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THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 VOL. 101, NO. 71 ● SINCE 1908 BAC PLAYS ROLE IN DEATHS
Alcohol levels in USC students in fi re up to .21
Katie Jones THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Alcohol was determined as a contributing factor in the deaths of most of the The Associated Press
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students who died in the Ocean Isle beach house fi re in late October, according to medical examiners. With the exception of Lauren Mahon who had
Mary Ann Chastain no alcohol in her system, the six other victims, according to medical reports, were well above the legal limit with a blood alcohol concentration Sorensen ends his long walk between .16 and .21. In N.C. and S.C., the legal limit is .08 percent for a University president announced retirement in see that campaign through from start to fi nish,” of gratitude to Dr. Sorensen,” Adams said. “He’s driver. he said. demonstrated not good leadership, but great Dr. Thomas B. Clark mid-December, plans to stay at USC Sorensen said he was unable to foresee plans for leadership.” III, a North Carolina seven years down the road and the university needs An 11-member committee appointed by the medical examiner, said, a president “who can articulate the vision of the Board of Trustees charged with finding a new “The maximum legal Brad Maxwell NEWS EDITOR future.” president had its fi rst meeting Jan. 10, according to alcohol concentration for He said he held “amicable discussions” with USC spokesman Russ McKinney. a person under age 21 is USC President Andrew Sorensen announced at a Herbert Adams, chairman of the Board of McKinney said the chair of the committee is zero, driving or not,” in press conference on Dec. 14 that he will be retiring Trustees, for approximately 6 months regarding Miles Loadholt, also vice chairman of the Board reference to the victims all at the end of July. his possible retirement. He said that it was during of Trustees. Four other trustees serving on the being 18 or 19 years old. “We have come to the inescapable conclusion the Thanksgiving holiday that he and his wife, committee are Samuel Foster II, Mack Whittle Jr., All of the students died that it is time to pass the baton of the presidency,” Donna, concluded it was time to go. John von Lehe Jr. and Toney Lister. from smoke inhalation Sorensen said as both press and members of the Sorensen, who has been president since July The committee also includes William Bethea and carbon monoxide university looked on. 2002, said he would remain a part of the university Jr., president of the USC Alumni Association, C.B. poisoning. Sorensen will continue to serve as president as a faculty member, “perhaps with administrative Smith, chairman of the Board of the Educational “It is my opinion that through July 31. He said that for the rest of his responsibilities.” Foundation, three faculty representatives and alcohol intoxication term he will “work with the same diligence I have Sorensen would not elaborate on his new Student Body President Nick Payne. contributed to the death for the past fi ve and a half years.” job, although he said he’s “considering several “The bottom line is it’s a candidate search of Cassidy Fae Pendley,” In the event a replacement is not found by the alternatives, and will announce (his) plans for the committee,” Adams said. The committee will look said Clark. “Alcohol end of Sorensen’s term, he said he plans to stay on. future in January 2008.” everywhere, Adams said, and submit four names impairs judgment, slows USC is about to undertake a massive seven-year In a letter to Sorensen, Adams said Sorensen to the Board of Trustees. The process could take reaction times and affects fundraising campaign, one that Sorensen said might serve as health sciences administrator. He between six and eight months. coordination. Alcohol he thinks would best be executed by a single has a master’s degree in public health from the Sorensen said it would be inappropriate for intoxication would lower president. University of Michigan. the probability of a person “Our university requires a president who can “The state of South Carolina owes a great debt SORENSEN ● 4 getting out of a burning house, and may also have contributed to starting the fi re.” A look at President Andrew Sorensen’s history at the University of South Carolina According to medical Through the years... reports, Pendley’s blood Feb. 3, 2003: Nov. 5, 2004: University Dec. 14, 2007: alcohol concentration was President Sorensen July 1, 2002: Dr. celebrates offi cial opening President Sorensen reported at .18 percent. announces vision Andrew Sorensen Nov. 12, 2003: of Carolina’s “green dorm,” announces plans to Although alcohol was for USC research begins his first University officials and the largest residence-hall retire on July 31. mentioned in all of the campus supported day as USC’s 27th business leaders break complex of its kind in the victim’s autopsy reports, by private and public President. ground for Inn at USC. world. Pendley’s was the only one funds. to list “alcohol intoxication [as] a contributing March 3, 2003: The April 21, 2005: The Oct. 2, 2002: University awarded Dec. 15, 2003: The College condition” to her death. Strom Thurmond Greater Columbia $11 million grant, the largest in of Liberal Arts and Science Brunswick County Wellness and Fitness Chamber of Commerce the university’s history, from and Mathematics merger is District Attorney Rex Center opens. names Sorensen National Institutes of Health to approved by the Board of Gore feels it is unnecessary Ambassador of the Year. study colorectal cancer. Trustees. to speculate whether or not alcohol contributed to the deaths. “The real issue is that they did not survive a Homeless shelters provide haven, fi ght crowding tragic fire, for whatever reason,” he said. “I’m Cold weather, rain causes infl ux graduate, remained idealistic about offers warm beds, showers, telephone rainy nights when demand exceeds frustrated with the idea the purpose of the shelter, which access and lockers free of charge to capacity, buses carry people to an that some way or another of visitors to shelter is scheduled to remain open every anyone who arrives between 6 p.m. overfl ow shelter in the gymnasium we have to blame a night through Mar. 31. and 10 p.m. at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. tragedy and their deaths, Paul Bowers The shelter, which is situated A winter evening for a man like According to Glover, this has only in part, on them and them MIX EDITOR down a dirt road at 191 Calhoun Moody often begins at the Salvation happened three times so far. being young and making On Saturday night in front of the St., consists of two nondescript Army, where volunteers provide free Overcrowding is a serious issue at decisions that perhaps City of Columbia Winter Shelter, metal buildings with concrete fl oors dinner. From there, Regional Transit the Calhoun Street location. they shouldn’t have made an orderly line formed. The quietly and wooden bunks. One houses Authority buses carry him to the “It brings a lot of tension,” said or perhaps we other folks assembled men were all waiting for exclusively males, while the other shelter for check-in. Once inside, he R.J. King, who stayed there Saturday think they shouldn’t have check-in, a process that involves a is partitioned to hold both men and finds the place where he will sleep night. Later that same night, an made.” metal detector sweep and personal women. for the night. Some, however, are not altercation erupted near the showers, North Carolina Chief search. “I ain’t complaining,” said Bobby fortunate enough to sleep in a bed. drawing security guards in to break Medical Examiner John “It’s all about the safety of the guys Moody, a 60-year-old resident with When the number of people in the it up. Butts could not be reached who are trying to better themselves,” a penchant for giving advice. “We’re shelter exceeds the number of bunks, Other complaints tended to for comment. Alonzo Glover said, a shift manager just here to lay over.” those without beds are forced onto center around the RTA, particularly who has worked in the shelter Many of Columbia’s homeless the fl oor, where they sleep on blue Comments on this story? since Dec. 16. Glover, a 1994 USC echoed his sentiment. The shelter foam mats. On particularly cold or SHELTER ● 4 E-mail sagcknew@mailbox. PAGE 2 page MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 Crime Report PIC OF THE DAY [ WEATHER [ [ [ [ TODAY THURSDAY, DEC. 6 Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, petit Grand larceny, 11 p.m. larceny, 8 p.m. Patterson Hall, 1520 Devine St. Bates West, 1405 Whaley St. Someone took a 2000 red Volkswagon Jetta Someone took a CD player and a car title that belonged to the victim’s mother. from a 1994 Chevrolet Lumina. There Estimated value: $10,450 were no signs of forced entry. Reporting offi cer: M. Stover Estimated value: $135 Reporting offi cer: W. Jones FRIDAY, DEC. 7 Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, petit 54 28 Grand larceny, 11 a.m. larceny Arnold School of Public Health, 800 1423 Whaley St. Sumter St. Someone took a CD player and 175 CDs Tomorrow Someone stole a laptop. from a locked car. Estimated value: $1,496 Estimated value: $800 Reporting offi cer: E. Meacham Reporting offi cer: J. Widdifi eld
Malicious injury to real property, 2:30 a.m. MONDAY, DEC. 10 Chi Psi House, 508 Lincoln St. Someone threw a chair through a window Unlawful use of telephone, 11:20 a.m. in the front of the house. A wreath was Computer Services Annex, 1211 Wheat St. Lizzy Sheppard / THE DAILY GAMECOCK found in a fl ower bed and several fl owers Elaine Tumblestone and another woman A Russell House employee tacks up fl yers advertising events were uprooted. claiming to be her lawyer, repeatedly called around campus during the fi rst weeks back. Estimated damage: $1000 the victim. They demanded money for 51 24 Reporting offi cer: M. Winnington Tumblestone’s sister’s hospital bills. Reporting offi cer: W. Jones SATURDAY, DEC. 8 Attempted burglary, malicious injury to real Simple possession of marijuana, driving under property, 4 p.m. Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, 11 Unlawful use of telephone, 9:07 a.m. suspension, open container, 4:05 a.m. Pearl Laboratory, 720 College St. p.m. 720 College St. Greene and Pickens Streets Someone tried to break into the lab by Blossom St. Garage, 1300 Blossom St. The victim received threatening phone Ryan Clark was pulled over after he prying open the main door and garage Someone removed the driver’s side calls. The caller said she had Bloods and improperly started from a stop and sped. door. window and took the car audio system Crips in her family, who would “take care He had open beers in his car, as well as Estimated damage: $200 and a Zune mp3 player. of her.” a bag of marijuana. His license had been Reporting offi cer: W. Jones Estimated value: $710 Reporting offi cer: A. Holbrooks suspended for not paying traffi c tickets. Reporting offi cer: D. Adams Reporting offi cer: I. Rouppasong TUESDAY, DEC. 11 THURSDAY, DEC. 27 THURSDAY, DEC. 13 Trespass after notice, 10:10 p.m. Grand larceny of motor vehicle, 11 p.m. Burglary, petit larceny, 8 a.m. Pickney-Legare 1423 Whaley St. Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, petit Someone took a keyboard, a drum, a Akahito Yamaguchi was sleeping in Legare’s Someone stole a 1997 blue Mercury Grand larceny, 1:30 a.m. DVD player, DVDs, video game systems, laundry room. He was given a previous Marquis. Blossom St. Garage, 1300 Blossom St. video game controllers and video games. trespassing notice. Estimated value: $2,500 Someone inserted a punch under the The person apparently entered through Reporting offi cer: D. Adams Reporting offi cer: A. Mitchell passenger side door handle, disengaged an unlocked window. the lock and stole a JVC stereo system. Estimated value: $840 SUNDAY, DEC. 9 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12 Estimated value: $115 Reporting offi cer: W. Jones Reporting offi cer: D. Adams Burglary, grand larceny, 10:30 a.m. Auto breaking, petit larceny, 7:15 p.m. 516 Main St. 1423 Whaley St. Petit larceny, 10:30 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 31 Someone took lawn care equipment from a Someone took a CD player, subwoofers and Strom Thurmond Wellness Center, 1000 storage shed. an amplifi er from a black Mazda. Blossom St. Burglary, grand larceny of motor vehicle, Estimated value: $4,000 Estimated value: $400 Someone took $254 cash from a lock grand larceny of power tools, 7 a.m. Reporting offi cer: M. Stover Reporting offi cer: N. Peter box. Longstreet Theater, 700 Sumter St. Estimated value: $254 Someone broke into the tool room by Reporting offi cer: W. Guyon prying open the door. Tools, tool cases and a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado were FRIDAY, DEC. 14 stolen. Estimated value: $16,714 Grand larceny, 5:30 p.m. Reporting offi cer: I. Rouppasong Williams Brice Stadium, 1000 George Rogers Blvd. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 Someone took two rolls of shrink- wrapped elevator cables that were left Malicious injury to personal property, 1 unsecured. p.m. Estimated value: $2,000 Someone damaged a recycling Reporting offi cer: J. Culler receptacle. Estimated damage: $585 SATURDAY, DEC. 15 FRIDAY, JAN. 4 Grand larceny, 8 a.m. Maxcy College, 1332 Pendleton St. Burglary, grand larceny, 12 p.m. While the victim was helping his Swearingen, 315 Main St. roommate pack, he put his laptop and Someone took 15 spools of copper wire. textbooks outside the room. Someone Estimated value: $1,000 took them while he was away. Reporting offi cer: L. Diaz Estimated value: $2,600 Reporting offi cer: J. Velders Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, grand larceny, 7:30 a.m. MONDAY, DEC. 17 700 Greene St. Someone took a trailer from a truck. Breaking and entering a motor vehicle, petit Estimated value: $1,500 larceny, 8:30 a.m. Reporting offi cer: A. Mitchell 700 Greene St. Someone took a book bag from a Mitsubishi Eclipse with shoes, jeans and a Hooters Greenville sweatshirt in it. Estimated value: $135 Reporting offi cer: A. Mitchell --compiled by Katie Jones
4 The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 Police hunt suspect in Marine case
if he continued on that route, been sent to the state be a dangerous and violent Pregnant soldier missing he said. medical examiner’s office person if put in a corner.” after fi ling allegations of Brown cautioned late in Chapel Hill for a formal “What I’ve seen and what Sunday that his detectives identifi cation. we’ve discovered indicates rape against colleague were still working to confi rm That same day, state he does have a real heinous the sightings, backing away authorities issued an arrest behavior about him,” he from earlier assurances warrant on murder charges said. Mike Baker that the witness accounts for Laurean, 21, of the Las Brown has said Lauterbach Th e Associated Press were genuine. But he was Vegas area. They believe purchased a bus ticket to confident Laurean would he fled Jacksonville before El Paso, Texas, around the JACKSONVILLE, N.C. soon be in custody. dawn Friday after leaving time of her disappearance, —The nationwide manhunt “It will be a short trip — behind a note in which he but said Sunday authorities for a Marine wanted in the a short vacation — for Mr. admitted burying her body are not in possession of the brutal slaying of a 20-year- Laurean,” Brown said. “His but claimed Lauterbach cut ticket. Shreveport is roughly old pregnant colleague vacation may be short, his her own throat in a suicide. 950 miles southwest of who had accused him of travel may be long, but I Brown has challenged Jacksonville, and is about two rape focused Sunday on hope we’ll be there to help Laurean’s assertion that dozen miles from the Texas Louisiana and Texas, after him return.” Lauterbach killed herself, state line and more than 800 he was apparently seen at a On Saturday, authorities citing what he described miles east of El Paso. bus station. said they recovered what as evidence of a violent Shreveport police Chief Witnesses said they saw they believe to be the burned confrontation inside Henry Whitehorn Sr. told Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando remains of Marine Lance Laurean’s home — blood The Associated Press said his Laurean at a Shreveport, Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and spatters on the ceiling and a department is working with La., station Saturday night, her unborn child from a fi re massive amount of blood on the U.S. Marshal’s Service Onslow County Sheriff Ed pit in Laurean’s backyard, the wall. and other law enforcement The Associated Press Brown said. The bus Laurean where they suspect he burned Brown said Sunday that agencies to locate Laurean. Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean has not been charged with a was riding was headed to and buried her body. evidence in the case “leads “We don’t know if he is crime, but is wanted in connection in Lauterbach’s death. Texas, but police don’t know Those remains have us to believe that he would still in the area,” Whitehorn said. “We believe it may have just been a pass through.” Meanwhile, sheriff’s progressing and Laurean ● police came and told about expressed gratitude. SHELTER Continued from 1 The FBI said Sunday that investigators at the scene are had been under a protective 85 people to get out or go “The city doesn’t have Laurean was also wanted on spending much of their time order to stay away from to jail for the day,” said one to do this; people ought to regarding an incident last a federal warrant charging on developing evidence, he Lauterbach. man who identifi ed himself be grateful Columbia has week when many homeless him with unlawful fl ight to said. Authorities received as Tommy. “Old women a winter shelter,” Leonard people were literally left avoid prosecution. Bureau “While finding him is a Laurean’s note about the on canes had to walk in the Railey said from a top bunk. out in the cold. On a rainy spokesman Newsom main concern, the major purported suicide from rain.” Closing his eyes, he rolled morning, the bus stopped Summerlin said that while concern is that we continue Laurean’s wife, whom Brown “They were left behind back over and pulled the by the shelter several times investigators don’t have any the investigation to clearly has said is cooperating because they got up too late,” sheets up to his neck. to take people into the reason to believe he’s fled find the truth in what with authorities. Her Glover said. downtown area, then stopped the country, that remains a happened,” he said. family has described her as Despite such complaints, coming around 7:00 a.m. possibility. Lauterbach disappeared “heartbroken.” most of the people who “At 7:45, seven cars of Comments on this story? E-mail Along with the FBI, Brown sometime after Dec. 14, Lauterbach’s mother vocalized an opinion [email protected] said federal Marshals, the not long after she met with reported her daughter missing Naval Criminal Investigative military prosecutors to talk Dec. 19. She had been placed Service and the North about her April allegation on “unauthorized absence” Left out in the cold Carolina State Bureau of that Laurean raped her. status by the Marine Corps. Investigation are hunting for Naval investigators said Capacity of Winter Shelter: 250 Hope Food Bank, Hannah House Laurean. Saturday the rape case was Estimated homeless population in Resident complaints: crowding, Columbia area: 1,091* transportation Overfl ow nights this winter: 3 * According to 2007 South Carolina ● Tom my Preston, initiatives Sorensen had Estimated cost of Winter Shelter: Homeless Count (http://www.schomeless. SORENSEN Continued from 1 coordinator of USC worked on in conjunction $400,000 - $500,000** org/count07/table3.php): combined totals him to be involved in the government and community with student government. Planned Winter Shelter open dates: from Richland, Lexington Counties search and will not have relations and former student “It’s limitless,” Payne said. November 12 - March 31 ** According to Oct. 8 The State article any input in choosing his body president, has worked Sorensen highlighted Related charity organizations: Salvation “City plans homeless shelter in Vista” (http:// successor. Payne, a fourth- with Sorensen for more than other accomplishments in Army, Oliver Gospel Mission, Harvest www.thestate.com/508/story/170998.html) year economics student, three years. his six-year tenure, such as said he would be looking “It’s a bitter sweet moment the growth of the research for someone similar to for all of us,” Preston said. district Innovista, sharp Sorensen who believes in the “He’s a model for every increases in private giving, relationship between students student-administrator the building of the Inn at and the administration. relationship in the country.” USC, establishment of a “He has said to me on Preston cited the grade Student Success Center and more than one occasion that forgiveness policy, an integration of the university’s nothing can get done by initiative implemented in College of Pharmacy with yourself, it has to be a joint February 2007, as a prime the pharmacy college at the effort,” Payne said. example of Sorensen’s Medical University of South Adams said Sorensen’s cooperation with student Carolina. relationship with students government. Sorensen expressed was one of his best qualities. “He worked with me from his gratitude to the USC “He has had the ability the day I spoke with him in community for its support to appreciate the student as his offi ce about it to the day during his tenure, which also well as anybody I’ve seen,” it was implemented,” Preston saw the USC student body Adams said. Adams has been said of the initiative student grow larger and smarter than a member of the Board of government had worked on ever before. Trustees for 24 years and for more than 15 years. “We could not have asked worked with four university Payne said Preston had for nor been granted a presidents. compiled a six-page list of more caring and supportive community. You all have been consistently gracious and wonderfully accepting,” Sorensen said. Preston said Sorensen would be remembered for great things. “He will go down in history as one of the best presidents ever,” Preston said.
Comments on this story? E-mail [email protected] The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 5 McBryde halls avoid demolition Buildings scheduled for destruction still standing after construction snags
Betsy Shrader THE DAILY GAMECOCK
McBryde buildings D and E are no longer being torn down at the end of January. The decision that students would be allowed to stay in McBryde through the end of Lizzy Sheppard / THE DAILY GAMECOCK the year came shortly after Sabrina Cusick, a pharmacy student, moves her stuff back the start of winter break. into her third fl oor room after the long winter break. Residence Hall Director Christine Alberto explained might not be torn down. A said. Others were simply why McBryde isn’t being definitive answer was not moved to other buildings in torn down this semester in given until mid-December. McBryde. an e-mail to the 100 male Joe Fortune, associate “We all had other room residents. director for housing assignments,” Squires said. “The Thomas Cooper administration and “But most decided to stay in Library Expansion Project assignments, said Housing McBryde.” has been delayed for several had about a week to contact Some students had already months through May 2008,” every student to ask if they left town by the time the Alberto said. wanted to stay in the dorms decision was made to keep “They told us that some for the spring semester. The the dorms open. Students expansion project had answer was an overwhelming were allowed to leave their been delayed,” said Gerald yes, Fortune said. belongings in McBryde Ligon, a second-year music Squires said he and other until Jan. 14. education student. students were annoyed by According to Fortune, McBryde D and E were the change but quickly got when the call came that originally scheduled to over it. McBryde would remain close in December and be “McBryde is close to open, many students and demolished at the end of everything,” Ligon said. parents expressed their January to make room for “From knowing all the guys, gratitude that they did not a Thomas Cooper Library I’m happy to stay.” have to move possessions expansion that will house Students were originally out. the specialty and rare books told McBryde would not be Plans for the library collections. The library open in the spring before expansion and McBryde addition will be 40,000 the fall semester began. demolition are expected to square ft. and cost around “We actually started occur after this semester. $10 million, according to notifying students in McBryde D and E will close the USC Times. March,” Fortune said. on May 11 and will not be Ben Squires, a first-year Students were given two open to the students in Fall Elise Amendola / The Associated Press pre-business student, said options. Housing would 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks to people students thought they had relocate them to another Rick Kelly, vice president to move out before break, after a town hall meeting campaign event in Columbia, S.C. dorm or they could opt out and chief financial officer, but were then notifi ed they of the housing contract. All was not available for could stay. except two students chose to comment. Housing was given be relocated to a new dorm. late notification in early Clinton campaigns, speaks Most students were December that the given new housing in construction schedule had West Quad and even some changed and McBryde Comments on this story? E-mail candidly at Columbia College on the horseshoe, Ligon [email protected]
a woman or named Clinton, but vote for BET founder, congresswoman, former them because they are the best.” governor support former First Lady as Johnson mentioned that “the Clintons were involved in black issues.” ‘best hope for next generation‘ As she did during President Bill Clinton’s administration, Hillary had a heavy focus on health care, particularly the uninsured Katie Jones STAFF WRITER and the underinsured. She also focused on making education more affordable. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) spoke “We’ve got to make college affordable,” to a crowd of hundreds Sunday afternoon she said. “It is way beyond the reach for so at Columbia College. The crowd, ranging many middle class families.” in age groups from infancy to the elderly, Clinton proposed raising Pell Grants, cheered wildly and gave Clinton a standing doing away with the lengthy Free ovation as she came out to speak. Application for Federal Student Aid and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, allowing graduates to pay off debt through BET founder and Charlotte Bobcats owner doing national service in the Americorps. Bob Johnson and former South Carolina Clinton promised to “end the student governor Richard Riley all spoke on loan industry.” Clinton’s behalf. After speaking on issues of health care, “Hillary Clinton is our best hope for the education and the vanishing middle class, next generation,” Tubbs said. Clinton fi elded questions on issues ranging Johnson, a longtime friend of the Clinton from the mortgage crisis to veteran’s family, spoke of his respect for Sen. Barack benefi ts to the genocide in Darfur. Obama but said he doesn’t feel he is the best Clinton was well-received by the crowd, candidate. earning a standing ovation again as she “Obama promises change, Edwards exited the stage. promises change, even Mitt Romney “I think she’s great,” Matthew Cadman, promises change,” he said. “But change 23, said. “I started out as a Republican and I takes leadership, and Hillary Clinton will voted for Bush. That was a mistake.” stand on principles that she believes in.” He also instructed the crowd not to vote Comments on this story? E-mail sagcknew@ for a candidate “because they were black, mailbox.sc.edu 6 The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 In S.C., churchgoers still searching for a Republican primary candidate
of them are real statesmen,” of his leadership in business. White Christians Barbara Richey, 65, said after Romney is a former venture Sunday morning services at capitalist. Moss said he won’t undecided days before First Presbyterian Church. vote for McCain because he Saturday primary “I’d be comfortable with backed an immigration bill four of the six of them,” said that would have created a Steve Folks, 56. He considers pathway to citizenship for Seanna Adcox former New York Mayor most illegal immigrants. Th e Associated Press Rudy Giuliani too liberal “That took me out of his on social issues and said he camp,” said Moss, 61. The faithful in South “just hasn’t connected with” In Greenville, a city in the Carolina are still looking for former Massachusetts Gov. northern, more conservative the Republican presidential Mitt Romney, who is a part of the state, members candidate who is the answer Mormon. of some megachurches were to their prayers. The latest poll showed just as divided. Churchgoers on Sunday McCain with a clear lead over Bonnie and Wayne at the Redemption World Huckabee, who had been Crandell, who traveled to Outreach Center in the front-runner in most of Greenville from nearby Greenville to those who the surveys until McCain Fountain Inn for services at Brett Flashnick / The Associated Press attended services at the First won the New Hampshire the 4,000-member Christ Evangelical voters make their way into worship service at First Presbyterian Church in Baptist Church in Columbia primary. Church Episcopal, said Columbia. White Christians account for 53 percent of likely Republican voters. gave high marks to the four Many churchgoers said they think McCain and GOP candidates who have they support Huckabee, Romney should be on the spent the most time in the in part because he seems same ticket, but they’re split state — Sen. John McCain likable. They also cited his on who should be president. of Arizona, Mitt Romney, willingness to talk about He favors McCain; she likes Mike Huckabee and Fred religion. Even those who said Romney. Rallying on the state steps Thompson. they didn’t plan to vote for “I think he has the Huckabee, an ordained him said they expect him to sophistication to do the Baptist minister, would do well in South Carolina. job,” Bonnie Crandell, 60, seem like a lock for South “Finally, there’s somebody said of Romney. “I think his Carolina’s religious voters. who stands for family values background in family politics The former Arkansas we can trust. And he’s a and his business acumen governor, who talks openly Baptist,” said Amy Dillon, will serve him well in the about his faith and its tenets, 60, as she headed into First White House. And he’s very won the Iowa caucuses based Baptist Church, which diplomatic.” on strong support from seats about 4,000 people Debbie Perini, of evangelicals — eight of 10 and broadcasts its services Greenville, said Huckabee who described themselves statewide. Huckabee is her piques her interest, but as evangelical Christians fi rst choice, but she said she her husband says he’s not backed Huckabee, according likes McCain, too. conservative enough fi scally to an Associated Press Lou Stirrat, 79, said she or militarily. For now, she entrance poll in Iowa. supports McCain because of favors McCain. In South Carolina, where his military experience but “He’s articulate. He the GOP votes on Jan. 19, also likes Huckabee because knows Washington. He’s white evangelicals account the candidate emphasizes his conservative and I believe for 53 percent of the state’s Christianity. “We need to he’s pro-life,” said Perini, likely Republican voters, bring this country back to who in her late 50s takes care according to the Pew square one,” she said. of her handicapped daughter Research Center for the It’s tougher for Charlie and her retired husband. People & the Press. Moss. He said he’s still Mark Beck, who attends Johnna Duncan / Special to THE DAILY GAMECOCK Yet, churchgoers remain deciding between Huckabee, Redemption World, said Protesters gathered at the 35th annual Stand Up for Life March and Rally was at divided over their choices. Thompson and Romney, he hasn’t decided between Columbia’s Statehouse Jan. 12. The Johnson County, Kan. district attorney, Phill “This is a hard one. None someone Moss likes because Huckabee and Thompson. Kline, spoke at the rally. Kline fi led over 100 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas. The march was led by the Knights of Columbus.
Sodexho Carolina Dining NYT: At least 121 Iraq war veterans
Welcome Back Students... linked to killings in United States Need some assistance in Afghanistan, and later military and law enforcement Newspaper reports Iraq. That represents an 89 offi cials. with book costs? percent increase over the Defense Department Check out our that active-duty previous six-year period, the representatives did not newspaper said. immediately respond to Literary Incentive personnel killed 349 About three-quarters of a telephone message early those homicides involved Sunday. The Times said the Unde rstanding that you have eno rmous costs to cove r we wan t to NEW YORK — At least 121 Iraq and Afghanistan war military agency declined to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, the newspaper said. comment, saying it could help alleviate some of tha t by providing a book incentive to our veterans have committed a The report did not illuminate not reproduce the paper’s killing or been charged in the exact relationship research. stud ent employees . Each one in the United States after between those cases and the A military spokesman, Lt. semester worked you will receive $500 not to exceed $ 1000 in a returning from combat, The 121 killings also mentioned Col. Les Melnyk, questioned New York Times reported in the report. the report’s premise and year, reimburseme nt. Sunday. The newspaper said its research methods, the The newspaper said it research involved searching newspaper said. He said also logged 349 homicides local news reports, examining it aggregated crimes involving all active-duty police, court and military ranging from involuntary military personnel and new records and interviewing manslaughter to murder, and ~ Competitive Wages veterans in the six years defendants, their lawyers and he suggested the apparent since military action began families, victims’ families and increase in homicides involving military personnel ~ Free Meals and veterans in the wartime period might reflect only ~ Fle xible Schedules “an increase in awareness of military service by reporters ~ 15 hou rs a week minimum & since 9/11.” Neither the Pentagon 8 hou rs during exam week nor the federal Justice Department track such killings, generally prosecuted in state civilian courts, according to the Times. Stop by any of the dining facilities to receive a mini-application or The 121 killings ranged from shootings and stabbings feel free to come to our office. to bathtub drownings and fatal car crashes resulting Our office hou rs are: from drunken driving, the newspaper said. All but one of Monday – Thu rsday 10:00am – 4:00pm those implicated was male. About a third of the victims were girlfriends Making everyday a better day or relatives, including a Sodexho ~ Car ol in a D ini ng 2-year-old girl slain by her 1600 Hampton St. ANNEX 20-year-old father while he Suite #310 was recovering from wounds Columbia, SC 29208 sustained in Iraq. A quarter of the victims were military personnel. One Phone: 803 777-4161 was stabbed and set on fire Fax: 803 777-6601 by fellow soldiers a day after Email: [email protected] they all returned from Iraq.
The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 7 Activists take chilly bath in protest
Student activists sent more than 500 water with swimsuits against the cold Veasey said students from campuses around Students planned to jump in postcards to the state Department of Health weather. He said students wanted to prove S.C. are taking their fi ght to state levels to and Environmental Control in an attempt to to elected offi cials and visiting presidential pass an energy policy to stop pollution of polluted waters, denied by city prevent the building of the proposed 1,300 candidates that South Carolinians care about state rivers. due to health concerns megawatt Pee Dee Coal Campus facility protecting their beautiful natural resources Sara Tansey, a second-year early childhood outside Florence. from climate change. education student, said the original idea was The plant is expected to dump nine million Seth Gunning, Southern Energy Network to have people jump into the river. She said Sierra Kelly tons of carbon dioxide and nearly 140 pounds organizer in South Carolina and Georgia, the event had an ironic twist to it because THE DAILY GAMECOCK of mercury into the overly contaminated Pee said the event focused on global climate the city of Greenville turned down permits Dee River, according to a news release. change. Gunning said students and large because of unhealthy water. Students and conservationists from all Colin Hagan, a graduate of Furman coalitions of people across the state are trying Tansey said the state relies heavily on over the state participated in a “polar bear University, said with thousands of miles of to stop coal plants and promote renewable coal and the amount of gas that is emitted run” on Dec. 8 when they ran in swimsuits rivers and lakes are already contaminated, energy. from the coal plants is harmful to the near the Pee Dee River in Greenville in an South Carolina’s freshwater resources can’t The Campus Climate Challenge, which atmosphere. attempt to create awareness about pollution bear the threat of climate change. is a part of the S.C. Alliance for Sustainable The polar bear run event is now activating in the rivers. Hagan said the students went into the Campus and Communities, works to bring upcoming events such as “Focus the Nation: renewable energies to communities, Gunning National Teach-In on Global Warming” said. on Jan. 31.In February there is a National Liz Veasey, Southern Energy Network Campus Energy Challenge, according to a regional director, said students are building Southern Energy Network Web site. a lot of power and momentum around the climate and environment. She said the action students took with the run raised awareness Comments on this story? E-mail sagcknew@mailbox. about the issue. sc.edu
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Monks take higher road quivers the drawing blood when they journalism is a perfectly narrator. peck each other and that student good faucet, Housing notifi ed McBryde residents shortly after by avoiding needless Problem: can be no less painful especially the start of winter break that they would in fact not The only than human circumcision. when the tap have to move out of their dorm. Halls D and E were confl ict with protestors times Jesus We should be so lucky if is so much cheaper and more Since the folks at mentioned human disarmament was environmentally friendly. scheduled for demolition this semester. PETA are so keen on the animals he that easy. I just don’t understand the The Thomas Cooper library, set for an expensive equality of creatures, they PAUL was using After enduring months bottled water fad, particularly and expansive renovation, hit snags, lurching Housing surely won’t mind this BOWERS them as of disruptive protests in a world where people First-year into a scramble to undo the mess. reference to the animal metaphors for and legal actions, the are increasingly concerned kingdom: They have made print humans. He simple men at Mepkin with the environment and The McBryde incident real equine posteriors of journalism was neither Abbey decided in mid- greenhouse gases. For all student The McBryde incident is just another example themselves. Again. a literal December to shut down the grief environmental of the university’s Their latest targets were shepherd nor their henhouse. Picket activists give companies is just another example the monks of Mepkin a literal mother hen. signs and video cameras, about dumping and carbon ineptitude at putting Abbey, a Cistercian Christianity is a they decided, have no place emissions, the bottled water of the university’s together a timeline for Trappist monastery religion for people, not in a cloister intended for industry seems largely construction. This is, of in Moncks Corner. for chickens. The way the serenity. ignored, which is befuddling ineptitude. Since January 2007, the video narrator manipulates The worst part is that when you consider the course, in no league with Problematic Endorsers Christ’s teachings should the Mepkin operation statistics that mark bottled the postponing of the of Tofu and Asininity be taken as an affront to complied with industry water companies with the Towers’ demolition, but it makes the university look harassed the peaceful men anyone who takes his or standards — a fact PETA scarlet letter of environmental like children building sand castles near the tide. of faith with regard to the her faith seriously. does not dispute. If the irresponsibility. egg-laying operation that The activists criticized animal lovers genuinely More than 154 billion liters For all the building going on and proposed for the provided their income. the monks for keeping their wanted to bring about of bottled water are consumed future, it is disheartening and alarming that a library The chickens, they hens in cages, implying change, why didn’t they each year worldwide, and addition, among a new baseball fi eld and honors dorm, claimed, were being that free-range is the only go after a corporation with the manufacture of bottles exploited and abused. humane storage option. real sway in the business? for water in America alone can’t be built on time or within monetary restraints. In a video posted However, as Mepkin’s Because they are cowards. required 17 million barrels Administrators should be chided for not even using on PETA’s Web site, Abbot Stanislaus Gumula Rather than pursue of oil, releasing 2.5 million a little bit of thinking in this matter. Before they amidst grainy black and explained in a Post & their ideological goals in tons of carbon dioxide white footage of vacantly Courier article, “cages earnest, they decided to into the atmosphere from decide to build or tear down another building, maybe clucking chickens, a self- provide hens protection beleaguer a defenseless manufacture to transport. someone should slap them and ask them what they’re proclaimed “investigator” from predators, soil-borne order of holy men whose Not only does bottle thinking. hassles monks as they make diseases and diseases that stated desire is to be left production require oil, but But we can thank the administration for one thing: their daily rounds in the are caused from walking in alone. The Moncks Corner it also reduces the amount henhouse. litter or waste.” coop closing is no victory of clean water by more than they saved 100 beds from being removed. Housing “The way these men They have also wrung for self-righteous hen is actually bottled - one and the university cannot afford to tear down any of God act toward His their hands over the fact huggers—it is a concession single PET bottle requires residences without building new ones fi rst. Students creatures flies in the face that the chickens’ beak by wiser men who took the three liters of clean water to of Christian mercy and tips are clipped, a practice high road from senseless produce. already have to worry enough about fi nding housing. compassion for the weak,” meant to keep them from confl ict. Think about that next It’s just common sense. time you buy a bottle of Ethos in Starbucks; for every bottle they produce to help CORRECTIONS get children of third-world Newborns should be treated equally countries clean water, they If you see an error in today’s paper, we want to know about are actually taking three it. E-mail us at [email protected] Democratic hopeful shoots naked, exposed and abortion into a closet until liters from them. down legislature to end breathing, moving its arms they died. Plastic bottles don’t go and legs. However, the NARAL away either. In California IT’S YOUR RIGHT “live-birth abortions” The fetus Pro-Choice America alone, more than 1 billion Voice your opinion on message boards at www.dailygamecock.com was visibly news release labeled water bottles will end up in or send letters to the editor at [email protected] A headline caught my eye alive, and attempts to end this landfills, as only about 10 during Christmas break was gasping gruesome procedure an percent of water bottles are that reminded me how for breath... “anti-choice assault” on recycled. About The Daily Gamecock far our society has come I did wrap women’s rights. Once In America, there are
Editor CONTACT INFORMATION on the issue of life and the fetus and again, the preservation and stringent regulations on tap JACKIE ALEXANDER Offi ces located on the third fl oor of the Russell House how important the 2008 BRAD LEAKE place him advancement of America’s water that assure that it is Managing Editor Editor: [email protected] Fourth-year MICHAEL BAUMANN News: [email protected] presidential election is. in a warmer genocide took center stage drinkable. In many cases, tap Copy Desk Chief Viewpoints: [email protected] In mid-December, political and for 2-1/2 on the NARAL agenda. water is safer than bottled CALLI BURNETT Th e Mix: [email protected] science Sports: [email protected] a laundry worker at hours he One popular politician water, as it is tested more Assistant Copy Desk Chief Online: www.dailygamecock.com student LAUREN SMITH Newsroom: 777-7726 a Brooklyn hospital maintained played an instrumental frequently than its bottled Design Director Sports: 777-7182 discovered a dead fetus in a heartbeat, role in defeating this bill: counterpart. JULIA ANDERSON Editor’s Offi ce: 777-3914 Assistant Design Director Fax: 777-6482 the dirty linens. WNBC and then Senator Barack Obama. Perhaps it is the unique MEREDITH RAY reported, “Police said fi nally expired.” In 2001 and 2002 as a taste of different bottled News Editor BRAD MAXWELL investigators are still Occasionally fetuses member of the Illinois waters that makes them so Assistant News Editor Public Relations Director The Daily Gamecock is unclear whether the would fall out of the uterus State Senate, Obama voted attractive to consumers. I LIZ SEGRIST ANDREA LUCAS the editorially independent fetus was miscarried or during an attempted against the bill three times. mean, drinking Fiji water Viewpoints Editor Graduate Assistant student newspaper of the AMANDA DAVIS EMILY VERNON University of South Carolina. aborted.” abortion or would outright By 2003, as a committee and Perrier has to taste better Assistant Viewpoints Editor JOSH RABON It is published daily during A controversial survive the abortion. chairman, he was able to than out of the tap, when you Th e Mix Editor Student Media Director the fall and spring semesters procedure known as “live- These babies were likewise kill the bill without so consider how much more it PAUL BOWERS SCOTT LINDENBERG and nine times during the birth abortion” came to set aside, without medical much as a hearing. Only costs. This might not be true Assistant Mix Editor Faculty Adviser summer with the exception of COLIN JONES ERIK COLLINS university holidays and exam mind as I read the story. care, until death. in 2005, after he left the either, as some of the most Sports Editor Creative Director periods. Opinions expressed Two nu rses f rom Ch r ist Republicans in the position, was the bill able popular waters are simply ALEX RILEY EDGAR SANTANA in The Daily Gamecock are Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois legislature worked to pass. bottled tap water. Assistant Sports Editor Business Manager those of the editors or author MICHAEL AGUILAR CAROLYN GRIFFIN and not those of the University Ill. testified before an for four years to outlaw this How shameful it is that I don’t get the bottled Photo Editor Advertising Manager LIZZY SHEPPARD SARAH SCARBOROUGH of South Carolina. Th e Board Illinois Senate committee inhumane and disturbing so many college students water phenomenon. It’s not Assistant Photo Editor Classifi eds Manager of Student Publications that they had personally practice with the Born- support a man who lacks any safer to drink, it tastes CRISTINA KUBICKI SHERRY F. HOLMES and Communications is witnessed this practice, Alive Infants Protection the moral clarity to declare the same and it’s more Copy Editors Production Manager the publisher of The Daily ANNA BRIGHT, EDDIE C. NEIL SCOTT Gamecock. Th e Department which involves dilating Act. that newborns are people expensive. Perhaps the one MANN, EDWARD PHARR, Creative Services of Student Media is a woman’s cervix so that Can’t we all agree that deserving of medical virtue of bottled water is ARTIE PHILLIPS, CAROLINE BEN BUCHANAN, BRANDON the newspaper’s parent the fetus either drops out at the moment of birth a treatment — a man who convenience. But instead of SIMSPON, JASON SPIRO KING, MEGAN SINCLAIR, The Daily HEATHER THOMAS, KAILEY organization. Page Designers Gamecock or is removed alive and baby is entitled to equal worked diligently as a buying it by the case, next AJ BIKOWSKI, SUNSHINE WARING, LIZZIE WILSON is supported in COBB, STEPHANIE EWELL, Advertising part by student-activity fees. neglected until it dies. rights and should be given state senator to allow time, turn on the faucet; not ABIGAIL GARRISON, LIZ KARRIEMA CALHOUN, ALEX One free copy per reader. Nurse Allison Baker medical care? Surely not abortionists to deliver only will it be better for your HOWELL, KERYN SENN, CAMPION, BEN CRANE, Additional copies may be testified, “I happened to even abortion-rights groups babies and discard them in wallet, but also it’s much BOBBY SUTTON, KATHLEEN CHRIS KRAUTLER, JAMIE purchased for $1 each from TENNANT, CATHERINE SHOOK, JAYLENE WILLIAMS the Department of Student walk into a soiled utility would defend allowing a corner to die alone. easier on the already ailing WALKER Media. room and saw, lying on a doctors to stuff live babies environment. Staff Writers AUSTIN COLLINS, CHRIS COX, medical counter, a fetus, who survived a botched KATIE JONES The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 9 THECOCKBLOCK
In response to This university was not to stop’ by Monique wonderful thing... belt? Or are you simply control as a hormone ‘Thompson basks in on anybody’s radar outside Cunin under some illusion that regulator primarily, not as Southern hospitality’ of the state of South Jolie birth control is something a contraceptive. by Katie Jones Carolina a few years ago. everyone can afford? On a more callous As it continues to grow and Robert Curriden WHOA. So you’re saying note; it can sometimes thrive nationally, one would that birth control isn’t Joanne make economic sense for be hard pressed not to give There is a small thing necessary for health? You an insurance company to Markustee at least some of that credit here. I don’t know a great do realize that pregnancy I would rather they cover birth control merely to its president. Good luck, deal about insurance, constitutes a MAJOR helped with birth control because the costs are far Fred Thompson is simply President Sorensen. but I believe that there health issue, right? That than pay for all of the cheaper than paying the the best candidate running is a statistical benefit to birth control is in no doctor’s visits and the hospital bills for a child’s for the Presidency, bar covering birth control for way a form of preventive hospital after the birth. birth, especially if the baby none. His record is clear, his In response to ‘Amero women. medicine? I am a teacher in an area is unfortunate enough to principles are unwavering holds no value’ by Pregnancy has its own Are you saying that birth high school. My pregnant have any health defects. and his personal ambition Travis Frayard set of risks, as well as the control isn’t a necessity students who are on (The rate of which is is not running him. additional costs of paying even for married or Medicaid do not pay for higher among unplanned Contrast with Huckabee, for OB care, and then committed couples? That anything, if I understand pregnancies than planned.) who is campaigning on a Bren B. the coverage of another you can’t have sex within correctly. Also, after the platform of being a very, Honestly, I think that subscriber, which means your lifetime relationship baby is born and as long very nice guy - unless you the “amero” will pan out added risk. It would seem to unless you are okay with it as the girl stays in school, happen to be something to be little more than an me that the small amount causing a pregnancy? That she receives a monthly other than Baptist. Well, as over-hyped conspiracy of the cost for birth control not wanting to have more check (I believe around a Baptist church member, I theory, similar to the could well be preferable to children than you can $300) for “baby expenses.” will tell you - the guy lies. “grassy knoll” or the the risks of pregnancy to support is irresponsibility? If she stays in school, she He spins, he lies and he is “NASA moon-landing” health, and the added costs Are you saying that couples continues to receive the soft. I’d rather have Hillary conspiracies. for the same. who don’t want children check. So how many girls, than the Huckster, and Maybe a study which in the future are no do you think, are actively I’d rather drop a bowling surveys the cost of OB care longer allowed to have an trying to pass my class? ball on my foot than have Mike over a 9 month period, on important form of intimacy Hillary. I think it’s rubbish also. average, contrasted against within their relationship, Fred Thompson stays Ken This line in particular: the cost of birth control for or that if they don’t want positive. I hope that some “The United States has the same period of time... children they should just be of the South Carolina While I agree with the best currency. Why In any case, insurance sterilized (i.e. getting tubes voters reading this will the basic aim of your would we want to mess companies are not generally tied, vasectomy, etc.)? take a good, hard look at argument it ignores the it up with Mexican and run by stupid people; if Because those him and realize that he is quite significant number Canadian money?” it were in their financial procedures are considered the best candidate. of women who use birth What are you, stupid? self-interest, you can rest birth control, by the way- The American dollar is assured that they would be -not just philosophically, Pastor Dan falling fast. Why would fi nding a way to offset the but officially. Official as Mexico or Canada want to cost of birth control. As it in according to medical As a conservative dilute their “money” with is, their behavior suggests professionals. evangelical pastor, I am Want to write for Viewpoints? our worthless notes? that it is not in their best Oh, and if a girl or woman convinced that Fred interests to not cover it. wants to take precautions Thompson has the right E-mail us at In response to Beyond that, I entirely to prevent pregnancy in the combination of character, ‘Government agree. More personal case of abuse or rape, she’ll principles, experience and [email protected] dependence needs responsibility would be a just have to get a chastity courage to lead America at this pivotal time. We cannot afford to put the Question of the Week: What issue will you primarily base leadership of this nation in the hands of someone your vote on in the coming elections? who can’t even keep up with current events. I urge everyone to carefully review all of Senator Weigh in at Thompson’s detailed DailyGamecock .com position statements at www.Fred08.com. Then compare those statements with his record. No other candidate on either side of the aisle comes close. Rick
As a born-again believer, I’m thankful that the Lord gave me the wisdom to see through a fi ne man who is a preacher in the South but holds Northeastern liberal views on all but 2 issues. Mr. Huckabee said that all of us who opposed the McCain amnesty bill, did so out of “nativism and racism.” I am used to being falsely accused of racism by those on the left, but to be called one by a so-called conservative bothers me. In response to ‘Sorensen announces retirement’ by Brad Maxwell scotteebee
Five and a half years is not very long to serve as a university president. Sounds like he got vested in the state retirement system (takes 5 years) and is ready to receive another retirement check. I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the plan all along. Katie
I was at USC when Sorensen arrived. He does a very good job of pretending to care about students without actually caring. He’s a liar and I’m glad he’s leaving. Brian
Dr. Sorensen was a great president and he changed the face of the university for the better. He cares deeply about education and students. Anyone who actually has had a conversation with him could testify to this. jimbo327
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Status Updates After a long winter break, the Daily Sorensen is OUTTA Gamecock news News Feed Sports and Entertainment Feed HERE!!! PEACE OUT!!! staff catches you 3 min ago up on everything Bhutto assassination notable that Writers Strike is Going Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was killed Dec. 27 in a shooting and Writers’ strike disrupts Golden Globes happened in the bombing attack after a campaign rally. STRONG! The Writers Guild of America pushed its 12,000-member strike into unavoidable public discussion The government of Pakistan determined the force of the blast that caused Bhutto’s head to with a serious blow against a television company. The disgruntled scriptwriters forced NBC to 12 min ago world while you strike a metal lever on the sunroof of her SUV to be the cause of her death. Her party, the scale back its Golden Globe Awards ceremony —usually an occasion for glamour and emotional Pakistan People’s Party, said she was killed by gunshots fi red from a short distance before the caught up on sleep acceptance speeches — to an hour-long news conference. blast — an account seemingly supported by video footage — and that the Pakistani government When WGA members issued a warning that they intended to picket the event, the nominees and fi lled up on was closely involved. Jamie Lyn Spears is opted not to cross the picket line. The strike had already begun to take its toll on the industry, with Talks of an international investigation by the United Nations have surfaced and President networks anxiously shuffl ing their reruns and many Hollywood companies hemorrhaging money. keeping the baby yall! extra servings of Pervez Musharraf has proclaimed any such investigation as unwelcome. Bhutto was the fi rst The subdued Globes were symptomatic of a season of discontent. woman elected to lead a Muslim state and was a leading opposition candidate in the upcoming Christmas dinner. Tensions began mounting last year when Guild writers demanded payment for use of online 1 hour ago Pakistani general election. The elections have been postponed a month. content from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Under their old contracts, Her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Zardari, was named her successor as leader of the party. writers received about a third of one percent of Web revenues. The writers are negotiating for a more generous 2.5% cut. Hillary Clinton is I Love Off to the races.... this country SO Much! The 2008 Presidential race has offi cially begun with two states down and 48 to go for 12 presidential hopefuls. The holiday season was a long one 3 hours ago as candidates from both camps campaigned hard in Iowa for support in the fi rst offi cial poll of the race, the Iowa Caucuses. On Jan. 3, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee rounded up 34 percent of republican support, leaving former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney behind with 24 percent and former U.S. senator from Tenn. Fred Thompson and Sen. John McCain from Ariz. tied with 13 percent. Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill. also pulled a large lead among Democrats with 38 percent. Former U.S. senator from N.C. John Edwards received 30 percent and Sen. The SEC is ON TOP! Hillary Clinton D-N.Y. came in a close third with 29 percent. 7 days ago Candidates then headed to New Hampshire where the tables turned. On Jan. 8, McCain received 37 percent in the republican primary, leaving Radiohead announce US tour Romney behind with 32 percent and Huckabee trailing with 11 percent. Among the Democrats, Hillary took the lead with 39 percent, but Obama wasn’t far behind with 37 percent. Edwards received 17 percent of the democratic vote. After seeing vast commercial success with their latest album “In Rainbows” early this year, the British Romney also had a big win in the Wyoming Republican Caucus on Jan. 5 with 67 percent of the vote. Thompson came in second with 25 alt-rock innovators who collectively call themselves Radiohead announced their intent to storm the percent. North American continent. The critical darlings, who have redefi ned their image and bent genres since their 1995 breakthrough release “The Bends,” turned heads last year with an unusual distribution scheme: Eschewing a standard Upcoming Georgia hiker goes missing CD format, they instead made “In Rainbows” available for download through their Web site—at a price to be named by the buyer. Events A 24-year-old Georgia hiker, Meredith Emerson, was found dead Tuesday in the When the album fi nally hit U.S. shelves as a physical CD on Jan. 1, it quickly shot to the top of the mountains in north Georgia, according to authorities. Billboard charts, deposing Alicia Keys from the No. 1 spot. Music writers were nearly unanimous in Emerson was kidnapped New Year’s Day and kept alive for three day before she was praising the album, consistently placing it in “Best of 2007” lists. The band has yet to confi rm dates and found beaten to death and decapitated. venues, but their list of city stops includes Charlotte and Atlanta. Dr. Kris Sperry, Georgia’s chief medical examiner, said she died from blunt force trauma to the head. MLK Weekend Sixty-one-year-old Gary Michael Hilton is charged with kidnapping with intent of bodily injury, said Stan Gunter, the Enotah Judicial District Attorney. Jan. 18 Hilton led authorities to where Emerson’s body lay, said John Cagle, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Field Division. RIAA redraws battle lines Investigators said Hilton, who was detained Friday, had tried to use Emerson’s credit The Recording Industry Association of America pressed on in a legal holy war that has not shown signs of reconciliation since the early Republican Primary card, according to his arrest warrant. days of Napster. Two music listeners—Jeffrey Howell of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jammie Thomas of Brainerd, Minn.—faced hefty fi nes According to a warrant, Hilton used a pay phone beside a convenience store where a Jan. 19 from the group late last year for allegedly sharing music fi les online. bloodstained piece of a car’s seat belt and three bloody fl eece tops were found. Hilton also Howell’s court case set a new precedent for the RIAA, which has long pursued cases of willful redistribution. He amassed a collection of tried to clean the inside of his 2001 Chevrolet Astro van, which was missing the rear seat roughly 2,000 music recordings by legal means, purchasing them in the form of CDs. Howell became a criminal, RIAA lawyers claimed, belt. when he placed the discs in a CD-ROM drive and ripped their content to his hard drive. Democratic Primary Hilton is a suspect or a person of interest in fi ve other cases in Georgia, Florida and The Arizona man’s story was passed through online portals and repeated in blogs, raising the collective ire of music enthusiasts North Carolina. Jan. 26 nationwide. The industry’s legal team later issued a clarifi cation explaining that Howell was charged for saving songs to a shared folder, “We are deeply saddened to hear the unfortunate news of Meredith’s death. She was a where they could potentially be made available on a peer-to-peer network. wonderful and loving person who did not deserve what happened to her,” friend Caroline Jammie Thomas was found guilty of distributing and downloading songs on the illegal fi le sharing Web site Kazaa and ordered to pay Beavers said in a statement. for damages to several record companies including Sony BMG, Interscope and Capitol. She will have to foot a hefty bill of $220,000, or 100th Anniversary of $9,250 apiece for 24 songs. Lloyd tapped as new SLED chief The Daily Gamecock & Gov. Mark Sanford nominated Reggie Lloyd Friday to lead the State Law Enforcement Division as SLED chief. Organization fair Forty-year-old Lloyd, a former judge and the current U.S. attorney for S.C., would be the fi rst black person to hold Cory Boyd selected for East-West Shrine Game the post. Jan. 30 “If you have proven experience, if you have demonstrated character, all those prerequisites, and you have a chance to put an African-American in a spot where historically none has walked, it’s important to lift that glass ceiling,” On Dec. 13, senior running back Cory Boyd was added to the East’s roster for the East- Sanford said. West Shrine Game. This is the 83rd annual East-West game which features top seniors Sanford’s appointment needs to be confi rmed by the state Senate. from colleges all over the country. Valentine’s Day Sanford picked Lloyd over Maj. Mark Keel, who serves as interim chief since Robert Stewart retired in The Shrine Game is being played this year at the University of Houston on Saturday, Feb. 14 November. Jan. 19. The game serves as an opportunity for seniors to showcase their talents for NFL Although Lloyd has no previous law enforcement experience, he said he believes he can be an effective SLED chief scouts one last time before the draft. due to his experience working with federal agencies as a U.S. attorney. Boyd was selected to play for the East team after fi nishing the 2007 season with 903 “I’m still in love with public service,” he said of the new position. “I thought about it and prayed about it, and I rushing yards and 9 touchdowns. Spring Break thought it’d be a great way to continue to service South Carolina.” Not soon enough March 10-16
RRepublicanepublican DebateDebate iinn MyrtleMyrtle BBeacheach JJan.an. 1100 Two Carolina Baseball Players Named to Preseason All-American Team Last day of Classes On Dec. 25, the number two ranked Gamecocks had two players named preseason All-Americans after junior third baseman James April 28 Darnell and junior fi rst baseman Justin Smoak were both named to the second team 2008 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American team last month. Smoak was a third team All-American last season after batting .315 with 22 HR and 72 RBI. Darnell was a second team All-SEC selection after leading the team with a .331 batting average and hitting 19 HR and 63 RBI last season.
LSU Cruises by Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game
The LSU Tigers became the first two-loss team to win a BCS title after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 38-24 on January 7. The Tigers are the fi rst team to win two national titles since the inception of the BCS 10 years ago. Ohio State jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the 1st quarter, but the Tigers responded by scoring 31 straight points on the Buckeyes. LSU was led by senior quarterback Matt Flynn who threw 4 touchdown passes in his last game as a Tiger. This is the second straight season that Ohio State has lost in the title game to an SEC opponent, after losing 41-14 to Florida last year.
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Since 1980, the South Carolina Primary winner goes on to win the GOP nomination. Every revolution was fi rst a thought in one man’s mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No Country
In the fordistinct Old23-year feature Men fi lm career of the writer/ director/producer team the Coen brothers (Fargo) no fi lm has felt as solidly crafted and deeply contemplative as “No Country”. It’s superbly adapted from a novel by Cormac McCarthy, capturing the source’s rhythmic and sparse prose while ZODIAC 1maintaining its powerful and David Fincher (“Fight Club”) proves his capability as a provocative allegory. mature director in this chilling criminal procedural about Javier Bardem terrifi es the unsolved Zodiac killings of the late 1960s. and Tommy Lee Jones Working from a gives a career-best screenplay by James performance. Vanderbilt2 and adapted “No Country” from a true-crime novel begins as a well- by Robert Graysmith, this made and constantly sprawling, intricate work entertaining chase succinctly dissects multiple thriller, but gradually aspects of the case from strips itself bare and the perspective of several becomes a quiet Into the Wild individuals who become meditation on fate, Sean Penn’s film about the life of young Christopher obsessed with solving the chance, violence and 10McCandless is like some kind of poem by Emerson or murders. the futility to work Thoreau. Obsessively constructed against such forces. It is at once a celebration of the possibilities of life and to refl ect both large arrays a cautionary tale of the whimsical nature of youth. Young of facts and a slow-burn Emile Hirsch transforms himself, embodying not only a dramatic arc, “Zodiac” is a man but an idea — a will to escape reality. stunning achievement. Penn’s bittersweet exploration of this man and the world he traverses makes it clear that life is about living.
FILMS Knocked Up Few comedies this year were both as joyful and enjoyable Top as writer/director Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up.” The film strives to find emotional satisfaction in a sex comedy, and succeeds admirably. Using improvisation and a keen ear for dialogue, 10 Apatow9 transforms his ensemble into a glowing band of misfi ts. He’s out to rediscover The Assassination of the sex comedy genre, of 2007 making it more adult Jesse James by the and more focused by showing the love Coward Robert Ford If you can say anything about beneath the jokes. Writer/director Andrew Dominik makes the most poetic Western in at least a decade. Brad Pitt’s embodiment of movies last year, it’s that just 3Jesse James is haunting and Casey Affleck is revelatory about everyone found something as predator Robert Ford. It broods and hypnotizes with gorgeous cinematography. Both literary and operatic, it is a to love. From action (“The Bourne sinking and powerful elegy on the fractured spirit of the lost American West; a love song for a lost genre and an artful Ultimatum”) to teen comedy exploratory character study. (“Superbad”), and from big Broadway musicals (“Hairspray”) Michael Clayton to violent thrillers (“No Country for Tony Gilroy is perhaps best known as the screenwriter of the Bourne fi lms, but in this law drama about a corporate Old Men”), the best movies from fi xer who takes morality into his own hands, Gilroy dips 2007 were united under a common his film in shades of classic principle: visionary writers and 1970s fi lmmaking. 8Featuring an impeccable once directors creating some of the cast including George Clooney and a truly One man’s aching, love-torn most solid, varied and interesting spectacular Tom Wilkinson, song draws a heart-broken “Michael Clayton” is immigrant to befriend him in work in several years. Here are my spellbinding entertainment; modern-day Dublin. What follows a dialogue-laden, character- in John Carney’s sumptuous fi lm choices for the ten best fi lms from driven drama expertly crafted is a transcendent love letter to the last year. and executed. 4human spirit; two people mending their souls through the power of writing and performing music. Not only the best By Jim Gilmore soundtrack of any musically-inclined fi lm this year, “Once” proudly wears its heart on its sleeve and becomes something of a beautiful gift. EASTERN PROMISES Following his 2005 “A History of Violence,” I’m Not director David Cronenberg No End in Sight delves into the Russian mafi 6a’s presence in London The best and most fully There with this visceral, brutal and penetrating documentary thrilling crime drama. on the Iraq war to date. Viggo Mortensen Writer/director Charles Todd Haynes reinvents the gives career-best work as Ferguson does a simple yet musical biography picture with his intimidating and enigmatic effective thing — letting his multi-faceted look at the life and 5 hitman Nikolai. In one of the 7interviewees and his footage times of Bob Dylan. most intensely orchestrated speak for itself. Casting six people as different action sequences of the No Michael Moore- embodiments of Dylan’s life and year, he explodes with esque manipulative stunts music, Haynes additionally fuses mesmerizing violent force in penetrate this work. Rather, different filmmaking styles and a steam house knife fi ght, a it is mature and thoughtful, different influences throughout, summation of the gripping taking the form of a political echoing the technique of various power of the fi lm. essay, developing theses American and European fi lmmakers and expanding its points of the fi lm’s time period. throughout to become a well- Something between a rock opera structured and incisive indictment of political misguidance. and a dreamscape, “I’m Not There” begs us to examine the idea of the artist as both everyone and no one. The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 13 Spears gossip swells “I didn’t have one.” Britney, Jamie continue to fi ll headlines he upset the Spears’ clan when he made a - Maurice Phillips, comment to Entertainment Tonight about “I didn’t have one.” second-year civil with ever increasing stories of scandal how Britney and her family were doing. engineering student When the family invited him, they wanted - Parker Bush, fi rst-year the visit to be private and did not want him computer engineering student Lisa Delp THE DAILY GAMECOCK to make public statements about it. While Britney was in the hospital she tested free of any illegal drugs and Jamie Lynn Spears, 16, of Nickelodeon’s alcohol and was allowed to leave before her “Zoey 101” has been in the headlines 72 hours were up. Doctors release patients over winter break due to an unexpected early if they feel the patients no longer need “Quit smoking.” pregnancy. evaluation or treatment. On Dec. 18, 2007, it was announced that - Kristina Van Brunt, Even though Britney tested free she was pregnant with Casey Aldridge’s second-year international of any drugs, LAPD offi cers still issued a child. Aldridge, 18, and Spears had been relations student temporary restraining order against her due dating for a long time before the pregnancy; to her custody standoff. The restraining they met in church and dated during high order will be held for at least five days. school although she recently reported that Britney cannot come within 100 feet of she did not have a steady boyfriend. Federline. In addition Britney lost all Spears, who is 12 weeks pregnant, visitation rights with her two sons Preston, says she wants to keep the baby and raise it 2, and Jayden, 1, on January 4. Britney and in Louisiana, where she was brought up. Kevin’s next custody hearing will be on Her popular television show “Zoey 101” January 14 and the situation will be looked is still scheduled to air its fourth season at again. in February. This will be the fi nal season Until then, Britney will probably of the series and fi lming has already been be trying to keep herself busy. So far, she completed. NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS went on a trip to Mexico with a few friends. Also in the headlines over break was When she went to Palm Desert she drove Britney’s custody standoff. She refused to around in her car, ended up with a fl at tire What will you do to make yourself better this year? give her children to her ex-husband Kevin and her car was impounded. Federline; instead, she locked herself in a With Jamie Lynn dealing with her room with one of her two children. The pregnancy and Britney struggling to get police, who were called by a court-appointed her life back on track, the Spears family child monitor, said that Britney was under looks like it will continue to be on the front the influence of an unknown substance covers of supermarket tabloids and celebrity and was rushed to the Cedar-Sinai Medical magazines. Center for a 72-hour mental evaluation. While Britney was in the hospital Comments on this story? “To not gain weight.” “I didn’t have one.” Dr. Phil went to visit her due to a request E-mail [email protected] - Elizabeth Layne, fi rst-year - Jessica Gourdine, fourth- from the Spears family. After Dr. Phil left history student year nursing student
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Lionel Hahn / The Associated Press Jamie Lynn Spears attends the Us Weekly’s Hot Hollywood party in Los Angeles in September. Spears and her sister have been in the headlines a lot lately.
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creative responsibilities that the artistic integrity of The most sickening a quality television show entertainment as a whole. show on television has no should maintain. In all Perhaps most sickening of violence or sex. The most fairness, I will say that the all to me is Pennington. His sickening show on television new houses the network frosted tips and constant has no language or drug use. provides can get pretty enthusiasm disturb me The most sickening show snazzy, so at least creativity greatly. I have always had on television is, in fact, a enters into play at some a skepticism of people show based upon charity, point in the show. whom I never see upset, hope and compassion for “Extreme Makeover: and this skepticism extends others. Home Edition” is also a to Pennington. He’s just The most sickening show member of the new breed too happy. There must be on television of advertisement-fueled something wrong with Special to The Daily Gamecock is, without entertainment. Almost him. Tom Hanks stars as Charlie Wilson alongside Julia Roberts and Phillip Seymour a doubt, nothing is more repulsive Pennington’s main role is Hoffman. “Extreme than product placement that of principal tear-jerker. Makeover: in entertainment. This He bonds with the families, Home specific show features discovering their interests, Edition.” tools provided by Sears, sympathizing with their The basic THOMAS Craftsman and Kenmore, plights, establishing what ‘Wilson’s War’ shines MOORE premise for as well as air travel provided the audience is supposed the show Th ird-year by Southwest Airlines. to perceive as genuine is that the English Host Ty Pennington’s emotional bonds. It’s not Extreme student trips to the local Sears offer that these behaviors aren’t with complex charm Makeover team is sent a the company a wonderful admirable, but they come pool of applicants whose market opportunity. off as very sterile, overly and against type as a There is a funny scene houses are in shambles, be From a marketer’s point produced and ultimately Despite historical whiskey-dousing advocate where Wilson has to balance it the result of mortgage of view, it allows the unbelievable. It really makes inaccuracies, fi lm for removing Communists two different meetings in his issues, pest infestation, unwitting consumer to me want to believe that he’s from Afghanistan. Wilson offi ce, one about investigators simple poverty or other see the cleanliness and a total prick off-camera. captures Cold war stays sharp to news about the possibly busting him for woeful circumstance. Then organization of the store, The integration of Middle East, and when the drug use and the other with a they begin remodeling or the pleasant nature of the lazy creation methods, Thomas Maluck Soviets occupy Afghanistan, CIA offi cial about funneling completely rebuilding the employees, as well the product placement and THE DAILY GAMECOCK he makes it his personal resources through Pakistan family’s house. store’s wide selection of a frighteningly (and mission to fund resistance to arm Afghan refugees. What bothers me is that goods. And do not think suspiciously) over- “Charlie Wilson’s War” ★★★ ✩✩✩✩✩ efforts there. The CIA official is Gust the show ham-handedly Sears has overlooked this enthusiastic host with out of Joanne Herring,played by Avrakotos, played superbly by panders to the easily opportunity. What this stupidly blunt appeals The halls of Congress are Julia Roberts, encourages Phillip Seymour Hoffman. solicited tears of the average, means for the viewer is to pure gut reaction and used for voting. Everywhere him along as a Texas Where Hanks and Roberts God-fearing, charity-loving that his entertainment American sentiment else is a site for brokering socialite who helps make seem to put on accents American. In other words, is delivered by a ultimately leaves me feeling deals, which representatives connections. and act casual, Hoffman is it’s easy entertainment. The corporation. Though ads ill. More importantly, I’m like Charlie Wilson manage Aaron Sorkin of “The given free license to stir up show has a formula that can often be entertaining, concerned about what all the time. If only he West Wing” fame did the laughter and anxiety in every is continuously recycled, the construction of the popularity of such could get his colleagues to screenplay, and, like in his other line. and the only variable is the entertainment specifically a mindless show could pay closer attention to who past political dramedy, the For what it’s worth, family provided. In essence, for the promotion of mean for the future of they’re dealing with. good guys are personally “Charlie Wilson’s War” is an the show is free of any actual products seriously threatens entertainment as a whole. “Charlie Wilson’s War” flawed but professionally entertaining interpretation plays with the biographies brilliant. Wilson is kept in of Cold War maneuvering of real people who had an moral check by Herring, served with wit. It’s uncommon impact on world though his assistant (played disheartening, though, to events for a time. Tom by Amy Adams) is a strong see the story make the same Killer with a heart of gold Hanks plays Wilson, who behind-the-scenes infl uence fumble of commitment ably plays within range as a too, as well as a better Congress did. Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ comes to DVD, brings serial killer home charming Texas politician, performance. Mary Pina THE DAILY GAMECOCK this, it doesn’t need them. Season one revolves around a serial killer “Dexter” is the kind of show that takes an called the Ice Truck Killer. The Ice Truck eye for an eye, and bone saw for bone saw to Killer dismembers his prostitute victims the literal truth. and leaves them in neat little bloodless The Showtime series is a series based off packages. Dexter and the Ice Truck Killer of books by Jeff Lindsay. Currently there play a murderous version of cat and mouse are three books out by Lindsay and two throughout the series. seasons of “Dexter.” Dexter is played by Season two, which ended Dec. 16, follows Michael C. Hall, who also starred in “Six Dexter’s trials and tribulations as a serial Feet Under.” killer. Dexter Morgan is a serial killer who kills He begins fighting the urge the kill. other serial killers. He was raised in foster Prompted by his girlfriend Rita, who thinks care by a cop, Harry, who found Dexter at a he has a drug abuse problem, Dexter even crime scene. Harry starts to realize Dexter goes to Narcotics Anonymous for support. isn’t a normal child and basically schools All the while, no one knows he is a serial him in the art of murdering without getting killer. caught. The plot thickens in season two when He adheres to a strict code of “morals” people diving in the waters of Miami fi nd pertaining to his victims and never kills to Dexter’s dumping site. The season is a nail kill; all of his victims are murderers, rapists bitter, and it keeps one in such suspense. and just general sickos. “Dexter” is one of those series that makes This show is one of the most interesting you want to get the DVD, buy the books When you combine burritos, quesadillas, shows on television to date. Not only does it and read them while you wait for the next salads, tacos and more with your favorite have the great talent of Hall, but the other season. For all the fans out there, “Dexter” tunes, we’re more than just another burrito cast members add a great touch. is already going to be syndicated. It will place, we’re part of your neighborhood. Set in Miami, the series is bright in color, premier on CBS Sunday, Feb. 17, at 10:00 Welcome to Moe’s. contrasting the dark sides of Dexter. No p.m., according to Showtime’s Web site. one knows he is a serial killer, not even his According to E! News online, Showtime girlfriend, Rita Bennett. President Robert Greenblatt has renewed The “Dexter” season one DVD is out. “Dexter” for a third season. The DVD itself is very simple without a lot of extra frills, but with a show as good as
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SEC) ran out to a 9-0 back over 20 points and Second-ranked lead to start the game as kept it there the remainder Men’s team falls to Carolina (11-6, 0-2 SEC) of the game. Lady Vols blow fi nally scored on a Brionna Parker finished with 15 0-2 to open SEC Dickerson jumper with points while guard Shannon past Gamecocks four minutes gone by in Bobbitt went 7-of-10 from competition the fi rst half. the fi eld for a game high 20 In the fi rst half, Carolina points. Alex Riley managed just 14 points The Vols finished by Ty Ziegler SPORTS EDITOR on 6-of-20 shooting as forcing 30 Gamecock THE DAILY GAMECOCK Tennessee cruised to a 37- turnovers and grabbed 18 14 lead. steals in the game. The confines of the The biggest reason for “Any time you turn the USC coach Dave Odom’s Colonial Center were the deficit came from ball over its got a negative Gamecocks entered transformed on Sunday Carolina’s 18 first half impact,” Walvius said. Saturday night’s contest afternoon as the home turnovers which led to 26 “Some of our turnovers with the No. 8 Volunteers court for South Carolina points for Tennessee. today were careless of Tennessee as underdogs. took on a Rocky Top feel. “That’s a typical turnovers. Just airing the The Volunteers lived up to Nearly half of the fans Tennessee team. They ball out against a very good the hype as they defeated in the arena were clad create a lot of offense with team. Our team knows they South Carolina 80-56. in orange to support the their defense,” said USC can’t do that.” Ten nessee opened t he No. 2 Tennessee women’s coach Susan Walvius. Despite the absence game with 11 straight points basketball team and many “They’re very athletic, very of Lakesha Tolliver, the and would never look back. more were in attendance big and very aggressive Gamecocks were able to The Gamecocks would not to get a glance at the Lady defensive team.” win the battle on the boards score their fi rst basket until Vols’ junior sensation The Gamecocks buckled as the team beat Tennessee the 16:15 mark in the first forward Candace Parker. down at the start of the for rebounds 41-33 in spite half. “We have to thank them. second half, opening with of the Lady Vols’ height “We came out of the gates Thank you for coming,” a 6-0 run to get within 17 advantage in the paint. slow, they came out of the said USC center Illona points of the defending Tol l iver has a n gates fast,” Odom said. Burgova. “It was very nice national champions. undisclosed illness . South Carolina kept to see the Colonial Center Carolina attempted to chip “You saw at times today it close in the first half, almost filled up. It was away throughout the second shots would go up and our entering the second half great. I think the freshmen half pulling to within 17 kids would clear the paint,” down 43-35. Tennessee enjoyed it. They were kind two other times. Walvius said. “They would burned the Gamecocks to of maybe scared a little bit, Burgova, who had team do a great job getting start the second half by Ben Fine / THE DAILY GAMECOCK but I think all of us enjoyed highs of 16 points and 13 positions for rebounding. going on a 20-3 run. USC guard Devan Downey scored 24 points but Carolina it actually.” rebounds, hit a jumper They’ve done a great job “I never dreamt we would fell to No. 8 Tennessee 80-56 for their second SEC loss. The unwelcoming feeling and got fouled with 11:44 in that area and that’s come out of the locker room carried over to the court as remaining to make the important because we need so flat in the second half the Gamecocks fell 71-48 score 46-29. those possessions.” offensively. That just fl oored forward Dominique Archie, were results of steals by the to the Lady Volunteers and After she missed the me,” Odom said. “That was Downey and junior guard Volunteers due to sloppy opened SEC play with an ensuing free throw just a poor performance, it Zam Fredrick (all scoring in ball handling and passing 0-2 record for the fourth Carolina could find no really was. That poured over double fi gures), made up 82 by USC. straight season. answer to Tennessee who Comments on this story? E-mail to our defense and we just percent of South Carolina’s “When you turn the ball Tennessee (15-1, 2-0 pushed their advantage [email protected] gradually lost enthusiasm as scoring alone. over as much as we did, you we went along” Downey is fourth in the get out-rebounded, you give Carolina shot 33 percent SEC in scoring at 19.1 points up as many inside baskets from the fi eld in the second per game. as we give up,” Odom said. half. They hit only one of “One player can’t be fi ve “And we didn’t get any help 11 3-pointers in the half. players on any given night,” from our post guys outside Tennessee was able to Archie said. “We need of Dominique (Archie).” out-rebound the Gamecocks everybody stepping up on Sophomore Gamecock 43-31. They not only offense.” guard Brandis Raley-Ross, dominated the boards, but South Carolina appeared who entered the game they were able to get plenty to be at a significant leading the nation in three- of shots under the basket. disadvantage with their point shooting at 65 percent, The Volunteers’ offensive depth. They were outscored was ineffective. He played rebounding led to 17 second- 28 to 5 in points off the 17 minutes and missed all chance points, along with 34 bench. No Volunteer four shots he took including points made in the paint. registered more than an 0-for-2 performance Tennessee senior guard 28 minutes on the court, from behind the arc. JaJuan Smith had an while Downey and Fredrick Up next, South Carolina excellent game. He scored played 38 and 34 minutes travels to Little Rock, Ark., 15 points in only 25 minutes, respectively. to take on the Razorbacks. with three steals and a team- Turnovers plagued Tip-off is scheduled for 8:05 high eight rebounds. Carolina throughout the p.m Wednesday. Sophomore guard game. The 17 turnovers Devan Downey led the by the Gamecocks were a Gamecocks with a game- season high. More than Comments on this story? E-mail Brett Flashnick / The Associated Press high 24 points. Sophomore half of those turnovers [email protected] USC guard Brionna Dickerson looks for an outlet through the Tennessee double-team.
Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball UConn 93, South Carolina 39 Baylor 92, South Carolina 84 In the 97-39 defeat, Ilona Burgova’s 11 points weren’t enough as the No. 2 Carolina had a 20-point fi rst half lead but allowed it to slip away, as Baylor Huskies took a quick 8-0 lead and cruised the rest of the way, forcing USC into tacked on a 15-point lead in the second half and held on to it for the win. Devan committing 23 turnovers and a shooting percentage of 21 percent from the Downey and Brandis Raley-Ross had 18 points to lead the team in the opening fl o o r . game of a fi ve game home stand. South Carolina 88, Alabama A&M 41 South Carolina 85, College of Charleston 82 The Gamecocks quickly rebounded by taking out their frustrations on Alabama Zam Fredrick hit fi ve 3-pointers in the second half to spark a comeback win A&M as Carolina rolled to an 88-41 win and an 8-3 overall record. Sharp- against the College of Charleston Cougars. Downey scored the game-winning shooting Jordan Jones led the Gamecocks, as the freshman hit a career high six 3-pointer with two seconds left. Fredrick led the team with 21 points and all fi ve 3-pointers in the rout. Gamecock starters scored in double fi gures. Oklahoma 95, South Carolina 63 South Carolina 67, UC Irvine 65 After a week layoff, the Gamecocks headed to Norman, Okla., to play the Dominique Archie led the Gamecocks with 18 points and seven rebounds as Oklahoma Sooners, a perennial power in women’s college basketball. The No. 9 South Carolina again came from behind. Carolina erased a 13-point defi cit from Sooners proved their lofty ranking was well deserved as the Sooners cruised to early in the second half to comeback in the game, which saw six ties and seven a 95-63 win, despite three Gamecocks scoring in double fi gures in the contest, lead changes. including Jordan Jones’ 18 points and Ilona Burgova’s 15. South Carolina 93, Radford 63 South Carolina 80, UNC Asheville 52 Carolina fi nished with an 18-1 run late in the game to give Dave Odom his Carolina rallied to pick up a convincing 80-52 victory at home over UNC 400th career coaching victory. However, Odom sharply criticized his big men Asheville. Ten different Gamecocks score in the game, including a game-high 18 for not playing with passion and promised to punish them with a rigorous points from Brionna Dickerson while C.J. Pace chipped in 15 points off the bench. practice the next morning. Fredrick scored 26 and Downey put up 23 to lead the
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Spurrier taps Rychleski Ray Rychleski Ex-NFL coach to lead defense Profi le consecutive years and had VanGorder, a Michigan one specialist taken in the Former Terps coach takes VanGorder looks to bring native, said consistency is NFL draft. Coaching Experience: 28 Brian VanGorder another thing he hopes over for Chatman, brings Rychleski hopes to coach years (26 collegiate) consistency to shore up Profi le to bring to the defense the Gamecocks into a in 2008. While breaking vigor to special teams fundamentally sound special Began at prep level in porous front line down the tape from this 2007 - Linebackers coach teams unit, and not allow any Pennsylvania (1979) 2 past year, VanGorder said – Atlanta Falcons games to be lost on special Chris Cox seasons Austin Collins that effort and talent aren’t STAFF WRITER teams. STAFF WRITER issues, but consistency is. “My one saying is 2006 – Head coach USC special teams After three straight “I have to be honest,” fundamentals over Temple University – Georgia Southern coach Ray Rychleski was years finishing in the VanGorder said. “When I gimmicks. Let’s be sound (1981-1988) University introduced in a press bottom third of the SEC fi rst put the fi lm on I was a fundamentally,” Rychleski conference last Tuesday in total defense, coach little nervous and uptight said. “On offense I love to Northeastern (1989- afternoon at Williams-Brice Steve Spurrier has a new about what I was expecting 2005 – Linebackers coach run reverses and trick plays Stadium. 1990) Defensive man to lead his defense. to see. After watching the – Jacksonville Jaguars because you get 70 plays a Rychleski, who replaces Coordinator/Inside Brian VanGorder was fi lm, I see a group of guys game. You might only punt the departed Fred Chatman, Linebackers Coach formally introduced to the that at times play very 2001-2004 – Defensive the ball five times a game, comes to Carolina following Gamecock nation last week, good football.” so those five times let’s be coordinator – University a seven-year stint at the replacing the departed When asked what fans fundamentally sound. (At Penn State (1990-1991) of Georgia University of Maryland Tyrone Nix, who left to can expect from his defense Maryland) we were seven Graduate Assistant where he served as both the be defensive coordinator at next year, VanGorder years in a punting formation 2000 – Defensive special teams coordinator Mississippi. wasn’t specifi c with regard with gunners on the side. We East Stroudsburg and the tight ends coach. VanGorder, 48, is most to schemes, but he did say coordinator – Western never changed that for seven During his time as the University (1992) Special known for directing the he expected his unit to Illinois University years. We never brought the special teams coordinator Teams Coordinator/ Georgia Bulldog defense reflect the intensity that gunners in, never brought at Maryland, the Terrapins Defensive Backs Coach from 2001 to 2004. he shows on the practice the gunners over, we never 1998-1999 – Defensive had zero punts blocked—the During his four-year stint fi eld. changed the formation for coordinator – Central longest active streak in the in Athens, VanGorder’s “I’ll bring enthusiasm seven years.” Wake Forest (1993- Michigan University nation. defenses finished each and a mark of intensity One of the fi rst tasks that 2000) Special His special teams also season as one of the nation’s each and every day at Rychleski will take on is Teams Coordinator/ blocked 22 kicks and had top 20 defenses and he was practice,” VanGorder 1995-1997 – Linebackers the punt team unit, which Defensive Line/Outside eight returns for touchdowns awarded the 2003 Frank said. “I consider myself a coach (’95-’96)/ allowed three blocked punts during that same span. Linebackers/Tight Ends Broyles Assistant Coach of fundamentalist… We have Defensive Coordinator in the final two games, Statistically, the Terrapins Coach the Year Award. to tackle well and do those (’97) – University of including two against ranked second in the country Along with VanGorder, things each week from a archrival Clemson that Central Florida in kickoff return yardage Maryland (2001- Spurrier also introduced tactic standpoint.” proved to be the difference defense by allowing a meager new special teams coach Three years removed in the contest. 2007)Special Teams 1992-1995 – Head 16.34 yards per return in Ray Rychleski, who has from his last coaching gig “The punt team needs Coordinator/Tight coach – Wayne State 2007. Rychleski coached spent the last seven years at in the SEC, VanGorder Ends/Halfbacks Coach University an All-ACC punter for six COACH ● 19 Maryland. said his days at Georgia “I really believe that left him with a favorable both Ray and Brian are the impression of South games between when I was RECAP ● Continued from 16 two best guys I could hire,” Carolina, and that’s part of at Georgia (against) South Spurrier said. “With their the reason he took the job. Carolina; we had tough track records and the kind “What stood out to me games. I was impressed of guys they are, that’s the was the excitement on with the intensity of South Women’s Basketball reason why I hired them. game day,” VanGorder said. Carolina.” I think Brian will bring “I thought the fan base some good solid, physical, was tremendous. There’s South Carolina 86, Savannah State 47 fundamental play, which is certain electricity in the In their fi nal nonconference game of the season, the Gamecocks rolled past something that will help us stadium that was really Comments on this story? E-mail next season.” special. I think about the [email protected] Savannah State 86-47 to improve to 11-4 on the year. Four players cleared double fi gures including another 18 from Dickerson and 16 from Jordan Jones. Jewel May came off the bench to score 14. Alabama 65, South Carolina 54 With the Tide sitting at 7-8 overall and looking for their fi rst conference win in 20 tries, the Gamecocks looked as if they would cruise to another easy victory, but cold shooting doomed Carolina from the start as they never led in the contest, losing 65-54. USC would then trim the Alabama lead to as little as three points before the Crimson Tide would counter every Carolina run with one of their own, as Alabama held on for their fi rst conference win in over two seasons. Men’s Basketball UNC-Asheville 61, South Carolina 58 Odom’s team went cold at the end of the game and Asheville went on a 10-0 run to fi nish the game. Downey led the team with 18 points, six assists, and three steals. Vanderbilt 80, South Carolina 73 The Gamecocks played close with Vanderbilt in both teams’ conference opener and even led the No. 13 Commodores for parts of the game. Downey (22), Fredrick (21) and Day (14) all scored in double fi gures but the Gamecocks were unable to keep a late lead. The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008 18 Perfect ends to a year of pandemonium Games fail to live up to hype but provide enough to parody to satisfy any fans desire for the game
Michael Aguilar Oklahoma to roll over a WVU team that saw its former coach The Gator Bowl featured a monster comeback by the ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Rich Rodriguez on the sidelines of the Capital One Bowl scouting Michigan instead of leading them onto the fi eld. This bowl season proved to be a mild and uninspiring one Interim coach Bill Stewart and the Mountaineer players in comparison to the season that came before. Through the wanted to show the world that despite everything they had muck and mire of blowouts and punt-fests fi ve games stood gone through they had come to win the Fiesta Bowl. It showed out. These games were the gems that salvaged a bowl season in a game where WVU out-played and out-coached the that had even the most dedicated fans wondering why they Sooners to a 48-28 fi nal score. The television broadcast ended bother watching anymore. with senior running back Owen Schmitt, better known for beating himself and others with his helmet, breaking down into tears in his postgame interview. Passion anyone? Michigan vs. Florida, Capital One Bowl
Last year’s national champions against the team that claimed they deserved to be there just as much. This game had just about as good a storyline as any this bowl season and lived up to the hype. After an upset loss to Appalachian State and a season-ending loss to Ohio State left a bitter taste in the mouths of Wolverine fans. It seems in times like these that anything less than a national championship would leave Stephen Morton / The Associated PressK a bitter taste in the mouth Known for their pass attack, Texas Tech used a last-second of Florida fans. Needless fi eld goal to knock off Virginia in the Toyota Gator Bowl. to say, these two teams had something to play for at the end of the season. vaunted Texas Tech offense and one of the most exciting The game quickly turned games this bowl season. Virginia and Texas Tech were polar into a shootout and when it opposites this season as the Cavs won games through a hard- seemed one team or another Reinhold Matay / The Associated Press nosed rushing attack and even harder-nosed defense. The Red had put the game out of reach Lloyd Carr got sent off right Raiders were on the other side of the spectrum. Quarterback its opponent would come as Michigan beat Heisman Graham Harrell averaged well over 40 pass attempts per striking back with two straight game. scores to keep it close. The Trophy winner Tim Tebow The game was a tale of two halves as Virginia came out and game ended with Michigan and Florida. stuck it to the Raiders. UVA had opened a 21-7 lead by the on top 41-35 and Lloyd Carr time halftime rolled around and the game looked all but over. being carried off the fi eld on the shoulders of the men that he Raider coach Mike Leach’s offense was not to be deterred. would never coach again. Matt York / The Associated Press TTU outscored UVA 24-7 in the second half, including a West Virginia became the only team to win a bowl under 41-yard fi eld goal as time expired to win the game. an interim coach with their victory over Oklahoma. Clemson vs. Auburn, Chick-fi l-A Bowl Any game that features Clemson losing is going to be a great SEC Sweeps BCS, Sugar Bowl and BCS West Virginia vs. Oklahoma, Fiesta Bowl National Championship Game Ohio State had had enough last season. It was ready to prove Only one word comes to mind when someone says, “Losing itself after 365 days of trash talking. Hawaii was sick of being to a team that you were favored to beat by several touchdowns overlooked by the media and the rest of the college football and missing a shot at the national title to end the season, your world. Both teams were ready to show the world what they head coach leaving and having a man that left his previous were made of. head coaching job at VMI because he used a racial slur against Unfortunately for the Buckeyes and Warriors, the SEC a player take over the job.” That word is adversity. teams they played in their respective BCS bowls did not get The Mountaineers were facing a Mount Everest of adversity the memo. Heisman Trophy fi nalist Colt Brennan spent most but true to their team moniker they put their heads down of the game on the ground or staring at a pack of Bulldog and fought through it. Anyone and everyone was calling defenders coming straight for him as Hawaii fell 41-10. The Buckeyes also proved their ineptness against the SEC, extending their overall bowl record against the SEC to 0-9, and LSU took home the national championship. Les Miles LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, and company beat Ohio State all over the fi eld and the victory was even more convincing than the 38-24 score suggests. STATE FARM IS THERE® Call or visit me today.
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COACH ● Continued from 17 to be addressed,” Rychleski said. “You just want to get better. You don’t want to get beat. Coach (Spurrier) said let’s win a game on special teams next year, but fi rst off let’s not lose one.” Rychleski is excited about the talent he inherits at South Carolina, including senior kicker Ryan Succop and returners Captain Munnerlyn and Chris Culliver. “I’m excited about the kicker (Ryan) Succop, “ Rychleski said. “He’s a senior and has a lot of talent. He does all three. I don’t like that all the time. You like to have to share the duties. There are guys on the team that can hopefully take one of those jobs, but the best players play.”
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