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Online SG voting begins today
BY ALEXIS STRATTON
THE UAMECOCK
Voting begins today for Student
Government elections and so does
the crunch time for candidates.
This year’s campaign strategies
seem much different from years
past. Although executive candi
dates have Web sites and can be
seen courting votes outside the
Russell House, the campaigning
efforts lack the ferocity-that
marked last year’s competitive
races.
“It seems like overall the can
didates are more conservative in
^terms of not hounding people,”
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She said candidates are still en
thusiastic but show it in a more
subdued manner.
“Maybe in the past they were
hounded by candidates” and
didn’t want to do that them
selves, said Keisler, a fourth-year
marketing and management stu
dent.
Despite the change in the elec
tion’s timbre, Keisler said the pro
cess has been going well. Although
a few candidates incurred infrac
tions over campaign violations,
such as problems with postings
and including a USC link on a
campaign Web site, no candidates
have accumulated enough to be in
eligible.
“I think it’s going pretty
smoothly with its usual bumps
and jolts that it gets,” she said.
“Everyone’s been pretty coop
erative.”
Keisler encourages all students
to vote at http://vip.sc.edu today
or Tuesday.
Third-year marketing student
Mike Mohrwinkel said he will
only vote if it “pops into (his)
head.”
He said that until this year he
didn’t think SG was important at
all, but, SG President Katie
Dreiling “raised the bar” and
made SG’s presence more notice
able.
Amanda Anderson, a third-year
psychology student, said she still
doesn’t see SG’s mark that much.
“Nothing happens.” she said. “You
never really see any difference.”
Other students expressed satis
faction with SG programs, such as
the readership program and the
upcoming GPS shuttle system.
Jarod Addison, a second-year
business management student
who rides the shuttle often, said
he thinks the GPS will be a great
addition. “I think it’ll help,” he
said, noting that more shuttles
would be beneficial as well.
Keisler said students should re
search the candidates on the SG
Web site, at www.sg.se:edu. Then,
if they need more information,
they can call the candidates or vis
it their Web sites.
“I just think everyone should
definitely vote this year and defi
nitely take a peek and see what
the candidates are about,” she
said.
The link for the elections is in
the “personal” menu of VIP.
Voting closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday
and results will be announced at
7 p.m. on the third floor of the
Russell House.
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Some colleges not represented in Senate
BY BETH EWOLDSEN
THE GAMECOCK
For Student Government senate elec
tions, few races feature more can
didates than seats available, most
having either a equal or fewer can
didates running.
Only in the Liberal Arts and Science and
Math colleges do the elections boast more can
didates than seats. There are no candidates
running for senate seats in the medical school
^or the colleges of Social Work, Education,
PMursing, Pharmacy and Music.
Students interested in running can still reg
ister in colleges with an insufficient number
of candidates by contacting SG Elections
Commissioner Rachel Keisler at 777-2654.
The SG senate is responsible for passing or
failing resolutions and bills meant to address
issues relevant to USC students. Senators bring
up concerns relevant to their college, and when
a college is not represented, little gets done di
rected specifically to that, institution.
In the past few years, SG has faced similar
problems. This past year, according to SG vice
president and third-year political science stu
dent Zachery Scott: “We were able to fill the
seats for the medical school and the colleges of
Social Work and Public Health. It was hard
work, but we’re proud to have done it.”
When there is an inadequate amount of can
didates, the senate must find some way to fill
the seats.
As third-year political science student
Cameron Burnette, one of the Liberal Arts
senators, said, “If the college isn’t represent
ed, it can’t expect to have its say on the is
sues.”
The senate is divided into committees, mak
ing the Powers and Responsibility Committee
responsible for filling the empty seats.
Burnette served on this committee and ex
plained the last year’s procedure regarding
empty seats.
“The committee contacts the deans of the
colleges, then takes applications from stu
dents. Then, the committee interviewed the
qualified applicants. After that, the appli
♦ SEATS, SEE PAGE 8
PHOTO BY JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Students participated in the annual Dance Marathon Friday night. Entertainment included a performance by Maywater.
Students dance all night for local charity
BY JOCELYN MEYER
the (jamroock
More than 200 dancers and vol
unteers were on their feet for 24
hours to raise more than $83,000
for the Palmetto Health
Children’s Hospital this weekend
at the Strom Thurmond Wellness
& Fitness Center.
USC Dance Marathon raised a
record amount of money for the
organization, $83,929.29.
“Thirty-five morale captains
and 25 executive committee mem
bers have been working on Dance
Marathon since last March, and it
turned out to be successful,” said
Katie Page, a
fourth-year pub
lic relations stu
dent and mem
ber of the Delta
Zeta sorority.
Throughout
the night, bands
played, families
and doctors gave speeches and a
DJ played songs.
Because the marathon was held
at the Strom, organizers took ad
vantage of the indoor pool.
“So at 5 a.m., everyone headed
to the pool where we had relays
and synchronized swimming,”
Page said.
Tri Delta re
ceived the
Miracle Cup
for raising the
most money
and for its par
ticipation.
Greg Foster,
a member of
Kappa Sigma fraternity, received
the Will Busbee Award for raising
the most money fpr an individual.
This year every sorority on
campus was represented at the
marathon, along with other
groups across campus. In addition,
the Residence Hall Association
had several participants — more
than in past years, Page said.
Each group was divided into
dancers and led by morale cap
tains who helped keep the spirit
and energy alive all night.
Awards were given to the most
spirited dancers in each group.
“So many people participated
this year; it was great,” said
Kristy Nix, a fourth-year ac
counting student and third-year
Alpha Delta Pi member.
“The dancers were so enthusi
astic, and it made the 24 hours go
by so fast.”
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“The dancers were so
enthusiastic, and it
made the 24 hours go by
so fast.”
KRISTY NIX
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The figures in color show the number of senate
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Schaffer seeks
voice in crowd
BY GABRIELLE SINCLAIR
THE (1AMEC0CK
Student Government candi
dates aren’t receiving an equal
share of publicity, says third-year
English student and SG presiden
tial candidate Adam Schaffer.
Schaffer, who is running as a
“real USC student” candidate, said
his SG-outsider status has left him
“blacklisted.”
“I’m trying to be a voice for this
school, and I can’t even be heard,”
he said.
Schaffer argues that media cov
erage in The Gamecock has been
biased toward candidates already
in office. He said he should have
been told about the Meet and Greet
at a USC NAACP chapter and
Savvy meeting held Thursday.
Every executive candidate but
Schaffer was represented by ei
ther the candidate or a
spokesperson.
“I didn’t even
know about it un
til I read about it
in The
Gamecock,” he
said. “It said ‘all
the candidates,’
and I wasn’t 4n
Schaffer cluded ...
But the meet
ing wasn’t a debate, said fourth
year Spanish student and Savvy
president Tiffany Stewart.
Rather, she said, it was a
chance for candidates who had
already expressed interest to
♦ SCHAFFER, SEE PAGE 8
Gamecock TV coverage
lacking on local stations
BY JACOB DAVIS
THE GAMECOCK
The surprise success of
Carolina’s men’s basketball team
has left some students wondering
why most of the games aren’t
broadcast on TV.
Ranked in the top 25 nationally
for the fifth straight week and
boasting a 20-5 record (7-4 in con
ference), South Carolina is rising
to national prominence. Other
than an early loss to Temple and
a slip against Mississippi, USC’s
other losses have all been nail
biters, coming at the hands of
perennial SEC and NCAA power
houses like Florida and Kentucky
and heralded teams like
Mississippi State. But, despite
Carolina’s exciting play and the
♦ BASKETBALL, SEE PAGE 8
♦ PRESS THE FLESH Meet
the 2004 SG presidential
candidates. FOR MORE SEE
PAGE 3
♦ SENATE HOPEFULS
Senate candidates sound off
i on issues. FOR MORE SEE
f PAGE 5
♦ AT YOUR LIBRARY Graham
Culbertson warns against
using the Thomas Cooper.
FOR MORE SEE PAGE 10
♦ CIVIC DUTY Why everyone
should vote in the SG
elections. FOR MORE SEE
PAGE 10
♦CALLING ALL
CHOCOHOLICS Everyone’s
favorite sweet satisfies
cravings and boosts moods..
FOR MORE SEE PAGE 11
♦ TINKLING THE IVORIES
USC Symphony concert to
feature pianist Richard
Ormrod. FOR MORE SEE
PAGE 12
♦ SWEEP Baseball wins
three-game series against
UNC-Wilmington. FOR MORE
SEE PAGE 14
♦ HOG-TIED Men's
basketball falters against
Arkansas.. FOR MORE SEE
PAGE 14
Index
Comics and Crossword 13
Classifieds _
Horoscopes13
Letters to the Editor 10
Online Poll 10
Police Report_ 2
Entertainment News 2
USC Calendar 2
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