The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 05, 1999, Page Page 2, Image 2

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age A Mortar Board applications due All rising seniors with a 3.0 GPA or better wanting to apply for Mortar Board need to turn in applications today. Call Chappell at 544-1117 for more information. licrVvtr fanoc rival 1UVVVJ JL X til The men's rugby team will play rival Clemson at 2 p.m. Saturday. For directions or more information, call Colby at 936-1749. Kappa Alpha Psi presents award Kappa Alpha Psi sorority will be presenting its annual AfricanAmerican Women of Achievement Awards at 7 p.m. Monday in the School of Law auditorium. Admission is free. An address is to be given by House Democratic Caucus leader Gilda CobbHunter. Philosophy lecture to be given Christopher Preston, a philosophy professor from the University of Montana, will give a lecture, "Removing the Scare Quotes from 'Conversations' with Nature." The lecture will be held at 4 p.m. Feb. 11 in Gambrell 258. CWAC hosts distin-~ guished speaker Columbia World Affairs Council is hosting Naresh Chandra, Ambassador of India to the United States, discussing "Why India Wants Into the Nuclear Club" at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Capital City Club. The cost is $20 for CWAC members and $25 for nonmembers. For ticket information, call 252- 2197. Briefs for On Campus can be submitted to RH 333. Submissions should include a contact name and phone number. We can't promise to print everything, but we can promise to try. \ Co I SG senate c parking ref< by Sarah Huskamp Staff Writer Student senate Wednesday discussed the possibility of allowing students to vote on whether freshmen should he allowed to park their cars on campus. The proposal came as a result of parking problems the campus continually faces. In the past year, the campus has lost about 1,000 parking spaces because of construction. If the senate allows this referendum, the question will be placed on the SG ballots during elections Feb. 18. Sen. John Tidikis said he thinks the referendum should be placed on the ballot. He also supported the idea not to allow freshmen to get parking permits except under extreme circumstances. "Freshmen always bring cars [to campus!. I don't think most freshmen need cars on campus," Tidikis said. The proposal will be considered * r% rroin Jnrinrr novf urofilr c conofo mnnf. Cl^CUii UU1 iilg I1VAI/ "VV/II u UV11UW liiwt" ing. Sen. Patrick Gearman proposed another bill that would allow the Elections Commission to disqualify any candidates who don't comply with campaigning rules. A two-thirds majority vote would be required by the Police waiti to beaten L by Brad Walters News Editor Police officers are still waiting to speak with a USC junior who underwent nine hours of surgery Wednesday after being severely beaten last weekend. Officers don't know when they'll be able to talk to USC junior Jonathan "Blake" Floyd to find out who beat him or why, said Leshia Utsey-Gray, a spokeswoman for the Columbia Police Department. tone FREE sic Va I. I . V )lies last.} CAROLINA I iiscusses r erendum I commission to disqualify any candiThe candidate also can appeal this decision through the attorney general I or the Office of Student Affairs. Currently, disqualification of any candidate is at the discretion of the elections commissioner. The new bilLwould allow the entire rnmmiesinn tn vntp nn thp disnnfllifi cation of a candidate. Gearman spoke concerning the former version of the bill. "The old version gives sole discretion of disqualifying a candidate to the elections commissioner," he said. 'This amendment would take the power to disqualify a candidate away from the discretion of the commission- W&z* er and give it to the entire commission." Y.f The senate will vote on the bill during next week's meeting. Senate members also announced that the deadline for handing in all budgets for undergraduate organizations is at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Budgets should be submitted to the SG office. Senate absences on Wednesday included Ashley Bledsoe, Nicole Roseborough, Wendy Walls, Jennifer Whelchel, Martin White and Rhon dra Willis. ng to talk rSC student "[Investigators] were going to talk to him Tuesday, but physicians said he needed surgery Wednesday, so they will have to wait," Utsey-Gray said. L_ At the Commission on Higher Education meeting Thursday, University President John Palms said he spoke with Floyd's family that morning. 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