Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Debate team grabs national spotlight USC's 1997-98 debate team is ranked as one of the top 16 debate teams jn the country. Tfeam members contributing to the success are senior Lane McFadden of Rock Hill and junior Corey Rose from Charlotte. School of public health offers programs for youth J a A ~e : ? ? lie ucpai Linent ui CACI uists science at the University of South Carolina School of Public Health will offer the nationally recognized Goodbodies Program July 7-24 for youth ages 7-12. The program is designed to teach young people the importance of maintaining a good diet and proper exercising. Grant helps fund annual fall festival The University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum has received a grant of $3,000 from the South Carolina Arts Commission. The grant money will be used to help underwrite McKissick's third annual Fall Folklife Festival, scheduled for Saturdnv Sent 27 J, ?wr.. ? Library offers public tours The Thomas Cooper Library will hold combined tours of the library building and the computer network during the first week of Summer Session II. Tours last approximately one hour and give a general overview of the library as well as an opportunity for participants to ask questions about specific research resources. Sign-up is not required. Those interested in participating in these tours are asked to meet at the entrance of Thomas Cooper Libraiy on one of the following dates: Tuesday, July 8 at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 9 at 2 p.m., and Thursday, July 10 at 4 p.m. Trustees vo TUITION continued from pagel said. "Without this tuition increase, we could not continue the remarkable momentum and recent quality strides we have made at Carolina under the leadership of President John Palms." State appropriations provide less than 40 percent of USC-Columbia's $375.7 million 1997-98 budget. Over the past five years, the university has focused on its most important academic t BH@REPiw! ? Dwayne McLemore J ? rniti Ger July 1 adr Armed robbery, partial recovery, onesouthwest area of Horseshoe. Victim date stated unknown male approached him 88 n and threatened him with a sawed-off was shotgun, demanding the victim give ^en him his wallet Victim also stated suspect w^' was highly intoxicated, and after suspect by tl took the wallet he fled the area. Victim the stated he did not see the sawed-off SUSI shotgun. Items stolen were the wallet and $2. The wallet was recovered. J* Be Assistance rendered, Park and Victi Blossom streets. Complainant called ther and stated there was a male on the and ground at above location. Upon arrival, and officer observed victim lying on the CPI ground. Victim stated that while using US( a tool on the utility poles the tool broke, hall1 and he fell backward, hitting his head chec on the ground. Richland EMS was nega notified, and the victim was transported bott to the Baptist ER for exam. phoi youi Driving under suspension, driving left of center, providing false Jun information to a police officer, *Dh Science com] STAFF REPORTS now, baser The U.S. Department of Defense, of tot through its Office of Naval Research, T has awarded USC a $9.3 million federal for cli grant to expand the science complex, allow The grant, awarded through a allow proposal submitted in competition with acjdit other schools from around the nation, use(j will be used to conduct research in jng^ biological, chemical, physical and mathematical sciences and medicine. ^ Money will also be used to build a , new graduate science research center. The new complex will be built adjacent to the physical science center T * currently-in use. , The building, under construction , n schoo te to up tuitioi priorities, including the recent shift of on a* $16 million from administration to on tb academics, and administrative cost- comn saving measures of approximately $3 of our million. this a "As you know, over the past five our o] years, various audits have commended dama the way in which we are managing our A resources," Palms said. "Our ability to stude make progress toward our goals of Law. excellence, despite growing expenses atten iEWS iter and Pendleton streets. Officer Offic lessed suspect drive left of center in tl ig north on Sumter Street. Officer Affcea lated a traffic stop at Sumter and subj vais streets. Subject was asked for stro iver's license, but could not produce aboi Subject gave officer a name and a and s of birth. Subject's info came back prov o match to a driver's license. Subject arrested. Search revealed an S.C. Jun tification card with suspect's name, *As ch did not match the name given Colii le suspect. A DMV search revealed pain subject was driving under whil< >ension. local notii ie30 Rich >mb threat. Carolina Gardens im received a telephone call saying Jun e was a bomb in their apartment, Dri they should get all their neighbors and. leave the building. Victim notified subj ), who in turn notified CFD and Cata 2PD. A check of the exterior and front ways met with negative results. A awr k of their apartment also met with Upoi ttive results. Victim stated he heard subj i a male and female voice on the susp le, and the caller v/as described as lg with no accent. ?Lai Vict e29 remc jorderly conduct, Greene Street, locat _1 r____ 1 l piex lunaea will be five stories high with a Johr nent, covering 158,060 square feet Mich al space. the U he new building will not be used Tfexaf assroom space, but it will indirectly T. r for better classroom facilities by by th< ing the use of other buildings. In thus tion to the federal money being "] for the project, $21 million in the i tutional bonds and $10 million Univ South Carolina will be used. natioi [uch of the money will be spent on to act -date scientific laboratory safety state, ment, including ventilation systems said. >lace the older ones. facult SC is currently ranked 92nd in in th< ation among science research that: Is, the top-ranked schools being count -a -w -a i, health am 5 hand and persistent underfimding will s< le other, reflects our shared non-r dtment to careful planning on all a 10 \ campuses. This budget, including Ti mall tuition increase, will sustain campi Derations and programs without at Aik ging their quality." and tl 6 percent increase is planned for Allen nts attending the USC School of percei Students from South Carolina Tl ding USC's School of Medicine effecti er approached subject laying down stolen: one Ed le grass at 1500 Greene Street, calculator, one r a short conversation, officer deemed one SPSS Mai ect to be highly intoxicated with a loss of $245. ng odor of an alcoholic beverage it the person. Subject was arrested Larceny of] was uncooperative and wouldn't Complainant ide any information. unknown reir printer, in its be e 28 " Estimated loss sistance rendered, Carolina 3eum. Victim complained of chest Larceny ol s, shortness of breath and nausea Carolina Pla; 2 attending a convention at incident person(s) unkn tion. Richland County EMS was from incideni led and transported the victim to unsecured. Sub] land Memorial. the previously had been left ii e 27 the trashcan. C iving under suspension, Catawba specific restroo Assembly streets. Officer observed Subject was ar ject stopped at Assembly and the incident ai iwba streets. Subject pulled out in ; of officer's vehicle, nearly causing June 22 eck. Officer initiated a vehicle stop. Accidental a investigation, officer discovered College street ect's driver's license had been while driving ended. Subject was arrested. cinderblocks required to stop nceny of bookbag, BA Building, traffic. The s im stated person(s) unknown cinderblocks to ved below listed items from incident on victim's veh ion, which was unsecured Property left, front side by national gr is Hopkins, the University of The funds, igan, the University of Wisconsin, broad researc diversity of Washington, MIT and Readiness," wi 3 A&M University. rapid detection < his is the largest grant received on surfaces, a e University for scientific purposes expedite bone 1 ^ transplants an -'he award of this grant reflects ^pntifvine hiel "rearing credibility of the it? ersity of South Carolina on the ,, ,, * , i i j i a. , the fields oi rial level and what we are trying , , :omplish for our institution and con^u. 0 "USC President John M. Palms External aw uIt recognizes that we have the bave increas y and the facilities to participate approximately i type of cutting-edge research the last 15 year is critical to the future of our Staff writer E ry." to this story. I activity fees fc ?e a 6 percent tuition increase and government's fi esident medical students will see The Univer jercent hike. is the state's ol< lition increases at other USC university with i ises indude the four-year campuses students at eig AW/1 1 //* 1 i\ n rt/? AAA en oiiu opoi uuujuig vo.a percenw, C5ome Zb,UUU le two-year campuses at Beaufort, on the Columb idale, Sumter and Union (2.6 16,000 are pur at). harr.fl1flnrp.flte d ie 1997-98 budget will become enrolled in varic ive at the beginning of the state the master's an < die Bauer bookbag, one electronic organizer and rnal, with an estimated printer, B A Building, stated that person(s) toved one HP Laserjet K, from incident location, j was $1,286. : wallet and money, sa. Victim stated that own removed his wallet t location, which was iect interviewed indicated ' listed stolen property i a women's restroom in Officers responded to the m and found the wallet rested, and confessed to id others. damage, Gadsden and s. Complainant stated \ a USC forklift with on the tines, he was quickly due to oncoming top caused five to 10 fell of the tinfts and land icle, causing damage to of vehicle. ant which fall under the :h rotturn... ~?vg Vty VjUUlU"1' 11 include study in the jf lead and other metals biomaterial that will healing, bone marrow d a process for rapidly l-risk disease-carrying tes, as well as work in mathematical and sciences. , ards for USC researcn ed 350 percent (to $80 million a year) in a. \md Hincher contributed >r fall seal year July 1. sity of South Carolina lest and largest public an enrollment of38,000 ht regional campuses, students attend classes tia campus. Of those, suing undergraduate egrees, and 10,000 are ?us graduate schools at d doctorate levels.