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Vt. governor affirms
presidential candidacy
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Vermont Gov.
Howard Dean 1
visited USC’s r
Law School
on Tuesday •
afternoon.
Dean is the
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Democrat to ■
announce his I
candidacy for I
the 2004 I
presidential I
election. I
PHOTO BY ROY I
DOLLAR/THE ■
GAMECOCK H
Candidate speaks to USC Law
Democrats about election issues
BY COREY GARRIOTT
THE GAMECOCK
The first Democratic candi
date for president in 2004,
Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, af
firmed his candidacy at a USC
Law Democrats meeting
Tuesday.
Dean explained his positions
and election strategy, focusing
on education, health care and fis
cal responsibility. But Charles
Duncan, president of USC
Republicans, was skeptical of
his stances.
Dean explained to the group
why he was running for presi
dent.
“I think the country’s funda
mentally going in the wrong di
rection,” he said. “I want a coun
try with a balanced budget, a
country strong in defense and a
country where everyone has
health insurance.”
Dean said the Democrats did
poorly in the midterm elections
Nov. 5 “because the president di
verted attention to Iraq and
away from issues the Democrats
are strong on.”
♦ CANDIDATE, SEE PAGE 2
Lunch with the president
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK
USC President Sorensen meets with students Monday afternoon In the Grand Marketplace to discuss topics affecting student
life. Sorensen talks with David Jenkins, a second-year German student, second from left, about his studies.
Security
bill moves
forward
in Senate
BY JIM ABRAMS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The Senate de
feated an attempt by Democrats
to kill what they called special in
terests measures in a homeland
security bill, bringing a lame-duck
Congress close to granting
President Bush’s demand for a
new Cabinet agency to protect
Americans from terrorists.
The Senate voted 52-47 to reject
an amendment that would have
removed from the bill seven pro
visions that Democrats said were
favors to friends of Republicans.
The president and his key advis
ers actively lobbied wavering sen
ators to defeat the amendment,
saying its approval could doom
passage of the bill this year.
With the amendment out of the
way, the Senate was set to finish
work on the legislation Tuesday,
ending five months of contentious
debate on how to carry out the
most monumental reorganization
of the federal government in over
half a century. The Senate fol
lowed immediately with several
♦ SECURITY BILL, SEE PAGE 6
17th-floor Senate Plaza
apartment catches fire
Firefighters
contained the
blaze in one
living room
BY KIMBERLY HUNT
THE GAMECOCK
An apartment on the 17th
floor of the 20-floor Senate Plaza
residential complex caught on
fire Tuesday afternoon.
Assistant Fire Chief Joseph
Floyd said the Columbia Fire
Department received a call
about the fire at 2:37 p.m., the
first unit arrived at 2:40, and the
blaze was out by 2:55.
The six engines, three of
them equipped with ladders,
that reported to the scene con
tained the fire to one apart
ment’s living room.
The fire’s cause is still being
investigated. Senate Plaza is lo
cated at 1520 Senate St.
“The couch and loveseat is
burnt out,” Floyd said. “The
whole room is totaled with
black smoke. The whole apart
ment is blacked out with
smoke.”
The residents of that apart
ment were not at home. No one
was injured.
PHOTO BY TRISHA SHADWELL/THE GAMECOCK
Jenny Honeycutt, a law student living in Senate Plaza, had
to study for her law exam outside as the building was
evacuated during a fire Tuesday.
The apartment below on the
16th floor has water damage,
and the apartment above on the
18th has smoke damage, Floyd
said.
Part of the parking lot in
front of the building was taped
off because of falling glass from
windows on the 17th floor.
After the investigation was
♦ FIRE, SEE PAGE 5
PHQTO BY ROY DOLLAR/THE GAMECOCK
Greek Village residents were confused about whether the $100
parking fee covered a year or only a semester.
Greek parking
mix-up leads
to fee refunds
BY WENDY JEFFCOAT
THE GAMECOCK
Confusion over whether resi
dents have to pay $100 per
semester or $100 per year to park
in the Greek Village has left
Parking Services no choice but to
refund the
amount to some
students who had
to pay for parking
next semester.
“There was a
lot of indecision,”
said Caroline
Wooten, a third
year biology stu
dent from Johns
Island and a resident of the
Village. “First, parking was for a
semester, then for a year.”
Wooten, and others who paid
another $100 for parking permits
“There was a lot of
indecision. First,
parking was for a
semester, then for a
year.”
CAROLINE WOOTEN
THIRD-YEAR BIOLOGY STUDENT
for the spring semester, will be, or
have already been, reimbursed,
said Derrick Huggins, director of
Vehicle Management and Parking
Services.
Parking Services sent two let
ters to the residents of the Greek
Village. The first one, dated July
17. introduced the
permit and said,
“The cost for this
permit is $100 per
semester.” But
the second letter,
dated Aug. 15,
which accompa
nied the permit,
said, “Enclosed is
voiir new barkine
permit for the 2002/2003
semester.”
Huggins said that when the per
♦ GREEK PARKING, SEE PAGE 5
USC biologist
aids research
into marine life
BY KEVIN FELLNER
THE GAMECOCK
The results of three years of a
USC biologist’s research on global
climate changes have been pub
lished in a national journal of sci
entific breakthroughs, sparking
international acclaim.
Brian Helmuth’s study on body
temperature changes in marine
intertidal organisms — creatures
that live between the regions of
high and low tide on the world’s
coastlines — was featured in the
Nov. 1 issue of Science.
The study suggests that mea
suring only air or water tempera
tures cannot predict how the cli
mate affects intertidal communi
ties. Helmuth decided to chart the
body temperatures of organisms,
themselves, as they were alter
nately exposed to land and water
because of the tide. The organ
isms, such as oysters and mussels,
have no internal heat source, so
their body temperatures respond
strongly to such elements as sun
and wind during low tide.
Helmuth thinks the research
findings will “change how and
where we look for climate
changes.”
He said studying intertidal or
ganisms provides a good indica
tor of global climate changes be
cause the organisms’ tempera
tures change with the tempera
tures of their environments.
Helmuth studied intertidal en
vironments from Southern
California to Alaska and is apply
ing for funding that would allow
♦ BIOLOGIST, SEE PAGE 2
Index
Comics and Crossword _11
Classifieds 14
Horoscopes 11
Letters to the Editor 7
Online Poll_ 7
Police Report 4
TOMORROW
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♦VIEWPOINTS Phil Watson
gets his house ready for
Saddam’s invasion. Page 7
♦ THE MIX With “Kid A,”
Radiohead produced a
masterpiece no one expected.
Page 8
♦ SPORTS Coach Holtz and the
football team have their sights
set on the Clemson game. Page
12
♦ SPORTS EXTRA Get an inside
look at the new Carolina Center.
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