Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The next morning, his R.H.D., Sean McGreevey, knocked on William’s door and explained that, because of university policy, the flag had to come down. Gibson did not immediately take down his flag. “I was angry. As a student, I think it’s insane, a double-edged sword,” he said. Gib son thinks this is an infringement upon his First Amendment right to free speech. USC’s policy reads: “Breaking the vertical plane of a window, balcony, breezeway or similar structure is not permitted. This includes antennas, flags, signs, and apparel. This applies to throwing, or causing to fall, ob jects and liquids (including bodily fluids) from any residence hall. Failure to abide by this policy Housing rules prevented William Gibson from showing his patriotism the way he had wanted to. photo by aaron hark may result in immediate removal from Housing.” Housing rules and policies used to appear in Carolina Communi ty, along with basic information about campus life, university ser vices and campus activities. The publication was placed in each student’s room. This year, how ever, the policies are included only on the Web site www.hous ing.sc.edu/housingpolicymenu.asp. According to Brad Dawgert, president of the Residence Hall Association (RHA), most stu dents don’t know where this list of policies is, or how to find it, be cause of a lack of publicity for the site. “There is a certain liability, and exceptions could be taken to extremes,” Dawgert said. “In this case, there is no perfect way to se cure a flag to the towers.” Last yeac, Dawgert said someone dropped a water balloon from Pre ston College and accidentally hit a student, causing nerve damage. The flag hung from Gibson’s window from Tuesday night until Friday afternoon. Only when the residence hall threatened expul sion and the police became in volved did Gibson realize his orig inal idea of supporting his coun try was slowly turning into some thing else. “I was a student rebelling against the school for the sake of rebelling,” he said. “And that’s not ♦ FLAG, SEE PAGE 3 Red Cross sets restrictions on blood donation EMMA RITCH THE GAMECOCK The American Red Cross is turning away some donors despite the desperate need for blood, a representative from the organi zation said Saturday. Kristi Mroch, local Red Cross marketing and communications manager, said, while there is a long-term need for donors, some potential donors are “deferred for one reason or another.” “It does make us feel bad,” Mroch said, “but that way, the American public will be safe.” Donors must be at least 17 years old and 110 pounds, and they must be in good health. “I tried to give blood two weeks ago, but they said I had low iron levels and should come back in a month. So I'm taking vitamins and eating red meat so that when the donations slow down, I can help,” said Katie McClendon, a third year pharmacy student. A1985 federal mandate from the Food and Drug Administra-tion also bars from donating blood any man who has had sex with another man, calling this a “high-risk be Blood bank information Call 540-1214 if you're interested in giving blood. Call 251-6000 for general information and appointments. havior for certain infectious dis eases.” Last year, an FDA advisory committee voted 7-6 to keep the pol icy on gay men in effect. Mroch said donors should ask a nurse at the donation site for guide lines about cancer, epilepsy, heart disease, hepatitis, malaria, Multi ple Sclerosis, lyme disease and oth er conditions. These guidelines prohibit anyone with AIDS from donating under any circumstances. The threat of transmitting the human form of Mad Cow disease also keeps potential donors from giving blood because “there is no test for that,” Mroch said. “There are no known human cases with Mad Cow disease being transferred from one person to an ♦ RED CROSS, SEE PAGE 3 Recovery continues at trade center site BY HILLEL ITALIE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — With hopes fad ing on Sunday that any more sur vivors would be found amid the dust, steam and gore that is now the World Trade Center, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged New Yorkers not to cower before ter rorism. “The life of the city goes on,” Giuliani said. He said 180 people had been confirmed dead, 115 of 'whom had been identified. Eigh teen city firefighters were among the confirmed dead, including two top officials. The total num ber of missing was increased by more than 100 on Sunday, to 5,097. “The recovery effort continues and the hope is still there that we might be able to save some lives. But the reality is that in the last several days we haven’t found anyone,” Giuliani said. A high-ranking police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said workers weren’t even finding bodies, only body parts. No one has been pulled alive from the wreckage since Tuesday, the day when two hi jacked jetliners were crashed into the trade center’s twin towers. “We can’t even find concrete; it’s dust. What we’re calling bod ies aren’t really bodies;” the offi cial said. Much of downtown Manhattan is to reopen Monday with the help of a new service, a ferry car rying passengers across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhat tan. The Empire State Building, dark since the bombings, was lit ♦ ATTACKS, SEE PAGE 2 BREAKING GROUND ___*... ... .._- —J Officials break ground on the site of the new Greek Village. PHOTO BY AARON HARK Greek housing one step closer to reality BY MATT BUTLER THE GAMECOCK Last Friday, USC continued to celebrate its bicentennial with another milestone in the uni versity’s two-century history: the groundbreaking ceremony for a Greek Village to house some of USC’s fraternities and sororities. Students, alumni and members of university administration at tended the event. Each USC fra ternity and sorority came with undergraduate members, alumni and even some national repre sentatives. ‘ One guest was Alice Matthews, national president of Zeta Tau Al pha Sorority. “We’re very proud and excited to be the first sorority to break ground,” said Matthews. She said she and her sisters “look forward to being in the newGreek Village.” The ceremony began at 9 a.m. with remarks by Gena Runnion, director of Greek Life; Jerry Brewer, director of Student Life, and Mack Whittle, chairman of the board of trustees. According to Whittle, the con struction is a new partnership be tween USC and its Greek organi zations. “This is a partnership, a partnership that is only begin ning now.” ♦ GREEK VILLAGE, SEE PAGE 2 USG’S PAST SEPTEMBER 20,1983: President Ronald Reagan became the first sitting president to receive an honorary degree from USC. j WEATHER fu I Today Tomorrow Sunny, Sunny, 82/55 86/59 INSIDE TODAY’S ISSUE Football team gets < A glimpse at the back in action Fetish Ball Gamecocks will play Whips, chains and schoolgirls, Thursday night. ♦ PAGE 8 oh my! ♦ PAGE 5 ONLINE POLL If the U.S. goes to war, would you enlist in the armed forces? Vote at www.dailygamecock.com. Results are published on Fridays.