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Apology CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ed her from commenting, but she did apologize to the groups during the meeting and said the event won’t be held again until ZTA can regain “100-percent control” of the event. ZTA representatives also said no one was drinking at the event and that a police officer was back stage to maintain order. Hollis said canceling the event wasn’t necessary, but listed de mands from the university that in cluded a public apology from USC and ZTA, a black presence in USC’s Office of Greek Life, a mandatory program where black students can educate other students about what is offensive and a restructuring of the Big Man on Campus event. Brewer asked Hollis to e-mail him his demands and would get back with him by 5 p.m. on Friday. About 50 people crammed into Russell House room 303 at 4 p.m., including Greek Life Director Gena Runnion, AAAS president Justin Williams, SG president elect Zachery Scott, SG vice pres ident-elect Yvonne Miller and Lonnie Randolph Jr., president of the South Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Williams didn’t attend the ZTA event but did see a tape of it, which he also said he would show during Tuesday night’s AAAS meeting. “If Office of Greek Life does not reprimand this organization in some way, shape, form or fashion, then to me, or to AAAS, that means that Greek life, student life and the university as a whole condones this type of behavior,” Williams said. Runnion, Greek life director, said she only knew third-hand in formation about the incident but that she had spoken with Hollis and helped set up Tuesday’s meeting. She said USC would investigate the incident to see if the students vio lated the code of student conduct. Priya Sarathy, a fourth-year psy chology student who identified her self as “a concerned student,” said the problem is more than 20 years old. She showed a picture from a 1981 Garnet & Black yearbook of a white student with black paint on his or her face. The caption reads: I “Entertaining parents and friends, Zeta Tau Alpha performs a Broadway show in tie and tails.” “Ybu have an obligation to us •to make us feel comfortable while we are getting an education,” Sarathy said. “I don’t love this school. I don’t want to come back to this school. I won’t give a dime of my money to this school.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwTn.sc.edu -1 MLK film CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 film, but for the purpose of the screening, the film was converted to a 35mm negative, which is the theatrical standard. Monaco Film and Video, a San Francisco laboratory, converted the film into the negative, which will increase the film’s life span. Streible said WIS-TV’s initial preservation of the footage is of ten uncommon among news sta tions. “Most TV stations did not save footage like this, and many still don’t," Streible said. According to history professor Bobby Donaldson, who will intro duce the screening, the seven minute clip also shows viewers the evolution of news coverage. “You can see how news was conveyed differently from today,” Donaldson said. “It’s a really dif ferent presentation from what is seen today." Streible said the film also sheds a different light on King. “He was such a large figure, and this expands the repertoire of mo ments in his life," Streible said. “Now, it’s always his ‘I have a dream speech’ in Washington? D.C., but there are so many other moments in his life that need recognition." Donaldson said the film also de picts a different perspective of the civil rights movement. “It’s very important to show the civil rights movement was not just in Mississippi or Alabama but throughout the South, and South Carolina played an important role.” According to Donaldson, King’s speech specifically addresses the role of South Carolinians in at taining voting rights. “It shows how King thought of South Carolina as the next step in the voting rights struggle," Donaldson said. “He was drum ming up African-American sup port for a new phase of the civil rights movement." Streible said he believes King’s powerful oration will appeal to viewers. “I know people, particularly those who are old enough to have been alive during this time, will find it quite moving, and even those who were not alive will find his voice stirring," Streible said. For more information on the Orphan Film Symposium, visit the Web site www.sc.edu/film symposium or call Streible at 777 9158. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu r-.- i . . - --. »ii u - - ■ - L - -. ■ ■ ■ ■ Golden Spur CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 One improvement over last year’s game room is the addition of tables and chairs. “Students are more than wel come to bring in food, their lunch or their dinner, into the room," Carr said. With a new location in place, Carr said the officials at the Office of Student Life decided to name the new room after the bar and en tertainment lounge formerly lo cated on the second floor of the Russell House. The original Golden Spur served alcohol to stu dents in the early 1980s before the drinking age was raised. The Golden Spur also saw time as a music listening room and a lounge before its out-of-the-way location prompted its closing last May. The new game room features bil • Hard lights suspended over the ta bles, a touch Carr said was intend ed to give the place a pool-hall feel. In addition to the seven billiard tables, two ping-pong tables, 3 TV sets and a Playstation 2, Student life is buying an air hockey table. “Since last year we received a sizeable increase in student traffic," Carr said. She attributes this to last year’s ban on smoking in the new game room. In the future Student Life will look to partner with Campus Recreation to bring intramural bil liard tournaments to the Golden Spur. Bennie Davis, a 51-year-old cook at the Grand Marketplace, likes to pass the afternoons shooting pool and playing ping-pong in the new game room. He gives students point ers while beating them easily. “I used to go upstairs when I get off and hang out with the kids," said Davis, who has worked at USC since 1986. “I think over time this is going to be a pretty good place." 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