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STATE
Clyburn attracts
D.C. Democrats
CHARLESTON (AP) — Now
that South Carolina’s
Democratic primary is one of
the earliest in the nation, U.S.
Rep. Jim Clyburn can expect a
few more presidential hopefuls
visiting his state.
This past weekend, U.S. Rep.
Dick Gephardt, D-Mo„ and U.S.
Sen. Christopher Dodd, D
Conn., competed for attention
from Clyburn, who is a key link
to South Carolina’s black vote.
Clyburn dismissed talk that
the visits from the visits were
to size up presidential bids in
2004 and their chances of suc
cess in the state’s Feb. 3 presi
dential primary, which has
been moved up to right behind
Iowa and New Hampshire.
The presidential campaign
talk, “that’s two years down the
road,” Clyburn said. “I’m in
terested in this year,” he said.
Gephardt said his visit was
more about making sure
Democrats regain control of
the House during mid-term
elections this November.
Stolen tools found
on dead man’s land
GREENVILLE (AP) -
Authorities have found nearly
$6,700 worth of stolen tools in
side the garage of a Greenville
County man who was shot to
death in a Beaufort County
storage unit last month.
Nearly $30,000 worth of
stolen tools have been recov
ered since Beaufort County in
vestigators began searching for
suspects in the Feb. 22 slayings.
Shawn Sandlin, of
Simpsonville, and his child
hood friend Robert John Walsh
of Hilton Head Island, were
shot to death with a high-cal
iber weapon while building
wood cabinets inside a Bluflton
storage unit, authorities said.
Investigators said most of
the tools they were using came
from a trailer that had been
stolen in Charleston County
days before. No one has been
charged in the theft of the tools.
NATION
GOP ready to fight
over nominations
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Senate Republicans will do
"whatever is necessary” to en
sure that majority Democrats
hold confirmation hearings
for President Bush’s judicial
nominees, a leading GOP law
maker said Sunday.
The comments from Sen.
Don Nickles, the assistant mi
nority leader, were the latest in
the partisan bickering follow
ing the party-line defeat last
week of a White House nominee
for the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Nickles, R-Okla., said
Democrats have been holding
up the nomination process
and 20 Bush nominees have
not had hearings in the Senate
Judiciary Committee. Some
nominees have been waiting
almost a year, he said.
“We have to get some kind of
agreement that we’re going to
take up these judges, or else
Republicans are going to do
something,” Nickles said on
“Fox News Sunday.” He did not
elaborate.
Daschle promises
to pass reform bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Senate will pass campaign fi
nance legislation by week’s end
even if lawmakers must work
around the clock to overcome
opponents’ stalling tactics,
Senate Majority Leader Tom
Daschle, D-S.D., said Sunday.
A final vote on the bill,
which would briiig about the
most significant changes in a
quarter-century in how cam
paigns are financed, could
come as early as Wednesday.
Passage would send it to
President Bush, who has indi
cated he would sign it.
Republican opponents, who
say the restrictions on contri
butions violate First
Amendment free speech rights,
admit they are in the minority.
But even if supporters gain the
60 votes needed to limit debate,
Senate rules give opponents 30
hours to debate the measure
WORLD
Mideast meeting
set after attacks
JERUSALEM (AP)-In back
to-back attacks Sunday, a
Palestinian suicide bomber
blew himself up in front of a
Jerusalem bus and a
Palestinian gunman killed a
teenage girl in a shooting spree
near Tel Aviv.
Visiting U.S. envoy
Anthony Zinni condemned the
violence but managed to
arrange a meeting between se
curity commanders Sunday as
part of his attempts to mediate
a cease-fire amid the worst
spate of bloodshed in nearly 18
months of Mideast fighting.
Also, Israeli sent tanks to
Bethlehem, moving within 200
yards of the Church of the
Nativity, built on the spot where
tradition holds that Jesus was
bom. One Palestinian militia
man was killed in an exchange
of fire, and Israel later pulled
back to its former positions near
the edge of town.
Despite the confrontations,
Israel Defense Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said he
was optimistic a cease-fire
could be reached soon.
Russia weakens
stance on nukes
NEW YORK (AP) - Russia
could agree to a new nuclear
arms pact that would allow the
United States to store some de
commissioned weapons for pos
sible future use instead of de
stroying them, Defense Minister
Sergei Ivanov said in an inter
view broadcast Sunday.
Ivanov’s comments on
NBC’s “Meet the Press” sug
gested a softening on what
Russian officials have called
the main sticking point in
progress toward a deal on nu
clear arms cuts.
Russian officials have ex
pressed strong concern over
U.S. plans to store decommis
sioned weapons instead of de
stroying them, allowing them
to be used in the future — in
cluding against Russia if rela
tions take a turn for the worse.
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
Traci Heincelman poses with friend Jason Lockrow, who
said Heincelman was outgoing and intelligent, but humble.
Heincelman
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Heincelman was a McNair
Scholar and a student in the
Honors College. Her involve
ment at USC included the
Marine and Aquatic Research
Experience, Carolina for Kids
and Carolina Productions.
“Traci loved everything she
did, but she was probably most
involved with MARE,” Pross
said. MARE, run by Professor
Doug Williams, is a program de
signed to give undergraduate
students hands-on research ex
perience.
Heincelman studied in
Australia during her third year.
Her scholarship is evident in
her list of honors, which in
cluded Phi Beta Kappa. She also
was named the Howard Hughes
Undergraduate Fellow her third
year.
“Though she was always really
outgoing, she was a very humble
person,” said fourth-year chem
istry student Jason Lockrow, an
other of Heincelman’s friends.
“We had a semester of class to
gether before I knew how intelli
gent she was and how she had qui
etly set about half the curves.”
Lockrow said Heincelman al
ways talked proudly of her fam
ily and was a big sports fan.
“When she was in Australia, she
would call her family every
Sunday morning to find out how
the football team did.”
Pross said: “Traci was always
fun to be around. It’s not just
“You can say she
almost graduated or
almost got to go to the
Bahamas, but I don’t
think anyone should
say ‘almost’ about
Traci. She had already
accomplished so much
as a 21-year-old.”
JENNE PROSS
FOURTH-YEAR MUSIC STUDENT
something people are saying.
She always found a way to be ex
cited about every little thing.”
“We will miss her,” Palms said.
“We have expressed to her fami
ly the sorrow ofithe Carolina fam
ily. Our thoughts are with all the
students who were involved in the
accident and their families.”
The Honors College will hold
a memorial service for
Heincelman, but a date hasn’t
yet been set.
A scholarship fund has been es
tablished in Heincelman’s mem
ory. Donations may be sent to the
Traci Heincelman Memorial
Fund in care of the USC
Development Office, 607 Byrnes
Building, Columbia, S.C., 29208.
“You can say she almost
graduated or almost got to go to
the Bahamas, but I don’t think
anyone should say ‘almost’
about Traci,” Pross said. “She
had already accomplished so
much as a 21-year-old.”
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Basketball
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The Lady Flames, led by fresh
man Stephanie Walker, clawed
their way back into the game dur
ing the second half. The Big South
All-Rookie team member finished
with 19 points, 11 of which came
during the second half, and trig
gered Liberty’s late-game charge.
Ujhelyi, the oft-overlooked cen
ter from Hungary, led USC with
19 points and added 11 rebounds
during the victory, her first dou
ble-double of the season. Walvius
praised the junior’s defense as one
of the keys to the first-round tour
nament win.
“Petra has been the defensive
stop for us all season,” Walvius
said. “She’s a big reason we’ve
been as succes'sful as we’ve been
this season ... and she doesn’t get
a lot of credit.”
After the 15-day layoff since the
Lady Gamecocks’ disappointing
SEC Tournament loss- to
Arkansas, Walvjus felt the en
couragement from the fans at the
Frank McGuire Arena.
“Fans help you win games,” she
said. She said their support “in a
critical game situation — that
gives you the emotion, at times, to
win a game.”
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Green also felt the crowd’s impact
of the crowd; the noise made it im
possible to convey his instructions
during the game’s closing seconds.
“I wished we could have com
municated a little bit louder," Green
said. “We didn’t have the personnel
I .wanted on the floor... That was a
coaching mistake, I guess.”
The Lady Gamecocks’ next op
ponents are the Cincinnati Lady
Bearcats, who defeated St.
Peter’s 76-63 in overtime
Saturday night.
Geter showed more of that
championship poise as she
summed up her teammates’ mood
and their thoughts about
Monday’s second-round matchup
against the Lady Bearcats, who
_ finished the regular season with
a 26-4 record.
“We’re fortunate to come out
with the win, but right now it’s all
about Cincinnati and taking care
of business Monday night,” Geter
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