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_Carolina News ^_ __ I I REPORT compiled by John Huiett Sunday, July 30 Domestic dispute, Carolina Gardens Apartments. The complainant stated that he and the victim were in volved in a verbal confrontation over who was con tributing to the household income. Neither the vic tim nor the complainant wished to press charges. However, the criminal investigator on duty was no tified of the incident. The housing manager was no tified and responded to the incident location. Friday, July 28 " • Assisting other agency (Colombia Police Depart ment), Assembly and Senate Streets. The victim re ported to a USC police officer that a vehicle with South Carolina tags was following her while the sub ject driving the car pointed a gun at her. The Co lumbia Police Department was notified and a search of the immediate area Mowed. The USC Police De partment found the subject’s vehicle at the Interna tional House of Pancakes, notifying the city police. The subject was arrested for the unlawful pointing and presenting of a firearm. • Suspicious fire, Moore Dorm. An unknown person placed a plastic container cm the eye of the stove in the dorm commons area. No damage was done to equipment or facilities, although the plastic container burned, causing smoke and a toxic odor. The Co lumbia Fire Department responded, along with Co lumbia Health and Safety, clearing the smoke and re leasing the building. • Civil disturbance, Richland Medical Park. The com plainant stated that the subject entered the incident location for medical treatment and was refused be cause of non-payment of medical bills. The subject then became angry and took about 15 minutes to leave the premises. Wednesday, July 26 • Larceny of VCR, South Quad. The victim stated she last saw her VCR before she went to work. When she retuned, while cleaning up, she noticed that the VCR was <mn#> The victim said her rrmm had Keen ' ♦ mmm saw the victim sitting on a curb, appearing incoher cer attempted to get addition,!] information from the victim but was unable to obtain any. Emeigency Med ical Services was notified and responded. The victim was transported to Richland Memorial Hospital. Holocaust expert to speak at USC _ use News Deborah Lipstadt, an Emory Uni versity professor and Holocaust expert who made international headlines for her victory in the British court case against writer David Irving, will be at the Uni versity of South Carolina Sept. 19 and 20 to discuss Holocaust denial and the recent British trial. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modem Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory, will give USCs annual Solomon-Tenenbaum Lec ture in Jewish Studies in Gambrell Hall auditorium. The annual event is spon sored by the Department of Religious. Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. Her talk, "David Irving vs. Deborah Lipstadt: Personal Perspectives from a British Courtroom," will delve into the X JL legal battle launched against her by his torian and writer David Irving, who claimed comments in Lipstadt's 1994 book, "Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memo ry," were false and had damaged his reputation. The Royal Courts of Justice in London handed down a stinging judgment April 11, which not only acquitted Lip stadt of all charges but further exposed Irving as a Holocaust denier and a Nazi sympathizer. The Jerusalem Post called it "the most important Holocaust trial since the Echmann trial." At 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, Lipstadt will discuss and lead a discus- ' sion on "New Perspectives on Holocaust Denial." Her talk will be held in USC's College of Nursing, Room 127. Both events are free and open to the public. A national advocate for Holocaust education, Lipstadt was a historical con sultant to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum when she helped design the sec tion dedicated to the american response to the Holocaust. In 1994, she was appointed by President Clinton to serve on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Her book, "Denying the Holocaust," a full-length study of the history of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust, earned the Na tional Jewish Book Honor Award and has been published in five foreign editions. She recently was awarded the Emory Williams award, Emory University's high est teaching award. The lecture and af ternoon discussion are funded through the generosity of Melvin and Judith Solomon of Charleston and Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum of Columbia. Spend This Weekend at Myrtle Beach! JSC Student, Faculty & Staff Special Rate ! 20% Coupon ! off Room Rate 1 , Ocean Boulevard & 11th Avenue South j Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577 I l __ __ 1-800-331-4656 Housing from page 1 housing can be accommodated, and no one has to wait. The housing departments of other nearby schools, such as Clemson, The College of Charleston and Winthrop operate differently. They chaige a flat $150 fee to be released from a housing contract, re gardless of the demand for housing. This has some USC students upset, but housing officials assure students that _.__, _'__.Pi rr r.i —j — uii ui UlcIIl. Th<wexDlainedfhar the fees are nonoffary bccausfijhp Department of Housing does not receive outside fund ing from the state and that they can on ly break even by filling all the dorm spaces. Students are urged to be ab solutely certain that they want to live on campus before signing a contract with housing. 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