University of South Carolina Scholar Commons February 2014 Winter 2-24-2014 The aiD ly Gamecock, Monday, February 24, 2014 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2014_feb Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, Monday, February 24, 2014" (2014). February. 14. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2014_feb/14 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2014 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 VOL. 114, NO. 27 • SINCE 1908 Position mergers decrease salary costs Four senior administrative positions created according to the release. a year. out of vacancies, given to existing employees No one was fi red in the reshuffl e; the newly defi ned Vice president for transportation and parking positions merged with vacant posts and were retitled to and associate vice president for facilities have been Hannah Jeffrey create four new vice presidents. combined to create the vice president for facilities and [email protected] Ed Walton, who has served as USC’s chief transportation position, which will be occupied by fi nancial offi cer, was named senior vice president for Derrick Huggins. Huggins has served as the interim administration and chief operating offi cer. Walton will head of facilities since 2012 and has been the head of Seven senior-level positions in USC’s administration now oversee facilities, communications, governmental USC’s transportation and parking division for 20 years. have been merged into four in an attempt to increase relations, fi nances and safety. His salary will rise to $190,000. effi ciency, USC President Harris Pastides announced Walton will now be the university’s third-highest University spokesman Wes Hickman will become at a Friday board of trustees meeting. paid employee, making $321,473 a year. Only Pastides director of communications and chief communications “As we examined the structure of the senior and provost Michael Amiridis earn higher salaries. officer, a hybrid position of vice president of administrative staff it became clear there was room Leslie Brunelli, current associate vice president communications and director of news and internal for streamlining our operation,” Pastides said in a for fi nance and planning, will serve as chief fi nancial communications. He will continue as USC’s primary university release. offi cer. Brunelli will also be vice president for fi nance, a spokesperson and his salary will increase to $147,826. The positions merged in finance and planning, position that had been vacant. facilities and transportation and communications will Brunelli’s salary will remain the same, at $245,197 DG cut administrative salary costs by more than $400,000, Students assist ESPN with marketing Presentations focus on outreach, longevity Khadijah Dennis [email protected] ESPN has teamed up with the new SEC Network to launch a campaign geared towards combating cable providers that are restricting fans from watching college athletics at home. The SEC Network will stream SEC games around the clock and make them available for viewers at their convenience. In order to do so, the network must fi rst prove that it can gain widespread support, particularly from students, to petition the cable Hannah Cleaveland / THE DAILY GAMECOCK provider’s right to stop broadcasting Participants braved cold waters in the Maxcy-Gregg Pool Saturday for the Polar Bear Plunge, benefi ting the Special Olympics. those games. USC students presented various ways to engage student fans, including social media campaigns, banner ads Students splash for Special Olympics and a series of photography and video challenges. “Our goal is to bring community to the SEC network and its fan base,” Participants plunge for charity, raise relations student Ashley Thon, who will take over as international business graduate the president of Special Olympics at USC next year. money for disabled athletes student Sydney Stevens said. “I have a fractured foot, so I had to slide in,” The photography challenge is Thon said. “The water’s a lot colder than the air.” Natalie Pita aimed for kick-off in early March The cause hit close to home for some participants [email protected] and will feature bi-monthly themes. and motivated them to jump in. Winners of the challenge will receive “My sister has special needs, and she likes to do It was only 60 degrees outside on Friday, but that a trip for two to the SEC Football other activities, so I know how important it is for didn’t stop 34 people from jumping into the waters Championship game in Atlanta. special needs kids to participate in sports,” fi rst-year of the Maxcy-Gregg Pool wearing bathing suits, “You’ll have one photo for each exercise science student Connor Mushlit. street clothes or crazy costumes and glow sticks for university, and each week fans will The event fell during one of Columbia’s warmest the fi rst annual Polar Plunge. vote for their favorite photo until weeks this winter, and participants were thankful Each of the participants was required to raise there is only one left,” Stevens said. there was no longer snow or ice on the ground, even $50 in order to plunge, and all of the money was “The No. 1 goal of the campaign is to though the water was still cold. donated to the Special Olympics. Every participant bring awareness of this goal.” “It was cold for starters,” third-year business was also given a T-shirt and a meal. Marketing strategies were in full student Ben Andersen said. “It wasn’t as bad as I Individuals who raised $500 received a hoodie, swing as students presented why that thought. Once you jumped in, it wasn’t that bad.” and participants who raised $1,000 were awarded a campaign was fi t to run and would be Some students said they almost enjoyed jumping robe. a step in the right direction for the into the pool. The 22 athletes registered with Special Olympics SEC Network. “I thought it was refreshing,” third-year media in Columbia, who train all year long, will benefi t “This was a great opportunity for arts student Stephen Crooks said. “It woke me up from the donations. The event raised a total of ESPN to hear from students and to a bit.” $12,000. generate new ideas,” said Katherine The event was planned by Lieutenant Teena Participants showed their dedication for the cause Boidy, associate director for brand by braving the cold waters, like first-year public marketing of the ESPN network. “I PLUNGE • 3 ESPN • 3 Runners shed layers, give to charity Runners in Omega Phi Alpha’s Polar Run were required to wear 12 layers of clothes to the start of the race. Throughout the run, the layers were shed and the extra clothes were given to the Salvation army. Read the full story online at Jeremy Marshall Harkness / THE DAILY GAMECOCK dailygamecock.com 2 Monday, February 24, 2014 Couple charged in Hilton Head eatery tests Last original von Trapp connection to Elvis case positive for Hepatitis A child dies at 99 Both customers and staffers who were at Hudson’s Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of A man and woman were charged with two Seafood House on the Docks Feb. 15 have been the family made famous by “The Sound of Music,” counts each of indecent exposure and one count of urged to seek medical treatment for Hepatitis A died Saturday at the age of 99, according to the obstruction of justice in connection to the Heather exposure, according to The Island Packet. Associated Press. Elvis disappearance case, The (Myrtle Beach) Sun A news release from the S.C. Department of Von Trapp was the third child and second-oldest News reported. Health and Environmental Control said the Hilton daughter of Austrian Naval Capt. Georg von Trapp’s The Myrtle Beach couple, 41-year-old Tammy Head restaurant had tested positive for Hepatitis A. seven musical children with his fi rst wife, Agathe Lorinda Moorer and 38-year-old Sidney St. Clair A Hudson’s employee tested positive for Hepatitis Whitehead von Trapp. Moorer, were charged Saturday after their home was A on Friday after being away from work. The She died at her home in Vermont last Tuesday, searched Friday morning. employee had returned to work on Feb. 15, but was according to Johannes von Trapp, her brother from However, it is not clear how the charges are later hospitalized. her father’s second marriage. connected to the case. According to the Sun-News, The DHEC encouraged anyone who dined or “She was a lovely woman who was one of the few the only thing linking them was a press release about worked at the restaurant from 4 p.m. until closing truly good people,” he said. “There wasn’t a mean or Friday’s search warrant. on Feb. 15 to receive a single-dose vaccine no later miserable bone in her body. I think everyone who The Moorers were each being held on $20,000 than March 1. knew her would agree with that.” bonds Saturday afternoon. Both will appear in court Hepatitis A causes inflammation of the liver, She was portrayed as Louisa in the 1959 Broadway on May 2. The obstruction of justice charge comes according to the DHEC release. Symptoms include musical and Oscar-winning 1965 fi lm. In her life, with a maximum of 10 years in prison if they are fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and she played accordion and taught Austrian dance with convicted, as well as three years for each count of abdominal pain, as well as possible joint pain and her sister Rosemarie.