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POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) 5 □ Violent O Nonviolent l NIGHT CRIMES jf (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS E3 Violent O Nonviolent These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Compiled by Allyson Bird. Wednesday, Dec. 4 ® LARCENY OF TEXTBOOK, SIMS RESIDENCE HALL, 1501 DEVINE ST. Parul Desai said someone entered his locked room and took an organic chemistry book. Estimated value: $123. Reporting officers: E. Kerwin, P. Jones, o SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, CAPSTONE HOUSE, 902 BARNWELL ST. The room that Jennifer Herring, Erin Williams and Kyle McAndrew were in smelled like marijuana. After the students were read their rights, Herring and Williams admitted they were smoking marijuana in the room and that they had pooled their money to buy it. McAndrew was also found to possess marijuana. Reporting officers: P. Jones, T. Kerwin. o NONCRIMINAL MISCHIEF, PENDLETON STREET GARAGE, 1501 PENDLETON ST. Matt Floyd said someone threw ice at him from the top of the building but that he wasn’t hit. Reporting officers: J. Meador, J. Simmons. © LARCENY OF BOOK BAG, SWEARINGEN ENGINEERING CENTER, 300 MAIN ST.Landon Hobby said he left his book bag on a table and that it was stolen. The bag’s contents included three textbooks and a calculator. Estimated value: $485. Reporting officer: S. Jones. © LARCENY OF VIDEO CAMERA, MCMASTER COLLEGE, 1615 SENATE ST. Joan Smith said someone had been wandering around the building and that a video camera was missing from the Education Department. Estimated value: $450. Reporting officer: J. Patterson. Thursday, Dec. 5 O AUTO BREAK-IN, PARKING LOT, PICKENS AND WHEAT STREETS Darrell Merrill said someone broke his window and went through his vehicle. No items were reported missing. Reporting officers: J. Meador, J. Rosier. Winter Storm CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ny history.” Half the company’s customers woke up without pow er yesterday. “We have approximately 1.2 million customers, half of our to tal customer base, without power this morning,” Ferrell said. “This ice storm surpasses the damage from Hurricane Hugo in 1989, which had 696,000 outages.” School officials must make snap decisions about school clos ings with the worst in mind. “A situation like this, when it’s not started but it’s forecasted, makes it extremely difficult to make a decision,” said Winston Salem, N.C., school spokesman Doug Hinson, before the school closed on Wednesday. The forecasts prompted the South Carolina Office of Human Resources to halt operations at 1 p.m. Wednesday until 10:30 a.m. yesterday. The governor then closed central state government offices. “We, as a general rule, follow whatever the governor orders for central state government,” said Russ McKinney, university spokesman. “There’s an e-mail system that advises us.” But some USC students were not happy about the closings. “It was fun because we didn’t have classes,” said Kathryn Toole, a first-year electronic journalism stu dent, “but was ridiculous because it didn’t really do anything outside.” “We were supposed to have a final in Biology 110,” said Benjamin Morrison, a third-year experimental psychology student. “Now, I’ll have to be here until the 16th to take the final, When I was supposed to be here till the 13th. I don’t know what these Northern kids think of us when there’s a chance of a freeze and they call ev erything off. It’s ridiculous.” The Associated Press contributed to this story. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk @hotmail.com • : ' l III WIIIIIMB111 III III — jumOH?* ^ HOT CHICK nsvMiinnaiiHVfiii mi viilr *1 imw bom MHinrawiiniiigiiisiEiuii)) 1 'Ssuxfmm areyouhot.com w®-gf ^Touchstone EMibuM by BUENA VIST* PICTURE DtSTRMM/UON ©TOUCHSTONE PICTURES rKXuFC&i | STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT THEATRES EVERYWHERE | - . ------- | 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. K CROSS INTO THE BLUE j