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CAROLINA 0 BRIEF
Projected job growth
still less than average
A report released after the
25th annual Economic Outlook
Conference on Monday projects
South Carolina jobs to increase
by 1.5 percent, with personal
income rising by 6 percent next
yea i.
The EOC is sponsored by
USC’s Moore School of Business
and The Palmetto Institute.
Donald L. Schunk, a research
economist in the Moore School’s
Division of Research, said in a
USC news release that the
projected job growth in the state
should translate into a net gain
of about 28,000 jobs. Schunk
also said the increases would be a ’
“welcome iimprovement” from
2005, when rising interest rates
and high energy prices led to
sluggish job growth.
The net gain of 28,000 jobs is
a combination of job gains in
some industries and job losses in
others. Non-durable goods
manufacturing, such as textiles
and apparel, is projected to lose
about 4,700 jobs next year. At
the same time, the health services
sector is expected to add about
5,300 jobs in 2006.
However, increases in jobs will
still be below the state’s historical
average, the report said.
The state’s unemployment
rate “is expected to begin to
decline” in 2006, although it will
likely remain above the national
average “throughout the forecast
horizon,” Schunk said in the
release. South Carolina’s jobless
rate is expected to average 6.4
percent for all of2005.
THIS WEEK © USC
MONDAY
Official ring ceremony:
2 p.m. Horseshoe
WEDNESDAY
Joseph Packers faculty piano
recital: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
THURSDAY
Graduate vocal ensemble —
Matt Whitcomb, conductor:
6 p.m. School of Music 206
USC Dance Company
presents “Blue Jeans to Ballet
2005”: 7:30 p.m. Drayton Hall
Assertiveness at Work: 8:45
a.m—noon 1600 Hampton St.
room 101
FRIDAY
Fall 2005 Seminar Series —
“Conjugated Polyelectrolytes:
Self-Assembly, Amplified
Quenching and Application to
Biosensors”: 4 p.m. Jones
Physical Science Center 006
USC Student Composers
Concert: 8:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
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State
Officials recommend
ban to tag game fowl
A new state plan prompted
by the threat of avian flu .could
require ducks and quail raised
on farms for release in the wild
to be tagged.
The bans on farm-raised
game fowl could help track the
origin of a diseased bird, say
officials at the South Carolina
Department of Natural
Resources.
It would help officials
determine if disease outbreak
started in a duck or other
game fowl, agency officials
say.
But opponents say the plan
would be an expensive and
unnecessary burden for game
fowl producers.
Georgetown County Duck
Producer Jim Hills says it
could cost at least $75,000
annually to tag each of his
birds.
He says he already takes
steps to ensure his birds are
disease free.
In Asia, a strain of avian
influenza has been linked to
more than 60 human deaths.
Nation
Newest Sony product
gives parents control
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sony
Corp. has become the latest of
the video game console makers
to announce parental controls
in its newest machine,
according to the Entertainment
Software Association.
Now, all three major console
makers are promising parents
the means to help restrict their
childrens access to violent
video games.
Sony will place the controls
on its forthcoming machine,
PlayStation 3, according to the
ESA. PlayStation 2 users could
limit access, but only to
movies, not games.
The company wasn’t
immediately prepared to
comment.
Microsoft Corp. had already
placed parental controls in its
new Xbox 360, which debuted
last week. The machine lets
users restrict access to video
games and DVDs that carry
certain ratings, such as “T” for
“teen” or “M” for “mature." It
also offers parental controls on
the company’s Xbox Live
online gaming service.
World
Water service returns
after chemical spill
HARBIN, China —
Running water returned to
this northeast city of 3.8
million people Sunday, ending
a five-day shutdown blamed
on a chemical spill that
embarrassed the government
and highlighted Chinas
mounting environmental
problems.
However, officials warned
that the water coming out of
the tap in Harbin was still too
dirty to drink.
Water service started
returning to this provincial
capital shortly before 6 p.m.
after the government said
toxins spewed into the
Songhua River by a chemical
plant explosion had returned
to safe levels.
Residents said service did
not resume in some areas for
several more hours.
“When that running water
came back on, it was a
completely wonderful feeling,
[f’s been four days since I had
a shower,” said grinning taxi
driver Cao Sijun, 46.
POLICE REPORT
SUNDAY,
NOV. 20
Larceny of controlled
substance, 1:35 p.m.
Columbia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
The victim, 21, said
someone removed a bottle of
Vicodin from the top of her
dresser. The bottle, valued at
$25, contained six pills.
Reporting officer:
N. Husbands
Burglary (first degree),
larceny of money, 10 p.m.
Snowden, 600 Main St.
The victim said his wallet
was missing after he observed
three black males exiting his
room. The wallet contained
$38.
Estimated total value lost:
$68.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
MONDAY,
NOV. 21
Found property, 4 p.m.
701 Assembly St.
An 18-year-old male said
he found a CompUSA
computer bag and laptop on
top of a Dumpster.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchek
Suspicious activity, 7p.m.
Williams-Brice Nursing
office, 1621 Greene St.
The complainant said she
found the door of the office
5 inches ajar, but that
nothing seemed out of place
or taken.
Reporting officer:
J.D. Patterson
Assistance rendered,
6:50 p.m.
1705 College St.
The victim told reporting
officer D. Davis that she was
feeling weak and faint. Upon |
EMS’ arrival, the 35-year-old
female was evaluated and
transported to Providence
Hospital.
Reporting officer: D. Davis
TUESDAY,
NOV. 22
Minor in possession
of alcohol, 12:50 a.m.
Reporting officer M.J.
Winnington saw Andrew
Swatzyna, 20, and Michael
Cooper, 19, sitting in a green
pickup. Upon questioning the
two subjects, Winnington
noticed an open botde of J
Corona beer. Both men were "
arrested and transported to
Alvin S. Glenn Detention
Center.
Grand larceny
of motor vehicle, 2 p.m.
Parking lot,
1200 Catawba St.
The victim said someone
had stolen her vehicle, but
that the vehicle had been
locked when she left it. The
vehicle was valued at $4,000.
Her vehicle was logged in to
the NCIC as stolen.
Reporting officer: ^
J.M. Harrelson
RIDS • CORTIRUED PROIDI
While USC has been
involved in World AIDS Day
before, this will be the first
time in three years that
pieces of the AIDS memorial
quilt from the NAMES
Project will be on display in
Columbia.
The 12-by- 12-foot squares
memorialize different
persons lost to the AIDS
virus.
The quilt has been
displayed several times on
The Mall in Washington,
D.C., but has grown too large
to be displayed in its entirety.
Maddox has been working
since April to get a portion of
the quilt for this event. The
Residence Hall Association is
helping to fund the display.
“It is an insane amount of
money that goes into the
upkeep of these panels,”
Maddox said. “Having it
here is a huge deal.”
The quilt will be displayed
in Capstone on Dec. 1 in a
service with special guest
speaker Brian Morgan, who
has HIV and works as an
assistant caseworker for
Palmetto AIDS Support
Services. Morgan has spoken
all over the country and on
television talk shows.
Pieces of a quilt made by
USC student groups will also
be on display.
Classes, organizations and
residents have designed
panels for the community .
World AIDS Day service at ^
the State House after the
campus service.
“Our biggest challenge
will be getting students to
come to the campus event,
because the service comes at
the end of the semester and
because the panels will be
turned in early this year,”
Markowitz said.
“It is important that even
though it is at the end of the
semester and everyone is
studying for finals that they
stay socially conscious and
participate in the activities,”
Markowitz said.
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