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"Che (Samccork I Sunday, October 8 • Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, 1000 Oak St. Reporting officer M. Kel ly was flagged down at 1112 Pine St. in reference to a subject trespassing. Kel ly was told that the subject, Ralph Cun ningham, was traveling east on Senate Street. Kelly made contact with Cun ningliam at Oak and Senate streets, when Cunningham became loud and boister ous, using profanity and causing a dis turbance in the area. The subject was * told he was under arrest, at which time he fled the scene. Cunningham was eventually apprehended and arrested. Saturday, October 7 • Burglary, 1011 ^\hlnut St. The victim, James Hadley, said an unknown subject broke out the east-side kitchen window of his residence and entered. Once in side, the subject removed what the vic tim called “well-hidden” currency in the amount of $2Q0. The subject also caused damage to the kitchen.window in the amount of $100. The victim said the subject would have had to have in timate knowledge of the residence in order to have found the currency. Re porting officer: Modka. • littering, 2500 Bratton St. Reporting officer B.K. O’Connell approached the subject, Johnny Hartwell, after he was reported to have been involved in an assault at 2500 Millwood Ave. As O’Connell approached Hartwell, the subject threw down a white paper tow el on the ground and an unidentified plastic tube or pipe into the grass. The subject was field booked. • littering, 1200 Heidt St. The suspect, listed only as Jane Doe, was observed loitering at the incident location. While conducting a field interview, the re porting officer, C.S. White., saw the suspect discard a cigarette to the ground in front of him. The suspect was ar rested, cited and transported to Rich land County Detention Center. The sus pect refused to give her name or date of birth. • Shoplifting under $1,000, 2501 For est Drive (Amoco). The reporting of ficer, Dick Batiste, states he observed the subject, Cedric Thomas, stick a box of gum, one 40-ounce can of Budweis er beer and a box of Lifesavers in his pockets at the incident location. Thomas was arrested and taken to jail. The mer chandise was recovered and returned to the victim. Estimated value: $30. Friday, October 6 • Malicious injury to personal proper ty, 2717 Heyward St. The victim, Char lie McDonald, said that, when he awoke, he discovered an unknown suspect had used unknown means to destroy a lamp fixture in Iris residence. Estimated val ue: $200. Reporting officer: J.R Ed wards. • Malicious injury to real property, 1035 Kinard Road The victim, Naihim Joseph Crowe, said an unknown subject broke out the rear window of his vehicle with a brick. The victim ;dso suites that noth ing was taken from the vehicle. Esti mated damage: $100. Reporting offi cer: K. Baker. Bus from page 1 ton and Richland counties. The council will purchase 19 replacement 35-foot diesel buses and five replacement 40-foot diesel buses. “Columbia is in desperate need for new buses and equipment,” Hamilton said, because most of Columbia’s buses are about 20 years old. He added that most people utilize the city’s bus system in or der to get to and from work or to get to and from classes, because Columbia is a college town. Hamilton hopes the new buses will also attract people who currently drive their cars to work. “Many people are tired of hassling with traffic. New buses arc a tremen dous selling point” for people tired of dri ving their cars to work, Hamilton said. “Utilizing public transportation is also bet ter for helping the environment.” He added that less cars on the road could mean less pollution. “Hopefully within the next year or year and a half there’ll be a regional tran sit authority formed” as SCE&G phases out its services, Hamilton said. SCE&G has been the provider of pub lic transportation for Columbia since the turn of the century, when the first trolley cars ran: In a few ye;irs, a regional tnrnsit authority and the city will take over as SCE&G phases out, Columbia Mayor Bob Coble said. Coble said this will be a gradual process, giving people time to adjust. Hollings spokesman Lanie Ferguson said the new buses will help enhance Co lumbia’s economic growth in the long run. “In the long-term scheme of things, the new funding serves the purpose of reaching out to the community to ensure that Columbia will continue to grow eco nomically,” Feiguson said. Hollings liiis worked for three years in order to obtain the funding for bus re placement. In 1997, he secured more than $1 million in the fiscal year 1999 Trans portation Appropriations Bill. Two mil lion dollars was appropriated in fiscal year 1999’s Omnibus Appropriations Bill, wliich funded the Transportation Department. In fiscal year 2000's transportation bill, Hollings secured the final installment of $2.7 million for the project to upgrade the region’s transportation system. Tlic city/slatc desk c;ui be reached al gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com. Real-life ‘Stand and Deliver’ hero discusses importance of hard work by Amanda Sii.va The Gamecock Jaime Escalante, who was inducted into the Teachers Hall of Rune in 1999, spoke Wednesday night in the Russell House Ballroom about his story, which was the subject of the 1988 movie “Stand ;utd Deliver.” Escalante, originally from Bolivia, was invited by the Department of Multicul tural Student Affairs and Carolina Pro ductions to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1964, later becoming a teacher in 1974 at Garfield High School in California, where he taught inner-city, children whom the education system had given up on. “I dcm;uided more from my students,” Escalante said. Escalante said that the education sys tem often m;ikes the misutke of assuming ‘a student’s identity. “If you expect kids to be losers, they will be losers. If you expect them to be winners, they will be winners.” Escalante said education and hard work are the keys to success, but one must al so have “ganas.”. “Ganas” in Spanish means desire, Es calante said. According lo Escalante, “ganas” is what drives people to succeed. “Hard work makes the future. You don’t enter the future, you make the fu ture,” Escalante said. “‘Ganas’ gives the enetgy for one to overcome anything.... Don’t let anything intimidate you,” Escalante said. He told a story about a friend who had immigrated lo America and had never eat en in a cafeteria. The man waited for some one to come and take his order, until some one told him that in a cafeteria you get your meal yourself. Escalante used tliis story as a metaphor to an individual’s dreams and the freedom one has to create the future. “You can get anytliing you want if you pay the price. You will never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you,” Es calante said. Escalante said he stresses the impor tance of education to ltis students and em phasizes the need to find something they like to do. “Education is the ticket to success,” he said “Few people succeed in something they hate.... I tell my students to find the ‘ganas’ in something they like to do.... Make a decision about what you want to be. Be a winner.” According to Escalante, the walls of his classroom are adorned with pieces of successful people ;uid quotes about arc cess and encouragement. Escalante tells his students the story of Babe Ruth and a comment made to a reporter when he was asked what he would liave done had he not liit the winning home run. “It never entered my mind to do any tliingelse but liit that home run,” Escalante quoted Babe Ruth as saying. Escalante said Iris students should ex pect nothing less of themselves than to achieve what they set out to, despite the odds. “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Successful people make many mistakes, but not the same one twice.” Escalante defined success as an on going process, rather than an ending Pgkf “Success means improving every any and expecting more of yourself,” he said. According to Escalante, it’s teachers’ jobs to motivate students, so that they will see that any child can learn and do what is asked of them. “I do not create talents. I discover them,” Escalante said. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmaiLcom. Creed from page 1 A panel discussion will follow the show at the Nickelodeon Theatre at Pendleton mid Sumter streets. Wednesday brings a community ser vice project at the Stale Fair, when stu dents will accompany elderly citizens to the fair. Another Wednesday highlight will be “Communicating Across Cultures,” by national speaker Bryant Smith. Smith will speak at 7 p.m. in the Russell House Ball room. The winner of the Creed Week es say contest will be announced at the Smith event. “To Lottery or Not to Lottery: An Open Forum,” will be Thursday’s main event. Sponsored by Omicron Delta Kap pa, the forum will be held at 6 p.m. in the Russell House theater. “That’s gonna be the real hot button topic, 1 think,” Lewis said. Continuing events include “These Hands Don’t Hurt,” an interactive display concerning domestic violence that will take place Monthly through Friday from 11 am. to 1:30 p.m.; the Creed Week Film Scries on WRHA Monday through Thurs day; message boards that will be displayed in the lobby of the Russell House Mon day through Thursday from 8 a.nt. to 5 p.m.; a clothing drive sponsored by Al pha Phi Omega from Monday tltrough Fri day; and a banner contest in the halls of all residence halls sponsored by the Na tional Residence Hall Honorary. One event that won’t happen is the planned appearance by Maurice Bessinger. Bessinger was preliminarily scheduled to debate with another person about the de cision by several stores to pull his baA» cue sauce after Bessinger’s decision t<Mly the Confederate flag instead of the Amer ican flag at his restaurants. According to Lewis, the speaker v'ho was to debate Bessinger backed out, and it would have been late notice for anoth er speaker. Tlic university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotniail.com. Birdcage from page 1 entertaining.” This year’s show will feature eight' performers, six of whom arc profession als. Two freshmen will perform this year, marking the first time non-professionals have performed at the show. Some returning professional drag queens for tliis ye;ir’s show include Smnan tlw Hunter, who impersonates Wltitney Houston, :utd Nicole Roberts, the reign ing Ms. South Carolina Gay Pride drag queen. Dome Saunders, one'of last yew's per formers, is flying in from a Washington D.C., drag queen competition to perform once again this year. Like last year, there will be a ques tion ;uid ;mswer period its a follow up to the performance during which audience members c;ui ;tsk the performers anything about their lifestyles and their talents. “We Wiuit to oiler good entertainment while at the s;une time providing infor mation ;uid education to the audience,” Patterson said. “The Birdcage” falls on the eve of National Coming Out Day, Krueger said. BGLA membership is at a record liigh with more than 65 members, many of whom arc freshmen, according to Knrc^P The show begins at 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell House Ballroom. 77;e university desk aui be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Fire from page 1 ly which room the alarm went off in, but exactly what caused the alarm to go off as Well, Luna said. The new smoke aliirms won’t prevent false alarms, he said. In fact, the number of false alarms may actually increase be cause of the sensitivity of the instruments. However, routine fire drills will still be enforced each semester, said Luna. “The University of South Carolina pliices the highest priority on student safe ty, including being sure we have the stu dents informed in order to protect themselves in case of a fire or life safety issue,” said Luna. The second priority of the program is to install working sprinkler systems with in residence halls. According to Luna, this provides a backup safety phui in case of a lire. The sprinkler systems will provide siil'er rooms and hallways, iuid in the event of a fire the sprinklers will attempt to ex tinguish the fire until the fire dcpiirtment arrives. Anderson, Columbia’s assistant fire chief, said his department luis fully backed the sprinkler phut. “We are very strong proponents of getting sprinkler systems installed,” An derson said. “We’ve met with people to talk about the new system and are very happy to see the university moving for ward in its safety.” The new additions have already cost the university millions of dollars. The com pany working witli the university c;ut on ly handle about three projects at a time — a factor that slows down the con struction plans. “The university has been working pro gressively during the past six years, in vesting over $4 million dollars thus fii^ Luna said. ™ “Our central focus is for improved safety.” With new systems to be introduced annually, students c;ui expect the project to be fully completed witliin the next three to five years, Luna said. The university desk emt be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmaiLcom. Maurice from page 1 tributed. He didn’t knowingly violate the law.” Laforce said even he, as an attorney, was unaware of campaign finance law re strictions on contributions.. And judging from the piecemeal way in which Bessinger contributed to the Buchanan campaign last year, it would be easy to lose track of exact dollars con tributed, he said. Regardless, LaForce said Bessuiger be lieves Buchanan Reform Inc. has re funded the contribution amount exceed ing the legal limit, although he admits Bessinger doesn’t know for sure. FEC records show that Buchanan’s campaign sent a letter notifying Bessinger of the excess contributions and refunding the money.. t “If this information iigrccs witli yours, please accept the enclosed refund check of $800,” reads the letter, signed by Bay Bucluuian, co-chairman of the campaign ;uid the candidate’s sister. Bucluuian spokesman Briiui Doherty said because most people are ignorant of campaign finance laws, contributing over the legal limit is commonplace. “It happens all the time,” Doherty said. He added that it’s also common place to refund the exceeded amount. “It’s customary in all campaigns to re fund overage,” Doherty said. But as of Friday, the Bucluuian camp wasn’t yet able to confirm that Bessinger had received a refund. In the meantime, other controversy surrounding Bessinger eclipses whatever minimal campaign finance woes he could face, LaForce said. According to LaForce, Bessinger’s Piggie Park business sales are down 40 1 percent since Bessinger removed the Unit ed Suites (lag from his resUiunuits, replaced it with the Confederate flag and began sell ing what many are calling racist pro|0 ganda promoting slavery inside his resuni rants. Several grocery chains, including Bi Lo, Wal-Mart and Food Lion, have pulled Bessinger’s barbecue sauce off the shelves, creating more financial hardship for Bessinger. Currently, LaForce said he and Bessinger are concentrating their efforts on looking into possible civil proceedings against retailers refusing to sell Bessinger’s sauce. The main objective of the retailers, LaForce said, is to put Bessinger out of business for good. Brandon Larrabee and Charles Prasliawj contributed to this report. / The city/stale desk etui be reached aW gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com. I Department ot Government ana international i>tuaies Undergraduate Programs presents GI NT/ev/ 2000 I ^ • Governor James Hodges • Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum • President Franklin D. Roosevelt • Presidential Election Raffle •GINT Faculty • Campaign Predictions • Food, Drink, Music • University Leaders • Ambassador John D. West • . • t Wednesday, October 11 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Greene Street For more information e-mail us at qintuqrad@qwm.sc.edu or call Sven 6erzer at 7J7-6959 _