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TODAY: AM Rain, TT’ iHlIOcHciV June 26,2002 * Vol. 95, No. 93 High 88 Low 73 /U.1 ICuU-Cl V University of South Carolina ♦ www.dailygamecock.com AMECOCK INSIDE VIEWPOINTS ... "M I I l I I I W - Is the American flag losing value? Guest columnist speaks on misuse of flag. PAGE 6 THE MIX Cruise thrives in “Minority Report” Spielberg scores with adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story. PAGE 7 SPORTS Longhorns win ‘02 World Series Texas defeats USC 12-6 in title game. PAGE 10 INDEX Comics 9 Crossword 9 Classifieds 12 Horoscopes 9 Letters to the Editor 6 Online^Poll 6 Quote of the Day 7 USC Police Report 3 USC’s run at title over Carolina falls to Texas in World Series championship J. KEITH ALLEN THE GAMECOCK The USC baseball team fell short in their quest for their first national championship, but the team burst onto the national stage by winning four straight elimination games in this year's College World Series. The Gamecocks finished the year with a school-record 57 wins and advanced further than any USC baseball team since 1975. After falling to Georgia Tech 11-0 in the Series' open ing game, Carolina roared back, defeated Nebraska 10 8, and won their rematch with Georgia Tech 9-5. They followed those victo ries with historic 124 and 10 2 wins over in-state rival Clemson to advance to the ti tle game. Freshman Aaron Rawl, fresh from his complete-game win over Tech, pitched against Texas on three-days’ rest and could not contain the Longhorn hitters, who paved the way for the 12-6 win. It was the fifth CWS champi onship for Texas and the team's first title since 1983. Freshman Matt Campbell was on the mound Wednesday against Clemson, and followed starter Blake Taylor with five and one third innings of outstanding relief. Along with Campbell’s sol id performance against the Tigers, USC head coach Ray Tanner also received an out standing pitching perfor mance from Steven Bondurant, who pitched a complete game against ♦ BASEBALL, SEE PAGE 2 PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Blake Taylor consoles teammate Kevin Melillo following Saturday’s loss to Texas. Tuition, incoming freshman class increasing BY BEN BRYAN THE GAMECOCK In response to recent bud get cuts for higher education in South Carolina, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees has ap proved a plan to compensate for the loss of funds. USC will increase tuition by 17 percent for the fall semester and admit approxi mately 600 more freshmen stu dents than last year. Under the new university budget, in-state students will pay $2,392 per semester, up $348 from last year. Out-of state students can expect to pay $6,432 per semester, $935 more than last year. The most-recent tuition hike came last year when USC an nounced a 10.4 percent in crease before implementing only a 5.2 percent increase for the 2001 academic year. With the drastic influx of new students, the university will once again turn to area hotels to house students who are unable to find an avail able space to live on campus. Last year, nearly 80 students were placed in the Holiday Inn on Assembly Street be cause there were not enough spaces on campus to house them, even after almost 100 upperclassmen pulled out of their housing contract at the university's request. Nearly 300 students are ex pected to be placed in hotels this year. In addition to the Holiday Inn, some students will be placed in the Clarion Town House and Adam’s Mark hotels. Outgoing USC President John Palms told The State that he knew the tuition in crease was unpopular, but ef forts were made to keep the increase to a modest amount. "Nobody's pleased to raise tu ition by 17 percent, but other institutions have raised it higher,” Palms said, "We're trying to hold this down to a minimum without affecting quality." Palms cited USC's recent successes in athletics as one explaination for the recent in crease in the number of ap plicants to the university. ♦ TUITION, SEE PAGE 2