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SENATE NEWS:
Legislation update from March 5th, 2003:
• Sen. Shipman proposed a resolution for the reapportionment, which did not pass.
• Sen. Odom brought forth SBL(03)Q46 and 047 as a slate concerning the Carolina
Center and block seating.
• SBL(03)046 was amended by Sen. Tomlin. Both resolutions, including the
amendment, passed.
• Sen. Cunningham brought forth SBL(03)048. Sen. Scott proposed 2 amendments,
which passed along with the resolution.
• Sen. Havird brought forth SBL(03)049. The motion was made to go into a period of
debate, but did not pass. The rules were suspended to allow Parliamentarian Harry
Bohli to speak on the subject. The rules were reinstated and the resolution passed.
• Sen. Norton and Connelly brought forth an emergency resolution, SBL(03)050
concerning the HOPE scholarship. This resolution passed.
Committee Reports
Academics- no report
Athletics- Sunday’s Basketball game is Senior Day. Come support the seniors.
Finance- no report
Judiciary- no report
Minority Affairs- attended the NAACP meeting and discussed their concerns of
discrimination of pay among staff members.
Powers & Responsibilities- no report
Rules- placed SBL(03)048 & 049 on the docket. Sen Cordova also discussed possible
budget cuts in October, which were previously discussed by Dr. Sorensen.
Student Services- no report
Executive Report
President Patel expressed his position on the reapportionment of the senate, relaying that he
feels it should take effect for this election, but either way something needs to be done.
Vice President Dreiling reminded the Senators that it is their duty to uphold the Constitution
for the organizations they are a part of.
CABINET NEWS:
Thanks to Freshman Council for painting the Cocky on the wall across from the
mailboxes in the Russell House!
Interfaith Council Chair, Rachel Rosansky would like to announce:
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That the Interfaith Council is planning another Panel event, similar to this past one, for
the end of April. The date should be April 23rd, at 7:00 pm, and the topic will relate to
Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?
Announcements from Elections Commissioner, Brooke Vickery:
• The General Election will be held March 31st-April 1st.
• Inauguration will be held on April 16th at 3:00pm in Rutledge Chapel.
**If you would like to have a speaker attend a meeting of your organization for more
information or to answer questions, please email Brooke Vickery at
vickery @ gwm.sc.edu.
Announcements from Kaite McClendon, Director of Safety:
• Wednesday, March 26th is Mind Body Spirit and Wellness Day. Clothesline T-shirt
painting will be available on Greene Street.
• Friday, March 28th a Critical Mass bike ride will begin at 5:30 pm on the
Horseshoe.
• Saturday, March 29th there will be a Dance in the Womens’ quad from 9:00pm
12:30pm tentatively. The event is sponsored by RHA and all proceeds benefit
domestic violence prevention.
• Monday, March 31st and April 1 st -Clothesline Grand Display on Greene Street.
Chief of Staff, Jessica Steadman, would like to remind the Student Body that the new
University Committee applications are available in the Student Government
Office or online at www.sg.sc.edu. These positions are for the Fall and Spring
semester of the next academic year. The committees are a great way to get involved on
campus and a unique way to voice your opinion over important university policy such
as safety, parking, and disability affairs or have input in various awards, the
Horseshoe, and Orientation. Applications are due April 4 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student
Government Office in the basement of the Russell House. Contact Jessica with any
questions at steadman@gwm.sc.edu.
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Please visit us at www.sg.sc.edu!
Student Government exists to act as a liaison between the students and the
administration of the University of South Carolina.
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Palestinian parliament moves
toward U.S.-sought reforms
BY PAISLEY DODDS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian
parliament created the post of
prime minister Tuesday, taking a
major step toward U.S.-sought re
forms and rebuffing Yasser
Arafat’s attempts to retain a say
in forming the next Cabinet.
In the West Bank, Israeli forces
killed two top Hamas fugitives ac
cused in a string of shootings and
bombings that killed dozens of
Israelis. In a separate incident, an
11-year-old boy attending a Gaza
United States and Israel.
Last week, the 88-member par
liament gave preliminary ap
proval to legislation defining the
new post. The prime minister was
given the right to appoint, super
vise and fire Cabinet ministers —
tasks once the sole preserve of
Arafat.
Arafat had sought three amend
ments to the Palestinian basic law,
including a demand that would
have given him final say in ap
proving a Cabinet. The wording
was vague, but legislators suspi
cious of his intentions feared the
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shot and criti
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The gun bat
tles came as
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islators cast
“It’s the beginning of a
transition.”
HANAN ASHRAWI
PALESTINIAN LEGISLATOR
another way to
weaken the
prime minis
ter’s powers sig
nificantly.
On Monday,
their ballots in a watershed vote
that signaled a further weakening
of Arafat’s influence — a process
that began about a year ago amid
growing dissatisfaction among
Palestinians with his leadership.
“It’s the beginning of a transi
tion — it is certainly a turning
point and a qualitative shift in the
political culture,” said legislator
Hanan Ashrawi. “Now we have
power-sharing that is clearly
spelled out.”
Arafat has been wrangling with
the increasingly assertive parlia
ment over giving some of his
sweeping powers to a prime min
ister but reluctantly agreed to cre
ate the new position under inter
national pressure. Even with the
reforms, however, Arafat win re
tain control over security forces
and peace talks with Israel.
President Bush said last week
that installing a credible
Palestinian prime minister with
real powers is a prerequisite for
unveiling a U.S.-backed “road
map” to Palestinian statehood.
Before Tuesday’s session,
Arafat dropped a demand to retain
a say over appointing Cabinet
ministers. Arafat now has to sign
the legislation and will likely of
fer the job to the number two lead
er in the PLO, Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas, a moderate who has spo
ken out against the armed upris
ing against Israel, also is the
prime minister favored by the
parliament rejected Arafat s de
mand by a preliminary vote of 49
22. Later, Arafat convened legis
lators from his Fatah movement,
who have a majority in parlia
ment, in hopes of persuading them
to support his request.
The legislators refused, howev
er, and Arafat was forced to drop
his demand, Ibrahim Abu Naja, a
Fatah legislator who participated
in the meeting, said Tuesday.
“He (Arafat) decided to give up
his demand to participate in the
forming of the government,” said
Abu Naja.
Arafat is free to offer advice to
the prime minister, but will not be
able to impose his wishes, Abu
Naja said.
Secretary of State Colin Powell
said he was impressed by the
Palestinian parliament’s decision,
which countered Arafat’s desire
to make the post “something of a
creature of him rather than the
legislative body.”
“I think it is starting to become
clear that they wish the prime
minister to have authority,”
Powell said.
But, Powell said, “it seems that
President Arafat will still retain
authority over security and other
matters, and we will have to see
now whether the prime minister
has the kind of authority that we
can view as authority to start mov
ing the Palestinian people into a
more positive direction.”
Divisions in Arafat’s own gov
ernment and party have been de
veloping for some time.
One of his most outspoken crit
ics, Palestinian legislator Husam
Khader, was detained by Israeli
troops near the West Bank town
of Nablus on Sunday, the army
said. Khader, a critic of
Palestinian corruption, was ex
pected to vote against Arafat’s pro
posed amendments.
Last year, he called Palestinian
Cabinet ministers a “bunch of
thieves.” It was unclear why the
army detained Khader.
In the West Bank village of
Baka al-Hatab, meanwhile, Israeli
soldiers hunting for militants shot
and killed Nasser Asida, 27, a top
commander of Hamas’ Qassam
Brigade, the army said. Asida was
hiding in a cave when a gun bat
tle broke out, witnesses said. He
was on Israel’s most-wanted list
for allegedly masterminding at
tacks on Jewish settlements, the
army said.
In a separate incident Tuesday,
Israeli troops killed Hamas lead
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Bethlehem. One soldier was also
killed and another injured in the
gun battle.
Alian was accused of planning
at least three attacks on Israelis
in the last four months, including
one in Haifa on March 5 that killed
16 Israelis and one American, the
army said. He was held in Israeli
jails between 1994 and 1999.
In Gaza, an 11-year-old boy was
critically injured at a funeral
when mourners began shooting
into the air, as is customary, and
Israeli troops opened fire. The
shooting occurred near the Israeli
settlement of Neve Dekalim in
Khan Yunis.
Also in Gaza, Israeli troops
fired tear gas at about 300 activists
from the Palestinian-backed
International Solidarity
Movement and Palestinian non
governmental organizations that
were honoring an American wom
an killed Sunday by an Israeli
bulldozer.
Rachel Corrie, 23, from
Olympia, Wash., was trying to
block the bulldozer from demol
ishing a building in a refugee
camp when she was killed.
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