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_VOL. 94, No. 36 Monday November 27, 2000 _ Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 WWW.CAMECOCK.SC.EDU UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA . COLUMBIA, S.C. Florida certified for Bush ELECTION 2000 ^ Vote totals as of 9 6 p.m. Sunday: I ~ I ■ Bush: 2,912,790 ■ Gore: 2,912,253 ■ Difference: 537 I I ■ Gore: 50(156,783 ■ Bush: 49,819,600 ■ Others: 3,835,594 I ■ Bush declares victory, but legal challenges from Gore will extend contested election by Walter Mears Associated Press Florida's secretary of state certified George W. Bush the winner over A1 Gore Sunday night in the state's near-deadlocked presidential vote—but court contests left in doubt which man will be the ultimate victor and 43rd president of the United States. Bush said he had won the White House and asked Gore to reconsider his challenges. “Now that the votes are counted, it is time for the votes to count,” Gov. Bush said from the state Capi tol in Austin, Texas, after Secretary of State Kather ine Harris, a campaign supporter, announced that he Iiad captured Florida by an infinitesimal 537-vote mar gin. Bush announced that running mate Dick Cheney will direct his transition operations in Washington, and that former Secretary of Transportation An drew Card will be his White House chief of staff. So saying, Bush tried to preempt Gore with a cam paign to persuade Americans that the election is over with, and that the outcome announced in Florida should be the last word. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice pres idential nominee, already had declared that it won't Certified see page 2 Tom Pennington College Press Exchange George W. Bush greets well-wishers Tuesday morning outside the Texas State Capitol In Austin. GAMECOCKS HUSTLE THEIR WAY TO VICTORY Sean Rayford The Gamecock Gamecock center Tony Kltchlngs, bottom, calls a timeout during Saturday's game against S.C. State. USC won 72-58 to go to 2-1 this year. See Sports, page 7. •Monkey Bar replaces McKenzie’s in Five Points by Valerie Matchette The Gamecock Monkey bars are no longer just something to be found on playgrounds. A new bar in Five Points hopes to become as popular a draw for local college students as monkey bars are for schoolchildren. The Monkey Bar at 711 Saluda Ave. is the successor to McKenzie’s Pub. McKenzie’s own er Chris Worley sold his establishment because he was about to become a father. Eric Geake, who had been a manner at com ^ peting Five Points bar Sharky’s for two and a half years, jumped at the opportunity to own his own business. “He just wanted out because he was hav ing a baby and starting a family, pretty much,” Geake said. “We heard about it, and offered him whatever he wanted for it.” Renovations were made to the bar before its grand opening last week. The new owners spent about a month and a half investigating wliat potential customers were looking for in a bar and then used the informa tion to give McKenzie’s a facelift. “It’s a big difference when you walk in,” Geake said. The most common complaints people had about most local bars were about poor service, liigli prices and bad music selections. These were the areas the Monkey Bar concentrated on to give it a better atmosphere. “We made a nice bar that still has college prices,” Geake said. Geake emphasized the cleanliness of the Monkey Bar when compared to typical bars. “We have a place where the girls can come in and actually sit on toilets and use the bath rooms and all that,” he said. According to journalism senior Taylor Mar shall-Green, who worked as a bartender at McKenzie’s for three years, the best part about the Monkey Bar is its drink prices. “Its beer prices are very cheap, especially at happy hour,” said Marshall-Green. It has been rumored the Monkey Bar got its name because a lot of students were born in 1980, the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese calendar. However, there is no such hidden meaning in the simple pun of this bar’s name. After about three weeks of brainstorming, the Monkey Bar’s management found that they only had to look back to their own childhoods for inspiration. “Monkey ban ... when you’re a little kid it’s just something fun, you know, that’s pretty much what it came from,” Geake said. The city/state desk can be reached at gamecockcttydesk@hotmail.com. ‘We have a place where the girls can come in and actually sit on the toilets and use the bathrooms Eric Geake Manager of the Monkey Bar - * Donor gives USC school $10 million ■ The USC School of Public Health has been renamed for benefactor Norman J. Arnold by Brandon Larrabee The Gamecock Norman Arnold wasn’t supposed to live long. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which is usually fatal. “In the summer of 1982, when I was 53 years old, I was told I had six months to live,” Arnold said. “Eghteen yean later, I am cancer-free.” The lessons he learned from that experience led him to donate $10 million to USC’s School of Public Health. “There’s nothing that will focus your attention On the important things in life quite like facing your own death,” Arnold told a crowd behind USC President John Palms’ home. The donation, announced Tuesday, was the third largest in the univenity’s history and created the lint named in stitution of its kind at an the quality of life of all South Carolinians,” he said. “Be cause of the research, teaching and learning that takes place at USC, people across the state and nation will learn how to live longer, happier and healthier lives.” Dean Harris Pastides said Arnold’s donation would help the school fight “the health epidemics of our time,” such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. “With this endowment, we will be able to better fo cus on these epidemics through research to find a way, and then to teach our people about the ways, to make posi tive lifestyle changes,” Pastides said. After the gathering, Arnold said he was counting on Pastides and Palms to boost the school’s reputation. “I’m betting on people,” Arnold said. “Dean Pastides and Dr. Palms — I think they’re the force that’s going to make this a world-class institution.” Pastides said because Arnold, a businessman, donated to the university, it proved he saw potential in the school. “He would not have made this investment if he thought we were just a nice group of people,” Pastides said. He also said the university hadn’t yet decided how to spend the money. Those decisions would be made after the endowment started gathering interest. “That’s when we’ll make those decisions about in any particular year and time what’s most needed,” he said. Palms said he treated large endowments like private foundations when deciding how to distribute funds. “People will have to make a case for how the yield off of this endowment will be invested. Tliis will be used to leverage the programs,” he said. Trustee William Hubbard said the endowment would benefit not only the university, but also the state. “It’s an extremely important benefit for the universi ty, but more importantly it’s a great day for South Car olina and the health of South Carolinians,” Hubbard said. “We have so many public health issues in this state, and this gift will help us educate the people of South Caroli na [so] that we can improve public health and improve as a state because the health of our citizens is improved.” The university desk can be reached at gam ecockudesk@hotmaD.com. American public univer sity: the Norman J. Arnold School of Pub lic Health. Arnold’s gift comes in the form of an en dowment, which means the university won’t spend llie original dona tion, instead using inter est earned from investing the money. Palms praised Arnold for his decision to give to the school. “By doing so, Nor man affirms the promise of the School of Public Health and the impact on Brad Walters The Gamecock Norman J. Arnold donat ed $10 million to USC’s School of Public Health. Weather Quote of the Day Datebook Today 65 40 Tuesday 61 39 S? Developments in the Florida presidential recount Page 2 ' A i “Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes Monday • Shalim Warriors, Koger Center • Carolina Productions, 3 p.m„ RH theater • Fraternity Council, 4 p.m., RH 322/326 • Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH 322/326 4 Tuesday • AAAS, 6 p.m., RH theater • RHA, 7 p.m., RH 303