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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
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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.
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