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■Che (Bamccock Condon announces run i for governor in 2002 Condon Miles Peeler ■ Attorney general joins already-crowded field for Republican primary by Charles Prashaw The Gamecock The race for the South Carolina governor’s house just got a little.more crowded. Attorney General Charlie Condon announced Monday to election officials that he would run for governor in the 2002 election. Hours later, Republican S.C. Secretary of State Jim Miles said he was running for governor, also. Columbia attorney Ken Wingate, House Speaker David Wilkins, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford and House Speaker Pro Tern Doug Smith have all been named as likely candidates for the Republican primary. Sanford has said repeatedly that he wouldn’t run because he wants to spend time with his family. Condon’s announcement caught most Republicans off-guard because most thought Condon would run for the U. S. Senate. Last week, Condon told party officials he was “99 percent committed” to challenging U.S. Rep. Lindsey Graham in the 2002 GOP primary for Republican U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond’s seat. Condon told a group of-state Republicans that he decided against a Senate race because he thought Washington was in good hands with Republicans controlling the White House and Congress. “Therefore, a real danger we face is having a governor who does not share our vision for local government or for conservative reform,” he said. Furthermore, Condon told Republicans he decided to run for governor when he learned Hodges was increasing salaries of his staff members while at the same time asking state agencies and higher education to take a 15 percent budget cut. S.C. Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian called on Condon to resign. “We don’t need every decision he makes front now on to have an overlay of politics,” he said. Condon responded by saying he would step down if Hodges resigned. With three or more GOP candidates seeking the governorship, Republicans could be forced into a primary runoff, leaving the party financially strained heading into a fall campaign against Hodges, who already has $2.2 million in the bank and hopes to have $5 million by the election. As attorney general, Condon has marketed himself as being no-nonsense on criminal prosecution. He banned plea bargains for repeat violent offenders, pushed cases against expectant mothers who use cocaine and, most recently, publicly reiterated a state law allowing the use of deadly force against home intruders, declaring it “open season” on home invaders. Condon grew up in Charleston and was first elected to office as a Democrat in 1980 as the solicitor for Charleston and Berkeley counties. At the time he was only 27, making him the youngest elected solicitor in state history. He later joined the GOP, running for attorney general in 1994 and beating Democrat Dick Harpootlian, wh9 has since become his arch-nemesis as chairman of the state Democratic Party. Condon was unavailable for comment Tuesday. The city desk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotniail.com University releases study on information technology by Mary Hartney The Gamecock USC has released the final draft of a year-long study of its use of information technology. The report i$ part of the reaccreditation process, which USC is going through this year. A team front the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools will visit USC later this year to confirm the results of the study. The report makes more than four pages of recommendations about how the university can improve access, communication and support for each member of the university community. Because USC has shown consistent growth as a university, SACS gave USC the option of conducting an Alternative Self-Study. This exception allows the school to use fewer resources for its reaccreditation self-study and to examine in-depth a specific aspect of the institution that will impact its future. Daniel Barron, co-director of the SACS self-study, examines the use of information technology at USC. Recommendations from faculty and students were focused on 2006, which Barron said will be the halfway point before the university has to reaffirm its accreditation again in 2011. “We have to take reasonable steps because it is such a volatile area,” Barron said. Because of the nature of information technology, the recommendations they make will be more of a platform than a goal, Barron said. The recommendations are based in part on student input. “\\fe wanted a group that could meet regularly to bounce ideas off of and find out how we could get input from other students,” said Mel Miller, who helped coordinate the Student Advisory Council for the SACS study. The council is used as a springboard for results from student surveys, focus groups and roundtable discussions. This input, along with results from other groups such as faculty and distance learners, was considered in compiling the final draft that several faculty members helped write. Kellah Edens was one faculty member on the Writing and Oversight Team. “The whole idea is to involve the most constituents of the university as possible,” Edens said. This included going to USC’s satellite campuses tliroughout the state and holding focus groups there. The self-study began in 1999 with the naming of task force chairs, who then named departmental faculty to assist with the study. That summer, a group of faculty members went to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., to meet with other universities about their Information Technology programs and get a feel for how to study and improve USC’s program. After the data were collected, the task force reports were assembled into the final draft, which will be viewed by a team from SACS. The team will visit - USC in April to confirm the findings about the university. It will then SACS self-study recommendations ■ CREATE a University Information Technology Council that would include representation from other councils following informa tion technology issues. - ■ APPOINT a Sustainable Learning Community Task Force, whose responsibili ties would include trying to increase the use of infor mation technology in teach ing and research at the uni versity. ■ EVALUATE the universi ty’s Web presence “in terms of it being a seam less communications medi um for marketing, recruit ment, registration, records management, course sup port, communication and maintaining contact with alumni.” resubmit the report to SACS foi review and recommendations for USC which will more than likely lead tc reaccreditation, Barron said. 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