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USC offers free stadium rides beginning with Ole Miss game By JACOB DAVIS THE GAMECOCK USC Parking Services will offer student transportation to Williams-Brice Stadium beginning with the Oct. 9 football game against Ole Miss. The shuttles will leave an hour and a half before the game from Greene Street in front of the Russell House, and stay after the game at the parking lot between the ETV building and the stadium for about 30 minutes to take students back. Each bus will hold about 80 people. Students can sign up for seats when they pick up their tickets. Students need a USC ID to board the bus, but students can bring a guest. Students can sign guests in when they get their tickets earlier in the week, and the guest must have some form of ID. Because of game day traffic, the buses will only be proyiding point-to-point service, that is, directly from the Russell House to th< Stadium and then right back. No studeijt wil be let off in traffic or at any point between th< destinations. The buses will board at the Russel House on the Greene Street side, and wil drop students off at the parking lot betweer the ETV building and the stadium, abou two blocks from the stadium. No open fooc or drink containers will be allowed on th< buses. “This is an idea we’ve been toying with foi about a year. We want to provid< transportation for those students who haw had to walk to or from the game. We’re al excited about the idea, and if it generate: some interest we might see about providing additional buses,” said Derrick Huggins deputy director of Parking Services. Student Government President Zacher] Scott said he thought the plan was a gooc one. “Parking is obviously a prpblem, as anyone who has been to a game can tell you. I think it’s a great idea to give students on campus an opportunity to get to a home game,” Scott said. Second-year engineering student Kelsey Powell said she had problems parking at the games last year. “My friends and I always had to carpool,” she said. “Then again, if you didn’t drive to the game, you might miss out on tailgating.” David Bersinger, a second-year international business student, said he supports the transportation because “you could still have a good time tailgating even if you rode the bus.” “You could always meet other friends down at the stadium and hang out with them there,” he said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu Out-of-date e-mail makes draft mistake By WENDY CARABALLO THE GAMECOCK E-mails claiming President Bush would reinstate the draft if re-elected have been circulating college campuses this semester. Neither Bush nor Sen. John Kerry has said anything about the issue. “This is a hotly contested election, and thus there are groups on both sides who want to mobilize constituents to vote for either Bush or Kerry,” said Todd Shaw, assistant professor of political science at use. Laura Rittenhouse, a fourth-year hotel, restaurant and tourism management student, said the letter didn’t affect her. “I looked at the e-mail and didn’t even pay attention to it. To me it was a political scheme to change the way I was going to vote, and it doesn’t,” she said. • The rumor behind the letter originated from a bill introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., in January 2003. The bills, one in the House and one in the Senate, would allow 18- to 26-year-old men and women to be drafted in the military. Contrary to the e mail’s claims, neither bill is likely to come to a vote. Vice President Dick Cheney was quoted by NBC news Wednesday saying, “The notion that somebody’s peddling out there that there is a secret plan to reinstirute the draft — it’s hogwash, not true.” USC Naval ROTC commanding officer Capt. David Logsdon said there wouldn’t be a draft. “From a military perspective, there is no need for a draft,’’ he said. Logsdon said the Navy’s retention rate might be the highest during his 30-year military career. “From the Navy’s perspective, so many people are joining, they are trying to reduce forces,” he said. Comments on this story ? E-mail gamecocknews@gtvm.sc.edu USC, Columbia oin forces for Dusiness project By TAYLOR SMITH THE GAMECOCK In a joint effort to further help entrepreneurs, USC has signed an agreement with Columbia to move the USC Columbia Technology Incubator to a new location on Laurel Street. The incubator, which serves as a training and tutorial ground for business-starters at USC, has existed for five years and produced 300 jobs as well as 11 businesses, most of which have stayed in the Midlands. “This provides a great opportunity for us to expand our program,” said Tony Boccanfuso, director for research and economic development. “And this provides a better environment for us to do well.” The incubator is located in two different sites on Washington and Sumter streets, but this move will put the businesses in one location, which Incubator Director Joel Stevenson said would allow them to “fully advertise our capabilities to the public and increase the number of high paying, high impact jobs we can create.” “If (a student) doesn’t have the resources to start his or her own business right off the bat, this is a great opportunity,” second-year business student Seth Richardson said. Boccanfuso said the new site was obtained with the help of landlord Peter Cannon, who helped USC find the property and materials. “He saw this as a way to bring the facility to the incubator program and he really brokered the deal between the city and the school,” Boccanfuso said. The building, which was formerly a Columbia City Annex building*' had been home to city employees, which began to move out last week in preparation for the new incubator. USC will reimburse the city for any space the university uses in the facility, along with any renovations done to the building. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockhews@givm.se. edu RHA SENATE CTV affiliate receives partial funding EDITOR’S NOTE: Because of an editing error, the RHA story in Wednesday's paper ran with the wrong headline. By JACOB DAVIS THE GAMECOCK The Residence Hall Association Senate voted to provide a portion of the original funding request for its Carolina Television affiliate Tuesday night. After rejecting CTV’s $3,200 budget request last week, the RHA Senate voted to give $505 to CTV for purchasing a boom mike and windscreen, as well as batteries and blank tapes. The amendment passed 42-14, with 4 abstaining. Bates House president Mike Kucharski submitted a bill that would have given CTV $3,200 to purchase an Apple Power Mac G5, but Sen. Patrick Walsh, from McBryde Quad, objected. MI like CTV, and I think they put on a good show,” Walsh said. “(CTV representative Adam) Pennetti can tell you that last year I supported the full amount of money that they requested. I move that we provide them (only) with the money they absolutely need.” Last week the Senate voted to give nlbre than $1,000 to WRHA to produce a similar show in the place of CTV. With CTV still receiving funding, it appears the WRHA show will compete with CTV. WRHA representative Brian Wayne said WRHA hopes to have a promotional for its new show out in about two weeks. “We’re not trying to replace CTV; we’re trying to cater to a niche they haven’t with a show geared more toward the residents,” Wayne said. Last week, Pennetti said he felt “disrespected” regarding the Senate’s addons. Pennetti said CTV would continue to only put out what they considered a quality product. He also said he would agree to meet with senators concerning any issues they might have with CTV and its performance. “I think that all affiliates should have standards, and I am completely willing to work with the Senate toward new requirements,” Pennetti said. -_4 Sen. Forrest Clonts, from Preston College, spoke about what he saw as CTV5s main failing in past years. “After talking fairly extensively with my residents, we came to the conclusion that CTV has done a poor job of self-promotion,” Clonts said. Partly in response to the situation, Sen. Kishan Patel of South Quad proposed the idea of forming an evaluation committee that would oversee the progress of groups to whom the RHA Senate had allotted money. “With the CTV situation in mind, I think that proposing legislation to create a committee that would oversee the progress of groups who receive money would allow the senate to feel safe with allotting money from the budget,” Patel said. Senators, including Walsh, said they supported the idea, and RHA President Adam Hark said that if enough senators were interested, such a committee could be established without legislation. Comments on this story? E-mail ga7nec0cknews@gwm.sc. edu Im DEBATE Continued from page 1 appeared disingenuous in his responses and that he was evasive. AAAS members agreed that 'there are more issues to discuss , than the war with Iraq and pointed to problems with education and the ! national economy. News Editor Michael LaForgia wrote this report, while Viewpoints Editor Wes Wolfe and staff writers LaDonna f Beeker and Jacob Davis i contributed. i —— Comments on this story ? E-mail gamecocknewdSbgmn.sc.edu ■ BATES Continued from page 1 these standards,” Zeigler said. “We are also pleased that they brought the situation down.” After incidents of this nature, Scheffres said that it is tough to estimate the lack of attendance at the particular establishment, but over time there would be indicators of fewer patrons. “This is what mom and dad pay for,” third-year elementary education student Jessica Price said. “So we have to eat it.” Scheffres said he understands that student confidence in the diners is shaky, but he wants to emphasize that “serious steps” have been taken and students should give them another try. “I think they understand our confidence is shaken by these events,” Zeigler said. “And our discussions will be of a different nature if this ever happens again.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@givm.sc.edu ■ POPS Continued from page 1 newspaper and magazine writers, including CNN and The New York Times, which ran a story about Frisby last Saturday. And at least 10 production companies, including Paramount, have approached Frisby about making his story into a movie, USC sports information director Kerry Tharp said. The possibility has left coaches and players joking about who will play them if a film is made. Assistant head coach Skip Holtz said the extra media attention hasn’t distracted the team during practice. ' “I don’t think it’s been a distraction at all,” Holtz said. He added that the coaches and players are happy to see Frisby get so much attention. Head coach Lou Holtz, who has appeared on the “Late Show” and “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, said he values Frisby’s contribution to the team more than the media exposure he’s bringing. Lou Holtz also praised Frisby’s family for their support. “I appreciate the sacrifices he’s made, but I more so appreciate the sacrifices his family and his wife have made,” he said. In the past, Lou Holtz has joked that he kept Frisby on the roster to guarantee a full stadium at home games. Frisby’s children range in age from six months to 16 years old. But lately, the head coach has spoken only positive words about the receiver. “He’s totally unselfish,” he said of Frisby. “When you put the team first, then the team should take care of you.” Perhaps the oldest player in college football, Frisby is exempt from NCAA age regulations because of his military service. But he’s not exempt from the cracks of his younger teammates, who have taken to calling him “Pops.” Frisby doesn’t mind the jokes, or the media attention his story has garnered. “It's a great honor to represent the university,” * he said after Wednesday’s practice, but he added that he’d rather join the team in Tuscaloosa than ?ive an interview to Letterman. Frisby will watch the game from Columbia. --- Comments on this story? E-mail iamecocbiews@gwm.sc. edu ~ ;- i our troops?” the Republican incumbent said. More than 1,000 Americans have been killed In Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, many of them by insurgents battling American forces. Not long before Bush and Kerry strode on stage, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a major attack against the insurgents in Samarra. The U.S. command said government and police buildings had been secured in the city. Both men used well-rehearsed - lines during their face-to-face encounter, but this was the first time each had to listen to the criticism at close quarters. Bush appeared perturbed when Kerry leveled some of his charges, scowling at times and looking away in apparent disgust at others. Kerry often took notes when the president spoke. There were few light moments, the most prominent when they exchanged courtesies about their 20 something daughters. “Trying to put a leash on them,” Bush quipped of twins Jenna and Barbara. The 90-minute debate unfolded scarcely a month before the election, the first in a series of hieh-stakes ALAN DIAZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. John Kerry, left, and President Bush shake hands before the first debate Thursday night. ■ CLASH Continued from page 1 against terror and the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The four-term Massachusetts senator said he could do a better job than Bush of protecting the nation against another Sept. 11-style attack and pledged to be strong and resolute in fighting terrorism. “But we also have to be smart ... and smart means not diverting our attention from the war on terror and taking it off to Iraq,” Kerry said. “This president, L don’t know if he really sees what’s happening over there,” Kerry said of Bush, the two men standing behind lecterns 10 feet apart on a University of Miami debate stage. Bush swiftly returned to his theme of Kerry as a man who changes his mind too often to be president. “He voted to authorize the use of force and now says it’s the wrong war at the wrong time.I don’t think you can lead if you say wrong war, wrong time, wrong place. What message does that send to encounters between the president and his Democratic challenger. The two men meet Oct. 8 in St. Louis and again on Oct. 13 in Tempe, Ariz. Kerry appeared to taunt the commander in chief at one point during the debate when he said his father, former President George H.W. Bush, had stopped troops from advancing on Baghdad after they had liberated Kuwait during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Now, he said, the son ordered an invasion of Iraq anyway, without an exit strategy and under conditions that mean the United States has incurred 90 percent of the casualties and paid 90 percent of the cost. In response, Bush ridiculed his opponent, saying he denigrated U.S. allies in the war, voted against an $87 billion measure to aid Afghanistan and Iraq and sent mixed signals. “What’s his message going to be? Please join us in Iraq for a grand diversion?” Bush said to Kerry’s contention that he could summon broader international support for the war. “They’re not going to follow someone whose core convictions keep changing because of politics.” ■ VACCINE Continued from page 1 and isn’t meant to be long-term. “We’re going to continue to offer the vaccine” and help students make informed decisions about it, Hill said. He said he realized the numbers might not increase. “We can put water in trough, but we can’t make them drink,’’ he said. The immunization-education and antibiotic administration began at the health center on Sept. 20 when officials learned first-year business student Kirkland Darby had contracted the disease. Since then, Darby has been steadily improving, along with the spirits of his friends and family, said Mitchell Kiser, Darby’s roommate and long-time friend. “He’s making a really quick recovery and he’s doing a lot better,” said Kiser, a first-year business student. “We’re really, really happy with how he’s coming along.” Kiser said Darby has moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and into a regular hospital bed, and while Darby still has some pain, Kiser said it looks like he will make a full recovery. Darby was taken to the hospital on the morning of Sept. 20 by Kiser and another friend. “He just looked delirious and pale, and it was pretty obvious he had some splotches on his skin,” Kiser said of Darby. The two friends took Darby to the hospital themselves, Kiser said, because they figured it would be faster than waiting for an ambulance. “It’s a lot better now, and we’re just hoping he’ll get out of there as soon as possible,” Kiser said. “Just the way he’s been making progress, no other way to be except positive.” Housing Director Gene Luna said while Darby’s condition is improving, he is still “a very, very ill person and his recovery may take longer than any of us would hope.” Luna said no other cases of meningitis have been reported in the area and even in the state but that they’re “keeping a watch out for any additional cases.” Hill said early symptoms of meningococcal disease are similar to the flu. He said that although “it’s probably going to be the flu,” sjudents with such symptoms should visit the Health Center immediately. “Let’s rule it out and do what we can to treat the flu,” he said. Hill encouraged students to consider receiving the meningitis vaccine and to visit the health center if they had any questions. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockneTvs@gwm.sc. edu ■ DESAUSSURE Continued from page 1 “Over the years there have been similar incidents, like workers making derogatory comments to students, and they have been dealt with in the same manner.” Keller said that the entrance used by Odell opens directly into the apartment’s kitchen. “I don’t see how anyone could mistake our kitchen for a hallway or anything,” Moxie said. The students said they don’t plan to press charges, but said they felt their privacy was invaded. “I pay more to live here than I would living off campus, and I feel that the level of safety that I expect has been compromised,” Adams said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwmsc. edu ■ ^|h ■ * ■ . 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