The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 05, 2004, Image 1
_J
www.dailygamecock.com _FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5,2004_ Since 1908
IN THIS ISSUE
♦ NEWS
Pegged!
Students enjoy a rainy
day of dodgeball as part
of an event put on by the
Fellowship of Christian
Athletes.
Page 3
♦ VIEWPOINTS
Swaisgood
fires back
Democratic columnist
criticizes President
Bush and his adviser
Karl Rove after Sen.
Kerry’s defeat on
Election Day.
Page 4
♦THE MIX
Evolution for
your eyes
Maria Charles paints a
portrait of artists in
transition.
Page 5
♦ SPORTS
Pig suey
phooey
The Gamecock Sports
staff breaks down USC’s
second attempt at bowl
eligibility this Saturday
against Arkansas.
Page 8
WEATHER
♦TODAY | ♦SATURDAY
L
High 64 High 66
Low 39 Low 42
FOR EXTENDED FORECAST, SEE PAGE 2.
INDEX
Comics and Crossword.7
Classifieds.10
Horoscopes.7
Letters to the Editor.4
Online Poll..y... 4
Police Report.2
USC erets limited flu shot supply
■ Health center offers
intranasal, injectable
forms of vaccination
By Z’ANNE COVELL
THE GAMECOCK
The Thomson Student Health Center
this week received a limited supply of
both the intranasal and injectable
influenza vaccine despite the country’s
current shortage.
Bill Hill, director of the Thomson
Student Health Center, said the vaccine
would be exclusively available to students
on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday,
the vaccine will be available to university
faculty and staff as well as student spouses.
Hill said anyone between the ages of 5
and 49 can receive FluMist, the intranasal
*
vaccine, if they are in good health. He
said this vaccine does not require an
injection but is more expensive than the
injectable vaccine and more difficult to
administer. The FluMist vaccine will cost
$30, and 75 doses are available.
Hill said only people who meet the
Centers for Disease Control criteria for
the injectable vaccine could receive it
because the health center has been
advised to restrict the administration of
this vaccine to people with high-risk
conditions. The criteria for receiving the
vaccine can be found on the health
center’s Web site.
“We know we have some students on
campus that are high risk, and we want to
make sure this vaccine is available to
them,” Hill said. “We don’t know who
all these students are, but we are looking
for students to make a wise decision if
they need the vaccine.”
The injectable vaccine will cost $5 for
students who paid their University Fall
Health Fee and $10 for students who
have not paid the fee.
Hill said the vaccines would be served
on a first-come, first-served basis.
“We really encourage students to take
advantage of this opportunity, and we
definitely encourage an^ student with
♦ Please see VACCINE, page 3
GAMECOCK FOOTBALL
_^—- i-^MH—I
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
USC head coach Lou Holtz has gone 5-7 for the past two seasons. This season could be a repeat if USC loses out.
Gamecock faithful losing faith
■ Some students are
beginning to question
Holtzs leadership
By JASON REYNOLDS
THE GAMECOCK
As USC readies for Arkansas on Saturday,
some students and fans are regarding the
remaining games against the Razorbacks, Florida
and Clemson as head coach Lou Holtz's last
chances to redeem himself.
After consecutive 5-7 seasons, the
Gamecocks’ loss to Tennessee last Saturday has
revived discontent among students as they begin
to question the coach’s leadership capabilities.
USC has lost five of its last six football games
to Clemson.
Some students, unsatisfied with what might
turn into another mediocre season, are
beginning to blame Holtz for what they
consider an out-of-date coaching style and play
it-safe strategy.
“He is too stuck in his old ways to progress
into new things which may lead to a victory,”
first-year pharmacy student julianne Baloga said.
“They don’t seem to make the plays that a
champion can.”
First-year business student Nick Halks was
disappointed in the way he said Holtz seemed to
be wasting USC’s running game.
“I just don’t know if conservative play-calling
is what this team needs,” he said. “I just think he’s
maybe too old to be effective in college games.”
Halks referred to the team’s poor second-half
performances as an indication of a coaching failure.
“Every game we’ve lost, we let the other team
come back after the half. I think you have to look
to the coach,” he said.
Baloga said she didn’t think USC had the
depth to be a successful program.
“A lot of people I know agree that we are a
first half team and don’t have the means *
necessary to bring us to the SEC
Championship,” she said, adding that Holtz
needed to focus harder on the basics of fumble
and interception prevention.
First-year biology student Brandon Keys said
he wasn’t satisfied with Holtz’s record.
“I believe Holtz has taken us as far as he can
♦ Please see HOLTZ, page 3
Fighter jet strafes New Jersey school
By WAYNE PARRY
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. — A National
Guard F-16 fighter jet on a nighttime training
mission strafed an elementary school with 25
rounds of ammunition, authorities said
Thursday. No one was injured.
The military is investigating the incident that
damaged Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School
shortly after 11 p.m.
Police were called when a custodian who was
the only person in the school at the time heard
what sounded like someone running across the
roof. V
Police Chief Mark Siino said officers noticed
punctures in the roof. Ceiling tiles had fallen into
classrooms, and there were scratch marks in the
asphalt outside.
The pilot of the single-seat jet was supposed
to fire at a target on the ground three and hall
miles away from school, said Col. Brian Webster,
commander of the 177th Fighter Wing of the
New Jersey Air National Guard. He does not
know what happened that led to the school
getting shot.
The plane was 7,000 feet in the air when the
shots were fired. The gun, an M61-A1 Vulcan
cannon, is located in the plane’s left wing. It fires
2-inch-long bullets that are made of lead and do
not explode, Webster said.
“Th?fNational Guard takes this situation very
seriously,” said Lt. Col. Roberta Niedt, a
spokeswoman for the state Department ol
Military and Veterans Affairs. “The safety of our
people and the surrounding communities are our
foremost concern.”
Schools in New Jersey were closed Thursday
because of a teacher’s convention.
Webster would not identify the pilot or detail
possible disciplinary measures.
Mike Dupuis, president of the township’s
Board of Education, said school workers are
mindful that the firing range is nearby.
“Being so close to the range, that’s always in
the back of our minds. It is very scary. I have
children in that school and relatives that work
there,” he said.
The range k,as been used by the military since
the end of World War II, long before this area of
south Jersey was developed.
Police arrest
2 in football
ticket scam
By TAYLOR SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Despite the Gamecocks’ loss Saturday, authorities
were able to record a win when they apprehended a
Duluth, Ga., man in the latest athletic ticket scam at
USC.
Curtis Anthony Jackson, 35, was arrested on four
counts of scalping and one charge of forgery, according to
a USC police department incident report. The arrest, the
second in two months related to USC ticket scalping, is
making it more difficult for future offenders to succeed
where their predecessors have failed.
“We are patrolling, so we think we are in a good
position to eliminate the problem,” USC Athletic
Director Mike McGee said.
The problem usually arises when no one is getting
tickets in the distribution line, but everyone is selling
them at the game, as with the Georgia and Tennessee
games this season, according to Julius Grant, assistant
athletic director in charge of ticket operations.
“People are becoming more aware of it,” Grant said.
“We don’t encourage people to purchase tickets out there
because they don’t know what they are buying.”
In trying to prevent future counterfeiting operations,
Grant said the ticket office is working closely with
USCPD and the Columbia Police Department, as well as
undercover officers.
“There are a lot of things we can do on our end to look
into this and keep them from doing it again,” Grant said.
Jackson was apprehended with a total of 48 forged
ticket^, according to the incident report.
Despite the recent incident, Grant said ticket
operations has yet to discover any forged tickets where
students are looking to profit from their sale.
“We haven’t really seen anything like that because
usually students have ample time,” Grant said. “We
usually have tickets out there three days.”
In an effort to make the distribution process simpler,
Grant said that ticket operations is looking into a way
students can print off their tickets online.
“We are always keeping with things that will keep our
students protected,” Grant said. “We are reviewing
exactly what technologies are out there and want to make
it as easy as possible.”
Grant said most of the schools that allow students to
print online tickets have had trouble in getting students to
pick up tickets.
♦ Please see TICKETS, page 3
in ^j
WINDSOR COWART/THE GAMECOCK
First-year biology student Morgan Mercer checks
her mail Thursday in the Russell House. Student
Senate passed a resolution asking for higher
security in the mail room and better efficiency.
SU asks USL
for mail reform
By JACOB DAVIS
STAFF WRITER
A resolution asking USC to either improve its post office
system or suspend the $20 post office box fee on-campus
students are required to pay each semester, passed nearly
unanimously in the Student Government Senate on
Wednesday night.
Sens. Patrick Walsh and Ben Havird authored the
resolution.
Many USC students maintain mail boxes off campus,
they said, in order to receive important mail in a timely
fashion.
“I have a mailbox off campus because the USC service
can be unreliable. I think the $20 fee really brings the issue
to the forefront,” Havird said.
♦ Please see RESOLUTION, page 3