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Battle of the Bands Haley Dreis, winner of this year’s Battle of the Bands, combines rock and folk influences in her music.

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hey’ve all campaigned across the state, but for one of the first times this campaign season, both Republican and Democrat gubernatorial candidates came together inside Capstone House to lobby for votes and discuss campaign initiatives.

Three Democrats — Vincent Sheheen, Jim Rex and Dwight Drake — along with Republican Nikki Haley, mingled with the crowd for about 30 minutes before each gave a brief, five-minute campaign speech. Henry McMaster III stood in as a proxy for his father, Attorney General Henry McMaster, who had a prior speaking engagement in Myrtle Beach.

Gresham Barrett and Andre Bauer didn’t attend the forum.

It wasn’t the high-pressured campaigning that comes near the end of a season, but more of an informal gathering of leaders.

Each candidate set up tables around the room, hoping to enlist volunteers for the upcoming campaign season. The reason the candidates showed up is simple, Joe Wright , student government’s secretary of community relations said.

“South Carolina has been in the spotlight for a while now, and the biggest leader in our state is our governor,” Wright said. “They see that USC has 28,000 students, with 70 percent of them in-state students. This shows they want to hear our needs.”

Though each candidate’s message differed on government policy, all four used two similar appeals: they’re from humble upbringings, and they support higher education.

Haley’s message primarily focused on how government should interact with private businesses.

She also pointed out her record as a proponent of on-the-record voting, and she called for term limits in the South Carolina legislature.

“I’ve seen how hard it is to make a dollar working with my family’s business,” Haley, who currently serves in the House of Representatives said. “And I’ve seen how easy it is for the governor to take the dollar away.”

That’s why Haley says she supports eliminating the small-business income tax, which she says costs businesses profit.

The three Democrat candidates noted a need to work across-the-aisle with Republicans. Democrats are typically at a disadvantage to win statewide office, they conceded, but that doesn’t mean it’s not possible.

“The only way we’ll move forward in the state is if we move together,” Sheheen said to end his speech.

Ten years ago, South Carolina’s unemployment rate was among the lowest in the nation, he said.

Now, it’s among the highest.

“But it doesn’t have to be that way,” Sheheen said.

“We can turn this around.”

Secretary of Education Jim Rex pointed to his 2006 victory over Karen Floyd for his current job.

“Democrats sometimes shoot themselves in the foot by electing a candidate that can’t win in November,” Rex said. “We need to elect someone that can win.”

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Four candidates that hope to become South Carolina’s next governor visited USC’s campus to ask for votes and volunteers Monday night. The event brought about 75 people to campus and gave each candidate a chance to mingle with students.

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Brittany Polite wants to be involved musically on campus, writes in her spare time and enjoys hanging out with friends.

Po l i t e , a f i r s t- y e a r b u s i n e s s marketing student, said she will always remember her first party at Carolina.

“We just had fun, and, actually, my fi rst party was on Halloween,” Polite said. “We dressed up as people. It was so crazy. I went as a butterfly. My favorite costume that I saw out there was somebody dressed as an Egyptian princess. I thought it was cute.”

Polite said she wants to be a member of WUSC because she is interested in pursing a career in music.

“I think that WUSC will open the gateway,” Polite said.

She said her motivation to pursue a career in music comes from always wanting to be a big name. She said she’s always liked singing, but her

talent is writing.

“I’m a very good writer,” Polite said.

“I’ve tried to rap, and I’m very good at it. I’ve been writing for maybe a year now. I’m new to it, but still willing to get better. I enjoy writing. I think that it will pay off in the end. That is my constant motivation. I really do enjoy it.”

Polite said there are currently few benefits to her writing hobby. But, hopefully it will pay off.

“A fter college, if I’m not a big name by the time I get out of college, then I plan on becoming either a A&R rapper or music agent,” Polite said. “It’s actually the middleman between the actual artist and POLITE t he act ual music company, and they find the talent and they bring them to the label.”

Polite said her degree in business market ing w ill teach her how to market a person’s talents.

“I’m interested in marketing because this degree gets me one step closer to becoming an artist. Maybe I could

learn how to market my own talent, but if I don’t make it big this degree assists with my career goal,” Polite said.

Polite said she likes to hang out and relax at the Russell House.

Jamie Gardner, first-year accounting student said she has known Polite for four years and they share a common interest in dancing.

“We weren’t close until we came here,” Gardner said. “We got closer as time went by. She is a really nice person. She is very considerate and always willing to help out. We both enjoy dancing. She was on the dance team and I was on a dance team, but we both went to rival high schools. We did not dance together.”

Gardner said what inspires her about Polite is her dedication.

“She is very dedicated to what she’s doing,” Gardner said. “She is a person that follows through. She doesn’t do things halfway. She is a go-getter, and she’s dedicated.”

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Wo u l d y o u l i k e o n e more way to beat Clemson at somet hing ot her t han football?

This is your chance.

The first annual Donate L i f e D uel i s a f r ie nd l y compet it ion bet ween Clemson University and the University of South Carolina to see who can register the most organ and tissue donors before the rivalry football game on Nov. 28.

M a rk Joh n s on , me d i a relat ions coordinator for LifePoint, says registering to be an organ and tissue donor only requires visiting Ever y11minutes.org. The name of the Web site comes from the statistic that every 11 minutes another person is added to t he nat iona l transplant waiting list.

Joh n s o n h a s p er s o n a l investment in the Donate Life Duel.

“My b e s t f r ie nd d ie d waiting on a transplant,” said Johnson. “One person can save the lives of up to eight people; I think it is a great legacy to leave behind.”

O n t h e We b s i t e , part icipants can join t he Online SC Organ and Tissue D o n o r R e g i s t r y. O n c e logged in, the user will be able to indicate the school they support and their vote will be counted. Everyone can participate, including t ho se who h ave a l read y registered as an organ or tissue donor on their license or online.

C u r r e n t l y, C l e m s o n University is winning 55 to 45 in the Donate Life Duel.

Gamecock fans can register at the Florida game, where a sign-up event will be held.

Free coozies and T-shirts will be given to participants.

Keith Kenney, a professor in the School of Journalism, donated a k id ney to h is co-worker Debbie Garris , administrative coordinator in the School of Journalism, who wa s su f fer i ng f rom kidney disease and had been put on a transplant waiting list.

“I k new Debbie for years. Her father had died waiting for a transplant,” sa id Ken ney. “I went i n just to see if I would be a good match. It turns out I was an outstanding match.

The chances were one in a million.”

Megan Roben , a secondyear nursing student, and committee member for the Clemson /Carolina Blood Dr ive, ag rees t hat t he Donate Life Duel is a great idea.

“I think that donating an organ is one of the greatest t hings you can do for someone,” Roben said. “It truly is helping give someone in need a better quality of life.”

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LOCAL & WORLD NEWS LOCAL SC Senator challenges Spratt

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A Republican South Carolina state senator said Monday he is challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. John Spratt in 2010 — a race national Republicans consider “one to watch.”

Freshman state Sen. Mick Mulvaney’s announcement comes two months after voters in Spratt’s home county — increasingly conservative York County — booed and jeered South Carolina’s longest-serving congressman at a meeting on health care.“I decided to run while sitting in the back of that meeting,” Mulvaney said of the Sept. 3 event in Rock Hill, where more than 600 people fi lled an auditorium and hundreds more gathered around loudspeakers outside. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, Spratt is among the few high-profile Democrats that the GOP considers vulnerable. Most on that list are in their first or second term, said Andy Sere, regional spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

“This is definitely one to watch,” he said.

While his group is committed to helping Mulvaney, national GOP support is currently limited to helping set up the campaign. Funding decisions will come later, he said.

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The band “Slow Decline” played Halloween night at Lee’s Tavern. They featured songs and outfits from varying bands and performers.

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Gay couples find success SAN FRANCISCO — Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America.

The study released by a think tank based at UCLA also found that Utah and Wyoming were among the states with the highest percentages of gay spouses in 2008, despite being heavily conservative states with no laws providing legal recognition of gay relationships.

The data from the annual American Community Survey showed that nearly 150,000 same-sex couples in the U.S., or more than one in four, referred to one another as “husband” or “wife,” although UCLA researchers estimate that no more than 32,000 of the couples were legally married. The couples had an average age of 52 and household incomes of $91,558, while 31 percent were raising children.

That compares with an average age of 50, household income of $95,075 and 43 percent raising children for married heterosexual couples.

“It’s intrinsically interesting that same-sex couples who use the term spouses look like opposite-sex married couples even wit h a characterist ic like children,” said Gary Gates, the UCLA demographer who conducted the analysis.

Christians march in Brazil SAO PAULO — About 1.5 million evangelical Christians joined Brazil’s annual “March for Jesus” on Monday, an event sponsored by a church whose leaders recently returned after being imprisoned in the U.S. for money smuggling.

Now in its 17th year, the march unites faithful from hundreds of evangelical churches and attracts dozens of Christian bands, preachers and local celebrities.

It is organized by the powerful Reborn in Christ Church, whose leaders said they had hoped to draw 5 million people to gather around a central Sao Paulo plaza where the main stage was located.

Hundreds of thousands followed Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, along the 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) route of the march, and still more gathered at the plaza.

Police estimated late Thursday that around 1.5 million people turned out for the event.

The couple returned to Brazil in August after serving five months in prison, five months under house arrest in Florida and two months of probation for not declaring $56,000 in cash they were carrying on a flight from Sao Paulo to Miami. The money was hidden a child’s backpack and a Bible case, among other bags in Brazil.

Brazil is home to more Roman Catholics than any other country but has seen a steady increase in the number of evangelicals in recent decades.

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CRIME REPORT OCT. 3 Malicious injury to personal property, 6:40 p.m.

Williams-Brice Stadium, 1000 George Rogers Blvd.

The victim said the subject punched his driver’s side rear view window while he was driving toward the east side of the stadium. The subject maintained that he was just trying to catch his balance.

Estimated damage: $400 Reporting officer: Nicholas Peter Possession of an altered driver ’s license; Disorderly/public disorderly conduct, 7:10 p.m.

Williams-Brice Stadium, 1000 George Rogers Blvd.

An officer was brought to Section 30 of the football stadium where he found Kevin Hennelly causing a disturbance. Hennelly appeared intoxicated, was slurring his speech and was unsteady on his feet.

He also smelled strongly of alcohol. The officer searched Hennelly and found an altered driver’s license. He was then placed under arrest.

Reporting officer: John Harrelson

Disorderly/public disorderly conduct, 11:10 p.m.

Williams-Brice Stadium, 1000 George Rogers Blvd.

Jason Moriarty was found intoxicated in Section 33 of the football stadium. He was originally asked to leave the stadium, but did not do so. Moriarty admitted to being drunk while he was slurring his words and reeked of alcohol. When talking to a UES supervisor, Moriarty started using profane words. He was then arrested.

Reporting officer: John Harrelson

OCT. 2 L a r c e ny/ Pet i t or S im p l e L a r c e ny, between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.

Russell House, 1400 Greene St. The officer was called to the second floor of the Russell House to find that a brasscolored SEC logo had been stolen from a door.

Reporting officer: Toby Freeman

TODAY IN HISTORY 1903: With the support of the U.S. government, Panama issues a declaration of independence from Colombia.

1948: The Chicago Tribune jumps the gun and mistakenly declares New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey the winner of his presidential race with incumbent Harry S. Truman in a front-page headline: “Dewey Defeats Truman.”

1964: In one of the most crushing victories in the history of U.S. presidential elections, incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr.

1964: Residents of the District of Columbia cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time.

H1N1 FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE USC Health Services will offer a vaccine clinic to distribute the live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 flu vaccine today from 1 to 4 p.m. at Davis Field next to the Russell House. These vaccines will only be available to faculty, staff and students and you must bring your University ID card. There is no charge for the vaccine.

I n accorda nce w it h t he Centers for Disease Cont rol and Prevention guidelines, the intranasal vaccine will be made available to healthy faculty, staff and students who: -Are from 2 to 24 years old -Are from 25 through 49 years

old and live with or care for infants younger than 6 months of age or are health care or emergency medical care personnel. A very limited supply of the injectable H1N1 vaccine will be available to pregnant facult y, staf f and students at the clinic.

T he c u r rent s upply of t he H1N1 flu vaccine is limited and this clinic is one of many that Student Health Services will offer as additional vaccines are made available.

Visit www.sc.edu/flu for updates on future clinics and information on how to prevent the flu.

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FORUM ● Continued from 1 as reasons he’d manage t he state well.

Suppor t i ng educat ion is “key ” to t he continued success of the state, Rex said.

For Drake, a seasoned statewide lawyer and lobbyist, it’s the first time he’s run for elected office. But he quickly pointed out that he’s worked on numerous campaigns and is wellknown in political circles for his influence.

Drake brought the lawsuit that eventually overturned Gov. Mark Sanford’s decision to turn down stimulus funding.

“USC students should have 23 million reasons to vote for me,” Drake said, drawing laughs from the crowd. “That’s how much money the stimulus got the University.”

USC’s administration has often differed with Sanford on education priorities. Sanford

has often been a vocal critic of Innovista, and he proposed closing down many of USC’s satellite campuses in budget cuts last year.

“I would characterize my relationship with Gov. Sanford as frank, not negative but frank. We’re honest with each other,” USC President Harris Pastides said. “I think it’s fair to say that if any of these candidates were governor right now, they’d be struggling with budget issues also.”

But Pastides also said that from previous conversations, he’d be “very surprised” if any of the candidates supported closing down any of the satellite campuses.

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Gubernatorial forum gave students a voice Remember June 24th?

That’s when South Carolina politics as we know it exploded with Gov. Mark Sanford’s bombshell affair announcement.

For the past four months, the South Carolina media has explored every angle of this story, combing his administration with a fine-toothed comb.

But in about a year, Sanford’s tenure as governor is over. Someone new will have to grapple with the soaring unemployment rate, drastic budget cuts and an education system in sore need of reform.

Luckily, South Carolina has a plethora of people that want this job. At least seven well-known figures have already announced their intentions to Having important run.

Four of them came to the politicians on University of South Carolina’s Pa l met to Guber nator ia l campus for one-on- Showcase Monday night, where they asked for volunteers and one dialogue has no votes.

Each one of fered new strategies and a new direction negatives. for our state, and it’s comforting to know there’s glimmers of hope on the horizon.

We applaud USC’s Student Government for putting together such a forum. Having such important politicians on campus for one-on-one dialogue with students presents no negatives, and it shows that some of the most important people in our state value USC students.

Sadly, with such an opportunity, not many students came out to listen. Of the 75 or so that were in the crowd, most were Student Government members, University officials or students already involved in campaigns.

We’re not sure if it’s apathy or if the event just wasn’t wellpublicized, but we are sure that in 12 months USC students will be partially responsible for picking the person to lead our state out of turmoil and we’ll be responsible for choosing the person who controls much of our state’s reputation.

Even if you missed out on Monday’s Gubernatorial Showcase there is still time to research the different candidates’ platforms or to get involved with the campaign of your choice.

No matter the your candidate of choice we all better take this seriously. We can’t stand another June 24th.

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Third parties need attention Conservative Party candidate’s entrance into congressional special election may spark discourse on current party system A specter is haunting New York’s 23rd congressional district — the specter of a third party.

As of Monday the special election to fill the congressional seat vacated by Republican John McHugh is a close one. McHugh was appointed Secretary of the Army, and the two men competing to replace him are Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman.

That’s right, I said “Conservative Party.”

Where is the Republican? There is one: state assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava . Because it was a special election to fill a vacated seat, Scozzafava was chosen by party leaders rather than winning a primary. The choice backfired. Big time.

Scozzafava was accused Richard b y c o n s er v at i ve s i n t he Wood Fourth-year Republican party of being too history student liberal. As discontent grew, support for Doug Hoffman increased. Over the weekend Scozzafava, who was running a distant third, backed out of the race. She then endorsed the Democrat Bill Owens, seemingly confirming her opponent’s worst fears about her true political sympathies.

By Tuesday night we may very well see a member of Congress who is neither a Republican or Democrat, something which almost never happens. It’s a good time to

reflect on the state of our two-party system.

It’s a fact of life in American politics.

We love to complain about it, but there’s never been much momentum to change the status quo. Voters often find themselves choosing the less bad candidate rather than one they genuinely like. So why not have more candidates to choose from? The idea holds both peril and promise.

The peril is that the rise of third parties will simply harden ideological divisions.

With a two-party system there’s an incentive to collaboration and compromise. People from different backgrounds and political ideologies have to put their differences aside to pursue whatever issues they decide are the most important. A proliferation of new parties with very narrow political agendas may force candidates into a box they don’t want to fit into.

Yet the promise of the rise of third parties is that exactly the opposite could be true.

With lots of smaller parties, it might be easier for candidates to get in where they fit in. The electorate would be spared the spectacle of presidential candidates disavowing all their previous unorthodox views and describing how they suddenly had a change of heart in favor of the positions that poll the best.

So it’s hard to gauge what the rise of the Conservative Party in New York’s 23rd district means. It probably won’t singlehandedly change the American political scene. But the appearance of a third party in this race may finally spark a national discussion about the current system. The public needs to consider this issue seriously.

It’s an important discussion, and it can’t be avoided forever.

Thomas Cooper is meant for studying Students who want to socialize should find new location instead of disturbing quiet focus of library It’s Su nday af ter noon, and you have an accounting midterm first thing Monday morning.

Your roommate and his friends are watching the Redskins disappoint their shrinking fan base once again while destroying box after box of pepperoni pizza. After several failed attempts to stay focused, you fi nally decide to mosey your way up to T. Coop where you are certain to get some hardcore studying done.

Since it is early in the evening, you practically have the library to yourself. You post up at an empty table on the mezzanine level, plug in your laptop, get out your notes, check Facebook once or twice and then start studying. After

two or three hours of undivided study time, students begin to trickle into the library and claim territory around you. However, you have your headphones in and your latest Phish playlist is keeping you in the zone.

The sun sets, and inevitably more and more people show up. Your previously vacant table is now occupied by three complete strangers , who are talking about t he r id ic u lou s cost u me s t hey donned for Halloweekend (for those of you who are unaware, us college students have a phenomenal way of turning Halloween, once Dan Solley considered to be a single night Fourth-year celebration, into a three day event pre-law student that rivals certain music festivals).

You do not deny that their stories are rather intriguing, but you begin to ask yourself why these people are having this discussion at the

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library. You look over at another table and there are four other students, eating McDonald’s while hovered over a laptop watching a South Park episode. You are baffled — couldn’t they stay home and do this? At one point you swear you witnessed one student refi ll her cup from a bag of wine stashed in her backpack. Your study area has been transformed into a miniature nightclub.

The ratio of studiers to socializers almost always favors the latter, and those wanting to actually get school work done are left suffering.

Third-year political science student Bobby Saparow said he believes that studying at the library is “like trying to study in the middle of Pavlov’s, but with less bar tar.” Unfortunately, this statement is not far from the truth. Reform needs to take place, and it needs to happen sooner rather than later. I understand that you want to socialize, but is Thomas Cooper really the place to do it?

It seems that whenever we face an economic issue, all we ever hear about is the dreaded “free” market. Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” seems to enjoy slapping us around now and again. But over the roar of politicians and pundits who constantly criticize and shift blame to this mythical free market, can anyone explain to me what a truly free market is?

I f you lo ok t h rough a dictionary or use common sense, whichever you seem to have closer, you will quickly realize that the term “free market” contains the word “free” in it. Let’s think about the word “free.” W hen we picture something as being free, we may think of it as being unrestricted, able to make choices without question a nd bei ng able to ac t i n whatever manner it personally prefers. In short, there is no overriding force to control something we see as being “free.”

A free market is one in which no government exists.

There are no regulations, laws or restrictions. Such a market does not exist and has not existed for a very long t ime. So isn’t it odd that the various talking heads blame all of t heir troubles on an entity, the free market, which Will Potter does not even First-year exist? Now, let economics us take a look at student our markets. I could literally write out two or three entire paragraphs listing t he various governmental regulatory agencies we use to police our markets. It would be comprised of a veritable alphabet soup of agencies that many of us have never even heard of. The government regulates every single aspect of our lives — some aspects more heavily than others. Let us look at a few examples.

The government controls our food, water, air, clothing, children’s toys, cars, roads, banks, schools, money, radio, television, medicines, laws and courts and even the very notion of time itself (daylight saving time and such). And this list is not even close to being complete. So, as we look through all of the various tentacles that government intrudes into our lives, where is this mythical free market?

Just try this mental exercise: Think of one area in your life where government has no involvement. It cannot be done. And yet, the myth of the “free market” abounds. Some people never stop believing in Santa Claus. Do you still believe in the myth of the free market?

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“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”

— Jane Austen

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009

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Haley Dreis combines rock, folk influences Battle of the Bands winner charges onto music scene Chloe Gould

THE DAILY GAMECOCK

The world of music is one full of different genres, sounds and styles, u n ique u nto t hemselves and all too often restricted in description by their differences. The victor of Carolina Productions’ annual Battle of the Bands, Haley Dreis, a third-year music and journalism student, sets herself apart with a breath-taking blend of mainstream accessibilit y, soulf ul sou nd and classical talent.

Dreis, who credits artists like Joh n Mayer, Sara Bareilles and Damien Rice for her style, draws inspiration from many genres to create her signature sound.

“As a musician, it is important to have a wide variety of influences,” said Dreis. “I listen to a lot of Top 40 radio, jazz, classical and blues.

I’m kind of all over the place.”

T he big g e s t c ont r a s t t o t he songstress’ pop image, however, comes with her talent on classical violin. With 14 years of classical mu sic t ra i n i ng u nder her belt , i nclud i ng at tend i ng t he Nor t h Carolina School of the Arts for high school, Dreis just last year stepped out into Columbia’s local music scene as a pop artist.

“One of my classmates and I used to jam out on the guitar just for f un,” Dreis said. “We loved pop music and used to do a lot of songs together. It wasn’t until I recorded one of t he songs t hat we w rote that I realized that I really enjoyed writing pop music and that side of things.”

Dreis, who has played her fair share of sets throughout Columbia, was featured at Gap’s nation-wide promotion for a new jean line in Aug ust at Columbiana Mall, as well as this fall’s Free Times Music Crawl.

“That was a lot of fun, and it gave me a lot of exposure in the local scene to people who hadn’t heard my music yet,” said Dreis.

All of her success as a performer, however, came after the recording of her f irst self-released album, “ B e aut i f u l to Me ,” wh ic h wa s officially released in July.

“I wrote all my songs last summer on this intense writing binge, and I had this epiphany over Christmas break t hat I just need to record these songs,” said Dreis. “It was one of those things where you almost have to have a recording if you’re going to perform live.”

The album, which was recorded, mixed and mastered at the USC School of Music, took about seven mont hs to perfect w it h one big deadline that sped up production.

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Her album “Beautiful to Me” has helped Dreis succeed as a performer.

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Dreis combines 14 years of classical training with rock in her music. to leave for an internship in New York with Island Records, and I really wanted to have something to take with me,” said Dreis. “I wanted to perform a little bit while I was there, but I also just wanted to get some advice and feedback.”

A taste of life working with a big cit y label, along with a little bit of background with the world of journalism, are two of the driving forces behind Dreis’ blossoming career.

“One side of jou r na l ism t hat inspired my st art in music was just physically writing the articles.

Having the experience of writing on a constant basis really shapes t he way I w r ite my ly r ic s, a nd writing in a concise and meaningful manner,” said Dreis. “Being able to talk to musicians and art ists that I’ve admired for years when t hey toured t hrough Columbia, and knowing that they have come f rom a sim ilar backg rou nd and similar experiences and were able to become so successful, is really inspiring.”

For now Dreis, with all of her musical influences coming together to inspire songs such as “Dancing to a Symphony,” which incorporates t h e b e au t i f u l y e t u n e x p e c t e d classical violin, is more than happy letting all of her music just fall into place.

“It’s kind of funny how there are these two worlds that people talk about. There is the elitist classical environment and then there’s the accessible pop environment,” said Dreis. “I haven’t really made a conscious decision about what I’m going to do in the future, but I do enjoy having strings in my music. I am considering buying an electric guitar for Christmas, so we’ll see where it all goes. I’m still trying to figure out if I want more of a rock influence or to stick with folk.”

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“Flip, Flop & Fly” by The Blues Brothers

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Why not throwback to one of the best music-based movies of all time, starring the late John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd?

If you happen to start feeling blue, there is no way this classic upbeat tune, complete with harmonica and “Hell-if-I-care” lyrics like “flip, flop and fly, I don’t care if I die,” won’t cheer you up. The Mix dares you to not enjoy this song.

“High Horses” by The Swell Season

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Anyone who fell in love with the indie film and soundtrack “Once” in 2007 will be happy to know that, unlike the romance of musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova that comprise the group, their love for the duo’s music will be rekindled in their Oct. 27 release of “Strict Joy.” This song is a standout, but not the only one on the album that capitalizes on Hansard’s soulful brooding lyrics and acoustic guitar and Irglova’s breathy voice and piano skills.

“Love Lost” by The Temper Trap

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Th is quar tet of Aussies showed up on the radar in America with the inclusion of t heir simply infect ious single “Sweet Disposition” on the “(500) Days of Summer” soundtrack, and the rest of t hei r a lbu m “C ond it ion” delivers as well. A little Fleet Foxes, a tad Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, but all original with haunting vocals and driving guitar.

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HOST AN EASY, CLASSIC DINNER PARTY Follow these five simple steps to add upscale flair to simple, tired get togethers Jade McDuffie

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Instead of using the tired, typical route for a party, why not try a dinner party for a change of pace? You don’t have to be in your thirties to host one. You can turn it into a trendy event where you spend time with your closest friends and enjoy quality home cooking. Good food doesn’t necessarily have to cost an arm and a leg. There are plenty of resources online where you can find simple, easy recipes that are full of flavor. If the food doesn’t turn out the way you plan, at least you have your friends to laugh with you. Bon appetit!

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Create a guest list. Make sure that the number of guests you invite will be able to fit in your living space. Keep in mind that there may be unexpected guests that accompany some of your invited guests. Try to make sure that the friends you invite are somewhat compatible so that the event will not turn into a shouting match over politics or old gossip.

Send invitations. Now that we are in the digital age, hand written invitations are rare. However, to make your party more official, classy invitations are the way to go. Make sure you include the date, time, location, with directions, and dress. Also include a way for guests to RSVP. When choosing a date and time, make sure it does not conflict with any major events your guests may be attending.

It may also be wise to ask guests if they have any food allergies or if there are any foods they just refuse to eat. It may not be possible to please everyone, but it’s good to try to please the majority. Hand out invitations at least a month to two months in advance so guests can plan accordingly.

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Create a menu. Find recipes (Foodnetwork.com is a good resource) that suit your guests. You many even want to think of a theme that connects all of your dishes together. Do not overwhelm yourself by trying to make complicated dishes. During the party you want to engage your guests, not just focus on the food. Try to find at least an appetizer, main course and dessert. If you have time, you may choose to do several of these dishes to give guests options.

Set up the night before. This is the perfect time to buy your groceries because you want them to be fresh. Make sure you have your recipes with you so you can know which items to purchase. Keep in mind the number of guests you invited and plan ahead for the possibility of extras. It is better to have extra food that guests can take home with them than to have too little. The night before is also a good time to decorate your dining space. Make sure you entire living space is clean and free of clutter. Make sure there is enough seating for everyone. Also make sure things like napkins, toilet paper and soap are stocked.

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Cook. If you have time, pick a day to try out your recipes. If not, depending on the number of dishes you will be making and the different kitchen requirements for each, add at least an extra hour to the longest cook time, because something will inevitably go wrong.. It is better the have to warm up nearly any recipe than it is to have guests arrive while you are still running around cooking..

However,appetizers should be ready to serve when guests are to arrive so they will have something to munch on until the main course.

Also, have ways of entertaining your guests, like a movie or fun game to break the ice. Make sure you eat with your guests instead of cooking all night. After all, they came to see you!

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Gamecocks come up short in Gainesville Women’s soccer misses conference championship chance against Florida Ryan Velasquez

THE DAILY GAMECOCK

With the 2009 SEC title on the line, the South Carolina women’s soccer team came up short on Friday, losing at Florida 3-0. With their second straight loss, the Gamecocks fi nish the season 15-3-1 overall and 7-3-1 in the conference.

“We had some good chances and played hard,” USC coach Shelley Smith said. “But you can’t give them the chances we did tonight because they’ll take advantage of those opportunities.”

Carolina entered the match without sophomore defender Ellen Fahey, who was serving a suspension after receiving a red card in the previous match at LSU. Her presence was certainly missed, as the Gamecock defense faced heavy pressure all night.

The Gators’ fi rst strike came 19 minutes in, when midf ielder McKenzie Barney scored on a header after teammate Erika Tymrak’s shot deflected off the crossbar. The next one came five minutes later, when confusion in Carolina’s penalty box led to Barney’s second goal of the night.

The Gamecock offense managed to put up some pressure as well, getting off six shots and receiving two corner kicks in the first half. They had their share of free kicks as well, as the Gators opted to foul sophomore forward Kayla Grimsley every time she got the ball near the goal.

“Kayla has to know that’s what they had to do because she is good on the ball. You just have to weather that as a player,” Smith said. “When that happens, we have to take advantage of our set piece opportunities.”

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Senior midfielder Kim Miller and USC was unable to convert several offensive chances against the Gators.

Carolina came up short on its opportunities, however, as senior midfielder Kim Miller had a 20-yard shot saved by keeper Katie Fraine and sophomore midfielder Kortney Rhoades had her 22-yard shot bounce off the crossbar.

A s t he match sh if ted to t he second ha lf, t he

Gamecocks continued to come close on their offensive chances. With 16 minutes remaining, Grimsley fi nally broke loose from the Florida defense, running on to a pass from senior defender Samantha Diaz-Matosas. As she closed in on it, however, Fraine ran out to make a sliding save.

Just four minutes later, Carolina had another scoring opportunity when senior defender Blakely Mattern found Diaz-Matosas cutting through the Florida penalty box. The Gator defense came up strong again however, knocking the ball away on a slide tackle.

With three minutes to play, Florida put the fi nishing touches on the win, scoring on a header by midfielder Holly King to make it 3-0.

Despite the loss, however, the Gamecocks come away from the 2009 regular season with the best singleseason record in the history of the program. Behind a strong performance in one of the best conferences in the country, they fi nish the season in second place in the SEC East standings.

“You lose sight of the great season you’ve had after you lose two in a row,” Smith said. “They have to remember how strong of a team they are. The score doesn’t ref lect the game tonight, and they have to realize a lot of teams had a tough time playing here.”

As the focus turns to the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Ala., Carolina will look to move past its fi nal two matches as it prepares to face Georgia.

“We’re looking forward to next season, which is at Orange Beach,” Smith said. “We’ll refocus, regroup and learn from this.”

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USC dealt weekend sweep Volleyball road woes continue for South Carolina against SEC Western division foes Justin Warlick

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The Carolina men’s soccer team was unable to take care of business against Marshall.

Soccer unable to overcome Marshall Men’s squad drops key game to Thundering Herd Jake FitzGerald

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The Carolina men’s soccer team lost 2-1 Saturday night to a visiting Marshall squad in a Conference USA match-up, falling to 7-7-3 on the season and 2-3-2 in conference play.

“On a night where we had to win, I thought our guys played very hard, but we made a couple mistakes and Marshall was able to capitalize. And I think that was really the key,” coach Mark Berson said.

Junior defender Will Traynor scored the Gamecocks’ only goal, yet South Carolina out-shot Marshall 14-9. The Gamecocks squandered numerous scoring opportunities, as junior midfielder Blake Brettschneider and junior forward Sam Arthur had four and three shots respectively.

“We had some opportunities and we weren’t

able to capitalize tonight, and in big games a lot of times that’s the story of the day. And it was difficult because I thought the effort was outstanding. I thought our play was very good,” Berson said. “I thought we played with a lot of determination, a lot of heart, a lot of emotion and we just could not get a couple of breaks and we couldn’t capitalize. We created enough opportunities but you have to cash in.”

Defender Aaron Dini scored Marshall’s first goal in the 22nd minute, which held up until Traynor knocked in the Gamecocks’ first goal in the 54th minute, knotting the score at 1-1. A Marshall foul allowed senior Mario Burstein to cross the ball into the Marshall defense, where a deflection off senior Tyler Ruthven set up Traynor for the score.

Marshall goalkeeper Daniel Winthrow scored the go-ahead goal on a long free kick in the closing minutes of the second half.

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The USC volleyball team suf fered two heartbreaking road defeats this past weekend, losing at Mississippi State and Alabama. With the losses, the Gamecocks fell to 12-11 on the year and 4-10 in SEC play.

On Friday night in Starkville, USC fell in four sets, 22-25, 26-24, 21-25, 17-25. Junior Megan Laughlin recorded a career high in kills with 22 and led the team with a .391 hitting percentage and two blocks. The Gamecocks won the initial point of the first set; Mississippi State stormed back and scored the next five points, with five kills by Caitlin Rance.

Carolina pulled back to within two at 9-7, but the Bulldogs pulled away from there.

The Gamecocks rallied back to take the second set 26-24, led by Laughlin, who had 10 kills and two blocks in the set. With a 2-1 Bulldog lead, the final set went back and forth until State closed out the win with a 6-1 run down the stretch.

It was more of the same on Sunday, as Carolina fell to Alabama in four sets, 19-25, 16-25, 27-25, 21-25.

Junior Hannah Lawing had a career night, leading the team with 14 kills and 12 digs. Ju n ior Megan Laughlin and senior Ivana Kujundzic had 12 and 11 kills respectively.

The first set saw Alabama jump out to a early 7-4 advantage. Carolina rallied back to tie the set up at 14-14, led by consecutive kills by Lawing and Laughlin. The Tide went on its own rally from there to close out the frame. The second set saw the Gamecocks again rally from an early deficit, but the Tide finally pulled ahead to win the set 25-16.

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Junior blocker Megan Laughlin had a big weekend for the Gamecocks.

USC bounced back in the third set, opening up a 15-10 lead.

The set went back and forth with each team trading points. Two errors by Alabama gave the Gamecocks the advantage, but they failed to convert that last point, which tied the set at 25-25. A blocking error on the Tide gave the Gamecocks their fourth shot at the set, and Laughlin did not let it pass again, getting her sixth kill of the frame to give South Carolina the 27-25 win. The Tide came out strong on the fourth set and gained an early advantage that South Carolina never recovered from, falling 25-21.

The Gamecocks will return to action this Friday against Auburn in Columbia.

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Clemson scratches their way past Carolina USC swim and dive teams suffer heartbreaking losses in last events to archrival Tigers at upstate meet Sam Davis

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The USC swim and dive teams took to the pool Friday night in one of the biggest meets of the year as they traveled to archrival Clemson for a Palmetto State battle.

Their struggles on the road continued as both the men and women suffered heart-breaking losses, as the men fell 160-140 and the women 155-145. Both events came down to the last two events, with the women going all the way to the final relay.

“We were good. They were better. I thought in some areas

we swam really well but I said all along there are certain events that we have to be fast,” USC coach Moody McGee said. “And we just weren’t fast enough.”

Last year, things were different when the Tigers and the Gamecocks jumped in the pool together. On Halloween night of 2008, USC handed t heir in-state foes t wo resounding victories, both by over 50 points.

“They swam great; they dropped a lot of time,” Moody said. “Coach [Christopher Ip] had them extremely prepared.

It was obvious that they didn’t pay any attention to the score last year and that’s what we talked about. It was a tough one to lose.”

Junior Courtney Forcucci came up big for Carolina’s diving team reeling in a sweep on the boards. That brought the score to 138-126 favoring the Tigers. But the point of no return, in Moody’s eyes, was the midpoint in the match when the 50 free rolled around.

“The turning point was the 50 freestyle. We talked about how it was going to be important and I didn’t see them one

two three-ing us in that event. They laid into us pretty hard,” Moody said. We came back nicely in the 100 but that hurt a little bit. Setting up the rest of the meet, you look at events we would be using to pull ahead and instead we were using them to catch up, and that’s not a good place to be.”

It was a fiery contest between two historical rivals in which the South Carolina Gamecocks came up just short.

“They all fought hard. Every one of our athletes did.

Whether they were feeling good today or whether they weren’t,” Moody said. “Clemson trained just as hard as we did so the bottom line is it comes down to racing. I didn’t care about splits. I didn’t care about stroke counts. I just cared about that fi nal time and how we raced against the other person. Clemson just did a little better today.”

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