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The University of South Carolina's
Department of Law Enforcement and
Safety has become the 11th police force
in the state and one of only 15 college
forces in the countiy to receive national
accreditation.
The Commission on Accreditation
for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. gives
the accreditation and is the attributing
body for nationwide law enforcement
agencies.
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Victims of childhood sexual assault
can heal, survive and succeed in life,
according to author and lecturer Ellen
Bass.
"You can get beyond the limitations,"
Bass said Tuesday night in the
Gambrell Hall auditorium. "It's not
^ about trying to get by. If s really about
healing.
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stay in the past, but to get into the
present," she said. "The longest way
around is the shortest way home."
Bass was the keynote speaker for
the Clothesline Project's opening
ceremony at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the
auditorium.
The Clothesline Project gives
survivors of sexual assault the
fc opportunity to paint t-shirts
representing meir reelings aoout tneir
experiences.
Sexual assault is not limited to a
particular age group, gender, class or
sexual orientation, Bass said. Childhood
sexual assault is any sexual encounter
between a child and an adult or child
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Enforcement and Safety.
Carl Stokes, director of law
enforcement and safety, said there are
over 400 standards that are written and
agreed to by the commission. Accreditation
can be presented to any agency that
wants to comply. Only 385 agencies across
the nation have met the standards.
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various stages of the healing process.
She said the willingness to work hard
and adequate support are key in a
woman's healing.
Bass categorized the stages of
healing as deciding to heal, breaking
the silence, grieving and njoving-on.
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healing to create your life the way you
want it to be so that if s fulfilling," Bass
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things the department does to ensure
the security of our campus environment.
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in compliance with the standard
procedures.
There were no major changes. The
department had to reword some policies
and procedures to comply with the
standard. The agency nad to be opened
to outside assessors, who followed them
in their normal routine and then told
them what the agency had to do in order
to be in compliance with the accreditation.
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"I was moved by their strength,
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Bass also wrote I Never Told
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The Clothesline Project is sponsored
>exual Assault Services, the College
locial Work, Women's Studies,
men's Student Services, Sorority
incil, SHARE and the Social Work
dent Association.
The t-shirts are on display to raise
ireness of violence against women
. celebrate a woman's strength to
rive.
rhe display will continue through
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Russell House. In case of rain, it
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Both the Columbia Police Department
and the Highway Patrol are in the process.
"The accreditation makes me feel
safe because I know that the USC police
have met high standards and exceeded
the challenge of accreditation. Not to
mention that the USCPD surpassed the
Columbia Police Department in becoming
accredited," freshman Valerie CHalloran
said.
Prill said the USC police officers were
appointed by the governor, and they have
a full reign on campus. USCPD handles
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COLLEGE PRESS EXCHANGE
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.?With insurance
rates going through their rooftops and
their reputations under fire, fraternity
houses across the nation are banning
alcohol.
Two fraternities, Phi Delta Theta
and Sigma Nu, have decided to become
"substance-free" by 2000, a move that
means the end of the wild keg parties
many associate with fraternity life.
At Florida State University, the 80
brothers of Phi Delta Theta are bracing
for the change ? a change, said chapter
president Josh Stephens, that is for the
best.
"I support it wholeheartedly," said
Stephens. "I think it's something the
fraternities need. It's probably going to
end up saving the Greek system."
The new rules will bar alcohol from
the frat houses, but won't put an end to
parties, Stephens said. Instead of hosting
parties at home, the fraternity will sponsor
them at other venues like local bars.
The main reason behind the policy
change is the skyrocketing cost of liability
insurance. Since Stephens pledged at
Phi Delta Theta in 1994, insurance costs 1
have gone up 35 percent, to $135 per
member per year. Some lawsuits have
been slapped with million-dollar damage
awards from accidents stemming from
frat panics.
But it's not just the bottom line
spurring the change. Fraternity leaders !
want their organizations to focus more
on brotherhood than on booze.
The focus of fraternity is not going i
to be alcohol anymore," said Stephens. <
"It's going to be a social organization, 1
but if s also an organization that you join ;
to become a better person.... Partying
and having fun is all a part of that... but 1
the focus hopefully won't be completely '
on alcohol any more."
Monday, March 24.
Suspicious activity, Bull and
Devine Streets. Reporting officer i
heard a loud explosion coming from 1
the above area.
Further 'ZfiXiXiftl
investigation
revealed that the Luke Robfe
explosion was x?
followed by a
bright flash of light and shook several <
buildings in the area. Officer was i
unable to determine the cause or i
location of the explosion. No fires ]
were reported. 1
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Saturday, March 22.
Discharge of firehose, Bates West !
Unknown persons opened the firehose <
unit and expelled water throughout ]
the tenth floor and floors below. The i
entire building was evacuated and
the Columbia Fire DeDt. was called '
in to assist. USC housekeeping stated
that no damage had occurred and ]
cleaned up the water. !
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every on-campus occurrence, anywhere
from auto theft to murder. They also
have state-wide arrest policies.
The local city police have not assumed
authority for any occurrence on-campus.
"I visited other schools and when I
compare their safety standards to ours
it seems that our school is 100 percent
more prepared safety-wise with call boxes
and visible police officers, especially
during night hours," freshman Acquanita
Pettis said.
rnities ban
Lse functions
Many fraternity officials around the
country are fed up with the problems
alcohol has caused on campus and believe
if s time for a change.
Excessive drinking at fraternities
over the years has led to deaths and
injuries and has ruined academic careers.
Earlier this month, eight students
at Frostbuig State University in Maiyland
were charged with manslaughter in the
alcohol-poisoning death of a freshman.
Last fall, the University of New
Hampshire banned drinking at fraternity
parties after a drunken student died
after falling off the roof of his fraternity
house. Bowdoin College in Maine recently
announced plans to disband the Greek
system.
"Ifs not necessarily going to solve all
of our problems, but many of the poor
decisions students make on campuses
today are the result of using alcohol,"
said Jonathan Brant, executive vice
president of the National Interfratemity
Conference. He expects most of the 63
national fraternities in his organization
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Phi Delta Theta, based in Oxford,
Ohio, has 180 chapters and 7,500
members. Sigma Nu, of Lexington, Va.,
has 210 chapters and 9,000 members.
Until now, Farmhouse, based in
Kansas City, Mo., has been the only
national fraternity-with an officii policy;
It has prohibited alcohol at chapter houses
since 1974.
Theta Chi fraternity, based in
Indianapolis, hasn't adopted a policy but
is testing the waters at the University
af Wisconsin at Madison. The chapter,
which had all but died out, reopened last
year as a no-alcohol house.
"We knew it would be a tough go, but
we decided to try it a different way," said
rheta Chi national spokesman Dave
iVestol.
Trespassing after notice, G-2
Lot. USCPD was advised that three
individuals were skateboarding at
the above location. An identity check
revealed that
D WlI^DT Subjects 1 and 2
Rf r had been
warned
previously to
stay off of
:ampus. Both subjects were taken
into custody. Subject 2 was arrested
and transported to Richland County
Detention Center. Subject 1, a minor,
was released into the custody of his
mother.
Grand larceny of power tools,
Sumter & Wheat Construction Site.
Complainant states that unknown
persons removed approx $1,700 worth
af tools from the above location.
ruesday, March 18.
Stalking, Thomas Cooper Libraiy
East Ramp. Victim reported that
subject, her ex-boyfriend, had been
told not to contact her anymore, but
persists in trying to contact her.
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