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Diabetes
from page 1
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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."
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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.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudeskOhotmaiLcom.
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