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Hoverboards banned in residence halls
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To ensure the safety of USC st udent s , a u n iver sit y-w ide email was sent out last week stating that “[hoverboards] are proh ibited i n a l l Un iversit y of Sout h Carolina Residence Halls.” This mandator y new rule became effective Jan. 1. According to WSPA News, USC spokesman Jeff Stensland say s t hat t he ba n rest ates a current ban on all motorized veh ic le s i n re sidence h a l l s. After seeing many of the videos show ing various hoverboard acc ident s , t he dec ision wa s reportedly made strictly for the safety of all students.
Stensland Stt en S ensl n sl slan l an and n d also al so recently r ec ecen e tly told t to A B C Ne N e w s C o l u m b i a t h at the th Universit U i itt y is i considering id i banning the hoverboards from campus entirely. This would be to prevent collisions and serious injuries for bot h hoverboard users and other students. T he Un i ver s it y of S out h Carolina is not the only campus to ban hoverboards, however. A c c o r d i n g t o U S A To d a y, more than 30 college campuses across the nation have banned hoverboards. Other hoverboardfree college campuses include American University, University of Connecticut, Georgia State University and Ohio State. SEEHOVERBOARDPAGEA2
Kyle Carpenter charged in hit-and-run Emily Barber @THEGAMECOCK
According to W LT X, USC st udent a nd Meda l of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter has been charged in connection with a hitand-run that took place on Dec. 8, 2015. T h e i n c id e nt o c c u r r e d at t he i ntersect ion of A ssembly and Blossom Streets. Police said Carpenter pulled over and turned on his hazard lights after hitting the victim, but did not get out of his car. After the victim got up and walked to the side of the road, Carpenter drove away.
The police were called from Strom Thurmond Fitness Center. A lt hough t he v ict im received medical treatment from emergency respondents for abrasions and a m i nor leg i nju r y, he ref u sed transportation to the hospital. Police said that Carpenter has been fully cooperative with the investigation. Evidence including sec u r it y foot age a nd w it ness statements led the police to identify Carpenter for arrest. He has been released on bail. Car penter was awarded t he Medal of Honor for events that occurred on Nov. 21, 2010, while he was deployed to Afghanistan.
With th the South Carolina Republican p r i m a r y f a s t- a p p r o a c h i n g, t h e remaining candidates are mak ing one last push to make their case with potential voters. O n S a t u r d a y, s i x c a n d i d a t e s , former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio participated in a forum on expanding o p p o r t u n it y h o s t e d b y t h e Ja c k Kemp Foundat ion at t he Columbia Met ropol it a n Convent ion Center. With South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and House Speaker Paul Ryan serving as moderators, the six candidates were able to discuss poverty and economic policy, particularly how those issues are affecting Americans and how they plan to approach some of those issues. Several of the candidates, including Dr. Carson speak ing from his own experience, highlighted an increased focus on education to combat poverty.
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“The person that has the most do with what happens to you in life is you.” Carson said. “It’s not somebody else; it’s not the environment. And once I understood that, poverty didn’t bother me anymore because I knew I had the ability to change it myself. Now that doesn’t mean that we don’t need to help each other escape from it, no question about that, and that’s one reason why my wife and I have put these reading rooms all over the country.” Even former candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham made an appearance at the forum, making light of the recent suspension of his campaign and how he was one of the few candidates that never got to participate in the large primetime debates. “I fi nally made it on the big stage!” Graham said. “The bad news for you is
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