dailygamecock.com VOL. 111, NO. 11 l SINCE 1908
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COCKSTOCK UNDER PRESSURE Students offer mixed reactions following headliner announcement
$85,000
GENNA CONTINO & TAYLOR WASHINGTON @tdg_arts After bringing in two hip-hop headliners in a row, this year’s Cockstock is hoping for a change of pace by bringing in two pop acts. One of this year’s headliner is Daya, a pop singer best known for her feature on The Chainsmokers’ Billboard No. 3 hit, “Don’t Let Me Down” and her own single “Sit Still, Look Pretty.” The other is Iyaz, a British Virgin Islander artist who lingers in many minds as the mastermind behind t he ly rics, “Shawty’s like a melody in my head.” His single “Replay,” charted No. 2 on the Billboard 100 for one week in 2009. “We’re in a completely different genre, which I think is exciting and everybody’s heard Daya’s songs on the radio, and Iyaz is kind of like that middle school artist that everybody has heard ‘Replay’ on replay,” said fourth-year public health student and Carolina Productions president, Rebecca Kaze. “Nostalgia’s really trendy right now.” This year’s Cockstock budget has yet to be finalized, according to Kaze, but she estimates the total cost of the event will come out to around $85,000. Daya cost $40,000 and Iyaz cost $5,000. The rest of the budget is
estimated spent on Cockstock 2018
$40,000 spent on Daya $40,000 unfinalized costs $5,000 spent on Iyaz
6%
47%
WHERE IS YOUR MONEY GOING?
47%
still unknown, Kaze said. This budget isn’t too far off from the past two year’s Cockstocks. In 2016, Rae Sremmurd headlined on the Strom Thurmond Fitness & Wellness Center fields for the event’s debut. The total cost of the show was $88,461.08. Last year, 21 Savage headlined in Colonial Life Arena and, a show that cost $101,678.71. Cockstock was first created in 2016 by former student b o d y p r e s ide nt M ic h ae l Parks, and it was one of the foundations of his campaign. Since then, the annual concert has taken on a life of its own and has become a Carolina homecoming tradition. Ca rol i n a P ro duc t ion s , Homecom i ng, St udent Government and the Resident Hall Association are the key decision makers for the event. Like every other Carolina Productions event, the budget for Cock stock is ent irely funded by the money USC students pay in student activity fees that are then distributed to organizations. SEE COCKSTOCK PAGE 5
TAYLOR SHARKEY AND ERIN SLOWEY // THE GAMECOCK
Applications open for next year’s RM positions
BRIAN ROSENZWEIG @TDG_dailynews
With applications open, recruitment efforts by the Housing Department for next year’s prospective resident mentors are in full swing. “We’re hopeful that we can get 600 applications this year, and we’re trying to reach students really broadly across the university, because we really believe that the strength of our pool is dependent upon the diversity of applications,” said Tiffany Conde, assistant director of residential leadership. SEE RESIDENT MENTOR PAGE 4
JORDAN WARREN // THE GAMECOCK Bernie Sanders held a rally with Columbia residents and students to speak about the importance of fighting for affordable healthcare.
Sanders rallies for healthcare JOSEPH LEONARD @JSCLeonard Columbia residents and students w it h pol it ic a l sig n s a nd O u r Revolution t-shirts packed into the Koger Center to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Nina Turner speak for the next stop of the Medicare For All rally.
Sanders began a nine-state tour on Oct. 18, looking to spread his message of affordable healthcare. His stop in Columbia on Oct. 20 was referred to as “Medicare for Y’all,” and it is partnered with the campus chapter of Our Revolution, a campaign started by Turner. Sa nders took t he st age a nd i m med iately t h a n ked Tu r ner and Our Revolution for the work
they’ve done around the country to bring social, economic, racial and environmental justice through cooperation from citizens. “The way we do that is through revitalizing American democracy, getting people to stand up and fight for what is right,” Sanders said. SEE SANDERS PAGE 4
The story so far: Presidential search begins HANNAH DEAR @HannahCDear
HALEY SALVADOR // THE GAMECOCK
At the October Board of Trustees meeting, the voting members of the Presidential Search Committee were appointed as the first step in forming the committee to follow President Pastides. “The next step is kind of all of us getting together, the whole search committee. Today the board selected who they wanted to be representative,” said Taylor Wright, st udent body president. “We have t he student representatives, the faculty still hasn’t selected who they want so hopefully next week we’ll have that solidified and we can get going.” According to t he Board of Tr ustees bylaws, the student body president serves on the Presidential Search Committee until the search is over, regardless whether they have reached the end of the term and graduated.
Wright sees his job as a way to communicate the student voice to the committee. “They have to be student friendly. That’s number one on the list. If students aren’t the reason you’re here, and not why you’re excited to get up, and not why you do everything, then that’s an issue,” Wright said. “They have to be someone who cares about diversity and inclusion and equity, not someone too polarizing in either direction.” The Board of Trustees has five voting members on the search committee. Those appointed are Hubert Mobley, who will serve as chair, William Hubbard, Leah Moody, C. Dorn Smith III and Eugene Warr Jr. The secretary of the Board of Trustees, J. Cantey Heath Jr., will also serve as the secretary of the search committee. SEE RETIREMENT PAGE 3