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WAR UPDATE
•Bush reaches out to Russia and China
FOR THE WAR
“I really don’t agree with
the current reasoning, but
overall, I feel it’s something
we neglected to do 12 years
ago. As a (Army) retiree, I
feel war is justified.
DARRYL BADLEY
SECOND-YEAR MUSIC-EDUCATION STUDENT
“I agree with him (Bush)
completely. He laid the
case out really well and
seemed to convince the
majority of the American
public to support the war.”
LEE BENNETT
FIRST-YEAR POLITICAL-SCIENCE STUDENT
WASHINGTON (AP)- On the
brink of war with Iraq,
President Bush reached out
Tuesday to the leaders of Russia
and China, two countries that
resisted setting an ultimatum
for using force against Saddam
Hussein. Vladimir Putin and
Hu Jintao told Bush they still
preferred a U.N.-brokered solu
tion.
Bush called both leaders a
day after aborting diplomatic ef
forts in the United Nations and
giving Saddam until 8 p.m. EST
Wednesday to surrender power
or face a U.S.-led war.
The Russian president “ex
pressed regret in connection
with Washington’s decision to
issue the ultimatum and the fact
that intensive diplomatic efforts
had failed to produce a mutually
acceptable compromise,” the
Kremlin said.
“The two openly acknowl
edged that they don’t see eye-to
eye on whether or not force
should be used to disarm
Saddam Hussein,” White House
spokesman Ari Fleischer said.
“They agree about the threats in
the region.”
Other developments in the
Iraq crisis:
♦ Saddam Hussein defied the
U.S. ultimatum to leave Iraq
with his sons by Wednesday
night or face war. Saddam ap
peared on television in military
uniform for the first time since
the 1991 Gulf War, warning his
commanders to prepare for bat
tle. Iraq’s al-Shabab television,
owned by Saddam’s eldest son,
Odai, said the decision to defy
the ultimatum was made in a
leadership meeting chaired by
the Iraqi leader. Mobilized by a
televised appeal, thousands of
demonstrators swept into the
streets of Baghdad to show their
support for Saddam.
♦ French President Jacques
Chirac, whose country led op
position to war within the U.N.
Security Council, said the action
Bush had chosen would under
mine future efforts at peaceful
disarmament.
♦ Secretary of State Colin
Powell said that 30 nations de
clared varying levels of support
for a war against Iraq as part
of the administration’s “coali
tion of the willing,” and 15 oth
ers gave their backing private
ly.
♦ Arab League Secretary
General Amr Moussa called off
a possible last-minute peace
making trip to Iraq, in what ap
peared to signal the end of
♦ IRAQ, SEE PAGE 3
AGAINST THE WAR
“I know I don’t know all the
facts and am not educated
enough about this to give a
solid opinion, but it just
seems we’re way too eager
to get involved in this.”
DAVID ADEDOKUN
FIFTH-YEAR PUBLIC-RELATIONS STUDENT
“I think they should try to
make some kind of peace
treaty and talk about it I
think Bush is going into this
for personal reasons and
not for the country.”
CRYSTAL SCOn
FOURTH-YEAR NURSING STUDENT
Nader drops usual platform
to address possible Iraq war
BY ALLYSON BIRD
THE GAMECOCK
Ralph Nader’s usual platform
took a back seat to the topics of
President George W. Bush and war
in Iraq Tuesday night as the Green
Party’s 2000 presidential candidate
spoke to a packed Russell House
Ballroom.
Although Nader has historical
ly been a proponent of public
health, safety, consumer’s rights
and protecting the environment,
but war with Iraq was the primary
topic of the evening.
Nader thinks Iraq’s threat has
been exaggerated.
“Iraq is a brutal dictatorship to
its own people. It is not a threat to
its neighbors or a direct, imminent
threat to the United States,” he
said.
In a small news conference held
beforehand, Nader was asked what
he would speak about. “They have
a category called
President Bush is condemning
Saddam Hussein, he is importing
6 percent of’ America’s oil supply
from Iraq.
politics, nesaid
sarcastically.
He said war
will ultimately
only harm the
United States be
cause an attack
will increase the
threat at home
we want to dominate
that region, and that’s
why we don’t want a
coup.”
RALPH NADER
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
wader claimed
Bush’s speech
Monday night
was full of false
statements that
even “the war
mongering
Washington
Post” rebuked.
and the probability that Saddam
Hussein will use chemical and bi
ological weapons. About terrorism,
he thinks the United States should
work “not to minimize, but not to
exaggerate” the current threat.
Nader called Bush a leader on a
revenge trip against a man who
tried to assassinate Bush’s father.
He said, “At the same time
Nader thinks a coup would be an
easier way to oust Hussein without
affecting many civilians, yet he
said the administration is too con
cerned with power.
“We want to dominate that re
gion, and that’s why we don’t want
a coup,” he said. Nader also said
♦ NADER, SEE PAGE 6
PHOTO SPtOIAL TO THt OAMECOOK
Holly Bounds, a second-year electronic-journalism student, holds baby Jennifer, whose
^ mother tried for three days to persuade Bounds to take Jennifer back to the United States.
A iite-changmg
mission in Haiti
Some things never change,
especially in my household. No
matter how old I am, my parents
are still going to warn me not to
touch the hot stove, tell me to
layer up when it’s cold outside
and remind me that New Year’s
Eve is not a safe night to be driv
ing my car.
Friday, March 7,1 found my
self having the safety discussion
once again, only this time my
parents seemed much more
adamant about their plea. I was
making last-minute prepara
tions for a spring break mission
trip. At 7 o’clock that evening, I
was to take off with 52 other stu
dents involved with USC’s
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
to St. Marc, Haiti, an area
known for its extreme poverty.
They repeatedly said I need
ed to be prepared for the differ
ence or else I would be in com
plete shock. I knew what was
ahead of me, and all I really
cared about at that time was fit
ting all my clothes into one suit
case.
Our group arrived in the cap
ital, Port-au-Prince, about 3 p.m.
Saturday after what seemed like
a never-ending bus ride from
Columbia to Miami. All the girls
on our trip were dressed in an
kle-length skirts, following the
culture of Haitian women.
Less than 30 minutes after
landing in Haiti, we were bom
barded by people ready to trans
port our luggage as far as needed
for any money we’d give them.
Kids were coming from every di
rection trying to sell something
or ask for food. The sight was
nearly unbearable, and we
hadn’t even left the airport.
As we neared the Jeunesse
En Mission base (Youth With a
Mission), it seemed as if the
whole town came to greet us. We
were the object of pointing, star
ing and the frequent yells of chil
dren saying “Blanc! Blanc!” —
French-Creole for white.
Everyone hurried to claim a
place to sleep — a paper-thin
♦ HAITI, SEE PAGE 4
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
THE GAMECOCK
Student Government
Vice President Katie
Dreiling said she doesn’t
want to fill her presidential
campaign with empty
promises.
Instead, the third-year
political-science student
said that with her extensive
experience, she can accom
plish her goals for parking,
safety, community service,
organizational budgets and
the effectiveness of SG.
“The Student
Government has the poten
tial to do a lot,” Dreiling
said. She hopes to help SG
♦ DREILING, SEE PAGE 6
I
President Personals
Age: 21
Hometown: Irmo
Hobbies: Community
sen/ice projects, movies
and making new friends
Restaurant: "It's a tie: the *
Melting Pot and Nonna's
for their desserts.”
Favorite thing about USC:
People, students and “the
friendships I’ve made."
Why did you choose to
come to USC: “I grew u
in South Carolina and I
didn’t want to leave
home. I got some
scholarships, and
while I've been here,
I’ve grown to love it
and couldn’t ever see
myself leaving."
2003 PRESIDENTIAL PROFILE
Katie Dreiling
Grants, class enrollment to decide
amount of funding for USC’s colleges
BY ADAM BEAM
THE HAMECOCK
Starting July 1, USC’s colleges
will receive money directly from
tuition and grants, leaving them
scrambling to prepare for the
new budgeting requirements.
“We will spend a greater part
of our time now adapting to these
changes,” said Pat Blackwell,
business manager for the College
of Pharmacy.
Under the current process, all
funds come through the central
administration, which dis
tributes money to the colleges
and departments. Under value
centered management, the mon
ey generated by the colleges, such
as courses taught and research
grants, would go directly to the
colleges themselves.
Rick Kelly, chairman of the 26
member VCM committee of fac
ulty, deans and university staff,
i
spent the past year running VCM
alongside the current budget pro
cess to make preparations for its
implementation.
“We’ve had some spreadsheets
that have run this year to show
how VCM would work,” Kelly
said. “It’s not intended to save
money; it’s intended to be more
accountable and understand
where your money is. Any mon
ey that will be realized from this
process will be an efficiency pro
cess that the deans will be able to
take advantage of.”
“This will be allocation by rev
enue generation, so if you teach
courses, you get the tuition,”
Kelly said.
This is good news for Farid
Sadik, dean of the College of
Pharmacy, because the six-year
pharmacy program requires stu
dents to take almost all of their
♦ MANAGEMENT, SEE PAGE 6
Index
Comics and Crossword _ 10
Classifieds 13
Horoscopes10
Letters to the Editor7
Online Poll 7
Police Report 4
Weather
TODAY TOMORROW
Inside
♦ NEWS Richland County
Library offers round-the-clock
resource access. Page 3
♦ VIEWPOINTS Phil Watson
drops his bombs on The
Gamecock. Page 7
♦ THE MIX Local author
explores the line between good
and evil in “One Foot in Eden.”
Page 10
♦ SPORTS The baseball team
takes on Wofford tonight at
Sarge Frye Field. Page 11