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STATE
Federal panel urges
clean-up for ocean
CHARLESTON — The Atlantic
Ocean is in a fragile condition with
declining fish populations, polluted
waters and out-of-balance ecosystems
that threaten growing coastal
communities, according to a recent
federal report.
The 16-member U.S. Commission
on Ocean Policy listed 200
recommendations last week to combat
the declining condition of the Adantic.
“The commission has told us that
our oceans are in danger, that our
coastlines are polluted and plagued with
erosion and sprawl,” U.S. Sen. Fritz
Hollings, D-S.C., said.
Woman, 19, healing
after 60-foot fall
GASTONIA, N.C. — A 19-year-old
college student is recovering after falling
down a 60-foot bank at Crowders
Mountain State Park on Friday.
Diana Soteropoulos, a junior at
Winthrop University in Rock Hill,
suffered two crushed vertebrae in her
neck, a broken finger on her right hand,
lacerations to her head and a sprained
ankle. She was in fair condition at
Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Soteropoulos, who’s from
Williamsburg, Va., and a friend Erin
Duffy, 20, of Columbia, went camping
so Soteropoulos could take pictures of a
sunset for a photography class. She said
Saturday she fell on the summit of
Pinnacle Peak, but couldn’t recall the
details. She was too injured to walk back
to camp and called Duffy with her cell
phone. Duffy then called 911.
NATION
Bush, Kerry prepare
for televised debate
CRAWFORD, Texas — Their first
debate less than a week away, President
Bush and Democrat John Kerry kept
their public schedules clear on Saturday
and began to focus on their prime-time
showdown.
At his Texas ranch, Bush and his
political advisers went over plans and
worked toward an evening practice
session for the leadoff debate of the
2004 campaign.
In Boston, Kerry caught up on work
and met with campaign staff at his home
ahead of the Thursday night debate at
the University of Miami. On Sunday,
the Massachusetts senator was shifting
camp to a Wisconsin resort for his
debate preparations.
Commander predicts
flawed Iraqi elections
WASHINGTON — The top U.S.
military commander for Iraq said
Sunday h^ expected flawed elections and
much violence ahead of the voting
.scheduled for January.
Gen. John Abizaid’s assessment
followed a week in which President
Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi spoke optimistically about the
situation despite the beheadings of two
more Americans and the deaths of
dozens of people in car bombings.
Abizaid, commander of U.S. troops
in the Middle East, said the elections
would be carried out. But he warned
that voting may not be possible in parts
of Iraq where the violence is too intense.
WORLD
Israel officials claim
credit for car bombing
DAMASCUS, Syria — In a hit
claimed by Israeli security officials, a
senior Hamas operative was killed in a
car bombing Sunday outside his house
in Damascus, the first such killing of a
leader of the Islamic militant group in
Syria.
Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil, 42,
died instantly in the explosion, which
wounded three bystanders.
Witnesses said he was speaking on
his mobile phone as he put his white
Mitsubishi SUV in reverse before it
exploded about 10 yards from his
home.
Syria called the killing “cowardly”
and top Hamas leaders, already taking
extraordinary security precautions, went
deeper underground.
The killing threatened to take the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict to new levels,
with conflicting remarks from Hamas
on whether it too would begin targeting
Israeli interests abroad.
■ BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sheen
stumps
for real
in
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Actor
Martin Sheen did some real-life
politicking for a congressional
candidate who used to work on his
television series “The West Wing.”
Sheen, who portrays fictional
president Josiah Bartlett on the TV
series, attended private fund-raisers
Saturday in Charlotte and Richmond
County for 8th District
congressional candidate Beth
Troutman.
Troutman, a Democrat who
worked for four years as assistant to
the executive producer of “The West
Wing,” is trying to unseat
Republican Rep. Robin Hayes.
Sheen made an appearance in
Kannapolis, where thousands of jobs
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Martin Sheen spoke at a rally
supporting U.S. Congress
candidate Beth Troutman.
were lost last year when a textile
plant shut down. He spoke with
laid-off workers for about 30
minutes.
“I’m supporting Beth’s campaign
for Congress,” he said, standing
across the street from the plant.
“This is a clear indication of what is
happening all over this country.”
Sheen finished the day at a party
at the Raleigh home of former
Ambassador Jeanette Hyde.
Dylan reveals past
struggles with fame
LONDON — Bob Dylan, who is
working on the second volume of his
autobiography, says he went through
a personal crisis in the late 1960s
when his huge fame made it difficult
to escape ravenous fans.
In an interview with The Sunday
Telegraph, Dylan recalled moving to
rural New York state in search of
solitude, only to be followed en
masse by his fans.
“It all turned into a nightmare,”
he said.
Dylan said his fear that a crazed
fan could attack him or his family
led him to keep several guns in his
house and stifled his creative
process.
“In the early years everything had
been like a magic carpet ride for me*
and then all at once it was over,”
Dylan told the paper. “Here was this
thing I’d wanted to do all my life, but
• suddenly I didn’t feel I could do it
anymore.”
Asked whether he came close to a
nervous breakdown, Dylan replied:
“I guess I did.”
Dylan spoke to the paper from
his home in Minnesota, where he’s
working on the second volume of
his autobiography. The first
volume, “Chronicles: Volume
One,” goes on sale in Britain Oct.
12.
Manson drummer
falls, breaks wrist
BERLIN — Shock rocker
Marilyn Manson’s drummer broke
his wrist and suffered a slight
concussion in*a fall from the stage at
an event in Germany, organizers
said.
Drummer Ginger Fish was taken
to a hospital in Cologne for
treatment after the incident Friday
night and was released Saturday,
Viva television channel said in a
statement.
Fish, whose real name is Kenny
Wilson, fell off the stage as the band
performed a cover version of
Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus”
at an award ceremony at the city’s
Koelnarena. Viva did not say what
prompted the fall.
Pop stars serenade
fans at Great Wall
BEIJING — Alicia Keys. Nellie
McKay and Cyndi Lauper brought
pop music to an ancient setting,
performing for thousands of Chinese
fans at the foot of the Great Wall.
Also on the bill of Saturday’s
concert was Boyz II Men and
* vocalist Sylvia Tosun.
“Thank you for having me at the
Great Wall,” she said as fans
cheered.
Organizers described the concert
as the first by foreign musicians at
the wall, although British disk
jockey Paul Oakenfold performed
there last year and later released an
album of the show.
Some of the proceeds from
Saturday’s concert were to go to a
Chinese children’s charity,
promoters said.
Despite the chilly autumn
evening, Lauper performed part of
her set barefoot. She descended
from the stage and into the audience
at one point, causing a brief flurry as
Chinese police ordered spectators to
sit down.
Tosun was joined by a childrens
choir as she sang a traditional
Chinese song, “Jasmine.”
Sajak helps dedicate
Iowa town museum
PERRY, Iowa — Some residents
of Perry may have thought they hit
the celebrity jackpot when television
game show host Pat Sajak came to
town.
Sajak, 57, host of “Wheel of
Fortune” for more than -20 years,
helped celebrate the opening of
“Hometown Perry, Iowa,” a new
museum project that tells the story
of small Midwestern towns and the
immigrants who settled them.
Sajak compared Perry to the
fictional television town of
Mayberry in “The Andy Griffith
Show” in a talk, to a crowd of about
200 gathered for an afternoon of
lectures.
“This is what Mayberry would
look like if Aunt Bee had money,”
Sajak said, referring to a character
on the show.
Sajak was invited to the event by
Roberta Green Ahmanson, a
California philanthropist born in
Perry, a town of 8,000 about 30
miles northwest of Des Moines.
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Justin Kuhns, head of the concert commission at Carolina Productions, plays CDs of local
bands that entered the Battle of the Bands Competition. Eleven bands entered this year’s
competition, and Sunday those bands were narrowed'to five finalists to play Wednesday
at 7 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. "It gives me a way of doing something different
on Wednesday," said Jenn Blackwell, a second- year public relations student. Second
year advertising student Katie Fitz said that the concert commission is a fun, “chill group
of people. We’re interested in music and we rock pretty hardcore."
POLICE REPORT
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
El Violent
© Nonviolent
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22
OVandalism, Chi Rsi Lodge, 508
Lincoln St.
Someone threw a large rock from a
window of the building, shattering a
car window. The rock was found and
put into evidence. Damage estimated
at $300.
Reporting officer: Morant.
THURSDAY SEPT. 23
@lndecent Exposure, Chi Omega
House, 509 Gadsen St.
Two victims saw a white male in .
his 20s wearing a backward ball cap
driving a dark blue or green Subaru
Sedan expose himself to them. One
victim was at the Chi Omega House
and the other victim was at the Bates
West Parking Lot.
Reporting officers: Widdifield and
P. Jones.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23
©Vandalism, S-22 Lower Level
Parking Lot, Catawbaytreet
Someone keyed the driver and
passenger sides of a parked vehicle.
Estimated damage is $500.
Reporting officer: J. Harrelson
The Gamecock
is looking for
editorial
cartoonists.
If interested,
call 777-7726.
COMING
UP@USC
TUESDAY '
STUDY ABROAD FAIR: Russell
House second floor, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
WEDNESDAY
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
WORKSHOP: 1600 Hampton
Street, room 101, 8:45 a.m to noon.
WORKSHOP: USING
POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY:
Thomas Cooper Library, classroom
3,2-3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
FROM COURSES WITHOUT “WF.”
CLEAN CAROLINA FALL
KICKOFF CELEBRATION: Russell
House, noon to 2 p.m.
FRIDAY
use WOMEN’S SOCCER vs.
GEORGIA: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
use VOLLEYBALL vs.
KENTUCKY: Basketball Practice
Facility, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
UNITED WAY BED RACE:
Between Wachovia Bank on Main
Street, 4 p.m.
SUNDAY
use. SOCCER VS. GARDNER
WEBB: Stone Stadium, 4 p.m.
use WOMEN'S SOCCER vs.
TENNESSEE: Stone Stadium, 7 I
p.m.
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BRIEFS
Workshop offers
PowerPoint tips
On Wednesday, instructional
developer Vera Polyakova
Norwood will be teaching a
workshop on PowerPoint,
“Waking up From ‘PowerPoint
Induced Sleep’: Effective Use of
PowerPoint for Teaching,” from
2-3:30 p.m. at the Thomas
Cooper Library. ')
Workshop participants will
examine the educational value of
PowerPoint and explore
teaching situations, which can
benefit from the use of this
presentation software.
The workshop will include
a discussion of current
practices, experiences, and
success (or horror) stories
about using this software as a
teaching tool.
PowerPoint tips, teaching
techniques and an instrument
for evaluating its use in the
classroom will be shared with
participants.
A hands-on exercise will give
participants a chance to
practice with new ideas and
techniques learned at the
workshop. ^
To register, contact Bettie
Wright at bwright@gwm.sc.edu
and provide your name, email
address and the name of your
department. Registration is free
for USC faculty members, staff
and students.
Graduate schools
to recruit at fair
USC will host a graduate and
professional school fair on Oct.
7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Schools from various cities and
states will be at the fair
answering questions about the
kinds of programs that exist for
students with undergraduate
educations.
Representatives from Kaplan
will be on hand to answer
questions about preparing for’'
examinations such as the MCAT
and GRE.
The event, sponsored by the
Graduate Student Association,
will feature a number of
giveaways and prizes and will be
held on Greene Street. For more
information, contact Nabeela
Zahid at 777-2477.