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Candidates CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Women in Law, and Black Law Students organizations. One thing that separates the events with Edwards and Clark from Moseley-Braun’s visit is that she had a much smaller crowd, drawing less than half the people who watched the oth er two candidates. Also, much of the local media skipped the visit. : Moseley-Braun wasn’t daunt ed by the low turnout, however. The former U.S. senator from Illinois started with her biogra phy, speaking about her rise in politics and why she’s running for president. Moseley-Braun, the only black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, said her decision to run for federal office was spurred by the hearings sur rounding Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Democratic incum bent senator, whom Moseley Braun beat for the nomination in 1992, voted for Thomas’ confirmation. “My whole life would not have been possible if not for the Warren court and Thurgood Marshall, and I thought Clarence Thonaas was no Thurgood Marshall,” Moseley Braun said. Her motivation for the presi dential run, however, came from what she felt was a need to affect policy on a national level after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “I’m running on a platform to renew and rebuild America,” Moseley-Braun said. Her plan includes a single-pay er health-care system, more fed eral assistance for education and a redefinition of the U.S. role in Iraq. Moseley-Braun is in seventh place in the latest poll for the S.C. Democratic primary, which is set. . for Feb. 3. The poll, conducted by the American Research Group, has Moseley-Braun only beating John Kerry, who has 4 percent, and Dennis Kucinich, who has 1 percent. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Movie CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 have been in the spotlight. They spent more than a year researching the 107-year-old ri valry to capture the drama of the intrastate feud through a collage of interviews, photos and game footage. “The phrase ‘bragging rights’ is often cited as the primary re ward for winning this game — the right to boast, to ‘rag’ the los er,” White said. “We changed the spelling of the word ‘rights’ to ‘rites,’ which refers to religious rituals and ceremonies.” Each year the fans watch and pray for the next year’s bragging rites, he said. White and Sumerel agreed that “Football fan or not, this simple football game is a cul tural ritual that serves to re mind us of our rich heritage and limitless potential. It is more about feelings than statistics, more about relationships than competition.” Close to 1000 people across the state have seen the film on the big screen, and 4000 people have purchased.it. Fans can purchase the DVD for $24.95 or the VHS for $19.95 from the producers’ Web site, www.BraggingRitesTheMovie.c om. Fans can also call 1-877-4-RI VALS to order by phone. Along with the movie, the producers have also released 24 rivalry trading cards in honor of the most memorable coaches and players of the two universities. “Every year, history rewrites the story of the Carolina Clemson rivalry,” White said. “Although we now have a film to capture the first hundred years, new traditions, new faces and amazing plays will insure that this story will get better and better.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Jurors see softer side of Muhammad BY MATTHEW BARAKAT ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - Jurors deciding the fate of sniper John Allen Muhammad saw a softer side of the convicted mur derer Thursday, watching a home movie in which he plays with his children and encour ages them to take their first steps. But prosecutors said “that person no longer exists.” The jury was to begin deliber ating Friday on whether Muhammad should live or die for masterminding the Washington-area sniper spree last year. Muhammad was convicted Monday of two murder, counts related to the wave of killings that left 10 people dead and three wounded. The 42-year-old Army veteran appeared glum as he watched the five-minute video Thursday, al ternately wearing a frown and hanging his head. “You can walk. Now go ahead and walk to daddy,” he says on the tape as one of his daughters takes her first steps. In another clip, Muhammad says to the girl, “Let me see the teeth” and the girl flashes two baby teeth and a big smile. But prosecutors said during closing arguments in the trial’s penalty phase that evidence about Muhammad once being a good family man is irrelevant stacked against the terror of last year’s killing spree. They urged the jury to sentence Muhammad to death. “That person no longer ex ists,” prosecutor James Willett said. “This is not a question of whether there once was a good father, whether there once was a good husband.” Suspension CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 happens, Brewer said a USC sus pension would be strongly con sidered. The suspension process would include hearings and stu dent judicial proceedings. He said the administration has the authority to suspend stu dents or student organizations if it decides their activities are “not beneficial to the university community.” McKinney said that although I-1 there have been suspensions of sororities and fraternities be fore, most recently in the early ’90s and a “brief suspension” in the first weeks of this semester, “the best way to characterize them is that they’re infrequent. ” McKinney said the suspen sion reflects negatively on the university. “I do think that the leadership of the fraternity has tried to deal with the matter responsibly, and we commend them for that,” he said. Brewer said the group needs to cooperate fully with provid ing information, especially be cause law enforcement officials are involved as well. “I think we recognize stu dents don’t always make good decisions,” he said. Members of USC’s Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter could not be reached for comment. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Some Britons protest Bush visit BY JANE WARDELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Tens of thousands ’ of demonstrators marched through the heart of London c Thursday, toppling a 17-foot-tan papier-mache statue of President Bush and burning his life-size ef- ; figy to show their anger for the Iraq war and Prime Minister Tony Blair’s support of the invasion. As Bush and Blair vowed' “not to flinch or give way or concede one inch” to terrorism in the wake of deadly bombings against British targets in Turkey, protesters said the close relation ship between the two leaders • made them deeply uneasy. “We’re angry that Bush ap pears to be leading our country,” said marcher Ted Edwards. “Why Blair is allying himself to Bush I do not know.” Many in the crowd said Thursday’s bombings in Istanbul which killed more than two doze people, strengthened their resolve to oppose U.S.-British policy in Tran “There have been more and ' more bombings since the action in ‘ Iraq and more terrorism,” said Mischa Gorris, a 37-year-old London lawyer. “You will never change the hearts and minds of ; terrorists by bombing them. This is what you will get.” Amid chants, the blast of foghorns and the beat of drums, protesters marched past the Houses of Parliament and through the heart of governmental London to Trafalgar Square. The march took almost two hours to clear its starting point at the University of London. The Stop the War Coalition, which or ganized the march, said 200,0c people participated; the police es- ‘ timated 70,000. As the work day ended, many people who had not marched joined a rally in Trafalgar Square, where the bronze-painted statue * of Bush was toppled to wild ap plause — a mocking reference to the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue after coalition troops took control of Baghdad on April 9. After sundown, protesters burned placards and at least ojje life-size effigy of Bush. The 17-foot, papier-mache statue was shreddetj by organizers and given out to the rrnwH The protests were generally or derly, but as night fell police strur , gled to contain a few hundre, demonstrators who broke away from the Trafalgar Square rally and darted down a nearby street. Officers linked arms surrounding the protesters and arrested sever al who refused to move off the road. Other groups headed toward Regent’s Park where Bush was hosting a dinner for Queen Elizabeth II at Winfield House, the home of U.S. Ambassador to Britain William Farish. Police outside the grounds of the mansion handcuffed and searched two men after protesters tried to jump the fence into th\ neighboring gardens. The rifei* were bundled into poliee vans ar officers scoured the gardens wbLh flashlights for more possible irj* traders. A cluster of aboyt 20 cyclist)} blowing whistles pedaled up the road near Winfield House but were deflected by a human cordon of police. They returned later and were allowed to pass, whistling and chanting anti-Bush slogans before police moved them on. Opposition to Iraq war, and Britain’s role as the largest part ner of the United States, has been strong and vocal in Britain. The largest protest, in February, drew i_i __m i aovui c* uiuuuil ptJUpit;. 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