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USC Dance Marathon raises over $1 million for the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital in 2018.
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Student’s body identified in murder-suicide Hannah Jeffrey @THEGAMECOCK
Second-year criminology and criminal justice student Diamoney Greene was identified as one of the two people found shot to death in the Copper Beech Townhouse Community on Nov. 13, 2014. Juliana Lee, a leasing agent and Copper Beech resident, said the complex’s management is working in full cooperation with the sheriff’s department and that their thoughts are
with the families. “It didn’t really have anything to do with security here,” Lee said. “It was an internal situation, and the investigation is ongoing.” Greene was shot to death by Brandon Early, who then turned the gun on himself in the Copper Beech Townhouse Community, where Greene lived. Early, 21, and Greene, 20, were found in unit 2106 around 7 p.m on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2014. A roommate called
police when they couldn’t get into the house because one of the bodies was blocking the front door. Both Early and Greene were found with gunshot wounds to the head and died on the scene, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. University President Harris Pastides released a statement Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2014, offering his condolences to Greene’s family. “Patricia and I are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Diamoney
Memorial fund started for slain professor’s research Lauren Shirley @THEGAMECOCK
Professor Raja Fayad was the victim of the murdersuicide that occurred on USC’s campus Feb. 5, 2015. His ex-wife, Sunghee Kwon shot the professor in an office before turning the gun on herself. This was not the first time Kwon had visited Fayad at USC. Before his death, Fayad was working at the Center of Colon Cancer Research where his primary focus was on colorectal cancer. He began collaborating with the researchers at the center when he first came to USC in 2008. His research “held great promise in helping to
prevent and treat disease,” according to the center’s official statement. Frank Berger, director of the Center for Colon Cancer Research, felt that Fayad would be sorely missed. “Were he able to continue with his work with colon cancer research,” Berger said in a USC interview, “he would have saved lives and made other lives better. He was an important person for the research he did, but he was also important because he was a great collaborator and had an upbeat personality.” According to the fund’s
website, “family, colleagues and students will determine the exact use of the money, which will be used to enhance his life’s work of teaching and cancer research.” The fund accepts donations via its website, which can be found on the Arnold School of Public Health’s main page, as well as checks made payable to University Foundations.
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Greene, a member of our Carolina family,” Pastides said. “Our heartfelt prayers are with Diamoney’s family and friends during this difficult time. As our campus grieves the loss of a promising young life, USC will make counseling and support services available to our Carolina community.” According to Watts, the incident appears to have been a murdersuicide that happened last Saturday or Sunday. The autopsies were completed Wednesday morning.
Students help with flood relief efforts Patrick Ingraham @THEGAMECOCK
Over 2,500 people have signed up to volunteer with UofSCRelief, according to the group’s founder, third-year sociology and Russian student Cory Alpert. That’s almost a two-fold increase in the number of volunteers from Monday evening. The student-run volunteer coordination program is working with United Way of the Midlands, the university and other parties in order to find out where volunteers are most needed and coordinating transport. Other volunteers have since been sent out to Rosewood Baptist and and The Timmerman School earlier this morning. Currently, it has coordinated
over 25 events for Tuesday alone. For Alpert, who began the organization to help coordinate support for the state’s recent flooding, the main priority is to keep people safe, including the volunteers. The sign-up website stipulates that no volunteers will be sent out until the City of Columbia gives the go-ahead. When asked if he had expected such a large response, Alpert didn’t mince words: “No way in hell,” he said. “I thought that this would hit 200 people, most of whom I knew. This has just been crazy. And it’s flooding in.” UofSCRelief volunteers will assist with a variety of tasks — damage repair, distribution of goods to evacuation shelters and water debris removal.
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Rucker, Bryan play opening of J-school Ben Crawford
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Darius Rucker and Mark Bryan, former members of the hit band Hootie & the Blowfish, will play a “brief performance” at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications’ New Building Dedication ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2015, at 6 p.m., according to then College of Information and Communications Dean Charles Bierbauer. It will take place at the foot of the Horseshoe, near Sumter St. “We kept it under wraps as long as we could, to avoid 20,000 people converging. We really don’t want that,” Bierbauer said. Journalism and information technology students who wish to
attend the event must first receive a wristband on the Wednesday of the concert at 8:30 a.m. at the Russell House information desk on the second floor. While there will be a dedicated area for students, alumni and faculty of the Journalism school, the event will also be open to the public. “I’m kind of looking at this as Darius’ and Mark’s gift to the school and to our students and faculty,” Bierbauer said. Rucker and Bryan were founding members of Hootie & the Blowfish, which has its roots at USC. Bryan is an alumnus of the journalism school and has known Bierbauer for some time. “Mark and I started talking about this years ago,” Bierbauer said. “Along the lines of, ‘when we get a new building, wouldn’t it be nice if you
could perform?’ Mark was on board from the start.” Bierbauer brought up the idea with Rucker two years ago, when Rucker was on campus to accept an honorary doctorate from the Medical University of South Carolina. He promptly agreed. Bierbauer avoided the use of the word ‘concert,’ estimating that the duo will perform for around 30 minutes. “The guys will play as long as they’re having fun,” he said. The dedication ceremony began at 5 p.m. and included speeches from President Harris Pastides, Bierbauer, Interim Director Andrea Tanner and third-year broadcast journalism student Nancy Caroline Cann. After the performance, the school held an invite-only reception for donors. Regan Freeman/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Secessionists rally behind flag USC shelters CofC students
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The capital city of the first state to secede from the Union saw the Confederate battle flag return to Statehouse grounds Sunday morning. One year following then Gov. Nikki Haley’s decision to remove the Confederate flag from outside the building, the South Carolina Secessionist Party raised its own flag in the same spot, rallying in passionate support of it and what it means to them. The week leading up to the rally consisted of multiple tragedies involving law enforcement, including the shooting and killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando
Castile near Minneapolis, Minnesota. These incidents sparked outrage and Black Lives Matter protests. The m o s t r e c e n t t r a g e d y, i n Dallas, Texas, was the murder of five police officers. In the aftermath of these events, a Black Lives Matter counterprotest to the Confederate flag rally was cancelled. There would instead be a larger Black Lives Matter protest that night. The Secessionist Party, however, stood by its decision to hold its rally that Sunday morning. Many of those who attended the rally wore black ribbons on their wrists in remembrance of the fallen Dallas officers. Some of the flags people carried on their person had phrases on them, such as “These colors don’t run,”
“I ain’t coming down” and “Heritage not hate.” Among the rebel flag’s s u p p o r t e r s w a s U S C ’s second-year business student Trey Weaver, who stopped by the rally after leaving church. Weaver says his ancestors fought in the Confederate army, and he supports them and what they stood for. “I think it goes back to what the war between the states was actually about,” Weaver told the The Daily Gamecock in reference to those who believe the flag sends a hateful message. “I did a pretty lengthy paper on the war between the states and Robert E. Lee and secession ... It wasn’t about slavery. It wasn’t about right or wrong. It was about states’ rights.”
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Buses arrived to Greene Street on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, carrying about 50 students from the College of Charleston who left their campus following then Gov. Nikki Haley’s order for the evacuation of coastal residents. She called for Charleston and Beaufort counties to begin evacuating residents and visitors before 3 p.m. on Oct. 5, but the College of Charleston students were told they had to be out of dorms by 9 a.m. For most, the decision to leave was a quick one. They signed up the previous evening for a spot on the bus, which they thought was heading to Clemson. “We didn’t find out it was going to be here until this morning at, like, 10,” College of Charleston student Bree Lewis said. They waited hours in Charleston Wednesday morning before getting onto the bus around 11:30 a.m. The trip that normally takes two hours took them almost four. As the guests arrived, they were greeted by cheering Student Government leaders. “Our home is your home,” the university tweeted.
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Total solar eclipse excites, darkens USC campus Mary Ramsey
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Students in the class of 2021 weren’t the only new kids on campus Monday as thousands trekked to Columbia to witness the 2017 total solar eclipse. USC and the surrounding area experienced just over two and a half minutes of darkness in the middle of the afternoon. People gathered on the Horseshoe and even caught a glimpse of NASA scientists doing research on Greene Street. More than 120 eclipse-themed events were organized in and around Columbia, according to Total Eclipse Weekend. The city was marketed as the “eclipse capital of the East Coast,” boasting the region’s longest period of totality. “I’m from Baltimore, and I know people that are coming down from Baltimore to see it,” Major T.J. Geary said. “It just does a lot for the city.”
The Carolina Band greeted the sun’s corona with a special rendition of Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” University move-in day was purposefully scheduled after the eclipse, making it just two days before the first day of classes. Meanwhile, the economic impact of so many visitors could reach as much as $50 million. Beyond the sheer volume of the numbers, some like Geary found a greater meaning in so many people coming together to witness the same event. “With all the stuff that’s happening in the world ... [I think] it’s just important that we can all come together for this thing that’s kind of crazy.” This was the first eclipse to cross the United States since 1979, and another won’t occur until 2024.
Vigil gives solace to students affected by suicide A diverse group of students, faculty and staff gathered at Rutledge Chapel on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, for an evening to remember students lost to suicide and offer comfort and solace to those affected. Speakers from different corners of campus life, from University President Harris Pastides to a student who lost her best friend to suicide, shared often deeply personal stories as well as words of hope and encouragement. “Let me say that all of us are wounded in some way ... and it is our goal to let everybody know that when we are wounded, and feel wounded, and feel alarmed, and feel anxious, and feel depressed that there is somewhere to go,” Pastides said in his address. April Scott, USC’s associate director of Campus Mental Health Initiatives, also spoke about the resources available to students in crisis or those that believe someone they know is in crisis. She highlighted the university’s counseling and psychiatry services as well as stress management and suicide prevention programs. A 2017 study found that 10.1 percent of USC students have “seriously considered suicide” in
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the last 12 months. The same study indicated that depression rates among USC students rose from 3.8 percent to 10.8 percent from 2010 to 2017. The event culminated in a moment of silent reflection as attendees guarded the flames of their candles against the lingering remnants of the day’s rain on the Horseshoe. “I really felt like our student body as well as faculty and staff came together ... I feel like this is a good way to lay the foundation of community around o u r u n i v e r s i t y, ” fourth-year mass communications student Corbin Landers said. Landers was one of the organizers of Thursday’s vigil. “I just hope that people can walk away feeling safe, secure,
connected, supported and cared for,” he said. Landers worked closely with the Graduate Student Association, mental health awareness organization Active Minds and USC’s Student Government to put together the event. They were inspired after the death of a student in Gambrell Hall in October.
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Around 300 students raised $55,000 in the first year for the Children’s Miracle Network, a record at the time for a firstyear Dance Marathon on a college campus. In 2018, the million dollar milestone raised USC’s Dance Marathon to No. 8 in the country for fundraising for a college organization. “It’s just something that really warms my heart,” said Simon Herrmann, Dance Marathon’s first president. “It’s pretty cool that it has grown this big and helping out in a way that I never imagined.” Carl Johnson expressed the importance of tradition in the huge event on Saturday. “We wanted to start a new tradition that would build on the deep roots of the institution and grow
and thrive like University of South Carolina did,” Johnson said. I t ’s g r a t i f y i n g f o r Herrmann to see how big Dance Marathon has grown and how it has become such a huge part of campus life. “It’s still one of the things I’m most proud of,” Herrmann said. “Most of the year w e w e r e n ’t o n t r a c k , and it was really scary,” said Lenda Thompson, second year biochemistry student. “It was also super inspiring, not just for DM but for every other part of life ... it seems somewhat impossible, but with everyone’s passion you knew that it was gonna happen.” At 11:45 p.m. the staff flipped over the signs revealing the grand total of $1,025,171, which brought on a rush of enthusiasm from the participants.
This $1,000,000 is not the end of the journey. Dance Marathon will continue to raise more money to ensure that Palmetto Health can continue making miracles happen. “A million dollar goal is laying the groundwork for the future,” said secondyear public health student Tanner Sutter. After the fundraising goal was reached, participants were eager to share their experience. With just over 2,300 participants known as heroes at the Main Event, excitement permeated the atmosphere. “The event itself is always the best part,” said Joshua Fry, fourth year international business and finance student. “Being able to see all your hard work come to fruition is something that’s just magical.”
A string of armed robberies and kidnappings along Bluff and Shop roads put the USC community into a stir in July 2017. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced July 27, 2017, that two suspects were in custody for the armed incidents, with a third suspect being arrested the following day. Lott said that the suspects in custody on July 27, 17-year-old Raquan Green and a 15-yearold juvenile, were involved in a total of seven armed incidents over the preceding four weeks. The suspects began by robbing and assaulting food delivery drivers but eventually escalated to kidnappings. According to Lott, Green has a previous criminal record, but the July incidents do not show a connection to gang activity. Lott said an investigation is still ongoing and that the Richland County Sheriff’s Department has obtained a significant amount of e v i d e n c e from vehicles involved in the incidents and eyewitness a c c o u n t s . Lott also complimented the victims, who he said helped the investigation “tremendously.”
“This was a crime spree,” Lott said. “[The suspects] would not have stopped. The only thing that would have stopped them was them being arrested, and we were able to do that.” The series of crimes began July 3, 2017, with the armed robbery of a China Wing Basket delivery driver, according to RCSD. Three more drivers were similarly robbed between July 15 and 19. Two of those incidents took place in the vicinity of The Southern @ 1051 and The Village at Columbia, a pair of adjacent student housing complexes between Bluff and Shop roads. The suspects were involved in two separate kidnappings at Stadium Suites in the early morning hours of July 25, one at 1:30 a.m. and one at 2 a.m. The first incident involved a single female victim and did not include a robbery, but the second involved the carjacking and robbery of two victims.
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On Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, country superstar Brad Paisley graced Columbia with his musical talents and stunning good looks when he performed for the opening of the university’s brand new alumni center. Presented by My Carolina Alumni Center, Paisley’s concert offered a muchneeded morale boost for the Columbia community following the flooding. The concert, which was also advertised as an extra homecoming activity, gave students the chance to apply to win a wristband, which offered them free access to Paisley’s show.
Located at 900 Senate S t . i n t h e Vi s t a , t h e 60,000-square-foot alumni center was completed in A u g u s t o f 2 0 1 5 . Wi t h indoor and outdoor space, the 26-million-dollar project certainly got the opening it deserved with Paisley taking over the space Friday evening. Paisley’s appearance was met with excited screams of delight from students and alumni alike. He started off strong and got the crowd going with his summer hit, “Crushin It,” and proved that, like the lyrics of the song say, he is without a doubt the “king of getting unwound.”
USC hosts First Folio exhibit Emily Barber
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Alongside the Bible and Greek mythology, the works of William Shakespeare are some of the most referenced pieces of literature in history. In spring 2016, the University of South Carolina hosted a copy of the volume that preserved his works on paper nearly 400 years ago: the First Folio. Until April 30, 2016, the Folio and a wide variety of other documents dating back to the Elizabethan era were on display in the Ernest F. Hollings Library. Nearly all of the documents and manuscripts belong to USC, but the Folio itself was here on temporary loan from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Elizabeth Sudduth, the director of the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, said that the exhibit is not limited to scholars and academics. “The Folger’s purpose in doing this is to bring Shakespeare to the people,” Sudduth said. “We also want kids who are probably too young to have read Shakespeare but might appreciate the stories ... and people who might have encountered Shakespeare in school some long time ago.” USC went through an extensive application process and is the only venue in South Carolina
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that hosted one of the First Folios. The Folger has 82 copies of the original 750 that were printed in 1623. The Folio was compiled by several of Shakespeare’s friends after his death, and it was popular enough that three more editions of the Folio were created throughout the years. Sudduth said that without the Folio, about half of Shakespeare’s works would have been lost because they were preserved only as prompt books for the actors who performed them. “It’s that compilation that turned his plays into literature that could be studied,” she said, “because it made all of his plays accessible and portable. It gave people the opportunity to experience his language, to really look at what
Cola gets Cat Cafe In fall 2017, Jaime Andres Ortega opened Catitude, Columbia’s first cat cafe. “We’re going to change the lives of thousands of cats,” Ortega said. Leland McElveen/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK
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Despite storms, First-ever Cockstock event shakes up 2016 Homecoming Darius Rucker performs at CLA Shayla Nidever @TDG_ARTS
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Darius Rucker’s longawaited concert was held Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Colonial Life Arena amid severe weather and flash floods. Despite the hazardous conditions, about 10,000 people came out to see Rucker and a host of surprise guests. After an exhausting 10 minutes of Gamecock Athletics celebration, Rucker took the stage. Wearing a Final Four hat and Gamecock T-shirt, Rucker kicked off his set with a few of his popular solo hits like “Radio” and “Southern State of Mind.” “Here I am, people,” Rucker said, before kicking off into an hourlong set that spanned his career with Hootie and the Blowfish to his forthcoming album.
Rucker broke up his songs with gushings of pride for the Gamecocks and memories of the campus and Five Points (where he got the inspiration for “Let Her Cry”) and even invited more guests onto the stage — Hootie and The Blowfi sh member Mark Bryan and Gamecock great Connor Shaw. Although the turnout was huge, many students were unable to make it due to the fl ash flooding that affected the Whaley/Olympia areas of Columbia and many more. But for those who attended, no one seemed upset that the show had gone on. Rucker himself sent out an apology to fans missing the show. “I’m so sorry,” he said repeatedly. Rucker did look on the positive side and noted
Cockstock was Homecoming 2016’s newest addition, initially proposed by Student Body President Michael Parks when he ran for office last year. The concert was held on the Strom Thurmond Field Nov. 4, 2016, at 7 p.m. and featured Cockapella, the Carolina Girls and hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd. With more than 8,200 students in attendance, some waited almost two hours for the gates to open. Expecting only 5,000 students, the turnout of the newest homecoming event surpassed the student organizations’ hopes. Some students were even turned away, as the event’s security was only staffed for 7,000. The main feature, Rae Sremmurd, also didn’t come onstage until just before 9 p.m., almost three hours after the gates opened to students. The duo was received with loud cheers and an energetic crowd, singing many of their popular songs from their newest album, including “No Flex Zone,” “No Type,” “My X” and “Black Beatles.” They entertained the crowd with lights, highenergy songs, a few pineapples and ending their performance with fireworks. Parks delivered on his campaign promise, working with Carolina Productions and the UofSC Homecoming committee to make the event happen. The group signed Rae Sremmurd in the beginning of the summer before the new album dropped, which worked out better than Parks expected.
that the cancellation of afternoon classes allowed for an “awesome pregame.” Apocalyptic weather aside, the night was filled with lots of music, lots of Gamecock pride and a Keith Urban lookalike that kicked the whole night off with an electric guitar rendition of the national anthem — it was a night to remember.
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Although Student Government Treasurer Stinson Rogers would not comment on the price tag of the event, it is estimated upwards of $90,000 went into the making of Cockstock. Rogers did, however, share the hope that everyone wants Cockstock to continue to happen in the future. With about a quarter of the entire student body at the concert, the expectations for Cockstock were exceeded, as students of all ages and majors came to the event. “To me, in life, I think there’s two things that always bring human beings together — food and music,” Parks said. “So that was a big point of everything that’s going on tonight. I see the fact that USC is such a huge, diverse student body, that, other than football games, there’s not really one event that brings everybody together to one place to do one thing at the same time.”
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Spurrier resigns midway through football season Will Helms @WHELMS21
Gamecocks upset rival UGA
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It turned out there was a little magic left within the walls of Williams-Brice Stadium. No. 24 South Carolina was left for dead after a crushing week one loss at home, but on Sept. 13, 2014, the Gamecocks did the unthinkable. The Gamecocks toppled the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs 38-35. From the very beginning of the game, it certainly looked like the Gamecocks were destined to pull off the upset. After receiving the opening kick-off, redshirt senior quarterback Dylan Thompson led South Carolina down the field on a nine-play, 75-yard drive that
resulted in a Shaq Roland touchdown grab. Once the Bulldogs got their first shot on offense, it took them all of two plays to go 69 yards for a score of their own. That set the tone for the rest of the contest as both teams traded blows until the clock reached zero, and South Carolina had its final three-point advantage. Juniors Brandon Wilds and Mike Davis combined for 159 yards and a touchdown for the day, and proved that the hype surrounding South Carolina’s backfield in the offseason was well-warranted. “We feed off each other pretty well, and I’d say it was a great effort by both of us,” Davis said. “We had a great game.”
Wi t h f e w e r t h a n t w o minutes to go in the game, South Carolina faced a fourth-and-one and opted to forgo the punt in an attempt to get the first down. And by a matter of centimeters, Thompson plunged forward and put the game out of reach for Georgia. On a young defense that spent the game proving it belonged in the stacked SEC, Skai Moore made the biggest impression. The sophomore finished with a team-leading 10 tackles. “When our back’s against the wall, our mindset is just to gut up,” Moore said. “Who wants it more is going to get it ... We preached that to everybody on the field, just let them know that we’ve got to gut up and make a play.”
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11 and informed South Carolina Athletic Director Ray Tanner later that afternoon. Still, it felt as if the 7 0 - y e a r- o l d w a s n o t serious about stepping away from college football. After nearly four decades of coaching, Spurrier was done.
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SPORTS 15 SPURRIERPAGE14 “I was the right coach for this job 11 years ago,” Spurrier said. “But not today.” When Spurrier came to South Carolina in 2004, the Gamecocks were mired in mediocrity. A perennial bottom-dweller in the SEC, the Gamecocks needed a spark. They needed a coach that could bring them into the national spotlight. They hired Spurrier. T h e 1 9 6 6 H e i s m a n Tr o p h y winner began his coaching career in 1978 as the quarterbacks coach at the University of Florida, his alma mater. After short stints with Georgia Tech, Duke and as head coach of the USFL’s Tampa Bay Bandits, the Blue Devils offered Spurrier the head coaching job in 1987.
Twenty-eight years and 228 wins later, Spurrier is calling it quits. While few actually said it, there was a feeling that the Head Ball Coach would retire after the 2015 season. However, with the Gamecocks 2-4, Spurrier thought it best to not delay. “When something is inevitable, I believe you do it right then,” Spurrier said. Spurrier took South Carolina to new heights and brought the school to national prominence. Despite a less-than-stellar fi nal season and a half, Spurrier did more for the program than any other coach in school history. As he went out, Spurrier cemented his place in South Carolina football lore. “It’s time for me to get out of the way,” Spurrier said.
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On Dec. 6, 201 2015, athletics 20 director ctor Ray Tan Ta Tanner hired Auburn n defensive coordinator Will Muschamp to t take over d coa ass the head coach for the South Carolina fo football team. Muschamp had pr previous head oaching ching exper experien coaching experience, leading the Florida Gators to a 2821 record from 2011-2014. He had mixed results in Gainesville, evidenced by an 11-2 record in 2012, followed by an abysmal 4-8 season in 2013. A former safety at Georgia, Muschamp is known for his prowess on the defensive side of the ball, as he served as a defensive coordinator for Valdosta State, LSU, Auburn
and Texas. Muschamp brought in multiple assistants from his tenure at Florida, perhaps none more controversial than offensive coordinator Kurt Roper. Roper spent 2015 serving as an offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns staff. Former Gamecock quarterback Connor Shaw, now with the Cleveland Browns, referred to Roper as “one of the most brilliant offensive minds [he’s] ever been around” and a “godsend.” On the defensive end, Muschamp seems to have hit a home run with defensive coordinator Travaris Robinson. A former NFL safety, Robinson has been with Muschamp for the last five seasons, all four at
Florida and 2015 at Auburn. Robinson is regarded as a great recruiter, as ESPN ranked him as the best recruiter amongst assistant coaches in 2013. Muschamp found another great recruiter in wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon, who was named 247 Sports Recruiter of the Year in 2014. McClendon has been the recruiting coordinator for Georgia for the last two seasons, bringing in a top-10 class in 2015. As Muschamp learned at Florida, assistant coaching hires can make or break a team’s success. The new head man assembled a strong staff for the Gamecocks with strong recruiters and solid position coaches.
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Just the thir third No. N 7 seed to make the Final Four in the history of the tournament, Sou South Carolina’s late second-half push wasn’t quite enough in a 77-73 defea defeat tto Gonzaga.
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Gamecocks bring home first national championship
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For the first ttime ever, the South uth Carolina Gamecocks were ere the national nationa champions in women’s omen’s basketbal basketball. Behind hind the coac coaching of Dawn Staley and double double-digit scoring off A’ja Wilson, A Al Allisha Gray and Kaela ela Davis, th the Gamecocks defeated Mississippi State 6755 in the national championship game in Dallas on Sunday, April 2, 2017 . “I really can’t even put into words the feeling of how much it meant to win this game for coach,” Wilson said. “It really means something special to kind of bring this back home, especially for such a great person like Coach Staley.”
South Carolina trailed until the 24 second mark in the fi rst q u a r t e r. S o p h o m o r e g u a r d Doniyah Cliney drew a foul and sank both free throws, giving the Gamecocks their first lead of the game, 16-14. MSU ended the first quarter on a nearly three-minute scoring drought, shooting 0-for-5 from the field. Gray drove into the lane, drew a foul and sank both free throws, putting the Gamecocks up 18-14. Similar to the first quarter, MSU went on a five-minute field goal scoring drought in the second quarter, allowing South Carolina to reach a 36-26 halftime lead. B u t t h e B u l l d o g s d i d n ’t disappear that easily. Midway through the third quarter, MSU put together a 9-0
FOURPAGE16 field in the first and finished on a 7-0 run. At halftime, the Bulldogs lead 4536. Gonzaga star guard Nigel WilliamsGoss capitalized on a basket-and-foul for a three-point play to give Gonzaga a 64-51 advantage with 10:55 remaining. Then South Carolina made its run. The Gamecocks rediscovered their trademark blue-collar defense and outscored Gonzaga 17-0 during a second-half stretch. Thornwell and sophomore guard PJ Dozier connected
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run on perfect (5-of-5) field goal shooting, cutting the Gamecocks’ once 14-point lead to five. At the buzzer, Davis nailed a pullup jumper to give the Gamecocks an eight-point lead, sending them into the final 10 minutes of their season. With 3:16 to go, Wilson took over and delivered the final dagger. Her teammates watched, stood up and punched their fists in realization of the program’s first ever national championship. Wilson, who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, led with 23 points, while Gray finished with 18 and Davis finished with 10. “That’s our season, attacking in paint, paint dominance,” Wilson said. “We kept doing that, and got the win.”
The women’s wom athletic at programs stepped up in a big way during dur ttheir respective seasons, making names for South Carolina both within the SEC and on a national scale. The women’s soccer team continued their dominance in the fall. The Gamecocks fought through the Elite E Eight and advanced to their first ever er College Cup. C But that’s all they could do, as they fell to No. 1 Stanford in the semifinals. Still, South Carolina clinched its second-straight SEC regular season title and had a lot of success to look back on. “I couldn’t be more proud of this group and this team,” head coach Shelley Smith said. “We told these players to not hang their head. They’ve done amazing things for our program. They’ve accomplished great things.” Most of that success came from their leader, senior Savannah McCaskill, as she continued to have yet another record-breaking season. Her Gamecock career was over, but she headed straight for the NWSL. After her original team folded, McCaskill had to find a new home and was once again drafted second to land with Sky Blue FC.
on consecutive 3-pointers to anchor Martin said. “Whether it’s win or lose, the run. A Dozier floater to tie the we’re so resilient. They don’t give in game served as to difficult moments, the exclamation and that’s the reason mark on the we’re on this platform Gamecocks’ tonight.” torrid scoring The Bulldogs held a streak. 75-73 lead in the final “It’s who we minute. Williams-Goss are, that’s why missed a fading 3-point I’ve been so attempt and South Victoria Richman / THE DAILY GAMECOCK positive and so Carolina recovered proud of these kids the whole year,” the ball with 12.7 seconds left in the South Carolina head coach Frank contest.
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Gonzaga fouled Thornwell with less than 3.5 seconds remaining. The senior hit 1-of-2 attempts and the Gamecocks immediately sent Killian Tillie to the line. Tillie converted both attempts and secured a 77-73 win for the Bulldogs. “We figured out a way to get off our backs and get back up and fight to the end,” Martin said. “And that’s why I’m so proud of these guys and what they’ve built and how hard they fought to get a lot of people to smile, a lot of people to care.”
18 SPORTS WOMENPAGE17 The spring continued that success from the women. The tennis team had a historic season of its own, claiming a perfect SEC record for most of the regular season before falling to Florida at home on April 7. But before that, the Gamecocks clinched their first ever perfect SEC road record, going 6-0 during that stretch. “The team has accomplished a lot thus far, but we still have plenty to work on and a number of tough matches ahead. Proud of the way we competed down the stretch today and excited for the new challenges ahead.” Shreyas Saboo / THE The softball team has DAILY GAMECOCK found a way to win this season, pulling off multiple late comebacks to defeat top-ranked opponents. A big highlight was sweeping then-No. 2 Tennessee to make a name for the Gamecocks within the SEC. “I’m so proud of this team, the way they fought all weekend,” head coach Beverly Smith said. “Then the way they came out, and put an exclamation point on game three, I’m so proud of them.” Both the tennis and softball teams will look to continue their historic seasons as they look ahead to postseason play.
Gamecocks complete four-peat
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It seems thi third time’s the S charm forr the South Carolina ’s basketball bask baske women’s team as ameco the Gamecocks defeated the issippi State Stat Bulldogs 62Mississippi n the champ cchampionship round 51 in thi straight stra forr the third year. This ives South Sou Carolina Car gives its fourth straight SEC tournament title — the longest streak in the conference. The Gamecocks came out firing in the first half, bringing them to a spacious 30-19 lead at halftime. The Bulldogs worked during the second half to protect their undefeated season, trailing by only five at one point during the third quarter. But South Carolina
found its momentum during the fourth quarter to expand the lead and claim the title. Head coach Dawn Staley recognized the fight in her team to get the win and make program history, and credits how hard they have worked all year. “Our kids were engaged and locked into the game plan,” Staley said. “They did not want to lose. I think they wanted to create their own history, which was to win four SEC Tournament championships. And they were determined to do it.” Wilson ended the game leading the Gamecocks with 16 points and helped her team accomplish a feat like no other. She earned South Carolina
four SEC Tournament titles, adding to the already growing legacy she’s leaving on the program. After the game, Wilson celebrated with her team as they cut down the net and danced around waving four fingers. She’s the only Gamecock to have won the four titles and knows how much it means to the program. “It’s a blessing and an honor,” Wilson said. “The SEC is a great conference and to make history like that, to be a team that’s gone four times in a row to the championship and won it, it’s a great feeling. I really can’t even put into words the feeling I know I have ... So this has been a great tournament.”
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A FINAL FAREWELL
OPINION Graduating columnists share their last thoughts
Opining should stay a hobby, not a career This is my final column for The Daily Gamecock. I’ve been writing columns for six semesters now, and I’ve been opinion editor for four of those. I’ve racked up around 1,000 hours of time in the newsroom. This is my 80th column, Linden which means our copy editors Atelsek have had to read more than 60,000 Fourth-year psychology words of my blathering — enough student to fill a small novel, or 132 pages on Microsoft Word. I’ve met (and argued with) most of my best college friends here. It would be impossible to quantify in list form everything I’ve learned here. So I’ll focus on one: Opinion writing — and opining in general — is a skill, but it shouldn’t be a job offered by media companies. I’ll back up for a moment, because there’s a little bit of hypocrisy inherent in this thesis. After all, I’ve gotten paid for four semesters while writing down my opinion. But I think there’s a salient difference here between our paper and professional media. First, because I’m not really getting paid for my opinions — and neither are most of our paid staffers being paid for their writing, regardless of their section. I’m getting paid for showing up for work, putting in the hours and getting other people’s opinions from their heads onto our printed pages and our website. Opinion editors at The Daily Gamecock are getting paid to organize and lead, not to have opinions. Second, because a college newspaper exists at least partially to teach skills. Expressing an opinion cogently and supporting it well are definitely skills that everyone should have, but that not everyone actually does. There is no better way to learn those things than by doing a stint as an opinion writer — I highly recommend having a go at it if you’re a dedicated malcontent like me. So to sum up my point, essentially, this isn’t the kind of job I’m talking about when I say opining shouldn’t be a career path in the media. No, I’m talking about the Hannitys. And the Bret Stephenses and the David Brookses, and so on. The
career commentators. That’s not to say that no one with these jobs is smart or a good writer — that’s clearly not true — but they don’t serve a valuable purpose as members of the media. It’s also not to say that opinion writing and commentary should never be published or aired by the media. Op-eds are extremely valuable when they’re written by people whose opinions and experiences we should care about — say, by a legislator considering a piece of legislation, or a lawyer giving their expert opinion on a legal issue, or a person who’s been a victim of injustice speaking out about it. But I think we don’t ask ourselves enough why we care about the opinions of professional opinion writers and TV personalities. Why, really, is Sean Hannity any more qualified than any other person in the world to have an opinion about the news? He’s been a commentator his entire career. He’s made a living out of being opinionated and not much else. And he’s not the only one — go look into the backgrounds of a lot of famous opinionhavers. The Paul Krugmans are few and far between, the Bret Stephenses are many. I’m not saying that you need a Nobel Prize in something to have an opinion about it — you are welcome to have all the opinions you want and to voice them on the largest tree stump that will carry your weight — but it’s worth questioning why major media companies employ stables of people whose only qualification for their job is that they have an opinion. As someone who’s done it (albeit on a much smaller scale), I can tell you that there’s really nothing about my job as a columnist that any person on this campus with rational opinions couldn’t do if they had the same crack team of copy editors I have at my back. I am an expert in very few things, possibly none. My opinions are not special or unique. Many other people have had them before me, and many others will come by them organically, without ever having read my work or the work of anyone who agrees with me. Of course, it’s true that some people are worse writers than I am — but equally, many are better. That same principle holds true for the pros. Being
on TV or having a syndicated column doesn’t make you right, or even smart. You might be thinking that opinion columns shed light on niche issues, or that they’re intended to convince people, and that those things make them valuable. You would be right about the first two of those things, but I don’t believe that makes them a necessary part of a newsroom. For starters, high-quality reporting also shines light on niche issues, and provides a much more comprehensive view of them to boot. When I’m writing my opinion pieces, I rely on the much more valuable, much more reliable work done by journalists and academics, as well as the testimonies of people who’ve experienced the issues I’m talking about. All of those things deserve paper space much more than what I think about them. As far as convincing people goes, I have to think that that’s infrequent at best. Most people, if the contents of our comments section and longstanding psychological principles are anything to go on, either hate-read columns they know they won’t agree with or read columns that conform to their existing beliefs. My political opinions come from a place of personal ethics informed by my experiences and supported by research I’ve done on my own time. Other people’s opinions influenced their inception (thanks, Mom and Dad) but I’ve read at least ten columns every week for three years, and while some of them have definitely made me think or made me do more research, none of them have fundamentally changed my feelings. I doubt I’m particularly stubborn — the truth is, on things like politics, which are deeply personal, the argument of someone you don’t know is probably not going to produce a change of heart. I’m going to miss The Daily Gamecock and the people I met here more than almost anything else in South Carolina. I hope that people have enjoyed reading my work, and if I’ve ever convinced anyone of anything, that might just be the proudest achievement of my college career. But I’m a realistic person, and in the immortal words of one of our commenters, “Hey, Linden, no one cares what you think.”
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With graduation around the corner, many of us are staring at the future head on. For this farewell column I am expected to give some kind of “congratulations, Lori Elliot the world is yours” pep Fourth-year talk. I am not supposed English student to tell you that the world is in fact not yours for the taking, despite the fact we so clearly feel entitled to it. I am not supposed to remind you that we are the most educated generation with the least employed amount of people and the largest amount of student loan debt. I am not supposed to tell you about how inflation impacts minimum wage positions and how $7.25 40 years ago is only worth about two dollars now, yet the cost to buy or even rent a home is the nearly the highest it’s ever been because of a housing market the generation before you completely destroyed. But it is not their fault either, they were just trying to catch a few crumbs of leftovers from the top 1 percent. That 1 percent owns more than the bottom 99 percent combined, but we don’t see that because when 99 people are hungry and fighting for the very last bite who cares who ate the rest. I am supposed to tell you the world is ours, the same world we founded on the genocide of millions of people and then built by the labor of another million. That we have yet to acknowledge out loud or rectify, because we don’t properly apologize for these past wrongs. We just rewrite the history books to make
us the heroes or to hide the truth. That we live in a world where, 58 years ago, four black men sat at a Greensboro, North Carolina, counter for whites only and still today black men are being arrested for sitting in a Starbucks. No, I am supposed to tell you the world is yours, but I am not supposed to tell you that the planet is dying and it’s our fault. I am not supposed to remind you there is no “planet B” and that your grandchildren will more than likely never see a polar bear. I am not supposed to say that we have a reality TV star as our president who has made us the laughingstock of the world. I am not supposed to say its our fault, that it was one side’s hate and the apathy of the other, but both of our prides. I am not supposed to say the government is in the NRA’s pocket, the pockets that helped put Trump in that office, and that those pockets are heavier than the caskets of children. I am supposed to tell you the world is yours. But I am not supposed to tell you that I am so very sorry for how you are received. I am sorry for the ones who have yet to learn any of this and the ones who think they know all there is to learn. No refunds or exchanges. No, I am supposed to tell you the world is yours. And even though it is not, and even though you did very little to contribute to these things, I am not supposed to tell you it is now your responsibility. So, try your best to make it a better place than the people who came before us. In the words of RuPaul, “Good luck. And don’t f--- it up”.
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Farewell letter from the editor: Here’s a health... The view from the editor-in-chief’s office is so different from the view from my seat as a copy editor eight semesters ago. I’ve watched The Daily Gamecock weather changes in leadership, changes in print days and changes in the landscape of journalism as a whole. But we were given these challenges, and we met them with, if not joy, then persistence. The staff members who are continuing with the paper should look forward not with fear but with confidence, and the staff members who are moving on should look back on their time here not with sadness but with pride. This is a time for celebration, so I’d like to propose a toast. Here’s to the copy desk chief who yelled “We got one!” when I told her I was interested in copy editing at the org fair in fall 2014. Here’s to the hours I spent in the blue armchair next to the chief’s computer, learning
AP Style and asking question after much this paper means to me. Here’s question, fearing I would let a mistake to learning when to move on. through. Here’s to H e r e ’ s the people to their who’ve been patience. with me at Here’s to the paper the editors since day who took one and to a risk and the people promoted I only met me despite t h i s y e a r. t h e i r H e r e ’s t o reservations the late about my nights in the skill. Here’s newsroom, to the work to the Victoria Richman / THE DAILY GAMECOCK w e e k e n d s I put in to make myself better and prove my in the mountains, to the evenings in worth. Here’s to their trust. people’s living rooms, to the hours Here’s to the friends and co-editors we spent working, laughing, singing who kept me from leaving the paper together. Here’s to their friendship. by leaving before I could. Here’s to Here’s to the six editors-in-chief the time it took me to realize how I worked for and with during these
last four years. Here’s to the lessons I learned from each of them and the foundation they gave me to stand on. Here’s to their legacy. Here’s to the editor-in-chief who will come after me. Here’s to the staff who will help her lead the paper to the next level. Here’s to their potential. Here’s to the time and effort our writers spend crafting a story, or our photographers spend lining up a shot, or our designers spend making a page just right. Here’s to the unseen work of our copy editors and social media staff. Here’s to their dedication. Here’s to the past four years, and here’s to the next four, and the next, and the next... Here’s a health, Daily Gamecock. Forever to thee.
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