The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 2001, Image 1
BID DAY ON THE HORSESHOE
INVITATION,
CELEBRATION
, BY ADAM BEAM
THE GAMECOCK
The Horseshoe, usually peaceful,
came to life Sunday as screaming
sorority women in multi-colored t
shirts welcomed their new mem
bers on Sorority Bid Day.
About 700 girls participated in
rush this year, one of the largest
turnouts in 10 years, according to
Delta Gamma president Kristen
Silvernail. Each pledge class will
have around 20 more than last year,
said Kacey Wood, vice president of
Chi Qmega.
“There were so many wonderful
women that came through,”
Silvernail said. “One of the things
that we as Greeks always tell every
girl that comes through is that they
will be in the place that they belong.
I think that every girl finds their
place in rush. It was a hard time in
choosing, but I think that every girl
will ultimately go where they are
supposed to be.”
After participating in a week of
rush, the pledges were finally hand
ed their bids on Sunday afternoon
and rushed across the Horseshoe to
cheers from their awaiting sorori
ty.
“It’s definitely relieving that it’s
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all over with and that everybody
knows where they’re going,” said
Lindsey Warren, who received a
bid for Alpha Delta Pi. “It’s awe
some because it is a whole new be
ginning, and you start all over and
make new friends.”
Warren is one of 60 girls hand
ed invitations for Alpha Delta Pi,
the sorority’s president, Heath
Martin, said. She said Alpha Delta
Pi was the largest sorority going
into rush, with 93 members.
“Well, it was a change [having
so many girls], but I think every
body was able to adjust to it, and
it’s actually great for this cam
pus,” Martin said. “I think it’ll be
great for the chapter, and one of
the first things we’re going to do
is plan a lot of things for our new
girls to get to know each other bet
ter.” She said the sorority would
now work on its philanthropy.
Greek Life director Gena
Runnion said the department had
“anticipated, based on enrollment
figures, that we could have as many
as'700 [women], which we did.”
Because the large number of
girls caused “a few difficulities”
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Kappa Deltas prepare to
welcome the women they
hope will be their new pledge
class, top. PHOTO BY MACKENZIE
CLEMENTS
Third-year student Laurie
Ward, of Zeta Tau Alpha,
hugs fourth-year student
Tara Bisacco, a member of
Alpha Chi Omega, above.
PHOTO BY AARON HARK
with transportation, many girls
had to wait several hours after rush
week events before they could get
back to their residence halls.
“Just because of the sheer num
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Alicia Beard, a Preston
resident, works in her room,
which is part of the newly
named Gryffindor house.
) Preston took house names
from the Harry Potter
books. PHOTO BY AARON HARK
Preston splits into ‘houses’
New system to
encourage
involvement
BY GINNY THORNTON
THE OAMECOCK
Residents and faculty associ
ates of Preston Residential
College have developed a “house"
system, which has been in effect
since students moved in last
Saturday, to encourage resident
involvement this year.
All 240 Preston residents have
been divided into “houses” of 25
30 students and two or three fac
ulty associates. Each house has
a separate weekly meeting, as
well as its own social activities.
Students and faculty have al
ready noted a positive response
to the house system among both
new and returning Preston resi
dents.
“People have already been
much more involved than last
year,” said junior Elizabeth
Catanese, a Preston resident and
co-creator of the house system.
Each of Preston’s eight hous
es has one or two house heads
who inform their houses about
college activities and informa
tion.
“It’s been wonderful so far,”
said Margaret Perkins, Preston
co-principal. “It’s helped tremen
dously with integrating new res
idents.”
This year, integration will be
more important for Preston than
ever before. The residential col
lege now houses 150 freshmen, in
addition to the upperclassmen
who are new to Preston.
Alex Barnette, house system
co-creator, cited “phantoms” as
a major reason for inventing the
system.
“We call them phantoms,” he
said. “By that, I mean the stu
dents who live here and never be
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$inger Aaliyah, whose song
“Try Again” was nominated
for a Grammy, was killed
Saturday in a plane crash in
the Bahamas, photo special to
THE GAMECOCK
The Boat” this month in Miami,
according to her Web site. It was
not clear whether she filmed that
video while in the Bahamas.
Her song “Try Again” earned
her a Grammy nomination this
year for best female R&B vocalist.
Her second album, released in 1996
when she was just 17, and the sin
gle “If Your Girl Only Knew” went
double platinum.
Aaliyah made her feature act
ing debut in last year’s film Romeo
Must Die, and also was signed on
to appear in two sequels to the
high-tech thriller The Matrix.
She was born Aaliyah
Haughton on January 16,1979, in
Brooklyn, N.Y. She made her stage
debut as an orphan in a produc
tion of Annie at the age of six. Her
uncle was married to the soul
singer Gladys Knight, who invit
ed Aaliyah to perform with her
during a five-night stint in Las
Vegas when Aaliyah was 11.
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BY TIM AYLEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARSH HARBOUR, BAHAMAS -
R&B singer and actress Aaliyah
and eight others died when their
small plane crashed in perfect
. weather after taking off in the
Bahamas. The engines of the
Cessna failed, authorities said.
The 22-year-old singer had gone
to the Bahamas to shoot a music
video and was headed back to
Florida, officials said. The pilot
and all eight passengers were
killed.
The twin-engine Cessna went
down in clear skies.with little
wind about 6:50 p.m. Saturday,
roughly 200 feet from the end of
the runway at Marsh Harbour air
port, about 100 miles north of
Nassau. Some of the brush was
still smoldering Sunday morning
as investigators searched the man
gled wreckage.
It was not immediately clear
what caused the crash on Abaco
Island. But Bahamian police
Superintendent Basil Rahming
said one of the Cessna’s engines
“apparently failed.”
Six people, including Aaliyah,
died instantly. The three others
later died of their injuries, he said.
USC students were shocked to
learn the news of Aaliyah’s death.
“I couldn’t believe that a person
so young and so talented could die
so soon. I am just extremely
shocked right now,” said
Demarick Thomas, a first-year
print journalism major.
“It’s a very tragic time for the
music world right now. There isn’t
much to say. My prayers go out to
her family,” said Venus Johnston,
a senior biology major.
Aaliyah, of Detroit, was to be
gin shooting the video for “Rock
Aaliyah dies
in plane crash
Saturday that ballistic tests by au
thorities have confirmed that two
handguns linked to the suspects
were used in the fatal shooting of
Michael C. Messer, a Special
Assistant U.S. Attorney, and the
injury of his co-worker, Richard
S. Ferguson.
The victims, both from Chicago,
were visiting the National
Advocacy Center.
At 9:55 p.m. Aug. 20, two men
waited in a gray Volvo on Laurens
Street while two others attempted
to rob Messer and Ferguson, po
lice report. The victims were in
structed to lay on the ground, but
ran instead.
Johnny Gasser, the lead local
prosecutor in the case, told the
Tribune that the two weapons, a
.25-caliber semiautomatic hand
gun and a .380-caliber semiauto
matic, were fired at Messer and
Ferguson.
Autopsy results show bullets
fired from both weapons hit
Messer, but the fatal wound came
from the .380-caliber, which fired a
♦ SHOOTING, SEE PAGE 6
Bond hearing to
be held today for
four teenagers
charged with
shooting
BY GREG HAMBRICK
THE GAMECOCK
The four teenagers charged in
the shooting death of an assistant
U.S. attorney will face bond hear
ings at the Richland County
Courthouse today.
The four will be tried as adults
and are eligible for the death
penalty under South Carolina law,
Fifth Circuit Solicitor Barney
Giese said.
The four suspects are Abram
Douglas Braveboy, 18, of 2113
Tammy Drive; Cichey Levar
Mayo, 17, of 8308 Old Percival
Road; Bryan Murray, 17, of 7920
Spring Flower Road; and Willie
James Murphy Jr., 16, of 125
Leeside Circle.
The Chicago Tribune reported
Teenagers
to be tried
as adults
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