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vol. 95, no. 4 University of South Carolina www.dailygamecock.com Today’s Weather 85 ^ 68 This Week: Scattered showers today, cloudy and rainy this weekend. Inside This Issue ‘Planet of the Apes’ not as good as the original see Page 8 Online Poll What SHOULD BE THE RESULT OF Tt-E Condon-Hooges law SUTT? It should be dropped. Condon is right — Hodges acted illegally. Let Hodges win, already - he spared colleges from drastic tuition hikes. MTV should ask Condon and Hodges to appear on a special S.C. version of “Celebrity Deathmatch.” Next Week’s Poll Are you satisfied with YOUR HOUSING FOR FALL? Cast your vote at www.dailygamecock.cotn. Results will appear next Wednesday Riverbanks Zoo PRICE: $725 for adults, $4.75 for children 3 to 12, free for children 2 and younger, HOURS: Riverbank s admission gates are open daily from 9a.m. to 4p.m. Visitors may remain in the park until 5p.m. On weekends during Daylight- Savings -Time, the admission gate closes at 5p.m. andthe park closes at 6p.m. DIRECTIONS: off M26 at Greystone Boulevard in Columbia WEBSITE: www.riverbanks.org Ann Marie Miani/The Gamecock Kwan is the largest and only male ape in the new Riverbanks Zoo gorilla exhibit. The three remaining apes, all females, are on human birth control— because the lowland gorilla is an endangered species, gorilla breeding in the United States is closely moni tored by a group of veternarians and other experts. Gorillas in our midst Riverbanks Zoo premieres four gorillas by Mackenzie Clements The Gamecock □ rom toddlers perched on their parents’ shoulders to retirees craning for a look, people crowded to see four gorillas lazily scratching their stomachs and wiggling their toes. Meanwhile, from within their glassed-in quarters, the apes watched the humans. Last week’s sneak preview for Riverbanks Zoo society members was the first time the zoo’s newest inhabitants — a gorilla troop consisting of three females and one male — had faced an audience there. The exhibit opened to the public Saturday. The gorillas are on loan from Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo for three to five years while Lincoln Park s great ape facility is being renovated. The gorillas, all of which were bom in captivity, handled the 19-hour road trip from Chicago well and seemed content in their new surroundings. Judging from the crowds that gathered Tuesday and Wednesday, the gorillas are sure to be the 27 year-old zoo’s star attraction. Nearly 10,000 people attended the sneak preview, Riverbanks officials estimated. “They’re absolutely amazing in . the way they move and the qualities that they have — which seemingly Gorillas see page 2 IRS mails tax refund checks, but not everyone will benefit by Shawn Miller The Gamecock Mail from the Internal Revenue Service at this time of year is normally a bad thing because it means you’re being audited. But nationwide, people have been delighted at receiving checks from the IRS, issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, for up to $600. The checks are part of $38 billion in relunds doled out to taxpayers as part of President Bush’s tax cut plan. South Carolinians alone will receive $516 million in refunds. But not everyone will receive a tax refund check. __ Taxpayers President Bush claimed as dependents on someone else’s tax returns — the status of many USC undergraduates — will receive no refund. Refunds see page 2 Computer virus to hit again by Greg Hambrick The Gamecock USC is bracing itself for another onslaught of the “Code Red” virus, scheduled to have hit at midnight Tuesday. Security engineer Ronni Wilkinson, who’s been working this week on protecting the network from the virus, said she doesn’t expect the USC community to experience any problems because of Code Red. But it was a different story last week, when USC Web access went offline late on July 19 after Code Red, set to attack the White House Web site, was found in the network system. A message posted on the school’s official Web site that night said, “Because of the spread of the Worm virus that is infecting USC devises and causing havoc with Internet access, we have been forced to shut off HTTP services to and from our campus.” Students and faculty trying to sign on to many school run Web Virus seepage4