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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007 VOL. 100, NO. 85 ● SINCE 1908 Talent showcased at open mic night Unity Week event brings wide variety of people together for performance Ryan James but it ended up being a song, sang “What a Wonderful STAFF WRITER then a rap and it was just World” by Louis Armstrong kind of ... it was really odd, karaoke-style to a receptive University Housing but it was cool,” Young said. audience. Fink attends hosted an open mic night in “Another thing I remember pre-school at Rice Creek the Russell House ballroom is someone just did a break Elementary in the Richland Monday night that was open dance in the middle of the 2 school district. He was to all students as part of stage, which was really accompanied by his mother Unity Week. awesome.” who works for University The event is organized Young said two acts Housing. by University Housing, were officially scheduled Antony Frederick, a third- a Carolina Unity Week to be performed, but there year exercise science major, committee and the Division was no pre-registration or recited a poem wrote called of Student Affairs. conditions for entry. Young “Step Up” about fathers Shannon Young, a fourth- also performed a song called assuming responsibility for year nursing student and “More Than Enough” later their role in their children’s Unity Week volunteer, said in the evening. lives. the event was intended to “We have enough room “It started off as just promote a wide variety of for 250 people, but at the anything that was on my student perspectives. same time, at 7 o’clock I mind, I just used to write “The open mic night is don’t think we’ll have 250 on it, but around Father’s something that SAVVY and people, but that’s not to say Day I heard a lot of guys a couple of other groups at ten o’clock we won’t,” talking about their fathers have put on and it draws a Young said. and how their fathers weren’t lot of attention from people No acts were performed there for them and the pains of diverse cultures,” Young for the fi rst hour because of that it caused. So when I get said. “I guess you could time commitments of the inspired, I just have to write,” say a little bit of everybody performers. Frederick said. coming together to do this Jonathan McKinney, a The Puppet Regime which is the main point of first-year exercise science performed a skit about cats. our Unity Week is to have student, said he heard about Tori Jepson, second-year people from all different the event online and wanted master of arts in theater backgrounds come together to attend a poetry reading. student, said the group is and have a good time.” “The reason why I came open to anyone and is not Young described some is because I thought it was offi cially affi liated with the interesting acts she watched going to be like a poetry university. Brandon Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK at previous shows. night type of thing and I like University Housing hosted an open mic night Monday in the Russell House ballroom, “At one that I went to a guy this stuff,” McKinney said. Comments on this story? E-mail where students and other community members read poetry and performed other talents. who was going to do poetry, Five-year-old Jacob Fink [email protected] Students scramble for housing Living arrangements for fall 2007 already top priority for some Brad Maxwell THE DAILY GAMECOCK With the start of spring semester, returning students are beginning to plan their living arrangements for the next school year. As admissions are expected to rise next fall, housing both Brandon Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK on and off campus is of College Suites is one of the many off-campus housing Special to THE DAILY GAMECOCK crucial value. options students can choose from for the next school year. Joe Fortune, assistant Winners of the prestigious award are given the choice to study abroad anywhere in director of undergraduate out before school starts,” assistant at Pointe West the world. Students plan to study in Jordan, New Zealand and the Czech Republic. assignments, said the number Fortune said. apartments. “Of course it’s of students living on campus Many off-campus better to live on campus, but is expected to be the same residencies expect a rise in off campus living provides - around 3,000. students as well. more privacy and more Rotary scholarships awarded “With the tearing down “We expect a lot of time to yourself to actually of the Towers, it will still upperclassmen to seek off study.” be tight, and there will be campus living, as well as a lot Darcy Campbell, a second- Nine USC students receive money for study abroad programs of their choice an initial wait list. But as of freshmen,” said Brittany always, we hope to work that Kennedy, community HOUSING ● 3 Rotary International’s There are two kinds of Rebecca Wilson THE DAILY GAMECOCK Web site, rotary.org says, scholarships awarded. The “Rotary is a worldwide Ambassadorial Academic organization of business Year Scholarship is a Nine students from Blatt, Strom fi elds to open for spring and professional leaders $25,000 scholarship given to USC were awarded Rotary that provides humanitarian a student to study in another four decks on the south end International Scholarships Morgan Bradham service, encourages high country for nine months. THE DAILY GAMECOCK of the fi eld overlooking the this year. ethical standards in all The Cultural Scholarship creek, is complete, but there “We are extremely pleased vocations and helps build lasts for three months and The renovation of the are a couple more areas in and proud of this group of goodwill and peace in the is a $12,500 award. fields at the Blatt Physical which the turf needs to be nine of our best university world.” Because Rotary clubs are Education Center, as well as worked on,” Camp said. students to represent Rotary Scholarships are awarded in nations all over the world, the creation of the new fi elds According campus and USC in their study to individuals to live in the students who applied for at the Strom Thurmond Brandon Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK recreation’s Web site, the and service abroad,” said another country for three to the scholarship had an array Wellness and Fitness Center, Intramural sports will benefi t renovations began last Novella Beskid, director at nine months to foster cross- of choices for their study are wrapping up in time to spring. the Office of Fellowships from new, renovated fi elds. cultural communication. abroad experience. accommodate spring sports. “The programs should and Scholar Programs. Winners are sponsored by Veronica Sue, Dori “A new irrigation recreation. continue to grow as the fi eld This is the fi rst year since local Rotary clubs in South Enderle, Mark Godfriaux, and drainage system “A new turf was put down improves,” Camp said. “Since 2004 that this many USC Carolina and are welcomed Elizabeth Grabenstein was implemented at the and also new permanent the fi eld has been completed, students have been awarded by host Rotary clubs in the Blatt fields,” said Herbert bleachers were built. The Rotary scholarships. foreign country. ROTARY ● 3 Camp, director of campus playing field, as well as the FIELDS ● 3 Sports The Mix Local News.............2 TODAY Tomorrow Opinion..................4 Manning fi nally lives up to the hype as he New Orleans band Cowboy Mouth talks Puzzles....................7 guides the Colts to an AFC title and a Super about its success before a performance Comics.....................7 Horoscopes...............7 Bowl appearance. See page 8 at Headliners Thursday. See page 5 Classifi ed...............10 58 35 61 38 PAGE 2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2007 St. Patty’s Day deadline set for Five Points Multi-million dollar construction nears completion in area after two years Nick Needham “I wouldn’t come shop METRO EDITOR down here,” she said. To try and help bring back The massive construction some of the lost business, the project in Five Points is near city has temporarily agreed completion and merchants not to enforce the meters on hope the work will be Saturdays along Harden and finished in time for St. Santee streets. Patrick’s Day. McDaniel, a graduate of The streetscape project, USC, has worked in Five which is costing the city an Points ever since she came estimated $31 million, is to Columbia. almost a year late. “I remember walking Debbie McDaniel, owner down Greene Street to go of Revente consignment grab a bite to eat after my shop, said unlike some parents dropped me off for businesses whose sales college,” McDaniel said. suffered during the Because of Revente’s prolonged construction, her success, McDaniel decided store actually had a sales to open another store down increase.