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Burger King finally returns to Columbia BY ERIC STIDHAM THE GAMECOCK Columbia residents will soon have another choice among fast food restaurants in the midlands. After more' than a year of Whopperless lunches, Burger King will re turn to Columbia. L^st summer, 18 area Burger Kings closed after a financial dispute between the Burger King Corporation and the Hinton Brothers, previous owners of the Burger King restau rants in the Columbia area. Burger King Corporation filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Hintons, who countersued for breach of trust. Among the original restaurants that closed are locations on College Street, North Main Street, Charleston Highway, St. Andrews Road, Airport Boulevard, Columbiana Mall, Two Notch Road and Bush River Road. Of the Burger Kings that the Hinton brothers owned, only 11 of them were in the Columbia area. The remaining seven were in Cayce, Irmo, Lexington, South Congaree and West Columbia. One Burger King has already opened on Gamers Ferry Road. The local franchise was bought by Bob Brandi, owner of Pitt Stop convenience stores. He is now the franchisee for Richland and Lexington counties. He currently has plans to open four Burger King/Pitt Stop com bination stores as well as five stand-alone restaurants. As many as 12 restaurants might open by the end of the year. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK The College Street Burger King location is now owned by the university. SAFETY ISSUES PRESS USC COMMUNITY BY ANGEL SIZEMORE THE GAMECOCK At 6:50 a.m. on June 6, Albert Scruggs entered USC student Margaret Lewis’ apartment on Gibbes Court through an unse cured front door. Lewis confront ed Scruggs in the living room and told him to leave immediately. Scruggs then allegedly grabbed Lewis and attempted to kidnap her. Lewis screamed and Scruggs fled her apartment. As word spread of Lewis’ at tack, many students expressed concern about safety on and around the USC campus. Throughout the summer, in coming freshmen are drilled with safety procedures during orienta tion. However, the simple pre ventative methods are often dis regarded as students become more comfortable with the campus en vironment. Ernie Ellis, director of Law Enforcement and Safety for the USC Police Department, reminds all students to just use common sense. “I advise students to be aware of their surroundings at all times,” Ellis said. In order to ease stu dents’ fears, he said that statistics show that “ours is a safe campus. Our greatest loss is larceny.” “Students should hide valu ables in the trunks of their vehi cles and lock both the doors to their automobiles and their dorm rooms at all times,” Ellis said. Ellis said that unfortunately, many freshmen and sophomores are often the victims of larceny be cause of the change in living en vironments. “We’re a major campus in a ma jor metropolitan area. Many of these students come from small towns where they do not lock their car doors at night, for example,” Ellis said. Ellis said that many students are unaware of the possible con sequences of leaving valuables unattended, even in their dorm rooms, until after a break-in has occurred. Familiarity with the USC cam pus is also essential to preventing theft and break-ins. USC gradu ate student and former orienta tion leader Mandy Sizemore said that knowing the layout of the campus fairly well will lead to pre vention, especially if students know where the many call boxes on campus are located. Sizemore pointed out, “A 180 degree turn should put one in sight anywhere on campus. Also, taking a self-defense class can pre pare students for possible attacks, both mentally and physically.” Sizemore continued, “Walking in groups rather than alone is an other way to protect yourself at night.” Remembering common-sense tactics in a rush, however, is not always easy, but Ellis contends that keeping these methods in mind at all times is the best way to prevent attacks like Lewis’. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com “We’re a major campus in a major metropolitan area. Many of these students come from small towns where they do not lock their car doors at night.” ERNIE ELLIS DIRECTOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SAFETY FOR THE USC POLICE DEPARTMENT PHOTO BY ROBERT GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK This call box is located on the north west corner of East Quad. Personal Weight Management •Are you assertive, self-motivated & enthusiastic? •Do you thrive working in a fast paced challenging environment? •Do you possess the following? 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Camp continued to describe some of the other new features: “There will be a one-seventh mile indoor track and both an in door and outdoor pool.” Having two pools will allow more room for both vigorous ex ercisers and those who just want to lounge or sunbathe. “The pools are set up for lap swim,” Camp said, “but it’s also a good social space.” Although the Fitness and Wellness Center will be the pre mier recreation facility on cam pus, Camp stated that the old Blatt P.E. Center will still re main for student use. “Everything that’s here [in Blatt] will stay. Some intramu rals will stay. We have three aca demic departments here, and they will stay.” Sports fields for sports such as , softball and soccer may be added near the new center when more land has been acquired. Also, the center will include a food service outlet, a whirlpool and sauna, five basketball/vol leyball gyms, more locker room space, a pro shop, six racquet courts and wireless Internet ac cess. 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