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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
Students safe after Boston explosions 9 in USC athletic training group treat marathon runners Amanda Coyne
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Seven athletic training students and two certified athletic trainers from USC were at the Boston Marathon Monday when two bombs exploded near the finish line. The blasts killed three and caused more than 130 injuries , according to Boston police. The nine-person USC delegation was all safe and accounted for as of Monday afternoon. Amy Sanderson, a master’s of business administration student, was confirmed to be safe. She finished the marathon in four hours. The explosions went off four hours into the men’s race, which began after the women’s race. A business associate confirmed she was unharmed but said he had not heard anything more from her. Dea n of t he Col lege of Mass Com mu n icat ions a nd I nfor mat ion
St udies Charles Bierbauer said his daughter, a Pen nsylvania resident, finished the marathon shortly before hearing the explosions nearby. She was also uninjured. Some of the injured runners and spectators lost legs in the explosion. Blood pooled on Boylston Street, where a crowd cheered on competitors shortly before the bombs detonated. After the blasts, the USC students and athletic trainers treated injured athletes and possibly spectators in “outside ERs,” according to Toni Torres-McGehee , graduate director of the Athletic Training Education Program. Before the explosions, the group was split between two tents, one of which was near the finish line, Torres-McGehee said. The other was farther away, possibly at the race’s halfway point. None of t he st udents or at hlet ic trainers had cellphone service besides text messaging, and many were too busy MARATHON ● 2
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Three people died, more than 130 were injured and some lost limbs in Monday’s explosions at the Boston Marathon. USC student volunteers there were unharmed.
Quartet named for residency Grammy-winning string musicians hope to return to campus yearly Kristyn Sanito
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Guests paid $10 for 10 tickets and exchanged each ticket for a sample of a chef’s dish at Monday’s event.
Chefs compete for top prize HRTM students put on annual charity event on Horseshoe Hannah Jeffrey
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As a wave of enticing smells hit the noses of those on the Horseshoe Monday afternoon, the voice of Annette Hoover met their ears. “We need another trash can over here!” she said. In the final minutes before the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management’s annual Chefs on the Shoe, Hoover and her class of 58 students were bustling around, putting the final touches on tables and ensuring the chefs were ready to feed the masses. A s at t e nde e s l i ne d up t o purchase tickets, Hoover’s class
gathered for a final pep talk. “There are three things that we need to do today,” Hoover said. “Smile, help and No. 1: Every chef needs someone here as a runner.” The st udent s r u n n ing t he show are all members of Hoover’s HRTM 386 class , and they’d been working on the event all semester. “It’s almost 60 percent of their fi nal grade,” Hoover said. “I like to call it their final final.” Third-year advertising and public relat ions st udent and general manager of volunteers A n na Har t net t worked to coordinate people to help with the festivities. “We have over 80 volunteers here today,” Hartnett said. “We worked on a zero-dollar budget. Everything here is donated.” Plans for Chefs on the Shoe
started at the beginning of the semester, and since then, students have organized the participation of 23 chefs, a band and a silent auction. “ We h ave e ver yone f rom Lizard’s Thicket to the Marriott,” Hoover said. “Everybody will be competing for Grand Chef, first, second and third place. We also have a kids’ corner for the first time this year, which will be fun.” Upon pu rcha si ng t icket s, attendees were given access to the multitude of foods under a massive white tent in the middle of the Horseshoe. After tasting the samples, attendees voted for their favorite chef. O nce u nder t he tent , t he crowd found foods ranging from cupcakes to sliders to kabobs, with each sample only costing CHEFS ● 2
Shirts painted for awareness More than 150 vibrantly painted T-shirts flapped in the breeze on Greene Street Monday, but their colorful messages addressed a serious topic: sexual assault and violence awareness. Stand Up Carolina, a bystander accountability program within USC’s Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention and Prevention office, sponsored the display, as well as a live T-shirt painting on Greene Street last week, according to Michelle Eichelberger, the interpersonal violence program coordinator. Students across campus had been painting the T-shirts since spring break, and each color represents a particular issue. For example, pink indicates sexual assault, blue child abuse, purple hate crimes and red for men, either survivors or advocates for awareness. — Compiled by Kristyn Sanito, Editor-in-Chief
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For the fi rst time in university history, USC has a quartet-in-residence. The Parker Quartet has been named the School of Music’s fi rst chamber music residency for 2013 and will host a series of concerts and coaching sessions this week . The internationally known, Grammy-winning string quartet, currently based out of Minneapolis, consists of Daniel Chong and Karen K im on violin, Jessica Bodner on viola and Kee-Hyun Kim on cello. “A quartet-in-residence is a very special thing for a university to have,” said Robert Jesselson, a USC professor of cello who was recently named the state’s professor of the year. “Whenever they go out they’ll be using the term ‘quartet-in-residence at USC,’ and this k ind of close collaboration with us is just wonderful for students and the community.” The four musicians have been working together for more than a decade, and Jesselson said evidence of how well they’ve gotten to know each other in that time can be heard in their music; it sounds like only one person is playing. “It’s really a spectacular k ind of music,” he said. “[The string quartet] is some of the most beautiful literature that we have — some of the most rarefied, sophisticated and intimate in the repertoire. It draws the listener into a world that is sublime and intricate, and expresses the whole range of human emotions.” The quartet kicked off its first week in residency Monday with public master classes on individual chamber instruments and a free concert at USC’s School of Music Recital Hall, which included Mozart’s “String Quartet in F Major, K. 590” and Debussy’s “String Quartet in G Minor.” A second concert will take place Friday, and Jesselson said audiences can expect to hear a broad range of “some of the greatest literature from the string quartet,” including the group’s Grammywinning rendition of Ligeti’s “Quartet No. 2.” The Parker Quartet’s residency is funded by a visiting scholars grant and in part by the School of Music. Jesselson said the school is currently in the process of collecting additional donations to secure the residency’s continued presence. The quartet is scheduled to return for a similar weeklong series of events in November. “We’re hoping to make it permanent for them to come in every year,” Jesselson said. “Our goal is to have an endowment that will fund this in the future.” Fol low i ng pr ivate coach i ng sessions w it h students during the day, a public chamber music master class will be offered in the School of Music Recital hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday, the Parker Quartet will visit the Fine A rts Center and the South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities in
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Columnist Kathryn Duggan reflects on the explosions that rattled her hometown Monday.
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