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Students By AARON SHEININ Sports Editor When word spread across campus that Carlos Turner had been accused of stabbing his girlfriend Friday, the reactions from students ranged from the shocked to the outraged. Turner had just signed a letter of intent to play basketball at USC this past Wednesday. Saturday, he was facing first degree assault and first degree burglary charges in Louisville, Ky. after he alledgedly stabbed his girlfriend seven times with a butcher knife. Nicole Shrivers, 18, suffered stab wounds to the chest, neck, back and arms. After he stabbed her, he left the house and stabbed himself once in the chest. Carey Evans, a senior guard on USC's basketball team, said he can't believe what happened. "I was shocked when I heard," he said. "I met him when he was here. He didn't appear like that to w me. Gamecoc From Staff Reports The North Carolina Tar Heels came back from a 7-0 first quarter deficit to defeat USC 21-17 Saturday at Chapel Hill, N.C.. UNC, 6-4 and hoping for a postseason bowl bid, got 144 yards rushing and one touchdown from tailback Natrone Means and two scoring strikes from quarterback Jason Stanicek in the victory. USC senior quarterback Bobby Fuller threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns, completing 24 of 40 with one interception. Running back Rob DeBoer led USC in rushing with 53 yards. The Gamecocks, 3-5-2, came out throwing in the first quarter, as Fuller found receivers David Pitchko and Robert Brooks and sizable gains to keep alive a 13-play, 73-yard drive. Fuller USC volley first-ever SI By SEAN RYAN Staff Writer ( The stage was set. Senior Caryn Case, in her last home match, served for the match. ! No less, an SEC match. Tennessee i slapped the ball into the net and 1 the Lady Gamecock volleyball * team won their first ever confer- 1 ence contest. l The Lady Gamecocks dominated r the match from start to finish to 1 take a 3-1 win against the Lady \ Vols. The match also marked the j last home match for senior Amy Skidmore. For her and Case, the I win could be no bigger. I "It's great to go out winning," t said Skidmore, who chalked up an ] ace in the match. Case said, "I'm ( glad we put it together, in my last s home match forever, to get our J first SEC win." Case had 6 kills and an ace in the victory. \ Coach Bonnie Kenny said she is j sad to see Case and Skidmore \ leave. "I'm glad we won, because \ they will always remember their last match," she said. "Caryn was s a leader by example throughout a her career. Amy always accepted ti at ScTy dooK / y Store.""- .4s ejB ; react tc Evans said he hopes this won't affect USC's recruiting, but he said he thinks USC's coaches will be more cautious in their recruiting. "Hopefully it won't have an impact on our recruiting nationwide," he said. "I think the coaches will take a little more precaution when recruiting people. (USC assistant coach, and Turner's former high school coach Stan) Hardin had coached him for three years and ?*:ii J!J-k t sun uiun i Know, it proves that there are still things you can't know about a person." USC economics senior Lee Weeks said this typifies USC's athletic program. "I think it all comes back to (athletic director) King Dixon," he said. "Everything reflects his demeanor. That's one man's opinion." HRTA senior Jason Heath agreed. "Just when it seems things are turning around for the Gamecocks, something terrible happens, :ks lose t capped the march with a six-vard "This was by far our biggest vin," Kenny said. "We did a great ob at the net, and we passed very veil. This was the hardest we've >layed all year." USC still has to travel to Missisippi St. and Alabama on Nov. 22 nd Nov. 23 followed by the SEC Durnement in Mobile, Ala. Wyes? ^ doss jv^unne+h ii?m ??? strike to Brooks in the left corner of the end zone. Marty Simpson's PAT gave USC a 7-0 advantage with 5:38 left in the first quarter. Freshman tailback Brandon Bennett rushed eight times for 26 yards on the drive. Means brought the Tar Heels back in the second quarter, scoring with 14:46 left in the half on an eight-yard scamper, where he reversed his field on a sweep to the richt and eluded a tar.kle from USC linebacker Gerald Dixon. Late in the first half, the Tar Heels took the lead when Stanicek's pass was tipped by Dixon and fell into the hands of receiver Randy Jordan in the end zone. Clint Gwaltney's PAT gave the hosts a 14-7 lead. ball wins EC match her role as a designated server and defender, which is tough. Both were always dependable." The Gamecocks raced out to a ?-3 lead in the first game of the natch, before winning 15-5. USC won the game with two points off Skidmore's serve. Libby Ralston tad two block solos in the first Same, along with 9 kills in the natch. Then, USC took a hard ought second game 15-12, by vinning the final 6 points of the game. After losing game three 15-6, lie Lady Gamecocks dismantled he team from Knoxville to take he fourth game 15-6. The win im5roved their record to 13-21 '1-11). Amy Iannoccari led the assault with 13 kills in the match.* Jennifer Guess added 8. > recruit'; and it seems like something terrible happens all the time," he said. Heath said he does not believe the blame lies with head coach Steve Newton. "I think Steve Newton is being unjustly criticized for this," he said. "Even if (Turner) came from a depressed background, sometimes you have to take a chance on something like this. It's not something you can predict" Finance senior Bill Osborne also said it seems this latest incident is par for the course at USC. "I think it shows the ealiher nf athlete and person we recruit at USC," he said. The question of whether Turner still plays at USC was highly disputed, however. Michael Barton, senior International Studies major, said barring incarceration, Turner should be allowed to play. Barton said, "If he's not convicted, why not let him play?" Heath, however, said it would >attle of C But USC responded as Brooks returned the kickoff 39 yards. Fuller then hit Pitchko on two throws of 15 yards during a sixplay, 54 yard drive. Brooks got his second TD reception of the game with 43 seconds left in the second quarter, when Fuller hit him in the left flat from four yards out to knot the contest at 14 at halftime. USC got the ball to open the second half but Fuller was intercepted by UNC's Eric Gash. Means then broke four tackles on a 55-yard run to the USC one. On the next play, Stanicek was sacked for an eight-yard loss but he regained his composure, hitting Joey Jauch in thfi hark r?f thp r>nH /raw with 12:01 left in the third to give i the Tar Heels the lead for good at < 21-14. . f^old a piece of tape up to your eyes, dim the lights and try to fill out your taxes. Now you're seeing things from her point of view. For this woman it's poor eyesight, for someone else it might be arthritis or maybe they just can't cope. The fact is, last year 4 million Americans got the help they needed from IRS Volunteer Assistance Programs. ^H$50Min KviflsRSi! HB$160Mii [ ;1:.V Per Mc Males with A and Special bonus progi Kl 31 [<A] I|Ii 2719 Middle! I JL | Suite 1 . Columbi; | W I 254-65 S^^ologicals $ actions be nice, but it's not something that should happen. "In one respect, I really want to give him the scholarship," he said. "But on the other hand, that's not really something you can do." Susie Simons, an Education junior thinks Turner needs psychiatric help, before playing basketball becomes a consideration. "I would think he'd need to go thru a whole lot of counseling before he played anywhere," she said. "It's sad that we lost a good player, but he needs help." Weeks said Turner should definitely not be allowed to olav at use. "I hope they don't offer him a scholarship," he said. "I hope they revoke it (The incident) didn't really surprise me. He was a stereotypical hot-head recruit." Criminal Justice senior Alan Crawford said he knows why this all happened. "Steve Newton now knows what the Chicken Curse is." "arolinas USC fought to tie the game but could only manage a 39-yard Marty Simpson field goal with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. A last-second bomb by Fuller was broken up by the Tar Heel secondary to preserve the win. Brooks' two touchdown catches helped him to surpass Sterling | Sharpe's career touchdwon reception mark. 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