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CAROLINA m BRIEF
International panel
to judge civil rights
Western and non
Western views of human
rights and how they affect
religious freedom, foreign
policy and law will be the
subject of an international
symposium Friday and
Saturday. -
More than 30 scholars,
judges, clergy and other
public figures will address
“Legitimacy and Western
& Non-Western Views of
Human Rights,” the title
of the Rudolph C. Barnes
Sr. Symposium.
i ne event win ue
Webcast both days, with
portions on Saturday
also shared live via
videoconferencing with
overseas universities in
the Southeast Asian part
of the Islamic world,
where USC’s School of
Law has operated projects
since 2000.
This year’s topic follows
a year of the Abu-Ghraib
prison scandal, ongoing
U.S. operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan in support of
human rights and growing
criticism of the U.S.
position on human rights
and civil liberties.
The Barnes symposium
will examine the overlap
between religion and
varying human-rights
views in Western and
other societies.
All sessions will be
held in the law school’s
auditorium and are free
and open to the public.
For more information,
visit http://www.
bamessymposium.org.
THIS WEEK m USC
TODAY
Lauren Meccia doctoral
saxophone recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206
WEDNESDAY
Last Lecture Series
with Dr. James Cutsinger,
“Thinking is a Present
Active Participle and Other
Forgotten Truths”: 7 p.m.,
Harper College Gressette
Room
FRIDAY
Theatre South Carolina
presents “The Country
Wife”: 8 p.m. Thursday
through Saturday; 3 p.m.
Sunday
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State
Murder suspect shot
after nightclub scuffle
A 62-year-old suspect was
shot in the arm as officers
arrested him early Sunday
for the death of a nightclub
manager hours earlier.
After Dewain Herring of
Columbia was ejected from
Chastity’s nightclub for
becoming unruly, he pulled
a gun from his vehicle and
opened fire on the entrance
killing club manager John
Johnson, of Columbia, the
Richland County Sheriff’s
Department said in a news
release.
Herring fled after
the midnight shooting.
After talking to witnesses
and gathering evidence,
investigators went to
Herring’s home about 4
a.m. Sunday with a search
warrant.
Bush to talk energy
during Union address
Trying to calm anxieties
about soaring energy costs,
President Bush is using
his State of the Union
address this week to focus
on a package of energy of
proposals aimed at bringing
fuel-saving technologies out
of the lab and into use.
In Bush’s vision, drivers
will stop at hydrogen stations
and fill their fuel-cell cars
with the pollution-free fuel.
Or they would power their
engines with ethanol made
from trash or corn. More
Americans would run their
lights at home on solar
power.
Proposals aimed at
spreading the use of ethanol,
hydrogen and renewable
fuels all were part of the
energy bill that Bush signed
into law in August.
World
Rice rules out U.S. aid
to Hamas government
LONDON — On Sunday
U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice ruled out
any American financial aid to
a Hamas government in the
Palestinian territories and
said Washington wants Arab
nations and others to cut off
money as well.
Humanitarian aid to the
Palestinians, many of whom
are poor and unemployed,
is likely on a “case-by
case basis,” Rice said. She
indicated that the Bush
administration would follow
through on aid promised
to the current Palestinian
government led by President
Mahmoud Abbas.
“The United States is
not prepared to fund an
organization that advocates
the destruction of Israel,”
Rice said.
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CRIME REPORT
THURSDAY, JAN. 26
Auto break-in, larceny
of camera, 5 p.m.
Colonial Center
parking lot,
910 Devine St.
The victim, 22, said
someone opened her right
passenger-side window
and removed her Ricoh
35 mm camera.
Estimated value: $400
Repotting officer:
M. Winnmgton
Disorderly conduct,
12:05 P-m
Gambrell Hall,
817 Henderson St.
The victim, 53, said
Grace Stewart, 37, was
loud and used profanity
because she was unable to
contact the director about
her classes. The victim
said it wasn’t the first
time Stewart had used
profanity in her office.
Reporting officer:
N. Peter
FRIDAY, JAN. 27
Simple assault, mutual
combat, 2:40 a.m. fl
McBryde, ... ^
614 Sumter St.
The victim, 19, said
he and Joey Mankovich,
19, got into an argument
which escalated into a
fight. Mankovich hit the
victim, and the victim then
pushed Mankovich into
a wall. EMS responded,
hut Mankovich refused
transportation to the
emergency room. Neither
parties wished to press
charges.
Reporting officer: ^
J. Widdifield %
GRE to get longer,
pricier for students
Latoya Hines
THE GAMECOCK
Kaplan Test Prep and
Admissions has announced
that Educational Testing
Services will begin issuing
a new version of the
Graduate Record Exam in
October.
The new GRE will be
administered approximately
30 times per year and will
cost more than the $115
that millions of students
per year pay to take the
exam.
The GRE is required
for entry to most graduate
schools across the country.
“It is really important
for students to understand
time lines and when to
begin prepping, which is
usually three months ahead
of time,” said GRE project
manager Matt Fiddler. “If
you can prepare to take
the test before the changes
occur, take it.”
The exam’s length will
increase from two-and-a
half hours to at least four
hours.
The verbal section will
no longer include analogies
and antonyms and will
focus primarily on critical
reading skills.
University admissions
officers will also now be
able to view an applicant’s
entire essay instead of
receiving only raw scores
for the written portion of
the exam.
“Students should talk
with their prospective
graduate schools and
understand how they will ^
incorporate these changes ™
into the admissions
process,” Fiddler said.
Prospective graduate
students need to register
early to ensure they will
receive desirable test-}
taking times.
Students not planning
to attend graduate school
immediately following
undergraduate graduation
can still register to take
the test, as their scores will
remain valid for five years.
Kaplan will sponsor a
free GRE practice test on^B
Feb. 25 from 10:30 to noon^
in the Humanities building
here at USC.
Although the prep test
will feature the current)
outgoing version of the
exam, it will still give
students the opportunity to
identify areas for focus.
In addition, students wili
have the opportunity to
learn about other test prep
options available to them. [
For further question^
regarding the changing
GRE, please visit Kaplan’^
Web site at http://www.
kaptest.com/newgre.
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