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Conferences suspend players for brawl
■ 6 USC players
will sit out opener
against Central
Florida next season
By STEPHEN FASTENAU
STAFF WRITER
The ACC and the SEC levied
penalties against Clemson and USC
players Monday for their roles in a
brawl at the schools’ annual rivalry
game. Six players from each school were
suspended for one game next season.
Clemson has the option of which
• game it suspends its players for, while
the six Gamecocks will sit out their
season opener against Central Florida.
“These suspensions are intended to
send a clear and unequivocal message to
all student-athletes in the Southeastern
Conference that this conduct will not
be tolerated now or in the future,” SEC
Commissioner Mike Slivc said
Monday.
Daccus Turman, Jermaine Sims,
Freddy Saint-Preux, Woody Telfort,
Moe Thompson and Charles Silas will
all be on the sidelines when USC opens
its season Sept. 3, 2004.
The SEC said Taqiy Muhammad,
Matthew Thomas and Jamacia Jackson
would have been suspended as well had
they retained eligibility next season.
“I’d like to apologize to the
university, to my teammates, coaches
and to our fans for my involvement in
the incident at Clemson,” Thompson
said Monday. “There is no place for
something like that in college athletics.”
Clemson suspended Duane
Coleman, Nathan Bennett, Brandon
Cannon, Anthony Waters, Roman Fry
and Maurice Nelson. In addition to the
suspensions, Cory Groover, Tommy
Sharpe, Nick Watkins and Bobby
Williamson will be handed letters of
reprimand.
The schools’ presidents have already
withdrawn their respective teams from
bowl consideration following the brawl.
USC was bowl eligible for the first time
in three seasons, while the Tigers will
not go to a bowl for the first time under
head coach Tommy Bowden.
The brawl began late in the fourth
quarter after Williamson apparently
punched USC quarterback Syvelle
Newton in the facemask following a
failed fourth-down attempt. USC
offensive lineman Chris White
defended Newton. Both teams rushed
midfield in a sideline-clearing rampage
that stretched 60 yards.
Clemson tailback Yusef Kelly was
under scrutiny after pictures were
published showing him preparing to
kick a bareheaded Gamecock player.
Kelly eventually emerged from the fray
with a USC helmet, which he waved
triumphantly before tossing it into the
stands. ACC officials noted that Kelly
would have been suspended but does
not have any remaining eligibility.
“What took place in the South
Carolina-Clemson game has no place in
college football or any other sporting
event,” ACC Commissioner John
Swofford said Monday.
The suspensions bring an end to
what was an up-and-down season for
both teams. Clemson started just 1-4
but clawed its way back. A win against
nationally ranked Miami was the
Tigers’ fourth straight. Clemson
followed that performance by
becoming the Duke Blue Devils’ first
and only conference victim of the
season.
USC started the season strong but
dropped three of its last four games.
Head coach Lou Holtz then stepped
down, and Steve Spurrier was named'
his replacement.
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Clemson running back Yusef Kelly kicks an unidentified USC player
during a fourth-quarter brawl Nov. 20 in Clemson.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
USC seeks support
for research campus
By KEVIN FELLNER
THE GAMECOCK
University administrators briefed
faculty members and the public
Tuesday on their plan for a research
campus initiative and articulated a
vision of interdisciplinary -
cooperation combined with the
financial backing of corporations
prepared to invest in groundbreaking
research.
. USC President Andrew Sorensen
and Vice President for Research
Harris Pastides told a gathering that
nearly filled the Russell House
Theater that the extension of the
campus with a combination of high
tech research buildings and urban
commercial development would be
possible from the Horseshoe to the
Congaree River and Williams-Brice
Stadium.
“The entire university family will
be able to participate in and benefit
from this new initiative,” Sorensen
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Mack Whittle, former chairman of the USC Board of
Trustees, unveils plans for the Research Campus Initiative
at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
2 students named
Rotary scholars
■ Henderson, Atkinson will serves as
ambassadors overseas next school year
By SHANA TILL
THE GAMECOCK
, Two USC students have been
awarded Rotary International
Ambassadorial Scholarships,
according to the Office of
Fellowships and Scholar Programs.
The winners are the latest to
join 52 recipients who were assisted
by the Office of Fellowships and
Scholar Programs, which was
developed in 1994.
As scholarship recipients,
fourth-year international studies
student Katie Atkinson and fourth
year political science student Karen
Henderson will study abroad
during the 2005-2006 academic
year.
They will serve as unofficial
ambassadors and work to
encourage empathetic relations
between involved countries.
HENDERSON
ATKINSON
The scholarships are divided
into two categories. The
Ambassadorial Academic Year
Scholarship is valued at $25,000
for each of its nine months of
study. The Cultural Scholarship is
valued at $12,500 for each of its
three months of study.
According to the news release,
Henderson, winner of the
Ambassadorial Academic Year
Scholarship, will travel to England
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With three seats still vacant in the Student Senate, more than 8,000 students do not have full representation.
SG struggles with participation
With 3 open seats as election draws near officials seek campus presence
By TAYLOR SMITH
STAFF WRITER
The Student Government
Senate has passed a number of
; resolutions this year, but with
three vacant seats in the Senate,
almost half of all undergraduate
students have not had full
representation.
This has been a concern
since the election in February,
but SG Vice President Yvonne
Miller said she is looking for a
solution.
“We all pay tuition and we
all have a vested interest, so we
should all have a say in what
goes on. It is not a privilege — it
is right,” Miller said. “And if
they can’t fulfill obligation, that
is a problem.”
Ul The three colleges lacking
full representation — Liberal
Arts; Hospitality, Retail and
Sport Management; and the
Arnold School of Public Health
— are comprised of 8,685
students.
“We are actually able to run
smoothly. It is just that those
colleges don’t really have
representation,” Miller said.
The problem, Miller says, is
lack of communication between
Student Government and the
colleges needing representation,
and the schedule commitment
that a senator-elect must
consider.
“You can’t be in the senate if
you can’t come,” Miller said. “It
is tricky. I feel that I am friendly
person, and if I can put on
friendly face then they will want
to come, but if you can’t make
the meeting then it is pretty
pointless.”
Miller said SG is using
advertising in The Gamecock
and on the SG Web site, as well
as word-of-mouth promotion to
the prospective colleges, to fill
the position.
“I know we are missing three
people, and of course I would
love it if every seat was filled,”
Miller said. “It is December, but
hopefully people will come
forward with the new semester.”
Hal Mooty, president of the
University of Alabama’s student
government association, said he
also deals with some of the same
problems, just not on such a
“large scale.”
“I have traveled across the
South meeting SGAs, and
everyone at some of the
campuses deals with apathy,”
Mooty said. “But we do have,
and have always had, an active
student government.”
Mooty said the problem he
faces at Alabama is getting
graduate students involved with
the student government and
sacrificing their time for the
service. The Alabama Student
Senate has four vacant seats.
“Occasionally, we have a
problem getting publicity from
graduate students or something,
but usually we don’t have a
problem filling seats,” Mooty
said.
Mooty said Alabama’s
student government has taken
proactive approaches to get
exposure, such as providing an
interactive list of restaurants,
menus and delivery options in
the Tuscaloosa area on their
Web site to attract students to
the site and get them to check
out government news.
“We have found that when
we advertise a service more
effectively, it also brings
attention to not just that service
but SGA as well,” Mooty said.
“Simple stuff that gets their
interest.”
USC’s Student Government
interviews students for open
seats in the senate and has been
trying to appoint for some time.
Mooty said Alabama has a
similar process, but they also
hold a second election for any
open seats during homecoming
voting every fall.
Students must be in good
standing with their colleges,
have a 2.5 GPA and have no
previous experience to be part of
the senate, Miller said.
“The GPA is hardly ever a
factor in not getting chosen
from what I know,” Miller said.
“But it is usually a schedule
conflict because Senate may not
be the most convenient for
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