Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Carolina News • Larceny of cell phone, Drayton Hall. Victim stated that some unknown per son or persons removed her cell phone from the incident location. She also said that the phone wasn’t secured and in plain view. Estimated value: $90. Sunday, July 16 • Assistance rendered, Swearingen Col lege. Responding officer was dispatched to incident location and found victim had wasted an unknown chemical mix ture on herself. Emergency Medical Services and the Columbia Police De partment were notified and respond ed. Victrim refused transport and was treated on the scene by EMS. Saturday, July 15 • Malicious injury to real property, Law Center. An unknown person or persons threw a rock through the north east entrance of the Law Center, break ing the glass and damaging the win dow. All other floors were checked but no other damage was observed. Es timated value: $200. Friday, July 14 • Malicious injury to real property, Carolina Coliseum. Complainant stat ed that unknown persons removed one three-line hand rail from the Blossom Street entrance to the Coliseum by un known means. Estimated value: $800. • Breach of trust, Institute of Public Affairs, Carolina Plaza. Complainant advised that unknown persons have misused USC procedures to fraudu lently obtain money or goods for per sonal use. A specific amount has yet to be determined. An audit is pend ing while the investigation contin ues. • Assault and battery, East Quad. Victim stated the subject assaulted her by pulling at her hair. The subject and two relatives were interviewed and given trespass notices. The subject was a former employee of the victim, with the assault arising from a dispute over the payment of the subject’s salary. Responding officer said the disagree ment was a civil matter. The victim wished to press charges and was ad vised how to do so. Thursday, July 13 • Suspicious activity, Campus parking lot A-2. Complainant stated that sub jects one and two were inside a con struction area, possibly loading scrap metals into their vehicles. The subjects left area when confronted by the com plainant. The investigation continues. Fire from page 1 stresses the importance of sprinklers as the most effective protection against fires. “Since 1871, when the first formal rules of fire safety were established, there have been no multiple fatalities due to fire in a building with a working sprin kler system in the United States,” Am ick said. Arnick added that people who rent homes or apartments should also be aware that the property owners are required by law to provide them with a working fire extinguisher. While the majority of fires are elec trical, smoking is still the number one cause of fire fatalities in the United States, and South Carolina ranks among the top 10 states for fire fatalities. But fires caused by careless smoking in the home are eas ily preventable. The most effective way to prevent fires is simply not to smoke indoors; however, for those that do smoke in their homes, The Untied States Fire Administration offers some important tips. They suggest not smoking m bed, not leaving smoking materials unattended, not placing ashtrays on the arms of so fas or chairs and emptying ashtrays into a toilet or airtight metal container as op posed to a wastebasket where smolder ing butts could ignite. It is also impor tant for everyone in a household to have an escape plan already worked out in case of a fire. Amick also stressed the im portance of using caution when mixing smoking in the home with the use of al cohol. “This can be a deadly combination, especially among college students,” Am ick said “When people are drinking, they are often not as likely to use caution about smoking.” 1 he Columbia hire Department has noted an increase in dorm fires across North and South Carolina, as well as across the nation in general. Overload ing circuits, substandard wiring or not turning off appliances often causes dorm fires. Another problem in dorms is the frequency of fire alarms and fire drills. Often students have so many fire drills in their dorm that when there is a real fire they ignore the alarm, thinking it’s another drill. Amick said that almost every fire fa tality he has encountered in his career could have been prevented. Blood from page 1 Aiken, Sumter, Florence, the Grand Strand and Columbia. The area also in cludes three major teaching/research hos pitals, including Palmetto Richland Memorial in Columbia, Medical Uni versity of South Carolina in Charleston, and The Medical College of Geoigia in Augusta. These hospitals are where people in South Carolina and parts of Geoigia go to have major medical procedures done. McCleary said giving blood is a fulfilling act of kindness. She encourages everyone who is able to donate. “I can’t describe it; it’s just a warm feeling to know that what I am giving can go to help a sick child,” she said. “It makes me feel like I am making a dif ference.” Those interested in donating blood can contact the American Red Cross at 1-800-GIVELIFE. Professors from page 2 A large portion of that money, ac cording to Arizona education officials, would be used to address future faculty shortages. The huge demand for top-notch re search faculty by Arizona, California, Texas and Florida could intensify com petition among institutions and draw away talent from other states. Thus, even states with low shortages are studying how they can prevent a brain drain. “Maryland is seeking more state funds to attract and retain faculty,” Russell added. “North Dakota is making rec ommendations on how to get more mon ey for faculty salaries, and Maine is look ing into bringing its university salaries in line with salaries of similar institutions.” Still, higher education experts say the low supply and high demand for fac ulty won't necessarily spur across-the board raises or reverse the 1990s trend in which institutions began relying more on part-time, non-tenured professors. Salaries and perks may rise significantly for faculty in engineering, computer sci ence and other popular fields in which professors already are in short supply, they said. Salaries are expected to remain flat for humanities and social science pro fessors. Because no one can predict what the hot jobs will be in 10 years, univer sity officials think temporary and non tenured positions offer them greater flex ibility in deploying faculty as demand dictates. “My suspicion is we'll have to use temporary faculty more until we can catch up,” said Ellen Switkes, assistant vice president for academic advance ment for the University of California sys tem. University of California officials are projecting they will need 7,000 new professors. “Temporary staff can help us while we're taking a look at what we can ex pect in the future,” she added. WMmW/W//WMM////WA LOW Student Airfares Europe • Africa • Asia • South America MoreThan 100 Departure Cities! Eurailpasses * Bus Passes • Study Abroad ^ ^ ^ srudenr universe •com IT'S YOUR WORLD. EXPLORE IT. www.StudentUniverse.com 800-272-9676