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For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014 VOL. 114, NO. 15 • SINCE 1908 SG elections: Meet your candidates Student Government elections President will take place on Feb. 18 and 19 on Self Service Carolina, and students Jameson Broggi Lindsay Richardson Chris Sumpter will elect new executive offi cers and Third-year political science student Third-year political science, Third-year criminal justice and several new student senators. Former intern for U.S. Sen. Jim management and marketing student economics student Seven candidates have been Vice presidential coordinator of senate confirmed for the three executive DeMint and Sen. Tim Scott, both President pro tempore, student outreach offi ces: three for president, two for Republicans of South Carolina. senate Former USC Sumter student body vice president and two for treasurer. Master of ceremonies, Campus University ambassador president If needed, a runoff election will Crusade for Christ Resident mentor in Carolina Former student senator take place on Feb. 25 and 26; new Women’s Community Resident mentor in Harper/Elliott President, Young Americans for Liberty offi cers will be inducted March 19. EMPOWER diversity peer educator —Compiled by Amanda Coyne Page, South Carolina Senate Owner, Sumpter Farms Vice President Treasurer Donnie Iorio David Leggett Ryan Harman Natalie Hageman Third-year management science Second-year economics and Third-year business economics Second-year business student and marketing student political science student student Senate fi nance committee chair, Chief justice, Constitutional Historian, Student Former vice president of internal student senate Council (currently on leave of Government aff airs, Carolina Productions Supplemental instructor, MATH absence due to campaign) Member, Carolina Judicial Former treasurer, BGLSA 122 (Calculus for Business and Social Sciences) National president, Phi Beta Council Former comptroller, Student South Campus liaison, Residence Lambda business fraternity Intern, South Carolina Senate Government Hall Association Founder, USC for Babies Judiciary Committee Capstone Fellow Former president, Carolina Resident mentor, Woodrow Former president, Gamecock Women’s Community hall College Club Swimming government Students vote for Cheerios ad in Super Bowl class Cereal commercial takes annual Cocky Award Natalie Pita [email protected] General Mills brought back Gracie and her interracial parents from last year’s Super Bowl commercial during the first unscheduled timeout of Sunday’s game. According to Bonnie Drewniany’s Super Bowl of Advertising class, General Mills was doing something right when they created the commercial. The students voted it this year’s best ad, making its creators the winner of the annual Cocky Award. In the ad, a father uses Cheerios to explain to his daughter that she would soon have a baby brother, and the girl responds by suggesting they also add a puppy to the family. The students in Drewniany’s class were focused on the commercials during the big game, while most people focused on the game, spent time with friends or gorged on Michael Duggan / THE DAILY GAMECOCK food. Students from 19 campuses came to USC for the Student Leadership and Diversity Conference on Saturday. The group of more than 100 students gathered in the Carolina Coliseum to watch the game together and rate each commercial based on its likability, persuasiveness, brand Conference speakers inspire identity and whether or not they’d seen it before. USC hosts more than 500 students of Dreams, an organization that built a football “What it comes down to for me is, ‘Am I for leadership workshops, talks stadium for a New Orleans high school. intrigued by it the whole time?’” fourth-year The 27-year-old said that everything he did business student Louis Howell said. “That’s Natalie Pita started out as a failure, even though he is now the the one I’m going to give the best score to. If [email protected] chief executive of Dinner Lab, a company that there’s more than one that does that for me, pairs little-known chefs with diners looking for I’ll give it to the one that sets above the rest.” USC hosted students from 19 campuses across a unique experiences. The company was recently The class stopped after every commercial the South on Saturday for the 28th Annual Student valued at $55 million although it began less than to rate it, and during the game, they skipped Leadership and Diversity Conference, themed two years ago. past the lag time in between plays. Even so, “Find Your Fit: Unlock Your Future.” “Just move as fast as possible, and destroy the students typically finish the game an “We are excited that many years ago that we had everything in your path,” he said. “I think that’s hour and a half behind the rest of the world. the foresight to start a conference of this type to the only way you’re going to do something special While preparing for the event, students give individuals a one-day opportunity to come or magical.” practiced rating ads in class and analyzed and hear some wonderful workshops,” said Jerry Bordainick said he likes to speak to college what made previous winners of the Cocky Brewer, associate vice president for student affairs. students because they still have the idea that they Award so successful. They also researched “We’ve got a lot of insight to share with you, and can accomplish anything. the behind-the-scenes aspects of the we hope we’ll make you think a little bit different.” The second keynote speaker, Julie Beck, aimed commercials. A grand total of 509 students came from South to inspire students to follow their dreams. Beck “I’ve gained an appreciation of how much Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia to traveled to all 50 states before she was 30 and all goes into making that million-dollar ad,” attend three different workshop sessions and hear seven continents by 40, and her adventures have fourth-year advertising student Shannon two keynote speakers during the conference. now taken her to 77 countries. White said. “You’ve got 500 different people here,” Brewer She encouraged the audience to challenge Drewniany said she hopes that said. “Believe it or not, everyone looks at things themselves, meet new people and try new things. investigating the process behind the a little bit different; they have a little bit different “All the people in the world fit into three commercials has taught her students “never perspective, a little bit different takeaway.” categories,” Brewer said. “There’s people who to look at an ad the same way.” Brian Bordainick, who was recently named one don’t have any idea anything is happening. There’s of Forbes Magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30,” started people who watch things happen. And there’s off the morning by encouraging students to reach people who make things happen.” their own potential. Bordainick is recognized as one of New Orleans’ highest-achieving young DG DG entrepreneurs after he created 9th Ward Field 2 Monday, February 3, 2014 Missing shrimp sparks Legislators attempt to Hoff man found dead in suspicion in Fort Mill block law school sale New York apartment A food distributor in Fort Mill is suffering a A number of South Carolina legislators are Philip Seymour Hoffman, a prominent severe shrimp shortage after a shipment of frozen attempting to stop a Florida-based company from character actor, was found dead Sunday in his shrimp went missing, according to the Rock Hill buying the Charleston School of Law, according to New York apartment, The Associated Press Herald. The State. reported. He was 46. A U.S. Foods employee told police Thursday Infi Law owns for-profi t law schools in Charlotte, Anonymous law enforcement offi cials told the that the shrimp shipment, valued at $5,480, Jacksonville, Fla., and Phoenix and is looking to merge AP that Hoffman was found with a needle in arrived Tuesday and upon arrival, eight cases of the law school with a state-supported school, which his arm. According to those officials, glassine shrimp were not accounted for. would give the state two publicly funded law schools. envelopes containing what is believed to be heroin A police report says police and employees have But before the sale can go through, the South were also found with Hoffman. surveillance footage of a pallet being moved into Carolina Commission on Higher Education must give Those who knew Hoffman took to Twitter to the company a license to operate within the state. express their grief. Actor Ricky Gervais tweeted, a truck. Several legislators are questioning the deal, “One of the greatest actors of a generation and a According to the York County Sheriff’s Offi ce including state Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, R-Charleston, sweet, funny & humble man.” Director Spike Lee report, all deliveries are “scanned into the system” who wrote to the Commission on Higher Education said, “Damn, We Lost Another Great Artist.” before they are stored; however, employees later saying, “That cannot possibly be a safe bet for South —Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor found eight cases of shrimp were missing. Carolina’s students.” —Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor The status of Infi Law’s application could be known as early as June.