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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
VOL. 106, NO. 18 ● SINCE 1908
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS COME TO TOWN “I never attacked him on his look and believe me, the there is plenty of subject m matter right there.”
“His visceral response to attack people on their appearances g y — myy — short, tall, fat,, ugly goodness, that happened in ay junior high! Aree we not way above that?” hat?”
—Trump on Paul
—Paul on Trump
Courtesy of MCT Campus
Courtesy of MCT Campus
WHAT: Presidential Town Hall Series
WHAT: Students for Rand Rally
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
TIME: 2:00 p.m.
WHO: Donald Trump and Sen. Tim Scott
WHO: Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Mick Mulvaney
WHERE: Koger Center for the Arts
WHERE: Russell House Ballroom
Nathaniel Simmons-Thorne @THEGAMECOCK
Ready or not, here he comes. It’s official: Columbia will have its very first visit from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump will be the guest speaker at a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Koger Center hosted by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. For Trump, as for all Republicans r u n n ing in t he pr imaries, Columbia’s vote will be of the utmost importance to the state’s primary. This cit y is t he capital of a st ate h istor ic a l ly con sidered a Republican hotbed. However, recent demographic shifts within the city limits have transformed the historically red region into a Democratic stronghold, indicative of polling results from both 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. I f Tr u m p i s t o l e a d t h e Republican’s presidential ticket, these facts will be of immense significance for his presidential bid. Trump’s visit comes right in time to deflect some negative press coverage received both nationally a nd loca l ly. On Monday, t he candidate was the pun of social media outlets after outrageous questions from his #AskTrump Twitter hashtag left him lost for words on camera. La st week , t he bi l l ion a i re candidate also felt the heat of many South Carolinians who felt snubbed by him canceling an appearance at a Greenville presidential forum at the last minute, citing scheduling conflicts with a “significant business transaction,” according to CNN. However, there is good news for Trump — early polls have him leading with huge margins in the South Carolina Republican primaries, with a lead of at least 15 percentage points. Trump is a major contender for the presidential elections in 2016 and, if elected, his stance on the issues facing college students become of huge importance for students at USC. His political platform has not made it immediately clear how he intends to help out college-aged young Americans and students. Tr ump is in favor of cheaper tuition rates, has openly criticized t he usurious interest rates of federal loans, and has called for a “restructure” of the program if elected. Outside of these two narrow s t a nc e s , not muc h h a s b e e n outlined. This could be inspiration for more st udent s, especially SEETRUMPPAGE3
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Over 200 students sign up to vote on Greene Street Maryanne Martini @MARYANNEMMM
Greene St reet bust led w it h act iv it y Tuesday a f t e r n o o n , w h e r e 18 student organizations — including the Feminist Collective, Gamecocks for Peace and the College Democrats at USC — ho sted t able s to help students with the voter registration process. Nat io n a l Vot e r Registration Day, which encourages those eligible to register to vote in local and state elections, was represented on campus Tuesday in the form of volunteers encouraging st udent s to reg ister to vote. The Sout h Ca rol i n a Demo c r at ic and Republican parties worked toget her to register as many students as possible to vote. S out h C a r ol i n a Rep. Jim Clyburn and USC President Harris Pastides were also present. Clyburn spoke to student media and showed his s up p or t f or s t u d e nt s
reg istering for t he upcoming election. T h i rd-yea r biolog y student and Alpha Kappa A lpha mu lt ic u lt u ra l sorority member Valeria Gla nton was t here to help st udents register. Alpha Kappa Alpha was ju st one of t he m a ny organizations that had a table set up. Glanton hoped to see some of the younger students come out of the woodwork. “I would expect a lot of freshmen to come out today because they have never had the opportunity to vote before,” Glanton said. “The turnout has already been greater than I expected. I have already heard that they needed more ballots at some of the other tables.” Glanton also welcomed the impact the numerous org a n iz at ion s had on get t i ng st udent s to register. “[D]ifferent people follow different groups and will follow what their groups do. Hopefully they will follow their groups here
today,” Glanton said. Fi r st-ye a r nu r si ng st udent Mackenzie King registered to vote for t he f i r st t i me on Tuesday because she had just celebrated her 18th birthday. King said that she was not sure that she would have registered if the opportunity wasn’t so accessible to her. “I would not have thought about registering because it feels so early to be getting prepared for next year’s election. It is great that USC has made it so accessible on campus and advertised it on social media to make it well known,” King said. When asked why so many college students do not register to vote, K ing responded by saying it was probably becau se they were not aware that it was accessible to them. According Cory Alpert, a t hird-year sociolog y and Russian student who organized the event, over 200 students signed up to vote over the course of the day.
True freshman Nunez given starting role against UCF G a m e c o c k quar terback Lorenzo Nunez will become the first true freshman to start behind center in the Steve Spurrier era. T he 6 -foot-3, 210 - p o u n d e r w a s a three-star product out of Harrison High School i n Ken nesaw, Georgia, and will make his fi rst collegiate start against the University of Central Florida on Saturday. Nunez saw ver y limited act ion in t he f irst half aga i nst Kent uck y on Sept. 12 a nd recorded t wo r ushes for 4 0 ya rds against t he Wildcats. Last Saturday against G e or g i a , Nu ne z le d
the Gamecocks with 76 yards and a touchdown on t he g rou nd. T he dual-threat also added 18 yards t hrough t he air, completing four of five pass attempts. Nu nez w i l l b e t he 11th Gamecock starting quarterback under Spurrier, but the first t r ue f resh ma n. W it h redsh ir t sophomore center Alan K nott out w it h an ank le injur y, t r ue f r e s h m a n Z ac k Bailey will anchor the middle of the Gamecock offensive line. Nunez has only thrown fi ve passes this season, with the longest complet ion going for 14 y a r d s , b u t c o a c h Spurrier believes t he
f resh ma n w i l l t h row more on Saturday. “[ Nu nez i s] ver y capable of throwing the ball,” Spurrier said on Tuesday. “He just hasn’t done it yet.” Nu ne z w i l l f a c e a 73rd-r a n ked UC F defense that has c o n c e d e d 38 4 y a r d s per game. It is unclear if redshirt junior Perry Orth or redshirt freshman Michael Scarnecchia will figure i nto a qua r terback rot at ion or if Nu nez w i l l p l a y t he e nt i r e game. South Carolina hosts UCF Saturday at 12 p.m.
— Will Helms, Sports Editor
Mary Ramsey @MCOLLEEN1996
In a battle for the Republican presidential nomination marred by bombastic characters like businessman Donald Trump and insurgent campaigns by “Washington outsiders” like Dr. Ben Carson and former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, KY Sen. Rand Paul is looking to gain a foot hold amongst a specif ic constituency in order to stay in the game: college students. T h i s ne w p u s h , m a r k e d by the announcement of the establishment of 339 official chapters of Students for Rand (SFR) in 30 days, will bring the first-term Libertarian to Russell House this Wednesday for a campaign event at 2 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom a lo n g s id e S o u t h C a r ol i n a Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney. Paul, who is currently polling in eighth place both nationally and in SC at 4% according to the most recent CNN/ORC poll, is hoping to connect with young voters on the issues they are most passionate about, according to his campaign. In a recent interview with C N N, C l i f f M a lone y, t he national youth director for Paul’s presidential campaign, talked about why Paul is someone students can support. “The ideas that Rand stands for are what get youth excited, and we are going to build this infrastructure in a way that we can take that excitement and build it into act ual votes so Rand can win this nomination,” Maloney said. One of Paul’s main issues is the privacy of electronic data in the wake of the NSA surveillance scandal, something that younger s upp or t er s l i ke t h i rd-ye a r political science student Chandler Lassen, currently interning with the Paul campaign, think will help the Senator connect to what has become known as the “Internet generation.” “[ T he Sen ator] wa nt s to keep t he gover n ment f rom spying on us with virtually no regulation on our phones and computers,” Lassen said. “We are the generation of phones and computers.” Lassen also mentioned that with a strong network of student organizations across college campuses, Paul’s chances are improved. “The big thing with the SFR SEETRUMPPAGE3