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STATE
Pharmacy school dean
might be picked soon
CHARLESTON — The merger of
South Carolina’s two pharmacy
schools is slowly moving ahead and a
dean for the combined school could
be selected this fall, Medical
University of South Carolina President
Dr. Ray Greenberg said Tuesday.
The idea of merging the
pharmacy schools at MUSC and at
the University of South Carolina
School of Medicine in Columbia
came last year after Gov. Mark
Sanford has asked state agencies to
look at more creative ways to save
money.
Merging the schools is expected
to save about $2 million a year.
“The critical step has been the
recruitment of a single dean to oversee
the joint efforts,” Greenberg told The
Associated Press on Tuesday.
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.
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“It’s gorgeous. We’ve
had comments that
students love it.”
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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
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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
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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.
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