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Appeal CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 give Patel one infraction for door to-door soliciting in university residence halls. Hunter ruled that the Elections Commission was act ing within its powers when it de cided to give Patel one infraction. Bornemann said members of the Patel campaign violated uni versity policy by soliciting in res idence halls. Bornemann also said Patel staff members watched students vote to intimidate them. Patel said all the voters so licited were friends and that no students were ever intimidated. Hunter also said he found no evidence that Patel’s actions had affected the outcome of the runoff. Of the 13 witnesses Hunter was able to contact, he said 11 had said Patel’s staff only said, “Have you voted yet?” Hunter said one wit ness said the staffer said, “In my opinion, you should vote for Patel.” “Not one person that I was able to contact said that he or she was coerced into voting for Patel or that the supporters specifical ly said, ‘Have you voted for Ankit Patel?’” Hunter wrote. He said the solicitation helped Bornemann more than Patel. “It is apparent that it did not have an impact; it only hurt the Patel campaign,” Hunter wrote. Hunter said the witnesses that were allegedly intimidated into voting for Patel didn’t show up at the Saturday hearing. “The Bornemann campaign .only presented a list of names as people who had been ‘coerced’ to vote for Patel,” Hunter wrote. “Not one of these people showed up for the hearing on Saturday.” Hunter also found that commis sion members were given suffi cient notice to attend the hearings, which were held Saturday. He said two attempts were made on Friday to contact Elections Commission members. Bomemann’s campaign manager Chrissy Stauffer filed the violations Friday. Bornemann said he was dis appointed with the decision and would appeal the ruling to USC Vice President for Student and Alumni Services Dennis Pruitt. He said he would file that appeal Wednesday. “We will hope for better re sults there,” Bornemann said. Patel said he was pleased with the ruling. “The Elections Commission’s spoken, the attorney general’s spo ken and they all agree,” Patel said. Elections Commissioner Adam Bourne said he was satisfied with the ruling. In a related development, Patel appealed the infractions given to him by the Commission in re sponse to the contest. He said the charge concerning door-to-door solicitation didn’t vi olate the elections codes, and he said another charge made by Stauffer that a Patel staff member was campaigning in the Business Administration building was ques tionable because of its lack of de tails. “I don’t think it happened and I don’t think there’s enough evi dence to support that it did,” Patel said. * Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Health CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 as well, such as Palmetto Health and DHEC,” Gardner said. The purpose of the Advisory Council is to eliminate health dis parities between whites and mi norities and increase awareness of pre-existing health problems and effective treatments, accord ing to Gardner. The group consists of students, with faculty serving in advise ment roles. The students in the group decide when to have meet ings, what types of programs to work on, and what areas of health care to target. “I hope that we implement nu merous programs that show the success of men and women of col or, not just health issues,” said third-year student Rod Scott Padilla, who is also involved in the League for Alternative Minorities. Kimberly Randolph, who is serving as an adviser for the group, has held health-related po sitions for several years. “We really have to educated because something that they (stu dents) do at 19 dan kill them lat er in life,” Randolph said. The Multicultural Health Advisory Council left the meeting with a game plan and a project to work on. After spring break, the group plans to launch a Walk for Wellness program encouraging black women to exercise more by forming walking groups. The idea was well received by the group and described as a “def inite necessity” by Scott-Padilla. Gardner said the students in the group would gradually be come more knowledgeable about health statistics and education as they became more involved. “After you immerse yourself in the activities, you will learn more,” Gardner said. Gardner also said that the group would be coached health professionals and advisers in volved in the Multicultural Health Initiative. Gardner said the best way to reach the students about chang ing their lifestyles is to use the students in this group as a voice of change. - “We (the health professionals) can’t affect the lifestyles of your peers, but people the same age can affect each other more,” Gardner said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) $ □ Violent S O Nonviolent % NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS 03 Violent O Nonviolent Thursday, Feb. 28 O LOST PROPERTY, 615 SUMTER ST. The victim said he lost his USC ID card. Reporting officer: B. Timbers. Friday, March 1 ® LARCENY OF PURSE, 715 SUMTER ST. The victim said someone took her green purse containing keys and various IDs. Estimated value: $10. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. ® NO DRIVER’S LICENSE, 400 MAIN ST. Kenneth J. Peterson and Christopher L. Parker came by the office to see Officer Beza regarding paperwork. Peterson, who was driving, had no driver’s license but produced a North Carolina ID. Parker produced his S.C. driver’s license, which is suspended for an alcohol violation. Parker was a passenger. Both were placed under arrest, booked and transported to the Richland County Detention Center for safekeeping. Reporting officer: F. R. Stoudemire. & HARASSMENT, 2000 BLOCK GREENE ST. The victim said that someone was making off-color comments toward her while she was walking along the road. The victim didn’t have any more information. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin and N. U. Beza. (») LARCENY OF WALLET, 1328 WHEAT ST. The victim said someone removed his wallet, S.C. driver’s license and credit cards from his locker at Blatt P.E. Center. Estimated value: $5. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. Saturday, March 2 O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said someone has been making harassing phone calls. A log sheet was issued. The victim doesn’t wish to press charges. Reporting officer: N. U. Beza. SIGN UP FOR SUNCOM STATES' AND ENJOY A MONTH ON US. ONE MONTH FREE SERVICE SUNCOM STATES PLANS. Free Nationwide Long Distance and No Roaming Charges Anywhere in the 10 SunCom States. SIMPLE. EASY. 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Other restrictions apply See stores for details. <D SunCom 2&t Field F CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 environmentally sound campus es. West Quad is expected to use 30 percent less utilities and be the first certified “green” residence hall in the Southeast and one of only four in the country. The building will house 500 stu dents in a living and learning en vironment with “students from all different disciplines... that will be focused on how ecology and the environment affects all students all students in a variety of ways,” °Luna said. This will not be the first time USC has lost field space to con struction, and it also might not be the last. In 1994, South Quad was built on USC’s primary soccer field. The new child development center is being considered to re place the tennis courts, according to Student Life Director Jerry Brewer. A number of proposals for new fields have been presented, but nothing has been worked out. A possible sites is between the un der-construction Strom Thurmond Fitness and Wellness Center and the Greek Village. “Field space is the last thing to come along in a project,” Brewer said. “I think that the general con dition all the way back to the 1994 master plan for the university in dicates that, out of our peer insti ♦ FIELD F, SEE PAGE 3 pmmmkivwssm _Directions: Just across the Gervaig St. Bridge - Left at Second Li ffrr Ilfm _ I NASTIER THAN A FRAT RAT