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NEWS 1 19vs. 10 GAME RECAP page 8 Josh Warner / THE DAILY GAMECOCK UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 VOL. 106, NO. 26 ● SINCE 1908 Heart of Kidney the South an instant health group urges contact ‘KO’ Holly Heaton @HOLLYPAULINEEE The flooding caused indirectly by Hurricane Joaquin precipitated devastating loss for the people of Design by Rachael McGahee Columbia — both millions of dollars in Leland McElveen / THE DAILY GAMECOCK property loss and incalculable human loss. Patrick Ingraham and Nathaniel Simmons Carolina Girls dance team performs at a homecoming pep rally last Friday. Columbia has begun rebuilding what @THEGAMECOCK was lost and helping those whose lives were directly affected by the fl ooding. However, victims of the storm’s Super Smash Bros., a Nintendo devastation who have chronic kidney fi ghting game originally intended for Greek organizations disease (CKD) are in a potentially life- casual play, showed its competitive threatening situation. side Saturday as professional players According to the National Kidney gathered for Heart of The South withdraw from Foundation (NFK), the fl ooding has cut tournament. off dialysis treatment to many suffering The tournament was held Saturday CKD. Carolina students, alumni, at the Columbia Metropolitan Columbia residents or their loved ones Convention Center. homecoming events could be in need of treatment and unable to Fourth-year media arts student Mary Ramsey access it. The NKF is advising that CKD Andrew Zah is one of the co- @MCOLLEEN1996 organizers. the Homecoming patients reach out to Kidney Community organizers and founders of Heart NPHC alleges that Commission, then Emergency Response (KCER) — an of the South, and he said he wanted The National Pan- they were mistreated changed again by the organization that is offering dialysis to create a larger tournament for Hellenic Council by the Homecoming commission without treatments at various Columbia locations. gamers in the region, state and at the (NPHC) at USC, Commission with NPHC consent and “The need to connect people with university. a collection of nine regard to the annual misrepresented on information and resources is so great “I decided to found this tournament historically African Homecoming Step their website before its now,” Gary Renville, NKF vice president series because South Carolina is American Greek Show, according to ultimate cancellation. of fi eld services, said in a press release. lacking in large tournaments for Super organizations, have a press release issued “The organizations For some patients, dialysis is necessary Smash Bros,” Zah said in an email. withdrawn from by the organization. of which NPHC three times a week for five hours at a “We have smaller events across cities homecoming activities NPHC claims that is comprised were time. The dialysis treatment serves as an in South Carolina, but not much that following a conflict the event was changed draws from other states. In addition, with Homecoming to a “stroll-off” by this is my last year at the University Commission SEEGREEKPAGE3 SEEKIDNEYPAGE3 of South Carolina, and I’d like to host an amazing event before I potentially leave for my future career.” Zah explained that his tournament is part of the Smash Bros. SC Circuit put together by individuals from Olympus ‘THE BROTHERS eSports. Zah also mentioned players from North Carolina and Virginia also made the trip to Columbia for the SIZE’ PORTRAYS event. According to Zah, 125 people pre- registered for the event with 11 more UNROMANTIC signing up for it on the day of the tournament, totaling 136 participants for the competition. There were several people who were in attendance REALITY simply for the fun of playing the game. as he lives with his older brother Zah estimated that about 150 to Sarah Nichols and Lauren Galida Ogun and tries to bring meaning 160 people were in attendance at the @TDG_ARTS to his life and his relationships. tournament’s peak. Oshoosi struggles between the According to Zah’s blog, the total Trustus Theater brings a fresh pressures of fulfi lling his second pot for the Wii U Singles tournament take to Columbia about what it chance or giving into his old ways was $1390, $500 for the Melee singles means to leave your past behind through the temptations of his bracket and $140 for the Melee doubles and live your best life. “The former prison-mate, Elegba. Brothers Size” follows Oshoosi KO SEEBROTHERSPAGE4 SEE PAGE3 Size, recently released from prison, Courtesy of Trustus Theater POP RIDE DAY PAY-ONE-PRICE AND ENJOY UNLIMITED RIDES ON WEEKDAYS NEWS 2 2 Monday, October 19, 2015 About The Daily Gamecock Editor-in-Chief BEN CRAWFORD Managing Editors BELVIN OLASOV Prominent al-Qaeda cell leader killed EMILY READY Online Editor GREY KLEIN in US airstrike Design Director RACHAEL MCGAHEE Special Sections Director KELLY VILLWOCK Copy Desk Chiefs The Pentagon has confi rmed the death of Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi national who served DREW MUELLER as leader of the powerful Khorasan Group terrorist network, in Syria as part of a US RANA SOBEIH Social Media Editor drone strike, according to The New York Times. Nasr was well connected amongst GABBI FRASCO al-Qaeda cells throughout the Middle East and was thought to be involved in multiple Photo Editor KAMILA MELKO terror plots against American and European targets. He is the fi fth senior member of News Editor the Khorasan Group killed in recent months. PATRICK INGRAHAM Arts & Culture Editors KYLIE TOKAR —Compiled by Mary Ramsey, Assistant News Editor LAUREN GALIDA Opinion Editor BEN TURNER Sports Editor WILL HELMS Richland County jury awards family Assistant Photo Editors Interim Student Media Director CODY SCOGGINS SARAH SCARBOROUGH ABBY WEBB Business Manager multi-million dollar settlement in case Assistant Design Director KRISTINE CAPPS LOGAN ZAHNER Creative Director Senior Designer EDGAR SANTANA JESSICA BLAHUT Production Manager against local bar Assistant Arts & Culture Editor DEGAN CHEEK MORGAN SMITH Creative Services Assistant News Editors BRANDON BRAZELL EMILY BARBER RANNAH DERRICK MARY RAMSEY KODY KRATZER The family of Emma Longstreet was awarded $3.85 million on Friday in a case Assistant Opinion Editor LINA LEGARE against the Loose Cockaboose Sports Bar at which the drunk driver responsible GRIFFIN HOBSON Student Advertising Manager Assistant Sports Editors NICK VOGT for Longstreet’s death was last drinking, according to The State. The six-year-old KELLI CALDWELL Advertising Representatives Longstreet was the namesake for new South Carolina drunk-driving legislation passed JOSEPH CREVIER JOSHUA DAVISON in 2014, two years after her death. The bar was found guilty of negligence for serving Assistant Copy Desk Chief COLE HALTOM MADELEINE VATH LOMAN HARLEY alcohol past a state-mandated end time to Billy Patrick Hutto, who went on to hit the Senior Copy Editors MARYAM TEHRANIE Longstreet family car after running a red light at 60 mph. Hutto is currently serving a DEBBIE CLARK AMANDA GRANT CAROLYN CULBERTSON CANON BLACKWELL 10-year sentence for felony DUI involving death. Faculty Adviser LAUREN YOUNG DOUG FISHER — Compiled by Mary Ramsey, Assistant News Editor The Daily Gamecock is the editorially independent student newspaper of the University of South Carolina. 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