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20 arrested, 2 injured
in high school brawl
CHARLESTON — Twenty people
were arrested and two people were
injured in a fight at Stall High School
that took 60 police officers to break up,
authorities said.
It wasn’t clear what sparked the
Wednesday fight involving about 40
students. Authorities said it centered on
a rivalry between neighborhood groups
while some students said it was over a
girl.
School officials broke up an
argument in the parking lot the previous
day, and one of the students returned
Wednesday with a shotgun, Principal
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confiscated and the student arrested.
Later, a fight broke out in the
cafeteria and a breezeway. Police
restored order after 20 . minutes,
arresting students on charges including
inciting a riot, resisting arrest and
disturbing school.
Rapes, killings drop
in 2003, SLED says
Violent crime dropped 3.6 percent in
2003 compared to 2002, the State Law
Enforcement Division said Thursday.
The largest decreases were in rape,
which was down 7.2 percent, and
aggravated assault, which was down 3.5
percent, said SLED Chief Robert
Stewart. Murders dropped 2 percent
and robberies declined 2.7 percent.
However, nonviolent crime increased
1.4 percent compared to 2002 figures,
Stewart said. That created a slight
increase in all crimes reported in the
state in 2003.
This crime category includes
breaking and entering cases, which
increased 0.6 percent, and larcenies,
which increased 2.6 percent. Motor
vemcie mens were aown ?.n percent.
The figures were gleaned by SLED’s
Uniform Crime Reporting department
from sheriffs departments and police
departments statewide.
NATION
House votes to keep
‘under God’ in pledge
WASHINGTON — The House, in an
’ emotionally and politically charged
debate six weeks before the election,
- voted Thursday to protect the words
“under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance
from further court challenges.
The legislation, promoted by GOP
conservatives, would prevent federal
courts, including the Supreme Court,
from hearing cases challenging the
words “under God," a part of the pledge
for the past 50 years.
Democrats said Republicans were
debasing the Constitution to force a vote
that could hurt Democrats at the ballot
box.
Supporters insisted Congress has
always had authority to limit federal
court jurisdiction, and the legislation is
needed to protect an affirmation of
religion that is part of the national
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WORLD
U.S. strikes Baghdad,
cleric insists on vote
BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. warplanes
blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City,
and American ground troops pushed
into the sprawling Baghdad slum
Thursday in a new operation aimed at
disarming the militia of a renegade anti
U.S. Shiite cleric.
Despite violence sweeping the
country, Iraq’s top Shiite Muslim
cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al
Sistani, is insisting elections
promised for January must be held
on time, an aide said.
In Washington, Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld suggested parts of
Iraq might have to be excluded from the
elections because of continuing violence.
With car bombs, shootings and
kidnappings escalating and several cities
effectively under insurgent control,
there are concerns that Iraq will not be
ready to hold a vote by the Jan. 31
deadline.
BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cuban
dancer
watched
by U.S.
MIAMI — Salsa queen Celia
CrUZ was removed from a U.S. list of
suspected communists in 1965 after
she performed and raised money for
groups trying to overthrow Cuban
President Fidel Castro, according to
newly released immigration
documents.
U.S. officials suspected in the
1950s that Cruz, who died last year
of a brain tumor, supported Castro's
communist government. She was
refused a visa at least twice starting in
1952 because U.S. law at the time
forbade entry to foreigners affiliated
with communists.
Documents obtained by The
Miami Herald for a story Thursday
show she was finally granted
permission to stay permanently in
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MARK J. TERRILL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Salsa queen Celia Cruz
arrives at the Grammy
Awards in New York last
year.
the United States in 1965.
“The record indicates that in July
1960 she fled as a defector from the
Communist regime of Cuba,”
according to an Oct. 28, 1965,
immigration service memorandum.
“Since that time she has actively
cooperated with anti-Communist,
anti-Castro organizations through
artistic performances and by
campaigning for funds for those
organizations.”
The same memo said, “She has
presented statements from a number
of responsible persons attesting to
her active opposition to
Communism for at least the past five
years.”
Cruz kept her blacklisting a
secret, and her husband, trumpeter
Pedro Knight, has said she never
mentioned it to him.
Travel fuels Keys’
musical creativity
BEIJING — Alicia Keys says
touring outside the United States is a
constant source of musical
inspiration.
“Away from America, things are
so historic,” said the Grammy
winning singer, who was in Beijing
for her first China concert on
POLICE REPORT
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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
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
Q Violent
© Nonviolent
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21
©Vandalism and Simple Assault,
Capstone Meter 6T, 902 Barnwell
St.
Someone threw water balloons out
of a window, making a dent in the
roof of a parked car.
Water balloons also hit one victim
in the arm and another in the face.
Estimated value is $100.
Reporting officer: J.L. Meador
©Minor in Possession of Beer and
Liquor, Alter I.D., DCP Foodmart,
621 Main St.
Adam Gorltisky and Cameron
Jack Kelly were seen with two
Budweiser kegs by reporting officer
G. Kerwin.
Both subjects had altered IDs.
They were driving a vehicle that did
not belong to them, but when it was
searched a switchblade knife, two
bottles of Vodka and two bottles of
Everclear were found.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT.22
(3) Auto Break-In and Larceny of
floor mats, S-6 Lot Bates House,
1423 Whaley St.
Someone removed four floor mats
with a Chevrolet logo on each one
from a secure vehicle.
There were no signs of forced
entry. Estimated value is $50.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor
©Simple Possession of Marijuana,
McBryde Room 302,613 Marion St.
A strong odor was coming from
the room that Kevin Kennedy was in
with a can of beer and a mini-bottle of
vodka.
Kennedy emptied the alcohol and
threw the bottles away, but the
marijuana that was seen on a chest in
the middle of the floor was taken into
evidence.
Reporting officers: N. DeHaai and
M. Wheeler
©Auto Break-in and Larceny of
Face Plate, S-7 Cliff Apts Lot, 1321
Whaley St.
Someone broke the right side vent
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to whoever victimized
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FIRST-YEAR LIBERAL ARTS
STUDENT, ON CAR THEFT
KIDS IN THE HALL
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
An art class critiques charcoal drawings in a hallway on the third floor of McMaster. Art
professors use peer critiques to improve their students’ skills.
Saturday night with Cyndi Lauper,
Boyz II Men and Nellie McKay at
the Great Wall, north of the
Chinese capital.
“Touring gives me the
opportunity to see the people, the
faces, the eyes,” Keys said at a news
conference Thursday. “The song of
it, the sound of it, is all very
inspiring to me.”
Eugene Lou, one of the
producers, said some of the proceeds
are to go to a Chinese children’s
charity. “The main message is to
promote peace,” he said.
“There are good walls and there
are bad walls,” said Lauper. “I
played at the Berlin Wall and I saw
that wall come down and I was very
joyful to be able to play there.”
Avnet resurrects
Olivier in new film
NEW YORK — The idea of
raising Laurence Olivier from the
dead for the new film “Sky Captain
and the World of Tomorrow”
started with producer Jon Avnet.
“I’m kind of bored with these
living villains,” Avnet told The
Associated Press by phone Tuesday.
“They have a pulse, but they’re
dead.”
Old footage of Olivier, who died
in 1989, was used to create Dr.
Totenkopf, an evil scientist who
plans to destroy the world. The role
is small and fragmented,
comparable to the wizard in the
1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz.”
The filmmakers acquired
nondescript documentary footage
from the actor’s estate. Director
Kerry Conran then manipulated the
images into 3D to create a figure
they could move and mouth the
scripted lines.
Using old footage of deceased
actors isn’t new. In recent years,
commercials have shown Fred
Astaire dancing with a vacuum
cleaner and John Wayne in a beer
ad. The sight of these actors in
commercials not of their choosing
has made some wonder about the
fairness of the practice.
Olivier’s “Sky Captain”
performance is new and entirely
created by moviemakers rather than
inserted into the film, but there are
similarities.
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BRIEFS
City Center holds
Oct. 2 blood drive
The City Center Partnership is
holding an American Red Cross
Blood Drive at the Oct. 2
Downtown Magnolia Market on
Hampton Street, from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. Students at least 17 years
old, weigh at least 110 pounds and
in general good health are
encouraged to participate in the
blood drive. To schedule an
appointment to donate, contact
Lorri-Ann Carter at 779-4005, ext.
22.
Tourney honors
slain DEA agent
USC, the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration and
the S.C. Junior Golf Association
will hold the first annual Meredith
Thompson Memorial Golf
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MISSISSIPPI STATE: Basketball
Practice Facility, 7 p.m.
PHYTOREMEDIATION LECTURE:
Jones Physical Science Center, 2:30
p.m.
PARENTS WEEKEND
LAST DAY OF RING WEEK
SATURDAY
PUNT, PASS & KICK: Owens
Field Park, 10 a.m.
USC FOOTBALL vs. TROY
UNIVERSITY: Williams-Brice
Stadium, 7 p.m.
YOM KIPPUR
SUNDAY
USC VOLLEYBALL vs.
MISSISSIPPI: Basketball Practice
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TUESDAY
STUDY ABROAD FAIR: RusseU
House second floor, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
THURSDAY
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM
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Tournament Oct. 8, at the Fort
Jackson Golf Club.
The tournament, organized by
USC’s College of Liberal Arts,
honors Thompson, a USC
graduate and DEA agent who was
killed in 1994 while on duty.
Proceeds will go toward
scholarships in Thompson’s name
for USC students majoring in
criminal justice.
Registration will be at 8:30 a.m.
The cost of the tournament is $65
for individuals and $250 for a
team of four.
To register, contact USC’s
College of Liberal Arts at 777
7161.
Play concentrates
on Oppenheimer
The father of the atomic bomb
takes center stage in Theatre South
Carolina’s production of “The
Love Song of J. Robert
Oppenheimer” by Carson
Kreitzer.
The USC play runs Oct. 1-10
at Longstreet Theatre. In
conjunction with this Columbia
premiere, the department of
theater and dance will hold a
panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. on
Sept. 30 in Drayton Hall
Theatre.
Panelists for the discussion,
titled “Quest and Consequences:
Reflections on Oppenheimer
and the Atomic Bomb,” are
Kreitzer and Dr. Don Howard,
director of the program in
history and the philosophy of
science at the University of
Notre Dame.
The panel discussion is free and
open to the public. Tickets for
performances of “Oppenheimer”
can be purchased by calling the box
office at 777-2551. Tickets are $10
for students. Curtain times are 8
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
window and removed a black faceplate
:o a radio. Estimated value is $200.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor
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