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The University of South Carolina Monday, March 20, 2006 Vol. 99, No. 74 #. Since 1908 Meg GaiUard I THE GAMECOCK Bullet holes remain in Columbia’s Capitol Center building on the corner of Gervais and Assembly streets.-Five people — including one USC student — were shot there early Saturday morning at a party. Police are searching for a suspect. After Saturday attack, , search on for shooter Five people, including one USC student, injured after verbal fight Jess Davis STAFF WRITER One USC student and four others were shot early Saturday morning during a party at the Capitol Center in downtown Columbia, formerly known as the SouthTrust building, attended mostly by college-age students. jvevin vv nice, a zz-year-oiu media arts stuueiu, was ^ shot in the shoulder by a black male also at the party. ^Others were shot in the head, cheek, back and hand. The shooting happened at about 1:20 a.m. after a verbal altercation turned physical, said Sgt. Florence McCants of the Columbia City Police. The suspect was escorted from the building by SHOOTldG • 2 A bullet hole seen close up on the Capitol Center jn downtown Columbia. All but one of the five victims have been released from treatment. Early reports said the event was sponsored by a fraternity but was actually sponsored by an individual event planner. Meg GaiUard / THE GAMECOCK Ecuadorian politico to speak at social policy conference Justin Chapura NEWS EDITOR An Ecuadorian congressman, ^two USC students and a local ^equal employment advocate will discuss social politics in the Americas at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell House. Galo Vera, a member of Ecuador’s National Congress, will speak on the social policies of the South American nation, which is politically more socialist than the United States, said Veronica Castro, a social work graduate student. Castro and her sister, Vivian, also a social work graduate student, will speak at Tuesday’s conference as well. The fourth ^speaker is Carl Wells of USC’s Office of Equal Opportunity Programs. Veronica said Vera will be speaking on a broad range of topics about social policies from his experience in Ecuador. “Vera is doing important work on social policies for single mothers, which I understand is also a big issue here in the United States,” Veronica said. Veronica Castro said Vivian began to develop the conference during her tenure as Student Government’s international student affairs director. The Castros came to USC from Guayaquil, a major port on Ecuador’s coast. Their father, Nicolas Castro, served four terms in Ecuador’s Congress and has been in the country’s turbulent political arena for more than 40 years. In 1998, a specially elected National Constitutional Assembly, ECUADOR • 2 Irish spring (in their step) mam ~ i Meg Gaillard / THE GAMECOCK Students from the Rince Na h’Eireann School of Irish Dancing take part in Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Five Points. DISCUSSION EXPLORES LATINOS’ MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST Meeting in Russell House featured several speakers Joshua Rabon THE GAMECOCK Students and community members congregated in the upstairs of the Russell House on Friday afternoon to hear a panel discussion on Latino women in the Southeast. De Anne Messias, graduate director of women’s studies, opened her presentation by noting her surprise at the relatively large turnout for a small panel discussion, particularly on a Friday afternoon. * “I came after I found out about this through my history class, and it sounded interesting,” said fourth-year psychology student Latoya Pope. M pcci nc pcf-iKl icKprl f K p importance of research in this field by pointing out the large population of Latinos who have moved to South Carolina in the past 10 years, and noting that most immigrants came directly to South Carolina from Mexico. Elaine Lacy, director of the USC Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, said between 1990 and 2004, there was a 327 percent increase in the Latino population in South Carolina. Messias noted four main pillars of her research: transitions, transnationalism, transculteration and undocumentedness. “A transition is the passage between some life phase to another with some degree of change in self redefinition,” Messias said. “There is a lot of research going on, but throughout it there are frameworks that are important to keep in mind.” Messias described transculteration as a process without a complete change or transition. “Transculteration is more fluid. You don’t become acculturated completely, you pick and choose. For example, you might use new health care practices, you might bring some with you, or you may look home for practices,” Messias said. Another potential obstacle to migration is undocumentedness. Messias points out that failure to have proper immigration paperwork is only one type of undocumentedness, as driving without a license, or not having a health insurance card are other forms of undocumentedness. “In research after Katrina, we found there were instances of individuals being turned away for being undocumented,” Messias said. Lacy’s research is focused on examining the ways that Latina women navigate the immigration process. The differences between the settlement in South Carolina and more traditional places such as Texas are a key factor in the research. “They are moving to a new PfMCL • 2 ' Viewpoints Field Cantey talks about stepping over the cultural line; Lindsey Dennerlien sings the praises of guys with accents and how they stack up. * The Mix Gamers get ready Life may be put on hold today with the release of the new installment of the ‘Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. ’ Sports Bracket busters High seeds fall and underdogs rise in the NCAA Tournament’s first weekend of action. Index Comics & Crossword..7 Classifieds.10 Horoscopes..7 Opinion.4 Police Report..2 i