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Overhaul of codes begins in senate Training for Walk Home Cocky taking place Oct. 6 Amanda Coyne

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The Carolina Coquettes and the Mighty Sound of the Southeast performed at the State of the University Wednesday.

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Un iver sit y Pre sident Harris Pastides called for a three-year tuition freeze in exchange for increased, “fair” f unding from the state Wednesday morning at his annual State of the University address. Pa st ides a lso a sked lawmakers to pass a performance-based educat ion f u nding plan and to cover increasing employee pay, energy bills and health insurance costs. If the legislature does so, the university will not ask for any additional one-time allocations, like the $15 m illion it received t his year to renovate Hamilton College. Pastides did not specify w h at t y p e o f f u n d i n g increase would be “fair,”

and university spokesman Wes Hickman could not be reached Wed nesday afternoon. This proposal comes after two of the lowest tuition increases since 1999 and after state funding for the USC system plummeted during t he recession — nearly $100 million since 2008. W hen USC’s board of trustees approved a 3.15 percent average t uit ion increase for all but one of the system’s campuses, Pastides said he had hoped to have a “zero percent ” increase. The state’s budget, however, forced the increase, he said in June. But now, who is at fault is not the issue, Pastides said as state legislators looked on from the audience. “If we can, let’s agree to stop the finger-pointing a nd to stop t he bla me game for escalating tuition. Let’s agree to meet state Brian Almond / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

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Nancy Brown talks about treating pregnant teens, depressed adults as social worker

USC’s Div ision of Law Enforcement a nd Safet y is look i ng for a ma n who inappropriately grabbed a woman outside the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center Tuesday n ight, accordi ng to a Wednesday morning crime alert. A man who appeared to be Hispanic and in his 30s asked the woman for directions near the Strom’s parking lot around 8:30 p.m., the alert said As she was walking away, he “grabbed her inappropriately.” The suspect is also described as having facial hair and wearing a white hat. The incident has been classified as a second degree assault. Students, faculty and staff are being encouraged by campus police to report any suspicious persons to the Division of Law Enforcement and Safety or to Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.

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University President Harris Pastides addressed USC Wednesday.

St udent senate i nt roduced a streamlining of its legislative codes Wednesday night. The overhaul of the 200 section largely organizes the codes, codifies current procedures and moves certain codes to more appropriate sections. “This is much more logical than what was in the previous codes,” said Stuart Wilkerson , chairman of the Senate Judiciar y Committee. “It’s not a really huge change in practice.” This update will most likely be voted on next week and similar overhauls of Student Government’s financial, executive and judicial codes are all planned for this semester. Walk Home Cocky prepares for launch Volunteer t raining regist rat ion is open for Walk Home Cock y, a late-night campus safe walk program launching Oct. 21. A ll interested i n becom i ng a volu nteer for t he program must undergo a training course on Oct. 6; they can register for this training online and will receive free T-shirts once certified, executive director Missy Torgerson said. Volunteers would only be bound to serve twice a month, but if more than 70 people become volunteers, that could go down to just once a month, Torgerson said. “They’re not massive commitments of constant daily activity,” Student Body President Chase Mizzell said. Athletics efforts Senate At h let ic s Com m it tee Chair Brian Rodgers and Secretary of At hlet ics Aust in Solheim have met with athletics officials and are trying to address the ongoing issue of students leaving football games early. An athletics advisory council is also being formed by Mizzell and USC’s Athletics Department , consisting of st udents with the most loyalt y points and others who have asked to be on the council “because they’re s o p a s s io n at e ab o ut G a me c o c k athletics,” Mizzell said. Students will never be penalized for leav ing games early, Rodgers sa id, but t he Senate At h let ic s

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Associate professor Nancy Brown of the College of Social Work addressed an intimate audience in the Gressette Room of Harper College Wednesday night, discussing her paths to success as a counselor and therapist, as well as a friend and mother. Brown said she is prone to fantasy, imagining conversations to ameliorate all the world’s issues, from Kim Jong Un’s Napolean complex to Lindsay Lohan’s fall from childhood grace. She arrived at her clinical successes, she says, by being an active listener in other’s lives and by constructing her personal reality in a positive way. According to Brown, the key to helping people is by avoiding having expectations and by trying to understand the person’s reality. While everyone constructs their own personal reality in their heads, Brown said she believes that it is important to “construct a reality that you can work with.”

Growing up with parents who did not graduate college, she had her first “paradigm shift” when she was 22, feeling out of place at a part y for musicians from the Juilliard School. There, she had a conversation with a woman who told her she was lucky to have such a different experience, for she could compare those experiences and the ones she is soon to make. “That meant that it wasn’t my actual background that mattered, but how I interpreted it,” Brown said. From t here to a st int correct ing papers of doctoral students while getting her undergraduate deg ree, Brow n worked w it h ma ny d if ferent cases. She’s served as a counselor at a hospital, a psychotherapist for pregnant teenagers and addicts and as a family therapist. Brown said constructivism and post-modernism have been revelatory in her understanding of how humans construct their own realities and their own separate truths. “The brain, like the eye, has a blind spot,” Brown said. It is this blind spot that the brain automatically fills in, keeping one safe in their own thoughts and BROWN • 3

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3 men found guilty in Miss SC, organization City Council votes for apologize for introduction Dec. 3 strong mayor vote gambling operation scheme The Miss South Carolina Organization and Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller issued an apology Wednesday for the line Mosteller used introducing South Carolina at the Miss America pageant. The USC School of Law student introduced the state as a place where “20 percent of our homes are mobile, because that’s how we roll.” Some South Carolina residents expressed offense to the quip on Twitter, while others found it humorous. Mosteller said she and the organization decided on the line collectively as an attempt at humor and creativity. Mosteller failed to place in the top 15 contestants at the Sunday night fi nals , but raised more than $80,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network during her reign and was named Miss Congeniality at Miss America, tying for the title with Miss Utah. Mosteller will return to law school next year with more than $33,000 in scholarships from the Miss South Carolina and Miss America organizations.

Columbia City Council has voted to send the strong mayor petition to a referendum on Dec. 3, nearly a month after the Nov. 5 mayoral election, The State reported. The petition, which would expand the powers of the city’s mayor, had more than 12,000 signatures when it was submitted to the Richland County Elections Commission. Council members Sam Davis , Tameika Isaac Devine, Leona Plaugh and Moe Baddourah, who is also running for mayor, voted for the later referendum. Mayor Steve Benjamin and Councilmen Cameron Runyan and Brian DeQuincey Newman voted for the referendum to be held on election day in November. Benjamin is also running for re-election. Council members continue to debate on how a strong mayor system would work instead of the current council-mayor position, which, essentially, makes the mayor a glorified council member whose vote holds no extra weight.

An Irmo bookie was found guilty of running an illegal gambling operation Wednesday, as were his father and business associate, The State reported. Brett Parker, Jack Parker and Douglas E. Taylor face up to five years in prison and fi nes as a result of the conviction. They will be sentenced in three months. Jack Parker will also give up a $67,300 certificate of deposit account in order to keep his Lake Murray home. He would have lost both if he had not agreed to a deal. The trial resulted from the murder of Brett Parker’s wife, Tammy Jo Parker, and sports betting clerk, Bryan Capnerhurst . Brett Parker was found guilty of the two murders and is currently serving a life sentence without parole. The main dispute in the case was whether a fifth person was involved in the operation, which would constitute a federal gambling crime. The defense said their clients and Capnerhurst were bookies, but that there was no fifth person.

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ADDRESS • Continued from 1 government halfway,” Pastides said. “Let’s find a formula for fairly funding a baccalaureate education. Let’s not consider a degree from Carolina a luxury. It is a necessity. Let’s find a way to invest in higher education in a way that makes common sense and that is fair.” Pastides cited new funding models for public colleges and universities in Colorado, Tennessee and Indiana, encouraging South Carolina to follow suit. Less than an hour after Pastides’ address, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, a Kershaw County Democrat running for governor, released a statement supporting Pastides’ proposal. “The offer extended by President Pastides today is exactly what we need: having the state and our universities work together to make higher education more affordable,” Sheheen said. Currently, USC is funded at one of the lowest rates among public schools in the Southeastern Conference and

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

others the university considers its peers. A mo n g t h at g r o u p , o n l y t he University of Mississippi spends less per student than USC. The University of Kentucky receives on average more state funding per student than each in-state student pays in tuition. A performance-based funding plan for South Carolina’s public colleges and universities has already passed the state House of Representatives and awaits Senate approval when it convenes in January. Pastides has worked with Republican Gov. Nikki Haley and other public university presidents on the plan. “Our public colleges and universities play a huge role i n econom ic development and job recruitment efforts; they must be affordable and accessible for our students,” said Doug Mayer, a Haley spokesman. “It is also why the governor has fought, alongside President Pastides, for accountabilitybased funding reform measured on performance.” DG

SENATE • Cont. from 1 Comm it tee is t r y ing to determ ine how to e n c o u r a g e s t u d e nt s to stick around. Ideas include giving students add it ional loyalt y points on the way out and using promotional items. The athletics advisory council w i l l a lso be u sed to determine how to i nc rea se ent hu sia sm over USC’s basketball prog rams and its many Olympic sports, Mizzell said. Hitting the streets Three years in, SG’s Carolina Cab is “one of [its] most successful programs,” according to Senate Safet y a nd Tr a n s p or t at io n Com m it tee Chair Kirkland Gray. “ We’ v e h a d g r e at success and great usage among students,” Gray said. Now, with more than 20 0 pages of u sage data, Gray said he and his committee plan to examine who most uses Carolina Cab, where

they most often go and when it is most popular in order to make improvements on the system. But when st udent s can drive on their own, a new park ing meter system being rolled out by the city of Columbia may make park ing woes less stressful. The cit y is installing new pa rk i ng meter s t hat will allow drivers to pay with credit and debit cards, Gray said, and some of these meters will be around campus. Partnerships emphasized After President Pro Te m p o r e L i n d s a y Richardson and Senate Student Ser v ices Com m it tee Chair Jonathan Holt introduced Carolina Closet, a business clot hes loa n i ng i n it iat ive, last week , Senate Fi n a nc e C om m it tee Chair Ashley Farr has joined R ichardson in e x p lo r i n g w h at c a n be done to make t he initiative work. Farr has reached out

to business fraternities A lpha Kappa Psi a nd Delt a Sig m a P i for assistance and advice on communit y part nerships and finance for the program, which would loan out business attire to students in need. “The issue is figuring out how to fi nance it,” Farr said. “W hen we get clothes back, they h ave to get wa shed. They have to get dr y cleaned. How can we pay for that if we do it for free?” Fa r r, o n e o f f e w f i n a nc e s t u d e nt s i n student senate, said that partnerships with local businesses and startups wou ld be key to t he s uc c e s s of C a r ol i n a Closet.

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BROWN • Continued from 1 their own ideas of their self. To initiate change, one must evaluate oneself in a different way and construct a new meaning from their experiences. In trying to help others, Brown said she follows the same guidelines. She said it is paradoxical, but to help someone more one must free oneself of expectations and not try to help them. “When we believe something is possible, we live the life to achieve it,” Brown said. To understand others, a person must remove themselves from what they think they know, and they must understand that they are not the expert on anyone but themselves, she said. In her own work, with clients ranging from pregnant adolescents to depressed physicists to abusive mothers , Brown said she has employed some alternative methods of therapy, at one point “scheduling” a time of day for someone to be depressed so that they could get through their work day. Brown concluded her lecture with pulling out a mock Oscar, “thanking the Academy” for her opportunity to speak and thanking the audience for listening. For someone who has seen so much pain, Brown’s comical spiel echoed her own advice: one must find the silver lining in any situation. DG

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Pastides’ proposal should become reality ISSUE Pastides said tuition will be freezed for three years if the state OUR STANCE It’s a great first step, but it’s no guarantee. USC will not raise t uit ion for three years as long as the state provides more f unding, President Harris Pastides said Wednesday in his annual State of the University address. A f t e r f i v e y e a r s of s t e e p tuition hikes, Pastides’ promise is one we’re eager to see come to fruition. After the recession severely cut into USC’s f u nding, t he university raised tuition by as much as 7 percent a year to cover what was lost. USC has brought in nearly 5,000 more students since then, continuing to grow after Pastides promised incoming classes would hold steady. If one thing’s for certain,

USC is determined to maintain it s cash f low, no mat ter t he circumstances. So what if the state doesn’t agree to step up to Past ides’ proposal? State f unding has dropped to a meager $97.6 million for t he Colu mbia ca mpu s si nce Pastides was named president, which clearly doesn’t bode well for our side of the negotiations. To make matters worse, Gov. Nikki Haley hasn’t exactly been a steadfast advocate for higher

“While we’re all thrilled at the prospect of steady tuition, we’re wary of counting on the promise as much more than mere posturing.”

education. It ’s no s e c r e t t h at S out h Carolina has performed poorly in many educational statistics, but somet hing’s got to give. Right? Maybe, but maybe not. W hen t he que st ion about who is responsible for keeping education affordable is posed, don’t count on elected officials to raise their hands, a fact USC knows all too well. W hile we’re all t hrilled at the prospect of steady tuition, we’re wary of counting on the prom ise as much more t ha n mere posturing. After years of fi nger-pointing between state government and university officials, we’ll believe it when we see it.

Minimum wage laws will hinder, not help Economic principles suggest labor bill will only raise unemployment How much are you worth per hour? Debate has heated lately over minimum wage laws. P re s ide nt B a r ac k Ob a m a proposed to raise the federal m in imu m wage f rom t he current $7.25 an hour to $9, a nd Cong ress responded by int roducing bills in both the House a nd t he Senate t hat wou ld ra ise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2015. The House bill Ross has already failed, Abbott a nd it s Senate Second-year sibling is likely to business meet the same fate. economics student California passed legislation last Friday that will raise its s t at e m i n i mu m w a g e f r o m current $8 to $10 by 2016. I n t he p r i v at e s e c t or, McDonald’s employees have made news nat iona l ly by striking in support of a “fair living wage” of $15 an hour. The concept of a “fair living wage” gets to the heart of the issue. Work ing at $7.25 an hour for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year only brings in a yearly income of $15,080. That’s just under the federal poverty line for a two-person h o u s e h o l d ( $ 1 5 , 51 0 ) a n d certainly not enough to support a family. Q u ite f r a n k ly, it ’s nea rly

impossible to keep a roof over your head and food on the table with such little income. But how many people working for minimum wage are actually trying to do that? When most people think of someone f illing a m in imu m wage job, they think of a high school student fl ipping burgers at McDonald’s for some extra cash. This student doesn’t need a “fair living wage,” because he’s not actually living off of that money; it’s only supplemental income to pay for things his parents won’t cover. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, more than half of all minimum wage workers are under 25. In fact, that data reports that fewer than three percent of people over the age 25 work for, or under, minimum wage. On top of t hat, more t han t wo -t h i rds of a l l m i n i mu m wage workers work only parttime, suggesting that they view these jobs only as supplemental income, not a real career. If a minimum wage worker doesn’t think they’re being paid enough, then our free market economy allows them to try to fi nd another job where they’re paid more. They may be able to f i nd another job where they make $9 an hour, or they may not. Not being able to f ind a job mak ing $9 an hour suggests that employers don’t think that particular worker is capable of providing $9 worth of labor an hour, or they’d hire them. W hich brings up an i nt e r e s t i n g p o i nt : S a y f o r a mome nt t h at t he f e der a l gover n ment d id r a ise t he

m inimum wage above $9 an hour. Cha ng i ng t he m i n imu m wage rate doesn’t change how product ive workers are. No company will hire them at $9 an hour, since they won’t make a profit, and no company can hire them at less than $9 an hour, since it’d be illegal. Before t he minimum wage law went into effect, the worker wasn’t mak ing much money, but at least they were making something. Now, they can’t get a job at all — the law that was designed to help workers be better off has in fact made them much worse off than before. I opp o s e m i n i mu m w a g e raises because I don’t believe t he gover n ment has a ny b u s i n e s s s t i c k i n g it s n o s e i nto ag reement s , i nclud i ng employ ment ag reement s, between consenting adults. I opp o s e m i n i mu m w a g e ra ises because I a m aga i nst policies t hat hurt t hose t hat they are designed to help. I opp o s e m i n i mu m w a g e raises because my fi rst job was a m i n imu m wage job at t he snack bar in a movie theater, and I want others to have the same opportunity that I had to get work experience and some pocket money, if they so desire.

Loose gun laws best for combatting mass shootings Gun-free zones don’t keep wouldbe shooters away, save lives First and foremost, I’d like to express my deepest sympathies to the people affected by the shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard. However, this shooting will once again bring gun control to the forefront of the nat ional debate, and it is t ime to take a different perspective on these mass shootings. As the facts of this shooting come out over the next few days, there will be a large outcry for a strengthening of the gun control policy in this country. I ron ically, t hese mass shoot ings have been primarily occurring in places with the strictest gun control laws possible, a key fact to be considered when advocating for stricter gun control. In fact, the three mass shootings over the past year have all occurred in gun free zones. Gu n cont rol advocates continue to exclaim there are not enough restrictions on guns in this country. If that’s the case, Matthew why do mass shootings continue DeMarco to occur most frequently in gun Second-year exercise science free zones? student John Lott , an economist who published a controversial study on g u n cont rol in 1999, said recently that “with just one single exception, t he attack on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, ever y public shooting since at least 1950 in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns.” It’s theorized that the assurance of a mostly unarmed populace encourages shooters to take action. When a criminal knows there’s likely to be minimal resistance, they tend to take action. The problem after every mass shooting is t he m isplaced foc u s on t he shooter, background checks and clip size. Maybe this time we should focus on the hypothesis that the threat of able-minded and armed citizens could deter the shooter from ever attacking. In this case, if the shooter does decide to attack, then perhaps armed nearby could intervene and minimize the damage. In any case, there is no telling if the presence of guns in the Navy Yard, or at any of the other mass shooting incidents for that matter, could have minimized the damage. It is clear that mass shootings are occurring at a disproportionately high rate in these gun free zones. It is time to start looking at these shootings in a different light and realizing that the ability to carry a fi rearm may actually save lives.

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Networks start fall with new series Numerous television premiers feature big names in Hollywood Jonathan Winchell

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Many new television series premiere this time of year, especially on the major networks. Here are ten series to take notice of: Derek (all episodes streaming on Netflix) The brilliant Ricky Gervais (“The Office,” “Extras”), one of the funniest people in the entertainment world today, created a new series that has been released on Netflix. He plays a mentally disabled and big-hearted bloke who works at a retirement home. Knowing that Gervais’ humor is often vicious and politically incorrect, one might be wary of him playing a mentally disabled person. However, the series, which has a 64 rating on Metacritic, is more of a dramedy that has been praised as his most humane work to date. Sleepy Hollow (Mondays on FOX at 9 p.m.; encore of season premiere on Friday, Sept. 20 at 9 p.m.) The loopy conceit of this new fantasy/ science fiction/action/thriller series is that Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison), t he lead character in Washington I r v i ng’s classic 1820 stor y, “T he Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” is a warrior from the Revolutionary War era who is transported to the present day and joins forces with a New York police lieutenant (Nicole Beharie) to stop the Headless Horseman. Advertised as written by “the writers of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Transformers,’” this series has actually gotten pretty good reviews; it has a 67 rating on Metacritic.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Tuesdays on FOX at 8:30 pm; encore of season premiere tonight at 9:30) Andre Braugher (“Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Men of a Certain Age”), Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”), Terry Crews (“Everybody Hates Chris”), Melissa Fumero (“One Life to Live”) and Joe Lo Truglio (“Superbad”) star in this office comedy set in a police station. Think of it as a 21st century “Barney Miller.” The show currently has a 70 rating on Metacritic. Mom (premieres on CBS Sept. 23 at 9:30 p.m.) Anna Faris (“Scary Movie,” “The House Bunny” ) stars in the newest CBS sitcom created by Chuck Lorre (“Two and a Half Men”). She plays a recovering alcoholic and mother who is trying to get her life together. Her mother is played by A llison Janney (“The West Wing” ). Faris is a funny and talented comedienne, but in almost everything she has been in, she hasn’t shown her full potential. Here’s to hoping that this series will utilize her well. The Blacklist (premieres on NBC on Sept. 23 at 10 p.m.) James Spader (“Boston Legal”) stars as a top-notch criminal who is one of the FBI’s most sought after fugitives. Suddenly, he turns himself in and says he is willing to use his abilities and knowledge to help an FBI agent (Megan Boone). Why does he do this? Tune in to find out. Hostages (premieres on CBS on Sept. 23 at 10 p.m.) A rog ue FBI agent ( D ylan M c D e r m o t t o f “ T h e P r a c t i c e ,” “A merican Horror Story”) forces a surgeon (Toni Collette of “The United

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Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais stars in the new Netflix comedy series, “Derek.” States of Tara”) into a plot to assassinate the president of the United States. This action/thriller/drama, based on an Israeli series, is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (“CSI,” “Pirates of the Caribbean”). The usually conservative CBS is stretching out of its comfort zone by airing a series with a premise this tantalizing. Trophy Wife (premieres on ABC on Sept. 24 at 9:31 p.m.) A twice-divorced father (Bradley W h it ford of “ T he We st W i ng ” ) marries a woman half his age (Malin Akerman of “Childrens Hospital”) but is still plagued by his two exes (Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden of “Pollack” and Michaela Watkins of “The New Adventures of Old Christine”). The Crazy Ones (premieres on CBS on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m.) The newest series by David E. Kelley, creator of “The Practice” and “Boston Legal,” stars Oscar-winner Robin Williams in his first starring role on

a TV series since “Mork and Mindy” as an ad executive who works with his daughter (Sarah Michelle Gellar of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). These three big names should add up to a fun half hour of comedy. The Michael J. Fox Show (premieres on NBC on Sept. 26 at 9 p.m.) Don’t think that just because Michael J. Fox has Parkinson’s disease, he is out of the spotlight. He has courageously stepped up to star in a new NBC sitcom as a TV news anchor who comes back to work after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s five years earlier. Hello Ladies (premieres on HBO on Sept. 29 at 10:30 p.m.) Stephen Merchant, Gervais’ creative partner, now has his own series on HBO. Playing a variation of himself, Merchant, an Englishman, goes out into the dating world in Los Angeles and fails in a hilarious and cringeinducing fashion. DG

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Students dress for success with favorites classroom fashions like maxi dresses, jean jackets, button-down shirts, khakis and mismatched items perfect for fall.

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A famous street style website, lookbook.nu , features predominantly people from New York , Los Angeles , Chicago, Sweden , London , Paris , Amsterdam and Japan. What city is not featured a lot? Columbia, S.C. In fact, only 53 users on the entire website

listed they were from Columbia. No looks were tagged with the location of South Carolina. I’ve seen some fashionable people walk ing arou nd ca mpus a nd decided it was t ime to highlight students’ style. So what are students wearing? Mostly pieces put toget her f rom Fore ver21 , Rue21 , T.J. Maxx , Target and Goodwill , with occasionally accessories from boutiques. Distressed denim shorts, chiffon-style blouses, sneakers paired with dresses and other quirky styles walked across Pickens Street as I scouted

for the best dressed. This week, four students caught my eye. More pictures from the day will be posted on the “boots & bows” blog on Friday, featuring six different people that also grabbed my attention. If you think you’re dressed well on any particular day, send in your photos to bootsandbowstdg@ gmail.com, or come fi nd me on the Pickens Street pedestrian bridge on a Tuesday or Wednesday. You might just end up getting featured. DG

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Letters to parking pests Caitlyn McGuire

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Dear USC Parking, We know you’ve heard us a million times. We know there’s only so much you can do about it, but we are all still completely ticked off over the USC parking situation. If you can’t produce enough spots, fine, whatever — we’ll figure it out. But if there are no more spots available in a parking garage, instead of watching us all drive around in circles for three hours and miss class, a sign telling us that the garage is full would be fabulous.

Dear Fast and Furious, The corners of each parking garage are too small for you to practice your drag racing. We all have near panic attacks as you whip around the corner and face us head on. As much as we all want to see our lives flash before our eyes, please just take a moment to breathe deeply and slowly make your way home without causing a head-on crash in the middle of Bull Street Garage.

Dear Pathetic Parkers, We all know that the Bull Street Garage is a problem and that we want the first parking spot that we see. Even if you are going to be late to class, would it hurt to at least straighten your car out? Not only do you park incredibly close to my car, but you also insist on swinging your door open to dent mine. You can blame USC all you want for its lack of parking, but it’s your fault that you decided to get the biggest truck Ford has to offer with 7-foot tires and chose to park in a covered garage.

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Aries

Leo

Sagittarius

Gather strength from love. Accept a challenge. Take care when changing your rout ine. The reins get passed down. Conditions turn in your favor, culminating in an expansive phase.

Tr a v e l , s t u d y a n d re s e a rc h f low e a s i l y. Your phase favors stable choices, regarding love, relationships and educ at ion. He a lt h ier ingredients may c o s t m o r e . I t ’s a n excel lent moment for communication.

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Taurus

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Cancer

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Virgo

Check regulations, and then do the work yourself and save. The Full Moon illuminates your finances, and discipline in this area pay s la rge d iv idends. A s se s s you r p o sit ion carefully. Get the family to help. Share the rewards.

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Spell out the rules, while you keep upgrading your skills. Today’s work brings love home. An argument or controversy propels a hero to your rescue. Your discipline is admired. Romance beckons.

Yo u r p a r t n e r h e l p s balance all the factors. Creative collaboration blossoms. Stick to the standard set. Get great news from an old friend. New doors open. Dig deeper into a favorite subject.

Lea r n f rom a d ist a nt older woman. A turning point develops regarding a relationship role. For the next two days, fulfi ll your promises. Extend your inf luence through perseverance. Complete home decorating project.

Keep yourself to between the lines. Do what you promise. Develop a new g o o d h abit . P rov ide what’s needed. Avoid provoking jealousies or hurt feelings. Duty calls. For the next few days, bring in the money.

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Men’s soccer returns to Columbia South Carolina looks to bounce back against USF after 0-3 road trip Kyle Heck

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If anyone is glad to be back in Columbia, it is the South Carolina men’s soccer team. The Gamecocks are coming off of three road losses in six days. To make matters worse, South Carolina had lengthy trips to New Jersey and New York after its trip to Coastal Carolina. So for coach Mark Berson and his players, there is nothing like a little home-cooking to get things back on track. The Gamecocks will host the Gamecock Classic this season and will take on South Florida Friday at 7 p.m. before wrapping up with a game against Dartmouth Sunday at 1:30 p.m. “It’s huge,” Berson said. “The student support has been unbelievable for our games. I hope that Friday night we can have a great crowd out there.” Berson, who is in his 35th season at South Carolina, said that the student support this season has been the best in all his years in Columbia. As Berson has mentioned before, the layouts of soccer stadiums are not universal across the country. He said that the field at Coastal Carolina was “very narrow,” while the field at St. Johns was a big AstroTurf field on top of a parking garage. So Berson said the familiar pitch at Stone Stadium, paired with fan support, should provide a better advantage this weekend. The Gamecocks are 2-0 at home, outscoring opponents 6-2. South Carolina was without junior midfielder Braeden Troyer for nearly two games because he drew a red card two minutes into the match at Coastal Carolina. Berson said that really hurt the team, but it also gave other players a chance to learn the system. “The fact that we had to use different players in different positions is a growth opportunity for those different players,” Berson said. Berson added that it was encouraging to see his team

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Sophomore midfielder Ryan Arambula said his teammates’ morale has not suffered after three straight losses. hang in with some of the better teams in the country on the road trip. The Gamecocks had their chances but were unable to cash in on them. South Carolina had 29 shots, including 14 on goal, in the three road games. However, the Gamecocks only scored one goal in all three matches. “We’ll learn from that,” Berson said. “Obviously, it comes at the price of those losses, which is not what we want, but you do get a lot out of it. It’s better than playing weak teams and only having the win in terms of what you learn.” Berson said his team must cut down on defensive mistakes and capitalize on the scoring opportunities but that he is confident in his team. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Arambula, who had four

shots on goal on the road trip, agrees with his coach. “I know for a fact that everyone has still got the high morale that we had when we played against High Point,” Arambula said. “Despite the fact that we lost all of the games on the road trip, I don’t think it reflects the way we played. I hate saying that, because we still didn’t get the result, but I think that everyone just needs to get better and better.” South Carolina will be relying on its fan support to help them break the losing streak, and Arambula and his teammates are expecting another good turnout. “Having those students out there, that’s like the greatest feeling to know that we have support,” Arambula said. DG

Equestrian to rely on veterans Major, team look to repeat as conference champions Kyle Heck

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Christa Neary earned SEC Defensive Player of the week honors.

Conference play begins Women’s soccer puts undefeated record to test against Georgia Salvatore Costa

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The No. 17 South Carolina women’s soccer team kicks off its conference schedule Friday against rival Georgia. The Gamecocks (7-0-1), led by senior captain Elizabet h S i n c l a i r, g r i n d e d o u t w i n after win in their eight-game non-conference lineup. South Ca rol i n a h a s out scored it s opponents 14-1 this season, and coach Shelley Smith said she is excited to watch her defense and junior goalkeeper Sabrina D’A ngelo work together and communicate well early on this year. “Sabrina is an outstanding goalkeeper, she really is,” Smith said. “I credit everyone in front of her. We put a lot of emphasis from front to back defending. Our forwards have to defend just as much as the backs.” Smith will need her defense to continue its stellar play and stay focused on not allowing opponent s i n t he box for a chance at goal. It certainly helps that Smith has junior defender Christa Neary coming off the bench t h is year, energ izing her team wit h her defensive abilities. “It’s a tea m spor t , so t he fact that I’m doing well, I owe it to my team. They help me improve everyday,” Neary said, “As a whole, we’ve been playing well. I t hink we’ll get more

recognized as a team.” Ne a r y, w ho e a r ne d SE C Defensive Player of the Week honors, embraces doing whatever it takes to help her team come out successful. She has accepted her role as t he spark off the bench this season to get back to the winning way she saw in her first couple years. “We are a positive team; we keep working hard. Hard work is our bread and butter; we just fi nd a way to win,” Neary said, “On our locker room door, it says, ‘Win Anyway.’ That’s our team motto. I’m excited; I want to get back to the goal and win the regular season again.” The Gamecocks have done well preparing for their Sout heaster n Conference games, handling tough matches and proving they can win on t he road. Sout h Ca rol i na’s battle-tested sophomores and juniors are ready for a big year, and with depth and talented f r e s h m a n , t he G a me c o c k s are primed for some big SEC matchups. “The group is just so supportive of each other. That k i nd of chem ist r y w it h i n a team is what helps you w in championships,” Smith said. “We just have to keep doing what we’ve been doing, keep being dangerous in the box, getting across players, (and) we’ll find the goal. It’s just a matter of hitting your target a nd m o r e of t e n t h a n no t . Hopefully, we’ve saved some up for Georgia.”

Coming of f of last season’s SEC championsh ip, t he Sout h Carol i na equestrian team is facing something of an unknown this season. The Gamecocks lost two starters from last season’s Hunt Seat squad, including K imberly McCormack , who won 17 rides last season. On the Western side of things, South Carolina lost three starters from last year’s Reining team. But that doesn’t mean that coach Boo Major will be worried about her team when it starts its season Friday at home against Kansas State. According to Major, this season is looking like it’ll be the fi rst year that t he G a mecock s do not send out a freshman to ride on Opening Day. That means that everyone who will be sent out against the Wildcats will have some experience in the program. “I think everybody that is competing has competed before,” Major said. “So it’s not like we’re throwing someone out that has never actually competed. We’re

really look ing for those players that have been in the lineup to really step up and be leaders and show everybody how to get it done.” Despite her team’s experience, Major said the staff was pretty comfortable wit h last season’s group, while t his year’s squad has some new pieces to it. The Gamecocks, who were ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll , will face off against a Kansas State team that is ranked No. 5. The Wildcats’ Western team made it to the fi nals of last season’s national championships before falling to Oklahoma State. Despite the top-five rankings for both teams , Major isn’t worried about the rank ings. Instead, she is focused on making sure her team stays focused. “We’re just concentrating on getting the best performances that we can out of our student–athletes, and they are getting the best performances they can out of their horses,” Major said. “I think if we can do that, we’re going to be successful. We always preach about not making any mistakes.” Senior Johnna Letchworth is one of the nine seniors on the team. Letchworth has a 33-4-3 career record to go along with 14 career MVPs and was named t he SEC Horsemanship Rider of the Year last season. The Connecticut native says she is focused on helping her team win rather than racking up more personal awards. “ I t o l d m y t e a m at o n e o f o u r meetings at the beginning of the year that I just want us to keep winning, regardless of what awards I can win,” Letchworth said. “I just want to keep being successful for the team so as a whole, hopefully we can win SEC’s and a national championship.” Bot h Letchwor t h a nd Major said t hat even t hough t here w i l l be no freshman in the starting lineup to begin the season, there will be plent y that will help out the team throughout the season. And if the first group doesn’t perform, Major feels good about putting in the second group of riders. “We feel like we’ve got a good group of folks that are waiting anxiously in the wings to step up,” Major said. “So we’re prett y comfortable wit h t he second group, and frank ly, they’re ready to show; we just didn’t have enough room to put them in.”

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Johnna Letchworth was named SEC Horsemanship Rider of the Year after last season.