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The following report was compiled from the USC Police Department's blotter. BATES AREA A student reported his front windshield was broken when it was parked in the student lot on South Marion Street. The malicious injury to personal property was caused by an unknown object and reported Jan. 19. Estimated damage is reported at $300. A patrolman spotted a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road on the 500 block of Sumter Street Jan. 18. The officer immediately curbed the vehicle and noticed an open container of alcohol in the backseat. A sobriety test was conducted on the scene and the subject seemed to be intoxicated. After being arrested and transported to the Richland County Detention Center, the subiect was found to have a blood alcohol count of .13 percent. The subject was then charged with driving while intoxicated. A female student reported her handbag was stolen from her unattended vehicle parked on Wheat Street. The purse is reported to have contained jewelry, credit cards, checkbooks and her driver's license. Estimated value of the stolen goods is $250. Fingerprints were lifted from the door of the vehicle, and an investigation is in progress. The incident was reported Jan. 18. A tire was stolen from a vehicle parked on the 1400 block of Whaley Street. The larceny of a tire, rim and hubcap was reported Jan. 15. There was an attempt to steal a vehicle parked on Catawba Street Jan. 15. The vehicle was entered through the rear-passenger window, which was broken to gain access. The steering column was cracked but no property was reported stolen. TOWERS AREA A female student noticed a "green, leaf-type substance" in her room in Baker Jan. 15. She notified the USCPD and the substance was found to be marijuana. An investigation continues as to the origin of the substance. An unknown female has illegally used the telephone to threaten a resident of Baker Hall. The resident reported these harassing phone calls Jan. 14 after several incidents. Join !checki M FULL SERVICE FACILITY: ffl Bi Free Nursery St Jogging T 0 ^ Free Sun Beds 6^ Saunas, V ? Personal Trainers 5^ Swimminc [13 Free Weights & Nautilus 6^ Racquetb; I New Aerobics Program Featuring 52 Classes Weekly: Bodyshaping with Weights & Dynabands, Step, High Impact, Low InxQSit ph 19|| BT ^ Fre( J ! ?Ta1 m w^M CAROLINA COLISEUM AREA The rear passenger-side window was b in order to gain access to a vehicle park( Assembly Street. The steering column wa; ken in an attempt to steal the vehicle. Nc in the vehicle was reported stolen during t cident which was reported Jan. 15. An unknown subject attempted to breal an automobile parked in the Gibbes Lot. age estimated at $200 was reportedly caus the trunk of the vehicle. The incident wi ported Jan. 14. The lid of a trunk was severely darna^ an attempted auto breaking in the Gibb( Jan. 14. Damage is estimated at $575. HORSESHOE AREA A student reported her secured vehiclt removed from a student lot on Pendleton f The grand larceny of an automobile w< ported Jan. 15. An investigation continues. /\ stuaent reported harassing phone ca his room in Maxcy Hall. The incident w; ported Jan. 14, after he received a series of calls. A resident of Pinckney Hall reported the of his closet door was damaged and some < contents were stolen. The resident reporte door to his room was secure and not dam Contents stolen include 15 compact dis Sony CD player and a clock radio. Estir value of the stolen goods is $490 while the age to the door is $50. HUMANITIES/CAPSTONE AREA A female student left her purse unattend< a bench in the lobby of Gambrell Hall Jai When she returned, the purse was stolen, mated value of the stolen goods is $55. RUSSELL HOUSE/WOMEN'S QUAD Af A resident of Sims reported an unkr male student illegally used the telephoi threaten her and use profanity. The incidenl reported Jan. 15. compiled by J.T. 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EstiThe Gamecock has changed its crime repo campus area, rather than bv date. The USC cj tEA and date are included in the body paragraphs u town ie to t was ffl Msm Zz.- KHHHf leim BH 0 p |j| " >< > g!% j& i ; :; >; >- -J1 > . -.f X ' ^ & 4 * ' s > 'x?f* *K > -Jv -MWflWf^fe ?&#"* >S Virginia An automobile smashed into the iron fence pus observatory along Greene Street Monday police said the car's brakes failed. J "II $50 MINIMUM I 1 DONATION H Your plasma is needed if you recently have had any of the J infections!!! [j 1) Mononucleosis I 2) Strep Throat II 3) Chickenpox or Shingles 4) Measles 15) Mumps 6) Chlymidia or Herpes imust be free \ 2739 u m i X i ^u'te j| I I Columt 1 W f(803): 1 Serologicals I MBKTTTTilW M I! Itj M ?i i n* n I a READ TH] IB 100% Cotton Mexican Baj |j Only $12.95 g M.C. Escher T-shirts... | from $11.95 I $25.00 Off Any Lec g Jacket in Stocl E il^^^HHFree Gift with $25 purchase I I ARMY-NAVY ST I 1621 Main St. 25: E Pendtetcm^ w / Greene I H 1 MCr Primo Arose Bi WWW Wl IIIIV ft I VWtW Towers Area Coliseum Area ? III;!; 11 Humanities/ XX] Capstone Area 11 Horseshoe Area | > |jjjf Bates Area |i N Russell House/ Women's Quad Area ward II r < 1 ' ! ' Ryan Sims/ The Gamecock ft format. The fncidents are categorized according to ampus is divided into six distinct regions. The incident nder each crime area. Polls don't match * * From Staff Reports Polls are used to measure everything from predicting election winners to what viewers think about television programming. But depending on how questions are phrased, answers in a poll might not accurately reflect opinions, according to a USC journalPoll responses are often meaningless and unrelated to any behavior pattern, said Guy Lometti, Hj who was a researcher for ABC. But many people believe they do represent behavior, Lometti, who teaches mass media relations at Lometti helped compile about 20 stories of viewer opinion concerning sex and violence on televi/ * sion. Most of his studies were con/ ducted or sponsored by NBC and ' ABC from 1981-90, and nearly all found that viewer behavior didn't Mafshaii/The Gamecock viewer opinion as reflected in polls. outside the cam- por instance, shows featuring r night. Columbia sex an(j 0r violence, such as "Dallas." "L.A Law." "Hill Street 1 Blues" and "Miami Vice," were big hits, But polls indicated that people thought there Was tOO mUCh TT sex and violence on television. Also, viewer opinions changed p under more precise questioning. The networks conducted the stuhave Or dies to counteract pressure from r . protest groups and advertisers who OLLOWuly ^ not want to end up targets of boycotts, Lometti said. When the studies did not support findings of the protest groups, the networks found themselves trying to fix a problem that did not seem to exist, he added. Lometti said if polling was more efficient in the past some issues would not have come under such of other STD's) cl??,e Publi.c ^ In nearly all polls, public opinlurel St *on a^?ul; sex on television, for exp ample, is assessed through one QP OQOHA question: Do you think there is too lia? much sex on television?" Lometti -54-6537 ggjjj that question can be seen as a modern-day example of one asked in 1954 that is almost unthinkable today. i'i*I '1'filaiW The 1954 question, asked in the ft Pi Roper survey, was, "Do you think | H any of the blame for teenage * H crimes can be placed on the read-, p| ing of comic books?" About 70 iOS... percent of the respondents said pj yes, Lometti said. H Lometti argues that such quesH tions have a built-in bias. 3 "Simplistic, biased questions do Fa not add to our knowledge of public opinion on complex sensitive issues," he said. "It's like asking, H if government spending is too M high. Most people say yes, but v? B when it comes to specific progQ rams, nobody wants to cut anything." Compounding the problem is, fij that many viewers don't distin-> il EZL jH guish between network and cable r> -ioc-rt h programming. 2-1350 eH Standards for cable are much Eh more rigorous, Lometti said, and i>a|rr|Mirl viewers often blame networks for 'il-ifci KutM the content of cable programs.