Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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__Carolina News_ • April 3 Disorderly Conduct. South Circle. The responding officers were patrolling the incident location when the subject came out of Patterson Hall. The subject start ed to complain about getting a parking ticket. The complainant attempted to explain why the ticket was issued to the subject. The subject became loud and 0 used protane lan guage. The subject was advised he was under arrest for dis orderly conduct. The subject said he wasn’t going to jail and that the officer had better call more officers in. Addi tional units were re quested because a laige crowd began to gather. 1 he subject still rerused to comply with verbal commands and pulled away from the officers. The of ficers applied the proper control tech - niques to take the subject to the ground and handcuffs were applied during which time the subject continued to use pro fanity and resist arrest physically. • April2 Simple Possession of Marijuana. The complainant said a strong odor of mar ijuana came from the subject’s room. The responding officer was given per mission to enter the room by the room’s occupants. Upon consented search, the officer found a plastic bag containing a green, leafy substance believed to be marijuana The subjects all denied own ership and were arrested for simple pos session of marijuana. A further search revealed two additional bags of a green, leafy substance believed to be marijua ' na. The subjects were mirandized and the evidence was entered into the evi dence locker. • April 1 Driving Under the Influence. Pendle ton and Barnwell streets. On routine pa trol, the responding officer observed the subject vehicle’s tag light was inopera tive. The officer also observed the ve hicle to be weaving and crossing the yel low line repeatedly. The responding officer initiated a traffic stop on the sub ject vehicle. During the officer’s inves tigation, the subject admitted to hav ing consumed alcoholic beverages. The' subject also had a strong odor of alco hoi about his breath and person. The subject also had slurred speech and was unsteady on his feel. The officer ad ministered four field sobriety tests to the subject, which he per formed poorly. The subject was ar rested for driving under the intluence and taken to the for est Acres Police Department. The subject vehicle was towed to the city garage. • Russell House. Gvil Disturbance. As sault The responding officers were work ing at an event at the incident location when the disturbance began. The event had ended when two groups of people began yelling at each other. The re sponding officers started to move to ward the groups to defuse the situation when the groups started to fight. The officers, a guard and others tried to break up the fight. The officers called for oth er units to assist the officers because of the large number of subjects involved in the fight. The officers and other units were able to break up the fight. Anoth er fight broke out while the officers were in the ballroom area. The fight involved some of the subjects from the first fight. One victim was transferred to Richland Hospital. None of the subjects could be identified because of the large number of subjects that were involved. Other members of the USCPD were notified and the Columbia Police Department was notified to disperse the crowd. II : JUST SAY HQ TO DRUGS!! : I Professor accused of teaching creationism College Press Exchange Bend, Ore. - A biology professor ac cused of teaching creationism in his class es at Central Oregon Community Col lege isn’t likely to get a chance to do so next year because school administrators have recommended against renewing his contract. Kevin Haley, an assistant professor of general biology, has taught the course for four years. School officials say they start ed receiving complaints about his teach ing methods two years ago. His critics fault him for bringing up creationism anytime evolution is discussed — and for going out of his way to debunk evolutionist the ory. School officials say that when con fronted, Haley refused to deal with the is sue to their satisfaction. Haley denies all the charges and says the real problem is that a few college administrators are uncomfortable with his devout Christian faith. “I’m a creationist, and I’m also a sci entist, and I have no trouble teaching evo lution,” he told The Chronicle of Higher Education. “As far as teaching creation in the classroom, not on a bet. If I really taught creation in the classroom, there would be a lot more than six students com plaining out of the 5001 taught.” Five students have filed formal complaints about Haley’s teaching, and others have objected informally to other faculty mem bers, school officials said. In November, Louis B. Queary, vice president for instruction at the college, sent Haley a letter listing various com plaints. Among them was that several stu dents felt those who attended a Christian group Haley led received favorable treat ment in class, that Haley kept an open Bible on his desk, and that he bounced “freely between religious and scientific topics in his office and in the hallways.” Haley said he’s not about to admit guilt for something he hasn’t done. He said college administrators have failed to make their case—even though he has provided them with his lecture notes and homework assignments. Haley does acknowledge that he discusses his faith with students in his of fice and in hallways. “Students ask, ‘How do you put your faith together with your science,”’ Haley told The Chronicle. “And I tell them, ‘It’s a free country.’” Queary said Haley isn’rbeing fired. “This is a [matter] where someone is in the probationary period and the insti tution decided the fit doesn’t look good, and so we’re not going to make the per son a rehire offer,” Queary said. sevenaI WELSH CRS, CBR LIFETIME MEMBER MILLION DOLLAR CLUB 24 Hr office # (803)748-9171 Twenty Five Years of trusted service to the university community. “Her name is her reputation.” Cheaper than Tuition.. - more fun than Body Piercing Special Student Airfares Great Travel Products Adventure Holidays Beds on a Budget Travel Insurance Eurail Passes Contiki Tours Student ID's “i k t l _■> . 800-777-0112 iTRAVEp WE’VE BEEN THERE. m worldwide vacations for 18 to 35 year olds vacations lo aurope. afrtca. usa. Canada. 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