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FORECAST THE GAMEG0CK * Wednaday- June 22-2005 ♦ TODAY ♦THURSDAY ♦FRIDAY ♦SATURDAY ♦SUNDAY ML# f \ M Li — _ _ JL Jl M, / ^ ^ ^ s High 90 High 87 High 81 High 80 High 83 Low 69 Low 67 Low 67 Low 68 Low 70 Traffic Your guide to navigating Tjrrt U _ Columbia! mean ttreett W dLvli FROM NEWS RELEASES ♦ Read the last rites. The 600-800 BLOCK OF HARDEN STREET is a traffic coronary waiting to sluggishly kick the bucket. Look for one-lane in and out of the Harden-Devine intersection. God be with Yesterdays. * even though UtKVAia i I KLt I TRAFFIC BETWEEN SUMTER AND ASSEMBLY STREETS is still one way in and out, commuters have gotten used to the changes and traffic has picked up. Don’t run the red light; even though it seemingly doesn’t serve a purpose, it will help avoid running over a gaggle of politicians. ♦ The 1200 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET is your Chevy’s worst nightmare. All cars stay away. Foot traffic only. LAURA-JOYCE GOUGH/THE GAMECOCK USC’s fuel-cell research center, in Swearingen Engineering Center, will partner with the Korea Institute of Energy Research. ■ FUEL CELL Continued from page 1 underway at each institution and provide additional opportunities for our top scientists to conduct research that will benefit our nations’ energy needs,” Choi said in the news release. Along with additional research comes a reputation-builder for use. “This will make Carolina more globally respected as a university,” Pastides said. “I think that even though the partnership is with fuel-cell research, it will be in everybody’s interest with the increase of the value of a USC diploma. “Hopefully we will gain direct exchange programs for both USC and Korean students. With this (Memorandum of Understanding), both institutions will be able to give opportunities to students on either end. Hopefully our neighbors will see what we are doing and begin to see the benefits of working internationally.” nouiCi uic uauuns umy fuel-cell research center funded by the prestigious National Science Foundation. According to the USC news release, the center fosters collaborative research among its industrial partners, who contribute nearly half a million dollars annually. Comments on this story? E-mail Tamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu POLICE REPORT COMPILED BY TAYLOR SMITH/THE GAMECOCK These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent ® Nonviolent THURSDAY, JUNE 16 ©UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM Jones Physical Science Center, 712 Main St. Reporting officers D. Davis and A. Mitchell responded to a fight where a convicted felon agreed to let the officers search his vehicle. The officers searched the subject’s vehicle and discovered a semi automatic firearm. The subject was arrested and taken off campus for possessing a firearm while on probation. FRIDAY, JUNE 17 ©TRESPASSING AFTER NOTICE Thomas Cooper Library, 1322 Greene St. Reporting officers K. Adams, R. Baker and U. Mitchell approached a 27-year-old Columbia man as he was walking down Greene Street and asked him why he went into the library. The man said he went to use the restroom. He was notified of trespassing in November 2004. SATURDAY, JUNE 18 ODRIVING under the INFLUENCE (FIRST DEGREE) Greene and Pickens streets A 22-year-old Irmo man was arrested after failing two field sobriety tests. Officer C. Welch reported that the subject had trouble staying off curbs on Greene Street, as well as standing after exiting his vehicle. The subject had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a smell of alcohol and was arrested with a blood-alcohol level of .13. ■ RESEARCH Continued from page 1 city and county governments to build parking garages for the upcoming project. The total for the first phase is estimated to exceed $123 million. Harris Pastides, vice president for research and health sciences, sees the vote as encouragement for the university, not burdensome. “To go ahead and have enough money for three university buildings as well as three parking decks or garages and the Greg Davis properties, we are talking about a project that is valued at $150 million,” Pastides said. “At any university, that is certainly a great day.” Typically, proposed plans undergo intense scrutiny and occasional significant changes, but the plans for Phase 1 underwent no change. lney gave us 1UU percent of what we asked for, they did change the requirements and they did not reduce it,” Pastides said. “This is exactly what we needed.” Although the board approved the first phase with a unanimous vote, Pastides said he would have been happy with any endorsement from the board, even if unanimity sends a mission to those scrutinizing the university’s plans. l nere was good detail to planning and preparation,” Pastides said of the successful vote and vision. “But this also shows that there is recognition on part of state government to know that we are doing is not so much about what we are doing for the university, but what we are doing for the state.” Comments on this story? 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