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I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2004_ Since 1908 Tice explains actions, apologizes BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK In a meeting with students and faculty members Tuesday, second year history student Tim Tice de fended his actions during Zeta Tau Alpha’s Big Man on Campus fund raiser and apologized for offend ing people. The meeting with Student Life Director Jerry Brewer marked the second, round of reactions and apologies from USC after some stu dents were upset about Tice’s skit in the fund-raiser. Representing Alpha Delta Pi, Tice wore black body paint on his legs while im personating Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl halftime performance. Tice said there were three parts of the competition, and his legs were painted during all of them be cause in his final skit he wore a painted-on tuxedo. Tice said he would have covered his legs dur ing the Jackson skit, but the paint wasn’t dry and he didn’t want to smear it. “I’m not a racist,” Tice said. “I feel I haven’t had my side of the story out there.” Tice said he was also upset that no one had tried to contact him so that he could tell his side of the sto ry. In a phone interview with The Gamecock on March 16, Tice said he was “sorry for the misunder standing,” before hanging up. “I didn’t know what was going on or what to say,” Tice said dur ing Tuesday’s meeting. “I didn’t want to have my words twisted around by the paper.” i uu lu apologize and said he “didn’t do it to hurt anybody.” ZTA President Lindsey Dupree pledged to help orga nize a seminar on April 6, led by Bobby Donaldson of USC’s history department, about the history of minstrel shows. Director of Greek Life Gena Runnion said her office will hold an m event explaining the recruiting and membership qualifications for Greek organizations Monday at 6 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. Justin Williams, president of the Association of African Students, said USC President Andrew Sorensen will hold a IltJWa UU11 ference on Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the Russell House Theater to give an official response. The situation has gathered lots of local attention. Representatives from The State newspaper as well as WLTX and WIS covered the meeting. Several students voiced concern about the amount of me dia coverage, including third-year business student Johnny McCoy, who said all the negative attention was “defacing the character of an entire organization.” . FOurth-year psychology student Priya Sarathy said she thought ZTA was a great organization and that this incident was just a “bump in the road.” Dupree said ZTA does a lot of good things on campus, but no one ever covers them. “We know that we are a good sorority,” she said. “We don’t have to haVe ^bmeone tell us that.” Brewer said he thought the meeting provided a good opportu nity for discussion. “We’re through with the tear ing down part. Everyone now wants to build,” he said. Student Government Vice President Yvonne Miller also at tended the meeting, but only as a “concerned student.” She said she hasn’t thought about whether SG would respond to the event. “My biggest concern is I want to see that all of these plans are fol lowed through,” she said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu “I’m not a racist. I feel I haven’t had my side of the story out there.” TIM TICE SECOND-YEAR HISTORY STUDENT S.C. Law Review among most cited publications BY JULIE LEDBETTER THE GAMECOCK The South Carolina Law Review, which is edited and pub lished by USC law students, was ranked as one of the most fre quently cited legal publications in the country in a survey by Washington and Lee University. For number of court citations, ♦ the journal was ranked 38th out of 702 legal publications surveyed, which puts it in the top 5 percent nationally. “We are proud to have one of the most frequently cited publications in the country here at USC,” said Burnele Powell, dean of the USC law school, in a news release. “The law review’s accomplishments re flect well on the university and the School of Law.” Sara Maurer, the upcoming ed itor in chief of the Review, said the ranking will benefit the law . school. “The more our articles are cit ed, the more recognition that the law school gets in general,” she said. A The Review was the 13th most 9 frequently cited publication among journals at public law schools and is in the top 14 percent for most citations by other jour nals. Maurer said it’s good that the Review is being used as a resource around the country. “We are extremely excited that the articles we publish are an im portant source on which judges rely in making decisions around the country,” she said. The law school will play host to the National Conference of Law Reviews in Charleston in March 2005. Every year, law review edi tors from law schools around the country meet at the national con ference. “It brings together law review ♦ LAW REVIEW, SEE PAGE 5 PHOTO BY MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK Sara Maurer, a second-year law student, will be editor In chief of the law review next year. Quick-draw DeGraw PHOTO BV MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK Gavin DeGraw performs in the Russell House Ballroom Tuesday evening. Students picked up all 650 tickets to the Carolina Productions event. Plasma flows with pocketbook pulse BY JUSTIN CHAPPELL THE GAMECOCK With more than 20 cars in the ZLB Plasma Services parking lot on a sunny Saturday morning, the building looks like the most hap pening spot on Assembly Street. But this business is minimal com pared with a daily average of 110 to 120 plasma donors. The center’s appeal lies in the ease of transaction for regular donors, most of whom visit twice a week for one hour and are paid $40. This brings many to plasma Q centers instead of the American Red Cross, which stopped paying donors decades ago. “That’s $40 a week: $15 on Thursday and $25 on Saturday,’’said Juanita Moses, 57, who started donating in October after she lost her job at a Columbia convenience store. “Ten more dol lars to come back,” she said. The money seems to attract two groups: lower-class, middle-aged people and college students. “Some people donate to help ♦ PLASMA, SEE PAGE 3 PHOTO BY MORGAN FORD/THE GAMECOCK ZLB Plasma Services accepts donations two times a week. USC set to commemorate Brown v. Board of Education BY MICHAEL POSA THE GAMECOCK USC, in conjunction with the African-American Studies Program, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision the weekend of April 23-24, The commemoration will con sist of a series of symposiums held in the law school auditori um as well as a screening of Avon Kirkland’s film, “Simple Justice.” A subsequent book signing will take place with au thor Richard Kluger, author of the book Kirkland’s film is based upon. The commemoration cele brates the anniversary of the Brown v. Board ruling of May 17,1954, which stated that the “separate but equal” clause was unconstitutional because it vio lated the 14th Amendment rights of the children by segregating and classifying them based sole ly on the color of their skin. The controversy was spurred by 13 parents and a local chapter of the NAACP when they filed a class-action lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka schools. Ultimately, this lawsuit culminated in the beginning of the end of segregation in public ♦ SYMPOSIUM, SEE PAGE 5 Conductor receives Ditson award BY LADONNA BEEKER THE GAMECOCK Donald Portnoy, music direc tor and conductor of the USC Symphony Orchestra, was award ed Columbia University’s 2004 Ditson Conductor’s Award Tuesday night. At the beginning of Tuesday night’s musical performance at the Roger center, Robert Ward, chairman of the Ditson Advisory Committee, presented Portnoy with a $5,000 award from the Alice M. Ditson fund and a citation from Columbia University’s president. “I was very excited to find out I won the award,” said Portnoy. “I received a phone call at 2 a.m. from somebody, saying ‘Guess what?”’ The Ditson advisory commit tee has asked Portnoy for the past six years to enter his programs for award consideration. “The $5,000 award is probably already spent. It is just a nice ges ture from the committee for me to buy more music scores and CDs,” Portnoy said. Portnoy currently holds the Ira McKissick Roger Endowed Chair for the Fine Arts at USC. Portnoy is also founder and di rector of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina, which brings ♦ PORTNOY, SEE PAGE 3 r SEE PAGE 7 ♦ ONLYTHE BEST The results are in. The Mix has the winners of the first Best of USC poll. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 8 ♦ I'M BRIAN FELLOWS Comedian Tracy Morgan to take over the Koger Center. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 9 ♦ DOGHOUSE Baseball vanquishes Wofford Terriers, 12-1. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 11 ' ' . 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