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Eastover male arrested in USC rape case
by Patrick Rathbun
Senior Writer
A male suspect from Eastover was arrested Sat
urday afternoon in connection with the sexual as
sault and abduction of a USC freshman early Fri
day morning.
The 19-year-old suspect was arrested when an
I individual identified the victim’s stolen car and
called the authorities, according to Richland Coun
ty Sheriff’s Department spokesman Joe Pellicci.
The suspect was denied bail at a hearing Sun
day.
The 18-year-old victim was attacked after she
parked near the tennis courts on the comer of Blos
som and Pickens streets at about 2 a.m. Friday, ac
cording to USC spokesman Jason Snyder.
According to Snyder, the victim tried to get
out of her car, but was allegedly pushed back in
side by the suspect, who then told the victim to
drive to the Hopkins area, near Eastover, where
the sexual assault took place.
The suspect then took the car, leaving the vic
tim at the scene, where she sought help from
area residents, Snyder said.
No weapon was used, according to the Rich
land County Sheriffs Department.
The suspect is wanted in connection with at
least 14 other crimes, including criminal sexual
conduct and grand larceny, according to the
Richland County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect was also on probation for posses
sion of crack cocaine and unlawful use of a vehi
cle, according to the department.
Director of Student Life Jerry Brewer said a
combined effort has begun on campus to prevent
any further criminal activity.
“We’re posting information in residence halls,
giving updates veibally to hall staff and resident ad
visers, and encouraging people to use sense and
caution,” Brewer said.
Brewer said a meeting has been scheduled with
the major student organizations “to get informa
tion out there.”
“We want to hear from everybody," he said.
Brewer is also encouraging cooperation be
tween the USC community and law enforcement
agencies.
“It’s time to remind ourselves to work with
police and others for safety,” he said.
Brewer maintained that USC is statistically a
safe place and that every case is taken very seri
ously.
He added that the University Police Depart
ment has stepped up its efforts to prevent crime.
Director of Law Enforcement and Safety Ernie
Ellis said USCPD is “taking certain steps to en
hance the safety for faculty, staff, students and vis
itors.”
Law enforcement officers will have “increased
visibility,” he said.
Ellis added that students shouldn’t be worried
if a uniformed officer isn’t in sight.
“Just because [people] don’t see a uniform,
that doesn’t mean there’s no officer in the area,”
he said.
“We employ different techniques to identify
and arrest criminals,” he said.
Therei a “visible [police] presence” in the area
and on campus, Ellis said.
The USCPD is also working to improve safe- ,
ty measures, such as lighting and the placement
and number of call boxes.
Ellis said that for safety reasons, the parking
garages’ gates are raised between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m.,
and students can park during those hours without
fear of penalty.
He emphasized that the USCPD has a full-time
officer dedicated to crime prevention and com
munity relations. Sgt. Henry Garbade can be readied
at 777-0855.
Campus
Cleanup
1 to start
at USC
by Kelly Haggerty
Staff Writer
A new event called Carolina Campus
Cleanup will kick o(T Homecoming Week
on Friday.
Inter-Fraternity Council President
Taylor Jones is organizing the event to get
tlie USC community together and involved
in one project. Jones said that other col
leges, including Clemson, have had a pro
gram like this for years.
“We’re going to do something im
portant for campus. It’s an improvement
process. Finally, we are going to give back
* to the campus,” Jones said.
The event will begin when partici
pants meet at 1:30 p.m. Friday in front of
the Russell House and will last a couple
of hours, Jones said.
Working with Jerome Provence at the
Office of Facilities Management, Jones
decided to divide the campus into five ar
eas that need attention. These include ar
eas around dumpsters, parking garages,
residence halls and possibly the reflection
pool in front of the library.
Participants will mostly pick up lit
ter, but they will also weed flowerbeds,
dispose of cigarette butts and take fliers
down from telephone poles.
Jones wants students to clean up cam
„ pus before alumni arrive for Homecom
ing.
Tracy Bonds, who works on the
Homecoming Commission, agreed with
Jones.
“Tire event works out real well. For
us to be able to put it at the beginning of
the week is great,” Bonds said.
Students will join an array of organi
zations that are helping to sponsor the
event including Alpha Tau Omega frater
nity, the Sorority and Fraternity councils,
Carolina Productions, Omicron Delta Kap
pa, Mortar Board, Alumni Association,
Student Government and 77ie Gamecock.
ODK President Carrie England said
ODK members were enthusiastic about
participating. They’ll be beautifying the
I ODK Sundial Garden outside Currell
College.
“Because practically everyone on cam
pus is involved, there is going to be an
edge to gel out there and do tire best clean
ing while having fun,” J.J. England said.
Attorney General Chris Dorsel also
emphasized the importance of having fun.
He helped organize the event with Jones
and used his positions with SG and as pres
ident of Mortar Board to get those groups
involved.
"Clean Up see page 3
Almost 1,000 student tickets weren’t picked up
Travis Lynn The Gamecock
A lone student picks up football tickets at the Russell House during ticket distribution. The football team
had Its worst attendance of the season Saturday against Kentucky.
Music moguls come
to media arts classes
by Brock Vergakis
News Editor
Students taking Music Management
490 are being introduced to some of the
biggest names in the entertainment in
dustry.
Rusty Harmon, the manager of Hootie
and the Blowfish, is teaching the class, and
he's using his connections to bring in an
impressive list of guest lecturers.
At the last class meeting, record pro
ducer Don Gehman and Hootie drummer
Jim “Soni” Sonefeld were guests.
Gehman has produced such artists as
John Mellencamp, Hootie and the Blow
fish, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Hornsby and
R.E.M.
Media arts charwoman Sandra Wertz
said Harmon is leaching the class as part
of the media arts department’s celebra
tion of moving into McMaster College
this semester.
The program was previously housed
in the Coliseum.
Gehman and Sonefeld talked with stu
dents about the role of a producer in mak
ing an album and what the producer’s re
sponsibilities are.
“The producer’s job is to get that [mag
ic] out of you. To go from playing drunk
at night to playing sober at 9 in the mom
ing in front of a bunch of suits behind
the glass [in the recording studio],” Sone
feld said.
“It’s a lot different with no beer, no
■ jaegermeister, just one guy [the produc
er] behind the glass.”
Gehman said that oftentimes, a pro
ducer will have to tell recently signed band
members that their songs have to be cut.
He said that most songs are initially
long because bands are used to having to
pul on iwo-hour shows at ban from 12 to
2 a.m.
"We cut ‘Hold My Hand’ from 5:15
to 3:35 for the album," Geltman said.- Hav
ing songs a certain length is part of what
Gehman said is a formula. "Ninety per
cent of music on the radio is a soft of for
mula," he said.
Harmon played music from such bands
as Tom Petty and Santana featuring Rob
Thomas to illustrate what the formula is.
"Get to the chorus before you bore us. If
you don't get to the chorus before one
minute comes up, you'll bore us," Gehman
said.
Sonefeld drew a time line that he said
most successful pop/rock bands use when
deciding where the verse, chorus and bridge
go in a song. 'lt took me nine years to fig
ure all that stuff out, and you guys just
learned it in a few minutes," Harmon said.
Gehman said he doesn't lecture at
schools often but does so whenever he
can.
“I've done stuff with UCLA and the
Grammy people before. Whenever peo
ple ask, it's kind of important to give some
thing back,” he said.
In addition to bringing in Gehman and
members of Hoolie and the Blowfish, he
has already hid such guest lecturers as Doc
McGhee, manager of Kiss.
Also listed on the class syllabus are
Pat Magnarella, the manager of the Goo
Goo Dolls and Green Day, and Evan Lam
berg, senior vice president of EMI Music
Publishing.
Wertz said the class hits been so pop
ular that they’ve had to limit enrollment
to media arts majors. “We can't market it
[the class] because we've got loo many
now,” Gerlz said.
Football attendance lowest of season
by Brock Vergakis
News Editor
Attendance at Saturday's football game against the University of
Kentucky was the worst this season for a USC home game, according
to figures released by the athletics department.
According to the figures, nearly 10,000 fewer fans were present
for Saturday’s game than at the season opener against East Carolina, and
at the Mississippi game.
The announced attendance at the game was 73,500; however, these
figures include event and concession workers, as well as those in the
press box.
The stated capacity for Williams-Brice Stadium is 80,250. But by
including event stall'attendance, figures can exceed capacity as they
did at the ECU and Ole Miss games this year.
Associate Athletics Director of Ticket Operations Chris Massaro
said fall breakwas part of the reason for low student turnout.
“Absolutely, our students have been terrific, but I know a number
of students who decided to stay home with the long break,” he said.
Other fans decided to go to the State Fair instead. Charlotte resi
dent Michael Moore said he normally goes to all the home games but
decided to go to the fair Saturday since the team is doing so poorly.
“It really wasn’t a tough decision. I’m tired of seeing tlrem lose all
the time. At least if I go to die fair I know I’ll come away happy,” Moore
said.
Gamecock wide receiver Jermale Kelly said it was frustrating to
see all the empty seats Saturday.
“It’s very disappointing ... I believe the fair is keeping a lot of
people away,” Kelly said.
Helping boost Saturday’s attendance was a strong showing of Ken
tucky fans. However, USC’s next home opponent is Vanderbilt, and its
fans have already returned 2,000 of their allotted tickets.
Massaro said that Athletics Director Mike McGee is responsible
for scheduling the games, but that he’s given little leeway with SEC
games.
Head coach Lou Holtz said he had more important things to wor
ry about than Saturday’s attendance.
“Dr. McGee is far more intelligent about that [scheduling games]
than I am. I’ve got far more problems dealing with quarterback center
exchange,” Holtz said.
Business sophomore Matt Jenkins said he thought it was a bad idea
to schedule a home game the same weekend as fall break and the
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