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Greenwood man wins
money at SEC game
GREENWOOD — A Greenwood
resident won more than $17,000
during a halftime competition at
the Southeastern Conference bas
ketball tournament at the Georgia
Dome in Atlanta.
Scott Smith made a lay-up, free
throw and a three-point shot be
fore a 25-second clock expired on
Saturday, but didn’t get a chance
to try a half-court shot for $1 mil
lion because time ran out.
Smith was randomly selected
for the Dr Pepper contest as one of
12 finalists. He won a free-throw
contest Friday to compete during
the Vanderbilt-Florida semifinal
game.
Wages remain below
nation-wide average
South Carolinians, on average,
got a 1 percent raise from 2000 to
2002, but workers here continued
to earn less than people who do
comparable jobs in other states.
According to data from the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, South
Carolinians earned 87 percent of
the U.S. average in 2002 — about
the same as in 2000.
In general the gap between
South Carolina workers and the
U.S. average was most significant
among the top paid quarter of the
workforce.
Nation
Bush doesn’t regret
Iraq war decision
WASHINGTON - Bush adminis
tration officials said Sunday they
do not regret that America went
to war against Iraq even though
banned weapons have not been
found one year after the U.S.-led
invasion.
Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld said he believes weapons
of mass destruction could still turn
up. Secretary of State Colin Powell
said even if they don’t, that doesn’t
mean prewar intelligence was dis
torted to make the case for ousting
Saddam Hussein, as some
Democrats charge.
Friday marks the one-year an
niversary of the start of the war.
Souvenirs spread
from September 11
WASHINGTON - The removal of
souvenir debris from the scenes of
the September 11 attacks reached
the highest levels of government,
including Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld and FBI
Director Robert Mueller’s chief of
anti-terrorism, a Justice
Department investigation has
found.
World
Pope John-Paul’s term
becomes 3rd longest
VATICAN CITY - He’s already
the most-traveled pope, visiting
129 foreign countries. And he’s
made more saints than all his pre
decessors over the last 500 years
combined.
But on Sunday, Pope John Paul
II added another milestone to his
career, becoming the third
longest-serving pontiff in the his
tory of the Roman Catholic
Church.
John Paul, who celebrated his
25th anniversary as pope on Oct.
16, surpassed the 9,280 days
reached by Pope Leo XIII in 1903
to move into third place on the pa
pal longevity list.
Chinese lawmakers
keep private property
BEIJING — After 10 days of vow
ing to "put people first,” Chinese
lawmakers turned their attention
Sunday to a landmark constitu
tional amendment promising to
protect private property.
The legislation, crafted by
Communist Party leaders and con
sidered a largely symbolic gesture,
faced almost certain official en
dorsement from the nearly 3,000
delegates gathered in the capital
for the final day of the annual leg
islative session.
China already has basic laws on
private property, but with mil
lions of people starting business
es and buying homes and stocks,
entrepreneurs have lobbied for
constitutional guarantees.
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Today
CHAI-LIGHTS: State House
Grounds, Meet at Columbia
Jewish Community Center, 10:30
a.m.
LECTURE, “MOBILITY AND
COMMUNICATION IN SENSOR
NETWORKS”: Qun Li of
Dartmouth College, Swearingen
Engineering Center 1A03,3:30
4:30 p.m.
STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION
SESSION: Business
Administration Building, 6th
Floor, 4 p.m.
*
Tuesday
WORKSHOP, “FINANCIAL
SERVICES I”: 1600 Hampton
Street Annex 104,9 a.m.-12 p.m.
COLLOQUIUM, “THE PRIMACY OF
THE MORAL SENTIMENTS: THE
SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT AND
THE ADAM SMITH PROBLEM”’:
Jack Weinstein of the University
of North Dakota, Nursing
Building 127,4-6 p.m.
Wednesday
WORKSHOP, “EPMS FOR
SUPERVISORS”: 1600 Hampton
Street Annex 104,9 a.m.-12 p.m.
SEMINAR, “SOUTH CAROLINA
COMMUNITY ACCESS NETWORK
(SCAN)”: Dr. Guang Zhao of the
Division of Biostatistics and
Health, Health Sciences Building
103,800 Sumter St., 12:30 p.m.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Thursday
WORKSHOP, “FINANCIAL
SERVICES II”: 1600 Hampton
Street Annex 104,9 a.m.-12 p.m.
COLLOQUIUM, “SIMULTANEOUS
INFERENCE FOR PREVALENCE
USING POOLED ASSESSMENTS”:
LeConte College 210A, Lecture 2
p.m., Refreshments 3 p.m.
PRINT JOURNALISM JOB FAIR:
Carolina Coliseum
Kid Rock set to introduce friend Bob Seger
DETROIT — Kid Rock will intro
duce friend and fellow Michigan
native Bob Seger at Seger’s induc
tion into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame on Monday.
Kid Rock says he counts Seger
among those who influenced him.
And Michigan Gov. Jennifer
Granholm is planning to issue a
proclamation naming Monday
Bob Seger Day. ,
“I’m going to shoot from the
heart, and make this fun for his
fans, his friends, his family, his
band,” Kid Rock told the Detroit
Free Press for a Friday story.
“I want to reiterate what he did
with his music—not only making
Michigan and Detroit proud, but
his friends and family, because
this is really special for him,” he
said.
Seger became eligible for the
hall of fame in 1989 — 25 years af
ter releasing his first single, the
regional hit “East Side Story.”
Spears to release
Arden cosmetics line
NEW YORK - Pop star Britney
Spears has signed a deal with
Elizabeth Arden Inc. to develop
and market her own line of per
fumes and cosmetics, the compa
ny said.
Spears’ first product will be a
fragrance, which will be launched
in the fall at department stores,
the New York-based company
said, adding that Spears is “per
sonally involved” with all aspects
of developing the product.
“We are delighted to be work
ing with Britney Spears,” said
Paul West, president of Elizabeth
Arden. “She is a talented, fashion
able woman who appeals to a
young and international con
sumer base.”
Presley numb to her
marriage to Jackson
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - Lisa
Marie Presley said she saw things
she “couldn’t do anything about”
during her marriage to Michael
Jackson.
Presley said she felt powerless
during her 1994-1996 marriage to
Jackson, who faces child molesta
tion charges, but she refused to
elaborate in the interview with
Australian Broadcasting
Corporation’s respected “Enough
Rope” talk show.
Presley said she felt “powerless
in a lot of ways, in terms of... re
alizing that I was part of a ma
chine, and seeing things going on
that I couldn’t do anything about,”
she said. “And don’t ask me what
sort of things, because I’m not go
ing to answer. But just stuff.”
Host Andrew Denton asked
whether it was difficult to be in a
relationship where she felt pow
erless, Presley said: “It was, that’s
why I left.”
Asked how she felt abou
Jackson now, Presley replied: “It „
really bizarre, I feel nothing.”
Grand Ole Oprytotour
again after long break
NASHVILLE, TENN. - Grand Ole
Opry stars Vince Gill, Patty
Loveless and the Del McCoury
Band will hit the road this spring
for an 11-city Opry tour, the long
running radio show’s first in sev
eral years.
The “Grand Ole Opry American
Road Show 2004” begins April 23
in Uncasville, Conn., then stops at
state fairs and other venues.
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Kid Rock performs during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII.
USC. Briefly
Caroliniana features
historical S.C. women
Selected materials document
ing the history and contributions
of women in the Palmetto State
will be on display in March in the
lobby of the South Caroliniana
Library. Items are drawn from the
collections of the Library, includ
ing those of Civil Rights activist
Modjeska Simkins, South
Carolina Representative Harriet
Keyserling, Congresswoman Liz
Patterson, Civil War nurse Ada
Bacot, photographer Beulah
Glover and educator Abby D.
Munro. Exhibit hours, are
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday and
Thursday 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. and
Saturday 9 a.m. -1 p.m. For more
information call 777-3131 or visit
www.sc.edu/library/socar.
Financial Aid offered
for summer sessions
The Office of Student Financial
Aid and Scholarships now has the
application for Summer 2004
Financial Aid online. Students can
apply at www.vip.sc.edu. The ap
plication deadline is April 1 at 5
p.m. For questions, students can
visit the Financial Aid Web site at
www.sc.edu/financialaid/sum
mer.html.
Gamecock positions
open for summer, fall
Applications are being accepted
for the position of Editor in Chief
for The Gamecock, for summer and
fall 2004, and Garnet & Black Editor
in Chief and the position of WUSC
Station Manager for the 2004-2005
academic year. Application pack
ets may be picked up in Russell
House suite 115 or downloaded in
Adobe Acrobat PDF format from
www.sa.sc.edu/studentmedia.
Completed original signed appli
cations must be submitted to the
Office of the Director of Student
Life, Russell House suite 115, by 4
p.m. March 31. Applications not
signed by the media adviser will
not be accepted. For more infor
mation, call 777-6688.
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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
© Nonviolent
Sunday, Feb. 29
® LARCENY OF DVD PLAYER,
RUSSELL HOUSE, 1400
GREENE ST. The complainant
said that between Feb. 3 and
Feb. 29 someone took a
Samsung DVD player from a
secure location: Estimated
value: $150. Reporting officer:
J.M. Simmons.
Wednesday, March 3
® HARASSMENT (NON
THREATENING), ILLEGAL USE
OF TELEPHONE, BATES WEST,
1405 WHALEY ST. The
complainant said someone
harassed her through e-mails
and numerous telephone calls.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster.
Thursday, March 4
[3] BURGLARY 2ND LARCENY
OF PLAYSTATION 2, ASSAULT
AND BATTERY, RESISTING
ARREST, MCBRYDE
QUADRANGLE G, 613 MARION
ST. The victim said Wilford
Jefferson left with a
Playstation 2 and two
controllers that belonged to the
victim. The victim confronted
Jefferson in an attempt to
retrieve the property. Jefferson
punched him in his right
shoulder and scratched his left
forearm. Jefferson then fled,
dropping the victim’s property.
He was later observed on
Greene Street and when he saw
reporting officer J.M. Simmons
he took off running. A foot
pursuit ensued. Jefferson was
caught at Moore where he was
placed under arrest. Estimated
value: $260. Estimated value
recovered: $260.
0 SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
DRAYTON HALL, COLLEGE AND
SUMTER STREETS. Reporting
officer M.L. Gooding
responded in reference to
possible suspicious activity.
(s) LARCENY OF PURSE,
THOMAS COOPER LIBRARY,
1322 GREENE ST. The victim
said she realized she left
without her purse. It was
missing upon her return.
Included in the purse were a
red wallet, credit cards, keys,
pens and hairbows. Estimated
value: $50. Reporting officer:
W.R. Bond.
o HOUSING VIOLATION,
CAPSTONE HOUSE, 902
BARNWELL ST. RAs observed
James Flake slide drug
paraphernalia under his desk
during a health and safety
inspection. Reporting officer
J.L. Meador responded and
was given consent to search
the room by Flake and
roommate Scott Houghton.
Meador found alcohol, an
alcohol funnel, drug
paraphernalia and a knife.
Q DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
830 ASSEMBLY ST. Reporting
officer G. Kerwin observed
Charles Scarborough to be
walking unsteadily. Kerwin
approached him and
Scarborough appeared to be
intoxicated. He was placed
under arrest for disorderly
conduct.
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, RUSSELL
HOUSE, 1400 GREENE ST. The
complainant said that between
Feb. 25 and March 4 someone
damaged two windows.
Estimated damage: $900.
Reporting officer: J.M.
Simmons.
Friday, March 5
O AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
OF PURSE, BULL STREET
GARAGE, LEVEL 11F, 600
BULL ST. The victim said
someone broke into her
vehicle by breaking out the
driver’s side wind: jw and
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removed her purse. Estimated
value: $50. Reporting officer:
D. Pardue.
© MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, COKER LIFE
SCIENCES CENTER, 715
SUMTER ST. The complainant
said a window was found
cracked. Estimated damage:
$200. Reporting officer: G.
Kerwin.
Saturday, March 6
© BURGLARY 3RD, LARCENY
OF TOOLS, 400 SUMTER ST.
The complainant said
someone entered the
unsecured area and pried open
a tool box and took a pocket
laser and nail shotgun.
Estimated value: $920.
Reporting officer: D.W. Friels.
© HARASSMENT, COLONIAL
CENTER, 801 LINCOLN ST.
Victim said that Torlean Sims
followed her throughout the
building and made comments
to provoke her. Reporting
officer: K.T. Mitchum.
Sunday, March 7
• MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, BULL
STREET GARAGE, 600 BULL
ST. The complainant said
someone broke the arm of the
mechanical access to the
garage. Estimated damage: $75.
Reporting officer: S. Alexander.
Monday, March 8
@ SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
1521 GREENE ST. The
complainant said Chauncey
Holliday came in to apply for
college and started acting
strangely. Holliday left before
reporting officer R.B. Baker
arrived.
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, EARTH AND
WATER SCIENCES CENTER,
1217 DEVINE ST. The
complainant said someone
wrote on the wall with a black
marker. Estimated damage:
$50. Reporting officer: C.
Morant.
© BURGLARY 3RD, LARCENY
OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL,
743 GREENE ST. The
complainant said someone took
50 metal studs and 50 feet of
metal floor track. Estimated
value: $250. Reporting officer:
D. Pardue.
© LARCENY OF MONEY, 1705
COLLEGE ST. The complainar
said someone took $6 from a
change machine. Reporting
officer: R.B. Baker.
Tuesday, March 9
© TRESPASS AFTER NOTICE,
1322 GREENE ST. Chauncey
Holliday was found on USC
property in from of the
Thomas Cooper Library after
being warned to stay off USC
property. Reporting officer:
J.L. Meador.
Thursday, March 11
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, STROM
THURMOND WELLNESS AND
FITNESS CENTER, 1020
BLOSSOM ST. The victim said .
someone dented the driver’s |
side bed of his Ford truck.
Estimated damage: $800.
Reporting officer: L.R. Morales.
Friday, March 12
0 ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE (HARASSING),
EAST QUAD, 1400 BLOSSOM
ST. The victim said an
unknown male called her and
made lewd and threatening
comments to her. Reporting
officer: S. Alexander.
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