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University of South Carolina PR I HAY IANI IARY 17 OOD^ Vol.96,No.48 www.dailygamecock.com irxIL/Mlj JMINUMlxT J. I , ZUUO Since 1908 Inspectors find empty warheads U.N. says Iraq failed to report the 11 weapons BY HAMZA HENDAWI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, IRAQ - An inspec tion team searching bunkers in southern Iraq on Thursday found 11 empty chemical warheads that • Iraqi officials had not declared to the United Nations, a U.N. spokesman said. Iraq insisted it had reported the rockets, which it said were old and never used for chemical weapons. Also Thursday, inspectors searched the homes of two Iraqi scientists in Baghdad for the first time. One of the them, a physicist, left with inspectors, but it was un clear if there was any connection between the home search and the discovery of the munitions. Debate immediately began about whether the warheads con stituted a material breach under U.N. Resolution 1441. The Bush administration said the inspections should not go on indefinitely, charging Iraq has re fused to provide full weapons dis closure. “There’s no point in continu ing forever, going on, if Iraq is not cooperating,” said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the discovery may not amount to a “smoking gun” unless some sort of chemical agent is also detected. Key questions about the find are whether any chemical weapons were ever loaded into the ord nance, and, if so, when, officials said. Serial numbers on the rock ets should tell inspectors where and when they were made. The 122 mm warheads were found in bunkers built in the late 1990s at the Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area, 75 miles south of Baghdad, Hiro Ueki, the inspectors’ spokesman in Baghdad, said in a statement. The team examined one of the warheads with X-ray equipment and took away samples for chemi cal testing, the statement added. ♦ IRAQ, SEE PAGE 3 “There’s no point in continuing forever, going on, if Iraq is not cooperating.” RICHARD BOUCHER STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN Sanford tackles big issues, barbecue Inauguration speech addresses state funding for higher education BY ADAM BEAM THE OAMECOCK Just one day after taking the oath of office to become South Carolina’s 115th governor, Mark Sanford vowed to change the way the state’s colleges and universities receive state funding. “To be blunt, there’s something wrong with a system that forces col leges and universities to hire lob byists to compete for state funding,” Sanford said Wednesday in his in augural address from the south steps of the State House. Sanford, speaking to reporters in the governor’s office Thursday, said he would push for changing that system- One specific change Sanford said he will be pushing for is to re duce the duplication of programs in the state’s colleges and universities. “There can be and is consistent duplication among many number of different academic settings in South Carolina, and if there is duplication, you have additional cost,” he said. “If you have that additional cost, you cannot put those resources in places where they really are needed.” Sanford said that moving to a board of reagents system is one way of addressing duplication problems. There are two ways a board of reagents operates. One, where the governor appoints a board of reagents for each college and uni versity; or two, where one board of reagents presides over all of the states higher education, replacing the boards of trustees. “You’ll never eliminate all poli tics involved and all duplication out of any politically driven system,” Sanford said. “But you can take some of it out. That is what the board of reagents system has done in a number of other states.” The comments come a month af ter the State Budget and Control Board cut all state agencies by 5 per cent, reducing USC’s budget by $7 million. Altogether, USC is now fac ing a $33 million budget shortfall. “I think you have to look at the situation,” USC Provost Jerry Odom said. “I think there are ques tions you can ask with respect to du plication, but I think you need to be able to ask the right questions and look at the situation.” ♦SANFORD, SEE PAGE3 TOP PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK, BOTTOM PHOTO BY ERIC SOONG/THE GAMECOCK Top: Gov. Mark Sanford is sworn Into office at the State House Wednesday. Above: Sparkle Scott and J.D. Sumter pick at the remains of the barbecue at the governor’s inaugural party. FOR MORE PHOTOS, SEE WWW.DAILYGAMECOCK.COM. Governor bucks tradition with post-inaugural barbecue BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA THE GAMECOCK Gov. Mark Sanford broke from the tradition of ballroom dancing and black-tie celebrations Wednesday when he held a post-in augural barbecue in the Watermelon Shed of the State Farmers Market. South Carolina Inaugural Committee Chairman John Rainey said he was pleased with the gather ing. “This is a very democratic event, and Mark is about relating to people and bringing government as close to the people as he can,” Rainey said. “These are hard times in America and it would have been inappropri ate to hold a high-priced, glitzy event. Mark is a phenomenon.” Thousands of supporters ate peanuts, drank beer and shagged the night away at the get-together, which featured music by The Swingin’ Medallions and The East Coast Party Band and served barbe cue from 14 vendors representing ev ery region of the state. Forest Thomas, owner of Brushy Creek Bar-B-Q House in Powdersville, served at the event. “I think this is great,” he said. “It seems to be relaxed, and this seems to be an atmosphere that more peo ple are comfortable with.” Neil Turner, owner of Kenny’s Bar-B-Que in Hemingway, said he was “very proud to represent the Pee Dee region of the state,” and that the celebration was one where “the av erage Joe would be a little more in clined to go.” Eddie Floyd, owner of Eddie’s Bar-B-Q in Turbeville, said he was excited about the event. “We’re really a small town any how, but we’re supporters of Mark Sanford,” Floyd said, “and it has been a party. I think it’s a lot better than the formal ball they usually have.” Sonya Shealy, co-owner of Shealy’s in Batesburg-Leesville, said the barbecue was a great experience. She said the celebration “was more successful because more people were comfortable coming to it.” Midway through the event, Sanford came out of the crowd, where he had been shaking hands and posing for pictures, to address ♦BARBECUE, SEE PAGE 2 Index Comics arid Crossword 7 Classifieds 10 Horoscopes 7 Letters to the Editor 4 Online Poll ~ 4 Police Report 3 Weather TODAY TOMORROW & n High 45 High 42 Low 19 Low 27 Inside ♦ ONLINE Dupont gives major gift to USC; read this and other state, nation and world briefs. www.dailygamecock.com ♦ VIEWPOINTS Shanna Reed finds fault in new therapy trends. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX Preview the new spring fashions, from the funky to the sublime. Page 5 ♦ SPORTS Jocelyn Penn is breaking records tjjis year for the women's basketball team. Page 8 USC receives national recognition for first-year student experience Award marks second major honor for program BY ALEXIS STRATTON THE HA.MECOCK The Brevard College Policy Center for the First Year of College has selected USC as an Institute of Excellence for its outstanding first-year pro grams, making this the second time USC has been recognized nationally for the first-year ex perience. The honor recognizes USC’s first-year experience for its broad impact, durability and student involvement. USC, along with 12 other schools, was selected from 130 applicants that ranged from community colleges to large state schools. “For a long time, we had felt like we were doing a good thing,” said Mary Stuart Hunter, director of the National Resource Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition. “What it means to me is that others outside the university recognize us as a place that there are especially successful, productive and pow erful programs for first-year stu dents.” ♦ AWARD, SEE PAGE 2 Draft bill wouldn’t draw from ROTC BY ALLYSON BIRD THE GAMECOCK Military officials said a bill in troduced by U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings to reinstate the military draft would have no effect on USC’s ROTC cadets because the programs train officers, not en listed men. “A draft makes enlisted men in the Navy. We have an officer pro * gram here,” said Cmdr. Arthur Porcelli with the Navy ROTC. “The only effect I could see is that more people would want to join the ROTC.” On Jan. 9, Hollings (D-S.C.) in troduced the Universal National Service Act of 2003, a bill that pro poses reinstating the military draft and requiring military or civilian service ' from all Americans, male and female, age 18 to 26. Those selected to perform civil ian service would be required to serve for at least two years. The twist to the bill is that de ferments would only be allowed through high school, so col lege students would not es cape the draft. “It’s spark ing an inter esting debate, a pretty provocative debate," said Andy Davis, Hollings’ communica tion director. “How does a country pre pare for war? 11 S 11W l IU L/C approached in a flippant or ill-ad vised manner.” Davis said that from Hollings’ standpoint, the answer lies in a shared sacrifice, even though the Department of Defense disagrees. On Sept. 18,2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that there was “not a chance” that the draft would be reinstated. With the United States partic ipating in 14 peacekeeping mis sions and fighting a multi-theater war, military personnel are not in surplus, Davis said. “The Pentagon says they don’t need the force,” but Hollings would disagree, Davis said. “Not that they don’t bring expertise, but Hollings is a veteran,” he said. Hollings’ legislation is the Senate companion to a House bill introduced by Reps. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.). David conceded that the President would have ultimate control over how the bill is enact ed. College students could be giv en special consideration, and there could be a possibility of civilian service for women. ♦ DRAFT, SEE PAGE 3 “It’s sparking an interesting debate, a pretty provocative debate. How does a country prepare for war? It’s not to be approached in a flippant or ill-advised manner.” ANDY DAVIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR U. S. SEN. FRITZ HOLLINGS