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CAROLINA m BRIEF Gervis Street bridge closes briefly today The Gervais Street bridge will close today from 4:30 until 9 p.m. for the bridge relighting ceremony. Barricades will be set at the entrances on the Columbia and West Columbia sides of the bridge, and Columbia Police will direct traffic on the Columbia side. Motorists are advised to seek alternate routes — Jarvis Klapman Boulevard and Blossom Street Bridge — during the listed hours. Business program No. 1 in News’ book Three USC programs are ranked among the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 book, “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The Moore School of Business’ program in international business remains the country’s top ranked public university program and No. 2 among all institutions, marking the 17th year the program has been ranked either No. 1 or No. 2. USC’s programs in school library media and health librarianship captured the No. 2 and No. 8 spots in their respective ratings categories. THIS WEEK © USC TODAY I-Comm Week — “Rights and Wrongs in Journalism”: 3:30-5 p.m., Coliseum 3020A Andrea M. Price-Baxley DMA Voice Recital: 7:30 p.m., School of Music 206 USC Bands Spring Concert: 7:30 p.m., Koger Center for the Arts Gonzales hall TUESDAY l-Comm Week — “Confessions of Two PR Junkies”: 5:30-6:45 p.m., Russell House Ballroom Spring Trombone Night Recital: 7:30 p.m., School of Music 206 WEDNESDAY l-Comm Week — “Political Activity: Getting Engaged”: 7 p.m., Coliseum 3001 If you d like to see your organizations schedule listed on Page Two, please e-mail gamecocknews @gwm. sc.edu ,TH#fe\MECOCK ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Feel that beat. Dog day afternoon Meg Gaillard / THE GAMECOCK Second-year nursing student Brandi Cook enjoys the warm weather while playing with her dog Deuce on the Horseshoe on Thursday. State Biker loophole allows non-licensed driving GREENVILLE — S ome motorcyclists in South Carolina drive for years without a license because state law allows them to repeatedly renew their beginner’s permits. “I’m ashamed to say it, but I’ve got some friends that for over 15 years renewed permits instead of taking the test and getting a license,” said Fred Ruddock, state coordinator of the motorcycle group A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments of South Carolina, or ABATE. There is no limit on how many times motorcyclists can renew their permits. Nation Obesity epidemic hits child car-safety seats CHICAGO — Many young children are too heavy for standard car-safety seats, and manufacturers are starting to make heftier models to accommodate them, according to research on the obesity epidemic’s widening impact. More than 250,000 U.S. children ages 1 to 6 are heavier than the weight limits for standard car seats, and most are 3-year-olds who weigh more than 40 pounds, the study found. Unless exceptionally tall, a 3-year-old weighing more than 40 pounds would generally be considered overweight. World Bodies recovered after Baghdad copter crash BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military said Sunday that the bodies of two American pilots killed when their Apache helicopter crashed near Baghdad were recovered and the aircraft was probably shot down. The AH-64D Apache Longbow went down about 5:30 p.m. Saturday during combat operations west of Youssifiyah, about 10 miles southwest of Baghdad. “The soldiers’ remains were recovered following aircraft recovery operations at the crash site” of the helicopter “which went down due to possible hostile fire,” the statement said. popc • commie mom i Paul’s death. Thousands of believers flocked to John Paul’s hometown of nearby Wadowice, where an open air service in the town at noon drew an estimated 8,000 people. “We came to pray for his quick beatification and also to pray to him to protect our family,” said Wojciech Gladysz, 33, a gardener who traveled 220 miles from Warsaw with his wife and three children. Tens of thousands filled Mexico City’s Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the most important Catholic shrine in the Americas. Many of the faithful used mirrors to reflect the morning sun to the heavens as a way of sending the late pope their love. Others carried framed photographs covered in ribbons. John Paul visited Mexico five times and was received by wildly enthusiastic crowds on each occasion. He called the country “Mexico, ever faithful.” At a morning Mass in Lagiewniki, Poland, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, John Paul’s longtime personal secretary, delivered a homily dedicated to John Paul’s swift beatification and sainthood. Weather Forecast High 83 low 50 High II Loui 4S High 14 Loui 49 High 16 low SI High 19 Loui 59 CRIME REPORT FRIDAY, MARCH 31 Harassing/threatening phone calls, 12:28 a.m. Patterson 1 lall, 1320 Devine Sr. Three victims said someone called and threatened them on their cell phones. ■Reporting officer: M. Davis Minor in possession of liquor, 2 a.m. Intersection of Pickens and Blossom streets Reporting officer M. Davis stopped Ryan Egan, 20, and found Egan to be in possession of liquor and an open container inside his vehicle. Disorderly conduct, 4:37 a.m. Intersection of Pickens and Blossom streets Gerald Deas, 31, was unsteady on his feet, slurred his words and had a smell of alcohol coming from him. Deas was placed under arrest for being highly intoxicated and unable to exercise care and safety for himself. Deas was transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Reporting officer: M. Davis Windy weather turns ^ Grandfather Mountain into scientific summit DlontelMchell WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Questions about a reported gust of at least 200 inph atop Grandfather Mountain have led to a cooperative effort between weather experts and officials there to measure fierce winds at the peak. When a wind gauge topped out at 200 mph sometime overnight on Jan. 24-25 near the summit of Grandfather Mountain, it made news across the country, it was the highest recorded wind in North Carolina, and approached a legendary world record of 231 mph, set in 1934 at Mount Washington, N.H. But though scientists didn’t question that the measurement was made in good faith, they said that it couldn’t be compared with measurements taken at other weather stations that meet guidelines of the National Weather Service or the World Meteorological Organization. The anemometer — a wind gauge with cups attached to short arms connected to a spinning vertical shaft — is on top of the visitor’s center at Grandfather, and experts say that could affect the reading. The wind slams into the side of the® building, then speeds up as it whips across the roof. When Baker Perry, an instructor at Appalachian State University, heard the news about the record setting wind, he called Grandfather Mountain president Crae Morton to talk about it. Perry said that there was a lot of good will on both sides as they figured out how new equipment could help them compare “apples to apples” in measuring winds. ^ Morton said he was^ happy to get the help and met in March with what he calls an “all-star cast” for a weather summit at Grandfather Mountain. The group included Perry and fellow ASU professors Pete Soule and Ray Russell; National Weather Service experts from the Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., including Larry Gabric, the meteorologist in charge of the center. 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