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State
LaBelle to perform at
S.C. State University
ORANGEBURG, S.C. - Singer
Patti LaBelle will perform as part
of the inauguration activities for
South Carolina State University
President Andrew Hugine.
The Grammy award-winning
artist will perform at the histori
cally black college Friday night,
and Hugine will be formally inau
gurated Saturday.
Proceeds from the concert will
benefit the Alumni Heritage
Endowed Scholarship Fund.
5 Beaufort missionaries
leave embattled Haiti
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Five Beaufort
missionaries were among those
evacuated as order in the impov
erished country of Haiti unraveled.
Missionaries Marsha Peets,
Billy Locke, Carmen Marflack,
Read Lewin and Tony Bush were
doing medical work with 40 other
missionaries in St. Louis du Nord, a
northwestern coastal village.
The group left Feb. 14 and had
planned to stay until Feb. 28 as part
of the Northwest Haiti Christian
Mission.
When word spread about an im
minent rebel attack on Port-de
Paix, the timetable was sped up
and the crew flew out Monday.
Nation
J.K. Rowling, creators of
Google join Forbes list
NEW YORK - “Harry Potter”
author J.K. Rowling and the
founders of the Google search en
gine have landed on Forbes mag
azine's annual list of billionaires.
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
is No. 1 for the 10th straight year,
but investor Warren Buffett is nip
ping at his heels. Gates’ net worth
.is now estimated at $46.6 billion.
Newcomers to the list included
Rowling and Google founders
Sergey Brin and Larry Page. All
three debuted at No. 552 with $1
billion each.
House approves unborn
rights in murder cases
WASHINGTON - The House vot
ed Thursday to treat attacks on a
pregnant woman as separate
crimes aqainst both her and the
fetus she is carrying. Critics say
it would undermine abortion
rights by giving fetuses new fed
eral legal status.
, The White House and President
Bush’s conservative supporters
actively backed the passage of the
Unborn Victims of Violence Act.
Following enactment of the law
banning “partial birth” abortions
last year, the bill is this year’s
prime measure dealing with the
unborn.
British historians might
have found Darwin’s ship
LONDON - British maritime
historians said Thursday they
may have located the Beagle, the
■ship that took Charles Darwin on
the voyages of discovery and
where he began formulating his
theory of natural selection.
Using radar technology, histo
rians found what they believe is
•the 90-foot Beagle, 18 feet beneath
the mud of marshes in Essex
• county, east of London.
The findings are to be re
, vealed in a British Broadcasting
Corp. documentary over the
weekend.
Researchers used a census list
ing crewmen’s families living on
the Beagle as well as old maps to
help trace the vessel to an area of
the marsh near Potton Island.
The Beagle, a 10-gun naval
fighting ship, was launched at the
Woolwich Royal Dockyard on the
River Thames in 1820.
Afghan leader declares
end of Taliban fighting
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
on Thursday declared the Taliban
defeated, suggesting much of the
violence in his country is caused
by criminals rather than guerrilla
holdouts.
But neither Karzai nor Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who
appeared together at a news con
ference at the Afghan presiden
tial palace, offered any specific
'hope that the U.S.-led coalition
'would capture al-Qaida leader
Osama bin Laden soon, despite a
fresh offensive in neighboring
Pakistan.
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1827: First Mardi Gras cele
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Orleans, La.
1967: Pink Floyd releases its
first single, “Arnold Layne.”
Extended.Forecast
Today
LO 35
Saturday
HI: 59
LO: 38
Sunday
HI: 67
LO: 52
Monday
HI: 69
LO: 53
Tuesday
HI: 68
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THEATRE SOUTH CAROLINA
PRESENTS TROJAN WOMEN:
Drayton Hall, 8 p.m.
SEMINAR, “PROTEOMICS
APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY
PROTEIN TARGETS OF REACTIVE
INTERMEDIATES"LDr. Daniel
Liebler of Vanderbilt School of
Medicine, Jones Physical
Science Center 6, Refreshments
3:45 p.m., Seminar 4 p.m.
ALGERNON SYDNEY SULLIVAN
AND OUTSTANDING SENIOR
AWARD APPLICATIONS DUE:
Russell House 115,4 p.m.
FRISSON: ARTISTS RESPOND TO
ART: Columbia Museum of Art,
6:30-7:30 p.m.
LATE NIGHT CAROLINA: Russell
House, 2nd floor, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Saturday
THEATRE SOUTH CAROLINA
PRESENTS TROJAN WOMEN:
Drayton Hall, 8 p.m.
FIDLER 5K: Blatt P.E. Center,
7:30 a.m.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS
FILM SERIES, “JACOB
LAWRENCE: THE GLORY OF
EXPRESSION”: Columbia
Museum of Art, 11-11:30 a.m.
Sunday
THEATRE SOUTH CAROLINA
PRESENTS TROJAN WOMEN:
Drayton Hall, 8 p.m.
Monday i
use SPRING CLEANING
CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House,
Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
GALLERY TALK, “THE HUMAN
CONDITION”: Curt LaCross,
McMaster Gallery, 10 a.m.
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION
SESSION: Business
Administration Building 634,4
p.m.
DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION
AND DISCUSSION, “WALKING TO
KUWAIT”: Law School
Auditorium, 7 p.m.
MARGARET CHO: Roger Center, 8
p.m.
SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK
SOUTHERN INTERSCHOLASTIC
PRESS ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION AND COMPETITION:
Adam’s Mark Hotel.
SEMESTER MIDPOINT
Tuesday
use SPRING CLEANING
CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House,
Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
DR. SUESS’BIRTHDAY (1904)
SOUTHERN INTERSCHOLASTIC
PRESS ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION AND COMPETITION:
Adam’s Mark Hotel.
SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK
Wednesday
SEMINAR, “LEUKEMIA IN THE
UKRAINE: STUDYING THE
EFFECTS FROM THE CHERNOBYL
ACCIDENT": Dr. Arthur
Michalek of the University of
Buffalo, Health Sciences
Building 103,12:30 p.m.
LECTURE, “STUDENTS CREATING
NEW KNOWLEDGE”: GambreU
Hall 152,3:30 p.m.
SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK
Thursday
COLLOQUIUM, “MODELING THE
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO
CORRELATED SURVIVAL
OUTCOMES": Amita K.
Manatunga of Emory University,
LeConte 210A, Lecture 2 p.m.,
Refreshments 3 p.m.
YWCA OF THE MIDLANDS 90TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION:
YWCA of the Midlands, 6-8 p.m.
MEET AND GREET WITH TAMEIKA
ISAAC DEVINE: Russell House
322/326,7 p.m.
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION
SESSION: Business
Administration Building 634,4
I P-m.
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Kidman enters U.N. for upcomingfilm role
UNITED NATIONS - Nicole
Kidman slipped into the inter
preters’ booth at the U.N. Security
Council to prepare for her next
movie role.
In March, Kidman and co-star
Sean Penn begin filming “The
Interpreter," a thriller about a
U.N. translator who overhears a
conversation that could cost her
her life.
The outside of the United
Nations has appeared in numer
ous movies, but Hollywood had
been unsuccessful in getting per
mission to film inside for many
years until director Sydney
Pollack asked U.N. Secretary
General Kofi Annan last month.
Annan agreed in principle, and
the presidents of the General
Assembly and the Security
Council then gave a green light for
“The Interpreter” to be filmed in
side the United Nations.
LaBelle, Simpson set to
perform at ‘VH1 Divas’
NEW YORK - Patti LaBelle and
Jessica Simpson will perform at
the “VH1 Divas” special, live from
the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on
April 18.
Additional performers, presen
ters and special guests will be an
nounced as they are confirmed,
VH1 announced.
The “Divas” specials raise
funds for the VH1 Save the Music
Foundation, a nonprofit organiza
tion that works to restore instru
mental music programs in public
schools and raise awareness of
music education
Affleck, Lopez wedding
cut from ‘Jersey Girl’
NEW YORK - A wedding scene
with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
has been scrapped from director
Kevin Smith’s upcoming “Jersey
Girl,” according to Us Weekly
magazine.
“I didn’t know if (it was right)
to leave it in,” Smith is quoted as
saying in the March 8 issue.
“People might forget they’re
watching a picture, like, ‘Wait,
didn’t these two NOT get mar
ried?”’
Affleck and Lopez were sup
posed to have married last
September, but abruptly post
poned their lavish plans “due to
the excessive media attention sur
rounding our wedding.” They
have since ended their engage
ment.
Jolie set to carry Olympic
torch for Athens Games
ATHENS, GREECE - Angelina
Jolie will carry the Olympic torch
during one of the final stages of the
relay for the Athens Games.
Jolie, 28, has agreed to run a
stage of the Olympic torch relay
on the day before the start of the
Aug. 13-29 Olympics, Athens or
ganizers said Tuesday.
A goodwill ambassador for the
U.N. refugee agency since 2001,
Jolie won a supporting-actress
Oscar for 1999’s “Girl,
Interrupted.”
Nike starts ad campaign
with celebrity switch-ups
PORTLAND, ORE. - Andre Agassi
on the baseball mound? Marion
Jones as a gymnast?
It all makes perfect sense in
Nike’s new ad campaign, “What
if?”
The TV ads feature star ath
letes playing sports outside their
specialties: Randy Johnson at a
bowling alley, Lance Armstrong
in a boxing ring and Serena
Williams on the beach playing vol
leyball.
“Our belief is that a passionate
athlete’s drive to win would trans
late into success in any sport,”
said Nancy Monsarrat, director of
Nike’s U.S. Advertising for the
Beaverton company.
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Nicole Kidman receives the Oscar for Best Actress at the 75th Annual Academy Awards in 2003.
USC. Briefly
COSM council to show
“Walking in Kuwait”
The College of Science and
Mathematics Alumni Council is
presenting “Walking to Kuwait”
Monday at 7 p.m. in the Law
School Auditorium. “Walking to
Kuwait” includes an audiovisual
presentation with on-scene inter
views and discussion of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Focusing on the eco-terrorism on
the coastal habitats of the Persian
Gulf shoreline; reactions of the 40
member scientific field team; and
the brotherhood developed by the
diverse team members, the docu
mentary will be followed by a pan
el discussion by members of the
field team. For more information,
contact Ann Cameron at 777-9201.
Event to recognize
Columbia leader
Savvy is sponsoring “Meet and
Greet with Tameika Isaac
Devine,” an event featuring the
first black Columbia council
woman and partner in the first all
black female law firm.
The program takes place
Thursday in Russell House Room
322/326 at 7 p.m.
McMaster featuring
stoneware exhibition
McMaster Gallery in the
Department of Art is featuring
“The Human Condition,” an exhi
bition of surreal life-size
stoneware sculptural wall pieces
by Curt LaCross. LaCross cur
rently lives in Michigan and is a
noted ceramic sculptor. The public
is invited to attend a gallery talk
by LaCross on Monday at 10 a.m.
in McMaster Gallery. For more in
formation, contact Mana Hewitt,
gallery director, at (803) 777-7480
or mana@sc.edu.
YWCA to celebrate
opening of facility
The YWCA of the Midlands will
celebrate its 90th anniversary and
the opening of its new facility at
1510 Barnwell St. Thursday from
6-8 p.m. The Columbia YWCA has
served girls and women since 1914,
and local businesses and commu
nity members are invited to attend
the celebration. For more infor
mation, contact Dorthea Lewis at
(803) 252-2151.
Police.Report
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department
*
Each number on
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.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
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Wednesday, Feb. 25
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY,
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING METER LOT, 917
BARNWELL ST. The
complainant said someone
broke out the passenger’s-side
front window of the victim’s
vehicle. Estimated damage:
$50. Reporting officer: S.
Alexander.
e AUTO BREAK-IN, PETIT
LARCENY, S-6 PARKING LOT,
1423 WHALEY ST. The victim
said someone broke out the
driver’s-side window of his
vehicle, entered and removed a
NBSC checkbook and a social
security card. Estimated value:
$1. Reporting officer: D.W.
Friels.
® LARCENY OF BIKE SEAT,
COLUMBIA HALL, 918
BARNWELL ST. The
complainant said that someone
took a black bike seat that was
secured at the bike rack.
Estimated value: $30.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
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