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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
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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
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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.
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