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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons September 2007 9-19-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_sep Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007" (2007). September. 7. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_sep/7 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in September by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Sports The Mix Local News............. 2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion..................4 Men’s soccer travels to Durham to Pale comedian Jim Gaffi gan regales Puzzles....................6 face the No. 9 Duke Blue Devils. USC students with his mysterious tales Comics.....................6 Horoscopes...............6 See page 7 of dreaded Hot Pockets See page 5 Classifi ed.................8 84 65 84 67 dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 VOL. 101, NO. 19 ● SINCE 1908 Tasering stuns UF campus Donations Student attack opens increase by police brutality issue, protests planned 28 percent Travis Reed Th e Associated Press and corporations. Private gifts aid Dodenhoff said gifts for GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The student scholarships and University of Florida asked university, enhance fellowships totaled $8.9 state investigators Tuesday million. Gifts for faculty to review campus officers’ faculty, up budgets enhancement, including use of a Taser on a student chairs and professorships, during a forum with Sen. Brad Maxwell totaled $2.5 million. Support John Kerry. THE DAILY GAMECOCK for capital projects reached University President Private donations to the $12.9 million and program Bernie Machen called the University of South Carolina enhancement support was confrontation “regretful” totaled $66.9 million during $34.1 million. Unrestricted and said two officers were the 2007 fiscal year, a 28 gifts totaled $8.6 million. placed on administrative percent increase from last “What’s important for leave pending the outcome year’s $52.3 million. students to know is that if of the probe. Gifts are allocated for it weren’t for private giving The 21-year-old student, student scholarships, they would be paying 44 Andrew Meyer, a senior recruiting and retaining percent more in tuition,” telecommunications major, faculty members, campus- Mauer said. spent a night in jail before wide renovations and Dodenhoff said that while his release Tuesday morning academic programs that the amount the university on his recognizance. He had span all of the university’s receives from the state no comment when he left. regional campuses. Andrew Stanfi ll / The Associated Press remains mostly consistent, Some Florida students Donors are “very excited University of Florida student Andrew Meyer struggles with University Police as offi cers it doesn’t match up with reacted angrily to the about the direction of the try to remove him from a question and answer session with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. increasing costs in the arrest, planning protests university and they are university budget. and possible sit-ins against feeling very good about the challenge the 2004 election The Associated Press in do?” While philanthropy alleged police brutality. things happening here,” results and whether he and Washington. Video of the event is now continues to soar at the University police said in said Michelle Dodenhoff, Bush were members of the After Meyer repeatedly on YouTube and available university, Dodenhoff said a news release that offi cers associate vice president for secret society Skull and and loudly refused to walk elsewhere online. there is always room for had been summoned by the development. Bones at Yale University. away, offi cers came to escort Meyer was arrested on more. forum’s sponsors to escort More than 38,000 alumni Kerry, D-Mass., said him out. As two offi cers take charges of resisting an “There’s not enough of Meyer from the building. and friends of the university Tuesday he regretted that Meyer by the arms, Kerry officer and disturbing the it,” Dodenhoff said. She said They added that Meyer gave this past year, a 44 a healthy discussion was can be heard saying, “That’s peace, according to Alachua the increase in philanthropy was Tasered because he percent increase from last interrupted, and said he all right, let me answer his County jail records, but out-pays inflation and resisted when offi cers were year. Alumni gave a total of never had a dialogue end question.” the State Attorney’s Offi ce increasing costs. attempting to place him in $21.6 million. that way in 37 years of public As Kerry told the audience had yet to make the formal Mauer said her office, handcuffs. “People are just really, appearances. he will answer the student’s charging decision. Police annual giving, deals with Monday’s scuffle started really excited about the “Whatever happened, “very important question,” recommended charges gifts under $10,000. Funding when Meyer refused to leave momentum here. Success the police had a reason, Meyer yelled at the offi cers of resisting arrest with given from alumni through the microphone after his breeds success,” Dodenhoff had made their decision to release him, crying out, violence, a felony, disturbing annual giving supports allotted time was up, police said. that there was something “Don’t Tase me, bro,” just the peace and interfering scholarships, renovating said. He had asked Kerry Among this year’s private they needed to do. Then before he was shocked. He with school administrative classrooms and “fi lling the about impeaching President gifts, eight totaled $1 million it’s a law enforcement was led from the room, functions, a misdemeanor. library shelves.” Bush, why he didn’t or more. The donations issue, not mine,” he told screaming, “What did I came from both individuals DONATE ● 2 GRE update ready for this November Meet Mike Huckabee Shotts said that the course. Last year, ETS had planned Kaplan, others off er diffi culty of the test material “I think I would defi nitely a much more dramatic doesn’t necessarily matter take a test prep course,” Lyell change of the test, initially students prep courses as much, since GRE grades said, “but I have a couple of deciding to almost double it for changing exam are “normed,” which more years before I have to in length and switch to an means they are graded on a start worrying about that.” “adaptive” format, meaning curve, comparing students’ Kevin McCauley, a fourth- the diffi culty of each question Kathleen Kemp STAFF WRITER performance with one year psychology student, said would increase or decrease another to come up with a he plans to go to graduate depending on how students grade. school in the psychology fi eld, performed. This would have The Graduate Record Jessica Lyell, a second- but that he hasn’t looked far eliminated the option to Examinations, more year sociology student, said enough ahead to worry about “skip” a question a student commonly known as the she plans to go to graduate the GRE yet. didn’t know. GRE, will be updated this school, and hopes to find “Honestly, I haven’t even Ewing said that the GRE November. out about any changes to the looked into it yet,” McCauley has changed regularly Tom Ewing, a spokesman test from a test preparation said. over the past, but that the for Educational Testing overhaul originally planned Services, who put out the for September seemed like GRE, said that this change too much, too quickly. will have a relatively minor Ewing said the new effect on students. questions will most likely be “Essentially it’s the same eventually integrated into the test with a couple of questions test, though he doesn’t know that are new, but they won’t when that would take place. count,” Ewing said. The GRE, which students Steve Shotts, lead instructor take when applying to with USC test prep, said that graduate school, is governed the changes also include by a board comprised of making some of the math graduate school deans and questions fi ll-in-the-blank. admissions officers. Ewing Shotts said that math said they were the people questions were traditionally responsible for deciding on Steven Senne / The Associated Press multiple choice to make changes. things easier on the grader. There are several GRE -Republican presidential candidate But since the GRE is now prep courses available for taken on a computer, fi ll-in- -Meeting with College Republicans students, including Kaplan the-blank questions are now on Gervais St. and USC’s more practical. 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. own test prep courses. “Personally, I don’t think Jennifer Kedrowski, the Russell House Ballroom C this will make the test any GRE program director easier or harder,” Shotts See him later at Congaree Grill in 5 Points, from for Kaplan Test Prep and said. “Students will think it’s harder, though.” GRE ● 3 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 Parking agonies, towing frustrate residents of Sterling by the River which handles towing for all enough resident parking to go guaranteed a parking spot apartment. 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