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WHO NEEDS PARKING?
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK
Brad Ellis, a third-year media arts student, rides his bike on the
0 Horseshoe Tuesday afternoon. Ellis says he rides his bike
because it helps him get around campus more quickly.
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Muaem group
asks school to
add bike lanes
BY KRISTEN MOORE
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rThe USC group Students Allied
" for a Greener Campus is trying to
solve the parking problem - with
bicycles.
Cedric Baele, a third-year in
ternational studies student and
SAGE president, said SAGE mem
bers want to find a solution to the
campus’ parking troubles by pro
moting bicycles.
“One of SAGE’s goals this year
is to basically increase bike safe
ty and possibly the parking prob
lem by trying to provide incen
tives for riding a bike as opposed
to driving,” Baele said. “People
have expressed a lot of concern
about cars and traffic and how it’s
pretty annoying while you’re try
ing to ride because you’re not
quite a pedestrian, but you’re not
a car, either. It’s a hard position
to be in for bicyclers.”
Baele said he will try to get the
help of USC President Andrew
Sorensen.
“I’ll be meeting with Sorensen
at the end of the month with the
Environmental Action
Committee,” Baele said. “At this
point, I’m just interested in estab
lishing contact with him. I know
he rides his bike early in the
morning, so I’d like to see what he
thinks about what we can do to
♦ BICYCLES, SEE PAGE 3
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Horoscopes 9
Letters to the Editor 6
Online Poll 6
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♦ PARENT’S WEEKEND
SUPPLEMENT Students deal
with hotel life. Insert
♦ THE MIX The School of
Music will open a Center for
Southern African-American
Music. Page 7
♦ SPORTS Questions remain
as the Gamecocks prepare for
Temple this Saturday. Page 10
♦ SPORTS Former Lady
Gamecock Shaun Gortman
shares her WNBA experiences.
Page 10
Leaders at odds over Iraq
U.S. and Russia
take opposite
views on offer to
let in inspectors
BY CHARLES J. HANLEY
THE ASSOCIATED PHESS
UNITED NATIONS - As U N.
weapons inspectors moved ahead
with plans to return to Iraq, the
United States and Russia clashed
on Tuesday over whether to take
Baghdad at its word or impose a
new ultimatum. “We have seen
this game before,” said a skepti
cal Colin Powell.
The secretary of state reaf
firmed Washington’s call for a
tough anti-Iraq resolution by the
U.N. Security Council, despite
Iraq’s sudden about-face on in
spections.
But Russia’s foreign minister
said he saw no immediate need
for new U.N. demands if the in
spectors are quickly dispatched.
He was backed up by Arab lead
ers, Moscow’s traditional allies.
The “logic of war” may now be re
placed by “the logic of peace,”
said one.
The 15-member Security
Council majority decided, despite
a U.S. request for more time, to
quickly schedule a meeting, pos
sibly Wednesday, with chief
weapons inspector Hans Blix to
discuss renewed inspections. The
Americans, supported by Britain
and Colombia, wanted first to
prepare a new resolution, diplo
mats said.
Blix then met with Iraqi rep
resentatives; after which the
Iraqis announced talks were set
for Sept. 27 to make final plans.
In the Middle East, the busi
ness of preparing for war went
on, as American warplanes flew
under aggressive new rules over
Iraq, and U.S. commanders con- '
sidered basing heavy bombers
closer by.
At a U.N. news conference at
♦ IRAQ,SEE PAGE 3
The freshman 15 can be beat
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
THE (JAMECOCK
New stresses, new places, new
people, new freedom — these and
other factors contribute to the
infamous “freshman 15,” experts
say.
The fitness site Nutricise.com
reported earlier this month that,
according to a survey by the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, more than 20
percent of college students are
overweight and 40 percent are
trying to lose weight.
A myriad of students face the
same temptations brought by
food and inactivity. But
nutritionists say that, while
weight fluctuation often occurs
among college students, it’s not
the same for every student.
“The freshman 15 doesn’t
occur to everyone,” said
Michelle Murphy, program
director for Health and Wellness
Programs at Thomson Student
Health Center at USC. “You
shouldn’t expect to gain weight.
Some students will; some won’t.
Some will even lose weight.”
♦ FRESHMAN 15, SEE PAGE 4
Tips for Avoiding the Freshman 15
* tat DreaKiasx.
* Don’t skip meals.
* Eat only when you’re truly hungry.
* Avoid fried foods when possible.
* Eat fruit and other healthy snacks between
classes.
* Eat balanced meals with fruits and vegetables.
* Drink plenty of water.
» Choose water or skim milk as beverages
instead of sodas or iced tea.
* Eat smaller meals and healthy snacks instead
of three large meals.
* Leave the cafeteria - walk around campus to
socialize instead of simply sitting around.
* Keep an eye out for healthy options in
cafeterias.
* Watch out for the small stuff - sodas, chips,
cookies - it adds up.
* Keep moving - exercise to burn calories, be it
taking walks around campus or playing
intramural sports.
Source: Registered Dietitians of Nutricise and
Thomson Student Health Center.
Photos courtesy of KRT Campus
Police have hands full at Georgia game
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK
During a 52-minute weather delay, tensions in the crowd ran
high during Saturday’s USC-Georgia football game.
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BY KATHERINE HALLORAN
AND ADAM BEAM
THE GAMECOCK
Halftime at a USC football game
is usually a chance to watch the
band spell out “Carolina,” on the
field or grab a hot dog from the
concession stand - but Saturday’s
halftime show wasn’t on the field,
but in the stands.
“There was a fight in the stands
at the top of the student section,”
said Tony Gooding, a second-year
sport and entertainment manage
ment student. “A lot of people
started looking up at the tops of
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the student section and saw the
cops run up there and break it up.
That was pretty much the end of
it.”
But it wasn’t the end of a 108
year rivalry that includes 55
games between USC and the
University of Georgia. The schools
share a “border rivalry” that usu
ally includes a busy night of police
work. This year was no different:
11 arrests were made at Saturday’s
game.
“I think because of the so-called
border war... people tend to get a
♦ FIGHTS, SEE PAGE 2
Top education official
campaigns at USC
BY KIMBERLY HUNT
THE HAMECOCK
Inez Tenenbaum, South
Carolina state superintendent of
education, spoke during the Law
School Democrats’ first meeting
Tuesday afternoon to
Democrats, Republicans and
Independents on progress in ed
ucation as well as her 2002 elec
tion campaign.
“This is a very important
election,” Tenenbaum says. “I
want to be re-elected so I can fin
ish the plan that is in effect and
continue to see progress.”
Tenenbaum will run against
Republican Dan Hiltgen in
November. Hiltgen’s goal is to
improve the quality of schools
statewide. According to his Web
site, Hiltgen wants to lower ad
ministrative costs by cutting
“educational bureaucracy and
putting the money we save back
into the classroom.”
He says schools with a histo
ry of poor academic achieve
ment will be held accountable.
Tenenbaum’s other oppo
nents include A1 Hafer, execu
tive director of South Carolina’s
Constitution Party, and teacher
Marva Manigault of the
Libertarian party.
In the 1999 election,
Tenenbaum received more votes
than any other candidate run
ning for office in South Carolina.
She says her success comes from
Democratic as well as
Republican support.
No matter who her support
ers are, Tenenbaum says her
main concern has always been
public education.
Within her first term, she vis
ited college presidents to request
that education schools get the
same priority other schools do.
“We have to rely on colleges
to produce the highest quality
teachers,” Tenenbaum said.
♦ TENENBAUM, SEE PAGE X
Homecoming 2002
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necoming week
will include the
lowing events:
DAY, SEPT. 30
♦ §hfrs and Struts, Davis
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TUESDAY, OCT. 1 I
♦^Garnet Gala, Russell f
Ballroom, 8 p.m. *
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V FRIDAY, OCT. 4 . , 1
♦ Parade, Sumter ^9fcet,
♦ Cockfest, Williams-Bricell
Stadiumj'itp.mr
SATURDAY, OCT 5
♦ Carolina'
State footbal
♦ Cockfesttiyo
at 7 p.mr in the Russell
House Ballroom.
The host of this year’s
Cockfest is Aishea Tyler of E!
Television Network.
Source: Homecoming Commission