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Monday, October 23
• Simple possession of marijuana,
Douglas, room 408. Reporting offi
cer M. Moore responded to a call
of marijuana smoke coming from
the above location. The reporting
officer confirmed the smell was
coming from the above location by
walking out onto the neighboring
balcony with the resident’s consent.
At that time the complaintant (the
' floor’s RA) knocked and announced
his presence and gained entry into
the room. The officer followed be
hind the RA, and in plain view was
6.1 grams of a leafy, green substance
on the top of a desk. One of the re<
idents, Lucas Scoggins, gave the ol
ficer consent to search the rest c
the room. Outside on the balcon;
the officer found a laige"blunt th;
was still burning. Also in the roor
was about 18 grams of a leafy, gree
substance inside an upside-dow
Frisbee.
• Reckless driving, failure to sto
for blue lights, operating uninsure
vehicle, improper display of licens
tag, violation of beginners permil
failure to register vehicle, comer c
Blossom and Sumter streets. A
above incident location, reportin,
officer R. Osborne attempted to ini
tiate a routine traffic stop fo
recklessly driving on a sidewalk
The subject continued heading eas
on Blossom. In the meantime th
officer thought the subject was dan
gerously close to hitting several ob
jects and people. Subject drove fo
- another block or two and still didn’t
- stop for the blue lights and siren,
f Also, while driving, he disregarded
r, several stop signs. Finally, he stopped
t after hitting a building and causing
i minor damage to his car and the
i building. After the minor accident,
1 the subject bailed out of the car and
head north from Blossom Street on
' foot. After calling in several other
) units, including the Columbia Po
1 lice Department, the subject was
} found lying under a truck in a park
, ing lot.
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t • Accidental damage, Bull Street
l garage. A USC student stated that
- as she was exiting the Bull Street
r garage, the arm of the barricade lo
cated on the first level came down
t on the rear of her car. Her car, a
; 1990 black Nissan, received dam
- age to the rear antenna and a big dent
- in the trunk,
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• Trespassing after notice, Byrnes
Center. Henry Grady Ward, 53, was
found by reporting officer E. Pereira
in the parking lot behind the Byrnes
Center. Ward had previously been
warned for trespassing on USC prop
erty on Oct. 14 and a written report
of the incident on the 14th was filed.
After a quick field interview, the
officer placed Ward under arrest and
he was later transported to Richland
County Detention Center.
Sunday, October 22
• Larceny of football tickets,
McBryde Quad. Butler Mullins, 19,
stated to police that an unknown
person(s) removed 38 football tick
ets from the above location. Mullins
also stated that he left the tickets in
his unsecured desk drawer. Esti
mated value of the ticket is $ 1,064. .
Mullins said the tickets were in sec
tion 24, rows 34 and 35.
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Tuesday, October 24
Drunkenness, confiscated weapon,
'800 West Ave., 2:05 a.m. Gregory
!ugene Brown was observed by re
ponding Officer Wilson as being un
teady on his feet. Brown had slurred
peech and a strong odor of alcohol
m his breath and person. Incident
o arrest, a set of brass knuckles was
ound near Brown.
Malicious injury to personal prop
rty, 2200 Oak St., 11 p.m. Levi Bing
r. reported that at incident location
t the above time he heard his car
larm going off. Upon inspecting his
ehicle, he noticed dents on the right
nd left front fenders.
Monday, October 23
• Simple Assault, 2436 Forest Dri
ve, 10:35 p.m. Carolyn Matthews
said that while she was trying to give
an order for food at Church’s Chick
en, she was pushed by unknown sub
jects who then fled the scene.
Matthews refused medical attention.
• Grand larceny, 5400 Forest Drive,
11:30 p.m. James Harris stated that
between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and 11
a.m. Oct. 24, unknown subject or
subjects removed a bank bag con
taining $7,228.04 from the office of
Red Bone Alley.
• Malicious injury to personal prop
erty, 1600 Greene St. Helen H. Jor
dan stated that between 11 p.m. Oct.
19 and noon Oct. 23, unknown sub
ject or subjects damaged her vehicle
while she was away.
Web site offers money
for election predictions
by John Huiett
The Gamecock
A New York-based Internet site is of
fering $1 million in cash prizes for peo
ple who correctly predict the outcome of
the 2000 presidential, gubernatorial and
Senate races.
Wintheelection.com, billing itself as
“America’s first and only cash prize game
site created exclusively for the 2000 U.S.
elections,” will give away $1 million to
the participant who identifies the winners
of the presidential race, 11 races for
governor across the country and the 34
Senate seats up for grabs.
To win the entire $1 million, one must
correctly pick the winner for all races.
Aside from the grand prize, the site is
also offering $10,000 to one player who
correctly predicts the winner of the pres
idential race between Texas Gov. George
W. Bush and Vice President A1 Gore, if
the player is the one who comes closest
to predicting the popular vote.
The site is offering participants the
chance to voice their opinions on hot-but
ton topics such as gun control and school
prayer, complete with a real-time forum
allowing site visitors to see how others
feel about the issues.
However, no cash prizes are offered
for voicing opinions or participating in fo
rums.
The site was made possible through
technology developed by the Internet tech
nologies company On-Line Design and is
hosted by the Web gaming site Game
sAlive.com.
On-Line Design spokesman Tony
Rizarro said the site was developed not
only to attract visitors by offering cash
prizes, but also to tap into the fervor
that often surrounds elections by giving
people a chance to be involved.
“People bring a lot of passion to the
election process,” Rizzaro said. “Casting
your ballot on Election Day is important,
of course, but WintheElection.com pro
vides an exciting, public forum for voters
to share how they feel about the candi
dates and the issues before the election.”
Wheatleigh Durham of Game
sAlive.com prefers to play up the cash
prize angle, saying players could signifi
cantly benefit from the political process
without getting tangled up in the
process itself.
“By playing... you could walk away
with a cool million, and you won’t have
to attend all those boring Cabinet meet
ings and press conferences,” Durham said.
And Durham can’t resist the cash
metaphors when comparing voting to win
ning money through WintlieDection.com.
“Your vote in November counts, but
your vote on WintheElection.com just
might have you counting —money, that
is,” Durham said.
But Durham is serious in discussing
the site’s overall goal, “to get people, par
ticularly young people, involved in the
election process.” •
Alarmed by low voter turnout in the
past couple of presidential elections,
Durham said he felt moved to try to reach
out to those not caring enough to go to
polls.
“We’ve seen a lot of apathy, but add
some flash with the cash prizes, and hope
fully we can get [young people] inter
ested,” Durham said.
Durham admits, though, that the odds
of winning the $1 million prize are about
the same as playing a state lottery.
“It depends on how many people play,”
he said, adding that the site has received
about 500,000 hits so far.
But the $10,000 prize is guaranteed.
“Someone’s definitely going to win
that,” Durham said.
Although there is no limit on the num
ber of tunes a player can cast votes, the
site quits accepting players on Nov. 6, th
day before the elections.
Winners must be legal U.S. residents
and at least 18 years old to claim prizes.
The city/state desk can be reached at
gamecockcitydesk@hotmaiLcom.
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