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Bush accepts responsibility
for Katrina response failure
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President Bush reacts during a joint press availability Tuesday with Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani in the East Room of the White House. Bush said
Hurricane Katrina raised broader questions about the government’s ability to
respond not only to natural disasters but to terror attacks as well.
Facing sharp criticism,
president plans fourth trip
to devastated Gulf Coast
TomRaum
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Bush for
the first time took responsibility Tuesday
for federal government mistakes in
dealing with Hurricane Katrina and
suggested the calamity raised broader
questions about the government’s ability
to handle both natural disasters and terror
attacks.
“Katrina exposed serious problems in
our response capability at all levels of
government,” Bush said at a joint White
House news conference with Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani.
“And to the extent that the federal
government didn’t fully do its job right, I
take responsibility. I want to know what
went right and what went Wrong,” said
Bush.
Facing sharp criticism and the lowest
approval ratings of his presidency, Bush
scheduled a speech to the nation from
Louisiana for Thursday evening. It will be
his fourth trip to the devastated Gulf
Coast since the storm struck two weeks
ago.
It was the closest Bush has come to
publicly faulting any federal officials
involved in the hurricane response, which
has been widely criticized as disjointed
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USC student
helps promote
healthy eating
Struggle with bulimia
motivates Nina Lerners
^ campus outreach
fllelissa Rhodes
FOR THE GAMECOCK
Did you know that 3,624 of your
fellow classmates might be suffering
from bulimia?
That’s the question fourth-year
Spanish student Nina Lerner is asking
USC students.
During her freshman year, Lerner
was one of those 3,624 students.
According to a 1995 study of
college women and diets featured in
the Journal of Psychiatric Research,
nine out of 10 women at USC might
be dieting to control their weight.
Lerner said she is concerned that
mdents dont understand the
seriousness of dieting.
Dieting just isnt the right way to
go,” Lerner said. “Dieting can lead to
eating disorders and other health
complications. Eating healthily and
exercising moderately is the right
route.”
First-year biology graduate student
Lilia Marton said she believes Lerners
concerns are justified.
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The Associated Tress
This undated image released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) on Tuesday in Washington shows a display that compares animal cruelty
to black civil rights abuses.
Despite protests, animal rights group
resumes cruelty.; slavery comparison
PETA likens chained animals to human oppression
Dionne lllalher
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, VA. — One month
after suspending a provocative display
comparing animal cruelty to slavery,
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals is resuming the traveling
show on the West Coast.
PETA came under fire after a man
began yelling that the exhibit was
racist during an Aug. 8 showing in
New Haven, Conn. The incident
outraged national civil rights groups,
who said it demeaned blacks.
But after weeks of reviewing e-mail
and conducting an online poll, PETA
officials are confident the exhibit
should continue, said spokeswoman
Dawn Carr.
“What we kept seeing is that the
complaints always boiled down to not
wanting to be compared to animals —
which is the very bias we’re trying to
challenge,” she said in an interview
Tuesday.
In a lengthy statement, PETA
president Ingrid Newkirk defended the
decision, even as she acknowledged the
display’s unintended impact.
“I unequivocally apologize for the
hurt and upset that this exhibit has
caused some of its viewers,” she wrote.
“I realize that old wounds can be slow
to heal and for not helping them heal,
I am also sorry.
“That said, I would fail in my duty
if I allowed this exhibit to disappear.”
The Animal Liberation Project,
scheduled to resume its tour Tuesday
in Portland, Ore., involves a display of
panels juxtaposing graphic images of
slavery and other human abuse with
pictures of chained animals.
In one panel, titled “Hanging,” a
white mob surrounds two lynched
blacks swinging from a tree. A nearby
picture shows a cow hanging in a
slaughterhouse.
Newkirk argued the same mind-set
that caused slavery has a role in animal
abuse.
“It is only human supremacy, which
is as unacceptable as racism and
sexism, that makes us afraid of being
more inclusive,” she wrote.
That message fell flat with the
National Association for the
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Special mTIIK OAMhXOCK
Bob Fulton, “Voice of the Gamecocks.”
ATHLETICS
TO REINSTATE
FULTON AS
CONSULTANT
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After dismissing legendary
broadcaster in August,
a change of heart
Jonathan Hillyard
SPORTS EDITOR
Bob Fulton, the former voice of
USC’s football and basketball teams,
will be reinstated to his position as
special consultant to the athletics
department, The Gamecock learned
Tuesday.
Athletics Director Eric Hyman
confirmed he and Fulton discussed
the legendary announcer’s return
during a Monday lunch meeting.
Fulton, who retired from his spot
in the broadcast booth in 1995, said
he was told by letter in August that he
would not be retained because of
financial reasons, The Gamecock
reported Aug. 26. Hyman later said
the decision to not retain the long
time announcer was made before he
arrived at Carolina.
Hyman, who took office as
athletics director July 1, said that
speaking with Fulton about the
history of Gamecock athletics was like
talking to “a walking encyclopedia”
and that the two had a very positive
meeting.
“He is probably one of the most
knowledgeable people out there when
it comes to Gamecock athletics,”
Hyman said. “He is a very important
part of this university, and I think he
will continue to be.”
“We talked about the different
people who have been there, about
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Steven Van Haren says society is
doomed to repeat its mistakes;
Paige Martineau, a Yankee,
bemoans dodging Southern
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Law school
dean resigns
after 2 years
Powell's return
to teaching leaves program
' dean-less yet again
Jess Dauis
STAFF WRITER
USC law school dean Burnele
Powell resigned Friday afternoon,
notifying his colleagues via e-mail that
he would step down to a faculty
position beginning in the spring
semester.
“I look forward to a resumption of
my teaching and scholarly
responsibilities while simultaneously
feeling enormous pride about what
we have accomplished,” Powell said in
a statement.
Powell became dean in January
2004 after a nearly three-year search
to find a replacement for former dean
John Montgomery, now also a full
time professor at the law school. Some
law school professors were surprised
by Powell’s decision.
“I’m somewhat disappointed that
things didn’t work out better both for
Powell staying as dean and for the law
school having a dean,” said John
Freeman, professor of business and
legal ethics at the law school.
Some have speculated Powell s
resignation was tied to the law
school’s drop in ratings over the past
few years, from 78th in 2003 to 90th
in 2005 in U.S. News & World
Report. ”1 told Dean Powell that I
expect him to lead the law school into
the top 50 law schools in the
country,” said USC President Andrew
Sorensen when Powell was hired.
Concerns have also been raised
about the ability of USC’s law school
to compete with the newly founded
Charleston School of Law, which
opened its doors in fall 2004. Three
professors from USC’s law school
have moved to the school, but each
say their moves were based on
opportunity, not anything negative at
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ATHLETES
TO AID KATRINA
RELIEF EFFORT
From Staff Reports
USC and the American Red Cross
will team up Saturday to raise money
for Hurricane Katrina victims.
As part of Team Gamecocks, the
athletics departments community
service program, USC athletes will be
among those collecting cash
donations at the gates of Williams
Brice Stadium before the USC
Alabama game.
USC President Andrew Sorensen in
a news release called the effort part of
a “special obligation” the school has to
aid those affected by the storm.
Half the proceeds raised Saturday
will go to the Red Cross, with the rest
going to South Carolina Cares, an
organization put together by
Congressman James Clyburn and
Columbia Mayor Bob Coble to assist
Katrina victims.
Donations will be accepted
beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at
kickoff.
Local Boy Scouts and Red Cross
members will also be on hand to
collect donations.
USC will become one of many
SEC schools working to raise money
for Katrina victims. Last week,
volunteers from the University of
Georgia collected donations before a
matchup with the Gamecocks.
Of SEC schools, LSU has
spearheaded relief efforts, converting __
its basketball arena into a hospital and
offering to house thousands of
refugees.
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