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*v jjsfc TODAY: Partly T^T iHlIOcHciV June 12,2002 * Vol. 95, No. 91 { Cloudy, High 96, /U.1 ICuvlClV University of South Carolina ♦ www.dailygamecock.com Low 65. AMECOCK INSIDE ' VIEWPOINTS W Television spoils our view of reality Shanna Reed feels people spend too much time engulfed in T.V. PAGE 5 THE MIX Movie Review: Ya Ya Sisterhood Ellen Burstyn and Ashley Judd star in this ultra chick flick. PAGE 7 SPORTS _ use College World Series bound Gamecock win two of three against Miami in Super Regionals. RAGE 10 INDEX Comics 9 Crossword9 Classifieds 12 Horoscopes 9 Letters to the Editor 6 Online Poll 6 Quote of the Day 7 USC Police Report 3 use REACHES WORLD SERIES PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK The USC baseball team celebrate their 6-4 victory over Miami on Sunday and their first trip to the College World Series since 1985. BY J. KEITH ALLEN THE GAMECOCK They finally broke through. The USC baseball team was in the same position for the third year in a row, three outs away from the end of the season, in the third game of the Super Regional. The Gamecocks have more victo ries (101) than any other Division I program in the country the last two seasons, but could not win the final game that would get them to the College World Series for the first time since 1985. That is. until the events of Sunday afternoon changed all of that. The Gamecocks (53 15) staged an improbable comeback, scoring five runs in the ninth inning to beat de fending National Champion Miami (Fla.) 6-4 in front of 6,087 fans at Sarge Frye Field. Carolina scored ten runs in the first three innings of Friday’s first game, but only managed to scratch out three runs in the next 23 innings of the tournament. The frustra tion of losing the two previ ous Super Regionals in 2000 and 2001 were coming to the surface. The players were swinging at a lot of first pitch es, and a lot of bad pitches in Sunday’s finale and Miami (34-29) looked in complete control. USC Head Coach Ray Tanner walked up and down the bench and offered simple instructions: “Keep the faith.” Tanner’s faith was re warded in the top of the ninth inning when Yaron Peters led off the inning with a double off Hurricane closer George Huguet, which was followed by a Brian Buscher single. Senior Trey Dyson, in his fi nal game at Sarge Frye Field came off the bench and deliv ered a RBI double of his own. Buscher gambled and scored on an error by Miami second baseman Javy Rodriguez and suddenly it was 4-3 Miami with nobody out. Carolina Captain Garris Gonce also came off the bench to deliver a clutch hit. After struggling throughout the series, Gonce belted an RBI double to tie the score at four apiece. Justin Harris legged out a bunt single and Landon Powell followed with a sacrifice bunt, moving Gonce to third base and Harris to second. After a Kevin Melillo groundout, Drew Myer walked to the ♦ SEEVICTORY, PAGE 2 PETA gets NCAA to change policy BY WILL KING THE GAMECOCK People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, is making waves again. PETA’s target this time is the NCAA, and this time their opponent buckled. PETA representatives said in a letter dated November 16, 2001 was sent to the offices of the NCAA requesting that they drop the use of leather basket balls for the upcoming men’s and women’s seasons and in stead use pleather basketballs. In response to PETA’s re quest, the NCAA took an un orthodox approach and bowed down to the requests of PETA, and now cattlemen across the nation want answers. “Those of us who make our living in the cattle business would like the NCAA and state. universities to explain their re lationship with PETA and, in particular, how PETA influ enced the decision to stop us ing leather basketballs,” said local catuemen James aease. The NCAA has stated publicly that the switch had nothing to do with PETA. However, cattlemen'aren’t buying this explanation. “If the NCAA did not take PETA’s request into considera tion, then why were they writ ing congratulatory letters to each other," said Becky Walton, public information director for the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. Many national agricul ture commissioners are tak ing this very seriously and are supporting their cattlemen. Standing up for the South Carolina Cattlemen is Agriculture Commissioner Les Tindal who, in a letter to the NCAA, expressed his dis content: “I am disappointed that the NCAA has allowed radical animal rights groi' to call the shots for its mer ber organizations.” Commissioner Agriculture James Harsdo of Wisconsin has also throw his hat in the ring for th fight against PETA and tf NCAA “The NCAA bett< take a good hard look at wl it’s playing ball with," Y said. Harsdorf continue! “This is the same group thr encourages college studen to give up milk in favor < beer, at a time when bing drinking has been reporte as a major problem on colleg campuses across America.’ Walton was asked win she would say to a PETA ofl cial if given the chance: “It hard to speak to someon who is being irrationed.” However, Walton digresse “I do believe that they are radical terrorist organizatioi rney nave supported group that have bombed restaurant and are as bad as people wh support Osama Bin Laden. Waltcm continued “The use scare tactics, and the sometimes even strip to try t make a point. What does tht say about a group like that? Walton said she does nc know if the NCAA will rt verse its decision bu Commission Tindal know one thing for certain: “N matter how many hoops th NCAA jumps through for a: activist group like this, th colleges and universities ii the NCAA end up the losers. The battle will definitel; rage on as PETA has sail they will now “turn their ai tention to the NBA in hop that the league will follow th lead of the WNBA and als< disqualify leather and star