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TANKER FIRE _ KEVIN FUJII/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A fire fighter battles-a fire after a tractor trailer carrying petroleum products rolled and burned after allegedly colliding with vehicles in Houston, Texas. ■ T-SHIRTS Continued from page 1 started selling the shirts, they reached a mainstream audience, and they started to get attention,” Keddie said. The Harvard Institute of Politics and Russell Simmons, owner of Phat Farm and creator of Hip-Hop Summit, a movement that works to increase voter education and registration, attacked Urban Outfitters for selling the shirt, which they though; gave young people the wrong ideas about political involvement. “The press thought it was discouraging youth from voting,” Keddie said. “We thought the press did not give young people enough credit to understand the shirt’s irony.” Keddie said Urban Outfitters pulled the shirt from its stores by early March because of the criticism. Keddie said the shirt’s slogan was viewed as a political statement although the design team did not mean for it to be seen that way when creating the shirt. “Our intention was for it just to be a funny shirt like all our shirts — irreverent and sarcastic,” Keddie said. “It was not supposed to be political. We try and stay away from political messages.” Although the shirt was not originally intended to be political, Keddie said he now hopes the incentive of a free shirt will increase political activity among young voters. “Lots of people who order the shirt would probably have been going to the polls anyway, but some who weren’t might feel obligated to take the picture and go to the polls,” Keddie said. Keddie said he has not set a goal for how many people he wants to wear the shirts on election day, but 400 to 500 shirts have already been ordered since Vintage Vantage started giving them away two weeks ago. Student Government President Zachery Scott, who has been working with various student organizations to plan campus voter registration drives, recently ordered one of the shirts because he said he believes they will have a positive effect on student turnout. “I think it is a neat satirical way of getting people to vote, and the shirt is pretty hip too,” Scott said. Scott said the shirt’s slogan does not reflect USC students’ thoughts toward voting, but he thinks students will understand its ironic humor. “I think students take voting seriously,” Scott said. “But our goal is to just get as many students to vote as possible so if you get the joke, by all means get the shirt.” Teresa Mark, a second-year biology student, considers the company’s decision to give the shirt away for free to be a crafty business ploy. “While I think this is a good way to get young people to register to vote, I think it also serves as a clever way to attract business to their Web site,” Mark said. , Honors College dean and political science professor Peter Sederberg said students should not base their decisions upon an article of clothing. “Anyone who would guide their actions in life according to an Urban Outfitters shirt probably shouldn’t vote,” Sederberg said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknetvs@gwm.se. edu ■ GAMEDAY Continued from page 1 nationally recognized,” second year exercise science student Paul Edwards said. “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.” Second-year exercise science student Ashley Blaney said she thinks the national exposure will definitely put USC on the college football map. “We have so many good players on our team that nobody outside of the school has ever heard of,” Blaney said. “Being on ESPN is just going to introduce our team and our players as this year’s surprise team of the season.” Michael Arthur, a Student Government cabinet member who handles athletics, said the athletic department wants fans to wear garnet to games that begin before 5 p.m. and black to games that begin after 5 p.m., so Georgia will be a black game. The last time GameDay came to campus the Student Gamecock Club sponsored a “blackout,” encouraging every fan to wear black to the game to intimidate the then No. 3 Florida Gators with its star quarterback, Rex Grossman. The promotion received extensive coverage in The Gamecock and The State newspapers, but didn’t seem to have an affect as the Gamecocks lost 54 17 at Williams-Brice stadium. USC needed to win the game to advance to the SEC championship in Atlanta. Comments on this story? E-mail garnecocknews@gwm.sc.edu UpTovo -^asWityi v^ie&Ts DoWHovo CoWta'a bait — - _... 25W £ZA#rrH**+f . ' LACOSTE ' . _ _i V :_ ■ - ■ _?w: You want it. You got it... for a limited time I Now through September 14th, get FREE FOOD at any of these locations when you order from Campusfood.com.... my at campusfood.com' The following restaurants are also available online but are not participating in the free food giveaway. Dapper Don's Pizzaria I Oriental Express I Sub-Station II