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__News Aug. 25 Assistance rendered, LaBorde damrito ry The victim was bleeding from his underarm, where he had earlier had sutgery. First Responder and Richland County EMS were dispatched,.and the victim was transported to the Baptist Medical Center. Trespassing after notice, Columbia HalL The subject was observed in the res idence hall after being warned not to re turn to the dorm by the resideat life co ordinator and a Columbia resident adviser. The subject was arrested and taken to the Richland County Detention Cen ter. Abandoned property, Physical Science building. The victim said she left ablack purse with a silver zipper at the incident lo cation. Inside the purse were $300 cash, one S.C, driver's license, one USC student ID, one social security card and one Medicare card, all with the victim's in formation. One TCF Visa card, one Nations Bank ATM card and one brown check book, with an unknown amount of checks, were also in the purse. Disorderly Conduct, 900 Assembly St. The responding officer observed both subjects involved in a verbal altercation. Subject No. I htd trouble standing, slurred speech and smelled of an alcoholic bev erage. Subject No. 2 also had trouble standing, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. Both were arrested for disorderly conduct and transported to the Richland County Detention Center. Trespassing aft® notice, South Tower. The responding officer observed the subject standing in front of the South Tower dormitory. . A check on the subject revealed the subject had been wanted to stay off of USC property. He had been arrested for trespassing earlier in August. He was arrested and transported to the Richland County Detention Center. Aug. 24 Attempted Larceny, Nursing building. The complainant said an unknown person attempted to take a Sony cassette player (at an estimated value of $300) from an unsecured cabinet. The cassette player was attached to a cord, and the subject could not take it, the complainant said. Aug.23 Malicious injury to personal property, written threats, Capstone, The complainant said that while she was away from her room, the subject knocked on her door, and her roommate let him in. The roommate observed the subject knock some things off a shelf and tear up a photograph. The subject also wrote a threatening note and taped it to the wall over the subject’s bed An in vestigation continues. BOYCOTT from page 1 ous symbol” started flying, and McConnell backed out. Passing a bill to take down the flag in the more conservative House would be another matter, House Majority Leader Bobby Harrell said. TTie Charleston Republican said most House members support keeping the flag up because they feel it is what their con stituents want. No one lawmaker is going to change that attitude, Harrell said. This is one of those issues where the General Assembly is clearly reflecting the views of the people of the state, he said. As long as the flag is called names and viewed with hatred, McConnell won’t budge. “If there’s one thing we learned at Gettysburg, it’s occupy the high ground and don’t leave it,” he said. Civil War references pepper Mc Connell’s speech. He is passionate about the South’s history and often dress es up in military uniform to participate in re-enactments. McConnell, who owns 18 Civil War uniforms and a couple of muskets, often plays the role of a Union soldier because, he said, re-enactors are always short on blue coats. He eagerly shows off the merchan dise in his store but dismisses questions about the uproar over the flag boosting his business. “People either have an interest in it or they don’t,” McConnell said. He is prepared to filibuster and lob by next year to make sure no legislation passes to take down the flag. At the same time, McConnell will continue the woik he has started in an un usual alliance with Sen. Robert Ford, a Charleston Democrat. Ford is a civil rights activist who won his Senate seat six years ago on promises to take down the flag. Now, Ford is putting aside his dis like of the flag in favor of having a good working relationship with lawmakers who want it to fly. Ford and McConnell have teamed up to offer several pieces of legislation ac knowledging both black and Confederate history. Their bills include a proposal to adopt a state Martin Luther King holiday and another to fly the Liberation flag, a sym bol of the civil rights movement, on top of the Statehouse along with the Con federate flag for part of the year. They have had little success so far with the flag and holiday bills, but law makers did approve a monument to black history in South Carolina to be built on the Capitol. Dennis i from page 1 term, cataloging people as they come in so we know where [students escaping the hurricane] are,” he said. Luna said all campus facilities, in cluding residence halls, are equipped with emergency generators to deal with emer- \ gency situations. “The generators will ensure that there will be minimal emergency lighting and fire alarms operating in the buildings,” he said. “We are prepared if a storm comes inland aggressively,” Luna said. But he stressed that university offi cials do not anticipate flooding, class can cellations, delays or power failures. If a hurricane or other disaster that would require the evacuation of Columbia should occur, Ellis said USC police of ficers would be in charge of moving cars safely to highways and securing proper ty after buildings are evacuated. POLL from page 1 seven candidates were in single digits. Keyes’ victory came after a stirring speech in which he encouraged delegates to vote their true feelings and not go with Bush just because he’s popular. “If you keep voting for people who are vague on the issues important to this country, you will be defeated, and you deserve to be defeated,” Keyes said. Lt. Gov. Steve Win dom, one of Bush’s Alabama chairmen, played down the outcome, saying, “I don’t think it has any significance outside this room.” Even Hatch said Bush might be unbeatable. “George Bush has it wrapped up because the party hierarchy is with him,” he said. State Party Chairman Winton Blount warned that candidates were risking “snub bing a significant group of Republican votes” by not participating. But Carl Grafton, a political scientist at Auburn University at Montgomery, said it wouldn’t hurt Bush. “After eight years of Bill Clin ton, these people want to win the presi dency,” Grafton said. “Just because Bush doesn’t show up, they are not going to punish him.” The pay-to-vote contest fol lowed Saturday morning frivolities, in cluding live-elephant rides and a ball-throw at a Bill Clinton look-alike in a dunking booth. Unlike the Iowa straw poll, which Bush won two weeks ago, the Alabama straw poll did not allow candidates to pay for unlimited delegates. They could on ly sign up 100 delegates each for the $35 seats, but most didn’t bother. That caused many to discount the poll’s im portance. “You’d really have to be a political junkie to know about this,” Black said. GUARDS from page 1 Security guards are also seen as being more reliable and well prepared because they attend training classes twice a week. Exercise science sophomore Shona Bethea, a DA at Sims, said she thinks that officers are better equipped to handle cer tain situations because of their training. Athletic training junior Angela May er agreed. “I’d feel more comfortable in case of an emergency type of situation if some one who was trained to handle it was tak ing care of it,” Mayer said. Officer Janet Bets, a night guard in Sims, said she thinks that people “feel safer because they know that there is somebody older, mature and somebody who has their v. ,• , • . » i Vi;.' best interest at heart.” “We have a big, large book that we go through, and they [the officers in train ing] keep updating us,” Bets said. “Basi cally, it’s a very easy job; you just have to mind your P’s and Q’s.” However, many students say they don’t believe that hiring security guards has changed conditions in dorms. English freshman Amanda Nabors said she isn’t afraid of being harmed while liv ing in a dorm. “I honestly don’t think some madman is going to break in [the dorm],” Nabors said. Nabors further adds that she doesn’t feel less safe with DAs at the front desk than she does when security guards are there. “They are not armed; they sit here and do the same thing as [D\sj can do,” Nabors said. Although some might disagree, this statement isn’t far from the truth. According to Bets, all officers do if they see someone suspicious or encounter a situation is call 911. They’re told not to do anything themselves. These circumstances cause many to question the purpose of the officers’ jobs, but many student DAs feel that the offi cers should have the job because BAs need time to focus on their academics. “I don’t want to work-study at night, because I won’t be able to study all night long after getting out of classes and then wake up early for classes,” said lib eral arts freshman Jessica Sterberck, a Sims BA. Computer engineering sophomore John Jenkins, a Bates DA, agreed. “I think that security officers should have the night job,” he said. Also, according to Miller, the night positions are more difficult to fill with stu dents because many students aren’t able to or do not want to work the third shift. This makes hiring security officers very convenient. However, security officers also have to deal with inconveniences. Miller said she’s heard complaints from security guards that students have been unfriendly when asked to show their keys. Miller said she feels that if students 1 would be patient and help the guards out, things would run much more smoothly. “It would really be helpful if students would show their keys if they are asked for them, and also if they wouldn’t prop doors open,” Miller said. “They could re ally contribute to the safety of our cam pus if they did those two things.” In the meantime, computerized ac cess systems will be added at Wade Hamp ton, South Quad and Bates West in the near future. —————— » ■ • , . .I..- .IIIII.I.MI. Motley Ctvb sc«MS Greatest Hits A____W--A _ A #11 1 [i I ' H t^m 11LW u 111VSM F1V h 4*M 11. ^K^^onoert V - 9 - , ~ ■ ___ tom petty, heartbreakers -I Hii < echotour ® ..■— Cards Official Card of Blockbuster Pavilion CALL NOW FOR TICKETS ^^4^*^^ (864) 233-2525 purchase tickets online: www.ticketmaster.com Tickets available at all Ticketmaster outlets or charge by phone. 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