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2A I Thursday, November 16, 2006 | The Red & Black NEWS UGA TODAY >- American Marketing Association Event. 7 p.m. 153 Student Learning Center. Contact: christie.carden@gmail.com > Suchita Vadlamani Lecture. 5 p.m. UGA Chapel. Speaker: Good Day Atlanta co-host Suchita Vadlamani. Sponsor: Indian Cultural Exchange. Contact: 706-542-5773 >- Poverty Awareness Film and Discussion. 7 - 9 p.m. 171 Student Learning Center. Sponsor: Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the School of Social Work. Speaker: Steve Jones, Athens judge. Film: “Wage Slaves: Not Getting By In America.” Contact: Nicole Sanders, nsanders@uga.edu, 542- 0348. >- Human Rights and the School of the Americas Discussion. 5:30 p.m. 350 Student Learning Center. Speaker: Aisha Brown, devel opment and operations coor dinator for the School of Americas Watch. Sponsor: UGA Amnesty International. Contact: awatts@uga.edu >- International Development Internship Info Session. 6 - 7 p.m. 116 Moore College. Sponsor: UGA Career Center. Information on Foundation for Sustainable Development internships in micro-enter prise, environment, health, youth and education, women's empowerment, com munity development, and human rights. Contact: jupe722670@aol.com, 706- 714-2864 >• Student Government Candidate Seminar. 8 p.m. 401 Journalism Bldg. Sponsor: Student Government Association. Final seminar for students who want to run for any posi tion in Student Government in the January SGA election. Contact: jagpotsc@uga.edu, http://www.ugasga.0rg/p0rtal/c ontent/view/84/2/ — Please send submissions for UGAToday to uga today @ randb. com. Listings are published on a first-come-first-serve basis as space permits. CORRECTIONS There was an error in Monday’s Red & Black column “Plastic bags costly for envi ronment. ” The bag 20- cent per tax in Scotland mentioned in the column has since been rejected and withdrawn. In Wednesday’s edi torial “Respect the dead,” there were two errors. Dexter Adams, head of the grounds department, said he felt “9.8 of 10 persons would be horrified” at the vandalism. The vandalism was report ed the day after Halloween. The breakout box for the story “‘Dreamgirls’ revisits Motown era with week end musical” in Wednesday’s Red & Black gave some wrong information for two of the four shows this weekend. The shows run from Thursday thru Sunday. Friday’s show costs $10 for everybody, not giv ing a $5 discount with a UGA ID. TOP STORIES FROM AROUND THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD PABLO MARTINEZ | The Red & Black A Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Top commander warns against Iraq withdrawl Democrats push for pulling out WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in the Middle East warned Congress Wednesday against setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, putting him at odds with resurgent Democrats pressing President Bush to start pulling out of the violence- torn country. Gen. John Abizaid spoke as the Senate Armed Services Committee began re-examining U.S. policy in the wake of last week’s elections, which gave Democrats control of Congress starting next year and was widely seen as a repudiation of the administration’s war poli cies. Asked directly what effect he foresaw on sectarian vio lence if Congress legislated a phased U.S. withdrawal start ing in four to six months, Abizaid replied, “I believe it would increase.” “It seems to me that the prudent course ahead is to keep the troop levels about where they are,” Abizaid said, while placing larger teams of U.S. military advisers inside Iraqi army and police units. He said that increased emphasis on advising Iraqi units might be accomplished without significantly increas ing the total U.S. force in the country. Even some Republicans on the Senate panel voiced a measure of frustration at the long and costly war in Iraq. In one of the day’s most contentious clashes, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chal lenged Abizaid on his analy sis of the situation and com plained that he was advocat ing no major changes in U.S. policy. McCain, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, has called for adding thou sands more U.S. combat troops in Iraq to help fight the insurgency and halt sec tarian violence in Baghdad. “I’m of course disappoint ed that basically you’re advo cating the status quo here today, which I think the American people in the last election said that is not an acceptable condition,” McCain said. In response, Abizaid said he was not arguing for the status quo. He said the key change that is needed now is to place more U.S. troops inside the Iraqi army and police units to train and advise these forces in planning and executing missions. — Associated Press Last top Enron executive gets sentence DAVID J. PHILLIP The Red & Black A Richard Causey, Enron’s former chief accounting officer, leaves the federal court house with his wife Elizabeth afer being sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prision. WORLD Abductees released after Iraq office raid BAGHDAD, Iraq — About 70 of the people abducted in a brazen raid on the offices of the Higher Education Ministry have been released, officials said Wednesday, but it was unclear how many remained captive. Dozens of people were taken Tuesday from the cen tral Baghdad office that han dles academic grants and exchanges, with the men handcuffed and loaded aboard about 20 pickup trucks by gunmen dressed in the uni forms of Interior Ministry commandos. “Most of the hostages were freed, but that is not enough for us. We will chase those who did this ugly criminal act,” Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki said Wednesday, as he met professors and students at Baghdad University in a show of support for the country’s educational institu tions. “We regret what happened yesterday. The government’s reaction was strong.” The U.S. military also announced the combat deaths of six troops — three soldiers and three Marines, raising the number of American war dead to 2,858. The six all died Tuesday, four fighting in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar Province in western Iraq and two whose convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad. So far this month, 40 American service members have died in Iraq. At least 105 U.S. forces died in October, the fourth highest monthly toll of the war. — Associated Press HOUSTON — Richard Causey, the last of the top Enron Corp. executives to learn his punishment, was sentenced Wednesday to five-and-a-half years in prison for his role in one of the biggest corporate scan dals in U.S. history. Causey, 46, the company’s former chief accounting offi cer, pleaded guilty in December to securities fraud two weeks before he was to be tried along with Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling on conspira cy, fraud and other charges related to the company’s collapse. Causey also agreed to fork over $1.25 million to the government and forfeited a claim to about $250,000 in deferred compensation. Unlike others at Enron, Causey didn’t skim millions of dollars for himself from shady deals. In his guilty plea, Causey admitted that he and other senior managers made false public findings and state ments. US Airways makes offer for Delta ATLANTA — US Airways is still painting new logos on many of the planes it got when it combined with America West last year. It may need more paint. On Wednesday, the com- LOS ANGELES — In a new TV interview and book, O.J. Simpson discusses how he would have committed the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend “if I did it.” The two-part television interview, titled “O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened,” will air Nov. 27 and Nov. 29 on Fox, the TV network said NATION & STATE pany said it was offering $8 billion in a hostile bid to take over rival Delta Air Lines and create what could be the nation’s largest carri er. The offer to buy Delta once the Atlanta-based air line emerges from bankrupt cy protection by the middle of 2007 would give Delta’s NAMES & FACES Tuesday. “O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have commit ted the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes,” the network said in a statement. “In the two- unsecured creditors $4 bil lion in cash and 78.5 million shares of US Airways stock. If the deal is completed, the combined airline would operate under the Delta name and serve more than 350 destinations across five continents. US Airways has not decided where the com bined company would be based. Delta Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein said the carrier would review the pro part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the mur ders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.” “This is an interview that no one thought would ever happen. It’s the definitive last chapter in the Trial of the Century,” Mike Darnell, executive vice president of posal, but would continue its reorganization plan. “Delta’s plan has always been to emerge from bank ruptcy in the first half of 2007 as a strong, standalone carrier,” Grinstein said. Parker said the combined company would have about 85,000 employees. He said he would anticipate flying with 10 percent fewer planes, but “the plan is not predicated on any job cuts.” — Associated Press alternative programming for Fox, said in a statement. The interview, conducted with book publisher Judith Regan, will air days before Simpson’s new book, “If I Did It,” goes on sale Nov. 30. The book “hypothetically describes how the murders would have been commit ted,” the network said. — Associated Press O.J. Simpson discusses ex-wife’s slaying on Fox Congratulations Nick Ludley Last Tuesday's Sudoku Puzzle winner! Nick's correctly completed Sudoku puzzle from The Red & Black was drawn from entries submitted to The Red & Black office. Nick wins one large-one topping pan pizza, one medium-one topping pizza, one order of garlic parmesan breadsticks, and one Sweetreat from Papa John's Pizza. Solve Tuesday's Sudoku puzzle in The Red & Black and you could win! One entry per person, no photocopies. 540 Baxter St. - Athens - across from Brumby Hall NORTHEAST GEORGIA ENT HEAD & NECK SURGERY 3ohn T^. 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