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T\k (gamecock While you were gone... Doctoral student awarded Ford minority fellowship BY JAIRUS DAYTON The Gamecock The prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship for minority stu dents has been awarded to Rihana Williams, a doctorial student at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Williams is pursuing a degree in ex perimental psychology, the three year fellowship will enable her to study how people acquire vocabulary when read ing. Williams will be studying under the guidance of University of South Carolina’s psychology professor Dr. Robin Morris in USC's laboratory for eye movement and cognitive process es. Williams is the daughter of Dr. Shir lene M. Williams of Hawkinsville and Dr. Freddy J. Williams of Panama City Florida. Williams has a long history of outstanding academic accomplishments, she graduated magna cum laude with a psychology degree from Spelman col lage. In 1998, she was selected to con duct research at USC's nationally rec ognized NSF-funded Summer Research Institute.In 1997, she was awarded the Careers and Op portunities Research Training award by the National Institute of Health. Williams is also a member of numer ousiacadennc organizations including, Phi Beta Kappa Honor society, Psi Chi, and Golden Key. She plans to continue her research on the cognitive, developmental and physiological processes of reading. In addition to the Ford Foundation Fel lowship, Williams holds a University of South Carolina Fellowship, which is a three year research-based fellowship that includes an $8,000 stipend. There are only approximately 50 Ford Foundation awards given each year for outstanding academic achievement, scholarly potential, and a research pro posal. A $14,000 stipend accompanies the award. — Civil disturbance, Lieber College. The complainant stated that while informing the subject of her termi nation of employment from Lieber College, the sub ject became loud and boisterous and then left the area. The subject’s personal effects were collected and arrangements were made to return them to the sub ject. Assistance rendered, Whaley and Marion Streets. The responding officer was called to the incident location in reference to a white male laying on the ground. The subject smelled of an alcoholic beverage and had slurred speech. Emergency Medical Services and the Colum bia Fire Department responded. The subject was then transported to Baptist Medical Center. Accidental damage, C-l parking lot. The complainant stated she accidentally damaged the brick flaming wall on the sidewalk of Thomwell Dorm with her vehicle, a 1999 Ford Escort. There was no damage done to the vehicle. The complainant reported the incident to her insurance company. Estimated damage: $100. Tuesday, August 8 • Larceny of money, Roost Dorm. The victim stated that while he was away from his dorm room, some one removed $20 cash and a Regions Visa check card from his wallet. When he called to cancel the card, he was informed that someone had already chaiged $100 to the card. The incident location was secured at the time of the theft. The charges on the card are outside the USC Police Deaprtment jurisdiction. Monday, August 7 • Trespassing after notice, disorderly conduct and re sisting arrest, Osbourne College, Bull Street. Responding officers responded to a suspicious person call at the in cident location. Upon the officers’ arrival, the com plainant stated she had asked the subject to leave the building but the subject refused. The officers talked to several people who positively identified the subject. An officer asked the subject to step outside so he could be questioned. Once outside, the subject refused the officer’s request for a picture ID. Then, the subject de manded the names and badge numbers of all officers present and was given that information. Another of ficer arrived and tried to talk to the subject, but the subject became very beligerent. When officers tried to calm him, the subject became enraged, using pro fane language. When the officers tried to arrest the subject he resisted by swinging his arms. The subject was then placed in handcuffs, double-locked and trans ported to the Richkand County Detention Center. i i i t'i. . _i \ 4_ fU • Larceny of wallet, Thomas Cooper Library, first floor. The victim stated that an unknown subject removed her wallet from her backpack The backpack was left unattended on a library table. In addition to the wal let, the following items were missing: $10 cash, a Visa .. credit card, a cash card, a Japanese cash card and a ' South Carolina diver’s license. Estimated value: $250 for the wallet, plus the $10 cash. Sunday, August 6 • Grand larceny, USC School of Medicince. The re sponding officer responded to the incident location and learned that an unknown subject had gained entry into a locked office without forced entry and removed the following items: a Gateway E-1400 computer, a canvas bag with gym clothes, two Sony compact disc players with headsets, a small radio about the size of a quarter with a headset, a portable radio, one paor of black shorts, a white T-shirt and several medical text books. Estimated value: $2,053. f Saturday, August 5 ■ Larceny of bicycle, Bates House. The victim stated that he locked his bicylce to the proper rack at Ba tres House four days prior to the theft. When he re turned, he found his bicycle missing. The bicycle was black and purple and of the brand name Magna. Estimated value: S90. ctnro ic valiHatinrr an hnur’c \l/r\rth nf rati' Green Space from page 1 “You need to have safety on your mind whether you are walking 100 feet or 10 feet,” Snyder said, adding that the Bull Street garage, while farther away, will be well-lit and patrolled by police on a reg ular basis. He also dismissed criticism that the absence of metered spaces will compound parking problems for students, saying park ing gripes are nothing new to USC. “Despite the complaints, the Uni versity has always had a good amount of parking reasonably close to campus,” Sny der said. And as to possible parking problems in this semester resulting from the “green spaces,” Snyder said the end result of the Master Plan would be worth any tem porary grief. “There might be some inconvenience, but in the long run the students will be better off,” Snyder said. Originally, USC’s summer plans didn’t include completing the “green space” pro ject. Rather, it was only a project “on the horizon for the near future,” Snyder said. But when the funding became avail able, the University opted to tackle the job Curing summer monins wnen less siu dents would be inconvenienced by the process. “The University felt the summer would be a good time to do it,” Snyder said. While Snyder contends that students will surely benefit, at least two business es that operate out of the Russell House, The Grand Marketplace and the Russell House Bookstore, could be adversely affected by the loss of close parking spaces. Mike Griffin, food service manager for Russell House student dining area The Grand Marketplace, expressed concern for the restaurant’s business as well as how the lack of close parking could affect em piUyctJo. iNUt uuiy cuuiu nicvjitmui’uu ketplace’s business with commuting students decline, Griffin said, but em ployees who relied on handicapped park ing in the lot beside the Russell House are going to be placed at a disadvantage. “There’s going to be more competi tion for handicapped parking around the building,” Griffin said. Griffin said what upset him the most was that he wasn’t even aware of the park ing lot conversion until concrete started flying. Russell House Bookstore manager Michael McLauchlin is anticpating some negative effect, but said it’s too early to tell how much the store’s business will I---— ounui. “I don’t know how much that lot is a player [in our business],” McLauchlin said. “I know we’re going to see some re sult, I just don’t know how big. ” McLauchlin said sometimes the lot hurt the store more than it helped, though, ; inconveniencing vendors making deliv eries because every space in the lot was ■ already taken. He added that he would dis courage those who would criticize USC too harshly for parking woes. “I’ve been on a lot of university cam puses and parking is always an issue,” McLauchlin said. “I don’t think I’ve been on any campus where the parking is great.” To offset business losses, the book ng at the Bull Street Garage for customers vho make a purchase of $10 or more. The next phase of campus urban zation and beautification will be a full awn area behind Preston College, where i faculty and staff parking lot has long bee^ iresent. Work crew have already torn lown a maintenance building behind he college and are preparing to lay “green pace” in its place. However, Snyder said he complete lot makeover, “isn’t going o be happening anytime soon.” folm Hniett is the fall City/Metro editor. He can be reachedatgamecocnews@hot vail.com. -1 Back To School Blowout Sale! \ Furniture Liquidations ''i Student Special Show Student ID and get 10% off Total Purchase with this coupon. Must present coupon for discount. ■x_Expires^8-26-00 _) BLOWOUT BARGAINS r'2 piece SOFA & CHAIR | S(^tartinjat$89;9^J c" BEDROOM SUITS I All at Discount Prices] (\ LAMPS | Starting at $10 J /^\ CARPET REMNANTS \ o $2.97/yard! \JPERFECTFORWRMROOMy e KitchenFumishings| ^ at Rock Bottom Prices J While Supplies Last! 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