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Monday, December 4
• Malicious injury to personal proper
ty, 4000 Plowden St., 7 p.m. Raynell
Legette stated that an unknown sub
ject by unknown means dented the
complaintant’s vehicle on the rear, pas
senger side. Estimated damage: $ 1,000.
• Malicious injury to real property,
1038 Munsen Spring Road, 5 p.m.
Jason Ferrer stated that the subject
damaged the front door at the incident
location by kicking it. Ferrer report
ed the damage was done because of a
verbal altercation. Ferrer didn’t wish
to press charges at the time. Estimat
ed damage: $100.
• Unlawful weapon. 2500 Devine
St., 8:30 p.m. Kevin Jackson was
stopped at the incident location in ref
erence to being a possible suspect in
another incident. During a frisk, it was
discovered that Jackson was in pos
session of a lock-blade knife. Jackson
was arrested and transported to Rich
land County Detention Center.
• Malicious injury to personal proper
ty, 2100 Saxon Plaza, 6 a.m. David
E. Goodwin stated that unknown sub
ject or subjects by unknown means
scratched his vehicle on the driver’s
side from the front door to the rear
quarter-panel. Estimated damage: $250.
•Bank fraud, forgery, 1311 Pendleton
St., 4:36 p.m. Shawncee Smith, of NB
SC, reported that a subject came into
the bank with a check that was later
reported stolen, gaining $200 cash from
the fraudulent transaction.
in a physical altercation. Reporting of
ficer K. Colefield responded to the in
cident location and interviewed sub
jects and witness. Greek Life
coordinator Carl Johnson and RHD
Kim Malham were on scene as well.
Because of statements-provided by
Rhodes and Bames, police believe the
three were involved in some kind of
fraternity initiation.
• Attempted shoplifting, Russell House
bookstore. Employees and several wit
nesses stated to police that Edmund
Szypulski, 19, was acting in a suspi
cious manner, and they had reason to
believe that subject was attempting to
shoplift. Szypulski was found and con
fessed to shoplifting in his possession
was two copies of the book Charles
Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and
one copy of the book “Pity it Forward”
by Catherine Ryan Hyde. He was ar
rested and transported to Richland
County Detention Center.
• Grand Larceny of Laptop, Capstone
12th floor. Julie Broterman stated that
unknown person(s) removed the fol
lowing: two Compaq Presario laptops
from her unsecured dorm room. Es
timated value of the laptops is $4,400.
Sunday, December 3
• Larceny of bookbag, Roost Dorm.
Kavitha Venkannagari stated while on
duty as a desk attendant on the third
floor of the Roost, she left her post for
about five minutes, at which time some
one stole her green bookbag and small
purse. The estimated value of the items
stolen is $25, and the reporting officer
was C. McKnight.
• Malicious injury to real property,
Bull Street Garage. Reporting officer
C. Garo found the gate on the Bull
Street Garage exit broken by unknown
means.
• Larceny ofIDs/Recovexy, South Tow
er front desk. Paul Cannon desk at
tendant stated that while he was using
the restroom, unknown person(s) re
moved the ID box from the front desk.
He also stated there were approxi
mately 60 IDs inside the box. Later
that evening, Cannon called back
and said he found the ID box under the
Christmas tree in the lobby. The re
porting officer was S. Sonnefeld.
Monday, December 4
• Assault and Battery, South Tower.
Several witness observed William All
man, Casey Barnes and Josh Rhodes
Textbooks
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Scott Anderson, the textbook man
ager for Addams University Bookstore,
agreed, saying local bookstores would re
main in existence to compete with the on
line ones.'Anderson said some shoppers
might want the books no matter how they
look, just to avoid the swarm of people at
the stores.
“Internet buyers do not care about the
condition of the books,” Anderson said.
“Also, they do not want to deal with the
crowds,” Anderson said.
As for the condition of books, Nes
bitt said the sellers have to go through a
checklist before they can sell it. Also, the
books must meet certain criteria to be
sold.
“No more than 10 percent of the pages
in the book contain highlighting,” Nesbitt
said. “The binding is not tom or broken.
No pages are missing. If the book origi
nally included a CD or disk, it is undam
aged and will be sent with the book. The
book has no water damage,” Nesbitt said.
Both said they offer similar return
policies. In Anderson’s case, this is where
he saw local bookstores as having the
advantage.
“If they buy a book from us, they can
bring it back,” Anderson said. “We will
swap it or give their money back,” An
derson said.
According to the UsedBookBroker
press release, the return policy says books
must be returned in three days to ensure
a refund. In addition, Nesbitt said there
have been no reports of any problems with
the textbooks that have been sold.
According to Nesbitt, concerns about
not receiving the book or payment have
all been taken care of.
“What makes us unique is that we
track shipments between buyers and sell
ers and the payments to ensure that peo
ple get what they want,” Nesbitt said.
To add to UsedBookBroker’s appeal,
Nesbitt said all books are discounted at
the same rate.
“Our books are always 65-percent-off
of the retail price,” Nesbitt said. “There
is only a $3 transaction fee and the postage,
which would add up to about $6.50,” Nes
bitt said.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com.
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perience and opportunities The Game
cock offers.
“Students will have more opportu
nities to work in The Gamecock this spring
than ever before and will get a taste of
what’s like to work at a daily newspaper,”
Veigakis said.
He said major daily newspapers such
as The New York Times and The Wash
ington Post send internship and job in
formation to The Gamecock on an almost
weekly basis to attract attention of USC
student journalists.
“You put yourself in a much better
position to get a good internship or job by
working at The Gamecock,” he said.
‘You put yourself in
a much better
position to get a
good internship or
job by working at
The Gamecock
Brock Vergakis
Gamecock Editor
Ultimately, Veigakis said his goal for
next semester is “to keep having an ag
gressive newspaper and to keep prepar
ing to become a daily.”
Gamecock Viewpoints
Editor Kevin Langston has
worked with, and for, Vergakis
at the newspaper since the
1997 spring semester.
Langston said Vergakis’
leadership could take the
newspaper into uncharted ter
ritory.
“I think The Gamecock
is in very capable hands with
Brock as editor,” Langston
said. “He’s done his home
work, and I think he knows
what’s best for the paper.”
The university desk can be
reached at
gamecockudesk@
hotmail.com
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At 98, Thurmond is ‘not slowing down’
by Kim Baca
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP)—With an assist
from an aide, Sen. Strom Thurmond slow
ly and cautiously walked up the dais,
banged the solid ivory gavel once and
opened a new lame-duck session of the
Senate on Tuesday, his 98 th birthday.
For the South Carolina Republican
and the Senate’s most senior member,
it was just another day. “I’m coming to
work as usual,” he’d said earlier in an in
terview.
But his colleagues couldn’t let the
birthday go unnoted.
“We marvel at his vigor and stami
na,” Senate chaplain Lloyd John Ogilvie
said in the opening prayer.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott,
R-Miss., praised Thurmond as “an ex
ample ... for all of us: a soldier, a patri
ot, a teacher, a political leader and man
of good will and a gentleman.”
Sen. Jon Kyi, R-Ariz., remembered
that Thurmond was asked by a reporter
on his 90th birthday whether he could
expect to see him on his 100th birthday.
“And Senator Thurmond looked him
up and down and said: ‘Well, you look
fit enough to me. If you eat right and
drink right, you ought to be around to
see me then.’
“I think all of us are looking forward
to that centennial birthday of Senator
Thurmond.”
As Senate president pro tempore,
Thurmond is third in line of succession
for the presidency, and his health and
mental alertness have been questioned
in the past year.
In a telephone interview Monday
with The State, Thurmond said he was
turning 88. He was corrected by an
aide in the background.
Last week, he told The Post and
Courier that he might quit three or four
months before his term ends in January
2003 so his estranged wife, Nancy, could
take over his seat. They separated in 1991
after 22 years of marriage.
The next day his office issued a state
ment saying he didn’t mean to say that.
Senior aides attributed the remark to a
failing memory.
He has gone to hospitals for various
ailments this year — the last time was in
October when he passed out in a
restaurant— and missed his first national
political convention in 36 years.
“There’s no question” Thurmond
has slowed physically, said Rep. Jim
Clybum, D-S.C. “That’s understandable.
He seems to be mentally alert, but phys
ically he has slowed down tremendous
ly.”
But Thurmond says not. “We’re not
slowing down. We don’t need to slow
down.”
Thurmond said Monday that he in
tended to finish out his term, then retire
to Aiken, S.C., and continue helping
his constituents. By the time his term is
over, he would be 100.
“I don’t want to ever be put in the
position of doing nothing,” he said.
Thurmond said he still exercises every
morning, doing calisthenics and pedaling
a stationary bike. “Whtch your diet,” he
says. “Exercise reasonably and develop
an optimistic attitude toward fife.
“I feel much younger than I really
am.... I feel like I’m 68, about 30 years
younger.”
And he still, has an eye for pretty
women.
“Do you know some you want me
to meet?” he asked. “Life wouldn’t be
worth living if we didn’t have pretty
women. That’s natural. Any normal man
likes to be around pretty women.”
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for their energy, time, and m providing
quality programing and services for the Carolina community.
Cedric Scott, President
Ashley Albright, Concerts Commissioner
Caroline Masauding, Cultural Awareness Commissioner
Jo Smith, Homecoming Commissioner
Ron Cohen, Special Programs Commissioner
Brook Bristow, Traditional Events Commissioner
Niko Kruger, Building Manager
Chris Marshall, Building Manager
Herschel Woods, Building Manager
Matt DeBrabant, Building Attendant
Julian Hale, Building Attendant
Ryan Pirraglia, Building Attendant
Mark Linen, Graphics Designer
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future endeavors.
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