CAROLINAOBRIEF
USC’s donation helps
improve local literacy
USC hopes a $6 million plan
to connect children and parents
to local libraries will stimulate
reading in a state with the
nation’s third-highest adult
illiteracy rate.
The initiative, called
“Children, Libraries and
Literacy,” will create reading
centers in Columbia, send a
converted RV across the state to
show people what libraries have
to offer and fund an endowed
chair for literacy research.
“If kids are not reading-ready
when they go' to school, then
they’re going to be behind for the
rest of their academic career,”
said Dan Barron, director of
USC’s School of Library and
Information Science.
The program should be
operating by 2008.
The South Carolina Center
for Childrens Books and
Literacy, which will be located, at
the State Museum, will feature a
collection of new childrens books
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and will conduct workshops,
conferences and other
programming at libraries and
daycare facilities.
A satellite location at USC’s
Child Development and
Research Center will include
books on parenting and teaching
children to read.
THIS WEEK 0 USC
TODAY
Petrea Wameck doctoral
oboe recital: 6 p.m. School of
Music 206
Fall 2005 Seminar Series —
Wally Scrivens, “Polymer
Nanocomposites and
Nanomaterials at USC”: A p.m.
Jones Physical Science Center
006
Illustrator E.B. Lewis: 7 p.m.
Swearingen 1 CO 1
SUNDAY
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Series, Program No. 5 —
American: 3 p.m. School of
Music 206
MONDAY
Robert Cavanaugh young
saxophone recital: 6 p.m.
School of Music 206
Justin S. Fulkerso,. junior
tuba recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
TUESDAY
Deanna Moore doctoral
piano recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
Drew Allen junior tuba
recital: 6 p.m. School of Music
206
Year of Languages
Celebration, the Inauguration
of the French House: 4 p.m.
820 Henderson St.
WEDNESDAY
Last Lecture Series —
Claudia Benitez—Nelson,
'“The Day After Tomorrow”’?
Global climate change over the
last century”: 7 p.m.
Harper/Elliot Gressette Room
Washington Post associate
editor Jim Hoagland: 7 p.m.
law school auditorium
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State
Sanford staff member
jailed for intoxication
Gov. Mark Sanford’s
director of administration
was arrested early Thursday
and charged with public
drunkenness.
Michael Cavanaugh, 53,
was “grossly intoxicated”
when he was arrested at 3:30
a.m. on the sidewalk of a city
street, according to a
Columbia police report.
Columbia police took him
to jail. He was released at
11:57 a.m. and issued a
summons. He did not need to
post bail.
If convicted of the
misdemeanor charge, he faces
a penalty of $465 in court
fees and up to 30 days in jail.
Cavanaugh has worked for
Sanford since November
2003. The governor has not
decided how to handle
Cavanaugh’s arrest. It was
unclear whether he would be
placed on leave from his
$74,245 a year job.
The arrest came one day
after Sanford’s former
spokesman Will Folks
pleaded guilty in Columbia
city court to criminal
domestic violence.
Nation
California brush fire
creeps toward L.A.
LOS ANGELES — A wind
whipped brush fire quickly
doubled in size Thursday to
7,000 acres, destroying at least
one home and prompting
evacuations as flames rose
along a ridge for miles.
Helicopters began dropping
water on the flames at
daybreak as the fire threatened
canyon homes in the San
Fernando Valley, at Los
Angeles’ westernmost edge,
and crept west toward
dwellings near Thousand Oaks
in Ventura County.
More than 1,000 firefighters
battled the blaze, Los Angeles
Fire Capt. Mark Savage said.
They expected a tough day
Thursday, with low humidity,
triple-digit temperatures and
brisk winds, combined with
the area’s dry brush.
The blaze, which was five
percent contained, consumed a
home and a detached garage
and was threatening countless
others, officials said.
Past wildfires fanned by
Santa Ana winds have roared
south to Malibu, and
firefighters feared a repeat with
this blaze.
World
Researchers capture
giant squid on film
TOKYO — When a nearly
20-foot-long tentacle was
hauled aboard his research
ship, Tsunemi Kubodera knew
he had something big.
It was a rare giant squid, a
creature that until then had
eluded observation in the
wild.
Kubodera’s team captured
photos of the 26-foot-long beast
attacking its bait 3,000 feet
below, then struggling for more
than four hours to get free. The
j squid pulled so hard on the line
that it severed one of its
tentacles.
For centuries giant squids,
formally called Architeuthis,
have been the stuff of legends,
but they had never been seen
in their natural habitat, only
caught in fishing nets or
washed ashore dead or dying.
The Japanese team,
capping a three-year effort,
filmed the creature in
September of last year,
finding what one researcher
called “the holy grail” of
deep-sea animals.
Giant squid are the world’s
largest invertebrates, having
been known to exceed 50 feet.
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when they finish the
investigation and let the
university know if it is something
that requires further attention.
“I have not received a
report,” Brewer said, “but I
expect to get an update
tomorrow.”
The investigation occurs
during National Hazing
Prevention week, Sept. 26-29.
Each chapter this week received
information on how to prevent
hazing, according to the Greek
life Web site,
www.sa.sc.edu/greeklife.
Beacham said headquarters
“will continue to work closely
with the university.
“As things develop, we will
release information,” Beacham
said.
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POLICE REPORT
MONDAY,
SEPT.26
Malicious injury to private
property, 11:30 p. m.
East Quad,
1400 Blossom St.
Tericka Sanders, 20, said
someone flattened her rear
right tire. No suspect
information was available.
Estimated value: $150.
Reporting officer: M.J.
Winnington
TUESDAY,
SEPT. 27
Petit larceny of hammock,
9 a.m.
Rutledge College, 902
Sumter St.
Someone removed a single
person, chair-style hammock
from a residents third-floor
balcony. Estimated value:
$150.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
Driving under suspension,
first degree, improper
displaying of a vehicle license,
12:16p.m.
Comer of Huger
and Devine streets
Reporting officer J. M.
Harrelson stopped a white
Oldsmobile because its S.C.
license plate was improperly
displayed. Upon running a
check on the license of drive
Jeffery Smith, 20, Harrelson
discovered his license was
suspended. Smith was arrested
and taken to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
Illegal use of telephone,
1:19 p.m.
The victim said he was
receiving threatening call^J
from a 20-year-old man. The^
victim said he did not wish to
press charges.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
Disorderly conduct,
7:45 p.m.
1501 Senate St.
Reporting officer M. ]■
Winnington found Terry
Morris, 45, in a parking lot,
unsteady on his feet, slurring
his speech and using profane
language. Morris was arrested
and taken to Glenn Detention
Center.
WEDNESDAY, m
SEPT. 28 M
Grand larceny of scales,
2 p.m.
Jones Physical Science
Center, 712 Main St.
Someone removed an
electronic scale from an
unlocked room. The scale was
locked to an electrical conduit
in the center of the room.
Estimated value: $1,500.
Reporting officers: S. Wilcox,
M. Wheeler
Reports are taken from the USC Police Department.
Graham says female S. C. judge
should replace justice O’Connor
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — U.S.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,
is recommending a female
judge from South Carolina as
a Supreme Court
nominee.Karen Williams of
Orangeburg, a judge on the
4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals for 13 years, has
made President Bush’s list of
possible replacements for
retiring Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day
O’Connor. His advisers have
pored over her resume and
judicial decisions.
“I’m enthusiastically
advocating her selection,” said
Graham of Seneca. I told the
White House she would be a
great nominee. She’s a good
conservative, and she’s
confirmable.”
But court observers say it’s
unlikely Williams, a former
Lexington and Orangeburg
County school teacher, will
make the short list of
potential nominees.
“I’d be very surprised,” said
Jonathan Turley, a law
professor at George
Washington University.
Bush is expected to
nominate O’Connors
replacement soon. Bush
originally named John
Roberts to succeed
O’Connor. But the death oi^k
Chief Justice William
Rehnquist earlier this month
led Bush to nominate Roberts
as his successor instead. The
Senate confirmed Roberts on
Thursday as chief justice of
the United States.
O’Connor will remain on
the court until the president
selects a new replacement.
A confirmation of
Williams, 54, would keep two
women on the nine-member
high court. And her
conservative ideals mesh with
the president’s. ^
Williams, a former trial^P
lawyer, is known as one of the
most conservative judges on
the nation’s most conservative
federal appeals court. Law
professors point to Williams’
resume, which includes
decisions that would likely be
questioned.
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