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THIS WEEK m USC TODAY Caleb Hood senior voice recital: 5:30 p.m. School of Music 206 l SATURDAY Nami Hashimoto senior violin recital: 7:30 p.m. School of Music 206 USC Concert Choir and University Chorus with S.C. Philharmonic: 7 p.m. Roger Center RERLITV • COnunUEO PRQmi celebrities from reality shows can add up to tens of thousands of dollars. “The money that we used here could be used for a lecture series featuring actually educated people,” Clarkson said of the $1 1,750 allotted in the budget to bring “The Real World” to USC. “That’s money I have to pay out of my pocket,” he said. “They aren’t thespians. People idolize them for their drunkenness.” To tip the scales, CP also does its share of educational programming, such as the Spectrum lecture series and various programs brought through the Cultural Awareness and Ideas & Issues group. As for folks such as L.C., Danny, Melinda, Nehemiah, Wes and Stephen, CP will keep giving the people “what they want.” “Students love this,” Bohman said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gurm.sc. edu DEfln • COlUinUCD PROfT) I Chen is associate dean for faculty at the University of Minnesota Law School and specializes in teaching administrative law, agricultural law, constitutional law, economic regulation, environmental law, industrial policy, legislation and natural resources law. He has been part of the UM Law School faculty since 1993. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Good time to roll on. Spreading the word Katie Boucher I THE GAMECOCK Student Government presidential candidate and second-year law student Jarvis Jones speaks to students outside the Russell House on Wednesday. State House panel sets limit on tuition increases A House subcommittee reaffirmed its earlier decision to set a limit on college tuition increases Thursday, this time in front of representatives from various state colleges. The higher education subcommittee reconsidered its vote from Tuesday after complaints that it met without public notice. Rep. Chip Limehouse, a Charleston Republican who chairs the subcommittee, defended the earlier meeting. “There was no attempt to evade any sort of input from you all,” Limehouse told several higher education officials who attended Thursday’s meeting. 1 he panel s vote would add a line to the state budget limiting tuition increases to a higher education inflation index plus $175. College officials protested that decisions about tuition should be left to school trustees. A different subcommittee, chaired by Rep. James McGee, R-Florence, approved a budget item Tuesday that would cap tuition at public colleges at their current levels. However, the subcommittee later reversed itself, meaning the House panel that oversees budget line items will only consider the proposal by Limehouse’s subcommittee. Nation L.A. mayor criticizes Bush communication LOS ANGELES — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown skyscraper, and described communication with the White House as “nonexistent.” Bush said Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks who was captured in 2003, had begun planning an attack to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast, the Library Tower in Los Angeles, since renamed the US Bank Tower. Instead of recruiting Arab hijackers, Southeast Asian men would be used, Bush said, because they were less likely to arouse suspicion. He said they would use shoe bombs to blow open the cockpit door. The president said the plot was derailed when a Southeast Asian nation arrested a key al-Qaida operative. Bush did not name the country or the operative. Villaraigosa later confirmed that City Hall was called Wednesday by state officials in Sacramento. But that information was only general, city officials said, giving no hint that the announcement would contain extensive new details on the hijacking plot that targeted the nation’s second-largest city. World Archaeologists find new tombs in Egypt CAIRO, Egypt — The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut’s in 1922 contains five sarcophagi with mummies, breaking the nearly century-long belief that there’s nothing more to find in the valley where some of Egypt’s greatest pharaohs were buried. The tomb’s spare appearance suggests it was not dug for a pharaoh, said archaeologist Kent Weeks, who was not involved in the University of Memphis team’s find but has seen photographs of the site. “It could be the tomb of a king’s wife or son, or of a priest or court official,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday. so tar, autnorities naven t had a close enough look to know who is in the tomb. Workers have been clearing rubble to allow archaeologists to examine it. Egypt’s antiquities authority has said only that the single-chamber tomb contains five wooden sarcophagi, in human shapes with colored funerary masks, surrounded by 20 jars with their pharaonic seals intact — and that the sarcophagi contain mummies, likely from the 18th Dynasty, some 3,500-3,300 years ago. It raises hopes that more is to be found in the Valley of the Kings, which for 83 years experts believed held only the 62 previously known tombs. Weather Forecast todhv sat. sun. mon. tug. # # # # # High 51 High 52 High 99 High 53 High 55 Loui 92 Loui 32 Loui 30 Loui 29 Loui 33 CRIME REPORT WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8 Lost property, 8:30 p.m. Russell House, 1400 Greene St. The victim, 18, said her purse was stolen by someone along with $50 in cash, a $50 American Eagle gift card, a Wachovia check card, an S.C. driver’s license and her CarolinaCard. Estimated value: $100 Reporting officer: M.A. Wmnington Simple possession of marijuana, 10:30 p.m. Douglas, 614 Main St. The complainant, 29, told reporting officer D. Davis upon arrival that he smelled a heavy odor of marijuana. Davis interviewed a student, 18, asking if there was 1 anything he needed to know about. The student went into his desk drawer and pulled out a bag with a green, leafy substance believed to be marijuana. The student said it was not his. He was arrested and taken to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. smiTH • conTUiueoFRomi the building after dark. There are two other locked doors inside the lobby that require resident cards to gain access to the student halls. The inside doors are usually kept locked. Ross and Smith said the desk assistant at Maxcy had knowledge of their entry into the building-and had verbally approved them to enter the residence hall. The reports made to the Elections Commission were filed by two people, both of whom were referring to the same incident at Maxcy. “At the beginning of the campaign, I was visiting Maxcy, and as I was leaving (Maxcy Hall Director Vicki Lark) asked me if I had signed in. I told her no and that I was leaving. This could have been an implied warning; however, there was never one issued.” Smith is a former resident of Maxcy and said he frequently visitSi the dorm to see friends," attend meetings in the classroom and visit his campaign staff. The report cites that Smith was seen exiting Maxcy and walking toward other Horseshoe area apartments. Smith and campaign manager Alicia Lendon, a second year psychology, reside on the Horseshoe. “Steve has been running a completely positive campaign that focuses on the issues that face students and wishes to continue^ doing so,” Lendon said. “It’s a shame, and incredibly disheartening, that something ... that should never have even reached the public eye for privacy’s sake, has cast such a shadow on his campaign,” she said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu ccRemonv • commie mom i an administrative specialist in the Department of African-American studies; and Derrick Huggins, deputy director of law enforcement and safety. Cleveland Sellers, chairman of the African American studies program, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. “The Trailblazer Award is the most significant award given tonight,” Hopkins said. “These are the people that blazed the trail for future black students in 1963.” Robert Anderson, James Solomon and Henrie Montieth Treadwell received the award. All chartered members of the National Pan-^ Hellenic Council received a Perseverance Award for their involvement in the Carolina community. The organizations recognized were Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta, Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho and Omega Psi Phi. Huggins said he feels honored to be recognized. “This makes it worth while to work at Carolina,” Huggins said. Comments on this story? 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