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ivww.dailygamecock.com _FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,2004_ Since 1908 IN THIS ISSUE VIEWPOINTS Health Center isn’t as evil as once thought Graham Culbertson tells why the student health center turns out to be an all right place. Page 4 ♦ THE MIX ^What’s in a 1 front(wo)man Maria Charles explores how a lead singer can make or break a band, be it a man or a woman. Page 5 “.;.. ♦ THE MIX I scream for ice scream The best part about ice cream is what comes with it. Learn what to mix in with your next sundae. fpPage 5 ♦ SPORTS Newton to start Saturday Pinkins' injured throwing shoulder will keep him out of the ;ame. CL ' WEATHER ♦ TODAY High 80 LOW 70 ♦ SAT. High 85 Low 65 FOR EXTENDED FORECAST, SEE PAGE 2. INDEX Comics and Crossword.7 Classifieds.10 Horoscopes.7 Letters to the Editor.4 Online Poll..4 Police Report.2 USC might offer file-sharing By KEVIN FELLNER THE GAMECOCK USC officials are considering adding a music file-sharing service to its campus Internet access and could make a decision on it before the end of the semester. Student Life is trying to test the demand for the service among on-campus students to determine if it is worth the investment and the extra fee students would have to pay. “We’re exploring it, and we’d i ' like to hear from students if this is something that they are willing to pay for and would like the university to provide for them,” Student Life Director Jerry Brewer said. Chief Information Officer Bill Hogue said he favors the Real Networks system in use at the University of California — Berkeley and the University of Minnesota because it would require few technology infrastructure updates in the ♦ Please see SHARING, page 3 « use is considering adding an online music service to the campus network, such as Apple’s iTunes music store, shown here. - -------'-:-1 FOOTBALL TICKETS Some students bypass line FILE PHOTO/THE GAMECOCK Students wait in line for football tickets in this 2003 file photo. This year, student tickets ran out on the fourth day of distribution for the Georgia game, leaving many students without tickets. Law and Medical students have reserved tickets and don't wait in line. ■ Medical, law students have reserved tickets By TAYLOR SMITH THE GAMECOCK While many were upset to see the Gamecocks’ loss against Georgia last Saturday, some were even more upset not to see it. Scores of students weren’t able to get into Saturday’s game because there weren’t enough tickets. Generally, USC distributes 11,000 tickets to USC students for home football games. But 775 of those tickets are reserved for Law and Medical school students who don’t have to wait in line at the Russell House. Students in these schools scanned their Carolina Cards at the beginning of the year and had a ticket reserved for every home game. If the students don’t pick up their ticket by Thursday before the game, the ticket is sent back to the ticket office. “It does make me mad,” first year chemical engineering student Sarah Holton said. “Because the headline in Tuesday’s (The) State newspaper was saying how people were trying to forge tickets to get in.” For highly popular games such as the Georgia game, the amount of tickets the Law school receives comes under extra scrutiny for the amount of tickets that might not be picked up by law students and essentially “wasted.” “If the tickets aren’t picked up, then I take them back to the ticket office,” Heiting said. “I can understand what (undergraduates) are feeling, but we just don’t give tickets away.” The oversight of ticket operations falls to Massaro, who says his office works closely with Student Government at the beginning of the year to “tweak” any problems. The SG Athletics Committee is investigating the situation. “The Athletics Committee is working out a way for students to get tickets online,” Floyd said. “Right now they are just looking into it, but it could help solve some of these problems.” Floyd said if the service were available, then it could be available as soon as spring, but • would probably not be available until fall of next school year. The patience of undergraduates may be tested until next fall, but Massaro said this might not be as controversial as anticipated. “This is not an undergraduate versus graduate thing,” Massaro said. “Other than what we have heard this week, the process seems pretty equitable.” Tickets are distributed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the second floor of the Russell House, starting on the Monday the week before a home game. Chris Massaro, senior associate athletic director for ticket distribution, said student tickets didn’t run out until the fourth day ♦ Please see TICKETS, page 3 GMP gets low score, rebounds Tuesday By JUSTIN CHAPURA THE GAMECOCK The Grand Market Place received a perfect DHEC inspection score Tuesday after an assessment earlier in the month surprised management with the lowest score possible on the scale. This week’s routine inspection yielded a numerical score of 100 out of 100 possible points for the JENNI DILLARD/THE GAMECOCK A worker in the Grand Market Place serves food Thursday after the rating returned to an A. cafeteria, Dining Services General Manager Michael Scheffres said, from the 70 points that the GMP received on an unannounced inspection Sept. 3 that Business Services Director Helen Zeigler said was both “concerning and disappointing.” The dining hall scored an 88, the lowest score holding an “A” ranking, on a follow-up inspection Sept. 4. According to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, a facility scoring between 88 and 100 points qualifies as an A. Between 78 and 87 points is considered a B, and between 70 and 77 is a C. Scheffres said the reason for the poor rating had nothing to do with the GMP’s handling of . its food products. Instead, he said, it was because of maintenance issues in the back of the dining hall. “The low score was due to a multitude of issues,” Scheffres said. “We have spent a lot of money on the front of the house, but there were several pieces of facility equipment that needed maintenance, which gave us a bad rating.” According to Scheffres, among the items in disrepair were a leaky mop sink and dishwasher, broken ♦ Please see GMP, page 3 SG selects Freshman Council members By JACOB DAVIS THE GAMECOCK Student Government formally selected Freshman Council members Wednesday night, approving 36 students out of nearly 200 who applied. Senators chose the students based on an application as well as on their accomplishments, innovativeness, enthusiasm and personality, SG officials said. SG senators and executive cabinet members, as well as former Freshman Council members, made the selections. “I think my interview really went well, and that definitely helped me get selected. I’m excited to get started planning events with the rest of the council,” said Megan Bustamonte, a ♦ Please see SG, page 3 Hurricane Ivan devastates Alabama with 130 mph winds, kills 22 people ANDREW WEST/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A quarter-mile section of Interstate 10 went missing in Pensacola, Fla. after Hurricane Ivan hit shores. By PAULINE ARRILLAGA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PENSACOLA, Fla. — Hurricane Ivan drilled the Gulf Coast on Thursday with 130 mph winds that inflicted far less damage than feared everywhere except Florida’s Panhandle, where residents were left with surge-ravaged beachfronts, flooded streets and homes ripped apart by deadly tornadoes. The storm was blamed for at least 22 U.S. deaths, most of them in Florida. Ivan quickly deteriorated to a tropical storm after coming ashore. But forecasters warned it was not done yet: It ♦ Please see IVAN, aage 3 Research team studies evacuation patterns By LaDONNA BEEKER THE GAMECOCK With Ivan, now a tropical storm, bearing down on the Gulf Coast, researchers like USC’s Susan Cutter are making it their business to study the means and the reasons behind how people are evacuating to safety. Hurricanes that hit the Gulf and Atlantic coasts this month have sent many evacuating their homes. Evacuation routes for some people fleeing Hurricane Ivan caused. traffic jams, said Cutter, director of USC’s Hazards Research Lab, a team of 22 that surveys people affected by disasters. Cutter has researched hazardous disasters for more than 25 years. Cutter said the lane reversals caused by Ivan in Alabama and Louisiana were made too late. “You have to start the evacuations early enough,” she said. The time allowed for evacuation depends on the development of the area, the population and the storm’s movement. Evacuation can take 36 to 48 hours in some places, Cutter said. “The storm track could change in those days, so it is time to mobilize and get people out of ♦ Please see PATTERNS, page 3