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tk ©amEcock University Thursday, April 19 ■ Harassment, assistance rendered, Columbia Hall. Student Dawn Hensley said student Jeremy Fennell repeatedly tried to enter her room. When the reporting officer responded, Fennell returned. The officer smelled alcohol on Fennell. Because of Fennell’s incoherence, EMS and First Responder were notified, and he was taken to the hospital. Reporting officer: Betanu. ■ DUI, no driver's license, Pickens and Greene streets. Reporting officer Forte saw a vehicle driven by Camarena Profirio driving north on Main Street with emergency lights on. Forte followed the vehicle, which repeatedly crossed the double yellow lines and almost hit parked vehicles. Profirio ran a red light, and Forte pulled him over. Profirio said he had had about four beers. Profirio was asked to step out of the vehicle and appeared unsteady on his feet. He was arrested and taken to theCayce Police Department, where he was ticketed for driving under the influence andnotdraving a driver’s license. Wednesday, April 18 ■ Larceny of crucifix, South Tower. Student Jessica Lentini said someone took her purse from her room, which had been unlocked. Items stolen included a black Kate Spade purse, gold crucifix, wallet and five credit cards. Estimated value: $490. Reporting officer: Forte. ■ Larceny of video recorder, Snowden. Student John Fetner said someone took a Sony Camcorder with an estimated value of $900 from his room. Reporting officer: G. Whitlock. Columbia Thursday, April 19 ■ Disorderly conduct, 2500 Bratton St. Trey Jacobs was yelling obscenities and throwing objects into the street when reporting officer D. Bowman stopped him. Jacobs was field booked and released with a ticket. Tuesday, April 17 ■ Shoplifting, 2300 Taylor St. (Food Lion). Employees said Leo Duncan tried to steal a bottle of wine and three packs of Kool-Aid by hiding them in his jacket pocket. Employees detained Duncan until police arrived, who found the items on him. Reporting officer: S. Strokes. v CORRECTION _ ■ An article on the Student Incu6ator that ran Wednesday should have named Wfeixiong Zhong, Hui Zhou, Li Xu and Peter Manchen as the partners in Ediningfmder.com. Mark Schnee should have been listed as a partner in Mobile Marketing, and one of the companies should have been referred to as Gamehitch Outdoors. And the partners in BookSmarts are Peter Bense, Sunny Ward, Martin Slapnik and Brent Misenheimer. The Gamecock regrets the errors. Incubator from page 1 retrieval of big game for purposes of field dressing. All the companies see the possibility for success in the new concepts they are offering. “We will offer creative and new ideas to businesses that already have Wfeb pages but are not happy with them,” said Justin Shearer, president of justinsane design. Weixiong Zhong of Ediningfmder.com said his company would stay focused on the local area, but wouldn’t neglect the larger market. “We try to think globally, but act locally,” Zhong said “That way, we take care of our local clients.” Jeff Bolen, president of Gamehitch Outdoors, sees his chance in offering a product that, so far, doesn’t exist. “A lot of people made makeshift hoists where they throw a rope over a tree and use it to pull [the game] up,” he said. According to Bolen, the main challenge of the Incubator program so far has been designing a business plan and meeting the short deadlines. For two of the companies, one problem was choosing a name that could be used on the Internet. . “We tried to find a good URL for our idea,” said Hui Zhou, member of Ediningfmder.com. Many URLs, the name a user puts into a browser to find a company, were already taken. “People have the bright ideas, and nothing is really new,” said Li Xu, also of Ediningfmder.com. A similar problem occurred to BookSmarts, which had to change its name just one day before the announcement of the companies involved. During the application process, they had originally chosen the name Matchbooks. “There was simply no possibility to get any variation of ‘Matchbooks’ as a domain name,” BookSmarts President Peter Bense said. Though the Incubator program will help the businesses get started professionally, all the partners said they would most likely have continued their efforts even if they hadn’t been chosen. “We were setting up our company before the Incubator,” Zhong said. “During the process, we found out about the Incubator.” Bolen is going to do an independent study this summer related to the Gamehitch. “That was part of my fallback plan,” Bolen said. “It would have set me back, but it was a goal of mine, and the Incubator has helped it to become a reality.” During the application for the Incubator program, the companies not only had to come up with a feasible idea and offer a business plan, but also show their willingness to dedicate their energy toward the project. “I think it is not only being professional about what you do, but having a passion about what you do,” Leslie Johnson, of justinsane design, said. Thelisha Casey, president of G.L.U.E, isn’t sure what the deciding factor was, but thinks showing passion for the project was important. “They were looking for people who were really passionate about their ideas,” Casey said. The university desk can be reached at gamecockudesk@hotmail.com -1 Palms from page 1 At the April board meeting, Palms hinted he was closer to making a decision than he was on March 28, but stopped short of saying whether he was leaning one way or the other. Tm about two weeks closer,” Palms told The Gamecock after the meeting. “It’s got to be a pretty thorough process.” Palms also said he hoped his public announcement that he was a Democrat wouldn’t hurt his ability to serve the university. “I hope any political affiliation, by I ' itself, would not disqualify me as president,” Palms said. Other possible candidates for the Democratic nomination to succeed Thurmond include state Sen. 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