September 30, 2010 Issue

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Strengthening coaches prepare athletes for games.

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Winthrop starts only SC chapter of association for minority journalists.

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Find out how to restart inactive clubs.

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WINTHROP UNIVERSITY NEWS

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Students research mustard seeds, nasal spray

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SPEC REVIEW

Columbia band brings music to The Money

6 WU students complete summer research

BY AMANDA PHIPPS phippsa@thejohnsonian.com

Zach Curry pushed the cart of toys to the children in their beds. Some were joyful to see the “happy cart,” some were too sick to pick a toy up.

“It was traumatizing,” junior biochemistry major Curry said.

This was one of the many things Curry saw this summer when he did his research fellowship at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

Jason Hurlbert, assistant professor of chemistry, physics and geology, used to work at St. Jude in the pediatric oncology department and helped Curry set up the fellowship, Hurlbert said.

“I let him know about the opportunities available and wrote letters in support of him,” he said. “Zach deffinitely got much more than research experience out of it.”

Curry worked alongside Jie Zheng, adjunct associate professor of molecular sciences at the University of Tennessee, studying protein structure, he said. Protein structure determines how the protein functions, a concept that was important to his research, Curry said.

“My research was focused on determining the structure of a particular protein that is known to induce cell ‘suicide’ through a process called apoptosis,” he said.

Curry worked on discovering chemically how the protein he worked with induced this process. He used small peptides known to activate the protein.

“By understanding how my protein could be activated, I could then design a drug that activates the protein, causing apoptosis,” he said. “Ul-

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BY JESSICA PICKENS pickensj@thejohnsonian.com

Two Books-A-Million baristas, a “paper-and-ink jockey” at Office Depot and a house painter all combine to form the band Full Color Footage.

Drummer Matt Crumpton and lead singer Mario McClean met at BooksA-Million three years ago and have played together for the past three years.

“We have had a lot of lineup changes over the past couple of years,” Crumpton said. “We officially played our first show as a quartet on New Year’s Eve (of 2010).”

Since the Columbia-based band’s first show, the group has played all new material.

“This year, we have had all new material and collective ideas,” he said.

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LONG COMMUTE

Freshmen graphic design majors Alex Albrecht and Emma Hershberger work on projects in Rutledge. Fine arts majors have to present projects to a review board before they can take higher-level art classes. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@thejohnsonian.com

Fine arts students spend hours perfecting artwork for presentation to review board

BY JEREMY GATLIN gatlinj@thejohnsonian.com

It’s well-known that the artist is his or her toughest critic.

However, when it comes to the design and fine arts students, their toughest critic is the Specialization Portfolio Review.

The review is interchangeably called SPR or SPEC. It is the application process to higher-level courses. Students have to register for SPEC and go before a board made up of assistant professors and department chairs.

At the end of sophomore year, students must meet with the board at a designated location in order to defend their work and to have the board assess it. The students must pass in order to take 300level courses.

“They must produce a powerpoint of their artwork and examples of critical thinking and writing,” Tom Stanley, the department chair of fine arts, said. Stanley said the students must show their ability to talk about their work and that they are engaged in it.

“It can get intense,” said illustration major Matt Andrews.

“You have to mount everything and make improvements while preparing for other exams,” Andrews said.

If any of the students fail, Stanley said, they are encouraged to go through the review again the next semester.

Vanessa Thompson, illustration major, didn’t pass the first time she went before the board.

“I went through multiple times and

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NEWS

Tax added to café cash purchases, not meal plan swipes

BY MONICA KREBER kreberm@thejohnsonian.com

Students who make purchases with café cash now have to pay 9 percent sales tax. Photo by Claire Van Ostenbridge • Special to The Johnsonian.

Questions? Contact us at editors@thejohnsonian.com Serving Winthrop since 1923

Something that makes café cash appealing to students is the absence of sales tax when they swipe their cards for meals.

Students have noticed this fall that tax has been added to food purchases.

Pam Yurkovic, director of dining services, released a statement made by ARAMARK on the new sales tax. ARAMARK provides food services to Winthrop and other institutions such as school districts and businesses.

“Based upon ARAMARK’s understanding of the applicability

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of South Carolina’s sales tax to its operations, Dining Services is now charging 9 percent total sales tax on declining balance sales at retail locations. This sales tax only applies to sales (café cash) at retail locations and does not impact dining hall meal plans (swipes or purchases).

The sales tax, which goes directly to the State of South Carolina and York County, is collected at the point of sale in the same manner as a cash or credit card transaction.”

Junior athletic training major Kevin Reynolds said he doesn’t think the sales tax is good for stu-

Commuters cram driving, studying, friends into busy class schedules

BY JONATHAN MCFADDEN pickensj@thejohnsonian.com

Not many people can say they’ve lived in three different area codes at once. Mark Jamison is one exception.

Look up the senior modern languages major’s name in the Winthrop directory and Greenville, S.C., will be listed as his permanent address.

This isn’t his hometown. It’s not a place he returns to every weekend to visit parents or enjoy the comforts of a familiar place.

For the most part, it’s none of that.

Each week, Jamison leaves Greenville at 5:30 or 7:30 a.m., travels down Interstate 85 to exit 102, gets on Highway 5 and then Highway 161 to make it to Rock Hill in time for his classes at Winthrop.

Why does he do it?

Alongside his uncle, Jamison takes care of his great-grandmother who, he said, raised him for most of his life.

“He (Jamison’s uncle) stays there most of the time during the week, and then the days I’m in Greenville, he’s away,” Jamison said.

He and his mother, who lives in Texas, don’t associate much. He sees his father, who lives in New York, about once a year, if that.

“I don’t really know much about them at all,” Jamison said.

The New York native moved to Greenville when he was 12 years old.

Since then, he’s been in the care of his great-grandmother, who he said isn’t sick but is getting older.

Now, Jamison finds himself on the

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Couch-surfing commuters Students make long commutes from home to school, stay with friends during the week COMMUTERS • from front giving end.

During his freshman year, he lived on campus in Richardson. He lived in apartments on Camden Avenue his sophomore year. When he decided to study abroad for five months in Argentina, or the equivalent of the first semester of his junior year, he lost his apartment.

So, he got a job at Aeropostale in Columbia and moved there, but he didn’t transfer schools.

Instead, Jamison’s inspired commute continued. He’d live and work in Columbia, travel to Rock Hill to go to school and then go to Greenville on the weekends.

“It definitely was a feat, but I got through it,” Jamison said.

For the past two and a half months, his commute has been cut down to only two cities.

Just as Jamison’s greatgrandmother took care of him most of his life, he now has friends in college willing to step into that role.

While in Rock Hill, Jamison stays with friends both on and off campus. “…I just kind of hover from couch to couch,” Jamison said.

Although he’s used to having his own space, Jamison said he’s learned to be appreciative of having friends be there for him. “…So many people I know here at Winthrop

will say, ‘Hey, we have a couch, we have this, we have this, just give us a call and we’ll be willing to give you whatever you need,’” Jamison said.

For Jamison, such generosity is a blessing.

Day-to-day living with friends has become a routine.

During the day, he will eat on campus with friends. At night, it’s a different story.

He and his friends, five in all, compile a grocery list and buy the food together. Then, each one cooks one night of the week.

Jamison’s night is Tuesday.

The difficulty in asking

Missing family

For junior Spanish major Keyla Flores, depending on friends can be a little difficult.

After living on campus for two years, Flores lost her LIFE Though many commuter students live only a few minutes Scholarship this semester because of one from campus, a few travel more than an hour just to attend class. Staying with friends and sleeping on couches class. Her grants no longer cover her hous- are common among these students. Photo illustration by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com. ing - just her tuition.

Any money that was left caused her to be late to out the week, Flores over went straight to class. stays with friends either books.

“It’s just harder because in Courtyard, UniverThis situation has you have to travel for a sity Place or with another forced Flores to live at certain amount of time, friend who lives on Celahome. The thing is, home and it’s stressing somenese Road. is in Indian Land, S.C. times,” Flores said. “If you “I have to jump around Depending on traffic have early classes, you between friends,” Flores and possible road conhave to wake up extremely said. “I feel like I owe struction, Flores’ comearly, and if I have really them now that they have mute can be almost 30 late classes, it’s hard to let me stay around with to 40 minutes. The first maintain it.” them.” month of her commute, To continue her educaFlores’ brother drops the distant traveling tion at Winthrop through- her off at school on Mon-

Around the World September 28 (Tuesday):

A deadly landslide, triggered by heavy rain, hit a small town in southern Mexico. Initial reports suggested around 300 homes have been buried, with around 600 people sleeping inside. The mudslide has killed at least four people.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is on a tour to promote his new book titled “White House Diary,” which was released last week. After falling ill on a plane to Ohio, the president recovered in a hospital and is expected to finish his tour.

September 27 (Monday):

Injured Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale said he will receive $25,000 from Fifa after being shot in January’s Nations Cup finals in Angola. Eight months after the machinegun attack by seperatist rebels, Obilale is still unable to walk.

September 26 (Sunday):

A computer virus infected the personal computers of staff at Iran’s first nuclear power station, reported an IRNA news agency. The complex computer worm did not harm the plant’s operating system, however.

Source: BBC News

days. During the week, she stays with any friends who are able to take her in for five days. Then, on Fridays, she has to figure out which one of her friends will be able to take her home.

Sometimes, the most difficult part for Flores is asking. “…They do so much for me during the week, and it makes me feel bad to ask them to also take me home,” Flores said.

Even though she said her friends say they have no problem helping her, Flores said it’s hard and she wishes she could help them more with the things they need.

Weekends are the only time she gets to see her housemate, her 26-year-old brother Axel Garcia, who is also the same person who drops her off at school each Monday.

“It makes me feel sad because he’s alone at the house and he doesn’t really like being alone too much,” Flores said.

She said she and her brother had a close bond over the summer when she was home more often.

With her new commuting situation, that’s changed as well.

“Now I see him and say, ‘Hi, hope you’re great,’ and we don’t have a lot of time to catch up,” Flores said.

Their mother temporar-

ily lives in Puerto Rico to help take care of their other brother’s baby.

Flores said their mother plans to come back in December.

Flores said she feels the stresses of worrying about school, keeping up with the gas mileage in her car and budgeting a small amount of money.

To make it from day to day, Flores makes sure to spend a little time with her friends. Sometimes, though, she fears her friends will think she’s taking advantage of them.

“Sometimes I have to go to counseling just to be okay,” Flores said.

Still, Flores said having her friends around can help keep her going and happy.

This doesn’t mean her interactions with other people haven’t changed.

When she lived on campus, Flores said she knew many people. That’s changed.

“Now, it’s more like, ‘Hey,’ and you just keep walking because you have no time to waste,” Flores said.

Any money she gets from her mother, which she said usually isn’t much, goes to gas and food.

On Sept. 24, Flores got a customer service job with the Start Corporation in Rock Hill and starts work on Oct. 6. She said she hopes this will help put more money in her pocket for food and gas and maybe help her find a place to live that’s closer to campus.

Cherry Road targeted for improvement

By Tiffany Barkley

barkleyt@thejohnsonian.com

Students will soon have a safer walk across Cherry Road.

As part of the College Town Action Plan, Winthrop and city officials discussed improving pedestrian safety on Cherry Road with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs.

Making Cherry Road safer for pedestrians is one of the action steps developed by the College Town Action Plan working group.

The group presented a finalized plan to Rock Hill City Council, the Winthrop Board of Trustees and the Rock Hill Economic Corporation Board Monday.

Representatives from Winthrop and the city of Rock Hill shared the next steps in implementing the action plan.

Masters presented some steps Winthrop has already taken to implement the College Town Action Plan, including working on increasing safety around campus and reaching out to property owners in the “village area,” or area between Park and Camden Avenues, Masters said. Developers who have heard about the plan have also reached out to Winthrop, she said.

Winthrop’s Board of Trustees will discuss further steps during their February retreat, Masters said.

Rock Hill City Manager Carey Smith said the Council will discuss the action plan in its next workshop.

The plan could also be on the council’s strategic planning agenda for January, he said.

The city develops a strategic plan each year that helps develop goals and assess the city’s budget. Action steps from the College Town Action Plan could be merged

with the city’s strategic goals as soon as this January, Smith said.

The action steps are divided into near-, mediumand long-term. The College Town Action Plan group identified working with the S.C. Department of Transportation to improve Cherry Road as a near-term step.

Other near-term steps include the expansion of café cash to other off-campus businesses, Winthrop-sponsored service days in areas around campus and identifying streets for bike lanes.

Winthrop and Rock Hill hired two consultants in 2009 to create a plan to bring a “college town” feel to Rock Hill. The consultants considered input from a 16-member working group and other community members and students.

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SPEC review shapes future of art students SPEC • from front passed in December,” Thompson said.

She said she prepared for SPEC during the summer by making improvements on past projects while maintaining a job and barely getting any sleep.

“I worked my butt off my freshman and sophomore years in order to make sure I was putting my best work forward,” said 20-year-old junior graphic design major Tori McLean.

“I spent weeks redoing projects and burned the midnight oil in preparation,” McLean said.

Despite the long hours and sleep deprivation that go into preparing for SPEC, some students found it to be a positive experience.

“It’s good to look at specialization review as an opportunity to get constructive criticism on your work rather than viewing it as an impossible feat,” said 20-year-old graphic design major Laurel Welch.

Thompson said going through SPEC helped her improve her craft and knowledge of design and illustration.

“I discovered how much perseverance I had and what a great work ethic I had,” Thompson said.

SPEC may be nerve-racking to some art students, but it conditions those who are dedicated to their craft.

SPEC STATS: Student pass/fail rates, according to year Information provided by Sandy Singletary, masters of fine arts graduate assistant

2007/08

74% pass 26% fail

2008/09

79% pass 21% fail

2009/10

88% pass 13% fail

Left: Many art students spend hours in Rutledge preparing for the SPEC review, including Alex Albrecht, freshman graphic design major. In order to register for higherlevel art classes, students must show their work before a board of assistant professors and department chairs. Photo by Stephanie Eaton • eatons@thejohnsonian.com.

DiGiorgio Campus Center

By James Prioleau

Below: President Anthony and wife Gale DiGiorgio, daughter Darrah DiGiorgio Johnson and granddaughter Gabriella all helped unveil the plaque for the gifted scholarship. Right: Gale DiGiorgio goes in for a hug from her husband after announcing the planned estate gift. Photos courtesy of Judy Longshaw.

Special to The Johnsonian

DiGiorgio unveils scholarship endowment at opening ceremony for DIGS, will be paid out starting in 2017

By Claire Byun

byunc@thejohnsonian.com

Students looking for scholarships will have an opportunity to benefit from the Mary Grace and Antonino DiGiorgio Endowed Scholarship, which was announced Friday during a dedication luncheon for the DiGiorgio Campus Center.

The unrestricted scholarship, a $200,000 estate gift, is in honor of the president’s late parents, who had encouraged their son to “pursue education as a path to success in their adopted American homeland,” according to a press release.

“The estimated scholarship worth, to be paid from interest, will be $4,000$5,000,” said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs.

Also, other donors may decide to designate additional contributions to a certain scholarship, thus increasing the value, Masters said.

The gift supports the already-established Margaret and Ernest Nesius Endowed Scholarship, which honors Gale DiGiorgio’s late parents.

“This is our way of expressing our love for them in ways we know each would appreciate,” DiGiorgio said.

The campus center’s theater, Dina’s Place, is named after the late Dina DiGiorgio, eldest daughter of President DiGiorgio.

Both DiGiorgios said Dina has a passion for musical theater, movies and pop culture, with one of her favorite movies being “Grease.”

Just fewer than 300 guests were in attendance at the Friday luncheon, in-

Admission pamphlets advertise inactive clubs

cluding city, county and state officials as well as presidents and representatives from other colleges. Trustees, student leaders, representatives of ARAMARK and the bookstore were also at the ceremony, Masters said.

The Johnsonian requested a guest list from the event.

“Winthrop and Winthrop Foundation do not share guest lists because they could be utilized by other organizations seeking donor support,” Masters said.

If they wanted, luncheon guests could take a tour of the new center, led by Winthrop Ambassadors, if they arrived early .

“Some folks chose to simply take self-guided tours, and some trustees took other folks they knew on tours personally,” Masters said.

The Winthrop Foundation provided most of the funding for the event, with some support from University Events financing, Masters said. Money from the 125th anniversary event funding was contributed “since this building is a milestone event in Winthrop’s 125 year,” Masters said.

The Johnsonian requested the total cost of the event but Masters said Winthrop does not give out monetary amounts spent on donor related affairs.

“Winthrop and Winthrop Foundation have never divulged amounts spent on specific donors or other events to avoid comparisons between donors and honorees,” Masters said.

Additional reporting by Anna Douglas.

Some of the 180 student clubs and organizations advertised on Winthrop’s website and emailed to the entire student body are inactive.

Not all of these clubs are omitted from the promotional brochures Winthrop gives to many incoming freshmen and transfer students.

Alicia Marstall, director of the DiGiorgio Campus Center, said that even though the brochures advertise inactive clubs, Winthrop’s website updates the clubs and organizations for the semester.

“It depends on who’s printing the brochure because it’s printed usually once a year. That’s why we update clubs on our website so students can go on and see what the updated list is,” Marstall said.

Stanley Jackson, assistant director for Student Organization & Leadership at Winthrop, said that an organization’s activity depends on the club.

“It depends on the group if they are maintaining their relationship with us,” Jackson said.

For clubs and organizations to remain active, a leader must attend annual club trainings, space use training and submit an online registration form.

Other clubs are inactive temporarily and become reactive, particularly if there is an issue or a certain topic that needs to be addressed. Even if clubs or organizations are inactive, it doesn’t mean that they’re extinct. Marstall said that some clubs become reactivated when there is a certain event that is taking place.

“Like this year is a big election year, clubs like College Democrats and College Republicans become very active,” Marstall said. “It’s like they’re issue-

driven. After elections, they are not as active; we may not even here from them as an office until the fall.”

Marstall said that keeping track of the inactive clubs will help reactivate and keep the students’ options open.

“We don’t want to limit the options that students can join,” Marstall said.

“We try to keep track of the clubs that are inactive so students will know that they [clubs] are options, and there will be some work to get that group restarted versus the ones that are active.”

There are a few steps students can take to reactivate a club. Updating the roster, completing a registration form, choosing an advisor and allowing no less than 10 students to join the club will help restart it. If the club has been inactive for more than a year, it wiill have to be chartered again.

Ashley Garrick, a member of Winthrop’s Visions of Prayze Gospel Choir and vice president of the Social Work Club, said these organizations can be a letdown to her and other students who want to join these clubs.

“Well, some clubs could get my hopes up, and when I find out they are not active, I would be disappointed,” Garrick said.

With a variety of clubs at Winthrop, many students think these inactive clubs such as the Grilling Club, should still be advertise so they can be reactivated.

Aisha Perry, a member of the NAACP, said she believes that the inactive clubs should be advertised for those who want to revive those clubs.

“I feel that they should still be advertised so there can be a possible chance they can become active again,” Perry said.

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ALUMNI FEATURE

Alumnus gives back to WU with kicks and punches

By Shana Adams

Special to The Johnsonian

When Delmar Minor graduated from Winthrop in spring of 2007, he left knowing that being a student at Winthrop made him a better man.

“Being at Winthrop was a positive experience. It was important for development in my professional life,” Minor said.

While at Winthrop, Minor pursued a major in Art and a minor in Sociology.

He was active in two clubs, holding an officer position as president of the Chinese Martial Arts As-

sociation and student leader of Taking Opportunities to Prevail Bible Study.

Minor feels that his involvement in these organizations resonates on his current job as service coordinator for the York County Board of Disabilities.

“Being involved at Winthrop helped me be a better leader, gain more confidence, and helped me with time management,” Minor said. “If I didn’t have these qualities, my job would consume me.”

Martial arts have been a factor in Minor’s life for the last six and a half years. He has participated in several tournaments,

with victories in a few.

“I have participated in various Kung Fu and karate tournaments winning gold, silver, and bronze medals in sparring and forms competitions,” Minor said.

He credits martial arts with giving him the intangibles that are essential for his current job.

“Martial arts have taught me discipline and patience,” Minor said. “I can keep my cool and stay calm in stressful situations.”

For Minor, graduating Winthrop did not mean leaving Winthrop. He finds time to teach students moves in martial

arts as well as kick out knowledge.

“I feel that I am in a position that a lot of students want to be in,” Minor said. “I don’t mind giving back my time if I’m helping someone.”

Offering a helping hand is something that Minor knows well. His job as service coordinator coupled with his nature to give is a unique duo that works to his benefit.

“I help families obtain resources to better take care of that particular individual’s needs,” Minor said. “It’s gratifying to help people.”

Minor offers a bit of advice

Delmar Minor ‘07

for current students and future Winthrop alumni.

“Enjoy yourself. Opportunity comes once in a lifetime. Once you get it, do it.”

Students weigh in on cafe cash tax TAX • from front

Unlike past years, Cafe Cash is now taxed for meal purchases, which does not include card swipes for meal plans. Photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

dents’ budgets.

“If they’re taxing café cash then they should increase the amount of café cash given to students,” he said. “Everything is already more expensive than what it would be at Wal Mart, and you’re paying to get the money on your meal plan.”

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I don’t think it would be good to add tax to something that is already expensive.

Junior nutrition major Buddy Snelling said the price of purchases in the food court should be reduced.

“I don’t think it would be good to add tax to something that is already expensive,” he said. “I would like to learn more about adding sales tax and find out if they have a legit reason to do so.”

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Everything is already more expensive than what it would be at Wal Mart, and you’re paying to get the money on your meal plan.

Buddy Snelling Junior

Kevin Reynolds Junior

POLICE BLOTTER COMMUNICATING THREATS VIA COMPUTER (FACEBOOK) (9/21/10) At 6:40 p.m., a student met with a reporting officer in Lee Wicker’s lobby to report several threatening e-mails sent to her Facebook account.

Under the name CheVii Boo’Gatti Rose, someone sent the student obscene messages. One said, “I really put my all into you n loved you unconditionally n u f*** tried to play me yo but I tell you wut tho u should hope I don’t see u n yo dude again on different terms…”

The student said she is unsure of who the sender is, but she suspects it could be her ex-boyfriend because her current boyfriend received a similar e-mail around the same time.

The student said she blocked the sender from her account, but the person was able to send another message. At this time, she does not want to open an investigation.

PUBLIC DISORDERLY CONDUCT (9/23/10)

At 2:50 a.m., an officer reported to an incident of a black male harassing a female. The female said the male was telling her he was not going to hurt her as he walked behind her.

She quickly went into the Courtyard lobby and called the police.

She said she thought the male was drunk.

The reporting officer and another officer found the male walking on Lee Street, just off Rose Street.

The reporting officer requested the male’s I.D. several times, but the male was avoiding taking it out. He also smelled like alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated.

He looked at the officers and said, “Ya’ll just Winthrop police. I ain’t on campus. Why ya’ll harassing me?”

The reporting officer once again told the male to display an I.D., but the male continued to stall and began looking around as if he wanted to run away.

The male then became loud and angry at having to show his I.D. and would not let the officers ask him anything.

The officers arrested the male, but he became more difficult to

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deal with as he was carried to jail.

In the police car, he yelled and was uncooperative all the way to Rock Hill City Jail.

SALE OF WINE/BEER TO A PERSON UNDER 21 (9/23/10) At 10:40 p.m., a reporting officer observed a Honda Accord, without headlines on, pull out of the parking lot of the Shamrock gas station at the corner of Cherry Road at Richland Avenue.

The reporting officer stopped the driver and observed two cases of beer on the floor in the rear of the vehicle.

The officer requested the driver’s I.D., as well the I.D. of the passenger who was with him. The officer discovered that both were under 21.

The officer asked where the beer had come from. The driver said he went into the Shamrock gas station, walked to the beer cooler in the back and purchased two cases of beer and two alcoholic energy drinks.

The driver said he then went to the front counter, placed his items in front of the clerk and

showed him his I.D., which shows the driver’s birthday as Jan. 5, 1992, - making him 18 years old.

The driver said the clerk said, “I remember you,” and sold him the beer. The driver agreed to go to Winthrop’s police department and give a statement of the events that took place.

Meanwhile, the officer went into the Shamrock gas station and asked the clerk about the sale of alcohol to the underage driver.

The clerk said he didn’t sell any alcohol to a person under 21 and would show the officer video footage from the store.

While watching the footage, the officer pointed out the 18-yearold driver purchasing alcohol at the counter.

The clerk said the driver’s I.D. showed he was born in 1987.

The officer told the clerk the driver didn’t have any I.D.’s showing he was born in 1987.

The clerk was issued a citation for sale of beer/wine to a person under 21. The driver was issued a summons to appear in court.

Compiled by Jonathan McFadden

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Chair’s Corner

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Ceremony cost should be told The Winthrop community has a right to know how much money was spent on last Friday’s dedication ceremony for the DiGiorgio Campus Center.

About 300 people were on campus to eat lunch provided by ARAMARK on Friday, Sept. 24.

Winthrop footed the bill with funds from the Winthrop Foundation, the university events fund and a fund designated for events related to the university’s 125th anniversary.

And, the campus center was closed to students for 24 hours in order to prepare for and host the event.

When The Johnsonian asked for the total amount spent on the event, a university official told us Winthrop does not divulge this information in order “to avoid comparisons between donors and honorees.”

The dedication ceremony is classified as a donor event, said Rebecca Masters, assistant to the president for public affairs.

The DiGiorgios did announce a generous estate gift of $200,000 on Friday. Certainly that makes each a donor and an honoree, considering

the building is named after the DiGiorgios.

That doesn’t change the fact, however, that the event was held in honor of a sitting president at a public university funded at least partially by state money.

Students, faculty and staff ought to be privileged to information related to spending at this university.

What is the harm in disclosing this type of information?

The Johnsonian thinks it was wrong in the first place to close the doors of the campus center to students from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon. We would like for visitors to our campus to actually see the building being used by the Winthrop community instead of feel as if they are walking into a museum.

Now that the dedication ceremony is over and students weren’t invited anyway, The Johnsonian thinks the campus has a right to know how much money went toward the event.

No matter who the building is named after, this campus and all the bricks laid here belong to the community at large.

THURSDAY September 30, 2010

CONNOR DE BRULER Opinion Editor debrulerc@thejohnsonian.com

Islam column spurs conversation One beautiful thing about the freedom of speech, as America understands it, is that when we see or hear expression we disagree with, we have the right to respond.

The response turns the initial expression into a conversation.

If nothing else, The Johnsonian works to spur conservation on this campus.

Some may say Jeremy Gatlin’s column about Islam caused only anger and hurt, not conversation, but I disagree.

I read plenty of comments (some constructive, some not) on our website from readers who exercised their right to counterspeech.

I certainly understand why a reader, of Islamic faith or not, may be upset

by Gatlin’s column. Religion is one of the most sacred things to many people on our campus and around the world.

Anna Douglas Editor-in-cheif

But if we censor ourselves or other people for fear of upsetting one person or a large group, we are choking free speech and denying everyone the right to express counter-speech and create conversation.

If I were ever asked to rename this newspaper, there’s one name I know of that might work better than the name we have now.

Instead of The Johnsonian, we could simply be The Student Newspaper.

In big, bold white letters on a red rectangle on the front page.

The Student Newspaper sums up everything we want to be.

Students spend long nights pumping out this paper every week. The content is about, and aimed toward students primarily.

And, when a student has something to say, this paper tries to give them a platform to say it.

We don’t decide whether to run something based on if the writer’s opinion is popular, controversial or representative of the Winthrop community as a whole.

Gatlin met the basic requirement we look for in guest columnists: he is a student with something to say.

If his column has inspired you to say something, I encourage you to write a letter to me at douglasa@ thejohnsonian.com.

If you want to have an opinion column published, you should come to our meeting on Sunday at 8 p.m. in the DiGiorgio Campus Center Room 104.

Bigfoot legend: Student believes in existence of mythical ape Bigfoot is real.

Apes are exNo one can contremely elusive vince me otherbeings, she said. wise.

It’s extremely I’ve met people plausible that a who’ve caught small populaglimpses of the tion has lived North American undetected in ape, but unforthe U.S. tunately I never Connor de Bruler Wildlife Opinion editor have. Of course, experts recently I have never seen discovered a bear, but I certainly take a large population of for granted they roam the mountain gorillas in the earth. forests of Gabon, acNo doubt exists in my cording to CBS. It was mind that several popula- assumed for decades that tions of large, bipedal ape gorillas didn’t live in such creatures live in the North a region. Obviously, apes American deciduous forare excellent at hiding. ests and taiga.

Many scientists argue Different types of that if such a creature exbipedal apes inhabit the isted, a body would have North American contibeen found. Any numbnent. The most convincskull who has taken a high ing and prolific sightings school biology course come from the Southeast knows that when animals and the Pacific Northwest. die in the forests, their In the Southeast, these bodies are not left intact. apes are not referred to as Other organisms eat Bigfoot. The local nomen- pieces of them and scatter clature is “Skunk Ape” or the bones while detri“Knobby.” In the Northtus feeders and bacteria west, the terms “Bigfoot” decompose the remainder or “Sasquatch” are used. into soil. No one just finds Jane Goodall, the a bear carcass in between leading expert on primate the trees. Many scientists behavior, said during an and cryptozoologists have interview with NPR that found bone, blood and she believed in Bigfoot. hair samples the major-

ity of the scientific community disregards.

There have been many ape sightings and probably more hoaxes, but fresh evidence resurfaces every year.

Breathtaking photographs of the Florida Skunk Ape can be found on the Internet. The story of how they were taken is also amazing. A woman called the Animal Control Center to alert them that an orangutan had escaped from the zoo and had been stealing apples off her porch. They told her that no such apes inhabited the nearby zoo.

To prove she was serious, she took the now infamous photographs. They are as shocking as they are realistic.

A recent sighting in North Carolina turned the local sheriff into a believer.

Obviously, one must take all of this quasi-evi-

Illustration by Courtney Niskala • niskalac@thejohnsonian.com dence with a grain of salt.

It is just my opinion.

When the world feels as if it’s falling apart, maybe I need some-

thing simple to believe in to keep myself sane.

Bigfoot is my beacon of light. I wish others could understand. Sometimes

we need to stop being so serious and discuss something that doesn’t matter.

If we do, we’ll feel better. I promise.

Letter to the Editor In response to “Student Disagrees with Islam” (Sept. 23): I would like to point out that I really respect any opinion that contradicts with my own if it is based on facts and logical reasoning. But reading that article was insulting. It was not an opinion due to the lack of facts and the level of ignorance.

First, it is not a mosque; it is an Islamic community center. Second, it is not going to be

on “Ground Zero”, it is two blocks away. Third, Muslims DO NOT share the same beliefs as terrorists.

The last thing is the amazing interpretation of the verse that was picked and how it is completely out of context.

I wish the writer took more time in researching and finding more credible sources in writing his article. I wonder if he even read the Quran.

Would he pick any verse

Editor ANNA DOUGLAS

Arts & entertainment editor JESSICA PICKENS

Managing editor TIFFANY BARKLEY

Assistant arts & entertainment editor ALISON ANGEL

News editor CLAIRE BYUN Assistant news editor JONATHAN MCFADDEN Opinion editor CONNOR DE BRULER Culture editor ALEXIS AUSTIN Health & science editor AMANDA PHIPPS

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in the Bible and do the same thing? The Quran verse that was picked was incorrectly translated and does not even talk about killing.

I have been here in the United States for three years and I have never had a problem with anyone. Even the people who disagree with my religion are willing to talk and be polite and respectful toward me. They even change some of their views after knowing some

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facts.

Some ignorant people jump to conclusions just by listening or talking to someone without even checking to see if these are facts or random opinions. Do I think Christianity is an evil religion?

NO! Do I think Christians think the same way the writer does? NO! I have been to a church and I know a lot about Christianity and I respect it as a religion.

I suggest that the

writer should start learning more about Islam and Christianity because apparently he does not know about them. I think he should start with the book “Islam for Dummies.”

And if that is not good enough, there is a lecture that will be held on Oct. 4 in the DiGiorgio Theatre about Islam called “ NO, I’m not a terrorist” that he can attend. I am very sure it will provide helpful information for

correctly understanding Islam.

Next time, let us be more intelligent in our choice of writings and be more respectful toward others. This is the teaching of Christianity. This is the teaching of Islam.

This is the teaching of all great religions. This is the teaching of humanity.

Majid Al Asfoor Junior, Human Resources

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THURSDAY September 30, 2010

AMANDA PHIPPS Health & Science Editor phippsa@thejohnsonian.com

Students experience research at other institutions Five students participated in research fellowships this summer. One student was employed part-time at another university. Each student worked with professionals on projects. Read about what they did and learned below. research • from front timately, this is what we would like to do in cancer cells: cause them to die.”

Curry put the protein in a solution to study its chemistry, he said. If the protein was not stable in the solution, he could not study its structure. In order to achieve stability, Curry monitored different buffers by assessing how well-folded it was, he said. “The more folded it was, the more stable,” Curry said.

He said his experience at St. Jude reinforced his aspiration to go to medical school.

“It is my calling,” he said. “I fell in love with it all.”

He was able to speak to famous scientists and work closely with children.

“It was a surreal experience,” he said. “I learned so much and enjoyed getting into pediatrics.”

The fellowships paid the interns a stipend of $4,000, which was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the ALSAC, a St. Jude charity organization and in Curry’s case, the American Heart Association. Five hundred people applied and only 36 were accepted. Curry was one of two sophomores accepted this summer, he said.

Curry said he plans to return next year.

“St. Jude puts the best of the lab with the best of the clinic,” he said. “It is a beautiful place.”

Cameron Waller Chemistry major Cameron Waller participated in research for the application of anaerobic bio-reactor technology to degrade a specific pollutant this summer.

Waller worked with Jaron Hansen at Brigham Young University in Utah using anaerobic technology to break down a pollutant.

“The research relates to the greater field of bio-remediation, which enlists living systems or their mechanics to clean pollutants from the environment,” he said. “We were not yet in the stages of applying the research to the environment, but we were looking into the possibilities.”

He explored the possibility of using the anaerobic technology to break down a pollutant that does not break down readily on its own, Waller said.

“Its persistence in the environment can be problematic,” he said. “It would be good to find a way to degrade it more quickly.”

Waller mixed the pollutant with microorganisms in micro-reactors to test this technology on a smaller scale, he said. They studied the change in the concentration of the pollutant after it was mixed with the organisms.

“We hope by some process of the microorganisms, the pollutant will break down more quickly,” he said. “We want to accelerate the degradation to clean the environment.”

He said he used this technology to see how this can apply to cleaning the environment and creating cleaner fuel or alternative energy sources.

“We were looking into the possibility of using anaerobic technology to break down a specific pollutant this summer, but continuing research may examine degradation of other pollutants, too,” he said.

The research provided a different experience, Waller said.

“The experience at Brigham Young University was very positive,” he said.

Jessica Creel Walking through the hospital and seeing the children battling cancer and illnesses gave meaning to junior biochemistry major Jessica Creel’s research this summer.

Creel worked on testing a new drug on brain cancer cells most commonly found in children during her research fellowship at MUSC in Charleston, she said. She worked in the Hollings Cancer Center.

“I looked at the pathway used to attack and kill the medulloblstomas, or brain tumor cells,” she said.

The drug interacts with proteins in the brain that will

From left: Jason Hurlbert, Zach Curry, Christine Harvey, Cameron Waller and Jessica Creel were involved with research this summer. Hurlbert advised Curry and Waller on applying to a fellowship program.

The students did different graduate-school-level work at various institutions. Not pictured: Katie Bolling and Kevin Ryan.

Photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsoinan.com

produce ceramide, which causes apoptosis, or cell death, Creel said. To determine the pathway, she silenced certain proteins in the cells, which prevent the production of ceramide. If the cells lived, then she knew the drug interacts with the proteins that were silenced.

Riding on elevators at the cancer center with people suffering from cancer put Creel’s research in perspective, she said.

“It gave a purpose to the research I was doing,” she said.

Creel also shadowed in the heart health clinic at Ashley River Tower Hospital.

She hopes to go back next year amd the experience helped her grow, she said.

“I gained maturity in general,” she said. “I got more individual work than I had ever had in a lab before.”

Creel was also exposed to different faculty members at MUSC. The program offered 15 credit hours that appear on an MUSC transcript, she said.

She said the experience made her contemplate applying to MUSC’s M.D./Ph.D. program.

Creel said the research was difficult, but it was worth it.

“It was a challenge, but it was not out of reach,” she said. “I was a better person and researcher at the end.”

Katie Bolling Nasal sprays are used for the treatment of seizures.

Junior chemistry major Katie Bolling researched this during the summer at the University of Minnesota in the materials chemistry department.

Bolling worked on synthesizing a nasal spray from the diazepam (DZP) prodrug Avizafone to treat seizures, she said. Diazepam is in the family benzodiazphine, which is used to treat seizures.

Diazepam was previously used in a nasal spray that works on seizures, but it was insoluble in water, so it required an organic solvent. However, the solvent was irritating to the nose, so Diazepam is no longer administered as a nasal spray, Bolling said.

“Our goal is to develop a prodrug of DZP that will be highly soluble in water to reduce the chance of causing irritation to the nose,” Bolling said. She chose Avizafone because it is reported as being water-soluble.

Because Avizafone is a controlled substance and cannot be purchased in the U.S., Bolling said they had to synthesize it in the lab.

“We checked if the Avizafone is soluble in water,” she said. “It has a high water-solubility, which makes it a good candidate to be administered in a nasal spray.”

Once administered, the enzyme aminopeptidase found in the nasal membrane will convert it to an intermediate structure that will then energetically favor Diazepam, which will treat the seizures, Billing said.

She said she experienced real-life situations in her research.

“We had a tough time synthesizing the Avizafone molecule,” Bolling said. “There are many setbacks in research, but it is rewarding.”

The research had an important goal, she said.

“A nasal spray to treat seizures would eliminate the need for medical personnel,” she said. “People could take it in their own homes.”

The fellowship also paid for Bollings’ housing and gave her a stipend of $4,500.

Bolling said the experience gave her an idea of what she wanted to do in the future.

“It was the first research I ever had,” she said. “It opened my eyes to life if I chose graduate school.”

Christine Harvey Employed part-time over the summer at Emory University in Atlanta, junior chemistry major Christine Harvey worked on a couple of projects dealing with Factor-8, a protein involved in blood clotting, she said.

Hemophilia is a condition in which the body cannot produce Factor-8, which causes the blood to have the inability to clot, according to the National Hemophilia

Foundation website.

Harvey worked with assistant professor of pediatrics Trent Spencer at Emory University.

Harvey used a non-integrating lentiviral vector to study hemophilia and factor-8 production, she said. A Lentiviral vector is a synthetic virus based off lentiviruses. An example of a lentivirus is HIV, Harvey said.

Harvey used a non-integrating lentivirus so it would produce the protein but not integrate the viral DNA into the cell’s DNA, she said.

Through the process of gene therapy, Harvey would introduce DNA to cells. Once introduced to the cells, the cells would then produce the Factor-8 protein, which gives the body the ability to clot blood, she said.

Harvey had three weeks to create the DNA sequence that would eventually be placed into cells, but she was not able to finish creating it, she said.

Harvey also worked on a growth assay of hematopoietic stem cells. She compared regular hematopoietic stem cells to ones that made the Factor-8 protein, she said.

“We wanted to see if the cell growth decreased in the cells that produced the protein,” she said. “We found out that the protein production had no effect on growth.”

The cells that did produce the protein did not produce it in high levels, Harvey said.

“When I left, they were planning on re-doing the experiment with cells that have a higher level of Factor-8 production,” she said.

Harvey worked from the beginning of June to late August and was paid $9 an hour. She said she enjoyed her experience.

“It gave me an idea of what working in a lab is like as a technician or as a graduate student,” she said. “There were phases in which I was confused, but once I started learning what I was doing, it was interesting and exciting.”

Kevin Ryan Mustard seeds are used to create seed meal herbicides that are safer for the environment, senior biology major Kevin Ryan learned during a National Science Foundation research fellowship at the University of Idaho this summer.

Methyl bromide, atrazine and glyphosate are some toxic compounds traditionally used as pesticides in agriculture, Ryan said. To work on an alternative, Ryan worked with a mentor in Idaho on developing a natural, plant-derived herbicide from mustard seeds.

“We crushed the seeds to remove the oil inside to create the meal,” Ryan said. “They looked like corn flakes.”

The rest of the seed that is left over contains the enzyme myrosinase, which is capable of hydrolyzing the glucosinolate Sinalbin in water. Glucosinolates are a class of organic compounds that are present in Brassicaceae crops. They degrade into biologically active plant allelochemicals, or compounds that affect other plants or animals, Ryan said.

This process produces 4-hydroxybenzyl isothiocyanate, which spontaneously degrades to ionic thiocyanate, which is a known herbicide that appears in the environment, he said.

Ryan worked in the lab with simulated miniature rice paddies he applied the seed meal to, he said. The seed meal produces a biologically active herbicide as it degrades in the water in the rice paddy. Ryan measured how much of the herbicide stayed in the soil and how long it stayed. This information allowed him to look at what soil and water conditions are best for using the mustard meal herbicide.

Ryan mainly researched rice paddies in the lab and sent the information to California to apply it to real rice paddy fields. Ryan said they hope to be able to apply this information to the development of alternative pest controls that are better for the environment.

Ryan worked with students from around the country.

Eleven other students worked on different projects in the facility, he said.

The research also provided graduate-level experience, Ryan said. “It made me realize what graduate school is about,” he said.” “It was a really good experience.”

JESSICA PICKENS Arts & Entertainment Editor THURSDAY pickensj@thejohnsonian.com September 30, 2010 ALISON ANGEL Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor angela@thejohnsonian.com

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Audience response humbles band Columbia band to rock out at The Money BAND • from front The band doesn’t place themselves under one genre, but a mix of Indie, “a touch of pop and rock and a hint of jazz.”

“Our music style is kind of hard to explain,” said bassist Scott Smith. “We all have very different musical influences which come together to form a unique sound that varies greatly from song to song.”

Smith said the four band members do not have one musical influence in common.

“Mario does all the lyrics, but usually what will happen is one of the band members will bring an idea and we go from there,” Crumpton said.

“We throw our collective stuff together and it ends up different than it started.”

Recently, the band has picked up several gigs, playing in a battle of the bands at the New Brookland Tavern in Columbia and the upcoming October Festival in downtown Columbia on Oct. 23.

Crumpton said the band wants to take their career

WANT TO GO? What: Full Color Footage Where: The Money When: Oct. 6 Time: 8 p.m. as far as they can go.

“We are going to keep writing songs and playing them for people until people no longer want to hear what we have to say,” Smith said.

Money is not something the band has to worry about. Full Color Footage has its own bank account that it uses for band costs.

“The money we live off comes from our day jobs. We use the money we earn from shows for gas, CDs and T-shirts,” Crumpton said. “Making the account turned out to be the best idea we’ve ever had.”

The band recently released an EP in August called “Tough Luck, Kid,” and they have received positive feedback from audiences.

Full Color Footage is surprised by the audience following they have

received.

“It’s humbling and amazing that people get that into our music,” Crumpton said. “Something that we have created means that much to somebody.”

The band hopes to travel and play more outside of Columbia.

“We have built a loyal fan base and are looking to push boundaries of where we play,” Smith said. “We hope to do a small Southeast tour in the near future.”

Full Color Footage is playing at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at The Money.

Full Color Footage performs at The Money on Oct. 6. The Columbia-based band recently released an EP, “Tough Luck, Kid” in August. Photo courtesy of Full Color Footage.

“Tough Luck, Kid” album track list:

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It’s humbling and amazing that people get that into our music.

Matt Crumpton

Drummer of Full Color Footage

CROSSWURD PUZZLE

1. Snakes and Sparklers 2. Love or How to Fake Drowning 3. “I” is For Intermission 4. “A” is for Avery 5. The Elma Nothing 6. Four Eyed Monsters

Top movies of Sept.

By Alison Angel angela@thejohnsonian.com

“Easy A” It’s a top notch comedy all the way. Emma Stone is perfect as Olive, a high school girl who is the victim of a vicious rumor about, her virginity. Pretty soon, she lies to help out more and more of her guy friends reputations, making her seem easy and bringing attention that she welcomes, but may destroy her reputation. This movie has some great lines and delivers punch line after punch line flawlessly. I highly recommend you spend the money on this one; it’s worth it.

“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” This movie was a surprise hit. Never having seen the original “Wall Street,” I was skeptical about the sequel. After all, let’s face it: sequels are usually not as great as the original. This movie breaks the mold on however. It follows Michael Douglas’ character from the last movie after prison and as the economy teeters on the ‘brink of disaster;’ something most Americans can at least relate to given the current economic standing. Shia Labeouf brings some fresh blood into the mix, and the movie isn’t half bad. It’s not just a movie about money; it’s a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s at least worth a second glance.

“You Again” This movie was just what you’d expect, a pretty amusing flick to just sit back and relax to. It stars Kristin Bell as a girl who comes home to find her brother is marrying the girl who made her high school years a living hell. There are definitely some funny moments in this movie, and the casting helps a lot to drive the storyline. If you’re looking for a “feel good” sort of movie, this one could be the one for you.

Ridiculous Car Contest Does your car have flames on the sides, a dragon head painted on the hood or a portrait of your dog Molly on the rear bumper?

Across 2. How many years has Winthrop hosted the U.S. Disc Golf Open?

5. What type of seeds did Kevin Ryan use to create seed meal herbicides?

6. Name of review design and fine art students are required to go through. (acronym) 8. What mythical creature does Connor de Bruler believe in?

9. What non-profit organization did Paul Ricciardi work for this summer?

10. What city does Mark Jamison commute from?

The Johnsonian wants to see whatever modifications you have made to your vehicle.

Through the month of September, the Arts & Entertainment section is hosting a contest for the Winthrop student’s car with the craziest paint job,

most modifications or that stands out the most.

Submit your photos and they will be placed on The Johnsonian’s Facebook page. The car most “liked” on Facebook will win a $25 gas card.

Winners will be announced in the Oct. 7 issue.

E-mail your pictures to pickensj@ thejohnsonian.com.

Down 1. What band will be playing at The Money on Oct. 6? (three words) 3. What’s the name of the new hang out on Cherry Road? (two words) 4. Name of the new African-American mass communication club. (acronym) 7. Last name of the Health and Science editor.

Graphic by Paul Ricciardi • ricciardip@thejohnsonian.com

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THURSDAY September 30, 2010

Pre-1934 movies full of scandal, sex, catty jokes 4. The United States flag Have you ever watched could not be a happy, wholesome 1950s mistreated. movie such as “Pollyanna?”

5. Sympathy should never Everyone has wholesome be given to values, treats each other fairly crime against the law. and politely and never does The code was created after anything bad.

Jessica Pickens several scandals occurred in That’s how all old films and Arts and Hollywood, such as the drugTV shows are right?

Entertainment related death of Olive Thomas Wrong. editor in 1920 (she was accidently Dating back to early silent poisoned when taking the wrong medifilms in the 1900s and 1920s, many cation) and the rape and murder case movies are practically considered porof Virginia Rappe by Fatty Arbuckle in nographic.

1921.

In the 1927 film “Wings,” you get a Hollywood was called “Sin City.” Wilquick glimpse of Clara Bow’s chest, liam Hayes looked for reformation, and and Hedy Lamarr runs around nude in the code was created. the scandalous German film “Ecstasy” Though the Hayes Code seems strict (1933). and unreasonable, I think it is one of Pre-1934 movies in Hollywood were the reasons old movies are more clever anything but wholesome. and witty.

Films were rather sexy, sensual and Screenwriters had to carefully work catty. their way around the rules in order to An example of this would be the make sensual jokes and scenes.

1933 film “Baby Face” where Barbara Where jokes in movies today bluntly Stanwyck’s character literally sleeps make an obscene sexual reference, old her way to the top of a corporation. movies had to be more creative.

Starting as a mail room secretary, she For example, in the 1939 movie “The ends up becoming the mistress to the Women,” Joan Crawford tells a group president of the company. of catty women, “There is a word for In the 2003 documentary “Comwomen like you, but it isn’t used in plicated Women” about pre-code high society…outside the kennel.” actresses, it said women unnecessarIn a movie today, screenwriters can ily undressed in front of the camera: easily throw in a four-letter word, scampering around in their underwear but Anita Loos’ screenwriting in “The as they sang songs or washed out their Women” allowed the audience to be stockings in the sink. semi-intelligent and figure out what Films had no set production code or Crawford was calling the women. censorship until 1934 when the Hayes Next time you want to watch a movie Code came around. Some of the rules with sexual jokes, catch a movie from the Hayes Code dictated were: 1. Suggestive dancing and nudity was after 1934.

As Turner Classic Movies primetime prohibited. host Robert Osborne says, “There is no 2. Religion could not be ridiculed. such thing as an old movie if you have 3. Scenes of passion could not be so never seen it before.” lustful as to arouse audience members.

When they were young Some of you might remember the “Winthrop as a Movie” feature from last year.

This year your Arts and Entertainment editors have started a new feature where students can see what their professors looked like during their college days.

Want to give your co-workers a good laugh? Want to see what your professors looked like when they were younger?

Send us professor ideas or your college photos to pickensj@ thejohnsonian.com.

Get in on all the drama.

Write for Arts and Entertainment.

Contact pickensj@thejohnsonian.com

Action movies return Student happy with new action films

The movie will go down in history for bringing 1980s and today’s action stars together on screen for the first time.

The movie stars Stallone, As many of you may know by Jason Statham, Jet Li and Dolph now, I’m a frequent moviegoer.

Lundgren and it features cameos Over the past few years, I’ve noticed less and less action Jeremy Gatlin by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis in a priceless scene Mass movies released. communication with Stallone.

These days, we have the slick, major The story centers around a debonair hero who delivers jusgroup of mercenaries hired by the tice by relying on his intellect. mysterious Mr. Church, played by WilFor example, watch George Clooney’s lis, to embark on a suicidal mission to characters in the “Ocean’s” trilogy and assassinate a ruthless dictator of a small “Michael Clayton.”

South American island.

The Clooney-type action movies, and At first, the team refuses to take the not solely Clooney, are good in their own job until it sees first-hand what’s at way, but they don’t deliver the excitestake. ment as some of the 1980s action films.

The last 30 minutes of the movie feaThe kind of action movie I want to see tures some of the best action sequences more of is the one with the tough guy as ever put on film. the hero.

“The Expendables” has pulled in close There is some kind of injustice that to $100 million domestically and is occurs, and the rugged tough guy takes expected to double that amount intercare of business while causing lots of nationally, according to www.boxofficdestruction. emojo.com.

“The Losers,” “The A-Team,” “From The movie has brought about nostalgia Paris with Love” and “Green Zone” fit my for people who love 1980s action films. description and they all came out this A sequel is already under way. year.

Hollywood pays close attention to how However, three of these movies well genre films perform. flopped. “The A-Team” was a moderate If certain movies make big money, success. expect to see more of them in the future.

Should action fans be worried their Thank you Stallone for writing, directfavorite genre is endangered? ing and starring in “The Expendables.”

The answer is no.

You just saved the action movie.

Thanks to Sylvester Stallone, the action genre with the tough guys has been resurrected with “The Expendables.”

Upcoming on-campus films: Wednesday, Oct. 6: “Paris, Je T’aime”- The movie takes place in Paris and is made up of 20 short stories are somehow connected together.

The film stars Natalie Portman, Elijah Wood and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

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THURSDAY September 30, 2010

ALEXIS AUSTIN Culture Editor austina@thejohnsonian.com

Student captures life in Peru on camera Photojournalism opportunity creates memories Over the summer All the food needed for turkeys walked into the community to survive my home, pigeons was grown or raised fell through my within the village. This roof and I drank includes guinea pig, which cases of beer at a is considered a delicacy. funeral.

And no, it doesn’t taste I didn't spend the Paul Ricciardi like chicken; it tastes more summer safe in my like rabbit.

Junior home in Lexington, Often times I would S.C., but instead spent two and find myself either in the a half months working as a fields or hiking eight hours photojournalist for Awamaki up a mountain to tend to the U.S., a Non-Governmental livestock. It hailed and rained Organization (NGO) based during one of these eight hour in Peru. The NGO works hikes leaving me with a terrible with the Quechua people in flu. I even hallucinated a few the highlands of southern nights with a fever, waking up Peru, and I was assigned to in the middle of the night and photograph their daily life talking to non-existent people predominantly in the villages in the hut. of Patacancha and Kelqan Qa. When I wasn't in the villages, The Awamaki volunteers I spent most of my time in learned I had skills other the town of Ollantaytambo than taking photos. I painted living with a Peruvian family. town signs, made a map of the My Ollanta family became community and fixed the only similar to my real family. truck in one of the small towns. We laughed together, played So I guess you could have soccer together and worked called me the handy man when together in the family store.

I wasn’t taking photos.

They urged me to clean my Life in the Andes Mountains plate at dinner, get fat and then was very different. Most wondered when I was going to days were between 30 and get married.

40 degrees Fahrenheit and Despite the simple living nights would get down into conditions, life was always the teens. Running water, exciting and enjoyable. electricity and any form of Peruvians are happy people telecommunication simply and treat you like your best didn't exist. Houses are mud friend after not knowing huts, the economy is based you for long-even me as an on barter and the majority of American. They love to dance Quechua communities have and drink, though alcoholism is little or no contact with the a problem in the area. ElevenWestern world. hour parties are the norm.

The life of an average Peruvian is harder than anything we Americans, born with a silver spoon, can imagine. Yet they are happier than anyone I have ever met.

An American could live like a king for a year in Peru with just $3,000. Understandably, I got frustrated with some of the volunteers from California who were in Peru just to build their resumes for medical school; complaining about cold water, wondering why Peruvians aren’t vegans and hating the slow Internet on their $4,000 MacBooks.

It seems as if they missed the entire point of volunteering in a country that, according to some, is a member of the third world.

Life in Peru was not about Playstation, “Jersey Shore” or owning the latest fashions.

It was not about impressing your neighbors or having the biggest house. It was simply about making it from today to tomorrow still alive and enjoying every second of it.

Even though I missed my friends, passed out from parasites in my stomach and almost didn’t get my Winthrop tuition paid, it was an experience I would never trade. Not only did I learn more about my career as a photojournalist, but it really made me appreciate what I own and the privileges we have in the U.S.

Winthrop starts first NABJ chapter in SC

By Alexis Austin austina@thejohnsonian.com

African-Americans are leaving their mark on mass communication.

From journalists Bryant Gumbel and Deborah Roberts to radio hosts Tom Joyner and Tavis Smiley, African-Americans are taking mass communication to new heights.

At Winthrop, there is hope to do the same.

“We’ve talked about it a few years,” mass communication professor Guy Reel said. “It took about a year and a half to get going.”

Reel is the advisor for the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).

Reel said mass communication chair Dr. William Click and himself thought the organization would help African-American students in the department make contact and build relationships with African-American professionals in the media.

“It’s important for African-Americans to meet other African-Americans in their profession. They can see what it’s like and work together,” senior journalism major Miciah Bennett said. Bennett is president of Winthrop’s NABJ chapter.

NABJ was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1975. Today, there are more than 3,000 members who belong to one of the several professional and student chapters across the nation.

“In order for us to become an organization, we needed a sponsoring chapter,” Reel said. “The Charlotte area chapter took us under their umbrella.”

With the help of the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists, Winthrop’s NABJ chapter recently became a student chapter of the national organization. It’s the only chapter in the state of South Carolina. This is important not only for Winthrop, but for the state as well.

“I see a lot of great opportunities as the only chapter in South Carolina,” Reel said. “We have huge potential, and I hope we can keep it alive.”

“We have a chance to get the ball rolling and possibly help other chapters get started,” Bennett said.

She also said she hopes minority students will be interested in what the chapter has to offer.

“Hopefully more minority students will join. Overall, it’s a good way to meet people and expose yourself,” she said.

Although the chapter is still in its beginning stages, the members have a clear vision for what they would like to accomplish.

“We want to have events where we can not only network, but teach people how to network,” Bennett said. “We also want to work handson with people in the community because this is what we’ll be covering when we get into the field.”

NABJ is not only for mass communication majors.

“Anyone can join as long as they have an interest in minority coverage. It can be writing, video or photography,” she said.

Under national guidelines, the chapter must participate in community service, fundraisers and pay dues to be active. This year, students will volunteer at a local soup kitchen and the Blackmon Road community.

As a member of Winthrop’s chapter, each student has the opportunity to join the Charlotte Area Association of Black Journalists and the national organization.

The chapter has meetings once a month and will hold events throughout the school year.

“We want to do at least one event each month,” Bennett said. “They will be free so that anyone can attend.”

This young Quechua boy is from the Patacancha village. Once boys reach the age of 10, they become responsible for taking of the livestock. Photo courtesy of Paul Ricciardi • ricciardip@ thejohnsonian.com

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THURSDAY September 30, 2010

CHRIS McFADDEN Sports Editor mcfaddenc@thejohnsonian.com

SPORTS BRIEFS Athletes of the week announced Junior Adam Freudenthal won the South Carolina Cross Country Championship and Andressa Garcia, a freshman, captured the UVA Fall Invitational tennis title in her division in route to being named Winthrop athletes of the week.

Freudenthal also placed fourth in the Asics Winthrop Invitational. Garcia’s title came in her first ever collegiate tennis match.

Winthrop soccer player Drew Boldridge prepares to participate in a conditioning drill.

Every team has a specialized workout program. Photo by Kathleen Brown • brownk@thejohnsonian.com

Eagles land new pitching coach Winthrop baseball head coach Tom Riginos hired Clint Chrysler as his pitching coach.

Chrysler and Riginos have been on the same team before. Riginos was recruiting coordinator at Stentson Universtiy and signed to a scholarship in Riginos’ first recruiting class in 1994. Chrysler spent the last two years as an assistant coach at Stetson.

Winthrop softball scores new assistant coach Eagles softball coach, Mark Cooke, hired Michelle Carlsonto his staff as an assistant coach/director of Terry Softball Complex.

Carlson will help with hitting and outfield play.She replaced Danny Parks, who resigned.

Strength coach pumps up WU athletes

By Chris McFadden mcfaddenc@thejohnsonan.com

Bigger, stronger, faster are how most coaches want their players.

It’s no easy feat. Here at Winthrop, that challenge falls to strength and conditioning coaches Hayes Galitski, Brian Boos and Ashley Howard.

“It is our job to help facilitate on-field athletic performance through conditioning training,” head conditioning coach Hayes Galitski said.

Hayes began as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Winthrop in 2007 before being promoted to head coach a year later. Winthrop athletes benefit from strength and conditioning programs that are designed

by Hayes and his staff to get the most out of their bodies.

“Strength coaches are trying to enhance athletes’ performances on the field and keep them healthy,” Hayes said.

To help athletes get that top performance, Hayes and his assistants study multiple factors that will hopefully allow athletes’ bodies to meet the demands of their individual

sports.

“I will design my programs with movements and the primary muscles utilized in a particular sport,” Hayes said.

“Then I will structure a balanced program that fits the needs of that sport in mind.”

As these programs have become a vital part of sports, coaches have gotten more involved in the process.

“Winthrop is very fortunate that all of our coaches place a huge priority on their team’s strength and conditioning,” Hayes said.

“They are ultimately responsible for wins and losses, so they are going to be involved in every aspect of their program.”

Sport coaches, however, can only help so much when it comes to conditioning their athletes.

“Coaches will have certain things they feel like their team needs to improve, but the responsibility for designing and implementing a plan rests solely with the strength and conditioning staff,” Hayes said.

In Hayes’ opinion, the core exercises such as squats, bench press and Olympic lifts that strength and conditioning coaches use to get the best results have remained the same.

The change in the strength and conditioning community has come from the coaches themselves.

“Coaches continue to research and educate themselves on new ideas and philosophies,” he said.

“There probably aren’t too many experienced strength coaches who will tell you that they do things the same way as when they first started out.”

While the title strength and conditioning may imply building muscles and getting in better shape, strength and conditioning also helps in preventing athletes’ worst nightmares.

Injures.

“Injuries are an unfortunate part of the sport, so they will and do occur,” Hayes said.

“However, through a well-designed program my staff and I are able to help reduce the risk of an injury happening to one of our athletes.”

Although Hayes and his staff operate behind the scenes, the benefits of their work can be seen in the amount of success the Eagles have had in the sports arena.

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SPORTS

Disc will fly as the US Disc Golf Championship comes to Winthrop

By David Thackham thackhamd@thejohnsonian.com

Billed as “a championship course with championship experience,” the Gold Course at Winthrop has been selected for the 12th straight year to host the U.S. Disc Golf Championship.

From Oct. 6-9, Winthrop will welcome professional talent hailing from across the globe that has event director Jonathon Poole thinking this year will be the best yet for the tournament.

“We take the areas for improvement very seriously,” Poole said.

“We’re taking in all the feedback, sitting and poring over details, and when you do that, you learn every little bit more than last year.”

Poole is adamant that no other course and management

group can pull off the performance he and the Gold Course are able to consistently put on display.

“No one could possibly do what we’re doing,” he said.

“Disc Golf has got such deep roots here in Rock Hill… it’s a model city for how disc golf should be, and that’s a really important proponent.”

Rock Hill native and twotime World Disc Golf champion Harold Duvall designed and developed the Winthrop Gold Course.

It has been home to a plethora of tournaments, including the USDG Championship (12 times), the World Disc Golf Championship (one time) and the President’s Cup (one time).

From opening tee to the final round, players will be have to keep their focus as they battle

tricky holes on the stunning Winthrop gold course.

The website, www.dgcoursereview.com, gives detailed reviews of disc golf courses throughout the country and has described Winthrop’s course as “spectacular,” adding that there’s a “sense of emotion and awe” that one gets from staring down the green.

If the play in previous championships is any indication, this year’s tournament could be just as splendid as the course.

The U.S. talent will try to continue their hot streak. The Americans have won every tournament since 2002.

The European delegation will have a hard task on its hands trying to defeat the Americans.

They will have the experience of three-time U.S. champion Ken Climo ready and available.

While the U.S. has been dominating lately, Poole thinks the international flavor is always beneficial to the health of the sport and to Winthrop.

“When you start talking about disc golf,” he said, “Winthrop is part of the vocabulary - a common part of the conversation.

This place is known worldwide as THE place to play disc golf.”

This year also marks the birth of something new for the historic Winthrop gold course.

The President’s Cup will be hosted on Oct. 5 at the course; the first time the professional competition has ever been held on American soil.

“Bringing the Cup here adds excitement that players, sponsors and spectators sink their teeth into. It adds a pride element that will attract even more people than ever before,” Poole

said.

For the past three years, the President’s Cup has been showcased in Tampere, Finland, but to Poole, the move to the States feels right.

“Winthrop is set up very well for spectators. The course design has really improved.

We have all the materials to take care of the course, and it sets Winthrop apart from other courses,” he said.

A press conference will be held in the President’s Room at Winthrop Coliseum on Monday, Oct. 4, beginning at 1:15 p.m.

America’s first President’s Cup will begin 24 hours later.

Tickets for the President’s Cup are free with admittance to the U.S. Disc Golf Championship. Patrons can pay $25 for all three days of play or $10 for a one-day pass.

Coach, parents push cross country runner to success

By Chris McFadden mcfaddenc@thejohnsonan.com

Sometimes after students enter college and then look back on their time in high school, they realize high school did not do such a good job of preparing them for college.

The same can be said of in the relationship between college athletics and high school athletics.

“They have you running 5ks all your years in high school and then your freshman year in college they throw you into an 8k race,” junior cross country runner Adam Freudenthal said.

Freudenthal has adjusted nicely to the requirements of college cross country running. He recently won the South Carolina Intercollegiate Cross Country Championship.

“It was great winning this title, it definitely was a goal of mine after finishing a close second last year,” he said.

Freudenthal has been running cross country for 10 years now and he credits his parents with getting him involved in the sport.

“My parents pushed me into the

sport,” he said, “they were and still are my inspiration to run cross country.”

Freudenthal attributes much of the success he has experienced to the relationship he has with his coach Ben Paxton.

“Definitely the trust I share with my coach is a reason for me winning. He believes in me so much and I believe in the workouts he gives me,” he said.

Freudenthal and his teammates use the workouts as preparation to meet the grueling demands of cross country racing.

“It takes a lot of discipline and hard work. Logging 80-plus (practice) miles a week is tough but it definitely pays off when you reach your goals,” he said.

With only two events, the Furman Invitational and ASICS Fall Classic, before the Big South Conference Championship, Freudenthal and the cross country team have goals they are still trying to achieve.

“The team wants a top three finish in the conference, and I want to garner All-Conference honors and All-Region honors,” Freudenthal said.

Winthrop will host the 2010 the Winthrop/ ASICS Fall Classic.

When: Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 Where: Winthrop Coliseum Start Time Squads Distance 10:00 a.m. Men 6,000 meters 10:45 a.m. Women 4,000 meters

Awards will be give to the top two teams and top 10 individuals in each race.

Intramural Standings flag football standings:

Winthrop sports schedule: Team

Opponent

Location

Date

Men’s soccer

Presbyterian

Clinton, SC

9/29/10

Men’s soccer

Wofford College

Spartanburg

10/2/10

Men’s soccer

High Point University Home

Women’s soccer

Want to go?

SC State University

Orangeburg

10/12/10 9/29/10

Women’s soccer Gardner-Webb Home 10/2/10

Men’s league one Team

W

L

Points scored Points allowed

Snow Flakes 2 0 71 6 Rex Ryan Rejects

0

1

6

36

Pi Kappa Phi

0

1

0

28

It’s Already Over

1

0

28

0

Pike Gold 0 1 0 35

Women’s soccer Liberty Away 10/9/10 Men’s league two Volleyball Liberty Away 10/1/10 Volleyball Coastal Carolina Home 10/5/10 Volleyball UNC Asheville Home 10/9/10 Information courtesy of winthropeagles.com

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Team

W

L

Points scored

Points allowed

Crusaders 1 1 50 18 MWA 2 0 63 19 Apples of Gold

1

1

12

43

Silver Snakes 0 2 6 26 Red Jaguars 1 1 18 45

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Contact Chris McFadden at mcfaddenc@thejohnsonian.com

Pi Kappa Almost

1

1

14

12

W

L

Points scored

Points allowed

Women’s league Team

Hurricanes 0 1 13 20 Man Down 1 0 20 13 Cobras 1 0 17 6 Hot Tamales 0 1 6 17 Information courtesy of Winthrop Recreational Services department

THURSDAY September 30, 2010

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