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Virtual march seeks change S.C. is the 8th-highest state in the nation for teen pregnancy among 15-19 year olds, costing tax payers $156 million annually.

S.C. is 7th-highest in the nation for new HIV/ AIDS cases.

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Three out of 10 young women will become pregnant at least once before they reach the age of 20.

Source: Grassroots Advocacy

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TellThem! campaign hopes to spread awareness about HIV, pregnancy, health policies Taylor Cheney

The number of persons living with HIV/AIDS has increased by 77 percent since 1995.

The USC Lady Gamecocks take down No.22 Vanderbilt Commodores, led by junior Valerie Nainima, ending the game at 73-70.

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Advocates for the TellThem! campaign are taking their issues to heart by going to the state’s legislature with South Carolina’s first virtual march.

The purpose of the campaign is to spread awa reness of t he i ncreasi ng nu mber of unintended pregnancies and HIV/AIDS patients in order to promote better education and health policies.

“We want to demonstrate to legislature that we care about these issues and we need funding for medically accurate information,” said Grassroots Advocacy Coordinator Kelly Orner.

According to a news release f rom t he campaign, lawmakers are not fully aware that 80 percent of South Carolina voters are in favor

of providing young people with age appropriate, medically accurate sexual health information. As one of the top sexually healthy schools, Orner said she considers the University to be a great place to promote the Virtual March’s message.

“It has all been created for you, for your friends, for your neighbors,” Orner said.

Though other states have organized a virtual march, Orner said that her team was looking for something different. By utilizing social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, TellThem! has gained 1,652 supporters planning to speak out against legislators.

“We needed a modern way to do it,” Orner said. “This is a better way to get people engaged and easily access our articles through our blog.”

Featured on the campaign’s Web site is Deborah Billings, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion, Education and Behavior and Chair of the S.C. Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition.

Billings said one of the health issues needing to be addressed in the Hispanic community is pre-natal care and family planning.

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Students vie for prestigious scholarship Pair to interview for $30,000 Truman award, only 60 winners selected in national contest

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wo USC students have been selected as Truman Scholar Finalists and will head to regional interviews later this T month.

The highly competitive Truman Scholarship, funded by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, picks

roughly 60 juniors from around the country to receive $30,000 toward their goals after undergraduate studies. The scholarship works to find students who are dedicated to strong public service goals and give them financial support.

USC has had six Truman Scholars including most recently Asma Jaber in 2007, Thomas Scott in 2006, Jeremy Wolfe in 2004 and Lara Bratcher in 2003.

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Katie Parham K at ie Pa rha m , a t h i rd-yea r p ol it ic a l s c ie nc e a nd Fr e nc h student , said she discovered the Truman Scholarship through the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs at USC. Parham said the scholarship seemed most targeted at what she wants to accomplish after graduation.

“It seemed to suit my needs and my goals best,” Parham said.

Parham said t he process was long and intensive, and she has been working on her application for almost a year. She said the application consists of 14 questions — which are mostly essays — and asks for a policy proposal. In her application, Parham focused on t he reduct ion of child povert y from a global perspective.

“It’s somet h ing t hat doesn’t get a lot of media coverage, even though it’s just as devastating as a natural disaster,” Parham said.

“It’s something that touched me and I’m passionate about.”

Peter Schaeffing

For Parham’s policy proposal, she foc used on educat ion, especially for you ng mot hers.

Parham said young mothers who have been to school are twice as likely to send t heir ch ildren t o s c ho ol s . She hopes t hat by educat ing young mot hers she can help reduce t he cycle of childhood poverty.

P a r h a m PARHAM wa nt s to work i n i nter nat iona l relief and is interested in working in nort hern A f rica. She wants to pursue her master’s in public affairs in graduate school or work at a non-government organization.

She is also act ively involved on campus and is the Director of Alternative Spring Breaks for the Parham ● 2

W hen Peter Schaeffing started college at Carolina, he was surprised that there weren’t any organizations to specifically address poverty in Columbia. “ It ’s a v isible problem in Colu mbia,” Schaef f ing said.

“I felt there was a need for it.”

This is why t he Colu mbus, Ohio, native to start SCHAEFFING decided the organization Carolinians Combat i ng Pover t y du r i ng h is sophomore year. The group not only does community outreach work, but it also hosts discussions about poverty.

“Our group members try to have an impact on poverty now,” Schaeffing said.

The third-year economics and political science student said he chose USC because of its Honors College

and because he wanted to experience the South, escaping the “OSU sphere of influence.” Since then, he has made an impact on campus with many different organizations, most recently Student Government. Schaeffing decided to run for SG treasurer this year and won the election as an unopposed candidate.

“I did that because I wanted to get involved with the University and to leave a mark on a place that had such a big influence on me,” Schaeffing said.

Now that he is SG treasurer-elect, he wants to help clear up the confusion that student organizations have about funding and help them learn how to access their funds throughout the entire budgeting process. Schaeffing also wants to make sure SG’s money is being spent the right way. Another one of his goals is to have students help teach financial literacy basics to the neglected population of Columbia.

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Alpha Lambda Delta honor society inducts members in fourth annual ceremony The Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society inducted more than 1,000 first-year students Saturday afternoon at the BTW Auditorium.

ALD, the largest honor society at USC, requires members to maintain a 3.5 GPA. This was the fourth annual induction ceremony for ALD. The USC chapter of ALD currently has over 4,000 members, making it the largest ALD chapter in the country. It has received the Order of the Torch, an honor given to ALD’s best chapter, more times than any other chapter in the country. ALD members compete in intramural sports together and participate in a number of community service projects. In the past, they have helped out with Scholars Day, Open House, Move-in Crew and Clean Carolina.

This semester, ALD plans to clean the walkway bridge over Blossom Street, help with USC Scholars Day and hold a clothing drive for the Salvation Army. Last year, ALD collected almost 600 pounds of clothes for the local Salvation Army.

SEC Tournament Because of its loss to Mississippi State, USC’s men’s basketball is now vying with UGA for the East No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament.

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9-year-old student helps Haiti

Chile recovers from earthquake

Selena Lewis, 9, watched the news, saw the Haitian people after an earthquake who finally could bathe but had no clothes to change into.

“I said to myself ‘What can I do?’” Selena said. “I had to help.”

So with the urging of her grandmother, Patricia Lewis, and mom, Anika Lewis, Selena decided that in a hot climate T-shirts were needed for those Haitian people.

Selena is a terrific student who loves science, math and social studies and everything else. She is a cheerleader who rescues animals to boot. But a fourth-grader in Rock Hill who is 9 years old, even if she wants to help those in need in the world, has only so many T-shirts. Selena thought her school would be a place to ask for help.

The Lewises talked to Belleview Principal John Kirell with the idea of the shirts, and Kirell embraced the suggestion. In a tough economy that has parents pressed to take care of themselves, the used clothes versus fresh money idea seemed like a great one.

“Then Selena made up the posters herself, and we talked about it on our news program here at the school and on the announcements,” Kirell said. “The students took over from there.”

What happened is nothing short of incredible. Each classroom at the school received a poster asking for shirts.

There were gigantic posters made for the halls.

And the shirts poured in. New shirts and used shirts and silk shirts. A yellow Lacoste golf shirt, brand-new, with the $69 price tag still on it. Even some jeans and winter clothes came in.

The school ended up with an entire conference room filled with clothes brought by kids from kindergarten through fifth grade. Selena’s success shows that a young person, even a 9-year-old fourth-grader, can have the courage to lead and exemplify good citizenship, Kirell said.

“She wa s too you ng to wor r y about red t ape, bureaucracy, to be cynical,” Kirell said. “And after this T-shirt drive, I would sure call it a success. I would call her a success, too.”

Selena even got a standing ovation in gym class.

“That was nice,” Selena said. “But I didn’t start this for me. I did it for Haiti, and the people there.”

There were so many shirts — 1,680 used shirts and so many more new shirts, plus the other clothes, that the tally swelled to over 2,000 articles of clothing — that the Lewises had to fi nd a place to store the stuff before shipping to Haiti. A planned method of shipping didn’t pan out, so until then, the clothes are being stored. Nextdoor neighbor Earl White even took the winter clothes to local charities so those could be used, too.

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Virginia Tech will now notify parents of minor drinking offenses.

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Tech cracks down on drinking BL ACK SBU RG, Va.— At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are timehonored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking.

This semester, the school in Blacksburg, Va., began notifying parents when their under-21 students are found guilty of even minor alcohol violations such as getting caught with a beer in a dorm room.

Although it’s common for colleges to alert parents of major alcohol offenses — or when a student faces suspension — Virginia Tech is part of a small but growing number sending letters home on minor ones.

The debate about how much to involve parents in such cases is a balancing act for colleges and universities. Officials want to hold young adults accountable as they venture out on their own, are well aware that drinking is part of the college experience, and also recognize potential allies in a generation of hands-on parents who can help when things go too far.

“I think it helps students open up to parents,” said Steven Clarke, director of Virginia Tech’s College Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center. The beefed-up parental notification policy is part of a broader strategy that includes alcoholeducation classes and a “party positive” program that encourages responsible drinking.

The student reaction to the policy change, not surprisingly, has been less than enthusiastic.

Studies show that students who say their parents would disapprove of them drinking are less likely to drink heavily once they get to college, said Toben Nelson, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health who has studied campus drinking.

At Virginia Tech, the school has operated on a “three strikes” system for years: Students get one strike for a minor alcohol violation and two for a major one — things like getting a DUI or vomiting all over a residence hall bathroom. Three strikes and a student is suspended for at least one semester.

After a spate of alcohol-related deaths on college campuses, Congress in the late 1990s changed student privacy laws to lower barriers to parental notification in cases involving students under 21.

Schools took a wide array of approaches in response.

Virginia Tech started notif ying parents of under-21 students after major alcohol offenses or when a student had accumulated two strikes with two minor ones.

But some parents complained that because they had not been notified of minor offenses, they were in the dark until a student was suddenly facing suspension, said Edward Spencer, Virginia Tech’s vice president for student affairs.

Hence the change this semester — a move Spencer says also reflects changing times.

Nine-year-old Selena Lewis lies on a pile of bags filled with T-shirts she has collected at school to send to Haiti.

Schaeffing ● Continued from 1 Truman Scholarship, using it to attend graduate school. His eye is on New York Universit y, where he wants to earn his master’s degree in economics. If that doesn’t work out, Schaeffing said he wants to “get his feet wet” in economic policy in a nonprofit or the community development banking industry.

Schaeffing said he had been working on his application for the scholarship since June.

“It’s a very detailed application,” Schaeffing said. “It forces you to think about your future plans. You have to look at a grad school and explain why this program is a good fit for you.”

He first had an interview with USC’s Truman Committee, which selected him to represent USC. After this, he worked with the committee and the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs at USC before he submitted his application to the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation in January.

Schaeffing said the office was extremely helpful when he was going through the application process.

When the Foundation announced the 200

students who made it to the fi nal interview round, Schaeffing said he was thrilled to discover that he was a finalist.

“I’m extremely proud to represent South Carolina like this,” Schaeffi ng said. “South Carolina’s been nothing but a good experience for me.”

Schaeffing’s passion lies in getting involved with communit y development banking, and he wrote about helping the “unbanked” population in his application. According to Schaeffing, the unbanked are people and families without checking or savings accounts which would grant them access to loans. They lack adequate resources to save funds, making it extremely difficult for them to get out of poverty.

“You really don’t have a good mechanism to save if you don’t have a bank account,” Schaeffing said.

In addition to getting involved with SG and Carolinians Combating Poverty, Schaeffing is also a member of the Honors College and the Roosevelt Institute, and he is a columnist for The Daily Gamecock.

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CONCEPCION, Chile — Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved af tershock s digging for sur v ivors and t he government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest earthquakes in centuries.

In the hard-hit city of Concepcion, firefighters pulling survivors from a toppled apartment block were forced to pause because of tear gas fired to stop looters, who were wheeling off everything from microwave ovens to canned milk at a damaged supermarket across the street.

Efforts to determine the full scope of destruction were undermined by an endless string of terrifying aftershocks that continued to turn buildings into rubble. Officials said 500,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and President Michele Bachelet said “a growing number” of people were listed as missing.

“We are facing a catastrophe of such unthinkable magnitude that it will require a giant effort” to recover, Bachelet said after meeting for six hours with ministers and generals in La Moneda Palace, itself chipped and cracked.

She signed a decree giving the military control over security in the province of Concepcion, where looters were pillaging supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacies and banks. Men and women hurried away with plastic containers of chicken, beef and sausages.

Virtually every market and supermarket had been looted — and no food or drinking water could be found.

Many people in Concepcion expressed anger at the authorities for not stopping the looting or bringing in supplies. Electricity and water services were out of service.

“We are overwhelmed,” a police officer told The Associated Press.

Bachelet said a curfew was being imposed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and only security forces and other emergency personnel would be allowed on the streets. Police vehicles drove around announcing the curfew over loudspeakers.

As nightfall neared, hundreds of people put up tents and huddled around wood fi res in parks and the grassy medians of avenues, too fearful to return to their homes amid continuing strong aftershocks.

Bachelet, who leaves office on March 11, said the country would accept some of the offers of aid that have poured in from around the world.

She said Chile needs field hospitals and temporary bridges, water purification plants and damage assessment experts — as well as rescuers to help relieve workers who have been laboring frantically since the magnitude-8.8 quake struck before dawn Saturday.

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People survey a destroyed house after an earthquake in Curanipe, about 241 miles southwest of Santiago.

Parham ● Continued from 1 Carolina Service Council, an organization she has been involved with since freshman year.

“I’ve always been passionate about community service,” Parham said. “It’s benef icial for bot h t he people you’re helping and yourself.”

For spring break, Parham has organized a group trip through Carolina Service Council to St. Louis, Mo. Parham said she was excited to have the chance to plan and organize the trip. The group will volunteer with Wings of Hope, an aviation-based nonprofit organization.

“I thought it would be an adventure,” Parham said. “They do a lot of good work, so it seemed like a worthy cause.”

L a s t s e m e s t e r, P a r h a m h a d t h e opportunity of interning for Rep. John Spratt in Washington, D.C., through an Honors College program. During her time in Washington, she got to see the Dalai Lama and watch the chancellor of Germany speak. “ I rea l ly enjoyed t he Wa sh i ng ton env ironment,” Parham said. “Gett ing

March ● Continued from 1 “There are language barriers in terms of navigating the health care system,” Orner said.

However, Billings also said that proper reproductive education is important for everyone.

“If we are not aware of our bodies and what they are capable of, we are going to make so many mistakes, unless we focus on prevention,” Orner said. “Regardless of your political stance, this is an issue that concerns everyone.”

The virt ual march is a f ull 24 hours, beginning March 23 at noon. Participants will

to see government from the inside was extremely beneficial.”

Recently, when Haiti was struck with an intense earthquake, Parham sprung to action with fellow USC student Alex Ot t a nd st ar ted t he Ha it ia n St udent Scholarship Fund . The Hait i St udent Scholarship Fund will pick one student from Haiti and fund his or her education at Carolina. So far, the pair has raised $1,000 for the fund with donations from students and faculty.

“There’s so much need in Haiti right now,” Parham said. “It’s something small, but something that could be a long-term help for their country.”

On campus, Parham is also involved in Carolinians Combating Poverty, the Presby terian St udent A ssociat ion and Omicron Kappa Delta.

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e-mail their legislators using a pre-formatted message reinforcing t he importance of providing sexual health information across the state.

Registration is free and only requires the participant’s name. Members of TellThem! will have a table open to ask questions on Tuesday during Project Condom, hosted in the Russell House ballroom.

Those interested in participating in the virtual march should visit http://tellthemsc.org.

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Girl Talk organization utter failure

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Charitable action also needed in Chile While Haiti is being patched up, there is another crisis on our hands that is in desperate need of help. This past weekend, there was an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile that left two million people without homes and 700 people reported dead, with the count still rising. This earthquake was 21.7 miles deep — more than the one that struck Haiti in January — and it was hundreds of times greater in magnitude. Even though the count of deaths is lower than in Haiti, the country still needs help.

There are several Even though o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a t h a v e a l read y t a ken a st a nce to the count of deaths help Chile victims, such as The Salvat ion A r my, Save is lower than in t he C h i ld ren a nd H abit at for Hu ma n it y. R ight af ter earthquake, these groups Haiti, the country the immediately started sending s u p p l i e s t o t h e c o u n t r y. still needs help.

Churches are also setting up programs and charity events to help Chile. There are several places offering aid to Chile, and they need help getting supplies together to send over. These are some great places to start getting involved with Chile’s relief.

Even though Haiti is still in our hands, we shouldn’t ignore other news around us, especially this second catastrophe in Chile. Don’t get burned out with charitable giving. Yes, people are tired of all this big news striking at once, but don’t zone out and ignore one story only to react to another. All news stories are important and deserve our attention.

Start with giving in this time of need. Even a dollar or a couple shirts will help these victims, and if each person donates the slightest bit, then we can come together as a whole and clean up Chile. Continue to help with Haiti because there is still work to do, but focus on Chile, too.

Dear Marilynn, I really like this guy, but he seems really afraid to commit. I want to keep seeing him, but I don’t want to be wasting my time. Any chance he will come around?

Sincerely, Anonymous Dear Anonymous, When the word “commitment” comes out of a girl’s mouth, most guys will likely run.

I know you don’t want to hear this, but guys don’t want to settle down in college. There are so many opportunities that come out of nowhere that guys don’t want to be tied down to one girl when they could have the chance to pick and choose whom they want to hang out with one night. College is the prime time when people can do whatever they want, so why would they want to settle down now when they know in a couple of years they will have to commit?

But there are exceptions. A lot of couples who end up getting married actually meet in college. Even though college is the perfect time to be single, when someone special comes along, sometimes it’s stupid to let that go. I have a lot of friends in committed relationships, and I myself experienced a three-year relationship that went into my first year of college, so they are possible to obtain. But both parties have to be on the same level of commitment.

Also, guys who fi nd the “right girl” will definitely not let that go. A lot of guys give girls the wrong signals by acting like they are interested when they are really not. If a guy is interested in you, he will definitely keep things going, but guys also need to be careful with the signals they are sending.

Guys, if you’re interested in a girl and definitely see things progressing in the future, don’t let that go. Fight for it and give the girls the right signs. It is a waste of time to keep using a girl or taking a girl out when you’re only slightly interested. It only hurts both parties in the end. Girls don’t want to waste their time, and you shouldn’t have to waste yours either if there is no potential for possible “exclusiveness.”

Girls, don’t waste your time. If he shows the slightest sign of being not interested, such as not contacting you for several days or not taking you out, it’s not worth it. You want a guy who is going to climb mountains for you, and if he is not making the effort, then you’re just wasting your time when you could be meeting the right one for you.

So be selective. Pick and choose the one you want to spend time with, and give it 100 percent. But if you don’t want to date or be exclusive with anyone, then just have fun.

Don’t give people the wrong signals or waste anyone’s time.

Sincerely, Marilynn Joyner Second-year English and dance student

South Carolina can reap benefits from census Campaign encourages students to complete national survey, help state receive federal funding Jaime Shook

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I saw a f lyer about the Carolina Counts campaign. They are promoting an essay contest to describe how you would spend your $1,200 earned by taking the U.S. Census. No, you’re not going to get an e-mail from President Obama or Governor Sanford saying, “Hey, thanks for taking the Census. Here’s your money.” It doesn’t work that way, although I think that’s the way we’d all like it to go down.

Instead, you can earn approximately $1,200 for the state of South Carolina because you take the U.S. Census.

In 2000, South Carolina had the secondlowest return rate for Census forms. This g reat ly i mpac ted t he a mou nt of mone y

South Carolina received in federal funding (approximately $400 billion in the pot is up for grabs this time). According to research, for every household that did not fi ll out the U.S. Census, approximately $1,200 that would have come to our state went somewhere else. This money can help fund roads, higher education, hospit a ls, sen ior centers a nd emergenc y services. Money is not the only thing the U.S. Census determines. If we have a high turnout this year, South Carolina is expected to gain a new U.S. House representative. This would provide South Carolina with an additional vote in the Electoral College.

I’ve referenced South Carolina a lot. That’s because we’re all here to represent this state.

You live in South Carolina for the majority of the year and will fi ll out a form in South Carolina. The U.S. Census hopes to ref lect where you live on April 1, 2010.

If you live off campus, expect to get a census form in the mail in March. Live on campus?

Housing administrators are working with the

year in school and area of study.

We also invite student leaders and USC faculty members to submit guest c o l u m n s . C o l u m n i s t s s h o u l d ke e p submissions to about 50 0 words in length and include the author’s name and position. Guest columns are limited to three per author per semester.

The editor reserves the right to edit and condense submissions for length and clarity, or not publish at all.

All submissions become the property of The Daily Gamecock and must conform to the legal standards of USC Student Media.

CORRECTIONS If you find an error in today’s edition of The Daily Gamecock, let us know about it. E-mail sagckvew@mailbox.sc.edu and we will print the correction in our next issue.

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U.S. Census to distribute forms and return them in April. As college students, we are our own household. This is the fi rst time we have the opportunity to take the U.S. Census. It’s important to own up to this responsibility.

Carolina Counts has been working to tell t he Universit y and Columbia communit y about the importance of the U.S. Census.

They’ve been working hard to make it easy for us. It takes 10 minutes (the best 10 minutes of your life), and it’s just another way you can help your community. Not to mention, it’s required by law. So do yourself a favor and make your $1,200 for South Carolina. We’re the new generation, and it’s time to start the change we want. Taking the U.S. Census is just one way to make this change and to show that Carolina Counts.

Carolina Productions has been around a long time. With the amount of concerts and events they’ve put on, I cannot imagine how anybody would have approved the method of distributing wristbands at the Girl Talk/J. Cole concert on Thursday night.

I went with about 15 of my friends, and we were sure to get there early enough to get spots on the floor. We decided to split up and go in t wo different doors, and when the doors opened at 7 p.m. I was one of the first 10 people in the door. With all the pushing and shoving outside, I was immediately split up with my friends and managed to find two of them inside. We were instructed to go to the table on the left to get a wristband before we were able to get onto the floor.

The incredible amount of disorganization and general chaos around was amazing to me. I have worked large concerts and events at other venues, and I have never seen an event run as poorly as this event was on Thursday.

A fter being in t he mob for 30 minutes, we were all informed they were no longer g iv i ng out w r istba nds at this location. At this point I found out the people in the other group had all gotten wristbands at another location, so the two of us remaining rushed around to another spot to fi nd somebody that might be able to give us a wristband.

After the concert started I was still searching for anybody who could help me or give me any help getting back with my friends but was informed that all of the wristbands had been given out. I came to the concert to hang out with my friends and have a great time, but I ended up sitting in the stands alone while everybody was on the floor. After staying for 30 minutes I decided to just leave.

It is absurd that after so many Carolina Productions concer t s a nd event s t hat t h is t y pe of debacle ca n o c c u r. T he i r i nc r e d ible mismanagement of the event ruined the night for me and many ot her st udents t hat came wanting to go in with their friends. I was looking forward to the concert for a long time and got there before thousands of people in order to be on the f loor with my friends and ended up leaving alone.

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“The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.”

— Jerzy Kosinski

MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010

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A few USC students join Girl Talk on stage Thursday at the Carolina Coliseum.

Mash-up artist Greg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, performs for a crowd of more than 1,000.

Girl Talk proves mashups make art Pennsylvania-based remix artist proves understanding of music, lyrics in high-energy performance for more than 1,000 USC students Jimmy Gilmore MIX EDITOR

Listening to Girl Talk is like listening to an iTunes library thrown into a blender and turned into a delicious milkshake. The Pittsburgh, Pa., mash-up artist, real name Greg Gillis, brought his high energy to the Carolina Coliseum last Thursday night for a crowd of more than 1,000 USC students.

Headlining the event was rising rap star J. Cole, of Jay-Z’s recently formed Roc Nation label. With the enthusiasm of a newcomer, Cole played off glitches and fumbles in his raps with laughter and jokes, occasionally breaking to talk with the crowd about his roots in North Carolina.

Columbia was one of his last stops before joining Jay-Z for the rap titan’s “Blueprint 3” tour.

While Girl Talk has certainly established quite a reputation among those uncovering remixes and mash-ups for parties or dance clubs, his music has stirred debate among those who question whether his sampling of pre-existing songs violates fair use practices.

The biggest question surrounding his music is whether or not it’s art. Is it an accomplishment for someone to re-order and re-create a pre-existing work into something that only fleetingly resembles the original? After a massively energetic performance from Girl Talk, it’s hard not to proclaim him as one of the eminent entertainers in his field.

Girl Talk is a mash-up artist, with positive emphasis on artist. He has an innate understanding of how music works and how instrumentals and lyrics can come together in new and often

ironic ways. In many of his remixes, he often plays on his audience’s understanding of the original songs so that they fully grasp why he organizes elements in a particular way.

It’s music for music lovers, but perhaps only music lovers willing to accept his direction and vision. Throughout his live show, Girl Talk provided new renditions of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Van Halen’s “Jump,” the Isley Brothers’ “Shout” and Smashing Pumpkins’ “Today,” among many others. In most cases, the classic guitar or bass lines of these songs were combined with lyrics from newer rap or hip-hop songs.

And even if Girl Talk isn’t technically performing live — most of his mashups are already created and mixed into a full-length show on his laptops prior to him taking the stage — that doesn’t stop him from maintaining a consistently high level of energy.

With a small group of USC students on stage to help keep energy levels high, Girl Talk not only jumped around his table, but also with the students and even into the crowd several times.

Occasionally using the microphone to interact with the audience during song transitions, his show wasn’t just about showcasing his skill as an organizer and re-imaginer of music, but about keeping his crowd thoroughly involved and energetic.

Not surprisingly, Girl Talk keeps his laptops in plastic wrap when on stage. His beard and long hair became noticeably sweaty, even from afar, by the concert’s midpoint; this is perhaps a testament to how much energy he strives to add to his show on top of the music.

While the music may be booming from laptops, there is an undeniable level of care and intricacy behind Girl Talk’s multifaceted talents. With a keen ear and an even keener finger at the editing software, he wove a nonstop, jaw-droppingly creative performance. As far as mash-ups go, you’d be hard pressed to find anything better.

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WHAT TO WATCH MARCH 1-14

C OLIN ’ S T RAILER P ARK New Damon action flick must-see, don’t count on ‘Remember Me’ Colin Campbell STAFF WRITER

It’s almost spring break, and you know what that means. It’s time to take a look at some trailers for the flicks coming out while we’re away. This week features a variety of what Hollywood has to offer: the good, the bad and the political.

Jason Bourne fans have a reason to be excited.

Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass, who collaborated on both “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum,” have come back swinging with another rogue agent thriller.

Universal Pictures’ heavily advertised “Green Zone” looks to have similar elements of suspense and action.

Set during the pre-Iraqi War investigation into alleged weapons of mass destruction, the film follows chief warrant officer Roy Miller (Damon), who leads his team on a fruitless search for weapons that do not exist. Along the way, he unearths neither nuclear nor chemical weapons, but government conspiracies and their mysterious source, codenamed Magellan.

The preview begins with Miller walking a dark, all-too-quiet Middle-Eastern street, and then being abducted and interrogated. In classic Damon form, of course, Miller has the whole situation under control. When asked to account for himself, he calmly states his name and position. He then announces, “I’m here to bring you in,” as though he had initiated the meeting in the first place.

A fight erupts, and it’s all action from there. With the help of his direct superior (Brendan Gleeson) and a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter (Amy Ryan), he works to sift through the deception and lies before time runs out and war erupts.

Bourne fans are nothing, though, in comparison to the droves of young girls who will swarm theaters to see Hollywood’s new love boat, Robert Pattinson, in yet another sickening tale of forbidden love, “Remember Me.” Unfortunately for you, ladies, this time he’s not a vampire, just an bad-tempered

20-something with terrible familial relations.

Pattinson plays Tyler, a slight variation on the only role he seems able to play, that of a tortured soul who manages to torture everyone around him. His friend (Tate Ellington) even tells him at one point, “You’ve been a ghost the past couple of weeks.”

Luckily for him, he comes across a girl, Ally (Emilie de Ravin). Will she manage the feat of solving all Tyler’s problems or will his boneheaded stubbornness toward both her father (Chris Cooper) and his own (Pierce Brosnan) ruin everything?

If you actually go to the movie, write in and let me know. Actually, don’t — you’ll have suffered enough.

Onto the political: director Jeff Deutchman presents a documentary about what “could be one of the biggest days in history.” The film, titled “11/4/08,” is a compilation of video shot not only around the country, but also around the world on the days leading up to the celebrated election of Barack Obama.

Full of interviews with regular Americans, the trailer gives a taste of the emotion that the movie documents. Clips of crying, celebrating, rioting and singing the national anthem patriotically (if somewhat off-tune) all make appearances in the preview.

Conservatives may immediately write “11/4/08” off as another Democratic project intended to further laud Obama. Whether Deutchman has attempted to create a piece of liberal propaganda or merely captured the emotions of those who flooded the streets in those monumental days is irrelevant.

The film will indisputably illustrate the wild ride through history experienced these past few years.

All trailers are available online at http://youtube. com or http://apple.com/trailers.

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‘Parenthood,’ ‘The Office,’ Oscars among weeks’ best

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. “Parenthood” (NBC, March 2, 10 p.m.) Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, the producing team behind cult hit “A rrested Development,” a re b ac k i n c a ho ot s f or N BC ’s “Parenthood,” a reboot of Howard’s 1989 mov ie wit h t he same name.

Tune in for the pilot of the one-hour drama, which stars Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”), Craig T. Nelson, Mae Whitman (Yes, her, “Arrested Development’s” Ann) and many others as part of what’s sure to rival “Brothers & Sisters” for the title of TV’s most dysfunctional extended family.

2.

“The Office” (NBC, March 4, 9 p.m.) It’s delivery time for TV’s most meant-for-each-other couple, Jim and Pam. Or is it? Don’t get any ideas from the special this Thursday, which sees Pam (Jenna Fischer) trying to hold off on that hospital visit for as long as possible — for insurance reasons. A nd with Michael (Steve Carrell) and the rest of the office providing entertaining distractions, it’s sure to be one of the most painful deliveries on record. But don’t tune out early — the birth, along with mommy, daddy and godfather Michael moments, will surely fall in part two of the hour-long special.

3.

“Caprica” (Syfy, March 5, 9 p.m.) If you’ve been waiting for the “Battlestar Galactica” sequel to pick up a little before tuning out for good, give it until this Friday, which sees James Marsters (Spike from Joss Whedon’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”) star as Barnabus Greeley, a key f ig ure in t he monot heist ic side of the show’s religious debate.

Me a nw h i le , D a n ie l G r a y s t o ne , who’s on track to create the cylons that wiped out most of humanity in “Battlestar,” faces a dangerous rival who’s pretty peeved Graystone stole an important computer chip from his company.

4.

“The 82nd Annual Academy Awards” (ABC, March 7, 8:30 p.m.)

The Best Picture category amps it up this year with 10 — double the usual number — nominees. Will James Cameron’s “Avatar” sweep up the awards like 1997’s “Titanic?” Or will the lower-budget, BAFTA favorite “The Hurt Locker” give it a run for its piles and piles of money? It all kicks off with a red carpet special at 8 p.m.

And tune in earlier that night at 7 p.m. on ABC for Barbara Walters’ last Oscar special after 30 years. Sandra Bullock and Mo’Nique sit down for an event you won’t want to miss.

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Inside the Box ◆ By Marlowe Leverette / The Daily Gamecock

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Where: RH, Room 205

Alabama Wednesday 7 p.m.

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USC upsets Commodores on road Gamecocks come back in final minutes to upend No. 22 Commodores Dylan Foster

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USC junior guard Valerie Nainima had a gamehigh 23 points for the Gamecocks in their 73-70 upset win over Vanderbilt on Sunday afternoon.

The USC Lady Gamecocks broke a four-game losing streak in st yle, upsetting No. 22 Vanderbilt yesterday on the road with a 73-70 comeback win behind junior guard Valerie Nainima’s 23-point performance.

While the Lady Gamecocks’ hopes of making the NCAA were over, outside of winning the SEC Championship, they still had something to play for.

Having lost four in a row coming into the game, the Gamecocks were facing a mismatch against the fourg uard lineup of t he Commodores , which presented a challenge for the larger, slower lineup of the Gamecocks.

W h i le Na i n i ma led t he tea m in scoring, it was the play of South Carolina’s freshmen Kelsey Bone and Ieasia Walker, who had a career-high 18 points, that was able to close out the win in the fi nal minutes of the second half.

“I liked our poise, but a team like Vanderbilt, t hey’re going to score some points,” USC coach Dawn Staley

said. “Our team hit shots down the stretch, especially our free throws. We got to the line a bit more than we have before. Bone and Walker had key free throws down the stretch.”

Having tied the game at 32 early in the second half, the Lady Gamecocks soon found themselves down 41-32 after a 9-0 Commodore run led by Merideth Marsh , who f inished the game 6-11 from behind the arc with 27 points.

T he G a me c o c k s b at t le d b ac k , howe ver, w it h B one a nd Wa l ker com i ng a l ive i n t he f i n a l t welve m i nutes of play w it h a combi ned seventeen points and five rebounds.

Down by one with 1:07 remaining, Bone made two free throws to give the Gamecocks the lead, then came back on Vanderbilt’s next possession to make a huge defensive rebound on a missed layup, leading to a Vanderbilt foul on Walker, who drained both free throws to extend South Carolina’s lead to three with 25 seconds left.

“We were in the right place, but didn’t take anything away. We weren’t aggressive enough. We didn’t take passes away and we let them shoot the ball with our hands down. We were where we were supposed to be and we missed opportunities on both ends of the f loor to put it away,” V U coach

Melanie Balcomb said. “We didn’t execute. We didn’t do what we needed to do. We were there but didn’t fi nish the play on either end of the floor.”

Vanderbilt, however, was able to move dow n t he cou r t a nd make a layup, cutting the lead back to one.

On t he nex t possession, t he Commodores fouled Walker to send her to the line with twelve seconds left.

A f ter ma k i ng t he f i rst , Wa l ker missed the second free throw. But Bone came up with the play of the game, getting the offensive rebound wh ich sea led t he Sout h Ca rol i na victory.

“I liked the shot we got at the end.

We didn’t check out or pinch t he shooter,” Balcomb said. “We didn’t make the three-pointer or guarded hands down. We didn’t convert what we needed to convert down the stretch.

We made a great run and put ourselves in a decent position.”

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Gamecocks drop fifth straight contest USC unable to combat overwhelming Mississippi State shooting from downtown

USC senior guard Devan Downey was unable to get going and was held to an SEC-low 12 points by Mississippi State.

“We know the situation we’re in,” Horn said, “but we’re not going to make any excuses for that.”

The loss also marked USC guard Devan Downey’s lowest SEC scoring output, which was just 12 points.

“He never got going,” MSU coach Rick Stansbury said. “I never thought he got in a big flow.”

Stansbury said that his team had put an emphasis on defending Downey, who insisted the extra defensive attention didn’t make a difference in his output.

“I just missed shots tonight,” Downey said.

Mississippi State (21-8, 9-5 SEC) sorely needed the game, and came out gunning from the three-point line, shooting 47.6 percent from deep and finding an answer every time USC got close.

“We knew coming into the game that Mississippi State’s not only ability to shoot the three but commitment to shoot the three was going to be important,” Horn said. “I think you have to credit them. For the most part I thought we did a good job of challenging.”

Trailing 35-28 at halftime after an up-and-down first 20 minutes of play, the Gamecocks pulled to within a basket within the first 3:15 of the second half, 39-37. State then turned it on with a 21-8 run over the next nine minutes, giving the Bulldogs a 16-point lead — their largest of the night — up 60-44 with 9:35 left in the game.

A USC rally cut it to nine points, 63-54, with less than seven minutes left, only to see its night summed up perfectly in one play. With the shot clock running down, MSU’s Kodi Augustus threw up a three-pointer.

“You couldn’t ask for a better attempt than that if you’re us, if you’re picking who’s shooting the basketball,” Horn said of Augustus, one of State’s weaker shooters.

It went in, and Carolina’s chances for a comeback went out.

It went in, and USC’s chances of a comeback went out.

The struggles would be easy to pass off as the dual early season losses of forwards Dominique Archie to a knee injury and Mike Holmes to a dismissal for repeated violations of team rules, but Horn isn’t one to adhere to that thinking.

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James Kratch

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

USC coach Darrin Horn has continually stressed that his team is building for the future. However, that means that when it plays a team competing for right now, more often than not the results are going to be less than ideal.

So was the case Saturday night against Mississippi State. USC played well at times, only to ultimately come away with a 76-63 defeat at the hands of a Bulldog team that needs as many wins as it can get to strengthen a NCAA Tournament resume.

“You come into these games and you have an idea of what you feel like you need to do to give yourself a chance, and we did a lot of those things,” Horn said. “Just every time they needed a key shot, [they got it]. It just seemed like that happened over and over in the second half.”

Carolina did do a lot of things right. Despite a 36-26 rebounding disadvantage, USC found production in the paint that hasn’t been there for quite some time, racking up 34 points inside to MSU’s 22. The Gamecocks shot the ball better than they have of late – 43.3 percent. The USC bench out-scored State’s 14-0.

Nevertheless, the final result was the same as the past four outings.

With the loss, Carolina (14-14, 5-9) has now dropped five straight games, the longest such streak since 2007, when USC lost five in a row twice. It is the longest losing streak suffered by any Horn-coached team, dating back to his first year at Western Kentucky when the Hilltoppers opened the 2003-2004 season with four straight defeats, coincidentally including a loss to Mississippi State.

Additionally, the Gamecocks clinched a losing record in SEC play just a year removed from sharing the Eastern Division crown and fell to .500 for the first time under Horn.

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DEJA VU IN GREENVILLE FOR CAROLINA BASEBALL Bullpen woes reappear as Gamecocks drop two Justin Wilson

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In a rematch of last season’s regional round of the NCAA tournament, the South Carolina baseball team was looking to get payback as it traveled to Greenville, N.C., to take on East Carolina. Unfortunately, the results were all too familiar for the Gamecocks as they only managed one win in the three-game series and fell to 4-2 on the season.

The series ultimately collapsed in the final game, when USC starting pitcher Steven Neff surrendered three early runs that USC was never able to recover from, as Carolina lost the rubber game 4-2.

The offense sputtered due in large part to ECU starting pitcher Brad Mincey, who limited Carolina to one unearned run on just three hits through seven innings.

“We didn’t have much of a chance against Mincey,” USC coach Ray Tanner said. “I thought that was the story of the game. He just stuffed us. He pitched a great game. We just weren’t able to get anything going.”

It was a disappointing end to the series for USC, who started off strong with an early 6-2 victory in game one, when starting pitcher

Blake Cooper gave up just two runs in seven innings of work.

“There was nothing easy about this one,” Tanner said after Friday’s win. “It was a hardfought game and we knew it was going to be.

They have a great club. It was pretty much an even game. We got a bonus on a wild throw and a couple of extra runs. We were able to mix and match out of the bullpen and hang on for the win.”

However, giving up runs at crucial times in the fi nal two games proved costly for the Gamecocks, as they were unable to close out ECU and lost their first series of the season.

Heading into the bottom of the ninth with a 3-2 lead in Saturday’s game, many thought Carolina had the game wrapped up and would keep their undefeated season intact.

Unfortunately, reliever Michael Roth gave up a leadoff walk to Austin Homan of the Pirates to give ECU hope. After striking out the next batter, Carolina went to the bullpen for reliever John Taylor, who made quick work to tally the second out and put Carolina one out away from victory. That third out would never come, as Corey Thompson and Zach Wright were able to string together hits for the Pirates to tie the game. Then, Trent Whitehead came to the plate and smacked a 2-1 pitch into right field to knock in the game-winning run as ECU pulled out a miraculous comeback in their 4-3 win.

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USC senior right hander Blake Cooper gave up just two runs in seven innings in the Gamecocks’ 6-2 victory in the first game of their three-game set at ECU. just where we couldn’t reach them,” Tanner said. “They weren’t balls off the fence. They were good two-strike swings and they hit some balls in the hole.”

The Gamecocks will look to get back on

track on Tuesday when face Presbyterian College at Carolina Stadium.

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USC’s role players step up production As Downey scores SEC-low 12 points, others around him increase scoring Paulina Berkovich

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“One thing I’m glad of — that we never have to play against Devan [Downey] again, I hope. He’s not only one of the best players in the SEC. He’s one of the best players in the country.”

These were the first words out of Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury’s mouth at his postgame press conference.

Downey has been USC’s undisputed leader this entire season. He plays the most minutes and scores the most points. Downey is the face of Gamecock basketball, but on Saturday night he was shut down by the Bulldogs’ defense for most of the game. He scored only 12 points, well below his season average of just under 23.

“We knew coming in here that for us to have a chance, he’s the head of the snake. You’ve got to do a job on him,” Stansbury said. “I’ve seen him just take over games. I never felt like he got that going tonight.”

I n stead of rely i ng on Dow ne y, t he Gamecocks saw impressive performances from a number of players. All five starters were in double figures for points, and USC coach Darrin Horn was particularly impressed with the contributions of freshmen Lakeem Jackson and Ramon Galloway.

“We had terrific play from our young kids,” Horn said. “You can’t say enough good things about how our two freshmen are playing right now.”

Jackson fi nished the game with 10 points, including four of USC’s first six, and seven rebounds.

“Lakeem Jackson once again leads us in rebounds, no negatives, never turned it over, two assists,” Horn said. “Keep in mind that a lot of times he’s doing that from the power forward position, where he’s giving up four or five inches and twenty or thirty pounds.”

With Johndre Jefferson getting the start, Galloway played 30 minutes off the bench.

USC’s bench did not score a single point against Kentucky last week, so Galloway’s play gave the starters much-needed support.

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USC freshman guard Ramon Galloway had 14 points in South Carolina’s 76-63 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday.

“And again, he didn’t bring us any negatives – 14 points, and didn’t take a ton of missed threes, and knocked down a couple, and a couple of steals, and didn’t turn the ball over,” Horn said. “That’s the kind of fight, that’s what we’re looking for, and that’s huge.”

Junior Sam Muldrow was Carolina’s leading scorer with 15 points , and he added three rebounds and two blocks in 37 minutes. Since Downey and senior Brandis Raley-Ross will not be returning to the team next year, it will be up to Muldrow and the two freshmen to take over leadership of the team. But if USC is to be successful, the team will have to have contributions from all its members, like it did on Saturday night. The players have already begun to buy into the team mentality, putting its success above individual performance.

“It really doesn’t matter to me about the points. I just worry about winning,” Galloway said after Saturday’s game. “I don’t have to play a minute. I just want to win.”

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SOFTBALL SPLITS AT FAU Carolina goes 2-2 in weekend action in Florida Ed Neuhaus

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The Gamecock softball team had a tale of two days t his weekend at t he FAU Fourth A nnual Strike Out Cancer Tournament in Boca Raton, Fla. The Gamecocks came out strong for two wins on Saturday, but struggled and lost two games on Sunday.

T h e t w o v i c t o r ie s o n Sat u rday came in t wo games that were won in two completely different ways.

Sophomore pitcher Audrey Broyles was stellar in the Gamecocks’ 1-0 win over Providence in their first game, limiting the Friars to one hit.

It was Broyles’ second shutout this season and is the first onehitter the Gamecocks have pitched in almost two years.

The second game on Saturday had a completely different style to it, but it still resulted in a Carolina victory.

The Gamecocks pummeled

Loyola on 17 hits to beat the Ramblers 15-1. This was the first time Carolina had scored 15 runs in a game since 2005.

Coach Joyce Compton looks for more performances like this to come.

“I expect us to come in and take charge of the game pretty much every time we go on the field,” Compton said.

On Sunday, however, the Gamecocks couldn’t get it done ag a i nst Prov idence a nd F lor ida At la nt ic . I n t he rem atc h ag a i n st t he Friars , Providence emerged victorious by a 4 -3 score , after South Carolina couldn’t hold onto a 3-0 lead they established in t he second inning. The Friars rallied for four runs in the fifth and sixth innings to win.

Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Goodwin took the hard-luck loss for Carol i na despite striking out six batters in her three innings of relief. The two unearned runs allowed

by G oodw in in t he si xt h proved to be the difference as Goodwin’s record fell to 0-3 on the season.

In their last game of the

tournament, the Gamecocks couldn’t get anything done offensively against Florida Atlantic. The Owls won on a game-winning fielder’s choice in extra innings to defeat the Gamecocks 1-0 in nine innings. The Owls were able to win despite having only one hit, which they acquired in the very first inning.

Broyles was spectacular again for Carolina after her performance on Saturday, allowing no earned runs in 8.1 innings against FAU. Broyles struck out 11 Owls and earned the loss despite allowing just one hit in the first inning.

Offensively, the Gamecocks couldn’t get much of anything going against Florida Atlantic.

Carolina finished with two hits and left six runners on base, including a runner left on third base with two outs in the ninth inning when s ophomore Ev a n C h i ld s popped out to shortstop.

Clarke, Zajac lead way at SEC Indoors USC takes home three gold medals at league championship meet Paulina Berkovich

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Carolina’s first-ever SEC champion in the pentathlon, senior Ketianny Clarke, knew exactly how she was going to celebrate her victory.

“I’m going to get a big milkshake,” she said.

The pentathlon, a combination of 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and an 800-meter run, require athletes to be strong in the widest possible variety of track and field events. USC coach Curtis Frye knew exactly what a victory in the event would mean for Clarke, who has been battling hamstring injuries throughout her time at Carolina.

“She is the best athlete in the SEC,” Frye said. “Those events take so much pain and struggle, and the things she overcame probably gave her an advantage. It was her turn, and she stepped up and got it done.”

Clarke was grateful to her teammates for their cheering throughout her event.

“I was thinking, just finish the 800 and let my teammates be proud of me whether I continue to win or not,” she said. “When I knew that they were supporting me, it was all I could ask for. It helped so much.”

With the win, Clarke is now the No. 3 seed in the nation in her event, and she will compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Carolina had two other gold medalists, senior Elliott Haynie and junior Lakya Brookins. Haynie won the pole vault, while

Brookins was the champion in the 60-meter dash. This year is the first time USC has finished first in either of these events.

Haynie dominated the final with a vault of 17-7 1/4, defeating the second-place finisher by nearly a foot. Teammates Marvin Reitze and Matt Shuler also performed well in the event, finishing third and fourth, respectively.

In Saturday’s preliminary round of the 60-meter dash, Brookins won her heat after running the race in 7.31, the second-fastest qualifying time. Teammates Gabrielle Glenn and Shayla Mahan had the fifth- and seventhfastest times, respectively, and joined her in Sunday’s final. Brookins sprinted to the title with a time of 7.18, just .04 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, and Glenn and Mahan came in sixth and eighth, respectively.

Senior Scott Pierce finished fourth in the men’s heptathlon , an event in which he took third place last year. Teammates Jerry Thomson III and Michael Humphrey finished 10th and 12th, respectively.

Other impressive performances for USC came from juniors Michael Zajac and Janica Austin. Zajac fi nished second in the weight throw and earned All-SEC honors for the second straight year with his 67-3 1/2 toss, while Austin ran a personal record time in the hurdles, finishing third.

The men finished the tournament in fourth place overall, while the women took seventh.

NC A A I ndoor Championsh ips take place on March 12 and 13, and the outdoor track season kicks off on March 19 with the Shamrock Invitational in Conway.

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