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oe (Samecock Education, military major issues for S.C. District 2 candidates by Alicia Ballard The Gamecock Increasing the strength of the mili tary is Republican congressional in cumbent Floyd Spence’s pet issue as he fights to stave off his South Carolina District 2 challenger, Democrat Jane Frederick, who has previously lost to Spence. Spence is passionate about keep ing the U.S. military strong, said Spence campaign manager Eric Dell. “He has always been a strong pro ponent of the military,” Dell said. Spence’s reasons for running for re election are, “to continue his support of the armed services and his strong record of constituent services,” Dell said. A Columbia native and USC grad uate, Spence practiced law in West Co lumbia before he entered politics. He began his political career in 1957 as a Democrat serving in the South Car olina House. He switched to the Republican Par ty in 1962. In 1966, Spence was elected to the South Carolina Senate as a Repub lican, where he served as the minority leader and as the Joint Senate-House In ternal Security Committee. In 1971, Spence was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and is cur rently still serving. Throughout his ser vice in congress, his voting record showed a strong support of national de fense. , As the Democratic nominee for District 2, Jane Frederick ran in 1998 and received 42 percent of the vote against Spence. She was bom in Tulla homa, Tenneesee, but now lives in Beau fort, South Carolina. She was graduated from Auburn Uni versity in 1982 and is now an architect at FMF Architects in Beaufort. Because she has two young daugh ters, education is a major issue for Fred erick, spokeswoman Kelly Haywood said. She hopes to work at the federal level to bring funding to the district for school construction and the hiring more teachers. As well as improving education, Haywood said that the need for a change was another reason for Frederick’s ef fort to be elected, adding that Freder ick feels its time to move on from the current congressman that has been there for thirty years. “We feel like Congressman Spence is out of touch with the district and Jane Frederick feels she can get into congress and be an active voice,” Haywood said. Frederick’s strategy includes ex posing Spence’s conservative voting record to the public in order to build momentum for the District 2 campaign. According to Haywood, Frederick will be holding a rally aimed at college aged voters at the Have A Nice Day Cafe on Friday, Sept. 8 from 8 p.rn. to 10 p.m. Since redistricting in 1992, the sec ond congressional district consists of Al lendale, Barnwell, Hapton, Jasper, and Lexington Counties as well as parts of Aiken, Beaufort, Calhoun, Colleton, Orangeburg and Richland Counties. Greene St. rape still unsolved by Greta Hale The Gamecock Three weeks after a rape was re ported on the 1600 block of Greene Street, Columbia police still have no sus pect. The victim was raped early in the morning Aug. 17, according to a police incident report obtained by The Gamecock There were no signs of forced entry, but the suspect did use a knife in the assault. The suspect entered the apart ment, sexually assaulted the victim and stole $400, the police report said. The suspect was described as thin and 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 8 inches tall, said Capt. Conley of the Columbia Police Department. There is no indication that this rape is connected with any other rapes, Conley said. The last rape reported on campus was a carjacking that occured last spring, University Spokesman Jason Snyder said. Greene Street is close to campus near the Presbyterian Student Center and Barnwell College. The term “on campus” refers to capi pus property that is owned by the t state, said Director of Student Devel- r opment and University Housing Gene Luna. It also refers to areas tliat campus 1 police have jurisdiction over. Although the apartment building s where the rape occurred is not techni- v cally on campus, it is across the street from buildings that are on campus. a The university informed students of the rape through resident advisors and a v notice on Channel 8, Luna said. v RAs were invited to a luncheon, v where they were informed of the assault h and break-in on Greene Street and were told to inform and caution residents, v he said. c “Whenever there is an actual con- h firmed assault on or near campus, we will inform staff and students,” Luna said f< Housing discloses as much informa tion as it can without violating the pri- d vacy of victims, he said. h According to Luna, a girl was ab- t< ducted last year from a parking lot near a the tennis courts and USC conducted a f< full information campaign. it But Luna said the incidents of sex- S ual assault shouldn’t concern students 3 the point where they view USC in a egative light. “I don’t believe it reflects negative 1 on our university at all,”Luna said. Snyder thinks the University re ronded to the rape in a conscientious ay in order in inform students. “Rape on campus or off campus is reality,” he said. Although Snyder insists that the uni ersity informed students of this rape as 'ell as it did the spring rape, he said there 'ere differences in the cases that may ave affected the publicity each rape got. The recent rape was off campus and fas investigated by the city police in sntrast to the spring rape, which was andled by the campus police. Snyder called the incidents as dif irent as “apples and oranges.” The recent rape occurred before stu 3nts moved in for the fall semester, 3 said, which made it more difficult i inform students. Students moved in different times during the weekend, ircing the university to continue the formation campaign over several days, lyder said. ' V-. Goalposts from page 1 of the goalpost down to the Horse shoe. “We marched it around the stadi um once,” Phillips said. “Then we marched it up to the Horseshoe and placed it on the monument in front of the president’s house.” Phillips said once it reached the Horseshoe someone brought out a hacksaw and began cutting it into pieces for everyone to take home According to Phillips, one of the other pieces of the goalposts was marched through Five Points and was later seen heading toward the McBryde Quadrangle. Bill Poulson, a member of Pi Kap pa Phi fraternity, said his fraternity ended up with a large piece of the goalposts and would be sharing it with Lambda Chi Alpha, who helped march it into the quad. “The one we’ve got, we’re going to cut it in half and give half to them,” Poulson said. “Then we’re talking about cutting it up into about 60 pieces and giving it to all of the brothers.” Poulson said his fraternity didn’t have any particular strategy to be one of the few who wound up with the goal posts, but was_glad they did. “I’m not sure how we wound up with them. It’s kind of by luck, I guess.” Volunteer fair to be held today at Russell House by Brandon Larabee and Amanda Silva The Gamecock The Office of Community Service Programs is sponsoring a volunteer fair today to raise awareness of the needs of the community and give students an op portunity to volunteer. Between 40-60 community service agencies will be represented at the fair, including agencies for the elderly, sex ual assault programs, youth service, health and environment awareness, education, disability programs, government and cul tural service, and hunger and homeless awareness, Coodinator of Community Service Programs Tim Miller said. The fair will be on the Russell House Patio from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. lhere will be volunteer opportuni ties for students with a variety of skills and interests, including computers, sports and law, Miller said. "We try to offer enough activities so that anyone could get something out of the event," Miller said. Miller also said the fair would be a good opportunity for student organiza tions to find volunteer activities. "This is a great resource for students to find something to do as a group," Miller said. One of the organizations represent ed at the the fair will be the Richland County Court Appointed Special Ad vocates, an advocacy group for abused and neglected children. According to C.C. Dennis, the or ganization's volunteer coordinator, CASA is looking for students interested in work ing as guardian ad litems, who appear in court to represent abused and neglect ed children. CASA also wants to raise awareness of itself, Dennis said. "We want to get the message out about who we are and what we do," Den nis said. CASA volunteers must be at least 21 years old, have an application and three references, pass a background check and go through 30 hours of training. Junior Achievement will also be rep resented at the volunteer fair. The or ganization is a non-profit group that ed ucates students from elementary to high school about economics. According to Marketing Director Elaine Coleman, the oiganization is look; ing for volunteers to visit elementary schools and teach students basic lessons about economics, including lessons about saving money, job opportunities and banks. The oiganization must recruit 650 volunteers to work in 18 counties in South Carolina, Coleman said. "College students make great vol unteers," Coleman said. "We were hop ing to get more of the USC students involved." Volunteers for Junior Achievement must undeigo a one-time, two hour train ing program. Volunteers will visit class rooms three to five times a year, Cole man said. use VoIui^m Ham to 3pm Wednesday, Sept. 6 1400 Greene Street Rain Location: Russell House Ballroom Over 40 Community Agencies will visit the University in hopes of gaining Student Volunteers. This event is sponsored by Office of Community Service Programs For more info call: 777-6688 < Dobson Volunteer Service Program UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2000-2001 LOCAL SERVICE INTERNSHIP NOW AVAILABLE THE DOBSON VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAM IS A CAPSTONE SERVICE EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. STUDENTS WILL BE PLACED WITH AN AGENCY IN THE COLUMBIA AREA FORA 10-20 HOUR SERVICE INTERNSHIP. STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE DOBSON PROGRAM WILL: © GAIN VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE © MAKE LIFE LONG FRIENDSHIPS © POTENTIAL TO EARN ACADEMIC CREDIT © RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE © CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE!! INFORMATIONAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2000 ©4:30 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER27, 2000 © 6:00 PM RUSSELL HOUSE UNIVERSITY UNION ROOM 203 APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CAMPUS ACTIVITIES CENTER, STUDENT GOVERNMENT, AND THE RUSSELL HOUSE INFORMATION CENTER THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER2, 2000 AT 4:00 PM QUESTIONS? 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