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* WEATHER ^ Ep -*~1 TODAY ^ Thunderstorms U^SDAY J|l Ik&i i^l *i.<J| t ' ; I II 1 f ' / / / * X '* J[ Theatre senior Mickey Baines ] Week 1997. USC's Office of Al< with the crash. Local bars and : Tonight" membership card and ^ pus students can pick a card up Monday, March 3 Simple assault, Roost lobby. * Victim reported that subject pushed her out of a chair at the above location. Victim stated that she wishes to press charges. Friday, Feb. 28 Simple possession of marijuana, 1400 Greene St. Complainant notified USCPD that a student, was observed % picking up a clear bag of green leafy substance, believed to be marijuana, outside the Towers Area office, and leaving in a red Dodge Raider and heading west on Blossom and then north on Main. At this point the reporting officer observed the vehicle turning onto Greene Street. Reporting officer activated his blue lights and stopped the subject's vehicle. After asking for the subjects liranap and registration, the subject attempted to remove the registration from the glove compartment, and the officer observed a small clear bag of green leafy substance within. Two subjects were arrested and given courtesy summons. Thursday, Feb. 27 Domestic dispute, Cliff Apartments. Complainant reports that he and his girlfriend were ^ involved in a domestic dispute over the breakup of their relationship. Complainant requested that officers stand by while he removed his belongings so that the situation would not CRIME page 2 l amecock writers take a lc H ent genres. Get the inside experimental music with and Atari Teenage Madeleine Peyroux and punk I new in the dance scene with DJ Check it all out in ETC. Ml) MORE M I 1 Che vjH mrticipates in a Driving Under the Influence cohol and Drug Programs kicked olT their u restaurants are offering free non-alcoholic 1 are taking their turn as a designated driver in the Office of Student Life in the Russell H< Vacationers she KAREN LAYNE News Editor If your Spring Break plans include clinging to motor vehicles or sleeping in them at night, think twice before speeding off to Myrtle Beach. The Myrtle Beach Police Department has some Spring Break plans of its own, and officers will be on hand to enforce the city's Code of Laws, many of which are unique to the community, such as restrictions for cruising and surfboard use. Visitors will be expected to abide by the beach's regulations, as well as statewide alcohol and drug laws. "When we send those laws out, we're by the letter on those," Sgt. Harry Rogers said. "We're going to be aggressive in enforcing them." "That's a criminal record, you know," Rogers Campus crime on tl CAMPUS PRESS EXCHANGE remain ci The! WASHINGTON?For every 100,000 required college students, 65 were the victims of crime sta a violent crime in 1994, the Education Davit Department said in its first-ever survey secretan on campus crime. that it wt Broken down into categories, that gjmply cot means nine students were raped out of ^ ^ every 100,000 students, 21 were robbed rj^e n and 35 were assaulted. Only one out of were every 1 million students was murdered, i the report said. campus I Also, 257 students out of 100,000 Ca^PP8 were the victims of burglary or car theft The reports are required by the 1990 Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Ad, which mandates that colleges !PPt and universities receiving federal funds ^ must disclose campus crime statistics. However, critics of the report say in Cl many campuses still underreport crime colleges v on or near campuses and that campus suc^ 38 00 crime logs and disciplinary hearings a with thee >ok at recent music releases in several differ: scoop on the cutting edge of electronic and reviews of new material from Aphex TWin Riot. Also, check out new jazz from from the Humpers. And finally, see what's Mark Farina and his Mushroom Jazz. SIC& rv Tnin IL^It PAGE 5 Winner of the 1996 CMA Pacemake (Ram Serving USC since 1908 pp **+>%*- IBf^HHB^P \* ~"i^t' ** UpB^^ jhB iC.^ N1KK1TB s crash reenactment Monday as part of Safe Take a Torn Tonight" drank driving aware leverages to (JSC students who present theii The cards will be mailed to on-campus stui nose. ?uld be aware of I _ : ' | said. "Criminal records can / be detrimental to postgraduate work." Many American Alcohol-related crimes serve time in 1 occur most frequently, Rogers await trial bee said. Many students heading unaware of risk to the beach aren't 21 years sessing drugs old, and underage drinkers can lose their licenses for three Katherine I months. U.S. Department "We want you to have a rnna?ia good time, but we will :_a_; i i n A mmiiuuii peace aim oruer, \ he said. Students should be sure to heed local laws for any vacation destination, including trips abroad, according to Katherine Munchmeyer of the U.S. ie rise, college medic losed. they do not paint at Sducation Department was crime, to issue a report on campus That's because tistics by 1995. include incidents i i A. Longanecker, assistant other than the polio l of education, told reporters at rape crisis centi is 18 months late because "we Security on Campi lldn't get started and completed watchdog group, adline." The group was jport indicated that crime rates Howard and Cor her at universities with on- daughter Jeanne w lousing. At colleges with on- and murdered in her ousing, there were 113 violent University, r 100,000 students, compared "Although these les for those without. to be reported under ban 10 percent of colleges Med Act, we have foun crime reports; also, 16 percent nondisclosure persi se FBI or state crime definitions to an almost total 1 y the law. The biggest offenders by the U.S. Depart] ases were trade schools and said S. Daniel Cart nth fewer than 200 students, president of Securil smetology or technical schools. In its report itics say the biggest problem Department ackno lepartment's statistics is that crimes may have o Gamecocks soft ball team moved 7" * UP to no. 4 in the nation after *\ ^ winning the N1 this past wee , B SPORTS for d< tr Award iccort Iff reseat to con Jj^BH AL1 MCKITTRICK Staff Writ Joseph Roberts, a profes! College of Pharmacy, has de drug he hopes will help the fig] AIDS. It is too early to offer the c AIDS patients for treatment said, but the drug is expectet Phase II of clinical trials later Roberts said tests have si AIDS cells feed off of a nutrient called glutamine. The drug We 1 Roberts and his safe colleagues have much developed uses the Qf th enzyme glutaminase were < to break down the wai glutamine and stop the spread of the virus. According to Roberts, this drug is different than most others designed to combat AID it uses a natural substance. M drugs used today are artificia Die drug would not allow fi run treatment, Roberts sa patients, like diabetes patien I SB require treatment for the res IORPE The Gamecock lives, i Spring Break Roberts said Phase I in te ness campaign drug is conducted only to find "Take a Torn drug is safe to use. Phase I tes lents. Off cam- not test the effectiveness of 1 Phase I trials were conducts and 1995 with AIDS patie ' local laws of va / Department of State Bureau 1 of Consular Affairs, college students "Many American foreign jails or college students serve time ause they were in foreign jails or await trial s of using or pos- because they were unaware while overseas. of the risks of using or possessing drugs while tf unchmeyer overseas," Munchmeyer said, of State Bureau of Some countries, r Affairs including Mexico, Jamaica, the Bahamas and the 1Dominican Republic, have enacted more stringent drug laws that impose mandatory drug sentences for individuals convicted of possessing even small amounts of marijuana or cocaine for personal use, i groups push for op< rue picture of campus but were not reported to local "For example, forcible sex off* the statistics don't widely considered to be vastly u reported to officials crimes, both in the community e, such as counselors campuses," the report said, jrs and deans, says Security on Campus arg is, Inc., a non-profit image-conscious universities dc crime statistics because they fc founded in 1987 by enrollment or endowment, tnie Clery, whose "When crime information is as raped, sodomized by a school their students are p dorm room at Lehigh because they can't make ii decisions about security prec crimes are required Carter said, the CamnUS Securitv The Pmnn's nresiHenfr Rer d that a culture of Clery, whose sister was murde sts due in large part the report is "an absolute flop, ack of enforcement the Department of Education is c ment of Education," They can't attest to the accura er, the regional vice of this." y on Campus. Security on Campus has 1 , the Education driving force behind a congress wledged that other introduced Feb. 12, the "Acc ccurred on campus Campus Crime Reporting Act rRATJ, How many aa L consumed eac ; NO. 4 States ; PAGE 9 ANSWER: 90 7CA/lead-off classics :kend. Check out Source: Harper's Index ?tails. INDEX ^ Events 2 Viewpoints 3 w Etc. 4 Comics 5 L Sports 6 E Classified 10 rofessor ches drug ibat AIDS er Richland Memorial Hospital. "We found that the drug is safe. It is 3orinthe too soon to say much about the veloped a effectiveness of the drug, but the results tit against were encouraging enough to warrant further testing." Roberts said. "Hie secrecy [universities] have been been the ^Qwed to operate under only serves to ional bill paralyze the entire community from uracy in protecting itself against violence on of 1997." campus," she said. res of pizza are h day in the United J ^ A V FOR * FUN 4 [rug to all Roberts said Phase II of the testing Roberts will determine whether or not the drug I to begin is effective in fighting the virus. If it this year, works correctly, the FDA could approve town that of its use for all AIDS patients. / / But, V# V# Roberts said, the found that the drug is FDA might demand 5. It is too soon to say a third phase of about the effectiveness testing, where many e drag, but the results more patients would encouraging enough to be brought in to test rant farther testing. the effectiveness of the drug. If Phase Joseph Roberts DI is needed, it could arofessor of pharmacy ^ a ^ew more y?813 until the drug could / / become available to all AIDS patients. S because Another encouraging sign of the drug, tost of the Roberts said, is that cancer cells also I feed off of the nutrient glutamine. ar a short- Glutaminase could be used to fight cancer id. AIDS as well as AIDS, ts, would Roberts said so far the drug has been it of their effective in stopping the spread of cancer cells in animal tests. It could stop the sting any spread of many types of cancer, including out if the the four most deadly types: lung, colon, sting does breast and prostate, the drug. No testing has been done on cancer xl in 1994 patients, but it could possibly begin later nts from this year. cation hotspots according to the bureau. Travelers aren't covered by U.S. laws and constitutional rights when they leave the United States. Many of the 2,500 Americans arrested overseas in 1994 possessed drugs, and some of them went to jail for one ounce or less of marijuana, according to the bureau. Bail is not granted in many countries when drugs are involved. "UJ3. consular officers can visit American citizens being held in a foreign jail but cannot get them released," Munchmeyer said. So whether it's a day at the beach or around the world in 80 days, the experts recommend polishing up on the law of the land. And remember. Use of a vehicle horn or similar device except as a danger warning might be prohibited. fining of hearings officials. The bill would require universities msesare to open campus police logs and nreported confidential, on-campus disciplinary Mid open proceedings. ues that "University disciplinary boards are m't report onh closed courtrooms in America," ;ar loss of said Jennifer Markiewicz, former editor of Miami University of Ohio's student withheld newspaper. ut at risk Markiewicz sued the university in 1 ? 19^6 when she was unable to obtain autions, . ,. ., information about criminal incidents ijamin F. being handled by Miami's disciplinary red, says board. The Ohio Supreme Court heard as far as arguments in January and is expected oncemed. to rule later this vear