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CAROLINA m BRIEF Professor, pianist to play filial concert University of South Carolina School of Music pfofessor John Williams will present his final concept at 7:30 p.m. April 17, in the school’s recital hall. Williams, a teacher of piano and bassoon for 38 years at USC, will retire this summer. “Though we are sad to see him retire this year, we are delighted that his comprehensive musicianship, great sense o| humor and overall goodwill will still be frequent in our halls and in our midst in the years to come,” said Tayloe Harding, dean of the School of Music. THIS WEEK # USC TODAY Slam Poet Komplex: 12:30“ p.m., Russell House Patio Laura Nevitt Student Composition Recital: 5:30 p.m., School of Music .206 USC Spring Writers Festival: 7 p.m., Rutledge Chapel Gideon Yago: 8 p.m., Russell House Ballroom THURSDAY Southern Exposure Concert: 7:30 p.m., School of Music 206r FRIDAY Theatre South Carolina presents “Measure for Measure”: 8 p.m., Dravton Hall Want your organization’s # meetings to be on the calendar on Page Two? E-mail gamecocknews @gwm.sc.edu ON THE WEB © www.dailygamecock.com Read online five days a week. Good time to roll on. AWW, NUTS . . Meg Gaillard/ THE GAMECOCK A squirrel chows down on the Horseshoe on Tuesday. Students — and animals — flock to the outdoor hub at the center of campus to enjoy the warm S.C. weather. State Property tax relief bill falls apart in Senate A property tax relief plan began unraveling on the Senate floor Tuesday in the State House, as both Democrats and Republicans called it defective. Senators couldn’t even agree or come to a concensus on where to start the debate on the bill that barely passed committee last week. The Senate adjourned without deciding whether to accept the committee plan as the starting point or revert to a plan the House sent over in February. Nation Navy arrests sailors for phony marriages JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Eight sailors were charged Tuesday with arranging sham marriages to Polish and Romanian women in a scheme to help the women obtain U.S. citizenship and collect bigger military housing allowances for themselves. An investigation by Naval Criminal Investigative Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found that none of the women lived with the sailors they married. World Iran reports advance in nuclear program TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s hard-line president said Tuesday that the country has joined the club of nuclear countries by successfully enriching uranium for the first time - a key process in what Iran maintains is a peaceful energy program. The announcement from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was certain to heighten international tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Iran stop all enrichment by April 28. Weather Forecast TODAY High 19 Louj 55 High 83 Low 51 High 81 lout 64 High 90 Loui 66 . i Lou. 61 CRIME REPORT MONDAY, APRIL 10 Lost property, 10:30 p.m. Douglas, 614 Main St. The victim, 19, said he lost his South Carolina driver’s license. Reporting officer: D. Davis TUESDAY, APRIL 11 Information, 1:20 a.m. Law Center, 1112 Greene St. The complainant, 21, called USCPD and said the guard left, the building in his vehicle. After numerous attempts to contact the guard, the subject said he finally . showed up. The subject ^ said he left to go see his wife without notifying the USCPD. The subject was relieved of duty by Lt. Friels and the subject’s supervisor, Capt. McKnight, was notified. Reporting officer: N. Peter Old asylums becoming homeseekers new haunts . KenfDaguire THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i 1 DANVERS, Mass. — In 1 real estate, not even ; spooky trumps location. i Across the nation, former state hospitals for ' the mentally ill — with dated names like “lunatic < asylum” — are being converted into homes. 1 Even the ominous i Danvers State Hospital, : once described as “the i scariest building in the < world” and a favorite ! destination of ghost hunting thrill-seekers, soon ; will be home to laptop toting latte drinkers. “There’s obviously a ! lot of notoriety associated 1 with the site,” said Scott > Dale, a vice president at < AvalonBay Communities Inc., which is constructing 1 497 luxury apartments and 1 condominiums. “We think at the end j of the day, that will be 1 helpful.” ; No units are on the ’ market yet, but Dale expressed confidence that occupancy won’t by hurt by i the property’s jaded past, : including a cemetery with some unmarked graves — 1 one reminder of the sad < history of treatment of the mentally ill. < The formula has been : successful elsewhere. ] Six hundred would be buyers signed up for : the first 60 homes built < at the site of the former i Dammasch State Hospital, a $500 million project : in Wilsonville, Ore., 20 miles south of Portland, city officials said. In Traverse City, Mich., developers of a former isylum overlooking Lake Michigan have down jayments in hand from myers looking for condos, tnd a waiting list should hose buyers bow out. Rents at the 500-unit Dctagon, the former New fork City Lunatic Asylum >n Manhattan’s Roosevelt island, are 10 percent ligher than expected, leveloper Bruce Becker ;aid. Studio apartments n the $170 million levelopment start at A 51,700. ^ “It certainly still has a ;light mystery to it, but wouldn’t say scary or launted,” said Rebecca 5haw, who is moving vith her boyfriend into a me-bedroom unit at the Dctagon next month. Built in 1841, the asylum ater became a hospital, 1 I t r r V111C11 111 1 7JJ. rrailblazing journalist Vellie Bly spent time mdercover at the asylum tnd wrote in 188-7 that it vas a “human rat trap.” M Shaw, who grew up on ™ Roosevelt Island, recalled jicycling and roller ikating on the grounds. “At that time it was veeds and bushes, jvergrown plant life, vhich made it really mol,” the 30-year-old ;ocial worker said. “For dds, that was part of the ippeal, it was scary and ipooky. When you get jlder you decipher what’s eal and what isn’t.” What’s real: parking ;pace, short commute. “For my work, I need to je close to the city. And ^ he price is right for this ^ joint in my life,” Shaw :aid. UNIVERSITY OF jg| SOUIH(mOUNA Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships Taking Summer Classes? Will you need help paying for them? Why not apply for Student uxo; Financial Aid? Go to VIP and Apply Now! 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