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NEWS
USC archeologist Albert Goodyear
releases data from radio-carbon
dating at the Topper site that
could change scientific theory.
VIEWPOINTS
Viewpoints editor Wes Wolfe
addresses the influence of
evangelicals on the 2004
presidential election.
SPORTS
Aaron Kidd previews the SEC
volleyball tournament beginning
Friday.
STATE
Officers find body
in Upstate forest
GREENVILLE — Searchers found a
body Tuesday in the wilderness at Jones
Gap State Park where a 75-year-old
hiker has missing since Saturday.
Officials were unable to immediately
confirm whether the body is that of
Joseph Mancino, a former Anderson
County school administrator, said Joe
Hambright, coordinator of search and
rescue teams for the Parks, Recreation
and Tourism Department.
Mancino had not been seen since
deciding to turn back while hiking v/ith
a group along a difficult trail in the
northern Greenville County park.
On his way back, Mancino could
have gone any of four different
directions by mistake, Hambright
said.
Prison guard accused
of sex with an inmate
BEAUFORT — A guard at the
Beaufort County jail has been accused of
having sex with the same inmate she was
charged with smuggling drugs to last
month.
Kelly Johnston, 28, was charged
Monday with sexual misconduct with
an inmate. She was fired on Oct. 26
when authorities charged her with
sneaking prescription drugs to inmate
Samantha Morgan-Major, who is
awaiting trial on a murder charge.
Morgan-Major reported the
relationship to police after Johnston
stopped providing her drugs and
threatened to quit her job, police said.
NATION
Report finds security
gaps at mail centers
WASHINGTON —Thousands of keys
are missing from former employees at
one postal site, and gates are unlocked at
others, the government said Tuesday in
a report detailing security gaps at major
mail centers.
A report by the Government
Accountability Office said efforts have
been made to make postal facilities
more secure, but security still lags at
many of the nation’s 373 core mail
centers.
Investigators were able to enter
restricted areas at three sites by walking
through open gates, following
employees through locked entryways
and going through unattended areas.
Ohio conservatives
protest promotion
WASHINGTON — Anti-abortion
conservatives on Tuesday protested the
possible elevation of Sen. Arlen Specter
to Senate Judiciary Committee
chairman just as the Pennsylvania
senator was trying to convince his
Republican colleagues that he would be
a strong advocate for President Bush’s
judicial nominees.
More than a dozen protesters
gathered outside a Senate office building
< where Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist,
R-Tenn„ keeps his offices.
Specter has been on the hot seat with
conservatives since saying that anti
abortion judges would be unlikely to be
confirmed by Senate.
WORLD
Europe space probe
enters moon’s orbit
BERLIN — A fuel-efficient, compact
spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit,
signaling Europe’s first successful
mission to the moon, officials said
Tuesday.
Almost more impressive than
reaching its destination was the slow
and steady way the SMART-1 craft
puttered its way there, flying 13 months
in ever expanding circles around the
earth using a curting-edge ion
propulsion system.
The spacecraft used only 130 pounds
of .the 181 pounds of xenon fuel it had
aboard, according to European Space
Agency spokesman Franco Bonacina in
Paris. That translates to more than 5
million miles per gallon.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nader asks
for N.H.
recount in
11 precincts
CONCORD, N.H. — New
Hampshire is about to become a test
case for the accuracy of optical scan
vote-counting machines because
third-party presidential candidate
Ralph Nader has asked for a recount.
The request covers 11 of the state’s
126 precincts that use Diebold Inc.’s
Accuvote optical scanning machines
to count paper ballots. Depending on
the results, his campaign could ask for
recounts in other states, spokesman
Kevin Zeese said Monday.
Nader doesn’t expea to change
the outcome: In New Hampshire,
Democrat John Kerry defeated
President Bush, 50 percent to 49
percent, while Nader got less than 1
percent from the state’s 301
precincts.
The former consumer advocate
wants to address concerns that the
machines are inaccurate or can be
tampered with, Zeese said.
Backers urged Nader to request a
recount after a statistical analysis
posted on the Internet appeared to
show that some New Hampshire
precincts using the Accuvote
MANUEL BALCE CENETA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Presidential candidate Ralph
Nader holds a news
conference Nov. 2 in
southeast Washington.
machines gave President Bush up to
15 percent more votes than had
been expected on the basis of exit
polls and the 2000 presidential vote.
Claims of vote fraud are
“spreading like wildfire around the
Internet, and if it keeps going
people are going to be suspicious
always, so why not check it out?”
Zeese said.
Although Diebold of North
Canton, Ohio, has faced criticism over
problems with its touch-screen voting
machines, it said its optical scanners
have proved reliable over years of use.
“I think they’re rushing to
judgment,” spokesman David Bear
said of the recount advocates.
Ex-rock star Roth
trains as paramedic
NEW YORK — Rocker David Lee
Roth, the former Van Halen
frontman, is taking up a new trade.
Instead of screaming, “Jump,”
he’ll be yelling, “Clear!”
Roth, 50, has been riding for
several weeks with a New York
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Chuck Lurran, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and fourth-year undergraduate
theatre and dance student, dresses for his role as Will Masters in USC's performance of
"Bus Stop,” which will be playing at 8 p.m. through Saturday and a 3 p.m. matinee on
Sunday.
ambulance crew in training to
become a paramedic, The New
York Post reported Tuesday.
“I have been on over 200
individual rides now,” said Roth.
“Not once has anyone recognized
me, which is perfect for me.”
The singer, who spent a
decade with Van Halen before
embarking on a solo career,
except for a collaboration with
the band for two new songs on a
greatest hits album, has been
riding along with crews in the
Bronx, Manhattan and
Brooklyn several nights a week.
. His training seems to be
going well.
Several weeks ago, Roth
saved the life of a heart attack
victim in the Bronx by using a
defibrillator.
Roth takes his work so
seriously that he did not want
publicity so that it would not
“diminish what I am trying to
do here.” He has said that he
did not want the neighborhoods
he was working in named so he
would not draw attention to
himself or co-workers.
“You would never know you
were dealing with a rock ‘n’ roll
guy,” said Linda Reissman,
Roth’s EMT consultant and
tutor. “His commitment really
is touching. He wants to help
people.”
Man sets self afire
near White House
WASHINGTON — A man who
set himself afire near the White
House was upset with his treatment
as an FBI informant, specifically
complaining to The Washington
Post about his inability to return to
Yemen to visit his ill wife.
Mohamed Alanssi, 52, arrived at
the White House gate just before 2
p.m. Monday with a letter
addressed to President Bush. After
talking briefly with uniformed
Secret Service officers, he pulled a
lighter from his pocket and set his
clothing ablaze.
The officers, who had been
alerted by the Post, acted quickly to
extinguish the flames. Emergency
medical technicians said he suffered
burns on his hands, neck and face.
Alanssi was taken $o
Washington Hospital Center.
The paper said it informed
District of Columbia police when it
learned from the man in a series of
three telephone calls that he planned
to set himself on fire outside the
White House. The paper said D.C.
police subsequently alerted federal
authorities with jurisdiction around
the White House.
In 2003, Alanssi was the subject
of a Washington Post story
describing his role as an informant
for the FBI, providing information
on terrorist financiers in Yemen.
Alanssi told the Post that he was
upset because he could not travel to
Yemen to visit his ailing wife, who
has stomach cancer. He also said
the FBI had not kept promises it
made to him to secure his
assistance.
Hanks called on
for ‘Da Vinci’ lead
LOS ANGELES — Will Tom
Hanks crack “The Da Vinci
Code”?
Director Ron Howard and
producer Brian Grazer, the team
behind “A Beautiful Mind,” said in
Newsweek that they wanted the
“Saving Private Ryan” star for their
production of “The ' Da Vinci
Code.”
“Tom is an exciting actor to
watch thinking,” Howard told
Newsweek. “We probably don’t
need his status from a box-office
standpoint, but he gives Langdon
instant legitimacy.”
Hanks would play Robert
Langdon, a Harvard symbologist
who is in a life-or-death race with
a secret society to uncover the
secrets of the Holy Grail hidden
in the works of Leonardo da
Vinci.
The actor’s representatives said
he is in negotiations to play the pan
but has not yet been locked in.
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
H Violent
O Nonviolent
Reports taken from USC Police Department
FRIDAY, NOV. 12
OSuspicious Activity, Business
Administration Building, 1755
College St.
The complainant said somebody
had been looking at explicit material
using the main office computer.
Reporting officer: J. Silcox
©Larceny of Laptop, Institute for
Public Service, 1600 Hampton St.
Someone stole a black and gray
Toshiba laptop worth $500.
Reporting officer: P. Morant
SUNDAY, NOV. 14
QSimple Possession of Marijuana,
Blossom Street Garage, 1300
Blossom St.
Reporting officer J. Harrelson was
conducting a property check when he
saw a green Saturn driving around the
garage. Harrelson reported that the
car smelled like marijuana. He asked
the driver, James Cleveland, to stop
his vehicle. When asked whether he
had been smoking marijuana while
driving, Cleveland said yes.
MONDAY, NOV. 15
@Grand Larceny of Laptop, Bates
West, 1405 Whaley St.
Someone went into an unlocked
room and stole two Dell laptops
worth $1,800 and $2,300.
Reporting officer: J. Simmons
© Malicious Injury to Real
Property, Snowden Dorm, 600 Main
St.
Someone unrolled the fire hose
located on the wall of the third floor
and turned on the water valve,
damaging the corner of the hallway
and two rooms there. The hose case
was not locked.
Reporting officer: J. Harrelson
COMING
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DRIVE: Russell House Ballroom
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
WEEK
MAKE-UP AUDITIONS FOR “THE
VAGINA MONOLOGUES": Russell
House third floor lobby, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
TIGER BURN: Colonial Center,
6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
use WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. EVERYONE'S INTERNET
(EXHIBITION): Colonial Center, 7
p.m.
NANOTECHNOLOGY LECTURE:
Jones Physical Science Center
Room 006, 3:45 p.m. .
UNIVERSITY CHORUS '
CONCERT: School of Music Recital
Hall, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
use FOOTBALL vs. CLEMSON:
Jefferson Pilot Sports, noon.
MONDAY
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE NEW
MUSIC SERIES: School of Music
Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
FREE GLUCOSE SCREENINGS:
Walgreen’s on Forest Drive, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Eckerd on Forest Drive, t
3-7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
use
BRIEFS
Pharmacy students
offer glucose tests
Operations Diabetes,
organized by the Academy of
Students of Pharmacy, will be
offering free glucose screenings
Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. J
at Walgreens on Forest Drive
and from 3-7 p.m. at Eckerd on
Forest Drive.
No registration or prior
documentation is necessary, and
anyone at risk for diabetes is
encouraged to come. Anyone who
has a family history, is overweight,
has high cholesterol or is more
than 45 years old might be at risk
for diabetes. ASP is affiliated with
the College of Pharmacy.
Auditions tonight
for ‘Monologues’
Make-up auditions for “The
Vagina Monologues” will be held
today at 8 p.m. on the third floor
lobby of the Russell House.
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of the production and events to i
raise money and help stop *
violence against women are
encouraged to attend. Women
coming to audition do not need
to bring a monologue.
For more information, e
mail Gabrielle Sinclair at
pregenius42@yahoo.com.
Street concert to
follow Tiger Bum
This year, Tiger Burn will take
place outside of the Colonial
Center at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
It is free and open to the public.
The rally will feature the
traditional burning of the 15
foot papier mache Clemson tiger,
free food and entertainment. j
A concert from The I
Presidents of the United States of
America will take place at 7:30
p.m. after the burning of the
tiger outside the Colonial Center
on Lincoln Street.
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