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have a leadership and vision that
is different than the past,” Patel
said.
“I feel I’m more than qualified,
that I have unique qualifications
that are well-needed in Student
Government.”
Patel proposes mandating more
cabinet positions, including di
rectors for multicultural organi
zations, community service pro
grams, Greek affairs, a environ
mental affairs and women’s is
sues. He also plans to rewrite stu
dent budget codes.
Patel is particularly outspoken
about the BGLA’s attempt to add
a sexual orientation clause to the
Carolinian Creed. “I think the fact
that it hasn’t been added yet is a
tragedy. It shows we still have a
lot of work to do,” Patel said.
In addition to sexual orienta
tion, Patel believes ethnicity
should be added to the creed.
“Right now the categories in
clude national origin, race, reli
gion and gender,” Patel said. He
“I feel I’m more than
qualified, that I have
unique qualifications
that are well-needed in
Student Government.”
ANKIT PATEL
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
cited the example of a student
from a Jewish background as
someone who might not fall into
one of those categories. , .
Patel said he strongly supports
giving more of SG’s budget to stu
dent organizations with a focus on
community service. “Many
groups work so hard... they could
do so much more if they had prop
er funding.”
Patel said that if he is elected
SG president, he would like to be
remembered as dedicated, com
mitted president who worked hard
and fought for the students; some
one who was able to remove poli
tics from Student Government.
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The Patel File
♦ Third-year international
studies student, age 21
♦ Birthplace: Houston, Texas.
Lived in Greenville since age 4.
♦ Family: Parents and one
sister, Avani, 18, a freshman at
Ohio State University
♦ Hobbies: Playing on a club
soccer team, reading, watching
USC sports, playing guitar
♦ Past and present activities
at USC: SG Parliamentarian,
First Mentors (president),
Carolina Debate, NAACP
♦ Other activities: Semester in
Washington with Rep. John
Spratt (Spring ’01), program
director with Greenville County
Department of Social Services
♦ Favorite song: “Best of
What's Around,” Dave Matthews
Band
♦ Last book read:
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored
Man by James Weldon Johnson
♦ Future goals: Law school,
possible career in public service
or international law
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items off of the list and to make
the words meaningful.
For example, a program par
ticipant might pick the word em
physema.
For two minutes a day, 1C
times a day, that person would
think of the word in context,
with phrases like “Emphysema
is walking 30 yards and needing
to sit down and take a break,” or
“Emphysema is coughing un
controllably and receiving dirty
looks from everyone around
you.”
Michels said this exercise is
hard for many people because it
makes them uncomfortable to
think of the bad side effects and
problems that result from smok
ing.
The purpose of the program is
to encourage participants not to
smoke, decreasing the many
risks involved. In one study con
ducted by CNN, only 42 percent
of male lifelong smokers reached
the age of 73, compared to 78 per
i i
cent of non-smokers.
According to South Carolina
Project ASSIST, employees who
smoke waste approximately six
percent of their time at work
with the smoking ritual.
Productivity may increase for
the nonsmoker as well.
Absenteeism rates for smokers
are about 50 percent higher than
for nonsmokers.
The classes are broken up
into two different areas- readi
ness to quit and the self-confi
dence to quit.
Meetings will take place every
Monday and Wednesday at 5:30
6:45 p.m. starting Feb. 4, and they
will continue until Feb. 20.
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