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Matthew Grossmann was known by friends to be full of energy. He was upbeat, he made people laugh and he loved to freestyle rap.

“He always just had a really big smile on his face all the time,” said Louis Griffith, a second-year sport a nd enter t a i n ment m a nagement student. “No matter what the situation was, he was always a positive feature in the room.” Grossmann was one of

Griffith’s pledge brothers.

Two weeks ago, Grossmann died by suicide in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SA E) house in Greek Village on campus. Since then, the Panhellenic com mu n it y and ot her g roups on campus have come together for two separate vigils honoring his life.

Ford Pugh, another pledge brother, recalled Grossmann’s love for rap music and said he could rap more songs than anyone he knew.

“Even when nobody would ask him, he’d just start going,” said Pugh, a second-year sport and entertainment management student.

Grossmann was in his second year at Carolina and loved college basketball, especially Michigan State.

Tommy Hennelly was friends with Grossman since high school. After Grossmann moved to Hennelley’s hometown of Roswell, Georgia in eighth grade, the pair spent a lot of t i me toget her. They loved to play basketball on a half court in Grossmann’s yard. Of course, the court had a Michigan State logo on it.

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Suicide prevention month: Suicide rates rise, counseling center increases services

GENNA CONTINO Editor-in-Chief Editor’s note: This article discusses suicide and might be triggering to some readers.

Pict ure yourself in a burning room.

Everything around you is on fire and you don’t have much hope. Eventually, you’re forced to get out of the house to avoid burning up.

It’s not that you decided to leave — you had no choice but to get out.

This is what people with depression or suicidal thoughts can feel, according to forensic suicidologist Ronald Maris.

It’s not that they’re choosing to k ill themselves because of something they’re going through, it’s that their pain has gotten so unbearable they feel they have no other way out, Maris said.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is the second most common cause of death among college students, according to the American College Health Association. A report published by peerreviewed journal Depression and Anxiety last year said one in five college students are stressed to the point of considering suicide.

So far in 2019 at USC, 8.5% of students seriously considered suicide, compared to 4.6% in 2010, according to the National College Health Assessment. In 2019 so far, 7.8% of students reported they had harmed themselves, compared to 3.5% in

2010. Director of strategic health initiatives R e b e c c a Caldwell said these numbers are comparable to other campuses.

Still, “8.5% think ing about suicide in the last year is way too many students who are in pain,” Caldwell wrote in an email.

It’s nor mal to feel st ressed i n college. Students have heav y workloads.

They’re finding their place in new friend groups, away from family for the first time and figuring out how to manage life on their own.

If a student is going through intense stress or feels that they’re in crisis, they can walk into the counseling center from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and see somebody immediately, according to Debbie Beck, executive director of student health services and Healthy Carolina. The center is also open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays.

After hours, students can call 803-7775223 to talk to a counselor.

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Five things to know for Saturday’s game against the Tide PERRY DOMINICI Sports Writer Going into the 2019 season, the Gamecocks are facing an uphill battle. With games against each of the top three teams in the preseason AP poll, South Carolina football owns one of the toughest schedules in all of the nation.

The most daunting stretch of the season starts with week three, as the Gamecocks will play host to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Over the past decade, Alabama head coach Nick Saban has established his program as one of the premier teams in all of sports, winning five national titles during his tenure in Tuscaloosa.

Here are five key things to watch for as the Tide rolls into Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 14.

Gamecocks look to make it two wins in a row against the Tide Alabama has not lost many games in recent history. Since 2008, they have lost no more than three games in any season. It is no easy task taking down the Tide.

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Swipe Out Hunger swipes food insecurity

See page 2 for a look at Hootie’s impact on Columbia

MEGHAN CRUM News Editor

St udent Government is entering its second semester of Swipe Out Hunger, a prog r a m de sig ned to prov ide selected students with meal swipes at on-campus dining locations if they cannot afford meals for each week.

“Food insecurit y is something t hat, unfort unately, doesn’t get talked about enough. I think that there are quite a few students who don’t have enough to eat or enough healthy food to eat,” Jabari Bodrick, the associate director of the Leadership and Service Center, said.

This semester, Swipe Out Hunger will be giving 640 meals to 40 students who demonst rate a need for t he program.

Carol i na Food Co., a subsidy of t he university’s food service provider Aramark, donated 470 of these meal swipes.

“We just want to do our part to ensure no student is hungry whether that be providing donated meal plans for students facing food insecurities or providing employment

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opportunities for them,” Faren Alston, Aramark’s marketing manager, said in an email.

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President Bob Caslen invites students to work out twice a week early in the morning.

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“One, two, three ... Go cocks, beat Clemson!” kicked off “PT with the President” Thursday morning.

Twice a week, USC President Bob Caslen invites students to join him for his morning full-body workout.

On Tuesdays, the workout is in Blatt PE Center, and on Thursdays they gat her i n t he St rom Thu r mond Wellness and Fitness Center.

The regimen involves aerobic and strength-building exercises. Despite the challenge, 15 students woke up early to participate in the 6 a.m. workout Caslen created.

“This was a tough one,” Caslen said. “This was a hard one. I made it hard intentionally.”

Caslen has around 20 different workout routines he has created for a full-body workout. While he invites students to train with him twice a week, he also does a similar routine six days a week on his own.

Caslen is the former superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Poi nt . W h i le there, he invited his students to join him for a similar workout weekly. “ I w a nt t o r e a c h o u t t o t h e students,” Caslen said. “I want to make myself available. I want to get a chance to do things with them, and talk to them and see what’s on their mind, see what their concerns are, and this is a good opportunity to

engage with students.”

German exchange student Sascha Stutcenberger served in the military back home and has good friends from the U.S. military. When he found out Caslen was in the military, he decided to join him for the workout.

“You wouldn’t find a president of a university in Germany that is going to t he g y m at 6:00 and work ing out wit h t he st udents, so t hat is something completely new for me,” Stutcenberger said.

Stutcenberger has participated in Caslen’s workout three times now.

He said it is difficult but is ready for the day after he finishes.

“It’s a challenge, because he’s doing the program, and he is normally finishing it first,” Stutcenberger said.

“And I want to get close to him so that’s my challenge, and I’m excited about it. But it’s tough.”

Erden Ucok, first-year mechanical engineering student, said he enjoys exercising and waking up early in the morning, which motivated him to join “PT with the President.”

His favorite part of Caslen’s exercise routine is the challenge.

“It’s not meant to be easy,” Ucok said.

Ucok s a id he b el ie ve s it i s encouraging to work out alongside the university president.

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The two stayed close, getting into USC and joining SAE together.

“Ever ybody loved h i m i n t he fraternity,” said Hennelly, a secondy e a r s p o r t a n d e nt e r t a i n m e nt management st udent. “He loved everybody else.”

Grossmann’s f riends said t hey didn’t think he ever sought mental health help. “ You rea l ly never k now what anybody’s going t hrough,” Pugh said. “You just always gotta try to tell somebody you love ‘em.”

With a community in mourning, SAE brothers are turning to each ot her and t he rest of Greek life for support. Hundreds of students attended both vigils bearing flowers, candles and condolences.

“Our main source of therapy is each other and the support we’ve received from everybody else,” Pugh said.

April Scott, associate director of campus mental health initiatives, said you don’t necessarily need a counselor to grieve properly but stressed the importance of finding a solid support system.

She also said there’s no correct way to process something like this.

“It’s OK to engage in their normal activities. Oftentimes after a death, people feel g uilt y about k ind of going back to their routine but that is perfectly OK,” Scott said. “It’s OK for them to laugh, to smile, that’s not disrespecting the memory of the person that they lost and often that is how people can grieve in a healthy and productive way.”

However, counseling is certainly an important option for many, and it’s available for students. Any student can walk into the counseling center between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and see someone immediately.

Hennelly said he doesn’t think t h e r e ’s a s t i g m a s u r r o u n d i n g depression, anxiety and other mental illness in Greek life, but said campus could benefit from more awareness.

“I think it sucks, but stuff like this is what it takes to kinda make people start recognizing it more and bringing more awareness to it,” Hennelly said.

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USC’s mental health services work in a triage system, meaning they assign appointments based on urgency.

Many students have complained about wait times, saying they’ve tried to make an appointment with mental health services, but had to wait two weeks or longer.

Beck said one reason for this is sometimes students have schedules where they can only be seen at a certain time on a certain day. Then, some st udents only want to see specific counselors.

“If a student has a need that is critical, or they feel that it’s critical, then they’re going to get seen much, much quicker,” Beck said. “Could be a day, or two days.”

Some students say the issue is there aren’t enough counselors to support the needs of students on campus.

Second-year public health student Katie Raumann was overwhelmed by treatment options presented to her during an initial mental health assessment appointment last year.

This year, however, she’s feeling much more positive about campus mental health services because an employee la id out her opt ion s and ex plained ever y t hing more

like t his, professionals at the counseling center emphasize the importance of f i nd i ng a suppor t system. “ W h at I d e f i n it e l y encourage [is] reaching out to someone,” said April Scott, associate director of campus mental health initiatives. “Not being afraid to talk about it but also it’s OK if they don’t want to talk about it as well. There’s no one right way to process something like this.”

The suicide prevention sect ion on t he st udent health services page gives i nfor mat ion on how to not ice t he war n i ng GRAPHICS BY: ALEX FINGER // THE GAMECOCK signs of someone who is thoroughly. Now, she’s regularly contemplating suicide. seeing an individual counselor, a “Fifty to 75 percent of all suicide nutritionist and a psychiatrist. victims give some warning signs of Rauman n said she t hink s her their intentions in the week before,” experience last year was a matter of the site reads. “Familiarize yourself staffing “because I think everybody with the signs and register for suicide is just very overwhelmed and they’re prevention training.” doing the best that they can with It also has a section to sign up for what resources they have,” she said. gatekeeper training, which aims to Mental health services has one teach participants about the warning counselor for every 1,200 students, signs of suicide, help them gain including graduate students. The confidence in responding to a student average for counseling centers of in trouble and educate them about similar sizes is one counselor for the resources on campus. every 2,471 students, according to “I think honestly the best way Beck. of talking about suicide is doing In the past f ive years, staff at it on the prevention side and not mental healt h ser v ices has seen necessarily only in response to a about a 50% increase in use of the death,” Scott said. counseling center and increased it s st af f by more t ha n 60% in response. I n 2015, c o u n s e l i n g and psychiatry had 23 st af f members a nd now it has 38, not including administ rat ive support.

With last month’s suicide on campus, many students found themselves grieving at t he beg i n n i ng of the school year. In times

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Homecoming Hootie:

Columbia reflects on the band’s legacy F

ew bands see their music passed d o w n t h r o u g h g e n e r at io n s , sta nding t he test of t ime.

According to M ichael M iller, Hootie & The Blowfish is one of the rare groups that has done just that, and nowhere is it s legac y st ronger t ha n t he cit y of Columbia.

Miller was the entertainment editor at The State when Hootie was just a cover band, play ing most ly at fraternit y and sorority parties on campus. He remembers when they started writing their own music, and he remembers when they signed with At lant ic Records. He remembers how, through it all, they stayed true to the place where it all began.

“I mean, they’re kind of South Carolina’s band at this point,” Miller said. “They always were proud to be from Columbia, and they were proud to be from USC. They had Gamecock stuff on in those ‘95 and ‘96 tours when they were going out and playing to thousands of people.”

The band started to take shape in 1985 when freshmen Darius Rucker and Mark Br yan met at USC. Jan Smoak, current director of scholar programs at USC, was also a freshman at the time. In one of her earliest college memories, Smoak recalled meet ing a f riend at The Honeycombs, student housing once located where the Honors Residence Hall now stands, during COURTESY OF MICHAEL MILLER her first two weeks of class.

“During our evening, there was just a The members of Hootie & The Blowfish have had a lasting impact on the Columbia community ever since meeting at USC. group of guys and girls who had assembled Despite this apparent loss of a major hit, the other local bands as they raced to see who in somebody’s room,” Smoak said. “They Tootie and the Jones’ lead singer, Murray would score a record deal first. started playing and just singing songs, right?

Baroody, said there are no hard feelings I n 1994, bot h bands received a major Just kind of like this really impromptu little between the two groups. platform on which to showcase their music.

“They have been so gracious to me over Blightobody won a competition to perform t he years,” Baroody sa id. “I’ve had t he on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and opportunity to sit in and play just a few songs Hootie received a call on behalf of David here and there throughout their tours over Letterman to appear on the “Late Show.” the last 25 years and been able to go, kind “We played, and then the following week of, travel some shows with them, and I was was when Hootie & The Blowfish played on fortunate enough to get to spend a little Letterman,” Furr said. “And the difference time with them on this tour, as well.” was that when we did it, it was the beginning Many of Columbia’s residents recount of the end of our music career, and when similar stories of generosity extended from they did it, it was the beginning of their the members of Hootie. superstardom.”

Furr lived next door to Rucker and Felber Hoot ie was sudden ly at t he center of a rou nd 1989, when he was i n t he ba nd national attention, but the band didn’t forget Blightobody. He said there was a healthy its friends in Columbia. competition between himself, Hootie and Hootie bought a new Gamecock garnet

“I THINK IF I HAD A VOTE, I WOULD’VE SAID, ‘NO, THAT’D BE A HORRIBLE NAME FOR A BAND,’” SONEFELD, WHO STILL LIVES IN COLUMBIA TODAY, SAID.

music circle, and Mark and Darius were part of that little circle of friends that we were all hanging out with.”

This music circle was just the beginning of Bryan and Rucker’s collaboration, as the two would soon join up with fellow students Dean Felber and Brantley Smith to form Hootie & The Blowfish, whose name was inspired by two of Rucker’s friends from Carolina Alive.

It wasn’t until 1989 – long after the name was settled – that Jim Sonefeld filled in for Smith on drums.

“I think if I had a vote, I would’ve said, ‘No, that’d be a horrible name for a band,’” Sonefeld, who still lives in Columbia today, said.

Regardless of his thoughts on the name, Sonefeld would eventually join Hootie out of a shared interest in writing original music. At the time, Sonefeld was a member of Tootie and the Jones, another USC band, and was sitting on a track that would one day become one of Hootie’s most recognizable hits: “Hold My Hand.”

In a maneuver John Furr, a friend of the band, calls the “Hootie-Tootie Shuff le,” Sonefeld left Tootie and the Jones to join Hootie & The Blowfish, bringing “Hold My Hand” with him. The track would go on to chart in Billboard’s Top 10 in 1995 and find a spot on the band’s 21-time platinum album, “Cracked Rear View.”

we knew them when...

Mark Berson “One of the memories that I know that was really

funny – it was a secondhand story, but Jim’s roommate was Dave Golan. And Dave also, of course, played for me, and Dave went on to coach for many years as a coach in division one. And when they were roommates, one of the stories that Dave told me that I thought was really funny was Jim was playing, was working on a song, and said to Dave, ‘What do you think of this?

What do you think of it?’ And Dave was like, ‘Nah, I don’t, I don’t think – I don’t know, it’s OK.’ And it was ‘Hold My Hand.’”

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Hometown: Silver Spring, MD Major: Broadcast journalism Role: Lead guitarist

Jim sonefeld

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Hometown: Lansing, MI Major: Media arts Role: Drums and percussion

Mike Miller “One winter I went over [to England]. I had a friend

Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld have reunited after a decade-long hiatus.

van, and when Blightobody’s van broke down, Hoot ie sold its old one to t hem. However, Blightobody couldn’t afford the van just yet, so the members of Hootie said to just pay them back when they were able. This generosity, Furr said, is just who the guys are.

Hootie & The Blowfish later brought MTV to Columbia when they performed an unplugged concert on the Horseshoe. Since Sonefeld was a member of USC’s soccer team, MTV did a piece showcasing Stone Stadium. Mark Berson, head coach of the South Carolina men’s soccer team and a mentor to Sonefeld, said MTV’s stop in Columbia was significant for the small city.

“To my knowledge, it’s the only stadium that’s been on MTV, which for students right now might be just a blurred memory way back, but at the time it was a pretty big deal,” Berson said.

MTV shined a spotlight on Columbia, putting it on t he map as an area worth visiting for its pop culture relevance and vibrant music scene.

Perhaps t he g reatest aspect o f t h e b a n d’s success stor y lies in its hard work.

Hootie spent years practicing in front of crowds at bars in order to perfect its craft, according to Sonefeld. Their first show at COURTESY OF MICHAEL MILLER Rockafella’s, one of Columbia’s former music venues, saw a crowd of about 25 people. A few yea r s later, t he y were sel l i ng out venues.

Nobody can claim they lucked into their success, Miller said. “ I d o n’t k no w who it was, it might COURTESY OF TODD AND CHRIS OWYOUNG have been Soni or Hootie and The Blowfish performs a show earlier this year during its Group Therapy Tour. The tour shares its name with a Five Points bar here in Columbia.

Mark Bryan

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Mark or somebody told me, ‘We toured for 10 years in a beat up Ford van, all of us sleeping in the back of it and smelling each other’s feet and stuff, trying to sleep. If we can get through that for eight or nine years or whatever, this is easy,’” Miller said. “They paid their dues for a lot of years on the road.”

After their first record deal fell through with a small label out of California, the band decided to do their own promotion. They sold their EP, “Kootchypop,” at their shows, and their sales picked up so much traction that they caught the eyes of record labels, leading to their deal with Atlantic Records.

Sonefeld was one of t he hardest work ing players to ever wear a USC jersey, Berson said, so it was only natural that he’d devote that same energy to his music career.

“That was not any surprise that that translated i nto t he t y pe of at t it ude a nd t he t y pe of willpower that you have to have to succeed in something like the music industr y, which is really, obviously, really, really tough,” Berson said. “You not only have to be talented, but you have to be willing to work really hard, and really dedicated.”

Hootie & The Blowfish are now on the tail end of their first tour in over a decade, which also happens to be their most successful tour in history, grossing over $10 million. Their three night stop in Columbia this week will round out the North American leg in a series of sold-out shows.

“We never felt special,” Sonefeld said. “And we never really even felt that our music was that special, but we had a strong belief that if we got to a bigger audience, that they would eat it up, that they would really like it.”

Sonefeld said Hootie & The Blowfish have no plans to continue recording or touring after their Group Therapy Tour comes to an end.

However, fans can rest assured that the band won’t be breaking up any time soon, either.

“Sometimes when a band’s together for 25 years, you kind of get tired of hanging out with them, but they haven’t,” Miller said. “They’ve had a very strong bond, like a family.”

Hootie & The Blowfish will play three nights at Colonial Life A rena Sept. 11 to 13. Their album, “Imperfect Circle,” the first since 2005, comes out Nov. 1.

who lived in Essex outside of London, and I went over a lot in the wintertime ‘cause airfares were cheap and I really got where I enjoyed going over in England and knocking around in the wintertime when there weren’t any tourists around, and Hootie was playing in Cambridge at a place called The Corn Exchange.

Well, I didn’t even tell them I was gonna be there, but my friend and I decided, ‘Let’s go up and see Hootie.’

You know, they’re from my hometown and stuff, so she drove, and I rode. We went up to The Corn Exchange in Cambridge one night, and just sort of walked up to the backdoor and said, ‘Hey, guys,’ and they went, ‘Mike Miller, what are you doing here?’ And it was so neat, it was such an interesting evening to just surprise them, to see the look on their faces when I just showed up.”

just call them ‘the guys in the band.’ I don’t think we even really much called them Hootie & The Blowfish, ‘cause we all knew who they were. I guess there’s one other memory that I have of our sorority chapter. We were having a band party, and our band cancelled at the last minute. I think we used to book a lot of bands from a booking agency in Atlanta, and our band cancelled, and I remember somebody just said, ‘Somebody run over and ask those guys in the band if they’re available to play for our band party Friday night,’ which they did.”

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HootieGives

Each of Hootie & The Blowfish’s three Columbia shows will benefit a different local charity as a part of their initiative.

Wednesday: 9/11 Remembrance Foundation of SC Thursday: Richland County Public Education and SC for Education Friday: Harvest Hope Food Bank

dean felber

Darius rucker

Hometown: Charleston, SC Major: Broadcast journalism Role: Lead vocals and guitar

Jan Smoak “They weren’t a big deal. They were just – we would

Hometown: Bethesda, MD Major: Finance Role: Bass COURTESY OF MICHAEL MILLER

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CULTURE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: “IT Chapter Two” “IT Chapter Two” takes viewers into the future with a look at the adult lives of characters we knew as children in the original film.

Besides a healthy serving of classic horror, this sequel features a starstudded cast: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader are a few standouts. Is this sequel a pandering scrape at gett ing more viewers into the box office, like so many franchises stretched beyond their expiration date? Or will it successfully and artfully fol low t h rough on t he stor y t hat’s terrif ied and delighted generations? Find out for yourself as the movie is now in theaters.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: “Norman F­­—ing Rockwell!” by Lana Del Ray Spea k i ng of ar t ist s on t he comeback, how could we not make this the album of the week? You might have thought we left this pop princess back in our Tumblr days, but love it or hate it (or pretend to hate it on Twitter but actually love it – that’s right, I see you guys), you can’t avoid Lana Del Rey’s latest release. Whether it’s a pleasure or a guilty pleasure, “ Nor ma n F— i ng Rock wel l!” doesn’t care what you think of it, and it’s ushering the summer of 2019 out with glamour, nostalgia and a touch of melodrama.

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You)” by Bombay Bicyle Club You might not remember who Bombay Bicycle Club is, but if you listened to indie pop in the early 2010s, they probably showed up on your Pandora station at some point. These Brit rockers have been on hiatus since way back in 2014, but this latest single brings t he same catchy, sy mpat het ic sound to the table with a richer, more mature atmosphere than ever before.

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E.Z. Shakes is one of two local bands set to perform at the Koger Center before and after Hootie’s Thursday and Friday shows.

Tailgate-style concert to welcome Hootie & The Blowfish KENNA COE Senior Arts & Culture Writer

The Koger Center is hosting local bands Grand Republic and E.Z. Shakes for a free outdoor event on its back loading dock before and after the Hootie & The Blowfish concerts on Thursday and Friday.

The event begins at 6 p.m. and will resume with different set lists around 10 p.m. Grand Republic is playing Thursday and E.Z. Shakes is playing Friday.

Steve Borders, technical director at the Koger Center, has envisioned this use of the loading dock for a while.

Rock the Dock’s tailgate-st yle atmosphere is open to anyone in the area, whether they’re going to the concert or not. Borders encourages students who don’t have tickets to check out some local bands while enjoying food and drinks.

“It’s a great place to come and hang out and see great bands that are here in town,” Borders said. “Local bands that all have roots with Hootie & The Blowfish.”

While Grand Republic and E.Z. Shakes are relatively new bands, the band members have been a part of Columbia’s music scene since Hootie & The Blowfish’s college days.

Troy Tague from Grand Republic and John Furr, who plays guitar for both Grand Republic and E.Z. Sha kes, got to k now Hoot ie & The Blowfish band members from running in the same music circle.

Furr said they would share vans when one broke down and oftentimes play alongside each other. At the time, Furr was in the band Blightobody that won “Best College Band in America” in 1994.

Furr and Tague reminisced about those days three decades ago when Jake’s bar was called Rockafellas and live music was a little more popular than it is today, according to Tague.

“A t t i m e s , [ H o o t i e & T h e Blowfish] were the same as all of us. We played with them at regular clubs, and then they blew up,” Tague said.

Ta g ue s a id he r e me mb e r s a moment when he realized Hootie & The Blowfish made it big. He said the band was in Columbia for St. Patrick’s Day, and he stepped out of their little truck and heard a loud roar, the kind that’s heard at football games, from the crowd of people there.

“It was just funny because I just k new them as reg ular g uys that played at bars,” Tague said.

Columbia’s music scene might not look the same as it did in the ‘90s

– the bars have changed names and some venues have closed down – but Furr said his sound has stayed consistent with the era.

“I would say that people compare our music to having an ‘80s and ‘90s kind of throwback sound and that’s true, but it’s not throwback,” Furr said.

Grand Republic is a guitar rock band that’s original music can be described as indie or alternative.

E.Z. Shakes, named for and led by Zach Seibert, is a non-traditional singer-songwriter-style band with country roots.

“I think we’re just an example of some kind of interesting things that are happening in general in the Columbia music scene,” Furr said.

Simms Oliphant, youth development a nd com mu n it y relations coordinator at the Koger Center, said this outdoor event is a first for the facility.

“I feel like we don’t really have the reputation of the rock concert,” Oliphant said. “So, I thought it would be really cool to become involved with Hootie & The Blowfish in some way.”

Oliphant said this event is the Koger Center’s way of welcoming Hoot ie & T he Blow f ish home alongside local bands who have a connection to them.

USC faculty to perform Freeman Sunday series

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USC’s own Daniel Sweaney rehearses viola for the Sept. 15 show.

STEPHANIE JUSTICE Arts & Culture Writer The USC music faculty will be performing pieces from 1819, 1919 and 2019 all in one concert.

The Freeman Sunday concert series gives University of South Carolina music faculty the opportunity to perform a wide variety of music for the community while

helping students in a different way.

Named for philanthropist and supporter of the USC School of Music, Cornelia Freeman, the series consists of both old and new works performed by faculty. The money from tickets sold goes toward scholarships for music students.

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HANNAH HARPER Arts & Culture Writer With a name like Schitt’s Creek, it’s hard to take the town seriously. This is what the Rose family initially thought when they purchased the town for comedic effect. However, when it turns out to be the only sanctuary the spoiled family has left after losing their fortune, the Roses find there is more to Schitt’s Creek than meets the eye.

This seems to be how it plays out in the real world as well.

“Schitt’s Creek,” which has been on the air since the beginning of 2015 and is finishing out its run with a sixth season in 2020, has only been nominated for four Emmys during its nearly five-year span.

Four, at first glance, does appear to be something to celebrate, but when you take into account how many

nominations shows like “The Office” received — 42 — it makes one sit back and wonder where “Schitt’s Creek” has gone wrong.

The answer might actually lie within what the show has done right.

Although the Roses begin as two-dimensional, take-no-schitt characters, their character arc progressions are liberating. Show creators Dan and Eugene Levy veered clear of stereotypes for laughs.

Catherine O’Hara, who portrays Moira Rose, is hit the hardest with the realization that her life is no longer the soap opera it was before. Instead of turning her into a heartless blend of selfishness and maliciousness, they evolve her character into a humble mother who hasn’t quite yet figured out the real world. Her humor lies within her personality and not her attitude, which is a nice change from the rich person stereotype.

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to be pansexual during the middle of the show’s run. In Googling how many confirmed pansexual characters are represented in film, only a handful show up. This representation doesn’t seem like it gives the population justice. Viewers get a look into an otherwise stoic character when David comes out, and this reveal was played out appropriately by the Levys. His sexuality feels like it embodies him as a character, rather than a side story added for getting the viewers’ attention.

The show wrapped up filming for its final season early this summer, concluding the Rose family’s stay in good ol’ Schitt’s Creek. Before we say goodbye to the Rose family, they deserve the recognition. After all, they were a spoiled family before Schitt’s Creek hit them. They love attention.

Season five is expected to be on Netf lix next month. The sixth season will premiere on Pop TV in January.

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The series used to ex ist u nder a d i f f e r e nt n a m e , b u t c h a i r of programming and performer Lynn Kompass said everyone was “so fond” of Freeman they eventually changed the name of the series to the Freeman series.

“She was a constant concertgoer and really believed in the mission of the School of Music,” Kompass said.

As chair of programming, Kompass finds connections between the pieces facult y members want to play, so t here’s an overall t heme for each concert in t he series. The t heme changes throughout the series, but a program Kompass is excited about is one dedicated to Beethoven, who she said was an important composer in many genres, especially chamber music.

The series, however, does not only consist of the classical. It also involves modern and experimental music.

“The September 15 concert will have a piece from 1819, 1919, and 2019,” faculty member Greg Stuart said in an email interview. “I’m curious to see how audience members will find a pathway through these three quite different pieces.”

In this concert of the series, Stuart is perfor m ing h is orig inal work , “Aerosol Aperture,” with help from his students.

“It’s scored for an ensemble of musicians who make six different kinds of sounds using large sheets of paper,” Stuart said.

Stuart described the piece as mixing the timbres of various instruments and sounds, including violin, percussion, vocalizat ions and elect ron ic

harmonies.

To achieve this feat, Stuart will have the help of the USC Experimental Music Work shop, which consists of Honors College st udents who, he say s, “ w ish to broaden t hei r musical experiences.” The upcoming performance of his piece supports why he finds the Freeman series personally important.

“The series is significant to me in that it allows for really interesting collaborative performances between fellow faculty and students,” Stuart said.

It takes a vast amount of time to put the series together and rehearse for each concert, and Kompass said bec au se t he fac u lt y is evolv i ng, bringing everyone together can be difficult.

“Our faculty is busier than ever,” Kompass said. “They’re very active, traveling and performing all over the place, and so it can be very tricky trying to get people together on one date.”

Despite the challenges, the series gives faculty members the chance to perform pieces they enjoy in small groups with one another, and Kompass said there’s a lot of great dialogue during the preparations.

K omp a s s s a id s he hop e s t h at t h roughout t he ser ie s, aud ience members realize how diverse faculty members are in their interests and how much love they have for music.

“I want people to really feel the vitality of music that we are creating all together as a faculty,” Kompass said.

T he Freem a n Su nday concer t series begins Sept. 15 at 3 p.m., with subsequent shows scheduled for Oct. 20, Nov. 17, Feb. 23 and March 22.

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Former Gamecock running back Marcus Lattimore advances the ball in the last meeting against the Crimson Tide at Williams -Brice Stadium on Oct. 10, 2010. South Carolina won 35-21 over Alabama.

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However, in the previous installment of this matchup, South Carolina came away with a victory in a memorable upset over Alabama back in 2010.

Alabama was the top team in the nation when they fell to the No. 19 Gamecocks. Stephen Garcia threw for three touchdowns and led the Gamecocks to their historic upset.

“I remember a lot. We got the lining kicked out of our britches in the game over there,” Saban told The State.

Overall, Alabama owns the winning record against South Carolina in series history. Since the first matchup back in 1937, Alabama leads with a 10-4 record against the Gamecocks.

Hilinski’s first SEC start The Gamecocks will be facing the Tide with a new quarterback at the helm.

Following the week one loss to UNC, Jake Bentley was sidelined indefinitely with a foot injury, thrusting freshman Ryan Hilinski into the starting role for the foreseeable future. Hilinski will face one of the most fearsome defenses in the nation in just his second start of his college career.

Historically, true freshmen quarterbacks have not fared well against Saban-led defenses. Throughout his coaching career, Saban has faced 11 true freshmen quarterbacks. Only four have come away with a win.

However, the last freshman to play against Saban did earn a win when it mattered most, as Trevor Lawerence led Clemson over Alabama in last year’s College Football Playoff Championship Game.

Tua Tagovailoa On the opposite side of the ball, the South Carolina defense will be tasked with slowing down one of the most electrifying players in college football — Tua Tagovailoa.

Tagovailoa earned the starting job at Alabama at the end of 2017 in spectacular fashion. After falling down early to Georgia in the 2017 Championship Game, Saban opted to bench quarterback Jalen Hurts at halftime. From there, Tagovailoa led the Tide on an improbable comeback to become champions once again.

Now, Hu r t s is a n Ok la homa Sooner, a nd Tagovailoa hasn’t looked back since. In 2018, he threw for nearly 4,000 yards and 43 touchdowns to just six interceptions, solidifying himself as a Heisman

contender and potential first overall pick in next year’s NFL draft.

The Gamecocks will look to hand Tagovailoa his first in-conference loss ever. It would also be only the second loss of his career.

Jeudy vs. Horn Alabama is loaded with top talent across their entire roster, including at wide receiver.

Tagovailoa’s top target, Jerry Jeudy, displayed why he is the number one receiver at Alabama in their week one matchup against Duke. Jeudy hauled in 10 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in the first game of the season, drawing attention for his ability to make defenders miss with the ball in his hands.

Jeudy will likely be matched up with South Carolina corner Jaycee Horn. Both Horn and Jeudy were selected on the coaches’ All-SEC preseason team, and will face each other for the first time this season.

Horn filled up the stat sheet against U NC, recording five total tackles along with a sack, two forced fumbles and a pass defended. As the Gamecocks’ best option at corner, he will likely spend plenty of time along Jeudy. The matchup will certainly be one to look out for when the Tide come to town.

Saban vs. Muschamp Nick Saban has been revered as one of the best coaches in football history for a long time. As such, his coaching tree of former assistants turned coaches stretches far and wide across the landscape of college football.

One of his disciples is none other than Will Muschamp. Saban and Muschamp have a long history together, dating back to 2001. Muschamp started off as Saban’s linebacker coach when he was head coach at LSU. In 2003, Muschamp was promoted to defensive coordinator, as the two brought a title to LSU. Muschamp followed Saban to the NFL, where Saban was the coach of the Miami Dolphins for a brief stint in the early 2000s. Muschamp eventually left for Auburn in 2006 to become their defensive coordinator, ending their time as coaching workers.

Since their departure, Muschamp has gone 0-2 against his former head coach, losing to Alabama twice as the head coach of the Florida Gators.

Muschamp will have another chance to earn his first win against Saban when the Tide travels to Columbia.

Alabama vs. South Carolina kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 14.

Former Gamecocks look to succeed for the 2019 NFL season CAM ADAMS Assistant Sports Editor T he Nat io n a l Fo o t b a l l League: the biggest stage in all of American football. A stage where not many players who have grown up and played football all their lives will be able to reach.

In fact, only nine out of 10,000 American high school football players will ever play in the pros w it h players like 2019 N FL MVP Patrick Mahomes and sixtime Super Bowl champion Tom Brady.

However, those who are lucky enough to dawn the helmet of one of the 32 NFL teams often play for big name colleges before they go pro, such as Alabama, Notre Dame and Texas, to show NFL scouts they are capable of competing in the big leagues.

However, some top-ranked high school recruits go to schools with less of a historical tradition of sending players to the NFL, including South Carolina.

The most recent prospect to come out of South Carolina is wide receiver Deebo Samuel, who was drafted in the second

efore men’s soccer freshman forward Br ia n Ba na ha n en rol led at Sout h Carolina, he was a four-year starter at Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Kentucky.

Banahan was his team’s captain in 2018 and led the team in scoring in his last two seasons.

Banahan was also a two-time first team All-State selection and won three consecutive Kentucky State Cups with Lexington FC. Given all of these experiences in Kentucky, Banahan said he is excited for the start of his freshman season on head coach Mark Berson’s team.

Banahan noted a difference between playing soccer in Kent uck y versus play ing in Sout h Carolina.

“T he level a nd speed of play — overa l l, ever y t hing — is so much faster in college,” Banahan told The Daily Gamecock. “It’s a whole ‘nother step up, so you have to get used to that really quickly, especially if you’re playing as a freshman.”

Banahan’s motivation in soccer points towards his favorite player: Cristiano Ronaldo.

“I love the way he plays,” Banahan said. “And he scores a lot of goals, so I want to be like him.”

Adjusting to a new life, new place and new people comes wit h ever y college freshman’s experience. It’s even more unique for student athletes, as they get to know their teammates and coaches.

Banahan said the team has been the best part about his college experience so far.

“I think we all blended together really early, and we’re all close-knit now,” Banahan said. “The first time I came to campus and got to know the coaches and the team, I knew that I wanted to go to school here.”

Banahan has seen early success in his South Carolina career, as he scored fou r goals in preseason exhibition games.

After a slow start in the first half of a preseason game against nationally-ranked Duke, Banahan began the second half with a goal in the 57th minute. Nine minutes later, Banahan scored another goal to tie the score 2-2. Neither team scored again, and the Gamecocks and Blue Devils ended in a tie.

Banahan also scored twice in a dominating win over in-state opponent Wofford. He added goals in the 70th and 77th minutes to help the Gamecocks to a 7-1 win over the Terriers.

In South Carolina’s first regular season home game against Gardner-Webb on Tuesday night, Bahanan scored a penalty-kick, tying the game in the 79th minute. This eventually led to an overtime game-winner for South Carolina.

All five of Banahan’s goals in the preseason and regular season have come in the second half.

“It was unbelievable, especially just scoring the first game of my college career,” Banahan said after the win over Gardner-Webb on Tuesday night. “It’s really something special, especially scoring at home in front of all of our great fans.

That’s something I’ll never forget.”

Banahan is confident in his teammates moving forward in the 2019 season, which is also Berson’s 42nd season.

“I think it’s really strong,” Banahan said of the team’s chemistry. “Obviously a couple of our guys are injured right now, and we have a young team.

But all the older guys are always looking out and trying to give advice to all of us younger guys, so I think we have really good chemistry.”

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South Carolina has seen a range of quarterbacks this decade over the course of two head coaching eras.

Some of the quarterbacks went down as legends, while others endured the program at its lowest point this decade.

Stephen Garcia (2008-2011) Stephen Garcia led the Gamecocks to the school’s first SEC East title, as well as a win over then-No. 1 Alabama in 2010. He is third all-time at South Carolina in passing yards (6,753), completions (528), attempts (903) and passing touchdowns (43).

Garcia went 13-3 overall as a starter at home and started all 14 games in 2010, completing 224-of349 passing attempts. He earned national offensive player of the week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation after the upset win over Alabama.

Garcia now owns a degree in sociology and still passionately watches Gamecock football. He also believes in head coach Will Muschamp’s ability to lead the program.

“If there’s anybody that can get those guys ready to go, I think it’s coach Muschamp. I’m a firm believer in him; I love his fire, his energy,” Garcia told The Daily Gamecock. “I think he’s going to have these guys fired up, ready [to play].”

A ll of t hese personal t riu mphs and team victories for Garcia did not come without bumps in the road. Garcia was suspended from the team four times in his tenure at South Carolina. All four suspensions came during spring practices.

Garcia was then dismissed from the team in October of 2011 before South Carolina faced Kent uck y. This led to the beginning of the Connor Shaw era in Columbia.

Connor Shaw (2011-2013) Connor Shaw is the winningest quarterback in school history, throwing a total of 6,074 yards and

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56 touchdowns.

He was 27-5 overall as a star ter a nd was undefeated (17-0) at Williams-Brice Stadium.

Shaw took over the starting job in the middle of the 2011 season against Kentucky. He never looked back, as he led South Carolina to threestraight 11-win seasons in 2011-2013 and led the Gamecocks to wins over Clemson in each of those seasons.

Shaw graduated in December 2013 with a degree in sport and entertainment management. He now conducts annual football youth camps with kids who want to learn the game, improve their skills and compete with others.

“It scratches the football itch,” Shaw told The State, referring to his football camps. “Football has given a lot to me, and it’s now a vehicle for me to give back. I have fun doing it. I love being in the

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Shaw was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 2014 NFL Draft and saw playing time.

Shaw is now a sales representative with Colonial Life, an insurance company in the Midlands.

Dylan Thompson (2012-2014) Dylan Thompson got his first career start against East Carolina in 2012 when Shaw was injured.

He did not start again until the Clemson game in November the same season, when he led the Gamecocks to their fourth-straight win over the Tigers. Thompson completed 23-of-41 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns in the rivalry game.

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Column: Ray Tanner’s seat is as warm as ever

JOE MCLEAN Contributor

T he 2019 footba l l sea son d id not start off like students and fans thought it would.

Instead of starting off the season 1-0 for the fifth-straight year, the Gamecocks fell to the Tar Heels in Charlotte, adding an unexpected wrinkle to the season right out of the gates.

While the Gamecocks were able to get back to their winning ways over Charleston Southern, the loss to North Carolina still looms large, and it most likely will for the remainder of the football season, specifically for football head coach Will Muschamp and athletics director Ray Tanner.

Many fans will be quick to criticize the head coach, but fans have also started to question if Tanner is the right man for the job.

Tan ner, who became at hlet ics director on Aug. 2, 2012, saw his share of success on t he baseball diamond, guiding the Gamecocks t o t h e C o l l e g e Wo r l d S e r i e s championship in 2010 and 2011, which are t he only t wo nat ional cha mpionsh ips for t he Sout h Carolina baseball program.

However, Tanner has not been as popular in his office at the Rice At hlet ic Center as he was in t he dugout at Founders Park, especially with how this football season started.

Tanner will be and is judged by football, one of only two revenuegenerating sports at South Carolina.

Plus, it goes without saying that football is the most popular sport with fans and is the most culturally relevant sport in Columbia.

W h e n Ta n n e r f i r s t b e c a m e athletics director, the Gamecocks were in t he middle of a historic stretch on the football field. They

had just had their first ever 11-win season in football, and in the year before, Sout h Carolina won t he SEC East for the first time in school history.

For t he nex t t wo seasons, t he Gamecocks would continue to break records, winning 11 games two more times. Head coach Steve Spurrier would eventually break the record

fired after four seasons and a 2821 overall record. Understandably, many fans were anxious about the hire.

Muschamp has had some good moments as head coach, such as winning nine games in 2017 and guiding the Gamecocks to a handful of exciting victories over teams such as Tennessee and Ole Miss.

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for most wins as a South Carolina head football coach.

Howe ver, once Spu r r ier announced his resignation in 2015 following a 2-4 start, Tanner was given his most difficult challenge yet: replacing a legendary coach for the football team, which carries the most weight of any sport on campus.

Ta n n e r e v e n t u a l l y h i r e d Muschamp to lead the Gamecocks, despite Muschamp’s tenure at the University of Florida, where he was

However, there has been a lot of criticism. Most notably, there has only been one win over a ranked opponent since 2016, last year’s Belk Bowl and this year’s opening game against North Carolina. Muschamp also has yet to beat Clemson or Georgia, t wo of the Gamecocks’ biggest rivals.

All of these criticisms have built up to a lot of angst among Gamecock fans, especially in a results-driven business.

If Tanner is the one who let the South Carolina football program go from winning 10 or more games every year to losing to Kentucky on a consistent basis, even more questions will arise about his leadership.

His critics can also go beyond the football field.

I n men’s basketba l l, t he tea m under his watch has not returned to a postseason game since 2017, when they went to the Final Four. To put that in perspective, freshmen during that game are now starting their senior year.

I n a d d it io n , h i s o n c e - p r o u d baseball program has fallen as well.

Tanner, as a coach, brought College World Series t it les to Columbia in 2010 a nd 2011. However, t he Gamecocks have not been to Omaha since 2013, and just finished one of the worst seasons in program history i n head coach M a rk K i ng ston’s second year in the dugout.

But despite all of these criticisms, Tanner still has a chance to redeem h i mself. Footba l l ca n st il l t u r n the season around and beat a team s u c h a s A l ab a m a o r C le m s o n .

Basketball and baseball can return to the postseason this year. There are definitely opportunities left for Tanner to win back the trust of the fan base.

At t he end of t he day, Tan ner getting fired is unlikely. Firing him would be up to the board of trustees and would be a complicated decision with a lot of moving parts, but it is not out of the question for fans to start thinking about it.

However, in the event that one of the “Big 3” sports does not improve, fans have a reason for questioning him. Most fans probably won’t get their wish, but with a results-driven business, it’s a conversation that can and will be had.

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Now going into the regular season, Samuel told t he Charlot te Obser ver he has big goals coming up for this season.

“Rookie of the Year.

Why would it not be?”

Samuel said. “Just hard work and dedication to the game, just staying in the room and learning from [49ers quarterback Jimmy] Garoppolo and learning from all the guys.”

A nother former Gamecock look ing to make noise in the NFL is New England Patriots c or nerb ac k St ephon Gilmore.

A f ter w i n n i ng h i s first Super Bowl over the Los Angeles Rams, Gilmore was ranked the 22nd best player in the league by his fellow NFL players in the NFL Top 100. The former South Ca rol i na cor nerback was able to earn t his honor by racking up a

total of 45 tackles and two interceptions in his seventh season in the pros, including one in Super Bowl LIII. One for mer Sout h Carolina player that has been in the news lately i s S e at t le S e a h aw k s defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. The former Hou s t o n Te x a n w a s recently traded to Seattle for a 2020 third-round draf t pick , out side linebacker Barkevious M ingo and defensive end/outside linebacker Jacob Martin.

Clow ney t weeted out t wo simple words of e nt hu s i a s m a f t e r receiving the news of the trade on Aug. 31.: “GO TIME.” Clowney was voted the 63rd-best player in the big leagues in the N FL Top 100 due to his effectiveness on the field for the Texans in 2018. The former firstoverall pick accounted for a total of 47 tackles, including nine sacks on the Houston defensive

line last season.

Now with the 2 019 N F L s e a s o n underway, these former Gamecocks, who have already made their mark in Gamecock football h istor y, are ready to make their mark in the NFL during the 2019 season.

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New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore gets an interception in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams during this year’s Super Bowl.

A few weeks later in the Outback Bowl against Michigan, Thompson t h rew a 32-ya rd g a me-w i n n i ng touchdown pass to Bruce Ellington with only 11 seconds left. He finished the game for an injured Connor Shaw again, clinching South Carolina’s second-straight 11-win season.

Thompson entered the Central Florida game in 2013 after another injury to Shaw and had 261 yards in the win over UCF. I n h is sen ior season i n 2014, Thompson was team captain and led the SEC with 3,564 passing yards, sett ing a school record. He also led the SEC and set school records with 270 completions and 451 pass attempts in one season.

Thompson’s most notable win in 2014 was against then-No. 6 Georgia, when he completed 21-of-30 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns.

H e c u r r e nt l y w o r k s f o r t h e Detroit Lions as a character coach a nd wa s prev iou sly d i rec tor of player development for Charleston Southern’s men’s basketball team.

Thompson and his wife Melanie recently welcomed their first child, daughter Mikaiah Rose.

Connor Mitch (2014-2015) A f ter Thompson graduated in 2014, Connor Mitch won the starting job during the 2015 preseason camp.

He threw for 122 yards and one touchdown in his first start against U NC , t he e vent u a l 2015 ACC Coastal Champions.

Mitch also ran his f irst career touchdown and completed four-ofseven passes for 43 yards against Kentucky.

A shoulder injury combined with a hip injury took Mitch out of the Kentucky game, and he was not able to gain strength and return to the field that season. He later decided to transfer from South Carolina.

Mitch has since enrolled at James Madison before announcing he was leaving their football program in February of 2017.

Perry Orth (2013-2016) Per r y O r t h took over a s quarterback after Mitch’s injuries in 2015. Ort h also earned a f ull scholarship before the 2015 season.

“The feel i ng of get t i ng on scholarsh ip, t here really wasn’t anything better,” Orth told The Da i ly G a mecock . “ I remember calling my mom and dad and telling them I was on scholarship and ... just crying and thanking God for the blessing. It was just a day to sit back and reflect on all of the hard work that I had put in over the previous two years.”

He was named t he 2015 most improved quarterback of the spring.

Working behind Connor Shaw and Dylan Thompson early in his career motivated Orth to compete for the starting job even more.

Over the course of the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Orth started 11 games and registered 2,595 passing yards with 12 touchdowns. He also had 54 carries for 125 yards and two rushing touchdowns.

After helping lead South Carolina to bowl eligibility in Muschamp’s f irst season, Or t h g raduated in December of 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in economics and marketing.

Orth is the founder, CEO and head coach of QB1 At h let ics, a year-round quarterback training and development business based out of Columbia.

“Originally, it was just something to do on the side after work, just to stay involved in the game,” Orth said. “It turned into a legit business.

Once you start coaching the kids and get to know them and figure out who they are ... you really get hooked. ...

To be able to be like a big brother to them is pretty awesome.”

O r t h i s a l s o a pr op er t y a nd casualty commercial consultant with Insurance Management Group in Columbia.

“I find [selling insurance] to be very relative to football, because each and every day you have to compete to win a job,” Orth said. “Whether you’re throwing a touchdown or closing a deal. Both are great and rewarding feelings.”

Orth recently joined A.C. Flora High School’s football coaching staff for the 2019 season as an assistant.

Brandon McIlwain (2016) Bra ndon McI lwa i n beg a n h is freshman season in 2016 competing with Orth and played in eight games.

He w a s 1-2 a s a s t a r t er a nd completed 62- of-118 passes for 600 yards with t wo touchdowns.

McIlwain also had 63 carries for 127 yards and two touchdowns.

McIlwain decided to transfer to University of California — Berkley in 2017. In his time at South Carolina, he was also on the baseball team as a top MLB prospect, but he only recorded 10 at-bats.

McI lwai n went to Cal for h is redshirt junior season after electing not to sign a professional baseball contract.

He was draf ted by t he M iam i Marlins in the 26th round of the 2019 M LB d raf t a nd spent last summer playing for the Florence Redwolves in Sout h Carolina, a summer collegiate baseball team in the Coastal Plains League.

McIlwain has since decided to hang up his football cleats and focus solely on baseball at Cal. Jake Bentley (2016-2019) Ja ke Bent ley took over as quarterback in the middle of the 2016 season after graduating high school and enrolling at South Carolina a year early.

He w a s 4 -3 a s a s t a r t e r h i s freshman year with 1,420 passing yards and led South Carolina to bowl eligibility, including an upset win over Tennessee.

In 2017, Bentley led the Gamecocks to a 9- 4 record as a sophomore, including an Outback Bowl win over Michigan. He finished 2017 with 2,974 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Bentley finished his 2018 season with 3,171 yards and 27 touchdowns.

He also set the school record for pa s si ng ya rds ag a i n st Clem son with 510 yards against the eventual national champions.

Bentley’s senior season did not get off to the start he wanted, as South Carolina fell to UNC in the opener 24-20. News broke on Labor Day that Bentley will be out for at least six weeks with a foot injury.

This is unfortunate for Bentley, as he had a chance to set the school record for most passing yards in Gamecock football history.

Ryan Hilinski (2019-present) True freshman four-star Ryan Hilinski was then announced as the starter for the Gamecocks against Charleston Southern.

Hilinski saw tremendous success in his first start, as he completed 24-of-30 passes for 282 yards and two touchdowns against Charleston Southern.

Sout h Carolina’s of fense set a record of total yards in one game with 775 yards, the fifth-best in the history of the SEC. Hilinsk i will see his first SEC action when the Gamecocks take on No. 2 Alabama this Saturday.

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Students walking on Greene Street the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 3 between classes.

Overcrowding affects academics, food access It is no secret that the University of South Carolina, along with other schools across the country, is facing an overcrowding crisis. Specifically with the addition of 6,250 freshmen this fall, it has become even more unbearable to navigate the busy campus and find quiet areas.

Alexis King Parking is atrocious and even Second-year causes students to be late to class or mass miss it entirely, wait times in Russell communications House are long and walking across student campus takes even more time with the addition of so many students. It is quite confusing as to why the school over-admitted students since we were at capacity in previous years and could not replace housing in desperate need of updating.

I understand higher education is ultimately a business, but there must be a balance between providing for students and gaining profit.

For the price that we students pay to attend this school, I believe we should be afforded the decency of having adequate parking and shuttle services, reasonable wait times for food and at the very least, every freshman should have access to on-campus housing. According to The State newspaper, the

freshman class has grown 7% in the last year and 16 freshmen are being temporarily housed in hotels due to the overcrowding issue. No freshman student who is supposedly guaranteed housing should have to live in a hotel room instead of a dorm like everyone else.

The University of South Carolina having to resort to renting out off-campus apartments, isolating freshmen from main campus and eateries, is not a practical solution. It is already a struggle for some upperclassmen who live off-campus to find parking or wait for the shuttle, so it is really unfair to put this burden on a freshman.

I believe that life would be much easier for students if there was more access to shuttles and a greater variety of stops. If shuttles could run to and from campus more often or could take students to grocery stores, the need for students to bring their cars would be decreased. In addition to just taking students back to their dorm or apartment, shuttles could take them to the mall, zoo or other areas near campus.

If there is a shuttle to Five Points during the weekend, there should be a rotating shuttle that takes students to other places that would typically require a car. That would help alleviate the issue of lack of parking and give students the chance to explore what the city has to offer during not only the evening, but also the weekend.

By implementing more shuttles, freshmen then could have extended access to campus, allowing greater utilization of the meal plans they are required to have.

In addition, students with late labs, activities and classes would no longer have to worry about how they will be getting home.

If both on and off-campus housing strove to provide adequate shuttles, I think that would allow students to save money and less would feel the need to bring their cars. If students had an easier time getting to campus from their apartment or dorm, the need to drive would be significantly lessened. This change would help improve the overcrowding epidemic.

There is not enough space or resources for students at the university this year. It is evident the school should be more focused on the quality of the experience which they offer. It is understandable that no place of higher education is perfect and not every student will have that flawless experience. However, there should never be a worry about the basic necessities needed to navigate college. If we make simple changes to improve transportation and accessibility to food, there would be fewer complaints about the high cost of attending school.

USC changes focus Make an effort If you are currently a st udent at USC , you have def initely noticed some changes w it h i n t h is school year and the previous school years. Wit h the closing down of multiple Five Points Brandon Suss bars over the summer, Third-year stricter ID scanning mass and a greater police communications student presence in Five Points, there seems to be a change happening around bar culture.

W hile USC may be switching its drinking scene from bars to parties, another larger change is taking place on campus. USC is starting its change from a party school to a primarily academic school.

USC is a university, first and foremost, w h i c h m e a n s it s h o u l d f o c u s o n promoting and developing its academics, post-college employment rate and the rank ings of its majors. We already have the No. 1 ranked undergraduate international business program, which gives USC a global presence. On top of that, we also have the No. 1 ranked exercise science Ph.D. program and the nation’s best public honors college, among other top accolades.

Our College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management houses top programs, including its Capstone programs, that complete and coincide with real-life work opportunities. These programs also give students opportunities to gain extra experience beyond the normal classroom.

On top of this, our student body has grown drastically within the past 10 years and the university and the city has to build infrastructure to house and teach all of these students. That brings lots of revenue in for the city and changes the overall perspective to incoming students, and may increase the city’s reputation and status among different communities.

There is also a slowly emerging art scene in Columbia that could surface within these conditions.

With a growing reputation of our school in academia, students should embrace this change. If our school is ranked higher and each of our programs are more respected, we will be looked upon more highly while attempting to get future jobs and setting our careers.

On top of that, more opportunities will be brought on campus for students to develop themselves and more resources will be available for students academically, socially and culturally. When universities transition, they have to look at students for advice on how to mitigate problems, and this should truly give students more of a platform to speak about on-campus issues such as mental health and housing concerns.

Another interesting change going on campus is construction on Greene Street.

Greene Street will be converted “from a four-lane and two-lane roadway to a three-lane curb and gutter roadway with sidewalks and dedicated bike lanes from Huger Street to Gadsden Street.

Additionally, it includes a new bridge over the Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads to reconnect Greene Street, which will also run in between the two Greene Crossing apartment complex buildings.” This will change student transportation entirely, putting more of an emphasis on biking and also making it easier to walk to places. Making campus more accessible to off-campus students promotes st udy i ng on ca mpus a nd joining student organizations.

As students, we may dislike or like the change, but it seems to be inevitable.

Either way, this transition isn’t likely to fully take place within the years while we are in college. Each of us will be 21 at some point. Nonetheless, college is a time for self-discovery, so you should take advantage of it anyway that’s possible, even if that means going downtown every night.

to succeed

W hile most students would agree that the best answer for why we are at college is to learn about our chosen fields and earn a degree, this goal often gets clouded by extraneous activities and relationships.

However, now that we are getting into the swing of the semester, it’s important to be taking classes seriously, especially ones required for your major.

I’ve heard so many high schoolers and freshmen, Meredith Edwards myself included, say they don’t need to try in a class Second-year because it’s “not in my major” or because it “doesn’t mass interest me.” Yet, as we get into our upper-level classes, communications we figure out ways to still cut corners and complain. student If a class is based on something we want to do for the rest of our lives, we need to be putting more work into preparing for it now.

This practically means doing things like showing up for class and doing the assigned readings (whenever possible). Chances are, even if the classwork or lecture isn’t useful at the time, you can take something away that might be useful for the future or help you better understand class material.

Though going to a certain class may seem boring and pointless, there is a reason the university decided it was important to make it part of the curriculum. In most cases, it wasn’t just to have you waste your tuition.

Someone decided that the information you are learning in your major classes will enhance your skills and knowledge and help you be ready for your career. Is that extra hour and a half you are spending elsewhere really worth losing the opportunity to enhance yourself?

Even if your major classes come easily to you, it is still worth putting in effort to learn the material and do well in the class. If you can get a C or Bwithout studying at all, a little bit more effort could help you get all of the information you can from the class. Also, generally you can trust that basic information covered in a class will be built on in other parts of the course or even in other classes. It’s better to spend the time understanding the basic concepts really well before you catch yourself in unknown territory.

Showing that you actually care about and can do well in the classes can also help you in networking with faculty and other students, which can be important when looking for internships and careers. Many professors are truly passionate about the classes they are teaching and would love to answer questions about their research or help you understand their field better. Connecting with them over making conscious effort in the class can help you secure good reference letters and valuable information to help you be successful in your chosen field.

Paying for college is an investment in your future. If you don’t spend time learning in the classes for your degree program, all you are going to come out of college with is a piece of paper. You have the power to make your college experience worth the time and money. All it takes is some time and effort.

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Reinforce strong traditions and bonds.

Share t he love a nd ack nowledge g reat moves and vision. You’re building something of long-term value together

Taurus

St reng t hen your professional i n f r a s t r u c t u r e . Us e t h e b e s t e q u i p m e nt you can af ford. Take charge for an interesting opportunity. Make longrange plans, and forge ahead.

Gemini

Investigate and ex plore possibil it ies.

Classes, seminars and conferences impart valuable sk ills a nd r e s o u r c e s . Tr a v e l expands your horizon to new views. Stick to stable sources.

Cancer

Mea s u re a nd t r ack shared f unding goals.

Collaborate for greater impact. Accept a generous offer. Organize plans for best value on expenses.

Contribute for the future.

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Leo

Sh a r e w o r d s a n d action for collaborative effort, and get farther than expected. Ask for more, and get it. Consult a n ex per t . Listen to suggestions.

Virgo

The pace is pick ing up. Toss the ball to a teammate. Collaborate t o g e t f a r t he r. St e p l i vel y, a nd k e ep t he ac t ion goi ng. You’re growing stronger.

Libra

Move quickly to make a good impression. Little t h i n g s e x p r e s s y ou r love. Get creative and artistic. Find romance in ordinary vistas. Share your quirky side.

Scorpio

A dome s t ic d re a m s e em s w it h i n re ac h .

Make repairs and u p g r a d e s . S u r r o u nd you r fa m i ly w it h a comfortable, nurturing space. Add plants, soft lighting and art.

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Keep follow ing t h reads. T he a ns wer you’ve b een lo ok i ng for is closer than you think. Creativity with com mu n icat ions a nd a r t ist vent u re s c a n produce long-last i ng benefits.

Capricorn

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The profit potential of this venture entices. Use your secret powers.

Aquarius

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Strengthen foundational i n t e g r i t y. Yo u ’r e especially powerful.

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Stay close to home.

Meditate on what has been and what is still to c ome. E njoy t h i s present moment. Share s weet ne s s w it h you r inner circle.

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27 Picky details 28 Computer event with a “blue screen of death” 30 Penultimate Greek letter 31 Big Pharma watchdog: Abbr.

32 Suggest 34 Encroach (on) 38 Musical knack 39 Naughty 41 Black or Red waters 42 Downpour concern 44 Bills with Franklin on them 46 Good times 47 Japanese vegetable 49 Infatuated with, with “about” 50 “__ Land”: 2016 Best Picture?

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65 Guggenheim display 66 Johns, to Brits 67 “__ can play!”: “It’s easy!”

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51 Bugs Bunny animator Tex 52 Ballade’s last stanza 55 Website with business reviews 57 Rejuvenation site 59 “__, James __” 60 Poems of praise 62 Many millennia 64 Deli bread

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