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Bush rallies GOP in Columbia
PHOTO BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA/THE GAMECOCK
Bush speaks about war with Iraq and campaigns for South
Carolina Republican candidates at Columbia Metropolitan Airport.
Police question
two arrested in
sniper slayings
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Ballistics tests
link suspects to
shooting spree
BY STEPHEN MANNING
THE ASSOCIATED mss
One of America’s most ex
traordinary manhunts culminat
ed Thursday in the arrests of an
Army veteran and a teenager,
asleep at a roadside rest stop —
perpetrators, authorities think, of
a bloody, three-week sniping spree
that left 10 people dead and multi
tudes paralyzed by fear.
^ John Allen Muhammad, 41,—
- arrested with John Lee Malvo, 17
— appeared in court, and was or
dered held without bail.
Montgomery County Police
Chief Charles Moose said both
men were considered suspects in
the sniper attacks.
A gun found in the suspects’
car — a Bushmaster rifle — had
been linked by ballistics to 11 of
the 13 shootings, said Michael
Bouchard, an agent with the fed
eral Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms.
The AR-15 is the civilian form
of the M-16 military assault rifle.
As a soldier, Muhammad received
a Marksmanship Badge with ex
pert rating — the highest of three
ratings — in use of the M-16, ac
cording to Army records. Police
also found a scope and tripod in
the car, the official said.
In handcuffs and a green
prison jumpsuit, Muhammad ap
peared in federal court in a
Baltimore courthouse patrolled by
a dozen federal marshals armed
with high-powered rifles.
Muhammad is due back in
court Tuesday on a federal
firearms charge stemming from a
2000 court order in Tacoma,
Wash., that barred Muhammad
from harassing or using force
against an ex-wife and children.
U.S. District Court Magistrate
Beth P. Gesner made no mention
of the sniper killings. Muhammad
spoke little during the 10-minute
hearing. When Gesner asked him
♦ SNIPER, SEE PAGE 2
An officer guards an entrance to the U.S. Court House In
Baltimore, where the two men arrested in connection with the
recent sniper shootings are being held.
Index
Comics and Crossword_ 7
Classifieds 10
Horoscopes__7
d Letters to the Editor _4
Online Poll 4
Police Report 2
Weather
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TOMORROW
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♦ THE MIX Students have a
chance to get video footage on
the “Late Late Show.” Page 5
♦ VIEWPOINTS Brook Bristow
addresses the perils and
benefits of drinking. Page 4
♦ THE MIX The Center for
Southern African-American
Music celebrates its opening
with a gospel tribute. Page 5
♦ SPORTS USC senior class
leads the volleyball team into
its biggest weekend of the
season. Page 8
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
THE GAMECOCK
President Bush addressed
campaign issues and possible war
with Iraq Thursday in a last
minute campaign effort for South
Carolina’s Republican candi
dates.
The event was held at the
Columbia Metropolitan Airport’s
Jimmy Doolittle Flight Facility
to support South Carolina guber
natorial candidate Mark Sanford
and United States senatorial can
didate Lindsey Graham.
S.C. Republican Party execu
tive assistant Adam Shaw, a
fourth-year USC political science
student, spoke before the presi
dent arrived. “In the last few
years, the governor’s office has
become bilingual, and truth is the
second language,” he said. “In 12
days, Mark Sanford is going to be
elected governor, and our four
year nightmare will be over.”
Bush took the podium at noon.
"We’ve got some steep hills to
climb, but there’s no doubt in my
mind we can climb them — after
all, we’re the greatest nation on
the face of the Earth,” he said.
Bush praised the two candi
dates and addressed state educa
tion, welfare reform, the national
economy, Medicare and the ap
pointment of federal judges.
He also spoke about terrorism
and possible military action in
Iraq.
“You’ve got to understand
there’s an enemy out there that
hates America because of what
we love,” Bush said. “We love
freedom. We love the fact that
people can worship freely in
America. We love our free press.
We love every aspect of our free
dom, and we’re not changing.
We’re not backing down, and the
enemy can’t stand that.”
The president called Saddam
Hussein “a man who has lied
about whether or not he possess
es weapons of mass destruction,
a man who uses them, a man who
hates America, a man who hates
our friends. For the sake of peace,
for the sake of the security of the
United States and our friends and
allies, if the United Nations won’t
deal with him, if he refuses to
hear the call for peace, the United
States will lead a coalition to dis
arm Saddam Hussein,” Bush
said.
USC College Republicans
Chairman Charles Duncan ap
plauded Bush’s sentiments.
“It’s obvious that the people of
Iraq want Saddam out,” he said.
“They’re ready to get rid of him,
and we-can get him out. He’s
caused too much trouble for too
long.”
Joey Oppermann, a third-year
history student, disagreed.
“President Bush is using a tac
tic to characterize Iraq as a group
that hates the United States for
our freedom,” Oppermann said.
“We aren’t hated for our freedom;
we’re hated because we support
Israel.”'
“The president is oversimpli
fying the situation in Iraq,” he
said. “There are several ways to
go about securing stability in the
Middle East. The question is,
which is the best?" Oppermann
helped organize the anti-war
teach-in at Preston College this
month.
♦ BUSH, SEEPAGE 2
‘IT’S A PARTY ON YOUR BIKE’
PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK
V
Wearing a sign that says “We are traffic,” Katie McClendon leads a group of cyclists out of the Horseshoe and onto the road.
The group rode as part of Critical Mass, a nationwide movement proclaiming bikers have as much right to the road as cars do.
Critical Mass pushes bike use
Cyclists ride to
promote safety
on Columbia’s
main streets
BY KATHERINE HALLORAN
THE GAMECOCK
In an effort to promote bicycle
use, student organizations and
bicyclists participated in
Columbia’s first Critical Mass on
Thursday’s “Bike to
School/Work Day.”
Critical Mass is an event that
began in San Francisco in 1992 to
inspire people to use bicycles as a
means of transportation. It has
gradually become more popular
throughout the United States.
Katie McClendon, Student
Government director of safety
and fourth-year pharmacy stu
dent, has worked with Students
Allied for a Greener Earth to help
raise awareness of bicycle rights
and bicycle safety. As an avid cy
clist, McClendon thinks if more
students rode bikes to school, it
would help alleviate some park
ing problems, though it, would
not solve the problem. Having
been hit twice by cars on Greene
Street, McClendon said she
would feel safer if more “Share
the Road” signs were displayed.
“I am excited about Critical
Mass and it’s not about protest
ing; it’s a celebration of cycling.
It’s basically a great opportunity
to meet with people who share
the same interests,” she said.
“We won’t be blocking traffic be
cause we are traffic.”
After the Critical Mass ride
was over, McClendon said, “It
was awesome; we got the atten
tion that we were looking for.”
She added, “I’m glad it wasn’t just
me and the two police officers
that showed up!”
♦ BIKES, SEE PAGE 3
Scholars to discuss
the South at forum
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
THE GAMECOCK
use will play host to the 2002
Southerp Studies Forum this
weekend, which brings together
international scholars to discuss
the American South.
The forum, which begins to
day in the Capstone Campus
Room and lasts through Monday,
will bring together scholars from
France, Germany, England, the
Czech Republic, Scandinavia
and the United States.
The event’s theme is “The
South as Another Place,” and it
will cover such topics as vio
lence, slavery, the Southern
woman, contemporary Southern
literature, race and Southern
writer Cormac McCarthy.
“There is a tremendous inter
est in many European universi
ties in the American South,” said
Bob Ellis of the Institute for
Southern Studies, which is spon
soring the event.
Institute for Southern Studies
director and forum chairman Dr.
Walter Edgar said, “Europeans
long have been fascinated with
the people, history and literature
of the American South, and their
interest in its study is growing.”
“European scholars who
study contemporary Southern
literature are way ahead and are
often the first to study certain au
thors and books,” Edgar said,
and “their perspectives on the
American South enrich the re
search and the understanding of
the region.”
European scholars, such as
Faulkner experts Lothar
Hoennighausen and Hans Skei
and Welty scholar Danielle
Pitavy-Souques, will present dur
ing the forum. Bobby Donaldson
of the USC History Department
and African- American Studies
Program and Valinda Littlefield
of the USC History Department
will also give presentations.
They will participate with sev
♦ SCHOLARS, SEE PAGE 3
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Strutting her stuff
PHOTO BY MARK BISSET/THE GAMECOCK
Nicole Roberts performs as a female impersonator in
“The Birdcage,” sponsored by the Bisexual, Gay and
Lesbian Alliance and Carolina Productions.
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