The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 04, 2002, Page 5, Image 5
FBI suspects rapist
might head to Florida
Spokeswoman
says wanted
man has friends
in Panama City
BY MICHAEL V. MARTINA
INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR
(UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA)
GAINESVILLE, FLA. (U-WIRE)
— As students ready themselves
for vacations in Florida’s spring
break hot spots, the FBI cautions
a serial rapist might be on his
way to Panama City, Fla.
Gale Marcinkiewicz, a Boston
FBI field office spokeswoman,
said Richard C. Lampron Jr., 28,
is wanted for a series of rapes in
the Berkshire Mountains of west
ern Massachusetts in 1998.
“We have very good reason to
believe that he is in the area,”
Marcinkiewicz said Tuesday.
The FBI urges students to be
careful because the suspect fre
quents bars and nightclubs.
Marcinkiewicz said Lampron
has friends in Panama City, and
spring break would be the type
of scene to which he’d be at
tracted.
Lampron, who goes by the
alias Aaron Kincaid, meets
women at parties or social set
tings and gives them date-rape
drugs. He then takes the victims
to his car or apartment to rape
them while they are unconscious
and sometimes videotapes the
event, according to the FBI’s Web
site.
Lampron is a white male. He
is 6 feet tall, weighs 180 pounds
and has green eyes and brown
hair.
He last was seen three years
ago in Great Barrington, Mass.,
where he rented a moving van.
The van later was found damaged
in Newburgh, N.Y.
Marcinkiewicz said the FBI
considers Lampron dangerous.
“We’re very interested and
anxious to get him off the f
streets,” she said.
University of Florida sopho
more Nicole Quintero is planning
to spend her spring break in
Panama City.
Though she will be staying in
a hotel with four friends and is
looking forward to the nightlife,
Quintero said the idea of a serial
rapist on the loose makes her ner
vous.
“I would be careful anyway,
but knowing about the FBI warn
ing will make me even more cau
tious,” she said. “It makes me
feel better that I’m going with
two guys, and it definitely won’t
stop me from going anywhere.”
The Associated Press con
tributed to this report.
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PHOTO BY CANDI HAUGLUM
Trent Kirk crossed the finish line in first place Saturday
morning at the Fidler 5K.
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Fidler was a Delt and that I’m a
Delt, too, I thought, ‘We can get
the Delts involved with this and
have it be a huge production,”’
Snyder said.
Greek presence was strong at
the race, and sorority teams took
several top honors. The Delta
Delta Delta sorority was named
the top fund-raising and top par
ticipation team. One of the Chi
Omega sorority’s three teams
won the fastest female team
award.
First-year political science stu
dent Johnny Culp ran with
Douglas residence hall’s team, re
cipient of the fastest male team
award. “We did it together as a
group to see what we could do
and to help out the cause,” Culp
said.
Pete O’Boyle, who attends
Sunday school with Fidler, said:
“It was really impressive that all
these students got out here on a
wet, miserable day. I really give
a lot of credit to USC.”
Justin Fleming, a member of
the National Student Exchange
team sponsored by East Quad,
said the rainy conditions “made
it a lot of fun.”
“It’s a good way to get some
exercise, have fun and help a
good cause,” said Fleming, the
only member of his team to
make it to the race.
Though Fidler wasn’t able to
come up to the gym, he greeted
many of the visitors and partici
pants from his car, parked out
“Every single penny,
whether it be from a
raffle prize or from a
donation or from the
registration, every
single penny, can go
straight to leukemia
and lymphoma ”
KEVIN SNYDER
EVENT ORGANIZER
side. “I’m really delighted to see
some greater visibility for
leukemia and to see the young
people learning more about this
disease,” Fidler said.
After the run, prizes were raf
fled off to the race’s participants
and the first-place runners in
each age group got awards.
Once prizes were awarded,
South Carolina Rep. James
Smith read a letter from Hodges
presenting Fidler with the Order
of the Silver Crescent, the high
est honor given for community
service. “You have left your
mark on higher education, and I
commend you for your lasting
commitment to the pursuit of
knowledge,” Hodges said in the
letter.
Snyder said he takes the most
satisfaction in knowing that
everything needed for the Fidler
5K was donated. “Every single
penny, whether it be from a raf
fle prize or from a donation or
from the registration, every sin
gle penny can go straight to
leukemia' and lymphoma,” he
said.
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was passed with only two dis
senting votes. Because the vote
was taken without a call for de
bate, only a simple majority of
senators had to approve the SG
resolution.
Bristow said every student at
USC has earned the right to live
on the Horseshoe, and he thinks
he is protecting students’ inter
ests by sponsoring the resolu
tion.
At the Senate meeting
Wednesday, two students ap
proached SG Vice President
Nithya Bala with a petition op
posing the allocation of
Horseshoe apartments to Honors
College sophomores. Bala said
SG is now cosponsoring that pe
tition with second-year media
arts student Takina Holloman
and second-year English student
Ashley Vaughan.
Holloman, and Vaughan,
both Preston College residents,
have visited at least six resi
dence halls in the last week to
solicit signatures.
“People are becoming a little
more aware about a lot of things
we as students aren’t told
about,” Holloman said. “This
(petition) is making students
question what is really going on
at thic cnVinnl ”
The petition has been avail
able outside the SG office lob
by since Thursday. As of
Sunday afternoon, the petition
had 1,003 signatures. Later this
week, the petition and resolu
tion will be sent to Honors
College Dean Peter Sederberg,
Housing Director Gene Luna
and maybe USC President
John Palms.
Luna said he and Sederberg
are interested in communicat
ing further with students on this
issue. He said he couldn’t com
ment on the petition because he
hadn’t seen it yet, but he would
look at the “verbiage” of the res
olution and petition when he re
ceives them.
Bala said the resolution and
petition are actions of tireless
student leadership.
“For the administration to do
this is unfair to both parties.
That’s why we feel it is impor
“I don’t have a
problem with the
Honors College. I have
a problem with
sophomores living on
the Horseshoe.”
TAKINA HOLLOMAN
SECOND-YEAR MEDIA ARTS STUDENT
tant for honors and non-honors
students to join together and
make an effort to tell the ad
ministration that we are not in
favor of this change,” Bala said.
Holloman said she has al
ready seen some adverse reac
tions to the petition. She said
many students refuse to sign it
and even criticize her for try
ing to get the decision re
versed.
“I don’t have a problem with
the Honors College. I have a
problem with sophomores liv
ing on the Horseshoe,”
Holloman said.
“I think the petition is a
great idea,” Bristow said. “Any
kind of student activism is def
initely healthy, and I think we
need more of it. I think this is a
good cause to get on board
with.”
Luna said there isn’t a set
number of signatures that
will change the administra
tion’s decision. He said he
and his associates will take a
look at what is sent to them
and decide where to go from
there.
Bristow said the issue is dif
ficult because it will probably
take a group as powerful as the
USC Board of Trustees to re
verse such a decision.
Residence Hall Association
President Brad Dawgert said he
thinks it’s best for the RHA to
wait and see what the reaction
is of Housing and Honors
College officials before taking
part in any kind of student ac
tivism. He said the RHA still col
lectively disapproves of the de
cision to change the Horseshoe
housing policy.
A roundtable discussion
will be held later today with
Sederberg, Luna and members
of the RHA and SG about the
future of Horseshoe housing.
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