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USC institute to push
arts collaborations
USC has established an arts
institute to encourage
collaboration among the arts
disciplines and to make the
university’s cultural arts more
visible in the community.
English professor Kwame
Dawes has been named director
of the new initiative, which has
received the backing of Mary
Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences,
and Tayloe Harding, dean of
the School of Music.
The institute is based on a
program at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. The
institute’s budget is $225,000
per year for four years. Its
mission is to encourage and
oversee interdepartmental art
projects, increase student
involvement, and launch a Web
site that will consolidate
information about arts-related
activities, events and outreach.
S.C. poets to convene
at annual summit
The South Carolina Poetry
Initiative at USC will play host
to the state’s largest gathering of
poets at its annual Poetry
Summit, Sept. 23-24.
Billed as a “poetry
extravaganza” by Kwame
Dawes, executive director of the
S.C. Poetry Initiative, the
summit will begin with “A
Poet’s Night in Columbia”
Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. at
Mangia! Mangia! in West
Columbia. Participants will
meet and have dinner with
poets Terrance Hayes and
Lucinda Grey.
Events on Sept. 24 will
include poetry readings,
discussions and an open-mic
session from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at
the Columbia Museum of Art.
THIS WEEK © USC
TODAY
USC Jazz Trio performance:
7:30 p.m. School of Music 206.
North Campus Katrina
Donation Drive: 4-7 p.m. all
north campus buildings.
SUNDAY
Cornelia Freeman
September Concert Series,
Program No. 3 —
Slavic/Russian: 3 p.m. School
of Music 206.
Ryan Lewis doctoral
percussion recital: 7:30 p.m.
•School of Music 206.
TUESDAY
Andrea Price-Baxley
doctoral voice recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
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An exhibit in the Thomas Cooper Library celebrating “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman includes
signed copies of the book. “Leaves of Grass” is considered by many to be one of the most important
pieces of prose in American literature.
State
FBI file shows threats
against Thurmond
While Strom Thurmond
was much-loved by many in
South Carolina during his
record 48 years in the Senate,
there were those who went
beyond disagreeing with the
one-time segregationist and
threatened his life, according
to newly released FBI files.
Threatening telegrams,
results of handwriting tests
and summaries of interviews
with suspects are among the
836 pages of documents made
public this week.
The State, which requested
Thurmond’s FBI file after the
former senator died in 2003,
counted 31 threats
investigated from 1958 to
1989, the years covered in the
released pages. The documents
do not show whether any of
the threats led to prosecution.
In a 1976 letter to
Thurmond, postmarked from
Greenville, a man said he
despised the senator and his
politics. “I would give my cool
seat in hell to be able to pull
the trigger,” the man wrote.
Nation
Eleven Ohio children
found locked in cages
WAKEMAN, Ohio —
Sheriff’s deputies found 11
children locked in cages less
than 3 1/2 feet high inside a
home, but a couple denied
they had abused or neglected
the children.
A judge on Monday put the
children — who range in age
from 1 to 14 and who have
various disabilities, including
autism — in foster homes.
The children were found in
nine cages built into the walls
of the house near this small
city in northern Ohio,
according to the Huron
County Sheriff’s Office.
Sharen and Mike Gravelie are
adoptive or foster parents for all
11 . children, officials said.
Prosecutors were reviewing the
case, but no charges had been
filed as of Monday night.
County Prosecutor Russell
Leffler said the Gravelles
claimed a psychiatrist
recommended the cages.
One of the boys said he’d
slept in the cage for three years,
Sommers said.
World
I Despite new attacks,
Protestant ire fading
BELFAST, Northern Ireland
— Protestant mobs attacked
police officers with Molotov
cocktails and hijacked cars in
rioting that ran into early
Tuesday, but police and other
emergency services said the
Protestant rage of the past
three nights was fading.
“It was very noticeable last
night. The tension was greatly
reduced,” said Chris Kerr, a
commander of Belfast’s hard
pressed firefighting service.
On Monday evening,
hundreds of Protestant men and
youths continued to menace
motorists, block roads with
burning vehicles and barrage
police units with everything
from paint-filled balloons to
firecrackers in several parts of
Belfast and outlying towns.
The Police Service of
Northern Ireland said 10 more
officers were wounded
overnight, raising the police’s
four-day injury toll to 60. They
reported arresting 63 suspected
rioters from Saturday afternoon
through Tuesday.
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POLICE REPORT
MONDAY, SEPT. 5
Grand larceny, 5 p-m.
Jones Physical Science
Center, 712 Main St.
Someone entered a locked
room in the building and
removed six Adam AQT200
digital scales secured by table
locks. Estimated value: $1,500.
Reporting officer: D. Adams
SATURDAY,
SEPT.10
Simple possession of
marijuana, unlauful
possession of pistol, unlatvfid
carrying of a pistol,
10:30 p.m.
Reporting officer J. Claypoole
approached a white Lexus after
it sat through a light cycle at
Sumter and' Greene streets,
drove through two lanes of
traffic and pulled over on
Sumter Street. Claypoole asked
for the drivers ID and called
for more officers. Upon further
questioning the driver,
investigator Gooding noticed a
handgun under the drivers
seat. The cars five occupants
were searched for more
weapons. One passenger was
found to have a bag containing
a leafy substance, which he
later admitted was marijuana.
The driver, Carlton Harris, 19,
admitted to owning the gun.
The weapon was unloaded at
the time of the stop.
SUNDAY,
SEPT.11
Larceny of bicycle, 3 ci.m.
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
Someone stole a blue-and
silver Hardrock bicycle with a
USC bike decal. Estimated
value: $250.
Reporting officer: S. Wilcox
Trespass after notice,
assisting other agency, 8:10
a.m.
National Advocacy Center.
1600 block of Pendleton St.
The complainant saw
Eugene Bouknight, 40, and
Randy Graves, 49, on USC
property believing they were
attempting to enter a trailer
near The Inn at USC.
Reporting officer J.M. Simmons
made contact and placed the
men in investigative detention.
Background checks revealed
Bouknight had been previously
warned about trespassing, and^
Graves had a warrant foi^
shoplifting and public
drunkenness. Bouknight was
arrested and taken to Richland
County Detention Center.
Graves was turned over to
Columbia police.
Trespass after notice, giving
false information to police,
9:10 a.m.
1.614 College St.
While on routine patrol,
reporting officer L. Welch saw
Brian Stanhope, 32, trying to
use a payphone. Upon contact,
Stanhope denied having ever
been warned about trespassing^
on USC property, deniet^B
having an ID and said he was a
student.- All three statements
were false. He was arrested and
taken to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
MONDAY,
SEPT.12
Auto break-in, larceny of
stereo, 9A5a.m.
USC Band Hall,
511 Main St.
The victim said someone
forced open her Jeep
Wrangler’s passenger-sid(^_
door and removed a JVC CdH|
stereo. Estimated value: $300.
Reporting officer: M.J.
Winnington
Suspicious activity, 8 p.m.
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
The complainant said items
were being shot out of a
window as if they were being
fired from a “potato cannon.”
Reporting officer M.A.
Winnington responded but
was unable to determine from
which window the items were
being launched. a
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