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Latin music conceit
to be held Feb. 27
The School of Music
will host a benefit concert
featuring Spanish and
Latin-American music at
7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
The program of
duets and solos will
feature 10 works, each
by a different 19th and
20th century Spanish
or Latin”-American
composer. Proceeds from
the concert will help
provide scholarships for
students to enroll in a
new summer music study
program in Spain.
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he doesn’t expect any
more problems like the
ones the organization
faced this year.
“You could say we’re
making an example of
them, but this is the
only group where we’ve
had this issue come
up,” Stoudenmire said.
“This should send a
message that this kind of
mismanagement is not
acceptable and will meet
with consequences for
any organization.”
The finance committee
members said they were
told that the organization
has “a history of screwing
up and being forgiven,”
but their sanction was
not related to any past
incidents. This sanction
is the first of its kind this
year.
The committee required
public acknowledgment
that AAAS is at fault
because of comments
printed in The Gamecock
that suggested a lack of
responsibility for the
organization, Spivey said.
i ne nnance committee
members said that AAAS’s
financial problems are
the organization’s fault,
but Downs said that he
doesn’t think anyone
should be blamed for the
situation.
“I don’t think anyone’s
at fault,” he said.
“It was all just a big
misunderstanding. ”
Downs said he
is not upset by the
Senate sanction, but
he does not agree with
it — specifically that
the organization must
publicly acknowledge
they were wrong.
“But policy is policy,
and we will do whatever
we need to make sure
our organization stays up and
running,” he said.
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Fourth-year computer information systems student Benjamin Robinson, left, and fourth
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wood for the shed they helped build at “Get Your Build On,” a Premiere Inc. Bateman
team event. The event was held Wednesday on Davis field.
State
Historic Battery gets
funds for restoration
CHARLESTON — The
Battery has withstood war,
hurricanes and rising tides.
Now the protector of
Charleston’s priciest homes
will get an $8 million
facelift.
The Charleston City
Council on Tuesday
approved a $330,000
contract extension with
Cummings & McCrady to
design restoration work and
prepare contracts to repair
the stone and concrete
seawall located where the
Ashley and Cooper rivers
meet at the Atlantic Ocean.
Work on the first two
sections could be done next
year, said Laura Cabiness,
the city’s director of public
services.
A preliminary engineering
study found that all sections
of the Battery need repair,
but the newest part — a
World War I-era concrete
section linking the high and
low sections of the seawall
— is in the worst shape.
“I walk on the Battery
most mornings, so I’m
aware of it, and I think a
lot of people have noticed
it,” said Councilman Henry
FishburnS, whose district
includes the neighborhood
around the Battery, and
who lives nearby. “$ome of
it looks like it’s structurally
questionable.”
The original High
Battery is in the best shape,
Cabiness said. She said that
section was last repaired in
the 19th century.
Nation
Pop-star’s kids’ mom
wins custody appeal
LOS ANGELES — Michael
Jackson’s ex-wife, Deborah
Rowe, won a round in
her battle over their two
children, with an appeals
court ruling that her
parental rights were not
properly relinquished under
the law.
The California 2nd
District Court of Appeal
ruling Wednesday set the
stage for further litigation
between the former couple.
The pop star, who has
been living out of the
country since his acquittal
on molestation charges last
June, could further appeal
the ruling. He is reportedly
traveling with his children
in Italy.
Jackson and Rowe married
in November 1996 and filed
for divorce in October 1999
after the births of son Prince
Michael and daughter,
Paris. Jackson also has a son
whose mother hasn’t been
identified.
While acknowledging
Rowe initiated the
proceeding to give up her
parental rights in 2001
and made clear she wanted
Jackson to have sole custody,
the appellate court said the
judge in the matter did not
handle it properly.
The retired judge, Steven
M. Lachs voided his own
ruling even though he had
found in 2001 that the
arrangement was in the best
interests of Paris and Prince
Michael.
World
Annan: Close down
Guantanamo prison
UNITED NATIONS —
Secretary General Kofi
Annan on Thursday said the
United States should close
the prison at Guantanamo
Bay for terror suspects as
soon as possible, backing a
key conclusion of a U.N.
appointed independent
panel.
White House spokesman
Scott McClellan rejected
the call to shut the camp,
saying the military treats
all detainees humanely
and “these are dangerous
terrorists that we’re talking
about.”
The panel’s report,
released Thursday in
Geneva, said the U.S. must
close the detention facility
“without further delay”
because it is effectively
a torture camp where
prisoners have no access to
justice.
Annan told reporters he
didn’t necessarily agree with
everything in the report, but
he did support its opposition
to people being held “in
perpetuity” without being
charged and prosecuted •
in a public court. This is
“something that is common
under every legal system,”
Annan said.
“I think sooner or later
there will be a need to
close the Guantanamo
(camp), and I think it will
be up to the government
to decide, and hopefully to
do it as soon as is possible,”
the secretary-general told
reporters.
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CRIME REPORT
WEDNESDAY,
FEB. 15
Suspicious activity,
12:15 a.m.
Ward law College,
820 Main St.
An individual called
USCPD stating that
someone was soliciting
money in front of
Wardlaw College.
Reporting officer M.
Davis searched the area
and could not find the
suspect.
Malicious injury to
private property,
10:14 P-m
Bates parking lot,
1423 Whaley St.
The victim said
someone punctured the
two rear tires on his
green 1999 Honda.
Estimated value: $100
Reporting officer:
N. Husbands
Information,
11:06 p.m.
1300 Block
of Greene Street
Reporting officer R.
Baker rolled into another
person’s vehicle, striking
the rear bumper. There
was no damage to either
vehicle. The driver did
not wish to have an
accident report taken.
Harassing phone call,
11:4s P-tn.
Sims, 1501 Devine St.
The victim said an
unknown person called
her cell phone.
Reporting officer:
N. Husbands
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a bracelet at the beginning
of the event with a child’s
name, age and ailment so
that they remember their
reason for dancing.
This year, every child
represented on a bracelet
will be present during the
event. The children and
their families will have
opportunities to speak
during the marathon.
“Most of the time, these
talks are really emotional,
and it really makes you
realize what the event is all
about,” Jones said.
Three hundred
participants are registered,
and more are expected to
come today. The cost is
$150 to participate.
Dancers have used
their own money, written
letters to friends and
family members, and even
reached out to businesses
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money for the event.
Last year, nearly $90,000
was donated. Proceeds
go to Palmetto Health
Children’s Hospital, and
funds come from the
Columbia area.
Palmetto Health
Children’s Hospital is
working toward opening
a freestanding children’s
clinic in 2008. The clinic
will move into what is
now the cancer wing of
Palmetto Health to keep
from scattering the kids
throughout the main
hospital.
“It will be so great to
finally have all of the
kids together. We will
be able to provide them
with a much different,
better atmosphere,” said
Lynn Hazel, the hospital
consultant for Dance
Marathon. “We will also
be able to increase the
amount of beds available
and in turn be able to
accommodate more
children.”
“This is a $33 million
project, so the money from
the fundraiser is much
needed and appreciated,”
said Amy Coward, the
marketing and public
relations division director
for the Palmetto Health
Foundation.
It is most appreciated by
the families of little girls
such as Corrie Hester, who
was diagnosed with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia
at age 5. Through the
intensive care given by
the Children’s Center
for Cancer and Blood
Disorders at Palmetto
Health Children s Hospital,
Hester underwent her last
treatment last February.
Jess Maddox has a
similar story. Days after
complaining about a
tummy ache, he was
diagnosed with a Wilms’
tumor on his left kidney.
Thanks to the “Thomas
the Tank Engine” videos
and books, as well as the
caring support provided
by the Children’s Center
for Cancer and Blood
Disorders, little Jess was
able to endure extensive
chemotherapy and
radiation treatment and
overcome his ailment.
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