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'fEhe (Bamccock University Monday, April 16 ■ Housing violation, Snowden Dorm, 600 Main St. Reporting officer M. Moore responded to a call about a suspicious odor at Snowden. Blaine Benthall, Ryan Livingston and James Kellett were referred to housing for possession of drug paraphernalia and for being minors in possession of beer. Student discipline forms were filled out. Sunday, April 15 ■ Accidental damage, Roost Oorm, 147 South Marion St. Craig Brown said he was alerted to water flooding the carpet in the first-floor lobby. Brown investigated and found a leak in the water pipe. The physical plant, Housing and flood clean-up were notified and responded. No visible damage from the flood has been found. Reporting officer: J. F. Aspedon. Saturday, April 14 ■ Assisting other agency, comer of Barnwell and Greene streets. A Columbia police officer saw Jolm Gelsinger, Geoige Martin and James Wiggins carrying a parking meter south on Barnwell Street. Reporting officer M. Moore assisted the officer in taking the three into custody. They were also referred to Student Judicial Affairs. Friday, April 13 A Malicious injury to real property, McBryde B, 1311 Blossom St. Frederick J. Goebeler said someone smashed a window on the door in the first-floor stairwell with a stick. Estimated value: $300. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. Columbia crime report Thursday, April 12 ■ Larceny of bicycle, DeSaussure, 902 Sumter St. Marcus E. Watson said someone cut the locking chain securing his bicycle ;utd took botlt items. Estimated value: $175. Reporting officer: J. F. Aspedon. Columbia Monday, April 16 ■ Forgery. 281 Park Terrace Drive (.Bassett Furniture Direct). Mike Lloyd said a man came into the store and wrote a check for a $ l ,300 sofa, a $ l ,000 reclincr and a $69 pillow set. A check with the bank found no person with that bank account. Reporting officer: L. Reaves. ■ Grand larceny. 5124 Fairfield Road (Home Choice Rental). Employees said someone look a white bank bag from the safe in the manager’s office. The bag contiiined $4,265. ■ Pointing and presenting a weapon. 3909 Palmetto Ave. Donnayia Craig said a man drew a pistol from his p;mts, pointed it at her and threatened to shoot her. Reporting officer: S. Narcwski. ■ Drunkenness. 600 Gcrvais St. (Carolina Wings). Reporting officer J. Rivers was called in response to reports of a drunk man stumbling around. The officer found Ralph Holoaway unsteady on his feel, with slurred speech. A search of Holoaway found three 16-ounce cans of Schlitz Malt Liquor. He was ;irrcsted ;uid taken to Richland County Detention Center. ■ Child neglect, emergency protective services, 3905 Ensor Ave. Reporting officer R. Dutton was called in response to a domestic violence call. One woman had left her daughter at her sister’s residence about a month ago and hadn’t visited or called to check on her daughter. The daughter was later found at the sister’s residence and placed under emergency protective custody. It was later discovered that one of the two people in the dispute had a daughter who wasn’t at the residence Sunday, April 15 ■ Possession of cocaine, simple possession of marijuana. I KOI Rosewood Drive. Reporting officer ( Williams was dispatched for an nnknowi reason. Upon arrival, the officer fount Kevin Kahle, whom he knew from , " previous narcotics arrest. After get tin; consent to search Ruble's car, the office found one-tenth of a gram of cocaine am out gram ol marijuana. Brawl from page 1 Gourdine, who also suffered a head injury. “He was at Richland Memorial ER and left against medical advi[c]e,” the report says. “Reporting officers unable to make contact with victim #2.” A third victim, Edward Torrell Robinson, was injured in the shoulder and said he was hit in the head in two places. Robinson’s brother provided a statement. Robinson refused medical assistance, the report says. Virgil Abasa Bryant suffered injuries to the side of his head and to iiis forehead, according to the report. “Victim #4 states he was struck by unknown persons,” the report said. The incident, which started at an Alpha Phi Alpha event, eventually required officers from both the USC and Columbia police departments, including a horseback officer, to stop it. Maggie McAllister, a Russell House information desk employee, told The Gamecock on Thursday that the fight started when members of Alpha Phi Alpha performed a skit mocking the fraternities. ' No arrests were made at the event, though USC Director of Law Enforcement and Safety Ernie Ellis said he wouldn’t speculate on whether any would be made. “It would be premature for me to say that any arrests might be pending,” Ellis said Thursday. Pqlice and members of the Department of Student Life later remained outside McBryde Quad as Alpha Phi Alpha’s ceremony wrapped up. Both USCPD and Greek Life said Thursday they will investigate the incident. The university desk c;m be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Scholarships from page 1 This isn't Loew’s first award; he has also received the McNair scholarship and is a National Merit Finalist. Loew hopes to create new environmental tactics with his research that might influence future policies of the Environmental Protection Agency. The National Science Foundation l Award is a $ 16,800 stipend per year for full-time graduate study. Butts plans to use his award to conduct research in the meclianical Ph.D. program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Butts has been offered a graduate research assistantship. “This award will enable me to pursue my graduate degree and narrow my research focus,” Butts said. These awards could positively affect the Honors College when it’s time for students to decide where they want to go to school, said Peter Sederberg, de;ui of die Honors College. “I think that one of the most important tilings diat we hive is our ability to point to what our current students can do. We can compete at the highest academic standards.” Sederberg said. “Tliis will justifiably impress prospective students and their parents.” The university desk am be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com n www.dailygamecock.com ^ Gamecock news 5 days a week. Wh$$(5amcock I THE REVOLUTION withERIK HESS Wednesday nights 6-9pm Alpert from page 1 intersection laws. It will then compare this information the number of tickets given and to the population crime rate in the areas the stops take place. Every stop will be monitored by .radio and with a “Citizen Contact Fonn," to be completed by every person who gets stopped. Students will ride with police to help determine the percentage of people stopped whose race can be identified. “At night, for example, police officers may not know that the person they are stopping is white or black or Hispanic or anything else." Alpert said. “So we are asking "police officers for their reasons to stop a particular car." Karen Parker, from the University of Florida, will use a Geographic Information System to place data about crime rate, population density, population type mid economics on a map. “This very complex method is necessary in order to determine if racial profiling exists or not,” Alpert said. He said he tliinks liis study will liave a great impact on how training and supervision is done in Dade County. Alpert also stud he is planning to teach a class on racial profiling at USC. 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