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nmnv.dailygamecock.com _WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,2004_ V°l Since 1908 IN THIS ISSUE A* THE MIX ‘Heads and • Tails’ The Gamecock’s own comic strip, “Heads and Tails,” drawn by Jonathan Hughes, revels in the Labor Day festivities. Page 12 ♦ NEWS Columbia to get indoor sports complex ^Plex Indoor Sports is building an 86,000 square-foot facility, featuring space for soccer and volleyball. Page 4 ♦ VIEWPOINTS Students don’t mind their Ps and Qs Copy editor Steven Van Haren says courtesy is a dying art — despite living in the South — and is especially so on ^the USC campus. Page 9 ♦ SPORTS Let the trash talking begin USC volleyball defeats Clemson at home, giving USC its first win over Clemson of the year. Page 13 WEATHER * TODAY Vj High 81 Low 72 ♦ THURS. #v, C'-Ow*-T High 84 Low 68 FOR EXTENDED FORECAST, SEE PAGE 2. INDEX Comics and Crossword.12 Classifieds.15 Horoscopes.12 Letters to the Editor.9 Online Poll.-9 Police Report.2 f *, ESPN to broadcast from stadium FILE PHOTO/THE GAMECOCK ESPN GameDay broadcast from the state fairgrounds in 2001 before USC took on then No. 3 Florida. USC lost the game, 54-17. By JONATHAN HILLYARD THE GAMECOCK ESPN’s College GameDay will make its second appearance in three years in Columbia before USC plays Georgia on Saturday. The trio of Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and host Chris Fowler will arrive in the state capital Friday and stay through Saturday to tape segments for ESPN’s SportsCenter and the hour-and-a-half College GameDay on Saturday morning. College GameDay, which generally travels to one predetermined game every week, will preview USC’s matchup against No. 3 Georgia, which will be televised nationally on ESPN Saturday at 5:30 p.m. The festivities begin Friday when the ESPN crew will tape segments to use on Friday evening’s SportsCenter at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive at the “A game of this magnitude already gives us the opportunity to turn some heads, but the fact that GameDay will be here only adds to the excitement of the game.” PAUL EDWARDS SECOND-YEAR EXERCISE SCIENCE STUDENT state fairgrounds, the site of the event, at approximately 4 p.m. Friday to take part in the taping. Saturday will include a live taping for the morning SportsCenter, followed by College GameDay from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The gates will open at 9 a.m. for the Saturday tapings. “It’s a great opportunity for USC to be ♦ Please see GAMEDAY, page 7 TROPICAL DEPRESSION Frances drenches campus, state By Jeffery Collins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The remnants of Hurricane Frances spun heavy rains and one of the largest tornado outbreaks ever recorded in South Carolina into the storm-weary state Tuesday. Frances swept through Columbia late Tuesday afternoon, inconveniencing students and prompting city police to briefly close Main Street. Torrential rains caught students off guard Tuesday. “My umbrella broke during the rain because the wind blew it up, and 1 got soaked,” said first-year sports and entertainment management student Shane Johnson. f Kevin Sampson, a fourth-year media arts student, added: “1 thought I was going to be swept away from the current in the gutters.” However, the storm didn’t harm USC property, officials said. “We are very fortunate that we didn’t have any damages that I am aware of,” said Jim Demarest, USC Facility Services director. “There was nothing out of the ordinary.” Other parts of the state weren’t so lucky. Forecasters received nearly 30 reports of tornadoes across the state since Frances’ storms started to hit the Low country on Monday. Nearly three-dozen tornado warnings had been issued by Tuesday evening. A Martinez, Ga., woman died in a weather-related crash on Interstate 20, troopers said. The 50-year-old victim, who was not identified, lost control of her sports-utility vehicle as she drove over a puddle on Interstate 20 near ♦ Please see FRANCES, page 6 JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK Main Street in Columbia floods Tuesday afternoon after a lingering tropical depression pelted the city and the state with rain. Police closed off part of Main Street Tuesday because of flooding. Cable boxes carry charges By JASON REYNOLDS THE GAMECOCK If off-campus students leaving their apartments don’t return Time Warner cable boxes and equipment to the company, those students might acquire an unexpected charge on their credit report. Students have found charges of up to $600 on their credit reports from cable companies because they failed to have their service disconnected before moving. The Time Warner Web site states in its service policy that any electronic equipment provided remains property of the company and must be returned if a customer wishes to terminate service or change cable converters. The responsibility lies in the hands of the customer, who must either call to have the service disconnected or go to the Time Warner offices to turn in equipment. The policy extends to include any equipment students can get from Time Warner, such as cable converter boxes and high-speed Internet hardware. Time Warner offices in the Columbia area are ♦ Please see CABLE, page 3 OFF AND RUNNING -* DAVID STAGG/THE GAMECOCK Safety Jamacia Jackson out-dodges Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler after intercepting one of his passes in the fourth quarter before returning it 98 yards for a touchdown. ♦ FOR SPECIAL FOOTBALL COVERAGE, SEE PAGE 16 ii1 Same shirt, new message By Z'ANNE COVELL THE GAMECOCK Vintage Vantage, an online T shirt company, is giving away free shirts with its controversial “Voting is for old people” message if recipients promise to wear the shirts while voting and send in a picture as proof. The move is to counteract the negative attention the company received in February, when Urban Outfitters began marketing the product. The company plans to run pictures of people voting while wearing shirts on its Web site vintagevantage.com. While MTV gives young voters the option to “Choose or Lose” in the upcoming presidential election and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs issues the ultimatum to “Vote or Die,” Vintage Vantage has been / delivering a different message. “We want to prove the shirt sn’t malicious,” said John Eddie, jwner of Vintage Vantage and me of the shirt’s designers. “It’s in opportunity to make a fifference at the polls.” Keddie said the shirt had been ;old on his company’s Web site or six months without :ontroversy before appearing on he shelves of Urban Outfitters. “When Urban Outfitters ♦ Please see T-SHIRTS, page 7