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Page 8 Horoscopes...............7 Classifi ed.................10 62 35 59 32 dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007 VOL. 101, NO. 56 ● SINCE 1908 Senate nixes Debate team cut online votes remains Approved election code revision bill does away with voting during club meetings mystery Brad Maxwell “I’m glad to be done with STAFF WRITER Coach, ex-players say that,” said Setzler, a third- year economics student. Computer voting is not no eff ort was made to Although a bill making allowed during official more than 70 changes to the help winning squad meetings of student elections codes was passed organizations, the Senate more than a month ago, a decided Katie Jones presidential STAFF WRITER Wednesday veto to a after a As long as section In spring 2006, USC’s relatively “students can concerning championship debate team quiet still vote computer was cut. Almost two years meeting. before and voting kept later, many former debate “It’s only after the the issue team members still wonder appropriate meeting, I’m alive. why. the bill OK with it. Setzler The team was supposedly was passed SG President” Nick Payne spoke on suspended for a one-year smoothly,” behalf of hiatus, while a committee said Sen. SG President Nick Payne, considered bringing it back. Meredith Ross, a second-year THE DAILY GAMECOCK who was not at the meeting, Charlie Davenport / “To my knowledge, no political science student. “It’s and said he would not be The traditional Tiger Burn, shown here from 2004, has been cancelled for this year. committee was formed,” said the product of what happens vetoing the bill. graduate political science when you “He likes student Alan Tauber. Tauber spend a lot the bill and was the team’s coach during of time on a says he has Tiger Burn update the last year it competed. bill.” He likes the no intention Dean Mary Anne A “ bill and says of vetoing The pep rally before “Tiger Tear Down,” was engineering students. Fitzpatrick of the College movement he has no it,” Setzler USC’s annual football changed from “Tiger Clemson had already of Arts and Sciences did not to revise intention of said. showdown with Clemson Burn” after the recent announced that they would return messages from The elections vetoing it. Payne, a will still feature the deaths of seven students no longer burn Cocky at Daily Gamecock. codes began Sen. Brad Setzler” fourth-year demolition of a giant tiger, in a North Carolina beach their “Big Thursday” rally, But Tauber isn’t the only last spring economics but fire, the traditional house fi re. instead choosing to hold one who has doubts about the after a student, method of destruction, The rally will take place a pep rally called “Fowl committee and its existence. tumultuous said after will give way to a pair of at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. Fest” for their upcoming “I’m sure there’s not a student government election the meeting that all sides tractors, according to a 23 outside the Colonial games against USC and the committee,” said alumnus season and officially ended had reached a compromise. news release Wednesday Center, where tractors will Boston College Eagles. Chris Dickson, a former last night according to Sen. “We’ve taken every afternoon. destroy the tiger, purpose- USC debate team member Brad Setzler, the movement’s ● The rally, renamed built by USC mechanical — From staff reports and a current New York creator. SENATE 3 University law student. Dickson spent all four of his years at USC as part of the debate team. One of the reasons given Class sign-up to the team for the cut was there would be no coach. At the time, Tauber was frustrates USC entering graduate school and said he would not have time to coach. “No effort was made to Christina Elmore Myosha Robinson, a find a replacement, despite THE DAILY GAMECOCK fourth-year biology student, the fact that my assistant said the order for class coach volunteered and there As fall term begins to registration is fair, but that were several graduating wind down, one topic takes USC could also appease seniors from other schools priority in crossing the student woes by increasing who could have been minds of all USC students the size of the most in- brought in to run things,” Courtesy of shutterstock.com Ducks Unlimited at USC is trying to raise cash for wetlands conservation for animals. regardless of year or demand classes. Tauber said. “I even made major: registering for next “I think that if a popular last-minute arrangements to semester’s classes. class is full, then they continue coaching the team Students are assigned should open the section to while acting as a graduate Ducks Unltd. protects fowl dates to register for classes allow more people into it,” student.” based on how many credits Robinson said. Stephanie Dunaway, “To recruit people, we they have earned. The more Barbara Rogers Blaney, a third-year accounting National organization go around to all of the credit hours you have, the head of the registrar’s student who was on the calls for student interest different fraternities and earlier you can register. office, said full sections of debate team her freshman tell people about what the Students with later popular classes actually are year, agreed that finding a in wildlife conservation organization is all about, registration dates often can’t opened up to allow for more coach was not as big of an and when we are done we sign up for popular classes students, but only if there is issue as they were told. ask people to join. because they fi ll up. a need to do so. “There were people who Halley Nani “We only meet one day The thought of not being “We do open sections were interested in coming THE DAILY GAMECOCK year history student, a week, so being in the able to get into desired if the demand is there and here to coach but they didn’t said the point of Ducks organization is not a very classes disturbs Riki-Leigh it’s a class that the students want to come to a program Ducks Unlimited Unlimited is to try to big hassle,” said Kelly. Johnson, a second-year pre- need in order to graduate, when there was talk of it has returned to campus, raise money for wetlands About 20 students belong pharmacy student. but we can’t make everyone being cut,” Dunaway said. bringing with it a call and wildlife so future to Ducks Unlimited on “I think (my registration happy when it comes to “It’s hard to recruit people to students to become generations of people can campus, and they hold date) is a little late,” Johnson wanting a specifi c time and to come coach for your team active about wildlife enjoy nature. special activities like said. “By the time I register, a specifi c professor. That’s when you can’t guarantee conservation. “I joined the organization banquets to promote half of my classes are already why we honor the system there will be a program.” The national group because I have been a awareness among students going to be full.” She’s that we have. There’s no Dickson is still saddened bills itself as the leading hunter for a while, so it to try to improve the scheduled to register today. way everyone can get what by the debate team’s end and waterfowl and wetlands seemed like a good cause shrinking wetlands in Kate Zimmerman, a they want,” Blaney said. feels it was unjust. conservation entity in for me,” Joseph said. North America. fourth-year marine science Some students also “They said that we didn’t North America. Kelly said the longer USC’s Ducks Unlimited student who successfully disagree with the have enough competitive “In Ducks Unlimited, we he was part of the club, organization on campus registered for her spring advisement process and say members on the team to try to do different things he wanted to have more does not have official classes on Monday didn’t, they shouldn’t have to get justify the budget we had,” to raise money to preserve responsibility and wanted sponsorship from the and still doesn’t, share advised before signing up Dickson said. “They could the wildlife in America, to help preserve the university, so the club Johnson’s fear. for classes. have reduced the budget, not specifically waterfowl,” tradition and legacy of the relies on sponsorship to “I got into all of the “At this level of education, cut it altogether.” said USC chapter chairman club. accomplish its goals. classes that I wanted,” we kind of know what to do Dickson said he knew of Cliff Kelly, a fourth-year He said that members “We had our banquet Zimmerman said.