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Research CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 August issue of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. In other research news, two fac ulty members of the Moore School of Business report that cultural events have had a $1.9 billion im pact on South Carolina’s economy. Donald L. Schunk, research economist for the school's Division of Research; Sandra J. Teel, associate director of the DOR; and Douglas P. Woodward, director of the DOR and an asso ciate economics professor, want ed to update a similar 10-year-old study conducted by the research center. Financed by the state Arts Commission, the study found that events relating to the arts support 30,000 jobs and about $700 million in salaries. The cultural industry adds $1.30 of every $100 in wages and provides 1.6 of every 100 jobs, according to the report. “The arts add to our lives in many intangible ways,” Shunk said in a news release. “They provide an outlet for artistic expression and add to person al fulfillhient. But the arts also contribute to the economy, with complex links through out.” Institutions making up the for profit section of the cultural in dustry triggered most of the ef fects, with a $925.5 million impact. The 9,126 jobs include art gallery employees, craft suppliers, dance instructors and photographers. The findings report that annual nonprofit events, such as Charleston’s Spoleto USA Festival and Piccolo Spoleto and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, serve as significant sources of the revenues, with a $105.4 million dollar impact. Visitors attending the 2000 Spoleto and Piccolo Spoleto helped create $29.2 mil lion in wages and 1,628 full-time jobs. Associations relating to the lo cal arts and historical sites, as well as libraries, museums and parks, boosted the economy, with a total of $424.9 million in wages, salaries and new jobs, according to the findings. More information can be found at http://research.moore.sc.edu and www.state.sc.us/arts. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Check out The Gamecock online at WWW.DAILYGAMEC0CK.COM I U.S., Britain destroy Iraqi military surveillance site BY SALAH NASRAWI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, EGYPT - A U.S. British air raid in southern Iraq this weekend destroyed a mili tary surveillance site that mon itors American troops in the Persian Gulf, witnesses said Tuesday. > The Iraqi military said the al lied warplanes on Sunday bombed areas in Basra province, 330 miles south of Baghdad, killing eight civilians and wounding nine others. The U.S. Central Command in Florida said coalition aircraft used precision-guided weapons ' to strike two air defense radar systems near Basra “in re sponse to recent Iraqi hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the southern no-fly zone.” U.S. officials said they had no information about a surveil lance unit at the site. The witnesses, Iraqis who said they were at the scene and were reached by telephone in neighboring Jordan on Tuesday, said one of the instal lations hit in Sunday’s raids was the main headquarters of the army intelligence in south ern Iraq that held a huge mili tary surveillance unit. Many Iraqis travel frequently to Jordan, which has strong trade and political ties with Iraq. The site in Ashar, south of Basra, was hit by four missiles, which destroyed most of its buildings and left its equipment in shambles, a witness said on condition of anonymity. He said he saw a huge fire and black columns billowing from the buildings shortly after powerful explosions, which echoed in Basra, a major port city on the strategic Shatt A1 Arab waterway. Another witness said on con dition of anonymity that troops and militia of the ruling Baath Party immediately cordoned off the area while ambulances and fire engines rushed inside the tightly guarded complex. An Iraqi dissident in Amman, the Jordanian capital, said the site was recently equipped with advanced surveillance gear used to spy on U.S bases in the Persian Gulf. The dissident, who also spoke on condition of anonymi ty, wasn’t among the witnesses. The Iraqi report didn’t pro vide any details about the raids or the casualties. U.S. officials said they have no way of con firming or denying Iraqi claims of causalities but that coalition aircraft “never target civilian populations or infrastructure and go to painstaking lengths to avoid injury to civilians and damage to civilian facilities.” The attacks came as Washington weighs options to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iraq! opposition lead ers say they are discussing their role in any bid to oust Saddam. U.S. and British warplanes monitoring “no-fly” zones over southern and northern Iraq reg ularly attack Iraqi military fa cilities. Iraq, which considers the zones violations of its sovereign ty, frequently tries to shoot down allied planes. The patrols give coalition pi lots intelligence and practical experience that could be helpful should the United States decide to go to war against Saddam. U.S. officials said four bombs were dropped in Sunday’s at tack near Basra, and they struck a radar facility used to guide anti-aircraft defense guns as well as a “support building.” The most common target of the periodic U.S. airstrikes in northern and southern Iraq are air defense radars and either anti-aircraft artillery emplace ments or surface-to-air missile launchers. There was another U.S. strike in the southern no-fly zone Tuesday, the city of Nukhayb, in southwestern Iraq. Details were sketchy, but U.S. Central Command said the strike was in response to “re cent Iraqi hostile acts” against U.S. and British air patrols. LSAT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 many college students apply to law school instead.” He said students are already be ing put on waiting lists at LSAT testing sites in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia isn’t far behind. “The most serious repercus sions will be that the LSAT scores will drop because of the larger test ing base, and schools will take bet ter scores,” hefeaid. “Secondly, in three years, we’ll have an explo sion of MBAs (Masters of Business Administration) and JDs (Juris Doctor degrees), and if you don’t have those degrees, you’ll be less competitive.” Chen said other ar eas are affected, as well, with med ical school growth up for the first time in seven years. These trends are less noticeable at USC. Scott Kaplan of USC’s Orientation and Testing Services Office said the registration num bers for the LSAT are “pretty much the same.” Kaplan said USC usually “keeps 200 as capacity,” and the test sites are usually full. Amanda Silva, a fourth-year in ternational studies student who will take the LSAT on Oct. 5, wasn’t surprised. She cited an interest in globalization, effects from Sept. 11 and the poor economy as reasons for the increase in registration. “A lot of my friends are going into grad school to make more money because they know they need the experience, and the job market right now is hard to break into,” Silva said. Chen said the job market is growing smaller with a more edu cated work force. “The same thing happened [with economic downturns] in the '80s and early '90s,” he said. “The implications are a more educated work force coming up. With more competition and a greater range of applicants, [there will be] a rich er pool of people for law schools to choose from. Now, you will have to have a graduate degree or else not be competitive.” Chen said students who lack work experience and are consid ering business school should ap- » ply to law school. " “Not everyone applies to law school to practice,” he said. He suggests students get expe rience in their fields and represent themselves with good recommen dations, a high grade-point aver age, the highest LSATs possible and a flawless application. More than anything, Chen stresses that “law depends on integrity and character more than anything else. Market yourself — don’t sell.” This doesn’t change much for Silva. “Well, I think it’s like anything else. What used to be a prestigious honor we now must do to keep up with the rest of the crowd,” she said. “It’s still prestigious, though. I think everybody’s just trying tc } find their place.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com BREAKFAST „ ^ MONDAY-FRIDAY Columbia’s most luxurious townhomes have arrived! DIRECTIONS: Indulge yourself with elegance, convenience and a From lor east take exit 115 resort lifestyle We're minxes away from metropolitan sZnsea/Caycl> Zg* life, yet nestled in a peaceful wooded setting. 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