The Daily Gamecock 9/30/13

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

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Sophomore running back Mike Davis saw a significant increase in carries in the second half of Saturday’s win after the Gamecocks went down 10-0 at the end of the first.

Davis rushes for three TDs in win over Central Florida Knights Kyle Heck

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At halftime of South Carolina’s game at Central Florida, the Gamecocks were

trailing 10-0 and had 45 rushing yards.

Sophomore tailback Mike Davis had 17 yards on five attempts.

On the first drive of the second half, Davis had 70 yards on three carries, including a 53-yard touchdown run that woke the Gamecocks up.

It would be all about the run game from there on out, and South Carolina

hung on for the 28-25 win, despite an injury to starting quarterback Connor Shaw.

On a second-and-five at the UCF 48, Shaw ran for 12 yards before being ripped down and fumbling the ball over to the Knights. Shaw would leave the field with a shoulder sprain and would not return.

Coach Steve Spurrier said after the game that Shaw would likely be out for “maybe a week or two.”

The Shaw injury threw a wrench into the Gamecock’s plan, but after halftime, Spurrier and co-offensive coordinator Shawn Elliot decided to put GAME • 10

New ambassadors chosen after selective process 31 ‘rookies’ accepted out of initial application pool of 212 Kelley Kennedy

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Members of SC Pride marched from the Statehouse and throughout downtown Columbia Saturday afternoon.

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This festival had everything: dogs in rainbow outfits, giant sea urchin-esque backpacks, drag queens and a camel.

What sounds like something out of the mouth of Saturday Night Live’s Stefon actually took place in downtown Columbia on Saturday: the 24th annual SC Pride festival, South Carolina’s oldest and largest gay pride celebration.

The day started with a police-escorted parade that began on Laurel Street and ended in front of the Statehouse on Gervais Street. Loud, sparkling floats filled with people dressed from head to toe in rainbow prompted cheers from spectators as they blared Top-40 hits and chanted the words “a part, not apart.”

At the parade’s end, a group of protesters lined Gervais Street in front of the Statehouse. The protesters stood

silently, holding Bibles and signs condemning gay marriage that bore phrases such as “One man + One woman = One marriage.”

The line of protesters were predominantly white men, to which USC’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Straight Alliance president and fourth-year theatre student Mason Branham said, “Old white men: times are changing,” noting that opposite the protesters were the supporters, who stood four people deep across the street.

Branham was “utterly excited” for this year’s festival and said BGLSA “spearheaded” the collegiate involvement.

“It’s not just USC students here today,” Branham said.

“We have PC, Midlands, everybody.”

The main stage was set up on Main Street, where free performances, including electronic group Berlin and American Idol finalist Kimberly Locke, were given throughout the day.

Mariah Balenciaga and Morgan McMichaels, both contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race, also performed later on in the festival.

The st reets were packed wit h vendors selling

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University Ambassadors welcomed 31 new members this weekend, concluding a complex recruitment process with a “rookie retreat.”

The program received 212 applications this year, yielding an acceptance rate of 14.6 percent.

Many students were eager to join in order to share their experiences at USC with prospective students and their families.

“I applied because I realized how I had the ability, the power, to reach out to students and parents by sharing my experiences with them and bringing them closer to my school,” said Nandita Karambelkar, a first-year computer science student.

The program welcomed the new members on Saturday and Sunday. During the retreat, the “rookies” participated in a massive scavenger hunt, volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House and were officially recognized by the organization.

Universit y A mbassadors represent the university primarily through leading campus tours. These student-guided tours are often an experience that sets Carolina apart for prospective students, ambassadors said.

“I applied because I thought, ‘Wow, you could really change someone’s life ultimately, by helping decide what school they decide to go to,’” said Suzi Kutcher, an ambassador and third-year advertising student.

W hen not g i v i n g tou r s , Un i ver s it y A mbassadors are v isible across campus.

Members man the Visitor Center in the McKissick Museum and work events such as open houses, scholarship dinners and conferences.

President ial A mbassadors, a subset of University Ambassadors, serve at events hosted

by President Pastides. In all of its roles, the organization serves as the “front door” to the AMBASSADORS • 3

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The French movie remake “Passion” is an upsetting disappointment to De Palma fans.

South Carolina earned a win over UCF after the two teams traded second-half comebacks.

Editorial Board: Our generation must continue fighting for marriage equality.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Battery to undergo $2.7 million renovation The Charleston Battery is getting a $2.7 million face-lift, the Associated Press reported.

Work will begin on the historic seaside walkway next month. The construction will restore a section of the promenade and Battery seawall that date back to 1919. Further renovations will follow in the future.

D u r i ng t he pa st 10 yea r s , $20 0 m i l l ion in projects have been completed or begun in Charleston, which draws 4 million visitors each year.

The section of the Battery currently planned for construction is part of the Low Battery. That section runs a mile up the Ashley River side of the Charleston peninsula and is nearly 100 years old. Reconstruction will take place in sections so most of the Battery seawall will remain open to pedestrians.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

Anderson County town sees spike in crime

Tractor-trailer full of pigs flips in Greenwood

A small Anderson County town has seen a 50 percent jump in crime in the past year, the Associated Press reported.

Townville, S.C., has seen 45 burglaries, four armed robberies and a home invasion in the past six months.

Anderson County deputies have increased patrols in the town of just under 4,000.

Some businesses have been targeted by criminals more than once, like Caribbean Storage. The store has had $23,000 in items stolen. Caribbean Car Wash has been hit three times.

Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper has urged Townville residents to lock windows and doors and call authorities if they see anything suspicious, even if it seems minor.

One neighborhood considered putting up a gate, but decided against it after learning the roads would no longer be maintained by the county.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

Officers were rounding up pigs in Greenwood County early Sunday, FOX Carolina reported.

A tractor-trailor carrying the swine overturned around 2 a.m. Bet ween 175 and 200 hogs went running, according to witnesses. Some sat on the side of the road eating grass. Others are still unaccounted for and some were killed in the crash.

Animal control officers were enlisted to gather the pigs. Some officers rode horses in the effort to get all the animals.

By 6:30 a.m., most of the pigs had been loaded onto two trailers. Some hogs had wandered into the woods, and search teams continued to try and fi nd them.

The truck was headed to the Carolina Pride plant in Greenwood. The driver was driving too fast and veered into a median, hitting a car and tipping over the truck.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.

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Fake/Other ID use Alcohol/Liquor law violation Fraud - Credit card/ATM Vandalism/Destruction of property Trespass Larceny/Theft from vehicle Drug/narcotics violation Larceny of moped Larceny/Theft from coin operated machine or device Motor vehicle theft Larceny/Purse snatching Traffic/DUI Drunkenness Disorderly conduct Larceny/All other Larceny of bicycle Larceny/Theft from building Harassment/Threats/Intimidation

— While looking for a man throwing mattresses in the road near Greene and Pickens streets Wednesday, an officer fou nd a ma n match i ng t he subjec t ’s description sitting on the steps of Callcott shortly before 3 a.m. When the officer asked the man to show his ID, the officer saw anot her form of ID in t he man’s wallet. That ID proved to be a fake Ohio ID. The man smelled of alcohol and he told the officer he had drank beer. The officer cited him for possessing alcohol underage and possessing a fake ID. The man was also given a student discipline citation. The man throwing mattresses was not found.

— A n off icer was dispatched to the Close-Hipp Building in reference to a wo m a n s c r e a m i n g l at e S e p t . 23. A National Advocacy Center security guard said the screams came from the CloseHipp parking garage. Upon entering the garage, the officer saw five people and smelled marijuana. When he questioned the group, one handed over a “marijuana cigarette.” All fi ve admitted to smoking

marijuana before t he of f icer arrived.

A ll five were issued student discipline citations and the person who gave the officer the “marijuana cigarette” was cited for possessing marijuana. The screaming woman was not found.

— Shortly before 6 a.m. on Sept. 19, a “bait bike” was taken from Pickens Street.

Officers tracked it to the corner of Pickens and Rice streets. When they located the bike, the man riding it was found to have an active trespass violation. The man repeatedly told police: “It’s just a bike and it’s not no real crime. They just gone give me a little time.” He was arrested for trespassing after notice and stealing a bicycle and transported to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor Briefs don’t include every incident from the last week, and suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information could change as investigations continue.

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1,000 run 5k for breast cancer Zeta Tau Alpha begins ‘Think Pink Week’ Davis Klabo

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A sea of pink raced t hrough Columbia this Sunday as Zeta Tau Alpha’s largest ever Pink Ribbon 5K kicked off this week’s “Think Pink” activities with a resonant bang.

The race, benefiting breast cancer research and awareness, featured more than 1,000 excited runners going from the South Carolina Statehouse to a rousing finish in front of the Horseshoe.

The racer count, which nearly doubled from last year, according to fourth-year management science st udent a nd Z TA Di rec tor of Fundraising Lauren Miller, sparked a fundraising effort that Miller hopes may reach upwards of $12,000.

“One in eight women develop breast cancer,” Miller said. “ZTA’s goal is to educate people on facts like that and to raise money for breast Video available online

cancer research.”

Since between 60 and 70 members of ZTA have family ties to breast cancer, Miller said, the disease has a special meaning to the sorority, fostering a service-based focus that has been around for nearly eight years.

This week’s activities, which include a pageant, a movie night and a pool party, will culminate on Saturday with a Think Pink theme for t he Sout h Carolina’s game against Kentucky. Think Pink Week is ZTA’s signature fall philanthropy push. Each spring, they hold the Crown Classic golf tournament, which raised over $50,000 last year. All money goes to the ZTA Foundation, which gives out the money to breast cancer foundations in keeping with their message.

Miller attributed this year’s uptake in runners in part to a ZTA billboard set up in t he Greek Village to promote the week’s activities, as well as a large word-of-mouth following among students.

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PRIDE • Continued from 1 everything from candles to kettle corn, while volunteers manned nearly every corner, sporting easy-to-spot neon T-shirts.

Brenton Lueras, the volunteer coordinator for SC Pride, said he had around 207 volunteers for the day, and people had been coming up to him as the day went on, asking if they could pitch in. According to Lueras, volunteers were selected after submitting an online application and were then given jobs and tasks ranging from selling T-shirts to setting up for the event.

Lueras said that as volunteer coordinator, one of his

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The Think Pink 5k had its most runners ever Sunday afternoon. first-year exercise science student, attributed his participation also to word of mouth among the school’s Greek organizations. “I haven’t act ually r u n a race since high school,” said Spraker. “One of my fraternity brothers told me about the upcoming race and I figured I’d go. I love running for charity.”

Spraker crossed the line with a time of 16:57..

“It was a fun time,” Spraker said.

“I’m really glad I came out today.”

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favorite things to experience at Pride was the “diversity of people,” saying that people from all backgrounds and walks of life were present at the festivities.

Brandon Brazell, a second-year graphic design student, served as a volunteer for the second year in a row. Brazell said that he enjoys coming to SC Pride each year because he feels accepted.

“You’re going to a place where you feel accepted, and you can just be you,” he said. “It’s not every day on campus that you can be around people who support you.”

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AMBASSADORS • Continued from 1 University.

Individual ambassadors are required to serve at least three hours per week. Though this can be a significant obligation, members said the experience is worth the time commitment.

“It gave me a niche within the larger Carolina community and allowed me to be part of a group of accomplished peers,” said Sydnie Reynolds, a fourth-year international business, global supply chain and operations management student.

Ambassadors form a tight-knit community of students, many of whom are involved in other capacities. Other ambassadors are leaders in Greek life, service fraternities and Student Government. Student Body President Chase Mizzell is a University Ambassador. Many are also Honors College members and Capstone Scholars. This year’s rookies are no exception.

“This was probably the best recruitment class we’ve ever had; [There were] lots of really strong candidates,” Kutcher said.

The program draws hundreds of students every year, and as a result, the application process is multifaceted. This year, University Ambassadors vetted prospective members in a three-tiered process that consisted of a written application and two rounds of interviews — one with a panel and one with Visitor Center Director Denise Wellman. Rookies said the process proved stressful, but fun.

“I was quite nervous during the interviews,” Karambelkar said. “However, the ambassadors and Ms. Wellman made me feel so much more comfortable. They were more like very nice, professional conversations.”

The ambassadors program began in 1995 and became a recognized student organization in 1999. Since then, it has played an essential role in representing the university to visitors.

“Being a University Ambassador is such a great joy. It is a wonderful way to give back to the university and to the community all they have given you,” Karambelkar said.

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Healthy Carolina Farmers Market Every Tuesday from September 10th through October 22nd from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Greene Street in front of the Russell House.

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Our generation must continue fight for equality ISSUE SC Pride saw more supporters than protesters.

OUR STANCE Our generation has to keep pushing for equality.

Mason Branham, president of USC’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Straight Alliance, said it best: “Old wh ite men: Ti mes a re changing.”

Saturday’s SC Pride festival was a good illustration of how t h o s e t i m e s a r e c h a n g i n g.

Protesters, mostly older white men, as Branham said, stood in a line in front of the Statehouse.

A mass of suppor ters nearly four rows deep stood directly across from them. That contrast reflects what’s happening in our society.

Tides are turning in favor of equal rights, and our generation is leading the charge. Socially, younger people are generally

more accept ing, but it takes more than wearing a rainbow out f it a nd show i ng up at a parade to change the world.

Our generation has to take the fight to the judicial system.

We ’ v e h a d s o m e v i c t o r i e s federally, but South Carolina is still, as usual, lagging behind.

One same-sex couple has filed a lawsu it challeng i ng Sout h Carolina’s Defense of Marriage Law from 1996 and the 2006 amendment to t he state

“Tides are turning in favor of equal rights, and our generation is leading the charge. ... Inequality will persist, but it’s up to us to keep trying to change that.”

constitution that ban same-sex marriage from being recognized in the state. That’s the fi rst step toward guaranteeing all South Carolinians equality.

T h i s i s n’t t h e f i r s t t i m e Sout h Ca rol i na ha s fought , tooth-and-nail, to resist change for the better. The gay rights movement is seeing a lot of the same challenges that the Civil Rights Movement did, which is simultaneously encouraging and disheartening.

It ’s goi ng to h app en. We believe t hat. Event ually, our state will catch up and accept that marriage equality — and gender and sexuality equality — is important. But it may take a while. And like the Civil Rights Movement, even when the battle has been won on paper, there will still be plenty of work to do.

Inequalit y will persist, but it’s up to us to keep trying to change that.

Journalism still a viable career choice Perhaps the latter half of the 20th century was Students should combine courses with the heyday of journalism, particularly with the specialized knowledge in other fields advent of television. Earnestly competitive, an A lu m nu s Jo n Tu r ner l a me nt s t he s t at e of jou rnalism in h is let ter (f rom Sept. 27), suggesting journalism students would be better advised to “follow the money” rather than their passion for journalism. Following the money is itself a good journalistic practice. It’s what Deep Throat advised Woodward and Bernstein to do in unearthing the details of the Nixon Watergate scandal. It’s the money trail that often brings politicians, shady corporate types, deluded athletic stars and the occasional despot to heel.

W hile Turner appears to be suggesting that our school’s 1,500 undergraduate students — in journalism, public relations, advertising, visual communications et al — may be wasting their time and money, there are valuable suggestions in his letter.

He tells st udents interested in journalism to “specialize or double major in fields such as history, economics, statistics and the sciences.”

Absolutely. Set yourself apart from the field.

It’s why we are i nt roduci ng more busi ness journalism, big data and other specialized courses in the school’s newly revised curriculum.

He quotes a “cynical friend” who acknowledges that “a degree that requires and shows a person has writing skills can prove useful.” Hard to argue with that. Those sk ills can be applied pretty much to all occupations. Ex-journalist Turner appears to have taken them with him when he left the newsroom.

He writes a good letter, provides illustrative quotes and appropriately cites his sources. None of that “some say” or “everyone knows.” That would be poor journalism.

He credits senior journalism instructor Doug Fisher’s admittedly daunting copy editing course for the skills he continues to use. How is that wasting money?

Turner is correct in noting that newsrooms are more thinly populated than they once were, that some organizations seem to have made a trade-off of experience for entry-level salaries: “devours its young and abandons its old.” Hyperbole? Or the plot line for some new macabre entertainment hit?

illusion of glamour and statistically skewed high salaries at its peak.

The transformative effect of digital media, the Internet and global communication has had a bifurcating impact. Some of what we encounter is journalism; most is not. Turner writes that “(t)he media is not ‘in transition.’” I disagree.

The media are in transition; media are always in transition. We’re not dealing with hot type, cold type, Gutenberg’s type or Moses’ stone tablets.

There is undoubtedly more journalism being done today in more venues than ever.

The impact of the new media paradigm is that we all can do it — whatever “it” is — but we cannot all do it well.

Want to write? Want to tell stories? At its essence, that’s what journalists do. Want to convey what is vitally important, of momentary significance or just plain fascinating?

I’d st ill st udy journalism. ( I also st udied Russian and it led to a career that had East-West, Cold War dynamics as its core for more than 30 years.) I’d combine skills and subject knowledge into a desirable package that would enable me to deliver content to whatever platform reaches attentive audiences. I’d also be sure I had the entrepreneurial gumption to sell those stories myself if needed.

I n t he S c ho ol of Jou r n a l i s m a nd M a s s Communications, we can’t guarantee our students a career that leads to a Pulitzer or Emmy. But the university’s science programs can’t promise a Nobel. The arts disciplines can’t assure an Oscar.

To our current and future students, I would say there are graduates of our program who have intriguing jobs in journalism, in the broader communications industry and in disparate fields where their skills are still valued, even if the product is something entirely different.

— Charles Bierbauer, Dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies

Gun control only works on law-abiding citizens Universal background checks only way to keep public safe W it h t he recent mass shoot i ng i n t he Washington Navy Yard, the gun debate has reemerged on the national scene. It is the latest of several horrific tragedies that have occurred in the past two years, and in the midst of these terrible crimes, many are pushing for even higher firearm restrictions. The concept of mass gun violence is truly terrifying, but what is even scarier is the possibility that criminals are being enabled by gun control.

A majorit y of the mass shootings in the past two years have taken place in “gun-free zones.” The logic behind these zones is simply to restrict fi rearm possession in specific areas, for t he safet y of t he public. However, in reality, these zones provide little hindrance to a criminal with a loaded fi rearm and an evil intent. Gun control methods only work on the citizens that choose to obey the law. When public safety is at risk, a “gun-free zone” sign does nothing, and police are a response team before a protective measure.

With the presence of mass shootings in society, it is crucial that we work to protect our families and ourselves by resolving this issue. However, increasing gun control would only produce more potential targets. When we examine Chicago, Ill., we see strict gun control, but one of the highest gun crime rates in the nation. Alternatively, areas without the strict regulation have been known to deter gun crimes.

Gun crime is an unfortunate inevitability, and as the Second Amendment states, we have a Constitutional right to bear arms; taking away that right would only allow for more violence. The best response is to implement universal background checks; at the end of the day, guns in the wrong hands can take lives, but guns in the right hands can save lives.

— Craig Hawley, sixth-year English student

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Shoe lover brings Milan to Columbia “ [I wanted] to bring back to my area what I fell in love with in Milan.”

— Gwen Rawls

Store owner offers imported designer fashion to women in the capital city Katie Cole

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Columbia may not seem like the place to look for designer shoes at first glance, but shoe boutique Gwen Rawls is out to change that.

Gwen R awls is located on Forest Drive and is named after the store’s creator and owner.

Rawls goes to Milan to handpic k s ho e s t h at s he t h i n k s women in Columbia will want to wea r. Br i ng i ng t he wel lcrafted, impeccable designs of Italian designers to Columbia is something that is relatively new to an area lacking stores like Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Rawls, who g rew up in Conway, S.C., began traveling to Milan years ago and would come

back with great pairs of shoes.

Eventually, she decided that she, “[wanted] to bring back to my area what I fell in love with in Milan.” After opening in August 2012, the store is now a little over a year old and doing extremely well.

The fact that there are only two more pairs of one particular style of ankle boot are a testament to how well the store is doing. It offers a large sale section at the front of the store with prices in a reasonable range for college students and a fall collection at the back, which starts at a much higher price point. Rawls carries shoes made by designers like Roberto Cavalli, A. Bottega and Le Babe and sells bags from Italian designers. Rawls says she is looking to sell jewelry in the future as well, but is waiting to find the right designer.

Rawls said she decided to open the location on Forest Drive because of the stores around it. “ I t h i n k t h at C olu mbi a’s

gone t hrough somewhat of a transformation on Trenholm Plaza in itself. There’s been some recent upgrades to it ... there’s so much traffic within Trenholm Plaza ... there’s Ann Taylor Loft across the way, and of course Publix. There are people coming in and out constantly.”

Rawls said that she gets a lot of clientele who are originally from larger cities and are looking for great fashion and great footwear.

R awls ju st ret u r ned f rom M ilan, where she picked out the collection she will show in the spring at the store. She is extremely excited about it and said t hat t here will be shoes spec ia l ly pr iced for col lege students.

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New breakfast spot opens on Gervais Street Le Peep Cafe offers French toast, cinnamon roll lattes Madeline Wrenn

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Noomi Repace plays a shy worker opposite Rachel McAdams, a manipulative boss in Brian De Palma’s “Passion.”

French remake far from passionate De Palma’s ‘Passion’ lacks same intensity as original Jonathan Winchell

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“Passion” NOW IN THEATERS

Director: Brian De Palma Starring: Rachel McAdams, Noomi Repace Rating: R for sexual content, language and some violence Brian De Palma (“Carrie,” “Dressed to Kill,” “Scarface”) directed t his English -lang uage remake of A lain Corneau’s 2010 French film “Love Crime.” The vastly inferior remake stars Noomi Rapace (the original “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”) as Isabelle James, a shy, diligent worker in a large advertising firm, and Rachel McAdams (“Midnight in Paris”) as Christine Stanford, a cutthroat businesswoman who toys with her employees in unethical ways to benefit herself. She is a domineering and manipulative woman who has cheated and lied to people for so long that she is revered but feared. When she falls in “love” with Isabelle, who does not return her affection, Christine uses her power to squash Isabelle. Then a murder takes place. The plot continues to twist and turn but winds up being more and more ludicrous and unsatisfying with each moment.

Since I had seen the original, the surprise factor was gone. The key difference between

the original and the remake is that the killer is not revealed in the remake until the end. In the original, part of the fun is seeing the killer get away with murder by elaborately planning and executing his or her crime. Not only does the alteration make the fi lm confusing even for a viewer that has seen the original, it changes the dynamic of it. The fi lm is a whodunit when it should be a howdunit. The fi nal twist in the remake is so unbelievable and idiotic that it dilutes the already silly fi lm.

The original shows that revenge is a dish best served cold. The film has an icy quality that makes watching the clinical proceedings play out a joy. The remake is heated and more overtly erotic, bathed in colored lights and awash in the stylized film techniques that De Palma is famous (or as his detractors would say, infamous) for. In the murder scene in the middle of the fi lm, split screen is used to show a ballet on the left side of the screen and the murderer or murderess stalking his or her victim on the right side, paralleling the apparent innocence of the characters in the ballet. What in theory sounds like a striking set piece is actually a missed opportunity, because it lacks an intriguing correlation between the scenes. The juxtaposition of images is disjointed and removes tension from the murder. The whole scene falls completely apart in the end because its use of CGI blood. It makes the already unexciting scene ridiculous and cheap. De Palma has gone from splashing onto the screen in 1976 when a bucket of pig’s blood was dropped on his title character in “Carrie” to having a cartoonish splatter of digital blood in his new fi lm, which has barely been released in theaters. My, how the mighty have fallen.

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Getting brunch has become a favored tradition among college students. Whether it’s to catch up with an old friend or attempt to recover after a night out, groggy mornings are a little more tolerable with the promise of coffee and a good meal. Le Peep Cafe, which will open its new location on Gervais Street, offers a brunch menu that offers classic breakfast options like French toast as well as healthy options like egg-white omelets. Le Peep also has a coffee menu with a “flavor of the day” and cinnamon roll lattes. Laurie Brackenridge, an employee at the new location said the reasons behind opening a new location in the Vista were obvious.

“There weren’t a lot of breakfast places nearby, and breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” Brackenridge said.

She said Le Peep Cafe is different from other nearby cafes because of the unique menu. Serving everything from pancakes (with multiple topping options) to salmon eggs benedict to what Brackenridge calls “south of the border” skillets (think breakfast burritos with chorizo), Le Peep offers a menu that has an option for everyone and promises “great food and great service, and to be always smiling.”

With stellar online reviews that suggest a warm atmosphere and a menu that ensures a delicious meal, it’s hard to ignore a place like Le Peep Cafe. Le Peep is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and is closed on Sundays.

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The newest location of Le Peep Cafe will offer classic breakfast dishes and a large menu.

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South Carolina scores 18 straight points in 2nd half

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Redshirt junior cornerback Victor Hampton hauled in his first interception of the season in the first half against UCF, picking off the Knights’ star quarterback Blake Bortles.

Carson to see more carries in Wilds’ absence Tanner Abel

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Sout h Carolina’s dy namic duo of sophomore running backs Mike Davis and Brandon Wilds took a hit on Saturday after Wilds dislocated his elbow in the third quarter.

Head coach Steve Spurrier said Wilds is expected to miss t wo to three weeks. The injury occurred on a third-and-seven where Wilds actually picked up the first down of f a r u nning play but f umbled.

T he i nj u r y s e e m e d t o h ap p e n after the fumble, when a Central Florida defender nailed Wilds as the running back was reaching for the loose ball. The Knights recovered the ball at the USC 47-yard line, but were unable to cash in, going three-and-out.

Redshirt sophomore Shon Carson will replace Wilds as the secondst r i ng ha lf back i n h is absence.

C a r s on on ly h ad one c a r r y on Saturday for no gain, but he will now likely get more touches.

Third Down Offense T he K n ight s held t hei r f i r st three opponents of the season to just a 33 percent conversion rate on third downs. The Gamecocks fared much better than that against UCF, managing 10 first downs in

18 third-down attempts. Running backs coach Everette Sands said it was important for the Gamecocks to succeed on fi rst and second downs t o g et m a n ag e able t h i rd- dow n situations. Davis scored his third touchdown of the game off a thirdand-four from the Knights’ 13-yard line and junior quarterback Dylan Thompson ran in a two-yard score from a third-and-goal situation. It looked like the game was sealed late in the fourth quarter after a third down play where Thompson found sophomore tight end Jerrell Adams for a 4 4 -yard gain t hat took t he Gamecocks to the UCF 3-yard line.

However, Davis fumbled on the next handoff to prevent a South Carolina score and kept the Knights in it.

Another Close Call On Defense Fo r t h e s e c o n d c o n s e c u t i v e game, the Gamecocks had a tough t ime closing out t heir opponent on defense. It seemed like South Carolina had the game in hand after a Davis touchdown to make it 2810, but the Knights roared back on offense the following possession.

On the second play of the drive, junior quarterback Blake Bortles threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Rannell Hall. Hall was wide open across the middle then raced up the sideline without any real issue from the USC defense.

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defense South Carolina played was supposed to stop big plays, but it d id n’t work out t h at w ay. T he G amecock s had a n intercept ion on the following UCF possession, but the K nights got the ball back af ter t he Dav is f u mble. Bor t les h it sophomore receiver Breshad Perriman for a 79-yard play that eventually led to a Central Florida touchdown to make it a 28-25 score.

Ju n ior Jadeveon Clow ney said after the T.J. Holloman interception, players on t he USC bench were looking too happy, and the defensive end told his teammates there was still a lot of time left. The second 70-plus yard play came soon after and left Spurrier in a bad mood.

“We’re going to t r y and learn some three-deep defense and keep everything in front of us, because obviously we don’t know what the heck we’re doing playing when we get a big lead right now,” Spurrier said.

Senior cornerback Jimmy Legree a nd redsh i r t ju n ior cor nerback V ic tor H a mpton b ot h sa id t he Gamecock defense has to put games

away better and cannot play loose. “ I t ’s f r u s t r a t i n g , e s p e c i a l l y because we want to be leaders on the defense,” Hampton said. “That’s one of the things we pride ourselves on, not giving up big plays, keeping the ball in front of us and making a team actually earn the touchdown.”

Byrd Contributes in Roland’s Absence Sophomore wide receiver Shaq Rol and was suspended for Saturday’s game due to an undisclosed violation of the athletic department’s policy.

After the game, Spurrier did not indicate how long Roland would be out. Ju nior receiver Damiere By rd stepped in for Roland and made several key plays diving or jumping up to catch balls thrown his way. Byrd did not get off to a fast start this season, like he had hoped.

Through the first three games, he caught three passes for 34 yards, but fi nished with five receptions and 74 yards against Central Florida. With Roland’s status uncertain, Byrd may continue to have an increased role.

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Sophomore running back Mike Davis is second in the SEC in rushing yards, with 508 on the season, after turning in a 167-yard performance against Central Florida Saturday.

GAME • Continued from 1 the game in the hands of Davis.

“We had to try something different,” Spurrier said. “Coach Elliot said, ‘Coach, let’s get into ‘I (formation) right’ and ‘I-left’ and play the way we used to 20 years ago.”

That turned out to be a good move, as Davis, who said he was sick during the game, would rush for 150 yards and three touchdowns on 21 carries in the second half.

“I guess I showed up the second half,” Davis said. “My teammates; they count on me. I think I would have had a better game if I wasn’t so sick, tired and weak out there, but I’m all for it. I’m a team player.”

Davis also gave credit to his offensive line, saying that they were the ones who got the win on Saturday.

Through the first 30 minutes of play, it appeared that South Carolina would not get the win. Down 10-0 late in the second quarter and facing a third-

and-10, quarterback Dylan Thompson dropped back and launched a pass to a wide open Nick Jones near the five-yard line. However, the pass hit Jones in the belly and bounced harmlessly to the ground.

On the ensuing fourth down punt play, the snap was over Tyler Hull’s head. Hull managed to get the ball and quickly get off a punt, but it only went four yards. It was caught by 302-pound UCF defensive tackle E.J. Dunston, who returned it for 13 yards to the Gamecock 36-yard line.

It wasn’t just fumbles, dropped passes and high snaps that were hurting the Gamecocks on Saturday. Safety Brison Williams was ejected for targeting a receiver in the second quarter. After review, officials decided Williams wouldn’t be ejected, but would receive a 15-yard penalty. That helped the Knights get a field goal to go up by 10 points.

For cornerback Victor Hampton, it’s

hard to watch calls like that.

“I was on my knees when they called t hat,” Hampton said. “That st uf f hurts me. It’s like ‘How can we play football?’ He was clearly throwing his shoulder. But it’s definitely frustrating me, because it’s putting us in a lose-lose situation. Do we let them catch the ball and then hit them? How are we supposed to play?”

Despite the first-half frustrations, South Carolina was able to rattle off 28 straight points in the second half.

Thompson gave the Gamecocks the lead for good when he took a read option into the endzone from two yards out to give his team a 14-10 lead with just under four minutes left in the third quarter.

It was the first time that UCF had trailed during the 2013 season.

Davis added a couple of 13-yard touchdown runs in the fourth quarter to give South Carolina a comfortable lead.

But that wasn’t the end of the drama.

With a little over three minutes left in the game and South Carolina clinging to a 10-point lead, the Gamecocks were facing a first-and-goal and looked like they were about to seal the win.

However, Davis fumbled the ball back over to the Knights for South Carolina’s fourth turnover of the day.

The K nights turned that into a touchdown that trimmed the lead to three. A T.J. Holloman interception late in the game effectively sealed the win for the Gamecocks.

However, Spurrier was frustrated with the ample amount of turnovers, particularly the one by Davis late in the game.

“I told Dylan, ‘If I had any daggum sense, I would’ve taken a knee to prevent something stupid like that,’” Spurrier said. “So we’ve got some work to do.”

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Thompson leads comeback with Shaw injured South Carolina defense intercepts Knights three times Danny Garrison

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One of the most polarizing topics in South Carolina football this year has been coach Steve Spu r r ier’s u se of ju n ior qua r terback D yla n Thompson. While senior Connor Shaw has started all four games under center t his season wit h Thompson occupying the backup role, some fans have called for the younger of the two to see more playing time.

The decision to play Thompson was made for Spurrier in the first quarter of Saturday’s 28-25 win over Central Florida, when Shaw left the game with a shoulder injury that could sideline him for several weeks.

“It’s obviously easier starting a game than just coming in and rolling off of that,” Thompson said.

“But it was just a good team win. Stuff like that happens and you’ve got to be ready.”

In Thompson’s three-plus quarters of action, he threw for 261 yards and one interception. The junior signal caller made the bulk of his impact in the second half, when South Carolina scored 28 unanswered points after going into the locker room down 10-0.

I n t he G a mecock s’ comeback , T hompson received significant help from his defense. While defensive coord i nator Lorenzo Wa rd’s u n it allowed 427 yards of total offense, it racked up three key interceptions, two of which came against the nation’s seventh-most efficient passer, UCF quarterback Blake Bortles.

“Turnovers come; somet imes t hey come in spurts,” Ward said. “It was big in this ball game.

We had an opportunity to get some more, but I’m positive for us because that’s another opportunity for our offense to score.”

Redshirt junior cornerback Victor Hampton recorded his first interception of the year just before halftime of Saturday’s contest to prevent the Knights from expanding their lead. Senior cornerback Jimmy Legree and sophomore linebacker T.J. Holloman both secured interceptions in the second

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Junior quarterback Dylan Thompson will take over as the starter with senior Connor Shaw out for several weeks. half, with Holloman’s coming in the throes of UCF’s comeback attempt.

Up 18 points midway through the fourth quarter, South Carolina looked to be in a comfortable position. But for the second time in as many games, the Gamecocks relinquished a healthy second-half lead.

“We got back to being the careless Gamecocks, the stupid Gamecocks,” Spurrier said.

Spurrier added there will be changes coming for the defense, such as a switch to a three-deep secondary, in order to prevent long passes from chipping away at big South Carolina leads.

Junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney failed to record a sack against Central Florida, but did provide significant pressure in the pass rush and amassed two tackles on the day.

Clowney said he was not 100-percent Saturday, as the bone spurs in his foot continued to plague him.

Ward said Clowney caught a flu-like virus Thursday leading up to the game and was placed on IVs at

points during the road trip.

South Carolina’s defensive line was touted as one of the best in the country before the season and has been fairly productive in the four games the team has played so far, but Clowney said his unit has more to offer as the season goes on.

“D-line, we’ve still got to get better,” Clowney said. “I don’t think we’ve reached our peak yet. We ain’t nowhere where we could be.”

While his defense floundered toward the end of the game, Ward was pleased with the unit’s ability to hold UCF’s offense during the Gamecocks’ comeback attempt, and added that the defense must build off that performance in order to play better throughout the season.

“I thought we played with a lot more emotion than we started the game with,” Ward said. “Football’s a game of emotion, and we didn’t come out and play with emotion in the beginning of the game. And so we’ve got to play that way all the time.”

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