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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014
‘I’m here because I need you’
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Lieutenant governor candidate Bakari Sellers told students Tuesday that he needs them to “make history.”
Bakari Sellers asks students to imagine what Carolina ‘can be’ Bakari Sellers remembers getting a call from an anonymous number in the USC School of Law parking lot as he was walking to class. It was thenSenator Barack Obama, asking for his endorsement. “I told him I was running late to class, so it would have to be a short phone call,”
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Sellers told a room full of students, his face in his hands. Obama asked what the subject of the class was. “By that time, I was already [working] at the capitol and I hadn’t been to class in, like, six weeks, so I told him it was ethical law. But I forgot that was what he used to teach.” According to Sellers, he chatted with the senator on t he subject before conf ir m ing t hat he wou ld endor se Obama’s candidacy. The rest is history. W it h o ne we e k until Election Day, U S C ’s C o l le g e Democrats hosted the Democratic candidate for lieutenant gover nor Tuesday n ight. Sellers, 30, Associate Profess of Nursing Joan Culley i s a USC -t r a i ne d law yer and former shares tips on how to prevent getting sick member of the South Carolina House of Brittany Franceschina
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Representatives who gave up his seat to run in this election. “I’m here because I need you,” he said to the crowd of students in the Russell House Theatre. “If I’m going to make history, then I need your votes.” At the age of 22, Sellers had already made histor y when he became the youngest elected representative in the State of South Carolina, and the first black representative elected since 1876. When Sellers told his parents he was going to run for office when he was 20 years old, his mother said she’d vote for him, but his father said he’d “think about it.” According to Sellers, he was the youngest member of a state’s legislation in the U.S. at the time. And for that reason, Sellers caught the attention of then-Senator Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential election. For Sellers, the School of Law parking lot is not the only place that holds fond memories. He said the USC campus feels like a second home. His father, Cleveland L. Sellers Jr., was the Director
of the Department of African American Studies in the 1980s. “I grew up in Gambrell Hall,” he said. It was there that he formed a close relationship with the pursuit of knowledge and change and curiosity. “You should check out the [Gambrell] basement sometime.” Sellers, who said he “jumped ditches for fun” when he was a child in rural South Carolina, has come a long way on the political spectrum. Now, he wants to put greater emphasis on education in this state. “I’m tired of turning on late night TV and seeing South Carolina made fun of,” he said, adding that he wants to “restore dignity and pride to the state” and plans to do so by way of legislation. Sellers said his favorite piece of legislation was a domestic abuse bill he worked on that was never passed. According to Sellers, more women are killed by domestic abuse in South Carolina than any other state and one SELLERS • 3
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If you’re worried about Ebola, talk to Joan Culley. The associate professor of nursing is a nurse researcher in the field of informatics and nursing systems, her primary field of research is emergency preparedness, and she’s familiar with the best ways to deal with patients with infectious diseases of all kinds. Culley teaches classes on this topic and was recently funded with her second National Institutes of Health grant to look at triage during mass casualty events. She gained expertise in these areas when she was a nurse corps officer, a field she retired from as a captain in the Navy. “I spent a lot of time at the Bureau of Medicine in Washington looking at their disaster and readiness plans and helping to develop education, training and disaster preparedness drills,” Culley said. The most recent wakeup call that has forced medical experts such as Culley to look at the way we handle infectious diseases is the Ebola virus. According to Culley, this is not a time to panic, but it is important to look at policies and procedures that are in place for all contagious and infectious diseases while making sure they are up to date and are communicated to the health care professionals involved. “The people involved are not just doctors and nurses. They include the people who clean the unit, police officers, airport workers and an even larger string of people,” Culley said. “How do we effectively communicate to all of these people what they need to be concerned about and what they can do about it?” Only one person in the U.S. has died of Ebola, and there has been concern surrounding it, but Culley said people should actually be more concerned about the flu. The flu vaccine is readily available, but Culley believes that not enough students take advantage of it. “I have gotten my flu shot this year, and I think it’s important to do so,” said first-year education student Christine Rossi. “People are extremely worked up about Ebola, but they don’t consider how many people die of the flu each year and that there is a readily available vaccination to prevent it.” One point of concern is the lack of knowledge about the difference between isolation and quarantine and which is appropriate for a situation. Isolation is used when someone who is ill is kept out of contact from those who are not ill. Quarantine is when people who have been exposed are removed from contact with others for 21 days in order to monitor them and see if they get sick. This information is important because DISEASES • 3
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Brandon Picow was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 11 years old. P icow, now a t h i rd-yea r glob a l s upply chain and operation management student and g president of Alphaa Epsilon Pi, is starting a group nts with diabetes. He said since at USC for students ’s been very passionate his diagnosis, he’s se money and getting about helping raise RF, formerly known involved with JDRF, as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Picow, a Colu mbia nat ive, said he’s lucky to have his parents around ng happen or if he should somet hing cause according to needs t hem. Because ifficult for students to Picow, it’s often diffi manage diabetes, and it’s easy to forget ng out of supplies on that you’re running k and club meetings. top of coursework re so busy. I worry “College kids are s,” Picow said. about my diabetes,” h up on “It should be high imes the list, but sometimes it’s not.” P ic ow s a id t h at utwith so many outof-state st udents, s, the program D i ab udd ie s w i l l ser ve as a buddyy system for diabeticc students who don’t ’t have parents closee by, i n c a s e t he y run out of insulin
or supplies. USC alu m nus and JDR F board member Jonathan Barbrey and Diabetes Care Specialist for Novo Nordisk, will also be involved in Diabudd ies. Novo Nord isk ma nu fac t u res pharmaceutical services and products, such as diabetes care medications and devices. He will also be able to provide supplies to members of Diabuddies. “It’s kind of an unknown problem,” Picow said. “If don’tt know what I If I wasn’t wasn t from here, I don would do.” Picow also hopes that Diabudd Diabuddies will act as a support group for students with stude diabetes in which they can ge get advice from students who face th the same problems, such as worrying worryin about telling a girlf riend about abou t heir diabetes or feeling like th they can’t go drinking with their frie friends. “A lot of times it’s hard for kids about having to talk with an adult abou diabetes,” Picow said. “I’m much more of an approachable person than a doctor or someone like lik that.” A c c o r d i n g t o P i c o w, h i s f r at e r n it y b r o t he r s h a v e for raised over $10,000 $10, JDRF after sselecting t he fou ndat ion t h e i r a s ph ila nt h ropy fall. They last fall ho p e t o r a i s e sa me t he amount or again this more ag year. P i c o w ’s f at her i s a l so Courtesy of Mari Kate Freeman
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Petition candidate drops out of gubernational race, endorses Sheheen Petition candidate Tom Ervin dropped out of the South Carolina gubernatorial election race and endorse Democratic candidate Vincent Sheheen Tuesday, The State reported. Ervin had spent a minimum of $2.5 million in personal funds but was still polling a distant third. According to Ervin, he entered the race last minute because of testimony on how the South Carolina Department of Social Services mishandles cases in which children died. He also dropped out of the Republican primary in order to have additional time to campaign. “While I don’t agree with Sen. Sheheen on all the issues, I believe he is a man of his word,” Ervin said. “I believe he is a man of integrity. I believe he will restore confidence and transparency to state government and that’s what we so desperately need in the governor’s office.” Political scientists still predict that Haley will win re-election. — Natalie Pita, News Editor
Woman found trapped in ravine days after boyfriend attempts strangulation Kimara Hughey, 24, was found trapped in a ravine two weeks ago after her boyfriend tried to strangle her earlier in the week, The State reported. According to warrants, Michael Lee Crosby, 27, threw Hughey against a washing machine and into a closet on Oct. 11 and tried to strangle her. She went missing Oct. 14, and she was found in a briar patch Oct. 19. Crosby has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated criminal domestic violence. Sheriff’s spokesman Jonathan Smith said that deputies don’t expect additional charges related to her disappearance. Media outlets began to report that Crosby attempted to strangle Hughey, but Hughey did not mention it until she was interviewed about her disappearance. — Natalie Pita, News Editor
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Marvel Comics announced its first black superhero movie “Black Panther” and first female superhero movie “Captain Marvel,” on Tuesday, according to BuzzFeed News. The movies will open Nov 3. 2017 and July 6, 2018, respectively. Black Panther’s title character will be played by Chadwick Boseman of “42” and “Get On Up.” Marvel said in a press conference following the announcement that the character T’Challa will also play “a big part” in “Captain America: Civil War,” the third “Captain America” film that will also feature Robert Downey Jr. Marvel Studios has not yet announced who will play Carol Danvers, the lead role in Captain Marvel. — Natalie Pita, News Editor
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SELLERS • Continued from 1 in four women are sexually assaulted on college campuses across the country every day. “One is too many,” Sellers said, encouraging the men in the crowd to “take pride in protecting” their girlfriends, wives and friends. “If you don’t, it could be you.” Sellers also revealed to students that his current total student loan debt is $120,000. He encouraged students to take more of a stand on how they are treated financially by the university. “Raise pure hell if I win or lose, so you have a voice on the Board of Trustees,” he said, noting the recent tuition raise. If elected, he hopes to offer more
DIABETES • Continued from 1 diabetic and a USC alumnus who ser ves on the JDR F board along with USC A EPi’s alumni advisor and WACH Fox chief meteorologist, Henry Rothenberg. Diabetic students that would like to join Diabuddies or help support
need-based financial aid to low-income students. For Sellers, this election is about “turning the page.” He plans not to look at South Carolina as what it “was or is, but what it can be.” He said that, to him, the two greatest issues in this election are seniors and elementary education. However, when asked what his action plan would be if he were to take office, Sellers was unable to provide specific examples or an exact plan of action. Instead he urged his platform of change and growth. If elected, Sellers will first drink a celebratory Blue Moon in his office. Then, he plans set to work “turning the page” in South Carolina.
DISEASES • Continued from 1 people must be quarantined or isolated in order to break the chain of infection and control an infectious disease. For college students, many simple procedures and basic public health practices can be taken to help prevent contracting an infectious disease. Students should always wash their hands after they come in contact with germs and get a flu shot. “Don’t go to school if you are sick.
I also wouldn’t encourage students to go to healt h ser v ices because they are going to bring their germs there,” Culley said. “Unless they have significant breathing problems or a high temperature, the health services will simply tell you to go to your room, drink plenty of fluids and come back if you have any serious complications.”
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Five Points boutique Sid and Nancy’s is putting on its third annual “Hollaween Explosion” in order to help a local musician battle brain cancer.
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Quirky second-hand store Sid and Nancy’s will host its annual Hollaween Explosion celebration Friday at 10 p.m. at the New Brookland Tavern. This year marks the third Hollaween Explosion at the alternative clothing store that buys, sells and trades clothes, shoes and other knick-knacks. There’s going to be a costume contest, dance party and a few sets by local bands, as well as photo booth. Employees at Sid and Nancy’s took it upon themselves to continue the Hollaween Explosion after an annual Halloween party by another local
business, for whom they were a sponsor, stopped hosting it. The Hollaween Explosion benefits a different cause every year. Past causes have included the Women’s Shelter and last year’s SC HIV Council. Th is year, all proceeds go towards Tu morSchmumor, which was created to help Aaron Graves of Columbia-based band Those Lavender Whales battle brain cancer. “People are going to part y on Halloween anyways, so they should probably do it for a good cause,” said Bakari Lebby, a manager at Sid and Nancy’s. Local Columbia bands The Restoration and Small Sanctions will perform at the pre-show, and the dance party will also feature DJs Alejandro Flores and Christian Barker, as well as Lebby, who DJs when he isn’t managing at Sid and Nancy’s. “Halloween is a good time to try and get people
together, especially if you can help someone out,” Lebby said. Win ners of t he cost u me contest, a major component of the Hollaween Explosion, will be announced at midnight. In the past, the costumes have been one of the most entertaining parts of the evening, with judging categories including scariest, most creative and “most turnt.” Prizes available for winners include donations from Bohemian, Revente, Bluetile Skateshop, WUSC and other local shops. “Pizza will be there,” Lebby said, alluding to the infamous man who dresses as a slice of pizza every year for Hollaween Explosion. Tickets are available at both Sid and Nancy’s in Five Points and New Brookland Tavern. Tickets are $5 for those under 21 and $3 for those who are 21 or older. DG
SWYPE does ‘The Monster Mash’ Breakdancing organization teams up with Moksha Morgan Smith
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The SWYPE dance organization killed Tuesday night’s Halloweenthemed performance in the Russell House Ballroom. The showcase incorporated some of the holiday’s scariest and most popular themes, while murderers, creepy crawlers, zombies and monsters infested the room, roaming through the audience and even hopping up on stage. Ma ny da nces i ncor porated Halloween tunes like the “Monster Mash,” while others incorporated storylines into their performances. One da nce, choreog raphed
by Darr yl A revalo, told his stor y of sur viving “The Purge,” while another dance, choreographed by Michael Sanchez, told his story of being murdered at a campsite and rising from the dead to perform to Childish Gambino’s “Bonfi re.” From sex y boudoir zombies to 1950 s- st yle jiv i ng, t he da nc i ng the audience experienced several d i f ferent st yle s , i nclud i ng one foreig n st yle of da nce t hat was incorporated by SW YPE’s special g ue s t , US C c o - e d d a nc e t e a m Moksha. Moksha uses classical styles of Indian dance and fuses it with western-culture. By incorporating hip-hop music and western dance moves into their routines, the team creates its ow n orig inal st yle of dance. In between the dances, SWYPE’s emcees tested t he aud iences’
Halloween knowledge with trivia a nd ob sc u re h i stor y, a nd a f ter realizing the audience k new ver y little of how Halloween came to be, emcee Nereo Legaspi asked the audience, “Do you even Halloween?” D u r i ng i nter m ission, t here was a surprisingly talented dance competition between three random volunteers from the audience, who displayed their unique talents like headbanging, ballet and Moksha-like dance moves. The ballroom was packed with students enjoying refreshments and candy corn decorated sweets, while EDM and hip-hop music set t he dance tone from the beginning with well-known artists such as 2 Chainz and Nicki Minaj. SWYPE members said they were generally satisfied with the turnout and were glad to know people were
pumped and excited to watch them. “I think we did really well. I think we killed it with our performance,” said Sara DesMarais, a second-year exercise science student and SWYPE dancer. S W Y PE P r e s ide nt of D a nc e Daquan Williams, spoke during interm ission and ex pressed how thankful he was to be a part of a family as great as SWYPE and hoped people enjoyed the performance as much as he did. “ T h i s i s m y f a m i l y. I l o v e my f a m i ly. We a l l work h a rd,” Williams said. “We taught them 10 choreographies, and they just came in the middle of September. That’s dedication.” For more SW YPE performance, visit the team’s YouTube channel. DG
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Marvel’s diversity benefits all ISSUE Marvel announces female hero and black hero. OUR STANCE While tricky, diversity helps the franchise and the fans. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s diversity! In a heroic move toward more d iversit y i n t he com ic book universe, Mar vel announced Tuesday the release dates for its f irst solo black superhero movie and the fi rst solo female superhero mov ie. “Black Panther” and “Captain Marvel” w ill h it t heaters in t he nex t three to four years, expanding to a wider demographic than ever before. The DC and Marvel movie universes have been dominated by white males with female and black sidekicks thus far. Such lacking diversity has not hurt the income of the industry yet, w it h t he last Mar vel mov ie, “Gua rd ia ns of t he G a la x y,” bringing in almost $800 million in box office revenue, and DC’s last movie “Man of Steel” taking over $600 million worldwide. Adding this kind of diversity cou ld w iden t he nu mber of
people t hat relate to Mar vel characters, fulfilling the goal of the comic books that started t h is prof it able mov ie t rend. W hat are superheroes if not marginalized individuals who happen to have powers? People
“The DC and Marvel universes have been dominated by white males with female and black sidekicks thus far.” ident if y w it h t he “outcast s” because they can relate to them. After all this time, two highly marginalized groups w ill be well represented through this genre. Finally, women will step out from the damsel in distress/ sidek ick role a nd have t heir own movie. The creators even changed her title from the meek “Ms. Marvel” to the strongersounding “Captain Marvel.” One may quest ion why Black Panther’s name puts so
much emphasis on the hero’s race — perhaps, it’s because his race may play a large role in the character’s identit y. That won’t be seen until the movie hits theaters in 2017. But such questions are ref lective of the new territory Marvel is entering. The way the film is executed cou ld potent ial ly of fend people for being insensit ive or patronizing or anything in between. However, the fear of offending does not outweigh the benefits of expanding to provide a potentially awesome movie that a wider demographic can relate to. We c o m m e n d M a r v e l for tak ing t his step for ward. We hope t hese addit ions are prof it able vent u re s for t he company creating them and for the groups they are meant to include. Bill Rosemann, the creative director of Mar vel, summed up the goal of this venture and M a r vel ex pa nd i ng it s scope overa l l du r i ng a n i nter v iew wit h t he Daily Gamecock in September, when he sa id, “ We’re always trying to make our stories more accessible, more diverse, more relatable.”
Reality TV permits stupidity Kathleen Schipano Second-year print journalism student
‘Honey Boo Boo’ shows the true disease of celebrity There goes Honey Boo Boo, t he pudg y pagea nt pr i ncess whose family antics captured the hearts of millions. There goes Honey Boo Boo, the flatulencedoling, word-slurring, roadkill-eating redneck that made moder n parent s ever y where cringe w it h embarrassment. There goes Honey Boo Boo, canceled after allegations that Mama June is dating a convicted sex offender. The 9-year-old and her family are famous for being an “honest” representation of a family, and their lives are accompanied by a funny music track and some “cle ver ” ed it i ng. W hat wa s supposed to be an example of a loving, if off beat family, was
portrayed as a gross-out comedy by the folks at TLC, and not surprisingly, the reality of this reality TV show is much darker than pet pigs and glitz pageants. W h a t m u s t b e “red neckog n ized” is t hat glorif ying redneck culture in realit y television glosses over t he danger of a real disease: ignorance. Ignorance makes it okay for people to teach their children to speak incorrectly. Ignorance encourages eating food t hat was sc raped of f t he road. Ignorance allows a convicted sex offender near its children. While I don’t support many things TLC does besides “Say Yes to the Dress,” I am thankful that they fi nally put an end to this particular string of ignorance invading the homes of Americans. It ’s n o s e c r e t t h at t h e s e show s a re st upid. T he y a re obviously stupid. People, myself included, watch this trash with the pretense that they’re “just laughing at the stupid people.” Fine. But as my fat her of ten p o i nt s o u t l o u d l y o n c e h e sees what my sisters and I are watching during the summer, that excuse is invalid when your
viewership allows these idiots to be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for being the Snookis, J Wow ws and, most recent ly, Honey Boo Boos of the world. R e a l it y t e l e v i s i o n i s t h e scourge of entertainment. It’s not creative. It’s not productive. It serves no greater purpose. It celebrates people that date sex offenders or evade taxes like Mike Sorrentino from “Jersey Shore” or a r e i nvol ve d i n domestic violence like JWoww f rom “ Jer se y Shore” a nd generally cause harm to society. T he c a nc el l at io n of “ Her e Comes Honey Boo Boo” due to the presence of a sex offender is a prime example of how this voyeuristic genre of stupid is poisoning society. What do we do? Change the damn channel. Refuse to let the stupid into our homes. This may seem dramatic but these people are real and they are destructive — not only to themselves but to those around them — and b y a l low i n g t hem i nt o ou r homes, they are destructive to us. It’s stupid. Plain and simple. Let’s stop. Let’s bring back the sitcom.
Everyone on this campus knows college can be majorly stressful. Balancing everything f rom classes, ex t ra-cu rricu lar act iv it ies, exercising and enjoying college can be a lot to handle at times. Some things pile up while others get done quickly. When college starts to get you, it’s important to remember the little things in life. Music is a great way to escape any problem, honestly. If there’s one song you absolutely love and it helps you relax, play it over and over again. Try creating a playlist on Spotify or pic k a Pa ndor a station that you love and just listen. Music makes us feel so many emotions all at once. Certain songs are for breakups and others are for celebration, but every song has a certain and unique feel to it. Listen to your guilty pleasure songs; don’t worr y if people will judge you for liking Barry Manilow or AC/DC. No t g o i n g t o l i e , not h i ng ma kes me happier than singing at the top of my lungs to my favorite songs. A not her lit t le thing that I personally believe is highly underrated is nature — sitting on the Horseshoe is one of the best feelings in the world. You don’t have to sit for a full hour to calm down; a little five-minute sit is all it takes to really unwind. Never forget that we have the privilege to attend a beautiful university. Everyone is out there for a reason and no one gawks at people as they sit. Just enjoy the day and be thankful. Something as simple as wearing your favorite outfit is like turning over a new leaf. You can conquer the world in your favorite jeans and most-loved shirt. If you feel comfortable, you’re bound to be more relaxed. That’s not on any website, but try it and you’ll understand where I’m coming from. St ress is a monster we all have to face, unfortunately. Way down the road, though, it really helps us. It reminds us that there’s always a bright side to things, no bad situation lasts forever and the little things in every day are a reason to be happy and keep moving forward. We wouldn’t know when to relax if we didn’t know when to get anxious. If you don’t know what your little things are, take a moment to make a list. It doesn’t have to be anything extravagant, but make sure it’s what makes you feel butterfl ies in your stomach.
“Stress is a monster we all have to face, unfortunately. Way down the road, though, it really helps us. It reminds us that there is always a bright side.”
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Gamecocks visit Old Dominion
Savannah McCaskill Freshman makes immediate impact in first collegiate season Brennan Doherty
@BRENNAN_DOHERTY
“Finally.” That’s what freshman Savannah McCaskill thought to herself after scoring her fi rst collegiate goal against Florida Gulf Coast in September. “It was kind of an ugly goal,” she said. “It wasn’t exactly prett y at all, but I had been work ing towards it.” Ugly or not, it was the fi rst goal in what’s been an impressive fi rst season for the South Carolina women’s soccer team’s star freshman. When she was eight years old, McCaskill had set her sights on playing college soccer. Now, ten years later, she’s starting as a true freshman for the school that’s just a short car ride from her hometown of Chapin. T h rough 17 g a mes, Mc Cask i l l leads t he Gamecocks with 12 points and is one of three South Carolina players who share the team-high with four goals, two of which came in the team’s upset of No. 5 Florida on October 16. A two-time South Carolina all-state honoree at Irmo High School and the No. 51-ranked high school prospect in the country according to Top Drawer Soccer, McCaskill can play multiple positions on the pitch according to head coach Shelley Smith and has already been asked to contribute immediately. So far t h is season, Sm it h has been using McCaskill as a forward in an attacking role, using her ability to read defenses to give a struggling Gamecock offense a boost. The two were able to develop their relationship for several years with U.S. Soccer’s Olympic Development Program (ODP), and Smith was able to get a fi rst-hand look at what McCaskill cou ld br i ng to the table: a high soccer I.Q., a good work et hic and an ability to create opportunities on offense. S o f a r , all of those cha racter ist ic s of McCask i l l’s style of play have carried over to the college level. “I think t hat she was overlooked a little bit, and I could always see the potential she had,” Smith said. “She’s defi nitely been the player we k new we were recruiting Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK and she has a lot Savannah McCaskill came to of success ahead South Carolina from Chapin H.S. of her.” It was t he relat ionship with Smith through the ODP program that, in part, led to McCaskill’s decision to stay close to home and pick South Carolina over other schools. “[Smith] was my coach for the region team, and I loved her as a coach and a person,” McCaskill said. “I just loved how the team as whole is such a family.” While the freshman has carried South Carolina at times with her goalscoring prowess, she’s just as dangerous when setting up teammates for offensive opportunities. McCaskill’s four assists on the season are tied for the most on the team. “I’m more of a passer than anything,” she said. “Just to pass, move and set my teammates up to score goals I would say is kind of my sweet spot.” Before she had even played her first college game, McCaskill was named to the SEC soccer coaches’ preseason watch list and she’s the fi rst Gamecock to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors twice in the same season. St il l, t here’s always a lear n i ng c u r ve for freshmen, and McCaskill is no different. “Def i n itely speed of play [is d if ferent],” McCaskill said. “Knowing when you can take touches a nd when you ca n’t , a nd t hen t he physicality.” Despite having to make adjustments to the college game, the fact that the hometown product has started in the first seventeen games of her college career shows how much Smith and the rest of the South Carolina coaching staff trust her. “She’s a freshman that has come into a tough environment,” Smith said. “We’ve put a lot on her to play right away for us and she’s done very well.”
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Freshman forward Mikkel Knudsen has the most goals of any South Carolina men’s soccer player with six.
Men’s soccer nears end of regular season Dalton Abel
@DALTON_ABEL22
It would be easy for the South Carolina men’s soccer team to fold on the rest of the season with the slew of close losses it’s endured. Yet with two games remaining in the regular season, head coach Mark Berson’s team is only looking forward in hopes of finishing above .500 for the first time since 2011. T he G a mecock s (7- 8, 2- 4 C -US A ) t r a v e l t o No r f ol k , Virginia, to face Old Dominion (7-5-1, 2-2-1 C-USA) Tuesday at 7 p.m. in hopes of returning to the same city in a couple of weeks for the Conference USA Tournament. As of Tuesday, the Gamecocks hold the seventh spot and would be the first team dropped from the tournament. Two wins in their final two games could catapult South Carolina as high as third place, but two losses could very well leave the team on the outside looking in. South Carolina will look to rebound from a crushing 4-3, double-overtime loss to Kentucky Sat u rday n ight i n wh ich t he Gamecocks came from three goals and one man down to equalize. Above all else, Berson expects the toughness that his team played
with in its last game to carry over to the final two games. “I think this group has shown that type of heart, that type of fight consistently this year,” he said. “No coach could ask more of his team than what we got from our guys.” S o u t h C a r o l i n a’s s t r o n g showing against conference leader Kentucky despite overwhelming odds in the latter half of the contest has Berson believing that his team can stay on the field with anybody. At 7-8, one may glance at the Gamecocks’ schedule and attribute the record to general mediocrity. However, a closer look reveals that the margin of error may be smaller than what meets the eye. Of South Carolina’s 15 matches this season, 12 have been decided by a single goal, and eight of those contests went to overtime. The Gamecocks are now 6-6 in games decided by one goal and 4-4 in overtime matches. Berson will be the first to tell you that his team is better than its record indicates. But a handful of missed chances and balls bouncing the opposition’s way have kept South Carolina out of a spot near the top of Conference USA. “We’ve gone up against good teams,” he said. “We feel real confident that we can create good scoring opportunities and get goals.”
The Gamecocks have picked up steam in the offensive third as of late, scoring 13 goals in the last five games, due in large part to the emergence of redshirt freshman forward Mikkel Knudsen. The Denmark native now leads the team with six goals, three assists and 17 shots on goal. On t he ot her ha nd, ju n ior midfielder Jeffrey Torda appears long overdue for a breakthrough. Torda registered a match-high seven shots against Kentucky but could not convert. The junior leads the Gamecocks with 46 shots and is tied with Knudsen for the team lead in shots on goal, yet he’s only been able to net two. Un f o r t u n a t e l y f o r S o u t h Carolina, the defense began to falter as the offense picked up. The team has surrendered 14 goals in the last five games compared to eight in the preceding five games. Still, Berson continues to focus on the positives. Although a bevy of narrow defeats would have many coaches pondering the whatifs, South Carolina’s head man continues to believe in his team. “It’s not a difference in attitude. It’s not a difference in effort. It’s not a difference in work rate or intensity,” Berson said. “We just have to keep working and get a couple breaks and see what we can do down the stretch.” DG
Women’s Golf closes fall slate South Carolina earns tie for 3rd at Landfall Tradition Danny Garrison
@DANNYLGARRISON
A week ago, t he women’s golf team earned back its spot at No. 1 in the nation in both Golfweek/Sagarin and Golfstat rankings. This weekend, the Gamecocks finished off their fall schedule and didn’t do much to sacrifice that top-overall spot. South Carolina f inished in a tie for third at the Landfall Tradit ion in Nort h Carolina a f ter Su nd ay ’s f i n a l rou nd, shooting 871 (+7) as a team. “We battled back from a tough start [Sunday],” head coach Kalen Harris told GamecocksOnline. com. “The team showed a lot of character. We had a respectable fi nish [Sunday] and a fall season to be proud of.” The Gamecocks were once again led by standout freshman Nanna Madsen, who rounded out her first fall season with a
second-place individual fi nish in the competition. In the tournament prior to the Landfall, Madsen earned firstplace honors. But her efforts this weekend were, in some ways, better than the performance she turned in during the previous match. The freshman’s 210 (-6) for the tournament is the best tally of her young career, and t he number is the third-lowest mark in Sout h Carolina’s program history. Her second-place fi nish in the Landfall is the best-ever outing from a Gamecock in that specific tournament. T he ne x t- c lo s e s t S out h Carolina golfers to Madsen’s score were sen ior Ju st i ne Dreher and sophomore Katelyn Dambaugh, who shot a 220 (+4) a nd a 221 (+5), respect ively. Though they were separated by just one stroke, the clustered nature of the Gamecocks’ field of competition resulted in a tie for 24th for Dreher and a tie for 34th for Dambaugh. Dreher’s best round came on
the f inal day of competition, when she turned in a 71 (-1) to lead South Carolina. In a fall season that is widely recog n iz ed a s t he best ever for the Gamecocks, the team competed in four events and didn’t finish worse than third in any. Sout h Carol i na bega n t he year by st unning the f ield at the A NNIK A Intercollegiate, earning the No. 1 spot in the tournament. The Gamecocks d id n’t ex per ience much of a drop-off after that, finishing s e c o n d a t t h e Ta r H e e l Invitational then taking the top spot again at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship. The team’s third-place fi nish to end the fall means it won’t surprise anyone come January when South Carolina returns to action. The Gamecocks are scheduled to participate in four more tournaments in the spring season before postseason action begins in the SEC and NCAA’s. DG