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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012 VOL. 108, NO. 54 ● SINCE 1908 225 arrested at Carolina Cup USC sees third Alcohol leads to uptick of Kershaw County Sheriff’s arrests were made in the other armed robbery 75 incidents in College Park Offi ce, in addition to a handful viewing sections combined. of officers from the South This doesn’t much surprise Suspects not found, Carolina Alert notifi es Kathryn Kranjc Carolina Law Enforcement Kershaw County Sheriff Jim students of attack near Swearingen [email protected] Division and USC’s Department Matthews, who has watched the of Law Enforcement and Safety, section become a hotbed for Caroline Baity After increasing their were on patrol in the “College binge drinking that other Cup [email protected] undercover surveillance at the Park” area of Springdale Race patrons steer clear of. A third armed robbery near USC’s campus Carolina Cup , police made Course on Saturday . Combined “The race itself is a great in less than three months took place Saturday nearly 75 more arrests than at they made approximately 225 event, it’s just that College Park evening at approximately 10:30 p.m. last year’s race day event. arrests, in comparison to 150 gives the whole thing a black According to a university-issued Carolina Over 40 deputies from the arrests last year. Only eight CAROLINA CUP ● 2 Alert, two black males stole an iPod from the victim outside of USC’s Swearingen Engineering Center on Main Street after striking the victim in the head with a weapon. The victim was not seriously injured and it is unknown if he or she is a USC student. The fi rst suspect was described as wearing a red hat and a red shirt, and the second suspect was described as having short dreadlocks and wearing a black shirt and hat. After striking the victim, the suspects ran to a red Honda Accord, which was last seen heading westbound on Catawba Street . Columbia Police Department and USC Department of Law Enforcement and Safety both searched the area and were unable to locate the suspects or the red Honda Accord, according to a subsequent Carolina Alert update posted online, emailed and text messaged at approximately midnight. Both police forces are encouraging the Carolina community to report suspicious persons or activities and to be cautious when traveling alone at night. Board of publications THE DAILY GAMECOCK Photos by Kelsey Phillips / The Koger Center was alight Saturday evening with color, music and high-energy choreography selects new leaders as USC’s Indian Cultural Exchange hosted their annual Aag Ki Raat, or Night of Fire. Daily Gamecock, G&B, WUSC, SGTV The seventh annual dance competition and announce next editors, managers fundraiser brought in eight Indian dance teams from schools along the east coast, from Georgia Kathryn Kranjc Tech to Ohio State. [email protected] The evening opened with both the Indian and American national anthems, performed by students USC’s Board of publications announced the from the Columbia Temple School and USC’s selection of new leaders for its four student media Soundcheck. outlets after a series of interviews Monday. UNC’s Bhangra Elite took fi rst place overall with Second-year print journalism student Sydney their crowd-pleasing Bhangra routine. University of Patterson, a native of Lancaster, S.C., will serve as Georgia’s Champa and Chameli placed second with summer editor-in-chief of The Daily Gamecock. their horror-themed fusion piece and UNC’s Tar Patterson is currently the copy desk chief for Heel Raas took third with a traditional Raas dance. the university’s student newspaper. The Daily Proceeds from this year’s event were donated to Gamecock prints once a week from June to August, the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation , an organization in addition to maintaining content online. that provides education to underprivileged children “Going to publishing weekly, it will be important in rural areas of India. to follow through with the day-to-day news and “We’ve worked hard to create a showcase of what gather a staff that will do good work,” Patterson we’re about through different styles of dancing,” said. “Our online version will be an important ICE social chair and fourth-year exercise science way to reach out to students and faculty who are student Ishwari Amin said. “It’s for a good cause, interested in the university but not on campus.” and everyone always enjoys the show.” Third-year print journalism student Colin Campbell was reappointed in his position as editor- — Compiled by Kathryn Kranjc LEADERS ● 3 Tunnel of Awareness highlights shocking reality Project features hard Each room in the tunnel is devoted to a specific diversity truths of discrimination issue. Topics range from poverty to Chelsea Amodio hazing to different forms of slavery. [email protected] Exhibits show the severity of these issues through videos, statistics, Of the nation’s 25 worst public real-life stories and even fi rsthand schools, 11 are in South Carolina, accounts from USC students. approximately 60 percent of rapes Accounts from college students go unreported and these are just across the nation — such as the a couple of the alarming statistics story of Lauren, a nursing student that are shown in the Tunnel of whose grades suffered after she Awareness, a graduate student had to take a part-time job to pay project aided by several university her student loans — showed that student organizations. poverty doesn’t only affect people “The goal of The Tunnel of in Third World countries. Awareness is to get a reaction “It was a really interesting from students as well as to raise experience,” Jessica Lyles, first- awareness about different issues,” year exercise science major, said. said Matt Lindenberg, a second- “It helped change my opinions on year higher education and student many serious issues.” affairs graduate student. This is the second year that The tunnel is currently set up in The Tunnel of Awareness has the Capstone Ballroom and exposes been held, and the program is students to the difficult truths of expected to continue in the fall File Photo Multimedia exhibits in the Tunnel of Awareness each year show issues of discrimination discrimination and oppression. AWARENESS ● 2 and poverty using letters, photos, video and personal accounts from students. Tuesday Strom sweatiquetteUN and Palestine Arlo Elkins dies 79° 65° The Mix gives you the Columnist Carl Brzo- Longtime USC wom- do’s and don’ts of rad criticizes the loss en’s tennis coach will working out at Strom of American funding be remembered for Wednesday Thurmond Wellness for UNESCO, based his dedication to his and Fitness Center. on the Palestine players in 29 sea- 88° 64° confl ict. sons. See page 5 See page 4 See page 8 2 Tuesday, April 3, 2012 Well, here’s your chance. The award- winning Daily Gamecock, rated 17th best collegiate paper in the nation by the Princeton Review, is looking for help The Daily Gamecock will to assist with directing our new training be creating a new position program starting the fall of 2012. in our organization, Training and Recruitment Director, starting in the fall of 2012. No prior training or journalism experience is required. However, this position will Do you enjoy constantly meeting be a senior position within the Daily and working with new people Gamecock organization. This is an incredible opportunity for anyone looking Do you want to work in and for dynamic professional development exciting, fast-paced environment while still in college and being a part of a creative and cutting edge team. Do you want to make an impact on your university before jumping Applicants should email a resume with contact information to into the job market [email protected]. Please apply by no later than Friday, March 30th. ● CAROLINA CUP Continued from 1 poisoning.” reports from the Carolina Cup. Matthews said those arrested for intoxication Some students said they hardly noticed the eye because the vast majority of people there will be able to clear their record by paying $100 increased presence of offi cers and didn’t fi nd the — not everybody — get drunk really quickly,” to attend an eight-hour alcohol awareness class at crowd any more out of control than normal. Matthews said. Camden’s ALPHA Behavioral Health Center. “There were a lot of students who got tickets Typical alcohol-related offenses on Saturday “People say it’s not a big deal, that [drinking at from undercover cops,” said one USC student included underage possession of alcohol, fake IDs Cup] is a rite of passage, but I don’t think they did who asked to remain anonymous because she was and public intoxication. Matthews also cited at it to the degree it’s done now,” Matthews said. ticketed for underage drinking. “Other than that, least one arrest for possession of cocaine. Matthews added that part of the blame lies with there were a few arrests, but most of the people Other situations were a little more unorthodox.