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Supporters surround Miller after runoff results were announced.
Miller wins VP runoff
BY NATALIE GROUT
THE (1AMECOCK
Yvonne Miller was elected
Student Government’s new vice
president with 65 percent of the
vote after an online runoff election
Thursday and Friday.
Vice-Elections Commissioner
and third-year nursing student
Stacy Rainey announced the win
ner on the third floor of the Russell
House Friday afternoon.
Nine hundred ninety-nine stu
dents voted in the runoff. Miller
took the majority of the votes with
649 and McLawhorn obtained the
remaining 350.
Before revealing the results,
Rainey cited Miller for two minor
infractions. The violations in
volved an e-mail Miller had sent
via list serve to, about 20 resident
advisers. However, the infractions
were inconsequential in light of
Miller’s victory.
“I’m really happy,” Miller said.
“It is the outcome I wanted. I’m ex
cited about the upcoming year and
getting to put all of my plans into
action.”
Second-year English student
and member of Miller’s campaign
staff Casey Jo Hitt reaffirmed her
campaign slogan, “Confident
Connections.”
“We really tried to emphasize
that voting for Yvonne was mak
ing a vote of confidence,” Hitt said.
Runner-up Mark McLawhorn
accepted the news of his loss gra
ciously. He said he has no plans to
run again.
“I still feel great. God just has
other plans for me,” he said. “I’m
going to stay humble. I tried my
best and have no regrets.”
Emily Chambers, a second-year
exercise science student, said she
liked McLawhorn’s campaign
platform best.
“I really supported the idea of
the 16-hour tuition bracket being
changed,” she said. “Being a sci
ence major, I have a lot of four
credit courses, and most
semesters I end up with at least 17
hours.”
SG president Katie Dreiling
commented on both of the vice
presidential candidates’ cam
paigns.
“Yvonne Miller had wonderful
charisma; she’s great with people
and easy to work with,” she said.
“Mark McLawhorn was positive,
outspoken and organized in his ap
proach.”
Students are encouraged to at
tend the inauguration of new SG
leaders at 4 p.m. on March 17 at
Rutledge Chapel.
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USC to launch
new database
GeriatricWeb
aims to facilitate
efficient, credible
)medical research
BY JON TURNER
TlIK GAMECOCK
A USC researcher has teamed
up with USC’s medical library to
use a $77,000 grant to launch one
of the first subject-specific databas
es in the history of medicine.
Dr. Ihab Hajjar, a clinical as
sistant professor at the USC
School of Medicine, worked to es
tablish GeriatricWeb, what some
researchers say is a quicker and
easier way to find information in
the geriatric field.
Hajjar said he was inspired by
the difficulty of finding credible
^and accurate information quickly.
™ “One of the frustrations of
physicians is trying to get infor
mation that is accessible and sort
ing out thousands and thousands
of sources of not very accurate or
credible information,” he said.
Ruth Riley, director of library
services for the School of
Medicine, said the only thing that
is similar to GeriatricWeb in the
country is the Medical Matrix,
which requires a subscription fee.
“The significance is that it pro
vides a place for physicians, a one
stop shopping place for clinicians
to find geriatric information and
know that it’s been peer re
viewed,” she said. “Instead of hav
ing to sift through Google and hun
dreds of Web sites, they’ll be able
to go to one Web site and get,
quickly, authoritative informa
tion.”
A team of six people, Hajjar
said, developed the project.
“The reviewers belong to the ed
itorial review board, which con
sists of specialists, very known
specialists across the country in
the field of geriatrics,” he said.
The library does the research
and sends the Web sites to Hajjar.
So far, 1,100 sites have been dis
covered, and 420 have been post
♦ DATABASE, SEE PAGE 3
Off to the races
PHOTO BY MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK
More than 260 runners participated in the sixth annual Fidler 5k on Saturday morning, raising more than $4,000.. The race,
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Aristide flees into exile;
HJ.S. dispatches Marines
BY PAISLEY DODDS AND IAN
JAMES
THE ASSOCIATED I'llKSS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
resigned and flew into exile
Sunday, pressured by a bloody re
bellion and the United States.
Gunfire crackled as the capital fell
into chaos, and U.S. Marines were
sent to the country.
The contingent totaled fewer
than 100 Marines and more were
to arrive Monday, the vanguard of
a multinational force that the U.N.
Security Council approved late
Sunday night. France said it
would send troops on Monday.
“The government believes it is
essential that Haiti have a hope
ful future. This is the beginning of
a new chapter,” President Bush
said at the White House. “I would
urge the people of Haiti to reject
violence, to give this break from
the past a chance to work. And the
United States is prepared to help.”
♦HAITI, SEE PAGE 3
Shows, lectures to honor women’s history
BY KALYN PALMER
THE GAMECOCK
March is Women’s History
Month, and the university’s
Women’s Studies department,
along with more than 20 other col
leges and departments, is intent on
making a big impact on campus.
The festivities begin today
with a performance by comedian
Margaret Cho at the Roger Center
at 8 p.m.
Throughout the month there
will be shows, charity drives, lec
tures and workshops, all focusing
on current women’s issues.
Monday also starts the USC
Spring Cleaning Clothing Drive
in front of the Russell House.
Students will be collecting slight
ly worn, washed clothing that will
be given to several different char
ities, including Sistercare Inc.
and Hannah’s House, and will
continue through Thursday.
Body Image Awareness week
begins March 30 and aims to help
students address issues ranging
from eating disorders to basic
health and nutrition. There will
also be a blood drive held at the
Strom Thurmond Wellness &
Fitness Center on March 30 and 31.
In the fall 2003 semester at
USC, \0omen outnumbered men
by a 57 percent majority. This
shows a drastic increase in wom
en’s enrollment from 50 years
ago, when women were strongly
discouraged from seeking higher
education.
The national theme for
Women’s History Month 2004 is
“Women Inspiring Hope and
Possibility.” The National
Women’s History Project has
vowed on its Web site to ‘“make
history’ accurate by continuing
to recognize and celebrate worn
en’s authentic coptributions
through its current and future
projects.” A1992 national survey
found that only about 2 to 3 per
cent of history texts’ total content
is devoted to women.
History books from the ele
mentary, middle and high school
levels have familiarized many
students with a world dominated
by men. The great political fig
ures, war heroes and inventors
in history books have all been
men. The few notable women
with whom many people are fa
miliar include Amelia Earhart,
Betsy Ross and Sandra Day
O’Connor. Women’s History
Month events seek to increase
public knowledge of relatively un
known women in history, such as
Jeanette Rankin, the first woman
in Congress in 1917; Victoria
Chaflin Woodhull, the first wom
an presidential candidate in 1872;
or Mary Clarke, the first woman
major general in the U.S. Army.
. Many students on campus
agree that it is important to cele
brate the accomplishments of
women. “Women’s History
Month is important because we
have come a long way from where
we used to be in the past and that
should definitely be acknowl
edged,” said Ashley Bramlett, a
first-year biology student.
According to women’s rights
advocates, women have accom
plished much in the past several
decades. But first-year liberal arts
student Jackie Humphries said
there is more to be achieved in
the way of total equality.
“Overall, women have gained
equality, yet I can still see where
we could be more equal,” she said.
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♦ AND THE WINNER IS...
Find out who this year’s lucky
Oscar winners are. FOR
MORE SEE PAGE2
♦ BRIEFLY Check out state,
nation and world briefs
inside. FOR MORE SEE PAGE
2
♦ SOUTHERN SECESSION
Graham Culbertson thinks
S.C. should merge with N.C.
FOR MORE SEE PAGE 4
♦ OUT OF THE LOOP SG
should give students more
info about constitutional
amendments. FOR MORE
SEE PAGE 4
♦ GIVE ME A RING
Customized ring tones have
replaced faceplates as the
hottest cell phone accessory.
FOR MORE SEE PAGE 5
♦ EURO-TRIPPIN’ Crude
humor goes abroad. FOR
MORE SEE PAGE 5
♦ SIDELINED Men s
basketball team loses center
Rolando Howell for the
season. FOR MORE SEE
PAGE 8
♦ NINE LIVES TAKEN
Baseball team is still
undefeated after weekend
round-robin series. FOR
MORE SEE PAGE 8
Index
Comics and Crossword 7
Classifieds 9
Horoscopes 7
Letters to the Editor 4
Online Poll 4
Police Report 2
Entertainment News2
USC Calendar 2
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