The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 06, 2002, Page 3, Image 3
Rockaway
Athletic
Club, a
popular
restaurant
located on
Rosewood
Drive, was
destroyed
in a fire
Tuesday.
PHOTO BY
AARON HARK
Rockaway
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Cruz said the building materi
als contributed to the fire’s sever
ity. He said the wood used in the
construction of the beams is com
monly known as “fatlighter.”
“It’s the old pine that was used
in the construction of the beams
when they built the building, so it
bums real quick,” he said. “I use it
all the time; it’s kindling.”
About eight trucks responded
to the fire, a combination of lad
ders, engines and rescue units. At
8 a.m., however, an apartment fire
was reported on Jackson
Boulevard, and Rescue One was
released to assist with that fire.
“It was really drawing us pretty
close ... we were running out of
companies, as far as in the city,”
Cruz said. “It was a very busy
morning.”
Nothing was left of the popular
restaurant, which over the years has
been home to sorority mixers, fra
ternity socials and weekend parties.
“I think it is a big deal,” said
Hydrick Harden, a fourth-year fi
nance student and SG treasurer.
“I passed somebody today on
their cell phone in Five Points
who was just finding out about it,
and he was shocked. I think it is
going to impact a lot of people, es
pecially with all of the change?
going on. With Frank McGuire
Arena closing ... all of the tradi
tions that had previously defined
college life at Carolina are disap
pearing.”
Graham Mitchell, a bartender
at Rockaway, was scrounging
through the debris late Tuesday
afternoon. He was surrounded by
a sea of black ash littered with col
orful specks of everything from
green Tupperware covers to bro
ken beer bottles.
Pointing to a beer bottle lying
among the rubble, Mitchell said,
“Can you believe it, man? There’s
still beer over there.”
Aaron Hark contributed to this
report. Comments on this story?
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Field F
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tutions of our size, we are way be
hind in field space.”
Band Director David O’Shields
said moving to satisfy construc
tion needs is part of being on a
growing campus. “Where there is
land, there seems to be something
built, and we are going to work
with the university to find another
location,” he said.
O’Shields said the university has
presented several options for relo
cation and the band are waiting for
a response to see “which route they
are going to go with.” He wouldn’t
reveal these proposals.
Melissa Miklus, Carolina
Women’s Lacrosse president, isn’t
happy with Field F but doesn’t
want to move to a worse location.
“If I get moved to a better field, I
don’t have much of a problem... be
cause in reality, that’s what I’m
pushing for anyway,” she said. “If
it gets worse, then I’m throwing my
hands up in the air saying, ‘Why
am I trying? Why am I putting my
time and effort into it?’ ”
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