The Daily Gamecock 10/24/13

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Senate allocates $99k to student organizations

House, car burn after crash Highway Patrol: Driver did not have license, was fleeing police Thad Moore

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Bill could be last of its kind if finance codes pass next week Amanda Coyne

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What is possibly the “last allocations bill of its kind” was introduced at student senate Wednesday night.

The body will soon vote on an overhaul of financial codes that’s been months in the works. The new codes would move Student Government’s allocations process to a rolling basis, instead of the current semesterly model.

The bill allocates $99,710 to 83 student organizations this semester, including two that will receive loans. Last year’s spring allocations totaled $98,316 to 85 organizations, with four receiving loans.

The number of organizations that will not have to repay SG and received more than $1,000 remained the same this year, at 28.

Last year, after not all allocated funds were used, SG instituted a redistribution fund that served organizations on a fi rst-come, first-served basis. If the revised finance codes are passed next week, that would be the model for the entire allocations process.

I nstead of allocat i ng f u nds to organizations a semester ahead of time, all funds would be allocated to the senate fi nance committee. The committee would then field requests from organizations to fund events or trips at least five weeks in advance.

The bill was carried over until next week’s senate session after multiple amendments concerning the bill’s language were made and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ashley Farr, the bill’s sponsor, said she had multiple additional amendments that needed to be made.

Transportation fixes With dwindling parking options and

A driver crashed into a house off Pickens Street Wednesday afternoon, setting it on fire, and ran away from the scene. The driver has not been found.

Brick Lewis, spokesman for the Columbia-Richland Fire Department, said no injuries had been reported.

Neither of the renters at 1601 R ice St., which was partially gutted by the fire and sits across from DiPrato’s Delicatessen, was at home at 3:45 p.m. The Red Cross offered assistance, but the two are staying with family in the area.

Lewis said the fire caused about $72,000 in damage to the house and two cars.

Tyler Rohaley, a third-year criminal justice student and ROTC member, said he was down Pickens Street, getting in his car to leave for the day, when he heard tires screeching.

He ran to see if anyone was hurt and saw a man running away. Rohaley chased him about 300 yards, but the man got away.

W hat was going through his head? “Honestly, nothing. It was just instinct,” Rohaley said.

Pickens and Rice streets were blocked with nearly 10 fi re crews fighting the blaze and nearly 20 police officers from four agencies, including many searching for the driver near Wheat Street and Rocky Branch Creek.

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A police chase Wednesday ended in a blaze, partially gutting a Rice Street house and causing $72,000 of damage.

The state Highway Patrol, Richland County Sheriff’s Department and Columbia Police Department are investigating.

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GRAHAM LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

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Shuttles to run to Five Points

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham addresses a group of students Wednesday night at an event sponsored by the College Republicans.

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USC is bringing back shuttle buses to transport students to and from Five Points this weekend.

Student Body President Chase Mizzell and university President Harris Pastides have been in conversations with the university’s transportation office since the Oct. 13 shooting of first-year business student Martha Childress. Shuttles to and from the popular entertainment district were one of the suggestions on “Martha’s List,” which presented five steps Childress and her family thought would combat violence and increase safety.

“It w ill prov ide st udents w it h a convenient way and a safe way to get home at night,” Mizzell said.

It’s not clear yet what role the shuttles will play relative to Carolina Cab, Student Government’s popular free taxi program for students living within five miles of Five Points. Its ridership increased by 1,000 between September 2012 and September 2013. The shuttles and Carolina Cab could work in tandem, Mizzell said.

“This indicates that students are interested in a convenient and free and safe ride home,” Mizzell said. “The shuttles may be a potential solution to serve that demand.”

But a Five Points shuttle is nothing new. The shuttles have run “off and on since 1989,” Vice President of Student Affairs Dennis Pruitt said.

“We’ve got to figure out how to get that done in a way that the students are likely to use it,” Pruitt said.

—Amanda Coyne and Thad Moore, The Daily Gamecock

Senator: ‘We need more taxes like a hole in the head’ Natalie Pita

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U. S. Sen. Li nd se y Gr a ha m , R- S .C ., spoke to st udent s Wednesday night at an event hosted

by USC’s chapter of the College R e p u b l i c a n s . T h e 19 77 U S C graduate spoke about his views on national issues and then took questions from students.

Graham said that he wanted to be “brutally honest” as he tackled topics including Social Security and Medicare, tax code, education and national security.

Graham said he is running for reelection and fielding primar y challenges this November because he is passionate about bei ng a senator.

“I like t he job. I wa nt to do something big before I do. I want to do something worthy of a job,” Graham said.

A m ajor i s s ue t h at G r a h a m spoke about was the state of Social Security and Medicare, with baby boomers retiring soon and birth rates staying mostly flat.

Graham said he believes that the solution to this “unsustainable” path for the federal government is to increase those programs’ age of eligibility to 67 and to reevaluate the

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usage of the Consumer Price Index.

He also said that benefits should be needs tested.

“If we do what I’m talking about, ... in the next four or five years, this all turns around,” Graham said.

“If we keep kicking the can down the road, it will be hard to turn it around.”

He also said Republicans need to simplify the tax code. He suggested eliminating some deductions and lowering the corporate rate from 35 percent to 25 percent.

Graham said t hat doing nothing is not an option, and he challenged Democrats to work with Republicans.

“We need more taxes like a hole in the head, because if you create taxes, it’s hard to create more jobs,” Graham said.

Many students in the audience were concerned about t he Republican Part y’s prospects in future elections, and some asked the senator if he thinks the party was too conservative.

Graham said the party is not too conservative, citing the nation’s f a ste st-g row i ng demog r aph ic , Hispanic Americans’ tendency to be pro-life and African-Americans’ tendency to support traditional marriage.

“Conservatism is an asset. It is.

W hen you ask the country on a scale from 1 to 10, ‘Are you liberal

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The South Carolina men’s soccer team will face No. 25 New Mexico this weekend.

TV star and comedian Hannibal Buress performed for students Wednesday.

Editorial Board: SG’s proposed allocations system benefits student organizations.

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or conservative?’ we are one click to the right of 5,” Graham said. “I want to leave behind to you a party that is more than the Deep South and Midwest, and we don’t have to be liberal to do that.”

He said the Republicans’ losses in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections were partly caused by a cha ng i ng elec tora l map a nd a changing United States. “ We l o s t b e c a u s e t h e demographics of the country are changing, and the math doesn’t add up,” Graham said. “If we don’t repair the damage done demographically, that map doesn’t work out.”

He said he is, however, optimistic about the future of the countr y and the Republican Party. He said voters will be looking for something different in the new election and that he wants to help create a party t hat is v iable, conser vat ive and optimistic.

“The Republican Part y is at a crossroads. ... I’m bullish on the part y’s future. After eight years of Obama, people are going to be looking for something different,” Graham said. “Here’s the bad news for our Democratic friends: They own an agenda that’s just not selling.

We’ve got a second chance coming in 2014. We’ve got a second chance coming in 2016. Let’s not blow it.”

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

Clemson’s Boyd denies gambling problem rumor

Hunter kills state’s largest black bear

High schools ban camouflage due to gang

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has denied an Internet report that he has a gambling problem, The State reported.

Coach Dabo Swinney said he believed Boyd over Incarcerated Bob’s Sports Wrap, a sports betting tip site. The site posted a story about Boyd’s alleged gambling problem shortly before Clemson’s Saturday kickoff against Florida State.

Clemson Athletics Director Dan Radakovich said Monday the claims were baseless after his compliance office was instructed to investigate the allegations.

Boyd said he didn’t know where the story came from and that it was “shocking.”

While the story was posted before Saturday’s game, Boyd did not fi nd out about it until Sunday morning.

Swinney said he talked to Boyd about t he allegations that morning and had “no reason not to believe” him.

The Tigers slipped from No. 3 in the AP poll to No. 9 in the season’s first BCS ranking after a 51-14 loss to the Seminoles.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

An Easley hunter bagged the state’s largest black bear on record Monday evening, the Spartanburg Herald Journal reported.

Heath Smith, an avid hunter, saw the 609-pound bear from about 170 yards away, but he had no idea how big it actually was.

“It looked to us like a 400- or 500-pound bear,” Smith told the newspaper. “I just thought, ‘Holy cow, this thing is huge.’”

The bear broke the previous record of 594 pounds. It was the first bear Smith shot in his nearly lifelong hunting career. Smith goes hunting two or three times each week.

An average black bear weighs only 350 pounds.

Tammy Wactor of the Department of Natural Resources told the paper that bears can become much larger when they eat from deer feeders and trash cans.

More than 50 bears have been killed in South Carolina by hunters this season. Bear season has one week remaining.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

Dreher and Lower Richland high schools have banned camouf lage from their campuses after police warned that a local gang had adopted the pattern, The State reported.

Principals at the two Richland School District 1 high schools used a district dress code rule allowing them to create a campus-specific ban on camouflage clothing, accessories and book bags.

Students at other Richland 1 schools may wear camouf lage, and there is currently no districtwide policy prohibiting the pattern.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott would not name the gang, but said they’re using the pattern as other gangs have used red, blue and black in the past.

A voice memo was sent to Dreher High School parents Wednesday reminding them of the ban.

Nearby A.C. Flora High School will not allow anyone wearing camouf lage into this week’s football game, but it has not banned camo from its campus. They play Lower Richland on Friday.

— Amanda Coyne, News Editor

LGBTQ History Month celebrated Campus Pride founder speaks to students Khadijah Dennis

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I n honor of L e sbia n , G ay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History Month, Shane Windmeyer, executive director and founder of Campus Pride, spoke with USC students, faculty and staff about the importance of diversity on college campuses.

Campus Pride, an organization dedicated to alleviating prejudice, bigotry and hate at colleges and universities, has reached out to campuses all over the nation to raise awareness of life on campus for LGBTQ students, both socially and personally.

“We really value anyone willing to come out in the South and talk about LGBTQ issues,” Windmeyer said.

As students began to settle into their seats, Windmeyer presented a slide with seven young students and told the audience that they were all members of the LGBTQ community who took their lives.

“One of the last and ultimate choices that you can take is your life,” Windmeyer said.

Ty ler C le me nt i , a R ut g er s University student, was included in the presentation; he jumped off the George Washington Bridge in New York in 2010 after his roommate outed him online. It was the same year that Campus Pride issued a report about the harassment that LGBTQ students faced.

“I show this because in 2010, we weren’t talking about harassment of t he LGB T Q com mu n it y,” Windmeyer said. “It took that media report for national news headlines to begin talking about this, to really focus on this, [and] that’s the sad state of affairs of how here in America, we tend to do things.”

Windmeyer then switched things

up with a LGBTQ history themed game titled: “What’s your Gay Point Average?”

The object of the game was for straight students to come up and face the audience and to answer questions about LGBTQ awareness.

Students were asked questions ranging from the colors of the gay pride flag to the shape of the official LGBTQ symbol.

“Our straight allies need to be more aware of what our history is,” Windmeyer said.

Windmeyer also talked about men and women who played roles in important parts of history who tend to be overshadowed. One man mentioned was Bayard Rustin, who served as Martin Luther King Jr.’s “right-hand man” and planned the first March on Washington.

“We don’t hear about people like that,” Windmeyer said. “I do this program to show that queer people have a history.”

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SENATE • Continued from 1 constant complaints for st udents, the senate safety and transportation committee and USC Parking Services w ill bring f ree rides on Cent ral Midlands Regional Transit Authority buses to first-year students starting in August 2014.

The move is designed to discourage freshmen from bringing cars to campus and encourage bus ridership over individual commuting for students throughout their college careers, said Senate Safet y and Transportation Committee Chair Kirkland Gray.

Groundbreaking on new student housing on current parking space is set to start this spring, eliminating two surface lots near the Carolina Coliseum.

Elections talk Elections codes will be up for debate next week alongside the finance codes.

The elections codes are also being revised in an effort to update all of SG’s codes by the end of the semester.

Farr suggested changing the codes to allow SG of f icials to endorse candidates for senate and executive offices through their official positions.

Currently, members of SG can only PRIDE • Cont. from 2 Ca mpu s Pr ide I ndex , which measures the policy, program and process of being open about LGBTQ awa rene s s on col lege campuses. USC currently has a three-star rating for LGBTQ friendliness and safety.

“As a college, you have come out.” Windmeyer said. “Three stars is not bad for South Carolina.”

K ay l a L i s e nb y, coordinator of LGBTQ programs, stressed the importance of students’ talking and thinking about these issues after the event ended.

“It’s more t han just saying that you support somet h i ng, it ’s about doing,” Windmeyer said.

“Be creative; don’t do what others have done already.”

endorse candidates without identifying their role.

Farr also proposed a minimum GPA for candidates. Currently, all candidates must be in good standing in their respective schools, but each school has a separate minimum GPA to be considered in good standing.

Farr suggested t hat t here be a baseline GPA requirement, either 2.5 or 3.0, that senate and executive candidates must meet.

While there was vocal support for an executive candidate minimum GPA, multiple senators voiced opposition to a blanket senate minimum. “ W h y, i f t h e s e s e n a t o r s a r e representing their own schools and colleges, should they have to conform to a university-wide standard?” Sen. Andrew Kovtun said.

Sen. Deon Tedder, who represents the School of Law, said a uniform GPA minimum would be especially rest rict ive for law st udents, who a re g r aded “much ha rder” t ha n undergraduates.

“In law school, a 3.0 is really, really good,” Tedder said. “It’s just different work.”

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Allocation restructuring will pay dividends ISSUE SG is restructuring student organization funding.

OUR STANCE The new system is efficient and promising.

St udent sen ate la st n ight div vied up money to st udent organizations, using its current system for the last time.

St udent Government plans to rest r uct ure its allocat ion process into a rolling system.

As it stands, organizations must ask for funding at the beginning of the semester. While it’s been relatively effective, the current system requires student leaders to have the foresight necessary to request the right amount of money for an entire semester of expenses.

In that regard, it leaves some organizations vulnerable to lastminute changes in their plans, whether it’s a canceled concert, a broken piece of equipment or a spur-of-the-moment event they hope to attend. The new system should help accommodate these needs, and if it manages to use up all the money SG is allocated, it could even spur some additional student organization funding from USC itself.

O b v i o u s l y, b y h a v i n g a roll i ng f u nds allocat ion, student organizations will be af forded added f lex ibilit y in their fi nancial planning. Rather than planning and scheduling months in advance, which risks s n a f u s a nd c h a n g e d pl a n s , organizations will be able to approach SG whenever t hey ne e d mo ne y, a lt hou g h it ’ l l

have to be at least five weeks in advance.

W h ile t h is new s ystem should provide a great deal of f lex ibilit y to each and ever y student organization, it will also benefit the network of student organizations as a whole.

E a c h y e a r, t h o u s a n d s o f dollars SG allocates isn’t used by the student organizations that ask for them; plans change, and estimates deviate from reality.

T h is poses t wo problems: For starters, that’s money that comes from students’ activit y fees that collects dust, while organizations regularly don’t get all the money they need. Second, u nt i l st udent org a n iz at ion s begin using up every cent they get, USC won’t be handing out

“Student organizations will be afforded added flexibility in their financial planning. Rather than planning and scheduling months in advance, which risks snafus and changed plans, organizations will be able to approach SG whenever they need money.”

more funding anytime soon.

Once all t he money is being spent regularly, student orga n izat ions cou ld see t he benefits of a larger budget.

The rolling funding process shou ld help st udent organizations use all the money t he y r e q u e s t , a nd it c o u ld make SG more liberal in its allocations.

We hope they won’t get too liberal, though.

We’re worried t hat rolling funding could dry up the coffers too quickly if too much money is doled out at the beginning of t he semester. That cou ld b e problem at ic for s t udent organizations looking to have an event later in the year or who wait too long to ask for funding.

We e x p e c t S G w i l l u s e discretion to prevent that from happening, but we encourage them to heed that possibility.

Nevertheless, this rest r uct uring follows in a n e nc ou r a g i n g p at t e r n of proactivity that’s emerging in SG. While SG has never been short on ideas, it has been on execution.

Wit h t his system, pending st udent senate approva l, we expect st udent organizations will enjoy newfound flexibility in fi nancial planning and maybe even a larger budget down the road.

A f ter all t he drama it drummed up with the house of delegates, we’re happy to see SG is making things right with student organizations.

Blockades won’t solve Five Points crime Searches, closed roads not answer to problem Since the tragic shooting in Five Points last week, there have been lists, articles and forums claiming to have solutions to the violence problem that has existed for years. In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Gamecock, Kathryn D u g g a n h ad a c olu m n t h at outlined the benefits of closing off the area to all but pedestrians on busy nights, a strategy that has been echoed by everyone from students to mayoral candidates.

While this idea may feel good, it does little else except promote an infringement of rights and racial profiling.

Simply closi ng of f Harden Street to vehicles would have little to no effect. Duggan said in her column that police officers wou ld be st at ioned at access points. These police of f icers wou ld el i m i n at e “ u nw a nt e d individuals” from entering Five

Points, based on their clothing, among other things. While I may not agree with the fashion choices of everyone who comes into the establishment where I work (in the 600 block of Harden Street), they are there to spend money, which is the whole point of business.

You simply can’t tell who will and won’t spend money based on the way that they’re dressed.

Furthermore, propositions to “stop-and-frisk” those believed to be carrying weapons are simply ridiculous. Police can’t establish legal probable cause to search someone based on their dress, and the federal judicial system has ruled that other “stop -andfrisk” laws are unconstitutional because they violate the rights of minorities.

Finally, Duggan said that the proposed closi ng of Ha rden Street would have no effect on the number of people visiting the area, citing the St. Patrick’s Day celebration as proof. I find that

simply ridiculous; the day comes once a year, and the streets are opened again before dark. The two ideas are incomparable: We don’t know how closing the street would affect business.

Violence is a problem, but we need educated and experienced criminologists and law enforcement officers to propose sound policies, not 21-year-olds that didn’t care until a week and a half ago.

— John Flint, second- year criminal justice student

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Clowney undeserving of ESPN’s criticism Network unfair to criticize some, give others a pass When most people think of South Carolina football, they think of the six-foot-six, 274-pound defensive end named Jadeveon Clowney, for good reason. Clowney’s hit in the bowl game against Michigan last season won the 20-year-old an ESPY for Best Play of the Year and catapulted him into a new level of national recognition.

Ever since, his intimidating stature has been the forefront of Carolina football. The No. 7 jersey has topped list after list of impressive national athletes, and yet ESPN still expects more.

Unfort unately, Clowney’s junior season started out shaky, plagued with injury. The hype around the all-star turned to criticism too quickly, with the heart of sports, ESPN, to blame.

ESPN’s coverage of Clowney this season has been less than fair. Its snide comments and unfair comparisons have been made hastily and without reason.

A f ter week s of performing injured and frustrated, Clowney chose to sit out during the home game against Kentucky. Reporting news of an injured player turned mean when ESPN commentators called the USC player self-centered and cocky.

Spurrier’s irritated post-game press conference fueled the fi re as the controversy continued.

As a sport television network, ESPN is ent it led to a i r each commentator’s opinions. In fact, s how s l i k e Sp or t C e nt er a nd College GameDay were created for that exact purpose. I will not argue Mackenzie the validity or experience of any Grant of these commentators, but their Second-year professionalism is up for dispute. broadcast College football is a game driven journalism by emot ion a nd fa ns. Upset s student are likely, and stars are born.

Sometimes, however, regard for the age of the players in question is forgotten. These are 18- to 22-year-old kids playing a game, trying to make a name for themselves. ESPN has to remember this.

My annoyance with ESPN might lessen if the cruel words and hasty conclusions made about Clowney were measured against universal standards.

Take Johnny Manziel, for example, or “Johnny Football,” as they sometimes call the hyped-up sophomore Texas A&M quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy as a freshman.

There’s no denying the kid has talent. I don’t think anyone would argue that, the same way no one really questions Clowney’s skills.

However, Ma nz iel’s d isrespec t towa rd opposing teams, referees and, most importantly, his coach should never be tolerated, regardless of skill.

To call Clowney, a player who has been hurt and conscious of his future, self-serving or to accuse him of being negligent to his team without mention of Manziel’s egotistical trash talk or insolence to his superiors and peers is a mistake.

To say the two are unrelated or incomparable is absurd. Both players entered the season with unheard-of expectations for their positions: Manziel off of a Heisman win and Clowney into a regulation third year with first-round draft talk on the horizon.

I would never try to argue that ESPN staffers don’t have to right to speak their minds, nor that Manziel doesn’t deserve the hype, but I think a level playing field is always called for.

In the end, Clowney lit up the competition a week later, having a record-breaking game for the season.

No one minded his single absence this season, and certainly no one argued with his hits. ESPN, you don’t have to talk trash about Clowney for a story, because he’ll always give you something to report on in the first place.

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Hannibal a hoot at USC performance

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Former “Saturday Night Live” writer Hannibal Buress took the stage Wednesday for a comedic performance that touched on everything from Men’s Health to co-ed dorms.

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Hannibal Buress is blowing up.

His stand-up career is taking off, he’s co-starring on the “The Eric A ndre Show,” and he’s leveraged his writing experience on “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock” into a pilot deal with Comedy Central.

He’s st ill doing college shows, though, and Wednesday night, USC got the Hannibal treatment.

R e l a x e d a n d c o n v e r s at io n a l ,

he engaged with the audience on college life during a performance hosted by Carolina Productions.

“You have co-eds dorms here?” he asked the crowd. “It’s amazing, women just as broke as you ... across the hall! Studying is a date.”

He also poked fun at fraternities a nd h a z i ng, i m it at i ng how t he process goes. “‘Yeah, I got to beat the s*** out of you.’ That’s a different kind of friendship,” he said.

The show covered a lot of ground, from hitting on Scarlett Johansson to eating penguin meat to skewering Men’s Health magazine.

“Ever y issue has an ab exercise feature in it,” he said. “Was there that much development in ab exercise

research over the past 30 days?”

He closed off the show with not one, but seven, performances of his tossed-of f rap single “Gibberish Rap.” Normally the show features three ballerinas, but Columbia was not so conducive, he said.

“We didn’t get any ballerinas.

What’s wrong with Columbia?” he complained.

Bet ween comedy performances around the country, Buress also has been working on an array of other projects. “The Eric Andre Show,” a talk show parody on Adult Swim that Buress co-hosts, started its second season this month.

“It’s just tighter,” Buress said about the new season. “We’ve got better

guests now that we have people that are fans of the show ... Questlove, T-Pain.”

It’s an odd show, and Buress said he sometimes walks onto set without much idea of what’s going to happen. “[Andre] will do something weird, and I’ll be surprised by it,” he said.

“Like, ‘I didn’t know he was about to vomit.’”

He enjoyed his days writing for SN L and 30 Rock, but now he’s focused on his pilot and his standup, he said.

“I like writing for myself more than I like writing for other people,” he said.

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New MTV show concerns nursing students Some worry about what message ‘Scrubbing In’ sends to viewers Caitlyn McGuire

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Here at USC, there are 1,163 undergraduate nursing students many of whom will go on to work around the country or the world.

Some of them could also go on to be traveling nurses who are assigned to hospital locations for a limited time. That means they could work anywhere from a small town to be a big city, or, like the cast of MTV’s newest show, “Scrubbing In,” Orange County, Calif.

The show, which airs tonight at 10 p.m., follows traveling nurses Adrian, Tyrice, Chris, Michelle, Fernando, Crystal, Nikki, Chelsey and Heather during their 12 week stints at an Orange County hospital.

MTV highlights not only their time on the clock, but their lives outside of work as well, including dating, fighting and exploring a new city.

“Expect to see nurses at work doing what they love,” cast member Heather Ambrose said, “but also what we do in our off time. Living in Orange County is like work and vacation in one.”

The reality show’s trailer includes cast members at work taking care of emergencies — and partying, fighting and going out, which cast member Chelsey Ferri said is what makes this show different from others.

“It shows what nursing is really like,” Ferri said.

But some USC nursing students aren’t too pleased with the way they’ve seen nurses represented on the preview.

“There are already so many stereotypes that go along with being a nurse. For example, all Halloween costumes on the market to be a nurse are short, tight skirts or dresses with the top being low cut and showing lots of cleavage. We don’t dress like that,”

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MTV’s new show “Scrubbing In” follows the lives of nine traveling nurses as they work in Orange County. fourth-year nursing student Rachael Byrnes said in a written response. “This show is adding to that negative stereotype — that all we do is party and sleep around.”

Byrnes added that she is concerned about the amount of partying on the show and wishes the preview focused

on the more serious aspects of being a nurse.

“Getting a nursing degree is a gruesome process that consists of long hours of studying and learning how to SCRUB • 6

SCRUB• Continued from 5 safely care for patients,” she said. “We take pride in all we have done to earn that degree, and the nurses on this show seem to be throwing all that hard work out the window.”

Ferri and Ambrose disagree, though, and say that although they go out sometimes, they take their jobs very seriously.

“We never went out before a shift,” Ferri said, “and we never did anything to jeopardize our career or bring any outside stuff into the job.”

Unless the show proves that its focus is on nursing work, some students said they would be hesitant to watch.

“I am embarrassed,” fourth-year

nursing student Olivia Caradonio said in a written response. “I don’t want my future patients to see this show and have it be a reflection on me and all nurses, because that is not how we all act.”

A mbrose and Ferri said that the cast didn’t do anything other young professionals don’t do and that they are happy with the experiences they had and hope others can have the chance to be travel nurses as well.

“Go out and experience the world,” Ferri said.

Ambrose added, “Don’t say ‘I wish I would’ve done this.’ Just go do it.”

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Gamecocks prepare for New Mexico With just 4 games left in regular season, team goals still intact Tanner Abel

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With four games left in the season, the South Carolina men’s soccer team sits at 5-5-4, but it has yet to face the toughest part of its conference schedule.

Three of the Gamecocks’ final four matches are against the top three teams in Conference USA, including No. 10 UAB and a matchup this Saturday against No. 25 New Mexico.

The good news for South Carolina is that it faces the Lobos at home this weekend, where the Gamecocks have fared better. At home, South Carolina is 4-1-2, compared to 1-4-2 on the road.

Head coach Mark Berson said Saturday’s game against New Mexico (8-3-2) will be a challenge, but it’s one the Gamecocks are prepared to face.

“They’re a very strong team from one place to the next on the field,” Berson said. “We’ve tangled with a number of strong teams, so that’s not an issue. What it’s going to come down to is execution. When we get our chances, we need to capitalize on them.”

Berson said he does not expect creating strong chances will be a problem because the Gamecocks have done a good job of that so far. He added that he hopes his team can finish on its opportunities because against a team like the Lobos, the chances will not be as prevalent.

The scoring has been spread out for the Gamecocks this year, and some goals have come from unlikely sources. It starts with the Gamecocks’ leading scorer, junior defender Mahamoudou Kaba, who has netted five goals. Junior center back Braeden Troyer has also contributed on offense from the back line, putting in two goals thus far.

Berson said many of those two players’ goals have come off set pieces, which has given the team a lot of confidence in those situations now.

There have been some ups and downs, particularly on the road, but Berson said he expects as much on a team with only two seniors.

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Junior defender Mahamoudou Kaba is South Carolina’s leading scorer this season, notching five goals so far. forward J.P. Rafferty, Berson said the team has grown a lot.

“As we get towards the last four games of the season, it’s almost like freshmen aren’t freshmen anymore,” Berson said. “They’ve got almost a whole season of playing under their belt, so they’re playing more like upperclassmen because they have some experience.”

The key for the Gamecocks’ progress is the team’s ability to learn from their mistakes and mental errors, according to Berson. He said he would be worried if they were not making those corrections, but that the coaching staff spends a lot of time on the mental aspects of the game.

The record may not suggest it at first glance, but all of South Carolina’s goals at the beginning of the year are still intact. One is unlikely: winning the regular season title. UAB and Old Dominion are ahead of the Gamecocks by three games in conference wins.

With those two teams unlikely to fall off drastically,

the next goal for South Carolina is winning the Conference USA postseason tournament to get into the NCAA tournament. The top seven teams in the conference make it to the postseason tournament, and currently, South Carolina is fourth.

With four games left, there is enough time for USC to make a push for the top of conference — or to fall apart and miss the playoffs altogether.

Berson said that anything can happen in the conference tournament and that he believes his team has what it takes to beat the higher ranked teams.

“We have two games at home, two games on the road, and we have the top three teams in the league yet to play,” he said. “So we’ve got some real work to do, but we have the mentality that there’s a lot of opportunity there.”

The match against the Lobos is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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Women’s soccer enters home stretch Team coming off 1st tie of SEC play against Ole Miss Patrick Ingraham

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Senior Juliette Thevenin and South Carolina look to continue their home court advantage when they take on Tennessee and Auburn.

Volleyball back home for SEC play South Carolina will face Tennessee, Auburn this weekend David Roberts

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W h ile Sout h Carolina has struggled to fi nd a road identity this season, the comforts of home have been all too familiar.

The Gamecocks (11-9, 3-5 SEC) are 7-3 at home this season, with their three losses coming from Georgia, Kentucky and Arkansas — all top-tier SEC teams.

South Carolina will look to get back on track this weekend as they return home to host Tennessee (8-13, 0-7 SEC) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Auburn (12-7, 3-4 SEC) on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

South Carolina beat Tennessee 3-1 earlier this season behind outside hitter Juliette Thevenin’s doubledouble. The senior registered 23 kills and 16 digs in the team’s first win in Knoxville since 2002. “ We k n o w t h e i r l i n e u p h a s cha nged, a nd t hey don’t have a really good record because they lost everything [last year],” Thevenin said.

“But I think we need to worry about our side of the net. When we worry

about our side of the net, everything seems to work smooth. I think we need to focus on what we can do, and just keep working hard as a team, so we can get some good results again.”

T h e L a d y Vo l u n t e e r s h a v e struggled to replace last year’s senior class, who helped rewrite the record books for an already-prest igious Tennessee program.

The foursome of Jasmine Brown, Leslie Cikra, Kayla Jeter and DeeDee Harrison combined for 99 w ins throughout their time at Tennessee, and their .786 winning percentage is a school record. Out of the four, Cikra, Jeter and Harrison are currently playing professionally in Europe.

This year, the Lady Volunteers have dropped their first seven matches in conference play. Tennessee is also 1-12 in their last 13 matches.

W hile Tennessee has had their struggles, the Gamecocks learned over the weekend that anything can happen, with a loss at Mississippi State and a win at Ole Miss.

“Nobody can be taken for granted, that’s for sure,” head coach Scott Swanson said. “We need to go out and play our best every time we get a chance to play.”

Auburn presents something of a

different challenge to the Gamecocks.

The Tigers are 3-4 in the SEC but hold impressive wins over LSU and Texas A&M. Mea nwh i le, t hei r los se s have come against the top-half of the SEC, including Kentucky, Alabama, M issou ri and A rk ansas. Aubu rn will serve as a litmus test for the Gamecocks, who sit one spot below the Tigers in the rankings.

“I think that Auburn is way better than people think,” Swanson said.

“Obviously, we didn’t play our best because we didn’t take Mississippi State seriously. Hopefully we’re not going to make that mistake again this season.”

With this season being Thevenin’s last as a Gamecock, she said she realizes that any losses will be tough to swallow. But having only six home games and a total of eleven regular season games remaining on South Carolina’s schedule, each loss would be magnified. “ It ’s t o u g h e r ; it ’s d e f i n it e l y tougher,” Thevenin said. “Obviously, I want to win every single game. If we all play together and stay together through the hard times, I think that’s what is going to help us win games.”

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The Vanderbilt Lady Commodores and No. 7 South Carolina will face off in a late season SEC matchup Friday night at 6 p.m.

A double overtime 1-1 tie with No. 24 Ole Miss on Sunday gave t he Lady G amecock s t heir f irst tie in SEC play this season. The Gamecocks are now 12-2-2 overall and 5-2-1 in the SEC. A s the reg ular season starts to wind down with only three games left, the pressure is mounting for Sout h Carolina to close out t he season strong.

Coach Shelley Smit h ref lected on the magnitude of the next few games.

“Ever y con ference g a me is important,” Smith said. “It’s one step closer to reaching our goals, winning SEC championships and getting into postseason play, so we k now how cr ucial each game is, especially when you’re in the SEC.” Freshman Chelsea Drennan, who scored her first career goal in the sixth minute against Ole Miss, said the Lady Gamecocks’ focus in the upcoming regular season games will be to keep a level head late in tight games.

“I think for us, it’s just composure i n t he f i n a l t h i r d , a nd i n ou r defensive third, playing how we’ve always played since the beginning of the season, and I if we do that, I know we can beat anyone,” Drennan said.

Smith said that creating chances and staying aggressive is also a focus going into tomorrow night’s game.

“We’ve played so well and created chances,” Smith said. “This team has always given great effort and put it all on the line. We’ve just got to be smarter and know when to make it easier for ourselves when we have t he ball, k nowing when to make runs and when to attack.”

The G a mecock s w ill t r y to keep their unblemished 8-0 home record intact when they face the Commodores at Stone Stadium.

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