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Do basketball The last thing I heard was my mother's screams and the fearful groans of the thousands of Gamecock faithful at Carolina Coliseum. The previous play flashed in my mind over and over again. The score was tied at 69. I had stolen the ball from Louisville's Pervis Ellison and was racing up the court with only four seconds left on the ^ clock. This was the Metro Conference basketball championship and we were about to pull the biggest upset in USC basketball history by knocking off the top-ranked Cardinals in the first round. 'I'Kol ' O Vl'VlAtt U? n ~ i i iai o n libit nil.-) Ill^llllliai C UCgUll. rCCllllg it 11 L'A" plosion in my chcst I dropped the ball and fell to the floor. 1 had heard of athletes having heart attacks at the biggest moment of their careers, but 1 figured it could never happen to me. But there I lay, grasping my chest, dying in front of panic-stricken fans. Soon I felt my Gamccock spirit leave my body. I was rising above the court, but this upward movement was not like those of Michael Jordan or Dominique Wilkins. Rather, it was a slow, gradual ? ? Resum< ' Thesis it ?^ 'P Term t " . Word P $2.00 per page 1230 Pendletc (lobby of Corne * 25m| opgv r AV?^!y> 934 Harden S. ( C J I breakfast serv j x V how opeij uni TRY THE BEST GET YOUR 6ARNET & BLACK READY FOR THE BIG GAME! IT" Conveniently located Th at the Russell House For Fast Service Try Our Professional Services I SHIRTS AND JEANS MAIN PLANT IN BY 1 P.M. (MON. THI OUT SAME DAY (BY REQUEST) BRANCHES IN BY 1Q A.M. OUT SAME DAY (I SATURDAY MAIN PLANT - IN BY 11 Your Total Fabric Care Cei Care Center CLEANERS LAUNDERERS I 425 Assembly St. 812 Meeting St. W. Cola. 1500 Woodrow St. 7417 Foreut 1) I'JAA L'l? 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I lllBmJIIIKIOlH & m boosters may have hooked up some bogus jobs and j we have a loud-mouthed former athlete chomping at the bit to nail our program. I hat doesn't mean | that we have committed any real major violations." j At hearing this, the judge inhaled and pondered ; his next statement. "1 still have a mind to slap your school on proba- | non," he said j "Your honor, those things are in the past. We're | paying tor it. Only nine players arc on the roster and ; another player we almost sivmed decided not to j come. Heck, even the coach left the school! I'm i begging you sir, please don't levy those sanctions." j I had had my say. It was now up to the judge and j Ins omnipotent jury, who had vanished from the scene to determine my school's fate. I questioned whether 01 not there was sympathy to be had for j those of us who had no part in the supposed | "wrongdoings " j I stood there in front of the bench for what seem- j to hf hnnrs. w;iilinu <111 1 lw? dt'i'icinn Th<*n tbf? 1 men in the black robes returned. I was, of course, j terrified. C ould this jury possibly find my school j guilty / It was a question that was to be answered in j a moment's tunc. ' I he jury returned and a lone member walked over j and gave the judge a slip of paper. [ "l his court hereby declares USC ..." i I he judge suddenly stopped. I felt myself falling j from the very invisible floor that supported me. I passed the University of Maryland on the way dow n [ I hen a burst of light flashed in my eyes, and 1 I looked up to see the ceiling of my dorm room. ! "It was only a dream," 1 thought. "Ihank God nothing like this could happen at US( I "Or could it?" I OT MONO? I I iy need people with Mononucleosis | | Bdical research. 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