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GAMECOCK BRIEFS
Peer Conduct Board recruitin
members
The Peer Conduct Board is r<
cruiting new members. Application
may be picked up at the Towers mai
lobby in room 200 before Saturday. Fc
more information, call Tammy a
777AOTQ
? -VU f o.
"Undecided on a Major" worksho
to be held at the Career Cente
The Career Center will have
workshop, "Undecided on a Major," wit
Liz McCormack Tuesday at 2 p.m. Fc
more information, call 777-7280.
Volunteer with Internationa
^ Students
^ The Office of Community Servic
Programs and the English Program fc
Internationals have created a commi
nity service class for International sti
dents. Students in the class will engag
in one community service project p
week and invite all USC students t
participate. The first "One-Shot" wi
take place Thursday from 1:30 p.m. I
3 p.m. For more information, call 77'
6688.
^ Shuttle Pilot to speak at S.C. Stat
Museum
Lt. Cmdr. Susan Still will discus
her experiences in space and on th
ground at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Stat
Museum. For more information, ca
707 y?QQ1
W I ?
Peer Health Educator application
available
^ Peer Health Educator applicatior
are available in the Health and Wei
ness Programs office in the basemer
of the Thomson Student Health Cer
ter through Monday. Peer Health E<
ucators receive three academic cred:
hours.
Czech out the International Coffe
House
A International Programs for Sti
dents will be sponsoring an Interns
tional Coffee House. All students ai
invited to come at 7:30 p.m. Wednef
day to the Gressette Room of Harps
College (on the Horseshoe). Slavic an
Czech Republic food will be served. Ca
777-7461 for more information.
Alternative Spring Break locatioi
a announced
Alternative Spring Break will b
helping poor and homeless families i
the mountains of North Carolina thi
year. More information will be ar
nounced at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday i
Russell House room 301, or call 771
6688.
Meet Your Student Governmen
Day will be Wednesday
A Student Government will hoi
Meet Your Student Government Da
Wednesday. Student Government rep
resentatives will be in front of the Ruf
sell House all day, and students are ir
vited to the senate meeting in th
Russell House Theatre at 5 p.m. wit!
pizza and drinks afterward.
Ebonics lecture to be held
The African-American Studies Pit
_ gram and the Linguistics Program wi
fp sponsor "Ebonics 101: Frequently Aske
Questions." Dr. Charles DeBose, a vis
:x: r rn i: r
lung pruiessor 01 linguistics iroui ta
ifomia State University-Hayward, wi
speak at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Garr
brell Hall, room 258. The event is fre
and open to the public.
Hopelights fund raiser to suppor
survivors of sexual assault
Student organizations will be ii
^ front of the Russell House Nov. 10 an
Nov. 11 to garner support and dona
tions for the Hopelights project for sui
vivors of sexual assault. For more ir
formation, call 777-8248.
Sleep-out on Russell House pati
The Office of Community Servic
Programs is sponsoring a sleep-out a
8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on the Russell Hous
patio. Donations or oia Diannets will b
A accepted. For more information, ca
777-4223.
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lished and when it is published.
^ compiled by Kristin Richardson
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; i Ebonics
j MATTHEW MYERS Staff Writer
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n ; Political science senior Mich?
^ Thompson believes ebonies is the m<
) ridiculous idea he has ever heard.
: If you ask enough students at UJ
: what they think about ebonies, you a
? sure to hear similar comments.
Tfa tViia lrind nfnacrntiva QAntima
that Dr. Charles DeBose, a visiting li
jr j guistics professor from California Sta
| University at Heyward, hopes to d
I pel with his lecture, "Ebonics 101: Fi
; quently Asked Questions," which
^ j will give Nov. 5.
In fact, DeBose doesn't partic
(r I larly like the term ebonies, largely 1
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a Quarterback Anthony Wright
! man (No. 91) in the secon
anchor had much promise i
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! toward postseason play for
11 ACL and MCL ligaments in h
8 J ter, Wright's season was over
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! Tobacco th
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v ? JESSICA VANEGEREN Staff Wrii
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i- : Everyone knows illegal drugs a
i- harmful, but with one of the most a
e | dictive drugs still on the market, Ami
k * irorta aro nuarlnnlrinrr fka om o
II Ui V wTViiwwaiiig ill*/ uaiuai
j caused by tobacco.
Teen smoking is on the rise amo:
South Carolina teens, a trend that
: reflected nationwide, according to t
* 1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, cc
! | ducted by Dr. Robert Valois, an ass
I date professor in USC's School of Pi
lie Health.
jj : There is a social situation that
L J occurring, and tobacco is a part of i
e I said Dr. John Ureda, a professor
; USC's School of Public Health.
This social situation causes
! percent of teens to try smoking cig
t ; rettes, Ureda said. Teens want to
n
d :
t- : Oct 30
j Recovery of stolen license pla
i- j 1300 Greene St Arresting officer
: trolling large Davis field was inforn
by a pedestrian that a green Do<
0 j Ram pickup truck had just bacl
I into a car with a USC emblem on
e j door. Officer observed suspect leav
lt I large Davis field west on Greene Str
e I Officer stopped vehicle, and susp
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.. SaiU tliat lie? TTOO gvillg IV W1C pviiv
I report the vehicle accident. Suspect
: turned to accident location with
_ j resting officer, and a records chi
e | revealed the license plate on the s
e i peefs vehicle was stolen, and his So
t Carolina driver's license was suspenc
- | Suspect was arrested and transpor
t to Richland County Detention Cen
: Oct 27
_ Simple possession of mariju?
| and possession of drug pa
: phernalia, Bates House. Arrest
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cause of the negative connotation the
term already harbors.
ie' "Unfortunately, when the new dic)st
tionary comes out, it [the definition]
will be associated with slang and sub3C
standard English," DeBose said.
There is no validity in the belief
that some languages are intrinsically
better than others, DeBose said.
in!te
"All human languages are equal
is. and cut from essentially the same mold,
re- consisting of words and rules for
he combining them into phrases and sentences,"
DeBose said.
:u- He said the belief that African)e
American English falls short of the
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BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock ,
(No. 1) is tackled by a Tennessee Hned
quarter. The junior and offensive >
and talent that hoped to be directed ,
Gamecock football. After tearing his
lis right knee later in the second quar- ^
Le drug of cho
ter in control of an aspect of their life, and
smoking gives them control.
re There is a strong tendency durl(*'
ing adolescent years to want to belong.
er" Teens begin to assimilate smoking as
a social situation, a way to establish
intimacy between friends.
ng
js "Damage caused to the heart and
he lungs from smoking is irreversible,"
>n- said Dr. James McNamee, associate
30- professor at USC's School of Medicine,
ib- "Nicotine is a highly toxic chemical
that gives 7,500 to 10,000 chemicals
;'s when it is burning. Non-smokers should
be aware their health is also at risk if
m continually around a smoker."
80 Because the affects of smoking are
ra- irreversible, people who start smoking
be young are more likely to have health
problems later in life.
officer was dispatched to the above lol;e
cation in reference to incident. Upon
pa_ arrival, there was a strong odor of what
ie<l smelled like marijuana. Further injge
vestigation revealed a plastic bag of
ie(l what appeared to be marijuana in the
the trash can and items of drug para
ing phernalia on the top shelf of the closeet.
et and on the counter of the room. Items
,ect were taken into evidence, and suspect
s to was issued two courtesy summons,
re- Oct 26
, Possession of marijuana with inec
tent to distribute within 1/2 mile
^ of school, Gervais and Heidt
^ streets. While on routine patrol, arresting
officer observed subject vehiter
cle driving erratically, weaving and
crossing white line dividers. Officer initiated
a traffic stop and ordered the
ina driver from the vehicle. There were
ra- three other individuals in the vetoing
cle. The driver consented to a vehicle
) clear up
quality of standard English is the root
of most misconceptions. respi
"It is not slang, and there is no scientific
basis for considering it bad, sub- lts U!
standard or incorrect," DeBose said.
"They are speaking correctly, follow- rect |
ing different rules than those of stan- er," s
dard speech." mini
Dr. Carol Myers-Scotton, director
of the USC linguistics program, echoed repk
DeBose's point, explaining why African- the s
American English has not been ac- ence
cepted in its own right by the Ameri- late t
can public. to th
"What they're doing is not judging
the variety itself but the people that cy th
sDeak it." Mvers-Scotton said. to scl
Carolina offense
major setback w
\CHIM HUNT Sports Editor "I c
said. ?T
There was a huge sigh of relief would tl
in the North Stands after Anthony y?u-*P'
Wright went down early in the sec- out any
and quarter of Saturday's game Pen.in
against Tennessee with an ankle af?amst
3prain but returned quickly to the e C0UI
?ame two plays later.
ter the i
With the next Carohna posses- on the p
3ion, those sighs of relief turned in- ^ ^
to groans of miseiy. On the third down ,. ? w
af the series, with Wright in the shot- co^'g ^
jun, he hobbled the snap deep in the season
Gamecocks territory. After regaining anythinj
aontrol the ball, Wright moved about pjay ar
in the pocket before he was hit by pjay the
fennessee defensive end A1 Wilson.
lie
Wright's knee buckled under Wil- after th
son, and the entire crowd of 106,301 man Vi
fans went silent as Wright lay on the Wright i
jround clutching his knee. the Flor
The game paused for 10 minutes ^enn
0V6F 01
is head trainer Rod Walters attend- . . '
Jd to Wright. ,
Wi
After a trip to a local hospital, it expecte
pvas determined that Wright suffered Wright s
i tear his anterior cruciate and me- tices am
iial collateral ligaments in his knee, much ai
[t was the first major injury in progres
Wright's playing career. back for
ice for Americ
1 een smoking is increasing among prote
white males and females, as well as cine,
black males. The only group of teens. y
not responding to advertisements and cjrcu
peer pressure is black females. jjacco
Black females are among a group getin
of teens called aspirational non-smok- ment
ers, teens who never try smoking. This cruci
group includes 20 percent of the total
American population. ^ ^
Aspirational non-smokers believe their
they are too involved in school and extracurricular
activities to smoke, Ureda
said. '
cam<
Smoking not only causes health on
problems, it also leads to situations
that are illegal and addictive. succe
"Adolescent smokers are about 20 for y
percent more likely to use cocaine and hope
16 percent more likely to try marijua- and;
na," said Dr. Peter Johnson, a research late.
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ny c
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to hi
compiled by Kim Coxe and Deb by an(j
Homes wjn
search, which revealed a large, clear terplastic
bag containing a green leafy Ject
substance that a field testing kit de- ^
termined to be marijuana. All four oc- jQca*
cupants refused ownership and were j
arrested. About $1,300 in cash was 8j
seized from subjects two and three. Sub
Marijuana was weighed at USCPD at ing
40.5 grams, and the vehicle was towed the
misconc
However, many people who may to
set other dialects of the English th
lage still have reservations about
3e in schools. *" ^h
It is teaching people that incor- ca
[nonstandard] grammar is prop- fie
aid Scott Robinson, a business ad- in'
stration junior.
DeBose said that the aim is not to er
ice standard English but to use so
tudents local variety as a referpoint
that teachers can use to re-' pj(
he structure of standard English
e student. pr
Tit is part of a rich cultural lega- in
at African-American children bring mi
100I with them, and teachers need wl
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suffers a
ith loss P
:ouldn't believe it," Wright XI
his is the type of thing you
tiink would never happen to
ayed the entire season with- I
major injuries. For it to hapthis
game, on television,
one of the Top 10 teams in
itry, it's disappointing."
son was almost apologetic aflame
about hurting Wright
'lay.
old him my prayers are with
ilson said. "Hopefully, he will
ick stronger than ever next
I told him if I could change R]
I, Td go back and change that
id he would come back and
! rest of the game." 0f
ad Coach Brad Scott said siti
e game that redshirt fresh- bui
ic Penn, who came in for
at Tennessee, will start both th(
ida and Clemson games. If jey
its hurt before the season is ^ei
ne of three walk-ons will goj
er the quarterback duties.
right's knee rehabilitation is pe,
d to be long and strenuous. Re
still plans to attend both prao- js j
a games to neip out renn as wh
s he can. If Wright's rehab pe]
ses as expected, he will be bes
his senior season next fall.
att
th?
di\
:an youth ~
ifo]
ssor at the USC School of Medi- ^g
sto
iVith all the negative information c
lating about cigarettes, the to- me
industry stays in business by tar- S1S,
g teens with creative advertise- on
s, Ureda said. Targeting youth is Pu
al to the business, Ureda said. ra
With the removal of Joe Camel,
oeared RJ. Reynolds had changed inc
. i i.j J* Rn
largeiea auaience. ~
Pel
"Camel's new ad is slick," Ureda ret
"You automatically try to find the cor
si. It is like looking for the bunny tru
te cover of Playboy magazine."
The tobacco industry has been y.0,
issfully persuading teens to smoke on
ears, Ureda said. Ureda said he an
is American teens will wake up wc
put out the "butts" before it's too
SCPD lot because driver couldn't of
e ownership, permission to oper- hi
)r insurance coverage. gl
. 25 sc
o break-in, attempted larce- q
>f radio and possession of tools
rime, S-6 lot Arresting officer ob- L
ed subiect Dark in incident loca- ii
t, exit his vehicle and look into p
im's vehicle. The subject returned p(
is own vehicle to retrieve a tire iron
r<
inserted it into the victim's car ,
dow, causing the window to shatThe
officer then observed the sub- 11
run back to his car and exit the v
ting lot. After several minutes, the a
ject returned to original incident f(
tion, reapproached the victim's ve- sj
e, opened the door and attempted ^
teal the victim's stereo equipment,
ject was scared off before remov- a
the stereo and attempted to flee a
scene. He was stopped by backup f<
eptions
know how to build upon it rather
an tear it down," DeBose said.
Other opponents of ebonies fear
at the implications of such an edution
would be to compound the difmlfir
fV* rtf w ftntf V?1 nnlra UmaaItim/*
uitj mat mcuij uiav^Ais 1 ate ui cazviii^
to the working world.
"You can't get by without a propeducation
in English," economics
phomore Jody Hill said.
DeBose, however, said that peoe
with dialects different from stanrd
English will ultimately be able to
oudly use their native dialect withtheir
cultural community and siultaneously
use standard English
len needed.
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r higher educatloi
EGINNA GREEN Senior Writer
Tamara Keith chose to attend one
America's most prestigious univeries,
not because it was one of the best
t because of who comprised the best.
Keith, 19, studies philosophy at
i University of California at Berke.
The school's diverse faculty and stunt
body are two of the reasons that
idified her choice to attend.
There are a lot more collective ex iences
on a campus like Berkeley's,"
ith said. "The way you learn in life
from experience, and being someere
where you experience others' exriences
and they share yours is the
st way to learn."
Since the Berkeley junior has been
ending the school, the very policies
it have helped to make Berkeley the
rerse institution it is are possibly
aring extinction.
In 1996, California voters overelmingly
cast their votes for the Calrnia
Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI),
o known as Proposition 209, which
od to eliminate all instances of disaiination
against or preferential treatrnt
of any person or group on the baof
race, sex, color, gender or national
gin in regard to public education,
LI * 1 x J LI'
uuc employment ana puonc concting.
Supporters of the proposition, who
:luded the University of California
ard of Regents, California governor
te Wilson and former assistant secary
of education Michael Williams,
itend the initiative is a return to the
le concept of civil rights.
"I was concerned that no matter
w nobly we intend it, when we rely
proposals that favor some students
d not others, we risk violating the
,rda in mir flnnstitntinn renftflted
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ficers and arrested. Subject had in
is possession two screwdrivers. The
lbject's vehicle contained additional
:rewdrivers and the tire iron.
ct. 24
arceny of snack foods, BA Buildrig,
Basement canteen. Comlainant,
a custodial supervisor, reorted
that while making his morning
junds, he found the following item
am aged: one coin-operated vending
lachine belonging to Cromer food serices.
The front glass was shattered
nd assorted snack items were taken
>r an estimated loss of $136. One Pepi
refrigerator storage unit belonging
3 Mariott food services also was damged.
The door handle was broken, and
ssorted drink products were removed
)r an estimated loss of $35.