The Daily Gamecock 11/18/19

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USC student remembered by fellow students, friends MEGHAN CRUM News Editor

COURTESY OF NOELLE PENDERGRAFT

USC student Mack Rogers was hit by a vehicle and killed after he ran into the street Nov. 7 to help another person hit by a vehicle, who was also killed. His fellow students and friends in Carolina Bible Fellowship remember him for his generous and caring nature.

“One of the big papers was calling him a good Samaritan because he went to help the first person who’d been hit, and that was … his everyday — helping people and not thinking of himself,” fourth-year mathematics student Noelle

Pendergraft said.

Pendergraft, strategic communication graduate student Caitlyn Jennings, fourth-year music education student Ben Markowitz and friend Jonathan Collins said Rogers was the type of person to drop everything for someone in need. They said he often drove people places when they needed help, such as driving friends across the state because they needed to buy a car, which they said happened multiple times.

Markowitz said Rogers often bought him food without asking.

“Mack was t he most caring, t he most selfless, the most loving person,” Jennings said. “He’s just the type of

person that if you needed anything at all, he would literally run across campus and help you.”

Rogers, a f if t h-year hospitalit y m a n agement st udent , wa s set to graduate in December, and Collins said his plan was to get involved in the hotel business and then eventually go overseas and share the gospel and his love for God with others. Carolina Bible Fellowship held a memorial for Rogers in the Russell House Theater Thursday, Nov. 14, to remember Rogers and invited the community.

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USC retail student said ‘yes’ to internship at Kleinfeld OLIVIA PETERS News Writer Fourth-year retailing student Madalyn Hair is helping brides say yes to the dress this fall at Kleinfeld Bridal in New York City.

Most often associated with TLC’s “Say Yes to the Dress,” Hair is experiencing the behind-thescenes TV magic of Kleinfeld as a bridal consultant intern.

“On the show, it’s made to believe that absolutely anything can happen at Kleinfeld,” Hair said.

Hair’s duties as a bridal consultant intern include sitting in on initial consultations and getting to know the bride’s vision for her wedding day. Hair also helps the consultant pull dresses from the salon floor and fit the bride into the gowns. The goal by the end of the session is that “she says yes to her dress.”

Lisa Fuhrman, a bridal consultant and cast member of “Say Yes to the Dress,” said in an email interview she loves working with Hair during appointments. Fuhrman said though she works with many interns each semester, Hair stands out as “one of the top performers.”

“Not only does she assist me with all aspects of each bridal appointment, she keeps me on track and helps maintain my sanity when things get a bit ‘wild’ as they often do.” Fuhrman said.

Daniela Jankovska is the faculty adviser of Fashion Board at USC, and she worked closely with Hair during her time as secretary of the Fashion Board.

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RIDING TO VICTORY

KAILEE KOKES // THE GAMECOCK

The University of South Carlolina’s equestrian team, No. 4, beat UT Martin, No. 9, 15-4 Friday, Nov. 15, at home. The reigning team started the Gamecocks off strong beating UT Martin’s riders 4-0 in the first event of the day. The momentum carried into the flat event where the Gamecocks brought the score to 7-2, during the fences event the UT Martin was unable to gain any points making the score 12-2. Horsemanship brought the final score to 15-4. The Gamecocks riders received most outstanding player honors in all four events for the first time this year.

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Senior swimmer reflects on time at South Carolina

MATTHEW EDWARDS Sports Editor

Senior swimming and diving student-athlete Emily Cornell owns the 100 and 200 backstroke records at South Carolina. But growing up, Cornell’s love for swimming wasn’t exactly love at first sight.

Initially, her parents pushed her do swim lessons to get comfortable with the water. Her father was also a swimmer and advocated for Cornell to take lessons.

Later, Cornell found out her brother planned to join a summer-league swim team, and she really liked their swimsuits despite not wanting to join the team. Her mom told her she could have the suit only if she joined the team.

Fast forward to her freshman year at South Carolina, Cornell participated in four events: the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 individual medley (IM) and 200

freestyle.

Just like any student, Cornell had to make adjustments to college, especially with home being nine hours away.

“This was my new life,” Cornell said. “My family is a phone call away. I can’t walk into their room and go talk to them.”

Hailing from West Chester, Pennsylvania, one would think Cornell would not be familiar with South Carolina prior to being interested in the school. However, that was not the case, as her older brother attended USC first. Cornell also has family in South Carolina, and growing up, her family would visit the beach.

When Cornell began pondering where she wanted to attend college, her parents, Kevin and Stephanie Cornell, talked to her about attending the same school as her brother, Matt Cornell.

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Students to face communal charges if vandalism in residence halls continues SARAH EISSMANN News Writer

Residents in Capstone House and South Quad have reported acts of vandalism, such as tearing down ceiling tiles, smearing ice cream cones on walls and elevators and stealing wet floor signs.

“It looked like they were replacing the ceiling because there were literally so many [tiles] missing,” said Catalina Roa, a first-year exercise science student and South Quad resident.

South Quad’s residence life coordinator, Claudio Josuel Alejo, said in an email to residents that more than 30 ceiling tiles were destroyed and noted damage to whiteboards and signs throughout the building. “[W]e are treating these matters with the utmost severity and sincerity,” Alejo said. “It is neither

fair nor appropriate to jeopardize your academic community with a sense of destruction or lack of respect to our home.”

No one commented on the reasoning for the vandalism.

Roa was away the weekend in October when most of the ceiling tile damage in South Quad occurred.

When she came back, she said she found ceiling tiles all over the floors. Alejo said the damage was primarily on the second, third and fourth floors, and there might be a communal student fee paid by the entire residence hall for the damage.

“Whoever is doing it should stop,” Roa said. “It’s extremely immature and unnecessary and also rude and inconsiderate for every party involved.”

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LAWSON ESTRIDGE // THE GAMECOCK

Broken ceiling tiles line the halls of Cliff Apartments. Vandalism has been occurring in other residence halls since the Cliff vandalism began.

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“A ll of us who k new him were impacted by h is l ife i n really profound ways. He was a brother to many of us, he was a good friend. He was reliable, he was always there,” Pendergraft said. “He always had a smile on his face ... he was one of the most compassionate people that I’ve ever known.”

Collins said Rogers was one of the most encouraging people he had ever met. He emphasized his devotion to his faith and helping others, and Pendergraft later said in an email that Rogers loved the outdoors and sitting on the Horseshoe to do his FROM VANDALISM PAGE 1

Some students said the vandalism occ u rs at n ight when people are drunk, reckless and obnoxious. They also said they wonder why anyone would want to dest roy his or her home.

If t he per pet rators remain u n ident i f ied , f i r s t-ye a r f i n a nc e student Hayden Shipley said it is the responsibility of everyone on the floor to cover the cost of the damage.

“It’s very inconsiderate of people who have to clean it,” Roa said. “[It is] also unfair to the rest of residents in South Quad who would have to pay a fine for something that they didn’t do.”

Capstone House area coordinator Jo s h Fi nc h s a id i n a n e m a i l t o residents that more than nine wet floor signs are missing, ceiling tiles are missing and ice cream was found in the elevator. He said he believes t hese are isolated i ncident s, a nd vandalism that happens is typically fixed and then billed to the entire floor.

“If you are one of the folks who’ve had fun breaking ceiling tiles and putting ice cream in the elevators – I encourage you to stop,” Finch said.

“People talk and when faced with being billed for your actions, your neighbors will certainly put you on blast.”

homework. Jennings said he was good at reading people, and always knew what people needed to hear and when something was wrong.

“He had sent me all these pictures of people’s reactions in the rain, and saying how some people hide from the rain, and some people are out t here just running around, arms wide open,” Jennings said. “A nd he said, ‘I want you to run around in the rain and just be drowned in God’s love,’ and last night as I was driving back and it was raining I just remembered that and I was like, ‘Man, I just want to go run around in the rain right now.’”

Some students said the vandalism might not be by a person who lives on that floor or by a resident of that residence hall.

“We’re probably all going to end up getting charged for it, but what’s to say it wasn’t a visitor or someone from a different floor?” Shipley said.

Shipley says he does not believe all of the vandalism is intentional. He says breaking an exit sign or running into a wall could be an accident.

“Now, stealing nine wet floor signs,” Shipley said. “That’s intentional.”

Si nce t he va nda l ism , sec u r it y g uards w ill now pat rol a nd walk around South Quad to monitor the situation and prevent more damage.

“St udent s need to respect university property and the property of others,” university spokesperson Jeff Stensland said in an email. “We ask that students hold one another accountable and stop damaging their homes.”

St udent s i n t hese residence ha l ls have received ema i ls f rom t heir area a nd residence life coordinators detailing the damage and the consequences. Students were encouraged to report any information they might have had to a housing staff member.

“A s a w h o le , t h e r e’s n o t a n y w idespread [vandalism],” Shipley said. “It’s just the common theme of ignorance and just obnoxiousness.”

What are your Thanksgiving traditions?

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Myself and my family, we all get together and meet up in one place, and we socialize and we eat and play video games, sit down, talk about old memories — and then we go shopping.

—Khristopher Long, second-year biology student

We really just sit around and talk, because it’s family that I don’t get to see very often, we usually see each other only once a year, so we just sit around and talk all day, and then we play with the kids, we eat and then we sleep for about three hours, and then we get up and we go Black Friday shopping.

—Sierra Stewart, third-year computer information systems student

My family always does a friendsgiving where each of my sisters, since we’re all in different grades, we all would get some of our friends together and it’s a whole mix of us — we have four girls in the house — and everyone brings food. It’s like a potluck and it’s a fun thing because it’s when Thanksgiving food goes on sale after Thanksgiving — so, you can probably get a turkey for, what, $20 — so it’s a good time.

—Hannah Bush, first-year public health student

My dad will spend the entire day prepping the turkey and all the food, while my mom makes the rest of us clean the house like mad men, and then everybody comes over and watches the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV and then we eat food. Sometimes we used to play football when I was little, and then I realized I don’t know how to play football, so that didn’t end well. Mostly just a lot of family, a lot of good food, and there’s always somebody new at the table to appreciate and to love and grow with.

—David Buneta, first-year business student

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Me and my whole extended family, we all go to Hilton Head and we rent out a bunch of beach houses, so we’ll have each family in a house, but we will culminate in whichever is bigger and we’ll all just hang out. My dad cooks dinner, and me and my cousins all bake desserts and stuff, but my family is super food allergenic, like my mom has celiac, my brother has paleo. Everyone has some issue, allergic to something, everyone in the extended family has some problems, so we do a lot of weird food, we do a lot of gluten-free food, we do a lot of sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, nutfree, allergenic food.

—Jacqueline Purtell, first-year statistics student

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The College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management to relocate to Close-Hipp CAMDYN BRUCE News Writer

This December, the College of Hospit a l it y, Ret a il a nd Sport Management (HRSM) is relocating from the Carolina Coliseum to Close-Hipp. The move is expected to take place Dec. 17.

H R S M ’s c u r r e nt d e a n , Haemoon Oh, said the plan was for the college to move years ago, dating back to before he even started working for the university.

“When I came for interview for this job in 2014, right, they already told me that we’ll be moving,” Oh said.

In order for the move to be facilitated, renovations at CloseHipp have been underway for the last year and a half at a cost of about $17 million.

“It’s definitely an investment, you know, it’s not something that’s considered necessarily a luxury,” said Bryony Wardell, t he HRSM director of communications and marketing.

Despite the cost, HRSM chief financial officer Scott Kaplan said he believes the investment is worth it for the students.

“For our space, in particular, we wanted to make it more amenable for our students and our faculty and staff to be able to offer the best services we can to our students,” Kaplan said. “There’s obviously a cost and impact on that, but I think every dime is worth it.”

Oh said it was not only worth the cost, but it was necessary to accommodate the growing student population in HRSM. “We literally ran out of space for facult y and st udent for

classroom, so we have no room to physically grow the college,” Oh said. “Yet, we still have a large number of applicants added each year, and more students are coming in our way, so we needed additional space to grow further.”

Oh said t he Carolina Coliseum didn’t necessarily have t he most su it able infrastructure for an academic unit.

“Th is bu ild i ng is not orig inally desig ned and constructed to be a classroom and faculty office,” Oh said.

“That’s why the classrooms and facult y off ices are not suitable for a typical academic organization and unit.”

H R SM w i l l o c c upy t he first, sixth, seventh and eighth floors of Close-Hipp. The new renovations and move will offer st udents and facult y ample natural light with f loor-toceiling windows around every floor, Oh said.

“I don’t have any window around [Carolina Coliseum], so I have made a rule to go outside, walk around the courtyard for couple times each day in an effort to get some sunlight,” Oh said.

The new renovat ions will include the brand new J. W i l la rd a nd A l ice S. Marriott Foundation Culinary Laboratory. The new lab is a 2,000-square-foot culinar y innovation lab and classroom built with a donation from the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation.

For students, it includes a classroom demonstration lab with a demonstration kitchen where students can observe instructors preparing food and demonstrating different

WILL ROBERTSON // THE GAMECOCK

The College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management is moving to Close-Hipp, located at 1705 College St., over winter break.

techniques. There will also be a new test k itchen with ne w ap p l i a n c e s t h at w i l l allow students to see how top restaurants around the world are managed.

“This is going to be a huge resou rce for not on ly ou r hospitality management and tourism management students, but also for the community, as we also host classes for culinary professionals,” Wardell said.

As part of the renovations, Tea Leaves cafe was added to the lobby, and the building will have more common areas for students.

T h i r d - y e a r h o s p it a l it y ma nagement st udent Tess Morrisroe said she was looking forward to the move.

“We’ve called the Coliseum ‘the dungeon’ for a really long time,” Morrisroe said. “Most of our projectors don’t work,

most of the computers in the computer labs don’t work , and so being able to go to a place that’s fully updated with that technology, as well, will hopefully make classes run a little smoother.”

Second-year retail student Julia Nicolosi said she and a lot of students in the college already have some classes in Close-Hipp, and it would be nice to have all of her HRSM classes in one building.

“I have a class in Close-Hipp and then I have to come back [to the Coliseum] and then I have to go back there, so that’s annoying” Nicolosi said. “Just having them one or the other is going to be good.”

Second-yea r hotel a nd restaurant management student George Perkins said he didn’t support the move because the location was not convenient for

him.

“It’s too far. I live over in Greene Crossing and I have a 9:40 next semester, so I have to hike all the way up to CloseHipp,” Perkins said. “That’s just a pain for me.”

Other students, such as firstyear sport and entertainment m a n a g e m e nt s t u d e nt Jo e Atkinson, said the transition wou ld be dif f ic u lt, but he supported the move in the long run.

“I think, overall, once they renovate the building, make it really nice, it’ll be cool,” Atkinson said. “It’ll be hard next semester, but overall, yeah, definitely support the move.”

Oh said he is looking forward to seeing the new building and using it in the upcoming spring.

“We are planning to create a vibe there in a positive way,” Oh said.

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St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn sets $35K goal for next spring’s event JOSEPH LEONARD Senior News Writer St . Jude C h i ld ren’s Re sea rch Hospital holds an annual Up ‘til Daw n f u nd ra isi ng event i n t he spring where volunteers, patients a nd f a m i l ie s s t a y aw a k e f r o m midnight to 6 a.m. to play games and fundraise for the hospital.

T he hospit a l is foc u sed on researching and treating children diagnosed with cancer and other l ife-t h reaten i ng d iseases. “The future is bright” is this year’s Up ‘til Dawn’s theme.

Last year, St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn raised more than $27,000, and this year it’s planning on raising more than $35,000. Fourth-year public health student Shelby Keith said this funding would go towards food, travel and any other bills the families would owe. The $35,000 would pay for 140 red blood cell transfusions and 70 hours of physical therapy for a person diagnosed with cancer.

L ora Stea r n s, development representat ive for St. Jude, said her role wit h St. Jude is raising awareness and fundraising in North and South Carolina. Stearns said St. Jude is working to raise childhood cancer survival rate to 100%.

“I n t h i rd world cou nt r ies, sp ec i f ic a l ly, when t he c h i ld i s d i a g n o s e d w it h c a n c e r, t h e i r su r v ival rate is ex t remely low,” Stearns said. “In St. Jude, because we freely share our research, we are striving to raise that survival rate on a global scale within the next 10 years.”

Stearns said she’s been touched by patients and families while working with St. Jude. She said USC has survivors on campus who are doing well. “[Former patients] that are now

MARY COMTOIS // THE GAMECOCK

A tapestry hangs at St. Jude’s Up ‘til Dawn fundraiser at Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center.

striving and driving and they are in their college years and ... one of them is in the Honors College and they’re just starting to make such great strides in their personal lives,” Stearns said.

Keith, the executive director of St. Jude’s Up ‘til Dawn, said she got involved because her f riend served in her role before her. Keith said during her time working with St. Jude, she became attached to a pat ient na med Ja ke, who was diagnosed with cancer when he was 17.

“His family was gonna have to put up t heir house for sale a nd

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ever y t h i ng bec au se it ’s ju st so expensive to treat,” Keith said. “I

can’t even imagine juggling the finances as well as just caring for your child who was diagnosed with cancer. So that’s kind of why I do it.”

Grace Towery is a second-year biology student who helps organize the event. She was involved in last year’s event and participated in a lip sync battle, a mummy wrapping contest and other games during the six-hour event.

“It’s very exciting, a lot of high energ y, which is crazy to think about becau se it’s l i ke, you’re staying up all night,” Towery said.

Tower y said when she was in h e r t r a n s it io n f r o m s i x t h t o seventh grade, her best friend was diagnosed with lymphoma, and her grandmother was diagnosed w it h breast ca ncer arou nd t he sa me t i me. She sa id she loves being a part of an organization that is researching treatments for children and adults.

Towery said she raises most of her money through social media, and her personal goal is $500. She said she’s close to meeting that goal four months in advance. “ T h e m a i n t h e m e [ i s] ‘ t h e f ut u re’s bright,’” Tower y said.

“The future is 100% survival.”

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Students compete in a no-hands Oreo eating contest at a past St. Jude’s Up ‘til Dawn fundraiser.

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USC student Madalyn Hair debuted Tornai’s fall 2019 collection at the Pnina Tornai runway show.

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“[Hair’s] curiosity and her passion for fashion really got her to where she is today,” Jankovska said. “Her experience in being the secretary for the Fashion Board really prepared her very well for the internship that she [has] at Kleinfeld.”

Though going through the application process and not hearing back from certain internships was discouraging, Hair said she held out hope for the one she currently has at Kleinfeld because she “heard nothing but great things” about the company.

When she heard back from her current supervisor, she was told that all of the summer positions were filled, but rather than give up, she inquired about fall positions and was hired the day she flew to New York for her interview.

Hair is still tak ing courses while i nter n i ng. Add it iona l ly, she is a n ambassador for the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at USC. Though she’s enjoying her internship

and living in New York, Hair said it was hard being away from family and friends when she first moved, as she went from seeing them everyday to “seeing thousands of unfamiliar faces.” She said she “didn’t expect the mental toll it would take on [her].”

“It’s definitely emotional, because we have brides coming in that are making a one time purchase, it’s a big purchase and it’s a very emotional purchase,” Hair said. “It’s difficult when you don’t exactly get her vision and it kind of feels like the appointment isn’t going anywhere.

But that said, we have to fall back on our customer service skills and just kind of sticking to the reputation that Kleinfeld has.”

Despite this obstacle, Hair encourages people applying for internships or looking for a job to “give [themselves] more credit.”

“I just thought there was no way that me, little old girl from the South, could work at such a huge company like Kleinfeld,” Hair said.

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CAROLINA

CULTURE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: “Charlie’s Angels” The new “Charlie’s A ngels” reboot sees K r isten Stewar t , Naomi Scott and Ella Balinksa take on a multitude of bad guys in the series’ third installment.

Directed by Elizabeth Banks, the A ngels from all over the globe must come together to save the p l a ne t . C a m e o ap p e a r a n c e s i n t he f i l m i nclude Laver ne Cox, Ronda Rousey, M ichael St r a h a n a nd L i l i R e i n h a r t .

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: “mini bloom” by MisterWives After a two-year hiatus from its sophomore album “Connect the Dots,” MisterWives defiantly returns to its roots for this EP. Lead singer Mandy Lee is tired of lay ing low, and she carries “c o m i n g u p f o r a i r ” t o t he surface. The indie/alternative band churns out anthems ranging from piano melodies to rock and techno mashups. “mini bloom” serves as an excellent reminder of why MisterWives grabbed our attention in the first place.

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Emotional” by okaywill Feat u red on t he “At y pical” season t hree sou ndt rack, “Emotional” is the perfect track to sum up how you’re feeling about that person you just can’t get out of your head. The upbeat tempo makes you remember why you have so much fun with this person and want to spend all of your time with them. As okaywill sings about feeling emotional – “But you can say the love was true ‘cause I get emotional love around you” – we know it is great and perfectly normal to “feel” with our person.

TWEET OF THE WEEK: “anytime I meet someone who says “I follow you on Twitter” my heart stops for a f u l l beat l i ke bro t hat’s my diary please respect my privacy” —@ellorysmith

EVENTS OF THE WEEK: C a ro l i n a Pro d u c ti o n s presents Festifall Greene Street Nov. 19 at 11 a.m.

Gamecock Recovery Concert Russell House Patio Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.

Vintage Market Days State Fairgrounds Nov. 22 to 24 at 10 a.m.

Lights Before Christmas Riverbanks Zoo Nov. 23 to Dec. 30 at 5 p.m.

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First-year business student Asaru Buffalo and fourth-year theater student Liv Matthews portray the leads in “I and You.” The USC theater department will present the award-winning play at the Lab Theatre, Nov. 20 to 23.

USC theater student to direct ‘I and You’ ALEXIA GREENE Arts & Culture Writer

While it hasn’t been a long time since many USC students were in high school, it can often feel like a distant memory. USC’s presentation of “I and You” takes the audience back to high school with the story of a girl named Caroline, who is sick and homebound, and a boy named Anthony, who comes over to work on a class project with her.

Liv Matthews, a fourth-year theater and political science student, portrays Caroline, a high school senior who has liver damage and can no longer attend school. Matthews said she read the script before auditions and knew right away she wanted to play Caroline.

“Caroline is a big weirdo who’s eccent ric and random and overdramatic, and that is completely me,” Matthews said. “That’s part of the reason that I connected with the story and the character so much in the first place, and wanted to play her, is because I saw a lot of myself in her.”

A s a r u Bu f f a lo i s a f i r s t-ye a r economics student playing the role of A nthony. Buffalo describes his character as “really chill” and “a star basketball player.”

“This is the role that I wanted, but it was a two-person show, so what are the chances? I’m a freshman, there’s so many great, talented people here,” Buffalo said. “I was very happy when I got called back for this.”

David Neil Edwards is a fourth-year theater student and the director of “I and You.” Edwards became interested in directing a play after being in a student-written and student-directed production during his first year of college. He said it was a “special” opportunity to be directed by another

student.

E dwa rds sa id he sea rched for different plays to direct for a long time.

When he learned about “I and You,” he knew right away that this was the play he wanted to direct.

“My favorite thing about this play is how quickly it shows we can begin to love others, no matter how different we are or how long we’ve known them,” Edwards said. “This play shows what it means to open up to someone and have them open up to you. We see these two characters knock down walls that each other have built up, and behind those walls, they find love and trust and help.”

Edwards said he believes “I and You” is relevant and necessary for USC, which is one of the reasons why he chose to direct it. Students tend to “separate themselves” based on “stereotypes and classifications,” he said, which can prevent collaboration and unity. This play is an attempt to combat those sentiments.

Matthews said “I and You” brings representation to people who might be chronically ill, such as Caroline.

She said she has a friend at USC who was diagnosed with epilepsy, which brought her to feel more empathy for her character and for people whose lives

have been affected by various diseases.

“I and You” is being showcased in the Lab Theatre, which is the “perfect” place for the play, according to Edwards.

“We have taken our Lab Theatre that is already a small, black box theater and we’ve actually shrunk the space down,” Edwards said. “It takes place in one room, it’s Caroline’s bedroom, and we have brought the audience even closer into her space.”

Buffalo said the atmosphere of the show is important.

“It’s like everyone is on the walls of the room, so everyone’s getting this great perspective looking in,” Buffalo said. “We can do so many unique things here that are instrumental to this show working that we wouldn’t be able to do in any other space.”

Buffalo and Matthews said there are a lot of moments the audience will be able to relate to.

“We’re not in high school here, we’re in college, but we’re still students. We still have to do work, we’re still trying to juggle extracurriculars, meet new people,” Buffalo said. “There’s a lot here that’s overall building to a good message that anyone, not just USC students, would appreciate.”

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Cool Beans, College Grounds share building, coffee HANNAH HARPER Arts & Culture Writer

Cool Beans and College Grounds has been a convenient spot for a cup of coffee and a quick bite to eat for years.

L o c at e d o n C o l le g e St reet , ma ny st udent s, fac u lt y a nd st af f a re fam iliar w it h t he lit t le t wo-stor y house to t he left of the James F. Byrnes Building.

“I like to say that it’s k i nd of l ike t he holy trinity,” Annalee Fricker, a f u l l-t i me ma nager at College Grou nds, said.

“It’s Col lege Grou nds, Cool Bea ns a nd Cool Bea n s a s a whole, a s a company.”

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College Grounds Cafe features a full food menu and some coffee options, and shares a space with Cool Beans.

T hou g h C o ol B e a n s a nd Col lege Grou nds are considered different businesses, t hey are

ac t u a l ly ow ned by t he same person. Both Cool Beans and College Grou nds sel l food a nd

cof fee, but College G r ou nd s , o n t he f i r s t f loor, fo c u se s on food w it h a reg u la r menu and a special menu that rotates every two weeks.

Vegan options are always available, even with the consistent changes to the menu.

I n t h is way, t he t wo businesses complement e a c h o t h e r. W h e r e a s its downstairs neighbor prides itself on its food, Cool Beans’ specialty lies in coffee. Cool Beans has a panini grill, microwave, hot plate and toaster, but lacks the resources that College Grounds has.

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Column: Music outlets don’t know alternative music SEBASTIAN LEE Arts & Culture Writer

Entities such as Billboard and iTunes feature many artists who do not fit the description of alternative music and misrepresent it.

To understand why these bands and artists aren’t alternative, it’s important to know what alternative means — which can be tricky.

Alternative isn’t a genre but, rather, a culmination of the outliers of multiple genres. In other words, an alternative song can stem from any genre, but it must have some element that sets it apart from the other songs in its genre.

On the billboard chart for alternative songs, artists such as Billie Eilish, AJR, Machine Gun Kelly and Post Malone are all featured. On the album chart, Eilish holds the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, Imagine Dragons is at No. 7, No. 15 and No. 18 and Panic! at the Disco holds No. 10. iTunes, on the other hand, is much worse.

The iTunes top-100 alternative chart features 15 Eilish songs, eight Imagine Dragons songs, four Halsey songs and two Panic! at the Disco songs. Perhaps the most out of place is “Panini� by Lil Nas X at No. 11.

In The Daily Gamecock’s poll of 51 people, only 33% believed Imagine Dragons was alternative, 29% for Eilish, 27% for Panic! at the Disco, 11.8% for Halsey and 7.8% for Lil Nas X. It’s clear how these artists don’t fit under the umbrella of alternative. Imagine Dragons is fairly standard pop rock, for example. Eilish does have a darker tone in “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO

WE GO?� but otherwise she isn’t doing anything significantly different from pop artists such as Lorde.

Halsey is even more like mainstream pop than Eilish. Panic! at the Disco is the most unique of the group because they were originally making alternative music. However, in recent years, they’ve replaced the emo pop punk sound that made them popular with a standard pop sound, as in “High Hopes,� which is much more palatable to a general music audience.

Finally, the closest tie Lil Nas X has to alternative is the chorus melody of “Panini,� which mirrors Nirvana’s “In Bloom.�

Mislabeling these artists significantly impacts the music industry. Above all, it affects people interested in listening to alternative music. If someone listened to an alternative playlist made by Apple for iTunes or Apple Music, the playlist would feature non-alternative artists.

In a 24-hour period, Columbia’s alternative radio station WXRY played “Circles� by Post Malone, “High Hopes� by Panic! at the Disco, “Shut Up and Dance�

by Walk the Moon and both “bad guy� and “bury a friend� by Eilish within nearly an hour of each other.

Giving these songs too much radio time or a placing on them on popular playlists takes away the opportunity for someone to hear new music.

Mislabeling the genre also affects the American Music Awards (AMAs).

At the AMAs, Imagine Dragons has won favorite alternative rock artist twice. When they won, the other artists nominated were The Lumineers and Mumford and Sons one year, and then Bastille and Lorde the next. Imagine Dragons won those years because its competition was nowhere close to rock or, by proxy,

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alternative rock.

Imagine Dragons will most likely win favorite alternative rock artist again, as this year the other nominees are Eilish and Panic! at the Disco. Out of those three, Imagine Dragons is once again the closest to alternative rock.

It’s truly baff ling that bands such as Cage the Elephant or The Black Keys, which are two of the most mainstream alternative rock bands, were not nominated for the category while Eilish was, despite both releasing albums this year.

Everyone has heard Eilish and Imagine Dragons, but so many actual alternative artists go unnoticed. With alternative music being portrayed the way Billboard, iTunes, the AMAs and even local radio is, many people will never hear those artists.

Alternative music might be a vague term, but it is clear the artists portrayed by big outlets as alternative are not.

Review: ‘Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ offers choice SEKANI ADEBIMPE Arts & Culture Writer

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games, “Fire Emblem� c o n s t a nt l y r e i nv e nt s it self, ex per i ment i ng with new gameplay and narrative elements that aim to deliver original experiences within the genre.

A lthough more recent i nst a l l ment s i nt r o d u c e d e le me nt s t hat have gar nered some controversy, both I ntel l igent Sy stem s and Koei Tecmo were left undeterred in their commitment to transform the series again for the Nintendo Switch, the first home console to house a “Fire Emblem� game si nce “ Fi re E mblem: Radiant Dawn� in 2007.

Without a doubt, “Fire Emblem: Three Houses� f u l f i l l s it s a mbit ion s with great promise and exec ut ion. M a nag i ng to accommodate three d ist i nct nar rat ives i n one package, the game’s eclectic cast and riveting combat provide countless hours of unadulterated fun. “Fire Emblem: Three Hou ses� beg i ns af ter choosi ng bet ween a male a nd female

protagon ist. Once a freelance mercenary, the player character receives an opportunity to teach at the Officer’s Academy at Garreg Mach Monastery, where nobil it y a nd commoner alike gather to receive an elite education.

There’s one caveat, howe ver. T he y mu s t choose one of the three houses to lead as a p r of e s s or : t he Bl ac k Eagles, the Blue Lions or the Golden Deer. The house the player chooses will not only inf luence the characters available to teach but the progression of the narrative.

The game’s structure immediately lends itself to great replayability. Each house hosts a distinct cast of characters with nuanced backstories and memorable personalities, a nd t here a re a mple opportunities to learn about each one through support conversations.

W het her it be t he char m i ng d isposit ion of Claude von Reigen or the dignified aura of Edelgard von Hresvelg, there is someone that will

resonate with everyone.

Yet their effectiveness in combat is malleable.

A s t h e i r p r of e s s o r, the player character is responsible for helping students develop tactical and weapon proficiency.

With a restricted amount of t ime to teach each month, determining the optimal classes for each cha rac ter is essent ia l i n m a x i m i z i n g t he i r potential. Each character gravitates towards specific weapons, such as swords or magic, but flexibility exists to mold characters into something different, such as a lance user.

These qualities u nder score t he g reat degree of choice available from the beginning of the game and encourage players to engage with t he game in whatever way they see fit. Outside of teaching and battling, hours of optional content exist to deepen relationships with other characters t hrough activities such as cooking and giving gifts.

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The NCAA’s latest rule allows athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness, which has left several fans, players and coaches curious about how the process will work with possible endorsements.

After the NCAA’s governing board voted unanimously on Oct. 29, the NCAA set Jan. 2021 as the deadline for each of its three divisions to make their own specific rules regarding the issue. Until then, nobody knows the extent to which NCAA athletes will be allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness.

Endorsements are a major topic in this issue as companies, such as Under Armour and Nike, have contracts with thousands of colleges and universities across the nation. South Carolina and Auburn are the only two Under Armour schools in the SEC while there are 10 Nike schools in the SEC. The University of South Carolina agreed to a 10-year contract with Under Armour in Feb. 2016 worth $71.5 million. “It is the second most valuable contract in the SEC and the seventh most valuable in the nation,” according to an article in The State.

For the time being, this new rule is a major change for college sports overall because the NCAA previously did not allow athletes to earn profit in any capacity. In the ruling, the NCAA also said college athletes must not be treated like employees of their respective universities and a distinction between college and professional opportunities must exist.

According to University of South Carolina sports management professors Mark Nagel and Richard Southall, the questions being asked on this issue will not be answered until the divisions form their own rules, as stated earlier.

Since Nike is known for its endorsements, many fans may ask if Nike schools have a recruiting advantage compared to schools sponsored by Under Armour or another apparel company.

Nagel said this is not the case, because the new rule could allow players to receive sponsorship money rather than the schools.

“I think that enables the players to broker a deal that’s best for their individual needs,” Nagel said. “I think that will be in many ways probably more beneficial to the players and more beneficial for a number of other schools.”

In basketball, for example, the top athletes are identified early on before they are recruited and attend shoe apparel camps with their Amateur Athletic Union teams.

Nagel said the new rule could help with the competitive balance of the sport due to the top players solely attending the top programs.

Southall said the rule will just be another factor to recruiting. It will add to other factors such as the town or city the schools are in, the fan support and how successfully the program produces professional athletes.

“Recruiting is about sales,” Southall said. “Recruiting is about convincing that it’s in the best interest of athlete to go to X university over Y university, so the ability to get endorsements, if that’s something down the road, not every athlete is going to have that same marketability.”

Another issue that could arise involves athletes endorsing other apparel brands not sponsored by their school. For instance, could a South Carolina athlete do an endorsement for Nike? Or could an Oregon player sponsored by Nike do an endorsement for Under Armour?

Nagel said this question will have to sort itself out based on what the three divisions decide to do by Jan. 2021.

“If you look at the NFL, the NBA and other professional sports leagues, they have conflicting sponsorships in some cases,” Nagel said.

According to Nagel, it will boil down to what the athletes and schools end up controlling.

A major topic tied to athletes’ names, images and likenesses is players’ last names on the back of jerseys sold in bookstores, apparel shops and online sports fanatic stores. According to Nagel, this is a grey area but also a possibility.

In some professional leagues, athletes have different brands on each parts of their uniform.

“Typically, what happens in many, many sports, with the Olympics and so forth, is things that are performancerelated are permitted to be chosen by the athlete,” Nagel said.

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New NCAA rule could potentially affect endorsements

“Things that are uniform related are typically chosen by the team or the school.” only two Under Armour schools in the SEC while there On the other hand, Southall said the switching of brands are 10 Nike schools in the SEC. will most likely not be possible, pending the three divisions’ The University of South Carolina agreed to a 10-year decisions. contract with Under Armour in February 2016 worth The NCAA’s latest rule allows athletes to profit off Athletic departments have contracts to control what an $71.5 million. “It is the second most valuable contract in athlete their might name, negotiate, image according and likeness, to Southall. which has But he leftalso several proposed a long-term solution to this: players’ associations. the SEC and the seventh most valuable in the nation,” “Iffans, the players athletes and actually wantcurious to haveabout some how power inprocess this, players need to form players’ associations, either on the conference coaches the according to an article in The State. levelwill on the work national with possible level andendorsements. negotiate their own marketing or endorsement deal,” Southall said. “But I don’t think it’s going to For the time being, this new rule is a major change for happenAfter necessarily the NCAA’s right away.” governing board voted unanimously college sports overall because the NCAA previously did Oct. 29, the NCAA set January 2021 as the deadline for not allow athletes to earn profit in any capacity. In the each of its three divisions to make their own specific ruling, the NCAA also said college athletes must not be rules regarding the issue. Until then, nobody knows the treated like employees of their respective universities extent to which NCAA athletes will be allowed to profit and a distinction bet ween college and professional from their name, image and likeness. opportunities must exist.

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CAM ADAMS Assistant Sports Editor Ever y game day, t housands of South Carolina fans dress in their beloved colors of garnet and black, make the voyage to Columbia and pack into stadiums.

Due to consistent fan loyalty, the Gamecocks lead NCAA Division I schools in attendance numbers.

S e ver a l s p or t s on c a mpu s consistently place in the top-25 or even the top-10 in attendance in NCAA DI. Some of t hese at tenda nceleading teams in 2018 included t he G a mecock s i n fou r t h i n NCAA baseball attendance, 17th in NCA A football attendance, second in NCAA women’s soccer attendance and first in NCA A women’s basketball attendance for the fifth-straight year.

There are many contributing factors to South Carolina’s success in drawing fans to the stadium game after game. One of these factors is fan loyalty, according to Blake Edmunds, the assistant athletic director of marketing and fan experience.

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Redshirt freshman midfielder Samantha Chang runs after the ball during the first round of the NCAA women’s soccer tournament against the Samford Bulldogs Friday.

Gamecocks beat Samford to advance in tournament NATE SHIRLEY Sports Writer The Gamecock women’s soccer tea m opened up NCA A tournament play by defeating the Samford Bulldogs 3-0 in its f irst r o u nd m at c h at St o ne Stadium Saturday night.

Sout h Carol i na ca me into the tournament hot after winning the 2019 SEC championship and posting a 16-1-3 record this season.

The lone loss came against the No. 20 Clemson Tigers Sept. 15.

The Gamecocks received a second seed overall for this record, which gives them a home-field advantage for the first two rounds. Head coach Shelley Smith said the team hopes to capitalize on continued play in front of a home crowd.

“Stone Stadium is one of the best places you’ll find in the country, I think, for

college soccer,” Smith said.

Samford also entered t he contest wit h a championsh ip u nder it s belt , as t he tea m secured the 2019 SoCon championship with a 1-0 victory over Furman, for a 13-3-5 record.

The f irst half was drawing to a close wit h neither team scoring, but junior midfielder Samantha Chang gave the Gamecocks a goal in the 41st minute.

Sophomore forward Riley Tanner was credited with the assist.

Junior midfielder Lauren Chang said get t ing t he goal before halftime was “immensely important.”

“Always nice getting up a goal, especially right before halftime,” senior goalkeeper Mikayla Krzeczowski said.

The Gamecocks built on their halftime lead when ju n ior for ward Luciana Zullo rocketed a shot into the top right corner of the

goal from over 20 yards out.

This gave South Carolina a 2-0 lead in the 54th minute.

Tanner scored the last goa l w it h le s s t h a n 10 minutes left.

Observations The Gamecocks came out of the gates quick in this game, controlling the entire f irst half. Despite on ly posting one goal, the team combined for nine shots in the first half. Four of those shots were on target.

This was in stark contrast to the Bulldogs, who did not register a shot in that half.

Despite g iv ing up t h ree goa l s , Sa m ford’s junior goalkeeper Morgan McA slen put up an impressive performance, recording four saves in the contest. The Gamecocks ended with 13 shots.

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Lost, 3-0 vs. FIU Wednesday, Nov. 13

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“We have some of t he most loyal fans, really, in the country,” Edmunds said. “Those numbers really show through the thick and thin; you know, we’ve been blessed with having some great seasons by some of our teams … but even in some of the tough seasons, our fans still come out.”

Another contributing element to attendance success, Edmunds said, is season ticket holders and their commitment to Gamecock athletics.

Lance Grantham, the senior associate atheletic director for ticketing and customer relations, agreed with Edmunds. “[Season ticket holders] provide the base for our attendance across our big 4 sports,” Grantham said in an email interview. “We sell a great number of seasons in [football], both [men’s and women’s] basketball, baseball and softball. They help fund the whole athletic department with their commitment and support financially and on Gameday in the stands.”

Fan loyalt y and season ticket holder s c ont r ibut e t o S out h Carolina by continuing to put up big numbers in attendance, but other amenities set in place by ticketing also attract fans to games.

Gra nt ham said some of t he simpler game day experiences, such as upgrading a fan’s upper deck seat to a lower deck seat or being on the field during the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme, keep fan satisfaction high.

E d mu nd s sa id some of t he broader aspect s of t he fa n experience recently set in place, such as the Forever Loyal and student rewards programs, might help fan satisfaction.

“We never try to take our foot off the gas and try to continue to innovate and find different ways that we can cater better to our fans’ needs,” Edmunds said. “W hile we do all these great things and different programs, you know, we can’t lose sight that their loyalty is second to none.”

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Senior Emily Cornell swims backstroke in the pool. Cornell holds 19 records across eight events for South Carolina’s swimming and diving team..

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“ W h i le bot h my w ife a nd I really liked the University of South Carolina, we wanted to be sure that our kids felt like it was home and that they belonged there,” Kevin Cornell said in an email interview.

On her recruiting trip, Cornell told her brother at a football game s he wo u ld b e at t e nd i n g S o u t h Carolina.

“I guess it stood out to me at first because my brot her came here,” Cornell said. “W hen I got here, I k new right away. With the team, with academics, it was the best fit for me for sure.”

Although her home was far away, Cor nel l st i l l had Mat t at Sout h

Carolina to look after her.

“We had di n ner ever y Su nday together. He would cook for me,” Cornell said. “And that was a good piece of home.”

What Cornell said she loves most about the sport of swimming is the f luidit y and t he opport u nit ies it presents to improve and overcome personal challenges.

“If you have a rough patch, which I have had a few rough patches, the grass is greener on the other side,” Cornell said. “No matter how hard t hat rough patch is, it w ill get better, and there’s always more opportunities to get better. I like that there are so many little things in swimming you can work on to make a bigger difference in your swims.”

But the thing that means the most

to Cornell is the support her family gives her. They travel to Columbia as much as possible to support Cornell, and she always look s for ward to that special hug from her parents afterwards.

“Emily’s dedication in and out of the pool amazes me,” Kevin Cornell said. “The amount of time it takes to be a student-athlete at a division 1 school is substantial.”

No mat ter t he outcomes of Cornell’s swim meets or how busy she is as a student-athlete, her family’s love for her remains constant.

“The best for me is to see Emily finish a race and look to the stands w it h a g reat , big sm i le,” Kev i n Cornell said. “It just melts my heart.”

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I n t urn, College Grounds does not have an espresso bar, though it does offer a small variety of coffee. This results in the businesses living in harmony as customers come in and out.

The convenient coffee shop has been a staple for USC st udent s for years. Cool Beans loves its customers from the university just as much as students love its coffee. “ We r e a l l y j u s t like being a open and i nv it i ng s p ace where people can come in, get a cup of coffee or get a bowl of grits and just work on their homework for however long they want,” Ansley Gaskins, a fourt h-year English student and Cool Beans barista, said.

One thing the baristas pride themselves on is t he abi l it y to ma ke just about a ny c up of coffee one desires. The coffee shop has a wide assortment of syrups — which means one has a “latte” to choose from.

Two of its best sellers i nc lude t he Per f e c t Woman and the Perfect M a n. T he Per fec t Woman is traditionally a hot sweet latte wit h one shot of espresso, homemade wh ipped c re a m a nd c ho c ol at e discs. Gaskins said this i s a g o o d b eg i n ner ’s coffee. The Perfect Man consists of an iced breve with one ounce of Irish cream syrup.

On Wednesdays, after College Grounds closes at 5 p.m ., t he cof fee shop hosts an open-mic

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Cool Beans employee Carrington Hardin prepares menu items.

n ight ca l led “M i nd Gravy.” This gives local artists the opportunity to showcase their work, whether it be singing, reading poetr y or playing an instrument.

For av id cof fee drinkers and Cool Beans enthusiasts alike, Cool Beans offers a card that will give customers every 10th drink free.

Though Cool Beans has only supplied t he Colu mbia a rea w it h cof fee a nd food for a little over two decades, the building itself has been around for over 100 years.

Prior to Cool Beans, the house has seen a hair salon, hippy cafe and the utility closet was once a bathroom. The house is so old, in fact, that there is a r unning joke of a ghost named Billy. “ We h a d t o ack nowledge that somet hing weird is happen i ng, whet her it’s actually a ghost or it’s just our paranoia,” Fricker said about weird occurrences, such as a faint scent of cologne

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While these side activities can become repetitive over time, their inclusion is much appreciated.

However, “Fire Emblem” would not be “Fire Emblem” without its titular turn-based combat system. Each chapter features a grid-based map where students are maneuvered across the battlefield to fight against enemy armies. It remains as polished and tactical as ever, requiring the player to manage weapon durability and character placement to succeed. To heighten the stakes, choosing “Classic” mode will enable permadeath, which means that a character defeated on the battlefield is unusable for the rest of the game. On the game’s hardest difficulties, a great challenge awaits to ensure all characters survive to the bitter end.

Some of the major highlights of “Fire Emblem: Three Houses” originate from its stellar audio-visual production.

It particularly shines within battle sequences, where powerful orchestral tracks amplif y the tensions of the ensuing conflicts. Each battle theme also has two arrangements titled “Rain” and “Thunder,” the latter playing when you

after hours or a breeze that wasn’t there before.

“We’re naming it Billy, either way.”

One of fou r t h-yea r history student Hunter R icha rdson’s favor ite things about working at Cool Beans is the way it connects people from around the world.

“The cool thing about coffee is that it’s kind of, like, universal,” Richardson said. “As a histor y major, I t hink it’s really cool that there is this massive histor y behind coffee.”

A n sle y a nd Fr icker each said they appreciate t he b o nd s t he y h a ve formed over the course of t heir t ime at Cool Beans and College Grounds, which are like “family.” “ T h a t ’s p r o b a b l y my favorite part about work i ng here, is how close ever yone get s and how tight-knit this coffee shop is, even with the customers,” Fricker said.

engage an enemy in combat. Particular standouts include “God Shattering Star,” “Tearing Through Heaven” and “The Edge of Dawn,” although there are dozens more of exceptional quality.

The series’ t ransit ion f rom t he Nintendo 3DS to the Nintendo Switch signaled a complete visual overhaul.

With greater processing capabilities, character models and environments are rendered at a higher quality than past iterations. Having said that, there are some clear visual hitches with textures and rendering that dampen the visual appeal of the game. Fortunately, distinct cha racter desig ns f rom Ch i nat su Kurahana and CGI cutscenes from animation studio Sanzigen obscure these issues to some degree.

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According to University of South Carolina sports management professors Mark Nagel and Richard Southall, the questions being asked on this issue will not be answered until the divisions form their own rules.

Si n c e N i k e i s k now n f o r it s endorsements, many fans might ask if Nike schools have a recruiting adva nt age compa red to schools sponsored by Under A r mou r or another apparel company.

Nagel said this is not the case, because the new rule could allow players to receive sponsorship money rather than the schools.

“I think [the new rule] enables the players to broker a deal that’s best for their individual needs,” Nagel said.

“I think that will be, in many ways, probably more beneficial to the players and more beneficial for a number of other schools.”

In basketball, for example, the top athletes are identified early on before they are recruited and attend shoe apparel camps with their Amateur Athletic Union teams.

Nagel said the new rule could help with the competitive balance of the sport due to the top players solely attending the top programs.

Southall said the rule will just be another factor to recruiting. It will add to other factors such as the town or city the schools are in, the fan support and how successfully the program produces professional athletes.

“Recruiting is about sales,” Southall said. “Recruiting is about convincing that it’s in the best interest of athlete to go to X university over Y university, so the ability to get endorsements, if that’s something down the road, not every athlete is going to have that same marketability.”

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involves athletes endorsing other apparel brands not sponsored by their school. For instance, could a South Carolina athlete do an endorsement for Nike? Or could an Oregon player sponsored by Nike do an endorsement for Under Armour?

Nagel said this question will have to sort itself out based on what the three divisions decide to do by January 2021.

“If you look at the NFL, the NBA and other professional sports leagues, they have conflicting sponsorships in some cases,” Nagel said.

According to Nagel, it will boil down to what the athletes and schools end up controlling.

A major topic tied to athletes’ names, images and likenesses is players’ last names on the back of jerseys sold in bookstores, apparel shops and online sports fanatic stores. According to Nagel, this is a grey area but also a possibility.

I n some professiona l leag ues, athletes have different brands on each parts of their uniform.

“Typically, what happens in many, many sports, with the Olympics and so forth, is things that are performancerelated are permitted to be chosen by the athlete,” Nagel said. “Things that are uniform related are typically chosen by the team or the school.”

On the other hand, Southall said the switching of brands will most likely not be possible, pending the three divisions’ decisions.

Athletic departments have contracts to control what an athlete might negotiate, according to Southall. But he also proposed a long-term solution to this: players’ associations.

“If the athletes actually want to have some power in this, players need to form players’ associations, either on the conference level on the national level and negotiate their own marketing or endorsement deal,” Southall said.

“But I don’t think it’s going to happen necessarily right away.”

three shots throughout the game. “[ The G a mecock s] may be the best defensive team in the countr y,” Samford head coach Todd Yelton said.

Road ahead The Gamecocks will face the winner of the Notre Dame versus St. Louis match, which is scheduled for 1 p.m. Nov. 17.

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Wade Hampton at Women’s Quad sits at the center of campus. Women’s Quad provides suite-style dorms for USC students.

Everyone should experience roommates Living with a roommate is something ever y person shou ld e x p e r ie n c e i n t h e i r lifetime. Opportunities such as these — which test your boundaries, re sou rcef u l ne s s a nd patience — are unique to Audrey Elsberry the college experience.

First-year journalism I cannot think of any student other situation in which pl ac i n g t wo s c a re d , stressed strangers in a shoebox-sized room and forcing them to coexist for eight months would be justified.

What I just described could sound like a nightmare. Many people have reservations about sharing a small room with someone they have never met. What if they steal my things? What if they invade my privacy?

What if they are just plain weird? These questions are quite valid, but experiences surrounding these concerns, positive or negative, spark growth and maturity.

Your bedroom is a sacred place where you sleep, dress, do homework, watch Netflix, and it is usually the setting of most mental breakdowns. The sharing of this hallowed space forces you to share your most intimate moments with someone, whether you like it or not. Those who spend their freshman year in an apartment-style dorm get the luxuries of their own room and privacy.

What they do not get is the experience of constantly having someone three feet away to show funny videos, fight over the mirror with or someone who is forced to know you through shared monotony of living in the same room.

Living with someone gives you a unique perspective on who they are as a person. If you are lucky enough to get close to your roommate, you will likely learn their life story within the first month of knowing each other. You’ll see each other at your worst pretty quickly, and your bed head, morning breath and dirt y laundry are exposed within the first night you share together.

In the minutes before bed, you f ill the silence with stories told in the dark, listening to your roommate’s tales of their secrets, friend group drama and annoying little siblings, not looking at each other

but staring at the ceiling you now share.

That intense of a relationship in such a short amount of time builds a bond, unlike any high school friendship. At the risk of sounding like an excited 13-year-old girl, it is like a sleepover every night, which, if you are friends with your roommate, never gets old.

If you get a roommate you do not get along with, the worst-case scenario, I would imagine, would lead you to gain necessary coping skills. In order to cohabitate with someone you dislike, you must learn to compromise and “put yourself out there” in order to make social con nect ions elsewhere. In the adult world, these traits are necessary to build relationships and deal with uncomfortable situations.

Learning to put your personal necessities aside in order for someone else to live comfortably is a lesson in selflessness and sacrifice. Contrary to popular belief, the world does not revolve around you. If you come home from a long day of classes and the only thing you want in life is a hot shower, and you open the door to find your roommate has decided the shower is the perfect place to listen to the entire Hamilton soundtrack, you must accept the situation and wait for your turn to shower.

Maybe situations like this do not happen to everyone, but everyone has their own version of this involuntary sacrifice, aiding personal growth whether they know it or not.

I have heard my fair share of roommate horror stories: My older brother was forced to sleep on a mattress on the ground under his roommate’s bed, my mom’s roommate spread lies about her until their resident mentor had to intervene and my roommate does a heinous Ariana Grande impression.

However, all of my friends have loved their roommate experience so far. Maybe it is because USC has perfected the roommate matching algorithm, or maybe it is because our generation is a little more considerate than those who were roommates before us.

Either way, I love living with a roommate, and maybe we are still in the honeymoon phase of our living together, or maybe I am just sappy. Nevertheless, I know I will look back fondly on this time in my life, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Perhaps you don’t yet realize it, but t he next vehicle you purchase should and will likely b e f u l l y ele c t r ic p owered.

W h ile st ill on ly a sliver of total new car sales in the U.S. (2%), electric vehicles (EVs) now account for 4% of sales in California. For better or worse, most trends begin there.

W h ile t hese are small nu mb e r s , big c h a n g e s a r e c om i n g. Mo s t m ajor c a r manufacturers, including GM, Ford and most European and A s i a n br a nd s , h ave s c ore s of EVs coming to market in the next three years. Indeed, GM’s spokeswoman, Jordana St ro sb erg, h a s s t at e d t h at “GM believes in an all-electric future.”

Now s o m e w i l l s a y t h i s prediction is akin to famously faulty ones, such as the U.S. converting to the metric system one day. And that could be true if certain myths regarding EVs aren’t dispelled.

Many folks still see EVs as exotic and out of their comfort zone. A recent poll shows 42% of people think EVs require gas to run. While that’s true of hybrids, such as Toyota’s Prius, which uses regenerative braking to charge its battery, and gas/electric hybrids that operate off both an internal combustion (IC) engine and a small rechargeable battery, those vehicles don’t represent the EV future. Modern EVs, such as Tesla and the Chev y Bolt, operate only on battery power.

A not her misconcept ion is t hat EVs accelerate slowly.

Nothing could be further from the truth. EVs generally have one gear, so they accelerate like an electric golf cart, but much faster. Tesla’s new Roadster w i l l g o f r o m 0 - 6 0 i n 1.9 seconds. Torque produced by EV batteries is also incredible.

Ford has displayed a battery powered F-150 hauling one million pounds of train cars.

Perhaps the biggest concern about EVs is range. Refueling IC vehicles is easy, as t here are thousands of gas stations.

W it h EVs, one must t h i n k a b it d i f f e r e nt l y. M o d e r n EVs are of ten compared to smartphones. Owners charge t hem at home or at work .

Installing a 240v plug in one’s garage will put a full charge on a car overnight, just as your cell phone is recharged overnight.

Eighty percent of EV owners charge at home and, thereby, st a r t each day w it h a “f u l l tank,” so to speak. Most of the

rest charge at their workplace.

This, of course, is the big upside to EVs – not hav ing to stop and pay for gas. EVs get the economic equivalent of 100 to 150 mpg. A nother way to look at this is, they cost between a quarter to a third of what it costs to operate an IC vehicle.

There’s still the matter of range, or what’s referred to as “range an x iet y.” Current bat ter y pack s on EVs allow ranges from 200 to 350 miles.

W hat do you do if you r roundtrip is a greater distance?

Well, for Tesla owners t hat is genera l ly not a problem because the company has fast charging stations throughout the country. Other brands will rely on increased installation of charg ing stat ions at restaurants, shopping malls and rest stops, where you can pick up 150 to 200 miles of range in 15 to 30 minutes from modern DC chargers.

Another advantage includes greatly reduced maintenance costs. EV engines have 90% fewer parts than IC engines a nd c o nt a i n no f lu id s , s o there’s no need for oil changes.

Regularly scheduled service is a thing of past with EVs. EVs are also super quiet, have low centers of gravity since they are built around heavy battery pack s, ca n be cont i nuously updated and improved w it h soft ware upgrades delivered over Wi-Fi and produce no emissions or air pollution.

I n t hat vei n, a n a mazi ng t hing about EVs is t hey get cleaner to operate over time, whereas IC vehicles get less efficient and dirtier with age.

T he rea son is bec au se ou r s ou rc e s of energ y b e c ome cleaner each year as renewables such as solar power rapidly gain market share over dig and burn sources such as coal. (By 2028 only 15% of the US’s energy will be produced by coal.) Fun fact: Our sun shines enough energ y onto Ear t h daily to power ever y mechanical thing on it for a year. Solar power, plus EVs, equals one of the most impactful ways to decrease carbon emissions and unhealthy air.

So, all that said, what’s the surest way to know that an EV is in your future? That’s simple.

Ask any EV owner if they’ll ever go back to a conventional car.

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Have respect for other people’s identities T here is a ver y f ine line in ou r world today between staying true to our own identities and respec t i ng t hose of ot her people.

In our culture, we Meredith Edwards have many groups Second-year mass t h at s hout at t he communications re s t of t he world student t hat t hey deser ve re spec t , a nd t hey do. The problem is finding a way to live out your identity steadfastly while allowing other individuals the same.

The f irst step is to get to k now yourself. Before we can respect how ot her people have developed t heir opi n ions, we need to spend t i me developing our own opinions on the subjects we care about. Decisions left to other inf luences in your life are brittle, weak pillars to build your identity on.

The pillars of your identity, made up by the things that matter to you, should be familiar to you and to the people you spend time with. If there is an issue that is important to you, make sure it shows in your life. Living

a life that is true to your core beliefs is rewa rd i ng a nd aut hent ic. T h is authenticity promotes your confidence and helps ot hers u nderstand your perspective.

Second is ack nowledg i ng ot her people’s stories. Everyone is the main character in their own story. Though this can be hard to comprehend at first, seeing people as they see themselves is the second step to respecting their ident it y a nd va lue. T he YouTube c h a n ne l D ic t io n a r y of O b s c u r e Sorrows has a word for this concept: Sonder, or “the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.”

We need to take the time to get to know people who are different from us so we don’t see them as flat stereotypes.

Every person has many different sides, and to truly respect a person, we need to get a better understanding of their depth instead of making assumptions.

In an article entitled “How to Stay St a nd i ng i n You r Tr ut h A rou nd Difficult People and Circumstances,” self-help author Emily Madill writes, “We can choose to see t he person before us with all of their strengths and weaknesses – as a human being just

like us. Or we can choose to continue focusing on all of the reasons why we don’t feel good around them.”

W hen we start looking at people t h is way, we need to come to t he understanding that not everyone sees the world as we do.

Third, to respect peoples’ identities you have to be w i l l i ng to l isten.

Ever yone h a s t he r ig ht t o t he i r opinion, and you can show respect to others by recognizing they each have a unique perspective and being unafraid to discuss it civilly with them. You don’t have to accept what they believe, but you do have to respect their right to believe it.

To show re spec t for a per son’s identity, it’s a good idea to ask them about t hei r bel ief s a nd how t hey came to them. The Huffpost article “Ever yone Wa nt s to Feel Heard”

by Mallory Stevens says, “The most effective way to discovering another’s underlying needs and interests is to ask pertinent, open-ended questions.”

This way, you can empathize with them and show you care.

Make sure while living out your ide nt it y aut he nt ic a l l y you don’t overwhelm the other person or make

them feel less comfortable to share.

You have t he r ight to voice you r opi n ions a nd bel ief s, but respec t means ensuring t he ot her part y is comfortable to do the same.

My identity as a Christian compels me to share with people about Jesus Christ and what he has sacrificed for us to live fulfilling lives through him.

I believe this is the only truth and knowing Jesus is the only way to be joyful.

This view is controversial to people out s ide m y f a it h . T hou g h s o me Christians choose to tell their faith to a nyone who w i l l l isten (wh ich is not technically wrong), the best way I have found to share my faith is to intentionally get to k now the person, show I respect their beliefs and identity and live out and speak of my identity authentically. If I respect them and how they identify themselves, then they are more likely to be receptive to me sharing my identity.

Even if neither of us change our beliefs to better fit the other’s, we can still create a good relationship based on mutual respect and understanding w h i le we l i ve out ou r ide nt it ie s confidently.

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