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CAROLINA © BRIEF
Higher ed publication
now available online
USC campuses now have online
access to The Chronicle of Higher
Education, a publication for
college and university faculty
members and administrators. The
online version includes articles
published since September 1989,
forums and career tools.
Carolina’s Pate leads
trailblazing P.E. study
USC researchers have found
that physical education classes play
a critical role in helping teen girls
become physically active.
The study, reported in the
September issue of the American
Journal of Public Health, was the
first of its kind in the nation.
Russ Pate of the Arnold School
of Public Health led a team that
created a physical education and
encouragement program and
studied its effects on teenage girls.
The team found that 45 percent
of girls taking physical education
in schools using the program
reported being active at least 30
minutes a day during three days,
compared to 36 percent of
students in schools without the
program.
National statistics show that
girls’ physical activity declines
sharply between the ages of 9 and
18.
The study was supported by a
$2.4 million grant from the
National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute of the National Institutes
of Health.
Biologist Berger bags
state science award
Franklin G. Berger, a USC
molecular biologist known
internationally for his research on
colon cancer, received the 2005
Governor’s Award for Excellence in
Scientific Research in a ceremony
Thursday at the State House.
The award cites Berger’s
research on colon cancer in
particular, as well as his work as a
scientist, teacher and scholar.
Berger has written more than
80 peer-reviewed publications
and trained more than 20
graduate students and
- postdoctoral fellows.
He is director of USC’S Center
for Colon Cancer Research and a
former chairman of the
Department of Biological Sciences.
Student Life adopts
renewal workshops
The Department of Student
Life now requires registered
student organizations to attend a
renewal workshop.
Organizations receiving or
planning to receive student activity
fee funding must attend.
THIS WEEK © USC
TODAY
Flick & Float Dive-In Movie
Event: “Jaws," 8 p.m. Strom
Thurmond Wellness & Fitness
Center
Fall 2005 Seminar Series:
Manfred Schlosser — "Symbiotic
Relationships Between
Organofluorine & Organometal
Chemistry": 4 p.m. Jones Physical
Science Center.
“AAAS Back to School Bash”:
9 p.m. Russell House Ballroom.
MONDAY
Andrew Loeffler Trumpet
Recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music
206.
Sign me up
Nick EsaresITHE GAMECOCK
Third-year finance student Costa Moraitakis makes a pitch for the Student Gamecock Club during
the organization fair in front of the Russell House on Monday afternoon.
State
Panel votes to unify
chaplain training
The military base closing panel
voted Thursday to consolidate all
military chaplain training at Fort
Jackson, now home to the U.S.
Army Chaplain Center and
School.
It also affirmed earlier
Pentagon proposals to slice about
400 jobs from two federal sites in
Charleston.
The decisions came during the
second day of the Base
Realignment and Closure
Commission turning thumbs-up
or down on Pentagon requests to
close or consolidate a record 62
major military bases and 775
smaller installations to save $48.8
billion in 20 years.
The approval means that
within several years, Air Force
chaplains who once trained at
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and
Navy chaplains who trained at the
Navy Chaplain School at
Newport, R.I., will study
alongside Army chaplains at Fort
Jackson.
The Army chaplain school has
106 members on its staff and
faculty.
Nation
Commission decides
to close Walter Reed
A federal commission voted to
close Walter Reed Army Medical
Center as it began its second day
of decision-making on the
Pentagon’s sweeping proposal to
restructure bases across , the
country.
Located in the nation’s capital,
the 100-year-old hospital has
treated generations of U.S.
presidents and foreign leaders as
well as veterans and soldiers,
including those returning from
the wars in Iraq.
Most of its work would be
relocated to a more modern,
expanded hospital in Bethesda,
Md., to be renamed Walter Reed
in a nod to the old hospital’s
heritage.
The president can accept it,
reject it, or send it back to the
commission for revisions.
Congress also will have a
chance to veto the plan in its
entirety, but it has not taken that
step in four previous rounds of
base closings.
If ultimately approved, the
changes would occur over the
next six years.
World
Iraqi assembly delays
constitutional voting
BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Parliament
announced it had no plans to
gather Thursday night and no
date for a future session, signaling
Iraqi factions were failing to agree
on a new constitution before a
self-imposed midnight target.
The statement from National
Assembly’s top spokesman, Bishro
Ibrahim, came as negotiators
struggled for consensus on a draft
by the close of a 72-hour
extension announced Monday
night by the parliament speaker,
after Sunni Arabs refused to accept
a charter approved by Shiites and
Kurds.
Whether a new assembly vote
on the charter was even necessary
was in question, however. At the
same time, a meeting was
scheduled for Thursday night
among Iraq’s factional leaders, and
it was possible that parliament
could be convened afterward on
short notice.
If voters reject the referendum,
the current parliament must be
dissolved, a new one elected and
the drafting process restarted from
the beginning.
Slice of wilderness’ raw diversity
attracts attention of biologists
Jeffrey Collins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONWAY — It may not have
the beauty of a waterfall or waves
crashing on the beach, but few
places on the Southeast shore can
match the variety found inside
the mysterious shallow
depressions along the coastal
plains called Carolina Bays.
Their allure from a biological
standpoint is simple, said Jamie
Dozier, a biologist with the state
Department of Natural
Resources. “That one little 20
yard stretch from the sandy rim to
the wet part of the bay has more
diversity than many acres
around,” he said.
That diversity includes bears,
deer and even the occasional
bobcat as well as orchids, pitcher
plants, wire grass and Venus
flytraps. This small area is the
only place in the Carolinas where
they’re found in the wild.
Reptiles and amphibians call
Carolina Bays home because they
don’t have to go far from the dry
land they thrive on to find the
water they need to lay eggs, said
Peter Harrison, park ranger at
Woods Bay State Natural Area
just off Interstate 95 near
Turbeville, which includes an
1,100-acre bay.
“They really haven’t been
explored that much,” Harrison
said. “There’s not that much we
know about them.”
Named for their bay trees,
roughly 500,000 Carolina Bays
dot the landscape from Georgia to
Maryland, although the
depressions are most often found
in the Carolinas.
The bays are hard to see from
the ground, but they stand out in
aerial photos with bright white
sand marking some of the edges
of the egg-shaped areas, which
usually are oriented from the
southeast to the northwest.
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POLICE REPORT
MONDAY,
AUG. 23
Malicious injury to personal
property, 8 a.m.
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
Between 4:30 p.m. Sunday
and 8 a.m., someone tipped over
a vending machine in the
basement of Columbia Hall. The
front glass was shattered, but no
visible damage to the coin box
was observed. The machine was
found on its back several feet
from where it was anchored.
Reporting officer: L. Welch
Trespassing after notice,
assault on a police officer
resisting arrest, 10:40 a.m.
Bates West, 1405 Whaley St.
Reporting officers J.M. Simmons
and L. Welch were dispatched on
a call from a Housing official,
who said Albert Ford Jr. had been
removed from Housing and was
trespassing. When officers arrived
at room 1404, the door was open
and they made contact with a
resident of the room, who said
Ford was in another room. The
officers found Ford hiding in the
closet, and he would not come
out. The officers found probable
cause to arrest Ford.
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Act of nature, 3 p.m.
S-26 Lot, 1200 Catawba St.
Barbra Lloyd said she observed a
large tree limb had fallen, striking
two vehicles. Lt. Willis took photos
of the scene, and the owners were
notified. Estimated value of the
damage was unknown.
Reporting officer: K. Adams
Lynching second degree,
11:30 p.m.
Davis Field,
1300 block of Greene Street
Reporting officer T. Brewster
Gooding responded to a possible
fight in progress. Peyton Robbins
was observed with an injury to his
right eye. James Edwards and
Graham Yennie were identified by
Robbins and a witness. Robbins
said Yennie and Edwards had
followed, taunted, threatened and
then attacked him, injuring his
face. The two men were arrested
for lynching. First Responders
and other officers were notified
and responded.
TUESDAY,
AUG. 24
Petit larceny of bicycle, 9 a.m.
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
James Ryan said someone cut
his cable-locked bike, a navy blue
K2 Cheyenne, from a rack and
removed it.
Reporting officer: D. Adams
Larceny of bicycle, 1:30 p.m.
Humanities Building,
1614 College St.
Richard Jones said someone
stole his blue-and-silver Trek
3700 bike with serial number
CC4EN109.
Reporting officer: D. Millhouse
Larceny of bicycle, 3:15 p.m.
Ma xcy College,
1332 Pendleton St.
Justin Neese said someone
removed his orange-and-black
Huffy bicycle. Estimated value:
$200. {
Reporting officer: C. Taylor
Malicious injury to private
property, 4p.m.
S-4 Parking Lot,
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
Complainant said someone
bent the rear window wiper of his
vehicle until it was useless.
Reporting officer: D. Adams
Malicious injury to private
property, 5:39p.m.
C-3 Lot, 1320 Greene St.
USC’s grounds department
said someone damaged the brick A
wall at the entrance to the lot. ™
Estimated value: $1,000.
WEDNESDAY,
AUG. 25
Reckless driving, 12:52 a.m.
1328 Wheat St.
Reporting officer J. M.
Harrelson observed Charles
Campbell backing his vehicle half
a block from the railroad tracks
into the intersection of Pickens
and Wheat streets. Campbell
then proceeded west down
Wheat St., weaving in and out of -
both lanes then traveling down
the wrong lane when Wheat
Street was experiencing high foot
traffic. Harrelson conducted a
lawful traffic stop, and Campbell
was arrested.
Larceny from a vending
machine, 4:17a.m.
Gambrell Hall,
817 Henderson St.
Someone broke the glass on a
first-floor snack machine. An
unknown amount of money was
taken.
Reporting officer: M.A.
Winnington ^
Malicious injury to private
property, 4:30 a.m.
Swearingen, 315 Main St.
Someone broke out the glass
of a vending machine in the
canteen area. Nothing was
reported missing.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell.
Information report, suspicious
activity, 5:20a.m.
1800 block of Pendleton St.
The complainant said she was
following a possibly intoxicated
person. The man walked toward
her vehicle and tried to open her
door, then went inside his
residence.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
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Reports taken directly from the USC Police
Department.