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Fred Leach says that Bob
Dole's service to the coun'
try should not be forgotten.
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Students have politics on
their mind. Check out who
might be running one day.
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Achim Hunt has plenty to
say about referees and their
' little yellow hankies.
South Carolina
Happenings
LOURIE PAPERS ON
DISPLAY AT LIBRARY
Former SC state Sen.
Isadore Lourie is being
honored at the Thomas
Cooper Library until Jan.
o
A.
He joined a celebration
in his honor last week to
kick off the library display.
State leaders celebrated his
career and the exhibit,
which features photographs
and papers.
The Lourie Papers are
part of USC's Modern
Political Collections, which
include the personal papers
of some of the state's most
influential political leaders
such as: Ernest F. "Fritz"
Hollings, Floyd Spence, Olin
Johnston, Dick Riley, and
John C. West.
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STEPHANE SONNENFELD Edtor in Chief
mmmmmmmrmm President Bill
U] |1 Clinton and former
President Franklin
^ Delano Roosevelt have
I something in common
as of last night: they
are the only Democrats in the past 60
years 10 De re-eieciea as u.a. rresiaent.
Clinton was declared the winner of
this year's presidential election at 9 p.m.
Tuesday with a total of 275 electoral
votes.
At press time, Republican candidate
Bob Dole had a total of 97 electoral votes
and Reformist candidate, Ross Perot,
had no electoral votes.
Clinton had 48% of the popular vote,
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Students i
at polls w
ROB GKHELU Asst. Viewpoints Editor
HVjjm Election Day was
CV off for most Carolina
and especially for t
j had to travel out c
Jason Keller, a sc
was glad to have the day off because
travel to Charleston, and faced what 1
the norm around the country this ele
long lines at the polls.
"I had to wait over an hour to vot
said.
Emma Tomasini, a sophomore from
said she felt it was important to vote
there was a pretty good choice of canc
the Presidential race. Tomasini was i
majority of USC undergrads in thai
her first time voting in a Presidentia
Robert McCoy, a senior, votei
Columbia, but he also had to wait aboi
and fifteen minutes to vote. McCoy saic
have voted anyway, but he was glad to
day.
Scott Taylor, a sophomore, also v
in Columbia and said he would have vc
way, but was glad to have the day ol
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A growing number of homeles
from homes with domestic viol*
REOINNA CWEEN Staff Writer
Almost 5 million American women a
years and older were raped, robbed or assi
or were the victims of a threatened or atte
violent crime. Almost 3/4 of these attack
committed by someone the victim knew.
Both of these statistics were found b
Department of Justice National C
Victimization Survey in August 1995
Nearly half of all women and children
fastest growing homeless population ? are
domestic violence, according to a 1995
Foundation survey.
The majority of these women are not 1*
their homes with their children becausi
want to: often it is the only option after re]
physical, emotional or verbal abuse.
"Most of the women, when they leav*
their children, it is a last resort," Sistercai
Coordinator of Shelters Sheryl Fraziei
Not only is it a last resort, says South C;
Coalition Against Domestic Violence and i.
Assault (SCCADVASA) Executive Director
Higginbotham, but when women finally
that crucial decision to leave, they're oft*
aware of all the options.
"When many women and children lea
often in the middle of the night, in
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n win:
while Dole had 45%. Perot came in third
place with 5% of the vote.
In South Carolina, a primarily
Republican dominated state, Dole and
Clinton were tied with 48% of the popular
vote prior to 8 p.m.
Early on, Clinton was ahead of Dole
in electoral votes. Before 8 p.m., Clinton
had already won the states of Ohio and
Florida, two swing states Dole had hoped
to win.
Among the states which Clinton won
were Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Tennessee, Missouri,
Maryland, Connecticut, Maine, New
York and the District of Columbia.
Among the states Dole won were
Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
Oklahoma and his home state of Kansas.
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ROBERT WALTON The Gamecock
speak out
dth vote
bought a new
a nice day telephone.Taylor said that
i students, he voted because he works
hose who at State House and felt
?f town to ^ was mandatory.
"It would have felt bad
iphomore, on my conscience if I hadn't
he had to voted>" Taylor said,
ooked like Lindsey Greenburg, a ?
ctionday, freshman from Pawle^s
Island, said she voted because
e," Keller an<^ s^e foe's she needs to ex
for Bob Dole because he wa
Columbia, candidate and she agreed with
, and that Taylor also said he likes D
lidates for preferred another Republic
also like a graduate student, voted hen
t this was voted for Clinton.
1 election. "Most people feel he is nc
d here in But I like Clinton, I think he is
at an hour Parker said.
1 he would Parker waited about an 1
a have the P?MS> and said he thinks1
most important things an i
oted here "If s the only way to expn
)ted either Parker said.
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s were SCCADVASA was establish!
coalition of the state's shelt<
y the organizations, such as Sistercar
; ri m e ^aPe Crisis Network.
SCCADVASA organizes
the information sessions for its membe
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?por(j implementing legislation and i
that will improve the lives of men
eaving women, who are victims of domes
e they sexual assault, Higginbotham s;
peated According to the National Co
Domestic Violence (NCADV), J
e wjth adults are women, which Higgink
e, Inc. 's partially the result of gender <
said, sexism.
arolina If sexism were not so pervasr
Sexual society, being female and a vict
Susan violence would not have the stigi
make ^ which it does, Higginbotham s
en not This stigma is often what pr
from leaving husbands who batt
ve, if s ?ften afraid that they will be bk
their a victim of domestic violence
s four
Clinton's large lead mirrored his lead
in the 1992 election, where he defeated
incumbent president George Bush.
According to USC GINT professor
David Lublin, the nation's stable economy
was one reason Clinton had the
advantage in this year's election.
"Generally, incumbents who are in
a period of economic progress seem to
do well," Lublin said.
But, Lublin said, defeating an
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the defeats of presidents Ford, Carter
and most recently, Bush.
Stronger themes and more charisma
could have helped Dole's campaign for
presidency, Lublin said.
For many USC students, this was
the first election where they were able
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Higginbotham says i
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im of domestic perpetrators of domest
ma attached to and adhered to.
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events women when women find themi
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, according to sa'd
more'
to vote for a presfdent" Walter McMurray
was one of them.
McMurray, a senior psychology major
from Ropk Hill, voted for Clinton ? but
had some reservations about the entire
presidential campaign all together.
Ifs not that I voted for Clinton for
any particular reason, if s that I didn't
vote for the other candidates for particular
reasons," McMurray said.
One aspect McMurray disliked about
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need to see all candidates and hear what
they stand for, McMurray said.
"One reason I didn't vote for [Dole]
is because I didn't think that a 15% tax fj
cut is feasible. I would like to have had ?
the tax cut explained," McMurray said. B
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they saw his ads
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Senate
m stair writer
The Godfather of Soul James Brown
helped U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond
celebrate his victory last night in the
first senatorial race in twenty years
in which he didn't run unopposed.
Brown, an Aiken resident, appeared
rty when Sen. Thurmond led the race
vote and 38% of precints reporting,
mocrat Elliot Close, textile heir of the
d Springs Industries, challenged the
nator as Thurmond sought a historic
he Senate.
t the campaign, polls showed Sen.
i a solid, although dwindling, lead,
ican Dole/Kemp supporters have said
id to ignore the polls, and that the only
matters is the one on Election Day,
)lican officials had been quick to point
iistently suggested a strong Thurmond
is never [a doubt in my mind] that SenId
win re-election. But I always run
ivid Beasley said at the Republicans'
Sen. Thurmond held at Seawell's on
i.
Carroll Campbell believes that South
recognize the committment that Sen..
nade to the citizens of the state,
mond has never forgotten the people
}ov. Campbell said. "He stays in touch
he is a South Carolina Senator and he
sident Pro Tempore of the Senate,"
med.
have spoken," Gov. Beasley offered,
e know] what Strom can do" and ""we
Dublicans govern."
(publicans, such as the ones selling
lorabilia outside of the victory party,
Beasley, citing Republican morals and
3 why they are a part of the Republican
xxl morals and good values," Will Hood,
-age Republican, 17-year-old Brandon
land Northeast High School, concurs,
ds, but ifs the money, too," Lewis said,
want to punish you: the more money
lore taxes they take," Lewis said,
(crats) think money is the answer. It
r," Lewis continued,
of Liberal Arts student Patrick Daly
en. Thurmond won his election for an
sighth term.
great service to the state, he upholds
uth Carolinians believe in," Daly said..
3 old, he's still kickin'."
1 also be used to describe the Thurmond
iical selection for last night: upon his
victory party, campaigners planned to
n his exit, they planned to play musical
amous recording, "Another One Bites
lust is not what many Elliot Close
i mind when Close decided last August
en. Thurmond.
d when Elliot said he'd run," said Judy
ville, a close friend who was very upset
iated Press called the race a lock by
with zero precints reporting,
ne furious," Gaffney said. They didn't
ite."
ased his quest for votes on his being a
it voice" ran a campaign many believed
if an attack on Sen. Thurmond's ageshifted
toward Sen. Thurmond after
that showed him reaching for his aides,
thought it was too much of an attack
ntinued.
lowever, felt that age was most definitely
lat is one of the main reasons USC
it Jeff Parker cast his vote for Close.
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