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ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK Students and Columbia residents came in late at night to get Chick-Fil-A on its second weekend of staying open late. The Five Points location will stay open until 3 a.m. on Fridays.
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t udent s ca n now v isit t he Five Points Chick-fil-A until 3 a.m. on Friday n ight to Saturday morning. The fast food restaurant announced the location would test late night hours beginning Jan. 18. “It’s the best quality of food open very late,” said Rivers Slade, a second-year finance student. “There’s no other food that’s as good as this that’s open this late.” Like every Chick-fil-A, the Five Points location will remain closed on Sundays and keep its regular 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours on other days. Other late night chain restaurants in Five Points are Waffle House, open 24 hours, and Cookout, open until 5 a.m. on Fridays. Marla Sarah works as an Uber and Lyft driver on the weekend during the late night hours and is thankful for a place to get food from so late at night. “It’s nicer to have a couple things open later because there’s not that much open too
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late here with good options,” Sarah said. Before Chick-fil-A began testing the late night hours, m a n y s t u d e nt s w e nt t o Cookout on their way out of the bars in Five Points. Last weekend, much of the crowd seems to have shifted to Chick-fil-A. “I get really hungry late at night, and normally I go to Cookout but Chick-fil-A’s open so I came here,” Slade said. Not e ver yone c om i n g into Chick-fil-A is coming f rom t he bars. Paige Golson, a fourth-year retail ma nagement st udent , a nd her friend came from home late. But Golson also said she RIVERS SLADE believes the late night hours will benefit the franchise. “They’ll make more business because everyone that’s drunk will come down here too,” Golson said.
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CRIME BLOTTER Jan. 17, 2019 1:59 p.m. Two men were looking for a f un evening, but when a USCPD officer pulled their vehicle over for a suspended license plate, the passenger lost thousands of dollars, a revolver and multiple bags of drugs. When the officer walked up, he thought he was just towing the driver’s vehicle, but then he smelled marijua na a nd reconsidered. He searched the driver and found nothing. The driver’s passenger was a different story. In the police report, the officer reported him smelling strongly of marijuana. A simple search uncovered 2.6 grams of marijuana, three bags of meth, 2.1 grams of meth and cocaine mixed, $1,348.30 in cash and a loaded Smith & Wesson Model 60 revolver. At this point there were four of f icers invest igat ing what started as a failure to pay property tax. The driver was released, but his vehicle was towed. According to the police report, the passenger was transported to the Alvin S. Glenn detention center.
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SHREYAS SABOO // THE GAMECOCK Students for Justice for Palestine advocated for their culture at the International Bazaar in November and continue through legislation.
Palestinian Students advocate for their culture SYDNEY READ @tdg_dailynews W hen Dana A l-Hasan came to USC for her Ph.D., she wa nted to re st a r t a chapter of St udent s for Just ice for Palest ine, an organization that advocates for t he safet y a nd wellbei ng of Pa lest i n ia ns t h r ou g h i nt e r s e c t io n a l collaboration. ” It ’s not j u s t a n
organization. This is f ight ing for our f undamental human r ight s ,” A l-H a sa n sa id. “A nd I bel ieve t hat ou r work here is so important because I believe it needs to be done in the south and in South Carolina more than in any other place.“ SEE PALESTINE PAGE 3
Joan Gabel, executive vice president and provost, is preparing to round out her final semester semester at USC and transition to ser v i ng as president at t he Un iversit y of Minnesota. “I don’t know that it’s fully sunk in that I’m leaving, which I know sounds odd given the fact that I very clearly am,” Gabel said. The Universit y of Minnesota announced Gabel as the finalist for the position in early December, two months after USC President Harris Pastides announced that he would be leaving summer 2019. A university statement reads, “In the coming months, we will have numerous opportunities to express our appreciation to Provost Gabel, who will continue her work at UofSC until the end of the academic year and is committed to ensuring a smooth transition in the academic leadership of our university.” Gabel came to the University of South Carolina four years ago after serving as the dean of the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. With a background in law, she researched business ethics as part of the business school faculty before becoming the dean. “It wasn’t what I’d originally thought I was going to do,” Gabel said. After working at the University of Missouri for five years, Gabel questioned what her next step was in her career. That was when she discovered USC. “At that point you either make a new list or you start to think maybe it’s time to do something else,” Gabel said. “In making the decision about whether we wanted to COURTSEY OF UOFSC Joan Gabel develop a next set of goals or whether it was time for me to hand that to the next leader, I put a few feelers out and received a few feelers and one of them was here.” Gabel said met Pastides after applying for the provost position and immediately knew she wanted to work for him. Since she was first hired, she has developed a close relationship with the president. “I have really learned from him, both because he’s taken the time to one-on-one teach me but also just by proximity and observation,” Gabel said. “He’s been fantastic.” Though the job of the provost means working with budgets, faculty and administrators, Gabel’s favorite part of her job is the relationships she builds with students. When she leaves USC, Gabel hopes faculty and students have a renewed sense of purpose. “I hope t hat ou r fac u lt y feel a sense of opportunity and support,” Ga I hope our students feel that their voice is respected, that we have a improved sense of belonging on this campus, that we are positive contributors to our community and that we have momentum,” Gabel said. Gabel makes an effort to meet with members of Student Government frequently to ensure the student voice is heard and that the administrative decisions will positively impact students. “Provost Gable has been an impactful leader at our universit y,” St udent Body President Taylor Wright wrote in a text message. “It’s been amazing to get to work with her and get to know her these past couple years. I’m sad to see her go but I’m excited to keep up with her success in Minnesota.” While she is sad to leave, Gabel is excited about the new and familiar challenges her new position will bring. “I think that this is an amazing university,” Gabel said. “My son is a student here, proudly sent him to school here. And that whoever fills the next chapter of leadership here is extremely lucky and has one of the best places to work and create and communicate and live.”
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MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2019 CORRECTION: A teaser on last week’s print edition misstated the name of the restaurant. It is “Kao Thai Cuisine,” not “Kao Tao Cuisine.”
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Former Gamecock gets second break at Super Bowl, earns postseason accolades Former South Carolina and current New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore will play in Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, Feb. 3 which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. This is Gilmore’s second consecutive year playing in the Super Bowl as a Patriot. He was voted First-Team All-Pro in 2018 and was voted top cornerback in the NFL by Pro Football Focus.
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Dance Marathon prepares to raise $119,000 in 24 hours The annual Dance Marathon Forever to Thee Kids Day will begin at 10 a.m. on Jan. 30 and continue until 10 a.m. on Jan. 31 for their 24-hour rush to raise a record amount of money. In 2018, the goal for their 24-hour fundraising campaign was $100,000. This year, the goal has been raised to $119,000, 10 percent of the total Dance Marathon 2019 goal of $1,119,000. Money raised during this period will go to the Child Life program at Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. The f undraising will take place in various places through different events on campus over the 24-hour period.
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Record long government shutdown ends temporarily President Donald Tr u mp temporar ily reopens t he government after 35 days of shutdown until Feb. 15. Trump refused to sign the congressional spending plan on Dec. 22, 2018 resulting in the longest government shutdown in American history on the grounds of needing funding to build a wall along the Mexican American border.
On Jan. 25 Trump signed the spending bill to temporarily reopen the government while the funding for the wall was negotiated. If no deal is reached, the government will resume the shutdown on Feb. 15.
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Kamala Harris visits Alpha Kappa Alpha event Sen. Kamala Harris visited South Carolina on Jan. 25 for the Pink Ice Gala, a charity event put on by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority on the State Fairgrounds. Harris attended Howard University where she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority within the National Pan-Hellenic Council.
Howard Universit y is where A K A was founded. H a r r is a n nou nced her pre sident ia l candidacy for the 2020 election on Jan. 21. She is the third prominent Democrat senator to visit Columbia as of late along with Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker.
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Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) uses its platform to bring the heritage of the Palestinian people to campus while also raising awareness for the occupation of Palestinian land. Through teach-ins, culture nights, tabling and intersectional meetings, SJP hopes to educate students about the Palestinian struggle in order to cultivate understanding rather than hostility. A primar y event of SJP is t heir Palestinian Culture Night, in which Palestinian food and traditions are shared with the campus. The event is one of Al-Hasan’s favorites as it gives Palest inians an opport unit y to be themselves. ”We dance dabke, which is our traditional Palestiniant dance. Dabke means to stomp,” said Al-Hasan. “And its really important to Palestinian culture, and resistance as well because dabke is a form of story telling and is the way we preserve our heritage... Within those two hours we are allowed to be Palestinians and nobody else is tells us that Palestinians don’t exist.” Over the years SJP has worked to bring information on the Palestinian struggle for their homeland to students and legislators alike. Most recently they fought against South Carolina’s “anti-semitism bill” which made its way through state legislature in 2017. While its common name framed the bill in a positive light, it contained a proviso which defined anti-semitism as “blaming Israel for all inter-religious or political tensions” and “multilateral organizations focusing on Israel only for peace or human rights investigations”. These provisions illegalize SJP’s work to raise public awareness of the Israeli government’s human rights violations against the Palestinian people, disabling the group altogether. “Basically any criticism of the state of Israel is considered anti-semitic,” says local community organizer Kymberly Smith. “So just by me saying that this is Palestine, this is Palestinian land, these are Palestine people, there needs to be no occupation— they would say that I’m anti-semitic. I’m not saying anything negative about Jewish people, I’m just
talking about the state of Israel and the ideology of Zionism. So they‘ve kind of twisted the narrative into saying if you’re anti Zionist then you’re anti Semitic, which is totally untrue.” The bill was contested and did not pass in 2017. Instead, it was placed in the 2018-2019 budget and is now live on college campuses. Another major point of contention for SJP is the use of American tax dollars to help fund Israeli occupation in Palestine. Faculty advisor Josh Cooper feels that his activism with SJP is in part motivated by a desire to stop this. “Israel receives the most of our tax dollars than any other country, mostly in the form of military aid,” said Cooper. “That’s about one percent of Israel’s GDP. Their a first world nation, and have nuclear arms and the backing of the United States. That’s unnecessary and deeply unethical to be supplying the bullets that go into the heads of Palestinian children. So I would like to see my tax dollars not go to that.” In addition to a surplus of military aid, the United States’ national government has provided Israel with heavily positive coverage, which Smith asserts does not paint a complete picture of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. ”The US media and Israel media are playing a really good propaganda game.They are doing a really good job of twisting the narrative,” Smith said. “Some people couldn’t even show you Palestine on a map. That‘s how good of a job the US and Israel has done trying to erase the indigenous people in this land.” Even as St udent s for Just ice in Palest ine combat injust ices in t he State House and the national media, they are optimistic that students and Columbia residents would be receptive to their cause if they took a moment to understand it. “A lot of people are interested and if they don’t already know what’s going on in Palestine they want to know and want to help in any way they can,” Smith said. As the Israeli-Palestinian conf lict cont i nue s a nd t he Un ited St ate s continues to react, Al-Hasan urges USC students to come to SJP events and learn more about these issues. “What is happening on the ground to Palestinians is not only illegal but immoral. For anyone who wants to
learn more or understand please come talk to us,” said Al-Hasan. “There are so many misperceptions about what’s going on... We have to recognize that the playing fields are not level, and that the parties involved include occupier and occupied, colonizer and colonized,
and I’m always willing to talk to people on our behalf, but we obviously need to include information on the occupation.” Students for Justice in Palestine holds meetings every Tuesday. Times and topics are available on Garnet Gate.
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Students bond through BlackSpace group BRIAN ROSENZWEIG @briandrosie
Black students at USC are finding community and solace in BlackSpace, a collective support group for black students to talk about their issues at a predominately white institution. The group, which meets bimonthly on Thursdays in the Intersection Lounge of Russell House, gives a platform for black students to come together to talk about the issues they’re struggling with regarding identity, discrimination and belonging. The hope of the group is that the communal nature will help students feel less alone in their personal struggles. April Scott, a co-facilitator of the group and the associate director of mental health initiatives, believes the community fostered will help students to face issues on campus through a familial bond. “We have seen firsthand the things that black students at this university struggle with around identity, so being a good provided space where that identity is affirmed, I think that will aid students in being able to matriculate through the university,” Scott said. The group is not considered to be a counseling or process group, but rather one centered around community building and affirmation of a collective identity. Shari Dade, anot her co-facilitator and a psychologist, was instrumental in t he creat ion of BlackSpace and said community building spaces are important. “I went to undergrad and graduated from a historically black university,
JORDAN WARREN // THE GAMECOCK Co-facilitators April Scott and Shari Dade speak about the importance of BlackSpace, a community building group that hopes to help black students feel less alone in their personal struggles surrounding race and identity.
and I worked here as an intern at the counseling center, and I saw a need for black students to have a community building space ... a space where they could come together and just join on commonalities,” Dade said. “I didn’t see that space while I was here, and so I thought it would be important to continue to create that space and to foster that space for students here on campus.” BlackSpace hopes to further affirm identity, even outside of the context of race, with their upcoming “We Wear The Mask” workshop.
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experience that all students can relate to in some shape or fashion,” Scott said, “so that’s an event that has kind of grown out of BlackSpace, but it’s for the entire university, too.” Brianna Lewis, a second-year biology and psychology student who attended BlackSpace for t he f irst t ime last week, spoke about why the group was meaningful to her. “It was my f irst meet ing, and I definitely felt welcomed,” Lewis said. “I feel like in such a big school, having a place where you can have even just a
“As long as the people who work here want to work till 3 a.m. I say there’s no problem with it,” said Matthew Rubio, a third-year computer science student. It is unknown if Chick-fil-A has decided whether to extend hours on Thursday and Saturday as well. However, students are
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Scott said the workshop (set for next month) comes from the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem of the same name. Its focus is creating art out of students’ experiences and struggles with identity. Students will discuss what it’s like to have multiple identities, then go through a workshop which will help them translate their experiences into poetry or any other preferred art form. “The poem itself deals with having to wear a mask, or feeling like you have to put a smile on your face when you don’t feel like it, which I think is an
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CULTURE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: “The Upside” This movie follows a quadriplegic, Phillip, and his unlikely friendship with Dell, a parolee looking to improve his life. As Dell helps takes care of Phillip in busy New York City, the very different men learn about each other, but even more about themselves. The movie is based on the popular 2011 film, “The Untouchables.”
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: “Heard It In A Past Life” by Maggie Rogers
PHOTOS BY ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK One Columbia’s “Rain Poetry” project showcases local poets’ work. The poems appear on sidewalks across Columbia only after it rains.
The indie breakout star’s fans had high expectations for her debut album following her quick rise to fame. The 12-track album reflects a time of growth and self-discovery that sounds like how being in your early twenties feels. With folk, techno and pop influences, Rogers proves that while she may be young, she’s anything but novice.
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‘Rain poetry’ takes USC by storm
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ost college students expect to find poetry in their textbooks, not on their campus sidewalks. For weeks, though, small poems written in white paint have unexpectedly appeared on the sidewalks of heavily trafficked areas at USC. There are three near the health center, one by Longstreet Theatre and two others across from Pendleton Garage. While the poems aren’t the work of a magician, it might feel like it since the poems only show up after rainfall. One Columbia’s “Rain Poetry” project has both literally and figuratively taken the city by storm. The project is helmed by Ed Madden, the first poet laureate of Columbia and an English professor at USC. “I just hope people are delighted and tickled and surprised when they come across these in the rain. That’s part of the fun of a project like this,” Madden said. As the poet laureate, Madden is responsible for showcasing poetry in everyday life and using poetry as a vehicle to give a voice to young and local writers. The poet laureate is an unpaid public position, and Madden has held it since 2015. Some of his past projects include disguising poetry as fake parking tickets, printing poetry on coffee sleeves for local coffee shops and hiding poetry on
COMET buses. Madden’s “Rain Poetry” project was inspired by a similar project in Boston. However, whereas the Boston project painted poems from canonical poets such as Langston Hughes or T. S. Eliot, Madden decided that he wanted to showcase work from local poets. The result is a series of 11 poems that are hidden in more than 20 locations across the city. Besides USC’s campus, other poems can be found in both the Vista and Five Points entertainment districts. Like the chosen locations for the poems, the range of poets are just as diverse, with some being middle school students. “I just think a range of voices makes for a better project,” Madden said. “I just think it’s important if part of the goal of being poet laureate is to give voice to the city. I think the city has lots of different voices, all of which should be heard.” While Madden initially requested poems about weather and rain, he also asked for poems about “things passing [or] things vanishing,” themes he believes capture the essence of the project. “The one over behind Longstreet Theatre is about thinking about sending a love letter to an old lover, but then the urge passes, and I kind of like that one,” Madden said. “It fits the project in the sense that so many of these poems appear for only a moment and then they’re gone.”
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There are 11 poems in total, hidden in plain sight in places such as the Vista, Five Points and USC’s campus. The featured poets in the series come from all walks of life that range from middle school students to USC professors.
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Fred Dings, a not her poet a nd English professor at USC, is one of the featured poets. In an email, Dings described his poem as “a very short lyrical poem ... [which] must try to do everything in a brief, vivid image intensified by close attention to sound and rhythm.” “My poem actually has the title “That Day,” which gives the poem a specific reference to a day where a feeling of despair seems to have overwhelmed the speaker of the poem so that the entire world is seen through the eyes of this feeling and seems to be participating in it,” Dings said in an email. What has surprised Madden the most about the project is the amount of traction it has received on social media, despite not having a formal press release. Madden credits Facebook and Twitter for the story being picked up by The State, WIS and The Associated Press. W hile the poems have been an instant hit with Columbia, the project is almost a year in the making. Madden and Lee Snelgrove, the executive director of One Columbia, began creating the stencils for the poetry last summer and started the installation of the project earlier this month. Each of the stencils are handmade and cut with an Exact-O
knife, which was a painstaking process. In addition, special hydrophobic paint had be to ordered for the poems to become visible. Snelgrove believes that the biggest reward in projects like “Rain Poetry” are the positive effects it can have on the city and the people who live here. “One Columbia has continued to find ways to facilitate and support these kinds of projects, very much in a similar way to our work creating permanent public art, because these activities create a vibrancy and demonstrate the importance of art in our City. Everyone wants to live in a place where there’s activity and plenty to do, interesting things to encounter, and that’s full of
creative people,” Snelgrove said in an email. While Madden says the rain poems will only last for about two months due to excessive foot traffic, he hopes that by interweaving poetry in everyday life people can realize the importance of poetry and find joy. “Well, poetry is about words. Poetry is about language. So unlike a statue or a painting, it taps into the way that we think and the way we communicate with other people,” Madden said. “Not to say that other forms of art don’t do that, I just feel in some ways poetry is a really democratic art form because most of us have access to language at some level.”
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McKissick exhibit explores issues that have shaped U.S. politics NICK SULLIVAN @tdg_arts In a world with 24-hour news cycles and reactionary social media, politics have almost become taboo. USC’s J. Rion McKissick Museum attempts to combat the idea that all political discussions mu s t b e u s -ver s u s -t hem with its latest exhibit, “Hot Buttons: Political Issues in The United States.” T he ex h ibit ex plore s polit ical issues t hat have i n f luenced voter s i n t he past — war, corruption, the environment and racism to na me some — a nd t hose issues are exa m i ned or highlighted through items like T-shirts, bobbleheads and buttons. K at e C r o s b y, w h o received her M.A. in public h istor y a nd her Museu m M a nagement Cer t if ic ate from USC in 2015, currently ser ves as McK issick M u s e u m’s C u r a t o r o f Exhibitions. She was tasked w it h put t i ng t he ex h ibit together. “W hen I was hired, we had a spot that basically just said ‘politics, second f loor lobby,’ and t hat was all it said,” Crosby said. “So, I kind of took point on this.” Crosby knew she did not want to create an ex hibit h i g h l i g ht i n g t he d i v ide bet ween ca nd idates or political parties, especially a f ter 2016’s content iou s election. Instead, she wanted to focus on the issues that
ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK “Hot Buttons: Political Issues in The United States” analyzes issues that have affected American politics such as racism and war. The exhibit will be at the McKissick Museum until mid-June.
underlie voters’ decisionm a k i ng a nd t he way s i n wh ic h t ho se i s s ue s h ave shaped political parties. The issues selected for the exhibition were chosen with t he intent ion of spark ing conversation among visitors, she said. “It’s a great conversation starter,” Crosby said. “If you have questions about what people think or why people
want to vote a part icular way, we tried to have some interpretive labels that really explain some of the buttons t h a t a r e n ’t c o m p l e t e l y obvious.” O ne s uc h it em , a p a i r of Joh n Kerr y f lip-f lops, r e f e r e n c e K e r r y ’s 2 0 0 4 campaign in which he was acc u sed of f l ip -f loppi ng h i s p o s it io n o n v a r io u s issues. Without the context
provided by the label, this c u lt u r a l reference m ay not have been understood by v isitor s too you ng to remember the election. “Those make a lot of sense to people who were around then and paying attention, but ... you kind of need the history lesson to know why f lip-f lops in particular are pretty funny for that object,” Crosby said.
I ndeed, t he ex h ibit prov ide s not e c a rd- s i z e d history lessons dating back to World War I that delve into various time periods in A merican histor y, piecing toget her t he evolut ion of politics as new and pressing issues found their way into relevance. The memorabilia also branch out f rom t he t ypical t wo-part y system, including items that shed light on t hird part y influences as well. The items on display are thanks in large part to the Sout h Ca rol i na Pol it ica l Collections. Whereas they tend to hold on to the papers a nd doc u ment at ion of events, McK issick is often given the three-dimensional objects that are found in the Hot Buttons exhibit. I n fac t , McK issick has received so many donations over t he years t hat many items had to be held from the exhibit. The additional items, however, allow for t he potent ial of a followup ex h ibit i n t he f ut u re, accompanied by previously unexplored issues. “ T he se a re is s ue s t hat cont inue to mot ivate people to go vote, to go be involved,” Crosby said. “So, I think it’s really interesting to t h i n k about how have people in the past looked at this issue versus how people now look at this issue.” The ex h ibit w il l be on display Mondays t hrough Saturdays until June 13.
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From ground zero, Eric Favors grows in new role
SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK South Carolina shot putter Eric Favors switched to a rotational style as he entered his first year as a Gamecock to help improve and strengthen his abilities.
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outh Carolina shot putter Eric Favors has always had a passion for track and field. He even decided to put being a football player on the back burner to pursue his goals in the throwing circle. Even with being ranked the No. 1 shot putter in the nation at North Rockland, Favors knew that it was going to be a growing process to get where he wanted to be as a thrower. “We redshirted him his first year and here we are in year four now, and so much about everything now is maturit y and confidence,” assistant coach Mike Sergent said. “When he got to USC, we kind of went back to ground zero and totally changed everything about what he was doing technically.” The transition took some time, as Favors had to learn a new technique for throwing at the collegiate level. When Favors was in high school, he used the glide technique, which is commonly used in shot put. However, after coming to South Carolina he switched to a rotational style. This is where Favors had to focus on his pace when throwing instead of solely on strength. Strength is the foundation for shot putting, but Sergent said the sport also involves the “touch that you have to have in golf or the feel that a dancer has to have,” because it requires a high level of finesse and technique. During his time at South Carolina, Favors has learned patience, as he did not compete until 2017 where he earned three podium finishes and finished fifth at the SEC Championship. Last season Favors finished with 18.73m (61-5 1/2), but Sergent said that he knows that Favors’ goals are to surpass that record. “He wants to contend to be one of the best g u y s i n t he SEC a nd move to t he NC A A Championships and I t hink often t imes t he hardest thing is getting there,” said Sergent. “Once you are there you’re one of the few athletes that do make it there.” Favors ack nowledged t hat t he t ra nsit ion was difficult and it took him a while to adjust. However, after four years, he is getting more comfortable. “He had to go through a learning process, and each year he’s gotten a little bit better,” Sergent said. “This year I kind of feel like he’s at a point to where he’s really figured out what he needs to do.” With a new role as team captain, Favors has learned how to embrace leadership after former teammate Josh Awotunde paved the way. The two athletes pushed each other at South Carolina. “I think the two of them were great training partners and like brothers in many ways and did a lot together,” said Sergent. “I kind of feel like ‘okay, well Josh has graduated and moved on,’ and now ... it’s Eric’s turn to be the guy.” I n a d d it i o n t o Aw o t u n d e , f o u r t h -y e a r Gamecock shot putter Ben Bonhurst has been dealing with injuries and recovering to get back to competing. As a result, Favors has stepped into the role and has developed several goals for his year. “Just compete and be the best I can be every day
and try to get the most out of every competition, just grow as a person,” Favors said. A long with improvements in body control and understanding, Sergent believes that Favors is still developing as an athlete and has many opportunities to succeed. “As a coach, I can see it, and I can see that the ability is there, and I can see that he’s close. It just hasn’t come to fruition yet,” Sergent said. Favors messages Sergent every day, drawing strengt h from his coach and his experience throwing in the Olympics. Sergent credits Favors on improving since Thanksgiving in practice as he has gone to another level. Favors set a new high mark for himself at the at the Sander Invitational with 63 feet, 7 inches and broke an Irish national indoor record. Sergent said that he and Favors feel like another big breakthrough is just around the corner. With his new personal-best beating his previous record by more than two feet, Favors is on the path that will help secure his mission. During his journey at South Carolina, Favors has taken a not her oppor t u n it y to compete internationally in the shot put. Because he has an Irish grandmother, Favors was allowed to continue his dream and throw for Ireland. Favors had never been to Ireland before until last summer, and he soon became familiar with
the streets and the way of life as he represented h i s f a m i l y ’s her it a g e at t he I r i s h S e n ior Championship. He finished second in Dublin with a mark of 16.45m in shot put. Although Favors wears the garnet and black at South Carolina, Sergent said that wearing the Irish colors white, green and orange are a “really special opportunity.” Favors will look to grow as a Gamecock and complete his end goal: Competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, Favors knows that this will not come easy for him. He has a lot of steps to take before he can achieve that goal. “Just opportunity of throwing internationally and getting my foot in those type of waters would be an awesome experience,” Favors said. “That’s why I’m definitely trying to take advantage of what I have here, and see how far it takes me.” Working continuously day in and day out to get stronger is Favors’ game plan to reach the highest level of competition. He will use his transition from gliding the ball to rotating as a backbone to perfect his pace. “ I r e a l l y j u s t s t e p p e d i nt o c o m p e t i n g internationally, which was a great blessing. I took advantage of something I could do, so I’m looking forward to doing it this summer and upcoming years,” said Favors. “Really motivates me to keep working harder and keep on going.”
SARA YANG // THE GAMECOCK South Carolina track and field player Eric Favors and assistant coach Mike Sergent spoke during practice last Monday about Favors’ growth and performance.
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Student-athletes succeed in classroom
ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK Maria Hickman, senior associate athletics director for academics and student development, discusses the resources available for student-athletes at the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center.
JOE MCLEAN @joemclean97 It is no secret that student-athletes at USC are in a unique position during their time on campus. A long with working towards obtaining a degree, they are also representing the university in a different way. In addition to attending practices, games and workouts, they are still expected to go to class, complete homework and study, regardless of t he ex ist ing stereot y pe surrou nding
student-athletes. This past semester, they did just that, while also making school history in the classroom. Following the conclusion of the fall 2018 semester, the University of South Carolina Athletics Department achieved a departmental GPA of 3.335, which is the department’s highest GPA in school history. In addition, it was the 24th consecutive semester where the departmental GPA was above a 3.0. The student-athletes’ work in the classroom paid off with help from a system in place by Maria Hickman, the senior associate athletics
director for academics and student development. “Within the athletic department ... I oversee a staff of about 25. That includes GAs and interns,” Hickman said. “We are basically secondary advisers to advisers on campus within majors, but we provide resources for our student-athletes to ensure that they’re on track to graduate, getting tutoring, study hall ... I oversee all that.” SEE GPA PAGE 9
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S o t h at t he s t u de nt- at h le t e s receive t he necessa r y resou rces to succeed in the classroom, all of their academic needs can be found in the Dodie A nderson Academic Enrichment Center, located in the Roost Athletics Village on the south end of campus. “St udent-at h letes c a n receive a d v i s i n g, l i k e I s a i d , s o c l a s s selection, making sure that classes don’t conf lict w it h pract ice and travel, that kind of stuff,” Hickman said. “We also have resources as far as t utoring, so if they need a tutor, they can come here. We have three computer labs with over 100 computers.” In addition, student-athletes can get calculators for their math courses from the Dodie to use throughout the semester. They can also print for free at any of the computer labs. To help the student-athletes who are new to campus, Hickman and t he at h let ics depar t ment have a system set in place to help students maintain their grades and start off on the right foot so that they can stay on track to graduate. “A ll freshmen and all transfers have st udy hall t heir ent ire f irst academ ic yea r, so mea n i ng t wo semesters,” Hickman said. This is a requirement for all new student-athletes across all 19 sports teams at the Universit y of South Carolina. By doing this, Hickman can see how t hese new st udents, who are most likely living away from home for the first time, learn and how she and the rest of her staff can help them succeed. “[ We] ma ke su re t hat t hey ’re getting all of the necessary attention t hat t hey need,” H ick ma n sa id. “Sometimes they think they don’t need help and they actually do and won’t ask. But if t hey’re in t hat setting, then it’s mandatory. They can’t fight it.”
With the busy lives of the studentathletes, it can be difficult to balance ever y t hing t hat happens on any given day. H o w e v e r, H i c k m a n a n d t h e staff at the Dodie do ever y thing they can to make student-athletes have a premiere experience in the classroom, just as any “nor mal” c o l l e g e s t u d e nt w o u l d , w h i c h includes being disciplined with all of their studies. “We try to make our students be just like students on campus, to be independent. So they are talking to professors about missing class. If there’s an issue, then we jump in,” Hickman said. “But it’s really the student being proactive. It’s really the student going to office hours. A lot of our students, they really do utilize that.” In addition to the endless resources for student-athletes in the classroom, the Dodie is also a place for student development, including counseling and mental health coaches, truly making the Dodie the base for the academic success of student-athletes on campus. “The student development side is a big por t ion. We do severa l different seminars to prepare them for life after [college],” Hick man said. “Community service is housed i n t h i s bu i ld i n g, we h ave f r e e psychology ... we have mental health coaches, there’s a cafeteria in here. It’s a one-stop shop, really.” With ever y thing Hick man has done to help student-athletes post a record high GPA this past fall, she gives it all to her staff who, at the end of the day, are the ones who make the difference. “I think it’s the staff,” Hickman said. “A lot of places have these nice buildings now just for their studentathletes ... but the thing that makes us different is our staff ... you have a staff who truly cares about them as a person, and not just trying to get them to pass a class, and not just try to get them to be successful in their sport.”
ZACH MCKINLEY // THE GAMECOCK Entryway to the lobby area of the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center.
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Don’t misinterpret Gillette’s ad
In the age of social media, it seems that there’s always a burning controversy o v e r s o m e id io t ic thing or another. Rage mobs are as ubiquitous as memes on t he i nt e r n e t , a n d n o t Joseph Will one news cycle goes Fourth-year by without someone economics blowing somet hing student out of proportion. Among the latest in this never-ending line of faux-controversies is a recent ad put out by Gillette, which calls for men to be “better” and censures the “boys will be boys” approach to childrearing. Conservative portions of the internet then began to go into hysterical conniptions, with some interpreting the ad as a declaration of war against the male gender. The ad is without a doubt pandering,
and it’s slight ly obnox ious. Razor companies shouldn’t attempt to be the moral arbiters of our society, and I don’t believe the executives of Gillette are actually die-hard feminists rather than corporate hacks looking to exploit the woke crowd. Still, the frothing at the mouth from right-wing men is deeply embarrassing and, in my view, seriously misguided. I consider myself to be right of center and broadly sympathetic to conservative viewpoints, but the conservative party line here is way off the mark. Whether it’s The Federalist decrying the ad as an “assault on men” or Tomi Lahren wringing her hands over this perceived “man-bashing,” conservatives of all stripes and of all levels of respectability seem unanimous in their chagrin over what really is no big deal. Nowhere in the ad is there any sort of blanket condemnation of all men. This makes sense given that Gillette
The FDA is in shambles With this record-breaking 35-day shutdown, consumers have to worry about foods and drugs that the unpaid Food and Drug Administration workers could have overlooked. During the first three weeks of the shutdown, FDA operations of inspecting food facilities slowed down and some workers were furloughed. FDA employees were working without pay, Laurryn Thomas and the risk that dangerous foods that can Third-year carry salmonella or E. coli slipped by became a journalism present threat. Because of this, students should student know the foods classified as most dangerous when not inspected and how to shop and eat carefully. H igh-risk food facilit ies include places t hat process seafood, bakery products filled with custard, cheese products, unpasteurized juices, fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, sandwiches and infant formula, according to the FDA. There has been an effort to continue inspecting the more high-risk foods and places with prior health violations. These places are being held as top priority while other food inspections are getting back-logged and will pose an issue when furloughed workers get back on the job after the shutdown. In this way, proper food safety measures at home are being stressed by the FDA and food safety lobbyists. Measures like washing your produce and self-inspecting your food before you eat it are vital. Avoiding ready-to-eat salads, pre-prepared sandwiches, and any uncooked foods is also encouraged at this time. However, meats, poultry and eggs should have the same safety levels because they are inspected by the USDA. The FDA is also in charge of approving life-saving drugs and treatments. With the shutdown, the FDA budget is being stretched and it cannot approve or accept applications for new drugs being tested. Though it is not known the full impact that this will take, there will definitely be a backlog of drug approvals. One Bloomberg article argues that the FDA does not do as much as you may think and that food safety is really not all that affected during the shutdown. I disagree, because it only takes one missed inspection for something like salmonella to pass through a factory and infect a whole host of consumers. Though it hasn’t happened yet during the shutdown, the threat is nothing to be overlooked. The FDA inspects 80 percent of the food produced in the U.S., according to the article. Additionally, 40 percent of FDA workers are on furlough for the duration of the shutdown. We all remember the romaine lettuce catastrophe of the last few months, which occurred when inspections were running as normal. With 40 percent less workers, no funding and the same workload, it is common sense to be wary of any food bought that could be potentially harmful due to bacteria or virus.
primarily sells to men. I’m no marketing expert, but I can’t imagine that making unqualified attacks on your customers is a good idea. What the ad does set out against are the worst manifestations of masculinity, namely sexual harassment and bullying. By construing the ad as some sort of attack against the male gender, conservative commentators seem to be implicitly conflating these base impulses with masculinity itself, and ironically end up doing more to smear men than any ad ever could. While I disagree with feminists in that I think traditional masculinity is generally good, I do agree with them that there are healthy and harmful manifestat ions of masculinit y. I’d personally refrain from using the term “toxic masculinity” due to its political baggage, but there is some truth to the underlying notion. Conser vat ives, of a l l people,
should realize this. What is valuable in traditional masculinity (like selfdiscipline and being a good father) and the kind of things attacked in the ad are obviously at odds with one another. Not only is sexual harassment morally repugnant, it is also a malignant form of masculinit y and not at all what conservatives should promote. In conf lating things like bullying and sexual aggression with masculinity itself, it is conservatives who are truly denigrating men. Decrying the Gillette ad as anti-male is to tacitly state that the kinds of behavior called out in the ad are endemic to men, and that to attack them is to attack the male gender. Instead, conservatives should call upon men to be better and to live up to the lofty ideals that define a healthy masculinity. Choosing to rage over an ad calling out sexual assault is not only embarrassing, it also does a disservice to men.
Residence hall kitchens discourage cooking A lt hough k itchens are common in residence halls, students cooking for t hemselves seems subt ly discouraged. Things promot i ng t h is at t it ude include a lack of k itchen space and a required meal plan. Christopher St ay i n g wel l-f e d i s a Lorensen constant logistical process Second-year that becomes more complex journalism when cook ing your ow n student mea ls. T he abi l it y to manage all t he required parts is deteriorated even further when the only items available are one personal refrigerator and microwave along with one common area refrigerator and stove for a full floor, or even an entire building. This is the situation of students in residence halls. To consistently feed yourself there are a few things you need: time, money and supplies. Particularly as a freshman, all of these are things that living in a residence hall leaves you short on. South Tower, for example, has 423 students throughout its 17 floors of living space. Aside from the amenities the students are allowed in their rooms, each floor has one stove and full size refrigerator per floor. That means 24 people need to share one stove. Logistically, if each person wanted to have two cooked meals a week and each meal takes about an hour to cook, stove usage would need to be on a tight schedule. As an example, in order to hit 48 hours of cooking time, residents would need to be constantly cook ing from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and from about 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to that nightmare of a schedule, residents will have a hard time finding storage space for their week’s supply of leftovers and the ingredients that they will be using throughout the week. Aside from leftovers, the typical personal refrigerator is likely to have some various items to support a quick breakfast along with sandwich supplies in case food or time runs low during the week. Considering the university limits that
refrigerator to 3.3 cubic ft., and with only one full size refrigerator for the entire floor, storing vegetables and meats for use once the stove is free is looking like an unobtainable luxury. To fix these issues, the university could renovate the electrical grid in residence halls. Common areas could be equipped with a few more full size refrigerators and stoves to support the floor along with extra cabinet space for the cooking supplies that will be needed. If space is an issue, converting an existing dorm room into another common area would fix that. If security is an issue, storage space can be kept private with locks. Instead, the university appears to have fixed the problem by requiring freshman who live on campus to purchase meal plans but these have a few problems of their own. Top among the issues is the cost. The cheapest meal plan is $1,687 per semester. That is about $400 a month on food. To put that into perspective, I spend about $175 per month at my local grocery store. So not only is a meal plan forcing students to pay far too much money for food, but it is food that does not change on a weekly basis. The Russell House always has the same restaurants in it. Another side effect of forcing on-campus freshmen to purchase a meal plan while not updating common area kitchens is that the residents are not encouraged to learn the ins and outs of cooking before they move off campus. According to a recent Twitter poll by The Daily Gamecock, nearly 70 percent of residents either rarely or never use their common area’s kitchen. While the intent may be to ease students in slowly to their new life, living in residence halls with adequate facilities would afford them the opportunity to learn from their more knowledgeable peers in an area they may be weak on. So while residence hall kitchens seem like a nice gesture on the surface, as long as they are not improved they are only wasting floor space while the meal plans waste student money.
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