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CAROLINA © BRIEF Bow Tie tour to visit Beaufort Wednesday USC President Andrew Sorensen will visit Beaufort Wednesday as part of the university's annual Bow Tie Bus Tour. A reception is planned, hosted by the Carolina Alumni Association at USC Beaufort Performing Arts Center starting at 5:30 p.m. USC launched its Bow Tie Bus Tour in the fall of 2002, after Sorensen, known for his trademark bow tie, became president. The tour has covered all of the state's 46 counties, meeting alumni and others throughout the state to discuss their thoughts on higher education. At each stop, Sorensen also meets with high school guidance counselors, prospective students and civic organizations to promote the university. Business school gets top-5 worldwide rank The Moore School of Business has been ranked among the top five business schools in the world for MBA programs for Latin Americans by Latin Trade magazine. The magazine's ranking, "The Best MBAs for Latin Americans," appears in this month's issue of the magazine, in the Spanish and Portuguese editions. * The Moore School's IMBA program was ranked two spots ahead of Th underbird, which consistently competes with the Moore School for the top ranking in U.S. News & World Report's annual graduate school rankings. Latin Trade's ranking is based on the opinions of alumni and recruiters, as well as course offerings. Of the 41 schools that submitted information for the rankings, only 17 met the qualifications for being ranked. THIS WEEK f USC TODAY Lisa Sain Odom doctoral voice recital: 5:30 p.m. School of Music 206 Brad Edwards faculty trombone recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music 206 TUESDAY Henry Anderson guitar recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music 206 Kelly Mayo voice recital 6 p.m. School of Music 206 Dawn Hunter & Kathleen Robbins gallery exhibit reception: 5-7 p.m. McMaster 119 FRIDAY Fall 2005 Seminar Series — Boston University’s Karen N. Allen, "Phosphoryl Transfer in the HAD Enzyme Superfamily ”: 4 p.m. Jones Physical Science Center 006 Environmental Nature Walk with Rudy Manche: 11 a.m. USC Horseshoe THi^iAMECOCK Nobody, and we mean nobody, covers USC better. www.dailygamecock.com FHE WEB © WWW.DAILYGAMECOCK.COM Read online five days a week. Bonus. Weather Forecast TODAY PRI. O High 81 High 80 Lout 68 Loui 61 Cock of the stop NickEsares/ n\Y. (iAMECOCK A fallen Gamecock trips up Kentucky tailback Rafael Little in Saturday’s game. The Gamecocks won 44-16. POLICE REPORT 1 SPM WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5 Larceny of money from coin-op machine, 11 a. m. Law Center, 1112 Greene St. Someone removed $150 from two drink machines by unknown means. Reporting officer: M A. Winnington THURSDAY, OCT. 6 Malicious injury to private property, 7:30 a.m. 743 Greene St. Someone damaged windshields on two white Chevrolets parked in a secured,’ fenced area. Estimated value: $500. Reporting officer: M.A. Winnington Driving under suspension, first degree; Operating an uninsured vehicle; Expired vehicle license, 4:10p.m. Corner of Whaley and Pickens Streets The reporting officer stopped a vehicle with an expired license decal. Upon further investigation, the driver, Benjamin Brown Jr., 44, admitted his license was suspended. Harrelson verified this and also discovered his, vehicle was uninsured. Brown was arrested and taken to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Reporting officer: J.M. Harrelson FRIDAY, OCT. 7 Information; Housing violation, 2 a.m. Snowden, 1215 Blossom St. Reporting officer D. Adams responded to a call of individuals reportedly "shooting" each other with BB guns in the hallway. Adams made contact with four individuals, confiscated their weapons and issued four student discipline reports. Snowden's RLC and other professional staff were notified. Simple assault and battery, 2:30 a.m. Bates House, 1423 Whaley St. The victim stated an unknown person, after a verbal fight, struck her in the face causing swelling and a contusion. She could not identify the assailant. Maj. Grabski and Investigators Gallman and Gooding were notified. Reporting officer: D. Adams injormation, o.jw a. m. School of Nursing, 1601 GreeneSt. An individual was removing waste from a trash bin when a needle, which should have been placed in a biohazard container, stuck her in the leg. The woman opted to seek medical attention on her own, and officials from the Nursing School were notified. Reporting officer: D. Adams In Georgia town, Civil War statue has Yankee roots Greg Bluestein THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAINESVILLE, GA. — Does Gainesville's Johnny Reb have Yankee roots? Standing proudly on the town square, the city's 28-foot statue of a Civil War soldier strikes an imposing glance northward, clutching a rifle atop a marble pedestal adorned with a Confederate flag. Called Old Joe by locals, the soldier wears a belt buckle emblazoned with the initials "CSA" for Confederate States of America and boasts a plaque proudly declaring he is dedicated to "Southern Convictions." But beneath the soldier's bronze cast lies a deep secret, betrayed by the kit bag that reveals the letters "U.S." when the sun reflects at the right angle. The beloved statue is actually cast from the mold of a Spanish-American War veteran, says local architect Garland Reynolds, who made the discovery while researching the city's memorials. The hat bill is just too straight. The kit bag is too well supplied. But the gun itself may be the biggest giveaway. It's a model of a Springfield rifle that dates to 1873 — eight years after the Civil War's end. Although the history buff is armed with proof of the soldier's Yankee grounding, some residents of this northeast Georgia town — the adopted home of Confederate Gen. James Longstreet — are reluctant to accept their statue may not stand up to the facts. Reynolds says he was first "almost run out of town" by a handful of Civil War buffs and longtime residents for trying to move the statue from the center of the town square to make way for an auditorium. Now, he says with a chuckle, the same folks "don’t count me as anything." Jeane Parker, president of the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, admits that she can't refute Reynolds' claim since the chapter no longer has the records for the century-old statue. William Norton Jr., a retired federal bankruptcy judge and chairman of surrounding Hall County's historical society, said he believes Reynolds is correct, but admits that he's in the minority among the city's longtime residents, including members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. "Some of the older members resented him making that statement because they've always thought and considered that it was a special-made Confederate veteran statue," Norton said. The Gainesville chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy started to raise money for the statue in 1898 — the same year the U.S. declared war on Spain after the Battleship Maine was sunk in Havana's harbor. The ladies raised $2,500 by selling baked goods and hosting thrift sales. When they finally brought the funds to the now-defunct American Bronze Foundry Co. of Chicago, Reynolds said his research has revealed they had to setde for an altered version cast from a mold of the Spanish-American War soldier that included some modest changes, like the initials "CSA" on his belt buckle. The same company, he says, sold similar Civil War statues — with rifles in the telltale "at ready" position — to small towns across the South and even Confederate sympathizers in the Union town of Parkersburg, W.Va. State Christian group backs congressman’s speech Conservative Christians who want to establish a religious government in South Carolina are promoting a speech by U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, even though the Republican denies any ties to the group. | Texas-based Christian Exodus will hold a conference in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday, the same day Tancredo will talk about immigration at Greenville Technical College. Cory Burnell, president of Christian Exodus, said his group changed the quitting time for its event so attendees could hear Tancredo's speech. Texas-based Christian Exodus has proposed the relocation of thousands of Christians to South Carolina as a start to reforming the country through a return to a government based on Christian . principles. The group says on its 1 Web site the problem is that conservative Christians are "geographically spread out and diluted at the national level. " Nation Officer taped beating man in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS — At least one police officer repeatedly punched a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication, and another officer assaulted an Associated Press Television News ( producer as a cameraman taped the confrontations. The APTN tape shows an officer hitting the man at least four times in the head Saturday night as he stood outside a bar. The suspect, Robert Davis, appeared to resist, twisting and flailing as he was dragged to the ground by four officers. Another officer then kneed Davis and punched him twice. Davis was face-down on the sidewalk with blood streaming down his arm and into the gutter. Meanwhile, an officer ordered APTN producer Rich Matthews { and the cameraman to stop recording. When Matthews held up his credentials and explained he was working, the officer grabbed the producer, leaned him backward over a car, jabbed him in the stomach and unleashed a profanity-laced tirade. World ElBaradei, U.N. group win Nobel Peace Prize VIENNA, Austria — Mohamed ElBaradei and his International Atomic Energy | agency won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, leaving the chief U.N. nuclear inspector strengthened in a job he nearly lost because of a dispute with the United States over Iran and Iraq. ElBaradei suggested winning the world's most prestigious award vindicated his methods and goals — using diplomacy rather than confrontation and defusing tensions in multilateral negotiations that strive for consensus. The Bush administration has bristled at ElBaradei's positions 1 on the nuclear threat posed by Iran and Iraq and unsuccessfully lobbied to block his appointment to a third and final four-year term this year. The endorsement by the Nobel committee was viewed as a major boost to the 63-year-old Egyptian and his mandate to curb nuclear proliferation. -jrfc Tp' Mfl—aw Cultural Awareness Commission Brings you: Before its indep e,