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S.C. election panel plans
to obtain new machines
Advocates want the State
Election Commission to purchase
new electronic voting machines
that produde paper receipts al
lowing voters to confirm their bal
lot.
The commission soon will
spend $36 million to buy new vot
ing machines for the state. The
first machines will replace punch
cards in 10 counties.
Researchers study sand
deposits along coastline
CHARLESTON - In many ways,
South Carolina’s $15 billion
tourism industry, the state’s
largest, is built on a foundation of
sand - the sand along the miles of
beaches that draw nfillions of vis
itors each year.
When those beaches erode, as
all will eventually, more sand will
be needed to rebuild them.
Scientists are working to under
stand ocean processes that redis
tribute sand once it has been
poured on the beaches.
Folly Beach, which had an $11
million renourishment project in
the ‘90s, is due for a second project
under a 50-year federal authoriza
tion.
Nation
Ohio highway shootings
suspect faces charges
COLUMBUS, OHIO - The man
arrested in the deadly string of
highway shootings that terrorized
Ohio drivers for months was in
dicted Thursday on a murder
charge that could bring the death
penalty,
Charles A. McCoy Jr., 28, was
also charged with numerous other
offenses, including attempted
murder, assault and vandalism, in
half of the 24 shootings.
Police and relatives have said
- McCoy is mentally ill, and one of
his attorneys has said McCoy’s
mental health could become a part
of the case.
FBI warns that terrorists
might try to obtain visas
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials
have received intelligence indi
eating terrorists might attempt to
slip into the United States using
cultural, arts or sports visas, ac
cording to the FBI.
The bureau issued a bulletin to
18,000 state and local law enforce
ment agencies nationwide wam
. ing about the potential misuse of
P-visas, one of several types grant
ed by the State Department for
people visiting the United States
for artistic, cultural or athletic
purposes.
Some people granted these U.S.
entry visas have even sold them
toothers.
World
OPEC decides to go on
with reduced oil output
VIENNA, AUSTRIA - OPEC’s de
cision to cut its oil output target
by 4 percent starting Thursday
will cause prices to rise from their
already high levels, analysts pre
dicted.
The Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries hopes the cut
will prevent a price drop this
spring, when the global demand
for oil usually slips to a seasonal
low.
OPEC agreed in talks at its
headquarters in Vienna tc reduce
its output target by 1 million bar
rels per day. Although it had an
nounced plans for the cut when its
members met last month in
Algiers, Algeria, a subsequent
surge in prices led a few of the
group’s 11 members to suggest
postponing the decrease.
Alliance with Washington
is South Korea’s top goal
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - Acting
President Goh Kun said Thursday
that strengthening the alliance
with the United States is South
Korea’s top priority.
Goh has pledged to boost South
Korea’s cooperation with
Washington since he took over
the government as an interim
head of state, following the
March 12 parliamentary im
peachment of President Roh Moo
hyun.
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First Easter egg roll on
the White House lawn.
1978: Velcro is first put on the
market.
Extended.Forecast.
^ Today
C ^ 64
LO: 42
Sunday
HI: 71
LO: 43
Monday Tuesday
Today
l-COMM WEEK: “ETHICS IN
SOCIETY: WHO CARES?":
Gambrell Hall 153,2 p.m.
COLLOQUIUM, “TRUTH OR
CONSEQUENCE: THE EMERGING
SCIENCE OF THE TOP QUARK":
Jones Physical Science Center
409, Refreshments 3:45 p.m.,
Colloquium 4 p.m.
BEREA COLLEGE CONCERT
CHOIR AND CHAMBER SINGERS:
St. Joseph Catholic Church, 7:30
p.m.
Saturday
FREE MIDLANDS ELECTRONICS
RECYCLING COLLECTION:
Colonial Center Parking Lot, 9
a.m.-2 p.m.
use SHOWCASE: The
Horseshoe, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
ETON COLLEGE CHOIR
PERFORMANCE: Ebenezer
Lutheran Church, 1301 Richland
St., 7 p.m.
CAROLINA ALIVE SPRING
SHOW: School of Music 206,7:30
p.m.
PALMETTO FIRST ROBOTICS
COMPETITION: Colonial Center
Sunday
use BANDS SPRING CONCERT:
Roger Center for the Arts,
Gonzalez Hall, 3 p.m.
“GOD’S HOLY LAMB"
PERFORMED BY THE CONVENT
BAPTIST CHURCH ADULT
CHOIR: Convent Baptist
Church, 787 Convent Church
Road, 7 p.m.
HELEN TINTES-SHUERMANN
FACULTY VOICE RECITAL: School
of Music 206,7:30 p.m.
Monday
“SIMPLE MATH IS ENOUGH: TWO
EXAMPLES OF INFERRING
FUNCTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
FROM GENOMIC DATA”:
Shoudan Liang of NASA Ames
Research Center, Swearingen
Engineering Center 1A03,3:30
4:30 p.m.
SPRING TROMBONE NIGHT:
School of Music 206,6 p.m.
SAXAPHONE QUARTET RECITAL:
School of Music 206,7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
“BLACK PROTEST AND THE
AMERICAN RADICAL
TRADITION”: Timothy McCarthy
of UNC-Chapel Hill, Gambrell
Hall 429,4 p.m.
JAZZ COMBOS: School of Music
206,7:30 p.m.
Prankster Kutcher set to prolong Punk’d ’ •
LOS ANGELES - Curse you,
Ashton Kutcher, for your lying,
cheating, punk-ing ways!
On Thursday, MTV announced
that Kutcher and his celebrity
prank show “Punk’d” will return
to the network with a new season.
In December, Kutcher swore the
program was finished.
“This is not an April Fools
joke,” MTV spokeswoman Vanessa
Reyes said.
But, but... what about a few
months ago, when Kutcher
promised the world he was all
punk’d out? Was he just lying to
everybody?
“Yes, he was,” Reyes said.
The new season starts Sunday,
April 25.
lamoia oreacned royal
agreement with photos
LONDON — A tabloid on
Thursday published paparazzi pic
tures of Prince William on the ski
slopes with a young woman de
scribed as his girlfriend, earning
the displeasure of royal aides who
barred the newspaper from future
official photo opportunities.
The pictures of William and
Kate Middleton, spread across five
pages bf The Sun, are the first ma
jor breach of an agreement struck
! between the royal family and the
press to leave Prince Charles’s sons
out of the limelight.
After the death of William’s
mother Princess Diana in a 1997
car crash, newspapers had agreed
only to publish photographs of
William and his brother Harry
taken during official photo oppor
tunities — arranged twice a year
by Charles’s office.
Parker to receive fashion
award at June ceremony
NEW YORK - Sarah Jessica
Parker will receive a Fashion Icon
award at the 2004 CFDA Fashion
Awards to be presented June 7 at
The New York Public Library.
Parker, star of HBO’s “Sex and
the City,” was selected for her
“personal and professional com
mitment to fashion, and for her
quintessentially New York style,”
the Council of Fashion Designers
of America announced Tuesday.
Donna Karan will receive a life
time achievement award, and
Tom Ford will be honored with the
board of directors’ special tribute.
Nominees for womenswear de
signer of the year are Carolina
Herrera, Marc Jacobs. Michael Kors
and Ralph Rued. Kors, Sean Combs
and Ralph Lauren are nominated
for the menswear designer of the
year award.
Tyler gets first-hand look
at ‘Bennifer’ madhouse
NEW YORK - Llv Tyler had a
. front-row seat for the start of the
“Bennifer” craze while she and
Ben Affleck were filming “Jersey
Girl” — and couldn’t believe her
eyes.
They were shooting the film
PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS
Ashton Kutcher has agreed to return to MTV for another season of “Punk’d” starting April 25.
Kutcher had previously stated that he was finished with his prankster ways.
when media attention over
Affleck’s relationship with Jennifer
Lopez exploded.
Tyler said there were about 500
people waiting when they arrived
early in the morning, and by
evening, some 1,000 fans, news vans
and photographers had gathered.
“I couldn’t believe it. I was like,
‘Benji, you’re like the Beatles! This
is crazy! I didn’t know you were so
famous,”’ she said.
Tyler, who starred in “The Lord
of the Rings” movies, is the daugh
ter of Aerosmith lead singer
Steven Tyler. She’s married to
Royston Langdon of the band
Spacehog.
‘Sunshine’ makes lighter
acting burden for Wood
LOS ANGELES - For Elijah
Wood, making “Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind” was easier
than “The Lord of the Rings” films
because the challenges were dif
ferent.
“Directly after an experience
like that, it seems like every
thing’s a lot easier,” he said.
You re not in one place tor lb
months working on a giant epic
in various odd weather conditions
and big hobbit feet to apply every
day.”
Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey star
in “Eternal Sunshine” as
Clementine and Joel, an unhappy
couple trying to erase one anoth
er from their minds. Wood’s char
acter, Patrick, tries to woo
Clementine, using underhanded
I
USC.Briefiy
.
Scholarship workshop
available to students
The office of Fellowships and
Scholar Programs will hold the
Fulbright Scholarship Workshop
Wednesday at 4 p.m. The scholar
ship is available to interested grad
uating seniors and graduate stu
dents. The workshop will take
place in the Gressette Room, 3rd
floor Harper College.
For more information, contact
l the Fellowships and Scholar
tactics.
“The heart of Patrick is this
kind of sad, pathetic guy. He
doesn’t have any confidence really
in himself. He doesn’t really know flB
how to go about getting a girl
friend in any kind of normal
sense,” the 23-year-old actor said.
“I find him to be more endearing
than kind of creepy.”
-BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE
Programs Office at 777-0958 or
USCFellowships@gwm.sc.edu.
Women’s basketball
releases camp details ^
Information is now available re
garding the S.C. Women’s
Basketball Summer Camps at
http://www.uscsports.ocsn.com
(under “Women’s Basketball"
link). Online registration is avail
able at this site.
Police.Report
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department.
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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
Tuesday, March 30
® LARCENY OF WALLET, 2
RICHLAND MEDICAL PARK
DRIVE (OFF MAP) The victim
said someone took her wallet
and its contents, including two
credit cards, two ATM cards
and an S.C. driver’s license.
Estimated value: $35.
Reporting officer: R.B. Baker.
® LARCENY OF FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS, CAROLINA
GARDENS, 101 PICKENS ST.
The complainant said that
between Feb. 10 and March 30
four fire extinguishers were
taken from the 1st and 2nd
floors. Estimated value: $105.
Reporting officer: J.L.
Meador.
Wednesday, March 31
® AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
OF CDS, 1300 BARNWELL ST.
The victim said someone
removed one anatomy book,
one Gameboy and 45 CDs from
her vehicle. Estimated value:
$667. Reporting officer: R.B.
Baker.
® DRIVING UNDER
SUSPENSION, 600 BLOCK
BULL ST. Reporting officer G.
Kerwin saw Fletcher Battle
traveling up a one-way street.
Kerwin performed a traffic
stop. When Battle’s license
was run through the DMV, the
file indicated it was suspended.
Battle was arrested. ^B
® FTC FRAUD, BATES HOUSE,
1423 WHALEY ST. The victim
said someone took her ATM
card and got money from her
account. Estimated value: $1.
Reporting officer: D. Pardue.
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