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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons February 2007 2-20-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_feb Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007" (2007). February. 7. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_feb/7 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 105 ● SINCE 1908 MINORITY STUDENTS ‘Can a woman be president?’ VISIT NYC Hillary Clinton TO ACCEPT comes to Columbia AWARDS to raise S.C. support Ryan James American Advertising ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Federation recognizes Sen. Hillary Rodham journalism seniors Clinton, D-N.Y., visited historically black Allen University in Columbia Kathleen Kemp STAFF WRITER Monday — the fi rst South Carolina stop in her presidential campaign. The American Advertising Clinton addressed such Federation named two issues as the war in Iraq, seniors in the school health care, education and of journalism and mass alternative energy. She also communications among the focused on her intentions country’s most promising to change the foreign and minority students. domestic policies of the William Frierson, a country. fourth-year advertising Clinton touted her student, and Tim Frisby, a experience as a lawyer to fourth-year public relations support her connection student, traveled to New with those struggling in York earlier this month poverty. to meet with 48 students “I’m in this race because who also received this I want to renew the promise distinction. The students of America. I have spent attended workshops and met most of my adult life with industry leaders. working on behalf of poor THE DAILY GAMECOCK “I was excited; this is a Kelly Bobrow / children, on women and great opportunity,” Frierson Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the war in Iraq and education during a visit to Allen University Monday. family issues,” Clinton said. said. “You meet a lot of “I’ve struggled to make sure contacts and get a lot of we provided legal services to attention to impoverished grants year-round. We need communities with few would penalize schools and internship opportunities.” poor people so they weren’t students and the failure of to raise the amount of the resources. teachers that were doing Frisby said he was proud shut out of our justice President Bush’s No Child Pell grants.” “I believe … the way [No the best they could with to be named one of the system when I chaired the Left Behind Act to address In a question and answer Child Left Behind] has been the most diffi cult students nation’s most promising Legal Services Corporation this problem. session after the speech, structured … really does a to teach. They’re the ones minority students. under President Carter.” “One of the best ways Clinton was asked how she disservice to the educational that ought to be given more “For a minority, academics A major theme of to be looking at the future would change the standards process,” Clinton said. support and resources for are a path to a better future,” Clinton’s speech was the for new jobs is through of No Child Left Behind, “You’ve got to have a way the job they’re doing.” Frisby said. need to improve the education,” Clinton said. which were described to measure how kids are She said she would Bonnie Drewniany, a national education system. “We’re not giving people as excessively harsh on learning, but it doesn’t journalism professor and She stressed a lack of enough aid. We need Pell teachers working in diffi cult make sense to me that you CLINTON ● 2 faculty adviser for the AAF’s Student Advertising Federation at USC, said students such as Frisby and Frierson are important to the advertising industry as Donations to USC increase by 57 percent a whole. “Hopefully we’ll change the complexion of the The number of private giving fi gures, advertising industry,” $82.4 Million Drewniany said. “It does including gifts, pledges and planned not [currently] reflect the gifts to USC, has fl uctuated over the diversity of this country.” years because of large donations from Frisby, who is now 42 years people such as Darla Moore. Here are old, returned to school when he was 39 after a career as an the fi gures from the past four years: Army Ranger and Human Resource Specialist. He is married with six children and has juggled football, $55 Million schoolwork, a part-time $52.3 Million job and family life while at USC. “I had a full schedule,” Frisby said. “My military background gave me a foot $40.4 Million up on organization.” Frisby has also made headlines in the past for being a walk-on wide receiver on the USC football team. “It’s been great; I’ve gotten to play with two hall- of-fame coaches,” Frisby said. “I’m a bridge, being from an older generation and dealing with a younger generation.” Frierson serves as secretary of the Student Advertising Federation, competes with Illustration by Mike Conway; photos by Brandon Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK the AAF Student National 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 Source: Margaret Lamb, Media Relations spokeswoman for USC Advertising Competition Team, works as an RA and is an active member of Morgan Bradham From July 1 to Dec. 31, variety of uses,” said Jerry increase in the number of and programmatic his church. He said time THE DAILY GAMECOCK 2006, the university raised Brewer, associate vice gifts that totaled more than support,” said Brad Choate, management is crucial to $31,582,970 compared to president of Student Affairs. $100,000 or more, the press University Advancement him. The Division of $20,093,470 raised during “Most of the donations release said. Five gifts total vice president. “Most times, “I mean, I’m not an all University Advancement 2005, and the number of handled by Student Affairs $1 million or more. the donor will specify to work and no play kind of recently announced that donors has increased 11 are used for scholarships, “Specifically, the gifts which department the guy; I do have fun,” Frierson mid-year private donations percent, from 13,119 to but donations include all go for student scholarship money will be credited to.” said. “I just don’t do a lot of to USC have risen 57 14,539, according to a press giving, including those to support, faculty support Choate said when percent from the same time release. the athletics department.” and capital expenditures AWARD ● 2 in the last academic year. “These funds have a There was a 35 percent such as the new buildings MONEY ● 2 Sports The Mix Local News.............2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion.................. 4 Local spice company donates portion Rock quartet Fall Out Boy bounces Puzzles....................7 of its proceeds to USC’s athletics back on the musical radar with its fi fth Comics.....................7 Horoscopes...............7 department. See page 8 release, “Infi nity on High.” See page 5 Classifi ed.................10 64 50 71 43 PAGE 2 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2007 CLINTON ● Continued from 1 implement universal health care coverage and a more effi cient system to keep track of medical records. Clinton said the country is in need of a new energy policy, emphasizing the importance of personal conservation for the good of the community. She said she would create a “strategic energy fund” that would take subsidies currently given to oil companies to fund research in alternative energy, such as solar energy and plant- derived biofuels. Clinton criticized President Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq, saying that his troop escalation should be stopped, the military should be better equipped with armor and the government of Iraq should no longer be given a “blank check.” She said it is time for Iraqis to take control of their country. “They have to begin defending themselves or we should not give them another penny,” Clinton said. She addressed potential concerns about the effect of her gender on her capacity to lead. “I know there are some THE DAILY GAMECOCK … who ask themselves, ‘Can capability to do about as Kelly Bobrow / a woman be president?’ I good as anybody else. I don’t Top: Hillary Clinton believe that the great thing think she’s limited in any speaks about her about America is that way,” Anderson said. gender during a anyone can be president. Charles Prescott, a campaign stop in What it depends upon is the third-year political science South Carolina individual. I am proud to student, said Clinton’s Monday.She wants be a woman, but I am not chances of winning are people to see her as running as a woman. I’m dependent on her ability to a strong candidate, running because I believe win in the South. not just the fi rst I’m the most qualified “The basic question of woman to run for person,” Clinton said. Hillary’s candidacy is, ‘Is president. Some of Clinton’s she too much of a lightning supporters voiced their rod to win, especially in the thoughts on the viability South?’” Prescott asked. Right: Supporters of her candidacy and the “New Hampshire and of the Democratic effectiveness of her speech. Iowa aren’t in question. presidential Russel Anderson, a 69- It’s South Carolina that’s candidate welcome year-old retiree, said Clinton questionable.” the senator to is on equal footing with her Columbia Monday.