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The University of South Carolina Wednesday, March 22, 2006. Vol. 99, No. 75 ® Since 1908 I Meg Gatllard / THE GAMECOCK The DCP Food Mart, a popular local convenience store, is moving in April. MAIN STREET TO GET ' MIX UP As condominiums move in, popular local stores move on 4 morgan Harris THE GAMECOCK Addam’s University Bookstore, Pizza Hut, | DCP Food Mart and Bert A. Brantley’s Wholesale Meats are relocating by April to make way for new condominiums being built this summer on Main Street. DCP owner Jay Suri said the DCP has no plans for relocation. “Students are really upset about it. If you ask the students in the store, they get so mad about it,” Suri said. “They are more like friends than customers because we see them at least twice a day.” ^ Suri said the DCP must vacate by April 15, and he believes the plans for demolition begin as early as next month, Suri said the DCP’s three year lease ran up Aug. 31, and the DCP formerly paid rent to USC. The land has been sold to Holder Properties. According to the Carolina Reporter, the university did not become involved in the transaction until June 17, DCP • 8 I Justin Chapura / THE GAMECOCK Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., spoke to students in Gambrell on Thursday about the war in Iraq, the Bush administration and international relations. Biden recently announced his plans to run for President in 2008. Delaware senator talks tough on Iraq Presidential candidate Biden speaks at Gambrell Jess Dauis STAFF WRITER Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., spoke Tuesday afternoon in Gambrell Hall about the Bush administration’s handling of the Iraq war and U.S. foreign policy in general. Biden, a 2008 presidential candidate and the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the country “needs a change in priorities and the Bush doctrine.” Though critical of the Bush administration and its actions so far, Biden stopped short of “Bush bashing,” second-year law student Rhodes Bailey said. “He wasn’t speaking to Democrats or Republicans; he was speaking to what we need right now,” Bailey said. Biden said that if there is not change in Bush’s plan soon, a civil war could break out in Iraq that would lead to a regional war. He painted a grim picture with the U.S. as the possible target of a coalition of insurgent groups from inside and outside Iraq unless significant changes are made. First on Biden’s list of Bush policies that need to change is the gradual removal of troops from Iraq. He said that America needs more troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that soldiers overseas are asking for more troops. “In the past 91 days (since the Iraq elections), what happened to justify the withdrawal of forces?” Biden said. Thirty thousand troops have been withdrawn from Iraq, and Bush has said that troop withdrawal is up to the military commanders on the ground, but Biden said Bush hasn’t listened to military commanders. Biden also called for the firing of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. He said firing Rumsfeld would be like the president acknowledging a mistake and sending a message to the world that the administration is ready to change its ways. Political science professor Donald Puchala said Rumsfeld is “lo.oked upon as one of the agents of this mess-up and a leader of the neo conservatives.” “If he were to leave, it would send a welcome message to the world,” Puchala said, but noted that it was improbable that would happen because of the personal BIDCI1 • >1 For law * students, a chance for taste of trials Federal judges hear cases in auditorium Jachie Alexander ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Three federal court judg es met Tuesday at the Law School to hear three appel late Cases in front of stu dents, faculty and lawyers. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals listened to oral arguments for Clemente v. Roth, Howard v. England and U.S. v. Currence in the law school’s auditorium. It was the second time the court convened at the law In an effort to assist law students in making their Rule 403 credit, the court allowed students to attend while the law school blocked off classes between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. “The South Carolina Supreme Court is making special provision to allow (students) to count these as a Rule 403 requirement,” said Katie Taylor, a third year law student. “Some classes are required to come watch.” Law students must fulfill a Rule 403 requirement be fore being allowed to try a case. Under this provision, prospective lawyers must hear 10 various cases and sign rosters for credit. Attorney Teresa Blanco said it was important for students to attend proceed “It gives you an idea of"how trial proceedings work,” Blanco said. “You don’t always get the impres sion of what a case is like in law school.” United States v. Cur rence challenged the legal ity of evidence gathering in a drug indictment. Kareem Currence, an alleged drug LRUl • >1 •Undergraduate research office announces Magellan Scholars Tecta (Tlarhoshy THE GAMECOCK USC’s Office of Undergraduate Research just gave out a lot of free money, as the first round of Magellan Scholars has been announced. The program was built on the tenet of “Discovery for Every Discipline” and was created Kto enrich the academic "experience of USC’s undergraduates through research opportunities in all disciplines, said Julie Morris, the program’s director. The program was created from money given by the Board of Trustees. “It was requested by the OUR to fund undergraduate research,” Morris said. “We asked for it and we finally got it.” The grants become available for students to receive funding for projects for the spring, summer and fall semesters. All full-time undergraduate students are eligible to apply, but must meet a 3.3 minimum GPA. Of the 30 undergraduate applications received by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), 18 were chosen as “Magellan Scholars” and received up to $3,000 for research. An amount of $47,978 was distributed. Morris said the applicants spanned the disciplines and the winners were chosen based on the intellectual merit of the project, the potential impact of the project to the USC community and the student’s career goals. “It was based on the strength of the proposals, making sure that students understand what they’re doing and that they have a strong mentored project — that is to say that their faculty mentor is involved in their project,” she said. Projects were selected of an advisory board and underwent evaluations by professors from various academic backgrounds. “We have an advisory board of 12 faculty members from across the disciplines. Each proposal was reviewed by three people and given a score,” Morris said. “Based on the score, some were automatically accepted and some were put up for review and further discussion. It was comparable to a standard agency’s review process.” Mariel McWilliams, a second-year anthropology and biology student was selected as one of the winners. She will focus her research on the neurological effects of cocaine in fetal development. “We work with rat brains and post-mortem tissue from a previous study,” McWilliams said. She is working with Dan Buxhoeveden, an anthropology and psychology professor. “What I do is look at the slides and look at the cells in the cortex using this microscope that uses stereological techniques, which is ail the big buzz now,” she said. McWilliams originally got the idea of getting involved in a research project by nifiGCLLfln • q Viewpoints Liz White says even after first impressions, mystery lingers; Kate Dzilltars argues against the Colorado bill banning abortion. The Mix Orphaned USC’s faculty members play host to the fifth annual Orphan Film Symposium tonight at SV).m. Sports Finally on top USC’s men’s hoops team drops FSU in another nailbiter to advance in the NIT Tournament._i Index Comics & Crossword.... 11 Classifieds.. 14 Horoscopes.11 Opinion. Police Report..