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CAROLINA 4g> BRIEF
Officials begin plan
to promote health
USC officials launched
a campus-wide initiative
Tuesday to improve the
health and well-being of
faculty and staff.
The initiative, called
Healthy Carolina, will
be spearheaded by USC’s
Student Affairs. Healthy
Carolina, is expected to
have significant, long
term benefits for the
Carolina community
and to position the
university as a national
leader in campus health
promotion.
Healthy Carolina
will promote healthy
behaviors to enhance
student learning; improve
the recruitment, retention
and productivity of
faculty and staff; and
be a catalyst for health
research.
Improving students’
health can help them
get the most out of
their college experiences
and benefit them in the
years after graduation,
said Dennis Pruitt, vice
president for Student
Affairs. -
Improving the health
of USC faculty and staff
is a key to increasing
productivity, morale
and retaining excellent
employees.
An inventory of USC
health-related research
activity will uncover
opportunities for
research collaboration
between faculty and staff
in academic units and
other university offices.
Much of this research
will be directed at health
concerns of particular
importance to the people
of South Carolina.
The initiative will seek
collaboration from offices
and academic units across
campus, particularly the
Arnold School of Public
Health, said Pruitt.
For more information
on Healthy Carolina,
call Healthy Carolina
director Michelle Burcin
at 777-4752, or visit the
Web site www.sc.edu/
healthycarolina.
THIS WEEK m USC
TODAY
Susan Kathrene Gray
senior voice recital:
5:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
Spring 2006 seminar
series — Dr. S. Thai
Thayumanavan,
“ Bioinspired
Macromolecules ”:
4 p.jn. Jones Physical
Science Center 006
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military — and to open
the civilian side to
international inspections
for the first time.
The agreement must
be approved by Congress,
and Bush acknowledged
that might be difficult
because India still refuses
to sign the Nuclear Non
proliferation Treaty.
“I’m trying to think
differently, not stay stuck
in t,he past,” said Bush.
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WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 1
Assistance rendered,
6:29 p.m.
.Russell House, :
1400 Greene St.
The victim, 56,
complained of chest
pains. EMS responded
and transported him to
Providence Hospital.
Reporting officer:
M. Davis
Found property,
10:30 a.m.
Corner of Park
and Devine streets.
Reporting officer, K.
Morgan, found three VHS
tapes in the roadway, but
the tapes failed to have
contact or identification
information on them.
Non-suspicious fire, 1
11:10 a.m.
Currell College,
1305 Greene St.
A trash can caught on
fire. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
Estimated value: $25
Reporting officer:
C. Knoche
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Committee. Kyle
Warnock, a second-year
engineering student,
will chair the Athletics
Committee. Jonathan
Ross, a second-year
political science student,
will chair the Academics
Committee. Melise Cook,
a fourth-year fashion
merchandising student,
will chair the Minority
Affairs Committee.
Before the meeting,
friends, family and several
university officials and
legislators watched the
inauguration of the
Senators and executive
board members. Six South
Carolina legislators were in
the audience, include State
Rep Joe Brown, of District
73. Brown is President
Tommy Preston’s uncle,
and was just one member
of Preston’s family there to
watch him. Holt’s mother
flew in from Texas, much
to his surprise.
uuring tneir
inauguration speeches,
the new executive board
oudined some plans for the
upcoming year. Preston, a
third-year political science
student, said that although
the previous administration
“changed the perception of
Student Senate forever,”
he had bigger plans for
this year.
Preston said his first
priority is to make sure the
grade forgiveness program
is seen through. He also
said he would continue to
work to lower textbook
prices, establish a “healthy
Carolina” program, get
new shuttles and improve
parking, and create a
“wellness path” from
Capstone to the Greek
Village for students to walk
or ride bicycles on.
Holt, a third-year
political science student
now serving in his second
term as vice-president,
said Wednesday wasj
the “dawn of a new era’
in student leadership.”
Because both he and
Preston have experience in
executive leadership, they
have already established
relationships with
university officials and
state leaders, he said.
“Despite the greatness of
the past that Dr. ^Andrew)
Sorensen and Justin
(Williams) have helped
characterize, this is, after
all, a second term and with
that comes a sea of new
beginnings,” Holt said. ^
“The future lies empty.”
Treasurer Jennifer Guest
arrived late because she
was in a car accident and
said she was shaking.
“Part of it is nerves from
the wreck and part of it is
because of the sheer joy
that I have the opportunity
to serve you,” she said.
vjuest said sne wouiu
continue to work on
expanding the use of the
CarolinaCard to all areas
on campus and maybe
eventually off campus as
well. She said she planned (
to reach out to treasurers
from every organization.
Both Preston and Holt
said by the end of their
first term, they had grown
to think of several of the
administrators and their
fellow Senators as good
friends.
Preston said he will join
President Sorensen on his
Bow Tie Bus Tour next
week.
“This is a team effort,”
Preston said. “I truly
believe that we are some of
the greatest leaders in our
university’s history.”
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Three-year old Elijah Bias proves living on campus is not as hard for some people as he
enjoys the warm weather outside of Carolina Gardens family and graduate housing.
State
First Lady’s tea cup
stirs political debate
There was a tempest in a
$34 tea cup Thursday as the
state started selling Italian
made dinnerware at its
State House and Governor’s
Mansion gift shops.
“I guess she changed her
mind about shopping at
Wal-Mart,” said Rod Shealy,
campaign manager for Oscar
Lovelace, a Prosperity doctor
and Gov. Mark Sanford’s
Republican opponent in the
June primary.
Senate Democratic
Minority Leader John
Land, D-Manning, said it
was unusual to have a first
lady who “would appear to
be selling, or hawking or
endorsing china made in
Italy ... .”
Nation
Videotape discloses
president’s knowledge
On the eve of Hurricane
Katrina’s fateful landfall,
President Bush was
confident. And warnings
of the coming destruction
— breached or overrun
levees, deaths at the New
Orleans Superdome and
overwhelming needs for
post-storm rescues — were
delivered in dramatic terms
to all involved.
All of it was captured on
videotape.
The Associated Press
obtained the government
video and made it public
Wednesday, offering
Americans a glimpse into
the government’s fateful final
Katrina preparations after
months of finger-pointing.
World
British court accepts
foreign port takeover
LONDON — Britain’s High
Court on Thursday approved
a Dubai state-owned port
operator’s takeover of
British shipping company
P&O, a deal that has caused
uproar in the U.S. among
lawmakers concerned about
port security.
Justice Nicholas Warren
dismissed a last-minute
appeal by U.S.-based Eller
& Co. as he gave the
required go-ahead for DP
World’s 3.9 billion pound
($6.8 billion) acquisition of
the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Co.
“The objections of Eller
do not persuade me that
I should not sanction the
scheme,” Warren said.
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