STATE
Parents convicted
of abusing son, 6
ST. GEORGE (AP)- The par
ents of a 6-year-old Summerville
boy have been convicted of abus
ing and neglecting their son,
whose brain was injured when
he was kicked in the head last
November.
Jurors deliberated for hours
Monday before finding William
Burden, 32, guilty of assault and
battery with intent to kill and in
flicting great bodily injury on a
child and Adrian Gadson, 26,
was convicted of neglect.
Circuit Judge Diane
Goodstein was expected to sen
tence them Tuesday. Burden
faces up to 20 years in prison on
each charge and Gadson could be
sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Gadson had been free on bail
following her arrest on charges
she neglected Shyheem Gadson.
She was taken into custody after
the verdict was read.
Testimony stated Burden
kicked the boy in the head and
chest on Nov. 3. The blow to the
boy’s head caused his brain to
shift, a doctor testified.
Saluda police want
Halloween at park
SALUDA (AP) - Saluda Police
Chief Kenneth McCaster wants
his town of 3,000 to turn their
lights off to trick-or-treaters
Thursday.
The town plans to hold
Halloween at Saluda Park, where
police officers and other volun
teers will be dressed in costumes
handing goodies to children.
Past ghosts and goblins have
caused too much trouble and “if
I had it my way, I would official
ly cancel it,” McCaster said
Tuesday.
“We’ve had things like van
dalism of cars. We’ve had people
throwing eggs and other projec
tiles. We’ve had people who can’t
find their kids,” he said.
McCaster has not banned
trick-or-treating, but wants the
community to attend the party
Thursday.
Some residents, however, will
miss the tradition.
Shootings
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vision.
The center of campus was large
ly devoid of the chaos that marked
the day north of East Speedway
Boulevard. People walking around
campus discussed fragments of
the news but were unsure of the
details.
Brett Verbist, a prospective UA
student, was visiting the main
campus Monday with his family.
He wouldn’t have known anything
had happened if the news of the
shootings had not flashed across
his dad’s pager, Verbist said.
The people walking around on
campus don’t seem worried,”
Referendum
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
one another... .The whole is truly
greater than the sum of its parts.”
He added that the press confer
ence marked the first time that
public-school officials and college
presidents had jointly endorsed
a public school initiative in
Richland County.
Funding from the referendum
would be used to build two mid
dle schools and two high schools
and to bring all the district’s mid
dle and high schools up to state
and district standards. The ini
tiative would include adding
classroom space, science and
computer labs, media centers,
fine-arts space, physical-educa
tion facilities, and cafeterias.
Whitson said she strongly en
couraged voters to support pub
lic schools in Richland County on
Nov. 5.
“It’s important for all of us who
live in Columbia to protect our
neighborhoods and the quality ot
life for our families and for our
students and to continue to at
tract more people to live in
Columbia,” she said. She added
that Columbia College is already
a partner of Richland 1 schools in
a fine-arts-education program
that benefits both entities.
Drayton said Midlands
Technical College President
Barry Russell couldn’t attend the
news conference because of a pfe
vious engagement. He said, how
ever, that Russell fully supports
the bond referendum.
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NATION
N.C. wants to fine
utility $25 million
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The
state Utilities Commission on
Tuesday agreed to a $25 million
settlement with Duke Power Co.
over underreported profits, re
jecting criticism that the agree
ment wasn’t strong enough.
With no dissenting votes, the
seven-member commission
agreed to the deal publicly an
nounced last week reached be
tween its public staff and
Charlotte-based Duke.
South Carolina still must ap
prove the deal. Its Public Service
Commission didn’t deal with the
matter Tuesday, and the chair
woman said a vote probably
won’t come until the middle of
November.
An independent auditor de
termined that a change in Duke’s
accounting method resulted in
not reporting $124 million in
profits between 1998 and 2001.
The settlement will mean aver
age residential consumers would
see about 36 cents a month in re
duced bills tor a year.
Besides the settlement mon
ey, Duke has agreed to shift $50
million back to a nuclear insur
ance reserve fund. More than $80
million of Duke’s underreport
ing involved money in the fund.
Tampa man sues
over needle in food
ORLANDO, FLA.(AP) - A
Tampa man is suing Jimmy
Buffett’s Margaritaville restau
rant, alleging the tip of a hypo
dermic needle lodged in the
roof of his mouth as he ate a
chicken sandwich.
Ralph Walker said he’s suf
fered recurring violent night
mares since the 2001 incident.
He visited the restaurant at
Universal Studios Orlando
City Walk with his fiancee and
young son.
The lawsuit asks for dam
ages in excess of $15,000.
Walker said he has so far
tested negative for diseases the
needle could carry. But he said
he feared that an illness could
spring up in the future.
WORLD
Police hunt for U.S.
diplomat’s killer
AMMAN, JORDAN (AP) -
Jordanian officials detained
dozens of Muslim militants for
questioning Tuesday but dis
missed claims by a little-known
group that it was responsible for
the killing of American diplomat
Laurence Foley.
The group, calling itself
Shurafaa’ al-Urdun, or the
Honorables of Jordan, sent a
statement to the London-based
Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi
Monday saying Foley was killed
to protest U.S. support for Israel
and the “bloodshed in Iraq and
Afghanistan.”
Foley, a 60-year-old adminis
trator at the U.S. Agency for
International Development, was
walking to his car Monday when
a gunman opened fire, police
said. The gunman escaped.
Jordanian authorities
stepped up security in the capi
tal in the wake of the assassina
tion, the first killing of an
American diplomat in decades.
U.S. officials say they have
not ruled out terrorism.
Men released from
Cuba tell their story
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN(AP)
— Three Afghan men just re
leased from Guantanamo Bay
said Tuesday they were con
fined and interrogated for long
periods and denied contact
with their families for the bet
ter part of a year.
But the men, the first to be
released and speak openly of
their time at Guantanamo, said
they were not mistreated by
their American guards and
were allowed to practice their
religion freely.
Two of the men appeared to
be in their late 70s and pro
fessed innocence, while the
third acknowledged fighting
for the Taliban, but said he was
forced into it.
The detainees were the first
to be transferred out of
Guantanamo who have been al
lowed to tell their stories since
the start of the war on terror.
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Compiled by Allyson Bird.
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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
(6p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
ED Violent
fj Nonviolent
Friday, Oct. 25
o LARCENY OF LAPTOP,
MCBRYDE QUADRANGLE, 611
MARION ST. John McMillan
said someone took his laptop
from his room. Estimated
value: $999. Reporting officer:
T. Means.
Q MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, BULL
STREET GARAGE, 600 BULL
ST. Kathryn Folsom said
someone cut two holes in the
vinyl roof of her vehicle.
Estimate damage: $600.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor,
o ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE, WADE HAMPTON,
1500 GREENE ST. Shelby
Bowen said someone who
called himself Ray made
numerous harassing phone
calls. Reporting officers: S.C.
Schreiber, N.U. Beza.
O SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY,
NONCRIMINAL MISCHIEF, CPL
LOT, 937 ASSEMBLY ST.
Justin Simmons said someone
let the air out of two of his
tires. Reporting officer: J.B.
Coaxum.
Saturday, Oct. 26
E AUTO BREAK-IN,
ATTEMPTED THEFT FROM
VEHICLE, 1322 HEYWARD ST.
Lester Burgess said someone
entered his vehicle and
searched through it.
Reporting officer: G. Cox.
O LOST PROPERTY, BATES
WEST, 1405 WHALEY ST.
Patrice Ladson said she lost
her wallet and keys in the
bathroom lobby of Bates West.
Reporting officer: T. Cox.
Q DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
TRESPASSING AFTER NOTICE,
CORNER PANTRY, 830
ASSEMBLY ST. Reporting
officer D. Hare told Ronald
Jackson not to return to the
property. While Hare was
inside, someone said a man
was outside harassing
females. Jackson, who was
outside and smelled of alcohol,
was arrested.
Sunday, Oct. 27
O ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE,
BATES PARKING LOT, 1400
WHEAT ST. Sandra Baker said
something caused her
vehicle’s gas tank to rupture
while she was driving.
Estimated damage: minor.
Reporting officer: J. A. Henry.
□ SIMPLE ASSAULT AND
BATTERY, SOUTH QUAD, 500
SUMTER ST. Alaina Anderson
said Latoya Henderson came
into her room and assaulted
her. Anderson wants to press
charges. Reporting officer: C.
Taylor.
@ GRAND LARCENY OF
COMPUTER, SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH, 800 SUMTER
ST. Carleen Stoskope said
someone took a computer
belonging to the USC Health
Administration Department.
Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum.
0 ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE, COLUMBIA HALL,
918 BARNWELL ST. Martin
Vedani said Brad Taylor called
him, asking him to pose for him.
Reporting officer: D. Pardue.
Monday, Oct. 28
m GRAND LARCENY OF
BALANCE, EARTH AND WATER
SCIENCE BUILDING, 701
SUMTER ST. Renee Syles said
someone took one balance
from an unsecured location.
Estimated value: $1,200.
Reporting officers: J.L.
Meador, M. Craska.
@ AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY
OF CDS, S-10 LOT, 700 PARK
ST. Heather Altman said
cnmpnnp hrnkp into hpr car
and took a CD case (estimated
value: $450) and tried to
remove a CD player, which
was damaged. Reporting
officers: B. Baker, B. Timbers.
© DISORDERLY CONDUCT,
800 MAIN ST. Reporting
officer J.R. Merrill said
Gregory Hall was aggressively
panhandling on Greene Street.
Hall had bloodshot eyes, and
bis breath smelled of alcohol.
Hall began cursing loudly and
was arrested.
© MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, BULL STREET
GARAGE, 611 BULL ST.
Reporting officer E. A. Adkins
said the traffic control arm
was broken off on level 4 of
Bull Street Garage. Estimated
damage: $300.
© LARCENY OF CLOTHING,
MOORE HALL, 601 SUMTER
ST. Jason Koppelman said
someone took his clothes from
a dryer in the laundry room of
his dorm. Estimated value:
$275. Reporting officers: J.L.
Meador, M. Craska.
© FOUND PROPERTY,
MCMASTER COLLEGE, 1106
PICKENS ST. Amy Fordham
said someone told her that she
found a gray purse belonging
to Leticia Mcllwain. Reporting
officer: J.E. Howell.
freedom to move about” campus,
Langendoen said. “These are not
happy times.”
Susie Bowers, a program coor
dinator for the College of
Engineering and Mines, also felt
vulnerable when she heard about
the shootings.
“You don’t think it’s going to
happen here,” Bowers said. “It
leaves me wondering how safe
anybody is anywhere.”
Ariana Delgado, a first-year
family studies and human devel
opment student, still feels safe, but
off-balance.
“I couldn’t see it happening
again, but you never know,”
Delgado said. “It could just happen
anywhere. That’s the scary reality.”
Verbist said.
“I hate to say this, but we’re
kind of getting used to violence in
this country,” said Brett’s mom,
Irene Verbist.
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modern languages building.
“Work keeps my mind off of
thinking about the pain and the
loss,” Kiefer said. “Working at my
computer helps to keep me going.”
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cycle and
pedestrian traf
fic was lighter
than usual, stu
dents packed
every table for
the lunch rush
in the Student
Union
Memorial
Center as usu
“You don’t think it is
going to happen here, it
leaves me wondering
how safe anyone is
anywhere. “
SUSIE BOWERS
PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING AND MINES
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sors and stu
dents took a re
flective attitude
toward the inci
dent, saying they
will feel less safe
as they go about
their daily lives.
Now that the
shootings have
taken place at
al.
English professor Fred Kiefer
sat in front of his computer tucked
away on the fourth floor of the
UA, there is a feeling that all are
vulnerable, said linguistics pro
fessor Terry Langendoen.
The shootings “threaten our
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