosophy Department is sponsoring "Obedience
and Subjectivity," featuring Rebecca Kukla
of the Middlebury College Phillosophy Department,
today at 4 p.m. in room 258 of Gambrell
Hall. A reception will be led at 3:30 p.m. in
Welsh Humanities room 615.
Mortar Board to offer scholarships
The Mortar Board National Honor Society will
be awarding four undergraduate scholarships and
four graduate fellowships to deserving students
at University Honors and Awards Day.
To qualify for the undergraduate scholarships,
students must hold a 3.0 GPA and have excelled
in areas of scholarship, leadership, and service to
the camous and community. Any graduate student
applying for the graduate fellowship must
be continuing their studies at USC.
Undergraduate applications will be available
on Friday, Feb. 10 at the Information Center, and
graduate applications will be available in the
Byrnes Building. Applications are due Feb. 24.
Students rally to si
WENDY HUDSON News Editor Brian Comer, USC sti
Several hundred students and higher ed- president, said students
ucation supporters from around the state mojing beyond just the ?
converged on the State House to rally against ^aro^n,^'v
a 5 percent budget cut. ward. Comer said. "We
Holding signs that read "Higher educa- exemption from
tion is a family value" and "Don't deprive WV^ ^lgher
our future" and chanting "We've got a vote" JJsome^ng *
and "No budget cuts," the crowd braved tem- eJlaSj' , _
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legislators know tney want higher ednca- ^jTecfc them
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from USC, USC-Aiken, Coastal Carolina, sophomore Melissa Yeat1
College of Charleston and Lander spoke to to Columbia ^th 12 oth
the crowd. Lander. "I want to let th
Higher education funding is less than care where our money {
it was in 1991," said Rep. Tim Rogers, D- help md our government j
Richland, whose district includes the USC us ?
campus. "As long as the focus of the news Charlie Peloiccia a Cc
media is on the buildings, the football sta- s^d concern for'fello\
diums, the boards of trustees, we will have his to the rally,
a hard time winning the fight. If we focus Tm graduating, and I'
on you, the students, we can win this fight, other tax bracket. I know
"Let today be the day," he said. "Go back will be hurt bv this." Pel<
to your campuses and the classrooms to work you take away from leami
to make this a high priority issue." from the world."
CAMPAIGN '95: TREASURI
Where the
Over the next few days, The Gamecock will be runninj
written by the candidates in this year's election. Today
candidates for treasurer have written about their platfoi
1995 treasurer candidates are faced with the question
budget cuts to higher education. Jermaine Britton, Joi
Dickson, Asit Vora or Ralph Wilson will be responsible
seeing the financial affairs of students.
Jermaine Britton i ? 1
As Student Body Treasurer I plan to aggressively
lobby to stop financial aid cuts and
examine activity fees to make sure we are using
them as effectively as possible.
It is essential that all student government
officers work to prevent financial aid cuts. This
is a major concern of mine, since I, like many
other students, would personally be affected Br
by any reduction in financial aid. ?
But achieving this goal will not be easy. BRITTON
And the greatest barrier USC faces is students'
apathy.
As treasurer, I will work with other student leaders to better
educate and mobilize USC students so that everyone will have the
right to a quality education, regardless of socio- economic conditions.
But USC is not an island unto itself. Therefore, the student
government officers at USC must band together with the others
at other state-supported schools, and together we can make a difference.
If elected treasurer, I will bring to the office the leadership skills
I have gained over the years. Currently, I serve as a board of diittcuui"8
member and vice president for my fraternity, Kappa Alpha
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run more efficiently and effectively. In the age of budget
restraints, we must all do more with less.
I have also served as a Student Orientation Leader, resident
hall advisor and University 101 Peer Leader.
I will also bring the knowledge I have obtained from my course
work as a business management major and the real world experience
I have gained with my co-op. From my classes and work experience,
I have learned that the significance of having a good work
ethic and maintaining professionalism.
If elected, I will work to be the most active and visible Student
Body Treasurer USC has ever had, not only when dealing with of
student activity fees but on other financial issues.
My name is Asit Vora, and I'm an interna- I
tional studies major and economics minor sopho- rU
more. I'm running for the executive position of Bp * 11
treasurer. My main platform is fair distribu- W
tion of the student fund for the numerous or- JM
ganizations on campus. Also, a more efficient
use of the budget for campus benefit. Within
creased awareness of the cuts to the budget,
options for improvement and greater involve- IBM ?-HBI
ment by the student body, we can change the yopA
inefficiency that exists in student government.
I feel that the most important plank to my platform is the fair
and efficient distribution of the student funds to the organizations
on campus. I feel that a general criteria system must be developed
to take into account size of a club, membership, and role (academic,
cultural or recreation, etc.). I feel with this system, we can
promote and foster smaller, newer clubs while facilitating the normal
operation of the larger clubs.
Barriers to my platform exist within the budget and USCs handling
of cuts and the student fund. Also the bureaucracy of the entire
system will play a part in the implementation of my platform.
I plan to overcome these and any other obstacles that may come
up with two courses of action:
l)Listen effectively to all suggestions and 2)integrate these suggestions
into reality. I feel with the support from the student body,
I can change the business as usual frame of mind that exists today
in student government.
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Jonathan Dickson _
My campaign for treasurer is based on one
simple slogan: You give it, you spend it. For far fl|
too long, students have been paying student Vgjjgh 001
activity fees and not having them all go for stu- #, v *
dent activities. 4*^^^ "
As your treasurer, my greatest concern would
be these activity fees and how they are aliocated.
Last year alone, students paid a total of
$,1,005,665 in student activity fees and before
your representation via the student senate DICKSON
could even touch it, the administration took
$300,567 away for bureaucratic expenditures which should come
out of their budget and not yours. Next year, with an expected de
cline in activity fee revenue of $7,000 they are taking $100,000
more. To do this, they are cutting every organization's budget. This
is the greatest example I can find of abuse of the students at the
University of South Carolina.
This is my first and foremost concern. Every other issue pales
in comparison. Clearly, to deal with this issue means taking on the
administration and its infinite layers of bureaucracy and deception.
No student has taken them on like this in decades.
As your treasurer, I would continue to fight this corrupt and
abusive system in the same manner that I have as a student senator
on the Finance Committee. I feel my position on this is right
and just. The fight may start at the Russell House, but as your
treasurer I will go as far as the State House.
Ralph Wilson | !
Let me tell you a little story. Ralph James |
Wilson, Jr. was bom and raised in South Car
oiina where he eventually reached that sea- .
soned age of 18 and shortly thereafter was ac- pPj
cepted at the University of South Carolina.When 1 ? ^
he arrived at the University of South Carolina
he began to reflect on his high school days: 1 .
the friendships he had once embraced so closely
and the joys and headaches of high school ?J
politics. To remedy these obvious holes in his yviLSON
life he applied and was accepted into Freshman
Council where he chaired the Philanthropy
Committee subsequently placing him on the Freshman Council
Rules Committee. He then joined the Residential Hall Association
serving as senator for Laborde Hall, while representing the entire
campus on the Housing and Campus Concerns Committee for RHA.
Last but not least, Ralph James Wilson, Jr. ran for the position of
senator for student government a year ago and was elected due to
the faith that the students placed in him. Anyone who knows Ralph
J. Wilson, Jr. will tell you that he is not always the man that everyone
likes, but people respect him because he will represent his population
to the best of his ability in any capacity that he serves. They
will tell you that he is a strong debater and will defend his constituents
until all is said and done that can be said and done.
This is why Ralph Wilson is running for treasurer, he wants to
wake this position up from its dormant state and give it a new life
via the voices of the students who attend the University of South
Carolina. The students deserve to be heard, not for the obvious fact
that they attend this university and not for the mere fact that they
elect the student government officials, but Ralph Wilson says "you"
the student deserves to be heard because its your money.
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Friday's issue will include the candidates for vice president.
Presidential candidates will be run Wednesday,
Feb. 15. The election will be held Thursday, Feb. 16.
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d at the State House Wednesday
Students
to vote on
line-item veto
amendment
MATT PRUfTT Staff Writer
The student senate passed an amendment
to the student government constitution
Wednesday as well as a res-'
olution thanking individuals who help j
student government. !
The amendment to the constitution
proposes to give the student body president
the power of "line-item veto." Ibis
power would allow the president to veto
certain parts of a bill passed by the
senate while accepting others. Those'
parts that are vetoed would return to
the senate for a possible override just,
as a vetoed bill would, and those parts
that are accepted will go to the president
of the university, just as a passed
bill would.
Hie bill must be signed by SG President
Brian Comer and USC President
John Palms. The amendment will ap
pear on the ballot next week or during
the runoff elections to be confirmed by
the students. Students will vote for oi
against the amendment just as thei
vote for or against the individual can
didates.
According to SG representative^
because of the serious nature of amend
ing the constitution it is important tha
students are informed about this amenc
ment and that they go to the polls nex
week to vote on it.
A resolution was also passed ej
tending thanks from student goverr
ment to the undergraduate assistant
graduate assistants, faculty and &<
ministrators that donate their time
helping student government
Nomination*
open for
outstanding
advocate
MARTHA HOTOP Staff Writer fl
Students and faculty are encoiH
aged to send in nominations for tfl
Outstanding Freshman Advoc?
Award.
The Award is designed to recognH
individuals who help freshmen adjiH
and succeed in their first year at Ufl
The idea for the award came frorH
national conference that selects 10 fl
tional freshman advocates each yefl
"USC felt that if freshman adfl
cates are nationally recognized, vfl
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campus," said Dan Berman, UnivH
sity 101 professor and Advocate ccfl
mittee member.
Established at USC in 1991, fl
Outstanding Freshman Advocate AwH
has had a strong group of nominatiH
each year. A 13-member committeeH
views every nomination. The comifl
tee is comprised of six students, fal
ty and previous winners. Each yl
three of the new freshman council ml
bers are added to the committee. TlH
students serve on the Freshman I
vocate Committee for two years. I
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