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__Carolina News_ SG Elections Commission issues infraction by Kelly Haggerty and Brandon Larrabe Staff Writers The Student Government Elections Commission met Tuesday night to de termine the ramifications of one alleged candidate violation. They decided to issue presidential can didate Mike Scott with one solicitation infraction. On the violations form, a res ident adviser made the following com plaint: “A voice mail soliciting votes was circulated to resident advisers by Mike Scott. He stated some of the points of his platform, finishing with a ploy for votes. I do not appreciate being hounded for my vote just because I am a resident adviser with voice mail.” Scott defended himself at the meet s ing by saying he didn’t specifically ask RAs to vote for him or give details about his platform. He said he was just asking for support for his idea to make changes to visitation policies in freshman residence halls. Scott also said that since he’s an RA, he considers the 35 or so freshman resi dence hall RAs he called his friends. He added that he asked Elections Com missioner Emily LeMaster if he could do so, and that there must have been a mis communication. “He did talk to me, but the commis sion decided he took libertywith my an swer,” LeMaster said. On Monday, the commission gave presidential candidate Mark Hartney two infractions for distributing campaign materials person-to-person at two meet ings. SG codes state that candidates can only distribute material person-to-person on election day. Hartney’s campaign man ager, Sarah Schumacher, said she distrib uted all the material at meetings, and was careful to place jt on chairs or tables in stead of giving it to anyone. “I just don’t see how this is possible when I’m the one doing the handing,” Scumacher said, though she and Hartney later admitted he might have distributed the material. Hartney and Jotaka Eaddy also got warnings for posting violations. The commission will vote on six al leged infractions tonight. Gas Leak from page A1 told us it was safe,” Jewell said. An official fire report made at C< lumbia Fire Station Two listed the occu rence as “a good-intent call” and said tl gas readings weren’t high enough to 1 dangerous. A good-intent call means the person who called in was justified in making the report, but that nothing particularly harm ful was found at the scene. • No official explanation has been made as to what might have caused the smell. I- It’s unknown whether the smell was r- actually caused by a gas leak of any kind. ,e The USC Health and Safety depart e nient said it couldn’t find the cause of smell after investigating on Tuesday. Maintenance personnel and an in dustrial hygienist went through the build ing, but found nothing. A list of explanations includes the pos sibility that gas from city pipes could have come into the building, or that the rain could have caused the roof drains to block up, sending a sewage-like smell into the building. Firefighters reported that their gas me ters registered higher levels of gas near toilets and faucets. Body Image - from page A1 and Wellness Programs at 777-7619 or the Counseling and Hu man Development Center at 777-5223. At the development center, students can also make ap pointments with counselors and talk or ask questions about eat ing disorders. A support group, “Making Peace With Food,” is also be ing started at the development center to help people make peace with food and address the issues surrounding emotional eating. Meetings will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesdays at the center, located on the second floor of 900 Assembly St. Debate from page A1 calls, and Bush has repeatedly denied that his supporters engage in negative calls, known as "push polling." Keyes said Republicans had more im portant issues to debate, and the "spit ting match" between Bush and McCain was giving viewers a negative impression of the party. "This [broadcast] is going out to 202 countries," Keyes said. "Is this pointless squabbling what we want them to see?" After the debate, Lt. Gov. Bob Peel er, who co-chairs Bush’s South Carolina campaign, said Bush had not taken part in negative campaigning. Peeler said Bush was "clearing up negative campaigning." McCain told the press conference he might be hurt by not responding to Bush’s ads. "That’s a risk I’m willing to take," McCain said. Another hotly debated topic was tax policy. McCain said Bush’s tax cut was targeted to the wealthy and didn’t leave enough for Social Security or paying down the national debt. "I want a balanced approach," Mc Cain said. Bush responded by saying his plan gave money back to taxpayers, instead of keeping it in Washington. "Wfe’re dealing with the people’s money, not the government’s money," Bush said, labeling McCain’s smaller tax cut as part of "the Washington mentali ty-" McCain countered by saying his plan was more mature. "It’s not the Washington mentality, it’s the grown-up mentality," McCain said. Bush rejected McCain’s response. "I don’t trust Congress, I trust the people," Bush said. "Either you trust the people, or you trust government." Keyes said neither plan went far enough. He said he favors abolishing the income tax, going so far as to call the sys tem unconstitutional. "It is not a system our founding fa thers put in place," he said. He said he favors funding the gov ernment on tariffs, duties, and excise tax es, which are the only forms of taxa tion specifically mentioned in the Constitution. Another issue the candidates debat ed was abortion. The topic has come up several times in previous debates. King asked Bush what he would do if his daughter needed an abortion. "I’m not going to drag my daughter into this discussion," Bush said. Bush said he supported a Constitu tional amendment banning abortion ex cept in instances of rape, incest or if the life of the mother is endangered. However, McCain challenged Bush, citing Bush’s support of the current Re publican platform. "It [the platform] doesn’t have the ^ exemptions," McCain said. " Bush said that specifically men tioning the exemption wasn’t necessary. "It doesn’t refer to how that Con stitutional amendment ought to be de • fined," Bush said. Both McCain and Bush have previ ously said a decision on an abortion their daughter needed would be a family de cision. Keyes accused the candidates of taking a weak and inconsistent position on the issue. "These are folks who take a position they can’t defend," Keyes said. McCain responded by saying he didn’t need "a lecture" from Keyes about "the value of life." "I’ve seen enough killing in my life," McCain said, "more than you have." Spokesman Opinsky was pleased by McCain’s performance during the de bate. "I think he did very well," Opinsky said. "I think we were able to commu nicate our mess of conservative reform." South Carolina Lt. Gov. Bob Peel er, who co-chairs Bush’s South Carolina campaign, felt that Bush made a strong showing in the debate. "George W. Bush is our best chance of ending the Clinton-Gore era," Peeler said. * ‘I don’t trust Congress, I trust the people. Either you trust the people, or you trust government.' George W. Bush Presidential candidate Presidents from page A1 vious leadership positions at the university. “I beg people to ask me that question [about leadership] because I’ve held every kind of... ex ecutive leadership position you can have at USC,” 1 Hartney said. He said the list of student organ iza ' tions he’s been involved in include Greek oigani zati'ons, community service programs and multi cultural student affairs. Taylor talked about her involvement in, among other organizations, Carolina Productions, Fresh man Council and the South Carolina Student As sociation, which she said boosted her qualifica tions. SCSA is a meeting of student governments from across the state. “I kind of saw what all student governments were doing,” Taylor said. Eaddy said she was an executive board mem ber of the Association of African-American Stu dents, a member of the senate Finance and Rules committees and chairman of the senate Powers and Responsibility Committee. “I’ve been involved in a broad range of stu dent organizations at USC,” Eaddy said. Scott cited his two years in Preston Hall gov ernment, his service as vice president of Delta Up si Ion last yearand his involvement with different service projects and committees. The candidates agreed that they would devote as much time as possible to the position. “I’m prepared to give as much time as I have to give to USC,” Eaddy said. “I’m willing to give as much time as it takes for the necessary changes and to be a voice for the students here at USC.” Hartney said he would give up time at other oiganizations in order to devote more to the pres idency. “I’m willing to separate from those [oigani zations] in order to serve every single student at - , the university,” Hartney said. Scott said one thing to might lessen the amount of time he could devote to SG was his position as a resident adviser. “But other than that, I’m 24-7,” he said. “I’ll commit as much time as possible.” Taylor said her academics would come first, but her commitment to SG would be next. “I’m prepared to give it every single minute I have,” she said. “Being student body president would be my No. 2 thing.” ■ ; i ■ * &c • *»•«•*•• . * ■ j,* ^ **> \ : ;■ ; | «*»» I *#>'& ' | ‘ * * ' >; REGISTER WITH MYBYTES.COM AND SCORE BIG! GET A FREE SONIC ABYSS : ; MULTIMEDIA CD bnd ■ AUTOMATICALLY BE ENTERED INTO OUR Score Big, ScoRt Often Sweepstakes. YOU COULD WIN % AN INSTANT PRIZE! Plus, you'll have a chance at $100,000 TOWARDS YOUR COLLEGE EDUCATION. UpCLOiE SSS! CALGON jj is-SKECHERS ft 3KECMERm.COM rii.i ji.i .hi in mwbytes com UNIVERSAL ^^ ** |C No Purchase Necessory. Void in Florido and where prohibited by law. 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