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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Josh Dawsey NEWS EDITOR

More than 1,200 students are now ineligible for student tickets this season after no-showing Thursday night’s season-opener wit hout cancelling their claimed tickets online.

9,400 tickets were distributed to students leading up to Thursday’s game. Only 8,188 were scanned at the gates of Williams-Brice

Stadium. Also, a large number of students were getting their tickets scanned and leaving upon having scanned in, said Patrick Donovan, USC’s coordinator for student tickets.

The trend meant large patches of the student section were empty during the ESPN-televised USC win. With almost 2,000 students outside the gates without tickets due to the high demand, it was disappointing to see a section nowhere near capacit y, said Jeremy Long, Student Government’s Secretary of Athletics.

However, students who didn’t get tickets last week, will have a much higher chance of getting

tickets for the Georgia game and for other contests in the future.

“You think about how many students wanted to go to the game and couldn’t, and you’re sad for them,” Long said. “Football is a big sport around here, and you only get seven games a year. We could have had a capacity student section, but we didn’t.”

It was a disappointing opening night for the stricter student ticketing policy. In the past, student ticketing privileges were lost for the TICKETS ● 4

Company makes use of Innovista

USC shuts out Tigers

SysEDA uses grant to research Naval technology

The USC men’s soccer team defeated Clemson for the four th straight year on Friday night.

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For college students, studying has bec ome a lost time was between 1961 pastime. and 1981 — a time before computers. Study hours per week dro According to a study released by two pped from 24 economics to only 16 during that professors, Phi lip Babcock at the time frame.

Un Haskin still finds the California Santa Barbara and Mindy iversity of Marks at the she does school-relat time to study and said that ed work for 20 hours University of California Riverside, coll ege students “W hen I have read ing, I highlight a week. stud ied an average of 24 hou rs a and make week in 1961 notes as I go alon g and reread sect ions that are compared to just 14 in recent years. less clear to me, This change was seen I make note ” Haskin said. “Studying for tests, cards and keep going through them across the board. unt il I know each backwa rds and 1961: College forwards. For “It’s not just lim ited essays, as long as I don’t have writer’s block, I make students spend to bad schools,” Babcock some note s on how I want to organize my essay an average of 24 and told the Boston Globe. try to get it all written in one sitting, the day that hours per week “We’re seeing it at liberal get the assi I gnment.” arts college s, doc tora l studying Haskin is r e s e a r c h c o l l e g e s , yea r eng part of the minorit y, however. Secondine masters colleges. Every that he stud erin g student Cole Thornto n said Present: Average diff ere nt t y pe, eve r y second-year ies for eight to 10 hours per week and business student Eric Bouchard only hours spent diff ere nt size . It’s just hits the books for six hours a week. studying dropped across the spectrum. It’s “I never really studied in high scho ol, and was very robust. This is just never taug to 14 per week ht any study skills,” Thornton said. a huge cha nge in every Walter Edgar, who has been a mem ber categor y.” hist ory department at USC since 197 of the The question then becomes: Why? students are often not prepared enough 2, thin ks “Students are smarter,” said Don Fow for ler, who “Students can not write,” Edgar said college. is ent ering his 47t h yea r as a pol . “We are itic professor at the Un iver sity of Sou al science inherit ing what we get . Kid s are ver y brig ht, th Carolina. the y score, the y’re ver y cur iou s, but the y have “St udents are materia lly bet ter, and the better and I just almost never run acro y write not from fifth or sixt h grade on [been] made to ss where a student doesn’t attempt it. And an exam write vigorou sly. The y don’t real ly know how I know the to research. Making SAT scores have risen over the year a certain score on the SAT s. You’re just verbal doesn’t mean that you can write a sentence getting a better quality of student.” or a paragraph.”

Sec ond -ye ar Eng lish and pre -law stu den t But what seems to contradict this is McK inley Haskin blames technology. that across the nation, college students are earn “Advances in technology cause decreas ing better and ed study better grades. time. The fact that human beings are becoming Acc ord ing to ww w.g rad ein f lation. more and more dependent on oth com , the er people and ave rag e GPA of all A me rica n col leg es and resources — we’re pretty much gett ing more and uni ver sitie s dur ing the 1991-19 92 school yea r more lazy,” Haskin said. was 2.93, compared to an average of The theory makes sense, except Bab 3.11 in 2006cock and Ma rks fou nd that the biggest dec rease in study STUDY ● 2

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Re st au ra nt , ba r a nd live-music hot spot Tin Roof is open i ng t hei r new locat ion i n T he Vista today, of fering a laid-back lunchtime and late-night hang out and an outlet of opportunities for Columbia’s local artists.

Tin Roof Colu mbia, sit t i ng r ight of f of A ssembly on Senate, will be the fifth of “The Roof” family, joining the Nashville, Knoxville, Cool Springs and Lexington locations to present a new kind of venue to local and

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The fifth of the “The Roof” series of restaurant/bars opens its doors today in The Vista. touring musicians.

“We hope to provide a very casual and fun place that adds to the character

of t he Vista a nd g ives people a good place with live music, and a place t o h a n g l at e -n ig ht a s

well,” said co-owner Bob Franklin.

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A small tech nolog y compa ny is usi ng t he Un iversit y of Sout h Carolina’s Innovista campus to develop virtual test beds for electronic transportation vehicles, bringing some life to USC’s oft-criticized research project.

Sy s E DA , a s t a r t u p through USC’s Business Incubator, received a $2.4 m ill ion g ra nt f rom t he Office of Naval Research to develop t he h ightechnology, cutting-edge products for the Navy.

The test beds were created by USC students under the supervision of USC electrical engineering professor Roger Dougal and were licensed by the USC Research Foundation.

“I’m guessing we’ve had 50 students involved in the software development over the years,” Dougal said.

I t ’s q u i n t e s s e n t i a l Innovista, Director Don Herriot said.

Te c h n o l o g y f o r t h e project was developed by USC students under the guidance of Dougal. The company’s employees are products of the University and it s CEO, Kelly Tr uesdale, is a product of t he Moore School of Business.

“USC research is t he fountainhead of Innovista,” Herriot said. “These are high-technology jobs, South Carolina entrepreneurship and this aligns perfectly with Innovista.”

Herriot called the project a “single” for Innovista, which has been oft-criticzed

by Gov. Mark Sanford and ot hers as a f lou ndering failure for the University.

It s st r uggles were ver y publ ic as it s leadersh ip changed after reports from The Free Times and other media outlets surfaced in 2009, revealing the project’s pr ivate developer K a le Roscoe to be a criminal, convicted of tax evasion and scamming previous contract holders.

But now the project is getting a “reset button,” so to speak, Herriot said.

“One of t he st rateg ic thrusts of Innovista will be starting up companies like SysEDA,” Herriot said.

“There’s hopefully a long list of companies that will come out of USC research.”

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Myrtle Beach sees increase Universities invest in land, take advantage of low prices NEW YORK — Universities are years or even decades ahead, but real estate research firm Real Capital in tourism, economic revival MYRTLE BE ACH — Officials along the Grand Strand say business this summer has been solid after a couple of tough years at South Carolina’s most popular vacat ion destination.

Tourism researchers at Coast a l Ca rol i na Universit y found hotel occ upa nc y is up eight percent this summer and attractions like Broadway at t he Beach repor ted a steady increase in customers, according to a story Monday by The Sun News of Myrtle Beach.

The increase in tourists shou ld lead to h igher hot el r at e s a nd j u mp start other parts of the economy around Myrtle Beach. Construction on new hotels could begin again in a couple of years, sa id Taylor Da monte, d i rector of t he Clay Brittain Jr. Center for Resort Tourism at Coastal Carolina University. “ T he big pic t u re is that we are now in the beginning stages of the n e w b u s i n e s s c y c le ,” Damonte told t he newspaper.

Credit for the increase in tourists goes to several d if ferent fac tors, sa id Br ad Dea n, pre sident and chief execut ive of the Myrtle Beach A rea Chamber of Commerce.

The a ir por t added direct flights to Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Chicago, while tourism officials i ncreased adver t isi ng, including trying to lure v isitors leer y of going to t he Gulf of Mex ico because of the oil spill.

The ads emphasized My rt le Beach as an

affordable destination for people on a tight budget, Dean said.

“The last 18 months have been some of the most challenging times for our local industry,” Dean told the newspaper. “ We’v e s e e n t h e t urnaround, and we’ve been faring much better than other destinations.

2010 has turned out to be a good year, which we’ve desperately needed.”

The key for the Grand Strand for next summer will be gett ing people who came to the area for the first time to return.

The area will continue to promote its attractions like the new boardwalk that opened this year near downtown Myrtle Beach, Dean said.

“The at t it ude dow n there is like 180 degrees d if ferent. T hey a re sprucing up businesses, investing capital in their b u s i n e s s e s . T h e y ’r e thinking about change for next year,” said Ripley’s Attractions Myrtle Beach General Manager Peter M acI nt y re, who ha s several attraction in the area.

There are mixed signs t o w he t he r t he g o o d summer w ill lead to a good fall. The first half of September appears to be going well, but Damonte’s su r vey of t he tou rism industry indicates weaker occupancy in the last half of September.

But Damonte points out that period often sees late bookings from people who decide to travel at the last minute.

STUDY ● Continued from 1 2007. SEC schools saw some of the greatest changes. Between 1990 and 2006 the average GPA at the University of Georgia went up by almost half a point — the most in the country among public schools.

“It has to do with standards, or lack of standards. Grading is not what it used to be,” Edgar said. “If

buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they’ll be used.

Some are taking advantage of good sales during a sluggish economy, while others, like Columbia University, are continuing a practice they’ve done for decades, buying even if the price isn’t discounted.

The Universit y of Day ton last year acquired the 115-acre world headquarters of technology company NCR Corp. for the fire sale price of $18 million after buying 50 acres from the company for three times the peracre price in 2005. And the University of Delaware last year bought a 272-acre former Chrysler auto plant for $24 million.

The schools are banking on future growth to make their purchases good investments. In the interim, many are leasing the properties they’re not using until they need them.

It’s good that colleges are looking

investing in real estate can be risky, ac adem ic re sea rch a na ly st Ja ne Wellman said.

“People who just lost their shirts in the last real estate crash know the risk of real estate as an investment portfolio,” Wellman said. Colleges “are banking that now is the low point in real estate, and it may not be.”

For y e a r s , C olu mbi a b ou g ht land wherever it could, amassing more than 17 acres on Manhattan’s Upper West Side between 2002 and 2009. Construction has begun on a multibillion-dollar expansion that would build new housing, laboratories, open space and tree-lined sidewalks.

University President Lee Bollinger said it won’t be finished for at least 30 years. And while some of the space has been dedicated to specific departments, Bollinger said he’s intentionally not deciding how the rest of the buildings will be used.

Dan Fasulo, a managing director for

A nalytics, says many colleges are jumping at new opportunities to buy land cheaply since the economic slump.

Some schools say the economic downturn drove prices so low that it was cheaper to buy land with existing buildings now than it would be to construct new ones later.

Universit y of Dayton President Daniel Curran thought he got “the deal of a lifetime” five years ago, when the Ohio university bought 50 acres from NCR Corp. for $25 million. Then he got a better offer: the company’s expansive world headquarters property — complete with a moat and a mini golf course — for $18 million.

The former Chrysler Group LLC plant the Universit y of Delaware bought won’t be completely built out for 50 years, said Executive Vice President Scott Douglass. Since nearly a quarter of it has no specific plans, it may be used for scientific testing, Douglass said.

Flooding causes concern as tropical storm heads to Gulf coast NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast on Monday.

Hermine “will briefly be over Mexico, and then we’re expecting it to produce very heavy rainfall over south Texas,” said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center. “We’re expecting widespread rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches with isolated amounts of a foot possible. Especially in the hilly and mountainous terrain that could cause life-threatening flash flooding.”

The storm’s winds strengthened to about 60 mph, and

by Monday afternoon it was located about 100 miles southsoutheast of Brownsville, Texas. Tropical storm force winds extended out up to 105 miles from the storm’s center.

While it is likely to hit just south of Matamoros — across the border from Brownsville — at tropical storm force, it has the potential to build into minimal hurricane strength, Blake said.

A hurricane watch was issued for the area from Rio San Fernando, Mexico, northward to Baffin Bay in Texas.

The cattle-ranching region is one the most dangerous in Mexico’s turf war between two drug cartels. It is the same area 72 migrants were killed two weeks ago in what it

I graded an essay now like I did 35 years ago, out of 90 students I might have 10 make the grades they’re making now.”

Testing changes have been made as well.

“If you had taken my class in 1975, South Carolina histor y, 50-minute class, an hour test would have included 10 identifications

and t wo essays,” Edgar said.

“Students today are given one essay to write, and knowing what the essay was going to be, out of 90 students I would say 20 percent of them had difficulty completing an essay in an hour and fifteen minutes.”

Fowler, on the other hand, said that his class has hardly changed

believed to be Mexico’s worst drug gang massacre to date.

Mexican emergency officials urged people living in lowlying coastal areas to move to shelters, but there were no immediate evacuation plans.

“We urge the general population to be on alert for possible floods and mudslides,” said Salvador Trevino, director of civil defense of Tamaulipas state, where Matamoros is located.

On the Texas coast, emergency officials readied pumping equipment and distributed sandbags in Cameron County, said John Cavazos, the county’s emergency management coordinator. He said they are also suggesting that people in recreational vehicles in county parks along the coast should move.

The officials are worried about flooding because the ground is already saturated from earlier rains. Some areas could get up to 12 inches of rain, he said.

“Anyone living in ... an area that’s known to flood, they need to take some precautions,” Cavazos said.

Frank Torres, emergency management coordinator for Willacy County, said officials are preparing sandbags and making sure people know a storm is coming.

“It just popped up out of nowhere,” he said. “We’re anticipating some flooding. The good thing is it’s going to blow through here very quickly.”

at all over the course of almost 50 years.

“If you assume that students 30 years ago and students today all study two hours a day, the grade inflation could be explained by the fact that they’re better students now,” Fowler said. “But if you assume that even if they’re smarter and they study less, you shouldn’t

necessarily assume t hat t hey should get better grades. Maybe they just argue with the professors better than they used to.”

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The Daily Gamecock ● TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 TIN ROOF ● Continued from 1 re st au ra nt du r i ng t he day and a bar that carries through the night, Tin Roof offers an alternative to what has already been done in Columbia. “ We a r e a b a r a n d restaurant first, and the live music is what takes place instead of having a jukebox or a DJ,” Franklin sa id. “ It ’s a d i f ferent concept than the White Mule or New Brookland Tavern, but we’re thinking it will add another place for musicians to play in town.”

With a web of connect ions and ot her locations, including a spot on Nashville’s famed music row, Tin Roof Columbia is looking to lend a hand to local musicians.

“We’ll bring in some people f rom Nashv ille and Atlanta, as well as the other cities we’re already in and vice-versa,” said Franklin. “We’ll get some of these Columbia people a chance to get on the road and play some of the other Tin Roofs.”

There w ill be live acou st ic, loca l mu sic during the week, with f ull bands play ing on t he weekends. Openmic and writers’ nights, as well as CD release parties, touring acts and outdoor mini-festivals and shows will keep the city involved, adding to the “local music joint’s” vision.

“The main v ibe we look for goes with our say ing, ‘Relax, you’re at the Roof,’” Franklin said. “It’s fun, leave your t roubles at t he door, everyone is someone here and it really is just a place to have a really good time with all your friends.”

A lthough the venue

With an outdoor patio, is 21-and-up for the latenight live performances, and patio seating, as well it i s 18 - a nd-up wh i le as booths and bar seating, the kitchen is still open. it is as comfortable as a Franklin, and Tin Roof restaurant, but also has f o u nd e r Ja s o n She e r, space to st a nd, da nce also plan to have all-ages a n d w a t c h t h e b a n d shows, especially w it h play at night. Prices are bigger, outdoor events. “comp et it ive ,” w it h a “The Roof” is meant to be particularly fair value for a food, bar and music hub drinks.

“If you buy a Jack and where everyone can go out Coke, you’re not getting a together.

“It’s a place where the Coke,” said Franklin. “We b u s i ne s s m a n m i n g le s give people a fair deal. with the college kid who We’re known for the heavy mingles with the guy from pour.” the music industry,” said Tin Roof Columbia, Franklin. “It’s really an incorporating every aspect eclectic mix, where it all of a night out on the town just sort of melds together.” with food, a bar and music, A t T i n R o o f , t h e is likely to become a new food is definitely not an Vista favorite. “ Ev e r y o n e n e e d s a af tert hought, wit h t he f ull-ser vice restaurant, place where they feel at open at 11 a.m. daily for home and feel special and lunch, offering favorites feel like their business is like Tin Roof ’s family valued,” said Frank lin. recipe salsa, made fresh “We give people a place every day, Avocado Pavo where they can relax and sandwich and the simple, blow off steam for a little b u t d e l i c i o u s g r i l l e d bit, and hear some great music, with some great chicken quesadilla.

“You get big servings, food and great ser v ice with fresh food, in a casual along the way.” env i ron ment . You get your money’s worth at the Comments on this story?

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Tin Roof offers different kinds of live music during the week.

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A youth drags a goat as he briefly returns to his village to check on his livestock.

Volcano erupts first time in 400 years More than 30,000 flee ash, flooding after unexpected explosion Binsar Bakkara The Associated Press

TANAH KARO, Indonesia — An Indonesian volcano shot black ash three miles into the air early today — its most powerful eruption since springing back to life after four centuries of dormancy.

T he f or c e of Mou nt Sinabung’s explosion could be felt five miles away.

“Th is one was rea l ly terrif y ing,” said A nissa Siregar, 30, as she and her two sleepy children arrived by truck at an emergency s he lt e r ne a r t he b a s e , add i ng t h at t he whole mountain shook violently for at least three minutes. “ It j u s t k e e p s g e t t i n g worse.”

The volcano in North Sumatra province erupted last week for the first time since 1600, catching many scientists off guard. With m o r e t h a n 129 a c t i v e volcanoes to watch, local

vulcanologists had failed to monitor it for rising magma, slight uplifts in land and ot her signs of seismic activity.

T here a re fea r s t h at c u r rent ac t i v it y c ou ld foreshadow a much more destructive explosion in the next few weeks or months, though it is possible, too, that the mountain will go back to sleep after letting off steam.

More than 30,000 people living along the volcano’s fertile slopes have been relocated to cra mped refugee camps, mosques and churches in nearby villages.

But some — like Siregar, the mother who fled with her ch ildren — have insisted on returning to the danger zone to check on their homes and their dust covered crops.

The government sent t r uck s to t he mou ntain before the eruption to help carry them back to safety.

Surono, who heads the nation’s volcano alert center, said intensit y at t he mou ntain is clearly increasing.

There were more than 80 volcanic earthquakes in the 24-hour lead up to the blast, compared to 50 on Friday, when ash and debris shot nearly two miles into the air.

The er upt ion early today occurred just a f t er m id n ight du r i n g a tor rent ia l dow npou r.

Witnesses said volcanic ash and mud oozed down the mountain’s slopes, flooding into abandoned homes.

Indonesia is a seismically charged region because of its location on the so-called “Ring of Fire” — a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere t hrough Japan and Southeast Asia.

It has recorded some of the largest eruptions in history.

The 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora buried the inhabitants of Sumbawa Island under searing ash, gas and rock, k illing an estimated 88,000 people.

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USC archaeologist to research Sherman’s march across SC Grant to fund study of Civil War camps, battlefields Sara Hartley

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More than 1,200 students lost the privilege to receive student tickets after failing to redeem their tickets at Thursday’s game. Students may still appeal the decision.

TICKETS ● Continued from 1

student ticketing office in the Russell House. In the past, officials have given leniency to those who make the effort to appeal, Long said.

Also, Long wants to remind students that they can cancel tickets up to kickoff.

While you’ll lose one loyalty point, it’s still better than losing privileges for the rest of the season, he said.

Long said the University expects to see a high demand this week for the rivalry showdown against Georgia.

“It’s Georgia, they’re a ranked team, it’s a SEC game, it’s a huge home game, and this is going to be a great game,” he said.

“People talk about Carolina fans being the best in the world. Well, we need to prove it.”

season for those who failed to cancel ticket reservations online for more than two games. This year, it’s one miss — without cancellation — and you’re done for the season.

But the number that missed was as high as ever. Leaders say they’ll stick to the policy and hope things change over time.

“We have to stand firm to it,” Long said. “Students who don’t abide by the new policy won’t care if we don’t stand firm. It is what it is and it was made known. When you have ESPN talking about our student section being a top-five student section in the nation and you can’t fill it for the first game, that’s sad and you have to question whether it’s really true.”

For the 1,200 who didn’t make the game, all is not lost. Those students can appeal the revocation until Friday at the

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Q: What is the best cure for a hangover?

A: There is no shortage of opinion on what makes the best cure for a hangover. Depending on who you ask, you may hear things as varied as having a big, greasy breakfast, eating menudo, or even taking another drink. But the low down on hangovers is this: try all the “cures” you like, but the only proven way to avoid them is to prevent them in the first place.

It hardly sounds exotic, but drinking plenty of water while you drink and limiting the number of drinks you have are the only surefire remedies.

Because alcohol is a diuretic – a type of drug that increases the rate of urination – drinking leads to dehydration. The more you drink, the more you will experience dehydration’s ill effects the next day, such as headache, dry mouth and fatigue. In fact, drinking alcohol in combination with caffeine (e.g rum and Coke) may even lead to more severe hangovers since caffeine has a similar dehydrating effect. In addition to water, sports drinks – which have the added benefit of glucose (sugar) and electrolytes (salts and other minerals) – can also help. Try having water, a sports drink or another nonalcoholic beverage for every standard drink of alcohol that you consume.

And what about those hangover-cure pills you may have heard about? Most of them instruct you to wash down their products with generous amounts of water. So chances are, if you didn’t experience a hangover after taking these, it was probably the water and not the pills that made the difference. One thing you will want to avoid after a night of drinking is acetaminophen (such as Tylenol), since the combination of alcohol and acetaminophen can cause serious liver damage. Other options to ease your discomfort such as aspirin or ibuprofen may seem like a good idea, but these products can lead to stomach irritation when your stomach is already in a delicate state due to alcohol (also an irritant).

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During the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman became famous for his march across South Carolina and for playing a key role in the defeat of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Today, there is work to be done to preserve the battle sites of this famous march and ensure that the history is not forgotten.

Steven Smit h, an archaeologist in t he Un iversit y of Sout h Carolina’s College of Arts and Sciences, is taking on t h is challenge a nd w ill soon beg in research ing battlefields and camps across the state.

“We will be developing a historic context [and will] go to sites and make sure they are correct,” said Smith, associate director of applied research in the college’s S.C. Institute of A rchaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA).

“Then we will provide a status report as to what that location looks like at this time.”

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Archaeologist Steven Smith uses GPS to study a historic site.

The first year of this twoyear project will be funded by a $64,200 grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program, which is part of the National Park Service (NPS). The grant was one of 25 awarded by the NPS to preserve battlefields and related sites across the country.

Fo r t h i s p a r t i c u l a r proje c t , Sm it h w i l l b e identifying and providing status reports of the battle sites and camps associated w it h Sher m a n’s m a rc h through South Carolina.

The general, Smith said, captured Atlanta in 1865 and marched across Georgia and South Carolina before reaching Gen. Robert E. Lee in North Carolina.

Smith expects to document about 60 sites t h roughout t he project but said that no excavation work will be done. Rather, t he goa l is to compi le information to help identify and preserve the historic sites.

In addition to looking at camps and battlefields, Smith will research t wo “Yankee” POW camps that existed in Columbia’s city limits.

“The exact locations of

those are not known,” Smith said. “We will tr y to do some research on that.”

O nc e i n f or m at ion i s compiled about these camps and battlefields, Smith said other organizations may be able to use this information to create a historic trail in South Carolina.

To identify these sites, Sm it h sa id he w i l l u se historic documents and let t er s a lo n g w it h t he information known about the landscapes today.

“Most of t he work at this level is information gathering,” he said.

Smith has been doing archaeological research for 30 years and has spent the past 18 years specializing in military sites in South Carolina and the Southeast.

He now oversees t he Military Sites Program for SCIAA. “I enjoy militar y history and like to put the history together with the archaeolog y,” he said. “I like to go to a site and know this is where something happened.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Flawed student ticketing system 6 points and seniors 8 points is a good starting point. rewards luck, requires changes

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1,200 game skippers deserve full penalty Hey, 1,800 students who couldn’t get tickets to Thursday’s game: 1,200 of your fellow Gamecocks decided to waste the tickets you were denied by not attending. But, on the bright side, your chances for getting into the Georgia game this Saturday have greatly increased. Due to the new one-strike policy, none one of those 1,200 will be attending.

Yes, those 1,200 can still appeal to the student ticketing office until Friday to be eligible for games the rest of the semester, and Student Government Secretary of Athletics Jeremy Long did state that officials will “Good riddance. Your be lenient. But, even if the appeals of many are kind embarrassed granted, despite whether they deserve it or not, it our university on won’t be in time to receive a ticket for this Saturday. national television” Well, good riddance.

Your kind, along with the many regrettably still-eligible students who scanned and scrammed, embarrassed our university on national television. Anyone watching the ESPN opener saw many empty seats in the student section. Outsiders who didn’t know 1,800 students wanted to attend must have thought USC had no love for its team. ESPN, which recently ranked our student section in the top five, will probably reconsider opening the season with us again.

The University needs to be resolute in their new policy and not grant appeals to students with bogus excuses. To those students who got too drunk to make it to the game: Do the right thing by not appealing.

Looking at the numbers, the amount of students who wasted tickets was as high as ever. Were they not aware of such a highly publicized change in the ticket policy?

Did they not read their e-mail or the many stories in The Daily Gamecock?

Perhaps they were preoccupied with their hangovers.

On Thursday night, approximately 9,400 students packed Williams-Brice Stadium for the football game against Southern Mississippi. One thousand seven hu ndred sevent y-si x st udent s requested tickets on TicketReturn but did not receive a ticket. Under the current loya lt y poi nt s y stem Ticket Ret u r n utilizes to distribute tickets, those same 1,776 students will be more far less likely to receive tickets to this week’s football game against Georgia than those who were fortunate enough to receive tickets to the opening game.

The ultimate purpose of the loyalty points system was to make the process of ticket distribution fair by rewarding students who attend many or all of the games. Unfortunately, when so many students do not receive tickets, the system hurts chances of those ticketless students to receive tickets to future football games.

For the sake of argument, let’s consider a f reshman’s loyalt y points, since a predominant number of students who didn’t receive tickets were freshmen.

Two freshmen request tickets to the G a me c o c k s’ op en i n g g a me ver s u s Southern Mississippi. One receives and claims a ticket in the lottery; the other doesn’t receive a ticket. The student who received a ticket goes to the game and enters the stadium before 6:30 p.m. This student receives three loyalty points for attending the game, raising his or her loyalt y points to six. Meanwhile, the student who didn’t receive a ticket in the lottery still only has three loyalty points, half those of the student who received a ticket.

The two students do not differ in class standing. They are both avid Gamecock fans and both want tickets to the Georgia game. Unfortunately, the student who got tickets for the Southern Mississippi game will be twice as likely to get a ticket to the Georgia game as the student who didn’t receive a Southern Mississippi ticket.

This probability does not fairly reflect either student’s loyalt y to Gamecock athletics, but rather reflects the working of a flawed system. To iron out these flaws I suggest a different system of distributing loyalty points.

Students would still start the year with a certain number of points ref lecting their seniority. The current system where freshmen have 3 points, sophomores 4 points, juniors and graduate students

Then, additional loyalty points should be awarded in two ways. A student should receive two points for requesting a ticket to a football game. If that student receives a ticket but does not claim it, they would not receive the two points. However, if a student does not receive a ticket they would be awarded the loyalt y points anyway. For entering the game in an early and timely fashion, a student would get one additional loyalty point. This would solve the issue of the current system hurting students that just get unlucky in the ticket lottery.

Lastly, in the period of time after the claim period when students can take unclaimed tickets, students should have access not only to unclaimed tickets in the student section but also tickets that were not purchased throughout the stadium.

It is a shame that 1,776 students were not able to attend the Southern Mississippi game when there were easily that many open seats in the upper deck. W hile those seats are not as good as those in the student section, having a seat in the upper deck beats having no seat at all.

This system would ser ve t he t r ue intention of the loyalty points: to reward students who want to attend most or all of the games. It will allow more students to attend games and will make the selection for student section seats more equitable.

The flaws in the current system reward students more for luck than for loyalty and leave devoted Gamecock fans at home when they could be in the stadium supporting their team.

John Clegg, First-year biomedical engineering student

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Injustice abroad shows justice of US system Recent cases in Nicaragua, Italy highlight differences, unfairness in foreign courts Criticism of the justice system is another one of the many debates circling politics in America. People are dissatisfied with many things from the lengthy appeals process, to sentencing discrepancies, to the quality of the prisons in America. But if there is one thing that will make you appreciate the system we have created here, it is watching “Locked Up Abroad” or “E! Investigates: Locked Up Overseas.” Both television shows are filled with stories of Americans who, some rightly and others wrongly, are arrested and imprisoned in countries that do not grant the same rights to their prisoners.

“E! Investigates” tells the story of American Eric Volz who was f ramed and w rongly convicted of murdering his local girlfriend in Nicaragua. Ten eyewitnesses, along with electronic records, place him two hours away from his girlfriend at the time of the murder.

A case that would have been opened and closed in the United States turned into nearly a

yearlong terrifying ordeal for Volz after the Nicaraguan judge chose to rule out the blatant evidence purely because of anti-American bias in the region. After serving nearly a year in a disgusting, violent prison, an appeals court judge overturned Volz’s conviction and he was able to return back to the United States.

It is not only t hird-world cou nt ries t hat have us apprec iat i ng t he A mer ic a n courts. The Amanda Knox trial in Italy shows how even a highly developed country doesn’t allow all of the freedoms we enjoy.

Not only was Knox convicted of Michelle Fantone murder, she also faces a slander Fourth-year charge for stating that police political science beat her. Apparently, whether and sociology or not the police hit her isn’t in student question. In Italy it is against the law to speak against the police, leaving Knox, who already faces 26 years in jail for murder, on trial again, this time for slander. In America, she would simply be executing her First Amendment rights and nobody would be concerned. Luckily for Knox, Italian prisons

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Ordering ahead, online no help Everyone started class Thursday, Aug. 19, but plent y of people st ill don’t have t he book s they need to participate and do assignments. If you’ve bought anything from the Russell House bookstore, you may have noticed the bag s t hat say “Buy your textbooks online: whywaitforbooks.com.”

Th is sloga n makes ab s olut e l y no s e n s e given that st udent s do more waiting a f t e r ordering b o o k s through Sydney the online Patterson service First-year print journalism t h a n student anyone ever could by going to any of the nu merou s tex tbook stores in Columbia.

I t hought, na ively, that ordering through t he school had to be t he easiest , fastest option. But boy was I wrong. I have watched jealously as my friends picked up a pack age with their books from the mailroom and heard of plenty of classmates g o i n g t o A d d a m’s or Sout h Carolina Book store and being done with their textbook shopping in a day.

Mea nwh ile, af ter going t hrough t he process of ordering, I had to wait days, weeks e v e n , f or a n e - m a i l saying my books were i n or t hat t hey were back ordered. W hen t hey f i nal ly ca me i n and I went to Russell House, I had to wait in one line to get the bookstore employee to call my order numbers to the people working the stock room and then wa it i n a not her l i ne u nt il t hey fou nd t he books. If perhaps you had more than one book you needed to pick up, you could bet on at least another hour for each one.

The system is completely ridiculous.

Somet hing has to be done to org a n ize a nd ma ke t he whole book ordering process much more ef f icient.

Customer service may be dying, but if someone is spending as much as st udent s a re for one book , t he book store needs to do something before everyone t a ke s t hei r bu si ne s s somewhere else.

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will be much nicer than the ones that Volz had to face, but it still does not take away from the scariness of not being able to exercise the same rights we are afforded here without question.

Discovering the pure truth is almost always impossible, and because of that, no judicial system is perfect or completely fair. We can always keep working to make our system better. Some people claim the United States grants too many rights and luxuries to our criminals. However, these rights are not meant to enable criminals but to help protect those who are potentially innocent. Even when someone is guilty, the system allows him to state his case to the fullest extent without the fear of repercussion. And when someone is convicted, at least American prisons afford inmates their human rights, unlike many countries that leave inmates to languish in squalid conditions. We are a country where people are innocent until proven guilty — where human rights are highly regarded, even to those who break out laws — and we must truly appreciate that.

Bookstore lines, waits unacceptable

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“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

— Will Durant TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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Acoustic songwriters, unsigned acts to spice up playlists Chloe Gould

STAFF WRITER

GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE

Twins Ty and Trey Turner are The Icarus Account.

St il l ver y much a n act on the rise, the Florida natives win over their fans with their unmatchable harmony and their grabbag track lists, which offer a little something different with each song. Unsigned, The Icarus Account has released two full-lengths, 2 0 0 8 ’s “ M a y d a y ” a n d 2 0 0 9 ’s “ L o v e i s t h e A nswer,” earning t hem a spot on Purevolume’s Top 20 Unsigned Bands o f 2 0 0 9. T h e Tu r n e r brot her s do b e st w it h “Proud,” of f “Mayday,” which focuses on t heir absolutely incredible voices and ranges, as well as their guitar talents, while telling a little tale of their decision to play music. The Icarus Account is still relying on fan support, and looking to book shows, so visit their MySpace at myspace.com/ theicarusaccount.

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THE ICARUS ACCOUNT

Folk-pop rocker Peter Br ad le y A d a m s , w ho was a founding member of t he fol k /pop ac t E a st mou nt a i n sout h, started his solo career i n 20 05, but ha s y e t t o f i nd a s t r o n g mainstream following.

The Birmingham, A L nat ive, who is sig ned with Sarathan Records, is best k now n for h is ch illed-out, acoust icguitar tracks with lyrics t h at b ot h s o ot h a nd inspire. With one EP and three full-length studio albums under his belt, 20 08’s “Leavet a k i ng” earned Adams the Indie Acoustic Project’s “Best CDs of 2008” Award for Best Male Songwriter.

His latest album, 2009’s “Traces,” offers a nice mix of what Adams does be st , w it h “For You” proving to be the favorite track.

For Listeners Of: William Fitz simmons, Joshua James

PETER BRADLEY ADAMS

Pop-rock band STAY i s o n t he r i s e a s a n alternat ive, edg y pop ba nd, w it h def i n ite potential to find a spot i n ne x t y e a r ’s Va n’s Wa r ped Tou r. Voted one of Purevolume’s Top 20 Unsigned Bands of 2009, their music goes hand-in-hand with their side-swooped hair-dos and v-neck tees, but does offer a few surprises with slowed-down acoustic tracks like “Bella,” off their 2008 EP “Games W i t h G i r l s .” T h e i r “ S u m m e r S a m p l e r,” self-relea sed i n Ju ly, features “Power Lines,” a strong representation of S TAY ’s s ig n at u re sound. The STAY boys a re gea r i ng up for a month in the studio with Nada Recording Studio, owned by producer John Naclerio, which is sure to bring a follow-up to this summer’s sampler.

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STAY

STEVE MOAKLER

Pittsburgh native Steve Moakler is a master of acoustic pop/rock, with a n i nfect ious voice that can’t be matched and songs that are sure to br i ng sm i les. T he curly-haired cutie, who w i ns over a l l c rowds w it h h i s C o n v e r s e s , k iller personalit y and music that has an allaround feel-good vibe, i s u n sig ned, but h a s released three albums — “ T h e We i g h t o f Words” in 2007, “Like I Mean It” in 2008, and “All the Faint Lights” in March 2009. Big in the Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia local music scenes, he wins his fans over with favorites “Stay Sound” and “Hesitate.”

Moakler will be playing at C onver se C ol lege in Spartanburg on October 20th, and it will definitely be worth the drive!

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Mainstream rock band Green River Ordinance has already seen some success on the main stage a nd i s on l y c l i mbi ng c h a r t s , w it h a s ou nd somewhere bet ween Matchbox Twent y and t he t went y-somet hing r o c k e r s o f t o d a y.

O r ig i na l ly f rom For t Worth, TX, the five-man band, including brothers G eof f a nd Ja mey Ice, r ele a s e d “O ut of My H a nds” w it h V i rg i n R e c or d s i n Feb r u a r y 2009. The album found a spot on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, wit h “Come On” and title track “Out of My Hands” marketing Green River Ordinance as up-beat rockers ready for the top charts.

Tracks “Learning” and “Endlessly” slow things down, but keep a good beat throughout.

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Gorgeous ‘American’ falls flat Clooney’s latest packs plenty of atmosphere, potential, but too ponderous to thrill Neal Hughes

STAFF WRITER

“The American” is a film that can be appreciated easily, but is difficult to enjoy.

It is definitely a film with many strengths, and finding aspects to laud takes little effort. Sadly, the flaws of “The American” are of equal if not greater proportion to the strengths. Director Anton Corbijn methodically weaves a thriller that at times is gripping and undeniably engrossing.

However, some may feel that the film drags and creates a bore by using flat characters.

The film follows Jack (George Clooney), a grizzled and hardened assassin who has just narrowly escaped an attempt on his life, and in the process murdered his lady friend. At the urging of his superior, Jack decides to lay low in a miniscule town in the mountains of Italy.

As time progresses, Jack lets his guard down and becomes too friendly with local prostitute Ingrid (Irina Bjorklund), while simultaneously completing his last job.

Jack chooses to ignore the old adage states, “Never mix business with pleasure,” and begins to experience the repercussions of his actions as things start to unravel.

“The American” is a gorgeously shot film. It is set in the most beautiful areas, and each shot is framed in a location that would make any tourist salivate. Corbijn does an excellent job showing Clooney’s emot ions t h rough close-ups on h is troubled and weary face.

The American NOW IN THEATERS ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩

Director: Anton Corbijn Starring: George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Irina Bjorklund Run Time: 103 minutes Rating: R for violence, sexual content and nudity

Discovery hostage situation opens issues of spectatorship, programming Jimmy Gilmore THE MIX EDITOR

However, while the film may float along visually, it seriously lacks in other areas.

The dialogue is sparse and when Corbijn decides to use it, it really is inconsequential.

Most of the plot action comes from literal action on screen, and not from spoken word. This works exceptionally well at times and does provide some excellent scenes that cause the heart to pump, but “The A merican” is no “Bourne” installment, so these types of scenes occur too few times in the film.

The film is only 103 minutes long but it does feel much longer. With many scenes showing Clooney pondering or reacting to a situation, the less-patient viewer might become cantankerous with the meticulous pace.

A side f rom t he v isuals, Corbijn’s best achievement in “The American” is a creation of the sense of isolation that Clooney’s character has. It’s reminiscent of the classic “Jeremiah Johnson.” While in doing this Corbijn may have added to the film’s drudgery, he did a make a palatable

Last Wednesday, a gunman held multiple employees hostage at the Discovery Channel building in Maryland for five hours before being shot by police.

Trade paper The Hollywood Reporter, reporting on the story, said the gunman was James Jay Lee, a one-time employee of the network who had turned his energy to a manifesto his website, savetheplanetprotest.com. The site, labeled simply as “My Demands,” fi nds Lee demanding Discovery and its affi liates (which include TLC) “have daily television programs at prime time slots ... where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other’s inventive ideas.”

The site goes on to chastise Discovery Health and TLC for “encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions,” and demands that, “Civilization must be exposed for the fi lth it is. That, and all its disgusting religious-cultural roots and greed.” Ultimately, Lee suggests, “the planet does not need humans.”

These are strong words, and were unfortunately followed by even stronger actions.

Like all these seemingly isolated incidents (the attack at the Holocaust museum and the Virginia Tech shooting incidents come immediately to mind), the Internet became an unheard microphone for fanatical viewpoints that developed into attempts at violence.

While The Hollywood Reporter noted none of the employees were injured, Lee’s actions shouldn’t just be brushed aside as irrational and isolated. And no, this doesn’t simply have to do with how the Internet gives every disturbed citizen a soapbox.

This has to do, strangely enough, with how people watch television. As bizarre as Lee’s manifesto is, he does make a point: how can we, as spectators, possibly hope to understand intense political, social and environmental changes in our world at the same time we’re asked to watch “19 Kids and Counting”?

Yes, Discovery and its affi liates are only a slim percentage of the programming on television, and it’s just as easy for someone to watch “Say Yes to the Dress” as it is to watch any number of MSNBC’s or Fox News’ content.

But what is the point of this niche programming? What does it give to the spectator?

Can Discovery point to “Kate Plus 8” as valuable, especially after the exploitative way it covered that family’s breakdown?

While Lee pointed to the ideology of Discovery as detrimental to the environment, devoting itself to glorifying the eccentricities of humanity instead of the necessity of salvaging the planet, he was only a few pieces of logic away from understanding the bigger

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Thekla Reuten (left) and George Clooney star in “The American,” the new thriller from director Anton Corbijn, which grossed $16.4 million over Labor Day weekend.

AMERICAN ● Continued from 6 feeling for the audience to experience.

It is clear that Corbijn is a European director, and most likely “The American” will be better received overseas. Aside from American star Clooney being cast in the lead, the film has a very European feel and can draw many comparisons to the excellent “In Bruges.” It is defi nitely not on par with director Martin McDonagh’s masterpiece, but still is respectable in some areas.

If the film had a tighter script, and ENTERTAINMENT ● Continued from 6 problem.

I n ou r telev ision world of overstimulation, of a desire to fill every possible bit of specialty programming, we begin to accept shows about the morbidly obese, the vertically challenged and teenagers with babies as quality, as something to make time for, even if we can reconcile it as a guilty pleasure.

In the Hollywood Reporter’s coverage of t he event, t hey quoted a Discover y representative who said the network wants to make “great TV again.” Yet, the network will probably not cancel “19 K ids and Counting” or give less of a spotlight to people with peculiar lifestyles, especially with network president and CEO Mark Hollinger calling TLC “one of the strongest television networks in the United States.”

Make no mistake, what happened last Wednesday in the Discovery Building was

Corbijn foc u sed le ss on Clooney ’s emotional seclusion and more on an arresting plot, the film could have possibly been mentioned with the best of the year.

Unfortunately, Corbijn decided not to do any of that and instead the audience is left with a film that has incredible potential and shows flashes of brilliance, yet does not live up to the grand expectations that it often hints at.

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E-mail gamecockfeatures@sc.edu horrific. It was irrational and spurred by a man who lacked the ability to peacefully exist with his political opinion.

But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t make us think about what kind of spectators we are, about where we’re getting our entertainment and what kind of ideology it’s asking us to swallow. Every program and every viewer has a separate ideology, and it’s up to us — the viewers, the demographics — to be critical media consumers.

O u t o f t h i s t r a g e d y s h o u ld c o m e d isc ussion, about what telev ision ca n and should be, and how executives and spectators alike can enact change through the medium, even as we secretly swallow “Kate Plus 8” with a bowl of ice cream.

That’s Entertainment.

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WHERE: Greene Street WHAT: University 101 Campus Safety Presentations WHEN: 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Russell House 305 WHAT: Student Government Freshman Council Meetings WHEN: 5 p.m.

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ARIES Today you do a circus-style balancing ac t bet ween accept i ng responsibility and claiming independence. You can have both. Keep an open mind, and be willing to dance.

TAURUS Close the door and work in silence to accomplish more in less time. Warn others off with a note: Do not interrupt.

Then thrive.

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Tr a n sfor m a rom a nt ic relationship with greater insight into the desires of another. You get what you need in return. Love flows both ways.

C A N C E R Yo u p r o b a b l y d o n’t w a nt to adhere to family t rad it ion s now. You’re more interested in making big changes as quickly as possible. Enlist help from a partner.

LEO Take romance home with you if possible.

Definitely don’t leave it on the desk at work. Pick up flowers on the way home.

Good news comes from far away.

V I R G O Yo u r partner surprises you by t h row i ng more mone y i n t he p ot . T he n y ou both need to spend time balancing the checkbook.

Spend on basics.

LIBR A Life f lows smoothly where family and household are concerned.

You also get lots of work done — if you maintain emotional perspective.

SCOR PIO A n older person recommends hiding your head in the sand. You appreciate the sentiment, but don’t go there. Take the bull by the horns instead.

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THE RIVALRY RENEWED VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO TIGERS IN ROCK HILL

SOCCER BLANKS CU FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR

Ed Neuhaus

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ROCK HILL – The pain of losing to a rival is a tough pill to swallow. Losing to a rival in a shutout that drops one’s record to 0-4 is even worse.

T he G a meco ck s fought e ven ly with Clemson all evening long, but t he Tigers were able to t a ke t he Gamecocks out in three sets, 24-26, 22-25, 19-25 at the Carolina Challenge at Winthrop Coliseum on Friday. Later losses to Winthrop and the College of Charleston on Saturday leave the Gamecocks with a 0-6 start to the year.

USC lost to Clemson for the first Ed Neuhaus / THE DAILY GAMECOCK time since 2005, and USC coach Ben Somera said that was partly because 5th-highest total in Carolina couldn’t establish a pace a three-set match in Carolina history.

C a r ol i n a’s h it t i n g a g a i n s t t he offensively “Overall, I thought we couldn’t fi nd Tigers cont ributed to t he loss, as any rhythm offensively, and that really the Gamecocks hit for only a .079 put us back on our heels,” Somera said. percentage. That was exacerbated in “We had to try and get everything done the final set, when the Gamecocks’ percentage was an even .000. defensively.”

Clemson opened up numerous leads In a back and forth first set, the Gamecocks (0-6) and Tigers (6-0) in the second set, with Carolina errors traded rallies, and the set was tied 10-10 being a main concern. The Gamecocks and 11-11, before Clemson stretched committed seven errors in the set. it out to a 16-13 lead. Carolina rallied Down 23-18, USC was able to close to tie it at 18, and with Taylor Bruns it to 24-22, but Clemson eventually serving, Carolina took a 19-18 lead. prevailed 25-22.

Clemson came out strong in the The lead was short lived, as Clemson took five of the next six points to take third set, taking a 16-9 lead, and was a 23-20 advantage, eventually winning able to hold on to take the match 3-0 by beating Carolina 25-19 in the third. the set 26-24.

Somera said that despite some of “It felt like it just kept us with a level of anxiousness that we never really the impressive personal numbers the got over,” Somera said. “We did not Gamecocks put up, the action on the rebound well from losing that game. court was not what he would have liked Neither team played very well, and to have seen.

“Statistically I guess there are some Clemson probably felt prett y good about getting that game. At some point positives,” Somera said. “But the way we you have to let that go and play better played and interacted was not positive. and try and get your side going in the And that’s the hard part about this.” right direction.”

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The USC men’s soccer team shut out Clemson 2-0 on Friday in front of a record crowd at Stone Stadium.

Both the Tigers and Gamecocks came into Friday’s season-opening contest at the “Graveyard” looking not only to gain their fi rst win of the year, but to gain statewide bragging rights. USC accomplished both tasks in front of a venue-record 6,157 fans and a national television audience on the Fox Soccer Channel Collegiate Match of the Week.

“Obviously its a great rivalry, you can look at all the scores, you can look at it a lot of years, and to win four years in a row is a great accomplishment. To shut them out four years in a row is an even more outstanding accomplishment,” USC coach Mark Berson said. “I am very proud of our seniors and the whole team.”

USC (1-0) came out firing to open the match, taking seven shots in the first half, compared to just one by Clemson (0-1). The opening 45 minutes were very physical, with both teams tallying nine fouls apiece, a start befitting the oft-heated Palmetto State rivalry. At the break, the match remained where it began, at nil-nil.

“Coach [Berson] told us at [halftime] to stay up on them and don’t give them any breathing room,” senior Blake Brettschneider said. “That’s exactly what we tried to do the entire second half.”

USC took heed to its coach’s call in the second period of play. Carolina’s offense came to life early in the second half, as Brettschneider streaked down the field after receiving a pinpoint pass from Mark Wiltse to score the first goal of the match a mere 40 seconds into the period, putting the goal in past CU goalkeeper Cody Mizzel. It was the senior’s second career matchwinning goal against the Tigers, as

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Brettschneider had the match-winner in double-overtime at Clemson in 2007.

T he G a mecock s added a not her score later as senior defenseman Will Traynor scored in the 66th minute off of a Carolina corner kick. USC held its lead from there, as Clemson was unable to muster any kind of offense down the stretch. USC goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer did not face a single shot on goal the entire night.

On the night, USC outshot Clemson 11-5 and came out ahead in fouls 1914. Clemson had three yellow cards to USC’s two. USC’s four straight wins over CU is the second-longest streak of Carolina dominance in the series.

The current senior class completed a four-year sweep of the Tigers.

“There’s not a much better win then beating Clemson in the opening game of the season,” Brettschneider said.

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Coming off a week-long hiatus, the South Carolina women’s soccer team once again showed its ability to play well at the Graveyard.

Playing the third of a six-match home stand in front of a crowd of 1,656 at Stone Stadium, the No. 19 Gamecocks managed to come away with a point in a physical 1-1 draw with Arizona State.

“I think we all felt a little bit disappointed,” USC coach Shelley Smith said. “I thought we had the run of play towards the end, but we just didn’t find the goal we needed.

We’re glad about the way we matched them and were able to put ourselves in position to where we looked like we were going to win.

I was proud of the effort.”

The beginning of the match was a battle of the defenses, with no shots for either team until junior midfielder Kira Campbell sent one wide left in the 17th minute.

Three minutes later, however, junior forward Maria Petroni put the Gamecocks (3-1-1) on the board with her first goal of the

season. Fielding a cross from sophomore midfielder Christine Watts, Petroni sent a header into the right corner of the net. Both Watts and junior forward Kayla Grimsley were credited with an assist.

“Christine had a great ball in and I ended up getting across the last defender and getting a head on it,” Petroni said. “With my height, I try to work on my heading a lot so it was good to finally get one in.” The Sun Devils (3-0-1) didn’t go away, however. Off a corner kick in the 37th minute, sophomore Taylor McCarter fired a shot from 20 yards out past the gloves of senior goalkeeper Mollie Patton, tying the match.

The offensive bombardment continued in the second half, with Arizona State notching eight shots in the first 15 minutes. Patton held strong, however, making five saves during that span and keeping USC’s hopes alive.

“I said to Mollie afterwards that she put us in a position to try to win the game. She really had some key saves, and that’s what you’re asking of every goalkeeper,” Smith said. “Those were good forwards, strong shooters. If she doesn’t come up with those saves, it would’ve been a loss.”

Rallying behind Patton’s performance, the Gamecocks managed to regain the

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The USC women’s soccer team fought to a 1-1 draw against visiting Arizona State. momentum, firing seven shots over the next 30 minutes. Despite some close calls, including a pair of deflected shots by sophomore forward Rae Wilson and junior midfielder Lolly Holland, the score remained tied after 90 minutes, sending the match into extra time.

Carolina again came close in the two 10-minute overtime periods, with its closest scoring chance coming on a header by junior defender Ellen Fahey that missed high, but neither team managed to break the 1-1 tie.

Fa he y, who wa s m a k i ng her f i r st appearance since injuring her knee against Northeastern, played all 110 minutes of the

match.

“You’re talking about a player that’s started for us for two years and played every minute since she was a freshman,” Smith said. “That kind of leadership that she brings to the field, her ability to win balls in the air, she’s vocal, she steps well, she organizes. Those are key things that we ask of our center backs and she’s someone that has been through that already.”

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Gamecocks finish third at meet, despite Biwott’s success Junior wins Invitational individual honors, Clemson wins team title Corbin Ensminger

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FORT JACKSON – Beatrice Biwott won the race, but her team lost the meet.

Clemson won the 2010 Gamecock Invitational on Friday, but Biwott’s field-leading time was good enough for USC to take third behind Coastal Carolina, finishing just five points away from its archrivals and first place.

Biwott, a junior, was in the lead pack from the beginning and took the lead at the 1.5-mile mark. She never relinquished her hold on first from there, finishing in 17:58.70, eight seconds ahead of second place.

“I was very happy with her. That was a great race,” USC coach Stan Rosenthal said. “She was patient and didn’t jump into the lead right away.”

Biwott said she was eager for this tournament to come, and has high aspirations for the season.

“It’s a good start for both my team and me,” Biwott said.

“It’s my goal this year to be top ten in the SEC.” Rosenthal said that Biwott ran the type of race he was looking for. If she does so consistently she may crack the top ten conference runners.

“She’s going to have to be patient because there’s going to be people as good or better than her so she’s going to have to sit there in the pack and wait until the end to give herself a chance, like she did today,” Rosenthal said. “She can give herself a chance for All-Conference and to make it to the NCA As as an BIWOTT individual.”

Biwott’s performance not included, Rosenthal said he was “very disappointed” in the results of the team.

“We had a couple girls get really excited and they were actually leading Beatrice at the beginning of the race, and they really paid for that in the end,” Rosenthal said. “That was not good. Hopefully they learned a valuable lesson.”

Freshman Liz Locke was the next South Carolina runner to finish after Biwott. Locke came in ninth at 18:28.72, a personal best for her. Despite the record, Rosenthal still believes she could have done better.

“They certainly race like freshmen. They went out way too hard and way too fast,” Rosenthal said. “We can’t afford to be impatient. But for freshmen, it’s all about learning how to control themselves a little bit.”

Junior Nicole Rheinlander finished 11th, also setting a personal record.

“Nicole ran a very good race,” Rosenthal said. “She was smart and didn’t go out too hard.”

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