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Down
the
street
from the
green
fountain
In Five
Points,
people
sit to
enjoy
their
food or
walk
around
to see
what the
vendors
have to
offer.
There
were
funnel
cakes,
Greek
souvlald,
and hot
dogs and
ham
burgers.
Vendors
sold
beer out
of beer
trucks,
and
some
sold
plastic
souvenir
beads.
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I I gM \i I M Wj Staff Writer
C 1 Photos by Amy Goulding
Photo Editor
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St. Patrick’s Day: A time when people converge
on Five Points to party with friends, listen to great mu
sic and have fun.
Between 70,000 and 90,000 people showed up for
the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Five Points
on Saturday.
In an environment in which many people stumble
to their next destination, glass and
plastic litter the streets, and mu
sic and laughter fill the air, it
was easy to lose yourself in the
mood and party with strangers.
But the celebration wasn’t just
about partying until the bars
closed. The festivities started at
10 a.m. and lasted until 6 p.m.
Hootie and the Blowfish, Loch Ness Johnny, and
Hobex were a few of the many bands providing live en
tertainment throughout the day.
Hootie and the Blowfish was one band that drew a
huge crowd.
Eric Kneece, 21, from West Columbia, said, “I was
throwing more elbows than the N.Y. Knicks. If you
weren’t drunk, you were irritated. Personally, I was
n’t irritated.”
Tables were set up for for organizations trying to
raise money for different causes and for vendors selling
decorative jewelry and lestival souvenirs, most oi them
green.
“[The money collected at the tables] is given to char
ities to give kids an improved chance in life,” said Jan
ice Cohen, a volunteer for SisterCare. “At Sister
Care, we try to break the cycles of violence.”
Vendors had a slightly different view of the mone
tary situation.
“Drunk people always come
by here and buy things that are
ridiculous and ridiculously priced,”
local vendor James Larrison said.
“I am going to take advantage of
that and make as much money as
1 can.”
But overall, partygoers wel
corned the good times and took advantage of the at
mosphere.
“It’s great. It’s fun,” nursing junior Carol Ann Cas
tles said. “There are so many people here, and they are
all friendly.”
There was no guess as to how many USC students
entered the ticket gates, nor how many were expect
ed.
“Everyone is out here having fun,” biology junior
Amanda Turbeville said. “It’s great to come out and have
fun with your friends.”
‘I was throwing more elbows
than the N.Y. Knicks.1
Eric Kneece
West Columbia resident
Delaney's, an Irish pub on Saluda Street, attracted a large crowd
of people looking for green beer.
Campus Notes
AAAS to hold mixer,
elections at meeting
The Association of African American
Students will hold elections and a mix
er at 6 p.m. Tuesday on the Russell House
Patio. Call 777-5061 with questions.
Women’s Studies to
present lecture
Women’s Studies will present a lecture
by Dr. Miriam Freeman entitled “Im
ages of Social Workers in the Movies:
Themes of Gender, Race, and Class.”
The lecture will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednes
day in Gambrell Hall, Room 152. A re
ception will follow in Room 428. For
more information, call 777-4007.
Islam Awareness Week
will begin today
Islam Awareness Week is sponsoring a
series of events this week. The event will
kick off 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday in the
Golden Spur with a presentation called
“Quam and Arabic” by Dr. Abu-Bakr Al
Hamid of the Department of German,
Slavic and East Asian Studies. There will
also be a visual presentation on “Science
in the Quran” by Arif Kidwai at 8 p.m.
Tuesda, in the Golden Spur.
Applications available
for NAACP elections
The National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People will have
elections for the 2000-2001 term at 6
p.m. March 30 in Russell House Room
205. Applications are available in the
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
and are due there by 5 p.m. March 22.
For more information, call Douglas Wil
son at 544-4201.
Applications available
for Carolina Camp
Students interested in sharing their ex
periences and knowledge about USC
with incoming freshmen during Car
olina Camp, an optional summer ori
entation experience, can pick up a coun
selor application in the Career Center,
&ih floor in the BA building. Deadline
for applications is 5 p.m. March 31 in
the Career Center.
College of Pharmacy
to hold blood drive
The College of Pharmacy will hold a blood
drive to benefit the Red Cross from 12 to
6 p.m. Wednesday in Coker Life Sciences,
Room 210. All students, faculty and staff
are welcome, and appointments are not
necessary. There will be a sign-up sheet
outside the room for those who would
like a guaranteed donation time.
Speaker will discuss
Bosnian elections
The Professional Society of Internation
al Studies will ha>« a speaker, professor
Cornell Hugh Fleisher of the Universi
ty of Chicago, at 5 p.m. Wednesday in
Room 429 in Gambrell Hall. The topic is
the history of elections in Bosnia. For
more information, call 748-9876 or e
mail psisusc@vm.sc.edu.
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ted to RH 333. Please include a contact
name and phone number. We can’t
promise to print everything, but we can
promise to try.
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