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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017
VOL. 109, NO. 16 ● SINCE 1908
Students advocate for addiction recovery Gray Phillips @LANA_DEL_GRAY
Films in the collection cover a time period dating as far back as World War II, to as recently as Desert Storm. The collection includes everything from training footage, to experimental equipment tests, to the personal footage of general officers. Previously held at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, the collection is receiving more than just a new home. Efforts are underway to
“ No w a d a y s , e v e r y o n e i s a f f e c t e d b y t he d i s e a s e of addiction,” graduate st udent Tyler Crochet said about the efforts which he and a group of other students are putting forth to establish a Collegiate Recover y Prog ram at USC . What is nicknamed “Gamecock Recovery” will, once it garners enough support and attention from the university, be one of over 130 programs which began i n t he 1980 s t hat prov ide a community for college students who have f u lly recovered from addict ions and wish to find support within the USC community. I n order to become an established organization, the program needs a staff member t o s e r v e a s a n a d v i s o r, a location to meet and a large enough number of participating students. The fight right now is to become well known enough to accomplish these goals. “Once you have students on campus who are advocat ing for it and saying this is what we need, then that’s how you get that, get the attention of the universit y to realize that it is a program that’s in need,” Crochet said. There is ver y clea rly a need. Approximately 374,000 people bet ween t he ages of 18 and 24 were in treatment for a substance use disorder, 12,000 of whom were enrolled
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MCILWAIN ANNOUNCES TRANSFER
Bobby Balboni @ROB_BALBONI1
Brandon McIlwain’s eventful three semesters at South Carolina came to a close Wednesday, as the quarterback and outfielder announced his decision to transfer per his Twitter account. The dual-sport athlete made his collegiate baseball debut as a 17-yearold, won and lost a starting SEC
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quarterback job as a freshman and then looked to assume a more prominent role on the diamond for the Gamecocks as a sophomore. All together his time at the university spanned less than 15 months from when he elected to graduate Council Rock High School in Newton, Pennsylvania a semester early. “This is one of the hardest decisions
I’ve ever had to make, but I know It’s right and God has a plan,” McIlwain wrote. “Wearing Garnet and Black has been an honor and a privilege for me. I will cherish the time I spent at USC and I thank all the people in Columbia and the Gamecock Nation who have shown me love and support, but at this point it is time to make a change.” SEEMCILWAINPAGE12
Marine Corps film collection finds new home at South Carolina Kevin Weber @THEGAMECOCK
When the U.S. Marine Corps needed to relocate over 18,000 reels of historical footage, the National Archives and Records Administration and the Library of Congress were the obvious choices. However, when they were unable to take the collection, the third choice may not have been as obvious — here at USC.
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Historic faculty senate motion postponed Mike Woodel @GETTHISDOGONETOO
A mot ion to ex tend Fac u lt y Senate voting rights to faculty who are not on track to receive tenure was referred back to committee at Wednesday afternoon’s meeting. The motion, put forth by the Faculty Advisory Committee, would have given voting rights within the
USC Faculty Senate to any full-time faculty within a college, school or department, including those not on track to receive tenure. Faculty Senate cha ir ma n Aug ie Gra nt referred to the motion as “probably t he biggest cha nge i n fac u lt y governance made since creation of the Faculty Senate.” As an example of facult y who
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The State of the Student Body Address presented by Student Body President M i c h a e l Pa r k s f e a t u r e d p r a i s e o f fellow student government members’ achievements, traditions and awards. “It’ll be to ref lect on what Student Government has done,” Parks said, “not only the student government, but the student body as a whole, have done some exemplary stuff this year.” This year’s student senate passed more actions than any before it, and Parks brought up a few other achievements : Cock stock , a concer t boast i ng a n attendance of 8,200 students, and the university’s participation in the It’s On Us campaig n against sex ual assault. Others included the new Greek meal p l a n , w h i c h Pa r k s d e s c r i b e d a s a SEESTATEPAGE4
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would have benef ited from the mot ion, Grant said, “f ull-t ime f ac u lt y who se pr i m a r y job i s teaching, they might be teaching three or four courses, but because they’re not on tenure track, they have no voice in curriculum or in other issues.” He also noted that non-tenure track facult y would SEEFACULTYPAGE4