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Carolina News__ Cat from page 1 nessed the incident described it as a ver bal assault on Johnston. The complainant couldn’t be reached for comment. USCPD filed no incident report. Sergeant Henry Garbade said the student couldn’t have been arrested for verbal assault because South Carolina law says words don’t constitute assault. According to Johnston, the USCPD asked him to hold off on his work until it was made public to students that his intentions are to help, not hurt, animals. Johnston said he was sorry for up setting the student, and thanked her for her involvement. “I’m sorry it upset her, but I com pliment her concern. I thanked her for her involvement and she went away cry ing,” he said. “So I’m going to accept her as a person that loves animals, but did not have all her facts straight”. Johnston said he thought it was strange that he was accused of being racist. “It’s funny that I was accused of be ing racist because I am a Highlander and Iroquois Indian. You will find that I have friends of every nationality,” he said. “If there were more people around when this incident happened, it could have eas ily gotten out of hand and been very racial.” Garbade said Johnson’s good inten tions are obvious. “Johnston is obviously an animal lover, and we don’t have a problem with him if he isn’t hurting the animals,” he said. “I don’t see how we can turn down anyone who does this service for us for free”. Johnston said his work is rewarding. “I love animals. Rescuing them is very rewarding,” he said. “I don’t take a dime for it, but I consider myself one of the wealthiest people in the world because of all the love that is returned.” Johnston said the traps don’t hurt the animals in any way. Once the ani mals are trapped, Johnston takes them to be tested for diseases, including leukemia and feline HIV. If the animals are healthy, they’re adopted by people who will provide a good home for them, Johnston said. Johnston said he hopes students will understand that he’s trying to rescue the animals on campus and not hurt them. “The misunderstanding happened because I was away from my trap for a few minutes and couldn’t explain to the girl what I was doing,” Johnston said. “I always put food and water in the traps and I cover them up when it is going to rain. I don’t get paid to do this. This is all volunteer work that I do. I volunteer to any oiganization that needs me. Pets Incorporated is the largest pet adoption agency in the Midlands. I do the major ity of my work for them, but I work for other organizations, too.” Whenever students see Johnston at work, he said he explains what he is do ing and tells them about opportunities to volunteer at local animal shelters. He also carries literature about pet adoption so students will have a better awareness of its benefits to stray animals. Keep Smilin’. It’s Wednesday!! Senate from page 1 good things that we dealt with, not the more unfortunate things,” Dawkins said. Ford said senate got “way too slowed down with this impeachment stuff.” “It demoralized us,” he said. “It took away a lot of our time and a lot of our energy that we could have focused on other issues.” However, Eaddy said she didn’t think the impeachment affected the progress of senate. “It’s not like we stopped everything and said, ‘Hey, let’s go do this,”’ she said “Impeachment wasn’t the only thing dis cussed.” All four praised senate for its handling of the matter. “I think they handled it very, very well,” Anderson said Eaddy also said senate handled the is sue well. “I think it was handled very profes sionally,” she said. “There were no per sonal attacks. It was the issue at hand that was discussed” Ford said he was surprised by how « well senate handled the impeachment. “I’ll tell you, I was shocked,” Ford said. He credited the leadership of Dawkins and Sen. Patrick Gearman, who chaired the Judiciary Committee with Dawkins. Dawkins was also pleased with how senate conducted itself “I think the senate handled that very well,” he said. **1 think it went smooth ly-” Dawkins, who served on the court, said he was confident of the court’s de cision. “I have no doubt that we came to the right decision,” he said . Senate was also effective near the end of its term, avoiding the “lame duck” sta tus that often accompanies the final meet ing of legislative bodies, Dawkins and Ford said ' “Usually, you would think that a legislative body would be a lame duck,”* Ford said. “But really, I think we finished up well.” He said Clean Carolina, which was officially added to the list of the Student Service Committee’s responsibility last Wednesday, was an example of senate’s effectiveness near the end of the term. “I think this is a terrific project,” he said. “I really think it’s going to be sue cessful.” Dawkins also said senate was effec tive in its final weeks. “I think our past few weeks has been one our most effective times,” Dawkins said. He attributed the increased activities to senators acting on ideas that they had been thinking about since earli er in the term. “A lot of them have come into play here at the end of the term,” he said. He pointed to a bill sponsored by Ford and Sen. Melissa Fletcher that would have made it easier for senators to switch sen ate seats when they switched colleges. Dawkins said he admired Ford and Fletch er’s work on the bill, even though Dawkins opposed the bill and it later failed. “It is something they have been do ing their homework on,” he said. “I ad mired them for doing what they did.” Ford and Dawkins said future senates can build upon the accomplishments of this term’s senate. “There’s always room for improve ment, and.that’s what we’re looking to build upon in the coming term,” Ford said. Anderson said the body achieved its goals. “I think that we were very successful in what we planned to do,” Anderson said. 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