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BRIEFLY Former plaintiff in Roe vs. Wade wants case overturned The former plaintiff known as “Jane Roe” in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case that legal ized abortion sought to have the case overturned in a motion filed Tuesday that asks the courts to consider new evidence that abor tion hurts women. Norma McCorvey, who joined the anti-abortion fight nearly 1 fl voarc acrr> QrtH cayc regrets her role in Roe v. Wade, said the Supreme Gourt’s deci sion is no longer valid because scientific and anecdotal evidence that has come to light in the last 30 years has 'shown the negative effects of abortion. “We’re getting our babies back,” a jubilant McCorvey said at a news conference while flanked by about 60 women, some who sobbed and held signs that read “I regret my abortion.” “I feel like the weight of the world has just been lifted off my shoulders,” said McCorvey, 55. AMA endorses cloning for research purposes The American Medical Association endorsed cloning for research purposes Tuesday, put ting the nation’s largest organi zation of doctors officially at odds with the Bush administration. The policy, adopted without debate at the AMA’s annual meeting, says cloning for re search purposes is ethical. But the policy allows doctors who op pose the practice to refuse to per form it. ine measuie uues nut bup port reproductive cloning and is strong in its call for proper over sight. This is the first time the 260,000-member AMA has taken a position on,what is known as therapeutic cloning. The Bush administration op poses all cloning, research or re productive, and the U.S. House earlier this year passed a White House-backed ban on any form of the practice. Two Weeks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 grants to support the project. The April 1986 accident was the result of a flawed reactor design operated by inexperienced per sonnel. The resulting steam ex plosion and fire released at least 5 percent of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere — and downwind. The project currently re searches the explosion’s effects on health. The team’s study has found that children in the vicinity of the accident have more illnesses than other children, as well as a link be tween exposure to the radiation and the amount of metals in then diet. “The West tends to forget this happened,” said Bruce Coull, dean of the School of the Environment. Housing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 but recent studies on the effects of second-hand smoke provoked a new attitude toward the old pol icy. "It's not uncommon for uni versities to have no-smoking poli cies," said Student Body President Katie Dreiling. "Fire hazards also come into play." Luna said Housing devotes a great deal of attention to students' safety and security. The department is expanding Access Control to South Tower and Bates West. Access control “It happened 17 years ago, but the contamination has been like a great creeping crud that is still crawling out, ” he said. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine has been held re sponsible for the meltdown. Coull said the country spent nearly 22 percent of their gross national product in 1998 on taking care of the effects of the explosion. “The equipment and laborato ries don’t look like they’ve been upgraded since the breakup of the Soviet Unioa” said Coull. “It is dif ficult for them to do science; they like to team up with other coun tries — France, USA, Germany and Japan — who have re sources.” A part of the research product includes an initiative by the College of Nursing to train Ukrainian nurses in modem tech niques. Scientists in Ukraine and consists of an electronic device that scans student IDs. Maxcy and the Towers are the only dorms to employ the system. Construction is also on Luna's agenda. He said students will be able to watch the construction of West Quadrangle on live webcams. "When we open West Quad in 2004 it will have wireless capa bility. Pretty soon the whole cam pus will be wireless," said Luna. Seven houses in the Greek Village will also be opening in the fall. Students will be able to voice concerns about their housing conditions at any time. Luna said that last year's pilot program of at USC are collaborating on this project. Coull said he has had sev eral environmental scientists from Ukraine come to do research and work with environmental scien tists from his department. Coull said eight or nine people died in the accident, but that there have been a significant number of premature deaths which are be lieved to be correlated directly with the radioactivity. “How much they are correlat ed is hard to determine because of the lifestyle of some of the people in Ukraine,” Coull said. “A great percentage smokes, drinks a lot and their diet is very high in starches, carbs and poor quality meat.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmailxom the all-night Evening Service Office was so successful that University Housing decided to make it a permanent feature. "It adds another level of secu rity," said Luna. However, not everyone will en joy the convenience of wireless Internet or the comfort of a warm fire. At the end of spring, 550 up perclassmen were without hous ing. Now there are 40 people on the waiting list. Luna said he hopes he can offer them rooms by the end of summer. 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