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283 arrested, 39 jailed at Carolina Cup Minor in possession most common charge at event Hannah Jeffrey

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Coliseum lot will close Saturday Discovery Garage free this semester Hannah Jeffrey

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Students will start feeling the effects of USC’s plans to build a privately funded dorm behind the Carolina Coliseum as soon as next week.

The Coliseum parking lot at the corner of Blossom and Park streets will be closed permanently on Saturday so that construction crews can move in next week.

To make up for the lost lot, the university is opening up the Discovery Garage for free parking for students and faculty with certain parking decals — S, N, Z, GS and CS — until May 11. A new

faculty parking area will be established in the parking lot bordered by Blossom, Devine, Lincoln and Park streets.

Un iversit y spokesma n Wes H ick man said USC wasn’t given much notice that crews would be moving into t he lot and t hat t he university would do its best to reach out to people who park there. USC is buying advertisements in The Daily Gamecock this week, and anyone parked in the lot on Saturday will get a phone call telling them to move.

Charles Bierbauer, dean of t he C ol lege of M a s s Com mu n icat ions and Information Studies, said that parking will always be a concern on any growing campus.

“As the journalism school

prepares to move to t he center of campus, we will be g iv i ng up for merly convenient park ing for a higher visibility location and even a view — a building with windows,” Bierbauer s a id . “ L i f e c o me s w it h trade-offs.”

Next semester, starting A u g . 11 , t h e p a r k i n g situation will change more.

A parking lot near Gadsden a nd Greene st reet s w i l l become a facult y lot, and the faculty parking in the lot closest to the new Darla Moore School of Business w i l l be closed for more construction.

And in May, the walking bridge to t he St rom Thurmond Wellness and F it ne s s C e nt e r w i l l b e

The closing The Coliseum parking lot at the corner of Blossom and Park streets will be permanently closed Saturday.

The changes Parking in Discovery Garage will be free until May 11 for students and faculty with S, N, Z, GS and C decals.

A few days after the dust settled at the Springdale Race Course, the highly anticipated numbers are in: How many people got arrested?

Camden Police Chief Joseph Floyd said 283 people were charged at this year’s annual Carolina Cup, 39 of whom were taken to jail.

That’s up from 242 charges last year, including nearly 70 trips to jail.

The gates opened up at 9 a.m., and the first arrests were made around 9:15 a.m. when the first minor in possession charges were issued, Floyd said.

“Lot s of k ids don’t u nderst a nd that if you’re carrying a cooler full of alcohol, you’re in possession of alcohol,” Floyd said. “Fraternit ies make their pledges do all the work, so often they’re the ones bringing alcohol in. Whether they intend to drink it or not, it’s a possession case.”

Floyd sa id several m i nor i n p o s se s sion ch a rge s were ag a i n st pledges, and that fraternity brothers should consider developing another strategy for transporting alcohol.

“If you put your pledges in t he posit ion to go get you a beer and bring it to you, you’re putting them in jeopardy of minor in possession if they’re under 21,” Floyd said.

A nd t hose m i nor i n possession charges were the most issued charge, followed by public disorderly conduct.

A c c or d i n g t o F lo yd , t he p ubl ic disorderly charges are often issued to those over 21 years old who get too dr unk and make quest ionable decisions. But disorderly conduct

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Homemade soap comes to market Local family business focuses on selling pure, natural products Sarah Martin

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Anne Hester works at her farmers market stand, the Soap Deli, and prepares different kinds of soap for students to pick and choose from on Tuesday.

Fo r t he He s t e r f a m i l y of Newberry, making soap runs in the family.

Anne Hester said her daughter wanted to be at home with her kids, so she started making and selling soaps. Once her kids got older, she went to teach at Duke University, leaving Anne and her husband take over the business. “ We s t i l l u s e h e r o r i g i n a l formula,” Hester said.

The Hesters began selling their products at the Healthy Carolina Farmers Market on Tuesdays after they read about the market in The State, and they say they have loved setting up shop on Greene Street ever since. They call their stand the “Soap Deli.”

“T he whole ex per ience w it h this market has been such f un,” Hester said. “We older people like to stay in touch with the younger generation.”

The Hesters make their soaps in a workshop at home. Anne Hester compared the process to making old-fashioned lye soap, just without the animal fat, which Hester called “rancid.”

Each kind of soap has a similar base of olive oil or coconut oil, and Hester uses different k inds of essential oils and botanicals to manipulate t heir text ure, scent and color. The family also uses local ground cornmeal to give their exfoliating soap a “sandy texture.”

Some of the essential oils Hester loves are tea tree oil, which can be used as an antiseptic, and olive oil, SOAP • 3

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City economic development director fired Wayne Gregory, Jr., who has served as the City of Columbia’s economic development director, has been fired and arrested for embezzling money, WIS-TV reported.

Gregory was arrested before 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday and is awaiting a bond hearing. He was formerly the economic development director in Georgetown County, and authorities there say he embezzled about $100,000.

I nve st ig ator s say t h at b et ween Januar y 2010 and September 2013, Gregory embezzled money from the county using a purchasing card while he served as director. Georgetown County investigators executed a search warrant at his apartment in Columbia, where was subsequently arrested and charged.

Colu mbia Cit y Ma nager Teresa Wilson said in a statement that the city will conduct an internal review of the economic development department.

Wilson also named Ryan Coleman, development and business manager, the department’s acting director. Coleman has worked for the city since 2006.

— Compiled by Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

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Late-inning heroics lift Gamecocks over ASU Greiner collects 8th RBI in 8 games with walk-off single Tanner Abel

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If the dramatics against Tennessee were enough for Gamecock baseball fans, they weren’t for one of the heroes of this past weekend’s series.

Junior catcher Grayson Greiner came on to pinch-hit in the ninth frame Tuesday with a runner on second, and he hit a walk-off single down the left field line to give South Carolina a 2-1 victory against Appalachian State.

Greiner’s hit gave the Gamecocks their third walk-off victory in four games, and it has his teammates raving about the catcher’s performance of late.

“I have faith in Gary,” junior Joey Pankake said of his roommate Grayson Greiner. “I saw when he went up to the plate. I started untying my cleats and packed my stuff up.”

Continuing on from his SEC Player of the Week selection last week, Greiner now has eight RBIs and eight hits in the last four games.

Small ball helped set up Greiner in the last inning. Junior right fielder Connor Bright singled up the middle to start the inning, giving him a 3-for-4 day at the plate. Then freshman Jordan Gore, also one of Saturday’s heroes, pinch-hit and delivered a sacrifice bunt to move Bright to second.

That set up Greiner, who did not even take batting practice before the game due to a hand injury that has been nagging him. After the game, coach Chad Holbrook said that he has coached several major league catchers in his career, but Greiner may be the best of all of them.

The intense weekend may have taken the life out of most of the South Carolina bats, as the team had nine hits to earn those two runs, leaving seven men on base.

Holbrook said he was not proud of how his team hit against the Mountaineers for the most part and added the Gamecocks must have a better approach against a

great pitching team in Arkansas this weekend.

“But it was a good win for us,” he said.

“I told the guys we’re halfway through our 56-game regular season schedule, and we’re 25-3. So I can’t complain too much at what they’ve done.”

Lost in Greiner’s clutch finish once again was the performance of Gamecock junior starting pitcher Evan Beal. In his second start of the season, he threw 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out three batters, but it was not enough to earn a decision.

After Bright gave the Gamecocks the lead in fourth inning on a single into left field off a 3-0 pitch, Beal went into the sixth inning before freshman Josh Reagan came on in relief.

Reagan hit a Mountaineer batter and then threw wildly in a pickoff attempt to advance the runner all the way to third.

Sophomore center fielder Jaylin Davis hit a single to tie the game and give Reagan a technically unearned run.

Reagan finished his inning of relief wit h t wo st rikeouts before fellow freshman Taylor Widener relieved him.

Widener threw 1.1 innings of scoreless baseball, and sophomore Vince Fiori did the same to earn his first win of the season. Fiori has thrown 12.2 innings this season, all without giving up an earned run.

Pankake extended his hitting streak to 16 games after going 2-for-3 on the night with a run scored.

Holbrook is not complacent with his team’s success at the midway point of the season and said there are still concerns about winning in league play if the players the team depends on to get hits cannot come through.

Still, he realized how hard it is to win games late like the team has done recently and praised his team and a certain player’s character.

“They’ve done a really good job, and I’m lucky to have Grayson Greiner on my team,” Holbrook said. “That kid never ceases to amaze me.”

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Junior Joey Pankake extended his hitting streak to 16 games after a 2-for-3 effort at the plate on Tuesday. Pankake is sporting a .354 batting average on the season.

Softball sweeps CSU, PC to continue streak

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Freshman designated player Victoria Williams started the Gamecocks’ scoring against Presbyterian in the night cap of the doubleheader with a three-run home run.

South Carolina pushes win streak to 7 games with sweep Tuesday Collyn Taylor

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The Gamecocks’ softball team pushed its winning streak to seven games with two dominating wins over in-state competition Tuesday.

The Gamecocks (24-12, 5-7 SEC) beat Charleston Southern 9-1 and Presbyterian 8-0. Both games ended early due to the mercy rule.

After falling behind 1-0 early in the first game to Charleston Southern, the Gamecocks scored nine straight runs, six of which came in the second and fourth innings.

Freshman pitcher Nickie Blue pitched 5.2 innings against Charleston Southern and racked up four strikeouts while only allowing two hits.

That same success carried over to the second game of the doubleheader against Presbyterian.

After back-to-back singles, freshman designated player Victoria Williams got the scoring started early with a three-run home run in the first inning.

“We had a conversation before we went up to bat that we were going to get three hits in a row,” Williams said. “It was great to have them on and to

get those runs in and start us off with three runs.”

Williams said that the shot to left field gave the Gamecocks the “oomph” they were looking for.

They followed up their explosive first inning with a four-run second inning, giving them a commanding 7-0 lead, with Williams finishing the contest 1-for-2 with four RBIs and a home run.

“I was trying to keep it simple and be handsy,” Williams said. “I wanted to hit the ball hard, put it in play and good things will happen, and it did.”

Defensively, the Gamecocks held Presbyterian scoreless behind a complete game, two-hitter from junior pitcher Julie Sarratt, who struck out six and allowed only one walk in five scoreless innings.

“Our mentality today was to go out and attack, and I think we did that against both teams today.

Getting those three runs in the first inning against PC was great,” Sarratt said.

After the three-run shot in the first inning, Sarratt pitched in the lead for four innings, which loosened her up and allowed her to “attack the batters and the strike zone.”

“When you have seven runs on your side, you just throw the ball,” Sarratt said. “I knew they had my back with whatever I threw, and the offense came in and scored more runs.”

After Tuesday’s victories, the Gamecocks are owners of a seven-game winning streak, outscoring

their opponents 65 to 18.

“We feel unstoppable right now. We are so confident in ourselves, and we feel that together, we can do anything,” Williams said. “If we keep hitting the ball hard and putting into play, good things will keep happening for us.”

Over the course of the streak, the Gamecocks have produced runs at a premium, and five of the seven games have ended early due to the mercy rule.

To coach Beverly Smith, the quality at-bats her team is taking is key to its success.

“We’re trying to focus on the little things, and we’ve done a nice job of getting people on [base]. We had 10 walks in the first game,” Smith said. “We’ve done a nice job of getting people on and getting the timely hit to create some offense.”

The Gamecocks outscored their opponents Tuesday 17-1 and only allowed four hits total. Smith says seeing improvement in her team is what has impressed her most about the winning streak.

“We played great softball on all facets. Defense was great, pitching did their job, and we scored enough runs to win,” Smith said. “What I’m pleased about is that we are continuing to get better and better, and we are seeing this team play with a lot of confidence.”

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April Fools’ Day prank leads to woman’s arrest An Upstate woman was arrested after an April Fools’ Day joke went wrong, The State reported.

Angela Timmons, 54, an employee of Virginia College in Spartanburg County, texted a family member that she was “hearing gunshots inside the college” and was hiding for her own safety, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.

The family member that received the text message called 911 after she did not hear from Timmons again and t hought t he shoot ing was act ually happening.

According to deputies, Timmons admitted to investigators that the text message was an April Fools’ Day joke.

She has since been charged with one count of disturbing schools.

— Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

PARKING • Cont. from 1 closed, too.

The 878 -bed dor m project will open in two phases, wit h t he f irst open i ng i n fa l l 2015 behind the Coliseum .

T he second pha se is planned to open in the fall of 2016.

Upon its completion, t he ho u s i n g p r oj e c t w i l l i n c lu d e a r o u nd 700 parking spaces for residents.

Editor’s note: Editori n - Chie f T ha d Mo o re contributed reporting.

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Burger King employees fight back against robber

3 charged following burglary of El Cheapo

Employees at the Burger King on Two Notch Road fought back when a man attempted to rob the business, The State reported.

Richland County deputies are looking for the suspect who demanded money on March 23. The man also assaulted one of the Burger King employees with a gun, according to a release from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

The suspect took money from the register and told the employees to unlock the safe to give him more money. When the employees said they were unable to unlock the safe and give in to his demands, the suspect threatened them with a gun. The employees fought the man until he ran away.

— Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

Three men were arrested after the Friday robbery of a convenience store in West Columbia, The State reported.

The El Cheapo store on Charleston Highway was robbed at around 9:17 a.m., when the men stole cigarettes and money. Two of the men are accused of holding a female employee against her will with a gun while money was stolen from the register.

Another man was in charge of driving the getaway car.

Cody Arringer Johnson, 20;, Cequel Keith, 20; and Jaleel Traytwon Miller, 21, are charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and possessing a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

— Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

Fashion experts share experiences Panel of professionals talk about their companies Davis Klabo

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Fashion and style occupied the Arnold School of Public Health Tuesday as the USC Fashion Board hosted its annual symposium.

The board consisted of a panel of three fashion industry professionals, who spoke to students about their collective experiences in starting and managing their own fashion companies around the Columbia area.

The panel included Rip Scott, director of marketing and brand development at Alta Gracia Apparel; Debbie McDaniels, t he ow ner a nd fou nder of Re vente Boutique; and Jeff Plotner, founder of Brackish Bow Ties.

Scott’s company, Alta Gracia Apparel, markets itself as the only clothing factory in the world that pays its workers a “living wage,” which is over three times the minimum wage, according to its website.

The Spartanburg-based company has its factory in the Dominican Republic and

supplies college apparel to a number of schools around the United States.

“We do want to make great apparel,” Scott said. “And we believe it starts with how we treat our workers.”

Scott also reflected on the company’s ethos within its corporate offices, where it only employs a few workers.

“When you’ve got a team of three to seven people, you really need to invest in them,” Scott said. “When you see them grow and take off on their own, it’s a very satisfying feeling.”

McDaniels, on the other hand, provided her perspective from a strictly brick-andmortar retail operation in Columbia.

Revente Boutique, her company, offers consignment options for women’s fashion, encouraging women to trade in their outdated fashion for a partial refund.

Consignors also have the option to donate unsold items to the Revente’s Second Chances section, which benef its The Women’s Shelter.

McDaniels spoke primarily about the experiences of transitioning from a basic retail position to the role of a manager and owner. She also talked about the community atmosphere fostered between

local businesses, even in competition.

“As long as you’re not opening across the street from me, I’m happy to give anyone advice,” McDaniels said. “That’s especially t r ue if you’re in men’s or children’s or furniture.”

Plot ner’s compa ny, Brack ish Bow Ties, also focused on t he concept of quality over quantity. Brackish features handcrafted bow ties composed entirely out of feathers. All of the ties are made by hand by local artisans in the Charleston area.

Brackish was recently thrust into the local and national spotlight by fi lm star Bill Murray, who was seen sporting one of its bow ties at the 2014 Oscars.

“When something like that happens, you really have to hustle,” Plotner said. “If you just sit back and smile, this probably isn’t the business you should be in.”

Plotner described a day of frantic emails and phone calls during which he sought to capitalize fully on the opportunity that Murray’s showcase had presented them.

“You really have to be committed to what you’re doing,” Plotner said.

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Anne Hester said one of the things she loves most about being at the farmers market is having the opportunity to get to meet new students every week.

SOAP • Continued from 1 which she said is great for skincare. “ D o n ’t w e a l w a y s s a y t h a t Med iter ra nea n women have t he best skin in the world?” Hester said, referring to the benefits of olive oil.

Hester also said that the glycerin that many commercial soap brands tout is not something she adds to her soap, because it’s already a byproduct of the soap-making process.

ARRESTS • Cont. from 1 charges aren’t limited to those of age; minors can also be cited.

“If they’re 21 years o f a g e a n d t h e y ’r e d r i n k i ng a nd ac t i ng responsibly, we don’t bot her t hem,” Floyd said. “But if they cross that line and get sloppy drunk and start falling over, that’s when we get involved.”

T here were 157 officers on the ground at t he race cou rse S at u r d a y, F lo yd said, and many more of f icers were just of f

“It’s no big secret,” Hester said.

“It’s what’s not in it that makes it good for your skin.”

As for all of the different kinds of soap they sell at the farmers market, Hester said the family considers a variety of scents and purposes. “ Yo u j u s t h a v e t o l e t y o u r imagination go,” she said.

the grounds, working traffic and conducting safet y i nspect ions.

Floyd said those officers working off the race course’s campus aren’t counted in t he nu mb er of C a rol i n a Cup of f icers, as t hey weren’t dealing directly with the alcohol at the event.

USC police officers have also t raveled to Camden to help patrol for the last six years, which Floyd said was a big help when it came t o w o r k i n g w it h s o many students.

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“USC of f icers w ill work t hrough t he crowd and recognize a number of the students, a nd most st udent s r e c o g n i z e t h e m ,” he s a id . “ T he y ’r e a t remendous tool to have assist us.”

Camden Police will provide the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety w it h a list of arrest s made at Carolina Cup so they can follow up with USC students who received charges.

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Students needed earlier notice of lot closing ISSUE A parking lot by the Coliseum is closing.

OUR STANCE Earlier notice should have been provided.

Can you hear that? It’s the groan of thousands of students learning that the surface parking lot behind the Carolina Coliseum will be closed next week to accommodate the construction of new student housing. When no one thought the parking woes on campus could get any worse, USC advised us that they will — and on short notice.

To b e f a i r, C o l u m b i a i s st r uggl i ng w it h a sor t of adolescence, and USC is feeling t he c ol l at er a l d a m ag e . T he increasingly metropolitan city has outgrown its dated infrastructure, meaning resident and student alike must battle with a severe parking shortage that’s exacerbated by inadequate public transportation.

T hat ’s ab out a l l t he slack we’re going to cut USC, though.

Changing the parking paradigm midway through the semester leave s hu nd reds of st udent s struggling with what they should

do with their cars.

We realize that, once again, the universit y is at the mercy of outside forces. In this case, it is the schedule of a private contractor, but more steps could have been taken to avoid rerouting commuters on such short notice.

Even those that don’t park at the Coliseum lots will be feeling the pain next week.

Their symptoms will include a shuffle to fi nd parking and the potential need to buy a garage spot with only four weeks left in the semester. This influx of cars elsewhere on campus will make parking harder to come by, and the move to push students with surface lot passes into Discovery Garage will devalue the passes of

“More steps could have been taken to avoid rerouting commuters on such short notice. Even those that don’t park at the Coliseum lots will be feeling the pain next week.”

those who have already paid the full rate there.

None of this bodes well for the students and faculty that already complain that surface parking is hard to find by mid-morning and for those who bought Discovery permits to avoid that struggle.

And regardless of how tricky things get for people who already park there, it remains to be seen whether opening Discovery will even be enough to alleviate the pressure on USC’s already-limited parking.

It’s u nfor t u nate t hat USC students must remain victims of circumstance. We’re all familiar with the narrative: an on-campus housing shortage drives students to live elsewhere, and a constant hunt for parking when they come to campus for the day. We can only imagine how the lot closure might clash with professors’ policies on attendance and tardiness.

But we’re used to it by now, and we’ll bear down and get by like we have for quite some time now.

All in all, we just wish we could rely on USC to provide timely notification of such developments so that we can adjust accordingly.

In the meantime, we’ll have to cope with this shortchanging.

Campus parking in dire need of reform Everyone knows that parking at Carolina is a hassle. If you park at the Carolina Coliseum parking lots, you remember that just last week st udents were forced to compete for park ing with the circus, which took up half of one of the lots.

Un le s s y o u a l w a y s g e t t o campus before 9 a.m., you have also experienced the circus that is the Coliseum parking lot, with drivers cutting off other drivers, honking and gesturing, pulling out in front of others, circling the lot looking for a spot or stalking a st udent t hat is leav ing a nd waiting impatiently until that person pulls out.

You may have lef t a n hou r before your class, only to drive around looking for a spot until it’s class time and you’re forced to go back home. Or perhaps in a last minute scramble, you parked illegally in order to get to an exam, only to come back to a whopper of a ticket.

If you pu rchased a general parking pass, you took the risk that you are not guaranteed a parking spot. Although the price is far less than a garage pass, you still expected your $80 to potentially get you a spot from the date the pass took effect at the end of August 2013 or when you purchased it, until August 2014.

Well, news broke yesterday that your parking stress is going to get worse. We all knew the construction of a new dorm was

inevitable since the day the plan was announced, but we did not know that construction would cause the Coliseum parking lots to close next week.

This means the competition for a pa rk i ng spot w i l l on ly become more f ierce as people compete for fewer park i ng spot s. Discover y G arage is being offered as an alternative for those who normally park at the Coliseum, forcing those who paid the $340 for that garage’s pass to compete with those being relocated. It is unfair to all.

A lt hough we all k new t hat construction of this new dorm would begin soon, it would have made more sense to wait the one month until the spring semester ended for t he lots to close or be repu r posed. According to t he Vehicle Management and Parking Services website, spots in garages are still available, but that is a ridiculous solution when the school year is almost over and the cost of a garage pass is so high.

With all the stress that comes from being a college st udent, stress about park ing at school

is unnecessar y. Students need to be able to get to class in a practical, timely manner. This extra parking stress needs to be handled at USC so that students can get to class and worry about t he t h i ng s t hat t r u ly mat ter t o t he m . Pa rk i n g r e f or m i s absolutely necessary.

Perhaps the closing of these lots will go over seamlessly, but I truly doubt it. We will not have to wait long to see.

It is my hope that instead of just shuff ling commuters from park i ng lot to park i ng lot, a st udent-led dialog ue with the ad m i n ist r at ion wou ld b eg i n solving Carolina’s parking issues.

First, upperclassmen are told there is no room for them in oncampus housing, and now we feel like there is no room for us to park at school once we are forced to commute. Students need to be heard, listened to and valued.

After all, we are the ones paying for tuition and parking passes and commuting to class.

— K ate Lohman, second-year public health student

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Sensationalism distracts nation from truly important issues The recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is a horrifying tragedy. The loss of any aircraft during a flight is frightening, but the sheer number of people aboard Flight 370 — 239 in total between passengers and crew members — makes it all the more saddening.

W it h t hat sa id, a s f a m i l ie s a nd ot her s memorialize the victims, the disappearance should raise awareness about things overlooked in both air travel and transportation in general. Since the events of 9/11, the U.S. and the international community at large have been extraordinarily vigilant about preventing additional terrorist attacks. The steps taken to stop terrorism have undoubtedly made it harder for a plot similar to 9/11 to be successful in the future.

However, lost in all of the concern about terrorism is a discussion about how to address the more common dangers of travel. W hile terrorism remains a genuine threat to airline safety, it is far from the only one. Turbulence, bad weather, mechanical failure and pilot error are all still very real dangers that travelers face every time they board an airplane.

These risks aren’t mentioned Chad to scare people into backing out Brown of their Maymester trip to Spain, Second-year or driving instead of f lying the insurance and risk management next time they go home for fall student break. Rather, they are listed as a reminder that the current mindset that prioritizes combating terrorism is misguided and overlooks other risks.

Even if t he t hought of terrorism scares people from flying, it is important to note that car accidents occur much more frequently and claim the lives of significantly more people per year than terrorist attacks and incidents like the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 combined.

Instead of proposing more Transportation Security Administration agents, embarrassing body scans and degrading pat-downs at the airport, more money should be spent on investigating drunken driving crashes, building safer roads and arresting those responsible for hit-and-run accidents. The train tracks that cross Assembly Street and pass by Sonic and the Greek Village are a perfect example of a dangerous crossing that could be improved. Nearly 34,000 people in the U.S. die every year in car accidents, far more than the 3,000 killed on 9/11.

Yet, despite this disparity in fatal incidents, the TSA has an annual budget of $7.4 billion, while the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a budget of only $981 million. These figures indicate that funding is being terribly misallocated, and that our priorities are backwards.

Promising to stop at nothing to fight terrorism might make for a great campaign slogan for someone running for Congress, but it’s not the most cost-effective way of saving lives.

A better approach is to work on finding and prosecuting those responsible for killing others while driving irresponsibly. If the U.S. spent the same amount of time and money focusing on ways to reduce traffic collisions and prevent drunk driving as we currently do fighting terrorism, countless lives could be saved.

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Through hell and back again

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Blizzard Entertainment is picking up the mess it made with the release of “Diablo 3” by offering the expansion pack “Reaper of Souls,” which features new loot and levels.

‘Reaper of Souls’ expansion pack adds rewarding loot system, begins removing ‘auction house’ Richard Lipkin

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“Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls” NOW IN STORES

Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Platforms: Microsoft Windows 7 Rating: M for blood and gore, violence The release of “Diablo 3” was a complete mess.

On launch day, I remember being greeted by an obstructing error 37 message, and when I did have an opportunity to play, I was bogged down by latency and lag issues. To top it all off, there was even the

addition of an auction house where players could sell in-game items for real-world cash, which effectively undermined the game’s entire premise of playing, killing and looting.

The expansion “Reaper of Souls” was designed to return the franchise back to its former glory.

Blizzard Entertainment kicked off its campaign by releasing a free update for the base game before the launch of “Reaper of Souls,” which pre-downloaded the expansion and included an improved loot system that rewards players with stats that are more relevant to the class he or she is playing. The update also came packaged with skill and balancing changes across all five of the original classes. And most importantly, it began the process of removing the controversial real-money auction house.

The expansion adds an additional act to the original four of the base game. Malthael, the Archangel of Wisdom, has become one with the aspect of death and has mysteriously started attacking the city of Westmarch with his army of reapers. The new act took me around eight hours on master difficulty, making it the largest act in the game. It includes plenty of locations that are dripping with a dark,

brooding atmosphere that pays homage to the earlier style of the series.

There are new enemy types and designs, and new enemies are introduced at a rate where you never feel like you’re getting into a rhythm. The expansion also increases the level cap to 70 from 60. I was able to get close to the new level cap with just one playthrough of act five, so that way I would be teased into getting the rest through playing “Adventure Mode.”

The Diablo franchise has never been a game with amazing characters and story. What makes the game so interesting is how well the existing content is recycled. Adventure Mode is unlocked after you complete act five, which opens up the world map and provides incentives to go back to locations across all the acts for “bounties,” which reward players with experience points, gold and a chance at rare loot.

Blizzard knows exactly what its fans want to do after completing the main game: Log-in, fight, loot and get paid. Adventure Mode allows players to do just that in sizable chunks or by completing five bounties in a single act to receive an even larger reward. You can even level your lower-level characters in Adventure DIABLO • 7

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Since the shop’s opening in 1997, Cool Beans Cofee Company has offered an unusual combination of flavors like the Nutty Irishman and the praline white chocolate frappe.

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Cool Beans Coffee Company has been a USC staple for years.

With its old-home charm and wide variety of drinks and food, Columbia students have been going to Cool Beans since its opening in 1997.

The house the shop occupies was built in 1901 and was residential for almost 80 years. In that time, the block of College Street it sits on became increasingly commercial, and it was eventually the lone house on the block.

It caught up in 1980 when t he Nice-N-Natural restaurant opened.

That was eventually replaced with a coffee shop, and that coffee shop was taken over by Cool Beans.

Cool Beans ser ves a number of drinks that can be found at other shops, like peppermint mochas and gingersnap lattés. But many of the drinks are combinations of f lavors that aren’t as usual.

T he Nut t y I r i s h m a n h a s t he fl avoring of Irish cream mixed with

the taste of hazelnut; the praline white chocolate frappé combines a nutty flavor with a lighter chocolate f lavor; and the zebra mocha mixes white and dark chocolates to make an interesting blend of the two, a zebra effect of sorts.

W h i le ma ny people enjoy t he u nusua l blends t hat Cool Bea ns offers, many customers like to keep it simple wit h select ions like t he COFFEE • 7

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DIABLO • Continued from 6 Mode and pocket some of the rewards for use on your max-level characters.

Nephalem Rifts are the game’s answer to end-game group content. You can access these by taking five Nephalem keys, rewards obtained from Adventure Mode, to an NPC in town who will open the 20- to 30-minute dungeon. Nephalem Rifts take tile sets and enemies from across all acts and mesh them all together for endless replayability. The rewards from the dungeon are top-tier, and you’re almost guaranteed a legendary quality item after downing the last boss.

These dungeons can also be completed solo, but you would be missing out on the experience of playing in a group and are forgoing a chance at better loot.

“Reaper of Souls” includes a brand new class, the crusader. The crusader is intended to be a holy fortress of fortitude on a quest to cleanse the world of the minions of hell.

Instead, the crusader is a wimpy wet noodle when compared to similar classes such as the monk or the barbarian.

I enjoyed playing the new class, but the crusader’s skills felt ineffective, and I’ve heard the community complain how the

crusader’s resource, wrath, was difficult to generate, a nd sk ills t ied to it are underwhelming. I could still complete the game’s content with relative ease, but when switching to one of my other characters, I was quickly reminded just how inefficient and disappointed I am with the new class.

“Reaper of Souls” takes the franchise back to its roots.

The new loot system is one of my few gripes. Yes, I did receive more worthwhile gear from my foes, but I felt like I was not getting enough gear at a rate that felt reasonable. I would go for hours without getting a single piece of gear that was useful; instead, I found myself salvaging most of it for crafting components. Even legendary items felt lackluster and offered nothing more than a slight boost in stats over rare quality gear.

The expansion is a step in the right direction, but there is still much more to be done. What most fans forget is that “Diablo 2” was similarly unpolished and took an expansion pack and patches for it to become the juggernaut that it is today.

regular iced coffee.

Since it is located next to t he Ja mes F. By r nes Building on College Street a nd caters to t he ea rly (and late) schedule of a lot of students, it’s easy to understand why there are always people inhabiting t he comf y cha irs a nd upstairs corners.

Cool Beans has enjoyed t he adva nt age of bei ng located on ca mpus a nd at t ract s a var iet y of people. The lit t le shop will continue to receive its customers with a warm atmosphere and unusual drinks and will be a calm getaway from the hectic life of t he u n iversit y it caters to.

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A little mistake has big consequences. Keep practicing. Do what you a l re ad y k now work s .

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Not h i ng rema i ns t he same forever, any way.

New information changes the picture. Keep digging and find the clue. Express yourself, and the impact of your message ripples out.

The Moon’s in your sign, and your words travel.

Take an undisciplined approach farther than i m a g i n e d . Wo r k ’s required, and it could get chaotic. Others contribute creatively. Difficulties become apparent. You can do more at home.

Get family to help. Use elbow grease. Glimpse the future.

You’re gaining confidence, despite unsettled cond it ions. Replace broken parts and repair infrastructure. Provide excellent service. Do it for love. Your efforts go farther than expected, with benefits beyond the amount cont r ibuted. Re wa rd s include positive attention and cash. Nurture yourself with good food, exercise and rest.

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Savor sensual delights like f lavor, aroma, color and beautiful compositions.

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Collaborate with someone fun and interesting.

Postpone arguments. Sort and file quietly instead.

Hold onto what you have.

Try out your pitch on a family member. Unit y of purpose prevails, so clarify the message. You see improvement in your career. Inspect a nagging suspicion, end speculation.

Relax at home.

Play by t he r ules, even a s you feel l i ke rebelling. Gather valuable information, and make a brilliant discovery. You can learn what you need to surpass an obstacle. Good news arrives, especially about joint resources.

Luxuriating at home with family restores balance.

Add beauty to your place ... flowers maybe, color and st yle. The mood seems optimistic and empowered, rebellious even. Take an idea and run with it. Test the limits of a creative vision. Invest in supplies and preparation. Plan a launch or event for later.

This is a problem you can figure out. There’s more work coming in. Test intuition by researching the facts. Present results to associates. Expand a little at a time. Persuade ot hers t hat you a re right. Buy tickets when everyone agrees on the schedule.

Don’t stir up jealousies or cont roversy. Lean, but not too hard. Gentle persistence works better than force. A lucky break changes your hand. You can’t do everything, so fix things first. Proceed with care. You’re on the right track. Follow your intuition.

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It could get chaotic, with communications that reach fart her t han expected, and pleasant surprises, including a moment of sheer genius. Your partner cont r ibutes. A n old competitor changes tunes.

Despite a lack of orderly discipline, it could get profitable. Evaluate it all philosophically.

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DOWN 1 Pollution portmanteau

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30 Feet-first Olympic event 31 Not worth __

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