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Carolina News Infraction from page A1 out consulting us.” In a letter to Taylor, dated Sunday Dorsel wrote that mass e-mails sent by £ candidate’s campaign staff are “against the rules.” Taylor’s list of her campaign staff given to the elections commission, in eluded only herself and her campaign man ager, David Hill. “Therefore, the issue at haipd is whether Russell Quattlebaum can be con sidered part of your campaign staff,” Dorse wrote. Dorsel cited the SG code defining a candidate’s campaign staff, which says, “Campaign staff shall be defined as any person assisting with the candidate’s cam - paign, with either the candidate’s or the campaign manager’s knowledge, at any time during the campaign.” “Considering your close relation ship with Mr. Quattlebaum, it is reason able to assume that at seme point along the way, he has assisted with your cam paign and can be considered a part of your campaign staff,” Dorsel said. “Therefore, his action on the 17th contradicted the election codes and was worthy of the in fractions handed down by the Elections Commission.” r by Scott Marinaro I College Press Exchange Madison, Wis. - In response to a sit-in outside the chancellor’s office, the University of Wisconsin at Madison has announced new initia tives toward curbing the manufacture of university-licensed goods in sub standard conditions. , Among them is withdrawal from the Fair Labor Association, an anti sweatshop group critics say is weak and merely a public relations front for corporate members such as Nike and Reebok. Protesters are particularly troubled by the association’s unwill ingness to publicly disclose the names and exact locations of manufacturers producing university-licensed goods. The Wisconsin sit-in, led by the Anti-Sweatshop Committee, is die lat est of several demonstrations direct ed at Chancellor David Ward — and the latest of several demonstrations on campuses across the country. Wtrd is accused of ignoring rec ommendations from the committee and from members of an advisory board appointed to ensure the university avoids doing business with sweatshops. Three students on the board resigned a few weeks ago, claiming frustra tion with a lack of response from uni versity officials. To meet protesters' demands, Wtrd agreed to pull the university out of the association. Still unclear is whether the university will join forces wi{h the Workers’ Rights Consortium, a small er group made up of human-rights or ganizations and some universities that supporters say has more credibility than the FLA. Officials at the University of Chica go and Pennsylvania are also discussing membership in the consortium. While the University of Michigan and Indi ana University have agreed to join it. “We will participate in this process so long as we are making progress towards a fair and credible monitor ing system,” Whrd said. Under new guidelines announced by Wisconsin officials this week, any companies wishing to use the UW name or logo will have to meet strict licensing codes. The new rules and pre-existing guidelines will necessi tate the disclosure of factory locations, factory inspections, and approval from the Collegiate Licensing Committee in Atlanta, before a company can re ceive approval. Q&A from page A3 Gamecock We’d like to get each of you to ask each other a question, and we’ll give you one minute to answer each ques tion. JE (to KT): Well, I just have a question about your platform. I know you want ed to do a tutoring program and carry out the Safe Ride program, but having been a part of SG and having been in atten dance in a lot of these meetings, I ques tion whether or not they can really happen. Safe Ride has been through USC legal and has been tom to pieces several times. Also, where are you going to get the money for the tutoring program, and why would you want to go a tutoring pro gram when there’s free tutoring in every department at this university? Don’t you think it would better if SG just advocat ed those tutoring programs, as well as on line syllabi? SG has pretty much gone as far as it can with the Academics Com mittee in passing that,' and it’s pretty much already happened. KT: With online syllabi, I know that they’re planning to have that during class es, but I haven’t seen anything about hav ing that during pre-registration. As a mem ber of the Honors College, I see the books when I go in there, and they’re not on line, and they haven’t been. And it’s some thing I would like to see happen before registration so that when people are try ing to decide which classes to take, they can look at that, and that will help them decide. As far as Safe Ride, you’re probably referring to my Web site. David [Hill, campaign manager] and I just nev er fixed it. We put it in the platform, but if you read The Gamecock article, I said that I didn’t think [Safe Ride] would happen. I don’t think that we can take people anywhere just because of the le gal issues. As far as the tutoring program goes, I got that idea from Clemson be cause a person from Clemson’s SG said this would be a great idea. The reason I talked about paying for it (because Clem son has free tutoring programs) is because there are a lot of students who don’t have time to have jobs. KT(to JE): I know you’re involved with a lot of national organizations, such as those advocating against the death penal ty. How do you think you can give SG the time it needs when you are so in volved with these national organizations? JE: Much of my national work occurs during the summer, and I feel like, if elect ed president, I would give SG all the time it needs. And I’ve been involved with NCADP, the [death penalty] organization you’re referring to, since I’ve been in 12th grade. And I feel like I’ve shown myself to be a good student leader, and I haven’t backed off from SG or anything. 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