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STATE
Court hears case on
bobtailing legislation
South Carolina Supreme Court
justices heard arguments Thursday on
the constitutionality of legislation that
began as a research and economic
development measure but ended up
including at least 15 other subjects.
The state Constitution requires bills to
deal with just one subject. The Life
Sciences Act, passed by the General
Assembly in March, originally was
intended to give broader incentives to
pharmaceutical companies. But
lawmakers tacked on a number of
amendments.
There are three sides to the issue.
Justices will have to decide whether the
act is completely unconstitutional,
partly constitutional or completely
constitutional.
Old bridge could cost
$40 million to remove
CHARLESTON — As work on the
most expensive bridge project in South
Carolina history nears completion, the
state may have to pay the $40 million to
remove the aging, twin spans that now
cross the Cooper River.
The $632 million Ravenel Bridge
linking Charleston and Mount Pleasant
is scheduled for completion next year.
The state Transportation
Department then has six months to tear
down the existing bridges but has not
been able to find any other source of
money for that work.
NATION
Babe’s bat wins over
$1 million at auction
NEW YORK — Going, going, gone.
The massive 46-ounce Louisville Slugger
used by Babe Ruth to drill the first home
run in Yankee Stadium history was sold
for a record $1.26 million Thursday to
an unidentified private collector.
The bat, 36 inches of solid ash billed
as “The Holy Grail of sports
memorabilia,” sold after about one
minute of high-stakes bidding at
Sotheby’s auction house.
The bat was only the third piece of
sports memorabilia to break the $1
million mark at auction.
Government trying
to change pot image
WASHINGTON — Many teen drivers
believe it’s less dangerous to drive after
smoking marijuana than after drinking
alcohol, a perception the government
wants to change.
Bush administration’s drug policy
office is spending $10 million on an ad
and other efforts to teach teens and their
parents about the danger of drugged
driving. There also are brochures that
are being distributed in high schools and
state motor vehicle offices.
Marijuana can affect concentration,
perception and reaction time up to 24
hours after it’s smoked, director John
Walters said.
WORLD
U.S. shifts focus onto
Afghan democracy
KABUL, Afghanistan — For a time,
the U.S. military in Afghanistan was
talking as if it would smoke Osama bin
Laden out of a cave on the rocky Pakistan
border within months, perhaps even
ahead of President Bush’s re-election.
Now, American commanders say
protecting the country’s fragile new
democracy, reviving its economy and
keeping Taliban militants on the run are
the priorities.
Spies, informers, electronic listening
devices and surveillance from the air all
belong to the U.S. arsenal. American
officials has acknowledged videotapes
' featuring a sprightly looking bin Laden.
Ukraine court weighs
overturning election
KIEV, Ukraine —T ens of thousands
of opposition supporters partied in
Kiev’s main square Thursday, erecting a
Christmas tree and waving orange flags,
in a show of confidence as the Supreme
Court heard final arguments on whether
to overturn disputed election results.
With Ukraine’s political crisis
nearing a decisive turning point, Russian
President Vladimir Putin took the
government’s side in a deepening
dispute over how to proceed once the
judges issue a ruling.
Bush starts
tasks of
refilling
top seats
WASHINGTON — President
Bush has chosen former New York
police commissioner Bernard Kerik,
who helped oversee the city’s
response to the Sept. 11 attacks, to
run the Department of Homeland
Security, a senior administration
official said Thursday.
Bush also announced his choice
of Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns to
be agriculture secretary, choosing a
dairy farmer’s son who has traveled
widely to promote American farm
sales abroad.
And, in a third development,
U.N. Ambassador John Danforth
submitted his resignation, an official
said. Danforth had taken the post
last June.
The flurry of announcements
came as Bush reshaped his team for
his second term in office.
Kerik’s path to the top anti
terror position, replacing Tom
Ridge, has been anything but
conventional.
A military policeman in South
Korea in the 1970s, Kerik’s first
anti-terrorism work was as a paid
private security worker in Saudi
Arabia.
He joined the New York Police
Department in 1986, first walking
a beat in Times Square when it
was still a haven for small-time
hustlers.
He eventually was tapped to lead
the city’s corrections department
and was appointed commissioner in
RON EDMONDS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Bush walks with
Bernard Kerik. Kerik has
been chosen to replace Tom
Ridge as secretary of
homeland security.
2000.
It was in that position that he
became known to the rest of the
country, supervising the NYPD’s
response to the 2001 terror attacks,
often at the side of then-mayor
Rudolph Giuliani. In 2003, he
took on a temporary assignment in
Iraq to help rebuild the country’s
police force.
After the 9/11 attack, Kerik
helped rally a department that lost
23 members. Most recently, he has
been a consultant for Giuliani
Partners, working to rebuild
Baghdad’s police force.
Danforth had been mentioned as
a successor to Secretary of State
Colin Powell, but Bush picked
Condoleezza Rice.
Danforth plans to retire.
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Friday, December 5, 2004
“I am looking forward to
representing Rotary
International and America
during my studies.”
KAREN HENDERSON
FOURTH-YEAR POLITICAL SCIENCE
STUDENT. ON WINNING THE ROTARY
SCHOLARSHIP
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Cocktails sing at the Christmas tree lighting on Wednesday at the Horseshoe.
Skater Hamilton
to undergo surgery
LOS ANGELES — Former world
champion figure skater Scott
Hamilton will undergo high-tech
radiation therapy for a non
cancerous brain tumor, his publicist
said Thursday.
Hamilton, 46, will have “gamma
knife” treatment later this month at
The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio,
according to a statement released by
publicist Michael Sterling.
In the outpatient treatment,
pinpoint doses of high radiation are
delivered to kill the tumor while
causing less damage to heal thy
tissue. The treatment will take only
a single visit, but results usually are
not known for several months.
He may later need other
minimally invasive procedures to
manage his tumor, Dr. Gene
Barnett, chairman of the clinic’s
brain tumor institute, said in the
statement.
Hamilton was diagnosed last
month with the slow-growing tumor
in the region of his pituitary gland.
In 1997, he was diagnosed with
testicular cancer and treated with
surgery and chemotherapy.
“Scott’s spirit and confidence in
Dr. Barnett, his staff and the
treatment remain very high,”
Sterling said. “Needless to say, Scott
is no stranger to adversity and has
always faced every challenge in his
•life with great enthusiasm and an
uncommon level of optimism.”
Hamilton, who lives in Los
Angeles, is a four-time U.S. national
champion, four-time world
champion and the 1984 Olympic
gold medalist. He is now a skating
show producer.
Apple will sell song
for charity on iTunes
LONDON — Apple Computer
Inc. has settled a dispute that was
keeping the charity single “Do They
Know It’s Christmas?” off its iTunes
music store in Britain.
The song, released Monday,
hadn’t been available as a download
from iTunes, reportedly because
Apple declined to sell the song for
more than the service’s $1.52 base
price.
Rivals including HMV and
Napster are selling the song for
$2.86, the price requested by the
Band Aid Trust.
Apple said Wednesday it would
sell the single for $1.52 and donate
the difference to the Band Aid
famine-relief charity. It quickly
became the best-selling iTunes
download in Britain.
Apple’s decision sparked
criticism from its competitors.
Napster said it was “disappointed
' they’ve chosen to use the biggest
charity event of the year to undercut
every other music retailer in the
U.K.”
The original Band Aid single,
released in 1984, raised millions of
dollars for victims of starvation in
Ethiopia. It featured artists
including Boy George, Duran
Duran and Phil Collins.
The new single, which was
released Monday, features artists
including Dido, Coldplay’s Chris
Martin, Paul McCartney, U2’s
Bono and members of The
Darkness. It will raise money for
victims of strife in Sudan, where
fighting has killed thousands of
people and forced 1.8 million
people to flee their homes.
Armani launches
haute couture show
MILAN, Italy — Giorgio Armani
is upping the fashion stakes, taking
on his French rivals with the launch
of his first haute couture show in
Paris next month.
The Giorgio Armani Atelier
collection will be presented as an
ofF-calendar show for 300 guests on
Jan. 24, during the Paris Haute
Couture fashion week, the Milan
fashion house announced
Wednesday.
The house said the “luxury to
order” collection wi)l focus on
eveningwear “produced according to
the standards of haute couture but
with the accessibility, ease and
modernity” that characterize Armani.
The ready-to-wear designer is
stepping into the more expensive,
couture business at a time when
luxury high fashion collections
seem to have a shrinking market.
The July program of haute
couture in Paris was down to 16
houses, compared with 26 that
showed in the couture season five
years ago.
A small number of the dresses
that will show in Paris were
previewed in Armani’s spring
summer 2005 fashion show, held in
Milan in September.
After Paris, the collection will be
presented in cities including New
York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong,
the fashion house said.*
Malkovich to play
artist Gustav Klimt
VIENNA,. Austria — John
Malkovich will play the lead in a
movie about the life of Austrian
artist Gustav Klimt.
The movie, titled “Klimt,” will
depict the life of the famous art
nouveau painter whose masterpieces
include “The Kiss.” Shooting will
begin Jan. 4 in Vienna, the film’s
leading producer, epo-film, said
Thursday.
Producers from London, Paris
and Munich, Germany, are also
involved in making the film, which is
expected to premiere in May 2005.
“I see this film as a waltz,” said
screenwriter-director Raoul Ruiz in
the statement.
Malkovich eagerly agreed to play
Klimt, said Susanne Biro, an epo
film official.
“He was our first choice,” she
said. “He physically resembles
Klimt and he is a good friend of
Ruiz.”
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1
©Accident Damage, Hampton
Street Garage, 1600 Hampton St.
The complainant said a metal plate
hanging from the ceiling fell and
shattered his car’s windshield. Officers
Willis and Huggins reported to the
accident scene.
Reporting officer: P. Morant
©Petit Larceny/Shoplifting, Gibbes
Court, 902 Barnwell St.
The complainant said a 6-foot-2
inch tall white male with blond hair
took a soda without paying for it.
Reporting officer: J. Harrelson
©Grand Larceny of Laptop,
Columbia Hall, 918 Barnwell St.
The victims said a black male
between 25 and 30 years old took a
Dell Inspiron 5100 worth $2,000
and a Toshiba satellite laptop also
worth $2,000 from an unlocked
room.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
© Larceny of Clothing, Blatt P.E.
Center, 1328 Wheat Sty
The victim said someone removed
his shorts while he was at the Blatt
Center. His keys, driver’s license and
checking card were taken with the
shorts. Reporting officer R. Millhouse
advised him to cancel his card and
keep an eye on his car.
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USC
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Graham to speak
at graduation
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham
will deliver the commencement
address for graduating seniors
Monday, Dec. 13.
A separate hooding
ceremony for as many as 144
doctoral degree c indidates will
be held at 1:30 p.m. at the
Koger Center.
John McFadden of the
USC College of Education will
deliver the commencement
address for that ceremony.
The university expects to
award 2,525 degrees from
USC’s eight campuses.
From the Columbia campus,
the number includes two
associate’s degrees, 1,043
bachelor’s degrees, 18 law
degrees, 43 graduate certificates,
496 master’s degrees, 16
specialist’s degrees and 40
doctoral degrees in pharmacy.
Awards calling
for nominations
USC is accepting
nominations for the Ada B.
Thomas Faculty and Staff
Advisors of the Year Awards as
well as the Michael J. Mungo
Distinguished Professor of the
Year Award, which replaced
the Amoco Teaching Award
this year.
Requirements for the
Thomas Awards 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/ad
a/.
Nominations for the
Mungo Award must be
submitted in writing to
biology professor Richard
Showman, chairman of the
selection committee.
Cocky ranks last
in mascot bowl
The CapitalOne Mascot of
the Year competition isn’t over
yet. Cocky has gone 2-5.
Cocky will appear on today’s
episodes of the CBS “Early
Show” and the “Tony Danza
Show” as USC’s mascot '
competes against 11 other
finalists in the CapitalOne S
Mascot of the Year
competition.
Last year, Cocky finished
third-place in online voting, but
the judges named him No. 1 in
the competition.
Other CaptialOne All
American Mascot finalists
include the Air Force
Academy’s The Bird; Auburn’s
. Aubie; James Madison
University’s Duke Dog;
Georgia’s Hairy Dawg;
Kentucky’s Scratch;
Maryland’s Testudo;
Montana’s Monte; University
of Nevada-Las Vegas’ Hey
Reb; Virginia Tech’s Hokie
Bird; Western Kentucky’s Big
Red and Minnesota’s Goldy
Gopher.
To support Cocky in this
year’s competition, vote at
www.capitalonebowl.com.
College GOP
announces board
USC’s College Republicans
announced Thursday the
members of its new executive
board. Third-year political
science and history student
Breck Heidlberg was elected
chairman; second-year political
science student Bob Jackman
was elected first vice
chairman; second-year print
journalism student Katie
Youmans was elected second
vice chairman; first-year liberal
arts student Anne Buchanan
was elected secretary; third
year biology student Brandon
Rinehart was elected treasurer;
first-year business student Jeff
Miles Martin was elected
fraternity council liaison, and
second-year business student
Noel Ahearn was elected as
sorority council liaison.
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