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CREED •COIITIIIUED FROR1I Melissa Garcia, CSJC Creed Week vice president, said she strongly believes in the Creed, and sees it as a value system. Garcia, a third-year criminal justice student, said she hopes Leyden’s talk will bring awareness to this culture of hate and the potential for change. Racial tolerance programs tend to focus on racism towards African Americans, so this talk will bring first-hand perspective to a different type of racism, Garcia said. Other Creed Week activities include a giveaway sponsored by the Carolina Student Judicial Council features Creed Week T shirts and lapel pins starting at noon on Greene Street. The Residence Hall Association will also sponsor the Pajama Jam in the Capstone Campus room at 8. Tomorrow, fellow Gamecocks will strut their stuff in “The Birdcage,” a drag queen show sponsored by Carolina Productions and the Bisexual Gay Lesbian Straight Alliance. The Sims International Food Competition and a forum on the American values system will both take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. Another forum on ethics and the law will take place Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium. The event is sponsored by Alpha Lamda Delta. GAMMA also gets into the aa with Friday nights “Late Night Carolina goes to the Fair” event featuring New Orleans band G LaBeaud. The creed is a social code of honor for USC including tolerance, academic integrity and compassion. The creed was created in 1980 in response to growing intolerance on college campuses, according to the creed Web site. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockneu>s@gwm. sc. edu Bern • cofinnuED ffiomi group approved the purchase and got the project rolling. “It was a great step of faith to purchase this property,” Poster said. The original center was located on Pickens Street, the home of the Baptist campus ministry for more than 40 years. Following its closing because it couldn’t meet building codes, the campus group was forced to hold its events in Rutledge Chapel on the Horseshoe until the new building on South Main Street was fit to open. The new building offers places to study and hold meetings, as well has a place to relax and play pool or ping-pong for free. “I’ve seen the entire transition from the old building to the new home,” •said Ben Ryan, a former | BCM intern. “It was a test of faith. It strengthened our resolve.” Founded at Carolina in 1922, BCM is one of the largest and oldest campus outreach groups at USC. The organization sponsors everything from weekly Bible studies to flag football teams. Aside from the on-campus efforts, students are also given the opportunity to attend summer mission trips around the world. “Its wonderful to have a place where students can come,” said Dennis Pruitt, vice president for Student Affairs said. “We know this is going to be a wonderful facility for the students at South Carolina.” Pruitt called the center a key to the “spiritual climate” at the university and said that Posters undying determination to see the finished product was a major factor in the completion of the project. “If Jane has anything to do with it, it will happen,” Pruitt said. BCM President April Adams arrived to the organization when it was what she called a “construction zone.” The fourth-year student now sees what her hard work has produced. “At least now we know that the fire marshal isn’t going to kick us out,” Adams said jokingly. “That’s what I call progress. I’ve seen this building come a long way.” Poster was eager to thank the many people, organizations and churches that helped throughout the process both physically and financially. “Over and over God has provided,” Poster said. As the crowd gathered to celebrate the newly dedicated building, Poster summed up the process. “Amazing is the only word we can use when we talk about this,” she said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu 2005 South Carolina Men's Basketball Schedule Thu 11/10/05 USC Aiken 7:30 p.m. Sun 11/20/05 Toledo 1:30 p.m. Wed 11/30/05 UNC Greensboro 7:30 p.m. Wed 12/14/05 Winthrop 7:30 p.m. Sat 12/17/05 Wofford 7:30 p.m. Wed 12/28/05 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. Sat 12/31/05 Detroit Mercy 2 p.m. Tue 01/03/06 S.C. State 7 p.m. Sun 01/08/06 Tennessee 4 p.m. Sat 01/14/06 Georgia 3 p.m. Wed 01/25/06 Florida 8 p.m. Sat 02/11/06 Mississippi State 6 p.m. Tue 02/14/06 Alabama 7 p.m. Sat 02/18/06 Kentucky 1:30 p.m. Sat 02/25/06 Vanderbilt 1 p.m. Tue 02/28/06 LSU 9 p.m. All game times are Eastern and subject to change. www.uscsports.com Throughout November, register for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service online at www.sa.sc.edu/ocsp/mlk.htm