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NAACP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 museum,” she said. “But it’s defi nitely going to take patience. The laws have changed because of pa tience.” Three protesters against the rally stood across the street in si lence, bearing Confederate flags and gray uniforms. The Rev. Joseph A. Darby out lined the NAACP’s protests in his prayer. Darby said that racial dis parity still exists, that health care services are unavailable to the poor and that state funds are used to restore Confederate artifacts. “We pray for both political par ties,” he said. “Both for Democrats who take us for grant ed and Republicans who want to take us back to the plantation.” “These seem like basic, rea sonable demands,” said Nicholas Perez, a second-year criminal jus tice student. “The criminal jus tice system disproportionately convicts blacks on death row.” Elizabeth Bakanic, a first-year student, was skeptical of a more universal health care system. “They’d better be ready to pay a lot more in taxes,” she said. “Though people in Europe nave tree nealtn care, they pay about 60 percent of their income to the government.” The NAACP also opposes the possible war in Iraq. In his comments at Zion Baptist Church, Sharpton said that Martin Luther King Jr. would “join us in opposing an un just war with Iraq.” “We are invading Iraq for weapons we can’t find - and going to war when we can’t prove there’s any reason to go to war,” Sharpton said. “It’s premature to invade Iraq, lacking substantial proof from this current investigation,” said Michael Cavey, a fifth-year inter national-relations student. “France’s proposal to let the in spections run their course seems wiser.” The NAACP continues to re main committed to combating racism, which it said is far from eradicated. “In spite of Trent Lott’s racist statements, Bush’s position on af firmative action, his desire to start a war with either Iraq or North Korea and his racist selection of judges on the court — we shall overcome,” said the Right Rev. Joseph Johnson of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. “Racism is less overt than in the ‘60s,” said Ali Crabb, USC’s Newman Club president, “but it’s there. I find it in myself, even, and I consider myself aware of the is sues and trying to work against racism.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Patel CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 crease that was gone about the wrong way,” Shipman said. Shipman said Patel had vio lated the oath he took to the stu dent body, and the sena tor therefore called for Patel’s im peachment. l think violating the codes at an issue that affects every sin gle member of the student body and giving nobody else other than yourself a say — that war rants impeachment,” he said. Patel said he didn’t think the Senate was left out of the process and called the situation “ridicu lous,” accusing Shipman of us ing the subpoena as a “media ploy.” “With January being election season, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just getting his name in the paper over the next few weeks,” he said. Patel said he was simply car rying out the student-activity fee proposal, which he said was handed down from the previous SG adminis tration, led by Corey Ford. He also said SG conducted a survey of student orga nizations and found tremen aous support tor me tee in crease, and that the increase contributed to SG’s $15,000 sur plus. “I don’t know why they’d have to (subpoena me),” Patel said. “I’m there every Wednesday. 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