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Columbia
Thursday, March 1
■ Simple assault, 700 Harden St.,
Jungle Jim’s. Chris Cavalier, 23, said an
unknown man struck him in the face, while
he was sitting at the bar, causing a cut.
Reporting officer: M. Kelley.
■ Attempted suicide, 1016 Wbodlaw
Ave. An unlisted white male, 59, attempted
suicide by cutting his right wrist with a
razor blade. EMS arrived on the scene and
determined the cut wasn’t life-threatening.
Reporting officer: C. Snad.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
■ Malicious injury to personal
property, 3301 Main St. Sheila Ball said
someone broke the driver’s side mirror
off her car. The estimated value of damage
is $300. Reporting officer: S. Vaney.
■ Malicious injury to personal
property 2002 Greene St. Erica Gambrell
said she parked her 1999 Mercury Cougar
in front of her house, and someone took
a tube of green glue and smeared it all over
the driver’s side door. Reporting officer:
T. Meetze.
■ Contribution to the delinquency
of a minor, 1505 Garden Plaza. A minor
reportedly ran away with two older men.
No names were listed on the report.
Reporting officer: M. Kelley.
■ Simple assault, 4201 Grand St.
Beverly Phillips said an unlisted male
struck her with a stick after the two had
a verbal altercation. Reporting officer: J.
Brown.
University
Wednesday, Feb. 28
■ Illegal use of telephone,
Patterson 612. The victim, Shirena
Cunningham, said an unknown person has
been repeatedly calling her room in a
harassing manner. Investigation
■ continues. Reporting officer: C. M.
Ettenger.
■ Suspicious activity Pendleton Street
garage. Complainant Amy S. Kousdar said
Larry Gay Burklialter approached her in
a suspicious manner. Investigation
continues. Reporting officer: C. T. Wilkes.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
■ Larceny of books, Thomas Cooper
Library. Complainant Tucker Taylor said
Phillip Lamar Murray removed books
from the library after he was told not to
take them. The subject admitted doing so
to the complainant. The complainant didn’t
wish to press chaiges at this time. Student
discipline was issued to the subject. The
estimated value of the two books stolen
was $130. Reporting officer: G. S.
Whitlock.
■ Larceny of scale, LeConte room
200A. Complainant Tammiee S. Dickenson
said unknown person(s) removed a scale
with an estimated value of $250 from the
incident location. The complainant said
the scale was in plain view at the time of
the theft. Reporting officer: A. L. Johnson.
■ Lost property, Pendleton and
Barnwell streets. Victim Daphne Hill said
she lost her cell phone. She said she last
remembers having the phone and placing
it on top of her car before going to work.
The phone was a Motorola SC3160.
Reporting officer: E. Pereira.
■ Larceny of check, Russell House
Bookstore. Victim Sharon Everett reported
unknown person(s) removed two blank
checks from her checkbook. The checks
were numbered 1210 and 1230 from
BB&T. Reporting officer: D. L. Longshore.
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■ Missing person, 902 Sumter St.,
Harpcr/Elliot room 201A. Complainant
David Dellapenna said he hasn’t heard
form his son Nicholas since Feb. 22. The
father lives in Ohio, and it’s unusual for
his son not to call or return calls for this
length of time. Complainant said his son
just transferred to USC. The missing person,
Nicholas, is a 22-ycar-old white male with
brown hair and hazel eyes. He is 6’3” and
weighs 165 lbs. Reporting officer: E.
Pereira.
I Panel debates media impact on elections
by Mark Hiner
The Gamecock
A panel of political experts and
journalists discussed the role of media
in the political process during a public
forum held Wednesday evening.
The panel included Don Fowler,
former chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, and Lee Bandy, a
longtime political reporter for The State.
Also on the panel was USC College
of Journalism and Mass Communications
graduate Bill Douglas, who is a veteran
Washington correspondent for Newsday.
The panelists’ discussion focused on
the role of the national media in the 2000
presidential election between then-Texas
Gov. George Bush and former Vice
President A1 Gore.
Both Fowler and Douglas followed
Gore’s bid for the presidency closely
and theorized reasons for his loss.
Fowler said he believes Gore lost
the election largely because of his inability
to define his platform while trying to
cater to the demands of New Democrats,
as well as traditional liberal values.
Fowler also said, because of his eight
years of experience as vice president,
the media held Gore to a higher standard
than Bush.
Douglas agreed the general public
didn’t fully realize Bush’s political
abilities.
“Fie was less experienced,” Douglas
said “People expected more from Gore.”
Because Bush was only an average
student at Yale ancFHarvard the public
began to think of him as only half
heartedly devoting himself to ambitions.
Douglas blames the media for
perpetuating this mentality by repeatedly
using the same sources and writing on
the same issues, thus saturating the
electorate with news of Bush’s latest
blunders.
The debates, however, proved Bush
to be quite capable, according to Douglas.
Fie said he believes Bush won the
first two of the three debates, appearing
calm and poised. Bush’s debate
performance won him many votes, while
Gore appeared too rigid and aggressive,
Douglas said.
The panelists also discussed the role
of late-night television, which affected
this election more than ever before. Eager
to sway certain demographics, including
women and younger generations, the
candidates gladly made appearances on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late
Night with DavidLetterman, The Oprah
Show and several other shows. These
shows’ casual settings allowed the
candidates the opportunity to loosen
their ties and reveal their softer sides.
Douglas was especially impressed with
Bush’s performance, saying he appeared
humble and even self-deprecating.
While Bandy shied away from
commenting on the national election,
he discussed South Carolina’s role in the
election. Neither Bush nor Gore spent
money campaigning in the state during
the general election campaign, assuming
correctly that Bush would easily carry
the state.
South Carolina did, however, have
an important role in the Republican
nomination process. The fiercely fought
battle for the Republican nomination
culminated in a standoff between Bush
and Sen. John McCain that was decided
by S.C. voters. Bush won South Carolina
in a landslide.
The panel agreed that McCain’s fatal
mistake was his wooing swing voters,
rather than reaching out to the
mainstream Republican constituency as
Bush did. Negative advertising authorized
by Bush also contributed to McCain’s
loss. The Bush camp spread rumors that
McCain was mentally unstable and pro
choice, neither of which is true, according
to Bandy.
The forum was moderated by
journalism faculty member Michael
Witkoski and was sponsored by the USC
College of Journalism and Mass
Communications and the USC
Bicentennial Commission.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com
I-1
Ford names
team to lead
transition to
presidency
by Brandon Larrabee
The Gamecock
Student Government President-elect
Corey Ford has named his transition team.
The team will be chaired by SG Safety
Director Candice Braddock. It includes
Sen. Melissa Fletcher, who led Ford’s
campaign, Sen. Brian Hunter, Martin
Salisbury and SG President Jotaka Eaddy.
Ford said Eaddy would help Ford
continue what had worked for her.
i jusi warn ner auvice on v.aDinei
stuff — what positions worked well for
her,” he said.
He said Salisbury was picked for his
marketing ability. Ford also had kind words
for Hunter.
“He’s a person that I trust,” Ford said.
Hunter said he was honored to be
selected by Ford.
“I felt very honored, and I was very
elated that he asked me to do it,” Hunter
said.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmaiLcom
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