The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, July 23, 2003, Image 1
July 23,2003 ♦ Vol. 97, No. 7
University of South Carolina ♦ www.dailygamecock.com
INSIDE
VIEWPOINTS
Two-party politics
need to end now
The Green Party and
Libertarian party have
gone too far. PAGE 5
THE MIX
%S matinee
Wednesday at 3:00
MATINEE jfl
’ Saturday at 3:00 '
MATINEt
Sunday at 3:00
Student cinema
converges at USC
Nickelodeon celebrates
international student
films. PAGE 7
SPORTS
Filling the Void
The SEC basketball
coaches deal with loss of
many players. PAGE 10
INDEX
Comics and Crossword 9
Classifieds 12
Horoscopes__9
Letters to the Editor 6
Online Poll 6
Quote of the Day 7
USC Police Report 3
Democratic candidates
open shop in Columbia
BY WES WOLFE
THE GAMECOCK
There are 197 days until the
South Carolina Democratic pres
idential primary, but the candi
dates in the race are already lay
ing the infrastructure for their
campaigns in this state and cam
paigning hard for votes.
Yesterday, Sen. John
Edwards of North Carolina
opened his campaign office on the
comer of Gervais and Huger. In
the middle of the crowded, hot
lobby, Edwards laid out his case
for his campaign against
President George W. Bush and
why he's here in Columbia.
oouui c-aromia is important ior
a lot of reasons," Edwards said.
"It is a critical state in the nomi
nation process. It is, in fact, the
state in which I was born.”
John Moylan, an attorney at
the Wyche Law Firm in
Columbia and Edwards' state
chairman, said that while South .
Carolina has a different con
stituencies from Iowa or New
Hampshire, Edwards' "message
will be the same, and he will rely
on heavy retail politicking."
Retail politics describes the
process of a candidate meeting
♦ EDWARDS, SEE PAGE 2
PHOTO BY TRISHA SHADWELL/THE GAMECOCK
Presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards emphasizes South
Carolina’s importance in the Democratic primary race.
Saddam’s sons killed in Iraqi villa
BY SARMAD JALAL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSUL, IRAQ (AP) — Saddam
Hussein’s sons Odai and Qusai
died in a blaze of gunfire and rock
ets Tuesday, the U.S. military said,
claiming their deaths will blunt
Iraqi resistance to the American
occupation.
It was the most successful
American operation since the war
and comes as a much-needed tonic
for U.S. troops, who recently have
suffered a dozen attacks a day.
U.S. forces mounted a six-hour
operation in which they sur
rounded and then stormed a pala
tial villa in the northern Iraqi city
of Mosul, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
♦ SONS, SEE PAGE 3
WUSCtoair
Beatles
fund-raiser
marathon
BY COREY GARRIOTT
THEOAMECOCK
It’ll be “a hard day’s night” for
WUSC this Friday. Columbia’s
only alternative radio station will
be “working like a dog” during a
spontaneous 24-hour Beatles
marathon.
It’s a fund-raiser to restore the
station’s Web radio, said station
manager Elyn Blackman.
“It’s not one of our normally
scheduled fund-raisers,” she said.
n wdi dumeiuiiig nidi wd& uune
at USC a long time ago, and we’re
trying to bring back a tradition.”
For WUSC, she said, the
Beatles are the perfect band, sure
to appeal to all tastes and sure to
last for the entire day. Callers can
donate during the individual two
hour shows, and the largest do
nation on a show will win a prize
donated by a Beatles fan club.
“There is probably no other
artist in music history that makes
sense to play for 24 hours,” she
said. “There’s so much solo mate
rial, tributes, crazy studio record
ings and rare stuff. There’s going
to be live recordings and rare
tracks and spoken word and in
terviews.”
The money has been earmarked
to pay royalty fees for WUSC’s live
Web radio, unplugged in 2001 in
response to the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act.
WUSC, like many college radio
stations, relies on educational ex
ceptions from the recording in
dustry to play its music at a low
cost. In 2001, the DMCA warned
Web radio stations that compa
nies could charge normal rates for
♦ WUSC, SEE PAGE 3