The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 30, 2005, Image 1
Roberts sworn in
N.
• as 17th chief justice
Lawrence Jackson / The Associated Press
John Roberts gets sworn in Thursday as the 17th chief justice of the United States by Supreme Court Justice John Paul
Stevens in the East Room of the White House.
USC police
investigate
—running back
Woman says Cory Boyd
threatened to slash her tires
Stephen Fastenau
NEWS EDITOR
USC tailback Cory Boyd is under
investigation by USC police for an
incident Monday night in which a
female student claimed he verbally
abused her and threatened to slash her
tires.
Third-year hotel, restaurant, and
tourism management student Aisha
Carey told police Boyd became verbally
abusive with her and her roommate,
(0P fourth-year technical support and
training management student Tericka
Sanders, according to an incident
report. Carey also told police Boyd
threatened to slash Sanders’ tires if
Sanders did not settle a debt with him.
Sanders told police two hours later
that the right rear tire on her Jeep had
been flattened, causing an estimated
$150 in damage. According to the
incident report, no suspects were
named at the time.
Major Eric Grabski with USCPD
said the case was still open and an
investigation was being conducted.
Boyd was suspended for the season
• in June for an unspecified violation of
athletics department policy. The
junior can still practice with the team
but is not allowed to participate in
games. Boyd did not attend practice
Wednesday.
banders declined comment.
In 2003, Boyd had 38 carries for
232 yards and three touchdowns as a
true freshman. He also had 11 catches
for 145 yards and a touchdown while
being named USC Freshman of the
Year. Last season, Boyd was the team’s
second-leading rusher with 309 yards
on 62 carries.
Comments on this story? E-yiail
Confirmation puts first Bush Supreme Court pick on bench
With the confirmation of Judge John Roberts as chief justice of the Supreme Court on Thursday, the
Senate approved President Bush’s first lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court.
When current members of the Supreme Court took their oath ...
John Paul Sandra Day Antonin Anthony David Clarence Ruth Bader Stephen John
Stevens O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas Ginsberg Breyer Roberts
t Ht IU f $
i—|—'—1—j-$—>-t—*-1—s—\—r—»—**—i—i-i— -—|—«—I
1975 '80 -81 '85 ’86 ’88 ’90 ’91 “93 *94 95 00 ’85
... and the president who appointed them jg*Sffa*°*» «'«*«**«
i.. TOTAL: 9 JUSTICES .~~.
Total Supreme Court justices, by state Presidents with most appointments
George Washington l““
(1789-97)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Most: j (1933-45)
N Y. 15 j William Howard Taft
(1909-1913)
Black ■ Abraham Lincoln
outline j (1861-1865)
indicates j Andrew Jackson
f i . . current ; (1829-1837)
havetein^L., apS j DwiBM'a(^£l3K)
from 19 states, including Alaska and Hawaii from state t ' '
The Associated Press
University to change television providers
Ashleigh Quick / THE <- AM EWM.K
First-year business student John
Jefferson watches television Thursday
night in his dorm room.
Ian Chamberlain
FOR THE GAMECOCK
USC will switch its television
provider from Dish Network to Direct
TV on Saturday, one USC official said
Wednesday.
If an average person switches cable
providers, it usually involves a couple
phone calls and a technician installing
new hardware.
When an entire university does it,
the process is slightly more
complicated.
“It’s all about improving Gamecock
Cable TV,” said Ron Segroves, cable
television coordinator for Housing.
The change will add several
channels to the university lineup,
including ESPN U, the NFL
Network, Spike TV and AMC, among
others. Other channels, including
Boomerang and PAX TV, are being
dropped from the university roster.
Segroves said USC is trying to
“replace the least-watched channels
with better programming.
“Also, different vendors offer
different programming,” Segroves
said. “Our goal in changing from dish
to Direct TV is to greatly improve
programming and add many quality
channels to Gamecock Cable TV.”
While the change is taking place,
channels are being moved around on
the campus cable system on a nearly
daily basis.
Jeff Hostilo — an official with
TU • 3
INSIDE
Viewpoints
Aaron Brazier protests the growing
trend of over-political correctness in
university classrooms; Chase
StOUdenmire praises heartbreakers
and urges us to thank them.
4
The Mix
Crawl, don’t walk
The Free Times is holding its Music
Crawl on Saturday. Proceeds will
help Habitat for Humanity and the
Katrina relief effort.
5
Sports
Senate votes 78-22
for young conservative
after 3-month process
Jesse J.Holland
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — John G. Roberts
Jr., a conservative protege of the late
William H. Rehnquist, succeeded
him Thursday and became the
nation’s youngest chief justice in two
centuries, winning support from
more than three-fourths of the
Senate after promising he would be
no ideologue. Roberts, at 50,
becomes the 17th chief justice,
presiding over a Supreme Court that
seems as divided as the nation over
abortion and other tumultuous
social issues. The court opens a new
term on Monday.
“The Senate has confirmed a man
with an astute mind and kind
heart,” President Bush said just
before Roberts was sworn in by
acting Chief Justice John Paul
Stevens. “All Americans can be
confident that the 17th chief justice
of the United States will be prudent
in exercising judicial power, firm in
defending judicial independence
and above all a faithful guardian of
the Constitution.”
Bush is expected to make his
second Supreme Court nomination
within days, one that conservatives
hope will move the court to the
right. Replacing Rehnquist with
Roberts keeps the courts current
balance, but replacing the moderate
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with a
conservative could tilt it rightward.
Roberts called the Senate’s‘78-22
bipartisan vote for him
“confirmation of what is for me a
bedrock principle, that judging is
different from politics.” All of the
Senate’s 55 Republicans,
independent James Jeffords of
Vermont and half of the 44
Democrats supported him.
He said he would try to “pass on
to my children’s generation a charter
of self-government as strong and as
vibrant as the one that Chief Justice
Rehnquist passed on to us.”
“What Daniel Webster termed
the miracle of our Constitution is
ROBERTS • 3
SIGMA. NU
PROBED
IN HAZING
INQUIRY
Student Life investigates
complaints against
USC fraternity
6ina Uasselli
STAFF WRITER
USC’s chapter of Sigma Nu has
received ’ complaints regarding
incidents of hazing in the fraternity’s
pledge program, resulting in an
investigation from its national
headquarters.
“There were some questions
regarding their pledge program,” said
Jerry Brewer, director of Student Life.
“Over the last couple weeks, we’ve
had several informal complaints. We
go ahead and take the complaints as
far as wejean.”
The complaints were e-mailed to
Sigma Nu national headquarters and
to The Gamecock.
“We are working closely with the
Student Life office and Greek Life to
look into a complaint that we and the
university received,” said Brad
Beacham, executive director of Sigma
Nu headquarters.
Members of the headquarters staff
at USC are reviewing the situation
and talking with Sigma Nu members,
including commander Matthew
Palka, a fifth-year public relations
student, and the pledge class.
“At this point, we don’t know a lot.
We’re in the midst of responding to
the complaint,” Beacham said.
“It may or may not merit a
disciplinary review,” Brewer said.
The headquarters will issue a report
HfIZinG • 2
Music school
to orchestrate
relief concert
Koger Center benefit
to aid Katrina victims
in first of charity series
Jess Davis
STAFF WRITER
USC’s School of Music will present
a concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Koger Center to benefit Hurricane
Katrina relief efforts.
“USC Cares: Renewal Through
Music” will benefit South Carolina
Cares, a private non-profit
organization aiding Hurricane
Katrina victims who have relocated to
the Midlands. Seating is first-come,
first served, and $10 contribution is
encouraged. The school of music is
providing transportation for
hurricane victims to attend the
concert as guests of honor.
“Certainly we can all (empathize)
with people who have been thrown out
of their homes by a natural disaster,
and anything we can do seems like a
good idea to help them out,” said
saxophone professor Cliff Leaman.
He will perform the jazz piece
“Czardas” at the benefit concert.
Leaman was supposed to be on tour
in the Louisiana and Gulf areas
during the next week, but that tour
had to be postponed because of the
damage from Hurricane Katrina.
“It’s cemented some of the small
worldness of the situation,” Leaman
said. “It brings home to roost how
lucky we are not to have a hurricane
come our way.”
Choral professor Larry Wyatt first
came up with the idea for a benefit
concert about a week after Katrina
ravaged the Gulf Coast, but after
suggesting it to his colleagues the idea
BCnCPIT • 3