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Bornemann said he’s trying to prevent him- ... . self and his staff from be coming too confident after last week’s win. “I try to make sure that everyone, including my self, keeps a level head about every thing because i inmKvve came in second because there were a lot of other 0 good candidates” ANKIT PATEL SG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE if you get overconfident, then you lose focus, and that’s when people can come up and hit you out of nowhere,” he said. “My main fo cus was to tell everyone not to get apathetic. We need to be working twice as hard right now and really focus on the great campaign we ran the first time But history doesn’t come down squarely on Patel’s side either. In 1999, for example, Malik Husser eked by Chris Dorsel by just 2.5 percent the first time. But Husser 0 earned a 17-point lead in the runoff and breezed by Dorsel. Patel said he was confident about this week’s voting despite last week’s results. “We’re not concerned at all,” Patel said. “I think we came in sec ond because there were a lot of other good candidates.” Patel said some Bristow and McFadden supporters had also told them he had their support. Each race since 1987 has had its own characteristics, too. Though endorsements don’t al ways translate into votes, Patel has the backing of Vice President Nithya Bala and Kaleta Brown, who carried nearly 500 votes in her cam paign that ended last week. Bomemann won the first round by about 350 ballots. . The winners of the runoff elec tions for SG president and trea surer will be announced Thursday evening. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudeskigJhotmail.com Termites CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Because the insects were spot ted with their wings still attached, it’s most likely that the termites ^ are simply finding a new colony, a process called “swarming.” Termites still in this stage aren’t likely to have caused any damage. Housing Director Gene Luna isn’t concerned about the possi bility of further infestation. He noted that this kind of prob lem is “not uncommon here on campus.” “We just go ahead and bring the pest control companies in and take care of the problem,” he said. Termites pose no health or safe ty risk to students, but a long-term infestation could cause severe structural damage to the build ings. Because termites work so slowly, it could take between three ^ and eight years to see any real damage. Although many on-campus res idents are familiar with the pres ence of ladybugs in residence halls, termite infestations are less visible because the insects most ly burrow inside wood products. “It’s really not unusual this time of the year. We’ve had such a warm winter; we’re going to see insects a little earlier this year,” Luna said. Horseshoe residents haven t been formally notified of the ter mite problem. Luna thinks the problem isn’t serious enough to alert residents. “If there were ever a situation^ where we think students are going to be affected by something, then certainly we’d notify them,” Luna said. “This is just a routine insect observation, and we’ll just go ahead and take care of the problem.” If the swarming termites spread to students’ rooms, “cer tainly they would be notified,” Luna said. Once the extent of the termite problem has been determined, Luna estimates that it should take about a week to clear it up. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com