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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.
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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’.
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“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
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culty levels as needed so
climbers won’t be able to go the
same way each time. “We can
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Traditional features will also
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feet.”
The new weight room will in
clude 75 pieces of cardiovascular
equipment such as treadmills
and stationary bikes and 125
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Having two pools will allow
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a good social space.”
Although the Fitness and
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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
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