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POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS H Violent O Nonviolent * • ' Thursday, March 7 O MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1300 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone scratched several expletives on the driver’s-side door of her yellow 2000 Volkswagen. Estimated damage: $800. Reporting officer: M.P. Moore. O MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1501 PENDLETON ST. The victim said someone made several scuffs and dents to the driver’s side rear bumper of his white 2002 Mitsubishi Galant and broke the brake light. Estimated value: $250. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. Friday, March 8 Q ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said he received a harassing phone call from someone claiming to be the police. A log sheetwas issued to the victim and explained. Reporting officer: M.P. Moore. Monday, March 11 ® LARCENY OF LEATHER JACKET, 1328 WHEAT ST. The victim said someone took his leather jacket and sunglasses from a secure locker at the Blatt P.E. Center. Estimated value: $320. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. Wednesday, March 13 Q AUTO BREAK-IN, 1328 WHEAT ST. The victim said someone broke out the right rear vent window other 1996 Altima and took a radio. Estimated value: $200. Reporting officer: L.R. Morales. © LARCENY OF BOOKS, 6439 GARNER’S FERRY (OFF MAP) The complainant said someone took four reference books from the USC School of Medicine. Estimated value: $449. Reporting officers: D. Pardue and M.P. Craska © LARCENY OF MONEY, 1426 PENDLETON ST. The victim said someone took $200 from her ThomweO room. Another victim said someone took $126, a blue Ralph Lauren shirt and a bottle of perfume. Estimated value: $411. Reporting officer: L.R. Morales. Two Americans among dead in attack on church in Pakistan BY DANICA KIRKA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - A grenade attack on a Protestant church packed with Sunday wor shippers killed five people, includ ing an American woman and her daughter, in an assault clearly aimed at Pakistan’s foreign com munity. No group claimed responsibil ity for the attack, in which at least one young man in black — some witnesses said two -- ran through the center of the church hurling grenades. But suspicion fell on Islamic extremists. Ten Americans were among the 45 people injured, most of whom were foreigners, police and hospi tals said. One body remained unidentified late Sunday, and of ficials said it may be the assailant. President Bush condemned the attack on the Protestant International Church and called • it an act of terrorism. He pledged to find those responsible and bring them to justice. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the assault was aimed at undermining Pakistan’s I-— pro-U.S. president at a time when he is trying to quell Islamic funda mentalism following the Taliban’s fall in neighboring Afghanistan. The attack occurred at 10:50 a.m. during a sermon before 60 to 70 worshippers. Dozens of police and soldiers rushed to the scene. The church, about 400 yards from the U.S. Embassy, is located in the guarded diplomatic quarter in the heart of Pakistan’s capital and primarily serves the foreign community. The overwhelming majority of Pakistanis are Muslim and few Pakistani Christians live in Islamabad, Survivors spoke of deafening blasts, choking smoke and pande monium. They said terrified par ents screamed for their children and stunned worshippers dived beneath chairs and behind cement pillars as bits of flesh were hurled through the air. Parents groped to find their way downstairs, where their chil dren were attending Sunday School. Other parishioners feared touching the wounded, because unexploded grenades lay near their bodies. Witnesses gave conflicting re ports on the number of attackers. Late Sunday, senior police super intendent Nasir Khan Durrani said authorities believed only one attacker was involved. Durrani said the assailant may have died in the attack. The U.S. Embassy identified the dead Americans as Barbara Green and her daughter Kristen Wormsley, a senior at the American School in Islamabad. Green and her husband, Milton Green, worked at the U.S. Embassy — she in administration and he in the computer division. Milton Green and the couple’s young son were also injured but not seriously, according to police. The other dead included one Afghan, one Pakistani and the one unidentified, Pakistani officials said. In addition to the Americans, 12 Pakistanis, five Iranians, one Iraqi, one Ethiopian and one German were injured, police said. The government said the injured also included Sri Lankans, Afghans, Swiss, Britons, Australians and Canadians. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf condemned the attack as a “ghastly act of terrorism” and pledged to find those responsible. . ... i Miss Columbia CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 About the pageant, Colgan said: “I couldn’t have ever re ally imagined myself doing it, but now that I’ve been there and done it, I loved the experi ence. It’s just good training for life in general, like speaking in public and learning how to car ry yourself with poise. ” This isn’t the first time a USC student has excelled in pageants. Business administra tion student Jeanna Raney won the Miss Greater Greer Scholarship Pageant in 2001 and went on to be Miss South Carolina. The interview part ot the pageant counts for 30 percent of a contestant’s final score. The talent counts for 40 per cent, and the swimsuit and evening gown portions are both worth 15 percent. Both the lo cal and state pageants follow this format. Interviews are conducted in front of five judges, three of which are certified Miss America judges. Only five girls competed in this year’s pageant. But Colgan said several girls who had en tered won other pageants sev eral weeks before, and this made them ineligible to com pete. The Miss Columbia pageant is an open pageant, which means all students and resi “I couldn’t have ever really imagined myself doing it, but now that I’ve been there and done it, I loved the experience. It’s just good training for life in general, like speaking in public and learning how to carry yourself with poise.” ERIN COLGAN FIRST-YEAR ELECTRONIC JOURNALISM STUDENT dents of South Carolina are eli gible to compete. Colgan said one of her fa vorite aspects of competing was the “wonderful girls” she met. To any women interested in pageants, Colgan said she would “definitely recommend it.” There are 48 similar pageants held in South Carolina each year. Titles include Miss Palmetto, Miss S.C. Queen of Roses and Miss Carolina Sweetheart. The winner from each competition goes on to state finals to vie for the title of Miss South Carolina and to compete for the chance to rep resent her state at the Miss America Pageant. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com BRIEFLY Couple to perform Costa Rican music Costa Rican musical duo Juan Carlos Urena and Jeana Paul-Urena will perform Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the USC School of Music Recital Hall. The husband-and-wife team will perform the program “Canciones de la Tierra y el Alma: Contemporary Music from Costa Rica.” The Urenas are best known for their music’s positive social message; love, human rights and ecological protection are some of their topics. They combine Afro-Caribbean rhythms with folk melodies from Central America. USC’s Latin American Studies Program is sponsoring the concert. Tickets are $15 for the public, $12 for USC faculty and staff, and $7 for students. They will be available only at the door. Proceeds will benefit a university endowment for stu dent-travel scholarships to Central America. Rhodes Scholarship workshop to be held A Rhodes Scholarship work shop will be held on Monday, March 25, at 4 p.m. in the Harper College Conference Room. The Rhodes Scholarship, start ed in 1902, brings outstanding stu dents from many countries to the University of Oxford. Students f are elected for two years of study with the possibility of renewal for a third year. The scholarship pays all educational expenses. Machine shop opens on Main Street A machine shop at the College of Engineering and Information Technology opened this month on Sumter Street behind the col lege’s Main Street facility. The new facility includes 7,200 square feet of shop space and about 3,000 square feet of office and laboratory space. The construction, which cost $1.2 / million, was paid for with the col lege’s internal funds. After con struction ended in January, the three-man staff began moving ma terials from the old shop on Greene Street. Wasn Commons. Our spacious, two and four-bedroom apartments are your home away from home. And our full rec facilities and swimming pool makes University Commons an oasis for students coming back . r from a hard day in class. Stop by- it’s the best break around. University E3