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VOL. 113, NO. 23 ● SINCE 1908
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013
Organizational challenge dismissed Council says both sides had same goals, ‘no actualized controversy’ Amanda Coyne
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A f ter t wo hours of debate and deliberat ion, C o n s t i t u t i o n a l C ou nc i l t h r e w out t he organizat ional challenge against St udent Government filed by the p r e s ide nt of t he S out h Carolina eSports Club. The council unanimously decided that there was “no ac t ua l ized cont rovers y ” and that “a resolution in support of either side would produce the same result,”
Chief Justice Donnie Iorio said. At one point during t he proceedings, Just ice Emory Roberts questioned the need to even be holding the hearing. “Bot h par t ies seem to h a v e t h e s a m e g o a l s ,” Roberts said. “Is this case even nece ssa r y at t h is point?” T he t wo pa r t ies’ goa l wa s to i mplement t he house of delegates within 30 d ay s , wh ic h , t h a n k s to the ruling, it now will. The house will be a lower legislative body consisting of repre sent at ive s f rom U S C ’s m o r e t h a n 3 0 0 student organizations. Andy Levine / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
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Members of the Constitutional Council heard Josh Snead’s organizational challenge against SG Monday.
Kappa Alpha Psi panel celebrates desegregation Solomon: Voting Rights Act, Stand Your Ground Law attempt to ‘turn back the clock’ Natalie Pita
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Courtesy of Public Works of HeART
A mural on the 20,000-square-foot Cayce Water Tank will feature the Carolina block “C” and a silhouetted golf scene.
Mural to transform Cayce water tower Crowdfunded project will donate up to $50,000 to charity Sarah Ellis
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A new project that will bring some G amecock color to t he Cayce landscape will also help put food on the table for some hungry Midlands residents. Public Work s of HeA RT, a crowdfunding organization that partners with local nonprofits, is beginning its first project to beautify the community through public art while lending a hand to an organization that serves local people in need. Its campaign to fund a mural that will transform
the Cayce Water Tank will also fund a donation of up to $50,000 to Harvest Hope Food Bank. “It’s a simple idea to do good for t he commu nit y and show some love for the Gamecocks,” sa id W i l l Br ya n, fou nder of Public Works of HeART. Through the website g a mecock mu ra l.com, people who wish to support the project can purchase a 2-square-foot section of the mural for $25. Ten thousand squares will make up the 20,000-square-foot mural covering the tower that overlooks t he USC golf team’s pract ice facility. T he major it y of t he f u nds pledged — between $150,000 and $200,000 — will cover the costs of the mural, Bryan said. The remainder, up to $50,000, will be
donated to Harvest Hope. “(We thought) why not just add a couple dollars to each square, and that way we could just fund the whole mural and have money left over to donate to charity,” Bryan said. Br y a n , a g r aph ic de sig ner and former USC football player who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the universit y in 20 02 and a master’s in 20 04, designed the mural, which will be pa i nted by mu r a l ist E r ic Henn. The desig n feat u res t he blackened silhouette of a golfer a nd a pa l met to t ree, w it h a crescent moon hung against a sunset. USC’s iconic block “C” logo will replace the first “C” MURAL • 3
Vending machine vandals sought A ma n a nd woma n are being sought in multiple cases of vending machine vandalism on USC’s campus. The USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety is investigating three cases in which a white man and a white woman attempted to break into and vandalize vending machines on campus, according to a news release. Video footage showed the suspects driving a white sedan.
Two people matching the same descriptions are also being sought by investigators from the Richland Count y Sheriff ’s Department and Columbia police in connection with eight similar cases of vandalism between May 22 and June 19, according to the release. Anyone with information about the suspects can call 803-777-4215. — Compiled by Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor
Name-calling. Police escorts. Being kept up the night before an exam. Orientations that included sessions about how to act on campus. These are a few examples of the adversity some of the university’s fi rst black students say they faced after USC was desegregated 50 years ago. The Zeta Epsilon Chapter of K appa Alpha Psi Fraternity commemorated the struggle against racism with their “50 Years Later...” panel on Monday night. James Solomon, one of the three students who de seg reg ated USC a nd t he f i r st African-American elected to public office in Sumter County since Reconstruction; Harry Walker, the fi rst black student body president at USC; A lex English, a USC basketball player and t he most prolif ic scorer in the NBA in the 1980s; and Steve Benjamin, Columbia’s fi rst black mayor, all spoke at the panel. The main focus of the discussion was how these men overcame the struggles they faced as minority students. Despite many adversities both on campus and off, all of the speakers described sources of incentive that carried them throughout their lives. “If you were in my generation, you were automatically motivated. You had to be motivated because it was bred into you,” Solomon said. “I was motivated by povert y,” English said. “I always felt like I wanted to do better, and I wanted to learn. I was a student of the world. I wanted to travel. I wanted to be something in it.” Benjamin said he actually received some of his determination from the other three speakers on the panel, who he saw as mentors while he was a student at USC. They helped him become accustomed to campus, which sparked his interest in politics as a student. “They encouraged me to shoot high,” Benjamin said. “It helped me develop a sense of self — not just who I was, but the shoes I had to fi ll, the legacy I had to continue.” The d isc ussion a lso touched on t he contemporary and future states of racism a nd how c u r rent st udent s ca n ma ke a difference. “I’ve lived a long time,” Solomon said. “I’ve lived through Jim Crow. I’ve lived through segregation. I’ve lived through after segregation was outlawed ... I’ve been through a lot of things.
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Country duo Montgomery Gentry will perform popular hits this October at Tin Roof Columbia.
The South Carolina volleyball team swept the Carolina Classic to stay undefeated at home.
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