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fA dream come true’
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■ Outback Bowl win
> caps off landmark season
for Gamecock football team
by Brock Vergakis
The Gamecock
Before the Outback
Bowl, Ryan Brewer
scribbled two things on
his wristbands. He
wrote “No regrets” on
one wrist and “To the End” on the
other before rushing for 109
yards, scoring all of USC’s touch
downs and catching three passes for
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92 yards on the way to a 24-7 thumping of Ohio State.
“I wanted to play with no regrets and go all the way to the
end,” Brewer said. “It’s something I did in high school. I want
» ed to get myself a little pumped up for this game.”
Brewer had extra incentive to play well against the Buck
eyes. A native of Troy, Ohio, he had grown up an OSU fan and
wanted to wear the Scarlet and Gray in his collegiate career. But
even though he was named Mr. Football in the state of Ohio,
the Buckeyes didn’t offer him a scholarship. They said he was
too small. But in the New Year’s Day game, he showed them
how large he could play.
“He played an outstanding game,” OSU defensive tackle
Ryan Pickett said. “Hats off to the man. He played his heart out.
I have to give him all the credit in the world. He’s a little man,
but he played like a giant.”
With the suspension of Derek V&tson, Brewer became USC’s
go-to guy for big plays. And big plays are exactly what he pro
vided.
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Turnaround season
Tbe Gamecocks rebounded from it disaarous ti
ll camptagain 1999 to past on 8-4 record this
season, h am am of Use biggest smglosenon
turnarounds in college football history.
9/2 New Mexico State W, 31-0
9/9 Georgia W, 21-10
9/16 Easton Michigan W.41-6
9/23 Mississippi State W, 23-19 |
9/30 at Alabama L, 17-27
10/7 at Kentucky W, 20-17
10/14 Arkansas W. 27-7
I 10/21 at Vanderbilt W, 30-14
10/28 Tennessee L, 14-17
9/23 at Florida L, 21-41
9/30 atClemson L, 14-16
10/7 Ohio State* W, 24-7
■Note: Neutral site
Sean Rayford/The Gamecock
USC’s Ryan Brewer celebrates his third touchdown of the Outback Bowl en
route to the Gamecocks’ 24-7 victory over Ohio State. Brewer, a native of
Ohio, was a big playmaker In the game In the absence of leading rusher
Derek Watson. Brewer, who was passed over by Ohio State, was voted the
most valuable player of the Outback Bowl.
Student critically injured on Pickens Street
■ 1 olice, family search
for information as student
remains unconscious
by Meredith Key
Tiie Gamecock
Columbia police are looking for in
formation about a 22-year-old USC stu
dent found Dec. 15 lying unconscious in
he road on the 600 block of Pickens
Street.
Marine science major Daniel Duke
was found lying in the street a few min
utes after 3 a.m. by a passeiby, according
to Columbia police. Duke was uncon
scious and bleeding profusely from the
head. He was transported to Palmetto
Richland Memorial Hospital.
Duke remains unconscious and has
been moved to an out-of-slate health fa
cility. After sending copies of the vic
tim’s x-rays and photographs to an ex
_ pert, police believe
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right side of the
head with a flat sur
face.
The blow was
extremely hard,
likely delivered by
a moving object,
such as a car mir
Duke ror or something
projecting from the
window of an automobile, police say. Po
lice think the victim was walking near
the yellow line.
The victim’s family spent the hdli
‘I want everyone I possibly can to know
about this incident so no other family will
have to go through this.’
Heather West
Student who found Daniel Duke unconscious
days in the hospital in hopes of getting
information about the incident. Chris
Duke, the victim’s brother, said his fam
ily is trying to find out who is responsi
ble.
“We are trying very diligently to find
the person or persons who did this to my
brother,” he said.
The victim’s family also wants to get
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help from students, alumni and faculty
members, he said.
“Alumni, students and faculty sup
port USC. through sports and education;
my brother was no exception,” Chris
Duke said. “I went to a football game,
and the support was immense. Now my
brother needs help, and I hope the sup
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USC kicks off
bicentennial
celebration
■ Palms highlights
accomplishments,
looks to the future
| by Brandon Larrabee
r.- The Gamecock
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Stressing themes of community and
education, government leaders and uni
versity officials gathered Wednesday on
the Horseshoe to kick off USC’s bicen
tennial celebration.
“As we celebrate our beginning 200
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looms over
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with great faith and
hope, greater faith
and hope than ever
— especially in
light of our recent
collective accom
plishments — to
tho h«nnninp( (till
to come,” USC President John Palms said.
“In this bicentennial year, we join together,
as our first students did on this very Horse
shoe, and remember the ideals that have,
like Carolina, endured. Today, we renew
our determination to face the challenges
of our time and to live up to the enduring
principles of this place we call our own.”
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Michael Ronquillo/The Gamecock
Media arts professor Randy
Herald and his daughter, Bonnie,
talk to Cocky on Wednesday at
the barbecue after use’s bicen
tennial kickoff. The kickoff was
the first event of the yearlong
celebration of the 200-year
anniversary of USC’s founding.
Hodges’ budget
proposes to slash
university funding
■ Officials say the planned
15 percent cuts could lead
to heavy tuition hike
by Brandon Larrabee
The Gamecock
USC officials say a proposed cut in state
funding of 15 percent could be “catastrophic” to
the university and could trigger tuition hikes or the
loss of programs.
The proposed cuts are part of a plan by Gov.
Jim Hodges to slash the state budget by 15 percent
across the board. The state is attempting to avoid
a potential shortfall of $500 million.
In a Jan. 5 letter to Donald Hottel, Jr., chief of
staff of the House Ways and Means Committee,
Palms said cuts to the university’s budget could en
danger the institution’s financial stability and have
long-lasting effects.
“We already confront serious financial con
straints, and to cut our appropriations further will,
undermine the financial stability we have so dili
gently pursued and threaten the status of our bond
rating,” Palms wrote. “...Simply pul, the effects
of such budget cuts would be felt by this institu
tion and our state for decades.”
A cut of 15 percent would force USC to raise
tuition 32 percent, according to a letter written by
Palms. USC’s regional campuses might raise tu
ition anywhere from 20 to 40 percent, Palms wrote.
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Proposed
budget
At a glance
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■ PROPOSED
CUTS; 15 percent
across the board,
including all colleges
and universities
■ TUITION HIKE:
USC leaders have
proposed offsetting
the cut by hiking
tuition up to 32
percent
■ OTHER
PROPOSALS:
Cutting programs
and limiting
enrollment aren’t out
of the question to
offset the shortfall,
according to USC
president John
Palms
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Coming Up
An interview
with Playboy’s
Miss February,
Lauren Hill.
Friday
Quote of the Day
■
"Success requires no
explanations; failure permits
no alibis.”
— Napoleon Hill
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