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Two USC students received a bidden.' Di
call from WUSC, USC's student- ^ere ^
run radio station, saying they won teners can c
tickets to the Sting concert swer a quest
Unfortunately, it was a cruel t0 w'n b(
hoax. timate ticket
This past week, the students Stringer ;
came to the station and asked for heartbreakir
their tickets. They said a represen- and find out
tative from WUSC called them, According
Center helps pe(
By SHARON FOSTER
Staff Writer
For students, faculty and staff who have been
fected by the Persian Gulf War, the USC Counsel
and Human Development Center is sponsoring m<
ings to help people share their feelings about the w;
"Part of our being here is to serve the univer:
community and to offer support during diffic
times," said Dr. Leon Spencer of the Counseling ;
Human Development Center.
"Wp havp. harl an fvjrrp.11p.nt rpsnnnsp. in thp. rlnrm
ries," he said. 'The talks in the dorms allow stude
to talk about their feelings as individuals and a
school community and receive assistance if they n
it."
Junior Mark Kreiner attended a support group
Bates West dormitory. He said the meeting allov
people to deal with their grief and sorrow.
"Dr. Spencer did not want to hear our opinions
out the war," Kreiner said. "He wanted to hear
Robinson Continued from
safety, rather than writing tickets, cade here a
He has also suggested that lighting said,
needs to be improved greatly. Robinson
"I hope I can be one of the two campaign,
new voices here at USC," Robin- name recogi
son said about his working with theme. The
incoming president Dr. John by donation
Palms. alumni fou
"I'm excited about working with would spen<
a man with such good qualifica- limit allowai
tions at the beginning of a new de- "I've tak<
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w*r These activities are paid for. In part, by Student A<
of crank callers
iy won the tickets and a rash of this type of crank ca
to go to the station to this past year. She wants to st
cets. the calls now.
inger, the graduate as- Stringer said, "If you hear som
OJSC, said the radio thing like this, hang up and th
r calls someone "un- call us."
sc jockeys announce Danny Baker, assistant direct
kets, and then the lis- of law enforcement and safel
all the station to an- said these calls are an illegal u
ion or identify a song of the telephone in a harassing a;
?ets. This is the legi- perhaps abusive manner,
giveaway. Baker said students receivi
said, "It was almost these calls should either hang
ig to win something or verify the call. The stude
it's bogus." should call the station and ask
to Stringer, there was the call was legitimate.
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)ple deal with war
feelings and what was bothering us about the who
situation."
af_ Kreiner has no immediate family in the Persit
ing Gulf, but many of his friends know people or ha>
,et_ family in the gulf.
y Spencer said the main objective of the suppo
sity groups is to allow people to share their feelings ar
;ujt information they have. He encourages them to talk
an(j their peers about their fears.
"Many of those who attend the meeting have signi
jt0_ icant others who may be in Saudia Arabia," Speno
>nts said. "We try to normalize the situation for them ar
s a help them put things into perspective."
ozd He has meetings every week, but also encouragf
people to continue getting support from groups in tl
in Columbia area,
ved "We have channelled a lot of people into the con
munity to get support from other people in and arour
ab_ Columbia," Spencer said. "This way, they can gi
our more help than from just one meeting a week."
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t Carolina," Robinson in addressing issues that we c
realistically tackle," Robinson sa
is running a "basic" "I want Student Government to
based primarily on a vehicle that the Carolina co
lition and an American munity can relate with and use
funding has been paid relay their thoughts and conce
s from his fraternity's to the administration."
ndation. He said he ____
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Malicious inj
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a whitQ. male si
fraud, Carolina Coli- Illegal use o
transactions were tims have been
m. Financial trai
. Victim reports that seum. The Coli
a tire from his sec- cial transaction
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Victim reports that Whaley St. Vi
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blotter from Feb. 12-Feb. 11
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Feb. 12
:or Financial transaction card
:y, seum. Two unauthorized
se made defrauding the Coliseui
nd Larceny, 1423 Whaley St.
person(s) unknown removed
ng ured bicycle.
up Larceny, 1328 Wheat St.
;nt person(s) unknown removec
to him from a unsecure area?
Feb. 13
Larceny, University Book
that person(s) unknown took
contained several items.
le Grand larceny of a bicycle
tim states person(s) unknowr
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e Feb. 14
rt Malicious injury to persoi
ld 743 Greene St. Person(s) ui
t0 known object to break the w
vehicles.
Shoplifting/recovery, USC
er tbook was taken and later re
id
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et ultxasuede suit for CBS spo
commentator Pat Summerall 1
narrating a football film.
$440 in March 1988 for a p
of cowboy boots ordered by th
USC Athletic Director Bob M
cum for head football coach J
Morrison for the Gator Bowl.
fj1 $1,055 in January 1986 to b
carved wooden attache cases 1
Holderman and Marcum as Chri
,m~ mas gifts.
t0 $500 in January 1986 for a f
ms of a bald eagle print for forn
U.S. Attorney General Edu
Meese.
ve- $5,000 in March 1988 to char
ov- a Lear jet to fly Holderman
Puerto Rico to "confer with g<
? ernmental and university offici
about joint programs."
? $5,609 in January 1987 fix* 1
cases of white crab meat given
friends of the foundation.
Travel Contii
| days and a $199 trip on the 1
hama Princess for the same ti
span.
One other factor affecting tra
has been the demise of East*
Airlines because of bankruptcy.
"Eastern Airlines has really
a damper on us," Colon said,
mean, just with the travel, becai
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Continued from page 1
rts John D. Matthews, a former
for USC crew supervisor, came forward
and said that while doing reair
novation work at the foundation
ien two years ago his crew threw away
ar- some loose papers, not boxes of
oe documents, as they were described
by school officials.
?uy "It was just a pile of papers on
for the floor is all I know," said
ist- Matthews, a Greenville building
inspector.
;ui foundation ornciais said most
ler of the spending records ordered
dn opened by a state Supreme Court
were destroyed in 1988. They said
ter only 1985 records remained intact,
to alleging the renovation crew threw
>v- away the rest of the files during
als work at a USC campus house
where they were stored.
70 O'Donnell said the records were
to taped in boxes and clearly labeled
with the years on the outside.
lued from page 1
3a- they had great connection fares
me from here to Atlanta. And knowing,
in Columbia, S.C., for you to
vel go anywhere it's either Charlotte
srn or Atlanta."
Only Delta, US Air and Conti
put nental airlines fly out of Columbia
"I and there is no sign of another air
use line taking Eastern's place.
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ury to personal property, A-2 lot,
it. Complainant states that he saw
jbject kicking the victim's vehicle,
f telephone, Bates West. The vicreceiving
harassing phone calls,
nsaction card fraud, Carolina Coliiseum
was the location of a financard
fraud.
ly, burglary second degree, 1423
ctim reports that person(s) unhis
secure room and removed an
to him.
;turbance, 147 S. Marion St. Cornhe
and his girlfriend had an arPD
officers responded, and the sinlx/oH
ury to personal property, D-15 lot,
St. Subject(s) unknown damaged
;le.
telephone calls, Cliff Apartments,
nown have telephoned the victim
s of night and harrassed victim.
Compiled by Chad Bray
Staff Writer
Matthews disagreed. "They weren't
boxed up, they were like
trash," Matthews said, adding the
papers were thrown away around
xt~ i moo
rNuveuiuer 1^00.
Matthews said the State Law
Enforcement Division interviewed
him in its probe of the missing
records.
"There were some papers,
whether they were the records in
question, I don't really know,"
Matthews said.
He also said he does not remember
any USC or foundation official
ever asking him what happened to
the records.
O'Donnell previously said he
asked "this maintenance
guy ... who asked this other fellow,
who looked like a supervisor,"
about the records.
Assistant News Editor Tige
Watts contributed to this report.
m.
But Colon is optimistic that
sales will rebound once the Persian
i Gulf War ends.
"I really think that it's really going
to pick up. I really think that
- the travel industry is going to
\ boom once everything's settled,"
she said. "People are going to want
to go away."
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