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STATE Prison standoff ends peacefully BISHOPVILLE (AP) - A five hour hostage standoff at the Lee Correctional Institution ended peacefully Wednesday night, au thorities say. The inmates released two guards around 10:30 p.m. after a television reporter was allowed in the prison, Lee County Sheriff E.J. Melvin said. The incident at the maximum security prison began five hours earlier when about five inmates, armed with homemade knives, took over a wing that houses about 260 prisoners, Corrections Department Inspector General Charlie Sheppard said. WIS-TV reporter Craig Melvin said he was allowed in side the prison because Corrections Director Jon Ozmint said the inmates were beating up the guard and want ed to talk to tne media. Proposal pushes for natural lake shore COLUMBIA (AP) - Wildlife offi cials want one-third of Lake Murray's shoreline kept natural and the utility that owns the lake says it will consider the idea. The proposal, released Wednesday, comes from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state environmental, natural re sources and park agencies. It identifies 78 tracts in addition to those already set aside for preservation. That would ensure about one third of the 649-mile shoreline is saved from development. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. owns the 47,500-acre lake and the tracts proposed for protection. Peace CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 she said. “You have to take an is sue like this and see how it im pacts you.” Michelou said she was glad that she'd made her voice heard. “I know it’s probably not going to stop the war and bring our troops back home, but at least we made a stand,” she said. NATION Cool weather might help fight wildfires BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF. (AP) - With towering flames bearing down on Southern California mountain towns, firefighters dug in to protect hundreds of homes Thursday while looking for help from drizzling rain and lower temperatures. In the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles, relentless flames engulfed hun dreds of homes Wednesday on a wind-driven march toward the resort towns of Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead. Thousands of people were evacuated. To the south, in San Diego County, the state’s largest fire claimed the life of a firefighter when a crew was overcome by flames near Wynola. Three other crew members were injured, one Capitol shut down by plastic weapon WASHINGTON (AP) - The House of Representatives shut down for more than an hour Thursday after reports of a se curity breach at a nearby con gressional office building, later blamed on a Halloween costume and plastic gun. U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terence Gainer said the incident resulted from “two staff mem bers bringing in Halloween cos tumes.” Start to finish, the incident lasted about two hours — but it instantly triggered a massive re sponse in an age of terrorism. Gainer said the two staff aides are “very sorry this all hap pened,” and the security per sonnel had performed “well within standards.” “At least it's an encouragement for people to see what's going on and that other people feel the same way,” she said. Alison Peeler, a fourth-year journalism student, had similar feelings. “I think we are showing that there's a lot of people in opposition to the war effort,” she said. “I went because I feel that our administration is kind of fueling instability across the world,” she WORLD Russian president fires chief of staff MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin signed an order Thursday relieving his chief of staff of his duties, the Interfax news agency reported, deepen ing the political and economic turmoil following the arrest of Russia’s richest tycoon. Rumors that chief of staff Alexander Voloshin had re signed had rattled Russian po litical and business circles for several days. Voloshin reportedly tendered his resignation after Saturday’s arrest and jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Russian oil giant Yukos. The report came hours after prosecutors froze a huge chunk of Yukos shares, plunging the stock market into its second nosedive this week. U.N. agency wants more N. Korea aid BEIJING (AP) — Amid nucle ar tensions, the World Food Program appealed Thursday for more food aid for North Korea, saying the communist country faces a big shortfall in its har vest and that supplies to feed children and pregnant women are running out. This year’s harvest of wheat and other grains should be the best since the mid-1990s — but it’s still 20 percent less than North Korea’s 20 million people need, said Rick Corsino, the WFP director for the country. Complicating the situation further, the United States and South Korea are both leading food donors to the North, and key figures in pressing it to drop its nuclear ambitions. said. Berg said he considered the march a success. » “Obviously, one march doesn't solve the problem, but I think it was a very important, big step. We're showing the antiwar move ment is still alive and strong, and the anger is still there,” he said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com POLICE REPORT 1 » I I - ".-- . J-i i i ^ These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Compiled by Adam Beam. Each number or 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.rh.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS 0 Violent © Nonviolent Tuesday, Oct. 29 Q ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE, MCBRYDE QUAD, 618 SUMTER ST. The victim and witness one said the subject was yelling at them from inside McBryde “F.” They also said that as they continued to walk, subject one thought the victim was someone else because while the subject was running toward the victim, he was calling out ‘‘Ryan.” The subject then began to attack the victim by punching and kicking him in and about the head and face. First Responder and EMS were notified and both responded. Investigators Gallman and Pathel were notified. The victim was transported to Richland Memorial Hospital’s emergency room for evaluation. The victim wants to press charges. Investigation continues. Housing was notified. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. O LARCENY OF FUTON, MCBRYDE “B” STAIRWELL, 1311 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone took a green-and-black futon. The futon was left unattended. Estimated value: $50. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. We'll help you every step of the way. 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However, it is open to anyone in terested in pursuing a law de gree. Representatives from more than 20 colleges are scheduled to attend, including Michigan State, Temple, Valparaiso, Quinnipiac and USC’s law school. Phyllis Burkhard, director of career services at the USC School of Law, will give a presentation on different careers in the law field. “A lot of people don't know what lawyers actually do,” said Burkhard. She said what people see on television, such as in shows like Law and Order or JAG, is not an ■ APO CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 between the escort service and the shuttle system might be the best way to ensure the safe ty of students and university personnel. “With APO and the evening shuttle running at the same time, maybe we can get a better service to our night students on campus,” Huggins said. APO's shuttle operates Sunday through Thursday, 8 p.m. to midnight. They can be reached by calling 777 DUCK. USC's shuttle system oper ates in two shifts Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Two 15-passenger vans run from 6 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk(a)Jwtmail.com accurate portrayal of “a day in the life of a lawyer,” but rather a stereotypical view of lawyers in today's society. Burkhard will speak about law careers that are not restricted to the courtroom or a law firm. A few alternative law careers in clude working in sales, real es tate development, human re sources and fund raising. A close-to-home example of a law professional with an alterna tive law career is Eleanor Swarat, who raises funds forUSC. Princeton Review representa tives will be at the fair to discuss the Law School Admission Test. “I feel like this career fair will help me in deciding what I want to do and where I want to go af ter graduating,” said Amy Lopez, a fourth-year history student who is working for a law firm in the Columbia area and handling aprobonocase. “I want to work in criminal de fense, but am still not positive, so I am anxious to hear what the universities and presenters will have to say,” she said. ” For those Mio will not be able to attend the law school career fair, Eileen Korpita, director of the Office of Pre-Professional Advising, suggests using the available on-campus resources to research and narrow career decisions. 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