Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS B Violent @> Nonviolent THURSDAY, JULY 25 O LARCENY OF WALLET USC MEDICAL PARK, HARDEN STREET EXT. Victim stated that an unknown person(s) removed her leather wal let from an unsecured location. The brown wallet contained $25 in cash, several credit cards, driver’s license, registration and an insur ance card. The victim’s checkbook was also taken. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 © LARCENY OF COMPUTER SOUTH QUAD, 500 SUMTER ST. Victim stated that unknown per son^) removed a laptop computer from her unlocked room in South ; Quad. Estimated value: $900. ' Reporting officer: D. Pardue. © LARCENY OF BANDSAW BATES HOUSE, 1423 WHALEY ST. Complainant stated he observed subject take a “Milwaukee” brand porta band saw from the Bates House lobby. The saw was gray and red and had an estimated val ue of $300. The subject was seen leaving the incident location in an older model blue Ford Crown Victoria. Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum. ® ASSISTANCE RENDERED SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 800 SUMTER ST. Victim complained of severe stomach pains. She had passed out, but was awake when the re porting officer J.A. Clarke arrived. First Responder and EMS were no tified and responded. EMS trans ported victim to Palmetto Baptist Hospital. MONDAY, JULY 22 © MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY (MIPP) USC POLICE DEPARTMENT, 438 MAIN ST. Reporting officer E. Pereira ob served while returning to vehicle 0264 that an unknown person(s) had scratched the hood. The scratch is approximately 8 inches long and was in a straight line. ® LARCENY OF CELL PHONE PRESTON, 1323 GREENE ST. Victim stated that an unknown person(s) removed her cell phone from her secured room. Brand, model and serial number are un known. Service plan cancelled by victim. Reporting officer: J.R. Merrill. ® ASSISTANCE RENDERED COMPUTER SERVICES, 1222 BLOSSOM ST. Victim states she was having pains in her chest, left arm, and back. She also vomited a few times. First Responder and EMS were notified and responded. Victim transported to Baptist ER by Richland County EMS. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. SUNDAY, JULY 21 O LOST PROPERTY McBRYDE QUADS, 1309 BLOSSOM ST. Complainant reported that he had misplaced his wallet. The wal let is black leather material con taining the student’s ID card, driv er’s license and other bank cards. The victim believes he lost it some where between McBryde Quads and the D-ll lot. The victim was advised to cancel bank cards and to notify the police department if he recovered his wallet. Reporting officer: PI. Jones. SATURDAY, JULY 20 © LARCENY OF MONEY PRE STON, 1323 GREENE ST. Victim reported unknown per son^) removed $20 from her se cured room. No forced entry found. Victim’s story changed re garding her room being secure or unsecure. Reporting officer: Voulgarelis. I THURSDAY, JULY 18 ©LARCENY OF TOOLS PHYS ICAL SCIENCE CENTER, 712 MAIN ST. Victim states unknown per son(s) removed one blue “Mikita” electric drill (estimated value: $50) and one blue “Mikita” saber saw (estimated value: $50). Victim states he is unsure if door was se cured due to construction workers who were working in and out of the room. Reporting officer: N. DeHaai. Schools use fitness to attract students Universities are increasing the number of health centers available BY IRA DREYFUSS ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON—Climbing walls, racquetball courts or a cool swim ming pool with a.water slide might be among the student pprks that col leges keep behind their ivy-covered walls. Elaborate recreation centers with cybercafes as well as exercise equip ment and playing courts for basket ball or volleyball are important ways to attract and keep students, schools have found. “We have a 52-foot climbing wall, so they are thinking, ‘Now, this is a place I want to come,’” said Kim Scott, director of caAipus recreation at Baylor University. A building boom in recreation centers has been under way since the early 1990s, according to the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. The college trade group’s 725-member institu tions have 1,546 rec centers, nearly half built since 1995, including 25 percent built since 2000. Sixty percent of the nation’s col leges and universities have rec cen ters and, on average, about 75 per cent of the students use them, with about a quarter of them being rec rats, said Aaron Hill, the group’s marketing director. If the student union is the family room, the rec center is the play room, Hill said. Rec centers in larger schools can cost more than $100 million, said Erik Kocher, part-owner of the St. Louis architectural firm of Hastings and Chivetta, which specializes in college and university building de sign. Centers at big schools emulate deluxe private health clubs, with saunas and steam rooms—even whirlpools, sprays and slides—and staff-lead programs that range from karate to yoga, he said. Smaller schools are being pres sured by their big school competi tion, and are spending $20 million or more on combined rec-athletic centers, Kocher said. In small towns where there is lit tle else to do, the rec center, which is included in tutition costs, is an al ternative to the college bar circuit, Hill said. The center lets students burn off the stress and gives them a chance to challenge themselves, Scott said. “If they can conquer a 52-foot rock, they can conquer chemistry and neuroscience,” she said. The rec center also enables stu dents to learn or continue healthy living habits, Scott said. Her center offers counseling on proper nutri tion and sleep. “We put the health center in with the rec center to say we believe in holistic living,” she said. The center has special value to students who are not in competitive sports. Before Baylor opened its new facility two years ago, students could use athletic facilities only when varsity athletes or the physi cal education department weren’t using them, Scott said. She said students see the center as a great place to socialize. , Georgia Tech is among the latest to expand. It is building a $45 mil lion rec complex, which should be complete in September 2004. It will be about the size of a basketball col iseum and includ a pool with a wa ter slide, hot tub and sun deck, said Butch Stanphil, director of campus recreation. The school also is building a floor over the 1996 Olympics pool, keep ing the swimming facility but adding space for activities ranging from aerobics to inline skating, he said. Students who have grown up go ing to health clubs, community cen ters or even high school gyms in up scale communities have high ex pectations for their college rec cen ter. ‘Today, we have to be more than a gym,” Stanphil said.