Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT I I 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.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent @ Nonviolent Tuesday, Aug. 27 ® LARCENY OF PARKING DECAL, 1300 BLOSSOM ST. Josh McClure said someone removed the parking decal from his unlocked vehicle. Reporting officer: D. Hare. Thursday, Aug. 29 ® LARCENY OF TENT, 743 GREENE ST. The Carolina Alumni Association reported Sept. 3 that one EZ Up tent was missing, but said there was no sign of forced entry. Reporting officer: M.P. Kraska. Saturday, Aug. 31 ® LARCENY OF GENERATOR, 801 LINCOLN ST. Prescott Steel Erectors discovered on Sept. 3 the following items missing: one Coleman generator, two Bandsaws, one Milwaukee sawzall, one Milwaukee hiltgun, 8 drills, one Mig welder and one Milwaukee Deepcut Portaband. Estimated value: $3,545. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. ® LARCENY OF ATM CARD, ROOST DORM MAILBOXES Ashley Carynn Smith had not received her ATM card, which was due to arrive Aug. 30, when she received a call from the someone who identified herself as Marilyn Jackson. The woman said she was a representative of Wachovia Bank, and asked whether Smith had received her ATM card. The woman, who gave false phone and office numbers, then asked for Smith’s PIN code to access account information and set up an appointment with Smith. Smith said $700 had been taken from her account from the Russell House ATM and the Wachovia ATM on Assembly Street. Reporting officer: P.Z. Jones. Monday, Sept. 2 O LARCENY OF UNITED STATES FLAG, 900 SUMTER ST. Someone took a United States flag from the flagpole on the Horseshoe. Estimated Value: $34. Reporting officers: N. Dehaai and D. Hare. Tuesday, Sept. 3 □ SIMPLE ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 1328 WHEAT ST. The victim said he was involved in a physical fight with J.R. Rice, during which Rice punched him above the right eye, the victim said. The victim said he wants to prosecute. Reporting officer: J. Means. Wednesday, Sept. 4 © ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, INTERSECTION OF MARION AND PENDLETON STREETS Erin Ashley Bums said her right foot slipped off the brake pedal while she was at a traffic light, and this caused her vehicle to hit a USC Police car, damaging the police car’s rear bumper. Reporting officer: D. Pardue. © MINOR INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 820 MAIN ST. Richard Lawhon said someone scratched the passenger-side rearview mirror of his vehicle. Estimated damage: $150. Reporting officers: D. Pardue and B. Baker. © LARCENY OF LUG NUT CAPS, 1320 BARNWELL ST. Michelle Herman said someone took two lug nut caps from her front passenger-side wheel. Estimated value: $40. Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum. © ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 601 SUMTER ST. The victim said an unknown male called him and threatened to hurt him. The victim was given a log sheet to keep track of the calls. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. Thursday, Sept. 5 © DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, OPERATING UNINSURED VEHICLE, DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER, SUMTER AND CATAWBA STREETS Reporting officers J.A. Henry and T.G. Cox reported that they saw Beren Willis Duke cross over a double yellow line with his vehicle and drive left of center. After stopping Duke’s vehicle, the officers found that Duke was driving on a suspended license, which he did not hrfve with him, police _ said. Duke was arrested and taken to the Richland County Detention Center. Because Duke had no proof of ownership, the vehicle was towed to a garage. Open Container CONTINUED ROM PAGE 1 counted for three of the past six al cohol violations, are in an especial ly tight situation. The university is being forced to house freshmen in hotels because more students were admitted to the school than there are dorm rooms available. Dorm room openings resulting from stu dents losing housing would allevi ate costs to the university. Nonetheless, “open containers regulations touch every age group,” as Grabski said. Aside from immediate effects, alcohol misdemeanors can reflect poorly on records. “It could affect your career,” said Grabski. “It’s more than just . a fine or a night in jail. It could af fect you for the rest of your life. ” Expulsions are permanently marked on transcripts and records willingly released to in stitutions can bear witness to charges. Records are retained for at least seven years depend ing on the punishment re ceived. Hanlon’s violations have already affected him. “I got pulled over two nights ago when I was a designated driver,” he said. “I think the police remembered my car.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Senate CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 its on college campaigns. Schools such as Duke, Harvard and Yale have already imposed limits less than $100, according to Shipman. Senator Zachery Scott of the College of Liberal Arts, who op poses the bill, said: “USC is not Yale. We are a state-supported school, and our student base takes more effort. You have to fight to get the attention of the voters.” Shipman says he hopes his bill will help bridge the gap be tween Student Government and the student body. “By having campaigns that are less propa ganda-oriented — a direct result of spending limits — it will force candidates to focus more on campaigning on a person-to-per son basis. This will allow for more contact between students and the officials that they are electing.” Scott said he thinks forcing students to raise money for themselves will give candidates a base of supporters. And hav ing to raise money keeps just anyone from running in hopes of getting named in the newspa per. Past elections have suggest ed that candidates who spend less money fail more often to gain an office. Shipman said his bill would let qualified candi dates who previously could not run for office because of a lack of funds to run a viable cam paign. “Whoever has the most mon ey wins,” Shipman said. “This bill levels the playing field. Until now, there has been no mecha nism to stop this.” The Campaign Finance Reform Act has been through both the Finance and the Rules committees, but remained in the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday evening because of a technicality in the bill’s wording. The bill is scheduled to appear at next Wednesday’s Senate meet ing. “This is a metaphor for how Student Government works,” Shipman said. “The only holdup is the committee. We had the votes to pass this today.” Student Senate meets every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Russell House Theater. Its meetings are open to the public. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com I • STATE $47 million OKed for universities COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Commission for Higher Education approved a budget proposal of $47 million Thursday for operating funds for colleges and universities. Charlie FitzSimons, com mission spokesman, said the request would be submitted to the General Assembly for con sideration in the spring of 2003. The commission also adopt ed guidelines for the distribu tion of $21.7 million in lottery proceeds. The money will be divided between four-year and I two-year institutions. NATION Marijuana farm owners arrested SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (AP) — Federal agents raided a marijuana farm Thursday and arrested the owners who helped write the state law le galizing medical use of the plants. Officers seized more than 100 marijuana plants, three ri fles and a shotgun, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesperson. Valerie and Michael Corral helped write the 1996 law that allows patients and their care givers to grow marijuana for their own medicine. WORLD Attacker shoots at new Afghan leader KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (AP) — An assailant dressed in the uni form of the new Afghan army fired on a car carrying President Hamid Karzai on Thursday only hours after an explosives-packed car tore through a crowded Kabul market that killed at least 10 peo ple. The violence was the most se rious challenge to Karzai’s gov ernment, which has been strug gling to bring order and security to a country wrecked by decades of bloodshed. Afghan officials were quick to blame Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida network for the violence. 1 tut*’"/. f Call the parental units. Order pizza. Call your cutie. Get the "low-down". Whose phone is it anyway? Get $100 off your very own PCS Phone. The New PCS Free & Clear Area-wide Plan for South Carolina. 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