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University of South Carolina FPIOAV MOWFMRFP 00 0000 Vol.96,No.41 www.dailygamecock.com riML/MI, INL/V L.IVIDL_rv ZZ, ZUUZ ^ Sincel908 Study shows vaccine could prevent cancer Cervical cancer shot worked on all women tested BY JEFF DONN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — A cervical cancer study with dramatic results is fanning enthusiasm that the dis ease can someday be routed with the same kind of weapon that turned back diseases like small pox and polio: a vaccine. A cervical cancer vaccine worked on 100 percent of the women who took injections in its first big trial. “If the promise implicit in the study ... is realized, we could, in our lifetime, see the gradual but progressive dismantling to the barriers to preventing cervical cancer,” said Dr. Christopher Crum, a pathologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. It remains unclear how long the protection might last. Even so, researchers say a vaccine could reach the market within five years or so. The findings were published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. The issue also car ries separate research findings showing potential value in an ex perimental vaccine for genital herpes. Vaccines work by teaching the body’s immune defenses to rec ognize invading viruses and bac teria. Most types of cancer, by _J SURFYOURSELF National Cervical Cancer Coalition www.nccc-online.org National Cancer Institute www.nci.nlh.gov/cancerinfo/types/cervicai contrast, are blamed largely on genetic mutations and environ mental factors. However, virtu ally all cases of cervical cancer are caused by a sexually trans mitted virus — the human papil loma virus. A vaccine for cervical cancer is urgently being sought because the disease strikes about 450,000 women worldwide each year, killing about half. It is the lead ing cancer killer of women in the developing world. In the United States, where Pap tests are widely used for screening, it develops in about 15,000 women annually and kills about a third. The new vaccine, aimed at the viral strain Type 16, responsible for about half the cases of cervi cal cancer, was tested on women ages 16 to 23 at 16 sites around the country in a study led by Merck ♦ VACCINE, SEE PAGE 2 Local filmmakers work to put in-state rivalry on big screen Producers scour the state looking for memories to showcase in film BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA THE GAMECOCK Local filmmakers Chris White and Jeff Sumerel are working hard to put the 100 games of Carolina-Clemson rivalry onto the silver screen. “There are some unique things about this college football rival ry,” said White, managing direc tor of 440 Creative Co., a Columbia-based advertising agen cy. “South Carolina is a little state, and these schools are literally a hundred miles apart,” White said. “Carolina and Clemson fans are really integrated.” White and Sumerel began con ducting interviews with coaches, players, fans, sports historians and social experts at the begin ning of the 2002 football season. The producers encourage any fans interested in sharing their own stories or records of the Carolina Clemson rivalry to visit the pro duction’s Web site at www.caroli naclemsonrivalry.com. The film will incorporate archival documentary footage, as well as flashback techniques and still photography. “This won’t be the kind of doc umentary you see on ESPN,” White said. White said he and Sumerel de cided to document the rivalry af ter they interviewed a sociologist and a political scientist about it. “We found that the roots of ri valry run deep,” said White, who ♦ DOCUMENTARY, SEE PAGE 2 Camille Vance, left, and Missy Curls light the tiger during Thursday night's Tigerburn, held on Davis Field II. Fireworks and the start of the Sigma Nu Gameball Run followed the pep rally. PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGIUM/THE GAMECOCK Lou Holtz Introduces Saturday’s football starting lineup and gives a pep talk to USC students and fans during Tigerburn on Thursday night. Tigerburn has been a tradition for about 50 years. Index Comics and Crossword_ 6 Classifieds _ 8 Horoscopes 6 Letters to the Editor 4 Online Poll__ 4 Police Report 3 Weather TODAY TOMORROW & ' High 57 High 57 Low 32 Low 35 Today ♦ VIEWPOINTS Brook Bristow exposes Clemson’s true colors. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX USC student Adam Cullum permeates the Columbia music scene with his piano based songs. Page 5 ♦ SPORTS Coach Holtz and the team have their sights set on the Clemson game. Page 12 ♦ HOLIDAY EXTRA Get a head start on the holidays. Special Insert Songs from the past Library adds to WWI collection BY ALLYSON BIRD TUEOAMECOCK The Thomas Cooper Library is singing to a different tune. Songs including “Giddy Giddap Go On — We’re on Our Way to War” and “Let’s All Be Americans Now” are among the more than 200 pieces of sheet music from World War I that have been put on display at the library. The song collection will be on display until Dec. 15 in the Graniteville Room on the mez zanine level of the Thomas Cooper Library, as well as in the music library in the School ofMusic. The collection of songs is part of the Great War collection ♦ COLLECTION, SEE PAGE 2 FEELIN’ GOOD PHOTO BY ERIC SUTTON/THE GAMECOCK James Brown performs Wednesday night for the gala held to open the Carolina Center. James Brown performs first in new arena BY COREY GARRIOTT THE GAMECOCK The new Carolina Center opened with a bang Wednesday night with a VIP tour of the new facilities and a concert featuring legendary singer James Brown. The center, which opens offi cially Friday night when the wom en’s basketball team plays host to Clemson, was built near the Coliseum and is the largest indoor arena in South Carolina. The cen ter will also be used as an enter tainment venue and as the new home for the USC men’s and wom en’s basketball teams. White, horizontal beams that ra diate from central pillars support the ceiling. The lighting is designed to shine on them to attract the eye, resembling the modem design of — “The Carolina Center is a state-of-the-art facility that will serve the University of South Carolina, the Midlands and the entire state of South Carolina.” MIKE MCGEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR the Richland Public Library. The arena is designed to intim idate visiting teams, according to Rossier International, the center’s architects. The light is specially focused on the floor like a spot light on center stage, and the roof is lower than those of some other ♦ CENTER, SEE PAGE 2 Chowing down '' PHOTO BY ADAM PATTERSON/THE GAMECOCK Nicole Kendrick, a second-year retailing student, cheers on Brook Antonio 11, a second-year criminal justice student, as he eats his way to victory in the Pizza Eating Championship, held by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action. They represent USC track and field.