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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
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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.
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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
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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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