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STATE
Officials ID remains
of man found in car
GREENVILLE - Authorities
have identified skeletal remains
found in a car in some woods about
200 yards from a southern
Greenville County road.
George Gregory Geib, 49, was
found in the driver’s seat of his
1991 Honda Prelude on Saturday
afternoon, deputy coroner Linda
Holbrook said. An autopsy could
not determine how Geib died,
Holbrook said. The parents filed a
missing persons report on May 23.
Crowd control course
to be held at Clemson
CLEMSON — Officials from more
than 30 schools around the country
will meet at Clemson next week to
discuss crowd control as part of a
three-day National University
Security Workshop.
Clemson has paid extra
attention to crowd control at its
football games since the chaos and
injuries that followed the 2002
Clemson-South Carolina game at
Memorial Stadium.
The first changes were to alter
Clemson’s tradition of letting fans,
parents and children on the field
following games. Last season, fans
were funneled through the end
zone entrance by Howard’s Rock
and the stadium’s famous hill.
JNAllOJN
Innocent man freed
after 22 years in prison
NORFOLK, Va. — A man who
served nearly 22 years in prison for
two rapes he did not commit has
been released from prison.
DNA evidence exonerated
Arthur Lee Whitfield, and
Commonwealth’s Attorney John R.
Doyle III asked the state Parole
Board on Monday for Whitfield’s
immediate release.
Whitfield was convicted in 1982
of two rapes that occurred within
45 minutes of each other in the
Ghent section of Norfolk. Each
woman was walking from her car
to her apartment when she was
attacked on the evening of Aug. 14,
1981. Both testified that Whitfield
was the attacker.
New aluminum bottle
keeps beer cold longer
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh
Brewing Co., maker of Iron City
Beer, has partnered with Alcoa Inc.,
the world’s largest aluminum
maker, ;o produce aluminum
botttles that keep beer colder for as
much as 50 minutes longer than a
glass bottle, Alcoa officials said.
About 20,000 cases of the new
aluminum bottle beer are en route
to as many as 28 states and should
be on shelves this week, Alcoa and
Pittsburgh Brewing said Tuesday.
WORLD
Terrorism possible
after plane mishaps
MOSCOW — A Russian airliner
crashed and a second disappeared
from radar about the same time
Tuesday night after both planes
took off from the Moscow airport,
raising fears that terrorism was
involved.
There was no word on survivors
among the 89 people believed to be
aboard the planes, which left from
Moscow’s Domodedovo airport,
Russian news agencies reported.
Iran maxing nuclear
defense equipment
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said
Tuesday it was producing nuclear
defense equipment to protect its
citizens in case of any possible attack
on its nuclear facilities, according to
Tuesday media reports.
Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani
said U.S. sanctions had forced Iran
to seek self-sufficiency to meet all its
defense requirements, the
government-owned Persian daily
Iran reported.
MTV dubs
Philly as
next reality
host city
NEW YORK — Fifteen years
and over 100 strangers since its
debut, MTV’s “The Real
World” has moved to
Philadelphia with a fresh crop of
21- to 24-year-olds.
Karamo, Landon, Melanie,
MJ, Sarah, Shavonda and Willie
(MTV won’t reveal their last
names) are the latest strangers
plucked from obscurity and
picked to live in a house
together, or in this case, a
former bank.
The 10,000-square-foot
house, in the heart of
Philadelphia’s Old City
neighborhood, has the standard
“Real World” amenities,
including a hot tub, fitness
equipment and pool table. But
unlike the Seattle season’s pier
or the Las Vegas season’s Palms
Hotel and Casino penthouse,
the Philly digs have history: the
house was built at the turn of
the century and was originally
the Union National Bank of
Philadelphia. More recently, it
served as the headquarters for
the Merchant Seamen’s Institute
and Church.
The new season of “Real
World” will premiere Sept. 7.
MTV will preview the series
with “Out of My Way, I’m
Moving In: Tips for Getting into
The Real World,” a one-hour
casting special set to air
Tuesday.
The diverse cast includes
Landon, 24, who is sensitive
about being labeled a “dumb
jock” and is afraid to “let go,”
fearing that others won’t accept
him; Karamo, 23, who struggles
with his feelings about
interracial dating; Melanie, 22,
who has a spontaneous wild
streak; MJ, 23, who had
dreamed of playing pro football;
Sarah, 22, who isn’t afraid to
use her sex appeal to get what
she wants; Shavonda, 22, who is
the life of the party; and Willie,
23, who is “stubborn” and
insists that it’s his “way or the
highway.”
Brit Walk of Fame
honors guitarist
LONDON — Jimmy Page hasn’t
yet made it up the stairway to
heaven, but he’s the first to
reach the new British Walk of
Fame.
The former Led Zeppelin
guitarist cast his hand prints in
cement Monday as the first
music legend to be featured on
London’s answer to the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
“It’s a real privilege and a
great honor to be the first. I’m
really chuffed,” said Page, 60.
“A Walk of Fame is a fantastic
idea, and it’s high time we had
one in London.”
The site of the British
version, which will feature
popular music giants, is taking
shape outside the new Virgin
i Y
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
“Just because we’re
social doesn’t mean
we’re stupid.”
KATRINA SORENSEN
THIRD-YEAR POLITICAL
SCIENCE, FRENCH STUDENT
AND DELTA ZETA MEMBER, ON
GREEK STEREOTYPES
Music superstore on Piccadilly
Circus, London’s landmark
crossroads.
Page predicted it would
soon become crowded with
hand prints. “If you started
putting in all the people I
think are deserving, you could
cover the whole of London,”
he said.
Led Zeppelin — which
included singer Robert Plant,
bassist John Paul Jones and
drummer John Bonham, who
died in 1980 — was one of the
top rock bands in history and
produced nine chart-topping
albums from 1969 to 1979.
Their most famous song
was “Stairway to Heaven,”
which was never released as a
single but became one of the
most requested radio songs of
all time.
Wrestling show
to offer $1 million
NEW YORK — World
Wrestling Entertainment
chairman Vince McMahon is
looking for a few good men.
For three seasons,
McMahon’s WWE granted
wrestling contracts via the
“Tough Enough” MTV reality
competition. McMahon is
doing it again, but this time,
there’s $T million on the line
and a new format.
Unlike the previous gender
friendly “Tough Enough”
seasons, which had men and
women competing against
each other to become the next
Triple H or Trish Stratus, the
fourth venture will see eight
men battling for the four-year
contract, WWE spokesman
Michael Smith told The
Associated Press Monday.
And “Tough Enough”
won’t be returning to MTV.
For eight' weeks, the new
incarnation will be integrated
into “Smackdown!” on UPN,
beginning in October and
ending in December. Each
week, viewers will vote
“American Idol” style for the
contestant they want to see
win the $1 million contract.
The man with the lowest votes
will be sent packing.
Casting for “athletic,
physically fit, talented and
charismatic men” has begun.
Prospective body slammers
are encouraged to download
an application and submit a
60-second video.
Smith said the WWE is
looking for amateur wrestlers
from “all walks of life.”
Hiker finishes race
1 year after injury
LEADVILLE, Colo. — Just
over a year after cutting off
his right arm to save his life
during a solo hike in Utah,
Aspen adventurer Aron Ralston
has completed a grueling 100
mile race at an elevation of
over 10,000 feet.
More than 400 runners
began the Leadville Trail race
before dawn Saturday, racing
through hail and lightning at
times, but fewer than half
officially completed the race.
Some dropped out because
of nausea and cramps and
others weren’t able to cross the
finish line within the 30-hour
time limit.
Ralston, an official finisher
with a time of 29:43, said he got
sick after eating an onion
sandwich but continued running
despite feeling nauseated.
Paul DeWitt won the men’s
race for the second straight
year with a time of 17:16:19.
Anthea Schmid was the first
woman to finish, with a time
of 23:30:43.
Volunteers at aid stations
peeled bananas for Ralston,
who previously had only run
in 5K races.
“I felt in good balance,” he
said. “1 helped one gentleman
who took a spill.”
His mother, Donna
Ralston, was waiting at the
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
finish line to give him a hug.
Last April, Ralston was
hiking alone, negotiating a
canyon in southeastern Utah
when his right arm became
pinned beneath an 800-pound
boulder.
After other failed attempts,
he freed himself on the fifth
day by snapping his bones and
using a knife to cut through his
arm.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY _
FALL STUDENT ORGANIZATION^
FAIR: Davis Field, 11:00 a.m.-2:00
p.m.
MARSHALL AND RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP WORKSHOP: Harper
College, Gressette Room, 4:00
p.m.
LAST DAY TO CHANGE COURSE
SCHEDULE WITHOUT A “W.”
FALL ROOM CHANGE BEGINS:
8:00 a.m.
GAMECOCK NEWSPAPER
INTEREST MEETING: Russell House
303, 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY
FACULTY PRESENTATIONS:
Jones Physical Science Center
Rogers Room 409, 4:00 p.m.
FRESHMAN COUNCIL
APPLICATIONS DUE: Russell House
227, 4:00 p.m. m
use NAACP ICE CREAM SOCIAL:^
Russell House Ballroom, 6:30 p.m.
MONDAY
FREE TAE KWON-DO CLASSES:
STROM THURMOND WELLNESS AND
FITNESS CENTER, 7:30 p.m.-9:30
p.m.
TUESDAY
STUDENT ORGANIZATION
RENEWAL AND TREASURER'S
WORKSHOPS: Russell House
322/326, 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.,
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
WUSC NEW DJ INTEREST
MEETING: Russell House 322/326,
8:00 p.m.
use BRIEFS
Gamecock to hold
interest meeting
for fall semester
The Gamecock newspaper
will be holding an interest
meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Russell House room 304 for'
anyone interested in working
on staff. Positions include
writers, designers, copy editors,
photographers and editorial
cartoonists.
No prior experience is
required.
Business school
gamers top honors
in college rankings
The Moore School of
Business is ranked #1 in the
country for international
business education, #8 for its
undergraduate insurance
program and #41 overall.
USC’s University 401 program
is ranked among the top 15 in
the country and its University
101 program is in the top 40.
The rankings will be published
in the America’s Best Colleges
Guide published by U.S. News
8c World Report.
USC begins
graduate athletic
training program
USC has founded a graduate
athletic training program
designed to expand the
medical services for local
athletes and improve the skills
of certified athletic trainers.
The program is the result of a
collaboration between the
College of Education, the
School of Medicine and the
department of athletics. The
program will allow athletic gg
trainers to earn graduate ™
degrees in their field. Local
high schools and colleges will
serve as residency sites.
Professor given
governor’s award
For diabetes work
USC professor John Baynes
won the 2004 Governor’s
Award for Excellence in
Scientific Research for his work
on the source of tissue damage
resulting from diabetes and
aging. Baynes, a member of the
USC department of chemistry
and biochemistry, is one of the
top National Institute of
Health-funded researchers in
the country. He thanked his
students, wife and colleagues
for the honor.
POLICE REPORT
COMPILED BY JON TURNER/THE GAMECOCK
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.
tacn numoer on
the map stands
fora crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6 a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
% Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
■ HOURS
□ Violent
# Nonviolent
SUNDAY, AUG. 22
©INDECENT EXPOSURE,
DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OSBORNE
PARKING LOT, 915 BULL STREET
Reporting Officer J.M.
Harrelson responded to a call
about a naked white male wearing
a black mask. When he and
Officer Friels arrived at the
location, they watched William
Bordsen getting into a white car.
When Harrelson made contact, he
asked Bordsen to get out of the car
and arrested him for indecent
exposure. Bordsen smelled of
alcohol and admitted he’d been
drinking.
©CIVIL DISPUTE, EAST QUAD,
1400 BLOSSOM STREET
Victim said she and David
Smith got into an argument.
Reporting Officer: N. Dehaai
©UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF
BEER, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA,
MACBRYDE, 611 MARION STREET
Reporting Officers Dehaai and
Widdifield responded to a drug
complaint. They entered the room
of Brian Hannon and searched it.
• The officers found bottles of beer
under the bed. Hannon admitted
to drinking the beers. The officers
also found two marijuana pipes in
a desk and .what appeared to be
marijuana residue in the garbage
can.
O UNDERAGE POSSESSION OF BEER
AND ALTERED ID, LABORDE, 615
SUMTER STREET
Reporting officer Dehaai
responded to a drug complaint.
When the officer arrived, the
residence hall director and three
RAs were in the room with the
occupant, Alexander Harris. The
RAs said they’d already made the
occupants pour out the beer.
Open beer cans were in plain
view. The occupants consented to
a search of their room, and Harris
gave Dehaai a pipe used to smoke
marijuana. There were seven
unopened beers in the
refrigerator. The officer walked
out on the balcony and found
another marijuana. Dehaai asked
Harris if he had an altered ID.
Harris said he didn’t, but he did.
Dehaai issued him a ticket and set
a court date.
MONDAY, AUG. 23
0 GRAND LARCENY OF LAPTOP,
SOUTH QUAD, 500 SUMTER STREET
Victim said her bedroom door
was unsecure and that someone
her stole her Gateway laptop. t(|
Estimated value: $1,048.
Reporting officer: J. Meador
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