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CAROLINA m BRIEF
Art Institute mixes
media in new show
Twelve USC students
from different artistic
fields will stage an
original performance that
combines poetry with
piano and painting on
Saturday at Longstreet
Theatre.
“Art Fusion: Common
Threads” begins at 6
p.m. and is free and open
to the public. The project
is the first of the recently
established Art Institute
at USC, which aims to
create programs for the
campus community and
public that draw from
the university’s varied
and vibrant areas of art
study.
Art fusion
showcases graduate and
undergraduate student
talent and celebrates how
major forms of art are
connected.
“There’s a common
thread of creative energy
that runs through
the liberal arts,” said
Raychelle Hearth, a
graduate student in
creative writing who
organized the program
with classmate John
Higgins. “Each genre
— literature, visual art,
music, theater and dance
— brings new life and
perspective to what we
see, hear, touch and feel.
We’re really excited to
share that energy and
creativity with others.”
“Art Fusion: Common
Threads” will feature four
works, each combining
music performance and
poetry, theatrical staging
and dialogue with visual
art and design.
THIS WEEK # USC
TODAY
Ian Jeffress doctoral
saxophone recital: 5:30 p.m.
School of Music 206
Drew Allen junior
composition recital: 7:30
p.m. School of Music
206
SATURDAY
Men’s lacrosse — USC
vs. UNCC: 2 p.m. Blatt
Field
Colin Brown and Kenny
Kominic junior percussion
recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
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Penned in history
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Vennie Deas Moore, author of “Home: Portraits from the Carolina Coast,” signs copies
of her book in the McKissick Museum Thursday as part of Women’s History Month. The
book is a photographic journey into the lives of coastal Carolina individuals and families.
State
Officials urge parents
to get children tested
BISHOPVILLE — Health
officials want some parents
to take their children to
see a doctor after several
Bishopville students pricked
each other with a syringe at
school.
An 8-year-old boy brought
the syringe to Robert E.
Lee Academy on Tuesday,
headmaster Virginia Stokes
said.
The needle may have
belonged to the third
grader’s grandmother, who
is a nurse, Stokes said.
“During lunch time, he
began to stick some ot nis
classmates,” she said. “They
saw it as a fun thing to do,
so some of them even took
it and stuck others.”
A teacher discovered the
children had been pricked
and took them to the school
nurse, who cleaned the
small puncture wounds with
alcohol, Stokes said.
The school also contacted
parents, encouraging them
to take the children to the
doctor.
While it’s unlikely the
children contracted any
disease, the Department of
Health and Environmental
Control has recommended
that all children struck by
the syringe be tested for
HIV and Hepatitis B and
C.
The boy has been
suspended and could be
expelled, but Stokes said
she believes he did not
realize he was putting his
classmates in danger.
Nation
Congress votes to up
war, relief spending
WASHINGTON — Congress
pushed the ceiling on the
national debt to nearly $9
trillion Thursday, and the
House and Senate promptly
voted for major spending
initiatives for the war in
Iraq, hurricane relief and
education.
The Senate, on a 52
48 vote, sent President
Bush a measure allowing
the government to borrow
an additional $781 billion
and preventing a first-ever
default on Treasury notes.
The move allows lawmakers
and the president to pay
for the war in Iraq without
raising taxes or cutting
popular domestic programs.
Hours later, the House
approved by a 348-71 vote
$92 billion in new money
for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and for relief
along the hurricane-ravaged
Gulf Coast.
The blueprint for the
budget year that begins Oct.
1 bears little resemblance
to one from Bush last
month. The votes set up
a confrontation with the
House, which is certain
to oppose the additional
spending.
The debt limit increase
was the fourth of Bush’s
presidency, totaling $3
trillion. With the budget
deficit expected to approach
$400 billion for both this
year and next, an additional
increase in the debt limit
almost certainly will be
required next year.
World
U.S. military launches
attack for insurgents
BAGHDAD, Iraq — In a
well-publicized show of
force, U.S. and Iraqi forces
swept into the countryside
north of the capital in
50 helicopters Thursday
looking for insurgents in
what the American military
called its “largest air assault”
in nearly three years.
The military said the
assault — Operation
Swarmer — detained
41 people, found stolen
uniforms and captured
weapons including
explosives used in making
roadside bombs. It said the
operation would continue
over several days.
I here was no bombing
or firing from the air in
the offensive northeast of
Samarra, a town 60 miles
north of Baghdad, the
U.S. military said. All 50
aircraft were helicopters
— Black Hawks, Apaches
and Chinooks — used to
ferry in and provide cover
for the 1,450 Iraqi and U.S.
troops.
Residents in the area
reported a heavy U.S. and
Iraqi troop presence and
said large explosions could
be heard in the distance.
White House spokesman
Scott McClellan denied the
offensive was tied to the
new campaign to change
opinion about the war.
“This was a decision made
by our commanders,” he
said, adding that President
Bush was briefed but did not
authorize the operation.
Weather Forecast
TODAY SAT. SOn. fllOD. TUG.
High 14 High 64 High 60 High 49 High 69
Lout 42 Low 39 Low 43 Low 42 Low 44
CRIME REPORT
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 15
Strong arm robbery,
1:00 a.m.
S4 Lot Colombia Hall,
918 Barnwell St.
The victim, 24, said
someone removed $800
from his pants pocket
and then ran toward Five
Points.
Reporting officer:
M. Davis
Suspicious activity,
4:16 p.m.
Jones Physical Science
Center, 712 Main St.
The complainant, 35,
said someone entered
the incident location and
asked if he had any books
to sell. The complainant
said when he told the
person “no,” the subject
left the scene.
Reporting officer:
N. Husbands
Hit and run property
damage; Disorderly
conduct, 11:25 P'm
Bull St. Garage,
611 Bull St.
Shekinah Montgomery,
24, while turning into
the incident location,
struck a brick wall at the
entrance then continued
to park the vehicle in
a legal parking space.
Upon arriving to the
scene, reporting officer,
M. Davis, observed
Catherine Johnson, 22,
to be unsteady on her
feet with slurred speech
and a strong smell of
alcohol coming from her.
First Responder arrived
and treated Montgomery.
Both women were
arrested and transported
to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
Estimated value: $3,000
ST PATTY • conTinmomi
were more people than
glasses,” she said. “There
were more people in that
pub than in any club in
Columbia on any night.”
Herzog, 21, said she
plans to spend some
time at her favorite bar,
Goatfeather’s, on Devine
Street in Five Points.
Goatfeather’s, which
normally opens at 4:30
p.m., will open its doors
at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Some other students are
not so thrilled about the
holiday’s festivities.
“I will be avoiding the
festival in Five Points,”
said Isabel Dickey, a
fourth-year theatre
student. “I don’t enjoy
drunken people coming
up and hitting on me.”
Dickey said she will
spend Friday night at a
friend’s house.
On a holiday marked
in America with green
beer, it’s unavoidable that
in a college town like
Columbia, minors will be
celebrating the holiday as
well.
“St. Patrick’s Day is
a great opportunity for
everyone to see each other
and have fun. I’ll probably
be in Five Points, drinking
green beer ... and doing
cartwheels,” said Amie
Dillard, a second-year
international studies
student.
However, students can
expect an increased police
presence in the Vista and
Five Points Friday and
Saturday nights, on the
pavement and on thej^fc
roads.
A report by the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration said that
nearly a third of all traffic
fatalities on St. Patrick’s
Day in 2003 were caused
by some form of drunken
driving.
Some beer companies
are sponsoring ways to
curb the danger around
St. Patrick’s Day.
Beer giant Budweiser
will be sponsoring $10 off
taxi cab fare Saturday to
any residence or hotel in| Bk
Richland and Lexington
counties between noon
and 8 p.m. Cab stands
will be located at the
intersection of Harden
and College streets, at
the Salty Nut Cafe on
Greene Street, and on
Devine Street at Jake’s
Bar & Grill.
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