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Learner selected as Woman of the Year from 6 finalists Fourth-year student says she tried to be herself through process Davis Klabo

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I n a c r o w d e d s h o w i n g at H a r p er C ol leg e’s G re s s et t e R o o m We d n e s d a y, U S C recognized Emily Learner as the 2014 Outstanding Woman of the Year.

L e a r ne r, a f ou r t h-y e a r exercise science st udent, was chosen f rom a la rge pool of applicants who eit her applied or had been nominated for the award. A longside Lear ner at the presentation were the five other fi nalists, all of whom had endured an interview process in the hopes of being selected.

“I’m actually shocked that I won, especially alongside such g reat women,” Lear ner sa id.

“I just tried to be myself and answer truthfully to the selection committees.”

The award recognizes a t hird- or fourt h-year w o m a n at U S C w h o e x c e l s i n academ ic ach ievement , campus involvement a nd communit y service, according to the Women’s Student Services website.

“This is really an incredible honor,” Learner said. “I’m just glad I have the opportunity to be a role model and to give back to the community.”

Learner was nominated for the award by her best friend — and fellow fi nalist — Leila Heidari, a fourth-year health student. “ I r e a l l y t hou g ht s he w a s going to win,” Learner said with a smile. “It was just especially great to win alongside my best friend like that.”

T he pre sent at ion beg a n with a keynote address by Lou Kennedy, a USC alumna who is now president and chief executive of Neph ron Phar maceut icals Corp. Kennedy is hoping to open t he cor porat ion’s f irst Sout h Carolina plant within the week, and she praised decisiveness and drive in both women and men at USC. “Just remember,” Kennedy said as she looked at the fi nalists. “I’m still hiring!”

The selection process consisted

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USC’s official tartan was presented Wednesday, adding USC to a list of six other SEC schools that have official tartans.

‘Old Cocky’ tartan rolls out USC unveils official pattern; merchandise made available Natalie Pita

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he colors garnet a nd black have been a t radit ion at USC since a football contest against Furman University on Christmas Eve 1892.

But now t he College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management has started a new tradition: an official tartan.

The design was officially u nvei led on Ma rch 26 on the Horseshoe, where guests were serenaded by bagpipes and rewarded with free tartan products. “ We k n e w w e w e r e doing something historic,” sa id M a r ia n ne Bick le, professor and chairman of t he Depa r t ment of Retailing. “Fort y years f rom now, we w i l l b e telling our grandchildren we were involved in creating this tartan.”

The tartan, a traditional Scot t ish pla id pat ter n called “Old Cock y,” is primarily garnet and black with white accents and has been officially registered

with the Scottish Register of Tartans.

“This is an historic time at the University of South Carolina. The tartan — in garnet, black and white — will further represent the positive values of the universit y, its students, alumni, faculty, staff and the communit y,” Bickle said in a press release prior to t he unveiling. “The t a r t a n produc t s br i ng spirit to the community.”

The idea was originally conceived four years ago, a nd af ter t wo years of consideration, the work began to make the concept a realit y. Bickle led the efforts for USC to be one of the few universities that boasts a registered tartan.

USC joins 40 colleges that already have registered tartans, including six from the SEC. I n spr i ng 2013, Bickle and her students col l ab or ated w it h t he university to have students and alumni select the final design from three options

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“Old Cocky” merchandise is now available, including shirts, duffel bags, cups, tote bags, sweatshirts and belts. c re at e d b y C ol leg i at e Ta r t a n A ppa rel. O ver 2,000 people voted through the social me d i a c a mp a i g n , a nd the winning design was officially registered this winter.

Tw o r e t a i l c l a s s e s part icipated in t he process of creating the t a r t a n a nd mo v i n g it through production as a supplemental experience to class work.

“The College of Hospitalit y, Retail and Sport Management continues to be a campus leader in prov iding academic opportunities that enhance the ex perience of st udent s by integrating learning wit hin and beyond t he classroom,” Brian Mihalik, dean of t he College of Hospitalit y, Retail and Sport Management, said TARTAN • 2

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Philanthropy queen crowned Student fighting meningitis Fundraiser for Beasley to be held tonight in Irmo Amanda Coyne

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W h at s t a r t e d o u t a s a c old f or s e c o nd-y e a r business st udent Colton Beasley t u rned into something neither he nor h i s f a m i l y a nd f r ie nd s could anticipate. “ T he y s a y w he n y o u hear hooves, expect horses, not z ebr a s ,” sa id K el ly Plemmons, a second-year theater student who first met Beasley in high school.

“Well, this was defi nitely a zebra.”

After going to the doctor three times, Beasley still t hought somet h i ng was w rong. O n Feb. 20, he called his girlfriend, who noticed he was starting to pass out in the middle of sentences. She called his

mot her, who conv i nced him to go to the hospital by ambulance.

Doctors at the Lexington Medical Center determ ined Beasley had v i ra l men i ng it is. T he virus was so advanced that doctors placed Beasley into a medically induced coma.

But when t hey t r ied to wake him two days later, he wouldn’t.

He remained comatose for 20 days, fi nally waking on March 12.

Beasley remains in i ntensive ca re at t he Medical Universit y of Sout h Carolina in Cha rleston, where he was t ra nsfer red wh i le comatose. He st ill has a tracheal tube inserted and cannot speak; he currently communicates only t h rough head ge st u re s.

W h i le he w a s r e c e nt l y removed from a ventilator, it is u nclear whet her he

will return to full health.

“There’s no way to tell.

We’re choosing to believe t h a t h e’ l l m a k e a f u l l recovery. We could say he couldn’t, and he would do it anyway, just to spite us,” Plemmons said. “Doctors are amazed at how much progress he’s made so far.

A lot of people would still have severe brain damage.

He st i l l c a n’t move h is body that much, but he’s still recovering.”

Men i ng it is pre sent s itself with cold- and f lul i ke s y mptom s but c a n advance to a more serious stage in rare cases. While Beasley had received the men i ngococcal vacci ne, wh ich is requ ired of all USC students, the vaccine does not always protect against the disease.

The v ir us at t ack s t he t i s s ue s u r rou nd i ng t he spinal cord and the brain.

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Charlotte mayor resigns 2 Midlands schools named Palmetto’s Finest Wednesday after arrest

Broad River waters run low, await dam repairs Columbia has seen lower waters in the stretch of Broad River nearest the city, as its flow has been cut off in order to repair a valve in the Columbia Canal diversion dam, according to The State.

Lock hart Power Company had planned to repair the valve two weeks ago, but due to heavy rains, work was delayed for two weeks. Now, the work is to be fi nished by this weekend.

Accord i ng to Cong a ree R iverkeeper Bi l l Stangler, the Columbia section of the Broad River now looks worse than it has in the nine years he has studied it.

The valve being repaired is planned to allow a minimum f low downstream to support the river’s wildlife at times when the river’s water is especially low.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

Cha rlot te Mayor Pat r ick Ca n non resig ned Wednesday after he was arrested and charged with theft and bribery after a four-year investigation, according to The Charlotte Observer.

Cannon was released on bond of an undisclosed amount.

Cannon allegedly took bribes from undercover FBI agents five times, authorities say. The most recent incident was on Feb. 21 when he took $20,000 in cash and a trip to Las Vegas.

Additionally, Cannon allegedly accepted more than $48,000 in cash, a hotel room, airline tickets and the use of a luxury apartment in exchange for “the use of his official position,” according to Anne Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Cannon was elected five months ago after working in Charlotte politics for years. Cannon could face up to 50 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if he is found guilty on all charges.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

Two Midlands schools, Camden High School and Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science, have been named 2014 Palmetto’s Finest award winners, according to WIS-TV. Five schools were honored Wednesday by the South Carolina Association of School Administrators after being chosen during an intensive application process that judged student achievement and required on-site examinations, peer reviews and self-evaluations.

“We see this as a validation of all the great things that happen at Camden High School and across the Kershaw County School District on a daily basis,” Camden High School Principal Dan Matthews said.

“It is with great pride that I accept this on behalf of the hardest working faculty and staff anywhere.”

In the past, Lugoff-Elgin Middle School, of which Matthews was principal, and Doby’s Mill Elementary have received the award.

—Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor

TARTAN • Continued from 1 in a release.

Bickle went into the project hoping to get four product options approved, but 12 products were ultimately given approval. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of tartan merchandise will go back to the retailing department in the form of student scholarships, a philanthropic effort that Mihalik called a “win-win for all.”

Products ranging from apparel and accessories to tailgating items are available through the university bookstore and Addams University Bookstore. The complete line of products includes shirts, sweatshirts, belts, duffel bags, tote bags, ties, cups, tumblers and blankets.

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Fourth-year exercise science student Emily Learner (third from left) was named USC’s 2014 Woman of the Year at a ceremony held in Harper College Wednesday.

LEARNER • Cont. from 1 of a bl i nd re v iew of applications by a larger g r oup of r e v ie we r s , b efore t he p o ol wa s narrowed down to the six fi nalists.

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Outstanding Woman of the Year UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

CONGRATULATIONS! EMILY LEARNER

FINALISTS CATHERINE DAVENPORT ALLI FINKELSTON LEILA HEIDARI PRIYANKA JUNEJA KATHRYN KINGSMORE

“I was prett y much just given a giant wad of applications to review,” said Theresa Harrison, assistant principal of the Capstone Scholars prog r a m a nd a f i r s t round reviewer for the award. “We especially

looked for stories about experience a nd le a d e r s h ip t h at would separate a good candidate.”

T he nex t step wa s an inter v iew process i n f ront of a m i x of select ion committees

and appointed interviewers.

Ashley Byrd-White, a leadership coach at the Leadership and Service C enter, coord i nated t he com m it tee s t hat conducted the reviews.

“There’s absolutely a great pool of women in Carolina,” Byrd-White said. “Every single one that we reviewed was absolutely fantastic.”

B y r d -W h it e s a id t h e a w a r d i s m e a nt to recognize a female student for her service, involvement and dedication both on and off campus. “ T he out s t a nd i n g woman award is ver y special here at USC,” Byrd-White said. “It’s wonderful to recognize women leaders here at Carol i na, a nd it’s a n especially nice way to recognize them as they move forward in their lives and careers.”

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MENINGITIS • Continued from 1 Most cases are resolved on their own in seven to 10 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but Beasley’s case was uncommon.

Doctors believe t hat Beasley’s body “went into attack mode on itself while fighting the viral meningitis ... producing too many antibodies and creating excessive inf lammation” according to a Facebook post by his father, Terry Beasley. The excessive i n f l a m m at io n le d t o B e a s le y ’s condition, which would have been more ser ious if he d id not seek medical attention when he did.

“If he hadn’t gone to the doctor, he would’ve slipped into a coma on his own,” Plemmons said. “Then, he would have had a 1 percent chance of waking up. The chances of waking up after he stayed in the medically induced coma were better, but still not good.”

Since entering the coma, Beasley has undergone countless procedures.

Mondays

His parents, who both work fulltime and have children in middle and elementary schools, travel from Chapin to Charleston every day to visit their son. Medical bills and travel expenses for Beasley’s family keep escalating.

“It’s a crippling amount of bills no matter how well-off you are,” Plemmons said.

A f t e r s p e a k i n g t o B e a s l e y ’s parents, Plemmons decided to try to help ease the burden.

She a nd a g roup of Bea sle y ’s friends have organized a fundraiser to help with Beasley’s medical bills at Texas Roadhouse in Irmo, where 10 percent of food sales between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight will go directly to Beasley’s family. Cash donations will also be accepted at the restaurant. “ He h a s t he w hole t ow n [of Chapin] rallying for him,” Plemmons said. “His family is so grateful for the support.”

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College sports unions can help level playing field ISSUE A federal agency ruled that college athletes are employees and can form unions.

OUR STANCE NCAA policies are backwards, and unions are a step in the right direction.

The National Labor Relations Board’s ruling Wednesday that college athletes have the right to unionize carries a few large implications.

Perhaps the most startling is that students participating i n s p o r t s a r e , e f f e c t i v e l y, employees of t he school and t herefore have t he r ight to collective action. The federal agency considered scholarships a method of paying athletes, rounding out the defi nition.

We found it hard to disagree with the ruling. Here’s why: —These athletes work 50 to 60 hours a week performing intense labor, while work ing for an organization that doesn’t have to cover t heir med ical costs should they be injured.

(An outcome that isn’t exactly unheard of when it comes to full-contact sports.)

—The vague idea of paying these athletes, around whom a

multi-billion dollar industry has been constructed, is dismissed out of hand by the NCAA. —T h e m o s t p r o g r e s s i v e proposa l on t he t able f rom t he NC A A i s t o g i ve e ac h at hlete a $2,000 st ipend. I n the whirlwind of free-f loating cash that is the national college football economy, the NCA A is not qu ite w i l l i ng to g ive each player 0.001 percent of an average coach’s salary.

In this kind of environment, it’s obv ious t hat somet h i ng ne e de d t o b e do ne . W h i le there is some debate as to the

“If [college athletes] are willing to spend their youth, and risk their health, working in that industry, then they have the right to fight for adequate protection and compensation. If unionizing is the way to secure those two conditions, then it’s a welcome, and longoverdue, change”

ef fec t ivene ss of u n ion iz i ng t hese st udent s, t he st ate of t h ings as t hey are is simply unsustainable.

T h e NC A A’s p o s it io n i s that these student-athletes are amateurs, primarily students before anything else. It seems to think that most of these players chose to go into football on a whim, to give them a chance to supplement their studies.

Tel l t hat to t he “st udentathletes” of UNC Chapel Hill, some of whom read below a third-grade level, according to a study conducted earlier this yea r. T he idea t hat col lege recruiters see them as students f i rst a nd at h letes second is wrong on its face.

They are recruited to work in a huge, profitable entertainment i ndu st r y, w it h a por t ion of education on the side. (If they have enough time, that is.)

If they are willing to spend t hei r yout h , a nd r i sk t hei r health, working in that industry, then they have the right to fight for adequate protect ion and compensation.

If unionizing is the way to secure those t wo conditions, then it’s a welcome, and longoverdue, change.

Obama’s contraception rule too broad Separation of religion, state in dispute The Affordable Care Act is back in front of the Supreme Court this week, this time with its “cont racept ion mandate” under fi re.

In short, the Affordable Care Act requires employers above a certain size to offer health care plans and pay some of the costs.

Those health care plans include coverage or part ial coverage of up to 20 different kinds of contraception.

The act, as originally written, a l low s for some non-prof it organizat ions (churches, for e x a mple) t o b e r e l i g iou s l y e xe mp t e d f r o m p a y i n g f or contraceptives that they feel violate their beliefs. However, there is currently no exemption f o r “ r e g u l a r ,” f o r - p r o f i t companies.

The Hobby Lobby case is named after the larger of the two companies bringing suit: a national arts-and-crafts chain that employs over 13,000 people nationally that is owned by a deeply religious family. This family (and thousands of others across the country) feels that many of these contraceptives are forms of abortion, which they view as murder.

T h e y p o i n t t o t h e 2 010 Citizens United decision, which

ruled that businesses have First Amendment freedom of speech rights, as a basis for extending Fi r st A mend ment rel ig iou s freedom rights to corporations as well.

T h e m a i n p r o b l e m w it h a rg u ment t h at none of t he m e t h o d s o f c o nt r a c e p t i o n c over e d b y t he A f f ord able Care Act are abor t ions (t he bill specifically prevents public funds to be u sed to pay for abortions); rather, t hey all prevent fer t i l i z at ion i n the fi rst place.

In fact, by definition, cont racept ion Ross only includes Abbott Second-year t he “prevent ion business of conception or economics i mp r e g n at io n .” student A ny met hods of ter m i nat i ng a pregnancy (that is, abortion) t hat ha s a l ready beg u n a re therefore not contraception.

That said, t here are some people whose beliefs prevent the use of birth control of any k ind, abortive or not. There are also religions that do not believe in blood transfusions, others that do not believe in chemotherapy and still others that don’t believe in any medical treatment at all.

If the Supreme Court finds t hat compa n ies ca n exempt t hemselves f rom pay i ng for some medical procedures on the grounds of religious objections, how do we draw the line between which of those objections are “legitimate” versus those that are not without breaching the separation of church and state?

D o b u s i ne s s e s ow ne d b y people who subscribe to these beliefs get to exempt themselves from covering basic (i.e. lifesav i ng) med ic a l t reat ment s for t heir employees, even if t he employees do not share t hose relig ious conv ict ions?

A lter nat ively, do employees compel these business owners to do things they believe will doom t hem to eternal dam nat ion?

Neit her of t hese opt ions is particularly appealing, and they are an inevitable result of the “one size fits all” solution that is the Affordable Care Act. This is but one bioet hical dilemma t hat once was decided on a case-by-case basis between individual employers a nd employee s t h at , u nder the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court must make for everyone. Thanks, Obama.

BP’s spotty past makes new drilling unacceptable Irresponsible business practices demands scrutiny BP is bidding for federal leases to explore for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, just days after the EPA lifted a 16-month ban that kept the oil company from exploring the outer continental shelf.

The company was banned in 2012 from renewing federal leases after agreeing to plead guilty to criminal charges for the death of 11 of its workers in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster and for lying to Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking into the Gulf of Mexico.

So what’s the big deal, right? BP did its time, and now it’s going back to what it does best.

However, BP’s rap sheet since the Gulf oil spill is anything but clean. This week, its W hiting refinery in Indiana suffered a malfunction and oozed between 10 and 12 barrels of crude oil into Lake Michigan, the equivalent of 500 gallons.

We all remember seeing t he headlines about BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 people and injured 17.

The blowout preventer — a device intended to contain oil that can be released in a blowout — failed, and what followed is regarded as the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, leaking 5,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

A surplus of media coverage inspired a publ ic outcr y. President Ba rack Oba ma addressed t he nat ion regarding t he issue and promised to use “every single available resource,” including the U.S. militar y, to contain the spill. Taxpayer dollars bailed out yet another private company, a sort of environmental TARP program.

However, there seems to be a lack of public outrage over BP’s current bids for federal drilling rights. Have we all forgotten the disasters this company is responsible for?

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig was located just 42 miles off of the coast of Louisiana. The spill distressed wildlife all along the coast and endangered fi shing industries — one of the biggest industries in the region.

What kind of message is our government send i ng when it a l low s compa n ie s t hat conduct business irresponsibly to drill right in our backyard?

BP should be under constant public scrutiny for its past indiscretions, and it should be held to a strict standard. The company should also not be considered for government contracts.

I n a c apit a l ist soc iet y, t he on ly way to reprimand a company is to hit it in the pocket.

— Anthony Decoro, third- year b road cas t journalism student

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MisterWives is one of the latest entries in the growing trend of potpourri music, bands that synthesize too many sounds for an easy genre descriptor. Intricate and diverse, the band’s music moves from soul to dance to pop

to folk, sometimes in the same song.

T h e b a n d r e l e a s e d i t s d e b u t E P, “Reflections,” in January, which has led to a relative avalanche of attention and accolades.

Now they’re on the road, currently on the Sperry Top-Siders Vacationland Tour, which is being brought to Greene Street today by Carolina Productions.

“It’s been incredible,” bassist William Hehir said of the band’s newfound success. “We actually just hit 10,000 followers on Facebook. ... We’ve really been offered a number of opportunities and experiences that were kind

of beyond our wildest dreams when we started together.”

The band came up through the New York music scene, pursuing music in its members’ own ways until the band came together and showed potential. Every member was born in New York except for guitar player Marc Campbell, who came to the city five years ago. “ N e w Yo r k ’s k i n d o f t h i s r e g i o n o f culturalism, so all of the bands that we would ever want to go see always come through New York, and we [took] advantage of the fact that WIVES • 7

New Studio Cellar offers cozy atmosphere Wine-and-paint bar provides art opportunities for novices Molly Wyatt

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Painting, wine, live music – Studio Cellar has it all. The rustic f loors and string lights lend a distinctive atmosphere to the Vista’s newest artistic venue, cozily nestled on the corner of Lady and Lincoln streets.

A giant calendar covering an entire wall shows what paintings aspiring artists can choose to learn each day. A long oak bar fl anking the opposite wall showcases the wide variety of drinks artists can sip on while they learn.

Patrons with no painting experience can follow along with one of the seven instructors in a class or follow step-by-step instructions for a selfpaced experience. There is also a paint bar where patrons can free-paint whatever they want instead of following the painting-du-jour. Visitors can also dine on appetizers from the neighboring Blue Marlin while they work.

“We wanted to dig into our inner art ist,” said Olivia Lockheart, who was with a group celebrating her friend’s new job and painted a pier at sunset. “The staff is really helpful in letting us accomplish our artistic dreams.”

The group stumbled upon Studio Cellar while walking to Starbucks, a phenomenon experienced by many of the visitors to this new business.

The painting choices are targeted at women – Chanel bottles, Louboutin shoes, pink flowers – but there are many gender-neutral and masculinet hemed paint ings as well, including idyllic landscape images of southern seas, cityscapes and the State House. There are also many famous pieces patrons can recreate by artists like Vincent van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Edgar Degas. All supplies are included in the price of a class.

Opened Feb. 1, Studio Cellar has already made an impression in the Columbia community. With live band and DJ nights, the galler y offers a unique experience for the city. When visitors are fi nished painting they are invited to stay and sip

on more wine and enjoy the space.

The wide-open space is able to handle large groups or couples and allows preregistration or walk-ins. Date nights, bachelorette parties (complete with a live model) and fundraising nights with themed paintings round out the events Studio Cellar has hosted in the past six weeks alone.

“I’m doing what I love to do and not working for someone else. I get to turn my passion into a business and share that passion with other people,” said owner and founder Charlotte Gaskins.

Gaskins, 26, has been painting h e r w h o l e l i f e . I n a d d it i o n to t a k i ng su m mer cla sse s at t he Savannah College of A rt and Design throughout high school, she graduated f rom the Art Institute of Charlotte w it h a fo c u s i n pa i nt i ng.

Gaskins decided to open her own wine-and-paint bar after visiting a similar business in Michigan.

She ho p e s t o e x p a nd t he business to major cit y centers l i ke At la nt a, Cha rlot te a nd Charleston in t he nex t f ive years, she said.

St udio Cellar is located at 912 Lady St ., a nd it ’s open f rom 5-10 p.m. on weekday s a nd noon-11 p.m. on weekends. USC st udent s ca n get a 10 percent online discount w it h t he promo code “gococks.”

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MisterWives started with vocalist/songwriter Mandy Lee, drummer Etienne Bowl and bassist Will Hehir and has added Marc Campbell on guitar and the omni-talented Dr. Blum.

the bands we’re really into are always going to be in the neighborhood at one point or another,” he said.

Hehir has been interested in music since he was a child, but he fi rst tried working in fi nance, to soul-crushing effect.

“I was sitting in a cubicle, and I’d had my dad look at me right before I went to work for the fi rst day and go, ‘Y’know, the first 10 years are the worst,’ and I was like, ‘What?’ I sat there in my cubicle, and I looked at my screen while I was typing, and I was like, ‘I’m out,’” he said, laughing.

The professional music gig has worked out bet ter, lead i ng to a break neck series of tours for the band. Despite their length, the tours were a good time for the group.

“I n 2013, we spent t he fou r t h quarter being constantly on tour.

We started up in September, and we really — with the exception of a twoday break — didn’t finish up until like December 21st,” Hehir said.

“We’re always in the van, telling jokes with one another, swapping

stories, listening to music. ... We all get along incredibly well, so we never get sick of the conversation. I think being on tour in and of itself is what the fun is.”

With such compatibility, the band works on songs collaboratively after singer and songwriter Mandy Lee works out a skeleton of melody and lyrics. They focus on the needs of the song, using their lack of genre restrictions to their advantage.

“T he t h i ng t hat we t r y to do is combine all sorts of inf luences that we’ve had, and so I don’t think there’s one predominate thing to say, like, ‘Oh, it’s more folky than it is dancy,’ because I think different songs lend themselves to different type(s) of genre(s).”

One question remains: Where did the name MisterWives come from?

“That’s act ua l ly a f l ip on t he Mormon term ‘sisterwives,’” Hehir said. “Sisterwives ... for Mormons, is when an individual marries a bunch of different women, and we just took it in reverse.”

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Sophomore DC Arendas drove in the fourth and final run in the Gamecocks’ win Wednesday.

BASEBALL • Continued from 10 of the season in the win.

South Carolina added to its total in the third inning after a Brison Celek grounder vaulted off third base and into left field, allowing junior Connor Bright to score from second. A cue shot of f the end of sophomore DC Arendas’ bat pushed across what would turn out to be the fi nal run for the Gamecocks, scoring Bright from third.

A f t e r We d n e s d a y ’ s g a m e , t h e Gamecocks’ team earned run average now sits at 1.80, which just edges out LSU’s 1.85 mark for best team ERA in the SEC. Ju n ior Joey Pa n k a ke ex tended h is hitting streak to 12 games in the bottom

of t he f irst in ning. He is one shy of Bright’s mark of 13, which was snapped earlier this season.

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“Hopefully, we can get healthy Friday and be ready, because we’re going to need to be,” Holbrook said. “We’re going to have to do more offensively. We’re going to have to play better to be able to win the series this weekend against Tennessee.”

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Junior pitcher Evan Beal winds up for a pitch Wednesday against Coastal Carolina in his first start of the 2014 campaign after suffering from a back injury early on.

Beal pitches 4 hitless innings in 1st start of season against Chanticleers Danny Garrison

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Sophomore Evan Beal took the mound for the fi rst time this season in Wednesday night’s 4-0 win over Coastal Carolina. For Beal, it was the fi nal step in a long road to recovery after sitting out parts of preseason practice and the regular season due to a lingering back problem.

“I feel like it’s been an eternity,” Beal said. “Win, lose or draw, I was just kind of happy to be out there. ... You don’t really feel like you’re on the team when you’re not getting in there.”

The right-hander was pulled after four innings

of work, allowing no hits. He walked one batter in the second inning. Head coach Chad Holbrook said that Beal’s 48 pitches were a little more than he was planning on letting him pitch.

With a non-conference opponent coming to town for the second straight day, Holbrook was able to rest second baseman Max Schrock and catcher Grayson Greiner, who are current ly nursing injuries.

“There’s a number of reasons tonight was a big win for us,” Holbrook said. “Obviously, the most important thing was getting the win, but we didn’t use (junior pitcher Cody) Mincey, we didn’t use (junior pitcher Joel) Seddon, and you know we didn’t have Greiner or Schrock available. So, to continue to get those guys rest, and I think it’s important for us to rest Mincey and Seddon as

well.”

The offense didn’t miss a beat, as they were able to pull down four runs on eight hits without their All-American catcher, Greiner, and team leader in home runs, Schrock.

The Gamecocks got on the board in the second inning, tagging Chanticleers starter Dalton Moats for two runs off a Marcus Mooney double. That turned out to be all South Carolina needed, as the pitching staff shut down the opposing offense, as has been the case all year.

Sophomore Curt Britt pitched three innings in relief of Beal, allowing only one hit and striking out four in the process. Sophomore Vince Fiori pitched a perfect eighth, giving way to freshman Reed Scott in the ninth, who made his fifth appearance BASEBALL • 9

Women’s tennis looks to snap 6-match losing skid South Carolina set to host LSU, Arkansas over weekend Dalton Abel

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T he S out h C a r ol i n a wo me n’s tennis team will look to snap a sixmatch losing streak when it hosts No. 55 LSU and No. 46 A rkansas this weekend.

The Gamecocks are 10-8 overall and have not won since their SEC opener against Missouri in February.

Despite t he sk id, No. 56 Sout h Carolina has been compet it ive in recent matches. The task was tall this past weekend as they visited top-20 opponents Alabama and Auburn, but the Gamecocks kept it interesting.

Overall, head coach Kevin Epley says his team has been playing better as of late.

“I would say this is the first weekend that everybody competed really hard,” Epley said. “We have some young people on the team, and our culture is still being established.”

Sout h Ca rol i na’s weekend wa s capped by a 4-1 loss to the Tigers in a match that lasted over four hours.

Dow n t he double s poi nt , ju n ior Meghan Blevins delivered a straightset victory out of the No. 4 spot to even the score. After senior Katerina Popova fell in straight sets, she and Blevins watched as the other four singles matches spilled into third sets.

The Gamecocks were defeated after dropping two third sets, but were in position to win the other two matches still on court.

In Friday’s match, junior Elixane L e c hem ia a nd sen ior Dom i n i k a Kanakova went to a tiebreaker in the deciding doubles match against the No. 8 tandem in the nation. The South Carolina duo dropped an extended tiebreaker 9-7 to give Alabama the early advantage. Lechemia served as the bright spot in singles, giving the Gamecocks their only point of the day with a straight-set victory over No. 58

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Junior Elixane Lechemia has seen some success in recent contests, earning the team’s only point in its the matchup with Alabama.

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As South Carolina prepares to take on the back half of its conference schedule, Epley can only hope that the tenacity his team has played with recent ly w ill spark a second-half surge.

“This is the time of the year where people start to get a little frazzled,” Epley said. “Hopes are this is the time of year we start gaining momentum.”

Of South Carolina’s six SEC losses, five are against teams currently in the top 20. Friday’s match against LSU (9-8, 2-6 SEC) will start a stretch of

five consecutive matches against teams outside the top 25 before finishing the regular season against No. 10 Vanderbilt. A rkansas, meanwhile, enters the weekend at 2-6 in the SEC and 12-10 overall.

Although three of the Gamecocks’ next four opponents — including both this weekend — are in the bottom half of the SEC standings, Epley says that should not alter his team’s approach.

“This is the SEC, and there no free matches,” Epley said. “Everybody’s going to come out competing hard, and they need the wins just as bad as

we do.”

Mired in an uncharacteristic slump with a signif icantly younger team than ones in years past, Epley hopes t he h igh ex pec t at ion s t hat have been placed on his program do not affect his players’ growth and mental toughness. “ We ju st have to foc u s on t he process of getting better week-toweek and adjusting and just trust that one of these matches is gonna fall our way,” he said.

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