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Parking CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 from where it stops now. This change results from students crossing the street and walking through traffic to get to the stop. Both yellow routes and the blue route will be affected. The Student Senate will vote next week on a bill that will pro SG President Katie Dreiling said she was sure the shuttle sys tem would remain free of charge for students. She also said the system will be more efficient in that students will be able to sit in their dorm -rooms, off-campus apartments or classrooms and access the where abouts of the shuttles. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Study abroad CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 fair that, “it’s just confused me more.” For Spence and other students with similar reactions, or even those who know where they want to go; Grotsky said the next step is to meet with a study abroad ad viser in the study abroad office. Advisers are available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to SURFYOURSELF Find out more about USC’s study abroad program: http://www.sc.edu/ips/ 5 p.m. “It’s also very important to talk about your plans for study abroad with your academic ad viser, “ Grotsky said. “The ear lier you start planning, the bet ter it is for the student.” Moreover, he said that study abroad is for everyone and that there are programs out there for every major. For help or questions about study abroad at USC, call 777 7557. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Catch a Ride to the Lutheran Side... •>%.. . "V Sundays at 9:30 am the Ebenezer Lutheran Church bus will stop in front of the Russell House on the USC campus and take you to Sunday School and/or your choice of a Traditional or Contemporary 11 am Worship Service at Ebenezer. Just want to catch church? Then catch the bus at 10:45 am. It's only a ten minute ride to the Lutheran side, at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, the corner of Sumter and Richland Streets, Downtown Columbia. And, it’s a free ride. Need more info? www.ebenezerlutheran.org or 765-9430. Campus programs push fight against violence BY JON SERPAS THE GAMECOCK The Department of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention is sponsoring campus programs to promote October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The programs, which include “These Hands Don’t Hurt” and the Silent Witness Project, allow members of the Carolina commu nity to get involved in the fight against violence. The program “These Hands Don't Hurt” creates a banner on which students, staff and faculty can paint or trace their hands as a commitment to nonviolence in their relationships. The Silent Witness Project al lows on-campus groups to decorate a silhouette with a story from a vic tim of domestic violence. The goal is to raise awareness of the impact of these violent crimes on the vic tims as well as on their families. Juliette Muellner, program Merger CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Dickson said. “That would be hall of the senate.” Cameron Burnette is a third year liberal arts senator for SG He says after talking with students Hotel CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ownership of the proposed hotel site. “We’re troubled by the lack of disclosure,” Ward said. McAlister said all of these facts were public information and readily available. “They announced that as though it were a great revela tion,” he said. Finally, Ward questioned the director of Health and Wellness Programs, said she wants to pro mote on-campus awareness of sex ual health and violence prevention. The department’s purpose is to provide advocacy for sexual as sault, rape or domestic violence cases. These cases involve all three forms of abuse: threats, emo tioned or psychological abuse, and relationship violence. The de partment is also concerned with emotional manipulation, isolation and aggressive jealousy. • “When you suffer through trau ma that has long-term effects, you should definitely come forth to speak about it,” Juliette said. The department’s services are strictly confidential. Additionally, the department offers educational programs for classes, student organizations and campus residence halls. These programs include information on personal violence, ways to mini-. mize the risk of violence and healthy relationships. “National statistics report that 50 percent pf women will be in a violent relationship at some time in their life. Our office is here to support them.” « Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com from both schools, students are worried that the school will be come so big that they will get lost in the paperwork. “A lot of people don't like it be cause they don't know anything about it,” he said. “I'm one of those people.” The committee, made up of 10 ownership of the land, which of ficially belongs to the “Inn at USC,” a limited liability corpo ration. McAlister said USC Foundations owns the LLC. , “That’s normal for this kind of situation,” he said. “It protects the non-profit status of the orga nization and has several finan cial advantages.” Even so, Ward called upon the university to withdraw the re zoning request in light of these disclosures. However, McAlister said USC faculty members from both col leges, spent the past two months interviewing representatives from 50 universities, a mixture of some who had merged colleges and some whd did not. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Foundations has no intention of withdrawing its request. Ward said the hotel associa tion will only be satisfied if the university secures a binding commitment from the Justice Department and the advocacy center. He said several organizations, including the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, support the hotel, and that the project will provide the space it needs to grow. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com HHptays Rogers’ Neighborhood v ' ! ; \ A Program by \ 1 Joe Bertolino and Bil Leipold p i mlb a i m i ■ i|a A fenny interactive program about B|Biw||g||ijHjP||B two gav fraternity guys living as a ■■HBBBHBBBfliiflH couole in a world of heterosexual privilege. Gome laugh and learn a new segment our ■ Event subject to change. For more information call 777-7130 or v isit www.sa.sc.edu/cp 4 ^----■:-k_X_%■ * : ». vide $35,000 to be used to estab lish a Global Positioning System for the shuttles and new routes, which will include more stops. The system, which is expected to cost $150,000, in addition to $40,000 a year for maintenance, will allow students to track shut tles’ positions using monitors out side academic buildings. Huggins said the remaining costs riot fund ed by SG will be financed by park ing fines and parking revenue.