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Comics.....................7 See page 6 Horoscopes...............7 Classifi ed.................10 61 40 65 41 dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 VOL. 101, NO. 65 ● SINCE 1908 World AIDS Week ends in memorial ceremony tonight at State House ‘Unite, Join the Revolution, Share the Responsibility’ aims to educate students, disprove common stereotypes Halley Nani Prevention. STAFF WRITER “Greek organizations, University 101 classes, USC extracurricular Events across USC this week groups and even Benedict College aimed at stopping the spread of helped with it,” Carney-Brown AIDS will culminate tonight with said. a 5 p.m. vigil at the State House. Carney-Brown said her office The theme for this year’s and the student group Sexual World AIDS Week is “Unite, Health Awareness and Rape Join the Revolution, Share the Education peers handed out Responsibility.” World AIDS Day information with facts about AIDS is Saturday. and how to prevent it. At USC, events included free Wilson compares AIDS testing for the disease and the prevention and safety to being safe presentation of a quilt made by while driving on the road. student organizations. “People know they should Ryan Wilson, coordinator of wear seatbelts when they drive. SafeZone, part of the office of Being safe and avoiding AIDS is Sexual Health and Prevention, the same thing. It’s about being Lizzy Sheppard / THE DAILY GAMECOCK said the goal of World AIDS responsible.” The theme of this year’s World AIDS Week is “Unite, Join the Revolution, Share the Responsibility.” The Week is to educate students about Wilson said being a part of week of events that included AIDs free tests, culminates in a vigil tonight and Saturday is World’s AiDS Day. the disease and how to prevent its World AIDS week and warning spread. students about the disease is very “There has been a major worthwhile. in Russell House. The tests, which Father Tim Lijewski from the (PALS), starring the band misunderstanding of the disease “It’s rewarding to know every give results in 10 minutes, were Catholic group Newman Club Sernandina. PALS provides testing in America due to stereotyping of time you educate a person about given to 109 people, and about 30 spoke at the vigil, which more than for AIDS and is a local resource the disease,” Wilson said. “It’s not the disease, we made a more were turned away, Carney-Brown 100 students attended, Carney- for those living with AIDS in the purely a gay disease, and does not knowledgeable person. I do it in said. Brown said. Columbia area, Wilson said. affect one certain race or gender. honor of friends with the disease.” She said those who were turned “We are students that have During the fundraiser, It can affect anyone.” “The biggest issue is away were given a list of other grown up hearing about HIV/ volunteers handed out water The week started with a prevention,” Carney-Brown said. places they could get tested. AIDS, but we think it does not bottles, candy, and condoms, presentation of the USC AIDS “We wanted to push the message Later that day, there was a affect us and can’t happen to us,” Carney-Brown said. “Along with quilt in front of Russell House. that heterosexual sex is the biggest candlelight vigil held at the St. said Andrea Heyward, a fourth- those items, we also handed out “The quilt is made of 45 panels cause of HIV, and the 18-25 age Thomas More center, on Greene year psychology student, at the more information about AIDS contributed from different student group is the most at risk. We want Street, to honor people suffering vigil. prevention.” groups,” said Brett Carney-Brown, students to know that.” from AIDS and to remember those Wednesday, a “Band-AID” Associate Director of the Office On Tuesday, the group ran out who have died from the disease concert raised money for the Comments on this story? E-mail of Sexual Health and Violence of free AIDS tests that were given across the world. Palmetto AIDS Life Support [email protected] OneCarolina offers newer, state-of-the-art technology Student technology services will VIP, and will offer more services than and faster change control over much of currently available. the day-to-day operations.” gradually update USC’s VIP, Web Gabe Temple, a fourth-year criminal Kathryn Palanza, a fourth-year justice student, said even though VIP sociology student, said she welcomes resources over next three years has been helpful for many things, the the proposal. system is outdated. “Even though I have never had any Chantelle Lytle “Over my four years at USC I issues with VIP, I am open to the idea THE DAILY GAMECOCK don’t recall a single upgrade to the of a new technology service,” Palanza system,” Temple said. “It runs slower said. Student technology services than Blackboard and still uses your Other students feel the change will gradually update USC’s Web social security number rather than isn’t necessary. Gil Gosnell, a fourth- resources over the next three years, Blackboard, VPN client and on campus year nursing student, said he has no building up to a digital resource called problems with using VIP. OneCarolina. “I do not think it is necessary to The system will integrate students’ switch to another technology service,” academic, financial and personal I am open Gosnell said. “VIP works well and is information into one easily accessible “ quick and easy in terms of registering database. to the idea for classes and obtaining important The system will replace USC’s of a new fi nancial and academic information.” outdated administrative computing USC hasn’t set a date for Mark Duncan / The Associated Press applications, turning them into one technology OneCarolina to become the primary John Demjanjuk is believed to be Nazi “Ivan the terrible.” easily accessible Web-based system, source of technology services. according to USC’s Web site, service. “OneCarolina is a multi-year OneCarolina will perform USC Student, Kathryn Palanza” project,” South said. “We’re planning Circuit Court attempts to in conjunction with Enterprise on three years once we get started. Resource Planning to produce a There have been some delays due to standard computer system that will legal and contractual matters, but deport supposed Nazi sadist computers where you have a single serve the needs of each department we hope to get started as soon as domain name and password.” out. on campus. ERP will operate from a possible.” Temple said an upgrade would be The family of the 87-year- single database, Oracle, in order for Death camp guard welcome among USC students. old man, who at one point university departments to easily share Comments on this story? E-mail The new system will be valuable ordered out of America had been extradited to Israel information and communicate more [email protected] to all members of the USC family and sentenced to death, said effi ciently. and will allow they are shielding him from Kimberly South, Public Relations Terry Kinney individuals to a legal battle that could end Coordinator for University Th e Associated Press handle their own with his deportation to Technology Services, said ERP operations, South CINCINNATI (AP)- Europe. would affect everyone at USC. said. Thirty years after federal “He is, in a way, oblivious “ERP will be the major component “OneCarolina officials first sought to to what’s going on in the of OneCarolina,” South said. “And puts much of revoke John Demjanjuk’s courtroom, and we kind once fully implemented, it will the business OneCarolina will eventually replace VIP citizenship, a lawyer for the of make it that way so he affect everyone associated with the management and will offer more services than are currently former autoworker accused doesn’t sit there and worry university and make the university’s in the hands of available. of being a Nazi death camp about this,” Ed Nishnic, data management more accurate, those responsible guard argued Thursday that John Demjanjuk’s former convenient and easier to access.” For more information, visit the OneCarolina - which provides a deportation order against Eventually, OneCarolina will replace Web site at http://www.sc.edu/OneCarolina/. for more effi cient his client should be thrown DEPORT ● 4 PAGE 2 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 Crime Report OCTOBER 15 TO NOVEMBER 18 Harassment, 8 a.m. McBrdye, 613 Marion Street The victim said he had been getting unwanted text messages and phone calls from an ex-girlfriend. Reporting offi cer: N. Peter NOVEMBER 16 TO NOVEMBER 18 Petit Larceny (Bicycle tire), 8 a.m. Strom Thurmond Wellness Center, 1244 Blossom Street Someone took the rear tire of a silver specialized RST Gila Plus bicycle. Estimated value: $50 Reporting offi cer: J. Velders THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Driving Under Suspension-1st, Failure to Surrender Driver’s License (suspended), Improper Turn, 3:10 a.m.