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USC com mu n icat ions announced refreshed logos a nd a new bra nd st rateg y used in written and verbal communications at a Com mu n icators Net work meeting on Jan. 9. The new logos were also shared on of f icial USC social media accounts. The com mu n icat ions of f ice int roduced t he previous USC logo with the
palmetto tree and horseshoe gates in 1996 and refreshed it i n 2011. T he new logo remove s “18 01” f rom t he bot tom, removes a row of prongs f rom t he t ree a nd adapted t he look of it for digital usage. “It was introduced in ‘96 before social media, early i n t he days of t he web, and so it really didn’t work well i n dig it al spaces a nd so that was a big driver of this,” said USC director of brand strategy J.C. Huggins. “So as we more and more
com mu n ic ate i n d ig it a l ways we needed a mark that was easily recognizable and carried some meaning with it.” Not everyone is enthusiastic about the logo change, particularly the one bearing “UofSC” on social media. “I don’t like it. I feel like it looks like something they made on Microsoft Word,” said fourth-year geography student Delone Cramer. “It’s very cheap, like they didn’t pay too much for it, like they
did it themselves.” The former brand campa ig n feat u red t he tagline “No Limits” a nd wa s t he f i r st step i n consolidat ing t he message conveyed by communicators, d ig it a l content a nd pr i nt publications at USC. USC Where you will see communications created the UofSC : new brand strateg y to give • press releases more flexibility to university • official university communications. documents SEE ONLINE • social media • logo dailygamecock.com • university website
Spring semester to see a variety of events The 2019 spring semester at USC will begin on Jan. 14 and will see the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, the 21st Dance Marathon, the 100th anniversary of Darla Moore School of Business, Student Government elections, the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament comes to Columbia, Indie Grits and Harris Pastides’ retirement as USC’s president.
Pastides to retire
In his annual State of the University address that took place last October, Harris Pastides announced his plans to step down as USC’s president. The search committee formed to find the university’s next president consists of board, facult y, st udent, alumni and foundations representatives. On Dec. 7, the committee enlisted Parker Executive Search, a leading executive search f i r m, to assist i n selec t i ng USC’s nex t president. The committee launched a website late in the fall semester to educate the public on the process of the search. Pastides will officially step down as USC’s president in July.
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Students and alumni show their support for Pastides as he retires.
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Annual Freedom Rings event celebrates the cultural legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Day of Service USC will host its annual MLK events throughout Januar y to honor the legacy of King and give back to the community. The Martin Luther K ing Jr. Day of Service will take place on Jan. 19 as a part of Service Saturdays. On Jan. 21, the South Carolina NAACP and USC Leadership and Service Center representatives will participate in King Day at the Dome, an annual march to the South Carolina Statehouse. Members of t he Carolina
community are invited to attend. The A rc of South Carolina, the Best Buddies Organization and the Leadership and Service Center will also host a peanut butter and jelly sandwich-making competition. Sandwiches made during the competition will be brought to the 153 Project, a local organization that serves meals to those in need. From Jan. 21-25, the Gamecock Pantr y will be having a drive where food items, toiletries and school supplies can be donated.
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Dance Marathon raises goal to $1,190,000.
Dance Marathon to host 21st main event
L a s t O c t o b e r, US C D a n c e Marathon announced its goal to raise $1,190,000 for the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital after raising $1 million at 2018’s big event. In their 21st year, USCDM is uniting under the campaign of “We Promise.” USCDM’s main event, a 14-hour dance marathon, will take place on March 2 at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center.
Student Government elections Student Government elections will take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday two weeks prior to USC’s spring break. The elected offices to be filled include: Student Body President, Student Body Vice President, Speaker of the Student Senate, Student Body Treasurer and student senators. All USC students will have the opportunit y to vote through the designated online voting system. --written by Arunmani Phravorachith SEE ONLINE dailygamecock.com
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After a year of work, the Residence Hall Association and housing have implemented an equal v isitat ion pol ic y i n spr i ng 2019 for Bate s House, Capstone, Columbia Hall, Maxcy, Patterson Hall, South Tower and Women’s Quad. Residents of the affected halls were given the option to vote for a more open visitation policy, which was not made available in previous semesters. These residence halls previously functioned with a “Plan B” visitation pol ic y a l low i ng g uest s of t he opposite sex to stay signed in until 2 a.m., whereas guests of residents at halls such as the Honors Residence and McBr yde do not require any signing in. T he enac t ment of a n equ a l v isitat ion policy has been a long time coming, beginning last year when a group of senators at Women’s Quad began to work with dissolving Plan B. Following their attempt, the RHA president’s committee passed a resolution stating that it believed the policy needed to be changed. Prior to t h is yea r, residence halls were given the oppor t u n it y to vote to move f rom P l a n B t o ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK Plan C, which Plan D allows students a l lo w e d f o r to sign in guests of the o v e r n i g h t opposite gender any time. guests on weekends. However, hall government and RHA members still considered this to be problematic. “One of the biggest issues with the ‘old’ visitation policy is that it is not standardized among residence halls,” said Sarah Eissmann, RHA public relations director and second-year mass communications student in an email. “I also believe the visitation policy on Plan B is severely out of date. This visitation plan neglect to take into account the LGBTQ+ communit y. W hile plan C is not perfect, it is a good compromise bet ween open v isit at ion a nd no overnight guests of the opposite sex.” Another major factor in changing t he v isit at ion pol ic y was g iv i ng residents the representation they needed after polling student interest. “O r i g i n a l l y, t he g o a l w a s t o permanently change the visitation policy to a campus-wise ‘Plan D’, but what we achieved this semester was substantial progress toward this,” said Audrey Hill, Capstone president and first-year public health student in an email. “We sent out a survey to ask all current on campus residents if they would approve of this ... and I believe 98% of people did approve.” SEE ONLINE dailygamecock.com
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Columbia residents will have a chance to view one of Jackson Pollock’s most early works.
IGGY SHULER @tdg_arts The Columbia Museum of A rt u nveiled a new ex h ibit centered around Jackson Pollock’s seminal 1943 painting, “Mural” this December. The work, on loan from the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, will remain on display in Columbia until the middle of May, when it will move to the next stop in an expansive tour. The vast painting covers most of one wall, towering above the viewer. “Mu ra l” is bold, w it h a n i mated abstract forms and a dynamic array of colors. Curator Catherine Walworth describes the piece as “an opera of brushwork.” As with many abstract expressionist works, the painting doesn’t present the viewer with a concrete object or message, but rather with a collection of energized, engaging forms up for interpretation. Even to the untrained eye, though, one thing about this painting stands out: While it is a Pollock, it doesn’t look like the paintings you’re probably imagining. The artist is enshrined in the popular imagination for his iconic, widely praised, and popularly lampooned abstract splatter painting technique; “Mural,” t hough, was c reated se ver a l yea r s b efore he bega n usi ng t hat cha racter ist ic, unconventional method that most of us remember him for today. So, if this piece isn’t typical of that
famous style we expect of Pollock, just what makes it so special? While “Mural” is not the familiar Pollock of history books and art class PowerPoints, it is by no means an insignificant piece in art history. The painting represents an important turning point in Pollock’s career, both in terms of his artistic style and his renown, and its rich physical history serves as a way to take museum-goers behind the scenes to learn about the science of art conservation. Wa l w o r t h s a i d t h e m u s e u m capitalized on the story of what the Getty did to “Mural.” “That’s such an important moment in time,” Walworth said. “Not only did they make the painting look more like its original self ... but they also helped break down this persistent my t h t hat t he paint ing had been painted in one night.” The exhibit follows the analytical t e c h n ique s re s e a rc her s a nd a r t historians used to demyst if y t he painting’s origins, and follows the painting as it moves and endures modif icat ion and restorat ion. A s the painting changed hands, it was va r n ished, rol led a nd u n rol led, enduring all manner of modification, transportation, and aging. With all this history to work with, the exhibit is more than artistically fulfilling, it’s educational, according to Milena Engh, a public relations specialist with the museum. “This is a really great example
of STEA M, so if you’re not an arts person, there’s an entire room of didactics about science, there’s really is something for everybody to hold onto here,” Engh said. The exhibit delves into the story of the painting’s life: “Mural” was created by a not-yet-famous Pollock, fresh from a stint working for Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration in the early 1940s. Reluctantly, benefactor Peggy Guggenheim took a chance by commissioning a piece from the relatively unknown artist for her foyer. Still something of a starving artist, the young Pollock had to discreetly dismantle one of the walls of his small apartment to accommodate the enormous canvas furnished by Guggenheim, sneaking buckets of dr y wall plaster out in t he night, u nb ek now n s t to neighb or s a nd la ndlords. Th is a nd ma ny ot her anecdotes bring the colorful, vital, physical history of the painting to the forefront with informative displays adorning the gallery spaces of the exhibit. As for the painting itself? “I wanted it to glow off the wall,” said Walworth. Standing before it, it’s easy to see how the grand piece jump started Pollock’s career. “The grandiosity of this ... we’re not s upp o sed to u se t h is word, ‘beautiful,’ because it’s so subjective. I can’t help but find this beautiful.” said Walworth.
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With the holidays wrapped up and a new semester dawning, Carolinians may be in need of a pic k-me -up. For t u n at el y, Trustus Theatre will be offering what director Chad Henderson promises to be an “uplifting and empowering” story in the form of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Ba s e d on M a rk H addon’s novel of the same name, Simon Stephens’ stage adaptation has been met with critical acclaim and a number of awards, including a Tony Award. The story follows a young man named Christopher, who, facing blame for the murder of his neighbor’s dog, resolves to unravel the mystery himself.
I n t he proce s s of doi ng so, Christopher overcomes a number of obstacles and even discovers new mysteries surrounding his family, his neighbors and himself. Up on s e ei n g t he pl ay on Broadway in 2015, Henderson k new it was only a matter of time before he brought it to life with Trustus. It’s an “amazing adventure” on stage, he said. “It’s actually one of my favorite plays that I’ve seen in the past 10 years,” Henderson said in an email. “This show has so much heart ... It reminds us that the things that may make us feel “d if ferent ” a re ac t ua l ly ou r strengths. Our perspectives are unique and valuable.” SEE TRUSTUS PAGE 6
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Indeed, Christopher’s perspective, while never outright stated in either the novel or the play, is often assumed to be that of a rarely represented protagonist: an autistic individual. “A s an actor with autism, I had always wanted to tackle this role,” said first-year music student Beck Chandler, who stars as Christopher, in an email. “It is not common for an autistic character to be the focus of
a play, so as soon as I saw auditions, I knew I had really wanted to get the part.” Henderson credits Chandler with “bringing truth to the role” and “using his own experiences to bring Chris to life in an authentic way,” but notes that there are a number of other stars amidst the cast and crew as well. New York City designer and USC graduate Baxter Engle assists with scenic and media designs, which play a key role in depicting Christopher’s mind throughout the show.
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In addition, Christopher’s father, Ed, is portrayed by guest artist Scott Pattison. Originally from Coventry, England, Pattison is a member of Charleston’s PURE Theatre and of Actors Equity Association. Together, this cast and crew create a show that Chandler said is unlike any other, but amidst the ensemble of sound, projections, and characters, Chandler hopes the audience’s key takeaway will be one of strength in individuality. “Christopher is able to accomplish
such g reat t hings not in spite of his autism, but because of it,” said Chandler. “He shows that a little bit of difference can go a long way.” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” runs from Jan. 18 until Feb. 9 at Trustus Theatre, and tickets are available both online and at the box office. Half-price Student Rush tickets are also available at the door 15 minutes prior to curtain, space permitting.
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becomes too much to handle. As a result, some artists burn out or their next work fails miserably. And when this happens, the public becomes Movie: “If Beale Street Could Talk”’ bored and the artist loses their grace. Release Date: Dec. 25, 2018 Fame is a fickle thing that has proven Director: Barry Jenkins to be a vicious cycle, but luckily for Run Time: 1 hour 59 minutes us, Jenkins hasn’t succumbed to the Rating: A+ pressure. Instead, he has crafted his S i n c e e m e r g i n g i n t o t h e second masterpiece. mainstream two years ago with the “Love brought you here. If you groundbreaking film “Moonlight,” trusted love this far, don’t panic now,” 39-year-old director Barry Jenkins has says Sharon Rivers (Regina King) to been surrounded with a lot of hype. her pregnant daughter Tish (K iK i After all, “Moonlight” won the Oscar Layne) as she lays in bed, uncertain of for Best Picture in 2017, so there’s no the road that lies ahead of her and the surprise that his follow-up film had a father of her child. lot to live up to. Based on the 1974 novel by prolific However, it seems that time and time A f r ic a n-A mer ic a n aut hor Ja me s again, if an artist’s work is critically Baldwin, “If Beale Street Could Talk” acclaimed, the public demands that is set in 1970s Harlem and follows the artist top it. While this is a normal the stor y of a young black couple response, sometimes the pressure who falls in love in a society that was never meant for them to succeed. And by society, I Growing CPA firm hiring mean America. career-minded Tish R ivers ( K iK i accounting student (January-April). L a y n e) a n d A l o n z o May lead to a full-time ‘Fonny’ Hunt (Stephan position or year-round Ja m e s) h a v e k n o w n p/t employment. each ot her all t heir Short 25-mile commute lives, so it would make from campus. Please send resume and sense that the stars have cover letter to aligned for them to be HR@johnblane.com for together. However, the interview opportunity. American justice system
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is determined to pull them apart. After Fonny is falsely accused of raping a mother of three by a racist police officer, he is jailed, and Tish is in a race against time to prove his innocence. Throughout the film, their situation becomes even more desperate as Tish learns that she is expecting Fonny’s child. T he f i l m is na r rated by t he 19-year-old Tish, as a she recounts to the audience how she and Fonny fell in love and the pinnacles of their relationship thus far. Her narration is everything that a black 19-year-old woman growing up in the ‘70s should be: acutely aware of the injustices that surround her, yet somewhat hopeful for a better future regardless. While Tish and Fonny’s romance seems more grounded in reality than something like the manufact ured Holly wood love stor y in the $200 million “Titanic,” the young couple’s arc remains one of epic proportions. Je n k i n s’ f lu id c a me r awork a nd attention to detail can attest to this. T h rough h is i nter pret at ion of Baldwin’s work, less is more as Jenkins illustrates that it’s the small things that matter. Simple acts such as the way Fonny’s hands always seem to find Tish’s, or the longing looks the couple gives each other when they think the other isn’t looking show this. Jenkins and his crew make seemingly mundane tasks such as making dinner for a significant other or taking a stroll through the park feel like so much more, as many scenes are paired with warm hues, a sweeping orchestral score and beautif ul performances by the two leads and the rest of the supporting cast. The story is given in two doses that gives audiences the taste of the good
and the bad that occurs in the couple’s t umult uous journey. At moments when you find yourself at dinner with the couple or at their home listening to records, Jenkins juxtaposes those memories against stark images of a black family at the mercy of the hands of a justice system that was never meant to protect nor serve them. I n many ways, t he racism t hat surrounds Fonny’s imprisonment mirrors the society we live in today, nearly 50 years after Baldwin’s novel was originally published. Jenk ins handles the novel’s subject matter with great care in how he approaches its sensitive topics, and despite its 1970s backdrop, Baldwin’s story feels more modern than ever. The poetry of Jenkins’ filmmaking doesn’t shy away from t his harsh reality. In fact, it enhances it in the way it explores humanity. If it were shot through the lens of an untrained eye, “Beale Street” could have been an entirely different film. And by that, I mean a f lawed film. Perhaps the biggest reason this film succeeds is because a black filmmaker was at the helm of a blatantly black story. After winning the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film, Regina King remarked how her son confessed to her that this film marked the first time he actually saw himself onscreen. As a black man growing up in America, Jenkins knows how to expertly relay the experiences of the young couple and their families from the paper and onto the screen. The multiple lingering shots of the characters’ faces confront you he ad- on , w it h p er for m a nc e s s o SEE BEALE PAGE 7
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authentic, at times it felt invasive for me to be peeking into someone else’s lives. “If Beale Street Could Talk” is an intimate experience that handles Baldwin’s work with great care and reverence. It’s a piece of art that was made with loving hands, and it shows.
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Key players return for final season SHELBY BECKLER @ShelbyBeckler Three Sout h Carolina football players announced t hat t hey will be returning for their senior seasons as Gamecocks in 2019. Quarterback Jake Bentley announced on Jan. 1 v ia Tw it t e r t h at h e will be returning for his final season at South Carolina, w it h a capt ion stating: “One Last R ide. Forever to thee.” This rising senior finished the 2018 season with 3,171 passing yards, 27 touchdowns and 14 intercept ions. Bentley will have one more chance to play at WilliamsBrice Stadium as a returning starter. A f ter losing to Virginia in the Belk Bowl, Bentley was not pleased w it h h is per for ma nce and how Sout h Carolina executed i n t he red z one. Bentley still feels like he has much to prove as a Gamecock. “We just got ta go back and work and remember this feeling,” Bentley said. Bentley decided not to start his NFL career and focus on his goals at South Carolina. “W hen you look at it, our team goals, we haven’t accomplished,” Bentley said in his video announcing his return. “So that’s kind of what eats at me, that we haven’t accomplished our team goals yet. That’s what we start every meeting with is to beat the East and win state. That’s the mindset for me, I’ve got to do whatever it takes to accomplish those.”
A l o n g w i t h B e n t l e y, w i d e receiver Br yan Edwards made his announcement that he would return for his senior season on Jan. 8. He stated in a tweet, “Enjoy y’all Tuesday nights. You can stop asking me now.” Edwards finished the 2018 season with 55 catches for 846 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He is ranked sixth on South Carolina career touchdowns with a total of 2,229 career yards. Edwards will cont inue to work with Bentley into the 2019 season. With improvements made in South
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After a 28-0 loss to Virginia in the Belk Bowl, the Gamecocks are t urning to t he of fseason to prepare for fall 2019. South Carolina finished its 2018 season at 7-6 overall with a 4-4 record in the SEC. O n t he def e n s i ve s ide of the ball, the Gamecocks were challenged with multiple injuries throughout the season. Six true f re sh men were on t he f ield several times during the second half of the Belk Bowl. Despite putting up 600 yards of offense in back-to-back games, for the first time in school history against Chattanooga and against one of the nation’s best defenses in Clemson, quarterback Jake Bentley and the South Carolina offense could not find a rhythm against Virginia. South Carolina finished the Bel k Bowl w it h 43 r u sh i ng yards, 261 total yards and over 17 minutes of time of possession, which are all season lows. “It was tough, and then not executing down in the red zone, that’s always a tough thing to swallow,” Bentley said. “We’ve just got to be better. We’ve just got to go back and work and remember this feeling.” The Gamecocks lost to five ranked opponents in 2018, with
four of those opponents finishing in the top 15 in the final AP poll. T h e 2 019 s c h e d u l e w i l l arguably be tougher, as South Carolina w ill play A labama, G eorg ia a nd Clem son, who a re e ac h e x p e c ted to b e i n t he preseason top f ive. The Gamecocks will also play Florida, Kentucky and Texas A&M. South Carolina has not beaten Kentucky since the 2013 season a nd has never beaten Tex as A & M . Te x a s A & M i s a l s o currently one of the top f ive recruiting classes. According to 247sports.com, South Carolina currently sits at 21 in the recruiting rankings for 2019 after the early signing period. This is subject to change after National Signing Day on Feb. 6. T he G a me c o c k s h a v e 20 commits, with 19 having already signed their national letters of intent. “We’ve recruited well,” head coach W ill Muschamp sa id. “We’ve got a lot of good players coming back. We had a really good signing class in December. We are going to add about 13 of those guys to our roster in January.” SEE BELK BOWL PAGE 12
E d w a r d s d i d n’t disregard the good things of the 2018 season. “I struggled with a lot of injuries and just not being 100 p ercent hea lt hy, and it affected my practice time and it obviously affected me on the f ield,” Edwards said. “To my standards, it w a s n’t w h at I wa nted it to be, but obviously I still feel like we got a lot of good things out of it a nd we won games, but it’s a lway s room for improvement.” Now, E dwa rds has one more season to reach his goals of having a season that is up to his standards. I n add it ion to Edwards, offensive l i nema n Donel l St a le y m ade t he choice to complete his senior season at South Carolina. St a ley posted a t we e t s t at i n g, “ P r o u d t o a n nou nc e I w i l l b e we a r i ng t h at gamecock uniform one more time this season. Thank s to gamecock GRAPHIC BY JAYSON JEFFERS nation for all your support, and let’s Carolina’s offensive drive, make 2019 special!!!” Edwards stated how Bent ley has The 2019 season will mark Staley’s improved in the quarterback position sixth season as a Gamecock and will that ultimately affected his receiving be vital in the offensive lineman role game. after Zack Bailey and Dennis Daley “I feel like the game’s slowing down graduate. for him, towards the end of the year he Staley started 12 games this season really started getting the strides and at center, but due to offensive lineman getting the groove and you could tell Zack Bailey’s injury, Staley played he was sharp,” Edwards said. “He was guard during the Belk Bowl. making great decisions and he was just Bentley, Staley and Edwards will being effective and he’s continuing to go into an offseason ready to work on do that.” improvements for their final season Despite not having the season that as Gamecocks under the coaching of he had hoped for regarding injuries, Will Muschamp.
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beneficial. “That’s why you schedu le t hose (non-conference) games so when we went into Florida, we were prepared to not fall victim to the emotion of the crowd or the game,” Martin said. “Just play for 40 minutes and put yourself in a place where you got a chance to win at the end.” Th is team has obv iously looked much different during this four-game w in ning st reak when compared to the beginning of the season when the Gamecocks started the season 5-7. However, senior forward Chris Silva doesn’t think anything about this team and their mindset has changed all year. “It don’t matter what situation we’re in, coach has always believed in us and told us to keep working and get better,” Silva said. “We come into practice ready to go and try to get better every day.” Being 3-0 in the conference is exc it i ng for G a mecock fa ns, but f resh ma n for ward Keyshawn Bryant know that it’s important to stay focused and t he next game and to not get caught up in t he rankings. “It’s good to be 3-0, but after every win we look to our next game, try and get another win,” Bryant said. The Gamecocks will look to improve on their hot start this week when t hey t ravel to Vanderbilt on Wednesday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in Nashville, Tennessee, and can be viewed on SEC Network.
Sout h Carolina men’s basketball has only started the SEC basketball season with a 3-0 record two previous times in program history. In 1997, the team started 11-0 in the SEC en route to a reg ular season SEC c h a mpion s h ip. I n 2017, t he Gamecocks started 5- 0 on the way to the program’s first and on ly Fi na l Fou r appearance. On Su nday, t he Gamecocks took one step closer to reaching those goals by defeating Missouri 85-75 at home to improve their overall record to 8-7. “Good win for us ... hard, phy sica l ga me,” head coach Frank Mart in said af ter t he game. “We didn’t rebound on the defensive end, but somehow, someway with the game in the balance, we came up with some hard defensive rebounds ... that allowed us to take a deep breath.” South Carolina is 3-0 in the SEC f or t he s e c ond t i me i n t h re e years, but the team must go on the road for their next t wo games as they look to improve on their u ndefeated conference record. Martin is confident that the team’s experience from the noncon ference g a me s w i l l be SHREYAS SABOO // THE GAMECOCK
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SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK Senior linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams played his final game at the 2018 Belk Bowl after five years at South Carolina. Throughout his career, Allen-Williams notched a total of 171 tackles and 6.5 sacks from 2014 to 2018.
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South Carolina women’s basketball has dom inated in SEC play w it h four wins and new talent stepping up throughout this season’s progression. Ju n ior for wa rd M i k ia h “K i k i” Herbert Harrigan has stepped into a pivotal starting role after challenging her emotions and maturing with the ball. Wit h t he help of A’ja Wilson’s leadership, the 6-foot-2 offensive player has developed her shooting skills and faced offensive lapses with her team. “That’s been something we’ve been trying to work on: being consistent with our offense,” Herbert Harrigan said. “I think we’re getting a little better executing our offense and stuff. It comes with time. We’ll be fine.” After three years, Herbert Harrigan stepped into the role that head coach Dawn Staley has watched grow over t ime at Sout h Carolina. Herbert
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Harrigan has started the first five games this season averaging 8.4 points. “I think with Kiki, it is she has to be a focal point to hold her interest,” Staley said. “A nd I think this year presents itself, although we had A’ja and Alexis in front of her, that when you have that luxury, you give a player like Kiki an opportunity to grow in that area ... it’s not to say she’ll step in, she’ll just transition very well; it takes time to take on the role of being someone that we can give the ball to.” Staley said that it is not an easy task to take on, what Herbert Harrigan has started doing for the Gamecocks. “Her biggest thing is preparation,” Staley said. “Being able to prep for a game, and then she has really good results when that happens.” Even with the inconsistent playing t ime t hat Herber t Ha r r iga n has experienced this season, she has an average of 21.2 minutes per game.
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Barstool Sports mocks campuses Clara Bergeson First-year public relations student
Think before posting in 2019 Social media has become a grand medium for how we communicate with and react to our world. Because of this, throughout 2018, some people’s off-handed posts caused some major problems. There are two major lessons we can take from these mishaps to make 2019 Meredith Edwards social media interactions a bit First- year more palatable: be respectful journalism and check for accuracy before student posting. The first lesson we can learn is from the saga of Logan Paul that unfolded at the very beginning of 2018. The YouTuber posted a series of videos of his tour of Japan that caught some criticism for his disrespect of the culture before hitting a breaking point in his video when he recounts his visit to Japan’s Aokigahara forest on Dec. 31, 2017. In this video, Paul showed footage of a dead body. In the first few weeks of 2018, fans and outsiders were riled up about the infamous video. Google’s reaction entailed removing Paul from their preferred partner program, causing the celebrity to lose approximately $5 million of ad revenue. Twitter lit up with reactions belittling Paul’s actions as immature and insensitive because he decided to include footage of the dead body and comedic comments regarding it. Paul then spent most of 2018 trying to redeem himself to his former fans, showing remorse and posting more thought-out and sensitive videos to make up for his previous impulsiveness. The other example of tweets gone haywire in 2018 is many of President Donald Trump’s tweets, this time because of a lack of accuracy. President Trump tends to tweet impulsively with unverified information, causing many of those who are not among his most loyal supporters to mistrust his statements. Regardless of how one agrees or
disagrees with the man’s policies, it has become common for the White House staff to have to come back and clean up or correct the president’s statements over the platform. The inaccuracy of President Trump’s tweets from virtually any other person would lead their audiences to start discounting the seriousness of their statements. However, because they are being made by the president of the United States of America, the office has to put out even the most outlandish statements with some seriousness. These mistakes happen by President Trump stating personal opinions as facts, exaggerating needlessly and not using verified information. Most of them are easily correctable by spending a little extra time before posting in order to really understand the issue and the numbers involved, rather than making assumptions based on limited information. These tweets have called the professionalism of the president into question, making the political side of social media much more fiery than it needs to be. Though most people do not face such serious ramifications when they post online, it’s still important to think about how people will react before posting. Each person is entitled to their opinion, but checking that your post is respectful and accurate in its information can help others to accept it as valid, rather than just writing it off as uneducated and insignificant. As in most instances, in order to be respected, you have to be respectful. A little bit of decorum on social media wouldn’t destroy it, but could make it a generally nicer place to be. If you take time to think out posts before you put them up impulsively, you not only make yourself look more trustworthy online, but you also get to be on the leading edge of making social media a kinder, more thoughtful place in 2019.
The quest ion of privacy has been under scrutiny since gossip news and mass media have become increasingly popular social media formats. Until recent years, only celebrities were under the steady eye of shady entertainment in the guise of journalism, but now it seems there are more and more accounts springing up on social media that treat college students as if their lives are equal to D-list
celebrity drama. Instagram accounts — specifically Barstool Sports — that re-post anonymous people’s videos that recount their embarrassing, sexually charged or borderline life threatening moments are a mockery of college students and their campuses. Described by founder Dave Portnoy as a “TMZ ... for guys,” Barstool Sports claims they are for “a bunch of average Joes, who like most guys love sports, gambling, golfing and chasing short skirts.” However, when it comes down to it, their entire system to get likes revolves around romanticizing party culture and poking fun at sexual harassment. It isn’t exactly rocket science to see why Barstool Sports is such a horrific and astounding company when the CEO and founder is k nown for his offensive and raunchy humor. Specifically, a day before the launch of Dave Portnoy’s first and only episode of his ESPN show “Barstool Van Talk,” the host of “Sunday N.F.L. Countdown” Sam Ponder tweeted “Welcome to the ESPN family” with screenshots of Portnoy saying her “job’s ‘#1 requirement’ was to ‘make men hard.’” Shortly after, audio from a Barstool show surfaced in which Portnoy told Ponder to be more “slutty.” Ultimately, this led to revealing that Barstool Sports “makes a business out of harassing women.” When it comes down to it, this should not and does not belong on college campuses. Barstool is known for having specific accounts for different colleges all the way from New York University to the University of South Carolina, showing off the absolute toxicity of party culture in relation to campuses. The Barstool website averages 460,000 views per day with content featuring drug use, alcohol overdose, purposeful recklessness and sexual harassment in the name of entertainment. Not only do sites and accounts like this discount the actual harm that is being done to these people, but it desensitizes others into thinking this way of acting is okay, or even normal. Barstool only ever shows women wanting to be being sexual creatures for men to ogle at or make fun of, and the men are shown being monstrous and careless things for people to point and laugh at, but in an age where social media can make or break you, this account could “cost people their jobs.” From corporate workers to individual postings, Barstool Sports acts as a snake trying to squeeze the life out of any and all content college students are willing to give — even if that means exploiting unsafe and disrespectful students.
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Fa c e b o o k , I n s t a g r a m , Snapchat and Tw i t t e r a r e a l l revolutionary social media platforms that are t he cor nerstone of modern day Sophie Winnick social media usage Second-year and the most hospitality commonly used and sports apps, but what management if I told you t hat student eventually some of these social media sites would lose their stat us and people wouldn’t really use them anymore? The trend is already starting to go that way. Generation Z — or Gen Z — consists of every person born from approximately 1995 to 2015. Coming direct ly af ter t he millennial generation, Gen Z has grown up with the most innovative tec h nolog y t he world h a s e ver seen. People born in Gen Z have b een c h a r ac ter i z ed a s wa nt i ng c o ol p r o d u c t s i n s t e a d of c o ol ex per iences a nd bei ng glued to
their phones. This generation needs to be constantly entertained. The average attention span of Gen Z is eight seconds and approximately 11 p e r c e nt h a v e A DH D. T h i s requ ires social media plat for ms to be con st a nt ly cha ng i ng a nd innovating, but some have fallen short. Faceb o ok h a s t a ken t he b i g g e s t h it . A m o n g u s e r s a g e 12-34, Faceb o ok h a s seen a 15 percent decl i ne i n usage. Ma rk Z u c k e r b e r g ’s Fa c e b o o k i s t h e largest social media platform in the world, and has the largest number of users wit h 2.27 billion at t he start of the third quarter in 2018. The largest number of Facebook users comes from the baby boomer generation, but with Generation Z and millennials having most of the purchasing power and market cont rol, Facebook w i l l have to change their site to market more towards these younger generations or they will continue to have user decline and disinterest. Twitter, probably considered to be the most “trendy” among Gen
Z users, has also seen a decline in the past year. Twitter and Facebook bot h had a sol id i nc rea se f rom 2016 to 2017, but both saw a stark decline from 2017 to 2018. Twitter usage declined over a million in the second quarter of 2018. G ener at ion Z i s g oi ng to b e t he deter m i n i ng force of t he so c ia l med ia plat for m s f ut u re. Instagram and Snapchat have the most users f rom G enerat ion Z . They have catered their apps and websites to this generation and in turn have seen great increases in usage year after year. They try and stay relevant to the best of their abilities, updating their technology constantly and responding to the younger generation’s complaints and needs for their social media usage. G en Z is pred ic ted to be t he most wealthy. Because of growing up i n a n econom ically u nst able env ironment and learn ing f rom millennials’ economic mistakes and shortcomings, they currently, and will continue to have an abundance of purchasing power. This means
t he y w i l l p a y f o r a nd u s e t he social media t hey like t he best. G enerat ion Z l i ke s tech nolog y that is inspired by youth culture, according to Jeff Fromm, an expert on millennials, Generation Z and innovation. These social med ia plat for ms will have to f it their brand with Generation Z’s wants and needs or they will no longer stay relevant. This is apparent with Facebook. W h i le Fac eb o ok a nd M a rk Zuckerberg are pioneers of social med ia, t he y h ave not c apt u red the attention of Generation Z in full force. It seems as if they are still targeting their baby boomer generation users and millennials, but with the growing power of Gen Z, they are going to have to switch gears. G en Z is t he f ut u re of all i n novat ion a nd market cont rol, a nd it wa nt s social med ia to be faster, more u n ique a nd yout hc u lt u re or iented. T he soc ia l media platforms that don’t make adjustments to cater to Generation Z will be left behind in the dust.
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The perfect solution for a domestic conundrum arises in conversation. Talk with family and housemates. Tog et her, c on s er ve money and resources to prioritize for a common goal.
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Par t icipate i n a larger conversat ion. Get some buzz going. Share resou rces and informat ion w it h your networks. Make power f u l request s, a nd of f e r g e ne r ou s c o nt r ib ut io n . I s s ue invitations.
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Solutions to today’s puzzle
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ACROSS 1 Parks who wouldn’t give up her bus seat 5 Jewel box item 10 Colored eye part 14 Cartel acronym 15 Prizefight venue 16 Brit’s “Later!” 17 Version to debug 18 Recall ability 20 Blew like Etna 22 Black as night, e.g. 23 Well-groomed guy 26 __ XING: crosswalk sign 27 Noteworthy period 28 Removes, as a cork 30 Nowhere close 33 Places to swim 36 Geek’s cousin 37 Fodder storage site 38 Hauls with effort 40 Japanese warrior 42 “Right back __!”: “Me, too!” 43 Flashy promotion 45 Turn topsy-turvy 46 Water-testing digit 47 “__ With the Wind” 48 Map app path: Abbr. 49 Cantina condiment 51 One making a living in government, briefly 56 Small piano 59 Motivate 60 Knockout drink, in old gangster movies 63 Puma rival 64 Australian gem 65 So last year 66 Cafeteria staffer 67 Heredity carrier 68 “Some __ time”: “Not now” 69 RR stops: Abbr. DOWN 1 Dressed like a judge 2 Mozart work
3 Arrange in advance 4 Like singing sans instruments 5 GoPro product 6 “Judge __”: Stallone film 7 Sleep acronym 8 Lennon’s love 9 Red planet 10 “Who’s there?” reply 11 In quick succession 12 Emphatic type: Abbr. 13 Fit to be tried 19 Puppy’s barks 21 Succinct 24 Orangutan, e.g. 25 Swedes’ neighbors 29 Kissing at the mall, for short 31 Actor Cumming 32 __ rage: bodybuilder’s concern 33 H.S. junior’s exam 34 Numerical prefix with -pus 35 Self-affirming retort 36 “Bye Bye Bye” band 37 Large political spending gps.
39 Rice noodle soup 41 Trumpet mufflers 44 Veggie in a pod 47 Sheer joy 48 Jeremy of “The Avengers” 50 Often-twisted joint 52 Washer cycle 53 Whirl on one foot 54 Hunter constellation 55 Plumbers’ problems 56 Air quality concern 57 Frosty’s corncob accessory 58 Autocorrect target
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61 Budgetary excess 62 “Give or take” suffix ... that can be added to the end of 18-, 23-, 51- and 60-Across to form a sort of set