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NEWS Dr. Susan Cutter is studying the THE MIX New B.A. Dance degree offer
where, why and how of terrorism, and how USC dancers a chance to showcase theii
we can respond to it. talent in their coursework.
STATE
Principal shortage
linked to hours, pay
Schools across the state are
having trouble finding teachers who
want to move to the principal’s
office.
The decline has been caused by
long hours, greater public scrutiny
driven by school reform and a
reluctance of many to give up the
bonus pay they receive if they’re
veteran or nationally certified
teachers, according to school
district personnel directors.
DHEC reconsiders
hospital bed policy
CHARLESTON — The South
Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control is rethinking
its method of awarding new beds.
Some say the current process
discourages competition while others
say any changes should come when
the State Health Plan is updated.
The state health department
regulates whether hospitals and
other health providers can make
major expansions or build new
facilities. Those decisions are based
on the State Health Plan, which is
updated every two years to gauge
health care needs around the state.
NATION
Rice asks Japan to lift
beef import embargo
WASHINGTON — Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice raised the
issue of Japan lifting completely a
ban on imports of U.S. beef while
meeting Saturday with her Japanese
counterpart.
Rice met with Nobutaka
Machimufa for bilateral talks. The
Japanese understood U.S. concerns
and were trying to accelerate
procedures “and made a
commitment the issue would be
resolved,” said a State Department
official. Hatushisa Takashima, the
Japanese foreign ministry
spokesman, said beef imports came
up in the talks and that Japan would
make an effort to meet U.S. requests.
U.S. urges talks to
halt arms program
WASHINGTON — Expressing deep
concern about North Korea’s
nuclear weapons program, senior
U.S. and Japanese officials on
Saturday pressed the communist
nation to soon resume international
talks aimed at halting its arms
development.
Negotiations among two Koreas,
China, Japan, Russia and the United
States offer North Korea the best
path forward to security assurances
and a better life for its people,
Condoleeza Rice said at a news
conference at the State Department.
WORLD
Lebanon to aid U.N.
in Hariri killer search
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon,
facing mounting domestic and
international pressure to find the
assassins of former Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri, said Sunday it will
cooperate with U.N. investigators
but stuck to its rejection of a full
fledged international inquiry.
Hariri was killed a week ago
Monday in a massive bomb
explosion as he was driven through
central Beirut. The blast killed 16
others and wounded more than 100.
Israel’s Cabinet OKs
Gaza Strip fallback
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Cabinet
gave final approval Sunday to the
government’s planned withdrawal
from the Gaza Strip and four West
Bank settlements, marking the first
time an Israeli government decided
to dismantle Jewish settlements on
land claimed by the Palestinians for
a future state.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Younger
musicians
give props
to LaBelle
DENVER — Singer Patti LaBelle
said she takes it as a compliment
when younger musicians like
Nelly and Kelly Rowland take on
her music.
“Whenever they do my songs,
I know I’m in the land of the
living,” she said outside Michael
Jordan's party this weekend
before Denver’s NBA All-Star
game.
Jordan, who threw the party
to launch the Air Jordan XX,
planted a kiss on the rhythm ‘n’
blues diva on the red carpet.
Fans cheered LaBelle, whose
latest hip-hop collaboration
resulted in a video with Outkast.
Before the party, LaBelle,
who lost three sisters to cancer
before they were 44, received an
award from the Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation. She
has worked with a number of
charitable organizations on
issues like cancer, AIDS,
diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
“Thank God people are
listening,” LaBelle said.
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Singer Patti LaBelle, right,
joins magazine editor Gayle
King as they head down the
red carpet to one of the
private events staged for the
glitterati who are in Denver to
take part in the festivities
surrounding the NBA All-Star
Game on Friday.
Canseco accused
of owing back taxes
BOSTON — Jose Canseco may
need to use his book advance to
cover his tax bill.
The slugger-turned-author
owes more than $32,000 in back
taxes to Massachusetts and is
listed on a “cybershame”
database of people who
underreported or failed to report
income, The Sun of Lowell
reported Saturday.
Canseco sent ripples through
baseball with his book, “Juiced:
Wild Times, Rampant ‘Roids,
Smash Hits, and How Baseball
DAY
Monday, February 21, 2005
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
“It’s kind of beautiful to see
that we have innate roots
that make us who we are.”
JESSICA BURTON
THIRD-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
STUDENT AND PARTICIPANT IN WORLD NIGHT.
CHARLIE DAVENPORT/THE GAMECOCK
Dancers finish their routine Saturday evening after the annual 24-hour Dance Marathon.
Money raised during the event benefits local childrens groups, including the Palmetto
Health Children’s Hospital and the Children's Miracle Network.
Got Big.”
In it Canseco calls himself the
“godfather . of steroids in
baseball” and names baseball
players he says used steroids,
including former teammate
Mark McGwire. McGwire has
repeatedly denied steroid use.
The newspaper obtained
copies of two liens totaling
$29,841 the • Massachusetts
Department of Revenue placed
on property owned by Canseco.
Canseco’s agent, Doug Ames,
said the taxes were paid to
Massachusetts but that the
accounting firm that handled
Canseco’s taxes did not file an
income tax return as required.
Leader puts peace
above cancer battle
ASPEN, Colo. — Queen Noor
of Jordan says her husband put
Middle East peace ahead of his
health.
She recalled that when peace
talks were stalling, former
President Clinton asked King
Hussein to help. He temporarily
halted his cancer treatment to
“fervently help the peace process
out of stalemate,” she said.
Queen Noor has spent much
of her royal tenure as advocate of
world peace and justice, and
didn’t stop her activism after the
death of her husband in 1999 of
cancer.
Speaking at the Aspen
Writers’ Foundation, Noor said
she said the faith King Hussein
put in the possibility of peace
still motivates her.
“True peace comes from your
heart’s desire for your neighbor’s
well-being. We all can extend a
hand to a neighbor. Take your
own leap of faith,” she said.
Short film honors
animation pioneer
TORONTO — Chris Landreth
may be going to the Oscars, but
he knows that’s no guarantee of
success: His film honors an
animation pioneer who made
his own trip to the Academy
Awards before landing on the
streets here, panhandling.
Landreth’s animated short
film “Ryan” is a tribute to
animator Ryan Larkin, who
created groundbreaking
animated films in the 1960s and
1970s before falling on hard
times with addictions to cocaine
and alcohol.
Part documentary, part
animation, “Ryan” uses
computer animation that peels
away skin and bone to reveal
fluctuating collapsed skulls,
decayed bodies and whittled
skeletons as a visual metaphor for
personal and psychological scars.
“What I wanted to do was
use computer graphics for a
different purpose: To reflect
human nature in a visual way,”
said the filmmaker, who
formerly worked on the
television show “Alias.”
In “Ryan,” Landreth urges
Larkin, a one-time Oscar
nominee, to stop drinking and
get back into the business, but is
rebuffed. Larkin lives on welfare
in a Montreal church-run
mission and panhandles.
Landreth, a Chicago native
living in Toronto, praised The
National Film Board of Canada
for supporting the film.
Pop star Beckham
gives birth to boy
LONDON — Soccer star David
Beckham’s wife, Victoria —
formerly known as “Posh
Spice,” gave birth Sunday to the
couple’s third son, named Cruz.
Victoria Beckham, 30, and the .
baby are in “perfect health,” said
Dr. Vidal Pelaez, head of the
obstetrics and gynecology
department at the Hospital
Ruber Internacional, where she
gave birth to the 7-pound boy
by planned Caesarean section.
Trump gives kudos
to teen tund-raiser
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Donald
Trump wrote a congratulatory
letter to a group of teenagers
who used the NBC reality show
“The Apprentice” as a model to
raise about $23,000 for tsunami
victims.
“I am very pleased to hear
about the enthusiasm and
success of the high school
children in this endeavor, and
would like to thank you for
sharing it with me,” Trump
wrote in response to a letter
from Rabbi Victor Urecki
informing him of the B’Nai
Jacob Synagogue Youth
Discussion Group’s project.
Urecki said 23 teens formed
two corporations, Gladiators
and Yaffa Corp., and competed
to raise the most money. The
winners’ prize was to be dinner
at a nice restaurant while the
losers were to get Slurpees.
The teens had hoped to raise
$5,000 through fund-raising
activities including a raffle and a
silent auction. In the end, their
total was almost $23,000 and
only $2 separated the teams.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
Kana Yabuki Junior Piano
Recital: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206.
Last day to drop a course or
withdraw without a grade of “WF”
being recorded.
TUESDAY
“Keeping it Real Lecture” with
Joelle Davis-Carter: 6 p.m.
Russell House Theater.
WEDNESDAY
Joshua Christopher Tillman
MM Trumpet Recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
THURSDAY
Fifth Annual Talent/No Talent
Show: 7 p.m. USC School of
Law auditorium.
“One Mic" Coffee House with
Poet Hayden Greene: 7 p.m.
Capstone Conference Center.
USC Concert Choir: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
Gun Control Debate: 8 p.m.
Russell House Ballroom.
USC BRIEFS
Seminar to discuss
cheating methods
The Flagship
Communications Bateman
Team from USC’s School of
Journalism and Mass
Communications is playing
host to this month’s teaching
seminar, “How We Cheat: A
Student’s Perspective.”
The seminar will be held
Thursday from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m-. in Moore School of
Business 008.
Students will give new light
to the meaning of cheating, the
newest ways students are
cheating and ways to prevent it.
Demonstrations of some of the
latest cheating tools and
detectors will also be presented.
Refreshments will be served
at 3 p.m. in the lobby.
Reservations can be made by
calling the Office of the Provost 1
at 777-2808 or by e-mailing
Rhondaf@gwm.sc.edu before
Tuesday.
CP to play host to
‘Real’ comedy tour
Carolina Productions will
present the “Keepin’ it Real
Comedy Tour” featuring
Roosevelt Johnson at 8 p.m.
Wednesday in the Russell
House Ballroom.
Also scheduled to appear are
Darren “DS” Sanders, B Phlat
and Co Coa Brown, who have
all been featured on shows such
as Black Entertainment
Television’s “Comic View” and
HBO’s “Russell Simmons Def
Comedyjam.”
For more information,
contact Telca Markosky at 777
3950.
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.)
P Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
P Violent
© Nonviolent
FEB.16
OSuspicious Activity
Sumwalt, 1212 Devine St.
The complainant said someone
put paper towels in many of the
toilets in the building. It caused a
lot of clean up but no actual
damage to the bathrooms.
Reporting officer: M.P. Weiss.
FEB.17
0 Assistance Rendered
Soccer Field, 1328 Wheat St.
The victim was intoxicated.
Reporting officer M. Winnington
and First Responder and EMS
responded, and the subject was
transported to Palmetto Baptist by
EMS.
9Disorderly Conduct
Colonial Center, 801 Lincoln St.
Reporting officer K. Mitchum
observed the subject to be unsteady
on his feet, and he appeared to be
intoxicated. The subject had a flask
filled with liquor in his pocket, and
he smelled of alcohol.
@ Disorderly Conduct
Colonial Center, 901 Lincoln St.
Reporting officer K. Mitch um
observed the subject attempting to
incite an altercation with another
patron at the Colonial Center, and
he appeared to be intoxicated. The
subject was asked to leave, at which
point he became aggressive and
physical with the officers.
Malicious Injury to Personal
Property
@900 Park St., Lot B
The complainant said someone
cut the right rear tire of the vehicle
by using a knife. Someone
removed the knife before reporting
officer S. Alexander arrived.
©Disorderly Conduct/Resisting Arrest
Colonial Center, 801 Lincoln St.
Reporting officer C. Gallman
responded to assist A. Broadus with
the subject who was behaving
disorderly at the Colonial Center.
He was loud, boisterous and
unsteady on his feet. He was using
profanity and smelled strongly of
alcohol. The subject attempted to
avoid arrest by lunging and swinging
his fists at Gallman. During the
arrest, the subject received abrasions
to his face and right arm.
9 Disorderly Conduct
Colonial Center, 801 Lincoln St.
Reporting officer J.M.H.
Harrelson observed the subject
heavily intoxicated and unsteady on
his feet. The officer made contact
with the subject, and he smelled of
alcohol. The officer also observed
the subject with bloodshot eyes and
slurred speech. Officer Silcox
transported the subject to Alvin S.
Glenn Detention Center.
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