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Che Gamecock University Thursday, March 29 ■ Driving under the influence, comer of Main and Blossom streets. Lisa Marie McCarta, 27, was observed by reporting officer R. Osborne driving south on Main Street at a high speed. McCarta was also seen weaving in and out of lanes. Osborne made a routine traffic stop, and upon walking up to the car, the officer noticed a smell of alcohol about McCarta. The officer asked for her driver’s license, but she had trouble finding it. The officer asked McCarta to get out of the car andperform two sobriety tests: the ABC and standing on-one-leg tests. She did poorly on both and had to stop the one-leg test because she kept falling over. She refused a Breathalyzer test and was taken to Richland County Detention Center. ■ Information, 2000 Devine St. Mackenzie Clements said the keys to her dorm room were stolen while she was in the Five Points area Columbia police took a larceny report because USCPD has no jurisdiction in the area of the incident. Reporting officer: R. Osborne. Tuesday, March 27 ■ Larceny of N64, Snowden 607. Matt Robinson said someone stole a N64 game system, various N64 games and a blue sports coat from his room. Estimated value: $635. Reporting officer: C. Ettenger. ■ Lost property. Grand Market Place. Amber Curtis said that while in line at the GMP, she placed her purse on the ground and walked away. When she returned, her purse was gone. Reporting officer: C. Ettinger. Monday, March 26 ■ Suspicious activity, 1400 Greene St. USC student Sarah Tomasi said an unknown man followed her from the corner of Bull Street to the incident location, where she stopped and asked for help. Upon stopping, the man ran off to an unknown location. Reporting offficer: G. Whitlock. Columbia Wednesday, March 28 ■ Loud music, 2504 Center St. Richard Patterson, 65, told police his neighbor was playing very loud bass music. When reporting officer I. Menedez came to the neighbor’s residence, there was loud music playing. The officer had further reports from the location that night. ■ Found property, 2211 Read St. Reporting officer B. Carter said while checking a vehicle, the plates on the car came back as not belonging to another car. The officer contacted the owner of the plates and the highway department. ■ Simple assault,1333 Taylor St. (Baptist Medical Hospital). Sue Grossman, a BMH employee said an unknown woman was veiy loud and disruptive in the hospital lobby. When Grossman asked the woman to quiet down, the woman became enraged and hit Grossman in the chest area. Hospital security escorted the woman out of the hospital, and she was gone by the time police arrived. Reporting officer: B. Carter. ■ Counterfeit money, 3514 N. Main St. (Hess Gas Station). A Hess employee said an unknown man puniped $ 10 in gas and paid with what was later discovered to be a counterfeit $10 bill. Reporting officer: V. Mallardi. Monday, March 26 ■ Vicious dog, 1700 Broadband Ave. Dores Bass said two dogs came into her yard and started to fight with her dog, that was chained. Bass tried to stop the dogs from attacking her dog, and was bitten. The two dogs killed Bass’ dog. Reporting officer: G.Wise. Students work to find ways around Napster’s filters , by Crisy Infinger Twe Gamecock USC students are finding ways to get around Napster’s new filters and are using alternative Web sites that serve the same purpose — downloading free music. While many copyrighted songs are still available on Napster, a recent court injunction is forcing the Internet upstart to filter these songs, preventing users from downloading the music. “I think that it is unfortunate that Napster shut down, because it was convenient and easy to use,” said Meredith Roquemore, a second-year student in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The recent battles against Napster, which allows users to download music for free, have involved music stars Metallica and Dr. Dre. On March 5, Napster was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel to block copyrighted songs listed by the record companies that brought the suit. But students have found ways to get around the Napster block. Programs such as Aimster and Napigator provide links that go around the block and allow students to continue downloading songs. Many songs can be downloaded just by spelling the name of the artist or the song incorrectly. Students are also using other tile sharing services that haven’t been ordered to stop, such as BearShare, a free program * that uses the Gnutella network. “1 think that it is ridiculous that they are shutting Napster down because most people are not out to profit off of Napster, but are just using it for their personal enjoyment,” said Lauren Clark, a fourth-year student in the Darla Moore School of Business. Students are also finding ways to get around the restrictions while still using Napster. One option uses a variation on Pig Latin to slip copyrighted songs past Napster’s filtering software. That’s the premise behind NapCamcBack, a program that scrambles the names of music files in a person’s MP3 directory. This allows Napster users to continue downloading copyrighted music. NapCameBack takes the first letter of an artist’s name and puts it at the end of the name. For example, Radiohead becomes adioheadr. “NapCameBack.com is already working on a new version of our software that will generate new encryption schemes for protecting your files as needed,” reads a message on the NapCameBack’s web site. “Basically, if Napster starts filtering based on our current encryption pattern, the next time you run NapCameBack software, your computer will contact our Wfeb site and download a new encryption. Whsh, rinse and repeat.” College Press Exchange contributed to this report. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com T-shirt display ‘airs the laundry’ of abuse victims ■ Seventh annual - Clothesline Project remembers victims By Mary Hartney The Gamecock Hundreds of brightly colored T-shiits hung on Greene Street Wednesday to “air the laundry” of interpersonal violence victims. Victims of interpersonal violence, and their loved ones, painted the shirts for the Clothesline Project. The shirts were color-coded according to the type of violence the victim encountered. A blue shirt quoted singer Ani DiFranco: “He took something from me I didn’t even know I had.” One startling design on a yellow shirt was the pink letters over a sun: “You Have Rights.” A pink shirt read: “May you wither as I flourish.” Another one simply read: “Anger. Pain. Hope.” Tricia Phaup, Sexual Health and Violence Prevention Office Director, said the shirts were symbolic of dirty laundry, because they were decorated with personal messages by victims and loved ones about abuse. “It’s about airing your dirty laundry,” Phaup said. “Too often we keep quiet, and [the Sexual Health and Violence Prevention Office] wants to let people know they can come forward and let them know they’re not alone.” The Sexual Health and Violence Prevention Office sponsored the Clothesline Project. The office’s student group, SHARE, helped pass out fliers Wednesday and coordinated the project. Kathy LaLima, the SHARE chair for the project, said the painters were offered an open opportunity to paint in a safe space. Painting sessions were held in different residence halls and through some organizations, such as BGLA and the Women’s Studies Program. Women from local Sistercare shelters were also invited to decorate T-shirts. This year’s “Grand Display” was part of the seventh annual Clothesline Project, and was one of the most visible events of the week. SHARE members also sponsored the Thursday night keynote speaker, Donald McPherson. The Clothesline Project also included a weeklong display of posters in the Russell House, to advertise and inform students about the Sexual Health and Violence Prevention Office. The posters also addressed the roles of predatory drugs (such as Roofies), stalking and drinking in interpersonal violence. The week also included a self defense workshop Tuesday night which LaLima said had good attendance. uveran, uauma said the impact of the Clothesline Project was overwhelming. “It’s something I feel is important not just on a personal level, but also on a larger public scale,” she said. LaLima said violence and sexual crimes against women are “still under the influence of a daunting set of societal taboos that only perpetuate misinformation, miscommunication and more violence. The Clothesline Project is a confrontation of these types of violence by their survivors; I can’t think of anything more powerful.” The Clothesline project also included shirts decorated by male victims of sexual abuse. Phaup said that the project encouraged men to paint, but that it might be more difficult for them to do so because of a stigma of masculinity and the feeling of a need to protect themselves. The posters will still be on display in the Russell House Friday. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Color Symbolism ■ White: Those who have died from violence ■ Yellow: Those who have been assaulted or battered ■ Pink: Sexual assault vic tims ■ Blue: Survivors of incest or child abuse ■ Purple: Victims attacked for their sexual orientation Satellite campuses brace for budget cuts by Rebecca Whitehead The Gamecock USC satellite campuses are preparing for possible budget cuts, administrators say. “We are going to be prepared for the worst-case scenario,” USC-Sumter Dean C. Leslie Carpenter said. The campuses are bracing for a budget cut of 10 to 15 percent as state leaders try to make up for a possible $500 million shortfall in the budget. Carpenter said 80 percent of Sumter’s money was in human resources. He said Sumter would have to reduce its personnel, which would include losing 33 part-time workers next year. Six of the full-time positions there would be caught up in the hiring freeze declared by USC President John Palms and won’t be filled, Carpenter said. The situation is similar at the Aiken campus. “There are five faculty positions we would not be able to fill,” Assistant Chancellor Deidre Martin said. Martin said Aiken couldn’t hire business, nursing or math instructors. A librarian’s position also wouldn’t be filled. Union isn’t filling one position, but that’s more dramatic than it sounds, according to Dean Jim Edwards. “One position on a small campus is a lot; it equals about 15 or 20 positions [in Columbia],” he said. Another big impact of the budget cut is tuition increases. The increase was estimated to be around 10 percent, according to Union, Spartanburg and Aiken campuses. Some campuses are focusing on increasing enrollment. Spartanburg Director of University Communications Gibson Smith said increasing enrollment, though part of the plan, comes with a number of costs. These include more faculty to handle the increase in students. Carpenter said USC-Sumter would reduce course sections, making classes larger and causing less schedule flexibility for students. The satellite campuses are also having to cut “discretionary” spending. “We are being very frugal this year,” Edwards said. “Absolutely no travel.” Other expenditures, like technology fees, student activity fees, media funding and money for office and maintenance supplies will be affected. Most of the campuses are hopeful about Gov. Jim Hodges working on a solution. This past Thursday, Hodges proposed a plan that would wipe out cuts to higher education. Until the budget cut is finally determined, Carpenter will remain “cautiously optimistic” about the governor’s plan. “I’m certainly gratified,” he said, but didn’t want to speak too soon. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmaiLcom For the Beach or the Mountains.. Wherever you're going, we've got you covered! 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