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www.dailygamecoch.com _WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30,2002 Since 1908 OUTFITTING USG Reports of ’ USC rapes on the rise Campus officials express concern about assault BY HOLLY BOUNDS tiikcamkcock Reports of sexual assault on USC’s campus have already sur passed last calendar year’s total, according to university officials. Thirty-four rapes have been re ported to the Thomson Student Health Center this year, compared With 33 reports for all of last year. University officials hope the sud den increase in sexual assaults can has happened because stu dents feel more that being a father makes this is sue more important to him. “From a dad’s perspective, the numbers give me great concern; one is too many,” Garbade said. Leslie Burns, a first-year busi ness student, remembers Garbade visiting her University 101 class the first week of classes. “Since I am from out of state, I appreciate him advising us on which areas to steer clear from.” According to the U.S. Justice Department, a rape occurs every two minutes. Tricia Phaup, director of Health and Wellness programs at USC, said most rapes are com mitted by someone the victim knows. Three of this year’s re ported assaults rrlU I U BY UAIMUI HAUbLUM/I Mt uAMtUUv/K ►. Kevin Schumacher, owner of Eat More Tees, says his automatic printing press allows his company to beat the competition. He provides T-shirts to the Russell House Bookstore and Wllllams-Brice Stadium, among other places In Columbia. Hungry tor i-shirts Businessman finds success selling Gamecock products BY KIMBERLY HUNT THE GAMECOCK ' Gamecock fans have always had an appetite for football, and recently they have developed a hunger for T-shirts. Kevin Schumacher, owner of Eat More Tees, not only provides one of Columbia’s T-shirt print ing facilities with the only auto matic printing press in Columbia, but he also sells bulks of his merchandise to Williams Brice Stadium and the Russell House bookstore. Eighty percent of the goods sold in the booths in side the stadium are produced by Eat More Tees. “It is not a run-of-the-mill thing for a local vendor to sell that much merchandise at a uni versity’s stadium,” Schumacher said. Most of the major universities buy merchandise from big com panies — such as Nike, Russel and Gear — to sell to their stu dents. “If you buy a Gear or Russel T-shirt, the licensing fee Gear oi Russell pays goes toward the state and university,’ Schumacher said. “Eat More Tees pays for licensing, taxes season tickets. When you bu> from us, you help the university much more because we’re local.” Dana Senterfeit, general mer chandise manager for the Russell House Bookstore and Williams Brice Stadium, said that univer sities usually go to such big fran chises as Champion and Gear, de pending on their location. “Kevin is awesome. He does ♦ EAT MORE TEES, SEE PAGE 6 comiortaDie about reporting the incidents. “The main thing that keeps women from reporting is the notion “If it’s an emergency to you, it’s an emergency to us.” LT. D. HENRY GARBADE, USCPD ON USING CAMPUS CALL BOXES nave been trom strangers. One major re sponse to those reports has been the tightening of security on cam pus. Students P that rape is something tnai is avoidable,” Deborah Schipper, Ohio State University’s Rape Education and Prevention Program coordinator, told The Lantern, the campus newspaper. USC, however, is trying its best to change that feeling among vic tims. Lt. D. Henry Garbade, crime prevention community relations for the USC Police Department, spends a lot of his time speaking to freshmen on campus. Garbade estimates he has already spoken to about 85 University 101 classes so far this semester. Garbade said now must snow tneir room Keys to enter their dorms at all times of the day. “If you can get in without show ing your key, you should call the USC Police Department,” Garbade said. He said students are paying for security and should take ad vantage of it. Roddey Westmoreland, a sec ond-year public relations student, said she appreciates the security on campus but thinks one part is missing. “I feel uncomfortable ♦ SAFETY, SEE PAGE 5 Columbia City Ballet will perform “Dracula,” based on the novel by Bram Stoker, at the Roger Center beginning Halloween night. Students can get free tickets to Thursday night’s show. TAKING A BITE OUT OF HALLOWEEN Dracula shows the scary side of Columbia ballet BY CARRIE PHILLIPS THE GAMECOCK Most students would never even think about spending their Halloween at anything other than an outrageous costume party, let alone a ballet perfor mance. Think again. Returning to Colombia for the 11th year in a row, Columbia City Ballet’s “Ballet with a Bite” offers students a chance to see the scary side of ballet - with the company picking up the tab. The Columbia City Ballet, along with the USC Office of Student Life, has set aside 800 free tickets for a If You Go WHAT: Columbia City Ballet's “Dracula” WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 31. 5:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Koger Center For the Arts, Assembly Street BOX OFFICE: 777-7500 TICKETS: Limited number available to students at the Russell House information desk with a valid student ID special show on Halloween night. “This is the perfect opportu nity for students to experience high-tech, high-quality ballet for the first time,” said Columbia City Ballet General Manager Sydney Miller. “ ‘Dracula’ is the * DRACULA, SEE PAGE 5 Index Comics and Crossword 10 Classifieds 13 Horoscopes 10 s Letters to the Editor 7 Online Poll - 7 Police Report 3 Weather TODAY TOMORROW High 67 Low 53 Low 51 Inside ♦ NEWS University of Arizona students react to the campus shootings. Page 3 ♦ THE MIX Take a spooky tour of the haunted houses in and around Columbia. Page 8 ♦ VIEWPOINTS Tyler Jones looks no farther than CNN for some Halloween fright. Page 7 ♦ SPORTS The sports editors from USC and Tennessee give their takes on Saturday’s football game. Page 11 Vice president would define specifics of USC’s research BY KEVIN FELLNER THE GAMECOCK While Interim Vice President for Research Harris Pastides is working with President Andrew Sorensen to improve the quan tity and quality of research done at USC, he makes it clear that the job is only temporary. A permanent replacement will be found for the position, but Sorensen said he sees no - Research Series This story is part two of a two-part series that began Monday. reason to rush the formation of a search committee. Sorensen is overseeing searches that are under way for candidates for the vice presi dent of advancement and the b dean of the law school. He said his schedule right now is such that he wouldn’t be able to have job candidates visit the campus ♦ RESEARCH, SEE PAGE 4 Sorensen backs Richland schools BY KEVIN FELLNER THE GAMECOCK President Andrew Sorensen joined three other Midlands-area college administrators outside the Osborne Administration Building Monday afternoon to support a Richland 1 school-bond referen dum. A majority of votes in favor of the referendum, which will be on the Nov. 5 ballot for voters in the Richland County district, would upgrade Richland l’s middle- and high-school buildings to support educational needs, improve safety and security, and provide area ririilv n V> i nVi mtnliin '-'***■*■'-'*• "in* w 1* learning environment, according to Richland 1 officials. Sorensen gave the opening re marks at the news conference. The other speakers were Columbia College President Carolina Whitson, Benedict College President David Swinton, Midlands Technical College Vice President for Arts and Sciences Ron Drayton, and Co-Chair for the Committee for Quality Schools Larry Wilson. “For too long the quest for funding for K through 12 has pit ted those in K-through-12 systems against those of us in higher edu cation, and since the day that I came here, I’ve been preaching that we need to coalesce our forces,” Sorensen said. “We need to work together. We must at tempt as best as we can to pass the era of pitting ourselves against ♦ REFERENDUM, SEE PAGE 3