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EXTENDED FORECAST ON THE WEB www.dailygamecock.com % ♦ today ♦Thursday ♦Friday ♦Saturday ♦Sunday Look for these stones in Thursday's online edition: SA-C jiivr NEWS USC Art Department NEWS Professors offered new SPORTS Stephen Demedis ^ fol renames scriptwriting contest in teaching resource subscription to breaks down the differences in the ^ Wednesday Program honoring Oracle service brings more last year’s Gamecock football r T ^ Greg Hart, a senior media arts research material into USC offense and this years squad under High 73 High 77 High 79 High 79 High 80 student who died last May. classrooms. coach Lou Holtz. Prepare to be Low 55 Low 49 Low 54 Low 57 Low 58 Surpri*dby.her«uit, STATE SLED investigates car chase shooting SPARTANBURG — The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating a chase that involved shots being fired by state troopers. The shooting happened Sunday evening when Lance Cpl. D.L. Chapman and Lance Cpl. T.E. Nance tried to stop a car for erratic driving in Spartanburg County, said Sid Gaulden, spokesman for the state Public Safety Department. When the troopers got out of their cars, the driver pulled away and hit a patrol car, just missing a trooper. The officers shot at the car, and it stopped. All four people in the car were charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The car’s driver also was charged with failure to stop for a -D NATION Officials nix tax cuts for tobacco growers WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators defeated an effort Tuesday to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco products. The proposal was part of a corporate tax bill that would provide $130 billion in new tax breaks to businesses. House negotiators rejected the idea, which had been included in a Senate version of the tax bill introduced in the conference committee trying to blend the two bills to go before the House and Senate for passage. The Senate had linked tobacco regulation to legislation that would pay tobacco producers about $ 10 billion to give up their government quotas that govern how much of the crop they can produce. British regulators cut flu shot supply in half WASHINGTON — Americans’ supply of flu vaccine was abruptly cut in half Tuesday, prompting the government to ask most healthy adults to delay or skip flu shots so that the elderly and others most at risk from influenza can get scarce supplies. British regulators unexpectedly shut down a major flu-shot supplier Tuesday, prompting a record shortage in this country just as flu season is about to begin. The Bush administration urged the public and doctors to begin voluntary rationing of the roughly 54 million flu shots that will be available this year. Vaccine should be reserved for the very young, the sickly and the very old. WORLD Afghani president makes campaign stop GHAZNI, Afghanistan — Watched over by American bodyguards and sharpshooters, Afghanistan’s eternally optimistic interim president told a campaign rally of 10,000 people Tuesday that this weekend’s election is a key step in their recovery from decades of war and hardship. The gathering was one of three big rallies by leading presidential contenders on the most active day yet in a campaign that has mostly been waged behind closed doors, with the candidates courting the support of tribal elders who can influence how whole villages vote. It was only President Hamid Katzai’s second campaign trip out of the capital since an assassination attempt by Taliban rebels last month, and security was tight. Iran says missiles can go 1,200 miles TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Tuesday its missiles now have a range of more than 1,200 miles, a substantial extension of their previously declared range. The old version of Iran’s Shahab-3 missile had a range of 810 miles, capable of reaching Israel and various U.S. military bases in the Middle East. In August, Iran tested a new version of the Shahab-3, and Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said the country was trying to improve the range and accuracy of the missile in response to efforts by Israel to upgrade its missile system. BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Comedian dies at 82 after coma recovery LOS ANGELES — Rodney Dangerfield, the bug-eyed comic whose self-deprecating one-liners brought him stardom in dubs, television and movies and made his lament “I don’t get no respect” a catchphrase, died Tuesday. He was 82. Dangerfield, who fell into a coma after undergoing heart surgery, died at 1:20 p.m., said publicist Kevin Sasaki. Dangerfield had a heart valve replaced Aug. 25 at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center. Sasaki said in a statement that Dangerfield suffered a small stroke after the operation and developed infections and abdominal complications. But in the past week he had emerged from the coma, the publicist said. “When Rodney emerged, he kissed me, squeezed my hand and smiled for his doctors,” Dangerfield’s wife, Joan, said in the statement. The comic is also survived by two children from a previous marriage. As a comic, Dangerfield — clad in a black suit, red tie and white shirt with collar that seemed too tight — convulsed audiences with lines such as: “When I was born, I was so ugly that the doctor slapped my mother"; “When I started in show business, I played one club that was so far out my act was reviewed in Field and Stream"; and “Every time I get in an elevator, the operator says the same thing to me: ‘Basement?’" In a 1986 interview, he explained the origin of his “respect” trademark: “I had this joke: ‘I played hide and seek; they wouldn’t even look for me.’ To make it work better, you look for something to put in front of it: I was so poor, I was so dumb, so this, so that. I thought, ‘Now what fits that joke?’ Well, ‘No one liked me’ was all right. But then I thought, a more profound thing would be, ‘I get no respect. T-T#» ir it i M/>u; Vr»rlr rluK and the joke drew a bigger response than ever. He kept the phrase in the act, and it seemed to establish a bond with his audience. After hearing him perform years later, Jack Benny remarked: “Me, 1 get laughs because I’m cheap and 39. Your image goes into the Soul of everyone." Flowers were placed on his star on Hollywood Boulevard after word of his death, and the marquee of The Improv, a comedy club where Dangerfield often performed, read “Rest In Peace Rodney." “When you say Rodney on ‘The Tonight Show’ sitting on the couch with Johnny Carson, you didn’t want it to go to commercial," comic Bernie Mac said in a statement. “He always left you wanting more and I’m going to miss him." Dangerfield had a strange career in show business. At 19 he started as DAY Wednesday, October 6, 2##4 “I don’t think our cashiers are aggressive at all, and it’s not important to them. They don’t want the confrontation.” MIKE SCHEFFRES use DINING SERVICES GENERAL MANAGER ON CAFETERIA SHOPLIFTER HE ALWAYS HAD RESPECT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Comedian Rodney Dangerfield holds up a shoe autographed by Shaquille O’Neal at his home in Los Angeles. Dangerfield died Tuesday. He was 82. work. I had to tell jokes. I had to write them and tell them. It was like a fix. I had the habit." Even during his domestic years, he continued filling the duffel bag with jokes. He didn’t want to break in his new act with any notice, so he asked the owner of New York’s Inwood Lounge, George McFadden, not to bill him as Jack Roy. McFadden came up with the absurd name Rodney Dangerfield. It stuck. Dangerfield’s bookings improved, and he landed television gigs. After his ex wife died, he took over the responsibility of raising his two children. He decided to quit touring and open a New York nightclub, Dangerfield’s, so he could stay close to home. A beer commercial and the Carson shows brought him national attention. His film debut came in 1971 with “The Projectionist," which he described as “the kind of a movie that you wentto the location on the subway." He did better in 1980 with “Caddyshack," in which he held his own with such comics as Chevy Chase, Ted Knight and a standup comedian. He made only a fair living, traveling a great deal and appearing in rundown joints. Married at 27, he decided he couldn’t support a family on his meager earnings. He returned to comedy at 42 and began to attract notice. He appeared on the Ed Sullivan show seven times and on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson more than 70 times. After his first major film role in “Caddyshack," he began starring in his own movies. He was born Jacob Cohen on Nov. 22, 1921, on New York’s Long Island. Growing up in the borough of Queens, his mother was uncaring and his father was absent. His father and his brother toured in vaudeville as a pantomime comedy-juggling act, Roy and Arthur. Young Jacob’s parents divorced, and the mother struggled to support her daughter and son. The boy helped bring in money by selling ice cream at the beach and working for a grocery store. “I found myself going to school with kids and then in the afternoon I’d be delivering groceries to their back door," he recalled. “I ended up feeling inferior to everybody," He ingratiated himself to his schoolmates by being funny; at 15 he was writing down jokes and storing them in a duffel bag. When he was 19, he adopted the name Jack Roy and tried out the jokes at a resort in the Catskills, training ground for Danny Kaye, Jerry Lewis, Red Button, Sid Caesar and other comedians. The job paid $12 a week plus room and meals. In New York, he drove a laundry and fish truck, taking time off to hunt for work as a comedian. The jobs came slowly, but in time he was averaging $300 a week. He married Joyce Indig, a singer he met at a New York club. Both had wearied of the uncertainty of a performer’s life. MWe wanted to lead a normal life," he remarked in a 1986 interview. “I wanted a house and a picket fence and kids, and the heck with show business. Love is more important, you see. When the show is over, you’re alone." The couple settled in Englewood, N.J., had two children, Brian and Melanie, and he worked selling paint and siding. But the idyllic suburban life soured as the pair battled. The couple divorced in 1962, remarried a year later and again divorced. In 1993, Dangerficld married Joan Child, a flower importer. At age 42, he returned to show business as Jack Roy. He remembered in 1986: “It was like a need. I had to Bill Murray. Despite his good reviews, Dangerfield claimed he didn’t like movies or TV series: “Too much waiting around, too much memorizing; I need that immediate feedback of people laughing." Still, he continued starring in and sometimes writing films such as “Easy Money," “Back to School," “Moving," “The Scout," “Ladybugs” and “Meet Wally Sparks. " He turned dramatic as a sadistic father in Oliver Stone’s 1994 “Natural Born Killers." In 1995, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected Dangerfield’s application for membership. A letter from Roddy McDowall of the actors branch explained that the comedian had failed to execute “enough of the kinds of roles that allow a performer to demonstrate the mastery of his craft." The ultimate rejection, and Dangerfield played it to the hilt. He had established his own Web site ("I went out and bought an Apple Computer; it had a worm in it"), and his fans used it to express their indignation. The public reaction prompted the academy to reverse itself and offer membership. Dangerfield declined. “They don’t even apologize or nothing," he said. “They give no respect at all — pardon the pun — to comedy." POLICE REPORT Reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department Each number on the map stands for a 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 — SATURDAY, OCT. 2 ©Trespass after notice, simple possession of marijuana, Blossom and Sumter streets Bystanders said they saw a black male wearing a blue shirt push the call box button and leave the area on foot. The subject was found sitting on the brick wall of McBryde and was identified as Ricky Lee Hayes. Hayes had bloodshot eyes and smelled like alcohol. A search was made and marijuana was found. Reporting officers: M. Wheeler and N. DeHaai MONDAY, OCT. 4 ©Auto break-in, grand larceny of CDs, AD 10 Lot, 700 Park St. Someone cut out the plastic rear passenger side window of the parked vehicle and took a CD case with 100 CDs. Estimated total value is $1, 400. Reporting officer: J. Simmons We want you to write for The Gamecock. If interested, call 777-7726 COMING UP@USC TODAY 4 HIP-HOP HUMP DAY: Greene Street, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CAROLINA BAND JAM: Russell House Ballroom, 8 p.m. TUESDAY HOMECOMING SHOWCASE: Koger Center, 8 p.m. PRE-MEDICAL ACADEMIC & CAREER EXPLORATION SERIES: Towers Classroom, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY HIP-HOP HUMP DAY: Greene Street, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. CAROLINA BAND JAM: Russell House Ballroom, 8 p.m. THURSDAY FLOATBUILDING PARTY: Corner j of Gadsden and Greene streets, ^ 8.pm. MIDPOINT IN THE SEMESTER FRIDAY COCKFEST: Williams-Brice Stadium, 8 p.m. HOMECOMING PARADE: Greene, Sumter and Pendleton Streets, 4 p.m. SATURDAY use FOOTBALL vs. MISSISSIPPI GREAT GAMECOCK TAILGATE PARTY: National Guard Armory, Bluff Road, 2 hours before the game. --i use BRIEFS Museum to offer free concerts The Columbia Museum of An will present its 14th annual Baker and Baker Concert Series beginning Sunday. The concerts are free, with museum admission or membership, sponsored by an endowment from the Baker and Baker Foundation. Concerts . take place in the museum’s ^ Lorick Auditorium at 3 p.m. Early arrival is recommended for the concerts due to limited seating. The first performance, “Robert Jesselson and Friends: A Cello-bration!" will be held on Sunday afternoon. Alumni gathering set for Friday The Carolina Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at its annual Homecoming Party and Alumni Awards Program Friday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on Lincoln Street. Newberry resident James E. Wiseman Jr., retired dentist and ^ hind-raising chairman of the Newberry Opera House, Don Belt of Great Falls, Va., a senior editor of National Geographic, and Dr. Donald E. Saunders of . Columbia, distinguished professor emeritus from the USC School of Medicine are receiving USC’s Distinguished Alumni Award. The ceremony will also honor J. Frank Martin Sr. of Hopkins, recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, WLTX evening news co-anchor and Ladson native Darci Strickland, recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, and Dr. Sandra Glover, associate professor at the Arnold School of Public Health, { recipient of the Outstanding Black Alumni Award. -—-1 _ EMAIL THE T" _ a . ANSWER WINS Kjl fT* "What holiday camBToratesthe victot> thatwas rrnnnrATr " ItV I*-# achieved in battle m the city of Puebla? CERTIFICATE paid for ^ . by Domino's Otl Devine _student Activity Ft*_Email Answer to Cultural Awareness®^ wm.sc.edu