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CAROLINA O BRIEF Alumni to be honored during class reunion The Carolina Alumni Association will honor outstanding alumni at its annual class reunion and alumni awards party today at the Columbia lyletropolitan Convention Center. Receiving USC’s Distinguished Alumni Award are Florence attorney Mark W. Buyck Jr.; corporate business leader Robert V. Royall of Huger; and businessman Othniel Wienges of St. Matthews. Also to be honored are Robert Dobson III of Greenville; banking executive Robert R. Hill Jr. of Columbia; and Michael L. Thurmond of Stone Mountain, Ga., commissioner of the Georgia Labor Department and recipient of the Outstanding Black Alumni Award. Honorary lifetime memberships in the Carolina Alumni Association will go to Donald Greiner, USC Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English; U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., of York; and Ray Tanner, USC baseball coach. USC’s Black Alumni Council is celebrating Homecoming weekend with a jazz social today, featuring music by Ko’Men In’trist. On Saturday, ' an old-fashioned tailgate party with food and entertainment is planned at Me Waters off Shop Road. THIS WEEK O USC TODAY Homecoming Parade: 4 p.m. the Horseshoe at Sumter Street Fall 2005 Seminar Series — Dr. David R. McMillin, “DNA-Binding Interactions of Cationic Porphyrins”: 4 p.m. Jones Physical Science Center 006 Andrew Cline and Brett Hoffecker saxophone recital: 4 p.m. School of Music 206 Daniel Gainey voice recital: 5:30 p.m. School of Music 206 Cockfest Homecoming pep rally: 8 p.m. WiLiiamrs-Brice Stadium SUNDAY Scott Herring and Clifford Leaman joint faculty recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music 206 Man stops carjacking with brawn, cup of coffee The Rssociated Press BLUFFTON — A would-be carjacker got quite a jolt when he picked the wrong car to try to steal, Jasper County deputies say. The suspect tapped the window of the car Wednesday morning with a gun and motioned the driver to get out, Chief Deputy Roy Hughes said. The driver of the car had just bought a cup of hot coffee. So he slammed his door into the carjackers legs, threw the coffee on him possibly burning the suspect’s neck and face, and wrestled him to the ground, Hughes said. A shot was fired during the scuffle, but no one was hurt. The driver managed to get the gun from the suspect and point it at him, Hughes said. ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Oh yes. Weather Forecast todhv soi. sun. mon. rues. High 86 High 81 High 15 High 69 High 68 Lout 65 Low 58 Low 45 Low 45 Low 41 Highfalutin Jessica Beltman / TilB GAMK<M1K Fourth-year marine science student Anna-Marie Laura plays flute during the Homecoming showcase Wednesday night. —i ' ■ .... ■■ ---— .■■ a ■ ■ - i ■ a —sa_ m m 1 _SamaBaag POLICE REPORT WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 Larceny of controlled substance, 1 p.m. Columbia Hall, 918 Barnwell St. Someone removed an unknown amount of Adderall from the front desk. Estimated value: $120. Reporting officer: S. Wilcox Grand larceny of laptop, 3 p. m. Graduate Science Research Center, 631 Sumter St. Someone removed a G4 Macintosh laptop from an unsecured office. Estimated value: $2,300. Reporting officer: C. Knoche THURSDAY, OCT. 20 Illegal use of telephone, 10:20 a.m. LaBorde, 615 Sumter St. The victim, 21, said someone was calling her and hanging up in a “nuisance” manner. She was told to call Housing about changing her number. Reporting officer: C. Taylor Larceny of DVD player, 6:30 p. m. South Quad, 500 Sumter St. Someone entered a room and removed a DVD player. Estimated value: $ 150. Reporting officer: D. Davis Larceny of bicycle, 7p-m. 31} Main St. Someone took a silver-and-green Huffy bicycle cable-locked to a bike rack. Estimated value: $300. Reporting officer: R Baker 1 m m 2 < £ Historically black colleges address struggle with obesity Dionne liialher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. — It’s an October afternoon at Norfolk State University, and the dining hall on this predominantly black campus has enough tantalizing choices to throw graduate student Tina Carroll into a lunchtime dilemma. Piled in front of her are carrot discs, green peas and steaming squash chunks. Nearby, breaded chicken patties fan out. like meaty playing cards and french fries glisten in fat-laden glory. Carroll nibbles her fingernails, her eyes darting between each selection. At 187 pounds — well above what’s recommended for her 5-foot-2 frame — the 22-year-old knows decisions she makes here could mean the difference between the bootylicious body of her dreams or a lifetime of weight problems. Nationwide, health experts agree the obesity epidemic is striking deepest among Hispanics and blacks, with waistlines — and instances of diabetes, hypertension and stroke — expanding at alarming rates. Black colleges are stepping in, rolling out veggie-heavy menus, building walking trails and even enacting campus wide weight loss contests. Their aim: to curb the ballooning of black America by targeting the next generation. “Our students are at a prime time in their lives where they can make choices that can prevent them from having these problems,” said Cynthia Burwell, head of Norfolk States internship programs and an organizer of the health effort. Similar weight-loss initiatives have been started at five other historically black colleges: Talladega College in Alabama; Alcorn State University in Mississippi; Lincoln University in Pennsylvania; South Carolina State University; and Wiley College in Texas. Their programs are supported through federal grants distributed by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Later, the umbrella group will turn over data on studem weight trends to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health for review. NAFEO grew concerned last year after noticing national obesity trends having an especially striking impact at the 120 schools it represents. “Obesity as we all know is an epidemic across the country, particularly affecting minorities,” said NAFEO senior health adviser Julia Anderson. “It’s no secret.” Estimates deem as many as 129.6 million Americans overweight or obese — the latter defined as weighing at least 20 percent more than recommended for one’s height. Blacks — and especially women — are carrying many of the pounds: A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fouf&l as many as 70.6 percent of black women across various age groups qualified as overweight or obese between 1999 and 2002. And while few of the participating black colleges keep hard data, Alcorn State human sciences chairman Ross Santell said it’s easy to see die weight problem is alive and well on black campuses. “Many, many, many students are obese,” said Santell, organizer of his campus’ weight-loss effort, which includes passing out pedometers. “If you look around campus, you can see that clearly our student body is overweight.” Officials at Wiley estimate nearly 25 percent of their students are overweight, and at Lincoln University, 90 students and staffers have already signed up to shed pounds through their eight week, campus-wide fitness challenge. At iNorroiK orate, campus health experts teach students how to gauge their weight by measuring body mass index and shrinking jean sizes rather than dreaded weigh-ins. In dining halls, monthly theme nights highlight new types of fruits and vegetables, while “PHAT stations” set up across campus let students assess things such as blood pressure and heart rates. “All connect going toward the same outcome, which is to improve the fitness of our folks,” said Spartan Health Center medical director John Anderson. Jason HirschftU / The Associated Press Lauren Cohen has her glucose measured Sunday, Oct. 9, in Norfolk, Va., during an event that was part of the Norfolk State University Health Initiative. Similar weight-loss initiatives have been started at five other historically black colleges: Talladega College in Alabama; Alcorn State University in Mississippi; Lincoln University in Pennsylvania; South Carolina State University; and Wiley College in Texas. State Clemson, USC admit tuition might go up GREENVILLE — Officials at the states two largest universities say they can’t rule out another round of double digit tuition increases. Clemson University and USC raised tuition by more than 12 percent this year. i Clemson spokeswoman " Cathy Sams said the amount of next year’s increase will depend on how much money the university gets from lawmakers next session. We re hopeful that there would be improved state funding and that certainly would reduce the pressure on tuition," said Sams, who refused to predict what lawmakers will do when they come back to Columbia in January. USC spokesman Russ McKinney said the school hopes it doesn’t have to add another 12 percent tuition^ increase. He thinks all the state’s ^ public colleges would “work very hard to keep any tuition increases in the single digits." Annual in-state tuition is $6,914 at USC and $8,816 at Clemson. But the figures alone don’t tell the whole story, Sams said. The state’s lottery-funded scholarships make Clemson “more affordable now than a generation ago," she said. “In the 1950s the cost was about 15 percent of a family’s per capita income. It’s about ^ 7.4-7.5 percent with a LIFE™ scholarship today," Sams said. Both universities have said they had to raise tuition substantially because the schools got less from the state at the same time they were trying to improve academic quality. Nation DeLay appears at jail, bail set at $10,000 RICHMOND, TEXAS — U S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was ordered to appear for booking^ on state conspiracy and money ™ laundering charges, and he could be fingerprinted and photographed as early as Thursday. A state court issued the arrest warrant for DeLay on Wednesday and set an initial bail of $10,000, a routine step before the Texas Republicans first court appearance Friday in Austin. DeLay has stepped down as U.S. House majority leader under a Republican rule requiring him to relinquish the post if charged with a felony. World | Military investigating burning of corpses SYDNEY, Australia — The U.S. military said Wednesday that it was investigating a report carried on an Australian television network that claimed American soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters and then used the action to taunt other Islamic militants. The Special Broadcasting Service television network^ said it broadcast video footage™ on its respected “Dateline," a current affairs program, that showed U.S. soldiers burning the bodies of the suspected Taliban fighters in the hills outside the southern village of Gonbaz, near the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. The footage was not immediately available for review, and its authenticity could not be established. It was also not clear when the video was taken.