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by Brandon Larrabee ternatk
Staff Writer Student
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A bill redefining the mission of the fluence (
Multicultural Affairs Committee and mittee,'
clarifying what the committee consid- "It 1
ers a "minority group" will come to be a mi
the floor of student senate today for a The
final vote. Traveri
The bill, proposed by President Pro cultura
iem Leign-Anne iravers ana ben. aonn uutreai
Tidikis, would give the committee a reduce
clearer mission and define a "minori- Tra1
ty group" as "any group needing spe- islation
rial consideration, which includes (but ferent i
is not limited to) blacks, Hispanics, in- would g
Investigation
by Stephen K. Paulson dents aj
Associated Press found it
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LITTLETON, Colo. ? Radios and' day, an
televisions fell silent across the Denver witness
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area ai ii.ai a.m. tuuay, une weeK lu "cy ua
the minute after the eruption of gun- erating
fire at Columbine High School was first Pros
reported. have be
Church bells tolled 15 times, one for "We
each person killed, including the gun- vided bj
men, and television news broadcasts Paulter
showed a blue Columbine memorial rib- trict atfc
bon while observing the moment of si- them b<
lence. 18 at th
Earlier, authorities said the 18-year- vember
old girlfriend of gunman Dylan Klebold "W?
had purchased at least two of the crime v
weapons used in the attack. provide
The Denver Post reported'today that 18, thai
investigators believe the girlfriend you pro
bought three weapons not long after not a vi
her 18th birthday in November. The Pro;
Denver Rocky Mountain News said the bought
young woman, identified as Robyn K iff John
Anderson, was believed to have bought sible th
two guns. and Ha
Tnvpstitratnrs alsn difirnunted a re- "Shi
port from a Colorado Springs gun deal- pheasan
er that the other gunman, Eric Harris, A m
was among five teens who tried to home d
buy a machine gun and another weapon the fam
last month. The dealer said the abort- the Post
ed transaction was videotaped. Inve
But Larry Bettendorf, an agent with one othe
the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco aware c
and Firearms, said the videotapes had weeks li
nothing to do with the massacre. "Th<
"Our agents have reviewed the Stone i
videotape or tapes, and they did not broughi
find any evidence of the suspects or stored i
their associates in there," he said. der you
Harris, 18, and Klebold, 17, com- Stoi
mitted suicide after bursting into rested i
Columbine High with guns and bombs the atta
a week ago today, killing 12 fellow stu- case.
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lelps better define what it is to lowed by legislate
inority at USC," Tidikis said, sub-committee. Th
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3 and Tidikis to merge Multi- "We decided tl
1 Affairs with the Community to do is redefine t
:h Committee in an attempts tural Affairs in
the number of committees. ment," said Eaddj
rers said they proposed the leg- ports the legislate
"because if we had all these dif- Under the bill,
committees, the committees duties would inclu
;et too small." al racial foijun, wh
continues in Li
ad one teacher. Four guns were
i the school.
Anderson was Questioned Mon
d authorities describe her as a
not a suspect. District Attor- Were pi*<
ve Thomas said she was coop- Klebold.
with investigators.
secutors said the weapons might
en purchased legally.
think three of them were pror
the girlfriend of Klebold," Mark
, a Jefferson County chief dis- ???
Drney, told the Post. 13he bought "Tm suspicious
jcause she was older. She was said. "They are noi
e time. She bought them in No- this one yet."
or December. Also Monday, e
i're not sure she committed a hold and Harris ha
aider Colorado statute. If you higger bloodbath,
a handgun to a person under dreds ?f students,
t's a violation of the statute. If f p 3116 ^ 11
vide a shotgun or a rifle, that's 1^ators
, .. ? that was kept by I
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secutors said Ms. Anderson , , , , ..
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two shotguns and ant Sher- ^ have been u
Stone acknowledged it was pos- icoIogy tests revea]
at she did know how Klebold hol in their
rris planned to use the guns. saj^
s's not going to use those for ?It makes it a ]
it hunting," Stone told the News, ing to me that they
an who was at Ms. Anderson's and not under the
eclined to comment, saying and drugs, prose
ily was terrorized by reporters, MSNBC.
I said. Columbine's i
stigators still believe that some- closed to everyone jr
than Klebold and Harris was and investigators.1
)f their plans in the days and reported for duty
eading up to the attack. closed location. Co
ire's a lot of munitions there," begin classes ;
said. "Either somebody else High School next
t it in or they brought it in and ^er" P^1160
t.... It's hard to get that in un- c ^ today.
r raincoat and not be noticed." . . eac ers ave
j., , i - pick up their book
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near Columbine on the day of b ?Tf thpv nppH
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of working at UPS. There
benefits-like choosing \
work schedule and getl
holidays and vacations,
company understands stu
UPS. And no other compc
more. They make it eas;
^your way through school.
If the whole stud(
worked at UPS, everybo
be in better shape-physii
financially."
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CAROLINA NEWS
t committee
) Sen. Jotaka Eaddy, "a spawn off of the M
led to take a differ- idential panel." She
the forum could, am
legislation disband- ? , ,
h Committee, fol- ?P ?
m recreating it as a The committee wc
en they proposed the Black History Month
i. ry Month and Martii
bat what we needed Day.
he role of Multicul- "N0W; through th:
Student Govern- ^ [the committee]
r, who strongly sup- .,
b J vers said.
in. _
the committee's new ^ie senators said
de holding an annu- Multicultural Affairs
ich Travers said was ultimate goals.
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t out of the woods in they>re going to be op)
tuthorities said Kle- string f?r a while,
id aimed for an even Chatfield Principa
plotting to kill hun- said her staff wou
, and then to hijack
; into New York City. Columbine teachers
I a diary they found campus as they prep
JarriS; Jn hopes of finishing 01
old, bizarre nature
i that the gunmen want ^h0111
iking drugs, but tox- want them to feel sal
led no drugs or alco- Funerals were k
, the coroner s office
three students and D
ittle more frighten- only teacher killed
r i j
were 01 sounumina Mourners, incluc
influence of alcohol
icutor Thomas told hundreds, also tu
to remember Lauren'
campus remained year-old honor studei
except bomb squads , .
Columbine teachers the girls volleyba
today at an undis- Rohrbough, the 15-y
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at nearby Chatfield
Monday, four days mS students; and Ca
I, school officials de- 17-year-old girl who f
of God just before sh(
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said she believes the active role and lead the way
one other things. moting diversity," Eaddy said.
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ns ou in e air. fa|rs should help bridge that g
luld also help with tween a]j ethnic groups and all
i, Hispanic Histo- backgrounds," Tidikis said,
i Luther King Jr. As far as the list of minority i
is concerned, Travers and Tidik
is bill we're giv- term "international students'
i j i ? m ? cover all international studen
real duties, Tra- cluding white studcnts, ^ ^ ]
and Canadians,
the bill would help "Technically, if you look at it
better achieve its people are a minority at the Un
ty of South Carolina," Tidikis s<
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lority group'
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pro- mittee, this is the Multicultural Committee,"
Travers said. If it were the Mulral
Af- tiracial Committee, she said, "we would
;ap be- j^ve jusj. gaid re(j( black and purple
ethnic peopie?
Travers said she had "no doubt" the
groups kiif would pass>
'would "This isn't something that's really
tg -n controversial," she said.
British "This could have a really positive
and profound impact on diversity at the
, these University of South Carolina," Tidikis
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them. I would do it," Wilson said.
ways of The process of egg donation takes
mation, weeks of preparation, both mental
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'trouble more ^an a ^ozen e&8s- After ovulation,
she must take a drug to deis
a good sensitize the ovaries. During menive
chilre
than struation, she is examined for ovarian
ashman CyStg and makes an appointment to
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The extraction procedure takes a
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total of 30 minutes and a day and half,
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hink a
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