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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons October 2007 10-15-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_oct Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007" (2007). October. 12. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_oct/12 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in October by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 212 Local News..............2 TODAY Tuesday The Mix Opinion................... 6 15 Traditional service and authentic Puzzles.....................9 Comics.....................9 For complete game atmosphere and food at Camon Horoscopes...............9 coverage, See page 12 Japanese Sushi Restaurant. See page 7 Classifi ed................10 85 58 85 64 dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007 VOL. 101, NO. 35 ● SINCE 1908 Freshman Group: Stop the spots mourned administer the shot,” said Bingham, Red Cross Club promotes who is president of the American Red Measles measles awareness, raises Cross Club at USC. “This donation also funds malaria medicines, de- Week by friends funds for global cause worming pills, vitamin A supplements and polio vaccinations for children.” USC Measles Initiative The measles vaccine itself costs 15 Capstone resident Cothran dies Week is Oct. 15 – 19. The Katie Jones cents, according to Bingham. STAFF WRITER American Red Cross Club in hospital after four-story fall Measles Week will last until Oct. has activities planned on 19, with events daily on Greene Several organizations are working Greene Street all week. Street. Brad Maxwell together to raise awareness and raise STAFF WRITER The “Stop the Spots Challenge,” money at USC about measles and the another Measles Initiative toll it takes globally. presentation, will run from Nov. 1 TCookiesUES DAand OtherY Miguel Salehi lost one of his Taylor Cothran The Red Cross Club kicks off to Nov. 16. Yummy Stuff closest friends on Thursday Measles Week today with a carnival expensive than girls’.” Bingham said that despite the 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. morning to an unexpected on Greene Street from 11 a.m. to 2 Salehi said he and his friends break between Measles Week, Selling goodies and accident. p.m. have a lot of good memories of Oct. 15-19, and the Stop the Spots other stuff for just a “Right now we’re all really sad The Gamecock Leadership Society Cothran and are trying to focus Presentation, Nov. 1, the cause will dollar. Sponsored by about it. He was the embodiment and Carolina Service Council are on his life, not his death. still be promoted. Omega Phi Alpha. of our teenage years,” Salehi said. working with the Red Cross Club “We will always grieve the “Starting the week after Fall Taylor Cothran, a first-year to raise money for the Measles loss of our friend, and there is Break, the American Red Cross Club student from Greenville, died Initiative. no amount of time that can pass will team up with Carolina Service early Thursday morning after The Measles Initiative, founded in that will heal our wound,” Salehi Council and Gamecock Leadership Nifty Gifties falling from his dorm room last 2001, is a program working to help WEDNESDAY said. “However, at a certain point Society volunteers to speak at and Take A Guess week, according to Tammy Epps, control measles in Africa and other we all have to stop crying and student organization meetings across 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. a spokeswoman for Palmetto third-world nations. stop being sad about Taylor and campus,” Bingham said. Gift certificates, Health System. The Measles Initiative is between instead celebrate and embrace his The “Stop the Spots Challenge” coupons and lots of Cothran, 18 years old, fell the American Red Cross, Centers for life.” is a competition among different other little donations four stories from his fifth-floor Disease Control, UNICEF, World According to Salehi, Cothran student organizations to raise $1,000 from various Columbia window in Capstone House Health Organization and United was an astounding student with each. The money will go to the area businesses. Also, onto the roof of Gibbes Court Nations Foundation. high SAT scores. Measles Initiative. there will be a jar of cafeteria around 2 a.m. Friday, While measles has been mostly Cothran was a Capstone Scholar There will be a Measles Initiative candy, and the winning Oct. 5, according to USC. eliminated in the west, it still kills and a graduate of J.L. Mann High presentation and a kickoff for the guess gets the jar. Salehi, a first-year undecided almost 454,000 people a year globally, School, according to his family’s Stop the Spots challenge Thursday, student who was a good friend of according to the Centers for Disease Web site. He was also a member Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Russell House Cothran, said that he is leaning on Control. of his high school lacrosse team. ballrooms. the support of a group of friends Measles is “a problem that nobody President Andrew Sorensen Jerry Gibbons, a director from that grew up with Cothran. ever thinks about since it is not a offered support to Cothran’s DHEC, will be speaking at the Donate for Donuts He described Cothran as the problem in America,” said Jessica THURSDAY family and friends on behalf of kickoff. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. “stereotypical teenage guy” with Hunter, a fourth-year biology USC. “We’re really excited about it,” said Every dollar a good personality and tons of student. Hunter is also secretary for “All of us in the university Carole Joy Muedder, the Freshman gets a fresh donut friends. the Red Cross Club. family extend our deepest sorrow Council advisor for Student from Krispy Kreme. A Facebook group created in Hunter said most children die and condolences to Taylor’s family Government. “In lesser developed support of Cothran and his family from complications stemming from and friends,” Sorensen said in a countries, like Uganda, Rwanda, sub- has had numerous comments measles, not the disease itself. news release. “Our thoughts and Saharan Africa, northwest Africa, from friends, teachers and “Measles kills more children than prayers are with them. We also [measles] is a huge issue. We want to acquaintances. Many said they HIV/AIDS,” Hunter said. FRIMeaslesDA OlympicsY offer our support to our students, create awareness about that.” would miss Cothran’s sense of Angela Bingham, a fourth-year 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. faculty and staff who would like Muedder is also the special humor and his friendship. pharmacy student, said that a dollar Bean bag toss and assistance.” programs director for Carolina “He was funny all the time, can make a big difference in the fi ght other fun games, along USC spokesman Russ Service Council. witty and defi nitely a caring guy,” against measles. with a special event - McKinney said the university Salehi said. “He would laugh “A mere donation of $1 provides Red Juice Pong. would consult with Cothran’s in the face of danger. He’s the a child with the measles vaccine and Comments on this story? E-mail reason our car insurance is more COTHRAN ● 2 the staff and materials needed to [email protected] Cultural Awareness CLASH OF THE CAROLINAS AAAS Week NYPD searches for The Association of African- American Students is holding answer in noose case their Fall Cultural Awareness Week this week to celebrate NYPD’s hate crime unit was racial diversity and to discuss investigating the black-ink issues on campus. Offi cers scrutinizing drawing, but police said there “This week allows the security tapes in Columbia was no reason to believe the African-American students two incidents were linked. on campus to come together University threat incident University President and celebrate our heritage,” Lee Bollinger said he was said Carnarri Cofield, a Tom Hays reluctant to call attention to third-year administration Th e Associated Press the drawings because he did and fi nance student. “There not want to “broadcast, in are not a lot of us, and this NEW YORK — Police any way, the message they week uplifts us and shows us began collecting 56 hours of attempt to send or empower to USC in a positive light.” surveillance camera images those behind them.” they hope will reveal the Columbia’s Teachers MONDAY culprit who strung a noose on College turned over the Cultural Dance Night a black professor’s offi ce door security camera images in the Russell House Theater at Columbia University. noose investigation Thursday 6 p.m. Investigators had under pressure from police. TUESDAY downloaded about half Browne said police offi cials General Body Meeting the videotaped images late were “disappointed and Discussing biracial issues. Thursday, police spokesman surprised” at a delay caused Russell House Theater Paul J. Browne said. He said when the school refused to 6 p.m. they planned to review tape turn over the tapes without a from up to seven digital court order. WEDNESDAY security cameras. Teachers Col lege President Black Poetry Day/Spoken Word Police also were testing Susan Fuhrman said in a Poetry reading of black poets. the four-foot-long piece of statement that the school was Russell House Theater twine for DNA evidence and eager to cooperate with police 8 p.m. interviewing students and but asked for a court order faculty, but they said they had because of concerns about THURSDAY no suspects in the case.

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