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Const r uct ion on The Ernest F. Hollings Special C o l l e c t i o n s L i b r a r y, adjacent to t he Thomas Cooper Library, wrapped up in June. The $18 million, 50,000 -square-foot facilit y will be dedicated Friday, July 23 at an event f e at u r i n g a nu mb e r of dignitaries including Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Hollings himself. T h e l i b r a r y, w h i c h is t he on ly nat iona l ly ra n ked research librar y in the state, houses three depa r t ment s on t h ree floors: The South Carolina Pol it ic a l C ol le c t ion s (SCPC), The Ir v in
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happens within the stacks — where we’re able to preser ve these things — but it also happens in our d ig it a l col lec t ions a rea because when you digitize something you preserve it, but you also provide access to it because we put it up on the Web so that people can see these images all over the world,” McNally said. “Access and preservation, for me those are the two keys to this building.” The SCPC was e s t abl i s he d i n 19 91 t o document government at the local, state and national levels in the post-World War II era. “One person asked me why did I want to dedicate my life to document ing t he careers of fat, bald, o ld m e n , a n d w e d o a lot more than that,” said Herb Hartsook, director of t he SCPC. “We have a g reat diversit y i n ou r collections.”
Featuring the papers of prom inent state leaders i nclud i ng 11 gover nors and 23 former and current members of Congress, the SCPC is South Carolina’s premier repository of this kind. “A lot of our collections are open collections that are receiving reg ular additions, and that’s one of the differences between our holdings and say the things at the South Caroliniana Library here on campus.” H a r t s o o k s a i d . “ We have some of the largest manuscript collections that are collected any where. Fritz Hollings’ papers is second in size only to the Strom Thurmond papers, so we collect really large collections.” T he SCPC hold i ng s also include photographs, ele c t ron ic re c ord s a nd audio/video recordings. The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special
Collect ions includes a n array of materials spanning over the last 600 years. “Rare Books and Special Collect ions has been collect ing for 20 0 years,” said Patrick Scott, d i rec tor of R a re Book s and Special Collections. “It has great collections of international importance, and we think of ourselves as having a special mission of doing things with the collections— making them available to people.” T he c ol le c t ion’s holdings, which has g row n sevenfold i n t he last 25 years, total more t h a n 150 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s a nd over 50 a rch iva l collections. According to the department’s brochure, t he broad variet y major collect ions includes t he work of Charles Darwin, Joh n M i lton, Rober t Burns, Giuseppe Garibaldi,
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Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Digital Collections. The main level of the building is the public access level where seminar rooms and meeting rooms are located, and where rotating exhibits will be displayed. Beneath t he ma i n f loor — t he staff area — materials are digitized. “The lowest level of the building is the stack level,” said Dean of Libraries Tom McNally, “and this is the area that, as a librarian, makes my heart pound fast because it’s cold, it’s dark, it’s dry with huge shelving units that move, and it will protect our collections for centuries to come.” Mc Na l ly emph a si z ed t wo t hemes beh i nd t he design of the library, the first of which is access to the collections. “The second issue is t he preser vat ion of the collections, and that
T he S o ut h C a r ol i n a Shakespeare Company will present “Mirrored Time,” an original play written and directed by fourt hyear USC theatre student Gabrielle Peterson, on July 23, 24, and 25 at 7:30 p.m. “Mirrored Time” is an or ig i n a l pl ay b a sed on Scottish folklore and oral t r ad it io n s . Pl a y w r i g ht Peterson has completed h e r b a c h e l o r ’s d e g r e e in Theat re w it h an emphasis on performing, direct ing, and advanced s y nt hesis of phy sica l t rain ing met hodolog ies
at t he Un iversit y of Sout h Ca rol i na. She is now beginning work towards a second degree in International Relations and will graduate in May 2011. Peterson was awarded the Magellan Scholarship to t ravel to Scot land to research Scottish folklore and oral traditions, write and produce an original p l a y. S h e h a d b e e n t o Scot la nd before, as a participant and performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at age 18. Peterson said that during this visit she “fell in love with the country and the culture.” “When I heard about the opportunit y to apply for the Magellan Scholarship, I t hought it cou ld be a c h a nc e to c ombi ne my love for Scotland with my love of theatre and that’s how the project started,”
Peterson said. T he pl ay i s i n s pi re d by severa l of t he fol k tales Peterson read while conducting her research. It includes the actual folklore characters and archetypes. “Several pieces of t he show came f rom little things I noticed or experienced living in the countr y,” Peterson said. “It was also inspired by some of the artifacts and h istor ic a l do c u ment s I examined.” The plot follows a boy n a m e d C h a r l ie o n h i s “secret quest to appease the supernat ural characters found in Scottish folklore in order to save his family’s existence, his mother’s life, and gain a chance at a life with the one he loves.” “Mirrored Time” f o c u s e s o n C h a r l i e ’s
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Many areas in downtown Columbia have a reputation for high crime rates but t wo Universit y of Sout h Ca rol i na professors a re hoping to change that. Da rc y Fre e d m a n a nd Ronald Pit ner, assista nt
professors in the College of Social Work, have received a $ 650 ,0 0 0 , t h ree -ye a r g r a nt f rom t he K re sge Foundation. This grant will be used to conduct research i n sever a l com mu n it ie s i n dow ntow n Colu mbia to get resident s more involved in improving their neighborhoods. “As much as it is about c r i m e a n d s a f e t y, i t ’s also about creating more opportunities for people to interact with one another, to develop relationships, trust
and rapport,” Freedman said in a recent press release. Freed m a n a nd Pit ner a r e c ol l ab o r at i n g w it h facult y from the College of Mass Communications and Information St udies a nd t he d e p a r t me nt of criminology and criminal justice in the College of A r t s a nd Sc iences. T he research team will also work with the Columbia Housing Authority to conduct their study. “The idea is to get people i nt e r a c t i n g m o r e w it h
each ot her, for residents to take ownership of the c o m m u n it y a n d c r e at e hea lt hy spaces i n t he com mu n it y,” Freed m a n said. “We want to focus on community engagement,” Pitner said in a recent press release. More than 1,000 people live in the public-housing neighborhoods that border downtown Columbia, the t a rget com mu n it ie s for t his st udy. Compared to Columbia as a whole, the
area has much higher rates of v iolent a nd proper t y crimes. “ Re se a rc h h a s show n that residents that live in low-income, high-crime a rea s tend to w it hd r aw and not interact with each ot her a s of ten ,” P it ner sa id. “ T h is c a n lead to more neighborhood decay, greater perceptions of crime a nd , u lt i m ately, h igher rates of crime. We want to reverse that by having
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Unemployment NC NAACP head Jailed Cuban rate improves arrested before dissidents may school board face exile in SC in June S out h C a rol i n a’s unemploy ment rate dropped to 10.7 percent in June, but figures released Tuesday by the Department of Employ ment and Workforce show the total number of jobs decreased as did the overall work force. The jobless rate improved for t he f if t h st ra ight month and was down from a r e v i s e d 11.1 p e r c e nt i n May. Nat iona l ly, t he unemployment rate was 9.5 percent in June, down from 9.7 percent. The state lost 3,000 jobs during the month. And for the fourth straight month, South Carolina’s work force decreased — this time by almost 10,000 people. “The drop in our state’s jobless rate has been largely driven by the unemployed dropping out of the labor f o r c e ,” e m p l o y m e n t depa r t ment exec ut ive d i rec tor Joh n L . Fi n a n said in a news release. “We still have a long way to go i n i nc rea si ng consu mer confidence, which will lead to increased demand and job growth.” T he br ight spot s i n Tu e s d a y ’s r e p o r t w e r e increases in construction (900) and manufacturing (5 0 0 ) j o b s d u r i n g t h e mont h. Bot h of t hose sectors, however, were still off significantly from last year; construction by 8,900 jobs and manufacturing by 4,000 jobs.
R A LEIGH, N.C. — T h e h e a d o f No r t h Carolina’s NAACP chapter was arrested Tuesday as advocates prepa red to confront a count y school board t hat voted to eliminate a busing policy focused on diversity. The Rev. William Barber, who was banned from the gathering after a trespassing arrest at a board meeting last month, was again taken into custody along w it h others at the Wake County S c ho ol s ad m i n i st r at ion building in Raleigh. The NA ACP led a rally earlier Tuesday with about 1,000 protesters marching through North Carolina’s capital. Barber encouraged t he crowd to at tend t he meet i ng, where R a leigh p ol ic e s e t u p a mob i le com ma nd center w it h roughly two dozen officers. Ba rber prayed w it h supporters before police stopped him from approaching the building. He said shortly before his arrest that he was coming peacefully to give a letter to the school board chairman. T h e Wa k e C o u n t y School Board has voted multiple times over the last several months to scrap the district’s diversity policy, which distributed students based on socioeconomics and for years had been a model for other districts looking to balance diversity in schools.
H AVA N A — U . S . diplomats in Havana have t old r e l at i v e s of j a i le d Cuban dissidents t hat it will be more difficult for them to apply for asylum in America if they fi rst accept a Church-brokered deal to trade jail for exile in Spain. The meetings, confirmed by the family members of six imprisoned dissidents, come at a delicate time and could complicate releases of some 52 activists, journalists and opposition leaders arrested in a 2003 crackdown. Under a deal brokered by Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega earlier this month, Cuba ha s a l ready f reed 11 political prisoners and flown them to Madrid. The rest of t he jailed d is sident s have eit her r e f u s e d t o g o , or h av e not yet been contacted by Roman Cat holic chu rch officials. The church has said ex ile in Spain is an “o p t i o n ,” b u t h a s n o t specified what will happen to those who refuse to leave the country. The family members of several dissidents who have not yet accepted Spanish asylum met Tuesday with officials at the U.S. Interests Section, which Washington maintains in Havana instead of an embassy. Other family members are expected to visit the Interests Section in coming days.
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Fourth-year student Jorge Andres Arias, does a skateboarding trick at the Owens Field Skate Park.
Change in Solomon Blatt Physical Education Center Operational Hours Effective Aug. 1, 2010, the Solomon Blatt Physical Education Center will operate from 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday and will be closed on weekends and University holidays. This change in schedule will allow the center to operate within budget for the upcoming year. The reduction is designed to affect the least number of facility patrons. Campus Recreation hopes that those who usually visited the center during other times can adjust their schedules to take advantage of the 60 hours of availability at the Blatt. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to utilize the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center as operational hours remain unaffected by budget reductions. Full-time faculty and staff are encouraged to take a look at the membership options available at the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center. Student membership to the Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center remains unaffected. Please contact Herbert Camp (hcc@mailbox.sc.edu) or Kim Dozier (kimm@ mailbox.sc.edu) with questions or for additional information. Information provided by Kim Dozier
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accessibi l it y t h rough digitization and its website. T he d ig it a l col lec t ion s department was established in 2004 and to date features more than 60,000 items in more than 60 collections t hat a re ava i lable for publ ic use. Ma k i ng t he collections available online m i n i m iz es t he t radeof f bet ween availabilit y and preservation that exists at all closed-stack libraries. The Hollings Librar y includes a room created to house a Zeut schel scanner, the only overhead scanner of its kind in the United states, dedicated to digitizing large format materials such as books, maps, photog raphs a nd manuscripts. “ R i g ht n o w t h r o u g h an N EH ( National Endow ment for t he Humanities) grant we’re sca n n ing a lot of SC newspapers from 1860 to 1923, we also have some audio a nd f ilm clips online,” said librarian Kate
Boyd. Dig ital Collect ions is staf fed by one f ull-t ime librarian, t wo f u ll-t ime staff and six part-time staff, five of which are funded through grants. “Thanks to this wonderf ul new building a nd overhead sca n ner ... we have the space and equipment to increase the amount of scanning we do without jeopardizing the condition of the materials,” Boyd said. Scott says the library is something USC students can be proud of regardless of where they come from. He said that with these resources st udents from Sout h Carolina, who may sometimes question why they chose to attend USC rat her t han go out of state, can be sure to get an educat ion at USC as good as one at any other institution. “We have students come from elsewhere, McNair scholars and things, they
Shakespeare ● Continued from 1 com i ng- of-age a nd t he c h o i c e b e t w e e n d u t y, responsibilit y and humanity’s own personal desires. “It s message ex plores the importance of speech and the vitality of stories and art to the ancient Scots a s t hei r on ly mea n s of record keeping,” Peterson said. “Stories were v ital to t hese people’s su r v ival. The importance we still place on communication derives from this cultural heritage.” The play was originally written for children, but Peter son sa id it slowly evolved into a show that would appeal to the entire family. The show has some dark elements and serious
sit uat ions, like a fat her returning from war, but Peterson say s t he show never loses its children’s appeal. T he s how ’s n i ne characters are portrayed by an eight member cast which includes recent and former USC students. Working on “Mirrored Time” was Peterson’s fi rst experience with writing a play. “I had never written a play before,” Peterson said. “I found it dif f icult but also very rewarding. There is nothing like watching a talented group of people breat he l ife i nto words that had just been floating around in my brain for the fi rst time. [It is] surreal.” Peterson wrote the play in two days. “I t hen let it sit for a month and came back and
reedited it over the period of about a week,” she said. “There were cha nges and additions made after rehea r sa ls had st a r ted. Several of them actually came from ad-libbed lines in rehearsal.” T he SC Sh a ke sp ea re Company is showcasing Peterson as part of their new Emerg ing A r t ist Program. Per for ma nces w ill be held at the Saluda Shoals Park Env iron mental Education Center, located at 5605 Bush River Road. T i c k e t s a r e $10 f o r adu lt s , $5 for ch i ld ren 12 and under. For ticket i nfor mat ion, cont act Saluda Shoals Park at (803) 213-2025.
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Museum. “Getting the residents engaged in their community will increase the likelihood that our housing will be safe,” said Taleshia Stewart, d i rec tor of f a m i ly selfsufficiency for the Columbia Housing Aut horit y, in a recent press release.
“G et t i ng ou r people out of their homes, having t hem more engaged and tak ing ow nership of t he com mu n it y is what w ill make this project a success.”
nineteent h-cent ur y A mer ica n l iterat u re, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hem i ng way a nd Joseph Heller. “Well I used to say, the South Caroliniana Library has South Carolina; I have the rest of the world,” Scott said. Like the South C a r o l i n i a n a L i b r a r y, Hol l i ng s Libra r y is a closed-stack librar y and resources must be called from the stacks in order to be used for research. “St udent s a ren’t used to closed-stack libraries,” Scott said, “and our aim is to make things available to p e ople who c a n u s e t hem now a nd to ma ke sure t hey’re available in the future as well. We hope that students will have a good experience using it, but it is a n educat ional tradeoff.” T h e d e p a r t m e nt h a s m ade g rou nd-bre a k i ng s t r id e s t ow a r d g r e at e r
residents identify what their community concerns are, and to have them actively work together to change them.” The goal for the first year of research is to identif y concerns about crime and safet y in the communit y. This will be done through a concept k nown as PhotoVoice, in which teens and adults document the strengths and concerns of their community through photographs. Seven young people have already begun t he PhotoVoice projec t w it h f u nd i ng t h rough a grant from USC’s A rts a nd Hu m a n it ie s G r a nt Program. In the coming mont hs adu lt s w i l l a lso work on t he PhotoVoice project. The results of the project will be displayed in an exhibit opening January 18, 2011 at the McKissick
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need persuading this is a great a universit y, and it is,” Scott said. “Like the horseshoe, which says this is a historic university, this says it’s a great university — a nationally competitive university — and it says it not just to the students who are here, and we hope they get the use of it, but it says it to people elsewhere.” The July 23 dedication is closed to t he publ ic, and the Thomas Cooper Library will close at 6 p.m. T hu r s d a y, Ju l y 22 a nd reopen after the event at 2 p.m. Friday, July 23. A f ter t he ded icat ion the Hollings Library will be open to v isitors a nd researchers 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mor e i n f o r m at io n c a n be found on the library’s w e b s i t e : w w w. s c . e d u / library/develop/renovation. html Comments on this story? E-mail sagcknew@mailbox.sc.edu
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T he Er nest F. Hollings Special Collections Library 2010 Exhibits and Events Current Exhibitions:
“Life in the Mansion: The First Families of South Carolina” South Carolina Political Collections Gallery, July-September 2010 “Two Centuries of Collecting: Some Treasures from the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections” Irvin Department Exhibition Gallery, July-October 2010
Upcoming Exhibitions:
“Nineteenth-Century American Women: An Exhibition from the Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Writers and Related Collections” Irvin Department Exhibition Gallery, November 2010-February 2011 “The English Bible: An Exhibition for the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible, 1611” Irvin Department Exhibition Gallery, March-June 2011
Special Events:
The Fall Festival of Authors Talks and readings by Susan Orlean, Oct. 19; Colson Whitehead, Oct. 28; and Robert Crawford, Nov. 11
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Obama take note: Graham voted ‘yes’ On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan for consideration before the full Senate by a vote of 13 to 6. As habit during the Obama administration, Democrats voted in favor and Republicans voted against. Except for one: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican from our great state, did not vote with his party. According to a Tuesday, June 20 article in The New York Times, “Senate Panel Backs Kagan Nomination,” even though Graham said he would not have chosen Kagan personally, he felt “the person who did choose — President Obama — I think chose wisely.” Graham criticized his fellow Republicans as well as Barack Democrats O b a m a d u r i n g h i s days in the Senate for voted in favor and basing Supreme Court confirmation votes “on Republicans voted philosophy rather than a nominee’s qualifications against. Except for and character.” Graham he believed Kagan one: Sen. Lindsey said passed those tests — the only two that mattered. Graham. Graham also said something that many Republicans won’t admit: “we lost, President Obama won.” In this admission of defeat, Graham won a moral victory. By respecting the judicial nominee choices of President Obama when Senator Obama did not respect George W. Bush’s, Graham conveyed the bipartisan spirit that the president is so severely lacking. All Republicans, save for one, voted against Kagan for the wrong reasons. The one who stood out of the crowd was Lindsey Graham, and we are proud to have him as our senator. Yes, this even makes up for the infamously non sequitur “Where were you last Christmas?” question he asked Kagan during the confirmation hearings. With Graham’s help maybe Kagan will be in Washington this December 25.
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Flood of freshmen just won’t fit Too many women in incoming class for housing to house Once again, the University of South Carolina has admitted the largest freshman class in its history. We’ve been breaking this old record for quite some time now; I don’t know exactly how much more we can break a broken record. While I do not condone freshman bashing, we do have to take stock of what our university may be headed into once fall classes begin next month. The University is about to get a bit more crowded, more than it already has been in the past five years or so. According to a source in the Orientation and Testing office, 4,800 new students came to orientation events last month. While this number may fluctuate between Austin now and August, it is safe to Jackson Third-year say that nearly 5,000 freshmen political science are coming this fall. While student there will be major challenges in increased traffic, the catch is that a wrench has been thrown in women’s housing. Research done on t his campus and nationally suggests there is a correlation between living on campus as a freshman and long-term success in college. Therefore, t h is u n iversit y requ ires f resh men to live on campus with limited exceptions. Given that Carolina often attracts more women than men, and that the University’s largest women’s residence hall has closed for renovat ion s , t he nex u s of t he se circumstances has produced some peculiar challenges. An e-mail from the University Housing
office to staff and female resident advisors two weeks ago admitted that the number of freshmen in need of housing “exceeded the upper limits of planning scenarios” and were a few hundred beds short for women. To compensate, 150 male bed spaces were converted to female spaces, new spaces were created in McClintock, South Tower and Capstone, women were made eligible to move to Cliff Apartments and upperclass women were offered to opt out of their housing contracts without penalty. The latter move only yielded seven beds. In all, this cleared 245 beds for incoming freshman females. The linchpin in all this is that in order to create even more space, about 65 female resident advisers in six residence halls are temporarily being assigned a freshman roommate. As space eventually opens, those freshmen will be the first to move to vacant beds, and in the meantime those RAs will be compensated for every week they have a roommate. This still won’t clear the sheer number of beds needed to house all those freshmen. That is why I took a few minutes to visit Jami Campbell, the coordinator for Offcampus Student Services. She did say that since there is a robust market for off-campus st udent housing, prices have dropped sharply. For instance, some beds at Aspyre at Assembly Station have fallen to $480 a month. Also, according to the Off-campus Student Services website, two of every three undergraduate students live off-campus. While it may seem that upperclassmen are being pushed off-campus, there still are options. There are several large challenges this new freshman class presents; the housing situation is merely the elephant in the room.
Every politician wants to be Alvin Greene Greene conveys blue-collar image, excitement other candidates desire This past Sunday, those watching CNN may have witnessed the birth of a legend as the rising political giant Alvin Greene formally entered the arena with his fi rst televised speech. Hosted by the Manning chapter of the NAACP, Greene laid out the framework for his campaign based on a number of generic reforms, such as improving health care and education, and more specific developments, such as the expansion of sewage and water systems to rural parts of the state. Greene has been the confusing source of what seems to be a political practical joke. He is unemployed, he is from a small rural town and he lacks the social charisma that leads so many others to power. With national newscasters such as CN N’s Don Lemon asking Greene how he responds to remarks from two South Carolina lawmakers who suspect he has a mental impairment, it seems difficult to consider him a legitimate candidate. But if one takes his utter lack of charisma out of the equation, Alvin Greene is the epitome of what every politician yearns to be — blue collar, of rural origins, a minority and a veteran. How many times during the presidential primaries do
we hear candidates check each of those attributes off their list as they make their case to the nation? From John Edwards’ “son of a mill worker” routine to George W. Bush spending a third of his presidency in Crawford, Texas, cutting brush, it seems like every politician in the country wants to be a stylized Alvin Greene. While others preach how they will help the lower class, his low economic status seems to make him ideal to save them. Who better to fight for the extension of unemployment benefits than an unemployed man? Better yet, Alvin Greene even has the shady, questionable history that makes political leaders so Frank entertaining. He was honorably Avery Fourth-year discharged from the military for political reasons he won’t discuss, and he science is currently under investigation student for illicit activities that occurred while he was trespassing on our very own campus. It’s like a dream come true for South Carolina. Instead of waiting for him to become Bill Clinton, mired in political turmoil over his personal transgressions, or to become the next Larry Craig, arrested in an airport bathroom for lewd, supposedly homosexual conduct, an act he repeatedly condemned, South Carolinians have an
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opportunity to watch a political circus start from the beginning and call it their own. It’s as if we’re in high school again cheering on our favorite local band as it rises to fame. But just like those bands, once they make it big their original fans revile them and feel abandoned. The phenomenon of Alvin Greene is no exception. The more he is exposed to the limelight, the more he is mocked, chastised and ultimately condemned as a fool and clown. But I would like to think Greene represents an opportune moment in politics to elect someone who is truly “of the people.” Call his primary election what you may: a sham, a mistake, a secret ploy by Republicans to embarrass the Democrats. It probably is. But remember, South Carolinians hear Nikki Haley and Jim DeMint congratulate themselves on their “grassroots” campaigns every day. As far as I know, Nikki Haley has never been unemployed, and Greene doesn’t have $3.5 million in campaign finances on hand like his competitor Jim DeMint. Judging by past campaign mantras, it seems like Alvin Greene truly is “the best candidate in the United States Senate race,” as he claimed in this weekend’s speech. So perhaps it’s time to tone down the questions about his mental capacity. After all, George W. Bush was allowed to be president twice. The least South Carolinians can do is let Alvin Greene be a senator once.
S o c c e r a n d it s f a n s , I have been told, are the most passionate of all the world’s sports and spectators. But here in Madrid just after Spain’s victor y in the FIFA World Cup, the sport seems anything but graceful. There is chaos and plenty of noisy fans, and I am right in the middle of the whole thing. I was lucky enough to be in the capital of the country that just won the World Cup, and these are the tales of a bewildered American in Madrid. The city itself was packed with people hours before the game. I bought a Spanish flag from a street vendor Steven to wear around Kramer my waist during First-year t he game. But, international business student c o m p a r e d t o most Spaniards, I was severely underdressed. I saw people clad completely in yellow and red, with their faces covered in paint ings ofglistening Spanish f lags. My friends and I even had the fortune to meet a topless woman who had soccer balls painted where her bra should be. How lucky. W hen my group reached the Plaza Areti Neptuno, it was chaos. It reminded me of pictures of Woodstock or Glastonbury — the immense crowd of people, the stage with a humongous screen and the fact that we were all here united by one passion and goal: victory. Of course it wasn’t that easy to watch the game. I was packed into the crowd like a sardine, and there were Spa n iards who const a nt ly wa nted to p a s s me. T h i s annoyed me so much that some other people and I formed a blockade so no one could pass. As the game started, small riots did as well. I was pushed a r ou nd a nd o ne Sp a n i s h woman kept yelling at me in Spanish to let her pass. I told her I couldn’t do anything. After all, I couldn’t even lift my a r m s ab ove my head. Even worse, a Spaniard tried to pick a fight with me. I just shook my head ‘no’ as much as possible and pretended that I did not speak Spanish. He left me alone, probably to join another riot or fight. Despite an aching back and feet and my claustrophobia, I still enjoyed watching the first half of the game. There was a passion here that I have never seen before. Despite this passion, my cousin and I decided to head back to our hotel for free drinks, comfortable chairs and air conditioning. Yet even the hotel did not escape the chaos after Spain’s goal. After that, all hell truly broke loose. The city was one big party, and there were still a few minutes left in the game. Spaniards came up to me in the street and started hugging me. Cars constantly honked in the streets because people were mobbing the cars and spray painting them yellow and red. Here in Madrid, passion was embodied by these Spaniards and their pride in their team. I will always remember that, for a brief moment in time, I was there celebrating the passion of
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“College isn’t the place to go for ideas.” — Helen Keller
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2010
Inception NOW IN THEATERS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩
Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Run Time: 148 minutes Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout
Director Nolan’s latest labyrinthine thriller astonishes with complexity, depth Jimmy Gilmore
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Dreams. Few topics have so beguiled and frustrated filmmakers since motion pictures were first shot. For as long as critics and theorists have written about film, they have emphatically suggested that films themselves resemble dreams — they are projections of the world, an artificial reality resembling our world but always slightly eschewed from it. Di rec tor C h r istopher Nola n is no st ra nger to ex per i ment i ng w it h f il m narrative. “Memento” (2000) told a murder mystery in reverse chronology, while “The Prestige” (2006) mimicked the structure of a magic trick. With “Inception,” he takes on the meaning of dreams and consciousness, c reat i ng a n awe -i n spi r i ng a nd f u l ly enveloping parable of obsession and human frailt y against a series of miraculously staged spectacle. Leonardo DiCaprio, adding to his list of fractured characters combating their own tortured souls, stars as Dom Cobb, a thief trained in the art of “dream sharing” and “extracting” — entering a client’s subconscious dream space and stealing their deepest secrets. Living abroad as a fugitive from the United States, he struggles to overcome visions of his deceased wife and to fi nd a safe way to be reunited with his children. A sia n busi nessma n Sa ito ( Ken Watanabe) offers him a deal: if he can perform the elusive art of “inception” on Saito’s competitor Robert Fischer (Cillian Mur phy), he’ll make Cobb’s crim inal record disappear. Unlike extraction, which is portrayed as a refi ned art, inception is a little trickier — it involves planting an idea in a person’s mind so carefully that their subconscious believes the idea has been organically created. Using the generic conventions of the
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heist film — the “one last job,” a gritty cityscape, dizzying layers of exposition and narrative complication — allows Nolan to counterbalance lofty discussions about the philosophy of dreaming and the nature of reality with a discernible and relatable narrative structure. W h a t ’s m o s t f a s c i n a t i n g a b o u t “ I nc ept ion” — e ven more t h a n t he spectacular action scenes that include a gravity-defying duel in a rotating hotel hallway — is the deep control over the narrative Nolan wields. Even though it’s almost impossible to know where the story will turn next, it’s always easy to follow what’s happening and why. Filmmakers have always struggled to figure out how dreams should “look,” be it wild camera angles, bizarre lighting, incongruous editing or a general lack of logic. Nolan takes the opposite approach: his dreams almost always work by the est abl ished convent ions of ci nemat ic verisimilitude, albeit soaked in a thick level of mood. Cinematographer Wally Pfister, who has shot all of Nolan’s features, uses misty blues in exterior cityscapes and saturated oranges in interior sequences, creating popping and lush colors against f luid tracking movements and even compositions. He often adds highlights through dips into heav y lighting contrast and boldly geometric visual constructions. Every step of the way, “Inception” is gorgeous to look at; a film truly in tune with how its visual conceit can aid the motion and arc of the story. At the film’s climax, Cobb and his team, which includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as his business associate and Ellen Page as a “dream architect” who can construct environments that double as mazes, they subject Robert Fischer to four levels of dreaming — a dream within a dream within a dream within a dream. With different characters existing in each level simu ltaneously, one wou ld suspect Nolan’s film would go off the rails and devolve into an indiscernible mess, a clutter of action, noise and space. Not so. Editor Lee Smith expertly coordinates the time and motion of each moment with an unbridled precision and rhythm. While much happens in the labyrinthine narrative, screenwriter Nolan makes this fi lm squarely about Cobb — his neuroses, his trauma, his struggle to separate dream from reality. Further, part of Nolan’s economy is assuming we can catch up, balancing the given exposition against visual cues along the way to paint a picture of Cobb’s everdeteriorating world without over-explaining the technology and circumstances. With the help of an intense performance by
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Christopher Nolan’s latest film “Inception” fascinates audiences with action scenes that defy the laws of physics and a mind-bending narrative unlike any other.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio lead the cast of “Inception” as experts in the art of thieving from people’s minds via shared dreams. DiCaprio, Nolan’s epic and bombastic science-fiction vision is actually just as much a carefully rendered human portrait. Ultimately, “Inception” retreats into the inner space of the subconscious, into the ver y genesis of an idea. It is about creation and destruction simultaneously. It is about mankind’s potential and also the consequences of exceeding one’s reach. It’s also a wholly original piece that mesmer izes i ncessa nt ly over it s long runtime, ending with one final, ambiguous question: what is a dream, and does it matter what’s real and what exists solely in our subconscious?
Hollywood has been charmingly referred to as a “Dream Factory.” With all the industry he can muster, Christopher Nolan has constructed a paradoxically staggering dream of a film — “Inception” defies all logic, yet is perfectly logical. We need dreams to make sense of our world. For Christopher Nolan, and for many impassioned cinematic spectators, films can provide equal opportunities to discern the world through an artifice. “Inception” is a masterpiece of the mind, and a film that dares to take our breath away and pin our jaws to the floor, to show us what dreams — and films — are made of.
M.I.A.’s latest album fails to meet expectations Not-so-hot mess: ‘MAYA’ plagued by controversy; songs feature lyrics, beats jumbled together Chloe Gould
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
“MAYA” M.I.A. Label: N.E.E.T. Recordings ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩ B r i t i s h - S r i L a n k a n a r t i s t M a t h a n g i “ M a y a” Arulpragasam, or M.I.A., best known for her experimental sound, alternative hip-hop beats and all-around edge, is back with her third full-length album, “MAYA.” The album’s title, creatively typed out on the cover as “/\/\ /\ Y /\” alludes to one of the album’s themes of technolog y, dropped July 13 on M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Record i ng s, t h rough I nterscope Records a nd X L Recordings. Best known for her hits “Bucky Done Gun,” off her first album “Arular,” and 2008’s runaway hit “Paper Planes,” from her second release “Kala,” M.I.A. breaks the genre barrier, and builds success from unlikely and unexplored rhythms and beats. Her music intertwines elements of hiphop, rap, dance and pop, which even earned her an Oscar nomination for “O...Saya” from the “Slumdog Millionaire” soundtrack and gave “Paper Planes” extensive time at the top of American music charts. However, her latest, “MAYA,” which strives to make a statement with not-so-subtle political messages and off-the-rocker “instrumentals” and beats, falls short of expectations. M.I.A.’s attempt to bring in new and neverbeen-done sounds goes from artsy, creative and cool, to a not-so-hot mess. Her vocals are completely lost in an electronic mash-up of unexpected noises, with each track more puzzling than the last. Controversy over the album arose in April when M.I.A.
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released the music video for track “Born Free,” which features a bus full of redheaded boys who are brutally beaten, shot in the head or sent to run through an exploding minefield. There is a serious disconnect between the disturbing images of the “short film” that make reference to the genocide of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka and the lyrics of the song though.. The track itself, which takes a backseat to the music video directed by Romain Gavras, is an incoherent jumble of lyrics strung together with no real rhythm or tune with the only clear message coming from the chorus, “I throw this shit in your face when I see you, cause I got something to say: I was born free.” The whole song sounds muffled, with an echo that only serves to further jumble the wreck. M.I.A. also refers to herself as a former “hoochie,” adding just another positive note to the lyrical mess. The album’s first official single “Xxxo” can best be described as a strung-out and dulled-down version of Lil’ Mama’s “Lipgloss.” With a backbeat barely carrying the sad attempt to fi nd middle ground between pop sensation and the edgy electronics, the track only fi nds a shred of redemption with the official remix, featuring Jay-Z. “Teqkilla” presses the “replay” button on a paragraph of blissfully trashy lyrics, sending the risqué words to the
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M.I.A.’s third full-length album “MAYA” dropped July 13, 2010 on N.E.E.T Recordings. background of a mash-up of computer-generated snippets. “Meds and Feds” reverts back to the political side of the eclectic songstress, attacking Big Brother figures, while noting the “digital ruckus,” though “MAYA” as a whole easily falls in that category. Two tracks act as the redeemers of the mix, “Lovalot” actually incorporates real lyrics to tell a cultural tale and add subtleties throughout, and “Space” reverting back to a more familiar M.I.A. “MAYA” fails to impress, with over-production and an attempt to boost the ultimate alternative feel plaguing it from the start. M.I.A. loses her signature sound and lets her vocals fade to the background with material trapped between the compelling and forgettable.
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A ries Your intuitive channels are wide open today. Lucky breaks occur when you allow yourself to wander aimlessly. You f i nd t he per fec t t h i ng unexpectedly. Tau rus I nspired ideas emerge from private conversation. You sense the importance of concepts beyond their immediate applications. Gem ini Inspire yourself by paying attention to insights from a partner or associate. Then get yourself in motion and handle minute details. C a ncer To balance what you believe against what you know for sure, you need research. Dig for data to support your ideas. Then write it up.
Leo You feel inspired to express personal ideals in an unusual format. The concept may need a few days, but today’s efforts make a huge difference later. V irg o Remark able results come from lucky g u e s s e s n o w. R e m a i n philosophical. It’s okay to be on the receiving end of good fortune. Libra Read up on new tech n iques f irst t h i ng. Then present possibilities that ever yone can appreciate and let them choose. Scor pio Once you’ve considered your own needs, you find that everyone benefits equally from fulfilling those. Then there’s time to play.
Sagit ta rius Forward progress would be u n impeded if you could set aside yesterday’s feel i ng s a nd embrace today. Optimism and joy are today’s game. C a pr icor n Many ruff led feathers get the attention they want now. Handle hurt feelings by promising results within the next two days. A q ua r i u s I f y ou c a n’t g e t y o u r w i s he s fulfilled today, it’s because you stayed at home asleep in bed. Hint: get out and take on the world. P i s c e s Yo u w a n t ever yone to share your enthusiasm, so encourage forward action playfully. Seek more informat ion early. All efforts succeed.
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Saunders under investigation from NCAA Senior tight end, pro prospect may face penalties after possible misdealing with agent Chris Bilko
SPORTS EDITOR
South Carolina football may be without one of its offensive starters for the beginning of the season. Sen ior t ight end Weslye Sau nders is currently under invest igat ion from the NCA A for a possible rule violation concer n ing whet her or not Sau nders received improper gifts from an agent. The incident in question is a trip Saunders took to Miami during his 2010 spring break with a University of North Carolina football player and whether the agent paid for hotel rooms and airfare. The Durham native is reportedly friends with defensive tackle Marvin Austin and several other members of the Tar Heel football team that are the focus of the NCAA’s investigation. South Carolina athletics director Eric Hyman issued a statement Sunday regarding the NCAA’s investigation into Saunders. “The NCAA has been in contact with us regarding a possible rules violation in one of our programs,” Hyman said. “We have and will continue to cooperate fully with
their inquiry. We have confidence in our compliance program and will work with the NCAA to bring this matter to a resolution in a timely fashion.” Saunders is a highly touted professional prospect for the tight end position. He has caught 60 passes for 718 yards and six touchdowns in his career as a Gamecock. Last season the senior accumulated 353 yards receiving and three touchdowns, including two scores against Clemson. The tight end has had his eyes on the next level throughout his career. He decided in January to come back to school after contemplating going pro following his junior campaign. He was also suspended from the team for a week in January for missing the first team meeting and for having problems with his attitude. The players who gain to benef it if Saunders is dismissed are senior captain Patrick DiMarco and sophomore tight end Justice Cunningham. DiMarco switched from fullback during the spring and received the Joe Morrison Award as the Offensive Player of the Spring. The Altamonte Springs, Fla., native has amassed 189 total yards in his career, including three touchdowns. Cunningham may also see some playing time. Kara Roache / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
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Weslye Saunders celebrates after scoring a touchdown against Clemson last season
NEW SOFTBALL COACH INTRODUCED Beverly Smith 10th head coach in school history Chris Bilko
SPORTS EDITOR
Beverly Smith has accepted the position of head coach for South Carolina’s softball program The decision was announced by athletics director Eric Hyman on Thurday. Smith is following in the footsteps of longtime coach Joyce Compton and is the 10th head coach in the history of the program. “We are thrilled to announce that Beverly Smith will be leading the softball program at the University of South Carolina,” Hyman said. “Her accomplishments as a student-athlete,
coach and recruiter have gained her tremendous respect throughout the softball communit y and we look forward to all that she and her staff will bring to our department.” Smith was previously the associate head coach at the University of North Carolina. She was an integral part of the Tar Heel softball program, spending 12 years in Chapel Hill. Under Smith’s tenure the Tar Heels have made eight NCAA tournament appearances and have won the ACC championship twice. “I am honored to join the University of South Carolina and its athletics department,” Smith said. “The softball program at South Carolina is rich in tradition. I am excited for the opportunity to lead such a historic softball program and reestablish the
winning tradition.” Smith will be looking to revive a down softball program at USC. Last season the Gamecocks finished with a 11-40 overall record and only won one game in the SEC. The team batting average was a mere .216 and the pitching staff had an abysmal 4.97 earned run average. If anyone has the pedigree to turn things around it is Smith. For the 2010 campaign, the Tar Heel pitching staff finished with a 1.92 ERA under Smith’s guidance. Five pitchers on the staff earned All-ACC honors. The team finished with 42-20 record and went on to compete in the postseason NCAA tournament.
Gamecocks Earn Preseason All-SEC Honors FIRST TEAM : STEPHON GILMORE CLIFF MATTHEWS
SECOND TEAM : CHRIS CULLIVER LADI ADIJOYE ALSHON JEFFERY
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Braves will make World Series New free agents, pitching staff, motivation will propel team to Fall Classic
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Mark Calvi watches his pitchers perform during the College World Series
Calvi leaves South Carolina Pitching coach to be head coach at USA CHRIS BILKO
SPORTS EDITOR
South Carolina baseball is beginning to see the after effects of their success in the 2010 season. Pitching coach Mark Calvi has accepted the head coach in-waiting position at the University of South A labama. For t he 2011 season, Calvi will serve as the associate head coach to current USA manager Steve Kittrell. Calvi will then take over full time for the 2012 campaign. “I am very honored to accept the head coach inwaiting position at South Alabama,” Calvi said. “I have had the pleasure of
working at a great school, like the University of South Carolina and I am grateful for the chance Ray Tanner gave me to be a part of this program.” Calvi’s pitching staff at USC was the main reason the Gamecocks won the National Championship. The squad had a 2.15 ERA in the College World Series and boasted a 3.45 for the entire season, which was good for the beat in the SEC. Calvi’s pitchers were some of the most proficient on the mound, sporting a 125 to 44 strikeout to walk ratio. The Marco Island, Fla., native was also essential in the development of starting pitcher Bla ke C ooper. The senior posted a 13-2 record on the season and
earned All-America honors. Cooper also had 2.76 ERA and 126 st rikeouts and became a true No. 1 starter for the Gamecocks. Calvi also helped flamethrower S a m D y s o n b e c o me a fourth round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays. “I’m ver y excited for coach Calvi and his family as he embarks on his career as a head coach,” said head coach Tanner. “He is deserving of this opportunity and will be a great leader for Jaguar Baseball. Coach Calvi is a tremendous pitching coach and friend. He has done a magnificent job here at Carolina and we wish him success at South Alabama.” Comments on this story? E-mail sagckspt@mailbox. sc.edu
Back in April, I witnessed history at Turner Field It was not Braves history that I saw. I got to watch the fi rst no-hitter thrown for the Colorado Rockies by 26-year-old Ubaldo Jimenez . A s a baseball purest, it was awesome to actually see a no-hitter in person, but I thought it meant doom for my beloved Braves. Immediately after the Chris no-hitter. my intuition Bilko Fourth-year proved to be correct as Print Journalism the Braves tallied a nine Student game losing st reak. D u r i ng a n ea rly M ay series versus the Phillies, the team had a record of 12-17 and were entrenched in last place of the National League Eastern Division. T he ver y nex t ser ies somet h i ng seemed to click. Si nce s weepi ng t he Brewer s i n Milwaukee, the Braves have compiled a 42-20 record, vaulting them above the Nationals, Marlins, Phillies and Mets to a five game lead in the NL East. It seems that they fi nally have the right amount of talent and motivation to make it to the World Series for the first time since 1999. Every offseason before 2010 the team has tried to add a power bat to the lineup. I thought Troy Glaus would fail just like Mark Kotsay, Raul Mondesi and Scott Thorman. Glaus proved me wrong. The fi rst baseman currently leads the team with 14 home runs and 59 RBI. He has also proved to be a great defensive first baseman, leading the team with a .991 fielding percentage.
Another outstanding decision by the Braves front office was to get rid of Kelly Johnson. Johnson was a favorite of legenda r y ma nager Bobby Cox before the season, but his lackluster performance made him dispensable. His replacement, Martin Prado, has been the best hitter in the National League. The starting second baseman for the NL All-Star currently is on pace to win the batting title with a .323 batting average and 126 hits. He gives the Braves the leadoff presence that they have been lacking since the days of Rafael Furcal. During the franchises 14 straight division titles their hallmark was the outstanding pitching staff. This years squad is t he best since 2002 when the group finished with a 3.13 ERA. Another problem of the past was the inability to close out games. Wagner has fared much better than Bob Wickman or Dan Kolb. He already has 21 saves and is on pace to eclipse the 40 mark. Everyone else has contributed their share. The Braves led the National Leag ue with six all-star selections. Prado, Jason Heyward, Tim Hudson, Omar Infante, Billy Wagner and Brian McCann all represented the National League in the Midsummers Classic. McCann has been the most consistent all-star of the group. The catcher’s trip to Anaheim was fi fth straight trip the All-Star Game and he was even named the MVP after connecting with a threerun double in the seventh inning. There is no shortage of motivation in Cox’s last season as manager. The team wants to win for the legend now, as evidenced by the Alex Gonzalez trade. Cox needs to go out a winner. The players and front office want to make it happen one last World Series run for the 69-year-old. Hopefully when I return to Turner Field in October, I will witness a piece of Braves history instead of watching some other team celebrate a victory.
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ONLY 5 efficiencies left, special rate of $550. Come in & lease them Today! All util incld. water Internet cable,etc Call Glenn for info 799-1442
Lease@ Cornell Arms $750 2BR 1BA util incld NOW-Dec .864-879-7176.
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Answering Service Operators FT/PT Tuition assistance & above average pay. Flexible hrs, all shifts available. 744-8700.
ReadyU is seeking sociable, wellconnected undergraduate student leaders at USC to join the Fall Campus Ambassador Program. TO APPLY please visit www.repnation.com/readyu or email your resume to readyu@mryouth.com
Experienced Personal Trainers needed. Located 5 minutes from campus. PT available. Contact Personally Fit @ 799-9455 for info.
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Busy Allergist office seeks bright, hardworking, ethical personnel to work FT/PT for one year. We have both clinical and business positions available. Excellent opportunity for those interested in applying to medical and/or graduate school. We can provide hands on clinical experience. Only those with excellent academic records (3.6 or higher) and references need apply. Email resume with dates available to being work to: palmettoallergya@bellsouth.net
Help Wanted Instructors Services FREE pregnancy test Call Birthright 765-0165
IRMO DAY CARE PT positions available 2-6:30 working with 4 & 5 y.o.M-F Daycare experience required. Call 781-5439. After school daycare program seeks Ind. w/exp in childcare Must be avail from 2:30-6 M-F Prefer ed or psychology major Send resume to: L Pace, 1051 Wildwood Ln Elgin, SC 29045
USC - 1.5 MILES Great Location! 3BR 2.5BA house (2 y.o) Lg corner lot, all electric, very efficient stove refrig d/w & w/d incld. NO PETS 1 yr lease. We mow the lawn $1125/mo + dep. patredmond@sc.rr.com 622-6663
For Sale MATTRESS SETS 50-60% off Retail Huge Student Discounts US Mattress Outlet W. Cola 739-1603 Two Notch Road 419-8505 MATTRESS SETS YOU CANNOT FIND A BETTER DEAL! Brand new still in plastic. Full $110 Queen $125. Clearing warehouse. Don’t go to a store! Call Mark @ 238-6288.
Help Wanted CHILD CARE TEACHERS NEEDED Church pre-school, located 10 min from USC is seeking energetic & dependable individuals t working the afternoons starting in August. Substitutes for morning and afternoons are also needed. Individuals must have experience working with children in a child care setting. Please call 771-1512 for more info. Briefs Magazine is looking for summer interns in Graphic Arts, Sales/Mktng. Advtsng, &PR 803.873.8000 BARTENDING up to $250/day . No exp training prov’d 800-965-6520
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