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Vandalism CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It doesn’t make you feel good to be part of the Carolina Community when other students are doing this,” Dargan said. “We want to make it very clear that we’ve never done this to other groups on campus and we never plan to.” In the future, Dargan said, the College Republicans plan to invest in more vinyl banners and stronger locks, but that will have to wait until the group can raise more money. “We don’t have enough to pur ^?nase another banner now,” he said. Cocktails President Laura Fisher, a second-year political sci ence student, said her group had been targeted as well. The organi zation put up about 300 flyers across campus to advertise the group’s spring concert. Fisher said within days, most of the flyers were littering the ground, especially “around the science building, and even in dorms like Capstone.” After checking to be sure they had complied with all the rules re garding posting around campus and finding themselves in full compliance, the members of Cocktails recognized they had been victims of the vandalism. • Students around the university ^pressed concern over the trend. “It’s wrong to try to silence someone just because you disagree with their viewpoint,” first-year biology student Matt Allen said. First-year sports management student Justin Dale agreed. . “College is about opening up to new ideas, not putting down peo ple or groups you don’t like. That’s just childish,” he said. The vandalism of organiza tions’ signs violates the Carolinian Creed. The Creed is a document that states, among other things, all members of the Carolina Community must “respect the rights and property of others.” According to the Creed, this re spect must extend past lines of race, color and religion, to the fel •wship and community at USC. —News editor Michael LaForgia contributed to this report. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu I Reading Day CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Thursday. “We decided to do this three months ago, and we had no idea when reading day was. I have an exam on Friday at 9 a.m., so I’ll be studying my tail offlate Thursday night when I get back after eight hours of driving,” Todd said. For Jimmy Buffett fans, Thursday is a particularly spe cial occasion. Buffett will be per forming at the Colonial Center for his “Return Of The Far Side Of The World” tour with the Coral Reefer Band at 8 p.m. Second-year chemistry stu dent Nate Paulich said he will put his studying off until the weekend to see Buffett in con pprf “Buffett only comes here once a year. His music is the most fun music in the world. I don’t have any exams until Monday,” Paulich said. Some students have man aged to miss the crunch time of finals through take-home ex ams and look at Thursday as just another day. Third-year English student Carl Vann said he’ll be spend ing reading day playing video games and catching up on rest. “I don’t really have to study. Most of my exams are in my less important classes,” Vann said. “Most of my classes I just have to turn papers in so I’m al ready done.” But some students will use reading day for its intended purpose. “I’m going to be studying all day for chemistry and history because my grades are riding on those two finals. There are a million things I’d rather be do ing but I’ll be stuck in my room pretty much for the whole day,” first-year chemistry student Kimberly Painter said. The women’s quad is playing host to an exam-breaker event from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday with activities including mak ing stress balls, decorating cups and taking pictures. Held outside in the middle of the quad, the event will allow students to drop by and snack on popcorn, snow cones, ham burgers and hot dogs while lis tening to music and playing games. me nau government ana resident assistants in the wom en’s quad have put together this event that will allow residents to take a break from studying and have fun while reminisc ing with friends they’ve made throughout the year,” said Cara Jenkins, a first-year graduate student in higher education stu dent affairs and residence hall director for McClintock. “Even though reading day is Thursday, I have a major cal culus exam that’s on Friday, and the professor is holding a review Thursday afternoon,” first-year business student Grecia Lopez said. “So I’ll be de voted to Calculus that day.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Bill CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to stimulate the state’s lumbering economy with jobs and incoming monies. “When used wisely, tax incen tives can be an important tool for states to encourage business,” said Donald Schunk, an assistant eco nomics professor at USC who spe cializes in Southern economies. Schunk referenced the tax in centive pull and landing of the BMW plant in the Upstate as an example of lost tax money being strongly outweighed by other eco nomic increases. “These kinds of incentives cer tainly have the potential to work,” Schunk said. “There are a lot of examples where it does work.” “In the case of motion pic tures,” he said, “that’s probably going to bring in some money.” The proposed tax incentive is coming at a time when movie pro duction companies are more often choosing to film at the cheapest lo cations. Location shooting is partly to get a good look, but the bottom line is where you can get a film made with the most quality and effec tiveness for the least amount of money,” said Ina Hark, director of the Film Studies department. “It’s a business,” she added. The act has made its way through the House and is in the Senate Finance Committee where it is awaiting further attention. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Beasley CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bad for our state in 1998.” Beasley lost an incumbent bid for governor to Jim Hodges in 1998. In deference to the need for higher voter turnout, though, Swaisgood gave Beasley some credit. “I think it’s good that we have a candidate of any party coming to campus, if it will help move up our state from 48th-place in voter turnout,” Swaisgood said: Beasley has been to several universities as a part of his campaign to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. The seat is being vacat ed by long-time Democratic Sen. Fritz Hollings, who an nounced his retirement in August. Also running for the nomina tion is former S.C. Attorney General Charlie Condon, Myrtle Beach Mayor Mark McBride, Hilton Head businesswoman Orly Benny Davis, Charleston real estate developer Thomas Ravenel -and U.S. Rep. Jim DeMint, R-S.C. Dargan said each*of the can didates has been invited to speak to the USC College Republicans, but Beasley was the only candi- . date to agree to appear in per son. “The campaign manager from Jim DeMint’s campaign spoke to us last semester,” . Dargan said. “But all the other candidates — Ravenel backed out at the last minute, and Condon never responded to our - invitation at all.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews(g>gwm.sc.edu -.-.—I...- —.1,1.— . ■ . Solving Problems Including; DUI Criminal Defense Auto Accidents 2910 Devine Street Cromer Law Offices A General Practice of Lew 7 ^4.7000 j l; "Bubba" Cromer, Jr. Jmt "■ / \J Former S.C. 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