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WHAM-A, ’BAMA, THANK YOU, MA’AM-A
Tight end Rod Trafford makes the game-winning catch from Phil Petty. The resulting 37-36 score marked the first
time the Gamecocks had the lead, photo by travis lynn
USC slams ’Bama
BY CHRIS FOY
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The 11th time must be the charm. After fac
ing and falling to the Crimson Tide ten times
since the formation of the NCAA, the Game
cocks finally got a monkey off their back Sat
urday afternoon as they pulled off a two-touch
down comeback victory with nine minutes left
in the game to win 37-36.
Alabama quarterback Tyler Watts ran in
a 9-yard touchdown to put the Tide up 36-24
with 9:01 remaining on the clock. The Game
cocks, who had struggled offensively, includ
ing a three-and-out on their previous drive,
responded with a 2-yard touchdown by Derek
Watson to pull within six.
South Carolina’s defense, which had strug
gled the entire game, came out and shut down
the Tide's offense, sending them three and out.
The Gamecocks then had a chance to re
gain the lead with just less than four minutes
remaining. Starting at the 44-yard line, quar
terback Phil Petty made two runs to start off
the series, going for 12 yards and a first down.
After the offense lined up in the shotgun
formation, Petty went back and fired a 37-yard
strike to Andrea Gause, who was brought
down at the 7-yard line. On the following play,
Petty moved out from the T-formation and
completed a pass to tight end Rod Trafford for
the touchdown.
After kicker Daniel Weaver kicked the ex
tra point, South Carolina led 37-36, the first time
the Gamecocks had led the game. The defense
came out and continued to dominate, keeping
the Crimson Tide out of scoring distance and al
lowing the Gamecocks to win the game.
After the game, fans rushed the field and, for
the third time in less than two seasons, tore down
a goal post
The win moved South Carolina up in both
national polls, to No. 12 on the coaches’ poll and
to No. 13 on the AP poll.
♦ FOR MORE ON USC’S WIN, SEE PAGE 8
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PHOTO BY AARON HARK; GRAPHIC BY BRANDON LARRABEE
HEALING
HANDS
Campaign will
promote the
prevention of
domestic violence
BYGINNY THORNTON
TIIEIiAMKCOCK
As part of Creed Week, the USC
Office of Sexual Health and Vio
lence Prevention will sponsor
“These Hands Don’t Hurt,” a
month-long campaign during Oc
tober to promote awareness and
prevention of domestic violence.
October is National Domestic Vi
olence Awareness Month.
“These Hahds Don’t Hurt" will
begin this week with a display
table on Greene Street every day
through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3
p m. Students are encouraged to
come trace their hands on a large
These hands
DONT HURT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AWARENESS
First in a series
canvas to pledge their committ
ment to ending interpersonal vio
lence. Workers from the Sexual
Health Office will distribute stick
ers, flyers, brochures and banners
throughout campus to promote
awareness of relationship vio
lence on campus.
Students can also submit cre
ative writing and art in all forms
of media for a campus-wide art
contest. All work, which should
feature the themes of hands, rela
tionship violence, surviving vio
lence and practicing non-violence,
is due at the Sexual Health Office
♦ HANDS, SEE PAGE 2
Internationals show
unity at State House
BY MICHAEL STUTZ
THE HAMECOPK
Members of Columbia’s in
ternational communities con
verged on the State House
grounds Sunday afternoon to ex
press sympathy for the victims
of [he tragedies of Sept. 11 and to
show solidarity with America.
The event, sponsored by the
International Friendship Min
is-tries of the Midlands, took
place on the north steps of the
State House. The flags of 79
countries flew on the steps.
While people arrived, Katya
Slyeptsova from Ukraine played
the flute softly. Initially, the PA
system for the event was not work
ing, so the crowd had to move in
very close in order to hear.
State troopers encircled the
perimeter of the north grounds,
some looking tense while others
stood leisurely. The mood was
reverent and inviting. People
representing many ethnicities
walked around speaking quiet
ly with each other. There were
couples pushing strollers. Some
children ran around, playing
lightheartedly with each other.
The ceremony officially began
with Pastor Satish Raiborde,
originally from India, giving a
prayer of sympathy, compassion
and unity. Formally introducing
the ceremonies, Dr. Raj Aluri,
the president and founder of
IFM, described the attacks on
New York and Washington as be
ing “the deepest sorrow this
country has experienced.”
Aluri feels the message of the
day was not a message of poli
tics, but one of unity. “We are all
one human race,” he told The
Gamecock before'the event. “We
come from one root, one her
itage. Under the skin, we are the
same. All of us but the Native
Americans trace our heritage to
somewhere else.”
One of the most stirring mo
♦ RALLY, SEE PAGE 5
Taliban confirms
bin Laden is still
in Afghanistan
Ashcroft says
‘serious threat’
of more strikes
BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The Taliban
government confirmed Sunday
that Osama bin Laden is still in
Afghanistan but the White House
flatly rejected an overture to ne
gotiate his fate.
"Meantime, Attorney General
John Ashcroft warned of a “very
serious threat” of new terrorism
against Americans that may in
crease if the United States retali
ates for the Sept. 11 attacks.
“We believe that there is the
likelihood of additional terrorist
activity. And it is our job to do
whatever we can to interrupt it, to
disrupt it,” Ashcroft said on CBS’s
Face The Nation.
“We believe there are others
who may be in the country who
would have plans,” Ashcroft said
when asked about the ongoing
hunt for those behind the strikes
against the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon.
Also on Sunday, Taliban leader
Mullah Mohammed Omar told his
people in a radio address not to
worry about a U.S. attack because
“Americans don’t have the
courage to come here.”
Earlier, a Taliban envoy ac
knowledged for the first time that
bin Laden is in Afghanistan and
under the control of the Taliban.
He said negotiations might be pos
sible if the United States offered
evidence linking bin Laden to the
attacks.
“He’s in a place which cannot
be located by anyone,’’ Taliban
ambassador to Pakistan Abdul
Salam Zaeef told journalists in Is
lamabad.
Zaeef said the Taliban, who
have rejected a series of appeals
to hand over bin Laden and avert
a military confrontation, were
willing to talk.
“We are thinking of negotia
tion,” he said,
adding that if di
rect evidence ag
ainst bin Laden
were produced,
“it might change
things.”
White House
Chief of Staff An
drew Card re
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we’re not negotiating.”
Card said the Taliban govern
ment has been told what to do.
“They’ve got to turn not only
Osama bin Laden over but all the
operatives of the al-Qaida organi
zation. They’ve got to stop being a
haven where terrorists can train,”
he said on Fox News Sunday.
Bin Laden must “be purged
from Afghanistan and the Tal
iban knows that,” Card said. “The
United States is very patient, but
we want to see justice done and
we want to see it done quickly.”
Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld was skeptical of the Tal
iban claim.
“It was just a few days ago that
they said they didn't know where
he was, so I have no reason to be
lieve anything a Taliban repre
sentative has said,” Rumsfeld said
on NBC’s Meet the Press.
The continuing threat against
Americans was cited by Ashcroft
as he argued for legislation he said
would help confront those plotting
terrorism.
He called on Congress to meet
President Bush’s deadline of Fri
day for approval of the adminis
tration’s plan.
“We think that there is a very
serious threat o£ additional prob
lems now. And frankly, as the
United States responds, that threat
may escalate,” Ashcroft said.
“Very frankly, we need to do
everything we can here at home,’f
the attorney general said, re
peating his claim that his de
partment needs increased pow
ers for surveillance, the ability
to use information gathered by
foreign governments and the
♦ ATTACKS, SEE PAGE 2
bin Laden
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Sidney Speakman, visiting from Israel, watches over the
daughter of two friends at Sunday’s rally, photo by aaron hark
uses PAST
October 7,1873
Henry E. Hayne, South Carolina
secretary of state, enrolled in
USC medical school and became
the university’s first African
American student.
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