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In Iraq, student looks
terror straight in eye
Fellowship included visits with imprisoned terrorists
fTlelissa Rhodes
FOR THE GAMECOCK
For Eryn Hutchison, the first step
toward defending democracy was
confronting those who were fighting
to oppress it.
Hutchison, a second-year political
science student, was one of 42
students selected by the Foundation
^ for the Defense of Democracies to
V participate in an undergraduate
fellowship program devoted to
defending democracy and defeating
terrorism.
The year-long fellowship began
with a two-week graduate-level
seminar throughout Israel.
“Israel has been fighting terrorism
longer than any democracy in the
world,” Hutchison said. “By going to
Israel, we went straight to the source.
“We were given the opportunity to
see what they were doing and how we
can bring those goals home to prevent
future attacks.”
The fellows learned three basic
^ principles regarding terrorism: It’s
never justifiable, democracy is under
attack throughout the world and
must be protected and one man’s
terrorist is never another man’s
freedom fighter.
“We definitely learned the
difference between a freedom fighter
and a terrorist,” Hutchison said. “
Freedom fighters, she said, fight for
liberty and justice. They don’t kill
innocent bystanders to prove a
political point. “The two can never be
intertwined, they don’t coexist,” she
said.
In Northern Israel, Hutchison was
given the opportunity to visit a
maximum-security terrorist prison
and speak with imprisoned terrorists
and suicide bombers.
“I spoke to them face to face and
asked them their motivations. Why
were they participating in terrorism?”
Hutchison asked. They responded:
“In war, every action has a reaction.”
The most common reaction was
bombing and killing innocent
bystanders to prove their political
philosophies.
“Actually seeing the mindset of the
terrorists, what they were thinking
shed a new light on the dangers that
these terrorists bring,” Hutchison
said. “They’re completely
brainwashed. They believe the attacks
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Second-year political science student Eryn Hutchison traveled to the Middle
East as part of a fellowship with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
Housing explores music downloading options
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First-year arts and sciences student Berklee Connelly uses iTunes in her dorm
room. USC is exploring options for students to download music legally.
Vendors under consideration include iTunes, Napster
Jason Reynolds
FOR THE GAMECOCK
University Housing and Technology
Services is exploring whether a campus
wide downloading system should be
instituted — and which media
downloading service to use if it is.
Led by USC Housing, the search for
a campus-wide media downloading
system began in the spring.
Presentations by potential
downloading companies were given to
members of University Technology
Services, University Instructional
Services, the Residence Hall
Association and Student Government.
After research and the latest news
from vendors were collected during
summer, Kimberly South, public
information coordinator for
University Technology Services, said
USC is considering four vendors:
iTunes, Napster, Cdigix and Ruckus
Network.
“We are in a wait-and-see
approach,” South said. “There are so
many options that we as a community
need to evaluate. All these different
groups are going to have to work
together to find a good solution.”
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Lorie Edwards said the process is
ongoing.
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INSIDE
Viewpoints
^ Chase Stoudenmire apologizes
for his misidentification of
Trinity Episcopal in last Fridays
column; Andrew Bentz provides
his perspective on the history of
USC’s parking crisis.
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The Mix
Get chatting
Google joins the instant messag
ing craze with GoogleTalk, an
element of their e-mailing
provider, GMail.
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Sports
Spurrier previews opener
USC coach Steve Spurrier said
Sunday that the team is ready to
kick off the 2005 season.
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S. C. cigarette tax debate likely to continue
The Associated Press
North Carolina’s move to raise its
cigarette tax will leave the Palmetto
State with the lowest tobacco tax in the
nation and once again light up debate
when South Carolina lawmakers
return to the State House in January.
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley
has signed into law a plan to increase
that state’s 5-cents-a-pack tax to 30
cents starting Sept. 1. The tax will
increase to 35 cents in July 2006.
That makes South Carolina’s 7
cents-a-pack tax the nation’s lowest,
and 25 cents below the Southeastern
average of 32 cents a pack.
Rep. Rex Rice, R-Easley, who has
led the effort in the South Carolina
House to increase the tax, said North
Carolina’s decision gives political cover
to other lawmakers concerned about
raising the tax. With South Carolina’s
tax so low, comparatively, an
adjustment is possible, he said.
Proposals have ranged from raising
the per-pack tax from 25 cents to 93
cents.
Rice has tried unsuccessfully for
several years to get a cigarette tax
increase approved. In 2002 and 2003,
when the state was facing a budget
shortfall of several hundred million
dollars, lawmakers considered using
new taxes on tobacco to help pay for
the state’s Medicaid program.
Now, with the state looking forward
to budget surpluses, Rice and others
said finding support for a tax increase
could be more difficult.
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Class discussion led to civil rights monument
Him Breaux
DAHV MISSISSIPPI (U. MISSISSIPPI)
OXFORD, MISS. — For 10 years, the
construction of the University of
Mississippi’s civil rights monument
has weighed on people’s minds, and
one man has watched the effort evolve.
What started as a classroom full of
university students in a Southern
folklore class has manifested into
many students, faculty and
community members all working
toward a common goal: the
preservation of the civil rights
movements ideals through the
creation of a memorial.
In 1995, a group of students in Bill
Ferris’ Southern studies class began
discussing the implications of symbols
in the South, while differentiating
between those belonging in the
inclusive category and those more
exclusive.
After evaluating the campus and its
memorials, the group concluded there
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was a need for more inclusiveness on
the University of Mississippi campus, a
place long remembered as the scene of
one of Mississippi’s watershed events
during the civil rights movement.
Little did the small group of about
20 or 30 graduate and senior
undergraduate students know that
their discussion would lead to the
conception of the idea for the civil
rights monument.
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EX-USC PLAYERS
STAND TRIAL
FOR LARCENY
Brownlee, Telfort face
charges today stemming
fom November incident
Stephen Pastenau
NEWS EDITOR
Brian Brownlee and Woodly
Telfort, two ex-Gamecock football
players charged with felony grand
larceny in January, are scheduled to
face trial this morning at Richland
County Courthouse.
Brownlee and Telfort were charged
after the theft of more than $18,000
worth of computer and video
equipment and framed photographs
from Williams-Brice Stadium in
November.
According to arrest warrants, Telfort
confessed to taking a laptop valued at
$4,000, and Brownlee confessed to
stealing two computer projectors and
two laptops valued at $4,000 each.
Various news outlets reported that
Hemphill Pride, Telfort and
Brownlee’s lawyer, requested the
charges be dropped because Pride said
Spurrier promised the players they
would not be charged if the items were
returned.
Spurrier would not comment on
the trial, but said he does not use the
words “I promise.”
Six players were implicated in the
thefts, including wide receiver Syvelle
Newton and former quarterback
Dondrial Pinkins.
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Parking questions
force another look
at stadium plans
But Columbia Mayor
Bob Coble called
Carolina's plan ‘very good'
Jess Dauis
FOR THE GAMECOCK
Progress in developing the plans for
USC’s proposed new baseball stadium
continues after the Columbia City
Council refused to vote on whether to
rezone the land in the Vista.
Concerns about the availability of
parking prompted city council
members to ask USC to make a
proposal again when they had a better
plan. Columbia Mayor Bob Coble
said he felt USC’s proposal at the Aug.
17 meeting was “very good,” but other
council members still had
reservations.
Coble said other council members
are “not necessarily opposed to the
stadium, but they want more
information before voting.”
The stadium, which would go on
an 8.5-acre tract of land owned by
USC, would seat 6,800. Plans for a
new stadium have been in the works
for several years, but previous ideas,
such as building a joint stadium with
the Capital City Bombers, fell through
because of lack of funding.
oecause or me large numoer or
J attractions already in the Vista or
nearby, such as the Koger Center,
j Colonial Center and the Carolina
Coliseum, parking is already a
challenge.
City council members asked USC
for a detailed plan to allow fans to use
public transportation to get to games.
The council also wanted to ensure a
pedestrian bridge can be built over a
j nearby railroad so fans can safely park
on Huger and Pulaski streets, The
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