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 i the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES i (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent 0 Nonviolent These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Friday, Aug. 30 v (J> LARCENY OF KEYS, SOUTH CAROLINIANA LIBRARY, 902 SUMTER ST.Roberta Copp of the South Caroliniana Library said Jackie S. Peck has been requested by certified mail to return keys to the library. On Sept. 15, Peck had not made contact with Copp or returned the keys. Estimated value: $1. Reporting officer: D. Pardue. Saturday, Sept. 14 ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BLOSSOM STREET GARAGE LEVEL 1,1300 BLOSSOM ST. Michael Rhodes said someone cut the rear plastic window of j his Chevy Geo Tracker. Estimated damage: $500. Reporting officer: W.R. Bond. Sunday, Sept. 15 Q ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE (HARASSING), CAPSTONE, 402 BARNWELL ST. The victim said her ex-boyfriend Jeremy Coe was calling her several times a day using profanity. The victim said she wanted Coe to stop calling her and was given a call log to document the calls. The victim did not wish to press charges. Reporting officer: D.W. Friels. Monday, Sept 16 B CRIMINAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF A HIGH AND AGGRAVATED NATURE, NEW ARENA, 800 GADSDEN ST. The victim said Merlene Felipe Vance pointed a 9-iran pistol at him, threatening to shoot. The victim would like to press charges. Judge Cuff issued a warrant, served by the USC Police Department and Lexington County Sheriffs Department, for Vance’s arrest. Vance did not return Tuesday, though the victim said he could come back that day at noon. Reporting officer: D. Hare. ® HARASSING E-MAIL, B.A. BUILDING, 1705 COLLEGE ST. The victim said Jessica Murphy sent her a harassing e-mail. The victim provided a written statement and copies of the messages. Reporting officer: L.R. Morales, o MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BEERS CONSTRUCTION, 801 LINCOLN ST. Paul Steven Lucero said someone broke the latch of the rear and side doors of Precision Concrete Construction Inc.’s vehicle. Lucero said nothing appeared to be missing at the time. Estimated damage: $100. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier, o BURGLARY IN THE SECOND (THREE COUNTS), GRAND LARCENY (THREE COUNTS), NEW ARENA, 501 GADSDEN ST. Reporting officer E.R. Stoudenmire said he saw Roosevelt Huff and James Benjamin run to a parked 1991 red, two-door Pontiac from the arena property. The officer then saw Willie Kirksey, foreman at the job site, standing in the road about 100 yards from the Pontiac, which was leaving the scene. The officer asked Kirksey whether the two worked at the job site, and Kirksey said they did not. Kirksey said he saw Penny Huff inside the arena near items that later disappeared. The officer then pulled the vehicle over at Devine and Gadsden streets. Other officers blocked the car from the front. Roosevelt Huff, Penny Huff and Benjamin were escorted out of the vehicle and searched for weapons. The suspects were read their rights. Inside the vehicle, police found a lock that had been cut. The vehicle was towed. Police said Roosevelt Huff and Penny Huff approached the police and said they wanted to make a statement. Roosevelt Huff, Penny Huff and Benjamin were arrested and taken to the USC Police Department, where they made written statements. All three suspects had mud on their shoes; Benjamin’s shoes were taken into evidence. Benjamin told the police he has done construction work at the site and knew where the equipment was located. Roosevelt Huff and Penny Huff are married, and Penny Huff had three children at home without adult supervision. Police retrieved the children, took them to the USC Police Department, released them to a relative and called the Department of Social Services. The stolen items included two generators from the arena floor area that were left at the site. Other missing items were two bolt cutters, one toolbox, one Enerpac hydraulic, one lift and one blue box containing a drill. Estimated value of all items: $5,400. Estimated value of items recovered: $5,400. All three suspects said they were inside the building taking items without permission. Benjamin told the police he was involved in another break-in at the site. Tuesday, Sept. 17 © MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, S-6 LOT, 1200 CATAWBA ST. Shirley Mullins said someone caused two scratches on the front left fender of her vehicle with an unknown object. Estimated damage: $200. Reporting officer: M.P. Craska. o MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BLOSSOM GARAGE LEVEL 6, 1000 BLOSSOM ST. Joseph D’Nan said someone broke the rear window of his vehicle. Estimated damage: $300. Reporting officer: J. Means. ® LARCENY OF CELL PHONE, BA LIBRARY, 1705 COLLEGE ST. Hayley Cotteral said she left her blue Nokia cell phone unattended at a study desk and, when she returned, the phone was missing. Estimated value: $40. Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum. ® INFORMATION, WHALEY AND MARION STREETS Brian Phillips said Megan Akers walked from in front of the shuttle bus into oncoming traffic without looking and was nearly struck by his vehicle. Akers contacted USCPD to say she had been struck by Phillip’s vehicle. The Richland County Sheriffs Department was contacted to meet with Akers for an accident report. Reporting officers: M.L. Gooding and J.B. Coaxum. © LARCENY OF MONEY, CURRELL COLLEGE, 1305 GREENE ST. Elizabeth Durant said she left her purse hanging on the hook of a restroom stall. Durant said the purse contained $400 cash, one credit card, one book of checks and one South Carolina driver’s license. Reporting officer: G. Cox. © AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF PURSE, BLATT P.E. CENTER LOT E-2,1500 WHEAT ST. Janet Merling said someone used a rock to break the passenger-side window of her vehicle and remove her black purse containing a red wallet, vehicle registration, a South Carolina driver’s license, a Nokia cell phone, a checkbook and numerous credit cards. Estimated value: $140. Reporting officer: N.U. Beza. i4 LARCENY OF BICYCLE, CAPSTONE HOUSE, 902 BARNWELL ST. Ryan Donald Clary said someone took his blue Schwinn mountain bike from the light pole in front of Capstone. Estimated value: $145. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. BRIEFLY Fair tickets on sale at Russell House Tickets for the state fair, Oct. 3 through 13, are available at the Russell House Information Center until Oct. 3 at noon. Adult admission tickets are $6, child admission tickets are $4 and ride sheets are $13 per 36 coupons. Ticket sales will take place Monday through Friday from s8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cash and check are accepted. Call 777-3196 for more information. New semiformal for Homecoming A semiformal has been added to this year’s Homecoming festivities. The Garnet Gala will be held in the Russell House Ballroom on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Men are asked to wear a coat and tie, while ladies are asked to come in a short or long dress. The event is free to all students who pre sent a USC student I.D. For more information, con tact Abey Coker at 777-7130 NAACP voter tour coming to USC The National NAACP Voter Empowerment Tour bus will come to USC on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m. This bus tour is part of USC’s NAACP Voter Empowerment Pre-Tailgate party on Davis Field. The South Carolina youth and college division President Douglass Wilson and the National Youth and College Division VEP Coordinator Channing Hawkins will be on the bus. ♦ NOKIA 5165 DIGITAL PHONE iNotesSM 2-way Text Messaging for 3 months University of South Carolina Face Plate ACTIVATION (1 NOKIA 5165 SufOon CALL ALL YOU WANT, ANYTIME, TO ANYWHERE IN AMERICA. 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SunCom reserves rise right to terminate, your agreement if more than 50% 0# your minutes are not on the SunCom Network. SunCom service available for specified ZIP codes only. Other restrictions apply. See stores fo< details. ©SunCom 2002. Career Fair CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 administrative information man agement degree, said: “I’m looking for an IT job. I had them critique my resume.” Most of the businesses offered jobs in the Southeast, though na tional employers such as Microsoft and Solectron also attended. Most, such as Underwriters Laboratories, a nonprofit industry corporation that certifies products for public safety, were recruiting only for internships and co-ops. “We’re fully staffed,” said William Platts, an alumnus from 1998 who operated the table. Pepsi-Cola, an exception, was excited about hiring USC students full time. “We have a sales development program staffed entirely by USC sales and marketing majors,” said Debbie Avery, the company rep resentative. But according to Leigh Brazea, a graduate from USC, the problem with the fair is the types of jobs available. Brazea said the fair had “far morel business, marketing and manage ment” opportunities than opportu nities suited for her major, biology. “There doesn’t seem to be much in South Carolina for biologists,” she said. Najan Mohiuddin, a computer science graduate student, dis agreed. “Computer Science isn’t that bad right now — some give up too easily.” Mohiuddin has worked intern ships over the past three summers, and was optimistic about his fu ture. He was just of leery of local prospects, however, and said Thursday’s job fair was only “good if you Wanted to stay in Southj Carolina.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Tennis Courts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cized as much as we’re going to now.” Camp said the courts have been closed for nearly two weeks, in the time since, he said, he has not heard any complaints about the courts being closed, except for a letter to the editor that appeared in The Gamecock after the surprise weekend clos ing. Ning Yuan, a mechanical engi neering graduate student, said the n.n'U-1 _ UVUVU1 OIIUUIU have at least in formed students of what was go ing on. “I don’t think it’s all right for them to close tne courts ... witnout warning, he said. “We should have more communication between the school and the students. We need to have more information about what’s going on at USC.” The remaining three courts are available to university students, faculty and staff. Camp said reno vations are planned for the these courts. The renovations would replace current fencing and windscreens, patch and repair the playing sur faces, and make sure the nets are in good shape. People would still be able to use the courts while they are being repaired. According to Camp, Campus Recreation is trying to address the issue of getting additional courts, which would most likely be at the new Strom Thurmond Fitness and Wellness Center, at Blossom and Assembly streets. The plan is to add about six im proved courts, bringing the total number of tennis courts on cam pus to nine. Intramural tennis would not be affected by the change, Camp said. With an event such as the tennis tournaments, it’s easy to schedule around three courts. He said the problem would be when people just show up, looking for a place to play; that’s where reservations would come in. i Tennis classes for academic’ credit have also been affected. Karen French, chairwoman of the Physical Education r\/<yinvd mn>i^ no there is one ten nis class for physical educa tion students available this semester. It is taught at the uoiumoia Tennis uenier, near Maxcy Gregg Park, about two blocks from Blatt. French is in charge of academic courses for the department. The other academic tennis class es had to be dropped this semester until negotiations could be made for those classes to use the same fa cility. “We plan to continue teaching* tennis classes after negotiations" are over,” French said. For now, though, students, fac ulty and staff will have to vie for the use of the three remaining courts. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Students can expect long waits for tennis courts. Of 12 courts, only three are left.