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Bundy dies in Florida's electric chair
Starke, Fla.? Convicted serial killer Ted Bundy was executed Tuesday
morning in Florida's electric chair.
Bundy was convicted for the deaths of a 12-year-old girl and two Florida
Mate sorority sisters; ne contessea to murdering zu otner women.
People in support of Bundy's death brought signs as they camped outside
the prison. "Burn, Bundy, Burn" and "I like my Ted well done" were
among the messages. As the news went out of Bundy's execution, the people
cheered.
Senate subject to FOI, lawmaker says
State Sen. Glenn McConnell says the state Senate should follow the
same rules on public disclosure it has placed on the state's other governmental
bodies.
McConnell supports a bill introduced by Sen. Sherry Martschink, RCharleston,
that would require the state Senate to abide by the state's
Freedom of Information Act. That law forbids secret votes and limits
debate during closed sessions to such things as legal matters and personnel
issues.
Martschink and McConnell said the Senate occasionally has strayed during
executive sessions into discussions that should have been held before
the public.
While Martschink's bill has been sent to the Rules Committee, the full
Senate adopted in its rules package two weeks ago stricter penalties for
members violating executive session by talking about the proceedings.
South African writer to speak Thursday
Es kia Mphahlele, called by The New York Times the "elder statesman
of black South African writers," will read from his works Thursday at
use.
The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30
p.m. in Gambrell Hall Room 250. A reception will follow.
Mphahlele, a visiting professor at USC, lived in exile for 20 years before
returning to South Africa in 1977. He is professor and head of African
literature at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where
he conducts research in African oral poetry.
Lectures about women's issues begin
USC's series on women speakers begins today with speeches by Gilda
Cobb Hunter of the Women of Color Political Network and Sue Summer,
director of the South Carolina Commission on Women.
The Women Speakers Series will consist of three speeches aimed at raising
awareness about women in politics, racial relations, and the development
of the family. Today's theme is "From Vision to Action: Women in
the Political Process."
Summer said her speech will include how to get on political mailing lists,
how to function within the system and how to run for elected office.
"South Carolina very desperately needs women in the legislature," she
said. "I personally believe as more women enter the political process, we'll
all benefit."
Writers and photographers needed
Writers and photographers are being sought for the upcoming edition of
Cola Magazine, the lab publication of Journalism 559, "Advanced
Magazine Editing."
This will be the second edition of the magazine, which debuted this past
spring under the auspices of the course professor, Don McKinney, a
former managing editor of McCalls.
The deadline for article proposals is Friday and completed fiction pieces
are Feb. 24. For futher information contact, Articles Editor "Nancy Songer
at 799-3966.
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By ROBERT THOMAS
Staff writer
University Police have received a flood of
reports on crank telephone calls during the past
three weeks, said the spokesman for the Law and
Enforcement Division of USC.
The department is investigating 12 complaints of
crank calls reported since Jan. 9. The number of
complaints for the past three-week period is nearly
half the total number of comnlaints received for
the entire fall semester, said university police Lt.
Mike Mikutaitis.
The department has assigned two full-time investigators
to find the offenders who have made
the harassing, annoying or obscene telephone calls
to campus students, Mikutaitis said.
"People don't come here for this abuse,"
Mikutaitis said. "They don't need it. It does not
seem serious, but it is serious to the victim."
"It is not just a game. It is serious business,"
said Danny Baker, head of Law and Enforcement
at USC. "I have seen warrants issued to people for
just that."
Crank calls can have a lasting effect on the victim,
Baker said.
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"I was getting these calls ? it was a guy's voice
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I had on when he called," said a former Bates
House resident, who wished to remain unidentified
for fear of receiving more crank calls.
The victim, who is a female and a senior majoring
in retailing, said the calls occurred during this
semester.
She was called only when she was alone in her
seventh-floor room. She eventually covered her
dormitory window with brown paper and was told
by the caller that she should not have obstructed
the view into her room.
Even after she put up the paper, the caller continued
to correctly identify her clothing and her actions.prior
to entering her room.
"I was afraid to go to the bathroom. I was afraid
to be alone," she said. "It wasn't as much annoying
as it was scary."
After the calls persisted for two weeks, the resident
contacted the University Police Department,
who gave her a "crank phone call log."
The phone log is a form in which students record "
when the call was made, the type of call, the voice
of the caller and any background noises.
The logs are essential in helping the USC police
put a "trap" on the calls.
In "trapping," the department works with
USC's Office of Telephone Communications to
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locate the origin of the call if it is on campus. If the
call originated from off-campus, the deDartment
cooperates with Southern Bell and AT&T to locate
the crank caller.
"I have been in this business (law enforcement)
for 30 years," Mikutaitis said. "I don't see how
anyone could get sexual gratification out of
breathing into the phone heavy and saying
obscenities."
By South Carolina statute, it is unlawful to use
the phone to communicate language of a profane
and lewd nature.
Calling another person repeatedly for the purpose
of annoying or harrassing is also illegal,
regardless if conversation results.
In December, a crank caller with three-way calling
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freshman Rob Bradshaw and another victim
simultaneously.
The calls Bradshaw received were spread out
during a one-day period and persisted until 1 a.m.
The crank phone call log, which is available
from the University Police Department, 438 S.
Main St., offers tips on handling annoying phone
calls.
"The best thing to do is just hang up," Baker
said. "Don't try to talk to the person, don't try to
be a counselor and don't try to b? a detective."
veek's crimes
bia Hall and taken several items. The
theft occurred sometime last week.
University police are also investigating
the theft of 24 shower
curtains from floors 4, 5, 6 and 7 of
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harassing of the bathrooms sometime on
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investigated responded to the business administration
building for a fire on the
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:amera from around 10:30 p.m. when ashes from
jnlocked, in a pipe that were in a waste basket
theft occur- burst into flames. The complainant
afternoon. carried the waste basket to a water
investigating . fountain and put out the fire.
Band Hall. According to police reports, the
the south seventh floor had extensive smoke
7riday. damage, and the smoke alarms did
tat someone not activate. No one was injured duru
in Colum- ing the mishap.
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