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Gambrell opens doors
for annual POLIfest
To encourage student
interest in civic affairs, USC
plays host to its sixth annual
POLIfest from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
today in front of Gambrell
Hall.
The event will feature
displays from campus political
organizations, and USC
political science faculty will be
on hand to answer questions.
Students can also participate in
a straw poll for 2008
presidential candidates.
This year, USC has 830
students majoring in political
science and international
studies. Nearly 3,000 students
will take a political science
course this year.
Student raffle benefits
Red Cross relief fund
Students from an HRSM
301 Professional Development
class are raffling off a football
signed by Steve Spurrier to raise
money for the Red Cross
Disaster Relief Fund.
Students can buy tickets at the
Sports and Entertainment
Management Office in room
2012 of the Coliseum. Tickets
are $2 and will be available until
Nov. 9.
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THIS WEEK © USC
TODAY
Essena Setaro graduate
violin recital: 5:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
Stephanie Titus piano
recital: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
THURSDAY
Palmetto Pans Concert: 7:30
p.m. School of Music 206
Fall Festival of Authors
featuring Pulitzer Prize
winning poet Charles Wright: 6
p.m. law school auditorium
FRIDAY
Rachelle Whitcomb graduate
violin recitaE 5:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
Fall Festival of Authors
featuring novelist Francine
Prose: 6 p.m. law school
auditorium
Stacey Holliday piano
recital: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
Campbell Law School
informational lunch: noon,
Russell House 322
Fall 2005 Seminar Series —
UCSB’s Dr. Craig J. Hawker,
“Facile Chemistry for the
Synthesis and Fabrication of
Nanostructures”: 4 p.m. Jones
Physical Science Center 006
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Illusions of grandeur _
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Illusionist Mike Super performs in the Russell House on Monday night.
State
Man dies during ride
to brother’s funeral
FLORENCE — Crystal
Chockley thought something
was wrong when her brother
in-law didn’t show up for his
32-year-old sibling’s funeral.
Hours after burying her
husband, Perry Chockley, she
found out why. His 44-year
old brother, Larry Chockley,
died in a car wreck on his way
to the funeral Saturday.
“My knees just buckled, and
I said, ‘God help me,’” Crystal
Chockley said. “I just couldn’t
believe God would take two
brothers back-to-back like
that. You just can’t believe
something like that, not two
times in .just a few days.”
The family said Larry
Chockley took his brother’s
death hard. Perry Chockley was
killed in a four-wheeler accident |
in Marion County a week ago.
“I saw Larry the night
before at the funeral home,
and he hugged me tighter than
he’d ever hugged me before,”
Crystal Chockley said.
Nation
IRS says it’s sitting on
unclaimed millions
Thousands of people have
money sitting at the Internal
Revenue Service that could be
claimed if they would tell the
tax collectors where they live.
The IRS said Tuesday that
$73 million in tax refunds that
were sent to taxpayers this year
did not reach the destination.
In most cases, the post office
returned the checks as
undeliverable because the
taxpayers had moved.
The money belongs to more
than 84,000 taxpayers, some of
whom have more than one
check waiting to be claimed.
Checking on the status of a
refund — by calling 1-800
829-4477 or visiting IRS Web
site at http://www.irs.gov —
could be worth $871 to the
average taxpayer due an
unclaimed refund.
“Our goal is to get this
money back in the hands of
the people it belongs to," IRS
Commissioner Mark Everson
said.
World
Top Canadian leader
pushes bird flu fight
OTTAWA — Canada’s prime
minister on Tuesday stressed
the importance of helping
Southeast Asian nations fight
bird flu as health ministers
from around the world said the
first line of defense against a
pandemic is at the region’s
poultry farms, while the
second line may come down to
ethics and politics.
At a two-day conference that
began Monday, some officials
discussed breaking international
patent regulations to produce
generic versions of Tamiflu if it
came down to saving their
civilians.
The World Trade
Organization in 2003 decided
to allow governments to
override patents during health
crises, though no member state
has invoked the clause.
Ministers from 30 countries
and heads of the World Health
Organization and U.N. Food
and Agriculture Organization
were at the conference.
Weather Forecast
TODAY j THURS.
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POLICE REPORT
THURSDAY, OCT.
20
Larceny of vacuum cleaner,
4 a.m.
Calcott, 709 Bull St.
Someone removed a red
Sanitary commercial vacuum
cleaner. Estimated value: $250.
Reporting officer: T.
Widdifield
Verbal threat, 9:35 a. m.
Columbia Hall, 918
Barnwell St.
A female resident, 19, made
a verbal threat at another
resident, 21. The victim did
not wish to press charges and
was relocated by Housing.
Reporting officer: S. Wilcox
SATURDAY, OCT.
22
Assault, malicious injury to
real property, malicious
injury to private property,
4:24 a.m.
McBryde dormitory, 613
Sumter St.
Reporting officer N.
Husbands was dispatched to
the area in reference to an
assault. Investigator Gooding
also responded to process the
scene. Damage to a flat-screen
television and general damage
totaled $2,300.
Driving under suspension
(second degree), reckless
driving failure to surrender
suspended tags, ABC
violation (broken seal), 2:40
a.m.
Corner of Assembly and
College streets
Reporting officer R. Baker
stopped a vehicle he observed
driving recklessly. Upon
contacting the driver, Byron
Jackson, 24, a check revealed
his driver s license and vehicle
tag were suspended. He and
the passenger, Carl Jeffrey, 21,
each had one liter of
Hennessy in the vehicle with
broken seals. Jeffrey and
Jackson were arrested and
transported to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
Burglary (second degree),
grand larceny of digital video
camera, 10:21 a.m.
Snowden dormitory, 600
Main St.
The victim said someone
took his Panasonic digital
video camera for from his
unsecured room. Estimated
value: $1,000.
Reporting officer: PI. Jones
Minor in possession of beer,
possession of an open
container, improper lane
change, 11:13 p.m.
Corner of Wheat and
Pickens streets
Reporting officer S. Wilcox
stopped a Ford Explorer after
observing it turn right at an
intersection from the left lane,
cutting off another car. The
driver, Ryan McNeal, 18, had
an odor of alcohol around
him and bloodshot eyes. He ^
said he had consumed five H
drinks. A vehicle search
produced several cans of beer
in a cooler, and an open can of
beer within McNeal’s reach.
McNeal was arrested and
taken to Richland County
Department of Corrections.
Larceny of license plate, 8
p.m.
C-3 Lot, 1300 Greene St.
The victim said someone
removed a N.C. license tag for
his 1999 silver Yamaha
motorcycle.
Reporting officer: N.
Husbands ^
Larceny of bicycle, 8 p.m.
Maxcy College, 1332
Pendleton St.
Someone removed an
unregistered Pacific Arrow
bicycle. Estimated value:
$100.
Reporting officer: N.
Husbands
SUNDAY, OCT. 23
Larceny of signs; Malicious
injury to real property, 1 p.m.
Pinckney/Legare, 902
Sumter St. _
Someone removed two wall®
signs indicating the identity of
the buildings. A third sign was
damaged. Estimated value:
$150.
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox
MONDAY, OCT. 24
Malicious injury to real
properly, larceny of sign, 9
a.m.
Harper College, 902
Sumter St.
Someone removed a sign
from the Horseshoe side of
the building, causing damage
to the wall. Estimated value: ^
$300.
TUESDAY, OCT. 25
Disorderly conduct, 1:32
a.m.
Swearingen, 315 Main St.
Reporting officer J.M.
Harrelson observed Edward
Masre, 58, sleeping in the
vicinity. Upon awakening, he
was unsteady on his feet, had
slurred speech and smelled of
alcohol. He was arrested,
taken to Glenn Detention
Center and issued a trespass
notice.
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