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Sniper CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 whether he understood the charge, he quietly answered, “Yes, ma’am.” Malvo is considered by the court toibe a juvenile, and all of his proceedings are closed. Police said he was being held as a mate ria:! witness, and they did not identify him. The suspects might have been tripped up by their own arro gance; authorities said they re ceived a call on the task force tip line taking responsibility for the sniper attacks and for an incident in Montgomery, Ala. Evidence from a Sept. 21 rob bery attempt outside a liquor store in Montgomery, which killed one employee and wounded another, then led police to Malvo and Muhammad. Two senior federal law en forcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said in vestigators hadn’t ruled out other accomplices, including some who may have provided vehicles or other support. Moose said the investigation was continuing, but authorities felt comfortable with the day’s de velopment^ He bowed his head and fought back tears as he re called the victims and their fami lies. “We will never know their pain, and we only wish we could have stopped this to reduce the number of victims,” he said. Muhammad, a veteran of the Gulf War, converted to Islam, ac cording to The Seattle Times. Malvo is a citizen of Jamaica. The Times quoted federal sources as saying the two had been known to speak sympathetically about the hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But there was no indication, authorities said, that they were linked to al-Qaida or any terror ist group. The two were arrested with out incident by members of the sniper task force at a rest stop in Frederick County, 50 miles north west of Washington. The time was 3:19 a.m. Three hours earlier, Moose had announced that Muhammad and a juvenile were being sought f and issued a nationwide alert for a blue, 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey plates. A mo tofist and an attendant spotted the car and called police. The Caprice is co-owned by a New Jersey resident, Nathanel 0. Osbourne; FBI officials said he was being sought as a witness. The car has an opening in its trunk that would permit someone to lie inside and fire the rifle while remaining hidden, two fed eral law enforcement sources told The Associated Press. That could explain the lack of spent shell cas ings in most of the shootings, the officials said, speaking on condi tion of anonymity. Investigators now believe that the Caprice was involved in all the shootings. Sightings of white vans and box trucks were attributed to erroneous witness accounts. Police did not immediately confirm a report in The (Baltimore) Sun’s Thursday edi tions that the Caprice was ap proached Oct. 8 by Baltimore of ficers who found Muhammad and Malvo sleeping. That was the day after a 13-year-old boy in Bowie was wounded as he arrived at school. The two were allowed to go, sources told the Sun, because in vestigators were looking for a white van. In the weeks after, four more people were shot by the sniper, three fatally. All told, 13 people were shot; three survived. The sniper left notes claiming to be God, and warning that children were not safe “anywhere, at any time.” Some residents greeted Thursday’s news as if it was the first glimmer of sunrise after the darkness that stretched three weeks. “I feel a lot safer today,” said Mary Beth Roberts of Stafford County, Va. “Everyone’s smiling and getting out more.” She was shopping at the Michaels craft store in Fredericksburg, Va., where a 43 year-old woman was critically wounded on Oct. 4; a regular cus tomer,’Roberts felt safe to return only after news of the arrests. Schools kept kids inside for recess again, just to be certain. But La Plata, Md., where the town council had voted to “strongly discourage” trick-or-treating, re versed course. “I told my wife she better go out and buy some candy,” Town Manager Douglas Miller said Thursday. Police, who had been under enormous pressure, turned their attention to gathering evidence that Muhammad and Malvo were responsible. The first item was Malvo’s fingerprint, found at the Alabama scene on a magazine about weapons, according to Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright. Bright did not specify whether the print was found be fore or after the telephone call claiming responsibility for the sniper attacks and the liquor store shooting, but it was the cru cial break. A composite sketch of the sus pect in the liquor-store shootings was made and “there are some very good similarities” to Malvo, Montgomery Police Chief John Wilson said. He said the gun used in Alabama was not the same as the one in the Washington, D.C. area shootings, however. Police traced Malvo to a house in Tacoma, Wash., that was searched Wednesday. He had been living in the house with Muhammad, a source told the AP. FBI agents carted away po tential evidence, including a tree stump from the yard that inves tigators planned to examine for bullets or bullet fragments. Pfc. Chris Waters, a Fort Lewis soldier who lives across the street from the Tacoma home, said he called police after hearing gunshots in the neighborhood nearly every day in January. “It sounded like a high-pow ered rifle such as an M-16,” he said. “Never more than three shots at a time. Pow. Pow. Pow.” Muhammad did not receive sniper training during his Army career. Muhammad had training in three areas, mainly as a com bat engineer, which was his spe cialty during the time he served in the 1991 Gulf War. He also was trained as a metal worker and a water transport spe cialist. Muhammad enlisted in the Army on Nov. 6,1985, and was discharged at Fort Lewis on April 26,1994. After leaving active duty he served in the Oregon National Guard until 1995. Before coming on active duty, he served in the Louisiana National Guard from 1978 to 1985. His highest ranking on active duty was sergeant. Muhammad changed his name last year from John Allen Williams, years after he convert ed to Islam, investigators told the Times. FBI agents visited Bellingham High School, 90 miles north of Seattle, on Wednesday. Mayor Mark Asmundson said Muhammad and Malvo had been in the area until about nine months ago. PHOTO BY CHUCK KENNEDY/KRT CAMPUS Police transport a car seized in the arrest of two suspects in the recent Washington, D.C.-area sniper shootings. As an engineer in the U.S. Air Force, there’s no telling what .you’ll work on. (Seriously, we can't tell ^ou.) United States Air Force applied technology is years ahead of what you’ll touch in the private sector, and as a new engineer you'll likely be involved at the ground level of new and sometimes classified developments. You'll begin leading and managing within this highly respected group from day one. Find out what’s waiting behind the scenes for you in the Air Force today. To request more information, call 1-800-423-USAF or log on to airforce.com. U.S. AIR FORCE CROSS INTO THE^BLUE POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent © Nonviolent These reports are taKen directly tram the UbU h Compiled by Allyson Bird. Tuesday, Oct. 22 O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. Alicia Balentine said someone continually called her and hung up. Reporting officer: N. DeHaai. ® ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, WADE HAMPTON, 1528 GREENE ST. Ramona Echols said someone who called himself John repeatedly called her from Richland County Detention Center. Echols turned her phone off and was shown how to block such calls. Reporting officer: J.A. Clarke. Wednesday, Oct. 23 □ ASSAULT AND BATTERY, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. Lisa Stone said Dlice uepanmem. she and April Mobley were involved in a verbal fight that became physical. Stone was told her rights but did not want to prosecute. Reporting officer: T ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BATES HOUSE, 1423 WHALEY ST. Benjamin Doddato said someone poured water on his computer and damaged it. Estimated damage: $390. Reporting officer: R. Baker. Thursday, Oct. 24 O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, PATTERSON HALL, 1520 DEVINE ST. Elizabeth Garby said someone continued to call her after she asked him to stop. Reporting officer: J. Means. Award emphasizes excellent advisers BY BLAKE CLANCY THE GAMECOCK With advisement under way for the spring semester, students and professors have similar ideas about what makes a good adviser. Advisement — students meet ing with faculty members to dis cuss their course selection — is a process that touches nearly every student at USC. To emphasize the importance of the advisement process, the Provost’s Office established the an nual Outstanding Undergraduate Staff Adviser Award in 1990, fund ed by the USC Educational Foundation. The academic adviser award was recently renamed for Ada B. Thomas. Peter Werner, a professor in the Physical Education Department, won the award in 2001. He said a good adviser has many qualities. “They need to have a primary interest in students, be good lis teners and show personal con cern,” Werner said. “They also need to be good mentors, be acces sible and try to be understanding of whatever problems a student may be dealing with.” But Werner said his primary goal when advising a student is simple. “My main objective in advise ment is to create a program of study for students that will help them graduate on time,” Werner said. Dan Berman, director of the University 101 program and an as sociate professor in the Art Department, won the 2002 award. While Berman had a similar view of the basic qualities of a good ad viser, his technique focuses on a familiar adviser-student relation ship. “A good adviser is someone who takes a real interest in his ad visees and is able to draw on past experiences,” Berman said. “The most important skill is to be a good listener.” Several students had their own ideas of what makes a good advis er. Kate Wurster, a second-year pre-pharmacy student, looks for honesty in an adviser. “I think a good adviser is a per son who actually gives his honest opinion on stuff and directs you where you should be going,” Wurster said. “He supplies you with all the options possible with a certain track.” Kishan Patel, a first-year busi ness student, looks for familiari ty with an adviser. “A good adviser knows what you want to do before you say any thing because they understand you that well,” Patel said. “They listen more than talk and really want to help you.” While advisers play a vital role in advisement, both Werner and Berman agree that class choice is mainly up to the student. “To make advisement easier, students need to sit down and read the course catalogue and know the requirements,” Werner said. “When a student goes into the ad visement appointment, he or she should have a good idea of what they need to take.” Berman said: “I think the best adviser is someone who encour ages his advisees to be knowl edgeable and proactive. The ad viser shouldn’t be a crutch, but rather one who engages in a dia logue with the student to help them ultimately achieve their goals.” Students can get nomination forms for the Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award at the Student Services Office in their college or depart ment, from a resident adviser, from academic advisers or from Werner’s office by calling 777-8113. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 13. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Bush CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Wesley Donehue, a USC College Republican, said Bush should have more power to act against Iraq. “Bush is the com mander in chief of the military, and the Democrats are holding him up in Congress,” he said. Fourth-year English student Elizabeth Catanese, who also helped organize the teach-in, dis agreed with Bush’s explanation of why terrorists hate America. Terrorists “don’t hate us be cause we’re free; they hate us be cause we’re number o^e,” she said. Catanese said terrorists see the United States as “the spearhead of the Western world” and “dete riorating traditional Islamic val- 1 ues.” Ultimately, Bush communi cated a desire to establish peace in the Middle East and in the world. “Out of that evil and harm and hurt and tears can come a more compassionate and decent society,” he said. “There’s no question in my mind that this great country will lead the world to peace.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com