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t:hc ©am track University i Monday, Jan. 22 ■ Assistance rendered, comer of College and Sumter streets. Reporting officer R. Shirer responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. A vehicle, while crossing the street, hit Maigaret Gordon. EMS later transported Gordon to Baptist Medical Hospital. ■ Larceny of blinds, room 116 ,Sumwalt. Reporting officer spoke with Maria Bertsch, who complained that an unknown person(s) took three sets of blinds off her window. ■ Simple possession of marijua na, 820 Henderson St. Reporting officers K. Colefield and G. Whitlock noticed a strong odor believed to be marijuana coming from the balcony of one of the apartments. The officers then saw two men sitting on a balcony and one man dropped what was thought to be a joint. When officers went up to the room, the residents agreed to let officers search the room. In the room, officers found a bag of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. ■ DUI, corner of Pendleton and Henderson streets. Reporting officer J. Aspedon observed a blue BMW making an unlawful turn on red from Sumter Street onto Pendleton. The vehicle then crossed the center ling twice before reaching Bull Street. After stopping the vehicle and approaching it, the officer could smell alcohol on the driver. William Poulson, the driver, had difficulty producing his driver’s license and other requested information. The subject was given two field sobriety tests then later arrested. City Tuesday, Jan. 23 ■ Malicious Injury to real property, 6104 Farrow Road Carol Peay, 23, said two different vehicles were parked in her driveway when an unknown individual came by and threw two bricks, one in each of the cars’ back windows. ■ Shoplifting,, 3900 N. Main St. Bi-Lo. Store clerk Korey Grant observed Greg Bennett with three packages of steaks inside the store. Grant noticed the steaks had disappeared as Bennett left the store. After confronting Bennett, the two men returned to the inside of the store, where the steaks were found in Bennett’s pants. Bennett was later arrested and transported to Richland County Detention Center by reporting officer T. McGuire. ■ Disordeiiy conduct, 1300 Assembly St. Reporting officer T. McLoghry observed Charles Stripling running toward a wall at the above location, where he began to urinate on the side of the wall. There have been numerous complaints about people using the area as a toilet, which is in clear view of Assembly Street. Church from page 1 “It was a drain,” Melissa said Saturday nights also had church re lated activities: they were “date nights.” On these nights, a “brother” would ask a “sister” on a date. Members of the Columbia Church of Christ weren’t al lowed to date anyone outside the church, Melissa said, and being asked on a date wasn’t exactly a question. „ “I mean, it’s like, they ask, you have ■ to say yes,” she said ’ If not, the sister was open to criticism from her discipling partner. ‘“You are not being giving, you are being selfish with your time, how dare you say no,’ would essentially be the mes sage,” Melissa said, although she empha r~" 1 sized the words might vary from person to person. “Basically, you would be reamed out.” Sunday church service ran from 10 On Friday: Leaving the Columbia Church of Christ am. to noon, but members were again ex pected to talk after the service, often for as long as an hour and a half, Melissa said. But Melissa wasn’t enjoying her time in the Church of Christ. “I never really had a good time — never. I cannot think of one single instance where I said, ‘Hey, this is a really good time,’” she said. Melissa started to have doubts about the church during fall break. Her mother would attend another ser vice at the Columbia Church of Christ, and would once again be disturbed by some of the church’s doctrines. But this time, she wouldn’t remain silent. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com ■ DAYS OF USC NEWS A WEEK. SPOTLIGHT sports www.dailygameccockxom viewpoints Benedict from page 1 can’t release at this time,” said CPD Major Charles Clark, who is part of the investigation team in the murder case. The Benedict murder is part of a string of recent crimes around the USC-Five Points-Benedict area of the city. In addition to the murder, there have been several armed robberies of students and several assaults in the area. Clark said CFPD has formed a task force to step up patrol around USC, Bene dict, Five Points and the Martin Luther King Jr. Park areas. Also SLED has be gun to patrol the two campuses regular ly. “We haven't come up with an explanation for the addition around the campus yet,” Clark said. The arrest of the suspect on Tuesday followed an announcement by Benedict College that it would hire a new private security firm to increase patrols while trying to recruit more campus police. America’s Best Security of Columbia will provide four security officers to Benedict College for each shift. Benedict began looking for a new security company three months ago in the wake of complaints about the previous firm, Hunter said. America’s Best signed a contract three weeks ago and be gan work last Monday. The city desk can be reached at gamecockcttydesk@hotmail.com Freeze from page 1 Rob Wilcox, a member of the facul ty budget committee, said the committee had talked about the possibility of a freeze during a discussion of the budget cuts with USC Provost Jerry Odom. “Ideas were floated, including the possibility of having a freeze,” Wilcox said. He said the committee’s reaction to the plan was one of reluctant support. “I think it could be fairly characterized as supporting a freeze... not pleased with the necessity, but it was probably a necessary option,” Wilcox said. He said the freeze was better than the alternative: hiring people, then being forced to lay them off. “That would be a devastating step, to have to start laying off,” Wilcox said. But, even without layoffs, the move could still make it harder to attract quality faculty to the university. “It’s that much harder to hire quality people every time you have news of budget problems,” Wilcox said. According to The State, Palms sent out a memo to administrators at all of the university campuses. The memo said the freeze was indefinite, according to the paper. Valerie Matchette contributed to this report. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Shuttle from page 1 Huggins estimated that Alpha Phi Omega, a service organization that picks up students and takes them to various campus locations after the day shuttles stop running, picks up an average of 30 to 45 passengers per night. Although passengers are grateful for the new evening shuttles, they had suggestions for improvement. “I think it could be more efficient if they added more vans,” said Carzanna Jones, a third-year student in the College of Liberal Arts. Latoya Glover, a third-year student in the College of Science and Mathematics, thinks the routes are long. “But the drivers are nice,” she said. The two vans take the same route, but go in different directions. The route includes stops at the Coliseum, the Russell House, the Capstone area, Maxcy, Byrnes Center, the Towers, Swearingen Engineering building, the Roost, Bates area and the Blatt RE. Center. It takes between 10 and 15 min utes to complete the route. “Once we see kids are using it and reach the 300 mark, we are looking to get more vans,” Huggins said. “If we reach 300, it shows a very well utilized transit system.” The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Preston College CaroCina’s (ResidentiaC CoCCege Preston College re ^ establishes a tradition wV dating back to 1801. Students at Preston mr\ College benefit from a »: \\ unique environment ||| | that promotes informal contact with faculty I and a variety of | Jr cultural, social and •4 y academic activities. |Ujr Preston is home to nearly W 240 men and women plus y USC faculty members Ken and Margaret Perkins, who jrve as principals. Interested in living in Preston? Want more information? Join us for our next Preston Tea! Where you can learn first-hand about living in Preston while enjoying some tasty treats. This Friday, January 26, 2001 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Principals’ Lodge, Room 113, Preston College Applications for Preston College may be picked up at University Housing (1215 Blossom Street) all housing campus offices (Horseshoe, Columbia Hall, Patterson, Bates and the Towers) or the Preston College Office. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 9, 2001 6 LIVE @ The Comedy House Theater 14 Berryhill Road (1-26 to St Andrews Road Exit) :\ir 7 7 Hungry for a real experience with God? COME JOIN US! Every Monday Night 8-9 PM fl gathering time where God is given center stage. # Jammin Tune* with local artist*. Grace Monkey # Good Laughs, Great Talks © Original Videos # fl Great place to Meet People! Admission is FREE! for More Info Call 772-3694 or visit oar website: www.thegQtheringinfo.com Sponsored by Columbia’s First Church of the Nazarene