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State Officials say arson caused upstate fire GREENVILLE - The fire that killed six people and injured 12 here in January has been ruled ar son, the Greenville County sher iffs office said. Sheriff’s Sgt. Shea Smith would not discuss the evidence that led to the arson ruling be cause the case is still under in vestigation. A fire reconstruction by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms could provide new information on who might have set the blaze. There is no timetable for that report. Aquarium opens new Amazon exhibition CHARLESTON — Walking into a new exhibit at the South Carolina Aquarium will be like walking into the tent of a scientist conducting field research in Amazon jungle. Visitors will see everything from electric eels to an anaconda and an anteater when the exhibit opens Friday. It’s the third time an exhibit has been installed in the changing exhibition space at the $69 million aquarium which opened four years ago. Nation Historic treaty shown between U.S., Japan WASHINGTON - Copies of the first treaty between the United States and Japan, the one that ended the island kingdom’s seclu sion from the rest of the world, went on display Thursday to cel ebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing. The Treaty of Kanagawa was signed March 31,1854, but the show was opened early because Washington’s cherry blossom fes tival starts Saturday. The cherry trees were a gift from Japan. Suicide rate peaks among soldiers in Iraq WASHINGTON - The suicide rate among American soldiers in Iraq is much higher than for the Army as a whole, but officials said that mental health experts have concluded there is no cri sis. A team of mental health ex perts visited soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait last year, following an alarming jump in suicides in July, and after months of deliber ation have presented Army lead ers with a series of recommenda tions on ways that mental stress among soldiers can be handled better. The Army plans to publicly an nounce the team’s findings and recommendations. World Palestinian leaders recommend restraint RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Sixty prominent Palestinians urged their people Thursday not to retaliate for Israel’s killing of the* Hamas founder, but instead to transform the 3 1/2-year-old vio lent uprising into a peaceful protest for statehood. A call for restraint also came from relatives of a Palestinian youth caught with a suicide bomber’s vest at an Israeli road block as a demand that militants stop recruiting children. Despite appeals, the Hamas mil itary wing on Thursday issued a rare videotaped statement, threat ening retaliation against Israelis in graphic terms, after marking Israeli Prime Minster Ariel . Sharon as a target. Aristide to go into asylum after election BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS - Ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide will take per manent asylum in South Africa but not until it holds general elec tions next month, Jamaican offi cials said Thursday. The officials said on condition of anonymity that South African President Thabo Mbeki’s govern ment demanded the delay in Aristide’s arrival because it could be "politically unsettling” before the election. [3.RIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE in tpry First cremation in occurs. 1973: The soap opera “The Young and the Restless” pre mieres. Extended. Forecast Today r-_ Ml: 78 ^ LO: 50 Saturday = HI:81 LO: 56 Sunday HI: 78 LO: 49 Monday ^. Hl: 74 r LO: 51 Tuesday ==HI: 71 LO: 51 Today ORPHAN FILM SYMPOSIUM: Russell House Theater, 9 a.m.-lO p.m. SAFE ZONE ORIENTATION: 10 a.m.-12p.m. PALMETTO SPORTSMEN’S CLASSIC: State Fairgrounds, noon to 8 p.m. SEMINAR, “SOME NEW ASPECTS OF MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF HEME PROTEINS TO MANIPULATE THEIR FUNCTIONS: LIGAND BINDING, CATALYSIS AND INTERPROTEIN RECOGNITION”: Isao Morishima of Kyoto University, Japan, Jones Physical Science Center 712, Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Seminar 4 p.m. Saturday JOURNEY INTO SELF: LESSONS FROM ZELDA: McKissick Museum, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. ORPHAN FILM SYMPOSIUM: Russell House Theater, 9 a.m.-lO p.m. PALMETTO SPORTSMEN’S CLASSIC: State Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.-7p.m. WORLD NIGHT: Russell House Ballroom, 7 p.m. Sunday PALMETTO SPORTSMEN’S CLASSIC: State Fairgrounds, 11 a.m.-6p.m. Execution CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 all? Durkin does not thiijk so. “It is extremely bad,” he said “Looking at analysis of the costs and benefits, the costs always seen far higher. There is also a libertar ian aspect to it. You don’t want the state to have unlimited power.” Looking at the statistics, high death-penalty states are also high crime states. “The homicide rate for Massachusetts is one-fourth tc one-third less than South Carolina’s rate,” Durkin said Massachusetts does not execute prisoners. Durkin also points oul the chance for error in sentencing “As seen in Illinois, the ability of the criminal justice system tc make mistakes and not fix them is large,” he said. Resource CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 learn about the mistakes and suc cesses that other universities have dealt with, he said. USC recently created its own network called the Presidential Council that links all of USC’s stu dent governments located at oth er satellite campuses. The council meets multiple times a year to dis cuss pertinent issues. “ ASGA will provide all studenl government leaders and advisors Keys to tickle the ivories in Copenhagen COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - Ailcla Keys will be the first pop artist ever to give a concert at Copenhagen’s 18th century Royal Theater, the playhouse said. The R&B singer, known for the success of her 2001 album "Songs in A Minor,” will perform June 16 on the theater’s main Old Stage. "Although rhythmic concerts normally are outside our normal repertoire, we believe that an artist like Alicia Keys has a quali ty and a caliber that fits perfectly in our classical surroundings,” theater manager Michael Christiansen said. The downtown Copenhagen playhouse dates to 1770. Its reper toire includes classical drama, bal lets, operas and concerts by phil harmonic and chamber orches tras.. ‘Angel’ series finale will not star Gellar RADNOR, PA. - Sarah Michelle Gellar won’t appear in the series finale of “’Angel,” the spinoff of “’Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in which she played the title role. Joss Whedon, the show’s execu tive producer said that he didn’t invite Gellar to appear in the final episode because he didn’t want it to “’revolve around a guest star.” He said he invited Gellar to ap pear in the second-to-last episode, but she wasn’t available because she was in Tokyo working on the horror film “’The Grudge” when the show was being shot. Johansson signs on to SpongeBob flick NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson has been cast as a voice actor in “’The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,” set to hit the big screen on Nov. 19. The film is based on the popu lar Nickelodeon animated series. Johansson, star of "Lost in Translation,” will voice a new character named Mindy, daugh ter of the cantankerous undersea leader King Neptune (Jeffrey Tambor). Alec Baldwin will voice Dennis, a ruthless hit man, Nickelodeon Movies announced Wednesday. McGraw will kick off 33-city tour in June NEW YORK - Tim McGraw will open his 33-city Tim McGraw and The Dancehall Doctors Out Loud Summer Tour 2004 in Virginia Beach, Va., on June 11. ‘Tm excited to get back on the road with the band and share some of the new album music I’ve been working on for the fans,” McGraw said in a statement this week The 36-year-old country singer PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Alicia Keys arrives at the 2004 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in New York City on March 15. I is finishing his next album, yet to be titled. It’s due in stores on Aug. 31. Stops on the tour, which will run through Aug. 6, include Atlanta; Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Washington; Detroit; Chicago; Denver; Salt Lake City; Los Angeles; Dallas; and Nashville, Tenn. Electra and Navarro love doing reality TV LOS ANGELES — Many people wouldn’t want a television camera following their every move. Carmen Electra wouldn’t have it any other way. The 31-year-old actress said she loved having MTV tape the plan ning of her wedding to Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro for ’’’Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave.” Electra said the best part of be ing married is making a commit ment to her "best friend” Navarro. They’ve been together for three years. "We took it slow — I mean, in Hollywood, anyway,” she said with a laugh. "And now we’re V married and we have a show, and it’s great.” The former "Baywatch” actress is one of the stars of the "Starsky & Hutch” movie, and she says it was fun "to go back to see it all,” from the soft drink Tab to the telltale wardrobe. BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE Citing a case in Texas where lawyers tampered with the jury pool through shuffling to weed out unwanted jurors, Durkin said the current process is not immune to manipulation. Innocent people have died on death row, but in the case of Hill, an innocent police of ficer was murdered and many be lieve Hill should pay the price for the crime. First-year marine science stu dent Parker Ainsworth argues, “If you shoot a police officer in the face (as in Hill’s case), you earned the death penalty. You don’t need to pay tax dollars to keep people in prison for life when they are taking up space for people who committed lesser crimes,” he said. It is not so clear-cut for others. Quoting Ghandi, “An eye for an eye makes everyone blind,” first nationwide with networking, re search, and information resources and will teach them how to be come more effective, ethical and influential leaders on their cam puses,” Oxendine said. The association promises to teach leaders how to improve vot er turnout, enhance their student government’s image, maximize budgets and improve relations with administrations. However, these resources come with a price. For a university the size of W"';- w*"‘ year print journalism student Katie Beck said. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” she said. First-year public relations student Matt Kennedy agrees. “We can’t allow the govern ment to perpetrate violent execu tions because it’s not justice, it’s murder,” he said. The debate continues, but Durkin sees an eventual end to the death penalty. “We’re moving in the direction of abolition. Most countries that have abolished cap ital punishment seem to be none the worse for wear. Capital pun ishment feels comfortable in the abstract, but is not of much use or value in the concrete,” Durkin said. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu USC, with enrollment falling in the 22,000 to 27,000 students brack et, membership in ASGA costs $2,000 annually. Despite the fee, Oxendine said “it is a groundbreaking project that is going to have a major posi tive impact on higher education institutions in the coming years. “ASGA is going to revolution ize student governments across America.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu Lobbying CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 her hope for the future of CAN. “This is the beginning of USC’s grassroots legislative ad vocacy program,” she said. “They’re going to think, ‘I know I have to listen to higher educa tion because they have got this grassroots network, and these people who vote for me are go ing to be kept well informed as to what we do here as a general assembly.’” Among those most excited about the event was 1958 grad uate Bill Thomas. Thomas drove more than an hour from Clinton. “For me, we’ve got our third generation here today. I’ve got one granddaughter who just graduated last year and another that’s here now and a grandson who attends — It’s just a family thing,” he said. After an hour in the lobby discussing issues with law makers, the group played host to USC President Andrew Sorensen for lunch at the Capital City Club. There, standing on a podium on the 25th floor of the South Trust building, Sorensen ap plauded the work of the alumni association and CAN. “When they see me or Johnny (Gregory) coming they know we are paid to represent the university,” he said. “We do so proudly ... In the years to come, CAN will be a power to be reckoned with our legisla tor.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Image CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Drive at the fitness center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. “Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating, What’s the Difference?” will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Wet Classroom in the fitness center Tuesday. While supplements are a great addition to eating healthy, many students mistake vitamins as substitutes for fruits and veg etables. as tar as a multi-vitamin, my personal recommendation would be that you want to get all your supplements through food, but maybe if you feel that you’re not eating as healthy as you should be, I would definite ly say you would want to take a multi-vitamin everyday,” Ramos said. Protein supplements and oth er weight-controlling substances can cause possible health risks: For answers on vitamins and supplements, a “Supplement Use and Abuse" program will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Wet Classroom in the fitness center Tuesday. There will be a Nutrition and Fitness IQ Test at the Russell House Information Desk from 9 Y a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Wednesday, an eating disor der panel and “How to Help a Friend Presentation” will begin at 7 p.m. in Russell House room 322. The panel will contain three survivors of eating disorders. A class on self-hypnosis, fo cusing on body image, will be held Thursday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Counseling Center. To conclude the week’s pro grams, an art therapy class will be held Thursday from 4 p.m. to 5:30 D.m. Art therapy can help reduce stress and channel nervous en ergies in a positive manner. Even after Body Image Awareness Week is over, the Campus Wellness Center offers many programs to help curb an unhealthy lifestyle. Registered dietician Tonya Shipman is available for one-on one appointments with students at the wellness center. The cost of a first appoint ment is $14, and $7 for subse quent meetings. Shipman will be on hand along with other campus well ness individuals April 5 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to lead “Lighten Up,” which promotes healthy eating, dieting and ex ercise. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu % Women in Law to organize annual 5k race to benefit Nurturing Center BY CHRISTINA ORR THE GAMECOCK Women in Law, an organization at USC’s School of Law, is spon soring a 5k walk/run Saturday at 9 a.m. to benefit the Nurturing Center, a non-profit organization that fosters relationship between adults and children. Race Judicata will take place in the Shandon neighborhood. Women in Law began sponsor ing the event in 1998. Nearly 200 people participated in the race in 2002. This year, representatives i * from Women in Law expect more than 300 participants. Many local sponsors, such as law firms and businesses, contribute to the race, helping to increase donations to the Nurturing Center. Women in Law is dedicated to promoting the interests of women in the legal profession. Third-year law student and president of the organization Leah Saylor said Race Judicata is a great way to bring together the law school with the community. Saylor also com mended Candice Jeffords, chair women of the event, for her role in V coordinating the race. Race Judicata is one of the many ser vice activities sponsored by the or ganization each year. Registration for Race Judicata will begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on Duncan Street next to Hand Middle School. To pre-register, contact the Women in Law office at 777-6276. Prizes will be distributed to winners after the last runner has completed the course. 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