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The Pendulum
Crime Watch
Briefs
M«thodist
Fellowship
- Take a
break from studying and join us for
Cookie Walk at 10 p.m. on Dec. 8 in
McKinnon Hall. There will be free cook
ies, fhiit and other treats for only one can
of food or one nonperishable food item
that will be donated to Loaves and Fishes.
North Area — Holiday Hooray will 1^
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday in
Harden Dining Hall. Dinner served will
’■^present countries from around the
"'Orld. Come leam about other cultures
and participate in fun activities. Brought
to you by North Area staff, North Area
council and Harden Dining Hall.
Residence Life - Come see Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire at the IMAX theater
in Raleigh. Meet at 2; 15 p.m. on Friday at
Boney Fountain for the magic to begin.
The movie costs $3. Go to the RSA office
in Moseley 213 to sign up.
Join us for food, fun and Christmas
pictures with President Lambert! Holiday
Reception for students 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
Wednesday at the Maynard House.
Shuttles will be provided from the
Moseley parking lot. Attire is dressy
casual.
The Pendulum runs oiganizational briefs fe
of charge as a sovice to the Elcxi community.
The Pendulum asks that Ixiefe be inframative
of upcoming events and meetings for your
organization. Briefs should be no Icmger tiian
40 words. All briefs should be turned in by 5
p.m Monday
All information was compiled from Nov. 20 through Nov. 27.
These are charges made by the Elon Campus Police and the Town
of Elon Police.
Nov. 20
Stephen Reed, citation of provisional
license
Nov. 21
Jamaal Williamson, driving while license
revoked
Nov. 22
Rory Chivatal, speeding
Nov. 23
Melaney Abernathy, expired registration
Bryan Walker, burglary; injury to
personal property
Nov. 24
John Priest, other
Nov. 25
James Scott III, speeding; unsafe
movement
Nov. 26
Kyle Belkoski, speeding
Sonia Blakeney, speeding
Tamica Daye, speeding
Nancy Dipalo, speeding
Kenneth Hodge, speeding
Heather Holland, speeding
Jane Sellars, other
Adam Smith, speeding
Kenneth Williams, improper equipment;
seatbelt violation
William Vanderburg, no operator
license
Nov. 27
Jessica Davis, speeding
Allison Dean, running a red light
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ASHlNGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme o wearing a signboard stating, “I
sentenced to spend a day outside a San ^ appeal by Shawn Gementera, who
mail. This is my punishment.” The justires rej . jjjjn. He said it violated the
sued that this was designed to pubhcly sh^e p ^shment Gementera
entencmg Reform Act and the constitutional ban ° ^ accompUce in 2001 for stealing
Pl^ded guilty to mail theft after the pohce arrested 2003 sen-
from several mailboxes in San Francisco. • supervised release. The
®nced Walker to two months in prison, to be fo ow ^ ^ office observing
^onditions for his release required Gementera to . victims of his crime, to
atrons inquue about lost or stolen mail, to write ^ two-sided sign for one eight-
three lectures at high schools about his crime and ^ut a U.S. appeals court
our day. Gementera appealed the legality of tiie si^ noeals court said the record in the case
P^el, by a 2-1 vote, ruled against him in August The ap^ rehabiUtation. It said
owed that the judge imposed the condition for e egi ^ signboard condition, and
could have imposed a lengthier prison cause shame and embarrassment.
®d that crimes and the resulting penalties nearly shaming condition amounted to
®^entera’s attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court. . requirement — designed to
/"J^ng more than the piling on of an additional and quite ^ “Punishments
Holy humiliate (Gementera) — in contravention o ^ constimtional requirement that
fd at imposing shame and humiliation are dignity,” diey said U.S. Justice
shments, even for heinous crimes, be consistent w „jjabiiitative purpose, even if makes
Partment attorneys said a sentence may serve a legitima ^ court turned down
defendant feel uncomfortable or embarrassed in pubhc.
^nientera’s appeal without any comment or recorded ssen
Old prostitutes find work in rural Australia
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Prostimtes as old as 70 continue to work in rural Australia, pushed out
of tiie cities due to strong competition fiom younger and more attractive sex woricers, the author
of a smdy said on Tuesday. Biothels are legal across most of Australia. The research, by John
Scott of tiie Univereity of New England, examined prostitution in rural areas of New Soutii Wales
state. He said a sex worker might pass tiirough a countiy town every couple of montiis, but would
advertise in advance and book up appointments. He said sex workers in rural areas tended to be
older and provide more companionship tiian city sex woricers. “In a business tiiat is based on
looks’ and age a lot of the time, it became increasingly hard for workers as tiiey progressed in
age ” Scott said “If they had been in tiie business for 20 or 30 years, tiiey found tiiemselves
increasingly workmg ftuther away firom die metropolitan centers.” He said tiie oldest sex woric-
er he spoke to was 58-years-old, but tiiose interviewed reported working witii older women m
tiieir 60s and one as old as 70. Scott said rural clients tended to be more polite, and be mterested
in company as well as sex.
Man offers kidney, cornea to pay off debts
ZAGREB (Reuters) - A Croatian man has offered to sell his kidney and cornea in an attempt to
pay back loans worth 35,000 Euros, a local newspaper reported Thursday. “I know tiiat selUng
organs is illegal, and I know tiiat by losing a comea I wiU go blind in one eye, but I am ready for
it,” 40-year-old Nenad Vrbanic told daily newspaper Vjesnik. “I see no otiier way out. By sell-
uig tiiese organs I will help myself and someone else,” Vriranic said, who has sold his car and
house in a Zagreb submb. He now lives with his motiier in a rural area in tiie North.
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