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CAROLINA f BRIEF
Bachmann to join
School of Business
John W. Bachmann, senior
partner of the Edward Jones
securities firm and immediate
past chairman of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, has
joined the Moore School of
Business as its first
distinguished executive in
residence.
Bachmann, the school’s
inaugural speaker for the 2005
Wachovia Lecture Series, will
teach graduate courses in
finance and investments, help
to develop a research institute
for the business school’s finance
department ^and collaborate
with faculty on research.
“We are very excited that
John Bachmann is joining us
this fall," said Joel A. Smith III,
dean of the Moore School. “In
my view, he represents the best
of American business at a time
when we need strong role
models."
As managing partner of
Edward Jones from 1980
through 2003, Bachmann led
the firm — the only U.S.
company to serve individual
investors exclusively — through
an aggressive growth process,
helping expand the company
from 304 offices in 28 states to
more than 9,000 offices
throughout the U.S., Canada
and the United Kingdom.
S.C. Citizens’ sessions
to begin Sept. 21
Students can learn about
what is called “nature’s toy box”
at the S.C. Citizens’ School of
Nanotechnology beginning
Sept. 21 at USC.
Sessions will begin at 6:30
p.m. for seven consecutive
Wednesdays through Nov. 2
and will meet in Sumwalt 102.
The $30 fee will cover the cost
of reading materials. No science
or engineering expertise is
required.
Seating is limited, and early
registration is encouraged.
For information and
registration, contact
Christopher Tourney at 803
777-2221.
THIS WEEK O USC
THURSDAY
“Nuclear Impressionism”
Colloquium: 3:45 p.m. Jones
Physical Science Center 409.
SUNDAY
Cornelia Freeman
September Concert Series,
Program No. 1 — European: 3
p.m. School of Music 206.
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POLICE REPORT
FRIDAY, AUG. 26
Malicious injury to private property,
8:30 a.m.
Russell House, 1400 Greene St.
USC Facility Management reported
that someone broke two walkway lights
on a handicap ramp.
Reporting officer: S. E. Silcox
Driving under suspension, first degree;
giving false information to a police
officer; driving with an open container of
alcohol, 10:10 a.m.
South Marion and Hollywood streets
Reporting officer B. S. Willis stopped
and detained a man matching the
description of a person of interest to the
USCPD regarding several area burglaries.
On further investigation, the man was
found to be driving under suspension
and with an open container in the
vehicle. The man refused to give his real
name.
Grand larceny of a computer, 11 a.m.
1000 George Rogers Blvd.
Someone stole an Optiplex GX280
computer and four sets of Bushnell
binoculars from the Production
Copy Area of the Williams-Brice
Stadium press box. The area was
unsecured because of recent
construction. Estimated total
value: $ 1,307.
Reporting officer: L. Welch
Auto break-in, larceny of
amplifier, 4p.m.
902 Barnwell St.
Ryan Spencer said someone
entered his vehicle and stole a
CD/MP3 player and several
amplifiers. Estimated value:
$530.
Reporting officer: J. M.
Simmons
Possession of marijuana with intent to
distribute, possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute in the proximity of a
school, improper left-turn,
10:50 p.m.
Corner of Greene and Bull streets
Reporting officer M. G. Wheeler saw a
man make an illegal left turn onto
Greene Street. After making a lawful
frame stop and making contact with the
driver, the officer noticed marijuana in
plain view. Consent to search the car was
obtained. A cloth bag with four plastic
bags of a green leafy substance was found
in the glovebox, one in the driver-side
door and two in each of the suspects
socks.
The man was arrested for an improper
left-turn.
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.
World
Paris apartment fire kills
seven African immigrants
PARIS — Firefighters said seven
people, including four children, died in
an apartment fire Monday night, the
third since April to gut buildings housing
foreigners in the French capital.
Two other people were seriously
injured in the latest fire, which ripped
through a six-story building in central
Paris.
Eleven people, including five
firefighters, had slight injuries.
Police said they believed the blaze
was accidental, noting numerous fire
hazards inside. Residents had pirated
electricity from a nearby building. Gas
cylinders and mattresses cluttered the
floors and had fueled the flames, police
said.
Just days ago, a deadly blaze killed 17
Africans in Paris. Four months earlier, 24
people died in a fire at a budget hotel
where African immigrants lived, focusing
new attention on the plight of Paris’
poor.
In that fire, French officials ruled out
an electrical short circuit, and raised the
possibility Monday that the fire was
caused by human actions, suggesting
arson or accident. Both buildings were
crowded and rundown, official said.
French President Jacques Chirac urged
investigators to work diligently to
determine the cause of Monday’s fire and
said the government would take “strong
initiatives” soon to help families in
inadequate housing.
State
Documents: Roberts
showed impatience
WASHINGTON — Supreme
Court nominee John Roberts
suggested the former president
of Bob Jones University “go
soak his head” after he
criticized the White House for
avoiding a friends fight with
the IRS, new documents show.
The documents were
revealed Monday as the
National Archives released
more of Roberts’ working
papers from his time as a
government lawyer.
Jones, then president of the
Greenville university that has
rebuffed criticism for its
Christian fundamentalist
beliefs, had complained to the
White House that the IRS was
harassing fundamentalist
minister Peter Ng.
The White House responded
by saying that it couldn’t get
involved in the case. In a Jan. 4,
1984, memo, Roberts said it
had received another plea from
Jones.
“Mr. Jones suggests in his
letter that you would have
reacted differently to an alleged
civil rights violation, and in a
thinly veiled threat, asserts that
the alleged insensitivity of the
administration to
fundamentalist Christians will
not go unnoticed by that
sizable voting block," Roberts
said in a memo to Fielding.
“The audacity of Jones’ reply
is truly remarkable, given that
the political costs this
administration [Reagan’s] has
incurred in promoting the
interests of fundamental
Christians in general and Bob
Jones University in particular,”
Roberts wrote to Fielding. “A
restrained reply to his petulant
paranoia is attached for your
review, telling Jones, in essence,
to go soak his head."
Nation
Bush commemorates
end of World War II
CORONADO, CALIF. — A
resolute President Bush, facing
a public wary of his war
policies, said Tuesday “we will
not rest until victory is
Americas and our freedom is
secure."
Commemorating the 60th
anniversary of the end of World
War II, the president drew
comparisons between that
20th-century conflict and
current wars on terror and in
Iraq.
“As we mark this anniversary,
we are again a nation at war.
Once again war came to our
shores with a surprise attack
that killed thousands in cold
blood," he said, referring to
Sept. 11,2001 terrorist attacks. 1
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