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Monday, January 11, 1999
Rohypno
by Brad Walters
News Editor
One of the most widely used daterape
drugs in the past several years,
Rohypnol, could be becoming prevalent
at USC.
Commonly referred to as "roofies
this illegal drug has been popular for
years on college campuses nationwide.
The colorless, odorless and tasteless
tablet can be slipped into a person's
drink, creating a high that could last
up to eight hours.
The ensuing relaxation and loss of
motor skills can cause someone to become
an easy target for rape.
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Second be
by Kenley Young
News Editor
Student Government members are
planning to expand Second Serving, a
program that lets students take food
from designated USC dining halls and
deliver it to a local homeless shelter.
According to Student Body Vice
President Chris Dorsel, who helped
found Second Serving, the program will
no longer be sponsored by SG but will
become a separate student organization
on campus. Dorsel said several factors
remain to be considered.
"We've already written the constitution
and laid the groundwork for it,
Demand for witnes
CLINTON continued from page 1
in a late-night bargaining session with
senators.
But the House prosecutors made
clear their intention to call witnesses,
including Ms. Lewinsky, at a trial that
could extend three weeks or more.
Lockhart said, "If they insist on
bringing witnesses, it will significantly
extend and delay this process, and
all bets are off.... We don't believe that
they've made a compelling case that
the president be removed."
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said all
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Tricia Phaup, with sexual assault
services at the Thomson Student Health site
Center, said drugs like roofies pose a tak
threat to the body. trac
"[These druersl can nntentiallv shut
down all bodily functions [and] shut
down the central nervous system,"
Phaup said. "The brain can stop send- ^
ing signals for the heart to pump right."
Phaup advises people who think ^r8'
they've been drugged at a party to come
to the health center, where a urine sample
can be taken. If you've been sexu- in n
ally assaulted while under the influ- inso
ence of roofies, Phaup said, go to the proj
emergency room as soon as possible, stro
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but we're still looking at the logistics said
of it," he said. nize
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gestions, efficient organizational plans
and adequate student access. the j
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Blakely Hallman has volunteered to will
head it up. She's one of the co-founders,
so she's very well prepared." grai
Hallman said she wants to pattern den
the program after Carolina for Kids, '
another student service organization, of ri
Hallman said Carolina for Kids is well- thei
organized and sets a good example for to d<
other campus clubs. ule i
"I just think [Carolina for Kids] is !
a very worthwhile organization," she a w(
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and the White House. "If the House friei
feels they need them, then we're going 1
to give them leeway. That's the Re- on a
publican sentiment," he said. the
But Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., de- law;
nounced Hyde's demands for witness- was
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going to be held hostage any time the 1
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Timeliness can be critical in these USCPD ifivestiga
lations. A urine sample should be said he hasn't seen a
en within 24 hours to assure that roofies have played a
:es of the drug can be found. Only nine rapes wi
Rick Gant, head of USC's Office of USCPD from 199
ohol and Drug Awareness, said Phaup said that up t
best way to keep from becoming a are never reported,
im in such situations is simply to Proving the pres(
to drink anything you haven't rape cases is difficult
pared yourself. ' its presence can only tx
"If you think there could be some- a urine test. This tesl
lg in there, don't take it," Gant said, istered to victims wii
Rohypnol, a legal prescription drug ter they've been rape
lany countries, was created to help tims don't come forwa
rnniacs sleep. The drug has the same point, if they do come
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a party-goers
s, roofies also for as little as $2 to $4 per tablet in sev;sia,
which some- eral places, particularly in large cities,
ms to forget the A newer drug that's considered as
dangerous as roofies, but which is easr
drugs don't just ier to make, is Gamma-Hydroxy Bunen
at parties, tyrat. Also called "liquid ecstasy," this
5 drugs have al- drug is used by bodybuilders as 9 growth
pie and that men hormone.
he drug's effects GHB is even more of a danger*.
Phaup said, because it can be produced
rgencyNet, Ro- in home labs and because directions on
orted as one of how to produce it are easy to find and
i school and col- fellow.
irticularly in col- Phaup said the Food and Drug
years. Roofies Administration is moving to classify
rtedly being sold GHB as illegal.
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t his own people. So someone with that attitude and that
makes him dangerous."
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ds or Respond to fresh Iraqi provocations, including a mill
Kuwait or launching a SCUD missile, if the order is givi
nni said that in response to four tries by Iraq since Dec.
Western planes in the no-fly zones, he's requesting eight
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