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k THE MIX: USC students serve as “Best Buddies” to handicapped «► Women reach Sweet 16 rnuiu bY KUbtn I L Christina Ciocan and Jocelyn Penn go airborne in excitement al the women’s basketball team defeated Cincinnati 75-56 on Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. USC defeats Cincinnati in second round ofNCAAs BY J. KEITH ALLEN THE GAMECOCK The USC women’s basket ball team erased a one-point deficit with a 25-0 run Monday night and defeated the Cincinnati Lady Bearcats 75-56 to advance to the East Regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Gamecocks head to the Sweet 16 for the third time in school history and for the first time since 1990. They will take the court at 11:30 a.m. Saturday to play seventh-seed ed Drake in Raleigh, N.C. Monday night’s second round victory held special meaning for USC head coach Susan Walvius. “This an exciting time for us, advancing to the Sweet 16,” Walvius said. “We’re proud to represent this university, the state of South Carolina and the Southeastern Conference.” The two teams traded baskets early in the first half with nei ther squad getting out to a large lead. USC pounded the ball in side and scored 20 first-half points in the paint, while Cincinnati opted for the long range shots. The Bearcats knocked down four 3-pointers in the opening half, and guard K.B. Sharp connected on two consec utive shots from beyond the arc as part of a 9-0 first-half run. After another Sharp 3-point er put her team ahead 18-15 with 11:18 remaining in the first half, Cincinnati went into a horrible shooting slump and could only muster six points over the remainder of the half. The Bearcats connected on two of 23 field goal attempts before heading into the locker room down 27-24. Chris Warren drives to the hoop during Tuesday night’s game. Carolina led by as many as six points early in the second half when Cincinnati put together a seven-point run to regain the lead, 41-40, with 12:06 left in the game. USC senior Tatyana Troina then hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key to start the Lady Gamecocks’ 25-point charge. After a Bearcats foul, Troina connected again, this time from the baseline, and the rout was on. Troina finished the night with 14 points and went six of seven from the field, two of three from downtown. Walvius felt Troina and her teammates fed off the boisterous crowd in the Lady Gamecocks’ last game at Carolina Coliseum. “The crowd was really into it tonight,” Walvius said. “They had a lot of energy. After Tatyana hit a couple of shots, the crowd got up and stood the rest of the game. Their energy carried over onto the floor, and they were a big reason we had so much success. ” Teresa Geter continued her stel lar tournament play with a team high 21 points, including 12 during Carolina’s 25-0 run. Geter led the team with 10 rebounds and notched her fifth double-double of the season. Shaunzinski Gortman also scored in double figures for USC. The senior guard added 19 points and three rebounds. Sharp and fellow guard Valerie King led Cincinnati in scoring with 13 points. Walvius spoke highly of the Bearcats, who won 14 consecutive games prior to Monday night’s loss. “I have a lot of respect for Cincinnati,” Walvius said. “We knew we were going to have to do a good defensive job on them to win. We defended the perimeter well, and Teresa did a good job on Valerie King.” Cincinnati head coach Laurie Pirtle said her team’s lack of expe rience played a role in the defeat. “We didn’t shoot the ball well tonight, and that is uncharacteris tic of our team,” Pirtle said. “We had way too many turnovers. We are a young team, but Carolina got on a roll and the momentum swung their way." Carolina hopes the momentum continues to swing their way, as it moves closer to the Final Four at the Alamodome in San Antonio. In the other half of the East re gional, No. 1 seed Duke will play No. 4 seed Texas. They will play right after the USC/Drake game. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotma il. com On or off campus? USC students have numerous housing options BY LOGAN BARLOW TIIKtiAMECOOK The question of whether to live on campus is one almost every college student has to answer. A variety of options are available to students looking for apartment style housing on and off campus. While on-campus housing sign-up begins March 25, stu dents are also beginning to sign leases for off-campus housing. The Gamecock reviewed five apartment complexes: Sterling University Riverside Apartments, University Commons, Whaley’s Mill, The Rapids and The Plaza, as well as on-campus apartment style housing. All the off-campus apartments offer 12-month leasing options, ex cept for Whaley’s Mill, which of fers nine-month and 12-month leas es. Whaley’s Mill, the Commons, and Sterling all come fully fur nished when rented. Though the layout varies, all three come with a couch, chair, and table in the living room. Sterling also in cludes an entertainment center. Bedrooms include a bed (full bed in Sterling and the Commons, twin bed in Whaley’s Mill) and dresser. Comparing rentals Prices can be lower for students who live in on-campus housing. UN CAMPUS Horseshoe South and East Quads OFF CAMPUS The Plaza, in Five Points water,__ Sterling University, in Cayce Whaley’s Mill, Assembly and Sumter streets The Commons, Cayce The Rapids, Olympia All five apartments had fully stocked kitchens with refrigera tors, stoves, microwaves, garbage disposals and dishwashers. All of the apartments except rhe Plaza have a pool. Sterling rffers a free tanning bed, a whirlpool, volleyball, basketball and a 24-hour weight room. Residents at the Commons have access to tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, and a weight room. The Rapids also offers a _.... $426 per month. $450 or $460 per month. One bedroom, $525; Two bedroom, $575. Includes sewer and trash. $335 for a room in a four bedroom apartment; $405 for a room in a two-bedroom apartment. Ethernet included. $715 per month, and a four bedroom at $1,135. Water included. Two bedroom, $407 per room; $311 per room in a four bedroom. ___ One bedroom, $600; two bedroom, $730; three bedroom, $900. Includes water, sewer, trash. weight room, and it is construct ing a business center that will in clude computers, color printers, and fax machines. Sterling was the only apart ment complex to offer an Ethernet connection to its resi dents. Both Whaley’s Mill and the Commons hope to have Ethernet connections by fall semester. The Plaza, Sterling and the ♦ RENTALS, SEE PAGE 3 Candidates bring wealth of experience BY CHARLES PRASHAW THE GAMECOCK It has been almost two years since Judy Van Slyke Turk, the last permanent dean of USC’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications, left her job. In those two years, the deans of six of USC’s 19 colleges and schools have been replaced, and the jour nalism school has been headed by interim deans. But, finally, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications might have a per manent dean. The journalism dean search committee announced this month that four finalists — Jay Bender, Charles Bierbauer, Mary Alice Shaver and Hank Gilman — were being considered for the posi tion. USC officials said they expect to pick a dean by fall. The new dean will oversee the college, which will be combined with the College of Library and Information Science pending an approval of the merg er by the USC Board of Trustees and President John Palms. The new dean will succeed Henry Price, who has served as in terim dean since August 2001, and Fred Roper, who has served as dean of library and information science since 1986. Roper an nounced his retirement plans in 2000. But this isn’t the first time that the search committee has named Charles Bierbauer is best known for his job as a reporter for CNN. Mary Alice Shaver is president elect of the American Academy of Advertising. finalists. In September 2000, three finalists were named. Two with drew their names from consider ation by the end of the year, and the university was unable to con vince the remaining candidate, Will Norton from the University of Nebraska, to take the position. Norton wrote in a January 2001 letter to Provost Jerry Odom that he didn’t want the position, say ing it was “clear that the univer sity is under much more severe budget constraints” than he pre viously thought. The Provost’s Office wouldn’t release contact information, so The Gamecock was able to speak with only two finalists, Bender and Shaver. Bender, who teaches a journal ism law and ethics class at USC, is the only local candidate. He has lived in the Columbia area since ♦ DEANS, SEE PAGE 3 Terror still a viable threat CIA director warns of regrouping, new attacks WASHINGTON (AP) Surviving leaders of the al Qaida terrorist network are ral lying followers to conduct more attacks despite the arrest of hundreds of extremists world wide, CIA Director George J. Tenet said Tuesday. Some 1,300 people alleged to have ties to al-Qaida have been detained by 70 foreign govern ments since Sept. 11, Tenet told A ^ A O __1_ UV.11WIV t U 111VU UV/i * XVVU Committee. But al-Qaida cells in Europe and in the Middle East r.emain capable of attacks, he said. . “Al-Qaida leaders still at large are work ing to reconsti tute the organi zation and to re sume its terror ist operations,” he said. Roughly half Tenet of the 1,300 re main in custody, said a U.S. of ficial, speaking on condition of anonymity. The rest have been released by the foreign govern ments. More prisoners are in U.S. hands — in domestic jails, in Afghanistan, or at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Other officials have said al Qaida financial activity and communications have in creased in recent weeks, sug gesting plans for new attacks. The activity is centered in northwestern Pakistan. Al Qaida members also continue to seek chemical, biological arid nuclear weapons, Tenet said. In addition, Tenet said U.S. intelligence is watching for al liances forming between dis parate Muslim extremist groups. Once divided by ideol ogy, Sunni and Shiite groups may begin working together out of hatred for their common enemies — the United States and Israel. Osama bin Laden’s network is largely Sunni, as is the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iran and Hezbollah are Shiite. “The distinctions between Sunni and Shiia that have tra ditionally divided terrorist groups are not distinctions you should make anymore, because there is a common interest against the United States and its allies in the region,” Tenet said. Officials said that coopera tion of this nature isn’t yet hap pening to any great degree. However, Tenet noted that Iran “has failed to move decisively against al-Qaida members who have relocated to Iran from Afghanistan.” Tenet also said U.S. intelli gence has not ruled out the pos sibility that Iraq, Iran or an other country sponsored the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. On Iraq, Tenet said the United States believes Saddam has not abandoned his program to try to develop nuclear weapons. He also said the Bush administration has not made up its mind on how to proceed against Iraq. TODAY’S WEATHER: Clouds in the morning, sun in the afternoon. High 87, Low 55. j TOMORROW'S WEATHER: Morning showers. High 73, Low 44.