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STATE
Report says tax plan
would cut education
Gov. Mark Sanford’s proposal to give
tax credits to parents who send their
children to private schools would take
$354 million of out public schools,
according to a report released by public
school leaders.
The report found that each school
district on average would lose $4.1
million if the tax credit were fully
implemented in five years.
Last year’s study released by the South
Carolina Policy Council found that schools
would have about $600 more per student
when a child leaves a public school classroom
for a private school.
Utilities to provide
heat despite late bills
The power will remain on in homes
despite delinquent bills this winter if
temperatures are forecast to fall at or
below freezing. Utilities that operate in
South Carolina have agreed to the new
policy, which begins Tuesday and is
effective until March 31. The utilities
won’t shut off power if temperatures are
projected to reach 32 degrees or less in
the next 24 hours. But the power
companies were not ready to embrace
the tougher rules for next season.
The office has been working with five
major utilities in the state after an 89
year-old Greenville woman died when
her power was disconnected because of
unpaid bills.
NATION
Study finds obstacles
in college enrollment
WASHINGTON — Young adults
value college, but many haven’t
enrolled because of money woes,
poor preparation, low expectations
at home or sheer laziness, a survey
finds.
The result is that seven in 10 young
workers without college degrees say they
are in their jobs by chance, not by
choice. Less than two in 10 view their
jobs as likely careers.
Overall, most adults age 18 to 25 see
college as a way to earn society’s respect and
ensure financial security, says the survey by
Public Agenda, a nonpartisan public opinion
group. The positive view of college is true
regardless of race, ethnicity or family income.
Roughly one in three young
Americans do not go on to any form of
higher education, and many of those
who enroll don’t end up graduating.
Sheik says bin Laden
called for his death
NEW YORK — A Yemeni sheik accused
of funding terrorism said Osama bin Laden
was initially a faithful pupil but later called for
his assassination, an FBI investigator testified.
Sheik Mohammed Ali Hasan al-Moayad
told the FBI that bin Laden issued a religious
edict demanding his execution after the two
men argued about Islamic democracy, Special
Agent Brian Murphy said Monday.
WORLD
Jaj >an moves toward
lifting U.S. beef ban
TOKYO —Japan moved a step closer
to partially lifting a ban on U.S. beef
imports after a government panel
Tuesday accepted U.S. assurances that a
specific grade of meat would be free of
mad cow disease.
The panel’s decision, if accepted by
the government, will clear the way for
Japan to begin importing U.S. grade
A40 beef, which comes primarily from
cattle aged 12 to 17 months.
Danes endorse cap
on immigrants, taxes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s
center-right government won a second
term Tuesday as Denmark voters
embraced plans to keep immigration in
check and taxes from rising.
With 99 percent of the votes tallied, the
governing bloc a- coalition of Liberals,
Conservatives and the anti-immigration
Danish Peoples Party had 54 percent and was
set to take 95 seats in the 179-seat parliament,
orFolketing.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Producer
celebrated
with star on
famed Walk
LOS ANGELES — Producer
Pierre Cossette, who initiated the
live Grammy Awards television
broadcast in 1971, received a star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cossette, who will mark his 35th
anniversary as Grammy producer
with Sunday’s ceremony, received
the 2,279th star on the walk, in front
of the Pantages Theatre on
Hollywood Boulevard.
Comedians Bob Newhart and
Don Rickies took part in the
ceremony Monday conducted by
Johnny Grant, chairman of the
Walk of Fame Committee and
Hollywood’s honorary mayor.
“I speak for all his friends. We
had the same reaction: Why?”
Newhart joked.
“Pierre, I make fun of you
because you can laugh at yourself,”
said Rickies. “God has blessed you.”
Cossette said he was thrilled by
the honor. “You say one day you’ll
have a star, and there it is.”.
A Montreal native who graduated
from the University of Southern
California, Cossette worked for
MCA before starting his own
management company representing
musical performers.
He was a founder of Dunhill
Records, whose recording artists
included Three Dog Night, the
Mamas and the Papas and Johnny
Rivers, before moving into
RIC FRANCIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Comedian Don Rickies, left,
pretends to shove award
winning television producer
Pierre Cossette aside while
taking the stage Monday in
the Hollywood section of Los
Angeles. A Montreal native,
Cossette was honored today
with the 2,279th star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
production of syndicated TV
programs, according ro biographical
information from Cossette.
Among the series were “The
Andy Williams Show,” “The Glen
Campbell Goodtime Hour” and
Sammy Davis Jr.’s “Sammy &
Company.”
Cossette also has produced
Broadway shows including the Tony
Award-winning “The Will Rogers
Follies” and “Tommy TuneTonite.”
He is developing “The Woody
Guthrie Story,” a musical.
Republican jailed
for phone jam scam
CONCORD, N.H. — The former
head of a Republican consulting
group was sentenced Tuesday to five
DAY
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
“If a guy's wearing camo and
a collared shirt, they think
you’ve got money. If they
think you’ve got money,
they’ll let you in."
SETH GIBSON
FOURTH-YEAR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ON THE
DRESS CODES AT BARS IN FIVE POINTS
months in jail for jamming
Democratic telephone lines in
several New Hampshire cities
during the 2002 election.
Allen Raymond, who was
president of the Alexandria, Va.
based GOP Marketplace LLC at the
time, did not comment as he left
the U.S. District Court sentencing.
He also was fined $ 15,600.
He had pleaded guilty in July.
Court papers say Raymond and
co-conspirators plotted to jam
Democratic lines that voters could
call for rides to the polls in
Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and
Claremont. A line run by the,
nonpartisan Manchester
firefighters’ union also was jammed.
The blizzard of more than 800
computer-generated calls lasted
about 90 minutes on Nov. 5, 2002,
as voters decided races for governor,
U.S. senator and hundreds of other
offices.
State Republicans acknowledged two
years ago they hired GOP Marketplace.
But then-Republican Chairwoman
Jayne Millerick said the company was
paid $15,600 for telemarketing services
to encourage people to vote Republican,
not for jamming lines.
Chuck McGee, former executive
director of the New Hampshire
Republican Party, also pleaded
guilty. He is scheduled to be
sentenced next month.
James Tobin, 44, regional
chairman of Bush’s campaign last
year, was indicted in December and
pleaded innocent. Tobin, of
Bangor, Maine, had stepped down
from Bush’s New England
campaign in October after the-.,
allegations agaihit' him became
public.
Almodovar resigns
from film academy
MADRID, Spain — Oscar
winning director Pedro Almodovar
has resigned his post at Spain’s Film
Academy because of a disagreement
over the voting system used to select
winners of the Goya Awards, his
production company said.
Almodovar, who was a member
of the academy for 17 years, quit in
December because the number of
voters for the* Goya, Spain’s version
of the Oscars, had been reduced and
there was a lack of information
about the people casting ballots for
the prize, the director’s production
company, El Deseo, said Monday.
Almodovar’s brother, Agustin,
the main producer of his movies,
also left the academy, the company
said. Monday’s statement was the
first public announcement that they
had quit the academy.
Almodovar’s latest film, “Bad
Education,” a movie about a young
man haunted by an abusive priest
from his childhood, has received
only four nominations at home. At
fhis year’s Goya ceremony,
Almodovar was left empty-handed
while Alejandro Amenabar’s “The
Sea Inside” swept all the major
honors, including best picture.
POOL PRESSURE
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JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
John Cooper, a first-year media arts student, shoots pool as
part of the 8-ball tournament in the Russell House basement
on Tuesday. The Golden Spur will be holding tournaments
every other Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Months earlier, the academy
had also chosen “The Sea Inside” to
represent Spain for best foreign
language him at the Oscars.
“With our departure we put an
end to the historic lack of
generosity of this institution with
our work,” Agustin Almodovar was
quoted by Spain’s national news
agency Efe.
Pedro Almodovar won the best orignal
screenplay Oscar for 2002’s ‘Talk to Her.”
‘Sahara’ star to be
Daytona marshal
NEW YORK — Well, all right,
all right, all right. Matthew
McConaughey has been selected as
the Grand Marshal for the Daytona
500.
The 35-year-old actor will give
the command, “Drivers, start your
engines,” at the Feb. 20 race in
Florida, NASCAR announced
Monday.
“I’m honored and excited to be
the Grand Marshal of this year’s
race,” McConaughey said in a
statement. “There is nothing more
American than NASCAR and the
Daytona 500.”
McConaughey, whose screen
credits include “Dazed and
Confused” and “The Wedding
Planner,” stars in the upcoming
thriller “Sahara,” based on a novel
by Clive Cussler.
Smith leads pack
for Dove Awards
NASHVILLE, Term. — Christian
singer Michael W. Smith led the
Dove* nominations Monday with
eight nominations, including artist
and song of the year.
The group Casting Crowns was
next with seven nominations, while
lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall
had six individual nominations.
The Crabb Family had six
nominations, and the group’s
patriarch, Gerald Crabb, added six
of his own for his songwriting
“I was really excited to see
'Friend of God’ up for song of the
year,” said Houghton, who helped
announce the nominations with
Natalie Grant and George Huff. “I
write a lot of songs, but that one has
had a lot of impact on me
personally.”
“That was the biggest surprise,”
said Houghton. “There are some
great singers in our industry. I
consider myself somewhat of a
singer, but not in the top five.”
Smith is a perennial favorite at
the Dove Awards, gospel music’s
version of the Grammys. This year,
he is nominated for song of the year
for “Healing Rain,” as well as the
prestigious artist of the year,
pop/contemporary recorded song,
pop/contemporary album and
worship song.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY 1
MTV “Real World” stars: 8 p.m.
Russell House Ballroom.
SAVVY poetry open-mic night: 7
p.m. Russell House 322/326.
THURSDAY
Robert Cavanaugh Young Junior
Saxophone Recital: 6 p.m. School
of Music 206.
Robert Jesselson Faculty Cello
Recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music
206.
FRIDAY
Guest Artist Elaine Funaro
Harpsichord Recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music.
SATURDAY *
Men's Basketball vs. Auburn:
7:30 p.m. Colonial Center.
use BRIEFS
NAACP style gala
to extol heritage
The college chapter of the
NAACP is sponsoring an evening
of style Thursday at the African
American Heritage Gala. The
evening will include a walk on the
•red carpet, live music,
entertainment and dinner. Attire
will be formal or semi-formal. The a
cost is $3 for members, $5 for non- *
members and $10 at the door.
Tickets can be purchased on
Greene Street on Monday and
Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m.
For more information, contact Adia
Daniels at 803-544-3652.
Shiraz to discuss
hip-hop culture
Yasmin Shiraz, a nationally
acclaimed author and successful
entrepreneur, will discuss her new
book, “The World of Hip-Hop —
An Insider’s View,” at 6 p.m.
Tuesday in the Russell House
Theater. In 1994, Shiraz launched
the urban-entertainment college
publication, Mad Rhythms. Within
six years, Mad Rhythms had
reached more than 4 million j
students. Shiraz has worked with
celebrities such as Sean “P. Diddy”
Combs, Jay-Z, Martin Lawrence
and Johnnie Cochran. For more
information, contact Cerrissa
Moore or Teddy Clark at 803-777
5061.
Theater to show
Tubman program
Carolina Productions is
sponsoring “Harriet Tubman: The
Chosen One” at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 in
the Russell House Ballroom.
“Tubman” is a one-woman
show that takes the audience back
through history with the story of
the Underground Railroad and
how one woman’s remarkable
determination made history. For
more information, contact Telca
Markosky at 803-777-3950.
POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
fora 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
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
JAN. 30
©Auto Break-ln/Larceny of CDs,
Coliseum Lot C, 600 Park St.
The victim said someone broke out
the passenger-side window and
removed 45 CDs valued at $10 each.
Reporting officer: N. De Haai.
FEB. 3
e Larceny of Grill, Chi Psi House, Greek
Village, 508 Lincoln SL
The complainant told reporting officer
A Mitchell that someone stole a black,
brand-name professional Chaigrille with a
smoke stack. The grill was unsecured on the
back patio. Estimated value: $120.
FEB. 5
©Malcious hpiy to Real Prepay Assistance
Rendered, Snowden, Seva* floor, 600 Mail Si
Repotting officer M. Wheeler responded
to “smoke” coming from the hallway of the
seventh floor of Snowden. Upon arrival
Wheeler discovered two fire extinguishers
were discharged, two stairwell door windows
were broken out, three exits signs were
broken, one vent cover was bent and the hall
water fountain was pulled off the wall. The
RLC and the RAs conducted health and
safety checks. Ihe reporting officers and
others heard a loud commotion coming
from room 712. One roommate opened the
door and in doing so showed the victim
urinating on the floor.
FEB. 6
Q Assistance Rendered, Blatt P.E.
Center, 1328 Wheat St
The victim was lifting weights and cut his
finger. While getting a bandage in die
equipment room, the victim passed out and
struck liis hand on the floor, causing a
laceration. First Responder and EMS
responded to the scene.
0 Disorderly Conduct, Behind Coliseum,
600 Park St
The subject attempted to enter to enter
the passenger-side front door of a marked
USCPD patrol car. Reporting officer D.
Davis made contact with die subject to see if
there was a problem. Upon interviewing the
subject, Davis smelled a very strong odor of
alcohol coming from his breath and person.
The subject was unsteady on his feet, was
loud and boisterous, and was using
profanity.
(6)Verbal TJireats/Information, McBryde
Quadrangle, 1313 Blossom St
The victim told reporting officer N. De
Haai that the subject was outside his window
being very loud.
O Simple Possession of Marijuana,
West Quad, 404A, 438 Main St
Reporting officer D. Davis was
dispatched for possible drug use. Upon
arrival, diere was an odor of marijuana
coming from room 404. The occupants let
Davis inside the suite, and the subject
admitted to having marijuana in his
possession. The subject gave Davis a green,
leaf-like substance believed to be marijuana, a
multi-colored glass pipe, one blue baggie
with a green stem-like substance in it, and a
homemade bong, all of which was taken in
as evidence. Three grams of marijuana were
seized.
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