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Law faculty member’s legacy lives on Meghan Crum @megcrum24
SHREYAS SABOO // THE GAMECOCK While Tropical Storm Florence did not have the impact USC prepared for, the campus was closed for four days to prepare and ensure safety.
FLORENCE DISRUPTS FALL SEMESTER Hannah Dear @HannahCDear
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or the fourth year in a row, tropical weather has led to days of cancelled classes that will once again shake up the fall semester for students and faculty and staff. Classes were cancelled for four days and resumed u nex pec ted ly on Monday af ter t he u n iversit y uncanceled Monday classes due to a decision by Richland County government. “With improving weather conditions and forecasts, the University of South Carolina Columbia campus will resume normal operations and all classes will be held on Monday, Sept. 17,” a university statement said. Florence was at times forecast to bring tropical
stor m-force w inds to Colu mbia. However, t he impacts in the Columbia area were less than originally expected despite extensive damage in other parts of South Carolina and North Carolina. As such, Richland County opened its offices a day earlier than expected, and USC follows Richland County government closures because it is a state agency. The decision was announced Saturday evening, and some students like third-year advertising student Sarah Waldrop weren’t shy about their opinions of the earlier return. “I was pretty upset about that actually,” she said. “The teachers have already arranged their schedules planning on that day being gone. And then, so many professors canceled classes as it was that I don’t see why the university hosted classes anyways.”
The USC School of Law’s first female faculty member’s legacy lives on despite her recent passing. Sarah Leverette, the third female to graduate from USC’s law school in 1943, passed away of natural causes at the age of 98 on Aug. 29. When she graduated, there was not much room for a woman to practice law, but that never deterred her. She worked tirelessly throughout her life to pave the way for women in her field, something School of Law Dean Robert Wilcox says will keep her memory alive throughout the program. “Closed doors did not shut out Sarah’s incredible spirit,” Wilcox said. “For 75 years, her vision, determination, and unwillingness to accept inequit y made South Carolina a better state for all.” Leverette led the School of Law’s library for 25 years, and she was a professor for much of that time. She taught a legal writing class that every student was required to take, and she had a huge impact on legal writing in the state of South Carolina. She helped establish the League of Women’s Voter s i n Sout h Carolina to fight for women’s right to serve on a jury, and with her peers, was able to change the law to give women more of a say in the government in 1967. “ S a r a h ’s c o m m i t m e n t t o bettering the lives of her fellow South Carolinians is a legacy in which I will continually stand in awe,” said Travis Tester, the associate director for development a nd a lu m n i relat ions for t he Universit y of Sout h Carolina School of Law, in an email.
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Band suffers in September heat
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Questions are being raised about the health and well-being of band members per for m ing in almost t riple-dig it temperatures during early season games after a member of the Carolina Band required medical attention following Gamecock football’s opening game. A member of the Carolina Band confirmed to The Daily Gamecock that they were transported by EMS and treated for effects from heat after the Carolina Coastal football game on Sept. 1. Cormac Cannon, associate director of bands and director of athletic bands, acknowledged that an incident happened during the first game of the season. “I can’t comment on the medical treatment of a specific student, but I can tell you that the student was treated and released and went about the rest of their weekend with no ill effects and was back in school and back in rehearsal on Tuesday,” he said. The temperature reached a high of 96 degrees that day, seven degrees above the normal average for Columbia in early September. In preparation for extreme temperatures, Cannon, along with the athletic trainers make sure that the students are hydrating as much as possible.
st udents did not suf fer from heat exhaustion or anything more extreme. “Usually before we do pregame we’re sitting in the stands for a full hour before we even go down to march pregame. And that’s time when we’re sitting in the sun in our uniforms. We’re not doing anything, but it’s sun exposure,” the band member said. “Now they’re using that time for us to leave our instruments in the stands and then go down under the stadium to be in the shade for a while, so that reduces time your skin is in the sun, and then reduces potential heat exhaustion.” ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK W h ile i n t he st a nds, t he 365 members of the Carolina Band are Students in the Carolina Band took a break during the game to rehydrate and cool off. wearing wool uniforms. According Still, some band members say heat so that they could rehydrate in the shade to a band member, the jackets have five issues are hard to avoid. Two members instead of returning to the stands. layers of material, and the pants have of the Carolina Band agreed to speak to Cannon said the band takes extra three layers. Cannon encourages students The Daily Gamecock on the condition precautions during extreme weather to un-clip the top of the jackets to allow of anonymity out of fear of ostracization. conditions. for a slight breeze through the jackets. The Daily Gamecock k nows t heir “The other things that we do when However, the band member said some do identities. it gets very hot is we try to avoid extra not find this measure very helpful. “The band makes sure we’re really exertion where possible,” Cannon said. “Our jackets zip up all the way to our well hydrated. It’s just like sitting out in “So for instance last Saturday was very necks and they clip,” they said. “So in the sun for a very, very long time is kind hot so in the stands in the second half we some sense, having some freedom around of problematic,” one band member said. took the opportunity during a few of the your neck I guess is helpful, but for the “And that’s not the administration’s fault timeouts to have the students sit rather most part it did borderline nothing ... I or anything. That was just the nature of than standing and doing choreography think just continuing to wear the fabric living in South Carolina and being in a and exerting themselves that way and on my body was a lot.” marching band in August or September.” playing. So when possible we give them SEE BAND According to a university statement, a break.” students were given a break following Other breaks and adjustments were PAGE 3 the halftime show during the second half added to the schedule to ensure that
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COURTESY OF USC SCHOOL OF LAW Law School Dean Robert Wilcox and and George C. James, Jr. are pictured with Leverette as she receives the Compleat Lawyer Award in April 2018 for her dedication to her field. FROM LEGACY PAGE 1
Leverette was active in the South Carolina community until her passing. She received t he 2018 Compleat Platinum Law yer Award this April from the South Carolina School of Law Alumni Council for her outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the legal profession. “Her love for the rule of law, this
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The Carolina Band receives new uniforms every seven years, according to the band member. Students are hoping that the next uniforms are made of lighter, more breathable material to make afternoon games in September easier. Until then, the student said they think band members should have permission to remove their jackets during extreme heat. “I would say that if anybody did anything we could have taken off our jackets. I think that’s something that a lot of college bands do,” they said. “Ohio State’s band does it and they’re arguably the best college band in the country, and they take off their jackets in the stands and they live in Ohio, not South
institution, and for her fellow citizens has shaped our state for the better,” Tester said. Tester emphasized Leverette’s grace and humility, and the power she had to touch and inspire those who surrounded her. “She was a true pioneer, teacher, and activist,” Tester said. “She will be greatly missed, but we all will strive to carry on her legacy.”
Carolina.” When asked about the removal of jackets, Cannon said the band doesn’t perform in partial uniform. “Hundreds of people in attendance experienced heat stress, many of whom were wearing shorts and t-shirts. The clothing one wears is only one factor among many that may contribute to heat stress,” Cannon said. There were no reports of extreme adverse reaction to the heat during the UGA game on Sept. 8. After Sept. 1, students said they were more prepared to handle the season with the help of Cannon and athletic trainers. “It was just one of those instances where no one could have really done anything differently because Mother Nature decided to play a trick on us,” another band member said.
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Paleopathology professor takes new angle in research
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Ca rl i na De La C ova ha s been fascinated by ancient humans since her childhood. In 2011, she came to USC to pursue that interest. She quickly rose to become an associate professor in the anthropology department and this year she received the 2018 Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award. “From an early age, I’ve been exposed to archaeology and bioarcheology ... via National Geographic,” said De La Cova. “I was reading National Geographic at the age of eight, nine, ten onward.” De La Cova’s work specializes in the study of paleopathology, a branch of anthropology that focuses on diseases found in human remains. Her research looks into the health and disease in the skeletons of African-Americans and Caucasians that were born during the Antebellum Period as well as during the Civil War and Reconstruction. “I thought, well, you know my own history and my own background, being African-American, being a Southerner, being born in the South, I’ve always been invested into the experience before the war during enslavement and then how that changed after the war and what sort of happened during the war,” De La Cova said. “And so, that’s when I think my career really took off in terms of thinking about paleopathology ... and thinking about how I could really give a voice to those who have been silenced historically.” To understand how histor y had impacted the health of the remains she studied, De La Cova went back and read slave narratives. “I grew up hearing stories about slavery, hearing stories about what it was
like for my maternal side of the family being enslaved and then about liberation and about that period during the war,” said De La Cova. In reading the slave narratives, she began to see echoes of her own past come through. “My childhood was literally the things that I’d been grown up and sort of learned that I didn’t quite understand, now I understood. That was my first a-ha moment,” said De La Cova. De La Cova’s major turning point in her research came when she began her work. The major anatomical collections in the U.S. for biological anthropologists are the remains of individuals that were dissected in the late-19th and early20th century. Legally, then and now, if a person dies in a public institution and no one claims his or her remains within a certain period of time, the body is automatically sent to the nearest institution of medical learning for research. “My research sort of evolved from not only looking at the impact of, you know, the Civil War and the impact of the Antebellums or Reconstruction period ... but it evolved to really understand who these people were,” said De La Cova. This encouraged De La Cova to think more about what she and her colleagues could do differently to engage with the skeletal collections that form the backbone of the anthropology discipline. “It is what I call un-silencing the silence and giving the dead a voice, especially those African-Americans within these collections that got lost during the Great Migration,” said De La Cova. To De La Cova, st udying these skeletons became more t ha n just pa leopat holog y. It beca me about
COURTESY OF CARLINA DE LA COVA Carlina De La Cova uses her research in paleopathology to learn more about
contextualizing the individual and learning who they were. “The most rewarding parts of doing this research is, again, giving voices to the dead ... restoring their voices, bringing their voices and identities back to the forefront,” said De La Cova. Those parts also bring challenges. One of the largest challenges that De La Cova has faced is that most of the biological anthropology discipline is focused on pure skeletal analysis. “That person is not just their toe bone, they’re not just their hip bone,” said De La Cova. “That’s a complete person and we always need to remember that.” De La Cova has watched the younger scholars, including her own graduate students, follow her message and work. Mat t ie At well is a second-year anthropology doctoral student who
works closely with De La Cova. Atwell’s work combines the historical studies with the cultural and biological. In her research, she looks at the environmental issues and cultural restraints that pertain to skeletal research. She first met De La Cova in 2011 as a student in one of De La Cova’s classes. “Her great teaching ethic along with how she is a such holistic anthropologist in wanting to, even though she’s just in the sub-field of bioanthropology, she incorporates kind of all of the aspects of anthropology to get a bigger picture of what’s going on,” said Atwell. “I think that’s what anthropology is about.” It is that dedication to teaching and to anthropology that earned De La Cova the Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award, which is awarded to professors who are innovative and committed to educating students.
Students react to Florence
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It didn’t impact me a lot, I think we were lucky. I didn’t have any ... trees falling on my house. I teach right now so the change in the course schedule is not good for me at all. -Guillaume Coly Fourth-year doctoral student
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IB program snags top honor Meghan Crum @megcrum24
For the 20th consecutive year, USC’s u nderg raduate internat ional business program is No. 1 out of public universities in the United States. “It is a distinct honor that the Darla Moore
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W it h classes assu med to be canceled af ter an nou ncements start ing Sept. 11, many st udents we nt ho me d u r i n g t he break. Waldrop said she thinks the rapid change in schedules affected the safety of students traveling back to campus through damaged areas. “T here were so ma ny a c c id e nt s a nd t r a f f ic ,” Waldrop said. “It was a mess, so it’s really hard for students to get back on campus.” B e c a u s e t h e an nou ncement about Monday classes was a change in plans, the university asked professors to excuse absences due to travel, and to work with students to make up missed assignments. Students still have to make up missed work, and some like fourth-year hospitality
School of Business has been recognized for having the number one undergraduate International Business program for 20 consecutive years,” said Moore School dean Peter Brews. “This continuity of excellence reflects highly on our program, faculty, staff and students over the past two decades.”
management st udent Whitney Blythe expect that the missed classes will impact their semester schedule. “ P r of e s s or s h a v e t he leniency to correct their schedules,” she said. “Like I know my test that I was supposed to have last Thursday is getting pushed t o t h i s T hu r s d a y. O ne teacher’s giving a quiz and then canceling the rest of class on Tuesday to rearrange things.” Students like Blythe and Waldrop said they believe the day would have been more productive had class remained cancelled or not been cancelled in the first place since the storm had little effect on campus or in Columbia in general despite devastation elsewhere. “It cou ld have been avoided by not taking it as seriously,” Blythe said. “I mean, canceling up until Monday and t hen being
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like, ‘oh never mind.’ They probably should have just left it alone.” Earlier closure decisions by R ichland Cou nt y government that affected USC were made usi ng forecasts that shifted over the course of the week. Moving forward, professors are making up an entire week’s worth of assignments and homework. Waldrop said she thinks it’s too early to know how this loss of class time will affect the rest of the semester academically. “I mean I understand, like I said, why they also need to have a certain amount of days of classes, but I still feel like a lot of students would have been more productive being able to do their own school work outside of classes and all that,” Waldrop said. “Instead we had to be in class doing assignments that didn’t even count.”
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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: “The Land of Steady Habits” This new Netflix original follows a middle-aged m a n w ho e s s e nt i a l l y sheds every part of his former life, including his steady job and long-time w ife. He learns tough lessons about loss and important lessons about f r iend s h ip t h at s ome will go their entire life without knowing.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: “25 Rooms” by Noname Chicago rapper Noname d id not d isappoi nt with the release of her sophomore album, “25 R o o m s .” H e r p o e t i c approach to melodies is only the lead-up to the witty and brilliant songwriting that has defined her st yle. Noname heav i ly ex plores her se x u a l it y t h roughout t he a lbu m a nd sha res her endearing sense of hu mor w it h l isteners. With catchy love stories like “Montego Bae” and collaborative tracks like “Ace”, it is easy to assume that “25 Rooms” will be a def initive rap album of t he c u r rent mu s ic culture.
SONG OF THE WEEK: “Mariners Apartment Complex” by Lana Del Rey Lana Del Rey fans have b een e agerly wa it i ng for new music since her release of “Lust of Life” in 2017. Her new single, “Ma r i ners A pa r t ment Complex”, gave listeners a snea k pea k of what will hopefully be more new music to come. A tender love song is not u ncha racter ist ic of D e l R e y, b ut t h i s si ngle re vea l s a le vel of self-conf idence and admitted strength that is refreshing for longtime listeners of the star.
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DELANEY ROYER // COURTESY OF MAT KEARNEY “CRAZYTALK” marks Kearney’s sixth studio album, but the first of his discography to be released independently without a label.
Mat Kearney to headline The Senate TAYLOR WASHINGTON @_taydelrey
tropical house and organic EDM sounds. However, in t he same vein as his prev ious albu ms, t he If you had asked a artist was adamant about 20 - s o m e t h i n g -y e a r - o ld not sacrificing his love for Mat Kearney what he’d be songwriting. doing in 2018, he probably “How do I c reate a would have told you he was sound like this, but also is on h is way to becom i ng really songwriter driven?”’ a n est abl ished poet. He Kearney said. technically wasn’t wrong. Kearney found his H o w e v e r, t h e n o w -39 answer in his most recent year-old singer-songwriter album, “CRAZYTALK,” DELANEY ROYER // COURTESY OF MAT KEARNEY has channeled his love for his f irst album not writing into a medium he The Oregon born singer’s hybrid sound draws inspiration from A Tribe p r o d u c e d b y a m a j o r c o u l d n’t h a v e p o s s i b l y Called Quest, Paul Simon and Bob Marley. label. A fter a change in predicted. management and a desire Kearney first began creating music while he was an to perform at new venues, Kearney decided that this time English major away at college. After picking up an old around his sound would be more on his own terms. The roommate’s guitar, Kearney taught himself a few chords and result is an adventurous 13-song project that was produced began writing his own original songs. Not too soon after, the independently, a dream he once described in conversation Oregon native dropped out of college, packed his things and with a friend as “crazy talk.” moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue music as a full-time “[CRAZYTALK] kind of represented ... pursuing that career. crazy dream that seems maybe outside of what you’re Kearney first caught the attention of the public eye after uncomfortable with,” Kearney said. “That was a little absurd the release of his second major label album, “Nothing to maybe to some people, but I was like you know what, let’s do Lose (2006)”. The breakout album spawned the single it, let’s pursue that dream that’s crazy and that seems beyond “Breathe In, Breathe Out,” which was included in the maybe what people would expect from me.” promos for the long running series, “Grey’s Anatomy.” Since The album was a two-to-three year project that found then, Kearney has released four albums that have teetered Kearney collaborating with rising EDM artists filous and along the lines of pop and hip-hop, while still showcasing his AFSHeeN, artists who previously released their own records singer/songwriter roots. as DJ’s. During the development of “CR A ZY TA LK” “I think it’s easy to say something that everybody else is Kearney wrote in-between tours and welcoming his first saying, and copy kind of what’s going on,” Kearney said. “I child with his wife, a daughter they named Olive. think it’s more challenging and harder to find something For those who were expecting a standard singer-songwriter that really rings true with you, that’s your own unique gig, Kearney promises his show is anything but and says that perspective ... it’s difficult, but usually all the good stuff the main goal is to create “a big arena show at a small place.” comes from that place.” “Some people may just think they’re gonna come watch a Equally influenced by hip-hop acts such as A Tribe Called dude with a guitar, that’s not what we do,” Kearney said. “We Quest and traditional singer-songwriters such as Paul put on a pretty big, emotional, epic show and I think people Simon, Kearney’s sound has always tried to capture a hybrid will be pleasantly surprised.” sound of the two distinct styles. Kearney and his band will be performing live at The More recently, Kearney found himself leaning toward Senate on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Fall playlist: Falling into Autumn
Student Comedy Night
Borgore @ The Senate When: Thursday, Sept. 20 @ 8 p.m. Price: $20 online Arias and Barcarolles Recital @ School of Music 206 Thu rsday, Sept. 20 @ 7:30 p.m. Price: Free Mat Kearney @ The Senate Sunday, Sept. 23 @ 6:30 p.m. Price: $28 online
Now that the hurricane drama has settled down, we’ve compiled a playlist of our favorite songs that remind us of chilly temperatures and warm apple cider. Here’s the ultimate playlist to kick off fall 2018.
“Ever Since New York” - Harry Styles “Home” - Snoh Aalegra “Daydreamer” - Adele “High and Dry” - Radiohead “Sunday Roast” - Courtney Barnett “November Rain” - Guns N’ Roses “Nature Boy (Acoustic)” - AURORA “Sky Full of Song” - Florence + The Machine “Ten Thousand Words” - The Avett Brothers “NFWMB” - Hozier ASHLEY JACKSON // THE GAMECOCK
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Fan-owned company creates community GENNA CONTINO @gennac07 T h e w o r l d ’s f i r s t f a n - o w n e d entertainment company brought its newest creation, the film “MANDY,” to Columbia theaters for a one night feat ure, including a special Q& A screening with lead Nicolas Cage and director Panos Cosmatos. Legion M allows fans to invest as little as $100 to be a part of a company that creates movies like “MANDY,” accord i ng to CEO Pau l Sca n la n. Scanlan founded Legion M along with the company’s president, Jeff Annison, in 2016.
“We’re literally owned by passionate fans of entertainment,” said Scanlan. “A community of like-minded people that have come together to create almost like a movement.” What this means is that investors can earn a financial return on investment as well as an emotional one. This emotional ret urn on invest ment comes from events like the “MANDY” screening in Columbia, where fan investors are able to come together and see a product that they helped create by investing in the company. Scanlan explained how events like Sundance Film Festival and organized meet-ups create “memorable lifetime experiences” for fans. The reason Legion M is a relatively
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new company is because up until a few years ago, it technically wasn’t legal to have a company like this. However, in 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was signed into law. Prior to this act, unless you met the Security and Exchange Commission’s definition of an accredited investor, it was illegal to invest in start-ups. This is because it’s extremely high risk, which is why Legion M urges investors to only invest what they can afford to lose. Scanlan said that the average investor puts about $500 into the company. “If you look at the entertainment business these days, the vast majority of the biggest studios are owned by Wall Street,” Scanlan said. “And what that means is that they invest in projects that have a built-in audience.” Scanlan explained that Legion M wants to create its own built-in audience that will co-own the company and invest in the movies and projects that they want to see. “This isn’t a good place to put your college savings plan or anything like that,” Scanlan said. “Because it’s startup investing, you shouldn’t invest any more than you’re willing to walk away from.” Legion M invested in “MANDY” before the film was fully produced because t he compa ny bel ieved i n Cosmatos, the film’s director, and Jóhann Jóhannson, the film’s composer. “O ne of t he t h i n g s t h at ou r investment really helped solidify, which was really kind of the final decision for us, was bringing in Jóhann Jóhannson to
do the heavy metal cinematic score, or the soundtrack,” Scanlan said. Jóhannson, an Academy Awardnominated composer, passed away soon after completing his work for “MANDY.” Scanlan believes the score is the “defining characteristic” of the film, as Jóhannson had never composed a heavy metal score for a movie. The plot of “MANDY” follows loving couple Red (Nicolas Cage) and Mandy (A ndrea Riseborough) living in the woods. When the leader of a strange nearby cult decides he wants Mandy and kidnaps her, Red goes on a revenge fantasy hunt. The part love story, part revenge fantasy film is considered one of Legion M’s “midnight movies.” This means that, according to the Legion M website, the film is “dark, challenging and outlandish (+ stunning, moving, and hypnotic).” The film is only showing in select theaters with limited showtimes. Legion M believes that its series of midnight movies have the potential to eventually become cult classics. For the future, Legion M hopes to continue to organize meet-ups all around the country so fans can enjoy movies they helped fund. “We believe in what we call the immeasurable power of fans,” Scanlan said. “That individually we’re all just fans and we buy tickets and go see movies, you know, watch Netf lix and do the things that we do — but when we band together, we have power.”
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SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK South Carolina’s football season looks to improve with help of quaterback Jake Bentley and find strength in their run-game as they face Vanderbilt Saturday on the road.
Gamecocks to face Vandy Joe McLean @joemclean97
After an unexpected off week due to Hurricane Florence, the Gamecocks are set to travel to Nashville on Saturday to take on the Vanderbilt Commodores in South Carolina’s first SEC road game of the 2018 season. The Gamecocks lead the overall series 23-4 and have won the past nine games, which is a series record, but only four of the past nine wins have been by double-digits. If histor y serves, the Gamecocks are in for another tough matchup with the Commodores this year. The Gamecocks (1-1, 0-1 SEC) are a 2-point favorite headed into Sat urday’s contest, but Vanderbilt (2-1, 0-0 SEC) still has talent on both
sides of the ball. “Offensively, (quarterback) Kyle Shurmur is a four-year starter, an outstanding player,” said Head Coach Will Muschamp at a press conference at Williams-Brice Stadium. S h u r m u r, a s e n i o r f r o m P h i l a d e l p h i a , Pennsylvania, has completed 59 of 92 passes this season, thrown for five touchdowns and 754 yards through three games. In Vanderbilt’s loss to Notre Dame last week, he completed 26 of his 43 passes while throwing for 326 yards and one touchdown. W h i le t he s t at i s t ic s f r o m Shu r mu r a r e impressive, the Commodores’ defense is one of the team’s strengths. Three weeks into the 2018 season, Vanderbilt has given up only 13 points per game and 4.4 yards per play, which is good enough for the 18th best defensive unit in the nation. Even in a loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Commodores only gave up 22 points, which was the lowest point total for Notre Dame this
season. “ W hat you see is a lot of ex per ience a nd aggressive play, an aggressive style of how they call the game,” said Muschamp. While the Commodores do present challenges with their defense, South Carolina’s players are eager for another hard-hitting battle with an SEC East rival. “ T he y ’r e g oi n g t o t a k e it t o you ,” s a id quarterback Jake Bentley. “They’re not going to have any quit in them. Really just a physical team that’s going to come hit you as hard as they can.” Even though South Carolina is facing one of the best defenses in the country, the Gamecocks look to keep their loss to the current No. 2 ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the rearview mirror. The Gamecocks and Commodores will kickoff from Music City at 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST and will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
Krzeczowski earns top honors, carries team Shelby Beckler @s_beckler13
somebody told me t hat goa l keeper is k ind of like t he quar terback S o u t h C a r o l i n a’s position, you have composed defense to [ have] a lot of and back line com mu n icat ion, and commanding you get to see the goalkeeping led whole field.” t he team to its 24t h K r z e c z o w s k i ’s consecutive SEC win passion for being Sunday night against inside the net helps No. 11 Tennessee on her be agg ressive the road and earned o n t he f ield a nd her SE C Def e n s i ve come of f of her Player of t he Week line while making honor. quick decisions in For g o a l k e ep er the net. Mikayla Krzeczowski, “Ever y game t his w in showed t he is a brand new st reng t h of Sout h opportunit y and I Carolina’s defense as love it. I love my t hey maintained t he position,” she said. shutout. Krzeczowski “I love t h r iv i ng i s now t ie d f or t he on pressure, second-most shutouts ob v io u s l y i f y o u in Gamecock history make one mistake alongside Sabrina b a c k t h e r e i t ’s D’Angelo. most likely going ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK T h i s p o w e r ho u s e to end up being a i n s i d e t h e g o a l Mikayla Krzeczowski makes a save against Clemson this season and helps lead her team to a 1-0 victory over the Tigers. goal so that’s kind contributed to of where I like to h e r t e a m’s r e c o r d thrive.” breaking 2017 season, stepping into a role similar to theirs. defenders to step up in the absence Head coach Shelley Smith said including a run to the Final Four, “I’d like to take little portions of Fisk. she’s proud of K rz ecz owsk i for and continues to dominate in the of t hei r leader sh ip s a nd t r y to K rzecz owsk i bel ieves defense taking on more responsibility this goal wit h seven saves so far t his mold it into something unique for is key to the team’s abilit y to be season. season. me,” K rzeczowsk i said. “A lot of dom inate in t heir perfor mances “What makes a good goalkeeper “Ever y year we tr y to raise the us are on this team are starting to each game. Krzeczowski has been a is not on ly when t hey make big bar and reaching the Final Four, transition more into that role. So vital component to the integration saves, but help limiting the amount breaking records, making program it’s just a matter of how we execute of new talent into the team dynamic of shots other teams have,” Smith histor y is huge, so t hat’ll be t he and things like that.” this season. s a id. “ Ton ight , when t he y h ad new standard almost every year to This 5’6” keeper had to adjust to “Powerful, demanding, like I said opportunities inside, Mikayla came follow,” Krzeczowski said. South Carolina’s new back line at I am not the tallest out there so if I out and had huge saves. That’s what Last season, she looked to players the start of the season, especially sound like I’m ten feet tall that’s all we want to see in our goalkeeper.” like Lindsey Lane and Savannah with Grace Fisk missing on defense. that needs to be heard, Krzeczowski McCask ill for leadership on t he Krzeczowski soon learned how to s a i d . “ I l o v e c o m m u n i c a t i o n , f ield, but now has fou nd herself com mu n icate a nd help t he new o r g a n i z i n g . B a c k i n t h e d a y
8 SPORTS
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Panthers lead the way with Gamecock talent SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK Former Gamecock tight end Hayden Hurst powers through opponent with the ball last season.
Nick Papadimas @ngpaps There are 32 former Gamecocks playing in the 2018 NFL season, but three of them are closer than fans might think. This season, Gamecock fans can travel less than two hours on I-77 to Charlotte, North Carolina, to see some South Carolina-grown talent on the Carolina Panthers team. The Carolina Panthers boasts the largest number of former Gamecocks among NFL clubs this season with wide receiver/kick returner Damiere Byrd, cornerback Captain Munnerly n and of fensive tack le Corey Robinson. Byrdis a 2014 graduate of South Carolina who spent four years with the Gamecocks under former head coach Steve Spurrier and is in his third season with the Panthers. He made his professional debut against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Jan. 1, 2017.
Coming off a set of injuries last season which resulted in Byrd appearing in only eight games, he is a nt icipated to have a breakout year for the Panthers in 2018. Currently, Byrd is facing a lower-body injury and was ruled out in the Panther’s loss to the Atlanta Falcons this past weekend. Munnerlyn, is currently in his second stint with the Panthers. With the Gamecocks, he played in 36 games with 28 starts from 2006 to 2008 before getting drafted by the Panthers in 2009 in the seventh round, 216th overall. The 10-year vet spent f ive seasons in Charlotte from 2009 to 2013 before signing with the Minnesota Vikings on a threeyear, $11.25 million deal from 2014 to 2016. Munnerlyn returned to the Panthers last season as part of a four-year deal which will end in 2020. Last season he played in all of the Carolina Panther’s regular season games and in one playoff game in 2017 – notching 30 tackles, two sacks and five passes defended. This season he’s recorded four tackles in two
games played against the Dallas Cowboys and Falcons. During his time with the Gamecocks, offensive tackle Corey Robinson, 26, appeared in all 13 games during the 2014 season and made 35 starts throughout his collegiate career. Hemade his professional debut in 2016 with the Detroit Lions. He started in five games last season filling in on the Lions’ offensive line. This month, Robinson was traded to the Carolina Panthers for a draft pick and has played in two games with the team so far. G a me c o c k f a n s w i l l h a v e mu lt iple opp or t u n it ie s t o c at c h ot her f or mer Gamecocks play at Bank of America Stadium this fall. Tight-end Hayden Hurst, running back Mike Davis and defensive lineman Taylor Stallworth are scheduled to play in Charlotte with their respective teams. Hurst and the Baltimore Ravens will come to Charlotte on Oct. 28, Davis and the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 25 and Stallworth and the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 17.
Men’s soccer looks to grow with Suklow Shelby Beckler @s_beckler13
South Carolina’s season hasn’t played out in the Gamecocks favor so far, but the ambitions and momentum is still there for head coach Mark Berson’s team. Sophomore forward Justin Sukow has been a pivotal play-maker in games on the offensive side of the ball. Sukow was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team last season and is a key returner on the team. O v e r t h e p a s t y e a r, S u k o w h a s developed his stamina and learned to execute where his team needed him to. Sukow has tallied a total of 12 points for the team and led the Gamecocks with three game-winners, tied for the conference lead. “Last year obviously being new to college soccer the pace is a lot faster, a lot bigger guys that have come from like really good backgrounds growing up so you know it was a hard transition,” Sukow said. “This year definitely I have more confidence and being a year in is just ... a lot easier, you know what to expect and you know how the games are going to go.” SEE SUKLOW PAGE 9
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The team has looked to strengthen their chemistr y in order to close the gap between the newcomers and upperclassmen. “I think we want to be a hard team to play against ... especially at home we want to go undefeated at home that’s our goal,” Sukow said. “No team is going to come in here think ing they have an easy game. We’ll show them that we’re gonna be a hard team to play against on the defensive side and the offensive side so they better be ready to play.”
Despite an overall record of 1-4, South Carolina has a chance t o b ou nc e b a c k We d ne s d a y against Wofford start ing at 7 p.m. Berson is optimistic that leaders like Sukow will help the team grow over the course of the season. “In these games, there’ll be a lot of mistakes, we know that,” Berson said. “There’ll be a lot of things that we look to correct, but it’s all part of a process and you know we always say, and I think rightfully so, you’re not the same team in October that you are in September and then come championship time in November you hope you are at your best.”
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The ranking from U.S. News & World Report cited small class sizes, a maximum of 160 international business majors and group events such as a haunted house and a camping trip. “ T he m ajor a l s o do e s a really good job of cultivating a relat ion sh ip b et ween it s st udent s,” sa id fou r t h-year international business, human resources, management and market ing st udent Ha n nah Bowman. “It just sets us up for a lot of net work ing and professional opportunities that we might not get if we weren’t IB majors.”
Fourt h-year internat ional business and finance student Jordan Kelly and Bowman both emphasized the quality of faculty work ing w it h internat ional business students. “They’ve been really, really good about cultivating such a w id e g r o u p o f a m a z i n g professors that know a lot, and they each are kind of specialized in different things,” Bowman said. “You get to experience such different things at a such high level.” In March, the Darla Moore School of Busi ness M BA program received another No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools publication.
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10 OPINION
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Colleges could go the way of shopping malls Hayden Blakeney Fourth-year journalism student
Monday opening endangered students Rodney Davis Second-year history student My mom once promised to take me to the store to get candy when I was a kid. It was right after a football game, and I had all these high expectations about what I wanted to get. I didn’t make any post-game plans with friends because I was dedicated to the idea of going to the store. Then, my mom cancelled the store trip, and it was too late for me to go hang with my friends. I felt so betrayed by my mom. And up until Saturday night, I’d never felt such betrayal again. But then, the school had to tweet out that classes were “uncanceled” on Monday. USC should have kept Monday classes canceled so as to stay true to its word and prevent students from traveling in dangerous conditions. First, many students went home to avoid the storm or to help their family who might be in the thick of it (looking at you North Carolinians). Tweeting out that classes would resume 36 hours before the first classes would take place is incredibly unfair to those directly affected by Hurricane Florence. Plans were oriented around students being able to get back on Monday, and then they had to rush back on Sunday. Many roads north and east of Columbia are in terrible disarray, and traffic is a nightmare for many traveling. The extra day to let that cool off would have been helpful for students driving back.
All of this doesn’t even touch on kids who have to fly back. Students spent a lot of money booking flights for Monday under the pretense of that being an option. Now, students had to pay high fees to rebook their flight or miss classes on Monday. In their announcement of the reversal, the school said professors had been instructed to excuse absences on Monday. Yet, one Ph.D student who teaches at USC replied to the tweet saying that he’d received nothing from the university about this as of Saturday night. While the school seems to have sent out an email clarifying this point later, the initial confusion was clear in people’s responses on social media. Even without attendance being counted, lectures, quizzes, labs and exams were missed due to the change. It isn’t fair that students miss these lessons and then are expected to make them up because the university went back on the original plan. Now I understand that some of this is out of their hands due to Richland County government’s decision to open on Monday. However, as an outsider to that bureaucracy, it seems like there should be some way for the school to not restart classes while still opening back up for some other things. Hopefully the university learns from this mistake and actually helps students out. However, after four years of hurricanes hitting the school and causing disruption, you would think this administration would be past rookie mistakes.
Search of Botham Jean’s apartment unjustified Joeseph Will Fourth-year economics student The recent shoot i ng of Bot ha m Jea n is a rg uably t he single most egregious instance of a police officer taking the life of an innocent civilian in recent memor y. Shot while sitting in his own apartment and minding his own business by an off-duty officer who mistook his apartment for hers, the shooting seems to be a pretty unambiguous case of manslaughter. Not content with merely tak ing his life though, the Dallas police have decided to add insult to injury by scouring through Jean’s belongings in what amounted to a desperate attempt at smearing the victim. Shortly after the shooting news broke, it was an nou nced t hat the man who had been killed for an incredibly stupid reason had committed the terrible crime of … possessing some marijuana and a grinder in his apartment. If you’re wondering what any of that has to do with his killing, you aren’t alone: the Fox4 Tweet that broke the “story” has one of the
most hilariously lopsided twitter ratios I’ve ever seen, with tens of thousands of angr y comments comp a red to a me a sly t h ree thousand likes. People are incensed that this s e a rc h e ven to ok pl ac e , a nd understandably so. This was a man who was gunned down by a seemingly unstable officer for merely being in his own home. It was the officer who trespassed on his property uninvited, and the officer who killed him in cold blood for no good reason. Why is the obvious victim in this situation being treated as the criminal? What possible justification could there be for searching this man’s belongings? Imagine if someone was hit by a car, and the police tested their sobriety rather than the driver responsible. That’s the kind of perverse situation you have here, with the victim being the one placed under scrutiny. The fact t hat t he pol ice seemed so giddy to report that Jean possessed marijuana doesn’t help t hem. According to Lee Merrit, who is representing the Jea n fa m i ly i n t h is case, t he police were immediately looking
for drug paraphernalia in a clear attempt at “smearing” the victim and helping one of their own. By desperately drawing attention to the ill-fated man’s alleged weed habit, it seems to me that the police are attempting to insinuate that Jean was some sort of low-life drug abuser in order to somehow diminish the impact of his death. This is of course pure speculation on my part, but, if that is what they’re attempting to do, then it flies in the face of every account of those who knew him in real life. Jean’s alleged use of marijuana is a non-issue in regards to his tragic death. The fact that he had drugs in his home is about as relevant to the case as the contents of his fridge. I doubt that, had Botham Jean been killed by a non-police officer, this search would have taken place. It appears Dallas police are giving this woman special treatment, as evidenced by the fact that she was free for days after the shooting. The police are here to serve the community at large, not to exist as some privileged guild that seeks the protection of its members over the proper enforcement of the law.
In case you didn’t notice, shopping malls of today are shadows of their counterparts of last century. W hat once were bastions of consumerism and hubs of social activity, many malls around the United States are failing or lie abandoned, leaving hulk ing concrete structures in their wake. Anchor stores, the large department stores or sporting goods stores that usually prop up malls, are dying off. Stores like Sears, JCPenny, Macy’s and the like are going the way of the dinosaur, in a feedback loop that is pulling malls down with them. Is this the future of American colleges? On the surface, the comparison of shopping malls to the American u n iver sit y s y stem seem s to be l a c k i n g. A f t e r a l l , c ol le g e s a r e doing great! They get the benef it of gover n ment s ub sid ie s on t he part of t heir customers’ bills and enrollment numbers are only going up. Unlike malls, which collapsed due to competition from the internet, college as an industry is remarkably entrenched. It’s one of the few ways to climb the social ladder in the United States. For much of the population, mak ing a decent salar y to support yourself and your family is thought of as impossible without a college degree. So why are American colleges in trouble? The answer lies in a variety of factors. First of all, it’s no secret that going to school is getting more and more expensive. Tuition costs have risen in the past decade at an “average rate of 3.2% per year beyond inf lation.” This has contributed to the ever-increasing combined student loan debt for the United States – $1.48 trillion held by 44.2 million people. This vast number is not going down any time soon. Fu n fac t : St udent loa n debt is unique in that it cannot be forgiven by a t y pical bank ruptcy. To f ile a Chapter 7, you must prove to that Department of Education that you are basically on the brink of starvation with no means to pay down your loan. That means, unless in the case of extenuating circumstances, whatever loans you take out to get through these four years of education will stay with you until you pay them off, forcing you to be at t he mercy of whatever company holds your debt. If you fail to pay up for 270 days, your loan is considered in default until you pay it back. Federally, this means your credit is damaged, mak ing it more difficult for you to buy a house or a car. I n Sout h Carolina, t h is means your state tax return will be taken, you are no longer eligible for state employment, your wages can be garnished and you might even be sued. A not her i s s ue w it h A mer ic a n col lege s t h at k i l led of f m a l l s i s t he r isi ng wage gap. I n ter ms of education, tuition that could once be paid off with a part-time, minimum wage salary has now exploded in cost. Never mind the fact that our $7.25 federal minimum wage has fallen behind in terms of buying power and should now be around $10 an hour. T he s e t r e nd s p o i nt t o a v e r y unsatisfactory future. If the cost of college continues to rise, the average cost of a public college in 18 years will be around $54,000, considerably higher than the $20,000 of today. If this trend continues uninterrupted, only the wealthy will be able to afford to send their students to college. And if this becomes the new normal, many smaller and less successful colleges across the country will be forced to shut down, much like what happened to shopping malls this past decade.
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Aries
A l l d o e s n’t g o a s expected with a team ef for t. Dig for t he missing link. Resist the urge to give up. Reach to friends for support.
Taurus
Career opport unit ies arise, although barriers intervene. Costs may be higher than expected. Consider consequences b e f o r e c o m m it t i n g. Your influence is on the rise.
Gemini
Find a hidden treasure in the weeds. Delays inspire you to look around. Avoid unexpected trail deviations. Investigate possibilities and explore the road you’re on.
Cancer
Changes could necessit ate budget re v i s ion s . Fol low intuition with hard facts. Balance accounts and pay bills. Contribute to shared assets. Someone finds that very attractive.
THE SCENE
Leo
Listen to your partner’s v i e w. S u p p o r t e a c h other through a challenge or surprise. Wait for developments. Sha re pat ience a nd compassion. Together, you’re e s p e c i a l l y powerful.
Virgo
Phy sic a l ac t ion get s results. Don’t push too hard, or risk breakage. Adapt to u nex pected obst acles. Slow for traffic. Maintain stable foundations and solid moves.
Libra
Yo u r f u n c o u ld g e t interrupted. Keep the peace and adapt. Things cou ld feel awk wa rd. It ’s not a good t i me t o d i s c u s s m o n e y. Prioritize matters of the heart.
Scorpio
Domestic issues have your attention. Family surprises may require a cool head and steady ha nd. Avoid wast i ng money or falling into arguments. Help out.
Sagittarius
A creat ive cha l lenge gets resolved easiest in conversat ion. Listen to considerations, and sha re d iver se v iew s. A nt ic ip at e c h a n g e s . Don’t be afraid to make a mess.
Capricorn
Ta k e s t o c k o f y o u r balance sheet, income and ex penses. Cou nt va lu able s you’ve got h idden away. Morale gets a boost with rising cash f low. Persistence pays.
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Aquarius
You’ve got the power and conf idence to pu l l of f what you’ve got planned. It’s not a good time to gamble. Pat ient ly nav igate obst acles for least trouble.
Pisces
Slow to contemplate your next move. Take care with sharp tools. Look at a puzzle from a ne w a n g le . A d m it impracticalities. Have a backup plan.
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ACROSS 1 Potato chips source 5 __ bean 9 Rick’s “Casablanca” love 13 “Aww!” 14 Spring bloom 15 Les __-Unis 16 Neighbor of Yemen 17 Large-scale departure 19 Island setting for Melville’s “Omoo” 21 Court order to testify 22 Mindless memorization 24 Farm sound 25 Blue expanse, on a clear day 26 Cost of a car, in most family budgets 31 1860s White House nickname 32 Thought 33 Traffic light color 37 Gardener’s bane 39 Quick taste 41 Produced 42 American flag feature 45 At hand 48 Buddhist school 49 Edmund Hillary’s conquest 52 Fermented quaff 55 Slugger’s stat 56 Get up 57 Removing from the text 60 1971 New York prison riot site 64 Region including Egypt, Israel, etc. 66 “__ be fine”: “No prob” 67 Sad verse 68 Spell-checker discovery 69 Not virtual 70 __ a one 71 The “Y” in “YTD” 72 TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers
DOWN 1 Loch Ness local 2 Adidas rival 3 Home of the NBA’s Jazz 4 Robert of “Dirty Grandpa” 5 Restricted in number, as an edition 6 Nest egg acronym 7 Hit’s opposite 8 Take for granted 9 “Was __ hard on you?” 10 Stows cargo 11 Caused some nose-pinching 12 Evaluate, as metal 15 Bring to light 18 Traditional black piano key wood 20 Singer Amos 23 Old flames 26 Big mouths 27 Help rob the bank 28 Taunt from the bleachers 29 Emulate Degas 30 “Slippery” tree 34 Do nothing 35 Wordsworth works 36 Attended, with “to”
38 Reduce in brightness 40 __ pressure 43 Rotund 44 Jazzman Blake 46 Pilot 47 Take ten 50 Distance between bases, in feet 51 Go to bed 52 Commercial writers 53 Bizet opera priestess 54 Tribal leader 58 Avant-garde 59 Motown’s Marvin 61 Receipt detail 62 Linguine seafood sauce morsel
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