UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. 116, NO. 75 • SINCE 1908
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015
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Saving it for later: new organization feeds hungry Natalie Pita @NATALIEPITA
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When Shahan Din saw restaurant employees t hrow ing out all of t he lef tover food last summer, he knew there was a better use for it. Ever since then, the third-year business student has looked for a way to help donate uneaten food to people in need. Then, at the end of last semester he started a chapter of the national organization Food Recovery Network at USC. Every Monday and Thursday, members go to the Bates House dining hall to recover the food, package it and take it homeless shelters, chu rches or a ny ot her locat ion t hat w il l distribute the cooked food the next day. “Our dining halls do waste a lot of food, and that’s something that can be mitigated,” Din, the organization’s president, said. “People are always looking for some way to have a purpose, and this is a way for them to get involved in the community.” Harshita Jain, a second-year global health student and public relations director for the USC Food Recovery Network, joined Din’s cause because she wanted another way to get involved in the community service aspect. “They’re so thankful that we’re able to do this for them. It’s just a really good feeling to be able to help out in this way,” Jain said. “You’re giving back to the community, essentially, and SeeRECOVERYPAGE3
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Riff Raff, originally from Houston, Texas, sold out his concert at Music Farm of Columbia last week.
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The audience got prog re s sively more a n x iou s as DJ after DJ took the stage Thursday night waiting for Riff Raff to start his performance. “Riff Raff! Riff Raff!”
The chants seemed to go on f rom t he t ime Music Farm’s d o o r s o p e n e d u n t i l J O DY H iGH ROLLER h i mself stepped onto t he st age at then, the atmosphere was out of cont rol — dr unk, sweat y, screaming fans were ready to throw themselves on the stage
SG candidate names released for Feb. election Student Government candidate names were released Friday after the filing period ended earlier in the week. The annual SG debate is scheduled for Feb. 9 and elections are set for Feb. 17 to 18.
Candidates for student body president: • Aaron Greene, third-year public relations student • Jonathan Holt, third-year political science and geography student • Jonathan Kaufman, third-year Spanish and political science student • Riley Chambers, third-year biology student
Candidates for student body vice president: • Brian Samples, second-year finance student • Donald “Lee” Goble, second-year English student
Candidates for student body treasurer: • Ian Shannon, second-year finance and GSCOM student — Staff reports
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to get closer to the one-of-akind performer. It s e e m s a s t ho u g h mo s t people don’t attend concerts like this one for the music, but regardless of Riff Raffs’ abilities as a rapper, he is unquestionably a talented performer. SeeRAFFPAGE4
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The USC Food Recovery Network goes to the dining hall in Bates twice each week to save leftover food.
Columbia rises from ashes 150 years later Lauren Shirley @SURELYLAUREN
Columbia, SC surrendered to Union General Sherman’s Union Army on Feb. 17, 1865, and the Confederate calvary retreated. Fires were started in the city under Union occupation and much of the state’s capital was destroyed. That day, South Carolina’s history changed forever — the capital city was nearly burnt to the ground and with it went much of the “Old South” social order. The burning of the city hits close to home for USC as the buildings surrounding the historic Horseshoe were used as hospitals during the Civil War and occupation. Now, 150 years later, local org a n i z at ion s a rou nd t he city are commemorating the
burning with a two-month long initiative to study and remember the historic day. The initiative plans to use lectures, tours, film, visual, l it er a r y a nd p er f or m a nc e exhibits, public discussion and large public gatherings in order to explore events of the burning. “Columbia Commemorates will explore the events of Feb.17, 1865, as well as the immediate and long-term ramifications of the burning of South Carolina’s capital city,” Carrie Phillips, the Director of Marketing and Communications at Historic Columbia, said. Partners for these commemorative events include t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h Carolina, Historic Columbia, and the South Carolina State Museum. For fourth-year accounting and internat ional business
s t ude nt Ph i l ip W i l l i a m s , Columbia’s burning hasn’t lost significance, even a century and a half later — it’s a chance for students to gain perspective as they look back on one of the city’s most controversial happenings. “If you don’t have a historical context, you’re bound to repeat mistakes that others have made before you,” Williams said. “You never know when it will apply, just that it might, and having that information tucked away can potentially help you get a leg up on the situation.” T h e C o l u m b i a C om memorate s t he 150 t h A nniversary of the Burning of Columbia event on Feb. 17 will offer speakers, musical performances and a reading by Columbia’s poet laureate, Ed Madden.