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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2015
VOL. 118, NO. 02 ● SINCE 1908
Carson registers for SC primary Emily Barber @EMILYRISA
W hile in Columbia on Aug. 24, Ben Carson officially registered at the South Carolina Republican Party headquarters for the 2016 presidential primary. The st reet s su r rou nd i ng t he Statehouse were part icularly loud Monday mor n i ng as ent husiast ic drivers responded to “Honk 4 Ben” signs held up by Carson supporters, motivated in part by his presence in the state. The rally was organized by t he “Win, Ben, Win!” campaign to help raise support for the 2016 presidential candidate. “We’re just a grassroots group right now,” volunteer Jennifer Freeman said. “Just trying to come out and show our support in front of the Statehouse, show everyone that South Carolina has a big following for Ben Carson.” As a retired neurosurgeon, Carson is not the typical presidential candidate. His lack of a political background is a drawing factor for
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT AIMS TO CONNECT STUDENTS TO SERVICES
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Cornerback Green transfers to Indiana For mer G amecock cornerback Wesley Green announced Monday that he will be transferring to the University of Indiana. Head coach Steve Spurrier announced on Aug. 10 that Green would no longer be a part of the South Carolina football team. The for mer fou r-star recruit redshirted last season and entered fall camp as No. 2 on t he dept h char t, but sat out a few pract ices for unknown reasons before the transfer was announced. “It was mutually decided t hat Wesley needs a f resh s t a r t s o m e w h e r e e l s e ,” Spurrier said. G reen i s a g r adu ate of M a r t i n L u t h e r K i n g Jr. H igh School a nd was t he 13th-ranked cornerback and 120t h-best recr u it overall in the 2014 recruiting cycle, according to ESPN. Indiana ranked 108t h in pa s s defen se la st sea s on , g iv ing up 250.7 yards per game through the air. “ We recr u ited Wesley,” I ndiana head coach Kev in W ilson sa id i n a press release. “(Secondary) coach Brandon Shelby has a strong relat ionship wit h him and he contacted us when he left South Carolina.” Per NCA A r ules, Green will have to sit out the 2015 season before joi n i ng t he tea m i n 2016. He w i l l be eligible to play three years beginning next season. —Compiled by WIll Helms
For St udent G over n ment , this year’s overarching goal is a familiar one — improving the way the university and students interact with each other. T h e h e a d s o f t h e S G ’s executive, judicial and legislative branches plan to improve how st udent s con nec t w it h t he organizations’ various offices, t he universit y itself and each other. Fo r Jo n at h a n K au f m a n , St udent Body Pre sident a nd fou r t h-year pol it ical science s t ude nt , c le a rer i nt er ac t ion bet ween t he t wo par t ies has always been his aim. When asked what he wanted to improve most on campus before
a busy year,” Abbott said. “And while I like to think that means that SG is doing all of its jobs properly and that all the student organizations are doing their jobs properly ... I certainly don’t want there to be a low number because people feel it’s imposing to be able to assert their rights.” Goble, too, feels that there is a disconnect between many students and the services that SG offers. “ O ne of t he b i g t h i n g s I campaigned on — one thing I really want to do — is advertising what we of fer as St udent G o v e r n m e n t ,” G o b l e s a i d . “Many people don’t know about Carolina Cab in Five Points. It’s there. It’s probably the best safe-ride program going on in this area. So, I’d like for us to advertise that a little bit more.”
the rest of the students,” Goble said. “They were elected; they have networking skills. And they should use those skills to inform all of their constit uents as to what’s going on.” For K au f m a n , t he a n s wer lies in a university-wide mobile ap p t h at wou ld c o n s ol id at e and present universit y-related information in a clear format. “The universit y-wide app is not an original idea,” he said. “There are universit y apps at almost every single other SEC school, all of our peer schools, all of our aspirant schools. And from what I’ve heard, a lot of students use the apps at those respective institutions. And the reason why is it connects them to their university.” W h ile st il l i n t he early planning stages, the app could
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he was elected, his answer was immediate. “Communication. I’ve looked at g r e at s c ho ol s ac r o s s t he country and we compare well in terms of what’s offered,” he said. “I think a big difference is that a lot of our students don’t know about them, or take advantage of them. Anything I can do to bridge that gap is my main goal.” A s d e -f a c t o he a d of S G ’s execut ive branch, K auf man’s v iew of SG’s cent ral m ission lines up with the leaders of the legislative and judicial branches, third-year English student Lee Goble and fourth-year business economics student Ross Abbott, respectively. A bb ot t , C h ief Ju st ice of t he Const it ut iona l Cou nc i l, is in charge of SG’s primar y judicial body — in his words the “Supreme Court of St udent G over n ment.” They primarily weigh cases brought by individuals against Student Government or st udent organizat ions and, af ter del iberat ion, issue i mpa r t ia l judgments. “We don’t get all that many cases a year. Maybe one or two in
The leader of each branch — executive, legislative and judicial — recognizes the problem, and each has a solution to address the disconnect. For A bbot t , con nect i ng to st udent s mea ns more clearly explaining what Constitutional Council does, and what it can of fer st udents. They plan on releasing easy-to-read pamphlets that clearly outline how to plead a case, defend oneself against a case or understand how to use procedure. “There’s a lot of legal jargon in our governing documents,” he said. “W hat we’re work ing on is translating that jargon and making it simple to the everyday student so they can come in and say ‘I have a complaint about my organization, how can I change that?’” I n G o b l e ’s e s t i m a t i o n , i mprov i ng com mu n icat ion mea ns cha ng i ng t he way SG members talk to the student body in everyday communication. “ I don’t t h i n k we need to spend lots of money to do it. We just need to make sure that our members are informed, so they can give that information to
i nclude: a ca mpus d i rec tor y, course catalogue, event calendar, portals to local news and other relevant sources of information. The proposed app, which is st ill in t he concept ual phase, has no solid release date. If all goes well, K auf man said, t he app would be ready at the end of his college career — sometime around May 2016. Par t of t he reason for t h is uncertainty is fi nding someone to pro duce t he app. Even a working demonstration of the product is a long way off. But another factor is Kaufman h i m s el f. “ It ’s a l s o g oi n g t o come down to how hard I can work t his year. A nd I will do my absolute best to make this as quick as possible,” he said. “There’s a phrase I like to say: be quick, don’t hurry. If we can be quick and we can do it when I’m here — great. But if it’s going to be hurried to get it out when I’m here, then we’re going to wait. I want to do it right, rather than rushed.”