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I ON THE WEB www.dailygamecock.com Look for these stories in Thurday's online edition: NEWS Check out the online ; VIEWPOINTS Read columns MIX Nickelodeon Theatre update of Student Government. by Stacy Gregg and Erica compiles members’ favorites Kolmin. into a Favorite Films Marathon. ■ i . .*-1 STATE Teacher certification numbers rank third South Carolina continues .to rank among those with the most nationally certified teachers even though fewer teachers earned their profession’s top credential this year. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards said Tuesday 637 South Carolina teachers and school counselors earned national certification during the past school year. “It’s wonderful to see so many teachers aspire to such high standards,” state Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum said. “If we can increase this year’s number next year, we have an excellent chance to meet our statewide goal of 5,000 National Board-certified teachers by 2005.” Charleston might get $400 million plant If, as expected, Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. and Italy’s Alenia Aeronautica invest more than $400 million in an aircraft parts plant in North Charleston, it would be the largest industrial investment since Gov. Mark Sanford took office almost two years ago. State and company officials are expected to announce plans for the plant today. The plant is expected to employ more than 600 workers. The largest previous investment during Sanford’s two-year term was when Walgreens announced in January that it would build a $150 million distribution center in Anderson. That facility will employ 450 people by 2007. NATION Erectile dysfunction pill being recalled WASHINGTON —An over-the-counter pill used to treat erectile dysfunction is being recalled because it may contain an unlabeled prescription drug ingredient, the product’s maker said Tuesday. Beverly Hills-based Spectrum Group urged consumers to stop taking the tablets, called Male Power Plus and marketed as a dietary supplement. The company said its product, also sold online, could contain tadalafil, which can cause dangerous side effects in people taking nitrates to treat such diseases as diabetes, heart disease and hypertension — common causes of sexual problems. FDA approval sought for sexual arousal pill NEW YORK — On Thursday a U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee will review Intrinsa, a testosterone patch made by Proctor & Gamble Co., which could be the first prescription medication to win approval for female sexual dysfunction. P&G is one of about 10 drug companies seeking to create parity in the sexual dysfunction arena by developing drugs for women. None of the other products, ranging from creams to a hormone sprayed on the skin, is expected to reach the market before 2006. WORLD Netherlands hospital euthanizes ill babies AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A hospital in the Netherlands — the first nation to permit euthanasia — recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startling revelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, which include administering a lethal dose of sedatives. The announcement by the Groningen Academic Hospital came amid a growing discussion in Holland on whether to legalize euthanasia on people incapable of deciding for themselves whether they want to end their lives — a prospect viewed with horror by euthanasia opponents and as a natural evolution by advocates. Indonesian air crash kills at least 31 people JAKARTA, Indonesia — A Lion Air passenger plane carrying more than 150 people skidded off a runway in central Indonesia during heavy rain and split into two pieces Tuesday, killing at least 31 people, airline officials and witnesses said. Three of the dead were children, and at least 62 people were injured, officials said. Some survivors remained stuck in the wreckage for more than three hours rjthe crash, media reports said. BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS California woman bests ‘Jeopardy’ champ after 74-win streak NEW YORK — The woman who ended “Jeopardy!” whiz Ken Jennings’ 74-game winning streak is a California real estate agent whose own 8-year-old daughter asked for his autograph when they met. But having an accountant-friend who’s nearly impossible to reach at tax time paid off for Nancy Zerg big time. In a victory telecast Tuesday, Zerg beat a pop-culture icon who had achieved an aura of invincibility. Jennings won $2,520,700, a record for a TV game show contestant, since his first appearance June 2. During his streak, Jennings usually had opponents so thoroughly beaten that the Final Jeopardy question was meaningless to the outcome. But Zerg was within striking range, with $10,000 to Jennings’ $14,400, at that point. The category was business and industry. The clue: Most of this firm’s 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year. Jennings had to think. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Zerg had quickly written her reply. “I was pretty sure before the music ended that was the ballgame,” he said. Her reply, “What is H&R Block?” was correct and gave her $14,001. Jennings’ wrong guess, Federal Express, dropped him to $8,799. Even before that, Zerg needed an unusual display of Jennings fallibility MARY ALTAff ER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ken Jennings, the record holder for the most money ever won on “Jeopardy!” was defeated by Nancy Zerg. to stay in the game.'" He twice answered wrong on Daily Double questions, which give contestants a chance to make a big wager and increase their lead. Zerg, a former actress who lives in Ventura, Calif., psyched herself up before the game by repeating to . herself: “Someone’s got to beat him sometime, it might as well be me.” Jennings combined an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, uncanny skill at sensing the precise instant to ring his buzzer and a killer competitive instinct hidden behind a baby-faced grin and polite manner. It made many of the games boring. But “Jeopardy!” executives aren’t complaining; ratings were up 22 percent over the same period last time. Jennings wasn’t prepared for how DAY Wednesday, December 2, 2004 -:-T DECK THE HALLS JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK Takela Funderburk, a third-year chemistry student, sorts through the more than 800 Christmas stockings in the Carolina Productions Office of Community Services. much he’d miss the daily competition, though. “It didn’t really hit me that was going to be the hard part,” he said. “I thought the hard part would be the loss.” The loss is actually a distant memory and not really a secret: the show was taped in early September and news leaked right away. Video clips of his loss appeared on the Internet Monday. Neither Jennings nor Zerg expect the record will be broken. JFK memorabilia to be auctioned off NEW YORK — Furniture, artwork and knickknacks from the homes of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will be auctioned in February, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. The auction, to be held Feb. 15 17, is more modest than a 1996 Kennedy auction at Sotheby’s that brought in $34.5 million, including $2.5 million for an engagement ring from Aristotle Onassis. The latest , auction features some 600 lots including art, books and photographs. Many items have presale estimates as low as $200, though the Kennedy mystique could drive prices up. “We never know,” said Chapin Carson, a senior vice president at Sotheby’s. “When we estimate things we don’t add in any extra value for the provenance. That’s sort of for the market and the buyers to decide.” The property was consigned by Caroline Kennedy, who in an introduction to the catalog says she has given everything of historical significance to the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and kept the things that mean the most to her and her children. She says a portion of the auction proceeds will go to the library foundation and other charities. Pop stars team up for charity single LONDON — A new recording of the 1984 charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” hit British record stores, many of which opened early in anticipation of large crowds. The single features artists including Coldplay’s Chris Martin, former Beatle Paul McCartney, U2’s Bono and Dido. The recording will raise money for victims of the ongoing strife in the Sudan, where fighting has killed thousands of people and created 1.8 million refugees. HMV Records, one of Britain’s largest music retailers, opened more than 200 stores an hour early, at 8 a.m., Monday and reported strong early morning sales. “There wasn’t a huge rush of people, but a steady stream of customers this morning,” said Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV. “I don’t know that it’s going to be the smash success that the original was, but I think it will do quite well and raise quite a bit of money for Africa.” Castaldo said he expects the single to sell at least 1 million copies and to top the singles charts in Britain for several weeks. HMV and other retailers were “Lou Holtz is going to be remembered along with Woody Hayes for having a fight at the Clemson game.” LOU HOLTZ FORMER USC HEAD FOOTBALL COACH selling the single for $7.55. The song retails for $2.82 at online distributors. Apple’s iTunes, the popular online music store, wasn’t carrying the single because it declined to sell the song for more than the service’s $1.50 base price. An Apple spokesman in London declined Monday to comment on its dispute with the Band Aid trust over the cost of the recording. Bob Geldof wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in 1984 with Midge Ure for a superstar group they called Band Aid, featuring artists including Boy George, Duran Duran and Phil Collins. Bono is the only artist to appear on both versions of the song. The original record raised millions for those starving in Ethiopia. Glover slams U.S. for not signing pact GENEVA — Danny Gloves criticized the “arrogance and dismissiveness” of the U.S. government, expressing regret that his own country has yet to sign a 144-nation treaty to eliminate the use of land mines. Speaking on his return from Ethiopia, where he represented the U.N. children’s agency on a three day visit to heavily mined areas near the border with Eritrea, the 57-year old actor said he felt “a sense of embarrassment that my own country has not signed the Ottawa Treaty.” “It smells of a certain kind of arrogance and dismissiveness,” Glover, star of the “Lethal Weapon” films, told reporters Monday at the United Nations’ Geneva offices. Land mines litter the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which recently fought a 2 1/2 year war in which thousands of people were IU11CU. Glover also criticized the United States for failing to send a delegate to the upcoming Nairobi Summit on land mines, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty. “We talk about, security, peace and building multilateral relationships, but I think this sends a bad message,” he said. Knotts’ home state to celebrate hero MORGANTOWN, W.Va. —Don Knotts is getting his own festival. City officials in his West Virginia hometown plan to honor the actor with a Don Knotts Festival during Arts Celebration Week in August 2005. The Morgantown festival will include showings of some of Knotts’ film and television work. The 80 year-old is mainly identified with the role that won him five Emmy Awards, that of bumbling deputy Barney Fife on the ‘60s family comedy “The Andy Griffith Show,” which also starred Ron Howard and Jim Nabors. “The goal is to showcase West Virginia and Morgantown artists as much as possible,” Mayor Ron Justice said. “I would call it a celebration of Don’s work and what he has accomplished.” 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 0 Violent © Nonviolent Reports taken from the USC Police Dep^tment. WEDNESDAY, N0V.1/ ©Larceny of plants, Preston College, 1323 Greene St. Two plants were stolen from the lobby of Preston College. Estimated value of the plants was $75. Reporting officer: J. Silcox TUESDAY, NOV. 23 0Petit Larceny f Kappa Sigma House, 801 Mark Buyck Way Someone stole four strands of multi-colored twinkle lights and six red-colored bows with pinecones. The estimated value was $50. Reporting officer: S. Alexander . SATURDAY NOV. 27 0 Grand Larceny of Laptop, USC Law Center, 1200 Greene St. A silver Gateway laptop (estimated value $1,200) was stolen from a cubicle with no signs of forced entry. Officers observed small spaces above and below each cubbjj^hat could have allowed entry into the locked storage space. Reporting officer: R. Millhouse . SUNDAY, NOV. 28 ©Larceny of Laptop, South Quad, 1200 Sumter St. Some one stole a black Dell laptop (estimated value $999) and $40 in U.S. currency. Reporting officer: M. Wheeler MONDAY NOV. 29 ©Auto Break-In and Larceny, Blossom Street Garage A black Pioneer CD player (estimated value $300) and a black Jensen CD player (estimated value $100) were taken from two separate vehicles. Reporting officer: M. Winnington (6, Auto Break-In and Larceny of CDs, Parking lot, 600 Park St. Someone broke the pas^iger side COMING UP@USC TODAY . COMEDIAN DARRELL I HAMMOND: Koger Center, 8 p.m. ANNUAL USC TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY: Horseshoe, 6 p.m. WORLD AIDS DAY QUILT CONSTRUCTION: Russell House Patio, 4:30 p.m. SENIOR VOCAL ENSEMBLE: School of Music Recital Hall, 4:30 p.m. WORLD AIDS DAY THURSDAY STUDENT ALUMNI ESP PICK UP: Russell House, first floor, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. GRADUATE VOCAL ENSEMBLE: School of Music Recital Hall, 6 p.m. FRIDAY | LATE NIGHT CAROLINA: Russell House, second floor lobby, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. RENAISSANCE COMPUTING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FUTURE: Swearingen Engineering Center, Amoco Hall, 2:30-4 p.m. MONDAY EXAM WEEK I use BRIEFS Students make ^ awareness quilt USC student organizations, residence halls, Greek organizations and U101 classes will gather on the Russell House Patio at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to join together quilt panels reflecting this year’s World AIDS Day theme, “Women and ia -UDS-” Once the quilt panels are connected, students will carry the quilt to Rutledge Chapel on tile Horseshoe to join the community-wide event, taking . place Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. A reception will be held in the Gressette Room of Harper College immediately after the event. ^ Award recognizes student advisers USC is accepting nominations for the Ada B. Thomas Faculty and Staff Advisors of the Year Awards. Requirements are that the faculty/staff member must work full time and advise undergraduate students. Nominations can be submitted online at http://www.sc.edu/univl01/ ada/. Cocky ranks 8th in mascot bowl The CapitalOne Mascot of the Year competition isn’t over ” yet. Cocky has gone 2-3, and was losing by more than 1,000 votes to Scratch, the University of Kentucky Wildcat, Thursday. Cocky is ranked 8th in the overall standings, down by about 7,000 to the leader, the Duke Dog. Students can vote once a day at www.capitalonebowl.com. I—-I window of a vehicle and stole one CD case (estimated value $25) and 25 CDs (estimated value $375 dollars). Reporting officer: M. Winnington