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ROBERTS • COIUIOUED FROU)I
not something that happens in
every generation, but every
generation in its turn must
accept the responsibility of
supporting and defending the
Constitution and bearing true
faith and allegiance to it,”
Roberts said.
A crowd including seven of
the eight sitting justices,
Roberts’ parents, Rosemary and
John Sr., children John and
Josephine, Senate supporters
and White House well-wishers
erupted stood and applauded as
Roberts kissed his wife and
shook Stevens’ hand. The
audience also included Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales and
White House counsel Harriet
Miers, both of whom have been
mentioned as candidates for
O’Connor’s seat.
Roberts took a separate
judicial oath during a private
White House ceremony
attended by the other justices. A
formal Supreme court ceremony
was scheduled for Monday,
before the opening of the term.
O’Connor, a moderate voice
on the Supreme Court and one
of only two women, is leaving
after 24 years. It is the first time
in 34 years that a president has
had simultaneous high court
openings.
The president originally
named Roberts to succeed
O’Connor in July. Rehnquist’s
death led to the switch to
Roberts for the chief justice on
Sept. 6. O’Connor remains on
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Distance Education and
Instructional Support, part of
the Office of Information
Technology participating in the
technical side of the switch —
said most of the channels
should be in their new position
today.
“However,” Hostilo said,
“the planned launch of the new
lineup is Oct. 1.”
Students can tune in to
Channel 2 on the university
cable system to see current
the court until the president
selects a replacement and that
person is confirmed by the
Republican-controlled Senate.
The only justice not at the
White House was Antonin
Scalia. He had a previous
engagement that could not be
broken, a court spokeswoman
said. According the Federalist
Society Web site, he was leading
a two-day seminar on the
separation of powers in Avon,
Coloi
Not since John Marshall,
confirmed in 1801 at 45, has
there been a younger chief.
Roberts is the first new Supreme
, Court justice since 1994.
Before becoming a federal
appeals court judge, he was one
of the nations best appellate
lawyers, arguing 39 cases —
many in front of the same eight
justices he will now lead as
chief. He won 25 of those cases.
Under Roberts, the court will
tackle such issues as assisted
suicide, campaign finance law
and abortion this year, with
questions about religion, same
sex marriage, the government’s
war on terrorism and human
cloning looming in the future.
Said Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist, R-Tenn: “For many
years to come, long after many
of us have left public service, the
Roberts court will be
deliberating on some of the
most difficult and fundamental
questions of U.S. law.”
Twenty-two Democrats
opposed Roberts, saying he
could turn out to be as
listings. In addition, on
Saturday the new channel
lineup will be posted on the
Housing Web site,
www.housing.sc.edu.
Hostilo said the new lineup
will also be published on a new
Gamecock Cable Web site to be
launched Saturday.
Segroves said that while small
changes to the university cable
system will be made every year,
students should not expect
another major overhaul like this
for another two or three years.
Student reaction has been
conservative as Scalia and
Clarence Thomas, the Supreme
Court anchors on the right.
“At the end of the day, I have
too many unanswered questions
about the nominee to justify
confirming him to this lifetime
seat,” said Democratic leader
Harry Reid of Nevada.
Anti-abortion and abortion
rights activists both have their |
hopes pinned on Roberts, a
former government lawyer in
the Reagan and first Bush
administrations. While Roberts
is solidly conservative and his
wife, Jane, volunteers for
Feminists for Life, both sides
were eager to see how he would
vote on abortion cases.
Roberts told senators during
his confirmation hearings that
past Supreme Court rulings
carry weight, including the Roe
v. Wade decision that legalized
abortion in 1973. He also said
he agreed with the 1965
Supreme Court ruling in
Griswold v. Connecticut that
established the right of privacy
in the sale and use of
contraceptives.
But he tempered that by
saying Supreme Court justices
can overturn rulings.
“If the Constitution says that
the little guy should win, then
the little guy’s going to win in
the court before me,” Roberts
told senators. “But if the
Constitution says that the big
guy should win, well then the
big guy’s going to win because
my obligation is to the
Constitution.”
generally positive.
“I think the change in carrier
is fine as long as the outcome is
in favor of the students,” said
Tashia Goodwine, a second
year advertising student.
The addition of more sports
channels seems popular.
“I’m a big football fan, so I
think it’s a good idea,” said
second-year chemistry student
Dan Patel. “The more ESPN
channels, the better.”
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Scientists observe wild gorillas using simple tools
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Joseph B. Uarrengia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the first time, biologists
have documented gorillas in
the wild using simple tools,
such as poking a stick in a
swampy pool of water to check
its depth.
Until now, scientists had
seen gorillas use tools only in
captivity. Among the great
apes, tool use in the wild yvas
thought to be a survival skill
reserved for smaller
chimpanzees arjd orangutans.
The research in the
Republic of Congo’s
rainforests was led by Thomas
Breuer of the Wildlife
Conservation Society at the
Bronx Zoo, which released
-details of his study. Breuer is in
Africa and was not
immediately available for an
interview.
“This is a truly astounding
discovery,” he said in a
statement. “Tool usage in wild
apes provides us with valuable
insights into "the evolution of
our own species and the
abilities of other species.”
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took on a life of its own.
“Everybody else wanted to
get on board,” Wyatt said.
Because of a change in date
his own choral ensemble, he
was unable to perform, but he
still worked on planning the
concert.
Wyatt said he lived in New
Orleans for 14 years and has
many friends and colleagues
there. He wanted to have the
concert to raise money and
awareness for Katrina victims.
“We are so privileged to be
able to present this concert on
behalf of persons displaced
from the Gulf Coast as a result
of the Katrina disaster,” said
Taylor Harding, music school
dean, in a USC news release.
“We hope that it will be part
of a nationally coordinated
concert series effort for which
the USC School of Music is
planning three concerts. Each
of these concerts, beginning
with ‘USC Cares: Renewal
Through Music’ this Tuesday,
will benefit a different group
of persons affected by
Katrina.”
The first concert will aid
Kdtrina victims who have
been displaced to the
Columbia and Midlands
area, while subsequent
concerts will benefit
musicians from New Orleans
and music students from
areas affected by the
hurricane, Leaman said.
“It will be a long-term
healing for the ' hurricane
victims, so that’s why we want
to have a series of concerts to
benefit them,” Harding said.
Much of the concert#
program will be jazz-oriented
to reflect New Orleans’ status
as the birthplace of jazz, but
the program will also offer
traditional and patriotic
music, even a steel-drum
selection. *
.. Ensembles include USC’s
Wind Ensemble, the Palmetto
Pans Steel Drum Band, USC
Jazz Combo, University
Chorus and a clarinet quintet.
“It’s a concert that offers
something for everybody,” said
Jacob Will, assistant professor
of voice, who will perform an
aria from the French opera
“Manon,” about a French
prostitute deported to
Louisiana.
“I think even though we’re .
fairly far removed from New
Orleans, I’ve been there and I
love it,” Will said. “Doing
something like this, you show
and feel a certain solidarity
with the people who were
there. This could easily have
happened to us.”
Other faculty artists will
Include Rebecca Nagel, Scott
Herring, Jerry Curry and
Helen Tintes.
Even employees at the Koger
Center have joined in the spirit
of the night, donating their
time for the concert.
“I think it’s going to be a
really fine event,” Wyatt said.
“A wide range of musical
styles are being done, and it’s
going to appeal to a lot of
tastes, and we hope that the
community will come out and
support it.”
South Carolina Cares is a
co-sponsor of the concert.
Anyone interested in making a
donation to the relief effort
can do so by sending checks,
payable to South Carolina
Cares, P.O. Box 608,
Columbia, S.C., 29202.
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