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The University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Vol. 99,No. 49 • Since 1908
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SG pushes launch of television channel
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Justin Chapura / THE OAMECOCK
Adam Pennetti, SG communications director and a fourth-year journalism student, shows off a train safety PSA in his
office in the Russell House. Pennetti is supervising production for SGTV, a channel delayed since last October.
k Election season
to start tonight
with meetings
for candidates
Students interested in running for office
encouraged to attend first of2 info sessions
Albany Gault
FOR THE GAMECOCK
Student Government
begins its 2006 student
body elections tonight with
a candidate information
meeting at 5 p.m. in
Russell House 201. An
additional meeting will be
held Thursday.
The meetings are for
prospective Executive
Council and Senate
members.
To be a candidate,
students have to be a
^^.ophomore or above and
^in good standing with the
university.
Anyone interested in
running in the election
should attend the meeting.
Those filing for
candidacy must do so Jan.
17-18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the SG Office in the
Russell House.
SG President Justin
Williams, a fourth-year
public relations student,
said that to continue
progress, voters should
stick with incumbents.
0 “To further everything
we have-accomplished this
year, Tommy Preston for
president and Ryan Holt
for vice president are the
best candidates to continue
the efforts established this
year,” Williams said.
The Executive Candidate
Debate will take place Feb.
8 at 12:30 p.m. on Greene
Street.
In last year’s election,
nine candidates ran for
president. The 2005
election received a large
turnout. SG is expecting
an even larger turnout for
2006.
In 2005, there were
election runoffs for
president and treasurer.
The candidates for
president were Justin
Williams and Yvonne
Miller. The candidates
for the treasurer election
runoff were Tommy
Preston and Jenna Cook.
SG elections will take
place Feb. 13-14. Students
can go online and vote
on VIP from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. The results will be
announced Feb. 14 in the
third-floor lobby of the
Russell House at 5:30 p.m.
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Mike Yoder / The Associated Press
Raemona Wilson, a second-grader at Pinckney
Elementary school in Lawrence, Kan., holds up her sign
as she marches with other students Monday, Jan. 9,
2006, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Next Monday is
the national observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Executives battle legal, infrastructure issues
to end months-long delays, put station on air
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Justin Chapura
NEWS EDITOR
Student Government
Treasurer Tommy Preston
has been weighing his
optimism against his
frustration recently.
He and the SG Executive
Council arejboth anxious and
eager to launch their campus
television channel, SGTV,
but legal and infrastructure
issues have delayed the
channel from signing on
since at least October 2005.
Still, Preston, a third-year
political science student,
thinks “the opportunity
to impact the creativity of
our students outweighs the
obvious frustrations.”
The new channel, to be
shown on campus channel
4, will feature recorded
SG meetings along with
student-submitted material,
ranging from media arts
students’ projects to student
organization events recorded
by their members.
It was the student
submitted content that had
university legal officials
concerned, Preston said.
In fall 2005, SGTV’s initial
broadcast was moved from
October to Nov. 3 to allow
the university to work on a
process that would ensure
content would fit “standards
of appropriateness,” Preston
said. That launch date was
pushed back further and
further into the spring.
“This biggest issue we’re
having is making sure
who’s accountable in case
a program is found to be
inappropriate,” Preston
said.
Student Life Director
Jerry Brewer did not return
questions about the legal
cohcerns by press time.
Only two doors down
from Preston’s office in
the Russell House, fourth
year journalism student
Adam Pennettd, SG
communications director,
is too busy to wait for legal
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Service day to cap
MLK remembrance
Gospel Unity Fest,
2 guest speakers
part of celebration
Sydney Smith
FOR THE GAMECOCK
USC will formally
observe the life of Martin
Luther King Jr. for the 23 rd
year beginning Thursday
with events ranging from
a symposium to a gospel
concert to the annual service
project.
Jesse Washington Jr.,
commissioner of the South
Carolina Human Affairs
Commission, will speak at a
symposium in the law school
auditorium Thursday at 6
p.m. '
According to the USC
Web site, Washington deals
with equal employment
opportunity,. affirmative
action, fair housing and
community relations as the
state’s chief law enforcement
officer.
The symposium,
sponsored by the USC Black
Law Students Association,
will last about an hour and is
free to the public.
Rev. Charles B. JacksonJr.,
pastor of New Laurel Street
Baptist Church, will speak at
a memorial breakfast Friday
at 7:30 a.m. in The Zone
at Williams-Brice Stadium.
Tickets, $8 for faculty and
$5 for students, are available
at the Carolina Coliseum
Box Office.
On Monday, classes are
canceled in commemoration
of King’s legacy.
About 1,000 students are
expected to participate in the
USC’s Ninth Annual Day of
Service lasting from 9 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. Monday.
The community service
project is sponsored by
USC’s Office of Community
Services and USC’s
Department of Student Life.
Students registered for the
Day of Service will meet
at 8:30 a.m. in the Russell
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Report: Nanotechnology laws do not protect public healthy safety
Andrew Bridges
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Laws
fall short in safeguarding
the public’s health and
safety when it comes to
the blossoming science of
nanotechnology, according
to a report being issued
Wednesday.
The new materials made
through nanotechnology are
finding their way into dozens
of everyday products, from
toothpaste to trousers, often
without gaining the notice
of regulators or consumers.
Few will say whether
the nano materials, often
hundreds of times smaller
than the diameter of a human
hair, are unquestionably safe
or dangerous given the lack
of definitive research into
the matter.
But Terry Davies, author
of the report, said it’s time
to start discussing changing
laws — and perhaps drafting
new ones — to identify and
protect the public from any
risks that may crop up in the
future.
“The technology is new
but it’s not so new that it’s
not being commercialized,”
said Davies, a senior adviser
to the Project on Emerging
Nanotechnologies at
the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for
Scholars and a former
Environmental Protection
Agency official.
Nanotechnology involves
the manufacture and
manipulation of materials at
the molecular or atomic level
— the smallest things get.
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Viewpoints
Liz White challenges us to
be more honest, especially
with matters of the heart;
Jacob Davis scoff at the
notion jails are full of
wrongly convictedpepple.
The Mix
Let’s dance
Too shy to bust a move
on the dancefloor? Take
a crash course in break
dancing and learn the
ropes:
Sports
Draft casualties
Two important
members of USC’s
secondary will leave
the team for April’s
NFL Draft.
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Comics & Crossword..9
Classifieds.12
Horoscopes.9
Crime Report..2
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