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Carolina News Ocr. 5 • Duorieriy conduct, at Senate and Pick ens streets. Reporting officer observed subject sitting in his vehicle, partially blocking the roadway. Subject had a strong aroma of alcohol about his breath and person, andhis speech was grossly slurred. ouojeci was piaceaunoer arrest ana coin- — plained the handcuffs were too tight, although two fingers could be placed between cuff, and subject. The right cuff was loosened at subject’s request. When asked what he was do ing, subject stated: “I’m gay and I was looking for sex.*’ • Discharge of fire extinguisher, Woodrow. Complainant responded to a fire alarm activation at the incident loca tion. As the complainant arrived at the fire alarm control panel, he observed that unknown persons had activated the pull station and discharged a fire extinguisher throughout the hallway. The building was evacuated, and the Columbia Fire Department was notified and responded, Oct. 2 • Possession of marijuana, Bates. Reporting officer was dis parted to Bates Dorm regard ng possible marijuana use. Up on arrival, the officer was met by the complainant, who said he was about to enter his dorm room when he observed a white towel between the room’s carpet and door. He then delected the odor of what be believed to be marijuana. Com plainant left and called the police from the front desk. The reporting officer, along with the complainant, entered the residence, at which time the officer could detect the odor of iparijuana in the living room. With substance in plain view, the of ficer then asked the suspect if he had any maryuana. The suspect gave the officer a dear bag containing a green-like substance believed to he marijuana and was then daced under arrest. Because of the suspect’s manner and his standing as a USC student, the suspect was given a cour tesy summons to appear in court by USC police instead of being taken to Richland County Detention Centet ♦ Disorderly conduct, Williams-Brice Stadium. Subject was observed having difficulty standing and appeared intoxicat ed. When asked for identification, subject became combat ive, loud and abusive. Subject was placed under arrest and found to be under the age of 21. She was then taken to the Richland County Detention Center and booked. Ocr.1 •Larceny of money, Moore. Victim said that while takings shower, an unknown person entered the shower room and removed $12$ from his pants pocket. Sept. 29 ♦ Larceny of television and VCR, Swearingen Engineering Building. Complainant said an unknown person removed a television and VCR, both brand names and serial numbers unknown, and one TV cart. Estimated value: $700. RAD from page 1 lice policy. The course is limited to 20 participants. However, Wright said if more were interested the number of classes would be increased. Wright has also encouraged the PE Center to offer a one-credit course simi lar to the programs at Coastal Carolina and USC-Aiken. If the program was a se mester long it could expand into such ar eas as vehicle management. According to Wright, they tried of fering die course once a month, but didn’t have any participation. A summer workshop was also offered, but nobody registered. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■.. RAD was established at USC one year ago. Wright said the first part of the course covers awareness, prevention, risk re duction arid avoidance. Those factors reduce “90 percent of your risk of being attacked,” Wright said. “Rapes can be prevented with aware ness, and the awareness comes about with understanding criminal statistics and sur roundings and learning how to avoid cer tain situations. Don’t compromise your self,” he said. Four other major aspects of the pro gram are educating women in the areas of education, of Woman, self dependence,, decision making and realizing one’s own strength. Wright said the goal of the program is to escape an attack. “It’s not a perfect world, and as we all realize, crime is rising,” he said. “Woman have to live with that fear every day of being attacked,” Wright said. The next step to promote the program is door to door distribution of dyers and sending letters home. The next course will be from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nov. 9 to 11 in the Bates West social room. .w-«r. RHA from page 1 always room for improvemenl. 1 would like to see some exterminators visit, though,” Akers said. While some students might be sat isfied with the conditions of the residence liails, otliers had various complaints. Many students raised questions about carpet ing in the halls and rooms of most dorms. Sims will receive new carpeting in the hallways this fall, and Preston will also be re-carpeted during the summer. Luna said that carpeting in residence halls must last five to seven years. According to Luna, it costs too much to continuously replace carpet, and it be comes difficult to maintain. Luna asked the students if they preferred carpeting with stains on it or cleaned tile, which they could cover with their own rugs. The majority of the members who responded favored carpel. Members were also pleased with the introduction of Laundimate, a telephone operated laundry service that allows res idents to find out how many washers and dryers are available and when their laun dry is done. This is only in four of the residence halls including Columbia Hall, Capstone and Patterson, but RHA would like to see it in all of them. “This year, it is a pilot to see if it works well and to see if it is cost-effec tive,” Luna said. Other complaints fo cused on residents having to swipe their student ID cards at entrances to residence halls. The Towers are the only residence halls with this security measure, but both Wade Hampton and South Quad will have this procedure installed soon. Luna said he’d check on several ques tions brought up at the meeting. These included questions about whether asbestos is present in Columbia Hall, wrong numbers in the directory for NADA residents and gaps in the ceiling at South Quad. Luna said the suggestion to put a computer lab in Capstone wouldn’t be taken into consideration because Cap stone residents have access to Columbia Hall’s computer lab. “Every lime we please somebody, we offend somebody. Every time you gain something, you also give something up,” Luna said. While some students are wailing for Housing to fix problems, other students > in the Towers would like to take action of their own. Dingle wants to initiate a beautifi cation program there, and senators would like to install televisions in the lobby. Before they can do that, Luna said they’ll liave to go through several process es to ensure that no codes or violations get broken. McClintock residents are waiting for Housing to fix their problems. Students complained about the lack of desks, poor electrical outlets and the single data jack per room. According to Luna, McClintock is in the worst shape of all the dorms. “The requests seem reasonable. We do need to decide how to renovate Mc Clintock,” Luna said. Next semester, Housing will create focus groups of students from USC and high schools to listen to their ideas for housing plans three to ten years in the future. Election from page 1 “1 think it looks very positive that we’re going to be able to have that on Nov. 2,” Lemaster said. Riser said the test run would allow computer services to correct any problems. “If we find something drastic hap pening ... we’ve got plenty of time to go back and fix it,” he said. Lemaster said the system should be ready before SG elections, in February. “We’re hoping to have everything set in stone by Thanksgiving,” she said. According to Dawkins, the senate would have to approve changes to the election code and then approve the pro gram to change the system to online vot .var ing. He said the changes to the code would probably be voted on williin the next few weeks, and the actual program would be up for approval after the test run. “There’s a real majority of favorable voles for this [in the senate],” Dawkins said. He said the mock ballot prepared by Computer Services was promising. “It looks good,” Dawkins said of the mock ballot. “It looks like it’s going to be very accessible,” he said. Speaker from page 1 volunteer projects. “If you want to be successful, the most important homework you’ll ever do is never going to be assigned,” Combs said. 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