University of South Carolina Scholar Commons April 2016 2016 The aiD ly Gamecock, Tuesday, April 19, 2016 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2016_apr Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, Tuesday, April 19, 2016" (2016). April. 4. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2016_apr/4 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2016 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in April by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 VOL. 117, NO. 39 ● SINCE 1908 Distinguished professor analyzes racial inequality Avadh Rana / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Marc Lamont Hill has worked as a journalist, activist, professor and TV host in his professional career. Adam Orfi nger event, which was sponsored said, “The speech was about @AORFINGER by the Leadership and promises.” Service Center. Hill focused He described the Journalist, activist and particularly on the promises Emancipation Proclamation, Ayi Eta / THE DAILY GAMECOCK distinguished professor made throughout American the Declaration of Earth Jam uses crafts and other activities to inform students Marc Lamont Hill discussed history and how modern Independence and the about environmental concerns such as recycling. the effect of race on the society fails to live up to Constitution as “promissory current political landscape them when it comes to racial notes,” and he argued that the at his lecture titled “This Is inequality. U.S. had not made good on Earth Day America?” on Monday night. When discussing Martin some of their promises. Students and faculty Luther King Jr.’s famous “I celebrations aim alike showed up for the Have a Dream” address, Hill SEEPROFESSORPAGE2 to educate on sustainability Mary Ramsey Transportation @MCOLLEEN1996 Services will also be on Greene Street on Tuesday encouraging students Greene Street will become and staff to participate in the center of green living on Travel Lightly Day. They’ll Tuesday as it hosts the Earth provide information about Jam festival alongside Travel how to make everyday Lightly Day and the Healthy trips and commutes more Carolina Farmer’s Market environmentally friendly. in celebration of Earth Day, The Healthy Carolina which is Friday, April 22. Farmers Market will open Earth Jam, the official Emily Barber / THE DAILY GAMECOCK from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Earth Day celebration of Students drew or painted their own encouraging designs and messages on many-colored T-shirts. Tuesday as well, offering a USC, will be live on Greene variety of fresh produce Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and other locally produced Sustainable Carolina will items. Registered dietitian provide music and hands- Clothesline final project urges nutritionists will be on hand on activities while sharing at 11:30 a.m. to provide tours information about sustainable and help students make smart practices on campus and purchases. beyond and encouraging sexual assault awareness environmentally sound living. Emily Barber of several events throughout student organizations and @EMILYRISA April that aims to raise residence halls also hosted sexual assault and violence their own Clothesline USC’s Clothesline Project awareness. events. revealed their fi nal product “I think T-shirts “We’d make kits for them in honor of Sexual Assault just really provide an that had the shirts and then Awareness Month after opportunity for students to paints or markers,” Rogers SC bathroom bill several weeks of having be creative,” Rogers said. said. “They would make students design T-shirts. “It’s just raising awareness them at their own paint Clothesline is a national about the prevalence of it, as parties and then bring them project that encourages well as allowing students to back to us.” struggles to pass survivors of sexual violence be very creative in how they On April 27, SAVIP is — or anyone who has talk about what’s happened hosting a “denim day” to been affected by it — to to them or what’s happened encourage faculty and convey their emotions and to people they know, or just staff to wear jeans and After facing strong members. So far, he has experiences by designing speaking out against sexual donate to Sexual Assault opposition, the South the support of four of those a T-shirt. USC’s project assault.” Awareness Month. SAVIP Carolina bathroom bill — senators. was primarily put on Since the middle of also participated in events which would limit free use of Kevin Bryant, chairman by Sexual Assault and March, SAVIP has been for Domestic Violence bathrooms and locker rooms of the General Committee, Violence Intervention and holding “paint parties” at Awareness Month in by transgender men and is also sponsoring the bill Prevention. Tiffany Rogers, various locations on campus, October and Stalking women — is on shaky ground and said that getting the bill a lead advocate and program including three at the Awareness month in January. in the state legislature, passed by Senate before the coordinator for SAVIP, said Healthy Carolina farmer’s according to The State. deadline for House legislation that Clothesline is just one market. Rogers said that The bill’s main supporter, is unlikely. Bright hopes that SEECLOTHESLINEPAGE2 Sen. Lee Bright, did not a member of the House will opt to discuss the bill at put a similar bill forward, Wednesday’s committee which would increase the meeting, even though this chance of its passing. directly followed two days Sen. Marlon Kimpson, Tiffany Mitchell: of testimony from members a member of the General of the community and Committee, plans to place government representatives. a minority report on the Bright said he is trying bathroom bill, which would Perfect fit for Indiana to have the bill sent straight require it to earn unanimous to the Senate by winning support of the Senate. a majority of the General — Compiled by Emily PG 9 Committee, which has 17 Barber, News Editor 2 Tuesday, April 19, 2016 About The Daily Gamecock Editor-in-Chief KAMILA MELKO Managing Editor Sumter authorities identify MADELEINE VATH Online Manager ANTHONY DEAS Design Directors Sunday’s ATV crash victim RACHAEL MCGAHEE LOGAN ZAHNER Special Sections Director JESSICA BLAHUT Sumter County sheriffs identifi ed 12-year-old Hunter Moore as the Copy Desk Chiefs boy killed in an ATV crash Sunday afternoon, WIS reports. The vehicle DEBBIE CLARK fl ipped multiple times before landing on top of him while he was riding it. MICAELA WENDELL Social Media Editors Deputies received the call around 3 p.m. Moore was taken partway to the GABBI FRASCO hospital in a car until Florence County EMS reached them and took him ANNA ALESSI Media Project Manager the rest of the way in an ambulance. Moore died before they arrived at the CHRISTINE CHILDRESS hospital. He was in sixth grade and had turned 12 on April 12. Photo Editors ADAM COLLINS — Compiled by Emily Barber, News Editor AVADH RANA ANNA WALKER News Editors EMILY BARBER MARY RAMSEY Arts & Culture Editors Suspects steal coolers SARAH NICHOLS RACHEL PITTMAN RACHEL MINETTI valued at $3,500 from Dick’s Opinion Editors GRIFFIN HOBSON LINDEN ATELSEK Sports Editors JOSEPH CREVIER ADAM ORFINGER Police are searching for two men who stole several Yeti coolers valued BOBBY BALBONI at $3,500 from Dick’s Sporting Goods on Sunday, The State reports. The Senior Designers Creative Director men went into the store on Two Notch Road around 12 p.m. and fl ed with GREER SCHNEIDER EDGAR SANTANA ANNIE PARK Production Manager 10 coolers. One of the suspects was a white man estimated to be in his Designers DEGAN CHEEK 20s wearing a baseball cap, tan shorts and a dark jacket. The other was ASHLYN JACKSON, MARIELA Creative Services RODRIGUEZ, WANDA FELSENHARDT, LINA LEGARE, CHARLOTTE PRICE, described as a white man in this 30s wearing a gray shirt and camoufl age ELIZABETH JENNINGS RANNAH DERRICK, KODY KRATZER, shorts. 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