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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012 VOL. 108, NO. 15 ● SINCE 1908 Local police investigate alleged sexual assault Few details available and Safety , said that state law prohibits the release of information regarding the Sexual Assault Facts and Safety Tips in Friday night incident victim in an alleged crime. USC Division of Law Enforcement and - Most sexual assaults are committed by someone Cassie Cope Safety posted a crime alert on its website known by the victim or an acquaintance. [email protected] Saturday and said the department will - If a place or situation doesn’t feel right, it work with Columbia police to investigate probably isn’t. Leave. Columbia police responded to a sexual the crime. - Do not immediately trust a person you just assault allegation off-campus Friday at “Our thoughts and prayers go out to met at a party. 2:30 a.m . at a residence on Greene Street . the survivor as she continues to recover,” - Stay in a group as much as possible. Four or The female victim was taken to a local the website said. The website also has more is best. hospital , according to a Columbia Police sexual assault facts and safety tips listed. - Do not accept alcoholic or soft drinks from Department press release . The press “Any time we have an alleged crime persons you do not know. release also said that investigators are near or in our community we’re going - Do not accept rides from persons you do not trying to fi gure out what happened and to make sure we advise our community know very well. “obtain a description of the male suspect.” safety steps that they can take,” Grabski - Travel on major sidewalks along major streets and No arrests have been made, according said. avoid shortcuts. to Columbia Police Department Anyone with information regarding the - If someone makes an unwanted sexual advance, spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons, and incident is encouraged to call Midlands immediately say “no.” Timmons would not confi rm if the victim CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. - If you feel unsafe seek safety in a well-populated was a USC student. area and call the police immediately. Captain Eric Grabski , spokesman for Comments on this story? USC’s Division of Law Enforcement Visit dailygamecock.com/news — Courtesy of USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety Foreign exchange goes both ways USC hosts more than 80 internationals annually Rachel Rucker [email protected] Most USC students join the Study Abroad program in hopes of traveling to unique places like France or Japan, but international students are coming to USC for the same reasons. The university is host to between 80 and 90 international students each semester . International Student Services (ISS) has helped an overall 1,200 international COLUMBIA COMMUNITY students receive degrees . Alex Rutherford, a second-year history student from England, said he RUNS FOR CHARITY chose USC to experience the Southern way of life. Red Nose 5k, 10k raise ran the 10k race, was Run for the third time. minutes and 29 seconds . “South Carolina has such a rich more than $12K for excited about her fi rst year They run in at least four Amy McDonaugh , 35, of culture and history,” Rutherford said. at the Red Nose Run. She events a year, including Irmo, SC , had the best “It’s a quite distinct, unique experience Ronald McDonald House said she’s run for many the Race Against Hunger female time in the 10k in the South.” charities before, however, and the Ray Tanner with 39 minutes and 42 Rutherford added that studying Rachel Dean including the Ray Tanner Home Run. Hammond seconds . In the 5k, Joel abroad is a great way to discover new [email protected] Home Run , Heart & walks twice a day every Hanlon , 26, of Columbia, things about oneself and he has realized Sole , Get in the Pink and day, and Sweet Pea joins SC, won first place with he wants to live in America after More than 600 adults, many others in the area. him on Saturdays for a a time of 17 minutes and receiving his degree. children and dogs gathered She prepared for these 12-mile walk. Hammond 26 seconds . Qu-Essence Jennifer Engel, director of USC at the Colonial Life Arena events by taking elliptical said Sweet Pea has become Gillison , 15, of North, SC, study abroad, said Rutherford is not early Saturday morning, and spin classes as well quite popular around had the best female time alone in this realization. donning bold numbers and as running. Jackson gets Columbia. with 21 minutes and 25 “The United States is a valuable place the optional red nose, to her running information “She gets a lot of seconds . for students from other countries who run the 6th Annual Red through her place of work. attention,” he said. Runners were able to are learning English and receiving a Nose Run . “I work at BlueCross, “Everybody likes to hold enjoy free food, drinks, degree. South Carolina is a welcoming BlueCross BlueShield of and they have a runner’s her. Ray Tanner, Mayor massages from the place to do that,” Engel said . S.C., Feld Entertainment , club there,” Jackson said. Benjamin and Joe Pinner Southeastern School of International Programs at USC, Ringling Bros. and “We get a schedule and have all held her.” Neuromuscular Massage which includes the International Student Barnum and Bailey pay a fee at the beginning At press time, unoffi cial and medical screenings Services and Study Abroad offi ces , aims Circus , and Strictly of the year, and they pay results had been posted on before and after the race. to develop a more diverse student body, Running sponsor the all of your entry fees.” Strictly Running’s website. expand global learning and increase the popular Columbia event, Roger Hammond and In the 10k, Michael Lantz , university’s international outreach. which raises more than his Chihuahua, Sweet Pea, 16, of Columbia, SC, came Engel said studying abroad helps $12,000 annually for Comments on this story? ran the 5k in the Red Nose in first with a time of 34 students interact in a world where Ronald McDonald House Visit dailygamecock.com/news everyone is interconnected through Charities of Columbia, technology, media and business systems. S.C . Emceed by WIS “It’s USC’s responsibility to help broadcaster Joe Pinner, prepare students in developing the skills the race featured a 10k and knowledge they need to interact race at 8 a.m. and a 5k race and be effective,” Engel said. at 8:15 a.m . Yumiko Nishino , a fourth-year Members of the USC English student from Japan , studied chapter of Alpha Delta Pi abroad in Minnesota before coming to and the women’s volleyball USC to be exposed to diverse cultures. team were part of the over During her time at USC, she found 40 volunteers Saturday. advertising and public relations classes Alex Nicyper , Special to particularly peak her interests. Events Coordinator for the “I’m taking a Super Bowl Advertising Ronald McDonald House course, and it’s just so interesting,” Charities of Columbia, Nishino said. “Now I want to go back SC, expressed her thanks to Japan and fi nd a job at some type of to the many University of advertising agency.” South Carolina volunteers. English Programs for Internationals “Columbia is a big (EPI) provides English courses to running community international students who need to and this is a great way improve their speech for education or to promote fitness while social purposes . helping a worthy cause,” Photos by Kelsey Phillips / THE DAILY GAMECOCK International Programs and Student Nicyper said. Participants ran 5k and 10k races with free food, drinks and massages offered at either end Michele Jackson, who of the fi nish line. Sponsor Strictly Running posted runners’ names and times on their website. EXCHANGE ● 2 Monday World Beer Festival Defense spending Baseball scrimmage 64° 35° Drinkers sampled a Columnist Scott Horn New additions to variety of local and calls for a stop to the baseball squad foreign brews at the wastefully high and impress in fi rst Spring Tuesday Convention Center irresponsible defense scrimmage over this weekend. spending. weekend. 71° 44° See page 5 See page 4 See page 8 2 Monday, January 30, 2012 EXCHANGE • Continued from 1 To account for the transition, International Programs polite. I just really love the Gamecocks,” Yang said. provides an arrival orientation, frequent mixers and Engel said the past seven years at USC have been Services also help international students in the transition volunteer students who help international students outstanding ones for growth in students coming to USC from schools in their native country to USC. adjust to their new surroundings. as well as USC students studying abroad. She credits Minjeong Shin , fourth-year chemistry student , Anissa Harfouche, a third-year political science this increase to communication among international noticed the several academic differences and cultural student from France, finds USC to be a much more and USC students, as well as continued support from differences, between South Carolina and her native welcoming environment than her native school.