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GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu 0 GAMECOCK INSIDE j J ; WEATHER INDEX VIEWPOINTS SG President and i tH^'t M \ ^ ^ ^ 1A TODAY j Viewpoints 3 Cliff resident manager hash it out. 3 ; IT hp / 111 It ill I TJT*I Etc. S ETC. USC student forms his own ! \ V H v I I I I 1/ I III J Low 45 Comics 6 wrestling league. S j M l||f||8|l% I __ Tuesday : Sports 7 *"R"veG^eff?rt " 7 | \L/ U-IIIWUCIV | "jgf j 8 Serving USC since 1908 | | GAMECOCK BRIEFS Peer Conduct Board recruitin members The Peer Conduct Board is r< cruiting new members. Application may be picked up at the Towers mai lobby in room 200 before Saturday. Fc more information, call Tammy a 777AOTQ ? -VU f o. "Undecided on a Major" worksho to be held at the Career Cente The Career Center will have workshop, "Undecided on a Major," wit Liz McCormack Tuesday at 2 p.m. Fc more information, call 777-7280. Volunteer with Internationa ^ Students ^ The Office of Community Servic Programs and the English Program fc Internationals have created a commi nity service class for International sti dents. Students in the class will engag in one community service project p week and invite all USC students t participate. The first "One-Shot" wi take place Thursday from 1:30 p.m. I 3 p.m. For more information, call 77' 6688. ^ Shuttle Pilot to speak at S.C. Stat Museum Lt. Cmdr. Susan Still will discus her experiences in space and on th ground at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Stat Museum. For more information, ca 707 y?QQ1 W I ? Peer Health Educator application available ^ Peer Health Educator applicatior are available in the Health and Wei ness Programs office in the basemer of the Thomson Student Health Cer ter through Monday. Peer Health E< ucators receive three academic cred: hours. Czech out the International Coffe House A International Programs for Sti dents will be sponsoring an Interns tional Coffee House. All students ai invited to come at 7:30 p.m. Wednef day to the Gressette Room of Harps College (on the Horseshoe). Slavic an Czech Republic food will be served. Ca 777-7461 for more information. Alternative Spring Break locatioi a announced Alternative Spring Break will b helping poor and homeless families i the mountains of North Carolina thi year. More information will be ar nounced at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday i Russell House room 301, or call 771 6688. Meet Your Student Governmen Day will be Wednesday A Student Government will hoi Meet Your Student Government Da Wednesday. Student Government rep resentatives will be in front of the Ruf sell House all day, and students are ir vited to the senate meeting in th Russell House Theatre at 5 p.m. wit! pizza and drinks afterward. Ebonics lecture to be held The African-American Studies Pit _ gram and the Linguistics Program wi fp sponsor "Ebonics 101: Frequently Aske Questions." Dr. Charles DeBose, a vis :x: r rn i: r lung pruiessor 01 linguistics iroui ta ifomia State University-Hayward, wi speak at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Garr brell Hall, room 258. The event is fre and open to the public. Hopelights fund raiser to suppor survivors of sexual assault Student organizations will be ii ^ front of the Russell House Nov. 10 an Nov. 11 to garner support and dona tions for the Hopelights project for sui vivors of sexual assault. For more ir formation, call 777-8248. Sleep-out on Russell House pati The Office of Community Servic Programs is sponsoring a sleep-out a 8:30 p.m. Nov. 17 on the Russell Hous patio. Donations or oia Diannets will b A accepted. For more information, ca 777-4223. Gamecock Briefs is a service of Th Gamecock. Organizations are welcom to submit entries to the news editors bu the newspaper is by no means obligal ed to print submissions. The editors re serve the right to determine what is pub lished and when it is published. ^ compiled by Kristin Richardson T b ; i Ebonics j MATTHEW MYERS Staff Writer is : n ; Political science senior Mich? ^ Thompson believes ebonies is the m< ) ridiculous idea he has ever heard. : If you ask enough students at UJ : what they think about ebonies, you a ? sure to hear similar comments. Tfa tViia lrind nfnacrntiva QAntima that Dr. Charles DeBose, a visiting li jr j guistics professor from California Sta | University at Heyward, hopes to d I pel with his lecture, "Ebonics 101: Fi ; quently Asked Questions," which ^ j will give Nov. 5. In fact, DeBose doesn't partic (r I larly like the term ebonies, largely 1 h * 'e i sr i o jo I mam &BBb$ e j feSto^^r / l" : mj' : 9 ~ h [a' sr : mm n ; a Quarterback Anthony Wright ! man (No. 91) in the secon anchor had much promise i |0 r ! toward postseason play for 11 ACL and MCL ligaments in h 8 J ter, Wright's season was over l- ; n : r- ; ! Tobacco th d i v ? JESSICA VANEGEREN Staff Wrii >- j i- : Everyone knows illegal drugs a i- harmful, but with one of the most a e | dictive drugs still on the market, Ami k * irorta aro nuarlnnlrinrr fka om o II Ui V wTViiwwaiiig ill*/ uaiuai j caused by tobacco. Teen smoking is on the rise amo: South Carolina teens, a trend that : reflected nationwide, according to t * 1995 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, cc ! | ducted by Dr. Robert Valois, an ass I date professor in USC's School of Pi lie Health. jj : There is a social situation that L J occurring, and tobacco is a part of i e I said Dr. John Ureda, a professor ; USC's School of Public Health. This social situation causes ! percent of teens to try smoking cig t ; rettes, Ureda said. Teens want to n d : t- : Oct 30 j Recovery of stolen license pla i- j 1300 Greene St Arresting officer : trolling large Davis field was inforn by a pedestrian that a green Do< 0 j Ram pickup truck had just bacl I into a car with a USC emblem on e j door. Officer observed suspect leav lt I large Davis field west on Greene Str e I Officer stopped vehicle, and susp 6 ! mai/] iknl VtA win a frAinrr fn fka nnliAi .. SaiU tliat lie? TTOO gvillg IV W1C pviiv I report the vehicle accident. Suspect : turned to accident location with _ j resting officer, and a records chi e | revealed the license plate on the s e i peefs vehicle was stolen, and his So t Carolina driver's license was suspenc - | Suspect was arrested and transpor t to Richland County Detention Cen : Oct 27 _ Simple possession of mariju? | and possession of drug pa : phernalia, Bates House. Arrest J i lecture t< cause of the negative connotation the term already harbors. ie' "Unfortunately, when the new dic)st tionary comes out, it [the definition] will be associated with slang and sub3C standard English," DeBose said. There is no validity in the belief that some languages are intrinsically better than others, DeBose said. in!te "All human languages are equal is. and cut from essentially the same mold, re- consisting of words and rules for he combining them into phrases and sentences," DeBose said. :u- He said the belief that African)e American English falls short of the Ill BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock , (No. 1) is tackled by a Tennessee Hned quarter. The junior and offensive > and talent that hoped to be directed , Gamecock football. After tearing his lis right knee later in the second quar- ^ Le drug of cho ter in control of an aspect of their life, and smoking gives them control. re There is a strong tendency durl(*' ing adolescent years to want to belong. er" Teens begin to assimilate smoking as a social situation, a way to establish intimacy between friends. ng js "Damage caused to the heart and he lungs from smoking is irreversible," >n- said Dr. James McNamee, associate 30- professor at USC's School of Medicine, ib- "Nicotine is a highly toxic chemical that gives 7,500 to 10,000 chemicals ;'s when it is burning. Non-smokers should be aware their health is also at risk if m continually around a smoker." 80 Because the affects of smoking are ra- irreversible, people who start smoking be young are more likely to have health problems later in life. officer was dispatched to the above lol;e cation in reference to incident. Upon pa_ arrival, there was a strong odor of what ie<l smelled like marijuana. Further injge vestigation revealed a plastic bag of ie(l what appeared to be marijuana in the the trash can and items of drug para ing phernalia on the top shelf of the closeet. et and on the counter of the room. Items ,ect were taken into evidence, and suspect s to was issued two courtesy summons, re- Oct 26 , Possession of marijuana with inec tent to distribute within 1/2 mile ^ of school, Gervais and Heidt ^ streets. While on routine patrol, arresting officer observed subject vehiter cle driving erratically, weaving and crossing white line dividers. Officer initiated a traffic stop and ordered the ina driver from the vehicle. There were ra- three other individuals in the vetoing cle. The driver consented to a vehicle ) clear up quality of standard English is the root of most misconceptions. respi "It is not slang, and there is no scientific basis for considering it bad, sub- lts U! standard or incorrect," DeBose said. "They are speaking correctly, follow- rect | ing different rules than those of stan- er," s dard speech." mini Dr. Carol Myers-Scotton, director of the USC linguistics program, echoed repk DeBose's point, explaining why African- the s American English has not been ac- ence cepted in its own right by the Ameri- late t can public. to th "What they're doing is not judging the variety itself but the people that cy th sDeak it." Mvers-Scotton said. to scl Carolina offense major setback w \CHIM HUNT Sports Editor "I c said. ?T There was a huge sigh of relief would tl in the North Stands after Anthony y?u-*P' Wright went down early in the sec- out any and quarter of Saturday's game Pen.in against Tennessee with an ankle af?amst 3prain but returned quickly to the e C0UI ?ame two plays later. ter the i With the next Carohna posses- on the p 3ion, those sighs of relief turned in- ^ ^ to groans of miseiy. On the third down ,. ? w af the series, with Wright in the shot- co^'g ^ jun, he hobbled the snap deep in the season Gamecocks territory. After regaining anythinj aontrol the ball, Wright moved about pjay ar in the pocket before he was hit by pjay the fennessee defensive end A1 Wilson. lie Wright's knee buckled under Wil- after th son, and the entire crowd of 106,301 man Vi fans went silent as Wright lay on the Wright i jround clutching his knee. the Flor The game paused for 10 minutes ^enn 0V6F 01 is head trainer Rod Walters attend- . . ' Jd to Wright. , Wi After a trip to a local hospital, it expecte pvas determined that Wright suffered Wright s i tear his anterior cruciate and me- tices am iial collateral ligaments in his knee, much ai [t was the first major injury in progres Wright's playing career. back for ice for Americ 1 een smoking is increasing among prote white males and females, as well as cine, black males. The only group of teens. y not responding to advertisements and cjrcu peer pressure is black females. jjacco Black females are among a group getin of teens called aspirational non-smok- ment ers, teens who never try smoking. This cruci group includes 20 percent of the total American population. ^ ^ Aspirational non-smokers believe their they are too involved in school and extracurricular activities to smoke, Ureda said. ' cam< Smoking not only causes health on problems, it also leads to situations that are illegal and addictive. succe "Adolescent smokers are about 20 for y percent more likely to use cocaine and hope 16 percent more likely to try marijua- and; na," said Dr. Peter Johnson, a research late. cmmwmm] ^ O ate( ny c ^tr?Btf k ? victi to hi compiled by Kim Coxe and Deb by an(j Homes wjn search, which revealed a large, clear terplastic bag containing a green leafy Ject substance that a field testing kit de- ^ termined to be marijuana. All four oc- jQca* cupants refused ownership and were j arrested. About $1,300 in cash was 8j seized from subjects two and three. Sub Marijuana was weighed at USCPD at ing 40.5 grams, and the vehicle was towed the misconc However, many people who may to set other dialects of the English th lage still have reservations about 3e in schools. *" ^h It is teaching people that incor- ca [nonstandard] grammar is prop- fie aid Scott Robinson, a business ad- in' stration junior. DeBose said that the aim is not to er ice standard English but to use so tudents local variety as a referpoint that teachers can use to re-' pj( he structure of standard English e student. pr Tit is part of a rich cultural lega- in at African-American children bring mi 100I with them, and teachers need wl T L a suffers a ith loss P :ouldn't believe it," Wright XI his is the type of thing you tiink would never happen to ayed the entire season with- I major injuries. For it to hapthis game, on television, one of the Top 10 teams in itry, it's disappointing." son was almost apologetic aflame about hurting Wright 'lay. old him my prayers are with ilson said. "Hopefully, he will ick stronger than ever next I told him if I could change R] I, Td go back and change that id he would come back and ! rest of the game." 0f ad Coach Brad Scott said siti e game that redshirt fresh- bui ic Penn, who came in for at Tennessee, will start both th( ida and Clemson games. If jey its hurt before the season is ^ei ne of three walk-ons will goj er the quarterback duties. right's knee rehabilitation is pe, d to be long and strenuous. Re still plans to attend both prao- js j a games to neip out renn as wh s he can. If Wright's rehab pe] ses as expected, he will be bes his senior season next fall. att th? di\ :an youth ~ ifo] ssor at the USC School of Medi- ^g sto iVith all the negative information c lating about cigarettes, the to- me industry stays in business by tar- S1S, g teens with creative advertise- on s, Ureda said. Targeting youth is Pu al to the business, Ureda said. ra With the removal of Joe Camel, oeared RJ. Reynolds had changed inc . i i.j J* Rn largeiea auaience. ~ Pel "Camel's new ad is slick," Ureda ret "You automatically try to find the cor si. It is like looking for the bunny tru te cover of Playboy magazine." The tobacco industry has been y.0, issfully persuading teens to smoke on ears, Ureda said. Ureda said he an is American teens will wake up wc put out the "butts" before it's too SCPD lot because driver couldn't of e ownership, permission to oper- hi )r insurance coverage. gl . 25 sc o break-in, attempted larce- q >f radio and possession of tools rime, S-6 lot Arresting officer ob- L ed subiect Dark in incident loca- ii t, exit his vehicle and look into p im's vehicle. The subject returned p( is own vehicle to retrieve a tire iron r< inserted it into the victim's car , dow, causing the window to shatThe officer then observed the sub- 11 run back to his car and exit the v ting lot. After several minutes, the a ject returned to original incident f( tion, reapproached the victim's ve- sj e, opened the door and attempted ^ teal the victim's stereo equipment, ject was scared off before remov- a the stereo and attempted to flee a scene. He was stopped by backup f< eptions know how to build upon it rather an tear it down," DeBose said. Other opponents of ebonies fear at the implications of such an edution would be to compound the difmlfir fV* rtf w ftntf V?1 nnlra UmaaItim/* uitj mat mcuij uiav^Ais 1 ate ui cazviii^ to the working world. "You can't get by without a propeducation in English," economics phomore Jody Hill said. DeBose, however, said that peoe with dialects different from stanrd English will ultimately be able to oudly use their native dialect withtheir cultural community and siultaneously use standard English len needed. Jniversitv ffirmative ction olicies aider fire jfcL-Jg\rmm?irofiro3 r higher educatloi EGINNA GREEN Senior Writer Tamara Keith chose to attend one America's most prestigious univeries, not because it was one of the best t because of who comprised the best. Keith, 19, studies philosophy at i University of California at Berke. The school's diverse faculty and stunt body are two of the reasons that idified her choice to attend. There are a lot more collective ex iences on a campus like Berkeley's," ith said. "The way you learn in life from experience, and being someere where you experience others' exriences and they share yours is the st way to learn." Since the Berkeley junior has been ending the school, the very policies it have helped to make Berkeley the rerse institution it is are possibly aring extinction. In 1996, California voters overelmingly cast their votes for the Calrnia Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), o known as Proposition 209, which od to eliminate all instances of disaiination against or preferential treatrnt of any person or group on the baof race, sex, color, gender or national gin in regard to public education, LI * 1 x J LI' uuc employment ana puonc concting. Supporters of the proposition, who :luded the University of California ard of Regents, California governor te Wilson and former assistant secary of education Michael Williams, itend the initiative is a return to the le concept of civil rights. "I was concerned that no matter w nobly we intend it, when we rely proposals that favor some students d not others, we risk violating the ,rda in mir flnnstitntinn renftflted ACTION page 2 ficers and arrested. Subject had in is possession two screwdrivers. The lbject's vehicle contained additional :rewdrivers and the tire iron. ct. 24 arceny of snack foods, BA Buildrig, Basement canteen. Comlainant, a custodial supervisor, reorted that while making his morning junds, he found the following item am aged: one coin-operated vending lachine belonging to Cromer food serices. The front glass was shattered nd assorted snack items were taken >r an estimated loss of $136. One Pepi refrigerator storage unit belonging 3 Mariott food services also was damged. The door handle was broken, and ssorted drink products were removed )r an estimated loss of $35.