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Kerry
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College Thursday morning.
“He didn’t make any comment
about the South that I consider to
be derogatory,” Clyburn said af
ter the debate. “Is it good to run a
campaign in exclusion of the
South? Absolutely not.” He added
that the senator’s itinerary in
South Carolina in the coming days
proves the senator isn’t ignoring
the South.
Kerry will speak at the Russell
House Ballroom today at 9 a.m. be
fore appearing at the Presidential
• Dialogue at the Township
Auditorium at 11 a.m.
The debate marked the first
time Kerry visited South Carolina
since September, when he formal
ly announced his candidacy on
board the U.S.S. Yorktown in Mt.
Pleasant.
Even so, Kerry has gained the
support of several key Southern
Democrats, including Clyburn,
U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, S.C.,
U.S. Rep. Harold Ford, Tenn. and
former U.S. Sen. Alex Sanders,
among others. Kerry appeared
confident during the debate that
he was in touch with what
Southerners really care about.
“People in the South care about
their jobs. They care about health
care. They care about safety. They
care about cops in the street. They
care about their children,” Kerry
said. “I intend to win in the South
and campaign about their chil
dren.”
On the contrary, Kerry said,
Georgq*W. Bush is the one who
should worry about campaigning
in the South because the president
has turned his back on education,
ignored job losses and enacted
reckless foreign policy.
Both Kerry and Gen. Wesley
Clark mentioned their military
backgrounds in an apparent at
tempt to appeal to southern con
servatism.
Chief among the topics of the
debate was the U.S. military at
tacks on Iraq.
Kerry said Bush moved to
strike without exhausting all oth
er options.
“The president gave guarantees
not just to the Congress and to the
American people, but to the world,
about how he would conduct him
self as president,” Kerry said.
“This president broke every one
of those promises to the American
people.”
For his part, U.S. Sen. Joseph
Lieberman (D-Conn.) said the war
was justified.
“Saddam Hussein himself was
a weapon of mass destruction,”
Lieberman said.
Throughout the debate,
Lieberman emphasized that he
was the only moderate candidate
in the race. He said this experi
ence would help unite both sides
if he were elected.
Sharpton said whether or not
he wins the nomination, the im
portant thing is his message is
heard. He made several references
to race issues. “I’m the son of a
man who couldn’t be a mill work
er because of the color of his skin,”
Sharpton said. “But his son can be
president of the United States.”
It has been estimated between
one-third and one-half of the vot
ers in Tuesday’s primary will be
black.
Repairing an ailing job market
was another important topic at the
debate, and Kerry said that while
he can’t bring back lost jobs in the
textile industry, he won’t sell jobs
to big corporations.
“I’ll be a president who’s on the
side of workers in this country,”
Kerry said.
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many times, the Democrats ignore
the South.”
Also, Edwards went after
President George W. Bush, claim
ing the president focuses too much
on the war on terrorism and not
enough on domestic issues.
“The president of the United
States has to actually be able to
walk and chew chewing gum at
the same time, has to be able to do
two things at the same time,”
Edwards said.
In response to a question after
the debate as to whether he could
walk and chew gum at the same
time, Edwards admitted that he
could, adding, “And maybe play a
• little basketball, too.”
Response to Edwards’s perfor
mance in the debate was mixed,
but many said the race in South
Carolina had tightened.
“This is an Edwards-Kerry
race, and this debate solidified it,”
former S.C. Democratic Party
chairman Dick Harpootlian said.
“My gut is it will be too close to
call between Edwards and Kerry.”
Merle Black, the Richard Riley
Institute Fellow-in-Residence at
Furman University, said Edwards
didn’t accomplish what he needed
to do.
“I don’t think Edwards did as
well as he needed,” Black said. “He
didn’t draw any sharp contrasts
between himself and Kerry.”
Black added that he thinks that
the S.C. primary “is not going to
be a drag-out fight here.”
Earlier today, Edwards lost a
potential endorsement when Rep.
Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) endorsed
Sen. Kerry for president. In the
past two weeks, Ike Williams, who
was Rep. Dick Gephardt’s (D
Missouri) executive director in
South Carolina and who ran
Clybum’s first Congressional cam
paign, endorsed Edwards.
When asked about why
Williams endorsed Edwards and
he decided to sign on with Kerry,
the Clyburn listed off names of
staff members that have been with
Kerry since early in the campaign
and downplayed Williams’s en
dorsement.
“These people don’t go around
for media interviews,” Clyburn
said. “Ike just loves getting quot
ed ip newspapers.”
There weren’t any questions
about higher education asked in
the debate, but in meeting with
the news media following the de
bate, Edwards reiterated his sup
port for his College for Everyone
program, which gives a student
one full year of public college or
university tuition in exchange
for being academically qualified
and working 10 hours a week for
a business or non-profit organi
. zation.
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Students question logic
behind canceled holiday
BY JACOB DAVIS
THE GAMECOCK
Students who check USC’s aca
demic calendar to keep track of
days off might notice something
unusual about this year’s edition.
On the spring 2004 academic
calendar, there are no such gaps
following March 14, the last day
of spring break. Unlike years
past, the Monday after Easter,
April 12, is not listed as a student
holiday.
The 2003-2004 Mortar Board
calendar incorrectly lists the
Monday after Easteras a student
holiday. The Mortar Board also
incorrectly listed the second
Tuesday in November as a holi
day for Election Day.
USC administrators could not
be reached for comment.
Many students are concerned
about the change-. Matt Allen, a
first-year biology student, said,
“I don’t understand why we get
President’s Day and Martin
Luther King Jr. Day off but not
Easter Monday. It’s a question of
consistency.”
Second-year marine science
student Zac Duval, who had the
holiday off last year, said the
change presents him with a frus
trating personal problem.
“It is a big tradition for me to
be in my hometown for Easter
service,” he said. “I live hours
away, so not having that extra
day to be able to enjoy the event
with family is really killer.”
Joe Tirpak, a first-year busi
ness student, said he doesn’t like
the change for religious reasons.
“I think it’s a sin that we do
not take the day to worship our
Lord who made the ultimate sac
rifice for all mankind,” he said.
Graduate assistant Brian
Rivers said the, real issue is not
time off, but a fear of non-secular
things, such as holidays and
rites.
“Religion is a part of any com-.
munity, and if a student wishes
to celebrate a particular day, it
should be excused,” he said. “I
think an excused day is certainly,
legitimate as long as the studenf
understands the personal re
sponsibility to make up any work
that is missed.”
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ed out how important it is for the
candidates to appeal to them.
All of the candidates plan to at
tend the People’s Agenda for
Economic Justice in Columbia at
the Township Auditorium Friday
morning. This event invites 3,000
low-income and minority South
Carolinians to ask questions
specifically regarding the candi
dates’ proposed economic poli
cies. Following the forum will be
a door-knocking effort to encour
age voters.
Kerry will appear at USC in
the Russell House Ballroom from
9:30-11 a.m. to address students
and listen to their concerns. USC
Young Democrats president
Craig Swaisgood said the best
plan for all the democratic can
■ didates in South Carolina is to
“talk common sense; people care
about what’s going to affect them
directly,” such as the economy
and jobs not moving overseas.
North Carolina Sen. John
Edwards began his "Bringing It
Home” campaign on Wednesday
morning by speaking at S.C. State
University in Orangeburg,
Edwards’ S.C. press secretary
Jenni Engebretsen said. After the
Thursday evening debate in
Greenville, which all the re
maining candidates will attend,
Edwards will continue to travel -
the state, speaking at both USC
Florence and USC Sumter.
Friday evening Edwards will
hold a Hootie and the Blowfish
concert, also featuring Dave
Matthews Band violinist Boyd
Tinsley at Jillian’s in the Vista.
The concert will be open to stu
dents for $35 and the general pul>
lie for $50. •
Sen. Joseph Lieberman will
travel through Columbia in the
afternoon to speak with voters
and address their concerns.
The Rev. A1 Sharpton will ap
pear at Benedict College on
Friday followed by a student ral
ly from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30p.m. He;
will attend an open lunch at the
college until 5 p.m.
• Gen. Wesley Clark spoke in
Rock Hill Thursday afternoon, at
the presidential debate in
Greenville that evening and at a
party following the debate.
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memory and a good graphics card
in order to run it. The retailing
department’s state-of-the-art com
puter lab is well-equipped to han
die such software,” Fowler said.
Fowler said this software uses
the same database used by the
National Retailing Federation to
make predictions and assess
ments about American con
sumers.
JDA’s Director of Global
Public Relations, Michelle
Kirshner, said, “We are thrilled
to be working with USC on this
project and we know that the in
formation they gather as part of
the study will be beneficial to stu
dents and retail professionals.”
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