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FORECAST ♦ TODAY High 91 Low 75 » THURSDAY High 94 Low 74 ♦ FRIDAY High 92 Low 75 ♦ SATURDAY High 95 Low 75 ♦ SUNDAY High 95 Low 75 THE GAMECOCK • Wednesday July 20. 2005 PAGE Traffic , U Your guide to navigating \XT Q | || f Columbia’s mean streets * ’ A FROM NEWS RELEASES ♦ Last week we reported the city’s advertising campaign to ease tension as construction continues. See one such sign yourself at the corner of BLOSSOM AND LAURENS as you leave Five Points. It’s nice, but it doesn’t solve road rage. ♦ CALHOUN STREET between Barnwell and Harden will be closed until Monday because of sewer mainline replacement. A likely excuse, but good to know. ♦ In the latest non-news, the 1200 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET is closed to vehicular traffic. Just stay away. ♦ Not to be outdone, GERVAIS STREET traffic between Sumter and Assembly is merged to one lane in each direction. Luckily, those disturbing finger-paintings on chain-link fences have been removed. ♦ LADY STREET EASTBOUND is closed between Gadsden and the Lady Street bridge for utility construction. Westbound travelers, however, will find their path free and clear. Go west, young Gamecocks. ♦ Progress is visible in FIVE POINTS (sidewalks, roadwork, etc.), but it’s still slow-going. Dare we say take a drive through there? Learn the ropes and proceed with sanity. Briefs Housing searching for graa volunteers University Housing is seeking graduate student volunteers to serve as academic skills consultants in Academic Centers for Excellence. To improve USC’s academic support services, Housing is expanding Academic Centers for Excellence beginning in the 2005 2006 academic year. The centers typically assist students in math and English, but the need for adding new subject areas is creating new positions. Housing will recruit graduate students — predominantly from the higher education and student affairs masters program — to serve as volunteer academic skills consultants. As consultants, they will be trained to offer general academic success advice — exam preparation, learning style, procrastination avoidance and time management — as well as information about academic advising and career choices to residential students at USC. No prior experience with academic, skills consultations is required. All ACE volunteers must attend three training sessions (Aug. 25 9 a.m.-noon, Aug. 26 1-4:30 p.m. and Sept. 1 9 a.m.-noon). Volunteers should plan on serving two hours a week. These hours should be outside of assistantship responsibilities. Graduate students should consult with their current supervisors about their plans to become an ACE consultant. Applications are available online at http://www.housing.sc.edu/acevo l.asp. Two students tapped for research project Two USC students have been chosen from an international pool of 174 applicants to conduct brain-related research at use. Sara Peters, a third-year experimental psychology student, and David V. Smith, a third-year experimental psychology student, will be paired with experimental psychology faculty members to conduct neuroscience research. The aim of this year’s research is on deception, epilepsy, recovery of brain function after stroke, gender differences in the brain, the interaction between language and memory, cognitive development in infants and the neural effects of prenatal exposure to addictive substances such as alcohol or cocaine. The research program is part of the Summer Research Institute, which was started in 1992 to encourage undergraduate psychology students to pursue graduate level psychology opportunities. Since the first SRI, many of the students have completed graduate studies in experimental psychology. POLICE REPORT COMPILED BY TAYLOR SMITH/THE GAMECOCK These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department. Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6 a.m.-6 p.ra.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent 0 Nonviolent TUESDAY, JULY 12 •dui, first degree Blossom and Henderson streets During a routine patrol, reporting officer Gooding T. Brewster noticed a blue Chevrolet traveling at high speed with one non-functioning headlight. After making a routine traffic stop, Brewster noticed the subject had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. After failing three field sobriety tests, the subject was arrested. • DISORDERLY CONDUCT East Quad Residence Hall, 1400 Blossom St. A naked 27-year-old Columbia man was passed out on a bench in the East Quad courtyard. The reporting officers approached the subject and told him to put his clothing on. The subject appeared unsteady on his feet, had slurred speech and smelled of alcohol. EMS responded, but the subject refused medical treatment and was arrested for disorderly conduct. FRIDAY, JULY 15 (DNON-SUSPICIOUS FIRE Coker Life Sciences Building 515,715 Sumter St. Upon reporting officers’ arrival, the victim said she was doing an experiment in the lab when she turned on the Bunsen burner and it ignited a fire. EMS arrived at the scene to treat the victim’s second degree burns, but the victim refused treatment. The fire department confirmed the building was intact and there was no structural damage. Reporting officers: N. Husbands and B. Baker. MONDAY, JULY 18 ©LARCENY OF LAPTOP Humanities Office Building, 1620 College St. The victim stated that someone entered his unsecured office and removed a Dell laptop worth about $1,018, Ray-Ban prescription sunglasses worth about $200, a Verizon LG cell phone worth about .$180, two library books worth about $50, a personal book worth about $12 and a Columbia bag worth about $25. Reporting officer: T. Whitfield.