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Teacher Review CONTINUED ROM PAGE 1 ings,” SG President Katie Dreiling said. “It is an outlet for students to use, but it is not mon itored by the university, so there is no guarantee of accuracy.” Dreiling would like to see a ser vice similar to TeacherReviews.com on Blackboard in the future, but un til then many students plan to con tinue using TeacherReviews.com. “It is a good idea because it helps students know what to ex pect,” said Shannon Kendrick, a second-year advertising student. “The fact a guy is suing over this is totally ridiculous because it’s just one student’s opinion. They should be able to deal with criti cism.” Teresa Mark, a first-year biol ogy student, is eager for the site’s return. “I don’t think it should’ve been down, because it’s a very useful tool for students,” Mark said. “It’s unfair to those students who are using the site appropriately.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Pilot CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 on pursuing a career in aviation find the experience worthwhile. Caleb Barr, a second-year chem istry student, takes flying lessons for recreational purposes and said for him flying is a means of escape. “It gives you a break from the world,” said Barr, who taken lessons since September. “It gets you away and lets you focus on something else for a while.” While recreational pilots are re stricted to 50 miles from the air port where they received their training, private pilots can fly where they want as long as they follow applicable regulations. Costello, a USC graduate, said that flight enabled him to experience places he previously had only seen in textbooks. “One day you can go to Canada and see a different culture, and the next day you could go to the Bahamas and see something 180 de grees the opposite,” Costello said. Donn Heikkila, a flight student at Horizon, called flying “one of the most special experiences you’ll have.” “The first time you go solo, you’ll always remember it,” Heikkila said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Frazier CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the issues,” Frazier said. Part of the treasurer’s duty is to lead workshops in which treasur ers of student organizations sub mit proposals and learn how to car ry out their duties and handle their finances. In addition to leading the workshops, Frazier plans on as sisting each organization’s trea surer with writing proposals. Frazier said he wants to meet each organization’s treasurer. Frazier said he wants to assist student organizations that aren’t generally part of the SG budget, such as fraternities, sororities and political organizations, and help them and their treasurers. If there is any money left over from the primary funds, these organiza tions might see some special events funds. But even if they don’t, Frazier still wants to help. Frazier said if elected he will make sure the books are updated and correct so different organiza tions can receive funds. Other du ties include communicating infor mation about student organization fees to SG administrators and serv ing as an advocate with students when finances are adjusted. “I’m hardworking, dependable and open-minded. I’m a people person,” Frazier said. tVorrinv. J.1_nnnn T-» n.f *■ --it; awjo uunuci ui the Year for the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and is currently Alpha l Phi Alpha’s education chairman. Frazier became an active mem ber of USC’s community service branch of the NAACP in fall 2003. He was a member of Family of African American Pre-Med Students for a year. Frazier, an Aiken native, is cur rently pre-med. and wants to be a surgeon. His favorite movies are The Lord of the Rings films and his favorite musician is Jay-Z. News editor Michael LaForgia contributed to this report. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews'agwm. sc. edu Iraq considers early elections BY HAMZA HENDAWI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, IRAQ - U N. ex perts met with Iraqi leaders for the first time Sunday to discuss the chances of holding early elections as Prince Charles made a surprise visit and Japan expanded its first military de ployment to a combat zone since World War II. In fresh violence, insurgents attacked separate U.S. Army con voys with explosives, killing one soldier and wounding three oth ers, witnesses said. The soldier was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near Mahmudiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, a mili tary spokesman said. Prince Charles made a sur prise visit to British troops, the first member of the royal fami ly to go to Iraq since Saddam Hussein’s ouster. At a former Saddam palace in the city of Basra, the prince min gled with about 200 soldiers. Security was tight for the prince’s 51/2-hour visit. His staff only allowed journalists to report that he’d been to Iraq after he left for Iran — the first member of a British royal family to visit that country in 33 years. In southeastern Iraq, a heavily armored convoy of Japanese sol diers arrived as part of Tokyo’s first military deployment in a hostile region since 1945. The ground troops, mostly engineers, lead a deployment that will eventually reach about 800 soldiers in a humanitarian mission to improve water sup plies and other infrastructure projects around Samawah. Another 200 soldiers will re main in Kuwait. The U.N. team, led by veter an diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi, sat down with the U.S.-appoint ed Iraqi Governing Council to start determining whether leg islative elections can be held by June 30, when the Americans plan to transfer sovereignty to Iraqis. The current U.S. plan is to choose legislators in regional caucuses — a move opposed by the country’s most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani. If ear ly elections are deemed unfeasi ble, the U.N. team will offer al ternatives to the American plan. Failure to find a formula for establishing a new Iraqi gov ernment acceptable to al-Sistani and Iraq’s other religious and ethnic communities could sab otage White House plans for scaling back the U.S. role here. BlPPPPy|^jp|FCl