The Daily Gamecock 9/5/13

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Staffer: SG found, hid forgotten codes Student files challenge seeking assembly of house of delegates Amanda Coyne & Sarah Ellis NEWS@DAILYGAMECOCK.COM

Student Government wants to overturn a recently discovered section of its legislative codes that would create a house of delegates consisting of representatives from student organizations, according to an unnamed member of the executive staff. The staffer also said SG sought to hide these codes from the general public and The Daily Gamecock.

But first, SG must defend itself in an organizational challenge — the SG equivalent of a lawsuit — filed by a student organization that says its constitutional rights are being breached by not allowing representatives to assemble and present legislation as part of the house of delegates.

Legislative codes 700 through 799, referred to as “the 700 codes,” define the house of delegates, which entitles every registered student organization to have one representative delegate. They were discovered

by SG’s Constitutional Council during a legislative audit during the spring semester. After the audit, the 113 pages of legislative codes were distributed to members of student senate, including Josh Snead, who represented the Darla Moore School of Business.

The general public was not made aware of these codes at the time. Until 8 p.m. Wednesday, the link to the codes on SG’s website led to a locked Google document, access to which had to be approved by an administrator.

It was made public at the request of The Daily Gamecock and can be accessed through student senate’s webpage.

When Snead, who is also president of the South Carolina E-Sports Club , felt that SG wouldn’t implement the 700 codes without an organizational challenge, he decided to file one.

“I submitted a formal request to the student body president this semester via email asking that Student Government execute the 700 codes in their entirety within the next 30 days, and I received no response,” the third-year international business and global supply chain operations and management student said. “So, that’s when I decided to submit an organizational challenge.”

T he cha l lenge request s t he sa me t h i ng. If Constitutional Council decides in Snead’s favor, the house of delegates must be convened.

Attorney General Devon Thurman has until Sept. 10 to file a formal response to the challenge, according to Chief Justice Donnie Iorio. After that, Constitutional Council must decide if the challenge has standing in accordance with SG’s constitution. If it does, a public

What you need to know about the ‘700 codes’ • Every student organization in good standing is entitled to, but not required to have, one delegate in the house of delegates.

• The house of delegates may write and pass legislation, which must then be passed by student senate.

• The house of delegates may set its own rules, as long as they do not conflict with Student Government’s legislative codes.

• The house of delegates shall have a speaker of the house, deputy speaker of the house and secretary.

• Any changes to the 700 codes governing the house of delegates must be approved by both the house of delegates and the student senate.

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Senate launches overhaul, plans semi-annual audit Finance policy updates pushed back until October Amanda Coyne

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St udent senate launched an overhaul of Student Government codes Wednesday night, tabling the proposed revisions of SG fi nancial codes that have been in the works since at least April for another month.

“We’re taking a holistic look at the codes and making sure they’re up to date with Student Government practices,” said Trenton Smith, chief of staff for Student Body Vice President Ryan Bailey. “We want to establish a process where t he codes are reg u larly updated.”

The update will include all codes — legislative, judicial and financial — and will institute a legislative audit at the beginning of each calendar year and the beginning of each new term.

The new timeline will begin with legislative codes and fi nancial codes will be addressed in October. The fi nancial codes resolution was withdrawn at Wednesday’s senate meeting by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ashley Farr, who said the new timeline would allow for improvements to the proposed codes. “ B e c au s e of t he w a y t he c o d e s we r e i nt roduced, i n ha ste, t here a re a lot of inconsistencies,” Farr said, “If we pass them as they are now, I’m going to be up here a lot more weeks making amendments to fi x them.

I would rather resubmit them when there is nothing to be fi xed.”

Presidential projects Safe walk program Walk Home Cock y’s t imeline has been determ ined largely by coordination with USC’s Division of Law Enforcement and Safety, which is partnering

Students sign up for clubs St udents f looded Greene St reet Wednesday a f t e r n o o n f o r t h e f a l l s e m e s t e r ’s S t u d e n t Organization Fair. From gaining experience in their chosen field of study to getting an interesting outof-class experience, students of all ages signed their names to hundreds of interest lists.

Sara Dixon, a second-year retailing and fashion merchandising student, signed up for Fashion Board, a club dedicated to style and the fashion industry.

“I’d love to further exercise my love of fashion,” Dixon said. “This is a great opportunity.”

At the table for No Kid Hungry, a relatively new service organization dedicated to raising money for food-insecure children, Ashley Perkins was looking to help out.

“I’m interested in service learning, and it’s an interesting opportunity to help people,” the first-year chemistry student said.

Ot hers were look ing for less serious ex t ra-

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curriculars, like Taylor Montanari and Sydney W heat, t wo f irst-year st udents signing up for Quidditch Club.

“I love Harry Potter and tackling people, so this seems like a good fit,” Montari said.

“I want to tackle people, too,” Wheat added.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor, and Morgan Simpson, photographer

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The women’s soccer team accepts a resolution commending them on their defeat of then-No. 7 Duke.

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Columbia police are looking for a 25-year-old man who was reported missing Sunday after his family didn’t see him on a weekend visit.

Huy Quang Pham , of 2009 Greene St. , was last hea rd from Friday, short ly before his parents came down from Greenville to see him.

Police say Pham is about 5 foot 9 inches tall and weighs around 150 pounds . He has

black hair and brown eyes.

I nvest ig ators have hea rd var y ing accounts of Pham’s whereabouts, according to a news release, but he may be driving a silver 2006 Pontiac Torrent with South Carolina license plate DZV 833. He has ties to Rock Hill and may have gone to Atlanta.

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Editorial Board: SG should have implemented the ‘700 codes’ immediately, not covered them up.

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u n iversit y spokesma n Wes Hick man said . He has lived i n C o l u m b i a s i n c e 2 010 , according to police.

Pol ice have asked people w it h i nfor mat ion about where Pham is to leave a tip on Crimestoppers by calling 1-888-274-6372.

—Tha d Moo re, M anag ing Editor

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Haley locks self out of Governor’s Mansion

Former agent sentenced in kidnapping plot

Gov. Nikki Haley accidentally locked herself out of the Governor’s Mansion early yesterday morning, The State reported. Haley posted on Facebook at about 8:30 a.m.: “What not to do ... getting locked out of the Governor’s Mansion in your robe while sending the kids off to school. sigh ... #adayinthelife.” The post had 4,701 likes and 577 comments by 11 p.m. Wednesday. Haley was praised by commenter Lynn Floyd Ragan, who posted “That’s super funny! I think it’s cool that you shared that. Makes you human:)” S.C. Democrats were not as amused. “File this under fake transparency because it certainly is telling about Nikki Haley’s priorities when it comes to sharing information with the people of South Carolina,” the party said in a release.

A former Secret Service agent was sentenced to fi ve years in prison Tuesday for plotting to k idnap a retired South Carolina judge, The Associated Press reported. James Bartee, 55, was found guilty of solicitation to commit a felony by an Oconee County jury. He was also sentenced to fi ve years of probation. Bartee was arrested while running for Oconee County sheriff in 2012. Authorities said he paid an informant to kidnap the judge because he was worried the judge’s testimony in a hearing would reveal that he wasn’t qualified to be sheriff. Bartee’s lawyer said local and state police were conspiring to knock Bartee out of the sheriff race and that he will appeal his conviction.

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2 Sumter High School football players arrested After a three-month investigation, two Sumter High School football players have been arrested on criminal sexual conduct charges, the Sumter Item reported.

Deonte Lowery and Tiquan Colclough have been charged in an incident at Sumter High School last year in a boy’s locker room , where a 14-year-old boy told police two men held him down while another sexually assaulted him with an unknown object.

The two Sumter High School juniors were arrested Tuesday afternoon and will be charged as adults . They were released f rom jail on $20,000 bond each. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail.

Lowery and Colclough were suspended from school Wednesday. They are not permitted on school grounds and cannot participate in extracurricular activities, including football.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

SENATE • Continued from 1 with Student Government on the project. Training for volunteers will begin in the coming months, accord i ng to St udent Body President Chase Mizzell.

The Gamecock Pantry, another one of Mizzell’s marquee projects, is nearly fi nished with renovations i n Mc Br yde . S G i s c u r re nt l y looking into getting furniture.

St udent org a n iz at ion s a nd groups of individuals will also have the option to take a pledge to the pantry when it opens. The pledge would challenge groups to donate $250 and 250 cans to the feeding prog ra m t h roughout t he yea r, Mizzell said.

Senate seats fi lled Two student senators were sworn in at Wednesday’s meeting. Randy Moore, a fourth-year social work st udent , a nd Molly G oodma n, a second-year hospitalit y management student , fi lled empty seats in the delegations from the College of Social Work and the College of Hospitality, Retail and

Sport Management, respectively.

T h ree senate seat s rema i n empty. One each is up for grabs in the delegations from the School of Music, the A rnold School of Public Health and the College of Pharmacy.

‘Gamecock spirit’ The Sout h Carolina women’s soccer team was presented with a resolution commending them for t hei r “ex t reme ded ic at ion to pract ice a nd u nwaver i ng Gamecock spirit” which resulted in their “most excellent victory” against then-No. 7 Duke on Aug. 25. Three members of the team at tended Wed nesday ’s st udent session to accept a signed copy of the resolution and pose for photos with senate officials.

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CODES • Continued from 1 hearing will take place and the council will decide whether SG must enact the 700 codes and call the house of delegates into session.

According to the current codes, any changes to the house of delegates would have to be approved by the body.

After learning of the body’s existence, conversations among executive officers and staff focused on how to dissolve it, according to the executive staff member.

“It was immediately, ‘How do we kill it?’” the staff member said. “They don’t think it’s feasible. They are trying to dissolve it without it ever meeting.”

Ideas d isc u ssed i n meet i ng s of executive officers and staff included filing a constitutional challenge against the codes with the goal of having them stricken by the Constitutional Council or calling a meeting of the house of delegates consisting of only delegates who would vote to dissolve the body, the staff member said.

But Snead said SG should have called the house of delegates into session as soon as the codes were discovered.

“It’s a worthy conversation to have whether or not it would be good, but what matters is what’s currently in the codes,” Snead said. “If anyone currently in SG has an issue with the codes, they have a right to challenge exactly what codes they believe to be invalid.”

According to SG’s legislative codes, all codes must be carried out as written, even if undergoing a constitutional challenge, wh ich wou ld force Constitutional Council to rule on their constitutionality.

O u t r e a c h t o a n d e n g a g e m e nt with student organizations was an overarching theme in the last round of SG elections. However, members of

SG’s executive branch do not believe the house of delegates would be an effective tool for this, the staff member said.

“It was a conversation of ‘I don’t think we can logistically do it. You don’t want to get people’s hopes up by promising this and having it not work,’” the staff member said. “Student senate is accomplishing a lot of goals that the house of delegates would through different avenues right now.”

Snead said the house of delegates would not only enhance legislation related to funding student organizations and the relationship between SG and USC’s student groups, but would make SG more representative of the student body.

“Because it is such a grassroots body, your average, everyday student has the opportunity to get involved in this process without having to commit the time to elections or committee meetings,” Snead said. “You have a process that can give a voice to more relevant legislative issues. It would legitimize Student Government and give them the legitimacy to say we actually represent the everyday student. The everyday student doesn’t walk through the Campus Life Center or submit legislation to Student Government. The average student spends time thinking about what they care about most in their life.”

St udent Body Pre sident C ha se Mizzell, Student Body Vice President Ryan Bailey, and Chief Justice Donnie Iorio would not comment on the case, pending Thurman’s response.

But, for now, there’s only one thing Snead really wants.

“Carry out the codes,” he said. “That’s all we’re asking.”

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USC cartoonists featured in exhibit Palmer, Ariail tell jokes, sing songs, present careers’ work at lecture Rebecca Johnson

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Professors, alumni and friends of USC gathered in Ernest F. Hollings Library Wednesday night to explore the world of political cartoons and learn about the trade from former cartoonists and USC alumni Kate Salley Palmer and Robert Ariail.

The exhibit, “Wreaking Havoc: The Art of the Political Cartooning,” featured the works by Palmer, Ariail and Walt Lardner, an illustrator who worked with The State newspaper for two decades. From its advent, political cartooning was designed to agitate people with power, Ariail said.

Both Palmer and Ariail said they have had their fair share of angry politicians’ wives and letters to the editor after cartoons was published. A self-professed master of words, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies Dean Charles Bierbauer praised political cartoonists for using pictures and illustrations to challenge, document or inspire change.

“You have to know what’s going on and what you think about it and why you think what you think,” Palmer said. Only then, she said, cartoons can be presented with conviction.

Palmer took the center stage at the panel, displaying her best work and inciting laughter, nods of agreement and astonished faces from the crowd.

Palmer’s work addressed issues across the board, including the Equal Rights Amendment, Clemson football, Vietnam veterans and President Ronald Reagan’s campaign and administration. Palmer often communicated her own political views in her work, which sometimes evoked strong responses, just as they did Wednesday. Palmer also sang song parodies to the audience, drawing both laughter and applause.

Even Palmer admitted some of her work was “tasteless,” including a cartoon of President Bill Clinton on skis, but she made no apologies.

Robert Ariail was the second-ever political cartoonist at The State, starting in 1984 to address and illustrate a range of issues of state or national concern. Ariail employed the Peanuts characters and South Carolina’s state symbols to depict controversies including the Ku Klux Klan, the Affordable Care Act and the USC-Clemson rivalry. Ariail also used his talents to raise money for relief efforts after Hurricane Hugo, which caused $5.9 billion in damages in South Carolina.

Palmer attended USC and studied elementary education. She drew political cartoons for The

Gamecock as a student. Later, she moved to Clemson and was a syndicate for 200 newspapers, including The Greenville News. She was the first full-time editorial cartoonist in South Carolina and the second woman ever to join The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

She now writes and illustrates children’s books for her own publishing company, Warbranch Press.

Robert Ariail is well-known for his work at The State and The Spartanburg Herald-Journal, as well as his features in over 600 newspapers, which have been acclaimed on both local and national levels. He received USC’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1985.

While Palmer says you can never stop being a political cartoonist, national tragedy has put her in a creative rut.

“I stopped getting ideas after Sandy Hook,” Palmer said. “Until something funny happens again, it’s going to be hard.”

However, it does not take much for an idea to take hold, Palmer said. Ariail agreed. “[Illustration] is a very unknown process. I think creativity is that way in all of its forms,” Ariail said.

In its third year of operation, over the years the Hollings Library and its S.C. Political Collections have garnered around 1,000 political cartoons from cartoonists working around the state of South Carolina.

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Alumna Kate Salley Palmer has drawn major players in South Carolina and national politics in her career as a cartoonist.

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SG foolish to hide house of delegates ISSUE SG has covered up constitutional codes that create a house of delegates since last spring OUR STANCE They should have tried to make it work rather than attempt to find a loophole Move over Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange; we’ve got a new hero of the people. Our man, Josh Snead, has blown the lid off the latest Student Government shenanigans: covering up constitutional codes written years ago to create, basically, a House of Representatives for SG t hat would give legislat ive power to the 400 student organizations at USC: a house of delegates. These delegates would work in accordance with the student senate, the student body president and the university president to discuss, deliberate and foster the best interests of the student organizations.

There are no limits to the things that are just plain wrong with this whole situation.

First of a l l, what k i nd of back wards organizat ional system — or lack t hereof —

“It disturbs us to no end that the top leaders in Student Government, those that the student body voted for in confidence that they would put students’ needs first, thought the best way to handle finding out about these long-lost codes would be to just not. Instead, they spent valuable time looking for a loophole to get rid of them.”

allowed an entire section of Student Government’s constitution to just disappear for somewhere between 40 and eight years? That’s a clerical error gone horribly wrong, we’d say.

Second, it disturbs us to no end that the top leaders in Student Government, those that the student body voted for in confidence that they would put students’ needs fi rst, thought the best way to handle fi nding out about these long-lost codes would be to just not. Instead, they spent valuable time looking for a loophole to get rid of them. Preparing for real-world politics, are we?

But here’s t he rea l que st ion: why cover it up? Student Body President Chase Mizzell campaigned on creating a group of student leaders to help SG do a better job of understanding and helping student organizations. Maybe it’s just us, but it seems like this house of delegates would be, well, something great. It would also be a chance to, oh, you know, actually deliver on that campaign promise. We complain all the time about SG not getting things done, so it’s just plain sad to us that it actually did something — sometime between 1970 and 2005, but still — and then left it collecting dust in the back of SG’s constitution. Come on, guys. Work with us here.

No, really, work with us. Student organization leaders want a chance to actively engage with Student Government, especially since, for most, SG controls how much money they get every year. And no one cares more about these student organizations than the students who devote their time to leading them. This house of delegates would empower student organizations to become the engine of their own progress, grant them legitimacy and above all else, remove the drawling middle men they must currently consult with that provide no guarantee of getting something done.

Seems like common sense, right?

In all fairness, an argument could almost be made that this house of delegates isn’t viable logistically. USC has more than 400 student organizations on campus, so trying to coordinate

Why a house of delegates for student organizations is a good idea: • It would encourage participation in Student Government • It would give passionate students an outlet to improve their organization • It would boost Student Government’s relevancy and efficacy • It would presumably streamline the allocation of funds to student organizations • It would increase interaction between Student Government and student body

and handle a body of that many student leaders could pose somewhat of a challenge. The SG cha mbers wou ld probably need some more chairs, to say the least. But let’s be honest: all 400 organizations aren’t going to go through the trouble of electing and sending delegates to Student Government. It’s the inherent f law of SG that, despite all the good work it can do, not everyone is going to care.

But the main point of this tirade and the No. 1 reason the house of delegates is a worthwhile project: some people would care. A nd t hose people deserve the chance to speak up for their organization and try to make a difference. How can USC be better off without a medium that can harness the passion of those students, however many there are, and channel it toward positive change? Answer: It’s not.

Student Government should’ve tried to make it work. That’s why it exists, after all.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Big government can be conducive to progress W it h t he r isi ng popu la r it y of l iber t ar ia n, ‘Leave me alone, government!’ political rhetoric, it is important to make the case that large government is not necessarily a bad thing.

Hear i ng t he words big a nd government put together in the same sentence is a scary sound for most Americans. Some of us immediately t h i n k , “Oh no, look s l i ke t hose Republicans and Libertarians are calling us names again!” while others lament the terrible condition they believe our country has fallen into under the leadership of the scar y statists. Regardless, both of these reactions are negative. I don’t feel that being called an advocate of big government or a statist is a bad thing, and I don’t think you should either.

The advance of the state has been accompanied by advances in human rights, increased egalitarianism and material wealth. This is a truth that we often forget.

Before t he r ise of t he moder n state, minorities suffered systematic persecution, women were treated like chattel and pointless violence was endemic due to t he inabilit y of local leadership to maintain the

peace. We ca n st i l l obser ve t he disparity of big government versus small government today. Some of the most advanced states in the world can be found in Scandinavia. Much to the small-government advocate’s chagrin, these countries are not only some of the most socially progressive and wealt hiest in t he world, but they are also consistently ranked among the happiest. In contrast to this, you can fi nd extreme examples of small government in places like Somalia and the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In the absence of the state, private interests have risen up to fi ll its role and the result is extreme poverty and the oppression of groups not lucky enough to have a private army to protect them. Our own country is substantially freer now than it was at our small government foundation when only privileged, white, landowning men were allowed to vote.

This is, plain and simply, the result of the growth of the federal government and the increased role in the lives of ordinary Americans we have given it. The argument is often posited that A merica needs to betray the progress we have made, particularly

over the past century, and return to our exclusionary founding principles — a truly frightening thought.

So why do so many Americans fight so hard against the growth of the federal government? I think much of it has to do with fear of progress.

After all, the loudest advocates of small government are simultaneously the loudest opponents of the LGBT community, minority and women’s rights. They shout and shout about the collapse of traditional values or how the Civil Rights Act was bad, among other things, all while citing a Const it ut ion t hey ’ve G oogled several t imes, but never act ually studied. The fact of the matter is that the small government extremism that is currently spreading across the country is a product of a very da ngerous st ra i n of A mer ica n populism that is rooted in paranoia and fear of social progress. Don’t be fooled, these populists’ primary goal is not to reduce government waste or to make government more efficient, as is often claimed. Their primary goal is to reverse the gains we have been making for the past century in a nu mber of f ields including, but not limited to, civil rights and

economic fairness. It is important to remember that anti-government dog whistles, although they can be worded to sound rather appealing, rarely produce any t hing posit ive when t hey become realit ies. The government should be seen as a tool of the people. Vote and get involved in the electoral process. Do your part to turn the government into the government you would want to see — don’t try to destroy it.

— Morgan Lowder, four th- year political science student

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Dear Last-Minute Emailer, Caitlyn McGuire

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Dear Girl Snapchatting, As much as you think you are being discrete, you’re not. We all know what you’re doing. Please put your kissy duck face and whiney pouts with the caption “get me out of here,” away because they are distracting. Not only are they distracting, but they aren’t funny or original either. It’s bad enough when you bump into me walking into class because you’re too busy shoving your camera phone in your own face, but when you start to Snapchat during lecture, it’s clear you have an addiction.

You don’t necessarily strike during class time, but you never fail to bombard the entire class with emails the night before the exam. While we’re all in the library diligently studying after weeks of attending each class and taking notes rigorously, you have decided to take the easy way out.

Test after test, we open your email and read about how “your computer crashed and you lost all of your notes.” It’s truly amazing how your computer always crashes at about midnight the night before a test.

How odd. The most frustrating part about you is that one sweet and compassionate soul always decides to send you an entire outline of organized notes, only provoking your annoying behavior. Maybe they’re the real problem here. Either way, stop.

Dear Mid-Morning Meal Eater, Sometimes in college, our schedules get crazy, and it’s hard to even fit in a bite to eat. That’s why things like granola bars and smoothies were invented. They give us the opportunity to quietly fill our stomachs during class time. You, on the other hand, have decided to enjoy a five-course meal during English class. The sound of your rustling take-out box and the smell of your leftover Chinese buffet food makes the class cringe uncomfortably every time. But you continue to eat your meal loudly and noticeably every Tuesday and Thursday, ignoring the vicious stares from your classmates. Please, just grab a Chewy bar.

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Martial arts movie captures US audiences ‘The Grandmaster’ succeeds in beautiful scenes, unique story Jonathan Winchell

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“The Grandmaster” NOW IN THEATERS

Director: Wong Kar-wai Starring: Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen Rating: PG-13 for violence, some smoking, brief drug use and language As the film’s American marketing brings to the forefront, “The Grandmaster ” follows the life of Ip Man (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) before he trained martial arts and movie legend Bruce Lee . The film captures the conf licts between different martial arts teachers and their styles.

Ip Man taught and spread throughout the world a style of martial arts known as Wing Chun. He married Cheung Wing-sing (Hye-kyo Song) but always had a deep love for Gong Er (Ziyi Zhang, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) that fate, tragically, never allowed to flourish.

Compared to this past weekend’s frantic release, “Getaway,” “The Grandmaster” is in a coma.

However, this is a good thing. Audiences that have patience and maturity will be rewarded by the character development of Ip Man and the people in his life. Much of this fi lm features its characters quiet and reserved, which makes the fight scenes all the more explosive and effective.

Even in the fight scenes, there is a grace and

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Tony Leung Chiu Wai stars as Ip Man in “The Grandmaster.”

smoothness to the bloodless violence. The action is choreographed by Woo-ping Yuen, who worked on t he Jack ie Chan f ilm “Dr unken Master ” and, more recently, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and the “Kill Bill” series. The fi rst fight scene in the fi lm takes place in the dark and rain as a large group of men attack Ip Man, who is on

his own. It is a credit to Yuen, director Kar Wai Wong, and cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd that the viewer can always tell what is happening during the action. The use of smooth editing, clear camera movements and slow motion shots build a coherent, thrilling fight scene.

Back in China, the film was released at 130 minutes, but the American release has been cut to 108 minutes. This must account for some of the fuzziness of the fi lm’s timeline. One isn’t always sure where in history and where in Ip Man’s life the fi lm is at all times.

Even during talkative and sometimes overly languid scenes, the screen glows with beauty and stunning imagery. The confusing timeline only adds to the fi lm’s dreamlike quality. The fi lm is not so much a bio-pic that goes from Point A, to B, to C but rather a lush piece of art that flows from scene to scene and moment to moment. In some ways, the fi lm is more like music. Wong is more interested in leaving a vivid impression on the audience than just providing a factual account of a man’s life.

That life has been brought to the silver screen before, most noticeably with “Ip Man” from 2008, which won Best Picture at the Hong Kong Film Awards . Now Kar Wai Wong has created his own vision of Ip Man. Wong is an internationally accla i med Hong Kong f i l m ma ker who has directed films such as “Chungk ing Express ,” “Fallen A ngels ,” “In the Mood for Love” and “2046 .” “Love” is widely considered by f ilm critics and historians as one of the very best films of the previous decade. He has taken his distinct cinematic style and placed it in martial arts fi lm.

The result is a beautifully rendered portrait of a legend whose skill has greatly influenced martial arts both in real life and in the movies.

DG

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Dear Constant Complainer,

Dear Dip-Spitter,

We’re talking to you, the excuse-making extraordinaire. Please, tell us how unfair it is that you got a C on your paper. Please, tell us how this is the professor’s fault and that this paper was THE most pointless thing you have EVER been assigned.

Please, explain to us how much time it took you to write the paper, because it’s not like any of the other students in the class had to do the exact same assignment. It is very sad that writing this paper cut into your nap time, but college is hard. For the sake of the entire class, just drop it before you have to exert any excess effort.

Speaking of addictions, I understand tobacco is addicting and you’re trying to get your appropriate fix of it during class, but you look like Bubba from “Forest Gump” with an empty Gatorade bottle in your hand and the outline of a Skoal tin in your back pocket. The disgusting mush floating around in your spit bottle is pretty much the only really good argument for USC’s upcoming tobacco ban. But really, if you’re going to dip, at least spit into a colored bottle so we don’t have to worry about keeping our lunch down during lecture.

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Senior Danielle Au has scored three goals in South Carolina’s first four games, citing strong chemistry in the young Gamecock offense as a reason for her early production.

Women’s soccer set to renew rivalry South Carolina will travel to Clemson with undefeated record Tanner Abel

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One of the most anticipated matches of the season has arrived for the South Carolina women’s soccer team. The G amecock s w ill t ravel to Clemson on Friday at 5:30 p.m. to play the Tigers (1-0-2).

South Carolina is undefeated at 3-0-10 after fi nishing up a road trip in Boston last week. The Gamecocks tied Boston University 0-0 Friday and beat Northeastern 3-0 Sunday.

The key for South Carolina’s early success may be attributed to several newcomers on the team, according to head coach Shelley Smith.

Sm it h s a id f re sh m a n m id f ielder C hel sea Drennan and freshman forward Sophie Groff have performed well as starters. The two players have little college soccer experience under their belt, but Smith has been impressed with their readiness so far.

Smith said the two have been an integral part of the Gamecocks’ offensive efforts and that their defensive work has also been a major contribution to the team.

Senior forward/midfielder Danielle Au also ack nowledged t he st rong play of Grof f a nd

Drennan.

“It’s always hard to step in as a freshman and contribute,” Au said. “Both of them, and we have freshman that come off the bench, too, who help our team very much; they’ve helped me a lot.”

Au is off to a fast start herself with three goals in the fi rst four games. She is responsible for the game-winners against both UNC-Wilmington and Duke.

The senior has noticed a difference in this year’s team over her past seasons in Columbia.

“I think we’re a lot closer this year. We’re really tight-knit,” Au said. “It shows in the way we play.

We combine well and we get great chances. We all get along really well. We’re all so different, too, but it works.”

Au said t he you nger players who have not experienced the rivalry between South Carolina and Clemson already know the magnitude of the game.

This is Au’s fi nal match against the Tigers, and she expects an intense atmosphere.

Besides the freshmen, Smith gave a lot of credit to ret urning players such as Au, sophomore midfielder Stevi Parker and senior midfielder Elizabeth Sinclair. Smith said Parker and Sinclair have done well to keep the ball on the attack for the Gamecocks.

Smith also said that the Gamecocks have learned a lot in the past few weekends of matches.

“We’ve been playing well. We need to build on what we’ve done already,” Smith said. “We have to take that confidence and build off some of the things we’ve done well and the things we need to work and do better. We’ll face a good team who’s young. They start a lot of freshmen. They’re excited to play us and we have to go in and match that intensity that they’ll bring from the start.”

Specifically, Smith said South Carolina has done well in staying strong and together defensively, which puts pressure on its opponents. She said each player that has come off the bench gives the team a lift and continues that pressure on teams.

On offense, Smith said the Gamecocks have done a good job of counterattacking.

“W hen we pass well and keep the ball well against teams, we’ve done ver y well,” Smit h said. “Being dangerous in the offensive third is something we’ve shown we can do. If we just make a couple better choices and that fi nal pass, we’ll be scoring more goals.”

The game plan is to keep up the strong defensive play as the Gamecocks have yet to concede a goal this season. Offensively, Smith wants to fi nish on chances early and often.

“We’ve been putting ourselves in positions to win games defensively,” she said. “You have to try to put your goals away when you can. We want to impose ourselves on them from the start.”

DG

Gamecocks to open season ranked No. 20 Harris looks to reach NCAA Championships for 5th time Salvatore Costa

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T h e S o u t h C a r o l i n a w o m e n’s golf team is set to kick off its much anticipated 2013 season this weekend at the Cougar Classic in Hanahan, S.C. The Gamecocks, ranked No. 20

by Golfweek’s preseason countdown, return from a year in which the team reached its fourth consecutive NCAA Cha mpion sh ip f i na ls appea ra nce under coach Kalen Harris.

Sarah Schmelzel, a sophomore from Phoenix, Ariz., had the team’s lowest scoring average (74.78) as a freshman last season. She posted t wo top-10 fi nishes in 11 events, including a thirdplace f inish at the Br yan National Collegiate and an eighth-place fi nish at t he S out he a s t er n C on ferenc e Championship. Schmelzel’s success last season landed her a spot on the SEC’s All-Freshman Team.

“Sa ra h’s been a key, consistent player in our lineup. She’s going to continue to play well — she’s ver y driven — she’s going to continue to put up consistent numbers,” Harris said. “She was very reliable last year.

She’ll be that person again; that’s who she is.”

The experienced women’s golf team returns four starters and brings in two freshmen to complete a roster that may be one of the best Harris has had in her stint as head coach.

“I am excited about the team we have this year,” Harris said. “We have

two great freshmen that have come in, and I think this a team with the most depth I’ve had since I’ve been here.”

Fr e s h m e n K at e l y n D a m b au g h and Jia X in Yan g will also look to make an immediate impact for the Gamecocks this season. Harris expects her freshmen to act as a catalyst for the upperclassmen this year from a competitive standpoint and to compete with her juniors and sophomores in team qualifiers.

“Katelyn just won our qualifier to go to the first event,” Harris said.

“She just steps right in and wins our qualifier ... This is by far one of the best qualifiers I’ve had since I’ve been here.”

Dambaugh, a freshman from Goose Creek, S.C., is a name many have been talking about during the offseason.

She was the runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship and made t he Round of 32 at t he U.S. Women’s Amateur tournament this Aug ust. Dambaugh’s coach t hinks her talent has the potential to bring the Gamecocks to the next level this season.

Early next week (Sept. 8-10) the G amecock s w ill send Dambaugh , Schmelzel , sophomore Mar y Fran Hillow, senior Samantha Swinehart , a nd sen ior Suzie Lee to compete against Auburn, Baylor, The College of Charleston , Charleston Southern , Clemson , Coastal Carolina , Florida , Furman , LSU, Maryland , Ole Miss , Mississippi State , Missouri , North Carolina State , Ten nessee , Pen n State, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest and Wisconsin in the Cougar Classic.

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DG

Senior Suzie Lee is one of several South Carolina veterans that will look to mix with a talented incoming freshman class when the season begins this weekend.