The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 21, 1996, Image 1

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WEATHER THURSDAY VP cant CECE VON KOUfflZ News Editor Students who show up at the polls 1 the runoff elections will have a choice be Franklin and Allen Tibshrany for the offi President. Both candidates said one reason tht run was to improve SG's image. "One of the things that really convinc was not seeing Student Government efifec things in the eyes of students," Franklin sa W j ik # Jr : K m m M % H, Jp ' Todd Bridges, left, and Mike Kne the Carolina Chaplins Associatie " I M# Freshman Maura Dawson coiled celebration Tuesday evening, du Students lo: CECE VOW KOLNITZ News Editor The loss of tens of thousands of files, including e-mail from the CMS readeriist, was caused by a hardware failure this weekend, said Dorothy Tudor, manager nno^nmip onrl roooarpVt annnnrt fit. 1U1 UVUViVlXiXV MUVl v WW Computer Services. The readerlist is a holding area for e-mail and other types of files for CMS users. Files were lost when the disk holding the readerlist failed. Tudor says the files can't be retrieved because the hard disk on which they are kept is not backed up. i inMHUiBMr iir " *" *7^ I I' t? IN SPORTS: Game lidates prep the perception of Student Government on cai rhursdayfor one ofmy main goals.' tween Jamel Franklin plans on being active politically ce of SG Vice ^e- "Student Government is a training for later endeavors into public life such as w ;y decided to trying to pursue," Franklin said. "If s definitely organization in terms of teaching about the t ed me to run public official has to do later in life." tively change Tibshrany said he wants students and the ui id. "Changing to look more favorably upon the work of SG. Her practice for the Shrove Tuesday pancake race, in n, to bring the different religion orgainzations on can During the P ' and sophomo and Queen. T doll in a King NIKKI THORPE The Gamecock ts Mardl Gras beads, during Preston's ring dinner. se e-mail over we< "The area where incoming mail sits something else, is called the reader spool. It is on a disk, effective with our but it is not backed up because it changes It's a very ur all the time," she said "New things come hardware occasio in, and then people log on and discard Tudor said a p files from their readers list or receive ^derbst for 10 di ii __ i. il _i* _i_ ? tnem to tneir oisk. . . , Backing up the files would take too . , s 18 .. cf1 much time, Tudor said. incoming mail thi "It is constantly changing, so to back days worth of it, this up would be difficult because it every nine days 3 changes all the time," she said. It would that you got. Pe< take hours and hours of computing time active mailing lis that we'd have to take away from often to keep tn ^ -4$^ ^Vi fl % \ * * I 4" _ 'TBfe- JpPN"^ ^4^ M. ? 'Hk - * " ' ? ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock cocks hope to avenge early season loss to Gators, affica Serving (JSC since 1908 are for raci npus is Tve been involved in Student Governmen Fve seen it work Fd just like to see Student Gover later in become more influential and be held in higher e ground by the students and the university, hat Tm "I think ifs a position Fm very capable of ho f a good Tibshrany said. "It's something Fve been want hings a d? for a while, and I felt like the time was righi Both candidates expressed what they want st liversity ^ remember as they go to the polls Thursday. VP^ Pf* JS| WL. ^iF M 1 Jm\ TBp* ? % i-? BiBBr * Ji w \ b KARA STOVALL The G i front of the Russell House. The race was sponso ipus together. NIKKJ THORPE The G reston Mardi Gras celebration freshman Daniel re Elizabeth Allen take part in the crowning of tti he festivities Includes a search for the traditions Cake. 1 1 Monday, Feb. 19 Q Larceny of luggage, Blosson ^ Garage. Victim reported un persons removed a Samsonite It wouldn t be cost pjeoe from a secured trunk box. B current system." loss: $295. [fortunate event, but nally breaks." Friday, Feb. 16 dece of mail sits in the Autobreaking, larceny of c jys before it is deleted. Russell House Lot. Victim r< lse we have so much unknown persons entered her it we can only hold 10 "cle and removed several i she said. If you logon dothmg mrd a radar detector. E toull find everything loss:$545' )ple that are on very Autobreaking, larceny of ( ts should log on more reported unknown persons bn ick of all that mail." side window and removed a ca: compact discs. Estimated loss: m Grand larceny (attempted eanma crime, S-6 Lot. Reporting offi< *""" entering the lot at approximat a 'mm a very slowly while the passengr ^ ? J ? ?J0 cars in the lot. The suspect vel entrance only to re-enter at the later. Suspect then parked h vehicle. Suspect No. 1 exited tl tnlor Vance remained in the car to act as a lese takes a a jack under the front driver's-! irning break on and raised the front end of th in fo the new No. 1 appeared to tamper with nches In Gibbes ran to the suspect vehicle, een. The suspect vehicle then exite Street, where it was stopper Santange Alston, 20, and Lerc and taken into custody. Thursday, Feb. 15 Driving under suspensioi streets. Reporting officer obse PAGE 7 eC ' *v 5 VICE PRESIDENTIAL PL JAMEL FRANKLIN SG Senate Accountability . Lobbying for Education md Fundino nment Voting Student Member on stem Board of Trustees Increased Call Boxes Iding," Improved Parking Garage ingto Security t" * Fewer Dining Restrictions tKfents Grade Forgiveness Race Relations Forums age 2 I Celebr; I end w: |H| MARTHA HOTOP News Editor Yesterday marked the end of i period of gluttonous eating and wile partying for some USC students Sane participated in a masquerade while others raced down Greene Stree flipping pancakes in a skillet. It wa a time for contests and feasting. People around the world jesterda; celebrated Shrove Tuesday, or Fa Tuesday as it's also known, endinj amecock Mardi Gras' month-long celebration rod by Mardi Gras or Carnival startei as a Christian celebration that begai on Epiphany, this year Jan. 6, ant continued through the day before Len1 I Since the mid-1800s, Fat Tuesda, celebrations have grown in popularit among people of all religiou backgrounds. The start of Mardi Gra celebrations in Rio de Janeiro am New Orleans, in 1840 and 185 respectively, contributed to the ris I in die popularity of the celebratioi In England, the custom of eatin pancakes and sausage on Shrov Tuesday started about the sevent century. According to Father Mik ^ McCafferty of the St. Thomas Mor ^ Center, Shrove Tuesday comes froi the name "shriven, which means t cut away." "Shrove Tuesday is the day whe people went to church and confesse amPTftrk their sins, in preparation for Lent Brown McCafferty said. 10 King Students at USC celebrated Shrcrv 11 baby Tuesday by participating in th pancake race, which was sponsore by the Chaplains Association. The race provided an opportunit "for the different religious community on Sumter Stre lothes, PD||U|C COntactinghis secured ffrrimiT Assault and 1 Virfim rpnnrti items of ncruni rtimated wa and wearing a unwanted physi him, he left th< CDs, Senate Garage. Victim ake out her vehicle's driver's- Larceny of cc r phone and approximately 25 Victim reportet $445. from the abov< I), possession of tools of a Trespassing :er observed a suspect vehicle Davis, 4 <, of C ely 4 a.m. and cruising the lot Douglas dorms ir looked out of the window at 10 DS( licle exited the lot at the west transport ! east entrance a few moments is vehicle next to the victim Wednesday, lie vehicle while suspect No. 2 Larceny of h lookout. Suspect No. 1 placed reported unki side bumper of the victim's car three textbool ie car off the ground. Suspect Carolina B< the tire, then got back up and Malicious ii id and headed east on Whaley Thomas Coop 1 by USCPD. Both suspects, persons had p y Anderson, 22, were arrested breaking nun* loss: $100. Grand larcei unknown pera l, corner of Greene and Main rved a red Nissan going south " INDEX VIEWPOINTS 3 ** CLASSIFIEDS 8 Celebrating faith PAGE 4 HTFORMS . ALLEN TIBSHRANY Influential Student Government Improving Relations with . Student Body Student Surveys Senate Committees to meet with Corresponding University Officials Renegotiation of Mariott Contract Refocus on Safety Academic Forgiveness ETHAN MYERSON The Gamecock ations ith Lent _ to get together, and do something tun i that's rooted in their heritage," j McCafferty said. Other students celebrated Fat Tuesday through parties held around j! campus. Preston Residential Collegeg put on its own Mardi Gras festivities yesterday. Crys Armbrust, assistant y principal of Preston, organized the t event. j "My parents have thrown [Mardi " Gras] parties since I was knee high, j and I'm carrying on the tradition," 1 Armbrust said. "The party also fits .j the mission of the residential college; it fosters community through a social y function." y Armbrust said many of the events s will be similar to Mardi Gras s celebrations in New Orleans, which he attended while in high school. 7 Those participating in the e celebration in Preston took part in a t variety of activities: a bead toss, a g costume contest and a dance. The e event also included the traditional h search for the baby doll, hidden in a King Cake. Mardi Gras legend says e whoever finds the baby will have a e year of good luck. " niiofnm aP Aofinrr foffnmnff Q 111C tUObV/111 VI UUl/lUg lUbbVUXug 0 foods throughout the Mardi Gras celebration ties into the Christian n celebration of Lent, which began today, j "Traditionally, on Fat Tuesday ? people ate up all the fattening foods in their homes, then they go into Lent e and eat simply or fast," said Linda e Mitchell, the Lutheran campus ^ minister. "Symbolically, Shrove Tuesday is a way to remember that y [Ash Wednesday] starts a different ,g time, and that people get ready to face that different time." etata high rate of speed. Suspect was stopped t Sumter and Greene streets, and the officer side suspect to advise him to pull over. Suspect dedge and proceeded west on Greene Street, len pulled over in the Wendy's parking lot, ipproached by the officer. The driver's license 1 under suspension. Suspect was placed under ight to the station, where he was released upon mother. Vehicle was towed to the city garage. battery, Thomas Cooper Library 3rd Floor, id a black male, approximately 25 years old l white collared shirt with red stripes, made ical advances on her person. When she confronted e area. imputer equipment, USC School of Medicine 1 unknown persons removed a LaserJet print? i location. Estimated loss: $1500. after notice, LaBorde. The suspect, James iolumbia, was observed between LaBorde anc . He had been advised during a previous incideni 3 property or face arrest. Suspect was arrestee ed to Richland County Detention Center. Feb. 14 K?oks (partial recovery), Swearingen. Victin lown persons entered his office and remove* cs. One of these textbooks was then sold bad xikstore. Estimated loss: $160. ijury to personal property, Copy Centei ?er Library. Library staff reported unknowi lulled two copy machines out of their stands anus wires and damaging the stands. Estimate ly of an automobile, S-2 Lot. Victim reporte mi removed her secured vehide from the indden CRIME page2