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. EXTENDED FORECAST __ T Tlir .TODAY .TUESDAY .WEDNESDAY .THURSDAY ] .FRIDAY UN I Hli WWWW.dailygamECOCK.CDm ! Lookfor these stories in Tuesday's online edition: \ NEWS USC students are VIEWPOINTS Wes Wolfe, SPORTS Stephen Demedis Vi j forced to look off campus for late an Alabama native, writes about gives an update on how the USC High 77 High 70 High 74 High 74 High 67 nigh, dining. Mos, campus dining HWfar. ho Tide and, he football,earn is handling . & ° i a r\ is closed before 10 p.m. uamecocks. Saturday s loss to Ole Miss. Low 59 Low 59 Low 60 Low 53 | Low 49 F -:----«-*-'-1 STATE NAACP tries to build support for boycott The state NAACP said it is renewing talks with the NCAA and black religious organizations to strengthen economic sanctions against South Carolina. NAACP state President Lonnie Randolph would not elaborate on what additional actions the NCAA might be asked to take in support of its boycott, but said an announcement could be made within a month. The state NAACP has held its convention in states bordering South Carolina for the past three years as part of its boycott against South Carolina. The boycott was declared in 2000, after the state pulled the Confederate flag from atop the State House and moved it to a monument on the grounds. NATION Bush ads disguised as TV news resurface WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has promoted its education law with a video that comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money. The Education Department also has paid for rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law, a centerpiece of the president’s domestic agenda. Points are awarded for stories that say President Bush and the Republican Party are strong on education, among other factors. The news ratings also rank individual reporters on how they cover the law, based on the points system set up by Ketchum, a public relations firm hired by the government. Three states to vote on marijuana laws PORTLAND, Ore. — Three states are on the verge of legalizing a substance the nation has spent millions of dollars fighting. In each state, activists seeking to ease drug laws have placed a marijuana-related proposal on the Nov. 2 ballot. If all three measures are approved, Montana would become the 10th state to legalize pot for medical purposes, Oregon would dramatically expand its existing medical-marijuana program, and Alaska would become the first state to decriminalize marijuana altogether. WORLD Candidates protest election procedure KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans packed polling stations on Saturday for a historic presidential election that was blemished when all 15 candidates opposing U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai withdrew, charging the government and the U.N. with fraud and incompetence. The opposition candidates claimed the ink used to mark people’s thumbs rubbed off too easily, allowing for mass deception. Electoral officials rejected opposition demands that voting be stopped at midday, saying it would rob millions of people of their first chance to directly decide their leader, and the joint U.N. Afghan panel overseeing the election would rule later on the vote’s legitimacy. Australians re-elect leader for fourth term SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister John Howard’s conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia’s parliamentary elections Saturday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them there. The island continent’s robust economy under Howard’s leadership apparently trumped concerns about the war. The election was watched abroad as the first referendum for the three main leaders in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, with President Bush facing a ballot in three weeks and British Prime Minister Tony Blair probably facing voters next spring. ^IEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Actors aid in search for dog’s murderer BOSTON — Comedian Richard Pryor and former “Friends” star Matthew Perry are adding to the reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who drowned a golden retriever in the surf on the Massachusetts coast. The dog, which police said had been tied up, muzzled and stuffed inside a burlap bag, was found on Sept. 21 by a person walking on the beach in Nahant, Mass. • Pryor heard about the incident through a network of fellow animal lovers, said Linda Horsley, a pet sitter from Nahant, who is helping to organize the reward efforts with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “The thinking is just so sick,” Horsley said. “It’s important to raise MARK J. TERRI LL/THE.ASSOCIATED PRESS Richard Pryor waves to an audience after receiving the Hall of Fame award at the NAACP 27th Image Awards in 1996 in Pasadena, Calif. the awareness that cruelty to animals is just not tolerable.” Pryor and his wife, Jennifer, have donated $1,000 to the reward fund, Horsley said. They have also paid for a banner to appear at a fund raising walk for the MSPCA on Oct. 17.' The MSPCA said Perry has also contributed to the fund. The MSPCA has raised a total of $12,000 thus far. Walken gets star on Hollywood walk LOS ANGELES — Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken has left his hand and foot prints at Hollywood’s fabled Grauman’s Chinese Theater. “This is a thrill, a big day for me,” Walken said at the ceremony Friday. “I’m not sure how I arrived at this place today, but one sure thing: I’ve been lucky. Thank you for this day.” Walken, 61, stamped prints of dancing shoes into the cement outside the theater, recalling his childhood training as a dancer. , 'These are my favorite shoes,” Walken said. Though the dancing shoes were crusted with cement, Walken joked that he might hang them off his car’s rearview mirror. The ceremony coincided with the opening of Walken’s latest film, “Around the Bend,” about four generations of men in a broken DAY Monday, October 17, 2004. “I think the white ID is the mark of an upperclassman. It is a status symbol.” BEN HOOD FOURTH-YEAR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENT, ON STUDENT IDS JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK Erin Caskey, a third-year sociology student and USC cheerleader, waves to the judges at the corner of College and Sumter streets during the Homecoming Parade on Friday. family who reunite. Walken’s role in 1978’s “The Deer Hunter” earned him an Academy Award for best supporting actor. He also was nominated for a 2002 Oscar for his performance in Steven Spielberg’s “Catch Me If You Can.” Overall, Walken has starred in more than 50 films, including “Pulp Fiction,” “Biloxi Blues,” “Pennies from Heaven,” “Man on Fire,” and “Annie Hall/” Rodman says image blocking comeback MONTERREY, Mexico —Former NBA star Dennis Rodman said his bad-boy image may be hindering his attempts at a comeback to professional basketball. “They think I’m uncoachable and I don’t know why,” Rodman said. “I’m just a free and independent person.” Rodman, 43, hasn’t played pro basketball since 2000 when he was waived by the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks after a 29-day stint with the team. Rodman, who is in Mexico to play two games with Monterrey’s Fuerza Regia team, acknowledged it may be difficult for pro basketball teams to give him a chance. “I’m not doing what they want me to do,” Rodman said. “I’m just putting it out there. ... I’m ready to come back. I’m in good shape and I know I can do well.” Rodman was in Colorado last month practicing with the Denver Nuggets but the team’s general • manager hasn’t said whether Rodman will join the team. Rodman, who was the NBA’s leading rebounder for seven straight seasons during the 1990s, has stayed in the limelight recently thanks to his brief marriage to Carmen Electra, wild partying and numerous brush-ins with the law. Stewart to promote new CD live online NEW YORK — Singer Rod Stewart is heading to Harlem’s Apollo Theater for a concert to kick off the release of his latest CD, “Stardust ... The Great American Songbook: Volume III.” The invitation-only concert on Oct. 18 will be broadcast live on the Internet and will feature songs from the new album. His first and second volumes of “The Great American Songbook” _ released in 2002 and 2003 _ were both Grammy nominees, together selling more than 10 million copies. .Stewart sings duets on the third volume with Dolly Parton and Bette Midler. Eric Clapton accompanies him on one track with his guitar, and Stevie Wonder plays harmonica on another. “Singing these amazing songs has moved me deeply,” Stewart said. Stewart is among a group of singers who’ve recently revived the age-old American Songbook, including Neil Diamond, Anna Bergman and Barry Manilow and 21-year-old Peter Cincotti. The live Web broadcast will be carried on AOL. POLICE REPORT SI I ft z 1 Reports taken from the USC Police Department. L_av_,i i nun iuci cm i the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered “ descriptions in * the list below. DAY CRIMES u (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES ^ (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) : ■ Violent ^ Nonviolent CREMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent | © Nonviolent THURSDAY, OCT. 7 ©Larceny of cell phone, 1621 Greene St. The victim said her black purse was taken, containing an ATM and Shell gas card, Carolina ID card, $10 in cash, a Nokia cell phone and a key ring with six keys. Total estimated value: $128. Reporting officer: N. DeHaai. ©Auto break-in, larceny of sunvisor pouch, digital video disks, 1136 Bull St. An unknown person shattered the driver s side window of the victim’s car and took an “American Wedding” DVD, one sunvisor pouch, a “When we were Soldiers” DVD and an “8 Mile” DVD. Total estimated value: $75. Reporting officer: R.I. Jones. (3jAuto break-in, larceny of CDs, 800 Greene St. The victim said on Oct. 4 someone cut the drivers’ side plastic window and took 10 CDs valued at a total of $100. - ---—-—-" : ■ "n We want you to write for The Gamecock. Call: 777-7726 COMING UP (g) USC MONDAY COLUMBUS DAY TUESDAY MINI MED SCHOOL: USC School of Medicine, 7-8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE MEETING: Russell House, 6:30 p.m. USC MEN'S SOCCER vs. UNC CHARLOTTE: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m. THURSDAY FALL BREAK FRIDAY FALL BREAK USC WOMEN'S SOCCER vs. OLE MISS: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m. SATURDAY USC FOOTBALL vs. KENTUCKY: Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m. SUNDAY USC WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE: 1 p.m., home. USC BRIEFS DHEC revitalizes recycling project PalmettoPride, DHEC, USC and the USC Athletic Department are teaming up to fight litter at Wiiiiams-Brice Stadium. It takes an average of three days to clean Williams Brice Stadium after each home football game, which generates an estimated 40 tons of waste. A new program recruits fans to participate in a recycling effort. The program is a collaborative effort to inform and encourage the Carolina Community about the importance of recycling and litter prevention. Officials at PalmettoPride and DHEC expect to expand the recycling program to other interested university and college campuses in South Carolina. “It is our intention to use this program to revitalize recycling and litter prevention efforts at USC,” said state Sen. David Thomas, PalmettoPride chairman. “By working together, we will increase recycling on USC’s campus and contribute to a litter-free South Carolina.” For more information about the recycling program at USC, contact Mary Nash at 758 6034 or log onto the PalmettoPride Web site at www.palmettopride.org. Museum to host African art exhibit Beginning Friday, the Columbia Museum of An will host an exhibition of African art, “Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art.” This exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on the art of the Urhobo, the people of the western fringe of the Niger River Delta in southern Nigeria. Approximately 80 works of art, including photographs, video and audio recordings of cultural performances are included in the exhibition. “Where Gods and Mortals Meet” addresses the effort to preserve culture, religion and art in the face of modernization. This exhibition introduces the spiritual beliefs, social and economic life, and the role that art plays among the Urhobo people. It was organized by the Museum for African Art in Long Island City, N.Y. and the Columbia exhibit was sponsored by Columbia and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. i