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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Man faces 2 drug charges after passing out in car A Columbia man is facing two drug charges after being found passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle in Lexington County, according to WIS. Lexington deputies discovered Jahbou Rudolpfh Drakes, 42, unconscious in his SUV stopped on the wrong side of St. Andrews Road. The vehicle was stopped, but the engine was still running. Drakes admitted to drinking when he woke up. The deputies smelled marijuana from inside the SUV. They searched the vehicle and found a green leaf y substance, several bags of white powder in a pill bottle believed to be powder cocaine and a scale. D r a k e s w a s a r r e s t e d a nd c h a r g e d w it h possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine. — Maxwell Bauman, Copy Desk Chief
Columbia, region set Army says it didn’t cover up pollution findings record-high temperatures The U.S. Army denied it covered up the findings of a pollution investigation at Fort Jackson for more than a year, according to The State. Fort Jackson officials said they received the results of a groundwater contamination test in June 2013. A letter from the Department of Health and Environmental Cont rol said army of f icials were aware of t he contamination in July 2012 and didn’t notify them. Traces of Royal Demolition Explosive were discovered in the groundwater. RDX is a compound used since the 1940s in hand grenades. It can cause seizures in those who drink water containing high levels. The first signs of contamination were found in the summer of 2012, and a report was not sent to DHEC until October of this year. Fort Jackson has sent out notices to residents who live near the base to test their wells for contamination. Fort Jackson’s environmental management branch chief, Barbara Williams, said she would drink the water. — Maxwell Bauman, Copy Desk Chief
Columbia and the region saw record-breaking high temperatures Monday. The capital city reached 85 degrees between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., breaking the previous Nov. 18 temperature record of 83 degrees set in 1958, The State reported. Augusta also set its record-high temperature Monday, 86 degrees. And several cities in the region tied their records, including Florence (83), Savannah (83) and Charlotte (78), according to The State. Temperatures will cool significantly for the next three days. The Weather Channel predicts a high of 62 degrees and a low of 39 in Columbia today. High temperatures are predicted to remain in the mid60s until Friday, when the high is projected to be 74 degrees. Fans at Saturday’s 1 p.m. kickoff for the USC vs. Coastal Carolina game can expect isolated thunderstorms with a high of 77 degrees. — Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor
BRAZIL • Continued from 1 University of California-Berkley and his master’s in Latin American studies from the University of California-Los Angeles. Much of Cast ilho’s research is done i n Pernambuco, Brazil, which was an entry point from Europe and Africa into the country. He spoke about many of the celebrations of freedom during the abolition period and showed pictures and paintings of these celebrations. He also focused on the political realignment of the time period. One of the influential people Castilho talked about was Antonio de Castro Alves, who was considered a great abolitionist poet. “He also made a significant impact not only during his life ... but throughout the rest of the abolitionist movement through theater,” Castilho said of Alves. Castilho emphasized that the abolitionist reforms were the biggest festivities of the 19th century in Brazil. He also discussed the opposing views of the time period about the labor and social conditions. “ W h at wa s f a sc i n at i ng wa s t h at f rom the cultural celebration to the government champion and its role in abolition, you also had the opportunity to use this issue of freedom to criticize unfulfilled expectations,” Castilho said. Hannah Cleaveland / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Visiting professor Celso Thomas Castilho discusses abolition and freedom celebrations in 19th century Brazil.
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