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Kucinich CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 I discussing how the state budget cuts have a direct effect on edu cation through increased tuition and fees. He suggested eliminat ing the tax cut for those in the top bracket and putting that money in a fund for a possible “tuition-free college for all of America’s young people who want to go to public colleges and universities.” Kelly Innes, a summer 2003 USC graduate, said he thinks Kucinich is the most ethical of all the presidential candidates he has heard so far because of his stance on human rights, labor rights and the environment. “He talked about things that are just completely off the radar screen of what other people talk about — things like eliminating deficits,” he said. Another USC graduate, Ashley Thomas, said she supports his in ternational policies because they are “reasonable and very much something that is necessary if we’re not going to alienate the rest of the world.” Kucinich fights for labor rights and does not accept mon ey from “big leagues,” so he can not afford radio and television advertisements as many of his competitors can, said Michael Berg, the state coordinator for Kucinich’s campaign. “He has a message, and if we can get it out, especially with re gards to trade policy, that, I’m sure, would resonate to people in South Carolina because this state has been devastated by the trade policies of the last 15 years. ... He’s got the message that speaks to people really well,” Berg said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com STATE Former senator dies of heart problems COLUMBIA (AP) - Longtime Democratic state Sen. Don Holland of Camden died Sunday morning from a heart-related ailment, according to the Kershaw County coroner’s of fice. He was 75. Holland, an attorney, had served in the South Carolina Senate since 1969 and was a mem ber of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1951 to 1954 and again from 1957 to 1964. He was taken from his home by ambulance to a hospital emergency room early Sunday morning. MUSC on track to build new hospital CHARLESTON (AP) - The Medical University of South Carolina is on track to break ground on a $292 million hospi tal next JuneN After two years of planning, the university cleared a major hurdle this week when the state Department of Health and Environmental Control gave it the go-ahead to build a new hos pital downtown. The approval is important be cause the vast majority of health care projects can’t begin without receiving what is known as a cer tificate of need from DHEC. The university hopes to finish con struction on the 518,000-square foot hospital by October 2006. Sheriff might testify in murder trial CHARLESTON (AP) - Beaufort County Sheriff P. J. Tanner could be called to testify in a death penalty trial and face questions from the man accused of killing two deputies. Abdiyahh ben Alkebulan yahh, who is representing him self at his murder trial, wants Tanner to testify as the person who oversaw the collection of ev idence after the deputies were found shot to death. NATION Clark behind rivals in Iowa caucus DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) - For all his high-wattage candi dacy, Wesley Clark lags far be hind his Democratic presiden tial rivals in the months of orga nizing and hours of handshak ing that it takes to win the Iowa caucuses. The state’s Jan. 19 caucuses, the first test for Democrats in the hunt for the nomination, pre sent a formidable challenge for any candidate, let alone a politi cal neophyte such as Clark who entered the race only last month. 15 women accuse Schwarzenegger SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (AP) - As the number of women claim ing they were groped by Arnold Schwarzenegger grew to 15 Sunday, the actor headed for a campaign march in Sacramento. Four more women surfaced Sunday to accuse Schwarzen egger of groping, spanking or touching them inappropriately, the Los Angeles Times reported. Schwarzenegger spokesman Sean Walsh dismissed the ac counts of three of the women as untrue. Woman opens fire at church, kills 2 ATLANTA (AP) — A woman opened fire at an Atlanta church before services started Sunday morning, killing her mother and the minister before committing suicide. Congregants of Turner Monumental A.M.E. Church said Shelia W. Chaney Wilson, 43, was sitting with her moth er, Jennie Mae Robinson, and the Rev. Johnny Clyde Reynolds in the sanctuary after Sunday school when she opened fire with a handgun, po lice said. No one else was in the sanctuary. Police did not say how many shots were fired. WORLD Israel retaliates for suicide bombing JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army attacked an Islamic Jihad training base in Syria in retaliation for a suicide bomb ing at a Haifa restaurant that killed 19 people, the army said in a statement Sunday. The army said the attack, which occurred late Saturday or early Sunday, targeted a base deep in Syrian territory used by several terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Islamic . Jihad. ^ Ceremonies test Pope’s health VATICAN CITY (AP) - Ailing Pope John Paul II gave the Church three new saints Sunday, presiding over the first of several stamina-testing cere monies on a packed schedule this month. John Paul’s voice sounded clearer than it had in recent days as he opened the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, which only a few hours early had been drenched by a downpour. Military shuts down infamous prison 4 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (AP) - The U.S. military has shut down Camp Cropper, an increasingly notorious makeshift prison where hundreds of Iraqis were crowded into tents through Baghdad’s scorching summer, a U.S. official reported Sunday. The detainees were scattered to other facilities. The newly elected Iraqi Lawyers League president, Malik Dohan al-Hassan, met with U.S. occupation chief L. Paul Bremer a month ago to reg ister complaints about the in ternment of at least 5,500 Iraqis without charge since April. 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