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-News Students are exposed to clubs Tuesday Matthew Lukens, Jess Matthews The Gamecock Clockwise: Taylor Marshall, of WUSC FM shows how he sounds off; Chris Matthews and Jeremy Rippy duel off; Mark Whitman, Tae Kwon Do coach shows his skills in a demonstration. I Bar from page 1 learning how to drink, so why have a bar in the union? College is not Five Points." University officials have always been concerned with campus safety, and it’s al so on the minds of many students. Some students said they think that having an on campus bar would decrease drunken dri ving. “It would be a good idea because stu dents wouldn’t be forced to walk or dri ve from wherever they were drinking, and also it would be a shorter distance to their home,” graduate student Danielle Rymer said. “But on the other hand, it would be a bad idea because that kind of atmosphere just isn’t conducive to learning at all.” Some students said an on-campus bar would have to be careful about underage students using fake IDs. Journalism fresh man Yolanda Stuckey said she thinks un derage drinking could become a problem because of the number of students with fake IDs. “A lot of people would try to drink there that are underage,” she said. “A few people would undoubtedly get in, and if SLED busted them, it would ruin it for everybody else.” Fifth-year student Jeff Shelley said it wouldn’t be a problem, as long as the bar tender was strict. “I don’t think the whole idea would be that bad as long as they checked every one’s age and were good about not doing favors for anyone,” he said. Because of the popularity of many Five Points bars, some students wonder whether anyone would bother to stay on campus for a drink. “It would totally depend on the prices and how they compared to Five Points,” said Billy Fetty, a senior. Shelley said he wouldn’t want to go to an on-campus bar regardless. “I would rather go downtown, just be cause it’s a totally different atmosphere than school, and I would prefer to sepa rate the two on the weekends,” he said. Some area bars in Five Points don’t think that an on-campus bar would cut down on their profits. “I wouldn’t have a problem with it, and I think it’s an interesting idea that would definitely be more accessible to students,” said Jesse Maier, manager of Monterrey Jack’s on Santee Avenue. "I don’t think it would affect us too much. We would still have our regulars, and al so the nights when we have band.” Seawell from page 2 pa Epsilon] are staying at Tally-Ho,” TKE President Jake Schneider said. Other fraternities don’t see the sep aration as a negative change for the Greek community, but a positive one instead. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first of many to disband from Tally-Ho. “There won’t be any fights,” said Reid Sherard, vice president of SAE. “We have not been at Tally-Ho for at least six years. Our private lot allows definite parking for every brother and his date. It also secures a place for Par ents’ Tailgate and prevents potential neg ative incidences like fighting,” he said. Alpha Tau Omega agrees that vio lence has not been an issue since it has left Tally-Ho, noting that their private lot ensures that all visitors are known guests of the fraternity, as opposed to Tal ly-Ho, where the crowd is larger. ATO left Tally-Ho halfway through last football season, along with the Kap pa Alpha Order, which rented out a sep arate private lot. “Tally Ho’s not good We are behind Bojangle’s now and it’s closer and more convenient [to the stadium]. There aren’t police running through there and no lawsuits, a change from Tally Ho,” ATO President Ed Buchanan said Buchanan slated that with more pri vacy and a closer watch on who enters ATO’s lot, negative incidents will be less likely to occur. Seawell maintains guidelines for Tal ly-Ho to prevent such instances from happening, but said he is not responsible for the sporadic police checks that tran spired last year on his lot. “SLED checks the Fairgrounds and all around here. Wfe’re not the only ones. Before the ticketing that occurred here for underage drinking last year, I hadn’t seen any police out for six to seven years,” Seawell said. “I don’t promote under-aged drinking, but if it’s going to start fights, I’m going to make sure my customers are protected That’s why I began to hire security guards for the past few years, and they do not cite tickets for drink ing,” he said Some fraternities decided to leave for other reasons, instead seeking a break from the tradition that is Tally-Ho and looking to get closer to Williams-Brice Stadium. “We [Sigma Chi], Delta Tau Delta, and Kappa Sig[ma] have secured the lot next to Lizard’s Thicket, right behind the cockabooses,” Sigma Chi Social Chair Becker Hall said. “We will not be at Tal ly-Ho.” Sigma Chi Public Relations Chair Michael Berger said, “We [Sigma Chi] are closer to the stadium now, and we are just not interested in Tally-Ho any more. It doesn’t offer us the same at mosphere, the same space as in years be fore. We are really glad to get out.” Lambda Chi Alpha President Austin Starowicz said Lambda Chi Alpha plans to “tag along with Kappa Sig, DTD, and Sigma Chi behind the Cockaboose.” Starowicz said Lambda Chi made these plans at the beginning of the year and spoke with Seawell about leaving. Starowicz said, “It’s just not the old Tally-Ho.” Neither Delta Tau Delta President Chris Bums nor Sigma Chi President Brandon Gaskins were under the im pression that Lambda Chi would be tail cratinor with thpm DTD’s Bums said, “No, I haven’t heard anything [about Lambda Chi join ing the tailgate]. No one I’ve ever talked to has ever said anything about it.” Sigma Chi President Brandon Gask ins said, “None of us [Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi] know. It seems like somebody brought it up one time, but Lizard’s Thicket said it wasn’t going to happen.” Sigma Chi’s Beiger confirmed, “Not to be rude or anything, but Lambda Chi is not tailgating with us. They mentioned it once and we didn’t give an answer, but they are not going to be.” Because of the decision of some fra ternities to leave their spots from the Tal ly-Ho parking lot, some students will miss the large turnouts and centralized location of most fraternities there. Bonnie Goldsmith, a Vice President of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, said, “It’s not going to be the same with dif ferent fraternities spread out around the stadium. It won’t have the same effect as years before. Having to go to differ ent places to see different fraternities will be a long walk, but it will be worth it.” ATO’s Buchanan said, “The whole university community doesn’t seem to go to Tally-Ho anymore anyway. The space doesn’t accommodate for it. If Greek Life wanted to come together somewhere else that could fit every one comfortably, we could perpetuate something, all while sharing in the Lou Holtz experience.” Psychology junior Rachel Brandon has been tailgating at Tally-Ho since she came to USC. “Since freshman year, I’ve been go ing to Tally-Ho, and I’ve seen a lot of people I know. Now, with everyone leav ing, I’ll probably tailgate with my friends alone or at one fraternity where we know a lot of the guys,” Brandon said. “I guess I’ll have to spend all my time [tailgating] with one group.” Seawell says that despite the space reduction from last year’s move, he can still fit all 15 Greek social fraterni ties in his spot. In fact, he said there is “extra space” available this year in the Seawell’s park ing lot, where 281 parking spaces can be rented for vehicle or tent space. Some organizations have already booked the paved area for specific game dates, like Oct. 2 for USC Parents’ Week end. “I am sorry to see people [fraterni ties] leave, but we are still doing great business and have more space than last year. The paved lot is a perfect way to have a more civilized tailgate, like for hosting parents,” Seawell said. “I have already booked two radio sta tions, 93.5 and 102.3, to cover the lot this season, and I am optimistic about the turnout. “The area is big enough to broadcast two stations. It’s certainly big enough to tailgate like we always have,” Seawell said, in response to concerns about the size availability of Tally-Ho. Seawell has not raised the price for admission, leaving it at $2 a person to get in to Tally-Ho. He said there is space available for interested renters. “We still have room for more. Tal ly-Ho here is a big tradition. I gather they [USC students] like this property better because of that tradition,” he said. 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