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Dream wedding comes true Couple wins opportunity to plan ceremony with HRTM students Sarah Martin

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ould you let a group of students plan your entire wedding? For Erin Stone and Scott Smith, partnering with USC’s Wedding Planning & Management class was a no-brainer.

The class, in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, holds a competition every semester for engaged couples who apply to be chosen by submitting their love story. On Tuesday afternoon, three couples stood in front of the class as finalists to hear if they won the “rustic-elegant” themed wedding.

Kevin Deloach, a fourth-year human resources and management student who’s enrolled in the class, announced the winner by reading their love story aloud. As soon as Stone and Smith recognized that their story won, they began smiling and wiping away tears.

“There is something special about your first love,” Deloach read. “Whether you end on good terms or in tears, years later, your first love always puts a smile to your face and a butterfly in your stomach. Scott is that person for me.”

Stone and Smith’s story went on to say how the couple began dating at 16 and went to prom together.

After moving away for college and losing touch, Stone married a man named Patrick and had a daughter, Cameron, with him.

Less than a year and a half later, Patrick was diagnosed with cancer, and eventually lost his battle with the disease.

“No one dreams that they will be a 29-year-old widowed mother of a 3-year-old, but there I stood,” Stone wrote.

Stone wrote in the story that she and Smith crossed paths over the next few years and began talking regularly. When Stone’s daughter met Smith, they spent the afternoon talking about Patrick and watching cartoons.

“Over the next two years, we have fallen deeper Kendra Little / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Erin Stone and Scott Smith celebrate their win with daughter Cameron at the McCutchen House on Tuesday.

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New fellowship database to help students meet goals Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs unveils new online tool Natalie Pita

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USC students have won more than 620 national awards, totaling more than $17.8 million, since the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs was created in 1994. USC now hopes to make it easier for students to get research these fellowships.

The office has collaborated with the provost’s office and University Technology Services to build a database of award opportunities called Investigate National Fellowship Opportunities, or INFO. The database features a wide range of search parameters that students can use to pinpoint national fellowships that meet their goals, academic or professional.

“We are excited to provide high-ability Carolina students with an online database to search for national fellowships,” said Novella Beskid, director of the Office of Fellowships and Scholars Programs.

“It is a critical advising tool to maximize funding opportunities to meet (a student’s) academic and professional goals.”

The idea was first brought up by Jen Bess, the office’s fellowships coordinator. Bess came from the University of Chicago, which had a similar database available to students.

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The women’s basketball team hopes to defend its spot atop the SEC against Mississippi State.

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Al Gore answers students’ questions about education policies and fighting apathy in the millenial generation.

Gore speaks to USC students Political science class videoconferences with former vice president Sarah Martin & Hannah Richardson NEWS@DAILYGAMECOCK.COM

For mer V ic e P re sident A l Gore lectured on the future of American politics via Skype to two classes Tuesday afternoon.

Gore was welcomed to the video conference by Don Fowler, former cha i r ma n of t he Democrat ic National Committee; Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and President Harris Pastides.

G ore bega n h is lec t u re by

discussing political change and the f ut ure, but he focused on five main points before taking questions.

“None of us can see the future, but all of us can speculate the future,” Gore said.

The fi rst point Gore discussed was his idea of “Earth Inc.,” or the today’s new, highly connected economy and the complicated issue of the growing power of the global marketplace.

“95 percent of t he nat ional income in the U.S. since 2009 has indeed gone to the wealthiest 1 percent,” Gore said. “Now that’s not an Occupy Wall Street slogan — that is an actual fact.”

Gore also talked about was

t he emergence of t he “global mind” and how the Internet and socia l med ia have con nected this generation more than any other. Gore said the global mind is creating a more volunteering community and that people are playing a stronger civic role.

Gore also spoke about how compa n ies are t reat i ng t heir customers like products by g at her i ng i n for m at ion f rom them that they can sell to third parties. Bringing up the impact of WikiLeaks and other security issues, Gore said privacy should still be important to the American people.

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Bass fishing tournament returns to York County York Count y will be home to the Carolinas’ largest team bass fishing tournament for a third year, The State reported.

The Carolina Bass Challenge will be held on Lake Wylie at Ebenezer Park on Feb. 15 and March 1. Event coordinator Brett Collins said around 350 fishermen are expected to attend the event, but as many as 500 people may come to see the final weigh-ins.

Fishermen will compete in teams of two for several hours to see who can reel in the biggest fish.

Although most lakes are home to 8 pound bass, Collins said that Lake Wylie usually sees 5 pounders because of the large population surrounding the lake.

The winner at each event will win $1,000 and tournament grand prize winners could get larger cash prizes or a boat.

—Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

County schools locked down after home invasion A pair of Richland School District Two schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a suspected home invasion in northeast Richland County, The State reported.

Deputies were called to 8561 Brookfield Road, near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Interstate 77 at about 11:30 a.m. Upon arrival, police found one person who was shot in the upper body. The sheriff’s department said drugs were also found at the home, and that deputies are currently searching for two suspects.

The victim was transported to Palmetto Health Richland; the victim’s condition was unknown.

Richland Northeast High and Condor Elementary schools were on lockdown for a short while following the call. By 12:30 p.m., both of the lockdowns were lifted.

—Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

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science, and he mentioned the progress that has been made in genom ic te st i ng a nd medical diagnosis.

Speaking on the dangers of widespread antibiotic u se, he st re ssed t hat a l most 80 percent of antibiotics are now put in feed to make livestock fatter.

Lastly, the former vice president lectured on the shift in global power, saying that the U.S. has been leading the world in political power since the end of World War II, but that China is surpassing it in economic strength.

“China will over take the U.S. within the next few years,” Gore warned.

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Transportation chief resigns after DUI arrest Gov. Nikki Haley accepted the resignation of Robert St. Onge, director of the state Department of Transportation, hours after he was arrested for driving under the influence, The Associated Press reported.

St. Onge was pulled over on Friday at 8 a.m. and said he had been drinking vodka the night before, but that he wasn’t impaired. According to a police report, he recorded a blood-alcohol level of 0.20 percent, more than double the legal limit.

Dashboard camera footage released Monday shows St. Onge handcuffed in the officer’s front seat, saying, “Today’s the day that my job ends.”

The trooper called his supervisor to tell him that he stopped a political figure, and then had St. Onge follow a pencil with his eyes and walk heel-to-toe.

St. Onge was ultimately arrested on a fi rst-offense drunken driving charge after failing those sobriety tests.

—Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

would be remiss to not at least mention pollution a nd globa l wa r m i ng, G ore sa id a “cl i mate c r isis” was emerg i ng because “about 90 million tons of pollution a re du mped i nto t he Earth’s atmosphere every 24 hours.”

Students from Fowler’s classes were t hen called up a nd given the opportunit y to ask Gore questions.

Trenton Smith, a thirdyear polit ical science and economics student, asked Gore about U.S. educat ion pol ic y a nd practice. “ How c a n we a s a society prepare students w it h t he tech n ica l k nowledge t hey need f or t h i s e c o no m y of

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t he f ut u re — of t he present, really — while st ill maintaining ou r grounding in providing a liberal arts education for all students?” Smith asked.

G ore a n s wered h is question by saying that out sou rci ng jobs a nd the rising role of robots in industry are causing more jobs to be involved i n f ie ld s ot he r t h a n manufacturing, and so a liberal arts education is more important than ever.

Gore t hen ended the question session by stressing the importance of passion and ask ing m illen n ials to keep a dedication to “enduring human values.”

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WEDDING • Continued from 1 in love than I ever thought we could,” Stone wrote. “He told my mother that I was the one that got away. Now he tells her how lucky he was that we have had a second chance at love.”

The couple got engaged on Christmas Eve, and Stone said she knew about the HRTM competition because her sister entered it a few years ago, and her foster daughter was in the class a year ago.

Once Cameron realized that her parents won, she exclaimed, “We won?!” to a laughing crowd.

Annette Hoover, who teaches the course, gave the future bride a bouquet and pinned a boutineer on the groom.

“We had a lot of applications, and it was a very tough competition,” Hoover said.

The USC fellowships DATABASE • Cont. from 1 office wanted to offer this opportunity to students because a lot of people do not know what fellowships are and often conf use t hem w it h u n iversit y

The winning couple then viewed different wedding outfits that they could choose from, provided by Evelyn’s Bridal and Britton’s. Upon seeing the flower girl dress, Cameron excitedly said, “I love being the flower girl! This dress is long! Mama’s gonna get the white one!”

The HRTM class w ill plan t he wedding by breaking up responsibilities by committee. With about 81 students enrolled in the course, those committees w ill focus on ever y t hing f rom transportation and entertainment to finding the perfect cake and flowers.

Hoover told the couple that the class also had a few surprises up its sleeves, including the location of the honeymoon, but she gave one clue: “Pack lots of bikinis and board shorts.”

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and departmental scholarships.

INFO not only provides information on individual fellowships, but it also includes related deadlines and associated campus workshops c o o r d i n at e d a n d le d by national fellowship

advisors, faculty members and past student winners.

“One of t he most impor t a nt steps i n applying for a national fellowship is k nowing which of the many that are available relate to their interest and goals,” Beskid said.

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Holistic education key to future workforces ISSUE Al Gore told students the liberal arts are still important.

OUR STANCE Schools shouldn’t lose sight of their core values.

Two lucky classes got to have former Vice President Al Gore speak to them about the future of American politics via Skype on Tuesday. Gore admitted that no one knows exactly what the future will bring, but it sounds like smart students can speculate and adapt accordingly.

The range of topics he discussed included thoughts on the ever-increasing connectivity of today ’s economy a nd t he growing power of t he global m a rket place. Si m i la rly, t he Internet has ushered in the era of the “global mind” and how our generation is more connected than any before us.

But t he connect iv it y has a drawback. A s Gore outlined,

companies are using our Internet browsing data to better identify our likes and tendencies, which can be sold to other companies for marketing and sales purposes.

Furthermore, these companies a nd t he Nat io n a l S e c u r it y Agency alike collect more data than many are willing to tolerate.

The current technologically oriented landscape has placed an incredible emphasis on relevant majors, which poses a concern for students pursuing a liberal a r t s educat ion. T ha n k f u l ly, one question posed regarding this shift in emphasis elicited

“Universities and the U.S. would be well advised not to lose sight of the original values that colleges pushed: the liberal arts.”

a response from Gore that we should all take to heart.

In response to the future of U.S. education and how current st udent s ca n bet ter prepa re for the world today’s students will adopt as work ing adults, particularly for those pursuing the liberal arts, Gore advised them to stay the course.

While tech-oriented majors are in high demand now, the looming t h reat of out sou rc i ng a nd robosourcing means that many of the jobs students seek today will be long gone in the future.

W hen rob ot s re volut ion i z e the production process, Gore said the focus would move to public goods, where students with a liberal arts education can flourish.

W hile USC and the rest of higher education in the U.S. focus their attention and resources on science and technology, they’d be well advised not to lose sight of the original values that colleges pushed: the liberal arts.

US drinking age illogical, impractical Stalling adulthood beneficial to no one No matter how acclimatized I may have become to the delights of t he Sout h, some c u lt u ra l differences between student life in Leeds, England, and in South Carolina continue to absorb me.

W he n I f ou nd out I ’d b e studying abroad in the states, one of the most common questions friends asked was, “What are you going to do about drink ing?”

Despite having enjoyed the good, clean benefits of a comparatively dry six months here, the prospect of turning 21 this week has never seemed more enticing.

A large part of st udent life i n E ngla nd re volve s a rou nd drinking. Ever since I turned 18, it has always been ingrained in my social life.

Think of all the social events hosted by USC: ice-cream kickoffs, pizza nights, sports days, Bustle at the Russell, acoustic nights, free cinema screenings and so on. Then replace them with pub quizzes, nights out, pub-crawls, welcome part ies, wine nights, cocktail nights and a helping of warm mulled wine at the Leeds Christmas market.

Drinking alcohol at university has always been a positive, liberating and normalized experience.

Raising the legal drinking age to 21 in America makes alcohol the forbidden fruit within an otherwise liberal Garden of Eden.

I’ve been fascinated by the way that alcohol is treated here, passed around at parties as if it’s a class-A drug and smuggled into cookouts in guitar cases.

I don’t see the harm in drinking alcohol at 18, when at that age and lower, students in America can drive a pickup truck, have sex,

get married and join the armed forces. An American 18-year-old is legally able to take someone’s life in combat or bring new life into the world before he or she can pop open a can of beer at the end of a long day.

American drinking laws also make leading a straightforward social life more difficult. As soon as I turned 18 in the U.K., I was able to say yes to a variety of social events that made it extremely easy to meet new people. In America, invites are always plagued with follow-up questions: “Is it a 21 and over bar?”, “Is the party on campus?” and “How strict is your RM?” One of the most nonsensical effects of the laws is their impact upon residence hall life. When I arrived in America, I was stupefied to learn that resident mentors are required to patrol residence halls and repor t st udent s fou nd drink ing alcohol.

A mong all of the brilliant things Evelyn R Ms do for ou r Robinson universit y, ask ing Second-year t hem to act as English and history student police deput ies a nd be t he face of an impending $250 f ine is irreconcilable with a positive community atmosphere.

No matter how much they get paid, ask ing R Ms to monitor t he a lcohol con s u mpt ion of other st udents is as unfair to RMs themselves as it is to their residents.

T h e n t h e r e’s t h e r e a l p ol ic e f o r c e . A n e no r m o u s proportion of police resources and investigations go towards scouting out underage drinkers

in Five Points and house parties.

If the police force is operating to make the community a safer place, I would much rather they spent their time investigating lifethreatening, serious crimes rather than arresting over-intoxicated students.

What’s even worse is that the police are nowhere to be seen on game days, du r i ng wh ich everyone knows that everybody else in Columbia is gat hered outside Williams-Brice Stadium drinking beer from plastic cups.

I’m not suggesting that the police should crack down on drinking at tailgates.

Rather, I’d like to ask how can they condone underage drinking so fiercely in some contexts and turn a blind eye to it in others?

Sporadic exposure to alcohol hy pes up t he myster y behind drinking and allows it to attract a golden, contraband status in the student community.

Going to college is synonymous wit h becoming an adult. You move out, you buy and cook your own food and you pay bills within a relatively safe and protected bubble. It’s the perfect stepping stone between being a teenager and entering the “real” working world.

Failing to trust students with alcohol consumption undermines the other adult responsibilities they are entrusted with upon mov i ng out a nd becom i ng independent.

Encou rag i ng development, maturity and growth on one level yet denying students the privilege of drinking on another sends out a confusing and contradictory message. That message sedates the progression to adulthood and imbues alcohol with a dangerous, mystical status.

To promote equal opportunity, push higher education, too Governor should focus on all schools in SC, top to bottom O n beha lf of t he st udent body at t he University of South Carolina, We believe in the future of South Carolina.

Our future is dependent upon the quality of our education.

We commend Gov. Nikki Haley for making education the keystone of her State of the State address. Targeted approaches to schooling in this state are fundamental to improving the quality of lives for all our citizens.

We charge t he governor to address t he issues facing education in South Carolina in a comprehensive manner, from K-12 to the university level.

Investment in education, including higher education, is the surest way to create a brighter f ut u r e f or t he c it i z e n s of ou r state. Educat ion is t he ultimate means by which each and every child can rise from the humblest of beginnings, to accomplish the loftiest of goals — the pipeline to success in our society.

Our education system — as it stands — does not provide all MIZZELL students with the opportunity to succeed, failing to fulfi ll its most basic purpose.

Without a concerted effort to improve the quality of all levels of academics within our state, many students will not have the ability to live up to their greatest potential.

We look forward to working with Haley and the General Assembly in the coming months as we kick off our student campaign to address the unwieldy burden rising tuition is placing upon South Carolina’s students and families.

Building upon the governor’s address, we hope to achieve a renewed focus on the entirety of education, ensuring all South Carolinians an even brighter future.

— Chase Mizzell, student body president

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Local theater only in SC to host New York Film Critic Series Isabelle Khurshudyan

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The story of how Columbia’s Nickelodeon Theatre landed the New York Film Critics Series isn’t glamorous, but the series itself is.

The exclusive film series streams advance screenings of upcoming films to theaters across the country from a New York Cit y theater.

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The Nickelodeon helps to bring art to Main Street.

When the Nickelodeon’s film booker contacted the theater’s programming director, Janell Rohan, about joining the series, only a few spots remained, and there were strict requirements for theaters that wanted to participate.

Rohan then emailed series producer Mark Ehrenk ranz expressing t he Nickelodeon’s interest. Ehrenkranz had some questions first.

What’s the theater’s download speed? Does the theater have the ability to charge for subscription packages? Would the theater’s patrons pay $18 per ticket for the series?

The Nickelodeon passed the test — and then came the glamorous part. The only participating theater in South Carolina, the Nickelodeon participated in the film series for the fi rst time last month, streaming “At Middleton” to a nearly sold-out crowd in a room that seats 99.

Landing events like the film series has helped South Carolina’s only nonprofit art house theater raise its profile in the independent theater industry.

“It’s really excit ing just because t his is something that you would typically see in a larger cultural market like New York or Chicago,” Rohan said. “For our theater to get it means that our patrons will have the chance to see films that may never actually be able to come to the Nickelodeon, but they’ll have an opportunity to preview it during the series.”

Because of the Nickelodeon’s limitations with having only one screen, the series gives the theater an opportunity to show films it might not otherwise book. Had the theater been involved in the series earlier, its patrons would have had the opportunity to stream an advance screening of the Oscar-nominated film “American Hustle,” which the theater didn’t show.

After the movie, actors from the film and the director discuss the movie with Peter Travers, fi lm critic and senior editor for fi lm at Rolling Stone magazine, at the theater in New York.

Patrons watching from across the country can tweet their questions and comments, and some are read live.

The film series has been live in New York for the past 20 years, but it started streaming to about 50 theaters across the countr y in November with “Nebraska.”

Previous films in the series include “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Anna Karenina” and “The

Artist.”

Series producer Ehrenkranz said he isn’t sure what movie will be screened next, but he expects that the next screening will be in early March.

The series aims to have a screening once a month.

“This puts them in an elite group,” said Ken May, executive director of the South Carolina Arts Commission. “This series is something they’ve earned through some of the things they’ve put on through Indie Grits.”

The success of the Nickelodeon-hosted Indie Grits fi lm festival has helped the theater gain recognition in the industry as well as more opportunities to participate in more exclusive film series.

When Nickelodeon executive director Andy Smith attended the Art House Convergence conference in the past, he was happy to simply be a participant. But last year, he was invited to be a panelist at the conference.

It has also helped the surrounding Main Street community, which marketing director Philippe Herndon said is part of the theater’s mission.

The Nickelodeon moved to its current location on the 1600 block of Main Street over a year ago, and it’s one of only a few business in the area that’s open during the evening.

One of its neighbors, The Columbia Museum of Art is open in the evening on some special occasions, and there are some restaurants in the area, but the majority of businesses aren’t open after 5 p.m., so the theater helps bring people to the area in the evening. May said the increased traffic helps the area to feel safe because it doesn’t feel so “desolate.”

It also follows suit with the other events on the street that support alternative art, like First Thursdays on Main, a three-block festival on the first Thursday of every month that’s a collaboration between local merchants and artists.

“I would consider [the Nickelodeon] to be a major rock,” said Mark Plessinger, owner of Frame of Mind. “They hold down what I would consider to be a unique piece of the art scene that not very many cities have. There’s nobody else in South Carolina that has that piece. It gives us a unique flavor that you’re just not going to find in many other places in the United States.”

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Campus MovieFest in full swing Students from all areas of study flock to film Erika Ryan

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T he f il m ma k i ng week for Campus MovieFest launched Tuesday, and students of all years and majors waited to pick up their cameras, laptops and other equipment in the Russell House.

Wit h t he red carpet, banners, CMF employees and participants, the launch caused quite a stir downstairs in the student union.

Aaron A nderson, a secondyear fi nance student who signed

up for Campus MovieFest this year, said he thinks the best part about CMF is that anyone can participate. “ I t ’s a g r e a t w a y t o d o something creative and showcase it,” Anderson said. “Also, it’s a good way to meet other students with similar interests, especially at the finale. It’s just a really cool event.”

Participants in the competition are encouraged to be creative and branch out with their genres and ideas for short films. Jada Williams, a fi rst-year broadcast jou r nalism st udent, was inspired, in part, by the loss of a Hollywood icon.

“I’m doing this for the late, great, Philip Seymour Hoffman,” Williams said.

When asked why she signed up for CMF, Williams added, “I did something similar back home. I had a lot of fun, and I wanted to do it again.”

I f you’re a nt ic ipat i ng t he re s u lt s told at t he Ca mpu s Mov ieFest red carpet f inale, you’ll have to wait until the end of next week.

This week of st udent moviemaking will wrap up on Monday, and the CMF finale will be later that week on Thursday, Feb. 13.

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S t udent s swar med Rus sell House for filming equipment, preparing for a week of hard work and fun.

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HOROSCOPES

Aries

More income is possible today and tomorrow. Friends inspire your move. Confer with allies, and get in action.

Pay attention! There’s an opportunity presenting itself like a low-hanging pear. You can make it happen.

Taurus

A ssert your desires confidently over the next t wo days. Help comes f rom above when you pledge with your heart.

Keep meditating on what you love. You’re even more powerful than usual.

No more procrastination.

Take action.

Gemini

Get philosophical today and tomorrow. Something’s coming due. There’s a brilliant insight percolating.

Take time for thoughtful introspection. Personal values drive your decisions.

Friends help you get farther.

Retreat from the world, and set long-term goals.

Cancer

Your friends are a big help today and tomorrow.

Follow the rules and a strong leader. Keep your own goals in mind, too.

Discover hidden benefits.

Hold off on a household decision. Pay a debt first.

Virgo

Let your thoughts roam.

Dream big. Use common sense in your planning.

Follow a hunch. Set longrange goals today and tomorrow. New expenses cou ld cha nge t h i ng s.

More work leads to more b e nef it s . Sh a re you r studies when ready.

Libra

Consider your next move.

Focus on finances for the next two days, and grow your nest egg. You’re getting closer to the truth. Maybe you hit the society page.

Fantasies come true. Allow for miscues with humor.

Scorpio

Is there a leak? Check out household items carefully b e f o r e b u y i n g. Yo u r partner’s opinion matters.

A new direction in your collaboration develops.

Another partner or friend mediates. Try a new flavor.

Consider unexplored options.

Sagittarius

Refocus on work priorities today and tomorrow, and ignore distractions. Let yourself get persuaded to take

action. Find unexplainable inspiration. Indulge your inner workaholic, and fuel with hot drinks, creature comforts and a rewarding promise.

Capricorn

With confrontation possible, consider how to present your view to erase objections. Keep family in mind. Draw upon hidden resources. Love’s a comfort when money’s tight.

You’re entering a cuddly mood. Music soothes the savage beast.

Pisces

Study and practice today and tomorrow. Explore, and challenge assumptions. Go ahead and get philosophical.

Test your theories, and map out a route to a dream.

Price it out. Share it with someone close.

Leo

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Aquarius

Enforce household rules, and handle home repairs today and tomorrow. Make a dream come true. Others offer inspiration. Declare t hat “it ca n happen.”

Research yields a surprising discovery. Invite folks to participate. Share what you’re learning.

Be prepared for i nspec t ion today a nd tomorrow. Schedule for the unexpected. With increased scrutiny, stay balanced. Follow rules o b e d i e n t l y, a n d g e t stronger.

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Women set to battle Bulldogs on road Team looks to defend newfound spot atop SEC Tanner Abel

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The women’s basketba l l tea m will travel to Mississippi State on Thursday in South Carolina’s first game since it claimed first place in the SEC over the weekend.

The No. 6 Gamecocks (20-2, 8-1 SEC) have won 11 of their last 12 games, with their only loss coming in overtime against No. 19 Texas A&M on the road two weeks ago.

Coach Dawn Staley acknowledged it would be a challenge to keep her team from looking at how other SEC teams do game by game because it just reached first place.

“I don’t think it’s going to be an easy thing, but if we win, this is the life we chose because we keep winning,” she said. “I’d much rather be in first place than last place or in the middle of the pack.”

Freshman center Alaina Coates is fresh off her fourth SEC Freshman of the Week selection after a pair of dominating performances against Ole Miss and Missouri.

Against Ole Miss, Coates had 24 points and 12 rebounds; she logged 13 points, five rebounds and four blocks against Missouri.

Coates, along with junior center Elem Ibiam’s inside presence, have been hard for opponents to manage all season.

The t wo players have made an impact on both ends of the f loor.

Ibiam averages 10.1 points and 6.7 rebou nds per game, a nd Coates aver age s 12.3 p oi nt s a nd eight rebounds per game. Both players also average more than two blocks a game, and even when they don’t get a block, they alter their opponents’ shots regularly, making it tough to score.

Mississippi State (16-7, 3-6 SEC) is

fighting to stay alive for a shot at the NCA A Tournament, but the team has lost four of its last six conference games.

I bia m a nd Coates w il l have a challenge waiting for them in the Bulldogs’ ju nior center, Mart ha A lwal. She leads t he M ississippi State squad with 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

If Coates and Ibiam make Alwal’s day tough, the Bulldogs might have to resort to a game plan that involves more outside shooting.

If t hat happens, ju n ior g ua rd Kendra Grant and freshman guard Dominique Dillingham have shown they can contribute from beyond the arc. Grant scores 11.8 points per game and makes a little over 32 percent from long range. Dillingham averages 10.3 points per game and shoots about 26 percent from threepoint range.

The Gamecocks have a balanced scoring attack, with four players averaging more than 10 points per game.

Besides Coates and Ibiam, junior forward Aleighsa Welch has played well inside, averaging 13.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell leads the team with 15.5 points per game, the ninth highest in the SEC. Still, the players said their team wouldn’t concentrate too much on being in first place. “ We k now how t he SEC i s ,” sophomore guard Asia Dozier said.

“We know how unpredictable this league is. Coach Staley reminds us all the time that any team can beat any team on any given day, so I don’t think that it’s a big focus of ours.”

Staley said the Gamecocks do a good job of taking it one game at a time and that they will be ready to take the floor at 8 p.m. on Thursday against the Bulldogs.

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Women’s basketball by the numbers

Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Sophomore guard Asia Dozier said that the team knows how unpredictable the SEC is.

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South Carolina’s rank in the SEC in six categories as of Tuesday

Blocks junior center Elem Ibiam needs to break Lakesha Tolliver’s single-season block record (60)

Blocks by Alaina Coates this season, the most by a freshman in South Carolina history

Gamecocks hope to turn season around Home game against Auburn kicks off string of winnable games Danny Garrison

DGARRISON@DAILYGAMECOCK.COM

The possibilit y of t urning t he season around has dangled in front of the South Carolina men’s basketball team again and again during the conference season.

Some t hought t he t urnarou nd would come at home against Ole Miss, when the Gamecocks wound up on the wrong end of a one-point game after giving up a double-digit lead. Or maybe it would materialize in a down-to-the-wire matchup with a st rong M issouri team, or even when South Carolina picked up its first conference win against Texas A&M. But that turnaround hasn’t come quite yet, and the Gamecocks (8-13, 1-7 SEC) still sit at the bottom of the conference.

However, coach Frank Mart in says he thinks that with four of the next six games at home — starting with Auburn Wednesday — his team could salvage a so-far disappointing season.

“We haven’t played a lot at home, and that’s why I’m even prouder of my guys,” Martin said. “We’re right there.”

Wed ne sday ’s home bout w it h

Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Frank Martin said he doesn’t believe in moral victories despite many close losses. the Tigers will be a matchup of the two bottom teams in the SEC, but Auburn has won its last two games after an 0-6 start to conference play that mirrored South Carolina’s sixgame winless start.

Bot h tea ms have st r uggled to close out games against SEC foes.

I n Aubu r n’s si x losses, just t wo have been by double-digits. Five of the Gamecocks’ seven conference defeats have been by less than 10 points.

M a r t i n s a id he t h i n k s t ho s e

statistics can be an indication of good things to come, but he also said he doesn’t believe in positive takeaways from negative results.

“Moral victories, to me, should be taken off whatever sentence is ever used,” Martin said. “I can’t stand losing. A nd anyone that accept a loss has no business in competitive environments.”

W hile f reshman g uard Duane Notice agrees with his coach that a loss is a loss, narrow margins of defeat have h im conv i nced t hat

South Carolina has been right on the cusp of turning the corner as a team.

“C er t a i n ly t here’s a sen se of frustration, but at the same time, it’s more motivation,” Notice said.

“We’re right there, and most games, we’re in control. So we’re kind of shooting ourselves in the foot. It’s not like we’re not as good as these teams.”

In Wednesday night’s matchup, t he G a me c o c k s won’t f ac e t he question of whether or not they are capable of competing with Auburn, as both teams sit at the bottom of the conference. But South Carolina will be forced to contend with two individual threats the Tigers present.

Auburn has two of the SEC’s topfive scorers in guards Chris Denson and K.T. Harrell. Denson is second in the conference, averaging 19.5 points per game, and Harrell is fifth, with 19.2 per game.

But accord i ng to M a r t i n, t he number to be wary of in Auburn’s backcourt is not scoring totals, but age.

“Not only are they explosive, both of them are four-year guys,” Martin said. “W hen you’ve got guys that have been in college that long and some of them are coming to the end of their college career, that sense of urgency really, really goes up a notch.”

DG