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University of South Carolina FDIHAV QPDTFMRFD 1 0 OHOQ Vol.97,No.l8 www.dailygamecock.com rixIL/Mlj OL.rlC.IVIDL.r\ -LZ, ZUUO Since 1908 ■ - 1 --- - . . - _.!_ . « - ‘Cocks’ merchandise under fire Athletics says it meant to regulate only products at Williams-Brice BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK The company that handles all of USC’s product licensing says the university has banned the word “Cocks” from all merchan dise except hats, a situation the USC athletics department is call ing a misunderstanding. Jennifer Koshlap, a represen tative for SEC schools with the Collegiate Licensing Company, said she was contacted by USC in May and told that the university would no longer approve any de signs with the word “Cocks,” opt ing for the full name “Gamecocks” instead. On May 8,2003, Koshlap sent an e-mail to companies licensed to make USC products saying that “effective immediately,” the uni versity would no longer approve designs with the word “Cocks” on it. The e-mail also said that the companies must deplete their cur rent inventory of “Cocks” mer chandise and that any previous ap provals of “Cocks” merchandise were now disapproved. Sports Information Director Kerry Tharp said the issue was a miscommunication between the athletics department and the li censing company. Tharp said the intent was to have only the word “Gamecocks” on merchandise sold at Williams-Brice Stadium, where the athletics department has control over what is sold. “But as far as outside outlets that were properly licensed, we have not, as I said, prohibited or communicated any type of re strictions,” he said. “It seems to me that we may have done an in adequate job of communicating that, and we may need to get that corrected.” But local vendors have been de nied requests for more “Cocks” merchandise. Carolyn Williams, owner of Gamecock Spirit Shop on Main Street, has been selling Gamecock merchandise for 30 years. She said she placed an or der for more “Cocks” merchan dise back in May, but was told by her suppliers that they were no longer allowed to print them. She said “Cocks” shorts and T-shirts were big sellers, along with a plas tic stadium cup they have carried for years that reads, “Big Cock fan.” “I have people that ask for that every day,” she said. Jeff Seidel is the owner of AdMagnets.com, a company that makes slap koozies with “Go Cocks” written on them as well as a variety of other Gamecock mer chandise. He said he has had to go back and have new screens, or stencils, cut for all of his items. He said it costs about $50 to change a screen. “That’s my No. 1 seller,” said Seidel, who graduated from USC in 1977 with a journalism degree. Koshlap said that when a com pany wants to produce a USC product, it must first submit its designs to the licensing company. The company then sends all the designs to Ken Corbett, special ♦COCKS, SEE PAGE 2 PHOTO BY MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK Kyle Lundgren, an attorney from St. Paul, Minn., looks through T-shirts at the University Bookstore. He says that outside South Carolina, the word “Cocks” is often misunderstood. New law school says it won’t rival USC BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA THK GAMECOCK Although a USC law school fac ulty member just left to work at the Charleston School of Law, the newly formed Lowcountry insti tution will not try to compete with Carolina, a Charleston law school official said Thursday. USC law school Admissions Director John Benfield resigned Tuesday to take a job in Charleston. USC Law School interim Dean Frank Mood said Benfield was the only USC Law School staff mem ber to resign so far. But according to one USC law school professor, who didn’t waht to be identified, other faculty members are considering taking jobs in Charleston as well. Richard Gershon, dean of the Charleston School of Law, said the school has received several appli cations from USC faculty. Gershon said the school’s location and its private status have at tracted faculty members from around the country. “You never want to lose good people,” Mood said. He added, however, that there is no shortage of potential replacement faculty members in South Carolina. “I think there are a number of people out there from whom we can draw.” he said. Mood took over as interim dean of the USC law school last sum mer. A search committee has been searching for a full-time Law School dean since 2001. “We don’t see ourselves compet ing directly with USC,” said Gershon, who currently acts as dean of Texas Wesleyan law school. As a private institution, the ♦ LAW SCHOOL, SEE PAGE 2 ■ Two years later, the nation continues to mourn the victims of the terrorist attacks that changed lives around the world BY LARRY MCSHANE THK ASSOCIATED RRK.SS NEW YORK - Two by two they stepped forward at ground zero Thursday, the sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, grandsons and granddaughters of the Sept. 11 victims, mournfully reciting the 2,792 names KD of the World Trade Center dead. I “My mother and my hero,” 13-year old Brian Terzian said after reading nrS the name of his mother, Stephanie McKenna. “We love you. ” Lie®* For a second straight year, the na tion paused on a bright September morning to recall the day when hi jacked jetliners slammed into the ■ World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing more than 3,000 people in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. In New York, 200 children led the mourning, showing extraordinary poise as they read the enormous list of victims for 21/2 hours. Church bells tolled at the moment hijacked Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, Pa. A mo ment of silence was observed at the Pentagon for the 184 victims there. And President Bush stood in silence on the White House lawn “We remember the heroic deeds,” Bush said. “We remember the com passion, the decency of our fellow cit izens on that terrible day. We pray for the husbands and wives, the moms and dads, and the sons and daughters and loved ones.” The relatives at ground zero ap peared in various sad permutations: Police Sgt. Michael Curtin was repre sented by his three daughters, Jennifer, 17, Erica, 15, and Heather, 13. Kristen Canillas, 12, stood alongr side 8-year-old Christopher Cardinali; both had lost a grandparent. “I love you and I miss you,” Kristen said after reciting the name of her grandfather, Anthony Luparello. The children - the youngest was 7 - offered poignant messages to. their lost loves ones, their emotions laid bare before a crowd that held aloft pictures of the victims, dabbed tears from their eyes, and laid flowers in temporary re flecting pools representing the towers. ' ♦ REMEMBRANCE, SEE PAGE 3 Faculty, students celebrate diversity BY JON TURNER THE GAMECOCK From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, USC students and fac ulty convened in the Capstone • conference room to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the universi ty’s desegregation, an event or ganized by the African American Studies Department. “I think it was a wonderful event,” said Cleveland Sellers, di rector of USC’s African American Studies Department. “I thought we were able to get the kind of thank you that these people de serve. The university said thank you.” Sellers summarized the event as a “celebration of the courage of three young people” as well as any other “unsung heroes.” mstory proiessor uan carter spoke about the historical context of the integration. “I remember there was a head line in The Gamecock,” he said. ‘“Mother of Negress sees no vio lence.’ Now that’s a word last seen in Webster’s dictionary in 1923, and USC students were us ing it in 1963.” He talked about the trials that thp new black students were forced to endure as they attended the university. “If you were standing there 40 years ago,” he said, “they’d be try ing to kill you. Now, they’re standing and applauding.” Robert Anderson, James Solomon and Henrie Montieth Treadwell were the first three blacks to enroll at USC since Reconstruction. Anderson, a retired social worker, said the invitation to speak at the celebration brought “a flood of emotion, memories both sweet and terrible.” He was present only by phone, ♦ INTEGRATION, SEE PAGE 2 Index Comics and Crossword 7 Classifieds 10 Horoscopes \ Letters to the Editor 4 Online Poll 4 Police Report 2 Weather TODAY TOMORROW H High 83 High 84 Low 63 Low 65 In This Issue ♦ NEWS USC students honor the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Page 3 ♦ VIEWPOINTS Kristen Gilmore says USC’s new smoking policy is groundless. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX Curl up with a good 1 book. The Mix celebrates ! September’s focus on literacy. Page 5 ♦ SPORTS As the USC football team heads to Georgia, ! columnists from both schools square off. Page 8 USC takes action to prevent future blackouts BY IRA KLEIN THE (JAHECOCK USC officials said they are working to improve the univer sity’s energy system to ensure that power outages, like the one that hit south campus Saturday, will not happen again. Jim Demarest of USC Facility Services said Saturday’s outage was caused by the failure of an old, faulty 8,320-volt primary-feed line. Demarest said they are not sure exactly what caused the wire to fail, but he said that two reasons are most likely — either the insulation around the wire cracked, allowing moisture to seep in, or a mold that is known to grow within the insulation jacket that surrounds the wire caused it to short out. USC’s power grid consists of seven main circuits that bring power around campus from three main distribution points. Each one of these circuits is an under ground conduit about five to six inches in diameter that contains three wires like the one that failed Saturday. Each wire is about two inches in diameter. Demarest said too many of these wires are too old — some are more than 30 years old. Fortunately, Facility Services has identified several areas on campus where old distribution cables, as well as old switches, need to be replaced. Accordingly, Demarest said his department will be making a presentation to the university to ask for permis sion and the necessary resources to replace these wires and switch es. In addition, Facility Services has worked with several of the primary circuits so that if there is a problem with the power on one end of campus, they can pro vide electricity from the other end, thus preventing another blackout. Demarest said they’ve also been watching and regulat ing their power loads much more closely to prevent any trouble. Despite recent budget cuts in many sectors of the university and the state as a whole, Facility Services received a $2.5 million appropriation this year, which will help a great deal in perform ing some of the maintenance that is necessary on the power grid. ♦ POWER, SEE PAGE 3