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University
Friday, Feb. 23
■ Malicious injury to real property,
McBryde Quad B Room 204. USC student
Chris Carreira said three men threw a beer
bottle through his window, causing minimal
damage. Reporting officer: C. Ettenger.
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■ Driving under the influence,
driving with no headlights, comer
of Greene and Assembly streets. Reporting
officer M. Gass saw USC student Peter
Pennington driving with no headlights on.
The officer pulled him over and discovered
Pennington had been drinking. Pennington
performed poorly on the “ABC” and
“standing on one leg” tests. He was arrested
and taken to the Cayce Police Department,
where a blood-alcohol test was given.
Pennington’s blood-alcohol content was
0.24. Pennington also had the S.C. driver’s
license of Brian McGilurary.
Wednesday, Feb. 21
■ Larceny of plates, Blossom Street
garage, ninth level. Audrey Rabon said
someone stole her S.C. license plate off
the back of her 1999 Grand Am. Reporting
officer: E. Pereira.
Columbia
Sunday, Feb. 25
■ Drunkenness, interfering with police
business, disorderly conduct. 3909 Water
St. Reporting officer S. Narewski responded
to a domestic violence call involving a
knife. When the officer arrived, brother
and sister Lee and Josey James were
arguing. Lee was arrested for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. When the officer
was trying to process Lee outside, Josey
came out and started arguing with the
officer. The officer warned her several
times to go back in the house, but she
refused. Josey was arrested along with her
brother, and both were taken to Richland
County Detention Center.
Saturday, Feb. 24
■ Assault and battery, 3713 Main St.
Rasuan Alston, 21, said he and an unknown
male between 21 and 27 years old were
in a verbal altercation about a woman.
During the argument, the unknown man -
struck Alston in the head several times
with a beer bottle. Alston was transported
to Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital
for the cuts he received from the attack.
Alston and the unknown man were
drinking at the time of the incident.
■ Drunkenness, simple assault
1700 Cody St. Maigaret Lyons, 44, said
she was assaulted by Jeanette Haigler, 40.
When police went to Haigler’s house and
interviewed her, they discovered she was
highly intoxicated. Haigler was arrested
and transported to Richland County
Detention Center.
Campus Calendar
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Monday, Feb. 26
■ Deadline: Last day to drop a course
or withdraw without a WF.
■ Activity: USC Division of Law En
forcement and Safety will be conducting
a self-defense class for women (RAD
Systems), Bates West Social Room, 6-10
p.m., $10 fee. For more information, call
777-0855 or 777-4215.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Activity: RAD Systems, 6-10 p.m., Bates
West Social Room.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
Elections: Runoff elections for the SG vice
presidency Vote at vip.sc.edu.
Activity: RAD Systems, 6-10 p.m., Bates
West Social Room.
Meeting: USC Bisexual Gay Lesbian
Alliance, 8 p.m., Gambrell 201
Thursday, March 1
Elections: Runoff elections for the SG vice
presidency Vote at vip.sc.edu. f
Jobfest 11 a.m-3 p m, Carolina Coliseum.
For more information, call the Career Center
at 777-7280
Saturday, March 3
Conference: Carolina Shout celebrates
the role of teachers in education, 12:30-5
p m in RH Theater and 7:30- <J:30 p.m. in
the RH Ballroom. For more infonnation, call
777-7257
School of Business gets
scholarship endowment
by Brandon Larrabee
The Gamecock
For the second time this month, USC
has announced a $ 1 million endowment
for the Darla Moore School of Business.
The announcement, made Friday at
a retreat for the university board of
trustees in Greenville, involved a gift
from Mount Vernon Mills Inc., a textile
company based in the Upstate.
The endowment, which will support
four-year scholarships for students in the
business school, is in honor of Roger
Chastain, the company’s president, chief
operating officer and director. Preference
for the scholarships will be given to
students who have financial need and a
strong academic record and who come
from communities served by Mount
Vfemon Mills, according to the university.
Those communities include
Greenville, Johnston, Spartanburg,
LaFrance, McCormick, Ware Shoals,
Williamston and Woodruff in South
Carolina; Alto, Cleveland, Commerce,
Cornelia and Trion in Georgia; Brenham
and Cuero in Texas; Tallassee, Ala.;
Fresno, Calif.; and Columbus, Miss.
Chastain, who earned a bachelor’s
degree in business from USC in 1964,
said he was honored by the gift.
“I am honored and proud to be part
of a company that invests in good
education,” he said.
Robert Pamplin Jr., president and
chief operating officer of R. B.
Pamplin Corp., which owns Mount
Vernon Mills, said the gift serves two
purposes.
“Mount Vernon’s commitment
recognizes and honors Roger and, at the
same tupe, provides four-year scholarships
to students in the communities served
by Mount Vernon Mills,” Pamplin said.
USC President John Palms said
Mount Vernon’s scholarship endowment
is welcome at a time of rising costs in
higher education.
“In a time when higher-education
costs are increasing, sometimes putting
incredible financial demands on students
and their families, this gift from Mount
Vernon Mills has even more meaning for
the university,” Palms said.
“First of all, it will help us recruit
some of the most promising students in
the Carolinas and other states,” he said.
“And second, it will enable these students
to pursue their education at The Darla .
Moore School of Business without
incurring debt and worrying about paying
for their education.”
An Anderson native, Chastain began
his career as a management trainee with
Riegel Textile Corp. in 1964 and
eventually became president and chief
operating officer. In 1985, when Mount
Vemon purchased Riegel, he remained
as president of Riegel Textile Division
and became executive vice president and
director of Mount Vemon Mills. He was
named president, COO and director of
Mount Vemon in 1993.
Chastain was named a distinguished
alumnus of The Darla Moore School
of Business in 1994. In 2000, he was
elected president of the USC-Business
Partnership Foundation for two years and
president of the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute for a one-year
term.
The $1 million gift, part of USC’s
$500 million capital campaign, is the
second to The Darla Moore School of
Business this month. On Feb. 15, Palms
announced a $ 1 million gift front BMW
Manufacturing Corp. to establish an
endowment for international initiatives
in the business school.
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Ford
from page 1
engagement, Ford repeated, “I cannot do
it alone.”
A central question during the first
debate seemed to be what the candidates
would do about the budget cuts if elected.
He said he wo.uld continue lobbying
legislators with the letter-writing
campaign.
“We can make a difference, not just
with the administration, but with the
legislature. We put them there, and we
should voice our opinion on the issues,”
Ford said
Throughout the campaign, Ford and
another presidential candidate, Donald
Brock, appeared to bicker during debates,
especially when it came to their views
about the budget cut and how to limit its
impact on USC students.
“It may have seemed like we were
bickering during the debate, but I think
that we were just comparing different
things and we were testy because we were
in strong defense of our ideas,” Ford said.
Ford said he didn’t necessarily disagree
with the other candidates. He did think
his and Brock’s views were different about
what the students could actually change
or affect. But he and Wilson seemed to
focus on the same central aspect —
campus unity.
If he hadn’t won outright, Ford said
he would have rather run against Brock
than Wilson. He said he thought because
his and Wilson’s ideas were similar, he
could get her votes in a runoff to defeat
Brock.
“I don’t disagree with any of the oilier
candidates’ ideas. In fact, I think that
Angela and I are very similar,” Ford
said the night before the announcement
of the winners.
Ford sympathized with Brock, despite
their obvious differences in opinion, when
Brock received an infraction for a
misplaced campaign poster.
“He shouldn’t have been called up
for that. I think that [the Elections
Commission] was wrong,” Ford said.
The night of the first day of voting,
Ford seemed a little nervous.
“I had a lot of tests this week, which
didn’t make campaigning easy. I don’t
think that I have had any sleep. The
uncertainty about what will happen is
what makes me nervous,” he said.
Ford was worried some of his
supporters were too confident of his
victory before the votes were tallied.
“That’s why people lose elections,
especially front-runners,” Ford said.
But despite his concern, Ford won a
majority of the votes, avoiding a runoff.
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Dance
from page 1
“I almost definitely felt like quitting,
especially in the early morning,” fourth
year College of Liberal Arts student
Michael Harmon said. Harmon, along
with others from his fraternity, Delta
Tau Delta, was participating in his second
dance marathon. “The morale committee
made us realize why we were there —
to help save kids’ lives.”
Representatives front the Children’s
Hospital were at the event and expressed
thanks for the students’ efforts.
“No words can possibly express the
Children’s Hospital’s gratitude for what
you’re doing right how. I’m personally
so humbled by your efforts and energy,"
said a choked-up Terry Joy, director of
the Children's Hospital. “For a lot of
reasons, this is one of the most spirited
dance marathons I have ever seen.”
Many children being treated at the
Children’s Hospital were present at the
marathon with their families. Dancers
were excited to meet the many people
they were working to help.
“I talked with a mom who told me
about rocking her little girl in a rocking
chair that we helped raise money for,”
Harmon said. “That made me feel great."
Bender also enjoyed meeting those
helped by the project.
“I think one of the special things
about the dance marathon is that you
get to see exactly who you are helping,
and that sets the marathon apart from
other philanthropies,” Bender said.
Despite the exhausting physical and
mental demands of dancing for 28 hours,
the dancers remained enthusiastic until
the event’s end. Harmon said he has
no regrets, saying the Children’s Hospital
was worth his effort.
“I’m tired today,” he said, “but I will
be fine on Monday or Tuesday. These
kids never will.”
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Brock
from page 1
Suspecting a conspiracy involving
SG Vice President Ford’s campaign,
he walked with determination during
his tour of organizations. When he came
across Ford’s campaign manager, Melissa
Fletcher, he looked straight ahead and
didn’t acknowledge her smile.
The animosity was becoming
evident. After speaking to Delta Delta
Delta, Brock left the room, telling Ford
that he had “a tough act to follow.”
The anger had died down by Tuesday.
Brock was excited because he would be
talking to the Association of African
American Students, an organization he
had been a member of since October.
Brock was asked by an AAAS
member about why he had joirred the
group, implying he hadn’t been there
before the campaign.
“I joined AAAS to get an insider’s
perspective,” Brock said. “I love it. I am
going to join next year.”
At a Brothers of Nubian Descent
meeting, Brock confessed his AAAS
membership also had to do with the
election, but he said he wouldn’t leave
if he weren’t elected.
“I think it’s going to be a tighter race
than anticipated,” Brock said as the
election wound down. “It’s my election
to lose. If I slack (between the first
election and a possible runoff). I lose.”
— He said Ford was a greater threat
because of name recognition, but he said
he thought he could beat Ford or Wilson
in a runoff.
Brock was confident that he could
beat Ford, but said opponent Angela
Wilson surprised him.
“I didn’t know what to expect. She’s
a wonderful, wonderful, awesome person.
I would love to have her in my cabinet.”
Thursday, when the results were
announced, was even more tense for
Brock. Arriving at the Russell House a
little late, he stood outside the room
when the new president-elect was
announced.
“What do I have to be nervous
about? I did the best I could. I’m glad
it’s over,” he said before he heard the
results.
When Ford’s name was called and
the room exploded in applause and
cheers. Brock simply looked away,
expressionless. He put a stick of gum in
his mouth.
“He obviously deserved to win,” he
said.
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Wilson
from page 1
Wilson outlined a three-part
platform and was becoming more
comfortable with the repeated
questions about the issues in the
different groups. She said the groups
also seemed to be more responsive to
her.
A key element of her platform was
that she wanted students to come to
her and give her the issues, and she
promised to take care of their concerns.
“And what if they don’t come to
you?” one student wondered.
“Then I will go find them.”
She was still dreaming up ways to
make tliis possible Tuesday night before
the election.
Site said she was completely turned
off by the “mudslinging” going on
between Brock and Ford at the debates.
She didn’t have questions for the other
candidates when time allowed. She
emphasized later that she was simply
not interested in the bickering between
candidates, though at times it might
have made her seem unprepared.
Wilson’s campaign manager wasn’t
as non-confrontational in evaluating
the other candidates.
“I lose respect for Corey every
time I see him speak,” Roper said. “At
first, I was impressed by his speeches
and he really seemed to know what he
was doing. But now I lose a little bit
more respect every time I see him
speak.”
It took Wilson, Roper and their
small campaign staff nearly the full
two and a half weeks of the campaign
to learn how to run one successfully.
“I’m just starting to figure this out,”
Wilson said Tuesday night. “But I want
to win. I hope I’m going to win.”
Wilson was visibly nervous
Thursday before the winners were
announced. She wasn’t speaking much,
and made vomiting impressions when
asked how she felt.
“I’m good, except for the nerves!”
she said.
Though her head drooped a little
when Ford was announced the winner,
Wilson took it in stride.
As Wilson stayed to congratulate
the SG winners and shake hands, she
said, “1 hope [Ford] does the right thing
and not the usual thing.”
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Report: Money needed for roads
by Valerie Matchette
The Gamecock
South Carolina lawmakers met with
consultants from Washington, D.C.,
Tuesday to discuss the condition of
interstates and rural roads across the state.
The Road Information Program, also
known as TRIP, was contracted by the S.C.
Transportation Policy and Research
Council to take an assessment of road
safety. According to William Outlaw, the
company’s director of communications,
the Palmetto State’s roads are in dire need
of attention.
“Unfortunately, South Carolina rates
dead last in capital spending [on road repaits
and maintenance],” Outlaw said.
Because of the lack of state funding
for roadways, statistics paint a dismal
picture for safety and efficiency. According
to TRIP’S report, released Tuesday, “South
Carolina’s motorists pay an additional $500
million annually, or $ 178 per motorist, to
drive on roads in need of repair.”
Other statistics from the report reveal
the need for a larger budget allocation for
road improvement. It said South Carolina
has the nation’s third-highest traffic fatality
rate, with 2.41 deaths per 100 million
miles of travel as compared with the
national average of 1.55 per 100 million
miles.
Also, the report said, “35 percent of
South Carolina’s urban interstates and
freeways are congested because they cany
more traffic than they were designed to
handle.”
Though these problems have been
identified, it might be a challenge to find
the money in the state’s budget to cover
improvement costs when there are possible
15-percent, across-the-board budget cuts
on the horizon, according to Outlaw.
“Funding priorities are definitely an
issue that is difficult to deal with,” said
Outlaw, adding that the state legislature
must make road safety a key point of
interest because “transportation is
something that impacts your daily life.”
Outlaw said most of S.C. ’s interstates
are in good shape, but the rural roads are
in need of repair. He said about one
third of S.C. roads are in bad shape.
Randy Snow agreed with these facts,
saying most miles traveled are on the
interstate system, but more money is
needed to repair secondary roads.
“Seventy-five percent of miles driven
are on interstates, but they’re some of the
safest roads we have,” Snow said.
He said maintenance is critical for
existing roads so they remain in good shape
before repairs are needed.
“Where we’re really neglecting is
protecting the roads we already have,”
Snow said.
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