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2 Little Poets Society n I '< I \ J b 1 l( y 3 - I a gpl F h Second-grader Laura Labe-Stee v Inal poetry Wednesday at Mum IT * HOOTIE continued from page 1 ^of the media. "We're still musicians. I ^ion't want to run for office. I just want 3<to play with these guys." ~ Hootie seemed perfectly comfortable creturning to USC, even though securiUly was out in full-force to prevent a stams|pede of student followers. JC "It's all in how you react," Felber "said. "If you don't make a big deal out ?cof it (success), they won't either." ? When asked how he feels about be-ing the hottest band in America, Rucker said, "It feels like a lie." iQ Hootie is preparing to enter Atlantic i^lecord Studios to record their next alburn, which is to be released in March. ^The band does not worry about the suc^xss of the album because they know it von't be as successful as their debut aljum? in the eyes of the media, at least. "We could put out the best album -ever," Rucker said. "But it won't be as *ood as 'Cracked Rear View.'" 1 Rucker and other band members said they don't like watching the "Hold My Hand" video and often race to change Homosexua delegates at Associated Press |BEIJING (AP) ? Never before has a U.N. document tackled the topic of homosexuality. Lesbians are now wondering whether this international women's meeting will also end with silence on the subject. Heading into the final full day of the Fourth World Conference on Women, delegates were still divided over the issue of asking for a ban on discrimination against lesbians, conference organizers said Wednesday. Delegates from 189 countries worked into the earlv hours Thursday on the conference platform, a sweeping call to improve the lives of women worldwide. The full conference is to vote on the platform Friday before the meeting ends. The conference platform is not legally binding, but is expected to serve as a guide to governments. Late Wednesday, negotiators reaffirmed a woman's right to sexual free dom. But 23 countries ? all predomi nantly Muslim or Roman Catholic ? either said they would lodge objections or issue statements with their own interpretations. The provision calls for women to be able to make sexual choices without "violence, coercion or discrimination.'' Delegates say the phrasing is meant to stretch across a range of cultures and situations, covering girls subjected to ritual genital mutilation as well as battered wives. Several nations said they might lift their objections to the wording if a footnote were added, saying that all issues of reproductive health must be guided by religious, cultural and traditional values. Critics argue that these phrases are often used to restrict human rights. During nearly two weeks of talks, participants say many previously taboo subjects have come out into the open. One of them is homosexuality. But even if delegates are ready to talk about lesbian rights, they might not be prepared to act on them yet. "I wouldn't say (I'm) optimistic," conference secretary-general Gertrude Mongella said when asked about prospects 4 ? the als Bio ey t eve We Hui moi are to/ not ' ^ ber dou sen Hoi ^ber ics: US1 tud the thii voh Tn rea thii JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock le reads a selection of her orlgm NldM Aii* at MeKlMlek channels when the video comes on. "Without my hat," Rucker said. Tm not Darius." After spending the first two weeks of his freshman year at the Heart of Columbia motel, Rucker moved into the fifth floor of Moore Hall, where he met guitarist Mark Bryan and drummer Jim Sonefeld. Felber moved down from the sixth floor his sophomore year. "We fell into this little niche of people," Rucker said. "We were so bad, they (resident advisers) are still talking about us 10 years later." Rucker said the band makes a point of wearing USC clothing at all their concerts. "We love the fact we're from South Carolina. I love representing it (South Carolina)," Rucker said. At a concert in Germany of 70,000 fens, Rucker and FelbeBs old roommate was in the audience. "Everywhere we go, there's a Game cock," he said. ility divides conference for the provision's approval. She said she wanted to wait for the outcome of the talks. Earlier, conference spokeswoman Therese Gastaut said the subject was uncharted territory at such a gathering. "The difficulty lies in the fact that it's the first time this is being discussed at the U.N. level," she told reporters. "All the implications have to be taken into account... they're very intricate." Earlier in the day, negotiators resolved a dispute over women's inheritance rights, agreeing that governments should enforce legislation that guarantees both sexes "equal rights to succession and equal rights to inherit." v Delegates from many African countries made inheritance rights one of their top priorities at the conference. In some traditional societies, women are left with nothing if their husbands die. But the issue was sensitive: Muslims insisted the language be phrased so as not to violate Islamic law giving men a greater inheritance share. On another matter, delegates said women's unpaid work doesn't get the credit it deserves. Such labor, especially in agriculture, is not properly acknowledged as contributing to development, they said. One agreement began unraveling Wednesday night ? a statement urging the world to spend more to improve the lives of women. More than half a dozen delegations expressed opposition to it and the dispute was referred to a small negotiating committee. Amid all the disputes, Mongella said, it's important not to forget the women who were suffering. Tm sure that as we are speaking here, there are so many women who've lost their lives these two weeks because of so many different reasons, which we are trying to resolve in this document," she ) said. "To them it's not the discussions. To them ifs the health, the water, the food ? whatever language we use, to them 1 that's the bottom line." The Gamecock Thurw IBiTAT continued from page 1 English Programs for Internation- / svill be helping. Even Hootie and the V vfish are going to be donating mon,o the project. A dollar from from I To '^S ry ticket sold for the band's concert USC <&. inesday will go toward Habitat for $ nanity. TI C-^.1A1??1 OR nicoc ill at ?vj nuuaca, cuuiig witii uu re to be built in the next two years, hoped to breathe a little life back in- lill^HABTTA othurtown, a run-down community if ??.. . ?p, far from Williams-Brice Stadium. QITE "We're not only building houses," said ol I c olyn Holderman, publicity chairman he build. "We're building friendships ^ ^ codesigi we re renewing an old community. f . oft] Holderman said the variety and nums of volunteers have been tremen- ing a gQQd ^ "We have volunteers from teens to , . j i n n n pis who have n.G ior citizens and people of all races, r R derman said."We've had a huge num- .. ? , . ,. of volunteers." all of the plumb Jennifer Jacobsen, a USC econom- e .was inspire major, and her brother Eric, a 1995 mate"aJ? b C graduate, are among the multi- ?ame to ( es donating their time to completing ?* his own exp< build. home<rr. i i ... i "XX/o ranrlrorl "it was a good cpparcumiy to ao some- ?? lg for someone else," Jennifer, who an^we a 1< mteered through NationsBank, said. "It's n?t 38 easy 1 anxious to see it all done. I never need help, lized how fast they could put these USCs Habit lgs (the houses) up." P-m. tonight in I Eric volunteered with his company, Call Jimmy Hi] isolidated Systems Inc., and he and information. bed I M...llilllllllll , Wf H M/ ! 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