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Patel, Floyd victorious in runoff
Patel wins by
only 175 votes in
a close, high
turnout race
BY BRANDON LARRABEE
THE GAMECOCK
Student Government Parlia
mentarian Ankit Patel won an up
set victory over Moore School of
Business Sen. David Bomemann in
the presidential runoffThursday.
Patel surpassed Bomemann by
just 175 votes in a race that again
saw high voter turnout.
Patel garnered 1,300 votes, or
53.6 percent of the total.
Bomemann carried 1,125 votes, or
46.4 percent.
Members of Patel’s staff jumped
in the air and cheered as the re
sults were announced. Patel had
been an underdog heading into the
race; Bomemann led Patel by 11
percentage points after the first
round.
Patel seemed unable to believe
his victory at first.
“Really?” he asked after being
told the vote total. “Wow. Wow.”
He credited the win to his plat
form, which emphasized consti
tutionally mandating certain
Cabinet positions and decreasing
internal SG funding so that more
money could be given to student
organizations.
“We ran on issues that were
real, had concrete goals, and we
didn’t promise the students things
that we really couldn’t get accom
plished,” Patel said. “We had real
issues, and I think the students
were very receptive about that.”
Patel said appointing the
Cabinet would be his first goal as
president. He said work on those
selections would begin this week
end.
“We promised the student body
a Cabinet that’s going to be reflec
tive, that includes Greek affairs,
minority affairs, community ser
vice programs, all those things,”
Patel said.
Patel said he would be willing
♦ PATEL, SEE PAGE 7
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM
After hearing of his victory in the runoff, President-elect Ankit Patel hugs a friend as other
supporters look on.
Floyd extends
previous lead
with 178 votes
over Beeks
BY ADAM BEAM
THE GAMECOCK
Guitar-playing
campaigners wear
ing paste up T
shirts were not
enough for
Terrance Beeks in
this week’s runoff
election, as Becky
Floyd extended Floyd
her 135 vote lead
by 43 votes to win the office of
Student Government treasurer.
' “I didn’t really know what to
expect because it was so close,”
Floyd said. “That’s where most of
the attention came from, but
there’s only so much you can do.”
Leading by only 135 votes after
last week’s general election,
♦ FLOYD, SEE PAGE 3
ROAD RULES
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM
The MTV Road Rules Winnebago, prominately displaying Its
trademark skull, attracted students from around campus while
It remained parked In front of Bates House on Tuesday night.
‘Road Rules’
goes to college
Cast of MTV
show pigs out at
Bates House to
fulfill mission
BY CHARLES TOMLINSON
THE GAMECOCK
The cast of MTV’s “Road
Rules” paid a visit to Bates House
on Tuesday and gained quite a
few pounds in the process.
One of the missions for the
MTV program’s upcoming sea
son was videotaped on the USC
campus. The six cast members
were split into two teams and
given instructions. The goal was
to gain the “freshman 15” in one
evening. Whichever team
gained a total of 15 pounds by the
end of the mission would be de
clared the winner.
Because of the taping, security
was tightened at Bates House on
Tuesday. Police officers kept a close
eye on all who entered and left the
dormitory, and resident advisers
checked IDs and keys to verify res
idents. Most residents were also
given green wristbands the previ
ous night so they could be easily
identified during the day of the tap
ing.
The introduction to the mis
sion was shot on the lawn behind
the Bates cafeteria. Residents
watched from the dining hall as
the intro was filmed, and they
even got a close-up of the stars
themselves as they walked by and
waved.
The cast members went from
room to room in Bates House
and tried to fill their stomachs
with as much food as possible.
They took any food that the resi
dents offered them. Some resi
dents, including first-year stu
dent Greg Alia, even cooked
hamburgers for them.
♦ ROAD RULES, SEE PAGE 3
Journalism
dean search
narrowed to
4 finalists
BY KEVIN FELLNER
THE GAMECOCK
USC announced Tuesday the fi
nalists for dean of the Journalism
and Library and Information
Sciences School, which will be a
merger of the College of Journalism
and Mass Communications and the
College of Library and Information
Science.
The finalists are Jay Bender, a
managing partner with the
Columbia firm of Baker, Ravenel
and Bender; Charles Bierbauer, a
former correspondent with CNN;
Mary Alice Shaver, a professor
and chair of the advertising de
partment at Michigan State
University; and Hank Gilman,
managing editor of Fortune Small
Business.
The four candidates are ex
pected to visit the campus during
the next two months for inter
views.
Bender earned his bachelor’s
and law degrees from USC and has
taught a media law class at the
university. He has since built a
strong practice representing and
lobbying on behalf of many of the
state’s largest media outlets.
Bierbauer served as a CNN cor
respondent in Washington from
1981 to 2001, when he covered the
U.S. Supreme Court, the
Pentagon, the White House and
presidential campaigns. He
earned his degrees in Russian and
journalism from Pennsylvania
State University.
Shaver is president-elect of the
American Academy of Advertising
and was once the coordinator for
the journalism school at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. She earned her mas
ter’s and doctoral degrees from the
University of Illinois and Indiana
University.
Gilman, like Bender, is also a
graduate of USC. He earned his
master’s degree at Indiana
University and has worked as a se
nior editor for Newsweek’s busi
ness section. He also has worked for
the Boston Globe and Wall Street
Journal.
USC officials expect to have a
dean selected by fall 2002. The new
dean will succeed Henry Price, the
interim dean since August 2001,
and Fred Roper, dean of library
and information science since
1986.
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Joycelyn Elders raises
health care concerns
Former surgeon
general compares
issues affecting
students, nation
BY KEVIN FELLNER
THE OAMECOCK
Former U.S. Surgeon General
Joycelyn Elders spoke about im
portant national health care is
sues to students Wednesday night
in the Russell House Ballroom.
During her speech to about
100 students, Elders warned of
malnutrition, poverty, AIDS,
binge drinking and smoking as
matters of national concern that
college students must also face.
Elders, who served as surgeon
general from September 1993 to
December 1994, said college stu
dents are the bright young peo
ple who will determine what the
world will be like in the future.
“The faculty at this university
and this community want you to
B leave this univer
things: a voice in
your ear so you
who are less fortu
vision in your
Elders eye so you can
see farther than I
can see; a diploma in your hand,
which is a good education; and a
song in your heart,” Elders said
during her 50-minute speech.
Carolina Productions
arranged for Elders to speak at
USC. First-year political science
student and Carolina
Productions’ Ideas and Issues
Commissioner Chris Maner was
instrumental in persuading
Elders to speak at USC.
“One of the main things I
wanted to do was to bring some
one who could give a lot of in
sight into issues that are impor
tant in our society today, such
as health care, personal respon
sibility and education, and she
has done that,” Maner said.
“The first thing students
can do to improve
health care is to take
care of themselves.
Secondly, they can fight
for health education to
educate people on how
to be healthy.”
JOYCELYN ELDERS
FORMER U.S. SURGEON GENERAL
In her speech, Elders briefly
addressed her forced resigna
tion in 1994 from her position as
surgeon general. Elders was
forced out after she made public
statements about sexual and re
productive health issues, to
which various political figures
reacted unfavorably.
Elders also referred to several
national health statistics in her
speech to express her opinion
that universal health care is a
much-needed commodity in U.S.
♦ ELDERS, SEE PAGE 2
Senate passes plan
for lottery spending
BY AMY GEIER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA — The Senate gave
final approval Thursday to a lot
tery spending plan that seemed
to satisfy both Republicans and
Democrats.
Of the $127 million that the
lottery is projected to bring in
this year, $48.2 million would
fund free tuition at technical
schools and two-year colleges
under the Senate bill.
An additional $46 million
would benefit increases in the
LIFE scholarships, $7 million
would go toward Palmetto
Fellows and $8.7 million would
fund Hope scholarships.
School buses — which have
been a major sticking point that
led to a marathon filibuster last
week—will receive $37 million
from total lottery funds this
year. That includes $5 million
from lottery sales and $7 million
in unclaimed prizes guaranteed
to buy buses each year.
An additional $25 million the
lottery earns from the start of
the games on Jan. 7 to June 30
also will pay for new school bus
es. That money isn’t included in
the $127 million estimate for this
year’s lottery proceeds.
Democrats originally had
called for a bond bill to pay for bus
es in order to devote more money
to scholarships. But most were
satisfied because of the first $127
million in recurring funds, more
than $112 million goes to scholar
ships and need based grants, said
Sen. Tommy Moore, D
Clearwater.
“I think we answered the
challenges about money going to
higher ed and K-12,” Moore said.
Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges
also supported a bond bill for
buses.
♦ LOTTERY, SEE PAGE 2
Fidler 5K
The Fidler 5K
Emeritus Paul
Fidler and raise
awareness.
All funds Fidler
raised will be
contributed to leukemia
research and prevention. The
event is sponsored by the
Delta Tau Delta fraternity and
the Student Personnel
Association.
♦ Saturday, March 2, at Blatt
P.E. Center
♦ 3.1-mile course through
the Shandon neighborhood
♦ Registration: 8:30 a.m.
♦ Race starts at 10 a.m.
♦ Runners may register to
participate as late as the
morning of the race for $15.
♦ Each participant gets a T
shirt
www.sa.sc.edu/fidler5k
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