Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Bush wins in S.C. by Brandon Larrabee and Charles Prashaw ^ Gamecock Staff Three weeks alter receiving a drub bing from Arizona Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire’s presidential prima ry, Texas Gov. Geoige W. Bush relumed the favor in South Carolina’s GOP pri mary on Saturday. Bush defeated McCain by 11 percent of the vote, 53-42. Conservative radic commentator Alan Keyes garnered 5 per cent. Almost 75 percent of Bush’s sup port in the election came from the Greenville-Spartanburg area, tire slate’s Republican core. Bush has now won four of five presidential primaries as the race fot the GOP’s nomination heads to Michi gan and Arizona, which hold their pri _ manes Tuesday. A Republican candidate has never won the South Carolina pri mary and not won the Republican nom inalion. Amid cheering supporters and a hosi of media. Bush gave his victory speecl at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia. “There are only 263 days more un til the end of Clinton-Gore,” he said “Tonight is the beginning of the end o the Clinton-Gore era.” Bush said he would restore hono to the presidency. “I will make sure that when Ameri can parents and their children look at th< White House, they will see not an em barrassment, but a symbol in which the] can be proud,” he said. Bush also said that the voters of Soutl Carolina sent a strong message tha they want him as their next president ^ “The people of South Carolin; have endorsed my agenda of bette schools, lower taxes and a strong mili lary,” Bush said. He went on to address the media tha he said had doubled that he could pull ol a victory in a state where McCain cam paigned hard. “They said my tax cut plan is un popular in the polls, they say I should back down, but they got the wrong man,” Bush told his cheering supporters. McCain promised a fight in a tough concession speech, saying he wished Bush a good night’s rest. “He’s going to need it, my friends, for we have just begun to fight and I can’t wait for the next round,” McCain said. “I’m going to keep fighting clean, I’m going to keep fighting fair, and I’m going to keep fighting the battle of ideas.” In a jab at Bush’s advertising in the state, McCain said he wouldn’t go nega i live in liis battle with the Texan. “1 will not take the low road to the highest office in the land,” he said. “1 want the presidency in the best way, not the worst way. “I will never disgrace the nation I love or myself by letting ambition overcome principle,” McCain said. “Nev er.” Bush appeared for only 10 minutes during the end of his victory party, and was accompanied by former Gov. Car roll Campbell and Lt. Gov. Charlie Con don. Although a majority of elected and former Republican officials in South Car olina supported Bush, the rally was de void of some important state Republi cans, such as Sen. Strom Thurmond and former Gov. David Beasley. Two of the biggest concerns among Bush’s supporters were a potential split of the Republican party by McCain sup porters in November and the fact that an open primary in South Carolina allowed many Democrats and independents to vote in the Republican primary “There have been some family feuds [in the Republican Party] but I really think we will come back together before November,” Condon said. “It is wrong to haye Democrats en ter our primary with the express purpose of voting for someone they aren’t going to vote for in November. I think we should go to party restoration vot PRIMARY Stt PAGE A2 Katrina Clark College Press Exchange George W. Bush waves to his supporters at a campaign stop at Newberry College. Bush won Saturday's presidential primary by 11 percentage points. Bush and Ariz. Sen. John McCain headed to Michigan Sunday to begin campaigning there. Taylor responds to commission's infractions ruling by Brandon Larrabee Associate News Editor „ Student Government presidential can didate Katie Taylor responded Sunday to the decision of the Elections Commis sion to issue two in fractions against her in connection with an e-mail sent to stu dents in the College of Engineering. The com TflYLOR mission issued the in fractions in response to an e-mail sent to engineering students by Russell Qualtlebaum, whotn commis sioners said was Taylor’s boyfriend, The decision, while penalizing Tay lor, doesn’t disqualify her from partici pating in a runoff with Jotaka Eaddy, sched uled for Wednesday and Thursday. But it leaves her one infraction away from be ing disqualified. Taylor, however, said she had done nothing wrong. “I’m not even involved in this, and I’m getting punished,” she said. David Hill, Taylor’s campaign man ager, said Qualtlebaum acted without the campaign’s consent. “Neither one of us knew about it,” Hill said. “It was done independently.” Hill said the campaign wouldn’t have taken part in the e-mail, which he said “screams ‘infraction.’” “If anyone thinks that we were re sponsible for that, they must think that we were idiots,” he said. Hill said he was disappointed with the commission’s decision. “I think they made a decision they ... should’ve thought about maybe some more,” he said. He said lie thought they made the de cision without enough evidence to tie Tay lor to the e-mail. “We think they need a little bit of ev idence to give two infractions,” he said. Hill said this wasn't the first example of injustice by the commission. “I’ve seen about a thousand clowns of injustice come out of it [the Elections Commission],” Hill said, referring to the commission as “[Elections Commission er] Emily LeMaster’s little courtroom.” Hill said part of Taylor’s campaign in volves looking at the way the commission does its business and “possibly making some changes.” Taylor also said she believed the judg ment was unfair. “I think it was just an unfair judgment on their part without any basis to go on,” Taylor said. Hill said the camp;iign intends to ap peal the commission’s decision to SG At torney General Chris Dorsel. “If he doesn’t rule in our favor, then we’ll appeal it immediately,” this lime to the Office of Student and Alumni Ser vices, Hill said. Hill said the campaign would appeal the decision even if the runoff has already passed. LeMaster defended the commission’s action. “The commission does not ever in tend to react in an unfair manner,” she said. She said the commission intention ally didn’t act on the allegation immedi ately after hearing Taylor’s testimony. “Instead, we all went home, got a good night’s rest, and met again on Friday, so as not to react rashly to the alleged viola InFRACTIONS SEE page A2 Two students named All-USA academics Parler Dorsel by Amanda Silva Staff Writer A recent graduate of the USC Hon ors College has been named to the All USA College Academic First Team. Giroline Parler of Imio was named onjujf 20 students from 828 nominees for ®U*Today's 11th annual team. The award, which has a $2,500 cash prize, recognizes the winners for their outstanding intellectual achievement and leadership. Parler will attend an awards luncheon Friilay at USA Todiy’s olfices in Arling ton, Va. “Being selected for the USA Today All-American Academic Team is a spe cial honor and an exciting way in which to end my undeigraduale career,” Parler said. "I feel privileged to represent my slate and the University of South Carolina, and 1 am delighted to disclose the excellent academic opportunities that exist within our nation’s public universities.” Parler, who was named a Rhodes Scholar in December, is a graduate of Ir mo High School. She was graduated magna cum laude from USC with a degree in en gineering and is conducting research at the university before pursuing studies at Oxford University in the fall. “USA Today is proud to continue its commitment to honoring academic ex cellence and community service through out the country,” USA Today editor Karen Juigensen said. Outstanding individual scholarship or intellectual achievement and leadership roles in activities on or off campus were the most important criteria for the judges. Parler, a Barry M. Goldwaler Schol ar in 1998, was an accomplished leader in USC’s campus and service oiganizalions. As a USC student, Piirler earned some of the university’s highest awards for lead ership. In 1999, she received the univer sity's Steven N. Swanger Award and was named Outstanding Woman of the Year and Outstanding Senior in Chemical En gineering. She held leadership positions in Chi Omega sorority, Omicron Della Kappa national honor society, Mortar Board senior honor society, Student Gov ernment and Tau Beta Pi, a national en gineering honor society. Parler was named ODK’s National Leader of the Year and to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. She is a choreographer and dancer for the USC Dance Company. Parler joins a team filled with students from some of llie nation’s most prestigious universities, including Harvard Universi ty, Yale University, Carnegie Mellon Uni versity, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University. English senior Chris Dorsel, of Flo rence, was named to the USA Today Col lege Academic Tltird Team. A graduate of the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, Dorsel has served as student body vice president and is the co-founder of Second Serving, a program that delivers cafeteria leftovers to the homeless. Dorsel’s team members included stu dents Irom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology, the U.S. Naval Academy and Johns Hopkins University. Ginger M. Dension of Greensboro, N.C., a student at Furman University, was also named to the team. Business students to invest $500K by Phil Watson Staff Whiter USC’s Financial Management As sociation was recently rewarded $500,000 from the Business Partnership Founda tion. The FMA has been working on this project for two yean now. The USC hori zons fund is a half a million dollars that students will invest and manage in oth er ways. Students don’t get to keep any of the money or the dividends. All profit goes back to the business school, but students get hands-on money management expe rience from this project. Fmance/accounting senior Michael Gilreath, the FMA president, said, “It’s going to be a good way for students to onuge me gap, wnere mey can appiy what they’ve learned in the classroom to what actually goes on in the real world. This way it’s real-life, hands-on experi ence for students to actually invest mon ey.” Business Partnership Foundation president Joel Smith said, “We have iremenuous commence m mese out standing students, and we look forward to watching them learn through this meaningful educational experience. We also anticipate being able to reward their success with additional investments.” Investment see page a2 ‘This [the USC horizons fund] will make our stu dents very attractive in the job market as they can demonstrate they are able to manage large amounts of money.' Ron Rogers FMA faculty advisor Web site offers free classified ads by Amanda Silva Staff Writer Students seeking an apartment for the fall semester can now use a new Web site designed by USC students to help them in their search. Free College Classifieds (www.FreeCollegeClassifieds.com) connects more than 1,500 schools around the country, allowing students to post ads from their individual campuses. The company, promoted by the Web site as being “for stu dents, by students,” was founded in May by USC juniors Will Fogle and Chris Porter. “We have designed this Web site to meet the needs of col lege students,” Fogle said. “As students ourselves, we know what those needs are.” Through this free service, students can post ads for apartments, roommates, textbooks, tickets and more. “Basically, it’s an online bulletin board for college stu dents,” Fogle said. Students can advertise not only on their own campus, but also on one of the other schools included on the Web site. “Our goal is to be able to connect students at their indi vidual campuses,” Fogle said. Media arts freshman Lauren Heath said, “When it comes down to it, students have little money, and Web sites like this are not only cost-efficient, but convenient.” The site was created in an effort to foster easy communi cation among college students while saving them lime and money. “The idea was hatched last May when I was selling my Web site see page a2 Weather Inside Datebook Online Poll Today i 61 y 38 Tuesday \ 61 / 42 • use sweeps Delaware St. Page B1 Monday • The Gamecock, 4 p.m., RH 333 • Fraternity Council, 4 p.m., RH 322/326 • Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH 322/326 • CP, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday • AAAS, 6 p.m., RH The ater •FOCUS, 8:15p.m., Women's Club • S.C. Student Legisla ture, 9 p.m. • Spring Board, 5:30 p.m. * i‘ • RHA, 7 p.m., RH 307 Do you feel safe on campus? Vole al www.gamccock.sc.cclu. Results will be published Friday.