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THIS WEEK USC SUNDAY Southern Exposure Concert, “Alarm Will Sound": 7:30 p.m. School of M usic 206 poRn • commie mom i people visit pornographic Web sites every day, and porn-related revenue is - greater than the revenue of the major professional basketball, baseball and football leagues combined. Curry believes it is an issue that needs to be addressed, although he said society would rather turn its head from the staggering numbers. “Society is sticking its head in the sand. It is an issue that needs to be paid attention to,” Curry said. “Porn is bigger than an individual, and when people want to escape from its addictive nature, they need help from something bigger than pom.” Other religious organizationscontributing to the event include Sunday Night Alive, * Newman Club, Campus Crusade,for Christ, and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry. More information about Pom Sunday is available at http://www. uscpomsunday.com. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu DEATH • CODTinUED FRO(T) I dishes, flags and signs and other objects also cannot be placed outside of a window. Students can be removed from their on campus housing if caught breaking the plane. Student Government, along with university officials, have also established GAMMA, University 101 and Late Night Carolina to address drug and alcohol usage on campus, especially among incoming freshman. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week, feepers creepers. Bomber man t • '■ Nick Esares / THE GAMECOCK University of Chicago professor Robert Pape lectures Thursday on suicide terrorism to students in the Business Administration building. State Man arrested, accused of hog-dog fight ring A South Carolina man acquitted in October on animal cruelty charges has been arrested and accused of organizing fights between wild hogs and dogs in Florida. Arthur Parker, 48, was arrested Thursday with four others, and is accused of organizing hog-dog fights in late 2004 on a portion of the Seminole Indian Reservation in Glades County, Fla., according to a news release from the Humane Society of the United States. Seminole police Detective Stephan Lopez said Parker faces felony charges of animal baiting or fighting and could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine if he is convicted. In October, a South Carolina jury found Parker and Mary Evans Luther, both of Fort Mill, not guilty of animal fighting and animal cruelty charges. Prosecutors said the couple had been organizing fights between hogs and dogs in South Carolina. In the fights, a dog and a hog, or wild boar with its tusks removed, are put in a pen to fight until the dog forces the hog to the ground. The Humane Society said these events are often deadly, and have “no place in civil society.” State Law Enforcement Division officials seized 95 dogs and 15 hogs from the Parker’s Fort Lawn home during a 2004 raid. Nation Mine tragedy survivor to undergo therapy MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The sole survivor of the Sago Mine disaster was transfered Thursday to a rehabilitation hospital, where his family expects him to undergo weeks, or possibly months, of therapy. Randal McCloy Jr., 26, remained in fair condition, doctors said, no longer in a coma but still unable to speak. McCloy was part of a 13 member crew that entered International Coal Group Inc.’s Sago Mine early Jan. 2 to resume production after a holiday shutdown. An explosion tore through the mine and trapped them deep underground, where they were exposed to deadly carbon monoxide for more than 41 hours until searchers found them. By then, all but McCloy had died. He was carried out of the mine, battered and barely breathing, on Jan. 4 and has since been treated at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown and at a hospital in Pittsburgh. Doctors have said McCloy may have suffered brain damage from the carbon monoxide poisoning, but the extent of that damage is not yet known. While doctors have been issuing almost daily updates on McCloy’s progress, family spokeswoman Aly Goodwin Greg said that will now stop. “But when there is news to share, the family will share it,” she said. World Fundamentalist Hamas win historic election RAMALLAH, West Bank — Islamic militant Hamas’ landslidevictoryinPalestinian elections unnerved the world Thursday, darkening prospects for Mideast peace and ending four decades of rule by the corruption riddled Fatah Party. The parliamentary victory stunned even Hamas leaders, who mounted a well-organized campaign but have no experience in government. They offered to share power with President Mahmoud Abbas, the Fatah chief, who said he may go around the new government to talk peace with Israel. Underscoring the tensions between the secular Fatah and fundamentalist Hamas, some 3,000 supporters of the militant group marched through Ramallah and raised their party’s green flag over the Palestinian parliament. Fatah supporters tried to lower the banner. The two sides fought for about 30 minutes, throwing stones and breaking windows in the building. Leaders across the world demanded that Hamas, which is branded a terror group by the U.S. and European Union, renounce violence and recognize Israel. Hamas won a clear majority in Wednesday’s vote, capturing 76 of the 132 seats in parliament, according to official, near-complete results released Thursday. The results of the popular vote were not announced. t Weather Forecast TODAY SAT. SUIT (I)0A. TUE. High 51 High 66 High 63 High 65 High 59 low 29 low 91 low 99 low 93 low 33 CRIME REPORT WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 Disorderly conduct, 10:45 p.m. Kappa Delta House, 514 Gasdeu St. Reporting officer responded to a suspicious person complaint. The subject appeared to be very intoxicated, exhibited slurred speech and was unstable on his feet. The subject was arrested for disorderly conduct. Reporting officer: J. Widdifield Illegal use of telephone (Non-threatening), 11:30 p.m. South Tower, 614 Bull St. The victim said someone called her and the resident assistant on her floor telling the victim that she has to go to a bond hearing for the suspect’s girlfriend to get her released from jail. The suspect used profanities upon refusal to do so. Reporting officer: M. IVinnington THURSDAY, JAN. 26 Second degree lynching, 2:05 a.m. 308 Village Walk The complainant said she was physically assaulted by five subjects as she was trying to exit her vehicle. First Responder arrived on the scene and treated her for minor injuries. Reporting officers: W. Guyon and D. Adams FflmiLV • conTinueoFRomi as investigators tried to piece together how the three-vehicle accident happened on a clear day on a road free of obstructions. A tractor-trailer rear ended the children’s car and crushed it against a school bus that had stopped to drop off students, authorities said. The car burst into flames, and everyone inside was killed, including 15 year-old Nicky Mann, who was driving illegally with just a learner’s permit and was apparently taking her adopted siblings home from school. Three children on the bus were seriously injured. Along witn i\icky, wno was the Manns’ biological child, and soon-to-be adopted Anthony Lamb, the other victims were identified by authorities and friends as the Manns’ three adopted children _ Elizabeth, 15; Johnny, 13; and Heaven, 3 _ and the couple’s nieces, Ashley Keen, 13, and Miranda Finn, 8. Authorities had originally identified the victims as seven adopted brothers and sisters. Members of the community described the Manns as a couple who lovingly and constantly opened their home to foster children. Tammy Griffins, the church’s student ministry director, said: “If foster care called them, it didn’t matter what time of night it was when they got called, they were always willing to take them.” “They wanted 10 children,” said Wanda Lewis, director of children at Fellowship Baptist Church in Raiford. “They just had a heart for the love of children that no one else wanted, the ones that no one else would have taken.” Lewis said Nicky was “just a fun, loving, caring girl” who doted on her adopted siblings. “She did everything for them, ^P changed their diapers. She was the mother hen,” Lewis said. The children’s relatives declined to talk with The Associated Press. But Tina Mann told CNN that her niece Nicky had dropped off another child and was taking her siblings home to get ready for church. “Even though she was an underage driver, it’s my understanding she did not cause the accident,” Mann told CNN. “The same thing would have happened had there been an adult in the car with her. We’d just have one more death in the family.” Tara Brown, a sophomore at Lake Butler High School, said that Nicky was her best friend and that she picked up the other children from school every day. Steven Murphy, head of Partnership for Strong Families, declined to comment when asked whether his agency knew' Nicky apparently often drove illegally to pick up the children. Yeah. Try getting this comfortable in a dorm. u nive rs ity COMMONS •rmmrmmmrrn ^803.939.0444 #