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CAROLINA © BRIEF
Report shows USC’s
economic effects
The economic impact
of USC’s eight campuses
and its alumni on the state
of South Carolina is more
than $4 billion, according
to a report compiled by
a USC economist and
released .
The $4.1 billion in
economic output accounts
for all the spending by the
university for operations,
construction, salaries,
as well as spending by
USC’s students and
approximately 110,000
alumni living in the
state. Of that figure, $1.8
billion is attributed to the
university, and $2.3 billion
is attributed to alumni,
said Donald Schunk,
an economist with the
Division of Research
in the Moore School of
Business.
Nearly one out of every
50 jobs in the state can be
traced to USC’s presence. '
THIS WEEK USC
TODAY
Greater Columbia
Shrinkdown: 3 p.m.
Colonial Center
WEDNESDAY
Guest Artist, Poovalur
Srinivasan, South Indian
percussionist, with Craig
Butterfield and Stockton
Helbing: 5 p.m. School of
Music 206
THURSDAY
SG Elections Candidate
Information Meeting: 5
p.m. Russell House 201
FRIDAY
McKinley Stinson Jr.
junior percussion recital:
7:30 p.m. School of Music
206
SUNDAY
Bonnie Hampton guest
artist cello recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206
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We built this city
Nick Esares / THE GAMECOCK
A project to take down the old Carolina plaza is under way on Assembly Street, while
the new Arnold School of Public Health building (background) is nearing completion.
State
-v.
DeMint to donate to
anti-gambling hot line
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint
says he will donate $2,750 he
received from associates of
once-powerful Washington
lobbyist Jack Abramoff to
an anti-gambling hot line in
South Carolina.
DeMint, a Republican,
joins dozens of Washington
lawmakers dumping
contributions with any link
to Abramoff, who pleaded
guilty this week to mail
fraud, conspiracy and tax
evasion in connection with
his lobbying activities.
DeMint said he has no
connection to Abramoff and
the contribution is meant
only to “make my position on
this issue perfectly clear.”
Nation
Two Midwesterners
vie to succeed DeLay
In a race framed by scandal,
Republican Reps. Roy Blunt
and John Boehner pledged
action on a reform agenda
Sunday as they launched
competing campaigns to
succeed Tom DeLay as
House majority leader.
Blunt and Boehner,
midwestem conservatives in
their 50s, moved through
the early stages of a hurry
up campaign as House
Speaker Dennis Hastert,
R-Ill., pledged to “move
forward aggressively and
quickly” to have the House
address lobbying reform. He
provided no details.
The leadership elections
are expected to be held when
lawmakers return to the
Capitol the week of Jan. 31.
World
Quake rattles Greece;
no fatalities reported
ATHENS, Greece — A
powerful earthquake shook
Greece on Sunday and was
felt as far away as the Middle
East and Italy.
Minor damage was
reported and three people
were slightly injured; no
tsunami warnings were
issued.
The Athens Geodynamic
Institute said the epicenter
of the 6.9-magnitude quake
was located beneath the
seabed about 125 miles south
of Athens.
The earthquake, which
lasted for several seconds,
occurred at 1:34 p.m. and
was felt as far away as Cairo,
Egypt, about 745 miles
southeast of the epicenter,
and Amman, Jordan.
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CRIME REPORT
MONDAY, JAN. 2
Information, 8 a.m.
1100 Devine Street
A 39-year-old man said
someone shot out the
rear driver’s-side window
of his w'hite 2001 Toyota
Corolla. No damage was
found, and broken glass
was found on the ground.
The owner had the
window replaced but did
not wish to file a report.
Reporting officers:
J. Hatrleson
and N. Peter
TUESDAY, JAN. 3
Larceny of a computer,
12 p.m.
Gambrell Hall,
817 Henderson St.
The victim said
someone removed her
beige Dell GXI computer
and her beige Sony 17
inch Trinitron monitor
from her unsecured
room.
Estimated value: $200
Reporting officer:
C. Knoche
Theft from
coin-operated machine,
1 p.m.
Douglas,
614 Main Street
Someone pried open
an Aquafina machine
and stole $15 in $1 bills.
Investigator Snyder was
notified.
Estimated value: $920
Reporting Officer:
J. Widdfield
WEDNESDAY,
JAN. 4
Malicious injury
to real property,
9:43 a.m.
School of Music,
1051 Assembly St.
Someone drew graffiti
on a sign on the College
Street side of the
building.
Estimated value: $100
Reporting officer:
C. Taylor
Suspicious activity,
9:45- a.m.
School of Law,
701 South Main Street
A 58-year-old man
said Laura Long, 46,
became upset and used
profanity after being told
she was not receiving a
promotion.
Reporting officer:
Kelly Morgan
Assisting other agency,
1:15 p.m.
USCPD assisted the
Cayce Police Department
with a vehicle pursuit
that entered USCPD
jurisdiction. Reporting
officers Timbons,
Harrelson and
Winnington pursued and
Cayce police apprehended
the suspect.
THURSDAY, JAN. 5
Malicious injury
to real property,
4:30 p.m.
South Quad,
500 Sumter St.
The victim said
someone broke the lock
on her door. Maintenance
was notified to replace the
door.
Reporting officer:
K. Morgan
Information,
12:30 p.m.
600 Park St.
Reporting officer
C. Knoche assisted
while Animal Control
removed two dogs from
an unattended vehicle.
Officer Jolly and Animal
Control Officer Lemelle
removed the dogs, and
they were transported
to Animal Control
headquarters.
Karzai asks Talibans Mullah Omar
to ‘get in touch’ to talk about peace
Oamel Cooney
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan —
President Hamid Karzai
said Sunday that a few
hundred Taliban fighters
have reconciled with the
government and suggested
militant leader Mullah
Omar should “get in touch”
if he wanted to talk peace.
In the context of escalating
violence, including suicide
attacks, the remarks by
Karzai in an interview with
The Associated Press were
seen as a significant softening
of the government’s previous
policy of not negotiating
with top leaders of the hard
line militia.
Despite the spike in
bloodshed, the U.S.
backed leader said the
Taliban’s resistance was
fading although he expected
suicide attacks to continue
in Afghanistan “for a long
time.”
Karzai said a booming drug
trade presented a greater
threat to Afghanistan than
terrorism and endangered
its future.
Omar has been in hiding
since U.S.-led forces ousted
his fundamentalist Islamic
regime four years ago for
hosting Osama bin Laden
in the wake of the Sept. 11
attacks.
The Taliban leader has
a $10 million U.S. bounty
on his head and is believed
to be leading holdouts in
a rebellion that left about
1,600 people dead last year,
the most since 2001.
Karzai, 48, who won
a five-year term as the
war-battered nation’s first
democratically elected
leader in 2004, invited all
Afghans, “Taliban or non
Taliban,” to help rebuild
the country, and said that
includes Omar.
“If he wants to come, he
should get in touch with
us,” the president said,
indicating he was open to
the possibility of talks with
the reclusive militia leader
despite his most-wanted
status.
“We would see what he
has to say, of course,” Karzai
said. “But I don’t think he will
come. He has so much on his
hands against Afghanistan.
We don’t even know as to
where he is hiding. He has
to first give us an account as
to what he’s done.”
Karzai, who appeared
upbeat during the interview
at his heavily guarded palace
in the snowy capital, Kabul,
said hundreds of Taliban
members who are “not
associated with terrorism”
already have participated in
a government reconciliation
program.
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