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Since 1908
.Criminal
Justice
senators to
keep seats
| BY JOHN PENNINGTON
THE GAMECOCK
Student Government Attorney
General Brook Bristow has decid
ed to allow the student senators
from the now-defunct College of
Criminal Justice to retain their
seats in the Student Senate for the
rest of their current term.
The term will serve as sort of a
“last ride for the criminal justice
department in the Student
Government,” said Bristow, be
cause their positions will not be
filled once vacated.
In his ruling, Bristow says this
issue is “further highlighting a
need for a new constitution and
more detailed constitutional
codes.” He has said he intends to
| create a special committee to re
p work the constitution and codes,
but hard feelings among the for
mer students of the criminal jus
tice department might be un
avoidable.
Sen. Tom King insists both he
and Tyler Odom, the other crimi
nal justice senator, are “both very
pleased to be studehts here.” He
also said, however, he felt as though
he was “kept in the dark” by the
Board of Trustees before they made
the “unfortunate decision” to make
the College of Criminal Justice part
of the College of Liberal Arts.
-—J. *
Bristow agrees they were kept
in the dark, and says President
Sorensen has been open to sug
gestions since taking his position,
though the Board of Trustees “isn’t
♦ RULING, SEE PAGE 3
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PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK
Current streetlights will be replaced with 150-watt bulbs.
PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK
Criminal justice Sens. Tyler Odom, left, and Tom King will be able to keep their seats on the
Student Senate, despite the school’s submersion In the College of Liberal Arts.
More
people
taking
LSAT
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
THE GAMECOCK
With the U.S. economy as weak
as it is, it came as no surprise to
Albert Chen, executive director of
Kaplan Test Prep’s graduate pro
grams, that LSAT registrations
have increased dramatically from
previous years.
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tion increases. Soon after, we see a
spike in the LSAT. ...The eco
nomic downturn makes work
hard to find, and since business
school requires work experience,
♦ LSAT, SEE PAGE 2
City Council votes
to improve lighting
on Greene Street
BY WENDY JEFFCOAT
THE GAMECOCK
The Columbia City Council
voted unanimously last
Wednesday to add new lighting
to Greene Street and the sur
rounding areas.
According to Shirley Mills,
director of government and
community relations at USC,
the purpose of the University
Neighborhood Lighting Project
is to increase safety and securi
ty within the area.
The driving forces behind the
proposal include the National
Advocacy Center, the USC
Neighborhood Association,
USC, City Council and the Five
Points Merchants Association.
“This project is a perfect ex
ample of what can be accom
plished when the city, the neigh
borhood and the university
work together toward a com
“I think it's a good
idea to improve the
lighting. I would feel a
lot safer.”
LAZANDRA TIDWELL
THIRD-YEAR BIOLOGY STUDENT
mon goal,” Mills said.
The existing streetlights will
be replaced with 150-watt
Arlington lights on a 14-foot
Charleston fluted pole, similar
to the lights on Gervais Street.
The project requires 270 lights
throughout the neighborhood,
and wiring for the system will
be underground.
The start and completion
dates haven’t been announced.
Ernest Ellis, director of law
enforcement and safety at USC,
said that, in the more than 20
years he has been with the uni
♦ GREENE STREET, SEE PAGE 4
University researchers publish report findings
BY CHRISTIE PERKINSON
THE (1AMECOCK
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Two recently released USC
studies report new findings on
preventing colds and the impact
of culture on the state's econo
my.
The Norman J. Arnold School
of Public Health and the Moore
School of Business released
studies within days of each oth
er.
Charles Matthews, a professor
the public health school, found
that adults who participate in
moderate physical activity might
lower their chances of catching
a cold. He led a group of re
searchers from the University of
Massachusetts in a comparison
of the rate of physical activity to
the occurrences of upper-respi
ratory-tract infection from 641
men and women aged 20 to 70.
Although previous research
shows that excessive levels of
physical activity trigger infec
tion, the study says the research
was insufficient in showing the
effects of low levels of activity on
health.
Records from the
Massachusetts-based Seasonal
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Variation of Blood Cholesterol
study showed that fall and win
ter triggered colds for about 40
percent of the subjects, while
summer saw 10 percent of re
ported colds. The participants
who engaged in moderate activi
ty decreased their chances of in
fection by 23 percent annually.
Fourth-year finance student
Katie Koemer said: “Going to the
gym and even walking across
campus to class gives me more en
ergy throughout the day. Also, I
feel so much better than the days
that I sleep in.”
An article outlining the find
ings of the study is found in the
♦ RESEARCH, SEE PAGE 2
Bush urged to seek
approval for attack
Lawmakers say
president needs
Congress’ OK to
go after Iraq
BY KEN GUGGENHEIM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - Legal ques
tions aside, lawmakers say
President Bush needs to seek
Congress’ approval before send
ing American troops to attack Iraq
because it’s the right thing to do.
Vice President Dick Cheney
warned of grave consequences
from not acting quickly against
Saddam Hussein.
“I don’t play this game so much
on what’s legal and what’s not le
gal,” Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.,
said of a U.S. attack on Iraq. “If the
president is going to commit this
nation to war, he’d better have the
support of the Congress and the
American people with him.”
White House counsel A1
Gonzales told Bush this month
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that he doesn’t need explicit au
thority from Congress to wage
war with Iraq, presidential
_ spokesman Ari
Fleischer told re
porters Monday in
Crawford, Texas,
where Bush is va
cationing.
Despite that
opinion, Bush has
Bush not ruled out seek
ing lawmakers’
approval if he de
cides to attack
Iraq, Fleischer
said.
“The president
will consult with
the Congress be
cause Congress
Cheney has an important
role to play,” he
said.
Amid the growing internation
al debate over Iraq, U.S. and
British aircraft that have been pa
trolling the skies over southern
and northern zones of Iraq for
♦IRAQ, SEEPAGES
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♦ THE MIX Wes Anderson and
Owen Wilson create off-center
films. Page 7
♦ THE MIX Revisit the past two
decades of music in the first of
a 15-part series. Page 7
♦ SPORTS Look for our
Opponents 2002 pullout
section. Insert
♦ SPORTS Read about this
season’s revamped USC
defense. Page 10