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CAROLINA m BRIEF Physicists uncover neutrino role at lab Two University of South Carolina physicists are part of an international team of scientists who have uncovered the role that neutrinos have in the evolution of the universe. USC’s Sanjib Mishra and Carl diosenfeld are on the research team that conducted the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (MINOS) experiment, part of a $170 million research effort under way at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. By sending a high intensity beam of muon neutrinos from the lab’s site in Batavia, 111., to a particle detector' in Soudan, Minn., scientists observed the disappearance of a significant fraction of these neutrinos. The observation is consistent with an effect known as neutrino oscillation, in which neutrinos change from one kind to another. THIS WEEK © USC TODAY Gamecock Press Conference and Celebration: 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., Russell House Patio Percussion Ensemble Concert: 7:30 p.m., School of Music 206 tueseTay Adventures in Wikiland: The Wild World of Wide Open Web Collaboration: 2 p.m., Thomas Cooper Library 412 WEDNESDAY Slam Poet Komplex: 12:30 p.m., Russell House Patio Laura Nevitt Student Composition Recital: 5:30 p.m.. School of Music Recital Hall Gideon Yago: 8 p.m., Russell I louse Ballroom Get on the schedule. E-mail gamecocknews @gwm.sc.edu ' ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Bonus. Cutting a rug for charity Katy Blalock / THE GAMECOCK Students dance at RHA’s Spring Charity Bail on Friday at the Columbia Conference Center. About 120 people attended, and the event raised more than $4,000. State Chinese vice premier addresses outsourcing Amid pressure from the United States to loosen her country’s currency controls and let the yuan trade freely on world markets, Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi arrived Sunday on a two-day visit to South Carolina to talk trade and investment. South Carolina is one of several Southern states that have lost thousands of textile industry jobs to intense Chinese competition in recent years. “That’s one of the reasons we’ve gone after them so aggressively,” said Jenny Sanford, who greeted the delegation on behalf of her husband, Gov. Mark Sanford. i Nation Intruder apprehended on White House lawn A screaming intruder made it onto the front lawn of the White House Sunday while President Bush was at home before being apprehended by Secret Service officers. Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren described the man as “someone who has come to our attention in the past as a fence jumper.” The bearded manj, wearing blub jeans and a white T-shirt that said “God Bless America,” jumped the fence outside the White House, and ran across the north lawn while repeatedly. , yelling, “I am a victim of terrorism!” World Israel advised against Palestinian relations JERUSALEM - Top Israeli security officials on Sunday recommended cutting all ties with the Hamas-led Palestinian government and ruled out peace talks with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, as long as the Islamic militant group refuses to renounce violence. The recommendation, which essentially approved ■what has been Israeli policy since Hamas won elections in January, raised the likelihood that Israel will push forward with acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan to impose a border in the West Bank by 2010. Police Bulletin USCPD is seeking your assistance. If you were in the vicinity of Five1 Points (Jungle Jim’s), or any area between Five Points and the Coker Life Sciences building or Towers area between 2 and 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1, please call Capt. Streater at 777-5102. You might have information that would be helpful in an investigation. Weather Forecast TODAY High II Lout IS High 16 Lout 50 IDED. High 18 Loui 51 High 83 low 59 / High 84 Loui 63 CRIME REPORT THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Malicious injury to real property, 9 a.m. School of Ncursing, -1621'College: Sr. The complainant, 29, said someone drew a symbol on the elevator wall. Estimated value: $50 Reporting officer: W. Guyon Larceny of wallet, noon Speech arid Hearing, 2718 Middleburg Dr. The complainant, 26, said someone removed a black wallet. Estimated value: $22 Reporting officer: W. Guyon Assistance rendered, i p.m. Russell House, 1400 Greene St. The victim, 20, said she was feeling lightheaded and was about to faint. Reporting officer: IV. Guyon Auto break-in, . petit larceny of stereo, 10 p.tn. Coliseum Lot B, . BOO Devine St. The complainant, 23, said someone broke out the passenger side rear vent window and stole a JVC CD player and a car seat. Estimated value: $850 Reporting officer: N. Peter FRIDAY, APRIL 7 Assault, 2:45 a.m. Moore Dorm, The victim, 18, said a known subject touched her inappropriately several times. Reporting officer: M.A. Winnington Labor shortages, rising cost of materials hinder roads Kelli Kennedy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — The cost of building roads has gotten so high, even dirt isn’t cheap. And that spike is causing Florida and other states to delay the construction of highways, increasing traffic congestion. Engineers say reconstruction from the eight hurricanes that have hit the United States since 2004 combined with a population boom in Florida and elsewhere is forcing road builders to compete with construction companies for workers, material and equipment. surging ruei prices, China’s insatiable demand for concrete and steel and the reconstruction of Iraq are also pushing U.S. road construction costs higher. “It’s certainly been challenging. We plan for cost increases but this has been a situation that a lot of events have come together all at one time,” said Lowell Clary of the Florida Department of Transportation. Until 2004, national highway material costs were steady, with a 12-year average increase of only 1.8 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Now they’re rising nationwide. In Florida, concrete is up 32.8 percent a unit, from $564 in 2004 to $749 last year. Prices for reinforced steel and asphalt have also jumped, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. Even a cubic yard of dirt or “earthwork” cost $7.24 on average in 2005, up 65.3 percent from $4.38 in 2004. W Florida has about 8,000 projects in various stages in its five-year work program, but was forced to defer 62 of them when its highway budget came up short about $1 billion, Clary said. Seven projects were deferred in booming Miaini-Dade County, totaling $140.6 million. Ricky Leme often sits in bumper to bumper traffic in an area where one of the projects has been postponed. He said delaying the work will only increase congestion. lureard and we'll eive vou $25 off your storage space rent. * Reserve your space today! I I Limited Units Available! I I Call Today! I ■ Valid at Shurgard of Rosewood only! Not valid with other offers. Expires 5-31-06 ■ i SHURGARD SELF-STORAGE ■ ! 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