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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. 110, NO. 09 ● SINCE 1908
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018
SG committee sets timeline for new union Mary Ramsey @MCOLLEEN1996
The initial work of Student Government’s Student Union Steering Committee was presented to USC’s board of trustees on Friday, garnering the support of University President Harris Pastides and trustees alike. Student Body President Ross Lordo presented the board with a timeline that would kick-start updated plans for renovating the Carolina Coliseum into a new student union. Under Lordo’s plan, a recent $10 student fee increase would continue to fund a concept study on the renovations. SG’s Steering Committee would present those conclusions to the board by the end of the calendar year and schematic designs would be but together by 2020 or 2021. SEEUNIONPAGE3
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Senior A’ja Wilson led all scorers, contributing 22 points to the Gamecocks 64-57 win over Florida.
Gamecocks earn 20th win of season Sunday against Gators Nick Papadimas @NGPAPS
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In a game with a neck-to-neck second half, the No.7 South Carolina women’s basketball team held off the Florida Gators long enough to get the 64-57 w in in f ront of a booming crowd at Colonial Life Arena on Sunday afternoon. With the U.S. National Team in attendance as well as some
Team here so they can see. And I talked to them a little bit about that after this game ... Our players get so dejected when they miss a shot, or when they turn the ball over. If you ever see that happen with [Team USA], they turn the page quickly cause they know the game is so fast, you can get it back.” Following two big losses to
notable stars in the W NBA, such as Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, head coach Dawn Staley was able to instill tact ics t hat she saw in t he national team’s abilities into her players to help them continually succeed. “We were a little tired against Alabama, but I thought we were pretty good today,“ Staley said. “We got rejuvenated. I think it helped to have the US National
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The Carolina Coliseum building was built in 1968.
The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.
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Crime on Campus - Feb. 4-Feb. 9
Larceny/ Theft
Drug/ Narcotic Possession
DUI
Fraud/ Fake ID
2
14
8
1
Alcohol/ Weapons Drunkenness Violation 1 3
Barnwell
Vandalism/ Trespassing 1
Woodrow College Preston
Capstone House
Greene Street
Women’s Quad Not Shown/Off Map
Russell House Bull
Sumwalt
Sumter Street
Library
Bull St. Parking
McBryde
Patterson
Strom Wellness and Fitness Center
South Tower
Darla Moore School of Business
Blossom Street Blossom Street
South Quad
East Quad
Wheat Street
Green Quad Bates West
Bates House
650 Lincoln Discover y Parking Garage
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point is having himself a bad day. But it gets worse. Once the officer read the suspect his Miranda rights, the suspect said that there was a gun and marijuana in a “pink bag” in the car. Upon searching the vehicle the officer found an open, purple Disney princess backpack in the back seat. According to the report the bag contained a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun, 20 rounds of ammunition and 80.7 grams of marijuana. Where this suspect for a drugs and narcotics possession charge obtained a Disney princess backpack, USCPD may not care to know. But which Disney princess was on that bag — Sofia — the officer on the scene somehow knew and included in his report. The handgun was legally obtained. The suspect said he purchased it at a gun show and used it “to protect his family.” USCPD did not identify the person the suspect attempted to call in their report, but if there was ever a time to phone home, this was not it. With no further incident, though, the suspect was arrested and the keys to his vehicle were left with his mother.
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Feb. 8, 9:17 a.m. Over 80 grams of marijuana were recovered along with a loaded semiautomatic handgun ... from a purple Disney princess backpack. An officer smelled what he suspected could be burning marijuana coming from a vehicle on the 1100 block of Lincoln Street on Thursday morning. The officer also reported hearing music coming from the vehicle. Maybe it was Disney music, but USCPD did not specify. The off icer saw one of t he car’s windows rolled half-way down and the driver’s seat occupied. He asked the person in the driver’s seat about the smell, and the person said he had smoked marijuana. After the suspect consented to a search of his vehicle, he tried to make a phone call. When the officer instructed him to hang up the phone, the suspect fled on foot. “After passing a few parked vehicles, [the suspect] attempted to cut in between a vehicle on his left, misjudged the height of the curb, struck his shin on the raised curb and fell forward onto the ground,” USCPD reports. The suspect at this
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Source: USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety daily crime log
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