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POLICE REPORT
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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
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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looked empty.
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lost 54-17 on
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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.
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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.”
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