Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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‘JChe ©amtcock University Thursday, Feb. 2 ■ Suspicious fire, McBryde Quad A Kappa Alpha member told police that unknown person(s) removed a desk from the Kappa Alpha fraternity day room and set it on fire in the center of the Quad. Reporting officer: S. Sonnefeld. ■ Falsifying transcripts, Registrar’s Office. Employees with the Registrar’s Office said Theresa Petty, 40, falsified a transcript from the University of South Carolina. Reporting officer: L. Branham. Wednesday, Feb. 1 ■ Suspicious activity, Patterson parking lot. Courtney Murray told reporting officer S. Sonnefeld that she was in a verbal altercation with an unknown woman concerning a parking space. Murray then parked her car and went inside Patterson. After coming back out, she discovered one of her tires was flattened. The woman was driving a teal-green, early-model Toyota Camry. ■ Lost property, Thomas Cooper Library. Jennifer Tamalone said she lost her wallet before she left the library. Reporting officer: J. Rosier. City Sunday, Feb. 4 ■ Missing person, 2025 Main St., Salvation Army. Betty Davis, 66, said her son James Davis, 40, left the incident location and hasn’t returned in several days. Reporting officer: N. Dow. ■ Firearm, 6824 N. Main St. Marc Simpson, 38, said an unknown suspect pointed a firearm at him on the street at the incident location. Reporting officer: M. Shiver. Saturday, Feb. 4 ■ Shoplifting,, Belk’s at Columbiana Mall. Salesclerks at Belk said Sammie Kearse entered the dressing room carrying two pairs ofTommy Hilfiger jeans. Upon exiting, it was observed he didn’t have the jeans anymore. Kearse was stopped outside the mall, and it was discovered that he was concealing the jeans inside his coat. Reporting officer. G. Wise. ■ Underage possession of beer,, 2300 Two Notch Road. While on routine patrol, reporting officer A. Mostella observed Leon Baker, 18, walking and carrying a can of Bud Ice. Baker was stopped and asked for his ID, when it was discovered he was underage. ■ Simple assault, 416 Etiwan Road. Elise Reed, 31, said she was in an argument with her husband when he pushed the screen door, hitting her in the forehead. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. ■ Unexplained death, 1230 Harden St., Town and Tourist Hotel. Reporting officer F. Thomas responded to the incident location, where Frankie L. Mizzell, 47, was found dead in the apartment. Campus Calendar ■ The School of the Environment and SAGE begin this week to plan Earth Week activities at USC. Interested parties should send an e-mail to s_a_g_e_@hotmail.com. Monday, Feb. 5 ■ Meeting: Carolina Productions, 3 p.m., RH Theater. ■ Meeting: Amnesty International, 8:30 p.m., RH 302 Wednesday, Feb. 7 ■ Meeting: USC Bisexual Gay Lesbian Alliance, 8 p.m., Ga.mbrell 201 To submit an event to campus calendar, e-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com with the subject line “Campus Calendar" Colleges from page 1 education. “In November 2000, North • Carolina’s citizens passed a $3.1 billion bond referendum for higher education,” Floyd said. The commission also emphasized “advocacy” — an increased role of community support for higher education. According to Rayburn Barton, the commission’s executive director, advocacy would include “working to fund statewide activities on behalf of all higher education in the state.” Barton also said the Commission plans to raise state college enrollment through the creation of more intensive programs in high schools. “I think we will, in a few years, see a marked increase in young people across the state who, for the most part, will be the first rn their family to attend college,” Barton said. Though this and similar programs to improve college education in the state need funding, Hodges has stood by his proposed budget cuts. He told The Gamecock that lottery funds would replace any revenue lost in budget cuts, providing $110 million in scholarships. He said when more fund ing became available, restoring money to colleges would be an immediate step. “As the budget picture improves, my first priority will be on higher edu cation,” Hodges said. 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