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STATE
DeMint to oversee
natural disaster panel
CHARLESTON — Sen. Jim
DeMint is the first chairman of a
new Senate subcommittee on
disaster prediction and prevention.
Once the new Commerce
subcommittee is organized,
DeMint plans public hearings to
review how well the nation can
predict and is prepared for natural
disasters.
DeMint noted the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration is working to
become better at predicting the
path of hurricanes.
Trident Tech drops
4-year culinary plan
CHARLESTON — Trident
Technical College has abandoned
plans to establish a four-year
culinary program and, in so doing,
become the first technical college
in South Carolina to offer a four
year degree.
While the proposal had the
votes in the General Assembly to
become law, it was blocked twice,
once by a filibuster and then by
the state Supreme Court.
NATION
Court orders release
of 9/11 FDNY tapes
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York
City’s fire Department must
release audiotapes and transcripts
of interviews conducted with
firefighters who responded to the
2001 terrorist attacks, but it can
withhold portions that could cause
serious pain or embarrassment, the
state’s highest court ruled
Thursday.
The decision by the Court of
Appeals was part of a three
pronged ruling that also
determined what portions of 911
calls and dispatch communications
must be disclosed by the city.
Explosion’s death toll
hits 15, 100 wounded
TEXAS CITY, Texas — The lone
worker unaccounted for after an
explosion at a BP oil refinery was
found dead in the rubble, bringing
the death toll to 15 in a blast that
also injured more than 100 people,
officials said Thursday.
BP spokesman Bill Stephens
said the worker was found near the
site of the blast. Earlier, officials
said records had indicated the
worker checked out and left the
refinery after the Wednesday
afternoon explosion.
WORLD
Kyrgyz leader flees
protestors’ rampage
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — President
Askar Akayev reportedly fled on
Thursday after protesters stormed
his headquarters, seized control of
state television and rampaged
through government offices,
throwing computers and air
conditioners out of windows.
Sitting in Akayev’s chair
surrounded by supporters,
opposition activist Ulan Shambetov
praised the latest uprising to sweep
a former Soviet republic.
U.S. gives Guatemala
$3.2 million reward
GUATEMALA CITY — By releasing
$3.2 million in aid, the United
States is rewarding Guatemala for
its progress in overhauling a
military once blamed for human
rights abuses.
Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld announced the U.S.
decision on Thursday after meeting
with Guatemala’s president, Oscar
Berger. Since the mid-1990s, the
United States has provided
Guatemala a relative pittance, with
mly $350,000 approved for tightly
:ontrolled purposes.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Authorities
might grant
probation
to Jadakiss
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. —
Jadakiss will have charges of
marijuana and gun possession
dropped if he stays out of
trouble for the next three
months under a plea agreement
reached in Cumberland
County court.
The artist, whose real name
is Jason T. Phillips, was given a
deferred prosecution on the
misdemeanor charges at a
hearing Wednesday before
District Court Judge Ed
Donaldson.
Jadakiss, 29, of Yonkers,
N.Y., was charged last July
when he was in Fayetteville for
a club performance.
An off-duty officer stopped
the rapper’s recreational vehicle
after he spotted someone
throwing firecrackers from the
MARTA LAVANDIER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rapper Jadakiss arrives at the
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop
Awards, Aug. 9, 2002, in
Miami Beach.
window and during a search
found less than an ounce of
marijuana and a pair of loaded
.45-caliber pistols.
Jadakisss paid $900 to cover
a fine, restitution and court
costs. He was due back in court
June 14.
If Jadakiss, whose most
recent album was “Kiss of
Death,” doesn’t violate his
probation, the charges will be
dropped, a common
arrangement for first-time
offenders.
Under the unsupervised
probation, Jadakiss must
destroy the guns, submit to
searches and drug testing at the
request of a probation officer,
not use or possess illegal drugs
and not break any North
Carolina laws.
Beckham threatens
return to England
MANCHESTER, England —
David Beckham suggested he
could leave Real Madrid and
return to England, having
become upset . with
photographers who take
pictures of his young children
at school.
Beckham has spent two
DAY
Friday, March 25, 2005
i— -———:
“I feel money spent on a
cab is money well
spent, as opposed to
walking alone in
isolated areas.”
SKOT GARRICK
COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER, ON STUDENT SAFETY
— ;-1
SPRING IN HIS STEP
NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK
Students shed clothes and enjoy ultimate Frisbee on the Horseshoe as the official start of
spring has brought welcome warmer temperatures. The weather today will be 78 and sunny.
seasons with Real Madrid but is
now reconsidering his future
with one of the world’s most
glamorous clubs.
“I’ve made people well aware
of what I get upset with in
Spain is the paparazzi, but I’ve
had a couple of incidents
happen in the last two weeks
which have really made me sit
back and think,” Beckham
said.
Beckham the England team
captain, fashion icon and
marketing giant joined Real
Madrid in a transfer from
Manchester United. He lives in
the Spanish capital with his
wife, Victoria, and their sons,
Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
1 believe that when my
children go to school or
nursery, they should be left
alone, but they’re not,”
Beckham said. “And that’s
become a problem. ... When
they are on their own at their
school, nursery or football
school, then it is crossing the
line and I don’t know what to
do.”
Beckham has said he
received death threats at
Manchester United, and
kidnap plots were uncovered in
1999 and 2002 against
Victoria, Brooklyn and Romeo.
Real Madrid hasn’t won a
trophy in Beckham’s two
seasons, and coach Vanderlei
Luxemburgo is under pressure
to shake up the team.
Luxemburgo has called
Beckham the hardest-working
player on the team.
“I’ve always said I love
playing for Real Madrid,”
Beckham said this week. “It’s
one of the biggest clubs in the
world, even though we haven’t
won anything.”
Court tosses suit
against rap’s Xzibit
PHILADELPHIA — An aspiring
Philadelphia songwriter faces a
stiff penalty for filing a lawsuit
in which he claimed that he
created the beat for a track on
Xzibit's platinum-selling album
“Restless.”
A federal appeals court ruled
Wednesday that music
business hopeful Michael
Lowe’s copyright infringement
lawsuit against the rapper,
several record companies and
one of the song’s credited
authors Dr. Dre was frivolous.
The judges also upheld a
lower court’s order that Lowe
pay Dr. Dre’s legal fees and
court costs, which amounted
to about $35,000.
Lowe s lawyer didn t
immediately return a phone call
seeking comment on the ruling.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled that Lowe’s
legal claim was doomed from
the start, even if it were true
that he laid down the beats
underpinning the song “X.”
Lowe’s story was that he
recorded the beat first, then
presented it to rap producer
.Scott Storch in the hope that
he would pass it along to Dr.
Dre for use in song. In a legal
deposition, Lowe said he never
expected any compensation in
return for the beat.
The court said that if Lowe
indeed gave away the track
freely, he couldn’t sue over it
now.
Hornsby, Claypool
to play at Jammys
NEW YORK — Alt-rocker Ryan
Adams and mellow piano man
Bruce Hornsby will immerse
themselves in the jam band
scene at the fifth annual Jammy
awards, which will also feature
Medeski Martin & Wood, Les
Claypool and the North
Mississippi Allstars.
The awards, hosted by
Grateful Dead guitarist Phil
Lesh, will be held April 26 at
The Theater at Madison
Square Garden. Other
performers will include Yonder
Mountain String Band and
Keller Williams.
The Jammys, determined by
fans, honor the best music to
come out of the
improvisational music scene.
Fans can determine this year’s
winners by casting their vote
on the Jammys Web site.
While Adams and Hornsby
might seem out of place at the
Jammys, Peter Shapiro, the
event’s executive producer, told
The Associated Press Thursday
that their inclusion is part of
the Jammy tradition of tapping
a variety of acts.
“The jam band world really
includes music from all
genres,” said Shapiro, who is
producing the event along with
Relix magazine and the Web
site jambands.com. “What we
try to do at the Jammys is to
celebrate great live music from
all genres.”
The event also will honor an
act for lifetime achievement;
the recipient will be announced
later, along with other
performers.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
Spring 2005 Seminar Series: 4
p.m. Jones Physical Science
Center 006.
Maureen i. Mullaney Junior
Oboe Recital: 4 p.m. School of
Music 206.
Christopher Luke Gratton Junior
Cello Recital: 5:30 p.m. School
of Music 206.
Alan Michael Rudell Graduate
Piano Recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206.
MONDAY
Brian Carr McQueen Senior
Vocal Recital: 4:30 p.m. School
of Music 006.
Stephen K. Wilson Master’s
Trombone Concerto Recital: 6
p.m. 206.
TUESDAY
John Kenneth Adams “A Piano
Portrait - Maurice Ravel”: 7:30
p.m. School of Music 206.
Lucy Manning Doctoral Lecture
Recital: 4:30 p.m. School of
Music 206.
Outstanding Women of the Year
at USC Celebration: 4:30 p.m.
Russell House Ballroom.
USC BRIEFS
Shindle to speak
at Women’s Day
The USC Sorority Council
will play host to former Miss
America Kate Shindle, who
will appear at Greek
Women’s Day at 7 p.m.
Monday at the BA Belk
Auditorium.
Shindle will give students
her perspective on the
empowerment of the Miss
America pageant.
The event is open to all
USC student’s, faculty and
staff.
McKissick to sell
original artwork
Original art by more than
56 artists from South Carolina
will be sold at McKissick
Museum’s 11th annual gala on
April 1.
Aptly named “A Fool for
Art,’ the gala will feature
music, magic, and festive
foods and cocktails.
Magicians will rove through
the crowd, and Little Cat Z
will perform during the gala,
which runs 7:30-10 p.m.
Foolishly festive attire is
encouraged.
The art will be on display
March 28-April 3 to allow
guests a sneak peak. Tickets
are $45 per person or $80 per
couple. A portion of the sale’s
proceeds will benefit
McKissick programs and
exhibits.
Call 777-3708 to purchase
tickets.
POLICE REPORT
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
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
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
0 Violent
O Nonviolent
MARCH 20
OAuto Break-in/Larceny of Money
011 Lot of the Old Hardees, 500
Assembly St.
The victim told- reporting
officer D. Davis that someone
broke out his car’s left rear
window, taking his wallet.
e Auto Break-in/Larceny of Purse
011 Lot of the Old Hardees, 500
Assembly St.
The victim told reporting
officer J. Widdifield that someone
broke out the front passenger
window of her car and took the
following items: purse, bookbag, a
MasterCard, a Wachovia debit
card, a Lerner New York credit
card and a S.C. driver’s license.
MARCH 21
e Harassment (E-mails)
Gambrell Hall, 817 Henderson St.
The complainant said he has
received several harassing e-mails
from Barbara DeRoller.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell.
MARCH 23
©Suspicious Activity
Pendleton Parking Garage, 1501
Pendleton St.
While on foot patrol on level 7,
reporting officer K. Adams
observed Elliot Robinson and
Gwyn Pauley sitting in a gold 1995
Honda. The officer smelled an
odor of marijuana coming from the
vehicle. The officer approached the
vehicle’s passenger side and
observed a brown glass bong in
Robinson’s lap. The officer took
possession of the bong, which had
burnt marijuana residue in it. The
officer asked both subjects if there
was any more marijuana in the
vehicle. Both of them said they
only had a small bag and that they
1---I
had both smoked the remaining
contents. Robinson and Pauley
were asked to exit the vehicle and
voluntarily emptied their pockets.
■ Assault and Battery
Gambrell Hall, first floor
The victim said Steven
McWright approached her in
Gambrell accusing her of dating
someone other than him.
McWright was verbally abusive to
her. McWright struck the victim
on the side of the head, causing her
head to slam against the wall. The
Office of Sexual Health & Violence
was notified, and the victim’s
impact statement was issued. The
victim refused medical treatment.
McWright had departed and was
not available for reporting officer
C. Gallman to interview him. The
victim does not want to pursue
criminal prosecution but wishes
pursuit of the Office of Student
Judicial Program’s referral.
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