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©it ©amccock » Thursday, Nov. 9 Assistance rendered, comer of Sumter and Devine streets. Reporting officer C. Garo responded to a report that the subject, Seth Newton, 18, had passed out in the grass. It was later discovered he htd been drinking alcohol. Newton was transported to Richland Memorial Hospital after officers couldn’t wake him up. Trespassing after notice, Law Canter lounge. Anthony Brown, 33, was seen in the Law Center lounge after being warned not to return earlier in the day. When officers arrived at the scene, Brown was heating a sandwich in the microwave. He was arrested and trans ported to Richland County Detention Center. Tuesday, Nov. 7 Larceny of food, BA Building. Com1 plainant Sodexho-Marriot said unknown person(s) broke the lock on a vending cart and stole snack food. Estimated damage was $50. Estimated value of food was $25. Reporting officer was M. Craska. Larceny of clothes, Columbia Hall laun dry room. The victim, Candice Greer, said she left her laundry in the dryer at the location. When she returned an hour later, she found an unknown subject had removed her clothes. The missing clothes include three pairs of Limited jeans, one pair of J. Crew jeans and one pair of Old Navy jeans. Esti mated value was $200. Reporting offi cer was L. Forte. Thursday, Nov. 9 Trespassing, 1306 Barnwell St. Reporting officer T.M. McCloghry observed the subject, John Sonley Bell, 36, in a bed at the incident location Bell had a knife that was logged into police property. Bell, who has no recorded permanent address, was arrested and transported to Richland County Detention Center. Reckless driving, 900 Che vis St Re porting officer C. Snead observed the subject, Samuel Blackman, 24, dri ving in a reckless manner, excessively spinning his tires at three separate in * tersections. All of this was done in a residential neighborhood. Blackman was stopped, arrested and transported to Richland County Dentention Cen ter. Wednesday, Nov. 8 Assault and battery with a high aggra vated nature, 801 Bailey St (Colony Apartments). The complainant, Ken neth Williams, 41, said an unknown sub ject entered the rear door of his apart ment wearing a mask and with a black pistol. The subject told Williams to lay down on the floor, at which time the subject struck him several times on the head and chest. Emergency Medical Services transported Williams to Rich land Memorial Hospital. Reporting of ficer was S.T. Narewski. Driving under suspension, driving too fast for conditions, 1100 King St The subject, Tawanda Laden Lewis, 34, was observed driving her vehicle at a high rate of speed through a residential neigh borhood. After initiating a traffic stop, reporting officer C.S. White learned and confirmed the subject was driving under suspension. Lewis was booked and her vehicle towed by Suddeth’s Garage. Tuesday, Nov. 7 Auto breaking, petit larceny, 2001 Greene St The complainant, Timothy Bell, 21, said an unknown subject used unknown means to break out the right rear vent window of his vehicle to gain entry. Once inside, the subject removed a black Adidas tote bag and an auto graphed football. Estimated damage was $150. Estimated value of stolen items was $150. Reporting officer was S.U. Babcock. ■Hv ,-* Senate from page 1 vote, they will be granted one. During the roll call vote, each sen ator can voice their vote, which allows for the choice to abstain from voting. Those abstentions are then counted as being against the bill, Batel said. Batel said the vote was 18 in favor, 17 against and three abstentions. According to Batel, the abstentions counted toward those votes against its passage. "Since abstentions are not specifi cally for the lottery, they are counted as against it, so it failed," Batel said. But Stauffer said it was good the sen ate took up the issue, regardless of the outcome. "I am still glad student senate de cided to debate the issue. It's the ex change of ideas that matter," Stauffer said. The second half of a proposed revi sion of the elections codes, which out line specific procedures for campaign ing for executive office, wasn’t discussed . at Wednesday’s meeting. Those revisions have become con troversial because they codify a regula tion, long observed by the Elections Commission, restricting person-to-per son campaigning to only the two days when students vote. Some senators want to change that provision, but Elections Commissioner Angie Alpert opposes such a change. The election codes have been de bated by the senate for the past few weeks, but the fate of the second half remains unresolved. Absences from Wednesday’s senate meeting include Sens. Kristen Heather ly, Kenny Hinson, Brian Hunter, Jessi ca Murphy and James Shennan. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Florida from page 1 simple or efficient,” he said “But this is democracy in action.” He said anyone wanting simplicity should look to the south to Cuba, a reference to the dicta torship of Fidel Castro. The Gore campaign has criticized the ballots in use in Palm Beach County as confusing, and has asked for a hand count of votes cast there and in three other coun ties. Palm Beach County agreed to hand count ballots iii three precincts Saturday. There is also a legal challenge pend ing in state court with the support of De mocrats who say a poor ballot design in Palm Beach County led some Gore supporters to inadvertently mark their ballots for Pat Buchanan. “We expect legal challenges,” said Clay Roberts of the Department of Elec-' tions, refusing to comment further. Harris said 53 of Florida’s 67 coun ties have forwarded recount materials iu Liic SLaic iiiua lai. one saiu inc uuaiu count was behind the AP tally because the board is only reporting “those that are unofficially certified.” She said she had been glued to her television watching unofficial counts, and “I hope they’re going to be a lot more accurate than the other night.” That was a reference to television net works that prematurely declared Gore the winner in Florida and then reversed course and said Bush had won the state — and with it the White House. In addition to the partial recount-by hand in Palm Beach County, the board in Broward County arranged a meeting for Friday to discuss the Gore campaign’s re quest for a manual recount there. Gore campaign manager William Da ley said courts may find the Florida re sult “an injustice unparalleled in our his tory.” Bush chairman Don Evans countered, “The Democrats who are politicizing and distorting these events risk doing so at the expense of our democracy.” More than a thousand Gore support ers demonstrated outside a government building in downtown West Palm Beach, demanding another election in the coun ty. They said the confusing configuration of their ballot had cost the vice president votes. “Gore got more,” they chanted. The Gore campaign contended the ballots in Palm Beach County were ille gal. Reform Party candidate Buchanan said “ineptitude” in ballot design may have caused many Democrats to vote for him inadvertently. Across the state, other allegations of voting improprieties ranged from miss ing ballots to problems with tabulations and intimidation of black voters. The Gore campaign requested that some 1.78 mil lion ballots be hand-counted in Palm Beach, Volusia, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Eight lawsuits challenging the results were filed in state or federal court, in cluding six in Palm Beach County and two in Tallahassee, where race discrimi nation was alleged. The first case to reach a judge was dropped by the plaintiff in federal court in West Palm Beach. In one of the other cases, Palm Beach voter Kenneth Horowitz, owner of the Miami Fusion snrrpr ream and a rpcns tered independent, filed a lawsuit along with two other people. The suit contended poll workers told voters they had only five minutes to cast their ballots, and any one who took longer would have his or her ballot tossed out. Officials in the heavily Democratic county rejected 19,120 ballots on elec tion night because more than one presi dential candidate was selected on them. Gore supporters blamed the ballot design. Confusion arose from the way the county’s punch-card style ballot was laid out. Candidates were listed in two columns, separated by holes for punch ing. The controversy prompted an emo tional midday demonstration in Wfest Palm Beach. Democrats noted the 3,407 votes for Buchanan were by far the most of any Florida county, and almost 20 percent of his total vote in the state. “Our vote was stolen,” Gore sup porter Don Liftman said. “Three thou sand Buchanan supporters in a county full of Jewish condo residents? I don’t think so.” I 80$ WEEKEND WAS A GREAT SUCCESS THANKS TO OUR LISTENERS ANDTHE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES: The 4:20 The Backpacker The Basil Pot Body Rites California Dreaming Consolidated Theatres D's Wings of Cayce The Elbow Room Groucho's Intermezzo The Joyful Alternative Ladies Fitness of Lexinaton Nickelodeon Outspokin' Papa Jazz Rising High Rosewood Market Russell House Bookstore The S.C. 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