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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 VOL. 106, NO. 01 ● SINCE 1908 New business ventures aim to revive Main Street City celebrates Mast Store opening, expects renewal of downtown area Mikelle Street [email protected] Mast Store — a key tenant in Columbia’s ongoing Main Street renovation — opened its doors in an elaborate ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. Columbia leaders cheered the effort as a keynote sign of progress for the downtown district. “Columbia is ready for its Main Street to get in to full swing,” said John Cooper, president of the Mast Store. He addressed a crowd that stretched from the Main Street corner, across the road and to the opposite sidewalk. According to John Cooper, the crowd was two to three times larger than any previous opening. Once inside, many of the attendees made their way to the back corner of the store, which held more than 500 varieties of novelty candies to be purchased by the pound. The building was consumed with the “old- fashioned” theme, with antiques on the high wall as well as rocking chairs scattered throughout. The building itself had been restored to its 1927 condition by on-site designer Jeff Meadows . The store, like the general stores of old, has all sorts of goodies. In addition to candy there are a variety of Mikelle Street / THE DAILY GAMECOCK gifts, gourmet foods, home decor and even clothing. David Lockwood of the City Center Partnership initiates the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Mast Store on Main Street. Fashion manager Jill Dortch said Mast categorizes itself as having “lifestyle” fashion. begins to develop its own personality, with the stock fashioned after the Myrtle Beach restaurant Gauchao “People will fi nd that one shirt that they love and listings and even layout change from store to store. Brazilian Steakhouse from the same owners , is set just have to have it in every color,” Dortch said. “We are not a chain store,” Faye Cooper said. “We to open in the old Kress building across from the “There becomes a sense of identity with the city and are a family of stores.” Columbia Metropolitan Museum of Art. the store.” Mast Store is not the only new addition to Main As with its Myrtle Beach counterpart, the steak That sense of identity may very well come from the Street. house will feature a menu that includes of 17 cuts way the store operates. Faye Cooper, John Cooper’s Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse is under construction of beef, among other types of meat and an extensive wife, said that all of the in-store staff are from Columbia. only a block away and hopes to also inject a bit of life salad bar. Servers dressed as cowboys will roam the Faye Cooper went on to say that each Mast Store into the corridor. The all-you-can-eat restaurant, MAIN STREET ● 3 USC budgets additional $600,000 per year for communication efforts New staff positions created $3.5 million per year. to improve public image “In the past, the university hasn’t reached its full potential of communicating the great Josh Dawsey story we have within the state, nationally [email protected] and globally,” Pastides said. “You get what you pay for, and we were underperforming when it came to communications.” In an effort to boost communications Pastides said extra spending on and shape the university’s image, USC is communications was an especially spending about $600,000 more per year and important investment as the university overhauling much its public image. gears up to launch a fundraising campaign The shifts came after USC President later this year. Harris Pastides created a communications Lawrence was heralded by USC division last year and hired Luanne officials as a fiery agent of change with Lawrence, formerly of Oregon State, to the acclaimed expertise in social media head it. USC’s previous communications Courtesy of Brittney Nigro and Web communications. She was hired Some of USC’s School of Journalism students studied abroad in Munich, Germany, efforts weren’t centralized, and annual during the month of May. Other students spent their Maymester in Italy and Taiwan. communications expenditures totaled about SPENDING ● 2 Students earn credit, gain experience University recognized for service studying abroad during Maymester more time to review Germany, Taiwan exposure to a particular on a new level, and I think and name, according to country [or] culture;” said this is something important Kim McMahon, director among foreign fourth-year international for any student studying of Campus Life and the destinations business student Jessica abroad — listen to what the Russell House University Heimbrook . “You won’t locals have to say.” Union. Katie Winn get bored because there Heimbrook studied in Despite the slow process [email protected] is so much to do in terms Bologna, Italy, for May of creating the list, this of traveling, studying, to conduct research for is the fourth consecutive Some University of making friends and getting her independent study time that USC has made South Carolina students adjusted.” project — a cross-cultural the honor roll . spent the first month of File Photo In addition, students are comparison of Italian and “This recognition their summer studying USC made the annual President’s Higher Education able to earn credits toward Japanese cultures. reflects our university’s abroad, earning academic Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for 2009-10. their majors. Studying Other locales for deep commitment to credit while gaining abroad may also provide Maymester study included Education Community service and to instilling cultural experiences. National honor roll knowledge and experience Germany and Taiwan, Service Honor Roll with a spirit of giving Participating in a that can’t be found in a with trips put on by various awarded for giving Distinction — the only amongst members of the Maymester study abroad classroom. schools within USC. college in the state to do community,” McMahon program allows students back to community “The cultural exchange Third-year advertising so . said. “Gamecocks give to experience similar between my roommates has and fashion merchandising Derek Legette This award goes for back!” opportunities as spending taught me so much more student Brittney Nigro was [email protected] USC’s 2009-10 school People at USC have a fall or spring semester than what I could ever one of the students involved year because the honor certainly been giving abroad without the same learn from the Internet or in the School of Journalism The University of roll, which is usually back. According to USC’s time commitment. textbooks,” Heimbrook Munich trip. South Carolina made named in early February, Community Service “[The experience said. “I am understanding the cut for the annual saw an increase in provides] just enough the country and its people MAYMESTER ● 2 P r e s i d e n t ’s H i g h e r applications that took SERVICE ● 2 Wednesday “The Hangover Part II” Garcia Returns “Thor” Review 96° 71° The Wolf Pack’s Stephen Garcia has Director Kenneth adventure in Thailand some work to do be- Branagh’s take on the makes for a better re- fore being fully rein- Marvel comic is a self- mix of the original fi lm stated for preseason aware fi lm with a slightly Thursday than a sequel. camp in August. Shakespearian feel. 94° 71° See page 6 See page 10 PAGE 2 The Daily Gamecock • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 SPENDING ● Continued from 1 blogging and social media, hiring a media relations for $230,000 a year and Lawrence said. The person professional to focus on Amateur boxing event benefi ts has sparked considerable hired to fill the job will science and is looking interest at the university be the university’s chief for a director of Web and within the department spokesperson and second- communications, a position local youth outreach program as she has made dozens of in-command within the created in the past year. changes in her fi rst year. department. USC’s website Much of the funds for these USC students take part in youth,” Johnson said. “I was hired to build a says the job’s salary would jobs came from budget Johnson said that the program deters division,” Lawrence said. be “commensurate with reorganizations within the Fight Club University efforts kids from negative behavior. USC is currently experience,” and Lawrence division, but Lawrence laid “People say if your kids are in sports, working to redesign its couldn’t provide any more off three other employees Derek Legette they stay out of trouble. Boxing is a website, has created new specifi c details. earlier this spring. [email protected] different sport from others, so this gives television commercials “When you look at the Lawrence said the angry kids an outlet,” she said. Young boxers had a brawl Saturday and is fi nishing a branding gamut of what’s in our changes came after she Amateur boxers from various parts of night at the Fight Club University, a new effort to create a more division on any given day, joined the university last the state came out to compete in eight Columbia boxing gym, for the MAN unifi ed logo and image.