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Conference to feature
acclaimed illustrator
Award-winning children’s
book illustrator and
watercolorist E.B. Lewis will
give a public talk at 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 30, at USC.
The free event will be held in
Amoco Hall of the Swearingen
Engineering Center on Main
Street. Lewis will discuss
childrens literature and the
importance and value of
connecting children with
books. His talk is the
culmination of a daylong
conference on children’s
literacy sponsored by USC’s .
School of Library and
Information Science.
Lewis has illustrated dozens
of books for children, including
Nikki Grimes’ “Talkin’ About
Bessie: The Story of Aviator
Elizabeth Coleman,” a 2003
Coretta Scott King Illustrator
Award winner; Tolowa M.
Mollel’s “My Rows and Piles of
Coins,” an ALA Notable Book
and a Coretta Scott King
Honor Book; and Doreen
Rappaport and Lyndall Callan’s
“Dirt on Their Skirts,” a
Canadian Children’s Book
Centre Choice.
Lewis was inspired at an
early age by two of his uncles
who were artists. As a student
in Temple University’s Tyler
School of Art, he developed a
preference for watercolor. He
has taught art in public schools,
freelanced as an illustrator and
exhibited his art in galleries
throughout the country.
Pulitzer Prize winner
to speak at law school
Washington Post senior
foreign correspondent and
USC graduate Jim Hoagland
will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 5, in the law school
auditorium.
Hoagland’s talk, free and open
to the public, will cover current
events, his experiences as a foreign
correspondent and his days as a
USC undergraduate. The lecture
is the School of Journalism and
Mass Communications’ second
annual Buchheit Family Lecture.
Hoagland, associate editor
and senior foreign
correspondent for The
Washington Post, is a two-time
Pulitzer Prize winner.
THIS WEEK ® USC
THURSDAY
LAST DAY TO DROP A
COURSE WITHOUT A
Grade of “wf” being
RECORDED
Taeseong Kim doctoral
piano recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
Statistics Colloquium —
John Spurrier, “Comparing
Two Regression Lines Over a
Fixed Interval”: 2 p.m.
LeConte College 210A
FRIDAY
Petrea Wameck doctoral
oboe recital: 6 p.m. School of
Music 206
Fall 2005 Seminar Series —
Wally Scrivens, “Polymer
Nanocomposites and
Nanomaterials at USC”: 4
p.m. Jones Physical Science
Center 006
Illustrator E.B. Lewis: 7
p.m. Swearingen 1C01
SUNDAY
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Series, Program No. 5 —
American: 3 p.m. School of
Music 206
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Freshman kicker Ryan Succup boots a kickoff in the Gamecocks’ 45-20 win against Troy on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium.
POLICE REPORT
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
Suspicious activity, 11:35a.m.
C2 Lot, 901 Sumter St.
Two women said a 28- to 32-year-old
man blocked their path with his bicycle
and made harassing comments at them.
He said he was a USC janitor and slept on
the second floor of the Russell House. He
also said he knew where the women lived.
Reporting officers: S. Wilcox, B. Baker
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest,
7:09 p.m.
Williams-Brice Stadium, 1000
George Rogers Blvd.
A 37-year-old man was found grossly
intoxicated or otherwise being disorderly
using profane language. The man pulled
his hand away from reporting officer N.
Husband upon being arrested and fought
back when forced to the ground.
Assault and battery, 8:30 p. m.
William s-Brice Stadium, 1000
George Rogers Blvd.
Reporting officers K. Adams and J.
Reed of the Columbia Police
Department were dispatched to a fight in
section 305. Witnesses said a 57-year-old
man and a 26-year-old man had been in a
verbal fight. Conflicting reports from
both sides had either instigator assaulting
the other over comments made about a
man’s drunken capacity while descending
the stairs.
Driving under influence, first degree;
driving with an open container of
alcohol, 8:30p.m.
Corner of Pickens and Whaley streets
Reporting officer L. Welch saw a
vehicle sitting in the roadway on Whaley
Street facing Pickens Street. Galen
Roche, 21, was slumped and
unresponsive in the seat with the car in
drive, an open can of beer in a cupholder.
Welch reached into the car and placed it
in park, then asked Roche to exit the
vehicle. The man had slurry speech,
bloodshot eyes and was uneasy on his
feet. Roche said he had no idea where he
was, how he had gotten there or
where his passengers were. He
was arrested and transported to
Alvin S. Glenn Detention
Center. *
Disorderly conduct, 9:16 p.tn.
Williams-Brice Stadium,
1000 George Rogers Bivd.
A man approached reporting
officers M.G. Wheeler and J. M.
Harrison using profane language
in a loud, boisterous voice. He
was arrested when the officers
asked him to leave the stadium
and used more profane language
instead.
Disorderly conduct, 9:50p.m.
Williams-Brice Stadium, 1000
George Rogers Blvd.
Joshua Reames, 25, was observed
yelling obscenities in the North Stand.
Reporting officer M. Procter approached
Reames and asked him to stop. Reames
had been drinking, and Procter offered
him the choice of leaving the stadium or
being arrested. Reames left the stadium
willingly, but returned 10 minutes later.
Reames was arrested for disorderly
conduct.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
Larceny of cell phone, la.m.
McBryde, 1300 Blossom St.
The victim said he picked up an 18- to
20-year-old man named “Ian” at
McBryde and dropped him off at an
“unknown” location, as the victim was
unfamiliar with the area. When the man
left, he had taken the victim’s cell phone.
The victim called the phone, and the
man answered then hung up. Reporting
officer: L. Welch
MONDAY, SEPT. 26
Attempted burglary, 7:50 a.m.
B.A. Building, 1705 College St.
Someone tried to break into several
rooms on the second floor. Minor
damage to several office doors as well as
an exit door was found.
Keporting officer: ivi./l. Winnitigton
Malicious injury to private property,
larceny of flag andflagpoles, 8 a.m.
Presidents House, 1305 Greene St.
Someone broke the front leg of a
bench on the front porch of USC
President Andrew Sorensen’s residence.
Someone also stole a USC flag, a U.S.
flag and an S.C. flag along with their flag
poles. Total estimated value: $270.
Information; Civil dispute, 9:30 p.m.
East Quad, 1400 Blossom St.
The victim said a man had become
verbally abusive with her and her
roommate and threatened to slash the
victim’s tires if she did not settle a debt
with the man. Reporting officer D.
Adams contacted the man and is
continuing to resolve the matter.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27
Lynching 4:05a.m.
South Quad E-5 Lot, 500 Sumter St.
The victim said while walking to his
dorm, Benton Montgomery, 20, and
Robert Bennett, 21, assaulted him and
took his cell phone. The two men pushed
the victim to the ground, causing cuts
and scrapes. First Responders were called,
and the victim gave a written statement.
Reporting officers: M.J. Winnington, C.
Taylor
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Reports are taken from the USC Police Department.
Two to share $100,000 in Wendys finger case
Justin ID. Horton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — A
businessman will split a
$100,000 reward from
Wendy’s International Inc.
with an anonymous tipster for
helping solve the infamous
“chili finger” case, the
company said Tuesday.
Mike Casey, who runs an
asphalt plant in Las Vegas that
employed both the man who
lost the finger and the
husband of the woman who
claimed she bit into the digit,
had complained last week he
hadn’t been compensated for
the tip that helped authorities
unravel the scheme.
“I did what they wanted
and they offered it, so I think
I have it coming," he said at
the time.
Wendy’s, based in Dublin,
Ohio, said it was grateful to
all the tipsters who called a
hot line set up when profits
plunged after reports of the
hoax hit headlines worldwide.
“We sincerely thank these
citizens for stepping forward
and calling the special hot line
number with information that
helped investigators break
open this case," Wendy’s
officials said in a statement.
Casey could not be reached
by phone at work Tuesday.
Company officials said the
second recipient asked to
remain anonymous.
State
Coast Guard rescues
2 fishermen in ocean
CHARLESTON — The Coast
Guard has rescued two
commercial fishermen whose
boat sank 50 miles east of Myrtle
Beach.
A helicopter rescue crew
based out of Charleston
rescued Scott Willetts, 42, and^ I
Wayne Thomas, 45, both of
North Carolina, about 10
p.m. Monday, after their 35
foot commercial fishing boat
sank.
The rescue crew found
Willetts and Thomas floating in
a life raft.
They were in the water for
less than an hour, said Coast
Guard spokesman Lt. Robin
Stotz.
Both men were wearing their
lifejackets, and had proper
lifesaving equipment.
Flares helped the rescue crew
locate the men.
“They made it a very easy
rescue," Stotz said.
Both men were in good
condition and were dropped off
at the Grand Strand Airport.
Nation
England apologizes
for Abu Ghraib abuse
FORT HOOD, Texas — Army
Pfc. Lynndie England
apologized Tuesday for posing
for the notorious detainee
abuse photos at Abu Ghraib^
prison, saying she did it at the
behest of the soldier boyfriend
she loved and trusted.
England, convicted Monday
of prisoner mistreatment,
directed blame toward Pvt.
Charles 'Graner Jr. during her
statement to jurors who will
determine her punishment.
“I was used by Pvt. Graner,"
England said. "I didn’t realize it
at the time."
England, the most
recognizable of the nine enlisted
soldiers charged in the scandal
after photos of the abuse became
public, was convicted on six o0
the seven counts against her.
England was photographed
at Abu Ghraib holding a naked
prisoner on a leash. She also
posed with a pyramid of naked
detainees and pointed at the
genitals of a prisoner while a
cigarette hung from her mouth.
World
Top al-Qaeda official
killed in Baghdad raid
BAGHDAD. Iraq — U.S. and
Iraqi authorities said Tuesday
their forces had killed the No. 2
official in the al-Qaeda in Irac^ i
organization in a weekend raid
in Baghdad, claiming to have
struck a “painful blow” to the
country’s most feared insurgent
group.
Abu Azzam was killed early
Sunday when U.S. and Iraqi
forces raided a high-rise
apartment building in
Baghdad, Lt. Col. Steve
Boylan, a U.S. military
spokesman, told the AP.
Abdullah Abu Azzam led al
Qaeda’s operations in Baghdad,
planning a brutal wave of
suicide bombings in the capital .
since April, killing hundreds oF [
people, officials said.
He also controlled finances
for foreign fighters that flowed
into Iraq to join the insurgency.
Abu Azzam, who a
government spokesman said was
an Iraqi, was the top deputy to
Jordanian militant Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi.