Offense still struggling in loss to Kentucky Adam Orfinger @AORFINGER
South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp may have been brought in to rejuvenate the Gamecock defense, but many fans had high hopes for the offense as well, particularly with the introduction of freshmen Brandon McIlwain and Bryan Edwards. Thus far, the defense has impressed, but the offense has regressed from last season, averaging just 14.2 points per game, down from 21.9 in 2015. SEEFOOTBALLPAGE10 Sarah Stone/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
BLM moves upstate, protests to hit Columbia
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Black Lives Matter teach-in attendees light candles in remembrance of loved ones who were killed by police.
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Greenville’s Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination ser ved as a voice for the Black Lives Matter movement at a teach-in on Saturday. “Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom & Justice” was a four-and-a-half hour event held by the Malcolm X Center at Greenville’s Martin Webb Learning Center. Panel discussions about si x pla n k s of “ V ision for Black Lives” were schedu led bet ween chants, candle light ing, complimentar y lu nch a nd g uest lectures. The Malcolm X Center is under t he d i r e c t ion of hu m a n r ig ht s advocate and lawyer Efia Nwangaza, who organized the teach-in.
“The main purpose behind the teach-in is to begin to educate the community, the black community specifically, on what is the purpose of Black Lives Matter,” Nwangaza s a i d . “A n d t o beg i n to bu i ld a national agenda and conversation about what t he best i nterest s of black people are.” Nwangaza s a y s t h a t t hose i ntere st s include, but are not l i m it e d t o putting an end to police killings of black citizens. T he w a l l s of t he r o o m we r e decorated with posters in support
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National Voter Registration Day
Mutual Expectations: Academic Advising discussion Russell House Ballroom 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Career Fest and S.E.T. Fair
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Magellan Scholar Research Award Workshop
Russell House 305 3 p.m.
Wellness Wednesday
Greene Street 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Panelists discuss the “Planks of Vision for Black Lives” at a Greenville teach-in on Sept. 24.
of Black Lives Matter. Posters with t he slog a n s “ H a nd s Up, Don’t Shoot!” and “I can’t breathe” were taped up, each w it h t he hashtag “#ShutItDown.” S a a d i q a Kumanyika, a lecturer at Clemson Un iver sit y, attended t he event and served as a panelist to d i s c u s s o ne of t he si x pla n k s, w h ic h i s “ E nd the War on Black People.” “ T h e U. S . h a s t h e h i g h e s t incarcerat ion rate in t he world,” Kumanyika said, “and the majority of the people that are behind bars
“I’m expecting a change to come.” — Candace Brewer
in the United States are blacks and Latinos.” Kumanyika outlined different ways in which arrests and convictions can impact people, particularly people of color and people in poverty. One instance includes spending many days in jail before receiving a court date due to an inability to pay bail costs. “T hat ca n have devast at i ng consequences for them because they might end up losing their job, they might end up having their children taken away from them while they’re in jail or they might get evicted from their homes, right?” Kumanyika said. “So, we demand an end to money bail, mandatory fines, fees, court surcharges and defendant-funded SEEBLMPAGE3
Welcome Table SC encourages discussions on race relations Brittany Franceschina @BRITTA_FRAN
Issues of race and reconciliation at USC will be the focus of an interactive series of dialogues called Welcome Table SC, hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The idea was introduced by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliat ion at the University of Mississippi, where they’ve been using it for years.
“They’ve been doing t his work about br i ng i ng sma l l g roup s of p eople tog et her t o e n g a g e i n t he k i nd s of conversat ions t hat, at f irst, bring down the barriers that exist between people to open them to having the dialogue t o b e g i n w it h ,” s a id Joh n Dozier, chief diversity officer a nd d irector of com mu n it y engagement. “And we thought that was such an appropriate space for us and a space that we as a university could absolutely
help ... maybe even outside of our university.” Events close to home such as the shooting of nine people at Mot her Emanuel Church and the controversial removal of t he Confederate f lag are what sparked the need for this forum. T hey “opened wou nds of race and exposed maybe some of the real challenges that come from the fact that we’ve not SEETABLEPAGE3