University of South Carolina Libraries
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 ( □ _ Violent crimes ■ ^ NIGHT CRIMES (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) "^q Nonviolent crimes # J (6p.m.-6a.m.) H © CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS I / | | \... | /, / m-jfl y ! I / / VOL \ ELMWOOD ST. y" \ l CALHOUN ST. \ / |-J \ \ ^ %k \ \ s x ijw JwrMMKwi'rrM f j j 1 j # \ \V.ji ^ RICHLANjE) RICHLAND ST. "'"•iS «\ 3 LAUREL ST.j - \ £ BLANDING ST. j ' ■/' \ • • H TAYLOR ST. * S od TAYLOR STi \ ^ < in “o 5 5 - z © / HAMPTON ST. = g !||gi | \ WASHINGTON ST. m § ,C g g p g I 8 \ , inv CT z p- W z r- o 2 J ^ h cr tf) tf) t/> tn tr HI GERVAIS si. > r* H l-l H H H -«* r* ^ I ill A |8 ^ i _©PENDLETON si S « COLfG-i - 5 |GR6^st./ I—H-4—1■Mpy—■* ’* J A’ 1 gl iEVttEST. <■) * si OlOSSOM ST. ill 2 whisaA ST. \ » .T \ .nr-f.65 03 \ JT \ 8 V > V'CATAWBA ST. £ ».• i ■=y~.-ir-m-l- 50 WHALEY ST,©-j LTj g g £ x / \ uV 1 wnJ tLSs/ ' -ss. \v„ % £ if u v- * if ///\\ x - Saturday, Nov. 3 ® LARCENY OVER $1,000, 1000 GEORGE ROGERS BLVD. The victims said the following items were taken from then equipment bags at Williams Brice Stadium: from the first victim, a Verizon Wireless Qualcomm cell phone, a green high-school class ring and a sterling silver 10k white gold ring; from the second victim, a Nokia cell phone and $6. Total estimated value: $1,056. Reporting officers: J. Hinson and J. Meador. ® GRAND LARCENY OF LAPTOP, 614 MAIN ST. The complainant said someone took the following items: a light blue Fuvista laptop, a TI-83 calculator, a Plato English book, a College Algebra book, an American history book, a psychology book, and a psychology study guide. Total estimated value: $1,837. Reporting officers: M.P. Moore and A.C. Hoffman. Sunday, Nov. 4 O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 1321 WHALEY ST. The victim said she received calls from an unknown caller, who wouldn’t say anything and eventually would hang up. The victim was given a log to document the calls. Reporting officers: D. Hare and J.D. Rosier. Monday, Nov. 5 O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 918 BARNWELL ST. The complainant said someone called his Columbia Hall room claiming to be a university police officer. The investigation continues. The victim was given a log to document any more calls. Reporting officer: L. Forte. Q LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE, 701 ASSEMBLY ST. The victim said someone took his 1995 green Jeep Wrangler from Lot 2. He was given a victim impact statement. Estimated value: $7,000. Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum. ® AUTO BREAK-IN, 105 SOUTH MARION ST. The complainant said someone used a rock to break out the window on her 1993 black Toyota Camry. The following items were missing: a black Sprint PSC cell phone, a TI-83 calculator, $14 cash, a Spanish textbook, a Spanish dictionary, a black Eastpack book bag, a black leather wallet, a Capital One Visa credit card, a BB&T check card, an American Eagle credit card, an Abercrombie and Fitch credit card and a Citizens National Bank check card. The victim said the car sustained minor damage. Total estimated value of missing items: $439. Reporting officer: G.S. Whitlock. ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, 1212 GREENEST. The complainant said someone damaged a door in Sumwalt College by pushing out a vent at the bottom of the door. Estimated damage: $20. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. ® ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, 600 BULL ST. The victim said the gate arm of the Bull Street Garage, level 4, came down on his 1997 red Chevrolet Z-71, causing moderate damage. Reporting officer: G.S. Whitlock. Q MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1501 PENDLETON ST. The complainant said someone broke the rear window of her 2001 silver Honda Civic. No items were missing at the time of report. Estimated damage: $200. Reporting officer: L. Forte. Registrar: Retirement of TIPS, printed schedule is ‘blessing’ BY ADAM BEAM the gamecock When forced this spring to re tire the Telephone Information Processing System (TIPS) and to discontinue printing the master schedule, it looked as if USC had suffered yet another casualty in ' the budget cut war. But, according to USC Registrar Barbara Blaney, these ' were blessings in disguise. ; After printing a few master schedules for faculty to use dur * ing advisement, more than 2,000 «changes were made to the course 1 listings because of changes in aca : demic programs, Blaney said. I “It was amazing how many peo ple didn't even use it,” Blaney said. “We kept having more and more of them left over after each semes ter, and we realized how much money was being spent on it.” Second-year accounting student Alex Yu agrees. “I used the printed booklet my first semester, but I found it inaccurate... but they’re always accurate on the computer.” Blaney estimated thousands of dollars were saved by putting the master schedule online instead of distributing a printed version. “We’ve had five people say something negative about it,” Blaney said. “Haven’t heard much from students, but a couple of departments sent us some notes saying that ‘it’s about time.’” With the retirement of TIPS, students now depend on VIP to register for classes. In last year’s senior survey, 95 percent of stu dents rated VIP above average. “We have to go where the insti tution wants us to go,” Blaney said. “We certainly want to help individ uals, and we will, but we want to put our resources where the majority of our students can use them.” Registration appointments are granted based on the number of hours earned. Within the hours criteria, preference is given to su perior grade point averages. Honors students and athletes are given earlier appointment times within their grade level to com ply with NCAA rules and the uni versity’s mission statement. “We have an institutional obligation to improve athlete’s graduation rates,” Blaney said. “We help them within their des ignated group. The only people who go first are disabled persons who ask for assistance.” While VIP is the preferred method of registration, it’s not perfect, Blaney said. “We’re trying to add a lot more of our processes on VIP, but it takes longer for computer ser vices to do that because every body wants in on VIP,” Blaney said. Mel Miller, director of research grants and planning for Student and Alumni Services, is on a regis tration committee to examine processes, customer needs, prospec tive practices and resource oppor tunities related to registration. “I believe our committee will be able to have recommendations completed by the mid-spring se mester,” Miller said. One possible recommendation is a graduation check available on VIP. This feature would allow students to check that they have completed all required courses be fore they apply for graduation. “We want to make VIP a little smarter than it is,” Blaney said. “My dream is VIP to be able to tell you all registration that you haven’t fulfilled, then give you op tions. I want to put advisement and registration together and make it broader than it is now.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com. Bebo Norman at Shandon Baptist Church Friday, November 16,2001 7:00 pm sponsored by Shandon Baptist Church and I IfciTSfla 5250 Forest Drive Call for ticket information Ticket Outlets: All area Christian Bookstores (803) 782-1300 ext. 156 and Shandon Baptist Church c®@mm@n 1 r2w— Bri, 8tu«l[« ACCEPTING NEW ARTISTS for Open Studio Project 19s Call for Details 748-7403 Il111111111111111^^ gOBOsg i I November lOth University of Florida at South Carolina Williams-Brice Stadium Grounds PflMBBf FBEE f OB YOU, CHEAP FOB THEM PHOr tO KlCk Gffff use BRIEFS Alpha Chi Omega event helps SisterCare Alpha Chi Omega’s Volleyball Brawl Tournament raised $1,500 this week for SisterCare, a local domestic violence shelter. The two-day event involved 16 Greek organizations, which earned points for participation and for competing in a banner competition and a volleyball tournament. Alpha Delta Pi won first place overall for sororities, and Lambda Chi Alpha was named first for fraternities, after both organizations won the volleyball tournament at Jillian’s Wednesday night. Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Delta Tau Delta fraternity received second place. Alpha Chi Omega organized the event to support their national philanthropy, domestic violence abuse prevention. Members handed out purple ribbons in support of domestic violence awareness on Greene Street Wednesday and raised money for SisterCare through the tournament entry fee and advertisements in a program for the tournament. Alpha Chi Omega Vice President Becky McPhee said the sorority plans to make the Volleyball Brawl an annual fundraiser. Pulitzer-Prize winning author comes to USC Sister Helen Prejean, author of the book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the U.S., will speak today at 7 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium. Her 1993 book was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and the movie Dead Man Walking is based on it. Actor Susan Sarandon won an Academy Award for her potrayal of Prejean in the movie, a dramatization of Prejean's work with a Louisiana Death Row inmate. Prejean is working on another book and is an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. Diversity conference to finish Saturday The Democracy and Diversity in Public Education Conference is being held in Gambrell Auditorium until Saturday, Nov. 10. Remaining speakers include Charles Payne, who will speak at 1 p.m. on Nov. 9 about the struggle for equality and democracy; Louis F. Miron who will speak at 3 p.m. about equality, education and democracy; Kwame Anthony Appiah, who will speak at 7 p.m. about global diversity and world democracy; and Ronald Takaki and James D. Anderson, who will speak at 9 a.m. on Nov. 10 about multiculturalism, education and democracy. Bicentennial speakers to discuss democracy The USC bicentennial program “The University and Civic Education: Foundation of Democracy” will be held Monday, Nov, 12, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Lumpkin Auditorium on the 8th floor of the B. A. building. The Government and International Studies Department will present the program, which will include speakers Sheilah Mann of the American Political Science Association, USC professor Charlie Tyler and Arizona State professor Richard Dagger. SG holds advisement forums for colleges Student Government will hold advisement forums for different colleges on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. Students can participate in discussions and ask questions about advisement in their colleges. The College of Science and Mathematics’ advisement forum will be in the Physical Science Building, room 210; the College of Liberal Ails’ forum will be in Gambrell 250; and the Moore School of Business’ forum will be in the B.A. Building, room 008. lime Capsule items due by Friday, Nov. 30 All items for the Bicentennial Time Capsule must be submitted to Justin Smith at the USC Visitor Center by Nov. 30. The time capsule will be buried underneath the Horseshoe on Dec. 7. For more information, call the Visitor Center at 777-0169.