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Campus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to the Russell House I have been very pleased with,” he said. Kelly said Russell House im provements would continue to be a priority because of its heavy use. He said another emerging pri ority is to streetscape Wheat Street because of its prominent location near the Blatt P.E. Center, two residence halls and West Quadrangle, currently un der construction. The administration also told the board about plans to move s< the Visitor Center from the Carolina Plaza to McKissick Museum to make room for re search campus facilities at the center’s site. The new Visitor Center would be located on the building’s first and lower levels and would require $250,000 in renovation costs. Board chairman Mack Whittle expressed concern over the lack of available parking nearby. USC President Andrew Sorensen responded by propos ing that all administrators, in cluding him, abandon their re served parking spaces in front of the Osborne Administration building. “I feel I need to lead by example,” Sorensen said. “If I don’t park there, I guarantee you no one else in the building will.” The board approved the plan’s first phase last month for a new parking garage, an over haul of campus energy infras tructure and improvements to the Roger Center. University of ficials are seeking architects and engineers through a bidding process in all three projects. Projects will be financed with university funds from USC’s bonding authority. Officials estimate that the campus has more than $200 mil lion in current maintenance needs. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Al-Qaida blamed for attacks in Turkey BY FRANCES D’EMILIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL, TURKEY - An Arab newspaper reported Sunday that it received a claim of responsibili ty from the al-Qaida terrorist group for the car bomb attacks that killed 23 people in two Istanbul synagogues a day earlier. The statement received by the London-based daily Al-Quds Al Arabi, a copy of which was ob tained by The Associated Press, said the group carried out the at tack because it believed that agents of Mossad, Israel’s intelli gence agency, were in the synagogues. Abdel Bari Atwan, the news paper’s editor, told the pan-Arab cable station Al-Jazeera that the claim was received by e-mail from the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades, which has been identi fied as part of al-Qaida and has sent at least three similar claims regarding attacks. The sophisticated attacks on the synagogues used pickup trucks stuffed with nearly identi cal explosives detonated minutes apart, likely by suicide bombers, officials said. Israeli intelligence and explo sives experts have teamed with Turkish investigators to investi gate the bombings, which wound ed more than 300 people, both Jews at the synagogues and Muslim bystanders on the streets. Earlier, Turkey’s interior min ister told The Associated Press that a link to international ter rorists was likely. However, the interior ministry declined to comment on the reported claim of responsibility. Forensic workers pieced to gether body parts and searched for clues amid the wreckage from blasts that Israeli experts said were stronger than most bomb ings they see at home. Officials found two bodies fitted . with wire, and one of them matched partial remains found in one of the attack cars, media re ported, suggesting that the explo sions were set off by suicide bombers and not by remote control. Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu told the AP that there is a more than 95 percent chance that the attacks were suicide bombings. “I am not saying 100 percent because the investigation is still underway, but I was convinced that these attacks were suicide bombings after I saw the scenes of the attacks and was briefed by authorities,” Aksu said. “It is very likely that there is an international connection. We are not ruling out any possibility, in cluding al-Qaida involvement,” he said, adding that the identities or nationalities pf the bombers were still unknown. Each pickup was packed with some 880 pounds of explosives, a mix of ammonium sulfate, nitrate and compressed fuel, a senior po lice official said, according to Turkey’s semiofficial Anatolia news agency. The explosives had been put into containers wrapped in sacks and hidden among con tainers of detergent. Tackling for a good cause ..I III ill , i- PHOTO BY TRISHA SHADWELL/THE GAMECOCK The third annual Kappa Kappa Gamma Kickoff, which took place yesterday on Davis Field, included flag football and a band competition to raise money for the sorority’s Queen for a Day charity. The event raises more than $2,000 to allow members to crown critically III children In local hospitals “queen for the day” by providing a crown, sash and makeover. Boards CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 making sure that we’re meeting those concerns.” The Safety Board works mainly to communicate between students and the University Safety Committee. In the spring, the I board will help with activities for the third annual Safety Week. In addition, the board will per form routine safety walks to as sess what can be done to improve safety on campus. The International Student Affairs Board uses its connections with presidents of campus inter national organizations to get an idea of what kinds of issues are af fecting those students. Its current project involves form ing an office designated for inter national students to use for such things as meetings or checking their mail. Its main goal, Dreiling said, is to ensure a positive experi ence for international students. I Minority Affairs Director I Yvonne Miller said the board has already started planning activi ties for Diversity Week in March. The programs are one way it hopes to help students appreciate their differences. “It’s beneficial to the student body in that we can do program ming that wouldn’t normally come into existence, like Diversity Week and things that can make students more aware of other cul tures,” Miller said. Queneia Harley, one of 13 Minority Affairs Board members and a second-year English stu dent, said she is honored to be part of an organization that makes students curious about di versity issues. “I think the mission of Minority Affairs Committee is to get a | whole bunch of different students | together,” Harley said. All students are welcome to at tend meetings for each of these boards. The Student Safety Board next meets Dec. 3 at 8 p.m., and the Minority Affairs Board next meets Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The International Student Affairs Board meets every other Monday at 5 p.m. All meetings are held in the SG office on the second floor of the Russell House. 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