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VOL. 102, NO. 50 ● SINCE 1908
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

USC provost chosen ﬁnalist in GSU quest for president

Administrator one of two candidates left in search to ﬁll vacancy

Special to THE DAILY GAMECOCK

USC Provost Mark Becker may be GSU’s next president.

Kyle Moores

THE DAILY GAMECOCK

other institutions including the University of Florida,
U S C P r o v o s t M a r k University of Michigan and
Becker has been selected as Cornell University.

one of two finalists to fill

As provost, Becker is

the vacancy as president of the chief academic officer

Georgia State University.

of USC. He oversees the

Becker has served as the schools and colleges of the vice president of academic USC-Columbia campus as affairs and the provost at well as the school’s regional

Christine Galligan / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

USC students and staff members wait outside of Russell House for about 10 mintues after being evacuated Tuesday.

USC since 2004.

campuses.

Due to budget meetings,

Becker is in charge of

n o o n e f r o m U S C ’s creating and enforcing administration was available a system-wide academic to comment on possible affairs policy that oversees choices to succeed Becker tasks such as faculty hiring should he be appointed as and ﬁring. He also oversees

Students evacuate Russell

the sergeant on duty declined to comment and directed

Hundreds told to leave university union; ofﬁcials

GSU’s new president.

both the graduate and

reporters to contact University Spokesman Russ

Becker will be competing undergraduate programs at with Brooks A. Keel, the USC and provides budgetary vice chancellor for research oversight.

decline to comment, some call it ‘miscommunication’

McKinney.
Calls to McKinney were left unreturned.

Kara Apel

When asked to comment, Russell House Operations and Events Coordinator Ryan Gross declined. He said the Russell House staff was told not to comment.
Student Body Vice President Meredith Ross said she

and economic development

USC President Harris

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

and professor of biological Pastides was also a finalist sciences at Louisiana State in the GSU search for a

A mandatory evacuation of a couple hundred students

University.

president, but withdrew his

from the Russell House on Tuesday around 8 p.m. left had heard from other students a vague interpretation of many students searching for answers as rumors ran what had happened.

The regents at GSU name from the search on are expected to name one July 1 to remain a ﬁnalist in of the two as the successor the USC search.

rampant.

“Somebody walked in, put a bag down and left it,”

The evacuation, which lasted around 10 minutes, Ross said. “It was interpreted as a bomb threat.”

to retiring president Carl

The Daily Gamecock

was allegedly a response to an unknown package left in Russell House.
Russell House workers walked around evacuating students and staff members with little explanation.
Matt Shearer, a fourth-year English student, was one

Patton, but must wait 14 days made several attempts to after naming the ﬁnalist to contact Becker, but Becker

A USCPD police ofﬁcer who declined to be named,

make an appointment.

was also unavailable for

He has a doctorate in comment. statistics from Pennsylvania

said “somebody called about a package.” He declined to of the students evacuated. comment further. A number of other ofﬁcers including

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State University and has held positions at several

Comments on this story? E-mail [email protected]

Referee, Garcia collision innocent according to SEC, coach Spurrier

Football ofﬁcial not penalized for clash with quarterback

Pete Iacobelli

e Associated Press

Former Kentucky linebacker Wilbur
Hackett Jr.’s latest hit may be his most popular of all.

Keri Goff / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Fresh fruits and vegetables will be offered at the second Healthy Carolina Farmers Market today starting at 10 a.m.

The former Wildcat standout and current Southeastern Conference ofﬁcial was the umpire in last Saturday night’s LSU-South Carolina game and became an instant Internet sensation for his shoulder-first knock back of Gamecock quarterback Stephen Garcia. By mid-day Tuesday, there were at least 14 versions of the play on YouTube.com with more than 1 million combined views.
And that doesn’t count those who watched as ESPN featured the collision from its LSU-South Carolina broadcast on SportsCenter the past few days.
For the few left who haven’t seen

Farmers Market returns to USC

Gerry Melendez / The Associated Press

The Healthy Carolina Farmers Market will take place on Greene Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Only cash is accepted.

Wilbur Hackett was cleared by the SEC for his collision with Stephan Garcia.

The market will feature farmers from central South
Carolina and products will be available for individual purchase or by bulk.
USC’s Healthy Carolina Initiative, the S.C. Department of Agriculture and Student Government are sponsoring the event.
For more information contact Holly Harring at (803)
777-0597.

The crash knocked Garcia off balance their last lead in a game they’d lose 24- the clip, South Carolina stood first- as LSU safety Curtis Taylor rushed in 17 — it hasn’t stopped bloggers, sports

and-goal on the LSU 8 yard line when to ﬁnish the tackle.

talk callers and college Cyberfans from

South Carolina offensive lineman questioning if Hackett took the chance

Garcia took the snap, started right and

cut back left. Hackett, the umpire, slid Jarriel King helped Garcia up after to relive his playing days by laying out along the line of scrimmage with the the 4-yard gain, then put his big arm Garcia. play. Then when Garcia turned slightly around the quarterback and patted toward the middle, Hackett appeared him on the facemask. Even though the to step into the freshman quarterback Gamecocks scored a touchdown three
Not the case, the SEC says. The league’s coordinator of football

— Information from sc.edu
— Compiled by Assistant News Editor Kara Apel

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with his right shoulder and forearm.

plays later to move in front 17-10 —

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PIC OF THE DAY

Wednesday
Fun Facts:

Longstreet eatre

Ocean Isle
Remembrance Concert T-shirt distribution

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Russell House, Room
301

Campus Sustainability

• Longstreet was built in 1855 as a chapel and was designed to resemble a Roman temple.
• It was completed two years behind schedule and during construction its roof blew oﬀ ttwice.
• Longstreet has also served as a military hospital, an army, a gymnasium and temporary home to the state legislature.
• It was renovated in 1976 to become a theater and now seats 312.
• e building behind it used to be a swimming pool and now serves as a costume construction shop and shop support area.

Day

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Davis Field

Kiss the Pig

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Greene Street

Student Senate meeting

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. RH, Rooms 322/326

Keri Goff / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

American Red Cross
CPR class

Will Flourance performed at the Acoustic Cafe Student Competition at the Starbucks in the Russell House last night. The event was hosted by Carolina Productions.

5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Leconte 121

Students Tackling Academic Recovery

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. RH, Room 301

Local

National

World

Felony suspects will now

CHANTILLY, Va. — A new

TEHRAN, Iran — Russia,

have DNA samples taken drug store at a Virginia strip Iran and Qatar made the when they’re arrested, after mall is putting its faith in first serious moves Tuesday the South Carolina House an unconventional business toward forming an OPEC- on Tuesday joined t he plan: No candy. No sodas. style cartel on natural gas,

College Democrats at
USC meeting

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Calcott 011

Senate in overriding Gov. And no birth control.

raising concerns that Moscow

Mark Sanford’s veto of a bill requiring the procedure.
D i v i ne Me r c y C a r e could boost its inﬂuence over
Pharmacy is among at least energy markets spanning

South Carolina Student Legislature meeting

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• Longstreet is named after former USC president Augustus B. Longstreet who was an avid supporter of secession during the Civil War and led the student body to enlist en masse.

The samples would be seven pharmacies across from Europe to South Asia.

taken when people are the nation that are refusing

Such an alliance would have

Gambrell 152

arrested for felonies, as as a matter of faith to sell little direct impact on the well as for eavesdropping contraceptives of any kind, United States, which imports or peeping, which are even if a person has a virtually no natural gas from misdemeanors on f irst prescription. States across the Russia or the other nations. o f f e n s e a n d f e l o n i e s country have been wrestling But Washington and

thereafter.

with the issue of pharmacists Western allies worry that

Flying Gamecocks meeting

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gambrell 152

The House’s 86-25 vote who refuse on religious closer strategic ties between came after the Senate’s 38-0 grounds to dispense birth Russia and Iran could hinder override Monday and despite control or morning-after efforts to isolate Tehran over objections from Rep. Chris pills, and some have enacted its nuclear ambitions. In Hart, a Columbia Democrat laws requiring drug stores to addition, the United States

SALA meeting

8 p.m. to 9 p.m. RH, Room 305

— Information taken from sc.edu
— Compiled by Assistant News Editor Kara Apel

who said the legislation is ﬁll the prescriptions.

intrusive and too expensive.

In Virginia, though, gas pipeline to Pakistan and

opposes a proposed Iranian
“ W e n e e d t o g e t pharmacists can turn away India, key allies. government out of the lives any prescription for any of people,” Hart said. “This reason.
In Europe — which counts on Russia for nearly half of

Crime Report

bill grows government.”

“I am grateful to be able to its natural gas imports — any

And, Hart said, part of the practice,” pharmacy manager cartel controlled by Moscow legislation opens the door to Robert Semler said, “where poses a threat to supply and police asking for samples my conscience will never be pricing. even when t hey don’t violated and my faith does Russia, which most recently take people into custody. not have to be checked at the came into confrontation with

MONDAY, OCT. 20

and a white paperback textbook titled

“Legal Writing” from an unsecured locker.

Found contraband, 5:35 p.m.

Bates House, 1423 Whaley St.

The complainant, a resident hall supervisor, said that one of her residents notified her of a small plastic baggie possibly containing narcotics in the patio area.

Total value: $480 Reporting ofﬁcer: W . G uyon

“Something doesn’t match door each morning.”

the West over its ﬁve-day war

up in this bill, ladies and gentlemen,” Hart said.
Semler ran a similar with Georgia in August, has pharmacy before opening been accused of using its hold

Third degree burglary and grand larceny

Moore School of Business, 1705 College

“It’s a disappointment,” the new store, which is not on energy supplies to bully
Sanford spokesman Joel far from Dulles International its neighbors, particularly Sawyer said. “This was a Airport. The store only sells Ukraine.

St.

Complainant said an unknown suspect removed a black Dell Optiplex desktop computer and a black computer monitor from the room without permission.

Total value: $1367
Total amount: 4.8 g Reporting ofﬁcer: W . G uyon

bridge too far.”

items that are health-related,

Moscow cut natural gas

Police can already get including vitamins, skin exports to the former Soviet
DNA samples from suspects care products and over-the- republic over a price dispute

Petit larceny

USC Law Center second floor, 1112
Greene St.

Victim said that an unknown suspect removed a blue leather-bound textbook titled “Torts,” a brown leather-bound textbook titled “Contemporary Property,” if they show probable cause. counter medications. during the dead of winter in

On Tuesday, the pharmacy 2006 — a cutoff that caused

Hart said that shows

Reporting ofﬁcer: C. Carrington

authorities don’t want to use celebrated a blessing from disruptions to European the tools they already have. Arlington Bishop Paul S. nations further down the “We don’t want to have to Loverde. While Divine pipeline. give a judge a reason why we Mercy Care is not afﬁliated want to collect the DNA of with the Roman Catholic Union expressed strong

this person,” Hart said.

Church, it is guided by church opposition to any natural

The 27-nation European
— Compiled by Halley Nani

Sanford and the American teachings on sexuality, which gas cartel Tuesday, with
Civil Liberties Union have forbid any form of artiﬁcial an EU spokesman, Ferran complained, too, that the contraception, including Tarradellas Espuny, saying: legislation will leave DNA morning-after pills, condoms “The European Commission information in government and birth control pills, a feels that energy supplies have databases when people aren’t common prescription used to be sold in a free market.” convicted. by millions of women in the U.S.
Together Russia, Qatar and
Iran account for nearly a third of world natural gas exports — the vast majority supplied by Russia — according to U.S. government statistics. The three hold some 60 percent of world gas reserves, according to Russia’s state-controlled energy company Gazprom.
The United States — the world’s largest consumer of oil and gas — produces most of its natural gas needs at home, importing only from Canada and Mexico.
Russia is also a major oil producer, though not an OPEC member. For its part, Iran, in its standoff with world powers over its nuclear program, has threatened to choke off oil shipments through the Persian Gulf if it is attacked.

— Associated Press

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