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St udent G over n ment passed sweeping and historic revisions to its Const it ut ion Wednesday

Compton’s finale spoiled Coastal Carolina knocked off USC softball, sending Coach Joyce Compton out with a loss at Beckham Field.

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night, paving the way for graduate st udent s to have much g reater representation in the organization.

T he leg islat ion pa s sed w it h more than 90 percent of the vote, much more than the two-thirds needed for a ny const it ut iona l change. Should the student body support the revisions in a special referendum vote in the fall, the

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Put Yourself First Take time during these last stressful weeks of school to focus on personal goals, and ignore negaMichael tivity from others.

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Fresh off her first final, singer/songwriter Haley Dreis opened to 275 students for We the Kings in the Russell House Ballroom Wednesday night. Dreis’s band booked the gig as a prize for winning USC’s Battle of the Bands last year.

“It was crazy because we had never played full-band before that specific show, and we were just overwhelmed and shocked in a good way to have this opportunity,” said the third-year music student.

Students poured into the ballroom to watch We the Kings.

“I love them — the lead

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singer, I love him,” said thirdyear anthropology student Keely Lewis.

Tr av is C la rk , t he lead singer for We the Kings, won the crowd with some tigerbashing, claiming in jest that the band ran over a Clemson tiger on the way to Columbia.

The band’s latest music video, “We’ll Be A Dream” fe at u r i n g Dem i L ov ato , premieres today on MTV, and Clark announced that his mom will be getting a check mark tattooed on her behind as part of a bet they made years ago.

“When I started the band, I told my mom if we ever got on MTV she’d have to get a tattoo,” Clark said to the crowd.

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Sorority holds percent night to support Leigh Rossi

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Haley Dreis opens to crowded ballroom for rock sensation

st udent gover n ment, w it h t wo separate branches dealing wit h issues pertaining to undergraduate and graduate students, respectively.

Both branches have their own vice presidents and t reasurers. The st udent body president ca n be either a graduate or undergraduate

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“This is huge,” Graduate Student Association President Alan Tauber said. “It validates our place as full students of the university, and it allows us to product ively work towards the solution of graduate student issues.”

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Alpha Chi Omega will work at the Sonic on Assembly Street tonight in an effort to raise money for Leigh Rossi, a freshman in the sorority who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma last semester.

Between the hours of 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., when the late-night Sonic rush ensues, the sisters of Alpha Chi Omega will be car-hopping in shifts of 10 to 15 girls with tip buckets asking for donations to help fund Rossi’s cancer treatment.

Others will be holding signs in front of the restaurant encouraging drivers to stop in for some onion rings and a burger to help raise money. All Tips plus 10 percent of all purchases will go toward Rossi’s treatment.

Rossi, a first-year business student , was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on Dec. 1, just after her return from Thanksgiving brea k . She moved back to her home i n Virginia where she underwent seven weeks of inpatient chemotherapy treatment, with two weeks of outpatient treatment in between the chemotherapy.

Last Friday, April 16, doctors informed Rossi that a biopsy of the tumor revealed she is cancer free.

“I’m so thankful that I have such great sisters who are going out of their way to do these fundraisers for me,” Rossi said.

A sh ley Brow n, a f i rst-yea r broadcast journalism st udent , collaborated for t he fundraiser with close family member and marketing partner for Sonic, Sutton Shaw.

“When Leigh was diagnosed, we knew it would be the perfect thing to do to help her out. It hit so close to home for all of us with it happening to a sister,” Brown said.

Shaw was eager to host a fundraiser for Rossi after her own father died from cancer six months ago.

“It’s a perfect match for us,” Shaw said. “Sonic isn’t just a restaurant on Assembly. We see ourselves as an important part of the college experience and it’s important for us to give back to the students.”

Alpha Chi Omega has held several other fundraising events for Rossi, including the silent Sonic ● 4

Students, faculty auction art in Capstone Left: Thorne Compton, chairman of the Art Department at USC, bids on a ceramic piece during Wednesday’s 55th Annual Art Auction inside Capstone House. 85 works of art by 27 different artists brought nearly 100 bidders by night’s end. Two of the bidders were President Harris Pastides and his wife Patricia MoorePastides. Pastides jokingly said he hoped the department took credit cards and that his goal was to outbid his wife. Benefits from the auction go towards scholarships, student programs and the maintenance of the McMaster Art Gallery on campus. The department doesn’t receive any scholarship funding from the university, according to Compton.

Right: Larry Hembree, executive director of the Nickelodeon Theatre in downtown Columbia, was one of three auctioneers during the event.

Hembree excitedly gestured to the audience, laughing and making jokes all the while. Most of the pieces of art went for at least $100, with many going for $400 or more. Pastides said pieces in the past have gone for over $1,000.

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Senate Changes Student Government passed its budget for the next fiscal year unanimously Wednesday night after little debate.

Most of the budget was similar to years past.

A few of the more noteworthy changes: • The organizat ion discont inued f u n d i n g f o r t h e Fa c u l t y/ S e n a t e Luncheon, the Minority/Greek Dinner and the Soiree of Student Leaders.

• Fu nd i ng for Cock y ’s Read i ng Express was cut from $1200 to $250.

SG will no longer cover T-shirts or overnight lodging.

• T he org a n iz at ion upped it s advertising by $800, spending $600 of the additional dollars in The Daily Gamecock. SG will also spend $200 to advertise its initiatives over Facebook.

• SG cut its office supply funding from $4000 to about $1500. The large

amount drew criticism last year, with some leaders saying the organization would never spend such a figure.

• SG cut spending on its year-end banquet by 50 percent, acknowledging the organization shouldn’t spend over $2,000 to celebrate its own achievements in such a budget crisis.

• More than tripled its funding for leaders to attend the SEC exchange, authorizing $1,800 so the three top executives can fly to Starkville, Miss. It will keep them from missing extra class, according to the budget.

• Many senators praised newly-elected Treasurer Peter Schaef f ing for his detailed report, which encompassed 45 pages and included color pie charts and analysis.

— Compiled by Assistant News editor Josh Dawsey

SG ● Continued from 1 student.

The changes to t he constitution have been in the works since December 2008. Then GSA President Reed Curtis scheduled a meet i ng w it h Sen. Ben Bullock and then-Student Body V ice President Mered it h Ros s w it h a long list of grievances and say i ng t he orga n izat ion would like to completely split from SG. “Meredith and I looked at him and couldn’t fi nd a single grievance that wasn’t just if ied,” Bu l lock sa id.

“And we said to Reed, give us time to address this issue and fi nd a solution to this problem. And he let us, and this is the solution we have.”

Bullock, Sen. Matt Unga r a nd Tauber gave impassioned speeches on the Senate f loor, begging senators to vote for t he legislation. They were all quick to admit the bill isn’t perfect. But after a year of committee meetings and compromises, they said this represents the best solution for all par t ies i nvolved.

Most seemed to agree.

“On the whole, this bill will best represent all the students in the university,” Sen. M ichael Ch ishol m said.

No one spoke aga i nst the bill during a period of debate, and only Ungar, Sen. Chad Devl i n a nd Sen. Ray Cu rbelo voted against the bill. After the vote, Devlin and Bullock exchanged terse words in the back of the chamber.

“Your resume looks good now,” Devlin said.

“I didn’t do this for my resume,” Bullock shot back.

“I bet,” Devlin said with a smirk. “ I f I d id t h i s f or m y

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Alan Tauber applauds the revisions to the Student Government constitution that affect the graduate school. resume, I wouldn’t have work e d s o h a rd on it ,” Bu l lock retor ted before walking away.

Ta u b e r , o n e o f t h e biggest champions for the legislation, gave four fist pumps in the back of the room when the bill passed.

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“It’s bittersweet I won’t b e he r e ,” Tau b e r s a id .

“But it’s sweeter than if it wouldn’t have passed at all.”

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PAGE 4 Sonic ● Continued from 1 auction and band party that were held last week at Jillian’s in The Vista.

Joli Joson, a second-year business marketing student and fundraising chair for Alpha Chi Omega, encourages everyone to satisfy their late night cravings after Five Points and head

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to Sonic.

“I’m so proud to call Leigh my little. She’s been so strong going through all of this,” Joson said. “I can’t wait to have her back here.”

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The band’s tour accountant and merchandise manager Chris Varvaro described how he met the band, and gave some insight into the life of a touring band.

“I met them while I was working for another band,” Varvaro said. “I was working for a ba nd c a l led Met ro Station, we shared a bus with We The Kings and that’s how I became friends with them ... I’ve been touring with We The Kings for two years — two glorious years.”

Varvaro has been touring with bands including Taking Back Sunday, Days Away, The Academy Is , Hellogoodbye and Cute is What We Aim For for seven years. Last year

alone he estimates they were on the road for 316 days.

“A lot of p eople don’t realize it’s an every day thing,” Varvaro said. “It’s like people think we go somewhere, and we stay there for a little bit, but we’re mostly in each city for 20 hours.”

Before last night’s show the band was in Raleigh, N.C. “We got here about 11,” Varvaro said. “The band didn’t get here until like six tonight.

Travis and Hunter (Thomsen) had a show somewhere in North Carolina this morning, like a radio show, so they rode with our Radio rep., Brad Davidson, to Columbia.”

T hough most st udent s came out to see We the Kings several showed up to show support for Dreis, and Varvaro offered his opinion on Dreis’s music.

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takes a lot to get up in front of your peers on stage and do what you do — whether they’re gonna like you or not — and she looks like she’s having fun.”

Fourth-year marketing and management st udent Jake Etheridge said he’s a fan of We The Kings, but also came out to support Dreis.

“I’m actually good friends w it h Ha ley Dreis, a nd a big fan of We The Kings,” Etheridge said. “I’m in a band, too — CherryCase — and Haley Dreis is going to be playing with us a lot in the upcoming months.”

A l l of t he member s of CherryCase came out to listen to Dreis.

“We actually came out to support her more than We The Kings,” Etheridge said.

Other students like Katelyn Br o ok s , f i r s t-y e a r e a rl y childhood student , came to hear We the Kings but is glad to have discovered Dreis’s music.

“I think she’s really good,” Brooks said. “I’ll definitely listen to her in the future.”

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Good byes made easier by memories

EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief

AMANDA DAVIS Managing Editor

CALLI BURNETT Viewpoints Editor

MARILYNN JOYNER

Graduating students should make full use of last weeks at USC

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MICHAEL LAMBERT Assistant Viewpoints Editor

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Restrictions needed for Internet content On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to ban people from selling or posting animal cruelty videos on the Internet. They claimed the law that was made in 1999 was too broad and did not correspond with the First Amendment.

In 1999, the law was made to mostly stop “‘crush’ videos” where women in high heels would crush animals with their heels. But any video with the depiction of torture or intentional killing of animals still qualified under this law as illegal.

Obv iously t he law from t he late ‘ 9 0 s is outdated There are and hopefully no one really “crushes” animals anymore; things exposed on so, t he Supreme Court is throwing it out.

But, that doesn’t mean that the Internet that animal cruelty on the Internet will now be accepted. shouldn’t be.

Even though the Supreme Court ruled that it should be protected under the First Amendment and this particular law only addresses portrayals of the acts, states play by their own rules and have had laws in place for animal cruelty that will not go away.

Yes we should play by our own rules and allow freedom of speech on the Internet, but what happens when the line gets crossed? Wayne Pacelle, the president and chief executive officer of the Humane Society of the United States, suggested there be a narrower law put in place that bans these acts of cruelty via video podcast; that way, people aren’t using the First Amendment as their excuse.

Even on Facebook and YouTube, people are given the right to report someone for posts such as a photo, video or comment.

There are things exposed on the Internet that shouldn’t be because they are inappropriate for some users.

So, yes it is great that we have the right to freedom of speech in this country. But, when it comes to inappropriate material, then that’s when laws should be put in place to make some restrictions.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Last night a momentous thing happened — the Student Senate voted to pass the new Student Government Constitution, and to send it to the students for their ratification.

For the last year and a half, members of the Graduate Student Association and Student Government have been working hard to provide for greater representation for a previously undeserved population: our graduate and professional students.

W hile we init ially wanted our own government, we were asked to come to the table and negotiate, to ensure that SG spoke with one voice. While initially skeptical, I have come to the conclusion that SG really does have the best interests of graduate students in mind. They vindicated my faith last night, when they passed the document we worked so hard to write.

I must extend my thanks to Meredith Ross, Alex Stroman, Ebbie Yazdani, Taylor Cain , Ben Ortiz-Colon , Eve Goodstein , Matt Ungar and Anna Hecksher, as well as my fellow graduate students, for all their hard work. It is through the efforts of student leaders like these that the concerns of graduate students have been addressed over the last year and will continue to be addressed in the future.

However, while the first major hurdle has been overcome, there is still much work to be done. When you return in the fall, the constitution will be submitted to the student body for ratification. Under the terms of the bill passed by the Senate last night, at least 10 percent of the student body must vote in a ratification election, and of course, the majority of those voting must approve. Now is the time for all of

us, especially graduate and professional students, to do our part.

Without a doubt, we have been the driving force behind this push for change.

It must be us who carries it through to the end. For the last year and a half, I have been advocating on your behalf. But I’ve taken you as far as I can. You must take yourselves the rest of the way. I am graduating next month and thus will not be here to witness the end result of all this hard work. But those of you who remain students will be the ones to reap the rewards. But only if you turn out and vote.

I have fa it h t hat I a m leav i ng t he Universit y a better place for graduate and professional students than I found it.

Undergraduate leaders have been made aware of t he problems facing st udent government and they have stepped up to the challenge to help address them. I hope that graduate students who will be here in the fall will pay close attention and urge their friends and classmates to vote “yes” when the new constitution comes up for ratification. I also hope that they will step up to fill the new Graduate Board that the constitution creates.

One of the biggest questions I faced from undergraduates during this process was will graduate students do our part? Will we be able to fi ll our legislative body? I believe that we can and we will. But that is up to you. We have been given the opportunity to secure our own futures. If we fail to do so, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.

Sincerely, Alan Tauber President of Graduate Student Association

Negative outlooks overshadow accomplishments Childhood experience illustrates benefit of taking advice to focus on personal goals, ignore doubters When I was a kid playing Little League Baseball, I used to complain to my dad constantly about how terrible the umpires were.

I’d moan about how they didn’t call any strikes when I was pitching, or how they called too many strikes when I was hitting.

There used to be some car rides home from the fields when my dad wouldn’t say more than a few sentences because I’d fume the entire way.

On the occasions that he did speak up, it was always the same thing.

“Worry about yourself son, not what the umpire is doing,” he said.

Unfortunately, I was too stubborn to listen to his advice, my temper was constantly becoming my worst enemy as I became enraged over what umpires and opponents would do on the baseball field that I didn’t like.

My fi xation on the flaws or wrongdoings I saw by others consumed me to the point that in high school I came within inches of being kicked off the baseball team.

The common theme throughout all of this was that I ignored my dad’s advice of worrying about what I was doing rather than worry about what someone else was doing.

In my last column of the year, I’d like to pass on the advice that I chose to ignore up until this past year, when Michael Wunderlich I finally started to control the things I Third-year could control and let the other things broadcast fall into place. journalism We worr y so much about t he student actions of others, how they affect us and how we’re always victimized by some cruelty or another.

I always hear, especially during exam week, about how difficult classes suddenly have been all semester, how terrible it is to be studying intensively for a few days and how people can’t wait for summer freedom.

Complaining about things that bother you doesn’t

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fi x anything and only spreads negativity to others around you.

The only real solution is to ignore the fact that things are going to get bumpy in the next few weeks and grind it out, putting in your best effort because if there’s one thing that you can control for yourself, it’s your effort.

Ronnie Coleman, the world famous body builder, one of the most physically imposing men on the planet, once said something prior to squatting a startling 800 pounds: Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift the weight.

That’s a man who’s worried about what he can do, rather than letting the things others do drag him down.

There’s no reason we should be fixated on the lives of others and what they’re doing, unless it is to celebrate with them on their own personal triumphs.

This summer, put aside the excuses about how other people are bringing you down and making life tough for you, focus on yourself and what you can control and everything else will fall into place.

Saying goodbye is always hard.

Some people cry and let’s be honest, no one in real life look s like Cameron Diaz when they cry.

Or worse, some people laugh, because although it is usually an inappropriate response, the urge to giggle comes so nat u rally i n emotional situations.

O t h e r people ignore good byes, but t r y ing to play it too cool usually means an awk ward ‘90s phrase like Calli “tot a l ly r ad” Burnett Managing editor slips out. and fourth-year Then there international a r e those studies student people who wou ld rat her grit their teeth and pretend like they never cared at all; problem is the tough guy act never fools anyone.

To n i g h t I a m s a y i n g goodbye to t he Daily Gamecock and the four years I have spent on staff.

Throughout my time at USC I have spent hours on the third floor of Russell House in the Student Media offices, hanging out and having some of the funniest moments of my life.

I have written countless headl i nes, some excit i ng (“G amecock s notch f irst v ic tor y over top -r a n ked opponent in school history”) a nd some hea r tbrea k i ng (“Beach house blaze kills 7 including 6 USC students”).

I have r u n spel l check countless t imes and st i l l ma nage to m isspel l “Colloquium” and “Pastides.”

I h ave b e e n a p a r t of printing over a hundred issues of the Daily Gamecock, a few of which you may have read before flipping to the Sudoku or the crossword.

But most of all, I have met some amazing people I never would have met otherwise.

In the coming weeks many of us will be saying goodbye to all t he people and t he things we love at USC. Goodbye to Carolina Cafe bagels and to skipping lab to go to the pool. Goodbye to late nights in Five Points and doodling through class.

Goodbye to tailgating and all-nighters. Goodbye to Capstone and the Strom and everything in between.

No matter how you choose to say goodbye, whet her with some tears, laughter, a “kowabunga,” or just plain denial, make sure to enjoy these last weeks because our memories of USC will long outlast the good byes.

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Nothing beats a late-night drop down the Tower of Terror or taking a dip on Splash Mountain, and you’re never too old to let loose with Mickey and the gang.

The only problem, of course, is that Disney World can be pretty expensive for a college k id’s budget, but it’s a guaranteed great vacation for any group.

It’s t he sweetest place on Ear t h for a reason. Most ly because of all the chocolate they make, but at least partly because Hershey Park is a place that celebrates how great sweets are. Head up to Pennsylvania and land in Hershey, where all your sugarcoated dreams can come true. Tour the chocolate factory and watch vats of hot, liquid chocolate get stirred and transformed into bars. Then, after gorging yourself, head over to the amusement park and throw it up on the amusement park’s roller coasters. A day pass runs about $50, which may dissuade some from making the journey up north when Carowinds is right up the road, but summer wouldn’t be complete without a road trip. Why not make your f inal dest inat ion Chocolate Central, USA? That, and it’s a lot less creepy than that Willy Wonka factory tour.

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Sure, it may sound like the exact opposite of a hot summer spot, but home sweet home has its own advantages. Think about this: free food and laundry, a familiar place to relax and lay outside, old friends and doting parents who have really missed you over the school year (whether they say it or not). Your parents might take you shopping, hook you up with a job or just make you feel great with lots of advice.

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‘Between the Panels’ hits 50 podcasts USC student interviews comics, artists on show Katie Crocker Courtesy of Foreign Citizen

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Foreign Citizen will perform at The Elbow Room this Sunday to promote their new EP.

FOREIGN CITIZEN PLANS RELEASE OF FRESHMAN EP Emerging band builds on strong classic rock sound Mary Cathryn Armstrong THE DAILY GAMECOCK

When you first hear Foreign Citizen play a set together, it may be surprising to learn this group of USC students has only been together since Fall ‘09. Whereas some bands may take months to fine-tune their sound and fight over creative control, Foreign Citizen has quickly found their niche in the music community, serving up classic rock tinged with the blues.

Foreign Citizen, named after front man Artem Aleshin who originally hails from Russia, is comprised of four freshman students here at USC. Drummer Kyle Ritter, guitarist Ben Haggard, singer Taylor Jones and Aleshin, who plays a variety of roles in the band, met in the Honors Dorm earlier this year and soon began taking their music across Columbia.

It only took about a month for the band to book a gig at one of Columbia’s favorite music venues, New Brookland Tavern, and since then Foreign Citizen has branched out to other locales like the Elbow Room in Five Points and

Jillian’s in the Vista.

“Our live shows give us such an awesome feeling. Whether we get paid or not, we always play like we’ve got a million people watching us,” said Aleshin. “A live show is like making a commitment to your audience, and we always try to make sure we interact with the crowd and entertain them the best we can.”

Foreign Citizen, who usually plan out their set list right before they take the stage, play a medley of songs, ranging from covers like “Free Bird” and “Only Wanna Be With You” to an assortment of their own original tracks.

“We enjoy playing every song we can live,” Ritter said. “But with our original stuff, it’s definitely easier to make the music more our own. We try to stay away from copying other bands and instead focus on making the music sound like Foreign Citizen.”

The best way to describe Foreign Citizen’s music is a classic rock sound that has a more modern twist. The band definitely takes chances in each track, experimenting with a variety of chord progressions and riffs. Every song seems to straddle a line between different genres; you may be reeling in the blues one minute and then rocking out the next.

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“Bet ween t he Panels” is a week ly podcast and website hosted by William Goodman, a secondye a r bu s i ne s s s t ude nt .

Goodman runs the show w it h h is co-host, Da ne Davenport in Kansas City.

He runs two other shows, one that focuses on movies, television and sometimes video games and another he is still working on that will have a sole focus on A MC’s television drama, “Mad Men.” He has a lot to celebrate about this past week with his main show, “Between the Panels,” because he has reached over 50 podcasts within a year. “ H o n e s t l y, I d i d n ’t think a year ago we’d be at this point,” Goodman said. “The sort of level of success we’ve gotten, amou nt of t hings we’ve been able to do — that’s impressed me the most.”

The idea began when he got an iPod and discovered podcasts. From there he fou nd t he acce s sibi l it y simple, and decided that he could do his own. He’s so far interviewed many big

time comic book artists, such a s M at t Frac t ion , G reg Ruc k a a nd ot her notables like writer Ashley M i l ler who c u r rent ly writes for the hit Fox show “Fringe.”

W hen asked what it’s like to interview famous people, Goodman said it’s sometimes hard to hide his admiration.

“If it’s someone whose work I r e a l l y l i k e , it ’s diff icult not to be a fan boy and be professional,” he said.

He also said how su r prised he was at t he level of ease he was able to approach ar t ist s a nd writers alike for interviews a nd t h at he c a n ne ver predict what will happen in the course of it.

The podcasts are usually an interview or a discussion pa nel w it h a n open i ng seg ment ex plain ing t he interviewee’s work so that anyone u nfamiliar w it h their work can associate w it h t hem more. He cla i ms t he best pa r t of t he process is when he gets to collaborate wit h co-host Davenport, who’s a graphic artist.

He explained t hey are bot h involved in t he writ ing process and scu lpt ing t he show and they bounce ideas off of each other.

“Between the Panels is something I do for fun,” he said. “We got a sponsor

in the first six months of show, which was a big deal and took a burden off of me, but I don’t really plan to use this as a business model.”

H i s s h o w ’s s u c c e s s within the first year can be attributed in part to a now-regular contributor, writer Ashley Fields, who has a large fan base and the ability to sit down with the artists and discuss their work on a profe ssiona l level.

For t ho s e lo y a l f a n s who want to k now what Goodman has in store for the rest of the season, he says, “we’re going to fi nish up our charity episode for ‘Kick-Ass;’ download the podcast and we donate ten cents to Autism Speaks. I want to do more charit y work, because we have such a great platform. I’ll be at Comic Con and I have something big planned.”

He ex pla i ned t hat t hey will have more interviews, re v iew s a nd seg ment s , because the summer will allow for more time.

If interested, you can access and download the podcasts for free at their website, btpcasts.com, the iTunes store or on Twitter a t w w w. t w i t t e r . c o m / btpcast.

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Foreign ● Continued from 6 Loaded with original lyrics a nd color f u l i n st r u ment a r r a n g e m e n t s , Fo r e i g n Citizen’s music sounds both clean yet rough at the same t i me. It ’s a heav y sou nd without being overbearing, and the unexpectedness of each track keeps things fresh.

“Our collective musical skill and ability to do shifts and changes makes us who we are. We’ve all learned so much from each other, and now we communicate in our own language without having to worry about the more formal aspects of music,” said Jones.

Foreign Citizen cut an EP in local Columbia recording studio The Jam Room this past weekend. It may not be a full-length CD, but for the band, the EP is a symbol of all the hard work they have put into their music. They may have had some fears upon starting the recording, but after only a few takes for each track, Foreign Citizen had

gotten into their groove in a professional studio.

“We didn’t want a studio that was trying to make us into something we weren’t, and the Jam Room was really easy to work with,” said Haggard. “A lot of bands today are trying to play music that just isn’t them and we just kind of pick up our instruments and play what sounds good.”

The new EP w ill be available for sale at all of Foreign Citizen’s upcoming shows. This Friday, Foreign Citizen will be playing live from 5- 6 p.m. on W USC 90.5, and on Sunday, the band will take the stage at Elbow Room.

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USC takes on Rebels at tourney

Compton’s career at Beckham Field ends USC softball coach suffers loss to Coastal in final home game James Kratch

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Her f i na l postga me ha ndsha ke l i ne at Beck ham Field complete, Joyce Compton walked across the diamond to fetch the yellow softball lying bet ween third base and the pitcher’s circle.

Grabbing a souvenir after her last home game of her 20-plus year tenure at South Carolina?

Nope. Compton just rolled the ball back into the dugout, sure to be added to the batting practice bucket.

“Being around coach, she doesn’t make anything about herself,” said associate head coach Adrianna Baggetta, who played at USC from 1998-2002.

Compton, the winningest coach in South Carolina athletics history, declined to speak the media after Tuesday night’s 4-3 loss to Coastal Carolina, but the tears and words of her players after the game in right field as she was handed two dozen roses — one for each of her 24 years of coaching at USC — did all the talking that was needed.

On paper, it was a night of could’ve and should’ve for the Gamecocks. Two of the four Chanticleer runs scored off of errant balls that left the playing field. Several offensive opportunities went to waste. The storybook ending that looked to be developing when Lau ra Mendes h it a t wo-r u n shot in t he bottom of the seventh to pull the game back to within a run never got written.

“I wanted, more than anything, for our team to get that win for coach tonight, because she deserves it,” senior captain Lindsay Walker said, her voice trailing off.

Along with Walker and Compton, it was the fi nal home game as well for senior outfielder Adele Voigt . With Walker sidelined with injuries, Voigt was the lone senior on the field Wednesday night.

“Going out with [Compton], it’s really hard to come off a loss like that,” Voigt said.

But when the team got together with their depart ing leader af ter wards, t he st ing of the loss was replaced with an outpouring of admiration and emotion. Several players spoke, but starting pitcher Ashley Chastain delivered some of the most poignant words, thanking Compton not for making her and her teammates better athletes, but better people.

“Coach just makes you a hard worker,” Walker said. “She’s instilled so much in me in my four years here that’s going to go with me for the rest of my life. It goes beyond this field, beyond this game tonight, what she does for us. She just makes us better people. She really does.”

Compton’s retirement was considered to be an upcoming thing to most around the program, but the players all said they were shocked when they learned.

“It’s something that’s always, you know, is in the back of your mind, but it’s not something you think was really going to happen,” Walker said. “Then it happened, and we all just kind of stood there in shock when she told us.”

C ompton f i r st broke t he new s to t he team after this past Saturday’s 8-4 win over Mississippi State, Carolina’s lone SEC win this season.

Gamecocks seek momentum after disappointing finish Ryan Velasquez STAFF WRITER

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Joyce Compton after her final home game. “ I d id n’t s e e it c om i n g,” Voig t s a id .

“Saturday, right after the game, she kind of said it as a joke. I kind of had to do a double take. I think it caught everyone off guard. It’s still sinking in, even after tonight, and it’s still going to be sinking in.”

As the players exited the field and headed home, they left confident that Compton, if she didn’t already know, knew just how much they appreciated her.

“I think she knows deep down how we feel about her,” Voigt said. “She’s a great coach.

She’s a great person. She makes you want to be a better person.”

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Women’s tennis heads to SECs Gamecocks look to get back on track after shutout loss to UF Paulina Berkovich

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The South Carolina women’s tennis team will head to the Southeastern Conference tournament in Athens, Ga., looking to snap a three-match losing streak and improve upon its performance at the last year’s conference tournament, where it lost to Tennessee in the quarter-fi nals.

The No. 18 Gamecocks are coming off a 4-0 loss to No. 3 Florida in a match where both coaches agreed to suspend play as soon as the outcome was decided. Carolina was in position to win several of the unfinished contests, including fi rst singles, where senior A na Marija Zubori and sophomore Dijana Stojic held a 7-5 lead.

“We’ve seen positive things about all the matches we’ve played this year. Every match has been very close,” coach Arlo Elkins said.

“It’s positive that we think we can play with anybody. Now we have to prove we can beat some of them, not just play with them.”

In the fi rst round of the tournament, South Carolina will face Kentucky, the same team it defeated in the first round last year. Earlier this year, the Gamecocks dominated the Wildcats 7-0, but Elkins does not underestimate the opponent.

“I don’t think there’s any easy match. I think we’re probably the favorite going into it, but I don’t think there’s an easy match in the SEC,” he said. “They want do to well. We want to do well. I look for a closer match than we had last time. I think we still have to play well. If we’re going to go deep into this tournament, we have to take care of business every match we go out.”

Prior to t he loss against Florida, USC suf fered losses to conference opponent s Georgia and Tennessee, but the team’s recent struggles against SEC teams has not changed its goals going into this weekend. “ O u r g o a l , o b v io u s l y, i s t o w i n t h e conference tournament, and we’re going in this year with that attitude,” Elk ins said.

“We’re not going there to lose in the quarters or the first round or the second or third, we’re going there to win the tournament. But everyone else has that same goal.”

Ca rol i n a h a s rel ied heav i ly up on t he freshmen at the bottom of its lineup all year.

Adriana Pereira boasts an impressive 22-9 record in singles this year, and the Gamecocks will rely upon Madeleine Saari-Bystrom and Rita Maisak to provide a boost at sixth singles and second doubles, respectively. Their lack of experience is not a cause for concern.

“These g irls have all played ex tensive international tournaments, and I don’t think the pressure is going to bother them at all,” Elkins said. “I think, if anything, it seems to me in practice here that it’s more motivation for them. They hadn’t done this before, and

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Women’s tennis heads to SECs this weekend. they really want to do well and show people that we’re a good team.”

The match against Kentucky will kick off at 10 a.m. today.

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With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the South Carolina men’s tennis team now turns its focus to the 2010 SEC Tournament.

Coming off a down-tothe-wire loss in the season finale against Florida, the No. 50 Gamecocks will look to get back on the winning side against No. 19 Mississippi in the first round this afternoon.

A lt h o u g h it e n d s t h e reg ular season on a f ivematch losing streak, Carolina enters the tournament having pushed three top-ten teams to the brink, particularly in Saturday’s loss to the Gators that saw four singles matches forced to third sets.

“I thought we played very close right to the end,” USC coach Kent DeMars said. “We probably would’ve had to play just perfect to win the match, but we were certainly in the hunt.”

Senior Pedro Campos is projected to remain in the No. 1 singles position a week after moving ahead of fellow senior Diego Cubas . Both finished the regular season in t he top 60 in t he ITA Singles Rankings and will likely compete in the NCAA Individual Tournament.

“I’ve known all along that Diego’s had better wins, but recently, since he’s done so well, I wanted to give Pedro a shot,” DeMars said. “To be honest, right now you could choose bet ween t hem by picking a name out of a hat.

I think they’re playing very equal to each other.”

De spite f a l l i ng to t he Rebels (16-6, 7-4) in a regular season a mont h ago, t he Gamecocks (9-12, 1-10) are confident in their ability to move past the first round with a victory.

“We’re looking forward to playing Mississippi,” DeMars said. “I think we’ve got a good shot to win doubles, and then we’re going to have to get a match or two in No. 3 through No. 6 singles. We know it’s going to be tough, but we really feel like we’ve got a good shot at winning.”

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Carolina’s Nunley looks for success at Penn Relays Sophomore pushing for spot at NCAAs Justin Warlick

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USC track star Booker Nunley.

For one South Carolina hurdler, this weekend could be the chance to prove that he remains one of the nation’s elite.

Sophomore hurdler Booker Nunley has a chance to repeat at a spot for the NCAA’s this weekend at the Penn relays after earning a bid in the NCAA’s last year as a freshman.

“I really didn’t run my best meet there last year so I’m looking forward to redeeming myself this year,” said Nunley.

The expectations were high for the Garner, N.C., native coming into South Carolina, ranked as the No. 1 hurdler in the nation

coming out of high school. The talent was already there for him to succeed and he quickly made a name for himself around the nation his freshman year, earning All-American honors and winning the Spec Town Relays in 2009.

Head coach Curtis Frye knew the type of talent he was getting when he recruited him.

Frye describes him as a “smart runner,” the type of guy that not only works at his events but studies his events to get an edge on the competition.

Frye also credits Nunley’s selfesteem as a key role in his success.

“His belief is strong that he is the best to run his event,” said Frye. “When you take somebody that has work ethic and talent ... we always say to him, ‘hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work.’”

There might be a hurdle in the way, though. Nunley recently

strained his back in this year’s Spec Town Relays. Even though that is a serious injury for a hurdler, Fyre does not see the injury being a problem this weekend.

“I’ll think he will be fine by Penn,” said Frye. “He could have run, it’s just that he wouldn’t have run as well as he liked.”

Nunley didn’t want to run in order to save his rankings and have people not talk about him using the injury as an excuse for a bad time.

“It’s better to get well than run slow and lose your confidence,” said Frye.

Nunley feels like he has a great chance to qualify this weekend.

“A nytime I run I feel like I have a great chance to qualif y for nationals,” said Nunley. “So there is no doubt in my mind I will qualify for nationals.”

Nunley is not the only member

of the track team that has the cha nce to ear n a spot in t he NCAA’s. Fellow hurdler Johnny Dutch has the chance to earn a spot with a good run this weekend in the 110m hurdles.

The goal of the weekend for the team is to earn as many spots in nationals across many different events, Frye wants the relays teams to put it together like they have the past few meets and earn a spot. “ We’r e lo o k i n g f o r m a n y C h a m p io n s h ip s of A m e r ic a finalists possible that’s our first goal to put all our relays,” said Frye.

The relays could be a stepping point to another successful SEC run, as the team has flew under the radar this season as compared to years past.

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Summer Retail Sales Position Little Lambs & Ivy, a delightful childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store, has summer PT hours available.

Must be good with children, have excellent computer skills and enjoys talking with people. Come by or Email resume to littlelambsandivy@gmail.com Briefs Magazine is looking for summer interns in Graphic Arts, Mktng. Advtsng, PR & Event Planning. 803.873.8000.

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