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Walk a Mile in Their Shoes The 8th annual fundraiser raised money for sexual assault survivors
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Students selected as leadership fellows Grace McKenna
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Second-year USC st udents R eb ek a h Pa r r i s a nd Ol i v i a Reszcz y nsk i were chosen as M o u nt Ve r no n L e a d e r s h ip Fellows, an opport unit y that allows them to spend the summer i n a n i m mer sive leader sh ip development program. Parris and Reszczynski were among 16 total fellows selected from a pool of 950 applicants from across the nation. Beginning in June, fellows will take part in a six-week program inspired by the leadership of George Washington and today’s modern leaders. They attend prog ra m m i ng on leadersh ip development, meet with military, c o r p o r at e a nd g o v e r n me nt leaders and develop a capstone project. T he goa l of t he c ap stone project is to take a personal passion of each student and turn it into a guide for action that they can bring back and implement in their home communities. Reszczynsk i, a second-year biochemist r y and economics student in the Honors College, took t he i nspirat ion for her capstone project from her work in a free medical clinic. She hopes to develop a program for growing fruits and vegetables on campus to donate to low-income communities. “After volunteering at the free medical clinic last year, when I was a freshman, a lot of what they told me was that a lot of the people who come in who can’t afford healt h care have chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, obesity and stuff like t hat,” Reszcz y nsk i said. “So I thought it might be an interesting way of, on the front end, to k ind of combat those chronic conditions.” Parris, a second-year SEEVERNONPAGE2
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Wo m e n , m e n a n d c h i l d r e n i n outrageous high heels of all colors and kinds, as well as some dogs with shoes of their own, took on the challenge of walking a mile in less-than-comfortable shoes to raise awareness and funds to fight sexual assault. Walk A Mile In Their Shoes raises money for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, an organization providing no-cost services for sexual assault victims in the Midlands area. “A ny step along t he way of t heir process, whether their assault happened
yesterday or 10 years ago, we’re here to help.” Mary Dell Hayes, the executive director of STSM, said. The funds raised at the event are vital in order for the organization to provide services like a 24-hour hotline, counseling sessions and assistance in pursuing their case in the criminal justice system to over 2,000 survivors in the community every year. “If someone were to seek these services from a private practitioner, one of these therapy sessions would cost approximately $120. It can really be a burden and obstacle for somebody to seek healing,” Hayes said. It’s a cause many people can and do get
behind. This year’s Walk a Mile event had a total of 1,500 people in attendance. USC School of Medicine professor Erika Blanck participated in the event as a part of the team called Hot Heels that has won the top fundraising team for the past three years. She works to increase awareness and involvement for the event on campus and has many of her graduate students walk alongside her. “Usually one or two students in each class put it on their Facebook and they sign up because one, they think it’s awesome and hilarious to walk in heels, but then to support a cause that is very meaningful, SEEWALKPAGE2
MAIN STREET SWARMED FOR CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE Mike Woodel
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A sea of garnet and black packed the Statehouse grounds and the sidewalks of Main Street Sunday afternoon to commemorate USC’s first national championship in the sport of women’s basketball. Thousands were in attendance for the parade down Main Street. The speeches made from the Statehouse steps mixed with the scores of USC students who turned up at the Statehouse for the ceremony. A sizable number of alumni came to celebrate as well. Though more than half a decade separated from his days as USC student, John Gibbs arrived well before the parade began to fly a pair of garnet-andblack block C flags at the corner of Gervais and Main streets. “I’m the biggest Gamecock fan there is,” Gibbs said. “I think [the championship] means the world because even though we don’t have a whole lot of them, every time we get one it shows who we really are.” Luke Baker / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
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WALKPAGE1 especially for, as you can imagine, college and even graduate and medical school because most likely they know someone who has been sexually assaulted,” Blanck said. Team Hot Heels, comprised of around 40 people, raised over $5,000 for the event, owing much of their success to their team member Carlos Suarez, who is a part of the Board of Directors and singlehandedly raised over $4,000. “I decided to get a bit crazy with it and create a shoe. It just raises
VERNONPAGE1 chemistry student in the Honors College, aims to use her project to expand an initiative she has already started on campus. Parris is the founder of Preemie Parcels, a program that provides services for f a m i l ie s w it h pat ient s i n the N ICU at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. “My goa l for t he c ap stone project is to learn more about how to develop a nonprofit and u lt i mately to come back a nd create a nonprofit out of Preemie Parcels,” Parris said. Both Parris and Reszczynski acknowledge the aid they received from the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Prog rams, which they used to fi nd fellowships like Mount Vernon. “Everyone here that I’ve been in contact with at the university has been extremely supportive of all the applications that I wanted to do and whatever recommendation
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awareness ... [people] see that I’m enthusiastic about it and then they just ask me if they can sponsor me,” Suarez said. Suarez actively supports STSM through events like this because of the moving survivor stories that he has heard. “People share what they’ve gone through and how they’re rebuilding their lives. It’s incredible and you know the money is put to good use. And you know that the people, the training, everything is just topnotch,” Suarez said. South Carolina Department of
Corrections was recognized as the group with the most participants at 475. Alpha Chi Omega was the largest student organization in attendance with 200 people, and they were the runner-up for the top fundraising team, having raised over $4,000. It was t he t h ird year Team Hot Heel s wa s v ic tor iou s i n its fundraising efforts and, with members like Suarez who are so passionate about fighting sexual assault, it doesn’t seem as though they will slow down anytime soon.
letters, you name it,” Reszczynski said. “I’m eternally grateful for them and the support, of knowing t h at you h ave p e ople at t he university who are going to stand behind you and encourage you to pursue some goal that might be a little bit larger and harder to accomplish on your own.” According to Jennifer Bess, t he fellowships coordinator at t he Of f ice of Fellowships and Scholar Programs, the office gives hands-on assistance to students like Parris and Reszczynski who are searching for compet it ive fel lowsh ips a nd schola rsh ips. T here, st udent s ca n get help identifying programs they qualify for, drafting essays, getting letters of recom mendat ion a nd even practicing for interviews. Bess added t hat t he Mou nt Vernon program in particular is an opportunit y for students to meet ot her emerg i ng st udent leaders from around the country a nd to sh a re t hei r idea s a nd
passions. After meeting with these like-minded students, Parris and Reszczynski will be able to bring their ideas back to USC and work to implement them on campus. Parris and Reszczynski are only t he second and t hird st udents f rom Sout h Carol i na to be accepted to the program in its history. The first USC student to participate in the program was Klara Milojkovic, who was a part of the inaugural class in 2015. Both women say they’re looking forward to living at Mount Vernon f o r t he s u m m e r a nd h a v i n g the opport unit y to learn from successful leaders in their fields, as well as getting to hone their own leadership skills. “The biggest takeaway t hat I’m hoping to get from it is just learning more about leadership and how to become a better leader, a stronger leader, how to make a bigger influence and have a bigger impact in all the different areas that I’m involved in,” Parris said.
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T h i s we e k e nd , 701 C e nt e r f o r Contemporary Arts hosted the third annual Indie South Spring Market in Columbia. Founder and organizer Serra Ferguson pioneered Indie South in 2006 when she saw a demand for local craftsmen and artisans to network and sell their goods in a market setting. The festival featured candle, jewelry, clothing, art and leather vendors. Business owners were eager to assist customers and answer any questions that they had about products, but at 5 p.m. on Saturday evening the crowd of shoppers was notably thin. One vendor at Indie South was Sharon Young, owner of Thrifted Sisters, a vintage clothing company. Thrifted Sisters offered a wide range of garments, from prairie style sundresses to Boy Scout shorts and black pleather platform boots. Items typically cost between $15 and $40, but Young also offered a bin of items at a reduced cost that were all $5. In addition, the booth offered a small selection of children’s clothes. Young opened Thrifted Sisters in October of 2013. “I have little kids and I wanted to do something fun — work, but still be at home, and I’ve always thrifted and done vintage since I can remember, I grew up doing it,” Young said. Her love of thrifting stemmed from her parents, who visited thrift stores throughout her childhood. In middle and high school,
Young started pursuing it on her own and developed her own individual style. Young emphasized the importance of buying local, one of the central themes of the traveling Indie South market. “It means so much to us little people. When you buy from me instead of a big store — it’s paying for my daughter’s braces right now, and for the little things. It supports us so much. It’s our lifeline a lot of times,” Young said. Her original business partner was her sister-in-law, Jeanette Walker. Walker recently adopted a child, and is no longer a partner of Thrifted Sisters. Now, Young manages the boutique as primarily a solo endeavor. Thrifted Sisters does not have a storefront. They use social media and accomplish most of their sales online, through Instagram or Etsy. Young also has a vintage booth at ReFind, an antique mall near Two Notch Road. Although many vendors at Indie South travel across the southeast to different festivals and markets, Thrifted Sisters typically remains local. “I don’t usually travel out of town with it. I wanted something where I could be a part of Columbia,” Young said. Young doesn’t purchase any of her items from other vintage clothing stores because she would then have to mark up prices even higher. Instead, she sources from local thrift SEETHRIFTPAGE5
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The Nick to kick off OUT Here film series, highlighting LGBTQ experience Mattie Hibbs @TDG_ARTS
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The Nickelodeon, known in Columbia for show i ng i ndependent f i l ms, is lau nch i ng a new series called OUT Here. Comparable to t he Foreig n Focus series in its struct ure a nd si m i la r to Black Stories in its specificity, OUT Here will bring a spotlight to the LGBTQ community’s experience in the South. The series a i ms to br i ng people together by facilitating healthy dialog ue surrounding the
LGBTQ com mu n it y. Each month will feature one f ilm t hat falls i nt o t h i s t he me a nd w i l l cont i nue to r u n indefinitely. The project, which has been in the works for over a year, will come to fruition on Tuesday night. Pauline A rroyo, ma rket i ng a ssist a nt at t he N ic k e lo de o n , explained how t he series included an entire commu nit y of people even in its infancy. “We actually kind of gathered a committee together: people from
the community, people t hat were leaders and students ... we put them together to decide what they wanted the series to look l i ke, top to bottom,” A rroyo said. The commit tee helps ma ke f i l m selec t ions and decided what would be important mov ing forward. Though OUT Here focuses on the experience of the LGBTQ c o m m u n i t y, i t w i l l feature a wide variety of genres and will attempt SEENICKPAGE5
COLUMN: Dating apps make communication more confusing Grace Batton
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Bumble and Tinder have taken this generation by swarm and wildfi re, and the result has left our generation in a knot of social anxieties, protocol malfunctions, insecurities and confused feelings. Dating — if it can be called that — via social apps seems to have become increasingly common among millennials, adding to the epidemic of phone-fi xated students staring at their screens and swiping away. Certainly, t hese apps prov ide an easy, f un, convenient way to meet new people — but it may be affecting the way we communicate. Introducing the “Tinder date” or analogously termed meet-up into our love lives has brought with it increased insecurities and stress — is asking to meet up actually asking them out? Is it taken to the same degree as a date? Who’s supposed to ask to meet first? Ironically, with the invention of apps that let you choose who you talk to based on their appearance, or at least their appearance in pictures, these apps
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have essentially reinvented the blind date. With little more than a few snapshots of a person, likely taken to make them look their most attractive, and perhaps some one-liners, we agree to meet up with them somewhere, hoping we can actually recognize their face and not forget things you’ve already talked about. This adds to the table worries such as whether they’re actually who their profile says. Are they a creeper in real life and I just couldn’t tell by messaging them? Where’s a good, safe place to meet? If we go out to eat or get drinks, who pays? The best part of all of this is that there is no protocol. It’s a new kind of interaction in uncharted territory. One benefit of this is you can interact however you feel is appropriate and make it what you want, but to the same token, you have no way of knowing how the other person will take it. Communication becomes confusion because some things simply don’t translate into reality. Just like our moms told us about stranger danger, the people you meet on the internet aren’t always who they say they
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are. If this new “dating practice” is not a danger to our safety, it is certainly dangerous to our methods and fluency of conversation face-to-face. It’s a whole lot easier to say something by hitting some letters and emojis on a phone screen than it is to say it out loud, looking into someone’s eyes, with your own intentional or unintentional voice inflections. W hile apps like these don’t necessarily have to be used in ways t hat negat ively af fect our communication and social relationships, it seems as if they are more prone to influence our interpersonal aptitude than to not. The level of communicative assimilation such a medium requires of the user due to its superficial, attraction-based design naturally makes it more difficult to translate these interactions into in-person encounters. Perhaps we should take into account if we’re correctly representing ourselves on these mediums, and if not, whether we should be using them at all if this kind of risk exists and may even be inherent and unavoidable to a degree.
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NICKPAGE4 to draw everyone into the conversation, which is important, A rroyo said, in order for people to better understand each other. She added, “At the Nickelodeon we’re a lway s t r y i ng to educate people and m a ke e ver yone feel safe.” W h ile t he Nick strives to educate the public with series such as this one, they also focus on listening to t he people who consume their content and learning from their ideas as well — a giveand-take relationship bet ween t he t heat re a nd it s su r rou nd i ng c o m m u n i t y. A f t e r the series gets off the ground, the Nick hopes to further encourage audience engagement. They would eventually like to bring in speakers
or host events centered around the films and their themes. The project also d raws suppor t f rom many sponsors around the state that w i l l h o s t d i f f e r e nt films throughout the course of t he series. S C E q u a l i t y PAC , a n LGBTQ r ight s advocac y g roup in South Carolina, will introduce and host the first film, “Beautiful T h i n g.” A r r o y o described the kick-off mov ie of t he OU T Here ser ies as bot h serious and light and a relatable ‘90s c u lt classic that is “a good ent r y point into t he series.” It is set to show on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at t he box of f ice 30 m i nutes before showtime.
THRIFTPAGE4 stores and the occasional estate sale. “I basically dig so you don’t have to,” Young said. In addition to finding items, Young cleans and preps the garments she finds at thrift stores so that once purchased they are ready to be worn. “Instead of you going and — you might find one or two things but it takes you two hours, I have all the good stuff in one spot and you don’t have to go look for it,” Young said. Yo u n g p r o u d l y r e c og n i z e d T h r i f t e d Sisters’ diverse options and funky choices. “It’s one-of-a-kind. What you bring home f rom me, nobody else has,” Young said. The best way to find Young is on Instagram at ThriftedSisters, where t he f i rst c ustomer to comment on a post scores the sale.
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Pepsi ad should not draw controversy Isabelle Carroll First-year public relations student
It seems every day there is a story about a bombing or a terrorist attack or a political conf lict between leaders. The sad realit y of the world is that there is a constant list of issues going on around us. The last thing we need to do is add needlessly to that list by trying to create our own issues out of nothing. I’m t a l k i ng about t he newest Pepsi commercial. I’m su re most ever yone has at least heard of t he cont rovers y it’s cau sed, if not judged it for themselves. I was curious about what this commercial d id to upset so ma ny p eople, so I watc hed it in t he quiet of my room one af ter noon. Th ree different times. Each time searching for something that would warrant such a strong reaction from the A mer ic a n publ ic. I wa s unable to fi nd anything. To be fair, it is as stupid as people are saying it is. From t he non sen sic a l prote st signs to the representation of ever y rel ig ion a nd nat iona l it y Pep si cou ld round up, the commercial seems to be tr y ing to address every issue we’ve faced in America recently. Ironically, it is this overex tension of pol it ic a l and racial issues that has triggered people. The complaints over this commercial focus mainly on how Kendall Jen ner, w ho pl a y s a r eb e l l iou s model in the ad, fist bumps an African-American man and then hands a Pepsi to a policeman. People claim that these actions trivialize the racial tension America has been facing from the police force. Ca n we plea se t a ke a step back and realize that we are upset t hat a soda commercial tried to address a c u lt u ra l a nd pol it ic a l problem? It d id n’t even take a politically incorrect stance on the issue, it just didn’t present the issue in a “sensitive” enough way. There was not hing even r e m o t e l y c o nt r o v e r s i a l enough in this commercial to wa r r a nt t he en s u i ng outrage. I would even argue t h at t here wa s not h i ng controversial in it at all. The public searched for and created the issue it has. We h a v e b i g g e r f i s h to f r y t ha n a Pep si com mercial. Let’s focus ou r t ime and energ y on the real chaos that is going on in the Middle East if we feel the need to express outrage on something. Or t he pol it ic a l goi ng s- on in ou r ow n cou nt r y. Or honest ly any ot her soda commercial that apparently wasn’t politically correct enough by our extremely sensitive standards. Come on, America. Grow up.
Students should make the most of required language classes Andy Wilson Second-year English student
As you’ve probably noticed, all students at USC have a language requirement as part of the Carolina Core, ranging f rom just hav i ng to meet ent r y-level requ i rement s to having to take two more classes past entry level. W hy, you might ask, do all USC st udent s have to learn another language? Isn’t English good enough? It’s the language spoken by the most people worldwide, the most commonly used language for international business and t he dominant lang uage of the U.S., the world’s most powerful nation. I t ’s t r u e t h a t E n g l i s h has a privileged status. Its ubiq u it y me a n s we h a ve a luxury most of the world is now deprived of, that of knowing only one language. But I argue that this luxury is really a deprivation, and one t hat USC’s la ng uage requirements play a vital role in correcting. By requ i r i ng t hat a l l s t u d e nt s h a v e at le a s t a
basic exposure to a foreign language, USC is ensuring t h at ou r n at io n’s f ut u r e com mu n it y, busi ness a nd pol it ical leaders have t he potent ial to benef it f rom knowing another language. I s a y t h e p o t e nt i a l t o benefit because anyone can pa s s t wo cla s se s w it hout getting much out of them. There is, however, a lot to be gotten out of lang uage classes. Students who apply themselves and care about actually becoming proficient i n t he la ng uage, not just get t ing good g rades, w ill find tak ing these classes a very rewarding experience. T here’s a n ex t ra layer of satisfaction to looking back over you r prog ress i n a n academic discipline when it’s a skill you’ll be able to use (if you keep it up) your whole life. Yo u d o n ’t j u s t g e t satisfaction from learning a second language — there are a number of associated benef its to your cognitive ability, personal development and career outcomes. An article in The Atlantic compiling multiple studies f ou nd t h at c o mp a r e d t o people who speak only one
l a n g u a g e , m u lt i l i n g u a l s score higher on standardized exa ms, per for m bet ter i n te st s of memor y a nd a re “more percept ive to t heir surroundings.” Rather than ac t u a l ly i nc rea si ng IQ, it seems that biling ualism improves the brain’s executive f u n c t i o n i n g. A c c o r d i n g to t he web site Sc ient if ic Lear n i ng, ou r bra i ns’ executive function “helps us manage time, pay attention, s w itch foc u s, pla n a nd organize, remember details, d r a w o n o u r e x p e r ie n c e and avoid bad behavior and speech. It’s a control system of the mind that allows us to focus on what’s relevant and to ignore distractions.” Because of this, learning a second language is likely to positively affect your overall academic performance. Learning another language f ac i l it ate s you r p er son a l development by letting you communicate w it h people you would other wise have been unable to. This gives you a better appreciation of other nations and cultures a nd f or c e s y ou t o t h i n k critically about the linguistic paradigms you unconsciously employ, recog n izi ng t hat
each language has its own accepted way s of put t i ng something. When you learn a new la ng uage you have to adopt its characterist ic st yle and different method of saying things in order to become fluent. Thank s to forces of globalization, today’s world is more i ntercon nec ted t h a n e ver, le ad i n g t o more interact ion bet ween people who speak d if ferent la ng u age s. I n t h is env i ron ment , it is increasingly advantageous t o s p e a k mor e t h a n o ne lang uage. Fluenc y in a foreign language is a valuable asset that makes you a more ma rket able job ca nd idate and, once hired, can get you a higher salary. As we’ve seen, picking up a second language improves your mind, helps you develop into a 21st centur y citizen and gives you a leg up in the business world. It’s never going to be easier to learn another language than while you’re in college, so take language classes at USC to begin developing a skill that you can use for rest of your life.
Stressing over school unproductive Alyssa Broer First year public relations student
The buzzing of your phone seems unending as texts come in from friends planning a Horseshoe picnic or pool day lounge. It’s 75 degrees and sunny, the ideal day for relaxation… but you wouldn’t know it, because all you’ve been doing the entire day is staring at a textbook wondering how in the world you are supposed to pass that chemistry exam next week. We’ve all been t here. A s college st udent s, it is easy to become too absorbed in classwork and studying. But what happens when those few days you don’t leave your dorm studying for an exam become a pattern, and suddenly you don’t even know what season it is? W hen I was studying for my first round of finals freshman year, this
became my reality. And while it only lasted for about a week, I can tell you firsthand that eating, breathing and sleeping school for that length of time really does a number on a person’s wellbeing. Before long, knowing the time of day became a fond memory, a nd I had all but forgot ten social etiquette. I did pretty well on my fi nals but, honestly, the amount of emotional exhaustion that I felt throughout and after that week doesn’t seem worth it to me. Studying is undeniably crucial in order to get a complete education and enter t he work ing world prepared. However, when studying becomes the only thing you do with your life, your mental health can suffer greatly. W hen faced w it h ex a ms a nd pap er s , we a l l get st re s s ed. A nd studying excessively for those exams of ten adds g reat ly to t hat st ress. T h at ’s col lege , r ight ? Wel l, ye s , but it shouldn’t be. One study says t his can act ually deteriorate some f unctions of our brains. According
to this study, over-stressing causes brain inflammation, memory loss and s y mptoms of depression. A not her study from Stanford University showed that too much work leads to stress and physiological problems, such as insistent headaches and stomach issues. Is an A really worth all that? A h appy l i fe i s one f i l led w it h ba la nce; whet her it ’s work-home balance or school-fun balance, we all need to maintain an even scale so that we don’t fall too far to one side. So study for that test, but make sure you give yourself a break to watch your favorite show or go for dinner with friends. College isn’t just for studying; it’s also for growing as an individual. Somet i me s t he most i mpor t a nt thing you can do for yourself is to go outside, read a good book for an entire afternoon and forget about all the little things nagging at you for a while. It won’t make the work go away, but it will clear your mind enough to gain a little perspective.
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DOZIERPAGE10 assists per game. He had stretches of brilliance in addition to times of struggle, including a slump late in the regular season that saw him go five straight games where he shot under 40 percent from the field. Yet Syracuse made the NCA A Tournament, and under the bright lights of March Madness, and in front of the eyes of the entire basketball world, Richardson played his best basketball of the season. In the Elite Eight, Richardson played one of the best halves of basketball by any player all season, and one that many claim as the reason he went to the NBA and was drafted as high as he was. Against Virginia, Richardson scored just two points in the fi rst half and he’d missed all 5 of his shots from the field. Yet in the second half, he singlehandedly guided his Syracuse team to the Final Four, scoring 21 points on just 11 shots. This story lines up very closely with Dozier’s, as do his statistics. On the season, Dozier averaged .5 more points per game than Richardson, .7 rebounds per game more than Richardson, and 0.7 fewer assists per game. He too played his best basketball of the season in March after an up and down regular season, and helped bring his team to Final Four despite nobody expecting them to make it that far. On basketball’s grandest stage, Dozier came up one rebound shy of a double double, led his team in scoring and recorded his seventh-straight game scoring double figures. Dozier played one of his best games of the season with everyone watching, including the NBA scouts. Now, Dozier must make a choice. Oftentimes, M a rc h M ad ne s s’ st a r p er for mer s r ide t he momentum of their great play in March straight to the NBA Combine and into the draft room. Players such as R ichardson, who before t he tournament were just an afterthought in the minds
PARADEPAGE1 Gibbs, now a resident of Greer, South Carolina, majored in history during h is t i me at USC a nd graduated in 2011. And he doesn’t believe Sunday will be the last time he flies the garnet and black on Gervais Street. “ You’l l see u s here again,” Gibbs said. A 1974 g radu ate of USC, William Weeks of Bamberg, South Carolina wa s even more f r a n k when asked his reason for making the 60-mile trip to Columbia. “ N a t i o n a l championship, baby, it don’t happen every day,” We e k s s a id . “ I n t he moment, they’re in the national spotlight.” A f loat with a keystone-shaped throne carrying members of the Columbia City Council was the fi rst to make its way down Main Street, followed by Sout h Carolina Girl Scouts, A lcorn Middle School cheerleaders and USC St udent G over n ment memb er s. Un iver sit y President Harris Pastides and his wife piled out of an antique convertible, im mediately followed by Sir Big Spur. USC
cheerleaders arrived on multiple floats, one red and white with wicker f urnit ure and another topped with tall, blackand-gold columns. Another pair of floats c a r r ie d US C f o r m e r student athletes to the Statehouse. A mong them was Sheila Foster, a center-forward for the Gamecocks from 1978 to 1982 and the program’s all-time leading scorer. Just after 3:45 p.m., t h e U S C w o m e n’s basketball team arrived on G er va is St reet to Darude’s “Sandstorm”. Head coach Dawn Staley brought up the rear, still wearing around her neck the net she cut down in Dallas a week ago after the Gamecocks clinched t heir f irst nat ional championship. In a speech from the steps of the Statehouse, USC alumnus and current Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin decreed that the portion of Lincoln Street between Pendleton and Assembly streets will be im med iately renamed Daw n St a le y Way i n honor of the nine-year head coach of the USC women’s basketball team. “ T h e s e a r e
of many NBA scouts, end up getting drafted in the first round and become millionaires. They are guaranteed money for signing their name on a contract, and they don’t have to worry about what a bad next season in college, or a gruesome injury, could do to their fi nancial future. Yet they lose college basketball. They lose March Madness, they lose the college atmosphere, and they lose the ability to develop into a better player before the pressure of the NBA, as well as the opportunity to increase their draft stock. PJ Dozier has until April 23 to decide on what level of basketball he will be playing next season.
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He knows of players who were in situations just like him recently, players such as Richardson who was drafted 22nd in the NBA Draft and is set to make up to $2.94 million of guaranteed money through his first two years in the NBA. Yet if he decided to declare, Dozier would be forced to leave behind the coach that has helped make him what he is, and the possibility to improve his draft stock should he perform even better next season. Right now, as South Carolina fans nervously await his decision, only Dozier knows what is best for himself, and what option he is leaning toward.
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champions,” Benjamin s a id . “ But we a re s o proud of them as st udent at h letes, as incredible communit y servants. Some of them will go on to play pro basketba l l, some w i l l b e d o c t or s , l aw y e r s , mayors, congresspeople, g over nor s ... t he y ’re gonna do great things, and we are celebrating ach ievement by t hese young women today.” Colonial Life Arena, home of Gamecock basketball since 2002, resides on Lincoln between Greene Street and the western end of College Street. Fol low i ng speeches from Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), USC President H a r r i s Pa s t i d e s a n d Gamecock forward A’ja Wilson, Staley stepped to the podium to cheers from the crowd. “God is all things,” she began. I n a s e v e n - m i nu t e speech, St a ley took time to thank a number of people involved in t he G amecock s’ championship r u n, including her players, Past ides, R ay Ta n ner a nd t he wo me n’s basketball coaching staff and administrators. Of
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her for mer players at both USC and Temple Universit y, where she coached from 2000 to 20 08, St a ley sa id she hoped they would be able to share in her moment as a national champion. “ T h e y ’r e t h e o n e s t h at b el ie ved i n t h i s well before we even had a leg it imate shot at w in ning a nat ional championship,” Staley said. “I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart.” Staley also t hanked former Gov. Nikki Haley
for t he 2015 remova l of the Confederate flag f r o m t he St at e hou s e grounds, after which the NCAA rescinded its ban on holding basketball tou r na ment ga mes i n Sout h Ca rol i na. T he Gamecocks played and won their first two games of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Colonial Life Arena. Addressing her “netlace,” St a ley sa id she “figuratively” wanted to give the people of South Carolina a piece of her net, stressing the word
“figuratively.” “If you have any kind of belief, a ny k ind of work ethic, any kind of hope, it represents that,” Staley said. “Whatever it is that your hearts desire, take a piece of our net and ref lect on what we were able to accomplish, because nobody besides the people that are right here in the state of South Carolina and the city of Columbia believe that we could be standing here right now.”
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It’s hard to feel optimistic ab out lo si ng con sec ut ive weekend series, but Sout h Carolina managed to stay just one game behind Auburn in the SEC East with a win over Vanderbilt in the series finale. A ll but t wo of the Gamecocks’ losses this season have come in one-run games or in extra-inning affairs. They suffered both of those fates this weekend in their first two contests with Vanderbilt. “ We’re t wo ga mes over .500 after some helter-skelter things that went on,” South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook said.
Holbrook views Saturday’s win as a potential turning point in Sout h Carolina’s season. “I don’t have a crystal ball,” Holbrook said. “But I have a good feeling that we’ll look back in late May and June and say that [Saturday] against Vanderbilt was the biggest win of the year.” Perhaps the biggest factor driving Holbrook’s positive outlook is the return of his All-American closer. Sout h Carolina reliever Ty le r Jo h n s o n h a s b e e n plag ued by a r m sorene s s since he was first sidelined on March 4 against Clemson. O ver t he weekend he was cleared by South Carolina’s
training staff and Holbrook said that he could potentially be used for an inning against North Carolina on Tuesday. “We’ll get Tyler [ Johnson] back t h is week , a nd nex t weekend he’ll be full-go, ready to go,” Holbrook said. “Maybe TJ [Hopkins]’s hammy and Chris [Cullen]’s knee will get better and maybe we’ll be 100 percent for the first time all year come this week.” Joh n s o n s t r u c k out 12 batters in the 6 2/3 innings he pitched this season before being shut down. Over the summer he pitched for the Collegiate National Team. The right-handed power pitcher is regarded as one of the most valuable high-
le ver ag e rel ie ver s i n t he cou nt r y. H is fa stba l l ha s registered as high as 99 mph this season and he brings an intimidating presence to the mound that is amplified by the use of sirens from “The Purge” as his entrance theme. The Gamecocks pen is built around a nucleus of reliable veteran relievers like Colie Bowers, Reed Scott and Josh Reagan, but Johnson’s ability to consistently miss bats in high-leverage situations makes him more of a prototypical option with the game on the line. That was evident in Friday’s 13-inning affair where the Gamecocks held a lead with two outs in the ninth inning
before Vanderbilt t ied t he game on a pinch-hit single. Julian Infante later connected for a home run in the 13th inning off of Scott to secure the Commodores’ victory. “I’m not docking anybody on this team,” left fielder Alex Destino said. “But when Tyler Johnson runs on the mound, it’s different when he runs out there.” The Gamecocks will look to avenge last year’s 15- 0 loss to Nort h Carolina at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte on Tuesday. They will host M ississippi State over t he weekend.
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PJ Dozier has a decision to make. A potential million-dollar decision. South Carolina’s star point guard, who wa s i n st r u ment a l i n t he G a me c o c k s’ run to the Final Four, must soon decide whether he will enter the NBA Draft. And at this moment in time, he is keeping South Carolina fans on their toes. “I haven’t really put any thought into it,” Dozier said when asked about his draft status after his team’s Final Four loss. “I’m pretty sure I’ll sit down with my coach and my family and discuss what would be the best move for me, but I haven’t really put too much thought into it.” There is great discrepancy in opinion on where Dozier is projected to go in the draft, should he decide to do so. Some mock draft sites have him hovering between the late first round and early second round, with nbadraft.net projecting him to go as the 36th pick in the draft to the Utah Jazz. Yet some mock drafts don’t even have him being drafted. This is very common with a player such as Dozier, who had an inconsistent season where he showed fl ashes of great potential that started NBA whispers very early in the season, but also moments of youth and error. Yet he is not the fi rst player to be in this situation. Malachi Richardson, a guard who played for Syracuse one year ago during their Final Four run, was forced to confront the same question that Dozier is now after having a very similar season himself. D u r i n g h i s f r e s h m a n c a m p a i g n at Syracuse, Richardson averaged 13.4 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game and 2.1 SEEDOZIERPAGE9
The 2017 WNBA draft is set to take place on April 13 at 7 p.m., and currently three South Carolina players are projected to be taken in the fi rst round. Allisha Gray, Alaina Coates and K aela Dav is are all expected to be drafted in the first round, which consists of 12 picks per round. Both Davis and Gray are juniors, and have decided to forgo their senior season. Gray is projec ted to be taken with the fourth pick of the draft to the Dallas Wings. She averaged over 13 points per game and 5 rebounds per game. She was also second on the team in assists with 93 on the season, second in steals and fourth in blocks. Coate s is ex pec ted to be taken the pick after Gray by the San Antonio Stars. Despite sitting out the entire NCA A Tournament, Coates showed herself to be a force during t he reg u la r sea son for t he Gamecocks as she averaged a double-double on the season. Dav i s i s projec ted to b e taken with the last pick of the first round by the Minnesota Lynx. She fi nished the season averaging 12.7 points per game w h i le s ho ot i n g j u s t u nder 35 percent from three-point range. Davis really shone at the end of the season in Coates’ absence, as she was able to demonstrate just how dynamic she is on t he of fensive end when given the space to do so. These three players will leave South Carolina as champions after guiding their Gamecock team to the National Championship where they were able to beat Mississippi State. Sout h Ca rol i na w i l l st i l l have their A ll-A merican and Wooden Award candidate A’ja Wilson returning to play for them next season.
POINTS PER GAME: 12.9 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 10.7 BLOCKS PER GAME: 1.4 Sara Yang / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Kaela Davis POINTS PER GAME: 12.7 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 3.9 ASSISTS PER GAME: 2.2 Yangxing Ding / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Allisha Gray POINTS PER GAME: 13.2 REBOUNDS PER GAME: 5.0 BLOCKS PER GAME: 2.5 Yangxing Ding / THE DAILY GAMECOCK