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CAROLINA 0 BRIEF
Fraternity honored
with national award
USC’s chapter of Delta
Tau Delta fraternity was
recently presented the
Hugh Shields Award for
Chapter of Excellence
by the International
Fraternity.
One of 11 chapters in,
the fraternity to earn the
distinction, the Theta
Eta chapter was honored
at the Southern Division
Leadership Conference
in Atlanta.
The Hugh Shields
Award for Chapter
Excellence was officially
established in 1965. It
is named for the late
Hugh Shields, the first
executive vice president
of the fraternity.
The award is based on
the chapter’s submission
of an awards application,
which measures
excellence in internal
operations, chapter
finance, recruitment,
alumni relations,
community service/
relations, membership
education and academics.
Delta Tau Delta was
founded in 1858 and
has 117 chapters and
colonies in the United
States with a membership
of approximately 6,000
undergraduates and
140,000 alumni members.
The fraternity posts a
GPA of 2.93, making
it one of the top large
men’s Greek fraternities
in academics.
THIS WEEK # USC
TODAY
Edwards Studio Recital
— fall trombone night:
7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
TUESDAY
Rachelle Whitcomb
master's violin recital: 4
p.m. School of Music
206
Stewart Livingston senior
french horn recital: 6 p.m.
School of Music 206
Katie Thigpen & Matt
Shrewsbury junior trombone
recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of .Music 206
WEDNESDAY
Essena Setaro graduate
violin recital: 5:30 p.m.
School of Music 206
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Sophomore Jaime Cuellar hits the ball during the Gamecocks’ March 3 match against
Miss. State. The Gamecocks, ranked at No. 32, beat the No. 27 ranked bulldogs 5-2.
State
Business owners face
popular park’s closing
MYRTLE BEACH — Several
longtime businesses around
the Myrtle Beach Pavilion
Amusement Park watched
with interest as the owners
announced it will be the
park’s last season.
Some of Myrtle Beach’s
other most famous and
oldest places — Peaches
Corner and Fun Plaza
— aren’t yet ready to call
it quits, though offers from
developers are making a few
longtime business owners
think about their future.
While the Pavilion shuts
down for good at the end of
the summer after 58 seasons,
the run rlaza amusement
park less than a block away
plans to stay open, owner
Jimmy Waldorf said.
Burroughs & Chapin Co.
Inc. wants to fill the 11-acre
Pavilion site with a mix of
hotels, lodging, shops and
attractions but doesn’t plan
to release details for at least
a few months.
Manager Jack Fletcher
said a decision on how to
renovate the Ocean Front
Bar & Grill won’t be made
until then.
The restaurant may add
something new on the upper
levels and spruce up the
main level, Fletcher said.
The changes might be
necessary to keep Myrtle
Beach as a viable tourist
destination, said Gary
Loftus, director of Coastal
Carolina University’s
Center for Economic
Development.
Nation
Cheerleading stunts
limited after accident
DALLAS — A national
cheerleading safety group
restricted high-flying stunts
in response to a frightening
fall from a 15-foot human
pyramid. The changes went
into effect days before a
slew of college basketball
conference tournaments
around the country.
The American Association
of Cheerleading Coaches
and Administrators banned
tall pyramids and some
forms of cheerleader
tossing without mats after
Kristi Yamaoka of Southern
Illinois University lost her
balance and fell on her head
during the Missouri Valley
Conference championship
Sunday. She had a
concussion and cracked
vertebra in her neck but
was released from a hospital
Tuesday.
Jim Lord, AACCA
executive director, said the
new rules are an attempt
to prevent another high
profile accident. Lord
said the restrictions only
apply to basketball games,
where high-flying tricks
can be dangerous because
of hardwood floors and
crowded sidelines.
“This isn’t a cheerleading
competition. This isn’t
where they get to do
everything they want to
do,” said Lord, whose group
works to educate the more
than 50,000 cheerleading
coaches nationwide. “The
cheerleaders aren’t there for
themselves.”
World
Bachelet sworn in as
first female president
VALPARAISO, Chile —
Michelle Bachelet, a single
mother who was tortured
under Chile’s military
dictatorship, was sworn in
as the country’s first female
president Saturday and
fulfilled a key campaign
promise by naming women
to half her Cabinet posts.
The inauguration also
made Bachelet the first
directly elected Latin
American woman president
who was not the widow of a
powerful politician.
Bachelet said her
inauguration “was not only
the change trom a great
president to a woman
president. It’s about putting
an entire government to
your service.”
Bachelet, who suffered
prison, torture and exile
under Chile’s military
dictatorship, took her oath at
the crowded Hall of Honor
of Chile’s Congress in this
port city near Santiago,
applauded by most of the
leftist leaders who have
come to power in South
America in recent years.
She returned to Santiago
and spoke from the
presidential palace balcony.
“There was a time in
our history when we were
divided, looking at each
other with suspicion, with
mistrust and rejection.
Now, the time has come to
look at each other again in
the face, in the eyes,” she
told thousands of cheering
supporters in Santiago.
CRIME REPORT
MONDAY,
MARCH 6
Intimidation,
3:5$ a.m.
[last Quad E-1 Lot,
1400 Blossom St
The victim said a
known subject threatened
to break his car windows
if he didn’t repay her
money he borrowed.
Reporting officer:
M. J. Winnington,
N. Liggon
TUESDAY,
MARCH 7
Burglary, larceny
of cell phone,
simple possession
of marijuana,
2:57 a.m.
Bates House,
1423 Whaley St.
The victim, 20, said
someone took his Xbox,
hair clippers, cell phone,
Sony radio/CD player,
wallet and alarm clock.
Jones Emmanuel, 18, and
Corey Chavis, 18, were
found via videotape to
have the items. Chavis
also had what appeared
to be marijuana.
Reporting officer:
M. Evans
Malicious injury
to real property,
8:58 a.m.
Humanities Classroom
Building, 1614
College St. •
Someone drew graffiti
on a glass window.
Reporting officer:
N. Husbands
Minor in possession
of liquor and beer,;
12:51 p.m.
Woodrow,
1415 Greene St.
Reporting officer S.
Wilcox responded to a
fire alarm and entered
room to verify there
was a fire. Wilcox found
several empty liquor
bottles. Henry Bonner,
20, indicated there was
alcohol in the freezer
and refrigerator. Wilcox
found four bottles of
liquor and three cases of
beer. Bonner was arrested
and transported to Alvin
S. Glenn Detention
Center.
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 8
Trespassing after
notice, disorderly
conduct, 11:10 p.m.
Law Center,
1112 Greene St.
Steven Fleming, 52,
was observed trying to
enter the front doors and
seemed to be intoxicated.
Fleming had a previous ^
trespassing notice from ^
August 2004 and was
arrested.
Reporting officer:
M. J. Winnington
Attempted larceny,
4:30 p.m.
Thomas Cooper
Library, 1322
Greene St.
The subject tried to
leave with a Spanish
book and a physiology
book. The books had
all identification marks
removed.
Estimated value: $120 ^
Reporting officer:
N. Peter
Assistance rendered,
6:y 7 p.m.
Blatt P.E. Center,
1328 Wheat St.
The victim, 25, was
working out, became
dizzy and passed out.
EMS transported her to
Baptist Hospital.
Reporting officer:
K. Morgan
Larceny of vehicle tag,
12:50 p.m.
Pendleton Garage,
1501 Pendleton St.
The victim said
someone removed his
vehicle tag.
Reporting officer:
D. Davis
T THURSDAY,
MARCH 9
Malicious injury
to real property,
2 a.m.
Bates House,
1423 Whaley St.
Someone tore down an
exit sign and discharged a
fire extinguisher.
Estimated value: $100
Reporting officer:
M. Witmington
Attempted larceny
of vehicle, 6:jo a.m.
Public health school,
921 Assembly St.
The victim, 36,
said someone entered
his unlocked vehicle,
damaged the steering
column and partially
removing his ignition and
plastic casing.
Estimated value: $400
Reporting officer:
M. Winnington
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