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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.-6p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS El Violent @ Nonviolent Tuesday, Aug. 19 O MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, GREEN STREET The complainant said that an unidentified person threw a brick at the windshield of his truck, breaking it and causing damage estimated at a value of $350. Thursday, Aug. 21 O ASSISTANCE RENDERED, MIDDLEBERG DRIVE The victim said she fell on the stairs in the lobby of a building and that she injured her knee. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Reporting officer: D. Pardue. (Off Map). Friday, Aug. 22 O DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, GREEN AND LAURENS STREETS Reporting officer E.L Pereira pulled up to an intersection behind a Chevrolet Tahoe in an eastbound lane and waited for about 30 seconds while the traffic light was green. Pereira then approached the Tahoe’s driver side window and found James Stewart Wingo Jr. asleep behind the wheel. Pereira revived Wingo and noticed a strong smell of alcohol coming from the car. Wingo then failed three field sobriety tests and was arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Former priest involved in Catholic church sex abuse scandal dies in prison attack BY ROBERT O’NEILL THE ASSOCIATED PBESS BOSTON - Former priest John Geoghan, a convicted child mo lester at the center of the sex abuse I scandal that shook the Catholic church nationwide, died after ap parently being strangled by a fel low inmate convicted of murder, authorities said. Geoghan, 68, was attacked just before noon Saturday by Joseph L. Druce, 37, said Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte. Geoghan died at 1:17 p.m., shortly after he was taken to UMass Memorial Health Alliance, , Leominster Campus, Conte said. Preliminary indications are ^ that Geoghan was strangled, Conte said. An autopsy will be conducted Monday. Druce, who received a life sen tence in 1989 for murder, armed * robbery and other counts, was placed in isolation and will face murder charges in Geoghan’s death, Conte said. In 2001, Druce was Charged with mailing a threatening letter containing white powder and indicating it was contaminated with anthrax. The incident happened at Souza-Baranowski Correction Center, about 30 miles northwest oi Boston, Department of Correction spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. Geoghan was being held in protective custody to shield him from the general prison popula tion, but he still had some contact with other in mates who were also in protective custody. In civil lawsuits, more than 130 people have claimed Geoghan sex ually abused them as children dur ing his three decades as a priest at Boston-area parishes. He was convicted last year of indecent assault and battery for fondling a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool. Prosecutors couldn’t bring charges in other cases because the statute of limitations had expired. Mitchell Garabedian, an attor ney for many Geoghan victims, said he was “surprised and shocked” by Geoghan’s death. lviany oi my clients would have rather seen Father Geoghan serve out his time in jail and endure the rigors of fur ther criminal trials, so that his pedophile acts could have been exposed further,” he said. The church abuse scandal, which has had repercussions worldwide, broke in early 2002 with revelations that the Boston archdiocese had shuttled Geoghan from parish to parish despite warnings about his behavior. With the public outcry reach ing a new crescendo, the bishops adopted a toughened policy against sex abuse and more than 325 priests of the roughly 46,000 American clergy were either dis missed or resigned from their du ties in the year after the Geoghan case. The Rev. Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston, offered prayers for Geoghan’s family. “Upon hearing the news of the tragic death of John Geoghan, the Archdiocese of Boston offers prayer for the repose of John’s soul, and extends its prayers in consolation to his beloved sister, Kathy, at this time of personal loss,” he said. Geoghan was defrocked in 1998 at Cardinal Bernard Law’s urging. Law stepped down as archbishop of the Boston Archdiocese in December, 11 months after the re lease of Geoghan’s files. One of his victims, Ralph DelVecchio, said Geoghan de served prison but didn’t deserve to be killed. “I wouldn’t say he deserved to die, you know?” DelVecchio said. “He was in jail — that’s where I believed he should be.” DelVecchio said he didn’t wish ill on Geoghan. “It’s over with,” he said. Authorities say John Geoghan was strangled by a fellow inmate while serving life in prison for molesting a child. He was convicted last year in Massachusetts. Bid Day CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 •V Chi Omega member. “We get to meet tons of them, as many as possible and then'try to get a feel for what they’re like and if they would fit in.” Some potential new members said they weren’t intimidated by going through the many de manding activities of recruit ment in their first few days of college. “It’s helped a lot because you get to meet a lot of really nice people who are really helpful,” said first-year psychology stu dent Kara Van Buskirk. She also said the Rho Chi members, who are disaffiliated sorority members who act like mentors to the potential new members, helped her with getting moved in and finding classes. “I’ve been helping these girls find chapters and what will be their homes for the next four years, and it’s really made the process exciting,” said fourth year finance student Elizabeth Jones, who was serving her first year as a Rho Chi. She said her duties made her an impartial assistant, who couldn’t even reveal what soror ity she belonged to. In the end, the smiling and anxious new members had the chance to hug their new sisters, have photos taken and be ac cepted into sisterhood in only their first week at USC. “The waiting has probably been the hardest part of it,” Horn said. “Just waiting here now is making everyone a little nervous, so I’m just ready to find out and run.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail. com Like dealing with people? THE GAMECOCK needs a public affairs director. Visit Room 333 in the Russell House to apply. South Carolina ££), Men's Soccer what: Walk-on Try Outs When: 6pm on Monday Aug. 25 through Wednesday Aug. 27 Where: USC Soccer Practice Field For more information call 779-7911 sssSsssr* The Official Bookstore of USC 1400 Greene St. • Russell House • (803) 777-4160