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NEWS Some students claim
USC housing officials
attracted them to Columbia
Hall with promises they
failed to keep.
THE MIX “Coffee and
Cigarettes” captures stars
conversing about obsessions,
cracking jokes about fame
revealing a human side not
often seen in the limelight.
VIEWPOINTS The
Gamecock’s editorial board
implores political groups
known as “527s” to get
people involved without
attacking candidates.
STATE
SAT scores rank last
in national ranking
A slight decrease in SAT scores
this year gave South Carolina the
lowest average score in the nation.
South Carolina’s score of 986 is
three points lower than last year’s
989 and well below the national
average of 1026. With the drop,
South Carolina, for the first time in
two years, reclaimed the bottom
rung from Georgia, which had an
average composite score of 987.
S.C. candidates for the national
Senate noted the change.
Republican DeMint seized upon
the drop, saying the state’s school
system needs new ideas. Democrat
Tenenbaum downplayed the
decrease and talked about the
state’s 32-point improvement over
the past five years.
Restaurants may have
to post smoking policy
CHARLESTON — What started
out as a proposal to ban smoking in
Charleston’s restaurants is now a
suggestion to require restaurants to
post their smoking policies, just as
they post health department
ratings.
Last year, hundreds of people
turned out for a public hearing on a
proposal that would have banned
smoking in most public places in
the city. But the City Council
tabled the idea and appointed a
committee to study the matter.
A subcommittee of that panel is
now proposing there be no new
restrictions on smoking but that
restaurants post notices telling
patrons how smoky it is inside.
NATION
Man ruled competent
for kidnapping trial
SALT LAKE CITY — A judge on
Tuesday found the homeless man
charged with kidnapping Elizabeth ,
Smart competent to stand trial.
The ruling came at the start of
what had been expected to be a
three-day hearing to gauge the
mental state of Brian Mitchell, 50.
Salt Lake County District
Attorney David Yocom said he and
Mitchell’s attorney, Kim Clark, had
been in negotiations over waiving
the hearing.
Clark said at the hearing that it
was a “tactical decision” the
defense reached after a judge ruled
the competency proceedings would
’ be open. The defense had sought to
close the hearing, arguing media
reports concerning Mitchell’s
mental state would taint the jury
pool if he were found competent.
WORLD
Milosevic defense self
in war crimes trial
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — More
than two years after his trial
opened, Slobodan Milosevic
launched his defense against war
crimes charges Tuesday, insisting
the Serbs he led with an iron fist
were the victims instead of the
aggressors in wars that tore apart
Yugoslavia and destroyed millions
of lives.
Milosevic began the second half
of the most important war crimes
trial since World War II by
delivering the opening statement in
his own defense. He said Serbia’s
actions were a response to
rebellions by other ethnic groups
and outside threats by Islamic
radicals who piggybacked on
Yugoslavia’s tensions to foment
mayhem in the Balkans.
Calling the prosecution’s case “a
distortion of history,” Milosevic
portrayed the Serbs as victims of a
plan supported by the United States
and Europe to break up Yugoslavia,
of an attempt to wipe out Croatia’s
Serb minority, and of a Saudi
financed plot to create an Islamic
state in Bosnia.
BRIEFS COURTESY OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Williams
dresses for
success at
U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Dressed for a
night on the town, Serena
Williams was all business in her
first match in 4 1/2 weeks.
Williams strode into Arthur
Ashe Stadium Monday wearing
knee-high black boots, a denim
miniskirt, a studded black tank
top and dangling earrings.
After warming up, Williams
had to take off the boots because
U.S. Open officials told her last
month that she couldn’t wear
them during a match. Like
Tommy Haas’ sleeveless muscle
shirt two years ago, the boots
don’t meet the “customary
tennis attire” rule, tournament
referee Brian Earley and
tournament director Jim Curley
determined.
Williams always seems to
have something up her sleeve
when it comes to fashion. She
won the 2002 Open wearing
what she called a catsuit, a
skintight black outfit that caused
a stir.
It s great that Serena has so
much confidence to stand out
and do something different. She
goes beyond tennis,” 1979 and
1981 U.S. Open champion Tracy
Austin said. “Tennis needs that.
We need the Andre Agassis, the
Serena Williams, the Maria
Sharapovas, the Andy Roddicks
that are willing to stand out and
be different.”
Williams, a two-time U.S.
Open champion, advanced to
the second round with ease,
overwhelming Sandra Kleinova
of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3
Monday night.
‘Macbeth’ to get
Aussie treatment
MELBOURNE, Australia —
Director Geoffrey Wright plans to
give Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” a
contemporary backdrop in a
film set amid a violent gangland
war in the southern Australian
city of Melbourne.
Wright directed the low
budget 1992 movie “Romper
Stomper” that helped launch
Russell Crowd’s career.
His new film will star
Australian actor Sam
Worthington as the nobleman
who murders Scotland’s king.
Producer Martin Fabinyi told
The Sydney Morning Herald in
Tuesday’s editions the movie
wouldn’t be based strictly on
events in Melbourne but would
draw parallels.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Serena Williams warms up for
her match against Sandra
Kleinova from the Czech
Republic at the U.S. Open.
He hopes the film will be
shot late this year or in early
2005.
“It’s * going to be
controversial,” Fabinyi told
the newspaper. “The themes
of ‘Macbeth’ are pretty
universal, power and greed
and revenge and the need to
better oneself.”
Olympic ice skaters
to auction costumes
LONDON — Costumes worn by
Olympic ice dancing champion
Christopher Dean during his
flamboyant routines with partner
Jayne Torvill are to be auctioned
for charity.
SportsAid, which raises funds
for aspiring athletes, said
Tuesday the auction will feature
11 of Dean’s outfits, donated by
Torvill, who kept them when
Dean moved to the United States
six years ago.
They include Dean’s outfit
from the pair’s performance of
“Barnum,” which won the 1983
World Championships, and
another from the 1990 Winter
Olympics “Face the Music”
routine, which garnered the
couple a disappointing bronze
medal and led to their decision to
retire from competition.
No date has been set for the
auction.
There also are two replica
costumes worn by Dean for their
many performances of “Bolero,”
the thrilling dance performance
that won the couple an Olympic
gold medal at the 1984 Sarajevo
games, when they scored perfect
marks for artistic merit. The
original outfit, in deep lilac, is in
a Nottingham museum.
“Some ... are a little worn in
certain places, such as the knee,”
Torvill said.
SportsAid administrator
Michael Turner Cain said it
wasn’t possible to say how
much the auction will raise,
“but something like this, in
the hands of private
collectors, might fetch
quite a high price. We hope
to raise as much as we
can.”
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use BRIEFS
SG seeks students
for publicity jobs
Student Government is
looking for students to fill
positions working in public
relations, publicity and poll
supervision, checking for
violations and helping with
inauguration, technology and
debate. Students are
encouraged to get involved in
the election process.
Applications are available
online at www.sg.sc.edu and in
the Student Government office
in room 227 of the Russell
House.
Research projects
get $4.5 million
The Review Board for the
Research Centers of Economic
Excellence earmarked $4.5
million for two USC research
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Wednesday, September 1, 2004
“I would vote anyway
whether (musicians)
told me to or not.”
MANDY WILKERSON
FOURTH-YEAR POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND SPANISH
STUDENT, ON CELEBRITIES'
ATTEMPTS TO GET MORE
PEOPLE TO VOTE
PICTURE OF THE DAY __
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Construction at Five Points Tuesday night left motorists searching for alternative routes
as crews work on the median of Harden Street next to the fountain.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
FRESHMAN COUNCIL INTERVIEW
LIST 1*08110: Russell House 227, noon.
LAST LECTURE SERIES: Harper
College Gressette Room, 7 p.m.
use SOCCER vs. WILLIAM AND
MARY: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
SHOWCASE: Barnwell College
Walsh Conference Room, 2-5 p.m.
STUDENT ADVOCACY INTEREST
MEETING: Student Government
office, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY
STUDENT ORGANIZATION
RENEWAL AND TREASURER’S
WORKSHOP: Russell House
322/326, 3-4:30 p.m.
WUSC NEW DJ INTEREST
MEETING: Russell House 322/326,4
8 p.m. ™
SPECTRAL LINES LECTURE: Jones
Physical Science Center 409,3:45 p.m.
FRIDAY
use WOMEN'S SOCCER vs.
HOUSTON: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
use FOOTBALL vs. VANDERBILT:
Jefferson Pilot Sports Channel,
12:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
use WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. IOWA:
Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
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initiatives, including a joint
high-tech tourism research
institute with Coastal Carolina
University.
The funds include $2 million
to establish the S.C. Travel and
Tourism Technology Research
Development Center and an
additional $2.5 million for two
endowed chairs for fuel cell
research.
Chick-fil-A awards
three scholarships
Three USC students, Chris i
Gratton, Melissa Wyatt. and *
Charlene Hampton, are new
recipients of the Chick-fil-A
Leadership Scholarships that,
by the end of this year, will
have paid more than a million
dollars toward employee
education. The three students
were awarded $1,000 by the
scholarship. To date, Chick-fil
A employees in South Carolina
have netted over $950,000 in
scholarships.
POLICE REPORT
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Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6 am.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
H Violent
# Nonviolent
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.
SUNDAY, AUG. 29
O Simple possession of marijuana
and minor in possession of liquor,
Laborde residence hall room 504,
615 Sumter St.
Subject No. 1 showed reporting
officer J.M. Simmons a bottle of
Jack Daniels and a roach containing
a green, leafy substance believed to
be marijuana after Simmons entered
the incident location, which was
subject No. l’s room. Subject No. 2
claimed the multi-colored glass pipe
and roach that was packed with
marijuana sitting in plain view on
the balcony.
©Third Burglary and Larceny of
Tools, 1619 Pendleton St.
Unknown person or persons
stacked three concrete blocks
between the incident location and
the Senate Street garage and
possibly knocked on a rear
window, causing a pin to fall and
open the window. A Dewalt drill
and Makita skill saw were
removed. Estimated value of
missing property: $270.
Reporting officer: R.B. Baker
SATURDAY, AUG. 28
® Minor in possession of beer and
fake ID, Chi Psi-Home, 508 Lincoln
St.
Reporting officer Sgt. M.L.
Gooding saw subject holding a 12
ounce Busch Light. As Gooding
got closer, the subject placed the
beer on the ground. Gooding
asked for identification, and the
subject showed the officer a fake
ID.
®Grand Larceny of Laptop,
Columbia Hall room 1106, 918
Barnwell St.
Unknown person or persons
removed two Dell laptops from
the non-secure location by
unknown means. Estimated value
of missing property: $2,800.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster
©Trespass After Notice, Thomas
Cooper Library, 1322 Greene St.
Reporting officer G. Kerwin
asked the subject why he was
walking on USC grounds. The
subject said he was going to Five
Points, but he was walking in the
direction of the library. The
subject said he was going through
campus because there were more
girls in the area that he was
traveling through. A trespass
check was run and dated back to
April 2003.
©DUI, Assembly and Greene
streets
The subject caught reporting
officer Sgt. M.L. Gooding’s
attention when she turned slowly
and struck a curb, then went
through parking spaces on the side
of the road and bounced off the
curb at 30 to 35 mph. When she
was stopped by the officer, she
had a strong alcohol odor and
slurred speech. She said she was
going to Cornell Arms after
attending Group Therapy. She
also said it was not safe for her to
drive and was unable to do the
one-legged test even after it was
explained three times.
©Possession of beer and simple
possession of marijuana, Chi Psi
Home, 508 Lincoln St.
A subject was detained after
walking away from the officer
when asked for ID because he was
drinking beer out of a cup. During
a search of the subject, a green
leafy substance believed to be
marijuana and a police-type (
collapsible baton were found.
Reporting officer: Sgt. M.L.
Gooding
FRIDAY, AUG. 27
(D Mechanical Fire, West Quad,
438 Main St.
In the first floor electrical
room, generated exhaust caught
the ceiling on fire because of the •*
heat. The fire was sprayed down
with water, and the smoke was
vented out with fans. The health,
safety and housing maintenance
departments were notified.
Reporting officer: G. Kerwin
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