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VOL. 107, NO. 41 ● SINCE 1908
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016
Clinton victorious
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Carolina baseball gets its opportunity to return to Omaha for the first time since 2012 with its win Tuesday.
Baseball defeats UNC-W, clinches Super Regional Claudia Chakamian @C_CHAKAMIAN
Po s t s e a s o n b a s e b a l l w i l l continue to be played at Founders as South Carolina defeated UNCWilmington 10-5 on Tuesday to win the regional title. With Oklahoma State’s win over Clemson Sunday night, the Tigers were eliminated, meaning the Gamecocks will now host a Super Regional. The Cowboys will travel to Columbia to start a
best-of-three series on Saturday. The regional championship game was postponed on Monday, but that meant a much needed extra day of rest for all pitchers. UNC-W announced Sunday night they would start Ryan Foster, who Friday threw a complete game with over 110 pitches. The Gamecocks sent Taylor Widener to t he mound, who t hrew 48 pitches in Friday’s contest. Also getting that extra day of rest meant Clarke Schmidt, Braden Webb,
Josh Reagan and Reed Scott would be more than ready to go out of the bullpen. Widener did what he needed to Tuesday by going four innings to get the game going. He held the Seahawks to just one run on three hits while striking out four. The Gamecocks went to the pen for Regan, Schmidt and Webb, who combined for four runs on seven BASEBALLPAGE10
SC senators push for lawsuit against Obama for bathroom directive T. Michael Boddie @THEHUMANBODDIE
Si nc e t he f e de r a l g o v e r n m e n t ’s M a y 13 directive to allow transgender students to use school restrooms a l ig n i ng w it h t hei r gender ident it ies, 11 states have filed lawsuits a g a i n s t t he O b a m a administration. South Carolina legislators are calling for their state to literally and figuratively follow suit. L a s t w e e k , Representative Michael Pitts and 55 other representatives collectively called for Governor Nikki Haley and Attorney General
Alan Wilson to sue the federal government. “The letters that I sent to the governor and to the attorney general had 55 signatures, all Republican, all out of our caucus,” Pitts told ABC Columbia. “The Constitution gives us certain rights within the state borders and President Oba ma, t hrough execut ive order, has continued to erode that. So the call for this particular lawsuit is to try to stop and reverse that trend.” P it t s , a lo n g w it h t h e 55 l e g i s l a t o r s who signed his let ters, feel t hat t he feder a l gover n ment
has engaged in an overreach beyond rights of i nd iv idual st ates. Eleven other states filed lawsuits for the same reported reasons. The office of the attorney general says that it has b e e n wo r k i n g w it h other states about the issue but has deemed it inappropriate to discuss a ny leg a l moves for now. P it t s a s s e r t s t h at t he issue is not one revolving around t r a n sg e nder r ig ht s , but one about t he rights of local and state governments to make important decisions. “Where it is an issue is when it becomes an
over re ac h on ot her issues of states’ rights,” Pit t s said. “That’s a direct assault on the sovereignty of the state in the ability of state legislatures to govern themselves.” In the federal directive, the Department of E ducat ion a nd t he Department of Justice suggested that schools should treat all of their s t ude nt s e q u a l l y i n terms of program and activity inclusivity as well as the allowance to use restrooms associated with one’s SENATEPAGE3
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Clinton speaks Monday after becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Ben Turner @BENTURNER15
H illar y Clinton declared victor y i n t he Democrat ic president ial primar y Tuesday night as the presumptive nominee and w ill become t he f i rst fema le major party nominee for the presidency in American h i s t o r y, a c c o r d i n g to t he A ssociated Press a nd t he major telev ision net work s. A s of press t ime, votes were still being counted in California and Vermont Senator B er n ie S a nder s h a s vowed to contest the pr i ma r y a l l t he way to t he Democrat ic National Convention. “ To n i g ht c ap s a n amazing journey — a long, long jou r ney,” Clinton said in a victor y speech before a large crowd of supporters in B r o o k l y n . “ We a l l owe so much to those who came before, and tonight belongs to all of you.” The former secretary of state was expected to clinch the support of enough Democratic
Pa r t y deleg ate s a nd superdelegates on Tuesday evening to win the party’s nomination as polls closed in the final six states to vote in the 2016 presidential p r i m a r y. H o w e v e r, reporters for t he A P completed a survey of u nc om m it t e d p a r t y leaders Monday t hat showed her s uppor t at over t he requ ired t h r e s h o l d o f 2 , 38 3 delegates to the Democratic convention in Ju ly. N BC News, A BC News and CBS News soon confirmed the AP’s reporting. C l i nt o n’s f i r s t double-dig it v ictor y in a primar y contest t h is c ycle ca me i n Sout h Carol i na on Feb. 27 when she won by 47 percent, and she celebrated that night with a victory party at the Carolina Volleyball Center on t he USC campus. At that event, Cong ressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) pred ic ted t hat t he Pa l met to pr i ma r y gave Clinton a boost i n m o m e nt u m t h a t would help lead her to the nomination. “We, CLINTONPAGE3
Artists commemorate Charleston shooting with “Hope in Harmony” Carolyn Culbertson @QUERALYNC
A lt hough it has almost been a year since t he Emanuel A.M.E. Church shoot i ng, ma ny a re st i l l trying to make sense of such a tragic crime. On Saturday, “ Hop e i n H a r mony: A n Artistic Conversation” will provide a space for artists of all media to present pieces in memory of the lost nine. The event will be held at Tapp’s A r t s C ent er a nd it w i l l feature music, poetry, dance
and visual arts. To conclude t he e ve nt , c ont r ibut i n g artists will participate in a moderated panel discussion w it h an open for um afterwards. The Hope and Harmony Ensemble, made of members f rom USC’s gospel choir and t wo local choirs, will per for m a song c ycle by composer Darr yl Izzard. Izzard’s musical work was written in the wake of the shooting. “The music of this event was bor n out of my ow n
personal ref lection during the Mother Emanuel tragedy one year ago,” Izzard said. “We honor the nine lives that were sacrificed and the powerful strength of their families to forgive, love and unite for the greater good of all mankind.” “Hope i n Har mony ” is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Sat u rday at Tapp’s A r t s C e nt e r, 16 4 4 M a i n S t . Tickets are $8 in advance through Tapp’s website or by purchase at the door.
“Hope in Harmony” Tapp’s Arts Center Saturday, June 11 6 - 8:30pm