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SPORTS The Gamecock Sports staff recaps
USC’s season-opening track meet at Clemson.
STATE
Group says abortion
devalues pregnancy
The U.S. Supreme Court decision
upholding abortion rights 32 years ago
has reduced the societal worth of
unborn children, the leader of an anti
abortion group said Saturday.
The decision enabled the rise of
physician-assisted suicide and the
destruction of embryos “for just our
utility,” Lisa Van Riper, president of
South Carolina Citizens for Life, told a
few hundred people at the group’s
annual State House rally.
Airports’ popularity
grows as fares drop
CHARLESTON — Lower airfares and
an improved economy spurred ticket
sales, making for a record-breaking year
at two South Carolina airports.
Charleston International Airport and
Columbia International airport each had
their busiest seasons ever in 2004, and
airports in Myrtle Beach and the
Upstate reported significant increases in
the number of passengers.
Some industry analysts and airport
officials worry the low fares that are
boosting passenger numbers are also
hurting profit margins for airlines.
Nationwide, planes flying domestic
routes were 74.8 percent full on average
for the first 10 months of the year, but
the industry was operating 3.3 percent
below break-even, according to
Department of Transportation figures.
NATION
Advertisers avoiding
Super Bowl vulgarity
NEW YORK — Commercials aired
during last year’s game caused concern
in some quarters that advertisers had
£one too far in using ribald humor to
grab the attention of the young, male
audiences that marketers try so hard to
reach.
Fox, which is broadcasting the Feb. 6
game, is asking $2.4 million for each
half-minute ad this year, up slightly
from last year’s $2.3 million rate. Fox
said it has sold about 95 percent of the
ad space this year.
States nix regulations
after flu-shot surplus
ATLANTA — States have begun
dropping their restrictions on flu shots
now that falling demand has led to
surpluses, and some health officials want
the federal government to take similar
action.
After the restrictions were initiated in
October, many of the 98 million people
in America’s high-risk groups did not
get vaccinated, and some states found
additional supplies of the vaccine.
The flu season has been extremely
mild so far. As of mid-January, only 10
states have reported widespread activity.
WORLD
Groups caution U.S.
against leaving Asia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Aid
groups warned on Friday it might be too
soon for the U.S. military to scale back
its emergency operations for Asia’s
tsunami victims, while an informal
cease-fire between Indonesian troops
and rebels appeared to have collapsed,
threatening to derail relief efforts.
Following a U.S. announcement on
Thursday that American forces would
begin immediately transferring
responsibility for relief operations, some
aid groups expressed concern that the
move came too quickly, as tens of
thousands of survivors from the Dec. 26
tsunami that struck a dozen nations
were still in need of food aid and shelter.
Reports conflict on
Iran policy changes
TEHRAN, Iran — State-run media
reported Saturday that Iran’s hard-line
leadership decided to allow women to
run for president in June elections, but a
spokesman later denied the change.
There was no immediate
explanation for the denial, and it was
not known if the earlier announcement
was a mistake or whether the hard-line
Guardian Council had reversed its
decision.
Throughout the day, state-run radio
and television had been carrying reports
that council spokesman Gholamhossein
Elham announced the council had
changed its policy and allowed women
to run.
Despite
rumors,
Couric
to stay on
LOS ANGELES — Katie Couric
isn’t going anywhere.
NBC Universal Television
Group President Jeff Zucker tried to
shoot down rumors that the
“Today” show host was a candidate
for the soon-to-be-vacant job as
anchor of the “CBS Evening News.”
Zucker said he expected Couric
to remain at NBC for a long time.
Her contract extends for another
year and a half, and he said
negotiations over an extension have
already begun.
Zucker did have a friendly, we
think, warning for CBS Chairman
Leslie Moonves, who will decide
Dan Rather’s successor at the
evening news.
“We’ve decided that if CBS goes
after Katie Couric, we’re going after
Julie Chen,” he said Friday.
Chen, one of “The Early Show”
hosts, married Moonves in Mexico
over the holidays.
LaBelle to appear
in Broadway show
NEW YORK — Rhythm ‘n’ blues
diva Patti LaBelle is coming back to
the stage, appearing next month in
the Los Angeles company of
“Chicago.”
LaBelle will play Matron Mama
Morton in the Kander-and-Ebb
musical, running at the Pantages
Theatre in Hollywood Feb. 5-20.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Patti Labelle arrives to the
2003 Glamour Magazine
Women of the Year awards,
held at the American
Museum of Natural History,
Monday, Nov. 10, 2003 in
New York.
She will star with former talk-show
host Wayne Brady, who portrays
lawyer Billy Flynn in the touring
production.
LaBelle appeared on Broadway in
the 1982 revival of the musical revue
“Your Arms Too Short to Box with
God” and has brought her one
woman show to several Broadway
theaters since then.
The long-running revival of
“Chicago” is now in its ninth year on
Broadway, currently playing at the
Ambassador Theatre. It stars
Charlotte d’Amboise, Terra C.
MacLeod and Brent Barrett.
DAY
Monday, January 24, 2005
“Regrettably, a few of our
student-athletes made a very
poor decision during the
course of a frustrating
situation, and they must now
face the consequences.”
MIKE MCGEE
use ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, ON THE NOV. 22
THEFTS FROM WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM
POSTERPALOOZA
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Nekaiya Jacobs, left, a third-year biology student, and Stephan Smith, right, a third-year
sports entertainment management student, browse through a selection of posters at the
Russell House University Union-sponsored poster sale.
McEntire relishes
witty sitcom role
LOS ANGELES — Reba
McEntire says she loves being on a
sitcom because it allows her to be
funny in a way she never could in
her music career.
“I always sang such sad songs,
and I always was looking for the
funny songs, an up-tempo funny
song,” she told reporters on
Saturday. “When I would release
one, it wouldn’t do very well, so I’d
go back to the sad, heart-wrenching
songs, and so that’s kind of what I
was known for.”
Her sitcom on the WB network,
now in its fourth year, allows her to
show that other side.
A fellow country star, Dolly
Parton, will be a guest on “Reba”
later this season. Parton will portray
a successful real estate agent,
McEntire said.
“I’m really shocked that it’s been
on as long as it has,” McEntire said
of the series. “And another thing
that I’m really surprised at (is) that
I’m having so much fun with it. I
thoroughly love it.”
Minogue files suit
against producer
MELBOURNE, Australia — Pop
star Kylie Minogue is suing the
British record producer who helped
launch her career.
The Australian singer has
claimed in the Victoria state
Supreme Court that PAL
Productions, run by famed pop
producer Pete Waterman,
underpaid royalties for her
“Greatest Hits” album which was
released in 1992 and re-released in
2002, the Sunday Age newspaper
reported.
An auditing firm hired by
Minogue and her family found that
Minogue was underpaid by more
than 10 percent, or about $830,000.
PAL since paid nearly $500,000, but
Minogue's company lodged papers
seeking unspecified damages,
interest and costs, the paper
reported.
Waterman’s partnership
launched Minogue’s career outside
Australia in 1988 when he wrote her
the song “I Should Be So Lucky,”
which topped the British charts for
five weeks.
‘Gilmore Girls’
affair pleases fans
LOS ANGELES — Longtime fans
of the WB series “Gilmore Girls”
have expressed delight that the gruff
coffee shop owner Luke portrayed
by actor Scott Patterson has finally
started a romance with Lorelai,
played by Lauren Graham.
Fans are curious about
something more personal when they
stop Patterson on the street.
“They want to know primarily if
we’re dating in real life,” Patterson
told reporters on Saturday, “and I
always tell them we are.”
Not true.
The characters’ transition from
friends to lovers has caused some
changes on the set, however.
“Altoids,” Patterson said. “A lot
more Altoids.”
Actress worked as
psychic before gig
LOS ANGELES — Actress Jenna
Fischer can claim she was a
professional psychic for two days.
Fischer, who stars in NBC’s
upcoming remake of “The Office,”
took a job as a telephone psychic for
a few days to earn some extra
money. The only job requirements
were an ability to read tarot cards
and a claim that she felt intuitive.
The calls were routed to her
home.
“I never collected my paycheck
for that job, because I ended up
feeling very guilty,” she told
reporters on Friday. “People who
called were very needy, and I felt
sad. So I quit after two days.”
Former ‘Late’ host
Carson dead at 79
LOS ANGELES — Johnny
Carson, the quick-witted “Tonight
Show” host who became a national
institution putting his viewers to bed
for 30 years with a smooth nightcap
of celebrity banter and heartland
charm, died Sunday. He was 79.
Carson died early Sunday
morning, according to his nephew,
Jeff Sorting. “He was surrounded by
his family, whose loss will be
immeasurable,” Sorting told The
Associated Press.
He did not provide further
details, but NBC said Carson died
of emphysema at his Malibu home.
Carson often had a cigarette in
hand in the early years of “Tonight,”
eventually dropping the on-air habit
when smoking on TV became
frowned on. But he remained a heavy
smoker for some years afterward, said
a former associate who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
The boyish-looking Nebraska
native with the disarming grin, who
survived every attempt to topple him
from his late-night talk show throne,
was a star who managed never to
distance himself from his audience.
His wealth, the adoration of his
guests — particularly the many
young comics whose careers he
launched — the wry tales of
multiple divorces: Carson’s air of
modesty made it all serve to
enhance his bedtime intimacy with
viewers.
President Bush described Carson
as “a steady and reassuring presence
in homes across America for three
decades. His wit and insight made
Americans laugh and think and had
a profound influence on American
life and entertainment.”
“Heeeeere’s Johnny!” was the
booming announcement from
sidekick Ed McMahon that ushered
Carson out to the stage. Then the
formula: the topical monologue, the
guests, the broadly played skits such
as “Carnac the Magnificent.”
POLICE REPORT
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
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
□ Violent
@ Nonviolent
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19
[T] Malicious Injury to Real Property,
Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness
Center
An unknown person damaged the
Wheat Street crosswalk in the
afternoon by spray-painting the letters
“JD” on the brick in black paint.
Reporting officer: J. E. Selcox.
THURSDAY, JAN. 20
©Disorderly Conduct, 1400 Huger
St.
Officer S. M. Simmons and a
witness noted a man being loud and
boisterous in the Richland County
Courthouse. He then used profanity in
a public place and was arrested and
handcuffed, field-booked and issued a
ticket.
©Peeping Tom, 614 Bull St., South
Tower
A female victim reported to officer
S. M. Simmons th^ a man had
watched her as she was taking a shower.
0 Suspicious Activity, 438 Main St.,
West Quad
Officers K. Adams and R. Baker
were dispatched to investigate a
suspicious vehicle. The persons inside
were possibly administering drugs. The
first subject exited the car, smelling
strongly of marijuana. The passenger
said that he had the marijuana but
there was “none left, I smoked it up.”
They searched and found a 13-inch
butcher knife over the driver-side visor.
It was confiscated for evidence.
FRIDAY, JAN. 21
0 Disorderly Conduct, 902 Barnwell
St., Capstone
A man in Capstone appeared
intoxicated and unsteady on his feet,
had slurred speech and smelled of
alcohol. Officer G. Kerwin was
dispatched because of commotion at
the front desk resulting from an
argument with the desk| attendant
about visitation hours.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
“EFFECT OF PERCEIVED
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND
THE USE OF GROWTH-FOSTERING
RELATIONSHIPS ON SELF
CONCEPT IN ADOLESCENTS
PARTICIPATING IN ‘GEAR UP’”:
10:30-11:30 a.m. Wardlaw 274
“FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON
HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE: NOTES FROM
ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH ON
WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER”:
noon, Harper College third floor,
Gressette Room; 5 p.m. Hamilton
302 (students only)
■CRITICAL NARHAIIVt
ANALYSIS OF BRAZILIAN
WOMEN’S SCHOOLING
DISCOURSES: NEGOTIATING
AGENCY AND IDENTITY THROUGH
PARTICIPATION IN FREIREAN
CULTURE CIRCLES": 1:15-2:45
p.m. Wardlaw 030
“INVESTIGATING THE
EMERGENCE OF A PROFESSIONAL
MATHEMATICS TEACHING
COMMUNITY": 3-4:30 p.m.
Wardlaw 030
“LIFE-LONG NEUROGENESIS
AND TURNOVER IN OLFACTION:
THE REGULATION OF STEM CELL
LIKE ACTIVITY IN LOBSTERS”: 4
p.m. Coker Life Sciences Building
005
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS FILING FOR
CANDIDACY
TUESDAY
FILING DEADLINE FOR STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
WEDNESDAY
STUDENT ORGANIZATION FAIR
FLASHLIGHT ONLINE WORKSHOP:
2-3:30 p.m. Computer Services 320
use
BRIEFS
Carolina artists
to showcase talent
Four paintings by USC art
students are part of an exhibit the
McKissick Museum is sponsoring
Jan. 29 through March 19 in
connection with the Columbia
City Ballet’s adaptation of
Jonathan Green’s works.
Called “Off the Stage and Onto
the Wall: The Evolution of Ballet,”
the exhibit focuses on the
transformation of Green’s works
from the visual to the dance stage.
In addition to the paintings, the
exhibit includes photographs and
video of rehearsals and interviews
with Green and William Starrett,
Columbia City Ballet artistic
director, and music featuring
singer and actress Marlena Smalls,
who will dance in the ballet. The
ballet, “Off the Wall & Onto the
Stage: Dancing the Art of
Jonathan Green,” will run Feb. 4
and 5 at the Koger Center.
Opera to perform
‘Merry Wives’
Opera at USC will perform
Otto Nicolai’s comedic adaptation
of Shakespeare’s “The Merry
Wives of Windsor” Feb. 4 and 6.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m.
Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday at
Keenan Theatre on Pinebelt Road
in Columbia. Student tickets are
$5.
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