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PHOTO BY JUSTIN CHAPPELL/THE GAMECOCK Lome Babb, a woodturner from Newfoundland, demonstrates the creation of a wooden hat using a lathe for the Palmetto Woodturners. Palmetto Woodturners use age-old - artistry to create wooden wonders * WBY JUSTIN CHAPPELL THE GAMECOCK It takes a unique combination of woodworking skills and artis tic talent to turn a 125-pound tree log into a 10-ounce wooden hat that is wearable, seamless and only 1/32 of an inch at the brim. Lome Babb, a full-time wood turner from Newfoundland, demonstrated his hat-making abil ity to a group of 39 South Carolina woodcraft aficionados in Columbia called the Palmetto Woodturners. Babb took a roughly cut piece of wood slightly resem bling a miniature hat and crafted it in less than three hours using sharp shaping tools and a lathe, which is a motorized tool that ro tates solid materials. He detailed the creation process and fielded questions from an enthusiastic group of onlookers. Once a month, a highly skilled ♦ WOOD, SEE PAGE 3 Vice presidential candidate #wants to network leaders BY NATALIE GROUT THE GAMECOCK Listen up, USC — Yvonne Miller has a lot to say. Miller, a candidate for SG vice president and a third-year elec tronic journalism student, doesn't just want to talk about her big plans. If elected, she wants to put them into action. A South Carolina native, Miller grew up in Spartanburg and at tended Dorman High School, where she was president of the African-American Association, secretary treasurer of the Spanish Club and a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Anchor Club. She came to USC as a YMCA scholar and has been active in nu ♦ MILLER, SEE PAGE 4 r 1 PHOTO BY KATIE KIRKLAND/THE GAMECOCK Yvonne Miller, right, outlines her goals as SG vice president during an RHA senate meeting Tuesday. Students to vote on amendments BY ALEXIS STRATTON THE GAMECOCK Two constitutional amend ments are up for student body ap proval during the upcoming Student Government elections, and SG members are hoping they don’t go unnoticed. The first amendment involves apportionment in the Student Senate, changing the formula that determines how many sen ators each college gets. The sec ond outlines the relationship be tween SG and the Carolina Student Judicial Council, which SG President Katie Dreiling likened to the judicial branch of SG. . Ginny Wright, chief of staff for Dreiling and a former senator, said the amendments, which were approved unanimously by the Senate, have been in the works for some time now. Wright, a fourth-year English and Russian student, had a hand in the creation of both amend ments. “Basically, right now appor tionment is covered under our constitution, and the constitution is very hard to change," Wright said. However, because of the changing enrollment in some of USC’s colleges and the combina tion and disbanding of others, “a lot of our colleges were sort of get ting gypped as far as Senate rep resentation goes." The new amendment is SG's attempt to change that. It would constitutionally place apportion ment under control of the Powers and Responsibilities Committee, which in turn would determine districts based on colleges and then, using the same formula as the House of Representatives, would decide how many repre sentatives each district would re ceive. The formula, despite being based on district size, does not make smaller colleges go un heard as other colleges grow. “The formula is actually writ ten in a way that as you gain a Senate seat, it becomes harder and harder to gain another one," ♦ AMENDMENTS, SEE PAGE 3 RHA passes resolution to limit hall spending BY ASHLEE RICKARD THEOAMEGOCK The RHA Senate passed a res olution Tuesday night that will require approval for anyone wishing to use hall government money. The legislation was spawned from allegations that RAs at Bates West and the Roost were accused of using hall government money to pay for a personal pizza party. The hall government offi cials were not aware of the RAs using the money for personal use. RHA president Adam Hark said he hopes to somehow reim burse the funds that were taken from the two residence halls. “We've rooted out the problem - next well look into reparations," Hark said. “We must manage the money to make lives better on campus." Three hall government repre sentatives from each dormitory were present at the meeting. Senate Moderator Patrick Walsh called the taking of stu dent money “immoral and un ethical." Walsh, Preston College, and President Conor McFadden, Bates House, drafted the resolution, which will go into effect immedi ately, to prevent similar problems. "[The resolution] is a good pre ventative measure," said Michael Dixon, RHA committee chair ♦ RHA, SEE PAGE 4 Breaking the ice PHOTO BY JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK Dick Coolldge, with the McCutchen House Vocational Program, works on carving a 300-pound block of ice on Tuesday. Progress made toward GPS system BY IRA KLEIN THE GAMECOCK Installation is expected to be gin within the next 30 days on a GPS system for USC's shuttle bus es, which will allow students to track the location and arrival times by using cell phones, portable organizers and displays installed at bus stops and build ings around campus. The project, expected to cost more than $100,000, is a joint ven ture between Parking Services and Student Government in an attempt to ease the parking prob lem on campus. Its goal is to make the shuttle system more ef ficient so that more people will ride the shuttle on campus in stead of driving, thereby easing the demand for parking spaces. Under the current system, there are no arrival schedules for ♦ GPS, SEE PAGE 3 ♦ AT LARGE A*D IN CHARGE Honor society member receives prestigious position. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 4 ♦CRASH COURSE IN CREDIT USC PR team pairs with housing to keep students out of credit trouble. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 5 ♦ INDORSEMENTS Why The Gamecock endorses candidates for student government. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 8 ♦ EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE Endorsements for next week’s SG election. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 8 +AIA MODE The fashion world elite bring out their fall lines. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 9 •THEFAliOF "ANGEL" Gabrielle Sinclair sounds off on the series’ cancellation. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 9 ♦ GRASS Williams-Brice Stadium will be resodded. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 12 ♦ GREAT DEBATE Shawn Rourk and Jonathan Hillyard take sides on the A-Rod trade. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 12 Index Comics and Crossword 11 Classifieds _ __ 14 Horoscopes__11 Online Poll 8 Police Report 2 Entertainment News 2 USC Calendar 2 Weather TODAY High 56 Uw 32 mostly sunny, clear at night THURSDAY High 65 lam 41 sunny, mostly clear at night Visit us y ■ online at: www.clailygamecock.com