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Bush touts efforts
to push port security
CHARLESTON — President Bush
, touted his administration’s efforts
to keep dangerous cargo out of the
country Thursday, highlighting
proposals to push port-security
spending up by 13 percent over
last year.
Bush’s Visit to the Port of
Charleston was a political
postscript to the Democratic pres
idential primary that took place
in South Carolina on Tuesday and
gave Sen. John Edwards, North
Carolina, his first victory. Many
Bush aides fear Edwards could
give Bush a strong challenge in
the backbone of Bush’s support,
the South.
Senate debates bill
for seat belt safety
Senate debate began this week
on a bill that would let police stop
cars when they spot adult drivers
not wearing seat belts.
The state already lets police
pull over cars when minors
aren’t buckled up. But they can’t
stop and ticket adult drivers un
less they have another reason to
pull them over. Seat belt advo
cates say the state needs a so
called primary enforcement law
to curb highway deaths and in
juries.
Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg,
referred to a thick notebook filled
with details of the state’s highway
deaths as he pushed for the
tougher bill.
Nation
9-11 panel will need
more time, Bush says
WASHINGTON - President
Bush, changing his mind again on
a politically charged investigation,
now spys the congressional panel
investigating the September 11 at
tacks should have more time to
complete its final report.
After previously Opposing any
kind of extension, the president on
Wednesday said the September 11
commission should get the two ex
tra months it says it needs to fin
ish its work.
lenet says analyses
withheld information
WASHINGTON — Intelligence an
alysts never told President Bush be
fore the invasion of Iraq that
Saddam Husseih’s rule posed an j
imminent threat, CIA Director
George Tenet said Thursday in a \
heated defense of agency findings
central to the decision to go to war.
The urgency of the Iraqi threat
was Bush’s main argument for the
war. But the president said
Thursday he still would have in- ;
vaded Iraq if he’d known no
weapons stockpiles existed.
Tenet said he believes some of
what U.S. intelligence predicted
about Iraq will turn out to have
been right — and some wrong.
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World
Iraqi militants admit
to suicide bombings
TIKRIT, IRAQ — An Iraqi mili
tant group, the “ Jaish Ansar al
Sunna” claimed responsibility for
the suicide bombings in Irbil,
which killed 109 people, and a se
nior U.S. commander blamed re
cent attacks on insurgents seek
ing to sabotage a future indepen
dent Iraqi government.
Meanwhile, the United States
said it is sticking to its timetable
for Iraq self-rule by July 1 even
though U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan said Wednesday the
deadline might have to be recon
sidered to forge an agreement on
a provisional government.
Moroccan acquitted
of aiding 9-11 plot
HAMBURG, GERMANY - A
court acquitted a Moroccan on
Thursday of helping the
September 11 hijackers while
they lived and studied in
Hamburg, citing a lack of evi
dence h<? was involved in the al
Qaid’a cell’s plans to attack the
United States.
Abdelghani Mzoudi, a longtime
acquaintance of lead hijacker
Mohamed Atta who even signed
his will, smiled silently as he left
the state court a free man after
only the second trial anywhere of
a September 11 suspect.
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SEMINAR “ELECTRON TRANSFER
REACTIONS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
ON SURFACES AND IN IONIC
LIQUIDS”: Dr. Holden Thorp of
Chapel Hill, N.C., Jones Physical
Science Center 006,
Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Seminar
4 p.m. •*.
MEET THE NEW DIRECTOR:
Columbia Museum of Art, 4:30
6:15 p.m.
“FRISSON: ARTISTS RESPOND TO
ART”: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
CAROLINA STUDENT JUDICIAL
COUNCIL APPLICATIONS DUE:
www.csjc.org
Jackson, Timberlake feel halftime uproar
LOS ANGELES - As CBS, NBC
and ABC all shifted broadcast
plans in reaction to the racy Super
Bowl halftime show, Janet
Jackson’s publicist said she might
back out of Sunday’s Grammy
Awards and Justin Umberiake ad
mitted his own family was offend
ed by the pop stars’ stunt.
“I do understand that there
were a lot of people that were com
pletely offended by what hap
pened, including my own family.
And I think that’s probably the
part that’s frustrating the most for
me, and it’s completely, complete
ly, completely, regrettable,”
Timberlake told KCBS-TV outside
the Staples Center, where he was
rehearsing for the Grammys.
Jackson, meanwhile, is think
ing twice about appearing for the
Grammys telecast, her publicist,
Steven Huvane, told CNN.
Jackson issued videotaped and
written apologies and denied that
the NFL, CBS or MTV, which pro
duced the halftime show for CBS,
knew of her plans.
Grace signs on for
final ‘70s’ season
NEW YORK — One more season
of “That ‘70s Show” and Topher
Grace is outta there.
Grace told reporters in Los
Angeles recently that he and co-star
Ashton Kutcher had planned to
quit after this season, but decided
to stay on the Fox sitcom one more
year, AP Radio reported recently.
“This year was going to be my
last year, and Ashton and I both
signed on for an extra year,” the
25-year-old actor said.
“We’re lucky in the sense that
we were very young when it start
ed so we actually only became
good I believe halfway through the
show, I mean just as actors. So, we
would love to leave with people
wanting more.”
Grace stars with Kate Bosworth
and Josh Duhamel in the new film
“Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!”
Saturday
3RD ANNUAL GERIATRICS
SYMPOSIUM FOR PRIMARY
CARE PHYSICIANS: Adam’s
Mark Hotel
STUDENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CONFERENCE: Russell House, 8
a.m.-4 p.m.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS
FILM SERIES, “ELIZABETH
CATLETT: SCULPTING THE
TRUTH”: Columbia Museum of
Art, 11-14:30 a.m.
MEET THE NEW DIRECTOR:
Columbia Museum of Art, 3-4
p.m.
2ND ANNUAL AFRICAN
AMERICAN READ-IN, “THE
POWER OF WORDS: MAKE YOUR
PRESENCE FELT”: Daniel
Management Center, Business
Administration building, 9 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS
DAY
Sunday
THOMAS DAY, SLIDE
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE:
Columbia Museum of Art, 2-3
p.m.
MANDATORY SG CANDIDATES’
MEETING: Russell House, senate
candidates 5 p.m., executive
office candidates 6 p.m.
Trump wants Hilton
to host USA pageant
NEW YORK - Despite being tall,
leggy and glamorous, socialite
Paris Hilton doesn’t exactly dress
or act like a pageant queen.
Donald Trump, however, thinks
Hilton could be a pageant host,
and is negotiating with her to host
the Miss USA Pageant, which he
owns.
Trump told Us Weekly maga
zine he got the idea while Hilton’s
parents, Kathy and Rick, were vis
iting him at his Mar-a-Lago estate
in Palm Beach, Fla. And he said
Hilton’s infamous Internet sex
tape doesn’t bother him.
“I’ve known Paris since she was
a little girl,” Trump said. “She’s a
fine girl... I think she will give the
pageant its highest TV ratings.”
The 53rd annual Miss USA
Pageant is scheduled to air April
12 on NBC, live from the Kodak
Theatre in Los Angeles.
BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE
McGraw to appear in
football film drama
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Country
singer Tim McGraw has landed his
first studio film deal, playing the
alcoholic father of a football player
in a movie starring Billy Bob
Thornton.
Filming starts this week on
“Friday Night Lights,” adapted
from H.G. Bissinger’s book about a
West Texas town’s devotion to its
high school football team, accord
ing to McGraw’s publicist.
McGraw will play Charlie
Billingsley, who tries to relive his
glory days through his son, an
Odessa, Texas, high school play
er. Thornton plays the team’s
coach.
McGraw previously acted in
the unreleased independent film
“Black Cloud.”
His wife, country singer Faith
Hill, is appearing in a remake of
“The Stepford Wives” scheduled
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake are taking heat for their
controversial performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII.
ior release tins summer.
Actress Williams to
model red dresses
NEW YORK - Vanessa Williams.
already an actress, singer and for
mer Miss America, is adding run-,
way model to her resume.
She’ll join famous catwalk faces
Alex Wek, Frankie Rayder and
Angela Lindvall in presenting The
Red Dress Collection at Friday’s
Heart Truth fashion show, part of
New York Fashion Week.
Unlike most shows that pre
view next season s designer
clothes, the Heart Truth show,
sponsored by the National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute and
Johnson & Johnson, tries to raise
awareness about the dangers of
heart disease.
Models will wear red dresses
by top designers such as Donna
Karan. Vera Wang and Oscar de la
Renta.
After Fashion Week, the gowns
become part of a LifeWise-spon
sored road show that will bring free
risk-factor screenings to shopping
malls in Chicago, Dallas, Miami,
Philadelphia and San Diego.
USC. Briefly
Ebony Fair to discuss
blacks’ political role
The Ebony Fair, a program ad
dressing the theme “Do African
Americans need to establish a po
litical party?” and highlighting
black democratic presidential can
didate A1 Sharpton, will be held
Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Russell
House. The event will feature USC
political science professor Todd
Shaw and USC history professor
Bobby Donaldson. Admission is
free.
Health fair to be part
of responsibility week
A health fair will be held on
Greene Street Wednesday as part
of Sexual Responsibility Week.
The fair will take place from 11
a.m.-2 p.m. and will include a raf
fle, prizes and a trivia tournament,
which begins at 12:30 p.m. Also,
Cocktails, USC’s first female a cap
pella group, will perform at 11:45
a.m.
Gay rights campaign
to hold public forum
The S.C. Gay and Lesbian Pride
Movement and the Human Rights
Campaign will be playing host to
a town hall meeting on marriage
equality on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. The
meeting will take place in
Gambrell 153 and will be the first
major public forum on same-sex
marriage in South Carolina.
Three national activists;will ad
dress the forum— Samuel Slater
of the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force, Hector Vargas of
Lamda Legal and Jo Wyrick of the
Human Rights Campaign. The
meeting is part of a larger week of
events planned for Freedom to
Marry Week, Feb. 8-15. For more
information, contact SCGLPM at
SCPrideCenter@aol.com or 771
7713.
Governor’s school
to hire counselors
South Carolina Governor’s
School at the College of Charleston
will be hiring 12 counselors for
this summer. College seniors and
graduate students are welcome to
apply. Counselors will be respon
sible for coordinating communi
ty, social and sports activities and
supervising 200 students in the
residence hall. Applicants must
have earned at least a bachelor’s
degree by June 2004. The period of
employment will last June 6-July
12, and room and board plus a
$2,200 stipend will be provided.
The deadline for applying is Feb.
12. For more information, contact
Maria Richardson at (843) 953-6592
or richardsonm@cofc.edu.
Applications are available at
http://www.guvie.cofc.edu.
School of Medicine
offers internships
The School of Medicine and
Palmetto Health (Richland) are of
fering 8-week summer internships
in a lab at the Medical School or
Richland Hospital. Internships
pay $2,000 and will last June 1
Aug. 5. For more information, vis
it “Summer Internships” at
http://www.med.sc.edu/re
searchandspecialprojects/ or con
tact Cheri Alexander at
calexand@med.sc.edu or 733-3331.
Monday
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STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION
SESSION: Business
Administration Building 634,4
p.m.
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Tuesday
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID AND
SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN HOUSE
“GOT MONEY? WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU DO": Office of
Financial Aid and Scholarships,
8:30 a.m.-5p.m.
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These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department.
Each number on
the map stands
fora crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonyiolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
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Tuesday, Jan. 27
® LARCENY OF MEMORY
CARD, COKER LIFE SCIENCES
BUILDING, 715 SUMTER ST.
The victim said that while he
went to the lab for a few
minutes, someone took a black
camera case containing a
memory card and a
rechargeable battery. Both
items are for a digital camera.
Estimated value: $70.
Reporting officer: J.L. Meador.
Wednesday, Feb. 4
® SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
WARDLAW COLLEGE, 820
MAIN ST. The complainant ^
said he noticed an unknown
black male, approximately 50
years old, looking through
some papers. He asked the
subject if he needed any help,
and he replied by using several
obscene words and left the
area. The complainant and
other witnesses said the
subject was observed in the
same area on several other
occasions. Reporting officer: R.
Baker.
O SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
THOMAS COOPER LIBRARY,
1322 GREENE ST. The
complainant said that between
Feb. 1 and Feb. 4 Walter Scott
Jr., had been seen going in an^
out of the library all day. Scott
has been in the library before.
The doors were unsecured.
The complainant believes
Scott is sleeping in the 5th
floor area. Reporting officer:
J.L. Meador.
® SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
CAROLINA PLAZA, 937
ASSEMBLY ST. The
complainant said she saw
what she thinks was a male in
a stall in the women’s
restroom on the second floor.
Reporting officer D. Pardue
checked the women’s restroom
and the second floor without
making contact with the
suspect. ^