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Police officer fights auto thefts By Leroy Williams Qamecock Staff Writer A USC police officer is waging his own campaign against campus crime by placing warnings on cars left unlocked on university property. "You could have been ripped off--do not leave valuable items in your car," reads the sign Officer Norman Sanders leaves on cars he finds unlocked during his patrol. "I used 15 of the slips in one hour and 15 minutes while (I patrolled) between the Booker T. Washington parking lot and the Blossom Street garage,'' Sanders said. Sanders said campus police have caught many students and nonstudents breaking into cars on university grounds in the last six months. SanHprc ciicrtjpctc par nwnprs rpmnvp vnlnahlp itpms from thpir vehicles when they leave them parked. "I've seen people leave everything from purses, money, clothing and even a television set," he said. "If you have to put something in your car, lock it in your trunk out of sight," he added. Sanders said more than half the thefts on campus are results of carelessness. Nineteen of 30 thefts reported in January were from students who had left their room unlocked and seventeen out of 30 theft reports by staff and faculty members were caused by negligence, he said. "This is the message I'm trying to get across," Sanders said, "It may be inconvenient to lock your door, but it is even more inconvenient to replace stolen property." The chief causes for dormitory thefts are students who leave their rooms usually unlocked, students who sleep with their doors unlocked and students who walk down the hall for a few minutes with their door unlocked, Sanders said. In administration and classroom buildings, thefts are often caused when items are left in unlocked file cabinets, desks and on shelves in hallways, he said. Sanders said a person who leaves valuables in the open for a thief to pick up and take "crimes of opportunity." He said it is someties tempting for a person who wouldn't ordinarily steal to pick up a valuable on a "spur of the moment decision." In addition to persons who rarely steal, there are others who roam campus looking for the opportunity to stage a larceny, Sanders said. "There are some people who shop these buildings regularly," Sanders said. "Some people have been caught two or three times." Sanders said stolen property is seldom recovered. In a money theft, the thief will take the cash and throw the wallet or purse away, he said. Sanders advises students to record serial numbers on stereos, bicycles and television sets. "A lot of the stuff that is stolen does not have a serial number on it recorded. Without a serial number they (tnett victims) are in oaa snape as tar as laenuiying tneir property, ne said. fschool Kids brings you latestl LP's by these artists for only $499 Christopher Cross ; Lonrunsnun Crown Heights Affair Elvis Costello Upps, Inc. 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After eight years in the House's chief position, Carter announced last month that he will be resigning at the end of the current legislative session for "personal reasons." ml _ *- ? 11 y-i 111 _ _ A r: 4 me M-year-oia ureenvuie attorney was nrsi elected state representative in 1953, and took over speaker duties in 1972. Since he took office, Carter said that great strides have been made in the area of providing services that help legislators meet con\ SUMMER ENRICH I FC { GIFTED ANC <\ College of cei ft university of S i Summer Job C X NEEDED: 10 Dorm Counselo JOB The College of Cei ^DESCRIPTION: south Carolina is \ X nrnaram fnr the ! grades fifth throu This program will involve four tv\ 29 - July 12, July 13 - July 26, July 27 will enroll 100 gifted and talented st These are full-time positions and dc to hold additional jobs. The Dorm Cc the Dorm. STIPEND: $100 per week, rc Saturday night off c rotation. ft . 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