NEWS 1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. 116, NO. 95 • SINCE 1908
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
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Close-Hipp settlement made for $31.5 million Lauren Shirley @SURELYLAUREN
Couresy of 650 Lincoln
650 Lincoln was built as a joint public-private housing development and is currently set to open as scheduled.
650 Lincoln on schedule one year after approval Hannah Jeffrey @THEGAMECOCK
A yea r ago, USC t r u stee s approved a contract with Holder Propert ies, I nc. to const r uct a h igh- end st udent hou si ng development. And in six months, students will move in. USC architect Derek Gruner said the project is on schedule to be completed for the fall 2015 semester, less than two years after
the contract’s approval. The 650 Lincoln development, located beh i nd t he Ca rol i na Coliseum, will be made up of two buildings and two parking garages — finishes have begun on the north building and will begin on the south building next month. The development will also house a restaurant and retail space. Holder Properties CEO John Holder said half the incoming tenants are female and half are
male; a good ratio, he said. All the rooms are full, and the wait is still growing. “We have a significant waiting list,” he said. “If there are others that come around, they’re out of luck.” Holder Proper t ie s, I nc. is also contracted to work on the Innovation Center, the Innovista partnership between IBM, Fluor Corp. and USC, which is schedule to begin construction in March.
Gamecocks to host Vols in battle of SEC’s best Brennan Doherty @BRENNAN_DOHERTY
W it h f irst place in t he SEC on t he l i ne, Monday n ight’s game bet ween No. 6 Tennessee (23-3, 13-0 SEC) and No. 2 South Ca rol i na (25-1, 13- 0 SE C ) w i l l f e at u re a battle between the old guard and the new guard of one of the nation’s top women’s basketball conferences. In many ways, t he t y pe of prog ra m Tennessee has run over t he years is t he k ind which South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley is trying to build. The L a d y Vol s h a v e t he history and the national
brand associated w it h el itene s s a long w it h e i g ht n at i o n a l championships to solidify their greatness. Now in year three of the post-Pat Summitt era, Tennessee still finds itself among women’s basketball’s best and, l i ke t he G a mecock s, have yet to lose an SEC game this season. Sout h Carolina, on the other hand, is still relat ively new on t he scene in a sport that’s been dom i nated by a ha ndf u l of schools for qu ite some t ime. St a ley is g radua l ly changing that notion, t hough. Before her hiring in 2008, South Carolina hadn’t enjoyed
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Senior forward Aleighsa Welch was a freshman the last time South Carolina defeated Tennessee in 2012. consistent success on the court since the 1980s, but the trajectory of the program has only gone
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The USC Board of Trustees approved a set t lement w it h t he U.S. Department of Justice regarding the lease of t he CloseH ipp bu i ld i ng on Friday. Trustees approved t he dea l w it h t he U.S. Department of Justice to unwind the cont r ac t t hey had w it h t he u n iversit y regarding their lease of the former business school. The set t lement reached between the
u n i ver s it y a nd t he Department of Justice will come to a total of $31.5 million. According to USC’s chief operating officer E d Wa l t o n , t h e s e cha ng i ng pr ior it ies have t u r ned i nto “an even better deal today.” “Putting this 350,000 square feet of academic space back into the mix is a game changer for USC in ou r abilit y to ser ve our students and our abil it y to ser ve t he state,” he said. SEECLOSE-HIPPPAGE2
Trustees condemn on-campus hazing Lauren Shirley @SURELYLAUREN
Greek Village isn’t at all what C. Edward Floyd remembers it was when it f i rst started — it isn’t at all what he remembers. A nd according to Floyd, a USC t r ustees, it’s hazing that’s brought about this change in USC’s culture. Floyd said hazing has become “absolutely a b s u r d ” o n U S C ’s campus and puts Greek life in jeopardy at the university. “ I f w e d o n’t d o something about this, we’re going to have some big trouble,” he said. “And I think we ought to take a public s t a nc e t h at we a r e
absolutely against it.” Floyd believes the phy s ic a l a s p e c t s of hazing are seen as the only form. For him, it is not just the physical act iv it ies regard i ng hazing that should be called into question, but the mental strains that can be put on a student as well. “I think we need to pass a resolution that as a rule at the university, there is no hazing,” he suggested at the board meeting on Friday. A n est imate of 55 p e r c e nt o f c o l l e g e st udent s h ave b een involved in some sort of hazing, according st ud ies conducted by El iz ab et h A l la n a nd M a r y M adden , SEEHAZINGPAGE3
Moore-Pastides talks matters of heart Brittany Franceschina @TDG_ARTS
Healthy Carolina held the “Our Heart Has No Limits” heart expo on Thursday in t he Russell House, where students, facult y and staff to drop in for interact ive exercise demonst rat ions, hea lt h screen i ng s a nd giveaways. He a lt h y f o o d s a m p le s f rom Fi rst Lady Pat r icia Moore-Pastides’ cookbooks were served at the event. “Our focus has been to encourage students to come o u t t o t he he a r t he a lt h walk on March 21,” MoorePastides said. “The way we wanted to do t hat was to create an incentive for them
to have some fun learning a b o u t h e a r t h e a lt h a n d have some free food and an opportunity to win prizes.” February is Heart Health Aw a r e n e s s M o n t h , a n d Moore -Pa st ide s sa id she wants to raise awareness of the importance of starting heart healthy habits at an early age and giving busy people easy and sustainable ideas to incor porate into their lives. Mo ore -Pa s t ide s f elt it was important for students to come to t he event and educate t hemselves about matters of the heart. “W hat we’ve discovered over the years is that even young people your age can already have some blockages
in their arteries and be set up for heart disease,” she said. “It’s never too early to start practicing healthy habits.” Moore-Pastides suggested students avoid smoking and tobacco, exercise every day and engage in healthy eating habits like the ones outlined in her cookbooks. “Even cardiologists will recommend to patients who have a l ready had a hea r t attack to reset their body and go in a more healt hy direction,” Moore-Pastides said. Many students came to the event to taste test the foods or win prizes, while others wished to learn more about living a healthier lifestyle. “I personally have a VSD,
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Students were invited to sample some of Patricia Moore-Pastides’ food during the “Our Heart Has No Limits” heart expo on Thursday. so it ’s l i ke a hole i n my heart, and I thought it would be cool to come out a nd see what it was all about,”
said Rosemar y Marino, a f irst-year early childhood SEEHEARTPAGE2