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■Che (Samccock Diabetes from page 1 * scare sheet,” Gibson said. “I was told that diabetes was the leading cause of blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, the hardening of the arteries and gan grene.” Gibson said one of the nlajor im provements is fast-acting insulin that can be taken several times a day. Previous ly, diabetics had to plan their day around insulin taken in the morning. “My whole life, eating, sleeping, ex ercising, breathing, was totally cen tered around the insulin,” Gibson said. “Because of these new types of insulin, I have been able to take my life back.” Although there have been major ad vancements in the fight for a cure, dia betics are still estimated to have life ex pectancies 15 years shorter than the average person. Research estimates 5 million people are diabetic, but unaware that they have the disease. Some of the warning signs are unusual thirst, frequent urina tion, abnormal hunger, sudden weight loss and blurred vision. Gibson said increased education can stop the ignorance toward the disease and help when someone is in a crisis. “Diabetics should always tell people close to them they are diabetic in case of an emergency,” Gibson said. “If some one is passed out, you should always look for an identification badge.” For more information about diabetes, or the “Whlk to Cure Diabetes,” contact Renee Gibson at gibsonr@gwm.sc.edu or Gail Ginsbert at 782-1477. The city/state desk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com. GINTFEST from page 1 dressed in suits with rubber masks re sembling Bush and Gore. They walked around giving fake money to passing students, which was handed to them by two men in top hats symbolizing big businesses. Liberty, Nader supporter Lori Do nath. dressed like the Statue of Liberty, confronted them. "It is sad that anyone not supported by big corporations cannot have a voice in this country," Donath said. The Gore and Bush impersonators tried to stuff money into her aluminum foil torch or her mouth to quiet her. When she caused further ruckus, they tied her up in chains and dragged her away. While a stunned crowd looked on, she shouted, "What are you staring at? Why won’t you do anything?" Sven Gerzer, a graduate student who graduated from the USC’s internation al studies program, said he was very hap py for hearing about the program and coming here. "I first learned about USC’s GINT department in Germany. I went on to their graduate school after getting my bachelors here because USC is in the top 20 of the nation. I feel that by study ing here under a very capable faculty that I have grown closer to my goals than if I would have studied elsewhere," Gerzer said "What I like is that it helps student awareness. Politics effect our past, our present and our fiiture. Students can only benefit by studying it. We hope that more students will come to the GINT department to learn about poli tics," Janice Love of the GINT de partemnt said. The city/state desk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotmaiLcom. Lottery from page 1 it elsewhere," Miles said "This is the proverbial blank check,' he added But Geddings said Hodges' propos al for how to spend lottery proceeds was similar to Georgia's and said giving the state legislature discretion over mon ey was nothing new. "The reality of it is, we give the leg islature a blank check for $7 billion every year," Geddings said. **s,es also said the governor had changed positions on the lottery. He said Hodges once spoke out and voted against a lottery. "And then a funny thing happened on the way to the governor's office," Miles said. "He was right then, and unfortu nately he's wrong now," he added later. While Geddings conceded that Hodges had once opposed the lottery, he said the governor admitted to mak ing a mistake after visiting Georgia. "He changed his mind," Geddings said. "I don't think that's a bad thing." 1 HI Wednesday, October 11 • Assisting other agency, East Quad room 330. USCP officer C. Ettenger assisted Richland County Sheriff Deputy Jones with serving Andrew Pinnock with family court papers. Tuesday, October 10 • Grand Larceny of a motor vehicle, Coliseum parking lot. An under-age complaint said some unknown personfs) removed his secured 1995 Dodge Neon car from the above location. Police in vestigated the scene and discovered no broken glass, and the car hadn’t been towed from the lot. The reporting of ficer was C.J. Garo. • Assault and battery, trespassing. South Quad. Victim stated that Marlow Smith, 27, had been repeatedly told to leave South Quad. After receiving a call, an officer arrived and arrested Smith. It was later found that Smith had re peatedly kicked and hit the victim about the arms, legs and head. The victim also stated that Smith had made sever al threats to kill her and had even fol lowed her to the Grand Marketplace. • Larceny of Viola, Band Hall room 112. Aesha Harrison stated that un known person(s) removed the follow ing items from the above location: one light brown viola with an estimated val ue of $950, and one black hard plastic carry case with an estimated value of $30. The reporting officer was M. Moore. Sunday, October 8 • Larceny ofasurvetilmce camera, Psy chological Services Building. A USC employee stated to police that she no ticed a mounted video camera was miss ing from its perch. The complaint said the camera was last seen on Sept. 28. Estimate value of the camera is $600 and the reporting officer was L. Forte. Thursday, October 12 • Trespassing, 1300 Lady St. (U.S. Post Office). Reporting officer McCloghry saw the suspect, Tony Nguyen, inside the building sleeping on a table. The police had received several complaints about people trespassing in the post of fice. In the past, Nguyen has been warned to leave the property and on one occasion was arrested. Nguyen was arrested and transported to Richland County Detention Center. Wednesday, October 11 • Disorderly conduct and drunkenness, 1600 Two Notch Road. Reporting offi cer Walker observed the subject, Nathan Adams, urinating in public at the inci dent location. Upon arrest, Adams had an odor of alcohol on his breath and his person. He had blood-shot eyes and was unsteady on his feet. He was arrested and transported to Richland County De tention Center. •Discharging a firearm within dty lim its, malicious injury to real property. Jennifer Smith reported that the sub ject, her ex-boyfriend, came to the list ed residence. While standing outside, he pulled out a handgun and fired about six shots. He then threw a rock through a window of the residence. New focus for alcohol education by Amanda Silva The Gamecock USC has recently been awarded more than $200,000 in grants and has received a national award for its efforts to educate students about alcohol abuse. The U.S. Department of Education awarded USC $ 192,1^1 to test the ef fectiveness of two alcohol-abuse educa tion programs, including providing al cohol-free social activities and conducting social-norm perception studies to chal lenge students’ incorrect assumptions about student drinking, according to USC spokesman Jason Snyder. The focus on student drinking has shifted from traditional scare tactics to “social-norming,” telling people the truth about student drinking, Snyder said. Snyder said that in the past, the scare tactics that were used to discourage drink ing, such as displaying wrecked cars, were not working. The number of student fa talities increased rather than decreased. This new tactic of social-norming featured in a New York Times article published Oct. 4 focuses on telling the truth about drinking, so as to take the pressure off students. In recent years, colleges have spent millions of dollars on scare tactics aimed at reducing binge drinking such as posters showing students covered with vomit and displays of cars wrecked by drunk drivers, but student-drinking rates have remained unchanged. An example of the social-norming approach is the ad that reports 71% of USC students have between zero and four drinks when they party, Snyder said. According to the New York Times, “the premises of the new strategy are that binge drinking has been exaggerat ed and that by harping on it colleges have pushed students into thinking that heavy drinking fits the model of the American college student.” Rick Gant of USC’s office of drug and alcohol programs said the problem of student drinking stems from a mis conception of exactly how much college students drink. “The misconception is that every body’s doing it, and the reality is that not everybody’s doing it,” Gant said. Surveys conducted in University 101 classes provide evidence that incoming USC students believe college students drink more than they do, Gant said. One report shows that students who were given this survey in their Univer sity 101 classes thought that 29 percent of USC students were low-risk drinkers, while in fact 71 percent consume be tween zero and four drinks when they party. The misconception is that everyone is out getting completely obliterated, Gant said, when in fact the norm is just the opposite. Not all schools are doing this, Gant said, referring to the discussions and sur veys being conducted in University 101 classes. Some schools still rely on the scare tactic of wrecked cars. According to Snyder, USC was one of only nine colleges and universities na tionwide to receive the grant. An additional $19,410 has been awarded from the South Carolina De partment of Alcohol and Other Drug In structional Abuse Services to educate students about alcohol and drug abuse. According to Director of the Ad dictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington, G.Alan Mar latt, as perceptions of heavy drinking de cline, so does the behavior associated with it. The misconception has become the problem and that is what we need to address, Gant said. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Woman hit by a cock bus ■ USC student hit, but no accident report filed yet by Charles Prashaw The Gamecock Joyce Peek has been identified as the USC student hit by a USC Shuttle Cock bus around noon Wednesday. For now, some of the details in the accident are still un known due to the fact that the ac cident report has yet to be filed. USC spokesman Jason Snyder said he couldn’t comment on U— condition of Peek but said "the Uni versity’s thoughts are with her and we hope she has a speedy recov ery." Snyder also couldn’t officially comment about the location of the accident or release details con J cerning the incident. However, Snyder said the acci dent happened on a city street, and Columbia police were handling the case. After contacting the Columbia police department, it was discov ered that the accident report hasn’t been filed yet for this incident. Officials at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center confirmed that a woman named Joyce Peek had been admitted to the emergency roof" Wednesday and was released later. Hospital officials wouldn’t release anymore information. Also, several students who were riding the shuttle during mid-day Wednesday said accident involved a red-line shuttle, and the bus ac cidentally hit Peek in the face with the driver’s side mirror. Peek was unavailable for com ment. There was no listing for a Joyce Peek in the online directory, the USC phonebook or the USC oper ator. USC Parking Director Der rick Huggins said he was aware of the accident, but said he was wait ing for the accident report be for he spoke further about the incident. Huggins also said it was, in fact, an USC cock shuttle bus involved in the accident. 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