Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT Each numbered symbol on the map represents a single crime that corresponds with the numbered descriptions in the list below it. DAY CRIMES f □_ Violent crimes ■ ^ NIGHT CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) "^q Nonviolent crimes # j (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) □ © CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS Tuesday, Aug. 28 t ® GRAND LARCENY OF LAPTOP, 801 LINCOLN ST. Joann McFarland said someone stole her Compaq laptop. The laptop was unsecured and unattended. Estimated value: $5,000. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, 1400 GREENEST. David J. McNamara said someone cut his lock and stole his Gary Fisher bike. The bike was secured to the bike rack in front of the Russell House. Estimated value: $500. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. o LARCENY OF BICYCLE, 918 BARNWELL ST. Michael C. Hiers said someone stole his black and blue Magna bike. The bike was secured to a bike rack. Estimated value: $100. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. Wednesday, Aug. 29 O SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, 1423 WHALEY ST. Reporting officer J. D. Patterson received a complaint of a strong smell of marijuana coming from Bates House. Officers continue to investigate. Thursday, Aug. 30 Q AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF CD PLAYER, 438 MAIN ST. Sabrina D. Moss said someone busted out her rear driver’s side vent window and stole an Awai CD player and a 2Pac CD. Total estimated value: $240. Reporting officer: J.D. Aspedon. © LARCENY OF CREDIT CARD, 600 MAIN ST. Eric Hudson said someone stole his Visa credit card. Estimated value: $1.00. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, 918 BARNWELL ST. Robert V. Hilton Jr. said someone stole his black Huffy bike. The bike was secured to a bike rack with a cable lock. Estimated value: $60. Reporting officer: C.N. Ettenger. © HARASSMENT, ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 736 PATTERSON HALL. Katrina M. Wilson said “Kevin” has called her dorm room repeatedly. He has also appeared outside the residence, harassing her. Reporting officer: L.M. Branton. ® SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, 1705 COLLEGE ST. Dolores E. Murtaugh said someone sprayed a red substance on the passenger side other car. The car wasn’t damaged. Reporting officer: M.P. Moore. @ AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF BOOKS, 400 PICKENS ST. Crystal A. Sox said someone broke her left rear vent window and stole several books, including one anatomy and physiology textbook and workbook and one college algebra textbook. Total estimated value: $260. Reporting officer M.P. Moore. Friday, Aug. 31 @ LARCENY OF CELL PHONE, 1705 COLLEGE ST. Sheronda M. Irick said someone stole her black and silver Ericsson cell phone from her book bag. The book bag was unattended and unsecured. Total estimated value: $50. Reporting officer: C.N. Ettenger. Student upset about Incubator picks BY CHARLES TOMLINSON THE UAMECOCK In the spring 2001 semester, six USC students’ business proposals were accepted into the USC Tech nology Incubator program, and one spot.was given to an incom ing freshman. JoefStevenson, Technology In cubator director, said the incom ing freshman was accepted into the incubator but not as a part of the student program. Instead, he was admitted into the “standard” program. Andrew Rogers, a fourth-year marketing major at USC, is a partner in Mobile Marketing, a business named as an alternate in the student incubator. He claims Jeremy McGee, a first-year student, was unfairly allowed to participate in the program and was given a space in the business incubator without having to ap ply as the other businesses did. He also said McGee was “high ly recruited” by both USC and Clemson. “He circumvented the process because he was special,” Rogers said. “But he’s not special. He’s a student at USC, just like everyone else.” McGee approached Stevenson during the summer and ex pressed his desire to participate in the incubator. Stevenson said he advised McGee to wait until the fall when he could apply for the gtudent program. McGee in stead opted for a spot in the stan dard program, Stevenson said. Stevenson said the incubator didn’t make any deals to entice students to enroll at USC. The main difference between the student and standard incuba tor programs, Stevenson ex plained, is that the businesses in volved in the standard program must pay for their office space. The businesses involved in the standard program must pay $10.80 per square foot for their office space. They receive only an Inter net connection and a phone line as part of this program, as opposed to the benefits received by the busi nesses in the student program. “[McGee] pays the freight,” Stevenson said. “We’re not pay ing it for him. It wasn’t part of his deal to come to South Carolina.” The student program offers the students free office and meeting space for two years, as well as In ternet and telephone service and access to a copier and fax ma chine at minimal costs. The mis sion of the program is to help es tablish students’ technology based companies. Initially, 17 applicants submit ted their business proposals to a student advisory committee, which was headed by former stu dent body president Jotaka Ead dy. The student committee select ed 12 businesses to send to the in cubator advisory committee, which is chaired by John Shafer. The committee also selects the participants in the standard in cubator program. Ultimately, the committee se lected six businesses for the stu dent program. Eight were accept ed for the standard program, in cluding McGee’s business. The business incubator pro gram is a student-oriented pro gram, the product of a partner ship between the South Carolina Research Institute, the Office of the USC Vice President of Re search and USC student govern ment. Currently, six businesses are in the incubator. Four more will be accepted this fall, Stevenson said. “I’m sorry that Mobile Mar keting didn’t get in,” Stevenson said. Stevenson said if Mobile Mar keting should re-apply this fall, their previous application should put them in good standing with the committee. “It is going to be very much in their favor that they are [currently] alternates,” he said. Eaddy, who had been at a con ference in South Africa for the past two weeks, stated that she had no knowledge of these events and declined to comment. Students can save with new Web site BY NIKKI GASKINS THE GAMECOCK Only one thing could make USC students more fed up with bookstore prices — going online and seeing what they could have saved. Half.com, operated by eBay, is a new marketplace that has explod ed onto the World Wide Web and promises to save college students from 70 percent to 90 percent on more than 5.7 million of the newest and hardest-to-find text books. The site has joined the likes of Varsitybooks.com, Textbookx.com, and Ecampus.com by claiming to save consumers big bucks with dis counted items. Half.com has become increas ingly popular among college stu dents. “My most recent textbook pur chase was for a book that cost over $40 new, and I paid only $11 for it,” said Lauren Slagen White, a grad uate student in the College of Li brary and Information Science. With the prices of textbooks continuing to be high, students and professors might soon opt for other alternatives to book shop ping. Tara Fennell, a first-year art studio major, says, “Honestly, it sucks. Books are way overpriced. 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