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Sunday, April 1
■ Act of nature, outside McBryde
Quadrangle. David Markle said his
motorcycle fell onto another motorcycle
during a very windy period. Reporting
officer: N. Beza.
■ Malicious injury to private
property Bull and Devine streets. Jennifer
Shepard said someone broke the driver’s
side window in her Honda Accord.
Estimated value of the damage: $200.
Reporting officer: N. Beza
Saturday, March 31
■ Noncriminal mischief, East
Quadrangle. Courtney Haley said Kristen
Gonzalez gained entry to her room,
possibly by wiggling the doorknob. Nothing
appeared to be stolen from the room.
Reporting officer: C. Ettinger.
■ Noncriminal mischief, McBryde
Quadrangle A. A resident adviser said a
resident told him someone broke into his
room. The resident didn’t want to file a
police report. Reporting Officer: R.
Whitlock.
Columbia
Tuesday, April 3
■ Found property, 1800 Greene St.
While on routine patrol, reporting officer
D. Priester found five bottles of South Paw
beer and 10 cans of Icehouse beer in the
middle of the street. The officer was unable
to find the owner(s) of the alcohol.
■ Shoplifting, 5112 Fairfield Road (Citi
Trends). Employees said a man concealed
a shirt in his clothing, then walked out
of the store. Reporting officer: S. Narewski.
Monday, April 2
■ Cruelty to animals, 2919
Chestnut St. Reporting officer Y. Cordor
was in response to a call. The
complainants said residents at the
incident location were purposefully
cruel to a pit bull to make it mean.
When the officer arrived with animal
control officers, they found that
someone threw hot grease on the pit
bull, which was chained in a back yard.
When the officer confronted the
residents of the house, they admitted
to throwing hot grease on the dog.
■ Information (herbie curbie),
1112 Price Ave. Barri Dupree said
someone stole the city-issued trash can
from his front yard. Reporting officer:
J. Dimbauer.
■ Obtaining goods under false
pretense, 607 Blanding St. Keiansha
Fletcher said a relative used her name
and Social Security card to get
telephone service from BellSouth.
Legislator wants equal pay for women
by Valerie Matchette
The Gamecock
If a man and a woman each started
work at the same job on Jan. 1,2000, it
would take the woman until April 3,2001,
to make the same amount of money a man
made in one year, Rep. Becky Martin said
at a news conference Tuesday.
April 3 marks a symbolic date in the
fight for equal pay for women in the
. workplace. According to activists, it would
take a woman 16 months to earn the
amount a man earns in 12 months at the
same job because of discriminatory
practices by employers.
Rep. Becky Martin led a news
conference at the State House to raise
awareness about the discrepancies between
the pay of males and females. She said the
ratio of women’s to men’s salaries is
typically 72 cents on the dollar, a statistic
she said needs to be changed drastically.
Jean Wilson also spoke at the news
conference. Wilson is the legislative chair
for the S.C. Federation of Business and
Professional Women, and is a BPW/S.C.
National Legislation Platform
Representative.Wdson stressed the need
for publicity about the problem of
workplace inequality.
“We hope to get the attention of
employers that there is a difference,”
Wilson said.
She also said her group aims to create
stiffer penalties for employers found to be
paying workers unfairly. She said the fine
now is $100, but it would be increased to
$2,500 under pending legislation.
The legislation includes provisions for
two acts, according to Wilson. The Fair
Pay Act would seek to eliminate wage
discrimination based on race or gender for
equivalent work. Employers would have
to keep pay records so they could be
checked for compliance with the law.
The Paycheck Fairness Act provides
for tougher enforcement of the law and
is an important companion to the Fair Pay
Act. It would protect employees and enact
harsher penalties against violators.
Shelia Ray, also of BPW, said
employers must not discriminate against
their employees.
“You need to get away from the gender
and look at the actual issue,” Ray said “It’s
not a gender issue as it has been in the
past.”
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Ray said that while past statistics might
be skewed — men historically have
attained higher levels of education and
higher-paying jobs while their wives stayed
at home — that’s no longer true because
there is now equality in the workplace.
The city desk can be reached at ^
gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com
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