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IN THE GAMECOCK ONLINE: Guide to local restaurants, http://www.gamecock.sc.edu/mapped_out/ WEATHER . INDEX zc:- If n>WI ? : L-- ii ^rmwrnrD ^k\ - < THURSDAY 1 VvJ I I Wf I III 14 COMICS 6 I I 1L IV sports Low 42 HaBlllj W W " P ^ ^ ? ^-i CLASSIFIEDS 10 Serving USC since 1908 Building blocks PAGE 5 Studer J|L i jjEjl||||E Brian Comer, former Student ( Trustees. Comer has been cam Blossom gai STAFF REPORTS R The University Safety al Committee was allocated $250,000 Cc to improve lighting and make f0 repairs to Blossom Street Garage. s "Safety is one of my primary V) concerns," said Patrick Wright, student trovernment president ^ and Safety Committee member. ^ The committee has also planned and accomplished many other tasks, including installation of call boxes in the Carolina Plaza cc parking lot and at Benson school. The committee also plans for P the installation of 18 call boxes s* in the new parking garage behind o: Monday, March 25 Larceny of stereo equipment, Woodrow. Victim stated unknown persons removed a stereo, remote control, VCR and bookbag from the unsecured premises. Estimated loss: $550. Autobreaking, larceny of a radar detector, B-6 Lot. Victim reported unknown persons threw a large piece of concrete through his vehicle's passenger-side window. A radar detector was removed from within the vehicle. Estimated loss: $190. Larceny of vehicle parts, Ml lot. Victim reported unknown persons removed the trunk emblem of the victim's Cadillac. Estimated loss: $75. Larceny of VCR, Wardlaw. Victim reported unknown persons removed one Sharp VCR from the unsecured premises. Estimated loss: $300. Larceny of checks, Capstone. Victim reported unknown persons removed three checks from her unsecured checkbook. Obtaining property by false pretense, University Bookstore. Victim reported the subject, by false pretenses, obtained from the victim an account number to purchase one corrections book from the incident location. Estimated loss: $22. Sunday, Match 24 ? v it cam ? ? ~ Bk ovemment President and paigning for the support o rage light ussell House. because ui uie use m eiim t Thomas Cooper Library, th jmmittee suggested uniform ir easy identification of librar taff and the addition o alunteers as added security The committee also said ca] ax locations have been added t le new USC Travelways map Jim Doran from Studen ffairs reported that a ne\ )mmittee would be establishei r proactive planning for traffic arking and other relevan ;udent issues. The committee also decide* n increased lighting am CRira! REPORT Autobreaking, larceny < luggage, clothing and jewelr S-15 Lot. Victim reported unknow persons broke the front passengi window of her vehicle with a pie of concrete and removed a pie< of luggage with its contents, whi< included several items of clothir and jewelry. Estimated loss: $65 Friday, March 22 Autobreaking, larceny < stereo and speakers, E-2 Lc Victim reported unknow persons removed from his secun vehicle a stereo, two amplifie: and two speakers. Estimated loe $465. Larceny of wallet, Blatt P.] Center. Victim reported he left tl wallet at the incident locatic and that when he returned, was gone. Estimated loss: $6' Shoplifting, trespassing afU nniino TTnivpraitv Rnnkstnr Complainant states he observe the suspect, Willie Pitts, 39, < Columbia, place a textbook insic his jacket and zip the jacket u ipaigns for I v " i i ? m I J mM jjMp- mpm 8*^ II 8 S ? I k J gBp ^|HHHP W JULIE WILSON The Gamecock law student, is running for a seat on the Board of f members of the General Assembly. to improve USC s beautification for College Street. mi J i 1 J wtwt WwTI Wk\#U^llli e The pedestrian bridge on ?? e Blossom Street will be coming Debra Allen dc s down due to the construction news anymore ? , emergencies and a Y going on in that area. of a public relatio] 1 Lt. Grayson of the Law university. '' Enforcement and Safety Division "If something h is trying to increase student middle of the nig! 0 escorts for weekends and requests anymore," Allen sa k a 1 n f r n m inlaraota/^ Aft 0 T 14 VeaTS 1 11 V I p 1 1 U 111 1 11 b V/ 1 W O U V U ^ organizations. campus and serving I New student members of the president, Men ha o c A n i.i. i j m n affairs arena and Safety Committee include T.C. was reall 1(K t Ford, Teddy Elgarico and Wright. a new kind of challe Kim Sheffield replaced Eileen Men said, d Korpita from Sexual Assault Men's always ] i Services. do. "I guess Fm just husband says I jui back and take it ea Suspect was arrested for As part of her shoplifting, and a check revealed employee commur that he had been warned Jane Jameson, vi< previously to stay off USC resources, wit. property. communication an "I knew we we Larceny of VCR, BA Building. her if we couldn't ft Victim reported unknown for her to do. I just persons removed a VCR from the of an employee fc unoaAiivo/1 lnnof i An .TflTRPSnB SSlH uiiocvuicu mviuuiib luvaiiuu. Estimated loss: $350. Jameson said A communication ar Grand larceny of motorcycle, programs at other S-6 Lot. will be looking at in ^ Complainant stated unknown and staff, stopping 1 persons removed his motorcycle responsibilities an from the premises. Estimated the spouse of facul n loss: $7,600. trying to recruit, er Autobreaking, larceny of car ^ phone. Victim reported unknown ^ persons broke out the driver'sside window of his vehicle and removed the Motorola flip-phone from within. Estimated loss: $115. ThfOO fi(1? ,f chosen in the it Grand larceny of computer, fof Dean of Coker Lite Sciences. ?j n Complainant states a _ computer and its peripherals were STAFF REPORTS rs taken from his office without his As of Monday, iS' permission and that the office closer to filling one c was not secured. Estimated loss: j David Smith g $2,840. USC's department : cc 1:. is une ui uucc mum; le Wednesday, March 20 JaneApplegate.de in x l \ t?__ -j o resources and edi Larceny of statue, Presidents XT . ., , TT it House University and H. Complainant states unknown the coUege of educ persons removed a Gamecock . nex* steP ^ statue from the side garden of to ^ conducts the residence. In place of the ^d students. ' r statue, a pink toilet seat was left. The college's cu ? Estimated loss: $100. will be returning t e year stint dating b P' Smith, a natior the field of special toardc JENNIFER STANLEY Asst. News Ed A major platform goal for Stude Government hopefuls over the pa few years has been to get a votii student member on USC's Board Trustees. Brian Comer, Student Govemme president in 1994-95, is seeking elect! to the board. Comer is enrolled in bo the Law School and the Masters International Business School. The Board of Trustees is tl governing body of the university ai votes on key issues. The Gener Assembly delegates all responsibiliti about the university to the board. About half of the 16 members fao the end of their term this year. Fr members seek reelection, all of whii are unopposed. The 10th circuit, tl circuit Comer is running to represei is the only position that does not ha an unopposed candidate. The only requirement to serve < the board is that the board memb have permanent residence in the ar for which he or she runs. There is i age limit. Comer filed for the position one di before the deadline. Lily-Roland Ha the board member for the 10th circu did not file for reelection after servii the university for 16 years. Hall w, the first woman elected to serve on tl Board of Trustees. Comer wj unopposed until an hour before tl deadline. Opposing him is Robert N. McLell* of Seneca. McLellen, a form* ipokeswoii Z News Editor s? >esn't deal with the bad ? the controversies, ccidents that fill the life ns director at any large appens on campus in the tit, I don't get that call id. i in media relations on I as spokeswoman for the s moved out of the public into human resources. )king for something new, nge, something different," looking for more work to impatient," she said. "My st don't know how to sit isy." new job as director of liratinns Allan will beln ce president for human h different areas of Afjer j d research. Dobra / re probably going to lose nd something interesting Allei thought she was too good middle a ir her to just go away," for the ( About 2? Jlen will assist in faculty "It w id research. Some of the 0ut bett universities that Allen were ex elude child care for faculty wen as t lie tenure clock for family and hosi d placement services for Alle Ity that the university is reporte paradinj e for educa ilists have been facultyi i selection process professo 1 the College of progran Befi professc inLyncl USC has come one step instruc jf its vacant dean positions. Teachei ., the current chairman of a forme of educational psychology, He t 3ts. His competitors include fo Rjcfo an of the college of human degree ication at West Virginia Commo Wells Singleton, dean of rehabil ation at Ohio University, from V( involves an interview in special ( d by faculty, administrators App West Vi rrent dean, Richard Ishler, Befc ?teaching after a seven- State fo ?ack to July, 1989. director lally recognized scholar in later as education, joined USC's in Kent if Trustei "The position is worth some oppo st into it unopposed, but I think the a ig hard I'm going to work for the univ of : nt representative and chairman of the on House Ways and Means Committee, th McLellen served in the legislature for 14 years until he defeated in 1991. He was appointed as head of the state ie Highway Department; he has retired. id "ft moo nrpftv Hiwmirracrincr hpransp al the way the legislature works, you have ^ a definite advantage if you have served in the legislature because you are being ^ voted on by your peers, so you have an ve advantage," Comer said. 1 decided to give it a shot and run hard against tie him." it> Comer has been campaigning for ve the support of the members of the General Assembly. There are 170 311 members of the legislature ? 46 er members of the Senate and 124 ^ * members of the House. 110 Comer must get 86 votes to win the election. He has been campaigning for ay a verbal vote commitment from the H> lawmakers. Comer said the number of commitments are "getting up in a? numbers. I don't have enough to win ie yet... but Fm very close. i.s "I had enough to make him realize ie that it will be a race," Comer said. According to Comer, his campaign 31 is based on the idea that he offers a 2 r "fresh, new perspective that represents tan takes ne\ f' \fA ^" SB j |E |i* n can rememner tne particularly snging job of answering questions about ALLEN page 2 vn to three ipplegate has also taught at Ohio rersity, The Ohio State University and ilumbus, Ohio, public schools. She earned jachelor's degree in English education, lopmental psychology, English education instruction and supervision hum OSU. lingleton's expertise is in school leadership in integrating technology into teacher ling programs. He has been education i at Ohio University since 1990. le was previously at the University of [rune', where he held several administrative s, including the associate deanship of her education. lingleton also has held posts at the ersity of Toledo, the Dallas Independent K)1 District in Riverton, Wyo. Singleton ed his bachelor's degree in social studies i the University of Wyoming, his master's -ee in administration and American >ry from Southern Methodist University his doctorate in curriculum and inistration from Stanford University. T .4 years working with media relati< Ulen left public affairs to work in hun i moved into her new office in the and c f her job as director of media relations "? )lympic Trials Women's Marathon, neces >0 journalists attended the marathon, since as terrific. It couldn't have turned to stc er," Allen said. The media stories some tremely positive about the race as and s he community's reception of the race new < ting the race." N n said, "We tried to provide the Alle rs with all that we could without challi I a lot of officious stuff just for pomp tion dean doT n as an educational psycnoiogy p r and coordinator of special education Uni\ as. in C( are coming to USC, Smith was a her 1 ir of education at Lynchburg College deve iburg, Va. He is also a former clinical and :tor in the Child Study Center at ? s College, Columbia University and and r lecturer at Brooklyn College. trair >egan as a special education teacher dear nond, Va.. Smith earned his bachelor's I s in psychology from Virginia Wyoi nwealth University, his master's in post itation counseling and psychology teacl !U and his master's and doctorate in S jducation from Columbia University. Uni\ legate has held the dean's post at Schc irginia University since 1991. earn ire moving to WVU, she was at Kent from r nine years, first as a professor and degi of field and clinical experiences and histc associate dean for teacher education and 's College of Education. adm R>se<n sition. It would be great to walk imount I campaign reflects on howrersity." Brian Comer, Law Student students with a vote." His goals include making USC a "user-friendly" university, keeping tuition low and prioritizing construction so that classrooms and things the university needs are put first. Comer explained that "user friendly" means that students are put first and are offered courteous service. "Brian is an excellent choice for our board. He served with us (when he was SG president) and did a really good job. I totally support him," said Dr. Edward Floyd, the permanent chairman of USC's Board of Trustees. Although Comer said he has a vested interest in the board because he is a student, he said he is accountable to three groups. He will represent the the students, the state and his district He stressed the importance in balancing these responsibilities. "Fm running for the 10th judicial circuit, which is Anderson and Oconee," Comer said. "That means that I am directly accountable to that particular area. The unique slant to my race is that Fm a student." His goals if elected are to make contact with the students, which he said he feels he does everyday because of his student status; have contact with COMER page 2 v challenge i ' VHHi 7' ^ ^ BpF** A *% IMIKL -**? w jfl|| fet&fc: MANJU SHROFF The Gamecock ons, former USC spokeswoman lan resources. ircumstance. 5o much of what I've learned might not isarily be written down somewhere, but I've been here for 14 years, I don't have >p and think about who to call to ask for thing. Being able to take that experience skill and try to put them to work in a environment is exciting.'' at that her former position wasn't exciting.