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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
‘Garnet Army’ basketball student section to be renamed Fans will submit, vote on new name for upcoming season Kyle Heck
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More than 2,200 students who had claimed tickets to the first two games of the season did not show up to those games.
Game ejections, arrests down 786 students with tickets didn’t show
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Student no-shows were dow n at t he sold- out Saturday night football game against Vanderbilt, as were overall ejections and arrests. Director of St udent Services Anna Edwards said 560 students with lower-deck t ickets and 226 st udents wit h upper-deck tickets failed to enter W il l ia msBr ice St ad iu m to see t h e G a m e c o c k s b e at the Commodores. Lower-deck no-shows fel l by about 320 a nd upper-deck fell by 374
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Carolina on King celebrates 1st year
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students. Those students have lost their student
The total amount of no-shows for the season so far amounts to 2,266
New website design features upgraded campus map Sarah Ellis
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When USC planted its Carolina on King welcome center in Charleston last August, President Harris Pastides touted it as “a front door” to the university for Lowcountry tourists, alumni and potential students. One year later, Carolina on King has drawn more than 65,000 visitors from almost all 50 states and a number of foreign countries , serving as what USC officials consider an initial touch point for prospective students and another branch of marketing for the university. USC’s Division of Communications budgets $300,000 annually to support the store, according to Wes Hickman, the university’s interim vice president for communications. Barnes & Noble operates an independent retail center within the store, which returns a portion of its profits to the university if the store hits its sales goals, Hickman said. To date, the store has sold more than $300,000 in merchandise, according to Hickman. But, he said, the mission of Carolina on King is not to make money. “The purpose of the center from a university perspective is for it to be an ... offsite center for people to engage with the university,” Hickman said. “Carolina on King is part of our overall marketing strategy. It’s a way for us to have a presence in one of the top tourist destinations in the world.” Having a location in Charleston allows the university to reach out to both locals and, more significantly, tourists from around the country and the world, said Hickman and the store’s director, Ashley Slane. Located in the heart of Charleston’s downtown retail and business district on King Street, the shop is designed to remind visitors of the Columbia campus, CAROLINA ON KING • 3
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University revamps homepage
Charleston welcome center drew more than 65,000 visitors
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If you’ve ever been at a basketball game and t hought of a clever name for t he student section that you think would be better than the “Garnet Army,” now is the time to make your voice heard. Eric Nichols, South Carolina’s director of marketing for the university’s athletic department , and head men’s basketball coach Frank Martin have decided that it is time to go in a different direction, thereby ending the five-year run of the Garnet Army. Instead, students will decide what both the men’s and women’s student section will be known as, starting with the 201314 basketball season. St udent s who have a n idea for a name can send their suggestions to gamecockathletics@gmail.com. They can submit a name that can be used either for both men’s and women’s basketball or one that is specific to one or the other. Nichols and company will compile all of the suggestions, weed out the “obvious plays on words that we can’t use” and then trim it down to the top three or four suggestions, at which point the students will vote on their favorite. The new name will be revealed before the start of the season. The move comes af ter a lack luster performance from the student section the last few years. Four straight losing seasons and a 53-71 record over that time span have resulted in a relative decline of students attending basketball games. In a matter of three years, the amount of student tickets that were scanned at the games dropped by over 7,500. There was
T h e u n i v e r s i t y ’s n e w l y remodeled sc.edu homepage will debut Wednesday. About 100 other university Web pages will be updated with the new design and content management system at the same time. Director of Web Communications J.C. Huggins describes the new site design as “contemporary.” “The site’s not really going to be judged, except by the people on campus, against the old site; it’s going to be judged against the other websites that people visit in the course of the day,” he said. Most visitors to the site are not students or faculty, but external visitors, Huggins said. T he new de sig n seg ment s infor mat ion for inter nal a nd ex ter na l g uest s, so t hat i n for mat ion for prospec t ive students and parents will be more easily accessible to them. Content mea nt for c u r rent st udent s, parents, alumni and facult y is accessible through gateway tabs at the top left of the screen. That organization removes the “burden” of information not relevant to visitors from outside the university, Huggins said. “The hope is it’s easier to use for all parties,” he said.
T he site w i l l be plat for m responsive, meaning the design of the site adjusts depending on whether it’s accessed on a computer screen, tablet or mobile device. Other features of the new design include an enhanced campus map powered by Google with bike routes, traffic information and walking, driving and bicycling d i re c t ion s to a nd f rom a ny university building. The campus directory and events calendar are also redesigned.
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The new format of the university’s web pages is more “contemporary” than the old design, says Director of Web Communications J.C. Huggins.
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Women’s soccer team stayed undefeated with victories over USF and East Carolina.
The popular app Lulu lets ladies review guys they’ve been with while keeping them out — until now.
Editorial Board: USC’s new website is overdue by a decade, but it looks great.
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The new website has been about 18 months in the making, Huggins said. Most academic colleges will be transitioning their Web designs at their own pace in the future, Huggins said. The College of Nursing piloted the new format last October, followed by the School of Music in April, Huggins said.
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Miss SC draws ire for mobile home comment Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller failed to make the semifinals of Sunday night’s Miss America pageant. She was criticized for her introduction, in which she touted the number of mobile homes in South Carolina, according to The State. “I’m from the state where 20 percent of our homes are mobile, because that’s how we roll,” said Mosteller, a law student at USC . Contestants usually introduce themselves with some sort of joke, but many viewers were annoyed with Mosteller’s choice of statistics. Twitter user Kimberly Pollard tweeted, “So much to be proud of in our beautiful state and #MissSouthCarolina chooses mobile homes in her introduction.” Others, like Tabitha Bigbee, thought Mosteller’s intro was funny, tweeting, “‘Cause that’s how we roll!’ #MissSouthCarolina is funny! That’s one of the best qualities you could have, my friend. #MissAmerica” — Sydney Patterson, Editor-in-Chief
13 killed in Naval Yard shooting Monday
Violent crimes down in Richland, Lexington
At least 13 people were killed Monday morning in a shooting at a naval office building in Washington, D.C., multiple news outlets reported. The gunman, identified by law enforcement officials as 34 -year-old Aaron Alexis, was one of the deceased, according to multiple outlets. Alexis was a full-time Navy reservist from May 2007 to January 2011 and had been awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, The New York Times reported. The police are looking for additional suspects in the shooting, which took place at the Washington Navy Yard. Two police officers were shot, and three people were in critical but stable condition as of Monday afternoon. All three wounded victims were expected to recover, The New York Times reported. Officials said the gunman was carrying three weapons: an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a semiautomatic pistol. A federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press that Alexis is believed to have gotten in the Navy Yard using someone else’s ID card, but it was unknown whether that person was an accomplice or their card was stolen. —Sydney Patterson, Editor-in-Chief
Richland and Lexington counties saw fewer violent crimes in 2012 compared to 2011, The State reported. FBI statistics released Monday showed there were 2,266 violent crimes reported in Richland County in 2012, down from 2,366. Despite the 4-percent overall drop in the county’s violent crimes, the statistics show there were two more murders and 12 more reported rapes, according to The State. Robberies and aggravated assaults were down. Lex ing ton Cou nt y had 534 v iolent crimes reported last year, compared to 578 the previous year. Crimes in all categories were down, according to The State. The number of violent crimes reported in Kershaw County, though, increased between 2011 and 2012 — up from 214 to 256, The State reported. Rapes and aggravated assaults were up, while murders and robberies were down. The number of violent crimes nationally increased .7 percent from 2011 to 2012. — Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor
Proving Ground contest accepting entries Entrepreneurship competition offers cash for winning startup ideas Sarah Ellis
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For Stephen Bateman and Randall Stewart, it all started with an idea for a daily email newsletter called “Good Morning, Gamecock.” Two years later, the seed of that idea has grown into something almost unrecognizable, Stewart said, thanks to the jumpstart provided by USC’s Proving Ground entrepreneurship competition. Before Bateman and Stewart’s “Good Mor n i ng, G amecock ” newslet ter became t he USC sports-centered website Garnet Report , it was one of the winners of the fast-growing annual entrepreneurial challenge. Prov ing Ground began in 2010 with 22 business plan submissions and $5,000 in prize money for the winners. It’s expanded each year, with 50 submissions last year. Now hosting the competition for its fourth year, sponsors f rom USC’s Faber Entrepreneurship Center, Office of Economic Engagement and Center for Entrepreneurial and Technological I n novat ion (CETi) are expect ing anywhere from 75 to 100 submissions, with a total of $45,000 in prizes being split among winners in each of three categories: technology, innovation and social impact. “I don’t think Garnet Report would be around without the competition,” sa id St ewa r t , who g r adu ated i n M ay w it h a deg ree i n spor t a nd entertainment management. “That money gave us the opportunity to get started.”
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This year, the Proving Ground entrepreneurship competition offers a total of $45,000 in prizes to the winners in three categories: technology, innovation and social impact. L i ke G a r net Rep or t , mu lt iple Proving Ground winners have turned into successful startup ventures. Last year’s social impact winner, a nonprof it online crowdf u nding platform called Watsi, was launched to raise money for low-cost medical treatments for people living in poverty around the world. Soon after winning Prov ing Ground, Watsi garnered national attention when it became the fi rst nonprofit to join the well-known Silicon Valley startup accelerator, Y Combinator. Watsi is “an incredible story” and an example of the successful ventures that can come from innovative student ideas, said CETi Director Greg Hilton. “We’re not expecting a Watsi to come out every year. But, boy, you
want to talk about hitting a home run in your first competition,” Hilton said. The university is making a push to partner with the community and foster an entrepreneurial ecosystem at USC and in Columbia, Hilton said. A nd the growth of that entrepreneurial spirit is important, said Faber Center Associate Director Dean Kress , because it’s essential to the success of the economy. “Large cor porat ions have been laying people off and trying to get smaller,” Kress said. “It’s important for our economy ... to have these ideas and new concepts and create new sources of revenue for all the people of South Carolina and all over the world. That’s the bottom line of entrepreneurship, is it contributes to a healthy economy.”
Students are ideal entrepreneurs, Hilton said, because they don’t have the experience to make them afraid of failure. Pairing those fresh-thinking young entrepreneurs with mentors who have the experience of putting a concept into action “is one of the most powerful tools that we have at our disposal,” he said. St udents shouldn’t be af raid to submit a idea to the competition, Hilton said. The idea of formulating “a big bad business plan” can be i nt i m idat i ng, he sa id, but CE Ti mentors and others through the Faber Center and in the communit y are available to walk young innovators through the process of turning their ideas into something feasible. “A great idea is worthless if you can’t do something with it,” Hilton said. “If you’ve got a great idea, submit it. If you’ve got a great concept, write out as much as you can and ... let us help you figure out if it has market viability.” Stewart echoed Hilton. To students thinking about submitting an idea to Proving Ground, he said, “there’s no reason not to.” “The worst that can happen if you do the competition and don’t win it, you’re in the exact same boat that you are in now,” Stewart said. “You don’t have any money for your idea, but you’re no worse off.” Applications are currently being accepted t hrough Oct. 18 for t he 2013 competition. The three-round competition will culminate Nov. 19 when finalists present their concepts before judges and a live audience. To apply, visit uscprovingground. com. DG
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Since opening in August 2012, the Carolina on King welcome center in Charleston has drawn more than 65,000 visitors from nearly every state and from foreign countries. CAROLINA ON KING • Continued from 1 with floor-to-ceiling panels depicting scenes from campus and a winding brick pathway reminiscent of the Horseshoe, Slane said. “(The store) is designed to pull guests in and give them a taste of the university’s flagship campus,” she said. Slane, a USC graduate, said her role at the store is to personally connect with guests and serve as an information resource. She has the opportunity to introduce prospective students and their families to the Columbia campus, she said. “Some have ties to the university, and some don’t know anything about us at all,” Slane said. “We feel like we’re really reaching out and planting seeds with a lot of people that might have a future ARRESTS • Cont. from 1 ticketing privilege for the rest of the season. Ejections and arrests fell less dramatically, with 125 students and n o n - s t u d e nt s b e i n g ejected and 15 being a r re sted on c h a rge s largely consisting of alcohol-related of fen s e s , d i s orderl y conduct and being in t he s t u d e nt s e c t io n w it hout a w ristband, according to Cpl. V i n ny Bocch i no of U S C ’s D i v i s i o n o f Law Enforcement and Safety.
need for the university and certainly reconnecting with those ... (who have) moved away.” The university is considering Carolina on King a marketing success based on its visitation figures for the first year, Hickman said. Over time, he said, the universit y will be able to track the number of students that apply, are accepted and enroll after making an initial connection to the university at Carolina on King. Hickman said the university is not close to considering planting any other out-of-town welcome centers just yet. “What we want to do is see some continued success in Charleston, and any discussion about the future would be based on the success there,” he said. DG
Ejections declined by 26 and arrests by just one compared to t he UNC game. The types o f i n f r a c t io n s w e r e largely the same. While more students showed up to t he Va nderbi lt g a me , it did not take anot her thunderstorm to clear out the student section. W h i le E dwa rd s wa s “impressed” with the a mou nt of s t u d e nt s remaining during t he t h i rd qua r ter of t he U NC game, t hat nu m b e r w a s v i s ib l y lower Saturday. A g roup of “key
st udent leaders” w ill meet t his week to discuss st rateg ies t o k e e p s t ude nt s i n t he s t ad iu m lon g er, Edwards said. I n t he past, Edwards and St udent Ticket i ng Coordinator Adrienne White have suggested charg ing for t icket s, giving out promotional items during t he second half of t he g a m e a nd s c a n n i n g CarolinaCards at the end of t he g a me for extra loyalty points.
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Website redesign brings USC into this decade ISSUE USC updated its website after more than a decade. OUR STANCE It’s sleeker and easier to navigate — finally. The last time USC’s website was updated was at least 10 yea r s ago. To put t hat i nto perspective, in 2003: Myspace had just come out, Ruben St uddard won A merican Idol and Beyonce had just released “Dangerously In Love .” That was quite a while ago, in other words (though Beyonce is still the queen). In t he digital age, keeping up w it h website de sig n a nd f u nct ionalit y is absolutely a must, so 10 years with no update is pretty sad. Not to ment ion, f irst impressions matter a lot, and USC’s old website wasn’t doing our university any favors. The new design showcases some of the universit y’s most beautiful sites — the Horseshoe and that $14,000 fountain in front of the Thomas Cooper Librar y included — so prospective students won’t have
to make the trip to Columbia to be wooed into applying. T he d r a s t ic r e v a m p a l s o makes the site much sleeker and easier for pract ically anyone ( g r a nd m a s i ncluded) to get around. T he map feat u re is ou r f avor it e , w it h s t ep -b y- s t ep walk ing, bik ing and driv ing d i rec t ions f rom bu i ld i ng to building and real-time, colorcoded t raf f ic updates to tell you not to drive down Blossom Street, well, ever. To top it off, it looks pretty darn cool. A nd while, yeah, there’s no assurance that this new website, w it h it s pret t y pict u res a nd intuitive design, will defi nitely make more students want to keep
“In the digital age, keeping up with website design and functionality is absolutely a must, so 10 years with no update is pretty sad.”
USC on the top of their college list — or guarantee them a bed on campus if they do decide to come here — we can at least be glad that the administration is moving forward in the right direction (and into this decade).
Millenials need to be aware of detrimental policy changes
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Players’ safety key to future NFL success Organization should make it their mission to prevent unnecessary injuries Those who watch NFL football understand that it is a dangerous sport. Every week, players of seem i ngly ever y posit ion a re i nju red i n d if ferent way s. Ru n n i ng back s suffer concussions, linebackers tear ligaments, and quarterbacks endure shoulder injuries. While many see t hese injuries as an unavoidable consequence of such an exciting game, they are deserving of a closer look. Junior Seau is one of many players Chad for which, unfort unately, things Brown did not end well. After receiving Second-year insurance and numerous accolades, and making risk management a dozen trips to the pro bowl over student the course of an impressive 20 -year NFL career, he was found dead in his Oceanside, Calif., home last May. The cause of his deat h was a self-inf licted gunshot wound to the chest. Many have speculated that there may have been a connection between his suicide and the numerous hits he absorbed in the NFL, as the popular and otherwise healthy former player suffered from mood swings, insomnia and depression after he retired from football. These fears were only heightened when a later test by the National Institutes of Health revealed that at the point of his death Seau suffered from degenerative brain disease. Seau’s story should serve as a call to action in addressing player safety and injuries. Each year, more and more star players, from Troy Aikman to Adrian Peterson, speak out and say they won’t let their sons play football out of concern for their safety. Their concern is well-justified, as the amount
Obamacare threat to youth’s future earnings
of time players miss from a head injury has been increasing every year since 2004. Players worry about t hemselves, too, as it only takes a few minutes of watching the annual pro bowl to realize that there isn’t really any competition going on, as that would increase their chances of injury. To add re s s t h is , t he N F L shou ld t a ke a comprehensive approach, leaving e ---- -ver y opt ion on t he table. Designing new helmets that absorb more of the impact from each tackle would be a good place to start. Changing the rules to further discourage dirty hits, such as Clay Matthews’ out-of-bounds tackle on Colin Kaepernick , would be another good reform. Giving team doctors and athletic trainers more of a say in whether a player plays or not is another possible remedy. The Redskins did this with star quarterback Robert Griffi n III after he suffered a major injury during their playoff loss to the Seahawks last season. A s much as football is a sport popularized by physical contact and big hits, it must be acknowledged that the same hits that deliver high TV ratings could eventually lead to the downfall of the league. If player safety is not improved, more people are going to follow the lead of Troy Aikman and Adrian Peterson and tell their sons not to play football. Players cut from a team will decide that they’d rather retire than play a few more years and risk permanent injur y. Fans will become compelled by stories of those like Junior Seau and demand changes. Those consequences would be hard on many both inside and outside the NFL. Ultimately, the only way for the NFL to prevent these consequences is for them to be more aggressive in treating injuries and protecting players.
In 1960, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy once said “it is the American tradition to stand up for one’s rights. ...” For the youth of America, it’s important to keep this quote in mind, especially as it relates to one of President Barack Obama’s most controversial issues — the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Two-thirds of Americans younger than 30 originally voted Barack Obama into office back in 2008, helping ensure his presidency. Yet, as a group, we’ve been living in blissful ignorance over the matter. We’re too busy Snapchatting to focus on the real issues and how these issues will affect us down the road. As we age, our medical expenses become more and more costly. W hile many young people are healthy and do not have many medical expenses, they will be forced to pick up the tab of the older generation. Under Obamacare, health insurance companies will be Chris barred from charging the elderly Norberg three times more than they do Fourth-year younger people. It only makes sense pre-pharmacy student that insurance companies will have to begin to overcharge younger Americas on their premiums in order to make up the difference. Log ically, it makes sense for a you ng, healthy American to purchase a cheaper policy that matches their probability of becoming sick. Lower premiums would allow for more disposable income to be put towards a better standard of living or to help pay off college debt. However, Obamacare makes such a decision illegal; insurers are going to be forced to charge the youth extra, by government mandate, to pay for others. In essence, younger generations are being forced to delay their betterment of living. Take, for example, young Americans in the city of Chicago. On average, they’re currently paying about $756 for health care premiums, but under Obamacare, that figure will skyrocket up to $2,268, an increase of 202 percent. In California, a hypothetical 25-year-old nonsmoking man will see his premium at least double under Obamacare’s new provisions. Even families aren’t immune. They potentially are going to see a rise to $7,186 in their premiums over the next decade. With high unemployment rates and the cost of living increasing, how are Americans supposed to be able to afford taking more money out of already cash-strapped pockets? According to the A ssociated Press , the Obama administration is preparing to spend an estimated $684 million on a propaganda campaign in order to swoon younger Americans into signing up for exchanges . A part of the propaganda team pulling the wool over the eyes of young Americans includes Lady Gaga and Jennifer Hudson. Members of my generation need to shift their attention away from how many Twitter followers they have and the latest twerking celebrity and realize what is going on right in front of them. If they do not think for themselves, the youth of this nation will be brainwashed by the president’s campaign, which is designed to manipulate. It is our goals and ambitions that are about to be sacrificed this following year.
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Opposite gender infiltrates ladies-only app for rating guys Alex Buscemi
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You know the saying “You are your own worst critic?” It’s total BS. Gentleman, I have discovered an app that will be our undoing. Lulu is created by women for women and enables the fairer gender to review past hook-ups like products on A mazon. Fear not, my fellow compadres, I fearlessly plunged into this digital meat market to see what damage has been done to our pristine reputations. Like the time I tried to infi ltrate the girl’s fort on my elementary school playground, my first attempt at accessing Lulu was shot down with a swift and catty rejection. “Dude, you’re a DUDE,” the notification read. “We run a strict policy about this. (We still love you anyway!)” What? How do they know that? After ripping the camera out of my laptop and putting on my tinfoil cap, I realized that Lulu didn’t know my gender because it was part of some NSA spy program — it was simply linked to my Facebook. But how did they get away with that? I didn’t check any boxes in my privacy settings allowing Lulu to access my data. Tough. Lulu has all of us
guys (who have Facebook) stored in their database ready to be judged by millions of women whether we approve of it or not. No matter, I just went on my Facebook and changed my gender. Foolish Lulu. I had become a woman as far as the Internet was concerned. But then the rate-a-bro app shot me another notification: “You have already had an account with a different gender.” I didn’t know what angered me more: the fact that I no longer had a story or Lulu’s blatant disregard for the transgender community. The notification did assure me that I could log in to Lulu Dude instead, but all that app told me was how many girls had “checked me out” on my Lulu profile and how many had “favorited” me. I needed to know more. But in order to do that, I needed a female insider. A mole. My female mole, we’ll just call her Marilyn for protective purposes, signed in and handed me her phone, making me (probably) the first man to ever take a peek inside of Lulu’s exclusive community. The first thing Lulu asks a woman to do is state their relationship with the man under review, followed by a star-based rating of his sense of humor, rudeness, brightness of future, commitment and attractiveness. All reviews are done under ensured
anonymity. It then asks you to tag him with a number of preset hashtags for his best and worst qualities. Positive tags include #GreatListener, #CanTalkToMyDad, #KinkyInTheRightWays and #Manscaped. Negative tags include #WearsEdHardy, #ADD, #VideoGamer and #NoGoals. Your star ratings and tags are then translated into a score out of 10, which is compiled with the scores from every other girl who’s rated him to create an overall average. I fou nd it baf f ling t hat #A irGu itarist was considered a bad thing (I always thought women loved musicians) and that #NotADick was considered a good thing (I always thought women loved jerks). W hoever gave me the #PukedOnMyRug tag needs to chill out — I’ve only done that like two or three times. I am also a little self-conscious that my profile didn’t get a #Big.Feet. tag. Time to start saving up for an F-150. Millions of women are on Lulu — and I don’t know how many take their research on the app seriously — but those that do are of the same mindset. Girls who like guys that would be negatively tagged as a #Trekkie or a #VideoGamer — and there LULU • 6
Killer cast is wasted in sick, silly comedy Outrageous, unbelievable characters, disturbing plot points ruin ‘The Family’ Jonathan Winchell
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Director: Luc Besson Starring: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Argon, John D’Leo Rating: R for violence, language and brief sexuality “The Family,” a dark crime comedy based on t he novel “Malavita” by Ton i no Benacqu ist a, opens w it h the Manzonis , a Mafia family under w it ness protec t ion, mov i ng to a small town near Normandy, France. Because of their illegal activity, they must pretend to be an American family named the Blakes. This is not the first time the family has been relocated because of their escapades. FBI agent Robert Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) has grown weary of dropping them in countr y after countr y over the last couple of years. Giovanni , now Fred (Robert De Niro), tackles the profession of writer in his new life and takes the opportunity to start his
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Warren (John D’Leo) and Belle (Dianna Agron) are the children of a mafia boss-turned-snitch relocated to Normandy, France. memoirs. His wife, Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer), his daughter, Belle (Dianna Agron), and his son, Warren ( John D’Leo), are supposed to lie low and assimilate with the locals. Their own wild actions and the arrival of Brooklyn Mafia members from Giovanni’s past make that all but impossible. A ll of the family members have outbursts of violence and destruction
early in the film that are outrageous a nd u nbel ievable. T here is no explanation for why they would act out in such noticeable ways when they are under witness protection. W hen Maggie goes to the grocery store and hears the clerk and customers criticizing Americans, she quickly gets upset and literally blows up the store. It isn’t long either until Giovanni and
Belle beat up people that irk them. The characters are so unhinged that their violence makes them cartoonish and unlikeable. When Giovanni almost beats a man to death and then drives him to the hospital, it is not funny but sick. The film could have worked if the humor was played more realistically, making the black comedy darkly funny FAMILY • 6
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instead of silly and forced. The way the American Mafia fi nds the new location of the Manzonis is totally ridiculous. It might work in a whimsical film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet but not here. Dianna Agron (Quinn on “Glee”) is quite disturbing, and not necessarily in a good way, as the teenage daughter who seduces a college student. She looks like YouTube sensation Fred in drag. A ll the family members go off on their own and wreak havoc in one way or another in the town, and that never makes them feel like an actual family. The film builds plot threads, not relationships. A few fleeting moments of fl irting between De Niro and Pfeiffer, and Jones scoffing at De Niro, can be fun, but the fi lm, like the family, never settles down long enough to make the characters relatable. “The Family” is directed and co-written by Luc Besson (“La Fem me Nik ita ,” “Léon: The Professional” and “The Fifth Element ”). He adds a certain amount of style to the proceedings, but the script just doesn’t add up to much at all. The film plays on De Niro’s filmic past. Not only does the film cast actors from
are some women out there who would fi nd that appealing — are discou raged f rom pursuing a man with similar interests. W hen it comes down to it, Lulu isn’t the place for women to f i nd out if t hey are compatible with a man — and I think most users are aware of that. It’s a place for women to indulge in f u n, mea n-spirited gossip. Kind of like a playground fort from elementary school. So, ladies of Lulu , tr y as you might to bring me down with your hateful words. I a m b e aut i f u l no matter what you say. I need ice cream.
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Robert DeNiro doesn’t live up to his Oscar reputation alongside co-star Dianna Agron. Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” the town gets Giovanni to attend a screening of the film. De Niro stars in “Goodfellas,” which means he is watching himself. Ha ha. So clever. It reminded me of one episode of
“Mystery Science Theater 3000” when Tom Servo says, “Never show a good movie in the middle of your crappy movie.” DG
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Volleyball wins 2 of 3 matches in Durham Gamecocks record season-high 14 blocks during loss to Blue Devils Tanner Abel
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The South Carolina volleyball team came away with two wins in the three matches it played over the weekend in Durham, N.C., at the Blue Devil Classic. After a tough stretch with three losses at the Big Orange Bash in Clemson, the Gamecocks fared better at Duke. In its doubleheader on Friday, South Carolina beat Utah State 3-1 in the morning and won 3-0 against Liberty in the evening match. The Gamecocks lost to t he host s on Sat u rday, as Duke beat them 3-1 to cap off the tournament. A gainst t he Blue Dev ils, t he G amecock s had a season-h igh 14 blocks — the most a South Carolina team has had since Nov. 26, 2008, when they recorded 14 at home against Florida. It was not enough to come up with a win though, and South Carolina lost 27-25, 17-25, 25-22 and 21-25. “That was something that really stood out to us,” head coach Scott Swanson said. “We blocked well and we served well. Our strategy was serving the ball short to kind of disrupt their offense and we executed really well. You could predict where they were going to set. That was a big reason for the blocking numbers.” Freshman Jacqy A ngermiller, who was out the fi rst few weeks with a hip flexor injury, had a strong showing at the net against Duke with a careerhigh nine block assists. Sophomore setter Kellie McNeil added five blocks and distributed 24 assists in total. Senior outside hitter Juliette Thévenin recorded a team-high 15 kills against the Blue Devils and had four blocks to go along wit h it. Swanson said Angermiller is a big help offensively and defensively and that she has been working to get back into game shape after the missed time. Sophomore middle blocker Elizabeth Campbell impressed for t he Blue Devils, tallying 25 kills in the victory.
Her teammate, junior setter Maggie Deichmeister was also in good form, recording 56 assists in the match. As a team, South Carolina hit .209 and fi nished with 43 kills, while the Blue Devils fi nished with 71 kills and had a solid .258 hitting percentage. Duke led 17-12 in the first set, but with a Thévenin kill the Gamecocks roared back to make it 18-17. The two teams fought to a 22-22 tie, but then Duke won the set with a final three points. USC recorded eight blocks in t he second set; an 18-15 lead was followed by a second set win 25-20, but Duke jumped out to a 21-10 lead in the third set and won with 25-20. In the fourth set, the Gamecocks scrambled back from a deficit to trail only 19-17, but never made up any more ground and Duke prevailed for the match. I n t he match against Utah State, Théven in and sophomore Darian Dozier shined w it h 14 k ills each. Angermiller added eight kills and four blocks as the Gamecocks outhit Utah State .174 to .145 to go along with a 57-45 advantage in kills. USC lost the fi rst set 16-25, but then bounced back in the next three, beating the Aggies 25-22, 25-20 and 25-19. In the evening, the Gamecocks put up scores of 25-19, 25-21 and 25-21 to beat Liberty. Thévenin had a doubledouble with 16 kills and 14 digs, while A ngerm iller and fellow f reshman KoKo Atoa-Williams had eight and nine kills, respectively. South Carolina outhit the Flames .254 to .110 on its way to the victory. McNeil and Dozier were among those who received All-Tournament honors at the Invitational. Swanson said he thought the Clemson match shook the team’s confidence a little bit but that the team has put it behind them and are now moving on. “We were up and down a little bit,” he said. “We struggled with our passing in the fi rst match against Utah State and still managed to win that one. Overall, our serving got a little better, our passing got a little better, and for sure, our blocking improved.” After the weekend, USC sits at 5-4
BASKETBALL • Continued from 10 While there were a smaller number of students in the stands during Martin’s fi rst season, he was impressed with the ones that did show up. “The ones that came were great,” Martin said. “They were loyal; they came early, stayed late. We just have to re-educate our students what it’s like to be a basketball student fan.” The second-year coach said he wants students in their seats an hour before the game starts so that, when the opposing team comes out for their pregame rituals, they know they are going to have to deal with the students all day. If this happens, Martin said that the students w i l l “get players’ m i nds of f t he g a me a nd worrying about what a great student section this place has.” The garnet and black camouf lage T-shirts became a staple of the Garnet Army throughout its tenure. Nichols said there could be another T-shirt to represent the new name, or it could be something like a hat or a “bighead,” a large cutout of a coach or players head that is a popular tradition in many college basketball arenas. Whatever the decision, Nichols said the new tradition will be unique, and students will have the first choice as to what will represent the
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Sophomore middle blocker Darian Dozier (4) was named to the Blue Devil Classic’s All-Tournament Team after recording 14 kills in the win over Utah State. and hosts the Carolina Classic this weekend, where its first matchup is against Western Carolina Friday at 7 p.m. “We just keep focusing on the good things that are happening and t he improvements we’re mak ing.”
student section. The marketing department has been in contact with South Carolina Student Body President Chase Mizzell to form a “student athletics council” to help Nichols and company with the decisions. When the entire process is complete, Martin and Nichols hope that a student section tradition will begin that will stay constant and establish a reputation in college basketball. Martin came from a Kansas State team that boasted the largest student section in the Big-12 with 6,000 seats and had a daunting home-court reputation. How long does Martin think it will take South Carolina to match that? “Next game we play,” Martin said. “That’s all it takes is for everyone to jump on board. Everyone says, ‘Well, let’s wait and see if we’re good.’ Why? If you’re going to invest yourself in being a real fan, then you’re going to cry when we celebrate or cry when we don’t do well. It’s the investment of your emotions into the journey of winning games and being good that makes it special. And that’s what we need. “We’re trying to grow as a team and we want our students to grow with us.” DG
Swanson said. “Our expectations are to give our best shot every time. We don’t have any set goals for conference wins or things like that; we just want to go out there and see what happens.” DG
Stadnik earns SEC honor South Carolina center Clayton Stadnik was named the SEC’s offensive lineman of the week Monday for his performance in his second career start, the 35-25 win over Vanderbilt. The redshirt freshman graded out at 82 percent and played all 87 snaps at center during the game. Stadnik has been fi lling in this season for the injured Cody Waldrop. During the game against the Commodores, the Gamecock offensive line did not allow a sack or a quarterback hurry in nearly 600 yards of offense. —Compiled by Kyle Heck, Sports Editor
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After five seasons, the South Carolina student section will no longer be known as the “Garnet Army.” Students can vote on the new name by emailing gamecockathletics@gmail.com. Basketball • Continued from 1 a nearly 2,000 -ticket increase during Martin’s fi rst season from the season before, but Nichols also said that there were factions of students who still wanted to go in a different direction. Martin tried his best to get students to come to games last season, going as far as to buy the students hot dogs if they came out to watch the Gamecocks. But both Nichols and Martin hope that the name change will spark a change of culture that they say is needed. “We’re always wanting to provide what the st udents want,” Nichols said. “I k now coach (Martin) wants the whole program to go a different direction and change cultures, and this is just a
natural time and natural piece of the puzzle that we’re looking to change.” Martin knows that in order to turn the basketball program around, the student body must get behind the team fi rst. In January of 2010, South Carolina knocked off No. 1 Kentucky at Colonial Life Arena to pick up the program’s fi rst win over a top-ranked team. In that game, students wearing the Garnet Army T-shirts rushed the court and celebrated with the team . That season marked the first of the four consecutive losing seasons. In 2012, Kentucky returned to Colonial Life Arena as the No. 1 team. This time it was a vastly different result, as t he Wildcats crushed t he Gamecocks by 34 points, and there were almost as
many Wildcat fans in the student section as there were Gamecock fans. Martin said he is trying to bring back the type of home-court advantage that is able to knock off a No. 1 team. “ I f you go ac ro s s t he h i stor y of col lege basketball, including here, you’ll find out that the best home-court advantages in the history of college basketball usually have the best student sections,” Martin said. “It never changes; that’s consistent.” Martin said he wants the new student section to come in and “create their niche” while representing the university and helping the team to get back to winning games. BASKETBALL • 9
Women’s soccer stays undefeated D’Angelo records 2 shutouts over weekend Danny Garrison
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When University of South Florida and No. 18 South Carolina met at Stone Stadium Thursday, something had to give. Both teams entered the contest with unbeaten records and, barring a tie, one would leave with a singular blemish on its record. The Gamecocks were on the right end of the scoreboard when all was said and done, emerging from the 1-0 match as winners and with a still unbeaten 6-0-1 mark . “Big credit to our players that put that ball away to give us the lead,” coach Shelley Smith said. “Obviously it was a defensive effort all around for both teams.” South Carolina’s game-winning score came in the 63rd minute when freshman Daija Griffin collected a rebound in the box and calmly pushed the shot into the back of the net. In her first year with the team, t he f or w a r d s a id s he h a s s e e n herself improve and adjust to the collegiate game more in each of the Gamecocks’ seven matches so far. “Every game, I feel myself getting even bet ter a nd bet ter w it h t he team,” Griffi n said. The goal was Grif f in’s second of the season in her fi rst campaign with the Gamecocks, giving her the second-most total goals on the team, just one less than senior Danielle Au and sophomore Raina Johnson. “I t h i n k [Gr if f i n] a nd a l l t he freshmen have done a great job to come in and give us tremendous minutes,” Smith said. “They have different strengths they bring to the field, and they’re learning to work with each other.” Despite the Gamecocks’ eventual victory, the Bulls out –shot South Carolina 12-6 Thursday. Despite getting doubled up in the shot column, Smith was pleased with her team’s choice of qualit y over
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Freshman Daija Griffin recorded the game-winning goal for the Gamecocks against South Florida Thursday night in the 63rd minute. quantity on the offensive side of the field. “We got out– shot, but a lot of their shots came from long range. So we’re okay with that,” Smith said. “We’ll get out–shot by some teams at times, but we want to make the most of our chances.” But af ter su r v iv i ng t he tough match against South Florida, Smith was pleased with the quality of her team’s win. “We had to really work hard to defend. They were very technical and very good with the ball and put us under pressure,” Smith said. “Big credit to South Florida. They’re a
very, very skilled team.” Smith also expressed a confidence i n ju n ior goa l keeper Sabr i na D’Angelo, saying that the Canadian nat ional was more t ha n capable of t urning away Sout h Florida’s attempts from outside the box. D’A ngelo recorded six saves on her way to the 13th clean sheet of her career. She currently has the fourth-most shutouts in Gamecock women’s soccer history and can move into a tie for second with just two more goalless outings.“I know that nothing is going to go through with [D’Angelo],” Griffi n said. “Most of the time I know that once the ball
gets shot to her, I just have to start looking to run forward because she’s going to kick it off.” D’Angelo helped the Gamecocks to another shutout on Sunday. South Carolina defeated East Carolina 1-0 on a Christa Neary goal in the 67th minute to move to 7-0-1. With that win, the Gamecocks finished the nonconference schedule undefeated. Sout h Carol i na w ill now look forward to SEC play that starts this Friday at Georgia. .
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