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nit ©amtcock Monday, October 2 • Grand Larceny of laptop, Earth work Science Building room 705. Jessica Simpson, 26, stated to police that an unknown person(s) took her unsecured laptop computer. The laptop, a Dell Inspiron 5000 sens, had an estimated value of $3,500. Reporting officer was R.C. Shirer. • Larceny of CDs and CD player, Gambrell Hall. Kelly Lynch, 21, stated to police (hat she left her book bag on the counter in the restroom while she used the bathroom. Lynch said she went out into the hall for several minutes and looked for the bookbag and then went back to the restroom and found it. About $260 _.1_rrn_i „ o_/ta , yy y*i ui uuu tv oujij j/iuj er were missing from the bookbag. The CD player was described as grey and black with a Matchbox 20 stick er on it. Reporting officer was C.J. Garo • Malicious injury to real proper ty, McBride Quad. An unnamed, USC Housing employee, reported to police that an unknown person(s) vandalized the third floor north stair well door to McBride Quad by spray painting profane language. Estimated value of the damaged done is $ 100 and the reporting officer was G.S. Whitlock. Saturday, September 29 • Malicious injury to real proper ty, Booker T. Washington room 205 C. The small building which is owned by the College of Liberal Arts had several of its windows bro ken out by an unknown person(s) throwing rocks at the building. Estimated value of damage is $100 and the reporting officer was C. McKnight. • Larceny of parking meters, 1700 College St. USGemployee, Cleve land Marsh, stated to police that an unknown person(s) removed one green parking meter. The meter was later found out to be #734 and have an estimated value of $475. Re porting officer was D.W. Friels. Monday, October 2 • Vehicle Fire/Abandoned Vehicle. 5500 Block Randall Ave. The com plainant, W.C. Jones, stated that list ed vehicle was found on fire, rightful owner could not be found. coiumoia rire ueparunent re sponded by putting the fire out and unhooking the electrical system of the vehicle. - • Trespassing/ Drunkenness. 1416 Park St. The complainant, T.M. Mc Cloghry, observed the suspect, Hen ry Cheesboro, asleep in a clearly marked "no trespassing" area at the incident location. The suspect said he was aware of the no tres passing notice and had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage about his breath and body. The subject was unsteady on his feet and continual ly used profanity towards the complainant. Subject was arrested and taken to jail. • Attempted Burlary/Strong Arm Robbery. 1035 Bryan St. The vic tim, Kenyatta Ryans, stated that when she entered her residence by the front door, she heard the sound of glass breaking coming from the kitchen area. She ran out of the house and observed a black male standing by her kitchen window. When she asked what he was doing, he replied, "I came to clean the place out." She then said she was going to call the police, at which point the suspect, Jerome Waddell, started to walk toward the victim. When the suspect got close to the victim, he hit her in the face, knocking her to the ground. Sunday, October 1 • Petit Larceny. 1123 Kinard Court. The complainant, Ricky Holley, a mechanic at the incident location, confirmed that the victim, Tony Johnson, is a customer who brought his vehicle to the incident loction for repair. The suspect, believed to live in a junk vehicle on the east side of the business, asked’thc com plainant if he could borrow a car bat tery. The complainant said no. Lat er, the car battery was found stolen. • Drunkenness. 634 Harden St. The complainant and reporting officer, r.C. ihomas, observed the suspect, John Eugene Mixson, unsteady on his feet and falling against his vehi cle. As Thomas approached Mix son, the suspect proceeded to get into his vehicle and back out of the parking space. Thomas or dered the suspect to put the vehicle in park and turn off the ignition. In stead, the suspect put the vehicle in gear to go forward. Thomas imme diately reached into the vehicle, put it into park and turned off the igni tion. Mixson was arrested and tak en to jail. Saturday, September 30 • Larceny. 1800 Senate St. The com plainant, William Radden, stated that an unknown subject removed park ing meter No. 801 from the ground. The meter-cannot be located. Esti mated damages: $350. Petition from page 1 and to think about it," Eaddy said. "You can’t just take something that’s like this issue and ask them to vote on it." Hornick said some of the faculty members she had spoken to already ap proved of the proposal. "They think it’s a great idea for stu dents," she said. "They agree that we have too short of a time." Those professors don’t think it will disrupt class to move the drop date back, Homick said. One concern with past proposals, which included an extension of the add date, was that students com ing into class late would lag behind and perform poorly. The amount of research SG has done this year also distinguishes this proposal from those of the past, Homick said. "We have more research than they’ve had in the past," she said. Eaddy said if the SG is able to gath er 10,000 signatures, it can show fac ulty senate that students "truly support what we’re doing." But SG hopes to get the proposal in front of the senate before the end of the semester, and Homick and Eaddy said the number of signatures wouldn’t necessarily make or break that timing. Hornick said even if the goal is reached, the petition drive wouldn’t end until the proposal goes up for ap proval. "It’s our goal, but it’s not just some magic number," Homick said. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. I-| i-—--—- : This year the cast of MTV's 'The Real World' went to Africa. Now you can too! Enter for a chance to win at your local Council Travel office or at counciltravel.com This trip to Africa is provided by 0 virgin worldwide vacations • for 18 to 35 year oJds QLlQriLlC No Purchase Necessary. Open lo residents of U.S.. between the ages of 18 and 35 as of 9/5/00. Void where prohibited. See agency for Official Rules or go to counciltravel.com. Sweepstakes ends 10/15/00. iLouncilUCTMB Carolina touchless Carwash Self Serve $1.25 Drive-Thru Only $5 Hot Water/"Gobs" of Soap H.D. Industrial Vacuums Stadium Lighting at Night Always Clean, Always Video Surveillance 24/7 New Convenient Location Lmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Smith from page 1 C&S/Sovran/NCNB merger creating NationsBank in 1991. He is the chairman of the Spoleto Festival USA and has served as chair man of the Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance. Smith serves on the boards of sev eral oiganizations and education insti tutions, including the South Carolina Business Center for Excellence in Ed ucation, the University of the South, the Benedict College Presidential Ad visory Committee and the Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Foundation. At USC, he serves on the Presi dent's Advisory Board and is president of the Business Partnership Founda tion for the business school. He also was an adjunct professor of the busi ness school. He has won numerous awards and honors, including International Am bassador of the Year by the Central Carolina Economic Development Al liance and South Carolina Business man of Year by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Smith is married to Kit Sossamon Smith, the chairwoman of Richland County Council. They have three chil- 0 dren. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Lottery from page 1 “It’s immoral,” he said “It’s addictive ... [it promotes] trying to get something for nothing.” A state lottery would corrupt tradi tional values, Columbia resident Joe Gri maud said. He said he fears for the belief system he and his wife, Gladys, have in stilled in their two sons, both USC stu dents. “Personally, anything I can do to sup port the defeat of this referendum I think I should do,” Grimaud said. However, lottery supporter Carrie Gray said those who oppose the lottery for religious reasons are little more than hypocrites, citing preachers that ask for money from the pulpit. “You ain’t supposed to go and put none nowhere else,” Gray said. “It don’t hurt the poor no more than it’s ever hurt them.” Spokespeople for Gov. Jim Hodges, who ran on a 1998 election platform in which a state lottery was a central issue, did not return phone calls to respond to the Action Council’s criticisms and alle gations. Brandon Larrabee contributed to this report. The city/state desk can be reached at & gamecockcrtydesk@hotmail.com. USC professor advances AIDS research by Greta Hale The Gamecock A USC professor has found new in formation that might help lead to the cre ation of an AIDS vaccine. Dr. Austin Hughes, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, ana lyzed DNA sequences taken from a virus in monkeys as part of a team of biologi cal researchers headed by a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The researches found that inside the AIDS virus, the tat protein replicates rapid ly during the first two weeks of infection. This causes the immune system not rec ognize the virus, and therefore not to be able to fight it off. This is the key to why we don’t elim inate the AIDS virus, Hughes said. “It certainly wasn’t something we ex pected,” Hughes said. “If you had a vac cine that got the immune system ready to attack the tat proton, then it could get rid of the virus before it had a chance.” Eighteen monkeys were studied, with a control group of eight and another group of 10 that was infected with the SIDS virus, the monkey version of the AIDS virus. While the study’s findings were ap plicable to monkeys, it is unclear if the same information will hold true for hu mans. Hughes specialty is bioinformatics, or using a computer for biological compu tations, and he was the only one on the team who performed this task. “When I first started doing this, I was really unusual” Hughes said. “People would ask, ‘how can you be a biologist if you just use computers?”’ Hughes did the computer computa tions in the spring. All of the infomiation in the DNA double helix can be reduced to a string of letters, which can be ana lyzed on a computer, he said. He com pared the initial virus in the monkeys to a virus that had replicated and mutated in their bodies. Hughes co-authored an article about the research that appeared in the Sept. 21 issue of the well-known journal, Nature. “We publish a lot, but it is not always something that gets this high of a profile,” Hughes said. His research brings national visibility to the USC biology department. “This increases the department’s com petitiveness in attracting quality under graduate and graduate students, as well as faculty,” said Franklin Beiger, biology de partment chairman, adding that the re search Hughes has done is well respected among his peers. His research also could increase the number of grants the biology department gets. I “Publication in a prestigious journal such as Nature indicates that Dr. Hughes’ research is conducted within a strong sci entific environment,” Berger said. “The quality and depth of research at an insti tution can be a very critical factor in the review of grant applications by federal agencies.” The city/state desk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotniail.com. > Promote Awareness • Hopelights • World Aids Day • Clothesline Project • Sexual Responsibility Week Facilitate Presentations • University 101 • Residence Halls • Student Organizations I "Peers Sharing Information To Foster A Healthy Community" • Become a SHARE Peer Educator! • • For Applications and Information , | | Call 777-0245 ; • Application Due Date: October 6,2000 _ • Office for Sexual Health and Violence Prevention y^vis from a Summer Serving October 5th . 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