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TOe (Bamecock Thursday, November 30 • Assistance rendered, 509 Assembly St. (USC Employment Office parking lot). The victim, Lester Williams, was intoxicated and complained he was overheated. Williams also said he had suffered a heart attack two or three days before. Emergency Medical Ser vices was notified, and they respond ed, along with the Columbia Fire De partment. Williams was then transported to the Vfeteran Affairs Hos pital. • Larceny of compact discs, Snowden 211. The complainant, David Snel grove, reported an unknown subject removed 75 compact discs, a 100-ca pacity compact disc holder, three Sega Dream cast games and a Dream cast Vvfeb browser from his unlocked room. Estimated value: $1,710. Tuesday, November 28 • Auto break-in, larceny of compact (fees, level nine, Blossom Street garage. The complainant, Robert Penfield, said an unknown subject entered his ve hicle by unzipping the passenger side rear window and removed two com pact (fiscs by unknown artists. Reporting officer: C.L. Harrison. Estimated val ue: $20. Sunday, December 3 • Resisting arrest, drunkenness, 1319 Lyon St. Reporting officer C.S. White arrived at the incident location in ref erence to a civil disturbance. The sub ject, Teresa Garrett, was intoxicated. While being placed under arrest, Gar rett began to physically resist by pulling away before she was handcuffed. She was arrested, cited and transported to Richland County Detention Cen ter. Saturday, December 2 • Auto breaking, petit larceny, 2002 Greene St. The complainant, Michelle Willingham, said an unknown subject used an unknown object to slice through her vehicle’s convertible top. The subject then entered the vehicle and rummaged through the glove box and console, removing about $1 in change. Estimated damage: $900. • Found property, 2913 English Ave. The complainant, Iona Williams, states upon arriving home she found three vehicle tires located in front of her res idence. The property was taken to the Columbia Police Department proper ty room for storage. • Drunkenness, 1400 Prescott Road. The subject, Dalton McKay, was lay ing on the side of the road, barely able to stand because of his high level of intoxication. Reporting officer J. Car illo observed a high odor of alcohol on the subject. Friday, December 1 • Malicious injury to personal prop erty, petit larceny. The complainant, William Johnson, reports that an un known subject came onto his drive way, busted the lock on his truck tool box and removed several hand tools and power tools. Estimated value of property: $1,000. Museum from page 1 ^ Asian plant in a local greenhouse, Creel said “Nurseries have tilings from certain other countries, and added water, added heat and crowding of plants encourages problem things like that,” Creel said It’s also unlikely ganoderma would in teract with any other types of trees be sides oak. Ganoderma was the first long spore species in its genus found to have an affect on oak trees. Although this particular fungus does not usually live in this country, the decay of trees from growths such as ganoder ma is all part of a natural renewal process. According to Creel, fungi growth on old or damaged trees is a relatively common I—————— occurrence in forests. A large dead tree might actually support more life forms than a live one, he said, housing any thing from insects to woodpeckers to the fungus itself. The pin oak that contracted ganoder ma might not have been excavated in vain, however. Local tree experts and landscape specialists will study the felled tree’s root systems to determine how well trees in downtown Columbia have responded to life in an urban environment, according to a city press release. City planners will use the information gleaned from this study to leam how to better care for Columbia’s trees in the future. One of their top priorities is protect ing trees during the construction activi ties that will be taking place when the The city/state desk can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotinail.com. ...I USC’s Athletic-Academic Department is seeking tutors for the Spring 2001 semester. Interested individuals, who are reliable with great communication skills and a desire to help others learn, please apply. Pay: $ 10.00/hour for graduate students Location: The Roost Academic Enrichment Center $ 7.50/hour for undergraduate students Contact: Billy Swanson, Hours: Sunday between 5pm-11pm and Tutor Coordinator 777-5284 _Monday- Thursday 6pm - 11pm. (Flexible) Academic Enrichment Center - The Roost Find the Best Price on New and Pre-Owned Hondas www.rickhendrickhonda.com HONDA s 791-5660 1650 Airport Boulevard • West Columbia, SC 29171 ^ THE CAREER OF A LIFETIME BEGINS WITH A college elective. Air Force ROTC as an elective. But far more than that - it's a career development program that teaches you to be a leader, that develops your managerial skills, that helps you grow into a well-rounded and self assured individual. For those who qualify, Air Force ROTC can even help pay for college through different scholarship pro grams. When you graduate, you’ll be an Air Force officer. Proud. And confident. Contact jgggjg* ¥ . •* T State bill gives funding to higher education by John Bailey The Gamecock Gov. Jim Hodges on Nov. 17 signed a bill making appropriations from the Cap ital Reserve Fund. The appropriations, $96 million worth, include $ 10 million for the First Steps ini tiative. $4.9 million will be put toward textbooks and instruction materials. Performance funding for higher education will receive the largest portion of the appropriations, by getting $57 million. Along with the legislation concern ing the Capital Reserve Fund, Hodges also issued an executive order creating the Advisory Campaign Reform Study Com mission. The intent of the commission will be to make recommendations to improve South Carolina’s election laws, and will serve as a “task force to study the difficult issue of campaign reform.” “This commission will put South Car olina on the cutting edge of electoral re form,” Hodges said. The commission will reform previ ous legislation that, according to the ex ecutive order, provided incentives for can didates to file politically motivated lawsuits in the 50-day period leading up to an elec tion. Also, according to the order, the courts would have declared portions of the earlier legislation unconstitutional. “S. 250 [the earlier legislation] is an unconstitutional bill that would open up our electoral process to frivolous law suits’” Hodges said. According to the order, the commis sion also “would reestablish the public’s confidence that each vote matters.” The commission is to include five members. The Executive Director of South Carolina chapter of Common Cause, the President of the South Carolina chapter of the League of Women Voters, the Chair man of the S.C. Democratic Party, and the Chairman of the S.C. Republican Party will all serve on the commission. Also, the dean of the USC School of Law will serve as chair of the commission. The commission must submit its re port and recommendations to Hodges and the General Assembly by April 16. The final report is to include proposals for statutory enactment, amendment or even repeal of the previous legislation. The city/state desk, can be reached at gamecockcitydesk@hotmaB.coin. Health from page 1 But Dale Moore, director of under graduate admissions, said he thinks it is likely the money for health care will even tually be found. “As students voice concerns about health care, their voices are heard. This is one issue that will be resolved,” he said. At some schools, the complaints have lead to unionization. Graduate assistants at New York University recently voted to unionize after the National Labor Re lations Board ruled they could. “Graduate students have rights,” Moore said. “Until recently, they haven’t demanded their rights in a way that forced” universities and legislatures to take no tice, he said. But it seems unlikely, officials say, that students here at USC will union ize. “Not in the South,” Nolan said. “We don’t have unions down here.” Nolan added that she’s skeptical that the students at the university are that or ganized. I “I don’t see that they’re that orga nized here,” she said. Russell agrees. “Not from what I’ve seen,” he said. “I don’t think that’s a big prospect.” Welsh did voice some concern about the possibility of unionization. “I think that’s always a concern,” she said. “I hope that we would not get to that point.” Welsh also pointed to concerns with the New York University example, in which she said students from some pro grams weren’t allowed to vote. The school now seems unlikely to negotiate with the union, Welsh said. “It’s a very skewed vote,” she said. “I wouldn’t negotiate.... All students should be allowed to vote.” Regardless of whether assistants union ize, Moore said he believes their con cerns should be given more attention. “In higher education, traditionally these are concerns that have not been given real high priority,” he said. “Let’s change it.” The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. T ICKETS from page 1 sell 3,000,” he said. “Our students have been terrific all season, and I am hope ful that they will want to make the trip. But I really don’t know.” Massaro said he expects the tickets to come in on Tuesday. When they do arrive, students can go to the Russell House and purchase tickets through tick et distribution like they have all sea son. Tickets for the game will cost $45. Tickets are available through other sources, such as Ticketmaster and the Outback Bowl ticket office itself, but Massaro hopes the students will give their money back to the school instead of to outside sources. “We encourage all students to pick up their tickets through the USC ticket office and help the school,” he said. After Thursday, students can also go to the USC ticket office, located off Rose wood Drive, to pick up tickets. Ticket distribution in the Russell House will continue, as well. The Outback Bowl will be Caroli na’s first bowl game appearance since 1995, when the Gamecocks defeated West Virginia 24-21 in the CarQuest Bowl for its first-ever postseason win. Throughout its history, USC has been to eight other bowl games and lost them alL This season, the Gamecocks tookthe nation by surprise, winning seven games after a 21 -game losing streak. The turn around from 0-11 last season to 7-4 this season is the second-best in NCAA his tory and the best in SEC history. “South Carolina is the best story in college football this year,” said Jim Mc Vay, Executive Director of the Outback Bowl. “The match-up between them and Ohio State promises to be a good one.” The Outback Bowl will kick off at 11 a.m on Jan. 1. It will be nationally televised on ESPN. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmajl.com. -1 What a difference aaiE«»p^ ■ ^ the train makes! J c Enjoy the comfort and convenience of traveling with Amtrak® this holiday season. 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