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STATE Protester fights for security documents COLUMBIA (AP)-A federal judge says attorneys for a protester arrested almost a year ago may be allowed to use some security documents detailing President Bush’s visit. U.S. District Judge Bristow Marchant filed an order Wednesday that gives the fed eral government five days to show him a reason the docu ments should not be disclosed. Marchant ordered U.S. Attorney John Barton and the Secret Service on Aug. 28 to de liver all documents relating to Bush’s visit in October so he could review them and deter mine if activist Brett Bursey could use them in his defense. NAACP continues to support boycott SPARTANBURG (AP) - The South Carolina NAACP says it will hold its annual convention out of state again to honor the civil rights group's boycott of the Palmetto State. The 2003 Convention and Civil Rights Conference will be held Oct. 9-12 in Charlotte, N.C., instead of Spartanburg because the Confederate flag still flies on South Carolina’s Capitol grounds, said Dwight James, executive director of the state NAACP chapter. NATION West Nile cases on the rise, CDC says ATLANTA (AP) — The United States is headed for another record number of West Nile cases this year, with the total shooting up by more than a - third in the past week alone, the government said Thursday. Nationwide, 4,137 human cases had been reported by Thursday, just 19 shy of last year’s total of 4,156, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Despite the high number of infections, there have been far fewer deaths. So far, 80 have been reported; last year, 284 died from the virus. Economy showing signs of recovery NEW YORK (AP) — Despite a poor job market, the nation’s long-stagnant economy again showed signs of recovery in August, according to a closely watched economic report. The Conference Board re ported Thursday that its Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.4 percent in August to 113.3, in line with analysts’ ex pectations. The index measures where the overall U.S. economy is headed in the next three to six months. WORLD Britain repeals anti-gay law LONDON (AP) - A law against “promotion” of homo sexuality was removed from the British statute books Thursday, after more than a decade of gay rights protests. The law, which barred local government councils from “pro moting” homosexuality, was the subject of protests from the moment it was introduced un der Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1988. It was devised to deal with concerns over homosexual con tent in sex education, but was condemned by campaigners as discriminatory. Police arrest five al-Qaida suspects MADRID, SPAIN (AP) - Police arrested five suspects Thursday on orders of a Spanish judge investigating the al-Qaida terror network, a day after he issued the first known indictment against Osama bin Laden for the Sept. 11 attacks. The five men, whose arrest was announced by the Interior Ministry, were not among the 35 suspects indicted in the dra matic order issued Wednesday by Judge Baltasar Garzon. Ebenezer Lutheran Church ' Announces a time change for the i Contemporary New Life Worship Service: Now on Sundays at 11:00 am in the Chapel at 1301 Richland Street . Traditional Worship: 8:30 am & 11:00 am, Sanctuary Sunday Church School: 9:45 am- 10:45 am Contemporary New Life Worship: 11:00 am, Chapel j * best kept seeret l I westflfttie vista! . m KTV'S featuring Game Pay and NFL Sunday Ticket I_.__ TUES: WEDS: 9 CORK Q pool unplugged kafaokW ■ dart boards M tables ou are under the age of 21, it is illegal to buy alcoholic beverages. AH ABC regulations enforced. Lottery September 25, 2003 Priority Reservations Lottery 2nd Floor Lobby Russell House September 25, 2003 9:00 A.M. - 1st Ballroom Date 10:00 A.M. - 2nd Ballroom Date For more information, contact the Event •'Services Office at 777-7127 or stop t>y Russell House 218 Russell House University Union Priority Reservations Deadlines Spring 2004 Carolina Productions.by September 23, 2003 (See STAF 3.25 Policy at www.sc.edu/policies/staf/staf325.html) Registered Student Organizations.by September 25, 2003 (See STAF 3.25 Policy atwww.sc.edu/policies/staf/staf325.html) Other.,...after September 29, 2003 , (See STAF 3.25 Policy at www.sc.edu/policies/staf/staf325.html) NOTE: Academic Space will not be reserved until February 2004 Because o# high demand for space in the Russell House a lottery system is used to ensure equal ♦ distribution of space to registered studeniM>rgantzations. The highest level of demand is for Ballroom reservations, however, the lottery system will apply to all reservabie spaces in the Russell House. POLICE REPORT . Each number on the map stands fora 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 E] Violent fj Nonviolent Monday, Sept. 15 o MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, DIRT AND GRAVEL PARKING LOT, PICKENS AND WHALEY STREETS. The victim said someone broke out the driver’s side-rear window of her car. Estimated damage: $50. Reporting officer J.D. Rosier. Tuesday, Sept. 16 O SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, 1400 WHALEY ST., S-6 LOT. Reporting officer J.R. Merrill saw three subjects, Andrew Robert Henshaw, Timothy Mark Taylor and Jesse Edwin Tuten, sitting inside a car. A fourth person was seen talking to the occupants through both the driver’s side and passenger’s side alternately. Merrill said he saw the front passenger ignite a lighter for about five seconds on two occasions, within 30 to 40 seconds of each other. Merrill said that based on his experience and training, he understood this activity to be consistent with smoking some form of drug. Merrill said he pulled into the lot and positioned his car behind the subject’s car, turned on the car’s blue lights and approached the subject’s car on foot. Merrill said as he approached the passenger side window, which was rolled down, he smelled burned marijuana. Merrill said he searched the car and found a substance that he thought was marijuana. Merrill said the substance was about seven grams. He also found a glass bowl pipe and two packages of rolling papers. (3) MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, 701 ASSEMBLY ST., CAROLINA COLISEUM The complainant said someone broke m out a ticket office window and * damaged the speaker and microwave as well. Estimated damage: $375. Reporting officer J.M. Simmons. Wednesday, Set. 17 © MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, PICKENS AND WHEAT STREETS, GRAVEL PARKING LOT. The victim said someone broke out the drivers’ side rear vent window. The victim said nothing was missing. Estimated damage: $350. Reporting officer: J.M. Simmons. © MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, SUMTER AND CATAWBA STREETS, GRAVEL m PARKING LOT. The victim said ^ someone broke out the driver’s side-rear window. Estimated damage: $2,500. Reporting officer J.M. Simmons. BRIEFLY McKissick Museum to display WWI art The McKissick Museum will display an exhibit of World War I posters starting Sept. 21 and con tinuing through Dec. 7. The ex hibit includes 36 posters from na tions around the world that por tray significant themes and artis tic trends of their time. It also in cludes posters from USC’s Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection, a collection established by USC English professor Matthew J. Bruccoli in honor of his father. The exhibit is free and open to the public. USC to offer art classes to children USC’s art department will offer art classes to children ages 6 to 17 on Friday afternoons, Sept. 26 to Nov. 14. The classes will be taught by graduate students in art edu cation under the direction of Dr. Minuette Floyd. Students can choose from a variety of classes; and artistic ability is not neces sary. Registration deadline is Wed., Sept. 24, and the cost is $65 per child and $55 for children of USC faculty, staff, and students. For more information or to regis ter a child in the Young Artists Workshop, call Floyd at (803)777 3137, or call the USC art depart ment at (803)777-4236. NSF will award 900 research fellowships The National Science Foundation will award approxi mately 900 new Graduate Research Fellowships this spring. The three-year fellowships pro vide stipends of $27,500 for 12 months and a cost-of-education al lowance of $10,500 per tenure year. The fellowships are awarded to students pursuing graduate study programs leading to research based master’s or doctoral degrees in science, mathematics, and en gineering. Application deadlines are in November. For more information, contact the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program at (866)353 0905 or nfsgrfp@orau.gov. Yearly event features Civil War re-enactors 4 The 6th Annual Symposium on South Carolina Civil War History will be held Saturday, Sept. 27, at the South Carolina Archives and History Center. The program will feature Civil War re-enactors, African-American history and other presentations. The program is all day followed by a banquet featuring Harry Pecorelli, an archaeologist with the Hunley Recovery project. For more information, visit the event’s Web site at state.sc.us/sc civilwar02.htm. Isabel CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Pennsylvania. Isabel’s top sustained wind eased to nearly 90 mph after it hit land, and it was expected to con tinue weakening. Hurricane-force wind — at least 74 mph — extend ed up to 100 miles out from the cen ter. At 5 p.m. EDT, the center of Isabel’s "very large eye” was over North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound, between the mainland and the Outer Banks. It was accelerating northwest at around 24 mph, up from 14 mph as it approached the coast 24 hours earlier. Isabel was expected to move north across Virginia and cut through western Pennsylvania and western New York state be fore dissipating in Canada by Saturday. Rhonda Davis, whose parents had to be airlifted from their home in 1999 when Floyd killed 56 peo ple, said she was not convinced Isabel would leave eastern North Carolina unscathed. "When something like this hap pens, I don’t care what it is, you prepare for the worst,” she said. "I don’t think it’s going to be big ger than Floyd, but I think it’s go ing to be larger than what people think.” President Bush granted North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley’s re quest for a federal disaster decla ration, ordering federal aid to the state. In anticipation of flooding and wind damage, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell issued a statewide "disaster emergency” declaration. The governors of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware had earlier declared emergencies, and the governor of New Jersey planned a declaration Thursday. Well over 1,500 flights were can celed at airports in the major east- M ern cities, said David Stempler, ™ president of the Air Travelers Association. As the storm moved northward, all flights to and from the Washington metropolitan area’s airports were likely to be canceled, he said. The federal government shut down in Washington. Amtrak halted service south of Washington, and the Washington area Metro system shut down all subway and bus service. Miss America pageant organiz ers went ahead with the plans for their annual parade Friday night in Atlantic City, N.J., hoping the boardwalk would escape damage. For many, the hurricane’s pass- m ing was merely a sightseeing ^ event. "For me, this is just like anoth er little rainstorm, but you take what you can get,” storm chaser Warren Faidley said as he video taped the frothy, 15-foot swells on Atlantic Beach, N.C. He was impressed that in the middle of the hurricane, he was able to get a hot sausage biscuit at a pier right on the beach. Students CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 than 100 mph when it hit North Carolina. Had it hit South Carolina, it might have had the ca pauimy iu lurce schools and busi nesses to close as far inland as Columbia. But, some stifdents wor ried that it might have uuuwu o damper on more than just a day or two at work. Matt Bell, a first-year electrical engineering student, considered the implications of a hurricane on the Saturday football game against Alabama. “Thank God I’m not go ing to miss the game Saturday,” he said, “because, if you remember two years ago, Sept. 11 came and they canceled our football game and they switched us to Wofford. Ick,” he said. “Plus,” he added, “it would ^ nave ueen kind of a headache missing class.” Alex Keys, a first-year edu cation student, was glad the hurricane uuaacu me state. “Last year, it rained all the time,” he said. Comments'in this story?E-mail * gamecockudesk@hotmail.com “Missing classes is definitely a plus. I could use a little time to catch up on my reading.” ADRIENNE LEVY FIRST-YEAR ADVERTISING STUDENT