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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons April 2007 4-6-2007 The aiD ly Gamecock, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007" (2007). April. 17. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2007_apr/17 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2007 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 133 ● SINCE 1908 GROUP TALKS ABOUT CAMPUS UNITY AAAS discusses need to bridge minorities, races when planning events Leslie Bennett THE DAILY GAMECOCK Students questioned the unity of USC’s minority community during the Association of African American Students’ meeting Tuesday. Jamie Downs, a fourth- year advertising student, said minorities, especially blacks, appear to only come together during times of adversity. “No one cares until something happens to them,” Downs said. “Nobody cared about elections until they saw the circumstances surrounding Alesha Brown. Nobody cared about race relations until they found USC gets real life out about the race parties that took place at Clemson University.” Alesha Brown, a second- year political science student, look at poverty agreed with Downs and pointed out people were still uninvolved. “It took three times Organizations simulate global economic structure with hunger banquet to really get the minority population to vote as a whole,” Brown said. “In Brad Maxwell The meal included chicken, macaroni and the beginning, not that THE DAILY GAMECOCK cheese, green beans, salad, bread, cake and many black people were tea. concerned with elections. About 200 USC students gathered in the “I felt kind of guilty,” said Tracey Yet, when I made the appeal Russell House Thursday night to better Desjadon, a social work graduate student and the re-election was understand world hunger and poverty at the placed in the high-income group. scheduled, people came from Oxfam Hunger Banquet. She also felt the demonstration was pretty everywhere wanting to be “It’s a dramatization of the way food is good percentage-wise. a part of it in some way. It distributed in the world,” said Kat Heavner, The middle income group, 25 percent, should not have been a race a third-year English student and director stood in line for rice, beans and water, with issue that brought people of special programs for Carolina Service men being served fi rst. together and encouraged Council (CSC), Carolina Productions and The low-income group, 60 percent, had them to vote.” Amnesty International sponsored the event. a bucket of water and rice to share within Brown pointed out how “A lot of people feel separated from hunger their groups. some people suffer with and poverty,” Heavner said. “One little bowl of rice was not fi lling at the “crab in the bucket” She hoped the banquet would help all,” said Jeremy Smith, a fourth-year marine problem, where people who students become aware and empowered. science student. are trying to reach success Students were distributed into three Many students found the average income groups: high income, middle income and AAAS ● 3 per capita in each of the economic groups low income, each proportional to current startling. THE DAILY GAMECOCK global wealth distribution. Kelly Bobrow / “I was surprised at how low the per capita Food was given to each group according Above: Students who were placed in the middle-income income was for the high-income class,” said to world hunger distribution. Katie Hendricks, a fourth-year accounting group at Thursday’s Hunger Banquet had to wait in line The high-income group, which is 10 and international business student. for beans and rice, with the men being served fi rst. Check it out: percent of the human population, had a Right: Those students in the lowest-income group were nutritional meal served to them. ● Dance teams from HUNGER 3 given a pot of rice to share on the fl oor as a group. universities across the southeast will compete at the annual showcase of Mark Sibley-Jones Indian culture at Raat Ki USC assistant professor and advisor Aag on Saturday night at the Koger Center. The event, hosted by Elizabeth Segrist South Carolina. headaches that occur the USC Indian Cultural THE DAILY GAMECOCK Sibley-Jones has worked when I haven’t the time to Exchange, will feature an as an adviser and an complete one task before authentic Indian dinner, assistant professor at USC moving to the next,” Sibley- followed by performances With every semester for 11 years. Jones said. of different types of Indian comes the dreaded time in He advises students in Student preparation prior dance, such as Bhangra, students’ college career of biology, English, geology, to advisement helps with Bollywood and Fusion. picking out the courses that geophysics, international some of the problems that The dance teams from will determine their future. studies, marine science, go along with the job. schools like UNC-Chapel Who deals with these fi rst- and second-year pre- “This includes giving Hill, Clemson, Duke and stressed-out college kids? med, pharmacy, physics and consideration to the courses University of Virginia will Advisers, such as Mark religious studies. they need and/or wish to compete for prizes. Sibley-Jones, give students “I do single advisements, take,” Sibley-Jones said. Dinner will begin at a various interests, their day direction in picking their which I much prefer to Despite these headaches, 5:30 p.m. and the show at backgrounds, their world classes. group,” Sibley-Jones said. he enjoys getting to know 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 views, how college courses Sibley-Jones received Sibley-Jones said that the students better while with part of the proceeds in the have challenged them to his Ph.D. in Renaissance time-management is a job helping them make their going to Ekal Vidyalaya, think in ways that they English Literature here aggravation. choices. an organization that have not before,” Sibley- at USC. Before working “This job has very few “I most enjoy having teaches children to read Jones said. here, he worked as a United consistent frustrations, but the time to interact with in India. lifeof Methodist minister in (as with all jobs) occasional students, learn about their DAY ● 3 Sports The Mix Local News.............2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion..................4 Professional coaches Troy Mann and Corey Comedians Christopher Titus and Joe Rogan get Puzzles....................7 Miller talk about their teams. See page 8 big laughs with comedy albums. See page 5 Comics.....................7 Horoscopes...............7 Classifi ed................10 63 36 57 32 PAGE 2 FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007 USC off ers variety of Easter activities 6 p.m. evening service. Organizations have Another nearby place of worship is Trinity Episcopal weekend alternatives Cathedral, which will hold for students on campus Easter services at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., as well as a 6 a.m. Sunrise Service. Kathleen Kemp STAFF WRITER Several other churches in the area are popular with USC students, including Students will choose to Shandon Baptist and celebrate, or not celebrate, Midtown Baptist. this Easter Sunday in several However, many students different ways. will choose to leave Some students have Columbia and spend Easter chosen to go back home at home. while others will let the Lindsey Nevers, a first- day pass by like any other year fashion merchandising Sunday morning. major, plans to return home Dylan Schlich, a fi rst-year to Charleston to spend time pharmacy student, will be with her family. sticking around Columbia Conner said that, while this weekend. the drive home doesn’t “My family’s on vacation bother her, she thinks USC and I’m down here,” Schlich students should get time off said. for Easter so it would be Bailey Conner, a second- easier to go home. year psychology student, “I wish we either got will be driving five hours Friday or Monday off,” home to Chattanooga, Conner said. Ten nessee. Curry said that, while “I guess, for me, it’s way there are plenty of ways to more of a family thing, so I spend Easter on campus, wanted to spend it with my that students should always family,” Conner said. Kelly Bobrow / THE DAILY GAMECOCK put family obligations fi rst. Several campus ministries Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani spoke in a press conference at the State House Thursday morning. “If they have family to will be holding informal go home to for Easter, then Easter celebrations this defi antly go home,” Curry weekend. said. Garrett Curry, the Many students don’t see Pastor for the Shack, Giuliani visits State House Easter as a major holiday. a nondenominational Amanda Scircle, a second- Christian group on campus, year pre-pharmacy major, said that they plan to have said that, while the prospect Former New York mayor, presidential candidate addresses plans for foreign policies communion and Easter of getting Good Friday off liturgy, as well as a potluck on a cabinet committee for would opt for an adoption current belief is that this would be tempting, said she Nick Needham brunch and an Easter METRO EDITOR President Ford, a committee instead. As for his support election needs a particular didn’t plan to make that big egg hunt, possibly on the to fi ght against terrorism.” of using public funds to kind of personality.” of a deal out of Easter.