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Should Columbia bars turn the lights oﬀ at 2 a.m.?

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Cotton Gin is one of 17 bars in the Five Points neighborhood with an after-hours permit to serve beer. It was cited by SLED for selling liquor past 2 a.m. in January.

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Three friends stagger slowly across Devine Street, waiting until the light turns green to cross. One of them continuously looks at the ground. “Someone took my phone,” he says, head low as if the missing device might suddenly appear at his feet. Along the streets in Five Points at almost 3 a.m., valuables can disappear into the dark corners and dispersing crowds. But lost phones aren’t t he only concern in t he community — there’s an increasing concern about t he wandering, inebriated students. Late-night drinkers can either fall into an Uber and then go to bed or disperse into the neighborhoods around Five Points and wreak intoxicated havoc. That possibility has led to a renewed effort in the city council to close all bars in the city at 2 a.m. every night. What’s the problem? USC students drink in bars at a much higher rate than the national average — 37 percent compared to 11 percent. “They’re loud, they disturb the people that are trying to get a good night’s sleep, they turn over trash cans, they beat up the street signs, they knock over the f lower pots on the porches, they steal porch furniture off the porches, they are so inebriated they get sick all over the sidewalks,” said Columbia city councilman Howard Duvall. “It is a bad situation that’s got to be tackled.” According to the university, about 254 students were transported to local hospitals for alcohol-related illness during the 2016-17 school year. That number has more than doubled since 2011. Fourt h-year biolog y st udent Andrew Griffin says it is lively in Five Points even past 2 a.m. Even if safety is a concern, there is a

constant security presence. “There’s so many cops here, it doesn’t matter,” Griffin said. “People are going to do what they want to do regardless,” said his friend, third-year psychology student Mia Gladden. What’s the current debate? B e f o r e 2 011, b a r s h a d n o mandatory closing time except on Sundays. The 2011 state law put the current 2 a.m. closing time in place, but many cities created special permits to allow the sale of nondistilled alcoholic beverages, such as beer and wine, after 2 a.m.

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In Five Points, 17 bars currently have one of those permits, which costs just $50 for a year and comes w it h st ipu lat ions such as not conducting drinking contests and additional training for bartenders. But SLED routinely busts bars for serving hard liquor after 2 a.m., including citing 11 Five Points bars in early February. “It just started again because everybody got called out for not having a license after two,” said fourth-year computer engineering student Darius Brown, referring to those 11 bars and SLED’s presence. Duvall says the situation has gotten worse over the last year and a

half “because of the great increase of the students coming into USC and not being able to find housing on campus and so they are saturating the neighborhoods that surround Five Points.” USC Vice President of Student Life Anna Edwards disagreed with Duvall’s assertion about off-campus housing, but agreed that drinking in Five Points is a big issue in the eyes of the university. “T he goa l is to create t hat safe and healthy entertainment env i ron ment ,” E dwa rd s sa id. She said that the university has introduced new education efforts such as Alcohol EDU, but policy and enforcement have to come from the community. “ I s t r on gl y e nc ou r a g e you a nd you r Members to oppose any measures grant ing special permission to bars requesting to remain open past 2 a.m.,” University President Harris Pastides wrote in a letter to the city council. At a town hall Feb. 6, those i n at tenda nce — ba r ow ners, com mu n it y members, cou ncil members — seemed evenly split on the issue. Bars that haven’t gotten any violations were opposed to being punished for others’ mistakes. Ten neighborhoods have signed on to support the removal of special permits. What would the outcome be? Students wouldn’t necessarily stop drinking if the bars shut at 2 a.m. — instead, some said, they’ll find somewhere else. “It doesn’t ma ke much of a difference because if they’re not drinking here, they’re going to go drink somewhere else,” said Sean McManus, a regular at Bar None. The measure would help reduce t he h i g h nu mb e r of s t u de nt t ranspor t s to t he hospital for alcohol-related issues, according to Edwards. SEEBARSPAGE3

COMMUNITY VOICE At 2 a.m. “the police are running around trying to hold it down. It’s a nightmare.” — USC Student and Bar None bouncer Andrew Douglas Larissa Johnson /

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“It’s a bad situation that’s got to be tackled” — Columbia City Council member Howard Duvall Courtesy of Howard Duvall

“We’re all responsible for each other. It takes a village” — Local Sean McManus

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BARSPAGE1 With ever y other town in South Carolina already ceasing the dispersal of after-hours permits, Duvall said that it made sense for Columbia to follow. McManus, though, said that all the bars in his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, close at 2 a.m. and the city still seems to have the same problems that Columbia is looking to fi x. “UW Madison has about 25 percent more students, but has 350 percent more violations of the substance abuse policies,” McManus said. He also disagreed that the earlier close time would bring peace to the homes around Five Points. “If somebody were wandering around my neighborhood at 2, 2:30 in the morning drunk, being loud, I’d be just as pissed off as if they were doing it at 4:30,” McManus said. Nationally, the most common place for students to drink is in on- and offcampus residences. If the percentage of USC st udents drink ing in bars dropped, the university could see an increase in residential drinking. According to A ndrew Douglas, a music performance student and bouncer at Bar None, the earlier closing time could actually cause more problems for police because it would create a huge rush of students at 2 a.m. instead of a slow trickle from 2 a.m. “It would be way worse ... Saturday, everybody knows you gotta get out by 2, so what are people doing?” Douglas said. “K nock ing them back as fast as they can so they can get as drunk as they can and get out of here too. And then you have everyone out here at 2 o’clock on a Saturday stumbling around, trying to find their Ubers. The police are running around trying to just hold it down. It’s a logistical nightmare.” Even if t he current permits are revoked, it wouldn’t necessarily mean t he end of late-night drink ing in Columbia. “ I f t he W h ig, t he Ba r None and Nightcaps think of alternative situations that would allow them to continue,” Duvall said, “I certainly would be willing to talk to them about some compromise on the situation.” According to Edwards, any change has to involve a consideration of student safety. “We’ve got to re-evaluate how we see bars in our community,” she said.

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Courtney Wilson has struggled w it h a norex ia for 15 yea r s. On Saturday, she walked on the Horseshoe to help raise money for the National Eating Disorders Association. “I’m specifically walking in memory of one of my friends that passed away nine years ago,” Wilson said. “She was the first person I met in treatment ... She unfortunately passed away from suicide.” A total of 166 people, in addition to their dogs, took part in the walk. C ock y wa s t here, t he Ca rol i na Gentleman performed, and there was even a photo booth. “The walk itself is very upbeat,” said Hannah Dear / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Columbia NEDA Walk Coordinator Participants walked for friends and family members affected by eating disorders. Karen McMullen. Eating disorders can hit college personally or know someone that is Anna Hallman who was part of team students hard as they move to a new impacted by an eating disorder. We Unashamed, that raised $1,690. “ R e c o v e r y i s i m p o r t a nt , a n d city and deal with new stressors and need to come together and support,” said New Hope representative Amy everybody needs to know it. It’s hard activities, she said. to do it alone, and from personal “I’m very excited to have [the walk] Helms. McMullen spoke about the reason experience I know that you can’t do it on the USC campus because eating disorders affect a lot of college-aged why she personally volunteers with alone,” Hallman said. W h i le s ome p a r t ic ip a nt s h ad N E DA . He r ow n d au g ht e r w a s students,” McMullen said. According to the Multi-Ser vice diagnosed with an eating disorder personally struggled or were currently Eat ing Disorders A ssociat ion, 20 when she was a freshman in high struggling with an eating disorder, other participants walked for those percent of college students said they school. “The reason why I do it is because t hey k new. W hen asked why she currently have or previously had an eating disorder. Because of stigmas I want people to walk away knowing walked, participant Linda Bosch said around eating disorders, it can be that there is hope and that they’re not “In honor of our daughter, who had an difficult to reach out because of the alone,” McMullen said. “I honestly eating disorder that began ... back in t hought I was t he only person in 2002. So it’s something we’ll always do fear of being thought of differently. “A lot of times eating disorders start Columbia, South Carolina that had for her.” These walkers giving messages of as young as 6 years old, but a lot of this issue facing me. Little did I know times they go undiagnosed or because that everyone knows someone with an hope spoke in support of NEDA and how they had directly made an impact of the stigma that’s associated with eating disorder.” Participants in the N EDA walk on their lives. them, they get overlooked,” McMullen “I think it’s showing that recovery were open to sharing their stories of said. is the most important part and that S p o n s o r s f o r N E DA a n d t h e recovery and hope. “I’ve suffered with an eating disorder a support system is the best part,” walk were tabling for the duration. O r g a n i z a t i o n s s u c h a s Ve r it a s for a while and so I think recovery is Hallman said. Mc Mullen hopes to help ot her Collaborative, Changing Carolina Peer important and it’s good to spread the Leaders and New Hope Counseling word that it’s real,” said second-year people like her daughter and give them a nd Wel l ness Center help t hose education student Franny Masella. resources. Through her work, the struggling with an eating disorder “It’s good to know that people know sponsors’ efforts and the NEDA as a whole, recovery is possible. locally. The money donated to NEDA it’s real.” “My purpose is that if I have one Participants had the option to raise by sponsors goes towards services such as a help hotline, education resources money in teams and as individuals. person reach out to get help, then I’ve and general support for those affected. One individual who did both was done my job,” McMullen said. “So many people are either impacted second-year public health student

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Review: ‘Black Panther’ brings culture, power to Marvel universe Genna Contino @GENNAC07

The movie the world has been wait ing for is f inally here: “Black Panther.” South Carol i na nat ive Chadw ick Boseman portrays Mar vel’s iconic superhero who’s newest to the big screen. First seen in “Captain America: Civil War” in 2016, t he Black Pant her gets his solo story — with the incredible background of his African kingdom, Wakanda. So who is the face behind the Black Panther mask? A prince named T’Challa from the country of Wakanda. The story follows T’Challa’s journey of becoming king following his father’s death. His home country is seen as third-world to the rest of humanity, but it has an important secret — it’s actually the most technologicallyadvanced country in the world, thanks to its abundant source of vibranium. Vibranium is a fictional metal in the Marvel universe used to make a lot of cool toys for the Wakandans — making it a technological utopia hidden to the world. The brains behind all of T’Challa’s tech (including his Black Panther suit) is his sister Shuri, a tech-savvy teenager played by Letitia Wright. After T’Challa becomes king, he finds that villain Ulysses Klaue, an evil arms dealer cynically portrayed by Andy Serkis, has stolen vibranium from a Wakandan artifact in a museum. Newly crowned, T’Challa goes to find Klaue on a mission to South Korea to stop his evil actions and return his country’s precious vibranium. We later find out that the true villain is not Klaue, but is instead quite unlikely — an American with a Wakandan background, Erik Killmonger. Killmonger, a former Navy SEAL who claims to have killed in the United States, Afghanistan and Iraq is played by Michael B. Jordan. It would be simply wrong to discuss this movie without mentioning the powerful women that play vital roles in the film. As mentioned before, Shuri is the brains behind the Black Panther. Without her, he would be nothing. She’s incredibly smart yet

does exactly what a little sister should — brings out a lighthearted side of T’Challa and brightens any room with her charming sense of humor. Besides Shuri, women basically rule Wakanda. The Dora Milaje are the Black Panther’s bodyguards — the superior women recruited from each tribe of Wakanda. While watching the movie, I found parallels between the Dora Milaje to the Amazon women from “Wonder Woman” in the DC Comics universe. T’Challa’s love interest Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Dora Milaje member Okoye (Danai Gurira) prove to be the heroines of the film as they assist T’Challa on his mission to find Klaue, and later help him defeat Killmonger. The film provides vibrant and wonderful imagery. The outside world sees Wakanda as a peaceful, grassy African country, but to insiders it’s a world fi lled with technology. We see modern inventions like monorails and skyscrapers, while simultaneously keeping African tradition. W hen T’Challa is crowned king, the different tribes surround him on a mountain in colorful, traditional clothing as the new Black Panther stands on the edge of a waterfall. The film made $25 million from Thursday’s preview night alone. Compared to other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, it is tied with “Captain

America: Civil War” for second-highest preview gross, falling right behind “Avengers: Age of Ultron” with $27.6 million. Does it live up to the hype? Absolutely. Pa r t of w h at m a k e s this f ilm so amazing is the racial representation. This is one of the f irst blockbuster films to feature a majority black cast with mu lt iple cha rac ter s i n positions of power. It is i mp or t a nt for p eople , especially children, to see themselves represented in movies and identify with strong characters. “Black Pa nt her” g ive s black children the opportunity to experience that in a way most superhero mov ies Courtesy of IMDb don’t. T he Black Pa nt her character was created in 1966 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, both of whom supported the civil rights movement. The reason “Black Panther” is so iconic, especially for the comic’s time, is that it portrays African royalty. T’Challa, a black superhero created in the ‘60s, was not represented stereotypically by a racist creator — this was groundbreaking. What really stood out about the movie to me was the uniqueness of the villain Killmonger. He’s one of the first villains I’ve seen who’s not guided by greed. His character deeply contradicts that of the other villain of the movie, Klaue, whose evil nature is driven by his desire for the valuable vibranium. What was so different about Killmonger is that I sympathized with him. His troubled character is faced with an moral dilemma that causes T’Challa himself to examine his own type of rule. The film shows what a nation can do with wealth, and raises the question: What’s the ethical decision in regards to using that wealth? “Black Panther’” is thought-provoking, revolutionary and, frankly, a good movie. The movie presents ethical dilemmas and leaves us with a promise of progress in the world, yet still gives us the awesome, classic narrative of a superhero film.

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Three weeks of bad weather couldn’t keep the Lexington community from coming together and eating chili. After being postponed three times, the third annual Lexington County Chili Cook Off was held in the Icehouse Amphitheater Sunday afternoon. From vegan to smoked chicken, there was a chili for everyone at the cook-off, but the real reward was the sense of community the event brought to contestants and eaters alike. A true community event, all proceeds from the cook-off are donated to three local charities — First Responders, 911 Remembrance Foundation of SC and the Town of Lexington’s “Adopt A Cop” program — and Freeway Music School students provide the entertainment. Community members of all ages enjoyed the cook-off and took part in the tasting. “[It’s] just a great family day, a nice and sunny day and lots of chili,” eventgoer Renay Shealy said. “It’s perfect for kids.” At the end of the event, two judges chose “Best Traditional Chili” and “Best Non-Traditional Chili” winners, and all cook-off attendees were invited to vote for their favorite samples for the “People’s Choice” award. The chilis were judged on taste, aftertaste, aroma, appearance and consistency. The competition is serious, with a number of strict rules about conﬁdentiality and the judging process. However, even the Chili Cook Off rulebook acknowledges that the event “is intended to be a fund raising event, creating

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competition and friendships while benefitting the community.” Jim Williams, a veteran participant and winner of “Best Traditional Chili”, enjoys the competition but ultimately comes back for the friendship. “We’ve done this every year since they opened,” Williams said. “It’s something that’s good to do for the community ... it’s part of the family. Like Williams, Leroy Holiday, who won “Best NonTraditional Chili”, has competed before — although this is his first time coming in first. His favorite part of the event are its charitable motivations. Every year, he represents Lexington County and “Lord willing” will be back next year to compete again. Not all of the winners this year were experienced cookoff participants. Newcomers Sean and Loren Carrigan had never competed in any cook-off before coming to the Lexington County Chili Cook Off. Despite being the event’s rookies, they brought the heat with their white chicken chili and won the “People’s Choice” award. The couple is competitive — the night before the event, Loren Carrigan told her husband “it’s first place or it’s nothing” — but also saw a deeper meaning in the event. “I mean first and foremost this is for charity and to have a friendly competition,” said Sean Carrigan “That’s just icing on top of the cake of the real reason, which is to support people and the charities.” It may have taken three weeks, but the Lexington County Chili Cook Off was all the participants hoped it would be, and the community agrees it was worth the wait.

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Sports clubs Textbook access system needs codes unnecessary reworking student expense If there is one thing in common t h at a l l c ol leg e students hate with a ﬁery passion, it is the astronomical price of textbooks and access codes. Laurryn Seeing a book Thomas or access code is First-year “requ ired” for a journalism student class and ordering it is t he saddest part of my semester, for sure. Though I understand the need for supplement a l tex t s a nd homework to aid in learning, I feel the overwhelming use of ac c e s s c o de s i n c l a s s e s represents a teaching defect. If a class requires a $100-$150 access code in order to learn the concepts, I think teaching capabilit y should come into question. Access codes are a way for professors to assign homework and pract ice materials t hat can be graded totally online. The ease and convenience of this method is not lost on me. St udent s can do homework online without the professor physically grading it, which seems l ike a g reat idea. However, the downsides for st udent s f a r out weigh t he upsides for professors. Students are forced to pay an additional $150 for an access code along w it h t he ot her requ i red physical textbook s for each class they take. This can easily add up to spending arou nd $500 solely on access codes

each semester. So st udent s could spend half a grand to pass classes t hat a l ready cost a fort une in t uit ion to take, solely for the purpose of making a paid professor’s grading easier. T he whole s y stem is a n obvious scam, but students are stuck in this legally corrupting s ystem i n hopes of get t i ng t heir deg rees. The most notable thieves in this system are the textbook companies that have monopolies over the online access code industries and set highly expensive prices, but that is the way of business. In some cases, the ones who support the greedy textbook companies are the professors or schools who continually force students to buy them. Instead of coming up with their own methods of issuing homework and teaching the curriculum for st udent s, t hey t a ke t he easy route of access codes. To ever change t he prices t hat textbook companies place on access codes, there needs to be an extreme drop in sales. This calls for a boycott of them at large universities like USC. Though $500 may not seem like a lot on top of t u it ion that costs tens of thousands of dollars, students or families who are already st r uggling w it h t he si z eable bi l l s for housing and tuition may not be able to cross that ﬁ nal hurdle for textbooks. The fact is that students feel they are set for classes and have the ﬁ nancial

aspec t f ig u red out u nt i l getting to class and realizing that professors are requiring several additional materials. Many budget for textbooks, but more and more, classes require access codes, iClicker accounts, and other expenses in addition. In my opinion, college is one of the largest scams known to man, but most people bow t heir heads a nd ig nore t he signs in order to get a degree and find a stable job because it seems l ike t he on ly way. Gordon Wadsworth, author of The College Trap says, “… if the cost of college tuition was $10,000 in 1986, it would now cost t he sa me st udent over $21,50 0 i f e d u c at io n h ad i nc r e a s e d a s mu c h a s the average inf lation rate but instead education is $59,800 or over 2 ½ times the inﬂation rate.” I know there are not many t h i ng s I c a n cha nge about t he costs of u niversit y, but one thing that people should m a ke more noi s e ab out i s the complete avoidabilit y of tex tbook s. More a nd more professors are becoming aware that students can not afford textbooks, so they are ﬁ nding cheaper options to teach with. The challenge now should be placed on professors to find ways to erase the burden of ac ce s s co de s for st udent s. They did not always exist, but somehow students still learned.

One of g r e a t e s t feat ures of the University of South Carolina is its large var iet y of st udent Hayden Blakeney organizations, w h i c h Third-year journalism range from student Greek soc ia l f rater n it ies and sororities to academic unions. A sports club is a specific type of student organization that is built around a specif ic sport wh ile also receiv i ng funding from the university. Unfortunately, the total funding allotted to sports clubs amounts to a little under $36,000, which has not changed since 2004 and is not much when split among 62 clubs. Ot her schools in the SEC have si m i la r prog r a m s t hat receive funding, such as A laba ma a nd G eorg ia. Respectively, they have 30 and 40 sports clubs and allocate $40,000 and $86,0 0 0, meaning t hat each club gets $1,300 and $2,150. The Airsoft sports club which I am president of usually gets around $300 for funding, which is below the predicted average of $581 per club. Another component of sports clubs is “compliance points,” which is essentially a score of how wel l a club is doing its dut ies

and determines if a club remains active. Ignoring the authoritarian name of the points, compliance can be gauged by how often a club sends off icers to mandatory meetings, uses its allotted funding and ﬁlls out appropriate paperwork for travel. Points can also be gained by service hours and fundraising, which is all well and good when you’re in a large sports club. Compliance points can also be gained by going to a nd host i ng ga mes, fundraising, philanthropy a nd s up p or t i n g ot he r clubs. All of these are very difﬁcult, if not impossible, with a small club, especially if the nature of your sport prevents you from using university space. My ma i n g r ipe w it h USC sports clubs is how they leave small clubs in the dust. If a club does not have the manpower to effectively ask for money or perform communit y service, it puts the club at a major disadvantage when asking for funding or even remaining a club at all. I think USC needs to take a serious look at how sports clubs are set up and funded, because ultimately they play a major role in our community as a source of f u n for hu ndreds of students. Since all students in the Carolina community pay for the program with their tuition, it should be a more accessible activity.

South Carolina should have Korean major W it h Sout h Korea being the third la rgest prov ider of international students to t he Un ited St ates and a major prov ider to t he Un iversit y of Sout h Carol i na, Rodney t he lack of a Korea n Davis language major here is First-year history bafﬂ ing. This language student is only g row ing in importance, for both students with plans to pursue public and private sec tor c a reer s. T he Un iver sit y of Sout h Carolina already offers eight languages as minor and major courses of study — surely another important language should be added to this list. The Korean language is complex w it h se ver a l d if ferent d ia lec t s, Gyeonggi being the most popular. T he d ia lec t spoken a rou nd t he c apit a l of S out h K orea , Seou l, wou ld be t he most benef ic ia l for A mer ic a n st udent s to lea r n because Seoul is where many study abroad opportunities are located.

Additionally, since Seoul is a major cit y for business, students would beneﬁt from an in-depth education in this dialect. Korean is also important for anyone hoping to work internationally, as it represents both a powerf u l nat ion and powerf u l economy. Between South Korea and North Korea, the media is saturated with news regarding their political a nd econom ical climates. Sout h Korea’s status as a major ally of the United States also supports t his argument. On t he econom ic side, Sout h Korea has a growing economy that people in business can beneﬁt from. Last year, the South Korean GDP hit a seven-year high and will likely cont inue to grow. Technological advancements in South Korea are well known in America, and anyone wishing to go into esports will surely find that this is the right country to work in. Because of t h is, t he University of South Carolina should offer a program of study in such an important language. We boast the

best international business program in the United States, so we need to offer a major for such a prominent language for international business. Addit ionally to t he benef its of lea r n i ng Korea n, i n some way s t h e l a n g u a g e it s e l f i s n o t t o o d if f ic u lt to lear n. The alphabet can be memorized fairly quick ly, helping beginners create a strong foundational basis in a short period of time. Pronunciation of words is just how it is written, unlike the complicated setup of some English

words. Furthermore, it is not a tonal lang uage like many ot her A sian languages, of which two, Chinese and Japanese, are already offered here. T he K ore a n l a ng u age b oa st s many speakers (more native speakers than French) and will continue to g row i n preva lence t h roughout our generation’s lifetime. Offering students here the opportunit y to major in such an important language cannot be overemphasized.

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Gamecocks take series in Opening Weekend

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After falling short on Opening Day, the South Carolina baseball team had two strong games to take the weekend series over VMI. The Gamecocks got a 7-2 win on Saturday and 9-0 shutout on Sunday. Head coach Mark Kingston was pleased with how his team rebounded from the 7-6 loss on Friday night. “After Friday night’s tough loss, I thought we did a really good job of bouncing back the last two days,” Kingston said after Sunday’s win. “Played the kind of baseball we want to play. Ridge was really good today ... And then the bullpen came in, threw strikes and had a really good day.” The Gamecock bats struggled in the later innings on Friday, but they got some life in them for the rest of the weekend. South Carolina outscored VMI 16-2 in the ﬁnal two games, but still scored six runs in its loss. The Gamecocks also hit six home runs within three games, two of them coming from senior Madison Stokes. Kingston was overall pleased with the pitching. Junior Adam Hill struggled on Friday night, going just four innings and giving up seven runs on ﬁve hits. Freshman John Gilreath pitched great at Hill’s relief, throwing four scoreless frames with just three hits.

Sophomore Cody Morris had high velocity on Saturday, but lost a little bit of his command as the innings went on. He only walked two and fanned six batters in the 5.2 innings he pitched, which Kingston was happy with. He was also very happy with juniors Ridge Chapman and Gage Hinson and freshman TJ Shook, who gave up just two hits to VMI in the shutout on Sunday. As far as hitting, Kingston knows the Gamecocks need to hit better not only with two strikes, which they improved on after Friday’s game, but also with runners on base. They left a total of 37 men on base over the weekend. Overall, Kingston can see both the positives and the spots his team needs to improve on. “I still think we need to work on everything,” Kingston said. “I’ll call it a good ﬁrst weekend, I won’t call it a great ﬁrst weekend because we didn’t sweep, which we’re going to try to go into every weekend hoping that that’s the goal. So I thought it was a good, solid week. I thought we learned a lot about our team, I thought our pitching, for the most part, did really well ... Saw things we wanted to see and now we just need to continue to build on it.” A huge positive for the Gamecocks was that their upperclassmen were stepping up to be the leaders

they need to be. Catchers Chris Cullen and Hunter Taylor both hit homers during opening weekend and had six hits total. They also played strong defense behind the plate and were able to catch runners stealing, all of which Kingston needed to see out of the both of them. “We challenged both of them. We didn’t pull any punches, that they needed to be better than what they were giving us, Hunter and Chris,” Kingston said. “I thought they both answered the bell very well. And I told them we need to be regarded as a team that has two elite catchers and based on how they both played this weekend, I think you can do that.” As the Gamecocks look ahead to the rest of the season, they know that they made a great impression during this ﬁrst weekend. “Overall, we played the kind of baseball that we want to be known for,” Kingston said. “We made one error in 27 innings, we had more walks than strikeouts offensively, our pitchers challenged hitters. So all-in-all that’s the kind of, that’s the brand of baseball we want to play, we just want to continue to get better at it.” The G amecock s w ill look to cont i nue t h is momentum on Tuesday as they host North Florida.

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Despite falling 7-0 to Clemson on Friday, South Carolina still takes the 2017-2018 Palmetto Cup.

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The South Carolina club hockey team’s season ended with a whimper Friday night as Clemson silenced the Irmo faithful early and soon had the team headed for the exits in a 7-0 rout on Senior Night. With victories over Clemson on Sept. 22 and Nov. 17, the Gamecocks already had the Palmetto Cup title clinched for 2017-18. However, Matt Loughran’s Tigers made an excellent case for a rematch, needing only 13 men to shut out South Carolina before its largest crowd of the season. Still without high-scoring forwards Sean Davis (leg injury), Jake Tengi (concussion) and Alec Martone, the Gamecocks managed only 23 shots on net, none of which found its way past Clemson goaltender Joe Kaeser. After a scoreless opening frame, Clemson drew ﬁrst blood 1:26 into the second when Jared Tallo riﬂed a snap shot past Jared Ward for his second power play tally of the year. Matt Wilson put the Tigers ahead 2-0 barely two minutes later when he tipped home a rebound off Andrew Racicot’s shot from the left circle that Ward managed to get a toe on, but couldn’t cover up in time. It was all Clemson from there as Racicot added his team-leading 18th goal of the season six minutes later and assisted on Chandler Paff’s goal 4:51 before the second intermission. Tallo’s second goal, scored on a Tiger penalty kill, chased Ward from the South Carolina net three minutes into the third. With the loss, Ward

capped his rookie season with a 5-9-2 record. Nick Jasinski stopped four of six Clemson shots in a 17-minute relief appearance for South Carolina. Paff completed his hat trick with 11:42 remaining but was ejected wit h Duncan Hickman shortly after when a scuffle, one of several in the game, broke out in front of the Clemson bench. Both teams combined for 28 penalty minutes on the play and 62 on the night. The loss dropped South Carolina to a fi nal record of 9-12-2 for the year, a far cry from the 15-12-1 mark that saw the team into the SECHC semifinal and ACHA South Regional in 2016-17. After the game, South Carolina head coach Allan Sirois spoke about what must change for a South Carolina team that will be missing defenseman Greyson Curry and forwards Jim Hatton and Ian Schneider, among others, next fall. “What happened today pretty much happened all year,” Sirois said. “Turnovers, played really bad in our defensive zone. We did okay offensive zone, and actually we had a ton of chances, we just couldn’t finish. But in our own zone, that’s gotta change.” Sirois also addressed the issue that hobbled his obviously capable team last week in close losses to Kentucky and Ole Miss at the SECHC tournament. “Injuries, I can’t do nothing about. We had a ton this year,” Sirois said. “We had seven concussions; I’ve never even heard of that. So hopefully we stay healthy next year and play better in our defensive zone. I’ll definitely work on that.”

The South Carolina men’s basketball team was looking to end its six-game losing streak when No. 10 Auburn came to town on Saturday, but many thought this would be an easy win for the Tigers. However, the Gamecocks shocked everyone by beating the SEC-leading Tigers 84-75 due to a monster 21-point lead at the end of the first half. South Carolina capitalized on its ability to hit threes in the first half, going 5-for-13 from behind the arc while Auburn shot 1-for11 from behind the arc in the first. In addition, the Gamecocks had 43 total points off the bench, eclipsing their previous high of 32. The Gamecocks took control early, leading by as much as 26 points, as they stormed out to a 40-14 lead with 4:59 to play in the first half. Auburn fought back, but South Carolina still had a dominating 46-25 lead at the half. Auburn wouldn’t go away that easily, as they started the second half on a 13-7 run to cut the Gamecocks lead to 13 points with 14:29 to play. The Tigers would eventually cut the deficit to five with 6:58 to play. Guard Frank Booker credits Auburn’s comeback to their ability to grab offensive rebounds. “We were giving up way too many offensive rebounds and that’s the reason they got back in the game,” Booker said. Head coach Frank Martin agreed by saying that was the biggest difference between the two halves. “ We c o u l d n ’ t g e t a reb ou nd ,” M a r t i n s a id. Sara Yang / THE DAILY GAMECOCK “That gave [Auburn] extra possessions, that put them on the foul line. They’re too good of an offensive team, when they miss, to not get a defensive rebound.” Auburn finished with 19 offensive rebounds compared to South Carolina’s 14, and the Tigers out-rebounded the Gamecocks 44-38 for the game. South Carolina’s Chris Silva led the way with 11 rebounds, his seventh time recording double digit rebounds this season. He also finished with 14 points, giving him his sixth double-double of the year. Booker led the way with 19 points off the bench, going 4-for-9 from behind the arc. Guard Wesley Myers also contributed greatly with 13 points before he fouled out. Going forward, the Gamecocks know that this win can be a huge turning point for the remainder of the season, but they can’t revert back to how they played during the losing streak. “We’re going to take this, we’re going to watch film to see the differences between those six games that we lost and the game that we just won,” Booker said. The Gamecocks host SEC rival Georgia on Wednesday, hoping to build on this momentum as they enter the final stretch of the regular season.