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BRIEFLY College of Pharmacy joins hotline campain USC’s College of Pharmacy an nounced it’s joining 64 poison cen ters around the country in a cam paign to streamline and improve toll-free telephone access. 'A new phone number —1-800-222-1222 — is already operational and used to put people in touch with poison centers in their respective states. “This national hotline is an in valuable resource for South Carolina families and visitors to our state,” said Brooks Metts, di rector of USC’s Palmetto Poison Centers, South Carolina’s only poison-control center. By calling the number, South Carolinians will be connected to trained nurses, pharmacists and doctors at their local poison cen ter. Dining Services to deliver on campus Carolina Dining Services an nounced last week Gibbes To Go, a campus aenvery service irom Gibbes Court. The dining service will be op erated Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The service will deliver to most cam pus buildings. A $5 minimum or der is required for delivery. Cash and personal checks will be ac cepted. Students can call their orders in at 777-8322 or fax them at 777 8366. There are no added costs for delivery. SCDOT to set up lane shift at Harden Street The S.C. Department of Transportation will be setting up a lane shift at the 2000 block of Harden Street today. During the shift, four lanes of traffic will be reduced to two. The first phase of work is ex pected to last until noon. The sec ond phase will then begin and completely close Harden Street be tween Calhoun Street and Colonial Drive for about three hours. Full Story CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 After finishing high school with a 3.8 GPA — 13th in her class — Brown came to USC. In high school, she was student body president and captain of the cheerleading squad, and was also involved in chorus and drama, just to name a few of her activi ties. But moving from such a small town to the largest univer sity in the state was just like an other family reunion for Brown. “My grandmother originally had 21 kids,” she said. “Yes, it’s a huge family.” When she first arrived at USC, Brown got involved with Bates House hall government, where she had one of her most memorable college experiences. Running a date auction for the hall, Brown wasn’t expected to be a participant until duty called. “You gotta go where you got ta go,” she said. Braving a crowd of her peers, Brown was put on tne auction ing block, to the dismay of her boyfriend. “He didn’t come because he didn’t want to see who wanted to bid on me,” she said. “He didn’t want to be all jealous.” Rotary CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tional studies student, has chosen to study in Senegal. He was spon sored by the Vista Nights Rotary Club of Columbia. Caver said he chose Senegal because, “I thought it would be a good opportunity, and I wanted to go somewhere other than France. I wanted to go someplace different.” Because the program doesn’t work through students’ home schools, Caver is taking a se mester off to make his trip. He plans, however, to take classes in French and African culture that he hopes will be credited here. Caver also plans to be active in community service during his stay abroad. “I’m hoping to do something where I can learn French at the same time, maybe And he had reason to be. Brown sold for $40. “It was just really fun,” she said. After her involvement with hall government, the door was opened for Brown to become an RA, a position she has held the past two years. “That is the biggest thing that I think is go ing to help me (in the election),” she said. “Actually having that one-on-one interaction with the students and being able to im pact them and knowing that they can come to me at any time.” Her position as an RA pro vided some worrisome nights for Brown as she struggled over her decision to run for president. “I did a lot of praying this past week,” she said. “Sometimes it takes just getting in to make a difference, and I really felt like I could make a difference. I felt like the difference wasn’t being made within SG and within everybody in it. No disrespect to SG, but I just thought they need a new face, a new perspective.” On the issues, Brown sees everything plainly. From ex tending the drop date to adding a discrimination clause to uni versity documents, Brown just wants “to do what you want me to do.” reading to little children,” he said. Gahm, the only graduate stu dent of the six, earned his finance degree from USC in May 2001. He was sponsored by the East Bay Rotary Club of Panama City, Fla. Wolfe plans to study at the Pushkin Russian Language Institute in Moscow. A second year student majoring in physics and Russian, Wolfe was sponsored by the Lake Murray/Irmo Rotary Club. Young is a second-year fi nance student and was spon sored by the Five Points Rotary Club of Columbia. He has cho sen to attend the Bridge Linguatec International in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will study Portuguese. According to the Rotary International Web site, “The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to fur ther international understand The Brown File ♦ Third-year marketing and human resources student, age 20 ♦ Birthplace: Greenville ♦ Family: Two younger brothers, Karlos and Korey ♦ Hobbies: Reading, talking and listening ♦ Past and present activities at USC: Residence Hall Government in Bates House, Bates House.President, USC Student of the Year from the NRHH, member of Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Lambda Delta ♦ Favorite song: “More Than a Woman” by Aaliyah ♦ Favorite book: The Bible ♦ Future goals: Wants to get a master’s in human resources, attend law school and be a corporate or contract lawyer “I don’t have anything to lose to go to bat for the students,” she said. “That’s what I’m here for. You know, whatever I can do to enhance the community as a university, the experience as a nnitrorcihr_that’o ixrViot T’m oil about.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com mg and friendly relations among people of different countries.” Interested applicants must first find a Rotary Club to spon sor them. Then, they must fill out an application and complete an interview. If selected for the Academic Year scholarship, stu dents must pass a proficiency test in the native language of the country in which they wish to study. Though Rotary guarantees students a scholarship at their chosen place of study, it’s the student’s responsibility to apply to the institution. Students are also responsible for making their own travel arrangements and getting any visas they might need. The scholarship, however, covers tuition, meals, travel, room and board, and any other miscellaneous expenses. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail. com i USC group helps • mentor children, plans on-campus events BY LOGAN BARLOW THE GAMECOCK Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia held a prayer breakfast on Friday to honor out standing community leaders from the Midlands area. USC student organization First Mentors was among those honored. Rick Wade, from the Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuses, spoke about the dangers that drugs and alcohol pose to the youth of South Carolina, as weM as society as a whole. drug that we could ever have in this society, and in South Carolina, is a loving, caring adult.” He thanked BBBS for its work, noting that mentorship “is our greatest weapon against the war against drugs. It can work; it does work.” Carl Foster, father of three girls who participate as Little Sisters, spoke about how he became in volved with BBBS after his wife’s death. “I am most grateful and deeply indebted to the Big Brother Big Sister program, to its heaven sent volunteers and to those that support this fine program. I thank all of them from the bottom of my heart.” Foster appealed to the crowd to “get involved, support this fine program and volunteer. I promise you, the rewards are huge for everyone involved.” Darla Moore was the distin guished speaker. Moore, a partner in Rainwater Inc. and the first woman profiled by Forbes Magazine, spoke about her in volvement with community ser vice, particularly BBBS. About why she is active in service, Moore said: “Albert Schweitzer captured one of the reasons when he said, ‘Service is the highest activity to which we can aspire.’ We are not alone. We are part of something bigger, and we experience a con nection by giving, with grace, a portion of our time and our talent to service.” On a more personal note, Moore added: “I do this because of the love of my country, the love of my family and the love of my state and its people. In other words, for the love of home and all that de notes. That is why we do this.” Among the Outstanding Community Leaders recognized were the Rev. Brenda Neece, also a featured speaker at the event; Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter; Darryl Jackson; and Dave Aiken of WOLO-TV. The morning’s final award went to First Mentors. First Mentors, founded in 2000, works in occaoiolinn liritVi RRDC fn mentor young children and plan on-campus activities. Accepting the award was Ankit Patel, FM co ordinator and candidate for stu dent body president. Nicole White, a BBBS volunteer, called FM an “agency that has helped us, not only locally, but nationally,” and thanked the group for its efforts. BBBS of Greater Columbia was founded in 1966. Its mission is “to promote youth development and strengthen family support sys tems by providing one-to-one and group mentoring/educational re lationships between adult volun teers and children ages 6 to 18.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com BBBS honors student-run First Mentors How do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways... ■ -—-——-—!-n Sexual Responsibility Week Sponsored by the Office for Sexual Health & Violence Prevention and S.HAR.E. 777-0245 Monday Feb. 11 Raffle: Valentine's Gift Baskets & Key Chain Sales Entire Campus Benefiting Camp For Kids (Kids living with HIV) Tuesday Feb. 12 Raffle: Valentine's Gift Baskets & Key Chain Sales Green Street* 11am-2pm Benefiting Camp For Kids (Kids living with HIV) Wednesday Feb. 13 Sexual Responsibility Health Expo Greene Street* FREE OraSure HIV Testing Russell House 348 11am-2pm Saturday - Monday Feb. 16 - Feb.18 The Vagina Monologues Russell House Theater 9pm Tickets $5/Students $8/Others Women's Student Assoc, benefit lor Sistercare, Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, Refugee Afghan Women's Association *Rain lo.^tion: Russell House 2nd Floor Lobby the poetic «Jc2m poetry loimpe Sounds of the Soul Hip Hop = Poetry + Tracks Performing Live @ the Golden Spur Thursday, February 14, 2002 ^ : y J 'V 8:00 p.m. Sign up for: — 4 . i>vv_ . 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