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POLICE REPORT g * I Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. „ DAY CRIMES (6 a.iji--6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent % Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent © Nonviolent These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Compiled by Allyson Bird. Tuesday, Oct. 29 O DISORDERLY CONDUCT, LAW CENTER,1112 GREENE ST. Reporting officers Jones and Friels found George Henderson Jr. sleeping at the ' law school. When awakened, Henderson began cursing and* shouting; he had blood-shot eyes, his speech was slurred, and he smelled of alcohol. ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, PENDLETON GARAGE, 1501 PENDLETON ST. Timothy Galloway said someone scratched the passenger's-side door and rear-quarter panel of his vehicle. Estimated damage: $500. Reporting officer: T. Means. ® AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF CDS, D LL LOT, 600 BLOSSOM ST. Jennifer Franklin said someone broke her car window with a small manhole cover and took a CD case. Estimated value: $460. Reporting officers: B. Baker, B. Timbers. Wednesday, Oct. 30 O MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, MCMASTER COLLEGE, 1106 PICKENS ST. William Golston notified reporting officer J.D. Patterson of a broken window. A bloodied rag and a broken pane on the door to the computer lab were then discovered. Small amounts of blood were also found on the exit door. No glass was on the floor, and nothing appeared to be missing. A computer-generated message had been taped over the broken glass pane that said, “Do not knock on the glass.” G AUTO BREAK-IN, GRAND LARCENY, THE ROOST UPPER LOT, 147 S. MARION ST. William McLaughlin said someone entered his vehicle and took his CD player and a CD case. Estimated value: $1,000. While at the parking lot, reporting officer Jones also discovered another vehicle, which belongs to Brandon Quick, that had been broken into. A CD player and a CD case were also taken from his vehicle, along with a 12-inch speaker box, an amplifier and a pair of boots. Estimated value: $3,900. Thursday, Oct 31 G POSSESSION OF BEER .UNDER 21, BATES HOUSE, 1423 WHALEY ST. Nathan Bell called the police about a suspicious odor. Christopher Landon was then found with a can of beer, and he was arrested. Reporting officer: J.A. Henry. Marijuana CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 possible use for medical purposes, the potential of other parts of the plant for environmentally friendly uses, prison overcrowding be cause of people jailed for person al use of marijuana, the potential to reduce profits from illegal drug sales, and marijuana's use by the counterculture religion. Hager said, however, college students “have very limited time to get (their) lives together” and they should “concentrate on get ting an education.” “You have plenty of time for marijuana later in life,” he said. Hager also said people who do smoke marijuana should be re sponsible. “I don't want you to take bong hits before your calculus exam,” he said. “It's that stupid stoner attitude that holds us back.” Stutman disputed Hager's ar guments and gave his opinions on why marijuana should remain illegal. He cited health issues, such as cancer and addiction, and safety issues, such as driving un der the influence. Stutman pointed out that he, however, does not condone ar rests for personal use of any drug. Student questions covered such topics as alcohol versus mar ijuana, how to change marijuana laws, and the drug's side effects. Stutman said the students' questions were “typical but well articulated.” Hager said his opinion about the legalization issue has changed during the past year and a half that the two have been de bating. The main lesson from the debate, he said, was to “learn to be more understanding and com passionate of people, no matter what side they're on.” George Raad, the ideas and is sues commissioner for Carolina Productions, organized the debate to accomplish one thing: aware ness. He said that although he was thrilled by the turnout, he did not expect to turn people away. “It was exciting to know that we had too much popularity,” Raad said. “Lectures have not al ways been that popular.” Raad said Carolina Productions has many more “better, bigger events” planned this year. The debate was also a chance for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws to find support for the chapter it is work ing to start at USC. Malece Howard, a student at Midlands Technical College who is looking to start a USC chapter, said NORML hopes to start the chapter “within months” and that interested stu dents should visit the organiza tion's Web site, http://norml.oig. Student reactions varied, al though Stutman said, “Most col lege students want marijuana le galized.” Lindsay Elder, a second-year marine science student, said, “I'm more so in favor of legalization than I was before” the debate. Greg Worth, a third-year psy chology student, said: “Contrary to my personal beliefs, I think Stutman presented a better ar gument based upon facts instead of beliefs and personal values. But a lot of his arguments were still illogical.” Michelle Lamb, a second-year philosophy student, said she went to the debate because “this is something that could poten tially affect my personal life on a daily basis.” “I think, being a voting citizen, that I should understand both sides of the issue before I make a decision,” she said. “I wouldn't say that my opin ion was affected. There are new issues I hadn't thought of before that I'd like to research,” such as the relationships between mari juana and violent crime or do mestic abuse, Lamb said. Stutman and Hager came to USC through an agent who paired them together to speak at colleges. The self-proclaimed friends have publicly debated SURFYOURSELF For more information: www.nunarijuana.com www.hightimes.com www.norml.org about 30 times, Hager said. Hager said he came to USC be cause he hopes “to put people on a more responsible path with marijuana and encourage them to help change the laws.” “I don't want you to be the biggest dope-smoking school. I want you to be the best activist school to change the laws,” he said. Stutman said one student told him after that debate that he “came here prepared to laugh at you, but you made a very com pelling argument.” Stutman said, “I'm not here to win them over; I'm here to make them think.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Mondale begins Minn. Senate campaign BY BRIAN BAKST THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PAUL, MINN. - Walter Mondale kicked off a lightning five day Senate campaign Thursday as Democrats asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to order the mail ing of new absentee ballots to re place those carrying the name of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. Mondale said he planned to trav el the state and would engage Republican Norm Coleman in a sin gle debate before Tuesday’s election. “I hope people will recognize what I face here,” the 74-year-old former vice president said a day af ter party officials chose him as their new candidate. “I want to reintro duce myself and I want to listen.” Coleman, 53, hopped aboard a bus to visit five cities and contin ued to note the age difference be tween the candidates. At a Moorhead restaurant, Coleman talked of his own vitality and then told supporters it would be a close race. “Give me everything you've got,” Coleman said. Mondale's campaign released a letter from his doctor declaring him in “excellent shape” even though he lost partial vision in his right eye as a result of a blood clot in February. Mondale said he still can read and drive. The abbreviated campaign be gan in earnest six days after Wellstone, his wife, daughter and five others were killed in a plane crash. A poll suggests Mondale has a slight lead over Coleman, a former St. Paul mayor. In St. Paul, Democratic lawyer Alan Weinblatt urged the high court to order new ballots sent to all absentee voters, arguing that those who marked their ballots for Wellstone will be disenfran chised if they are not given an other opportunity to choose. As it now stands, absentee votes received for Wellstone will not be counted, and people who have already sent in their ballots must request a new one in person. GOP lawyer Tony Trimble ob jected to sending new ballots to voters who do not request them. “Government should not pre sume people wish to change then vote,” he said. The Republicans did not object to mailing new ballots just to those who request them. But they said a huge re-mailing of all ballots could disenfranchise supporters of other candidates by leaving them too lit tle time to file their new ballots. Almost 4.5 percent of voters cast absentee ballots in Minnesota in 1998, the last non-presidential election year, and the number is expected to grow this year. The high court did not imme diately issue a ruling. However, a number of county election officials said they are al ready mailing new absentee bal lots to those who ask for them. An attorney for Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis and a quarter of the state's popula tion, said voters are entitled to new ballots without regard to why they are requested. Garnet CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Odom said the response after last year’s “Blackout Carolina” against Florida was positive, though several Gamecock fans ex pressed a desire to switch colors. “People kept coming up to us, especially alumni, and saying they wanted something with gar net,” Odom said. Garnet Gameday comes after the enormous popularity of last year's Blackout, which, despite the 84,900 fans dressed in black, didn’t intimidate anybody. Florida quarterback Rex Grossman, who threw three touchdown passes and rushed for one, said after the game that Local businessman Kevin Schumacher, owner of Eat More Tees, said the Blackout event sub stantially boosted sales; that indi cates how successful it was, he said. “We sold a lot of shirts because most people don't generally own black USC clothing,” he said. Schumacher doesn't expect much increase in sales this year. “We'll see a little increase, but it will be about half as much as during the Blackout because many people already own garnet colored clothing,” he said. “It’s good for the fan base but bad for sales.” The Blackout concept came from the 1984 football season, dur ing which the famous “Black Magic” team fVin Knot Wl»vv 11 VjVll et, the stadium looked empty. The Gamecocks lost 54-17 on national tele vision, the After the success of last year’s Blackout, organizers hope Garnet Gamedaywill inspire a victory. record in the his tory of USC foot ball. Magic of any color couldn't hurt the Gamecocks this Saturday same aay ESPN’s award-winning “College Gameday” was on campus for its weekly television show. “Blackout was really former Student Body President Corey Ford's idea,” Odom said. “We kind of borrowed the concept from stuff Oregon had done in the past.” Associate Athletics Director Kerry Tharp said 55,000 garnet and-white pom-poms will be dis tributed for the game. “Any time you can do things like that, it gives you a better pres ence on your home field,” he said. Tharp said the USC players, who haven't played at home in a month, were looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd again. “I know coach Holtz thinks that our fans are the best of any in the country, and our players enjoy playing for the fans, and they enjoy playing at home,” he said. wnen mey piay Tennessee, a team against which they’ve lost nine straight games. With the recent return of UT quar terback Casey Clausen and USC all-purpose player Ryan Brewer on crutches again, USC faces quite a challenge; Odom, however, is confident that the Gamecocks can pull it off, with a little help from the fans. “We encourage everyone to get out there and wear garnet and get loud,” he said, “and let's bring in a win.” First-year biology student Wylie Clarkson said he's sure to be at the game participating. “Wearing garnet shows school spirit, and it's a great way to show the unity of the student body, not to mention support for the great est football team in America,” he said. “Go, Cocks.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Let your voice be heard. Send letters to the editor to GAMECOCKVIEWPOINTS@HOTMAIL.COM. As an engineer in the U.S. Air Force, there’s no telling what _you’ll work on. (Seriously, we can’t tell .you.) 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