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r Serving the Carolina Community since 1908 vol. 94, No. 84 University of South Carolina www.dailvgamecock.com Today’s Weather This Week: Scattered T-storms on Wednesday, partly cloudy this weekend Inside This Issue Weezer makes a comeback with new CD see Page 7 Online Poll WHAT SHOULD THE LEGAL U.S. DRINKING AGE BE? It should stay the same (21). 18 year olds can vote; they should be able to drink. CO/ Anyone who wants ® '0 to should be able to drink alcohol. CO j The drinking age ■H should be raised; there are too many problems now. Next Week’s Poll Do YOU SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY? Cast your vote at www.dailygamecock.com. Results will appear next Wednesday. Quote of the Day “When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretful ly upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” — Alexander Graham Bell Erich Schlegel/College Press Exchange McVeigh’s attorneys Nathan Chambers (left) and Robert Nigh speak to the press on Sunday after visiting their client for the last time. McVeigh executed for 1995 bombing by Sharon Cohen Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Unemotional to the end, Timothy McVeigh was put to death Monday without uttering a word. More than 600 miles away, those whose lives were shattered by his bomb watched the execution via a video camera, finding neither the apology they hoped to hear or the suffering some wanted to see. McVeigh’s eyes rolled back, his lips turned slightly blue and his skin appeared jaundiced as he was pronounced dead at 8:14 a.m. EDT. in his last moments, his tace was as blank as it was that April day six years ago when America first saw him escorted out of an Oklahoma jail. The 33-year-old decorated Gulf War veteran was the first inmate executed by the U.S. government in 38 years. He was convicted of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City that killed 168 people, 19 of them children. To the nation, it was the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil. To Timothy McVeigh, planting a 7,000-pound truck bomb at a building filled with innocent people was a “legit tactic” for his one-man war against the government. In Oklahoma City, 232 survivors and victims’ relatives watched the execution on a closed-circuit television broadcast, sent in a feed encrypted to guard against interception. A small camera had been installed overhead in McVeigh’s death chamber, and he appeared to be looking into it when he died. McVeigh just gave us that same glare that makes me think he got what he wanted,” said Karen Jones, whose 46-year-old husband, Larry, was killed in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Kathleen Treanor, also at the broadcast, carried a photo of her 4 year-old daughter, Ashley Eckles, who died along with Treanor’s in laws. “I thought of her every step of McVeigh see page 2 Kappa Sigma picks lot in Greek Village by Michelle Costley The Gamecock USC will soon be able to boast what other major universities of the Southeastern Conference already offer students — a Greek Village. Kappa Sigma is the latest fraternity to sign a contract with the university claiming a lot to build a house in the Village. The fraternity held a meeting Tuesday with alumni and its housing committee to choose a specific lot within the Village, as other greek organizations did when picking their specific lots. “Kappa Sigma is very excited about future growth for the chapter and the growth of the Greek housing project at USC,” said David Shroder, vice president of Kappa Sigma and chairman of the undergraduate chapter housing committee. “We are happy to be a part of this addition td the university.” The fraternity joins Zeta Tau Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega, the only other greek organizations that have signed legal contracts for lots. Though construction hasn’t started yet, “It should begin at least by.late June, early August,” said Director of Greek Life Gena Runnion. According to Runnion, members of the fraternities and sororities that drew lots in the Greek Village this past spring semester should be able to move into the houses in the spring semester of 2002. Both the organizations and their alumni are in charge of choosing the Village seepages Blossom Street Summer internships provide students with job experience by Greg Hambrick The Gamecock In the fast-paced “experience required” job market, some students are getting a step ahead this summer through internships. Student interns work for little to no money to get on-the-job training — training that will put them ahead of other applicants when it comes time for serious job searches after graduation. Nearly every major has internship opportunities if students are willing to step out of Columbia for a couple of months. This summer, USC students have filled positions at BellSouth Corporation, Capro Inc., SMI Owen Steel Company and Walt Disney World. Third-year student Heather Phillips is currently interning at a men and women’s fine apparel shop in Lexington. Intern seemge2