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A committee made up of representatives of the two schools has identified five finalists who will be brought in for interviews in the coming weeks, he said. First Steps program receives $11 million The South Carolina First Steps board approved plans Thursday that will put about $11 million more into programs for at-risk children in South Carolina. In June, the Legislature earmarked $3 million for First Steps, a five-year-old early childhood development agency. But to get the money, First Steps is required use local, federal or private funds to match the money on a dollar-for-dollar basis. “The legislature has challenged our board and we are well on the way to finding ways to maximize this $3 million and the matching dollars for South Carolina’s children,” said Lewis Smoak, the board’s vice chairman. The agency has not raised the private money needed for the match, First Steps spokesman Leon Love said. NATION Number of uninsured rises for third year WASHINGTON — The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. It was the third straight annual increase for both categories. While not unexpected, it was a double dose of bad economic news during a tight re-election campaign for President Bush. Archaeologists find rare relics in mud PULASKI COUNTY, III. — Arrowheads that turn up in the mud after a heavy rain are common here, but now archaeologists are digging up broken bits of fine china, parts of military uniforms and even charred firewood, relics of one of the biggest Army cjmps in the earliest days of the republic that went unnoticed for two centuries. Known as Cantonment Wilkinson _ named after Gen. James Wilkinson, the man who ran it the camp housed as many as 1,500 soldiers in 1801-1802, about a third of the standing U.S. Army at the time, historians say. WORLD Flight recorders fail to yield answers in Russian plane crash MOSCOW — A top Russian official said Thursday that flight recorders failed to provide reliable information about what brought down two jetliners just minutes apart, but for the first time a government leader conceded that terrorism was considered the leading possibility. A day after officials spoke cautiously about terrorism and stressed that other causes were being considered, presidential envoy Vladimir Yakovlev said that despite the lack of data, the main theory about the catastrophe “all the same remains terrorism,” the ITAR-Tass new^ agency said. Theron to model Dior fragrance in TV ads NEW YORK — Add Christian Dior to the list of Charlize Theron fans. The company announced Thursday that the Oscar winner will be the new face of J’adore, the designer’s fragrance that debuted in 2000. Theron will start appearing in print ads and TV commercials next month, about the same time that ads for Chanel No. 5, featuring another Oscar winner, Nicole Kidman, debut. “Ms. Theron was chosen because she represents modern femininity and embodies the spirit and energy of Dior. She is a classic beauty,” said Pamela Baxter, president and CEO of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics, Dior’s parent company. The advertising deal with Theron is the first one between the beauty brand and a celebrity. Dior’s artistic director John Galliano oversaw all aspects of the ad campaign. Elvis festival has low turnout TUPELO, Miss. — Ticket sales again were disappointing for the > Elvis Presley Festival, held in the town where the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll was born, putting the future of the event in jeopardy. The festival has drawn some well-known musical acts in the last six years, including B.B. King and Little Richard. But the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association reported a loss of $5,465 for the June 2004 festival. Last year, the event lost $2,642, organizers said. “We can break even or make a little money, but we can’t keep losing money,” Jim High, the association’s assistant director, said this week. The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau cut its contributions from $100,000 in 2003 to $50,000 this year. “We love festivals,” said Linda Butler Johnson, the bureau’s executive director. “And we love to help with seed money, but over a period of time we need to pull back and let them stand on their own feet.” “It is a serious situation,” said festival Chairman Gary Bailey. “We have to do whatever we can to make it successful next year.” Actor loves ‘Memoirs’ role HONOLULU — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who plays a detective in the new NBC police drama “Hawaii,” says he’s “blown away” by his upcoming movie role, The Baron in “Memoirs of a Geisha.” “I’m just kind of floating right now,” he said from the “Hawaii” set. “Mpmnirs nf a f^eicha ” “It’s gorgeous. We’ve had comments that students love it.” SHIRLEY WILKSON Friday, August 27, 2004 EMPLOYEE?ONSTUDENT y u RESPONSE TO RECENT _ RENOVATIONS ANN JOHANSSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Actress Charlize Theron speaks at a Global Green USA event in this March 24 photo , in Los Angeles. Christian Dior announced Thursday that the Oscar winner will be the new face of J’adore, the signature floral fragrance that debuted in 2000. COM VG UP@USC MONDAY FREE TAE KWON-DO CLASSES: Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. TUESDAY STUDENT ORGANIZATION RENEWAL AND TREASURER'S WORKSHOPS: Russell House 322/326, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. WUSC NEW Di INTEREST MEETING: Russell House 322/326, 8 p.m. PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH SHOWCASE: Barnwell College Walsh Conference Room, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. WEDNESDAY FRESHMAN COUNCIL INTERVIEW LIST POSTED: Russell House 227, noon LAST LECTURE SERIES: Harper College Gressette Room, 7 p.m. use SOCCER V. WILLIAM AND MARY: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m. PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH SHOWCASE: Barnwell College Walsh Conference Room, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. THURSDAY STUDENT ORGANIZATION RENEWAL AND TREASURER'S WORKSHOP: Russell House 322/326, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. WUSC NEW Di INTEREST MEETING: Russell House 322/326, 8 p.m. SPECTRAL LINES LECTURE: Jones Physical Science Center 409, 3:45 p.m. directed by Rob Marshall, stars Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Ken Watanabe. The movie is based on the best-selling 1997 book, which chronicles a young girl’s rise from poverty in a Japanese fishing village to life in high society. Tagawa, who has appeared in the films “Pearl Harbor” and “Planet of the Apes,” said his work on the film wasn’t expected to disrupt his schedule for “Hawaii,” which debuts after the Olympics. Publishers reach agreement for Guthrie song LOS ANGELES (AP) — This song is my song, this song is your song. That’s the agreement reached between the publishers of Woody Guthrie’s classic “This Land Is Your Land” and JibJab Media, creators of an animated Internet short that uses the tune in a comic send-up of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry’s presidential campaigns. Ludlow Music, the song’s publisher, agreed in a settlement Tuesday to allow the cartoon to keep using the song. JibJab dropped a lawsuit ppainsr I ndlnw rhnr had snnphf an order saying its use of the song was protected because it was a parody and “This Land” was in the public domain. The creators also agreed to provide a link on their Web site to the song’s original lyrics and to donate 20 percent of any profits to the Woody Guthrie Foundation. Since its July 9 debut, the cartoon has been viewed by about 20 million people, according to Santa Monica-based JibJab. “The settlement accomplished Ludlow’s goals, which was to bring people back to the immediate message of Woody Guthrie,” said Paul LiCalsi, a lawyer for the firm. “JibJab burlesqued the two political candidates, and it had nothing to do with what Woody Guthrie’s original song was about, which was the great riches of this country belonging as much to the underclass and the disenfranchised as they belonged to "the privileged.” LiCalsi said JibJab’s version wasn’t protected under copyright law because it targeted the election rather than the song itself. Protection under the fair use clause of the law requires that copyrighted material be the subject of the narodv. he said. USC BRIEFS • Professor’s novel wins third award Janet Turner Hospital, an English professor at USC, has won the Davitt Award for her novel Due Preparations for the Plague. The award is presented by Sisters in Crime, one of Australia’s most prestigious literary societies. The award is given to the Australian author that writes the best crime novel. She also won Australia’s Queensland Premiere’s Literary Award and the Patrick WJiite Award. Turner Hospital has written five other books over the years, The Ivory Swing, Borderline, Charades, The Last Magician, and Oyster. USC releases freshman statistics Officials say this year’s freshman class numbers approximately 3,400, with an WRITE FOR US. C average SAT score of 1148. The class includes more females than males, about 55% female to 45% male. More students came from out of state this year, about 29%. This year’s class puts USC’s total enrollment at about 24,000 students. The Carolina and McNair scholars among the new freshmen have an average SAT score of 1473. Sorensen takes state tour to beach USC President Andrew Sorensen’s Bow-tie Bus Tour, intended to communicate USC’s goals and achievements to people around the state, is stopping at the Grand Strand, Marion County Medical Center in Mullins County, Conway High School, and Coastal Carolina University. The first Bow-tie Bus Tour visited all 46 counties in South Carolina. Sorensen said that the tour increases USC’s recognition across the country. ALL 777-7726 POLICE REPORT COMPILED BY JON TURNER/THE GAMECOCK 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 (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent 0 Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent ® Nonviolent THURSDAY, AUG. 25 ® PEEPING TOM, BLATT PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTER, 1328 WHEAT STREET A bald subject in a white T-shirt and shorts walked in on a woman while she was showering in the women’s locker room. She told him to leave, which he did, but he came back five minutes later. The second time the suspect was advised to leave, he did so. Investigation continues. Reporting officer: M. Denard. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 0 SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, WEST QUAD A, 1311 WHEAT STREET Reporting officer J. Simmons responded to a call of a strong odor believed to be marijuana noticed by an RA performing a routine health and safety check of the room of the subject, Glenda Bates. The reporting officer smelled the smoke through the door, and the officer could see a roach in an ashtray containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. The subject was not home at the time, so the reporting officer told the RA to call when Bates came home. All officers left the scene until Bates returned and admitted that the substance was hers and that she had been smoking it earlier. Bates consented to a search of her room, and Simmons found a glass pipe in a drawer and a wooden pipe and a green leafy substance I believed to be marijuana in a purse in the closet. ® SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, LAW CENTER LIBRARY, MAIN AND GREENE STREETS The complaintant stated that an unknown subject was using a computer to examine an explicit website. The complaintant told the suspect that she had called the police, and the suspect fled the location. Reporting officer: R. Baker. WWW.DAILYGAMECOCK.COM