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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons April 2016 2016 The aiD ly Gamecock, Monday, April 4, 2016 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2016_apr Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, Monday, April 4, 2016" (2016). April. 15. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2016_apr/15 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2016 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2016 VOL. 107, NO. 32 ● SINCE 1908 Carolina Cup hosts surprise Suicide prevention wedding The 81st annual Carolina Cup attracted its usual walks ‘Out of the crowd of spectators and law enforcement as well as a surprise wedding this year. More than 50,000 people, Darkness’ according to The State, showed up to the Springdale Racecourse in Camden on Emily Barber / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Saturday for the kickoff of the national steeplechase horse racing season. This crowd is of that dark time in her director of Strategic Health time in their life,” he said. Emily Barber traditionally made up of about life. She said that the Services for Healthy Parks also briefly @EMILYRISA half students, and not included resources provided by the Carolina. Caldwell said referenced a new campaign are the hundreds of law A small horde of students, university are incredibly that her experience with aimed at mental health and enforcement offi cers that were family and friends marched helpful, but she thinks depression and suicide, suicide prevention whose present in order to enforce around campus Sunday that a student organization through her father, gave slogan is “Be real, Be there,” alcohol laws. According to afternoon for the fourth would be the next step her an understanding of and encourages students to Camden Police Chief Joe annual Out of the Darkness towards furthering suicide how to implement suicide be involved in the mental Floyd, an average of 180 to 200 suicide prevention walk. prevention and awareness. prevention at Carolina. wellness of themselves and people are criminally charged The Out of the Darkness “We would focus solely “We must take care of their friends. each year at the Cup. Most program, which hosts on suicide prevention ... and each other, spend extra “Always assume that you USC students spent the Cup campus and community getting information out time with each other and are the only one who will in the area called College Park walks, is a branch of the there, learning the warning reach out to resources,” reach out,” he said. “One where students put up tents American Foundation for signs of suicide, that sort of she said. “And one of the suicide attempt is one and have music and dancing. Suicide Prevention. The thing,” Suggs said. absolute best ways that we suicide attempt too many.” Many attend the event for 187 participants registered The process of can blot out the darkness The route of the walk horse racing while some may for USC’s walk managed establishing a student is not only just being there traced the outside of the not even see a horse the whole to raise over $14,000 for organization through for other, but to practice Horseshoe, took Pendleton, time, but one couple came this AFSP. AFSP is in the works and self-care every day.” Senate and Barnwell streets year to celebrate a surprise Fourth-year history hopefully will become a Another of the opening down to Capstone and cut wedding. Jeff and Emily student Mallory Suggs reality by this upcoming speakers was Student Body back to and around the Morgan got engaged 10 days served as 2016 walk chair fall semester. President Michael Parks, Horseshoe again, ending ago and surprised their friends and has been involved since “I know that there’s who briefly discussed the where it had begun at and family by making the the fi rst walk her freshman a lot of support for it,” new Student Government Currell College. After the Carolina Cup their wedding year. That year, she was Suggs said. “This walk has initiative of peer listeners, walk itself was over, Helen venue. They kept it a surprise only a participant and then grown exponentially this which will begin this Pridgen, AFSP South by hiding the cake, fl ower girl moved up to the planning year, and it’s been amazing, upcoming fall. Carolina area director, gave and ring bearers, and they had committee the next two and we need to keep that “This will be a program her remarks on the event the ceremony right before the years. momentum going.” that allows students to and offered her thanks to fi rst race at 1:30 pm. Suggs shared her own The event opened with listen to other students the committee and the struggle with depression Suggs’ story and a few who are going through volunteers. — Compiled by Brittany and spoke about how brief remarks. One of problems, students who are Franceschina her friends and family the opening speakers was considering suicide or even managed to pull her out Rebecca Caldwell, the going through a depressed SEEWALKPAGE2 Open Book Series to highlight award-winning author Doerr Alondra De La Rosa girl and a German soldier during O. Henry Prizes and won various The Open Book Series is hosted @THEGAMECOCK World War II. awards around the world. One of his by the English Department and A talk by professor Tony Jarrells collections of short stories won the allows students to hear directly from Award-winning novel “All the about the book will be held in the most prestigious short story prize in authors on the writing process. This Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Hollings Special Collections Library the U.S. in 2010, the Story Prize. upcoming week is the third of the Doerr, will be highlighted this week on Monday at 6 p.m. To follow this Doerr’s style in “All the Light We series. There will be novels from as part of the Open Book Series. talk, Doerr will lead a discussion Cannot See” hosts a balance between different authors focused on each Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize about the book Wednesday at 6 p.m. imagination and observation, with week until the end of the Open Book for Fiction and the 2015 Carnegie in the Law School Auditorium. characters’ lives interwoven cleverly Series on April 20. Other authors in Medal for Excellence in Fiction, “All In addition to this book, Doerr is to bring out his ultimate theme of the 2016 series are Nuruddin Farah, the Light We Cannot See” is a novel the author of story collections and a people trying to be good to one Jenny Offi ll, Celeste Ng, Paul Auster unlike any other that follows the memoir. His work has earned four another despite all else. and Elise Blackwell. intersecting lives of a blind French Gamecocks lose first SEC series RECAP Page 8 Madison MacDonald / THE DAILY GAMECOCK 2 Monday, April 4, 2016 About The Daily Gamecock Editor-in-Chief KAMILA MELKO Managing Editor MADELEINE VATH Online Manager ANTHONY DEAS Offi cials identify missing Lake Murray Design Directors RACHAEL MCGAHEE LOGAN ZAHNER Special Sections Director boater found dead Sunday morning JESSICA BLAHUT Copy Desk Chiefs DEBBIE CLARK MICAELA WENDELL The Lexington County Coroner identifi ed the boater found dead on Lake Social Media Editors Murray as Jonathan Scruggs, WLTX reports. The 26-year-old was found wearing GABBI FRASCO ANNA ALESSI a life jacket near Goat Island around 10 a.m. Sunday. Almost a dozen boats from Media Project Manager the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the Newberry Fire CHRISTINE CHILDRESS Photo Editors Department were searching for Scruggs. The search began Saturday night after ADAM COLLINS Scruggs and another boater were out on the lake and their boat overturned. The AVADH RANA ANNA WALKER other boater was able to swim to safety and get medical attention. The incident News Editors is under investigation. EMILY BARBER — Compiled by Emily Barber, News Editor MARY RAMSEY Arts & Culture Editors SARAH NICHOLS RACHEL PITTMAN RACHEL MINETTI Opinion Editors GRIFFIN HOBSON LINDEN ATELSEK Sports Editors Second suspect arrested in I-20 shooting JOSEPH CREVIER ADAM ORFINGER BOBBY BALBONI Another suspect has been charged in connection with last week’s shooting on Senior Designers Creative Director GREER SCHNEIDER EDGAR SANTANA I-20 in Lexington County, The State reports. Brandon Coleman, 22, is the second ANNIE PARK Production Manager person to be charged, along with Kyle Pratt, 17, who was arrested last week. Both Designers DEGAN CHEEK ASHLYN JACKSON, MARIELA Creative Services suspects face seven counts of attempted murder for firing a pistol and hitting RODRIGUEZ, WANDA FELSENHARDT, LINA LEGARE, CHARLOTTE PRICE, three cars. One person was hit but not seriously injured. Coleman has also been ELIZABETH JENNINGS RANNAH DERRICK, KODY KRATZER, charged with one count of possessing a fi rearm during a violent crime, one count Assistant Copy Desk Chief BRANDON BRAZELL, LARISSA JOHNSON WANDA FELSENHARDT of possessing a fi rearm by a person convicted of a violent crime and three counts of Copy Editors Student Marketing Manager fi ring shots into a vehicle. ERIN METCALF, ROSE STEPTOE, HOLLY HEATON JOY BRANTON, ANDREW CROSSAN, Student Advertising Manager — Compiled by Emily Barber, News Editor MADELINE BINNEY, SYDNEY NICK VOGT ARSENAULT, SARA WALLAM Advertising Representatives Faculty Advisor JOSHUA DAVISON , COLE HALTOM, DOUG FISHER LOWMAN HARLEY, ALEX BATEMAN, Student Media Director MARYAM TEHRANIE, PERRY WEST, SARAH SCARBOROUGH ANDREW SNIGHT, JUSTIN JOHNSON Business Manager CANON BLACKWELL KRISTINE CAPPS Hit-and-run victim said to be in stable The Daily Gamecock is the editorially independent student newspaper of the University of South Carolina.