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State
S.C. reservist helps
development in Iraq
CHARLESTON (AP) - An Air
Force reservist £rom the Isle of
Palms is playing a key role in
putting together an interim gov
ernment in Iraq.
“We’re going to do our best to
get it done,” said Thomas L.
Carter, the senior counselor for
legislative affairs under L. Paul
Bremer, the U.S. civilian admin
istrator of Iraq.
Carter has held the job since his
job heading government relations
for the space shuttle Columbia ac
cident investigation board ended
last fall.
Splitting time between
Washington and Baghdad, Carter
keeps Congress informed on the
work of the U.S.-led coalition and
helps members of Congress who
want to visit Iraq. So far, 175 mem
bers have traveled there.
USC Union dean says
cuts will close school
COLUMBIA (AP) - The dean of
the USC Union says Gov. Mark
Sanford's three-"year plan to
phase out his school would shut
it down in a year.
Sanford has cited USC Union's
proximity to other schools and fi
22-percent decline in enrollment
since 1993 as reasons to phase out
the school.
Nation
Salvation Army gets
$1.5 billion donation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Salvation Army announced
Tuesday that it is receiving the
largest gift ever given to a charity
— a donation likely to exceed $1.5
billion from the estate of Joan B.
Kroc, widow of the founder of
McDonald's Corp.
Salvation Army officials say the
exact size of the gift won't be
known until administration of
Kroc's estate is complete, which
could take several months.
The gift is for development of
community centers across the
country, similar to the Ray and
Joan Kroc Corps Community
Center that opened in San Diego
in June 2002. The Kroc center of
fers educational, recreational and
cultural arts programs.
Greenpeace stopped
by 19th century law
MIAMI (AP) - When prosecu
tors brought charges against
Greenpeace for protesting a ship
ment of Amazon mahogany, they
dusted off a 19th century federal law
enacted to stop pimps from clam
bering aboard ships entering port.
Environmentalists call the
charges an attempt to stifle free
speech and say the government is
retaliating against Greenpeace for
previous in-your-face protests
against the Bush administration.
World
Russia might help
Bush’s Mars mission
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's space
engineers spent years designing
futuristic spacecraft for missions
to Mars with little hope they
would survive the financial melt
down of the nation's once-glorious
space program.
But President Bush's announce
ment of a new thrust into space has
awakened hopes that these dreams
could come true in a new alliance
with the United States.
From giant booster rockets to
tiny robots, Russia has developed
a range of cutting-edge space tech
nologies it now hopes to share
with the United States to send hu
mans to the moon and Mars.
U.S. to aid U.N. in
disarming Libya
VIENNA, AUSTRIA (AP) - The
United States and the U.N. atom
ic agency agreed Monday to work
together in examining, cataloging
and scrapping Libya's nuclear
weapons program, ending weeks
of squabbling over who has the au
thority to do so.
The deal was reached by
International Atomic Energy
Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei,
senior British arms expert
William Ehrman, and U.S.
Undersecretary of State John
Bolton, a critic of the IAEA policy
on Libya and Iran.
ElBaradei said the agreement
gave his agency the role of estab
lishing the scope and content of
Libya's nuclear program.
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istory
1789: The first American nov
. H. Brown's “The Power of
Sympathy,” is published.
1976: The first Concordes with
commercial passengers simulta
neously take flight from London
and Paris airports.
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Thursday
HI: 57
LO: 31
Friday
HI: 48
LO: 28
Saturday
HI: 60
LO: 40
Sunday
HI: 57
LO: 34
Wednesday, Jan. 21
THE GAMECOCK INTEREST
MEETING: Russell House 305,8
p.m.
AN EVENING WITH AL FRANKEN:
Koger Center, 8 p.m.
“ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN BREAST
CANCER AND CLINICAL
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT”:
Epidemiology seminar, Health
Sciences Building 103,12:30 p.m.
NATIONAL HUGGING DAY
Thursday, Jan. 22
FLASHLIGHT ONLINE
WORKSHOP: Thomas Cooper
Library, Multimedia Room 3,2
p.m.-3:30p.m.
“QUANTUM CARPETS, TALBOTS
EFFECT, AND ANALYTIC NUMBER
THEORY”: Jones Physical
Science Center 409,
Refreshments 2:45 p.m.,
Colloquium begins 3 p.m.
“SHAPE-BASED CONVERGENCE
RATES OF MARKOV CHAINS”:
Colloquium with Robert B.
Lund of the University of
Georgia, LeConte 210A, 2 p.m.,
Refreshments 3 p.m.
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION
SESSION: Business
Administration 634,4 p.m.
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Friday, Jan. 23
“THE DISCOVERY OF DUAL MMP
13 AND AGGRECANASE
INHIBITORS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF
OSTEOARTHRITIS”: Seminar with
Dr. Jennifer Liras of Pfizer
: Global Research and
Development, Jones Physical
I Science Center 006,
: Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Seminar
begins 4 p.m.
“EVENING WITH LOU AND BETH
HOLTZ”: Thomas Cooper
Library, 6:30 p.m., $250 per ticket
Saturday, Jan. 24
SOUPER BOWL OF CARING:
Colonial Center, 7:30 p.m.
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Affleck predicts ‘Jersey’ won’t follow ‘Gigli1
PARK CITY, UTAH (AP) - Ben
Affleck is fairly sure the ad cam
paign for his next movie won't pro
claim “Affleck and Lopez, together
again.”
While real-life sweethearts
Affleck and Jennifer Lopez co-star
in the upcoming “Jersey Girl,”
their on-screen collaboration
won't be a selling point after their
colossal bomb “Gigli” last sum
mer.
The failure of “Gigli” actually
might benefit “Jersey Girl,” the
story of a widowed father bring
ing up a daughter, Affleck said.
“The one thing it prevents from
happening is for the marketing
people to sell it in a dishonest
way,” Affleck told The Associated
Press on Saturday at the Sundance
Film Festival.
Lopez has a cameo as the wife
of Affleck's character, but she dies
12 minutes into the movie, Affleck
said. “Jersey Girl” opens in
March.
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez couldn’t save last year’s ‘Gigli.’
Hip-hop artists use mogul Russell Simmons and artists
radio to reach voters including LL Cool j, Rev. Run and
Jadakiss kicked off an initiative to
NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-Hop register millions of young people
to vote.
The “One Mind. One Vote” cam
paign aims to register 2 million
voters between the ages of 18 and
34 by the November presidential
election and a total of 20 million
voters over the next five years.
The nonpartisan campaign
plans to reach out to hip-hop fans
through the syndicated radio
show hosted by Doug Banks and
through voter registration booths
set up on the 2004 Doug Banks Jam
Session concert torn-.
Speaking Monday at the kickoff
event in Times Square, Banks said
he would air public service an
nouncements featuring Simmons^
and other celebrities and register^
voters during live concerts aired
on his morning show, which reach
es more than 2 million listeners a
day on the ABC Radio Network.
Banks said there are some 47
million people between the ages of
18 and 34 who are not registered to
vote.
USC.Briefly
Workshop to focus on
Internet survey tool
A workshop for Flashlight
Online, a Web-based survey tool
that helps educators and adminis
trators assess educational uses of
technology, will be held Thursday,
Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. in Thomas Cooper
Library Multimedia Room 3.
Flashlight Online can also be
used for conducting survey-based
research. Anyone interested in
learning the basics about this pro
gram through a hands-on session
in which participants create a sur
vey may register. To register, con
tact Bettie Wright at
bwright@gwm.sc.edu and include
your name, e-mail address and the
name of your department.
Registration is free for USC facul
ty, staff and students.
USC faculty to lead
new travel program
USC recently announced the
launching of Travel with Scholars,
a new program that consists of a
travel series led by the universi
ty's top faculty and open to anyone
who enjoys travel and wants to
learn. The inaugural Travel with
Scholars trip will be to Vermont
on May 14 -18 and will be led by
Drs. Kevin and Becky Lewis. The
USC Travel with Scholars will fea
ture several trips each year de
signed and led by individual fac
ulty members who have expertise
and knowledge of particular re
gions of the United States and be
yond. The program is limited to 20
participants. Cost is $1,595 per per
son and includes airfare, lodging,
most meals, admission to sites and
ground transportation. The pro
gram is targeted to adults 19 years
and older and no USC affiliation is
required. The registration dead
line is April 2. For more informa
tion and to register, call 777-2663
or visit
http://www.rcce.sc.edu/NewWeb/
ContEd/NonCredit/TWS/in
dex.html.
Charity Souper Bowl
needs canned goods
USC Campus Ministries will be
participating in the Sixth Annual
USC Souper Bowl of Caring on
Saturday, Jan. 24 at the men's bas
ketball game against LSU at 7:30
p.m. in the Colonial Center. The
Campus Ministries ask that people
bring canned goods and place them
in pots that volunteers will be hold
ing at the doors. The proceeds will
go to the Harvest Hope Food Bank.
Freshman committee
taking nominations
The Outstanding Freshman
Advocate Award Committee is
now accepting nominations for the
2004 Outstanding Freshman
Advocate. Any USC student, fac
ulty or staff member who has
made a significant contribution to
the lives of freshmen may be nom
inated. Nominations may be made
by any member of the USC com
munity and may be submitted on
line or through campus mail.
Paper nominations are available
in the SG Office, Russell House
Information Center, or the
Campus Activities Center.
Nominations will be accepted
Monday, Jan. 19 through
Wednesday, Feb. 11. Paper nomi
nations should be sent to Mary
Ann Byrnes, College of Liberal
Arts, Gambrell 258. For more in
formation about the award, visit
http://www.sc.edu/univl01/awar
d/index.html, or contact Mary
Ann Byrnes at 777-2993 or
bymes@sc.edu.
Construction might
block dorm access
Loveless Contracting will be
working on the new driveway
that goes through A2 to the
President’s House Jan. 19 - 24.
Access to the President's House,
Pinckney/LeGare and Lot A2 will
be possible but only infrequently
as the driveway may be blocked
for significant periods by equip
ment or fresh asphalt. The tem
porary drive along the President's
House Garden wall will also be
closed. Access to Woodrow,
Preston and Currell Colleges will
also be interrupted.
New computer virus
spreads via e-mail
Network Associates (McAfee3^
warns about the new
W32/Bagle@MM virus that is
now on campus. The virus is be
ing spread through e-mail. This
is a mass-mailing worm with a
remote access component. For
more information, visit
http://vil.nai.com/vil/con
tent/v_100965.htm.
Study Abroad to hold
information sessions
Study Abroad Information
Sessions will begin Thursday, Jan.
22 and continue on Mondays and
Thursdays at 4 p.m. throughout
the semester. The meetings will be A
held in the Business™
Administration Building room 634.
Students who cannot attend at
those times should call 777-7557 or
drop by the study abroad area in
side the Career Center, BA 6th
floor. The deadline for fall
semester and full-year study
abroad programs is March 1. For
more information on USC's study
abroad programs, visit
http://www.sc.edu/ips.
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
Efl Violent
© Nonviolent
Friday, Jan. 9
(D MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
THOMAS COOPER LIBRARY,
1322 GREENE ST. The
complainant said that
between Dec. 29 and Jan. 9
someone broke the glass
control panel of the first-floor
copying machine. Estimated
damage: $400. Reporting
officer: T. Means.
O AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
OF CD PLAYER, S-6LOT, 1423
WHALEY ST. Victim no. 1 said
someone broke out her front
passenger window and
removed her silver Pioneer
CD player. Estimated value:
$200.
Victim No. 2 said someone
broke out his front driver's
side window and removed his
black JVC car CD player.
Estimated value: $400.
Reporting officer T. Means.
(3) GRAND LARCENY OF TOOL,
743 GREENE ST. The
complainant said someone
entered an unsecured cage
area where tools are kept and
removed a laser level.
Estimated value: $2,700.
Reporting officer: R.B. Baker.
Saturday, Jan. 17
□ CRIMINAL DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, BATES WEST, 1405
WHALEY ST. Reporting officer
T. Brewster responded in
reference to a domestic
dispute.
G HOUSING VIOLATION, EAST
QUAD, 1400 BLOSSOM ST.
Reporting officer J M.
Simmons responded to a
complaint of a housing
violation.
®LARCENY OF BASKETBALL
UNIFORMS, COLONIAL
CENTER, 801 LINCOLN ST. The
complainant said someone
removed from the women’s
locker room two USC women's
basketball jerseys, numbers 24
and 25, with matching shorts.
Estimated value: $250.
Reporting officer: Morant.
Sunday, Jan. 18
Q MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, MAXCY
I
COLLEGE, 1312 PENDLETON
ST. The complainant said
someone uprooted the Maxcy
College street sign and then
damaged the sign by ripping
off half of the two-sided sign.
Estimated damage: $100.
Reporting officer: J.M.
Simmons.
$ AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
J OF CD PLAYER FACEPLATE,
200 BLOCK BULL ST. The
complainant said that
between Jan. 17 and Jan. 19
someone unzipped the window
on his vehicle and removed
the faceplate of the CD player
and one burned CD. Estimated
value: $80. Reporting officer:
T. Brewster.
Q DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
DISOBEDIENCE TO POLICE
OFFICER, POSSESSION OF
ALTERED DRIVER'S LICENSE,
INTERSECTION OF PENDLETON
AND MARION STREETS. While
reporting officer J.M.
Simmons was on routine
patrol, Justin Young walked
into the intersection directly
in front of Simmons. Simmons
was forced to slam on the
brakes of his vehicle in order
to not hit Young. Young then
looked at Simmons and stuck
his middle finger out at him.
Simmons turned on the blue
lights of his vehicle and
ordered Young to stop. Young
i
then began to run from
Simmons, ignoring all
commands to stop. Simmons ^
finally caught the subject on 9
foot on the Horseshoe, directly
in front of Rutledge Chapel.
Young was then arrested for
disorderly conduct and
disobedience to a police
officer. Young had slurred
speech and a strong odor of
alcohol about him, and he was
extremely unsteady on his
feet. Young also said he
smoked “a lot of weed.” After
being searched upon arrest,
Young was found in
possession of a false South
Carolina driver's license.
® BURGLARY 2ND, GRAND
LARCENY OF TWO-WAY
RADIOS, WEST QUAD
CONSTRUCTION SITE, 438
MAIN ST. The complainant
said that between Jan. 18 and
Jan. 19 someone entered the m
premises withbut consent and W
broke into two Pepsi vending
machines, removing an
unknown amount of cash. The
complainant also said
someone cut the padlock from
a construction modular,
removing ten Motorola and
Kenwood two-way radios.
Estimated value of radios:
$4,000. Estimated value of
money pending. Reporting
officer: Morant.
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