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Page 2 use Mock competitic staff writer RUTH NETTLES ton While many students have been er} preparing for tests and mid-terms, the forj thirteen members of the USC Mock iCal Trial team has been preparing for much top more. The USC team has been in com- aid petition for only five years, but they me already have qualified for national al s competition. "In Mock Trial, you're given a tri- teg al by the American Mock Trial Asso- stu ciation, and you have the affidavit. ^ai Then you develop and portray the char- 'sin acter in competition," said team member Jody Hill, a sophomore in the Hon- ^ * ors College. 0 c The teams practice with one an- ^ other intensively before competition. tga "We did a lot of scrimmaging with Furman and each other, getting t^a nnf rmaona on rl rlnonc Ar\\im onrl or?f _ wui wiwoowo uiiu wuow uunu uiiu uti V6I* ing out our case," explained Jessica Hern who acts as an attorney for the tea team. ver Hern described the team's trial Uni as "a self-defense case. A high-profile Sp celebrity shoots her son." Cit J : I (and mark ^ Specializing in Condos in the USC & Uptown Let Us You A} Call Us For All Your I I Sales: 799-0859 or 1 I Limited <Pl w 1 1 X-yj j | 11? i w# IB Blir Ml! I Call your Gar Equipment otter valid while supplies last, required. Otter available at participating I Trial qua ^ r\ >n m "It's a game of spin control. My atney and I bring into light whatev- of r lelps the case I'm called to witness Sor " said Hill, who acts as a local medl examiner who performed the au- regj sy on the victim. T0l] The team is coached by Dr. Don- ancj Songer, a professor in the depart- gj^ nt of government and internation- jyjjT .tudies here at the university. He has coached the team since it ^ [an. Columbia attorney and doctoral ^ p dent in political science Tammy t rver has been assisting the team , ce 1996. m There are two different squads hin the team, informally referred is the Garnet and the Black teams. a Both have earned much sought-afbids after defeating other regional 01 s ms at the Southeastern Regional s*ai ck Trial Association Tournament t was held Feb. 7-9 at Furman Uni- ^ng sity. reff To earn their national bids, the m defeated students from the Uni- a^v sity of Tennessee, Central Florida and iversity, East Tennessee State, USC- teai artanburg, Furman, and The to v adel. Son Resources I and Townhomes Columbia Areas Senate Vlaza ~Wtlshire Jiouse Vark Circle Vlace on the Green Barmvell Colony Vlaza Centre tome ftt The City teal Estate Needs 888-799-0859 J I? Nn ri inl Time Offer! rhb hi ijiajiwMBSaa necock sales rep < Activation fee required. Annual contract required. Subj ocations only. Certain restrictions apply. See store for c News The Gamecock lifies for nat Moines, Iov "Schools compete through a series Earning the egional qualifying rounds," said team because t iger. Most ot tn< "The top three teams from each before, and mos on go to the National Championship or sophom ores, imament in Des Moines. The fourth He express I fifth ranked teams qualify for the the youth of thi rer Flight National Tournament in optimism for th meapolis." Songer att The Black team was selected to team's success t ipete in the National Championship "They have i tpril, and the Garnet team will com- in experience v e in the Silver Flight Tournament of intelligence Jarch. Songer. The team also won many individ- "Other teair awards in addition to the nation- tice at invitatio ids. , . we often can't a Jessica Hern, a freshman Hon- Songer. College student, won Most Out- As a result, riding Attorney. perience agains Tiffany Jackson, a freshman managed to be jlish major was selected for the all- cessful anyway ional team as a witness. The studenl "Tiffany makes her character come and they kno re with an outpouring of emotion from the organi I passion. When she turns on the "It really gi\ s, even the opposing counsel seems to law and the ju vant to rush to comfort her," said what I want to iger. Hern. 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