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Five false fire alai By John Deiner University police responded to an unusually large number of false alarms Saturday. t An alarm was pulled in LaBorde at 2:41 a.m.; tour hours later, a tire alarm in Bates t House was pulled. At 12:15 p.m. police responded to an activated alarm in the art gallery of McKissick Museums. The telephone company had ac- > cidentally set off the alarm while installing new lines. 1 Two hours later, an alarm in Wade Hampton Hotel was activated for unknown 1 reasons. ! The fifth false fire alarm of the day was 1 reported at 7 p.m. when someone pulled an alarm in Maxcy. < Police report no tires or burglaries occurred at any of the sites. The penalty for causing a false alarm is a $500 fine and disciplinary action. Other incidents on the blotter include: < Dec. 4 1 A drunk man with a knife was arrested in a restroom at the Coliseum. He was charged for carrying an unlawful weapon, public drunkenness and misconduct. A car was stolen from the University Inn reserved lot. Two cars in the University Inn lot were i broken into and several pocketbooks were stolen. \ An unidentified male exposed himself to a t girl outside the Close-Hipp Buildings. ' Ne> Tht GAMECOCK is the student newv paper of the University of South Carolina and is published three limes a week oa Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both sum mer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the CAME C'OCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity Institution. The Board of Student Publications and ,*! Communications Is the publisher of the ^ CAMKCOCK. The Student Media l)e- i partment Is the parent organization of the ' v CAMF.COCK. | 1 Change of address forms, subscription I' I requests and other correspondence should I I be sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A, II I University of South Carolina, Columbia, I I S.C. 29208. I I Subscript Ion rates are $15.00 for (I) J year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and | J $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third ' | class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. J The "Gamecock" is a licensed student | organization of the University of South / I Carolina and receives funding from stu Ijwt activity fees. ? < K u K T ? A Y : i L_ ^ u T * R , O >. NT JL^J i : G T H- ? J H T Golden Spur/ n n.m. | ^ W ? 9 ? w V ^ rms keep univers Dec. 3 A car parked on a Senate Street lot was )roken into and radio equipment was stolen. Several items were stolen from a car park :u on inc computer services parKing 101. Dec. 2 A man wandering around on Wheat Street -vas warned to stay off campus. An alarm was activated at 3:04 a.m. in the President's House for unknown reasons. Five books, a knapsack, a calculator and a nicrocassette recorder were stolen from a student studying in the Close-Hipp Buildings. Black leather gloves were stolen out of a :oat hanging in a Thornwell College office. Thp Hnmnctpr anH KarV wall r*f I Iniv#?rcitv Terrace was damaged by an unidentified vehicle. Twenty dollars was stolen from a room in Capstone. A malfunction caused the alarm at the University Bookstore to go off. The ignition switch of a car parked on a Senate Street lot was ripped out. A checkbook was stolen from Calcott. Dec. 1 Someone broke into a car parked in a Colseum lot, but nothing was stolen. T Kran mnmUarr /-> f f Ua f 1 lll^V, lllvlll UL1 <3 UI lilt, uimivaiiuu V,1IU1 Vll vere warned to stay off campus outside of he Thomas Cooper Library. An unknown amount of money was stolen rt issue of the Garj ff^HBHSngK^^piSl i|i||^9^^HHHHBB IhMvBBBamttBI^B^BK rmrn ; ; . Wjij By J ." ^1 |yj||j W^'^M i tHE?ST?FTH? iity police busy ! the blotter from a canteen in the Nursing Building. The left front tire was punctured on a car parked on a Senate Street lot. A vending machine was broken into in the Coliseum. Twenty dollars and a student's checkbook were stolen from a knapsack in Thomas Cooper Library. The checkbook has been recovered. Nov. 30 An alarm in the Wade Hampton Hotel was activatpH for nnlfnnwn reasons The side clutch cover of a motorcycle parked on Davis Field was stolen. Several items were stolen from an unsecured room in the Earth and Water Sciences Building. Someone sprayed blue paint on the hoods and doors of several cars parked in the Bates House lot. Two checks were stolen from a room in Thornwell dorm and cashed. A car parked on a Senate Street lot was damaged by someone who poured sugar in the gas tank and slit one of the tires. An alarm at McKissick was activated and could not be reset. A guard was posted at the door until the museums opened the following day. A fire alarm was activated at Desaussure. necock is January WSiffigS# ^BUl ^MieciSYOURSv-g i ? C A^MphC.cKxsConxxiny CkVOch' Colore Saturday Nov. 29 A non-student was arrested for drunk driving on Blossom Street. Someone stole a handbag out of a car parked at the Law Center. A phone-answering machine and a billfold were stolen out of an unlocked office in the Earth and Water Sciences Building. A bike was stolen from a bike rack at the Blatt Physical Education Center. Several items were stolen from an unlocked room in Columbia Hall. The left rear vent window of a car parked on the University Inn parking lot was smashed in. USC police escorted a man who had a seizure in the Physical Science Center to Richland Memorial Hospital. Nov. 28 A purse was stolen from a car parked on a USC lot. A bicycle was stolen from the University Inn parking lot while its owner was home for Thanksgiving. A Volkswagen was ransacked while parked on a Senate Street lot, but nothing was taken. A non-student was arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct at the Coliseum. A bicycle was stolen from the Columbia Hall bike rack. A girl was hit by a water balloon dropped from a Columbia Hall window. 16 gggw* 3j?5 ?|&,' ^@^3 h jo w(mu1 (y.vrtK (,< t if)() tjKi'it, Boers *>ini H 1H/ I