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Fallaw, Harman to address students about SG funding, voice Hannah Jeffrey
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Ryan Harman and Chip Fallaw know USC students have good ideas. W h at t h e y d o n’t k n o w i s whether the students know how to bring their ideas to fruition. That’s why Harman, student b o d y t re a s u rer, a nd Fa l l aw, speaker of the house of delegates, are hitt ing t he brick pat hs of campus to hear what st udent organizations have to say. Upon taking office, Harman said one of his biggest goals is to make the student body aware of the funding available to them f r o m St u d e nt G o v e r n m e nt . Additionally, Fallaw said students may not be aware of the voice they have within SG in the house of delegates, which was started last semester. H a r m a n a nd Fa l l a w a r e planning to send out an email to all of t he organizat ions on campus, explaining the tour and what students stand to gain. After the initial email, they plan to lau nch an interact ive calendar sometime in the next week to send out to all student org a n iz at ion s on c a mpu s on which members can register for a t ime to have t he t wo come discuss a potential relationship between their groups and SG. “We’re coming to meet with them if they’ll have us,” Harman said. “We want to make SG about the students.” Harman said that for USC’s st udent organizat ions, Fallaw provides organizations a voice where t he t rea s u rer ’s of f ice provides fi nancial help. “T he hou se is a for u m for organizat ions to get toget her and talk about what they want,” Fallaw said. A hot topic i n t he house recently, according to Fallaw, has been on the issue of room reser vations for meetings and g at her i ng s, somet h i ng ma ny delegates are hoping to remedy over the course of the next year. And if the organizations already represented in the house have complaints, there are sure to be others around campus who do too, he said. With more than 400 student orga n izat ions on campus, Harman and Fallaw realize the feat they’re taking on is going to be time-consuming. “We’re hoping to start next Tuesday and visit organizations TOUR • 2
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Donnie Iorio, Ryan Harman and Lindsay Richardson were sworn in to Student Government’s executive offices Wednesday.
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Lindsay Richardson beamed as she looked out into the crowd at Rutledge Chapel. Just after she was sworn in as student body president Wednesday afternoon, Richardson took to the podium to deliver thank-you’s and address her constituents for the first time as Student Government’s top officer. “I am thankful to God that I did not trip or fall because I’m notoriously accident-prone,” she said to laughs. But soon after the laughter died down, Richardson’s eyes began to well with tears as she thanked her
friends, family, staff and voters for support ing her during her campaign, during which she said she did a great deal of reflection. “This experience has taught me that time is really precious,” Richardson said. “Not every day is guaranteed.” And after thanking a long list of people, it was her last thank you that Richardson said was the most special. “Thank you to all those who c a m e b e f o r e m e ,” s h e s a i d . “You paved the way for another A f r ic a n- A mer ic a n wom a n t o become student body president at this university.” R ichardson was swor n in alongside newly elected Student Body Vice President Donnie Iorio, St udent Body Treasu rer Ryan Harman and 41 of the 42 senators of the 106th student senate.
This experience has taught me that time is really precious. Not every day is guaranteed.” — Lindsay Richardson
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A s v ice president, Iorio w ill serve as president of the senate. Iorio said he was ready for the jump from SG’s judicial branch, INAUGURATION • 3
Business rankings celebrated Dean: International programs won’t be ‘matched easily’ by others Thad Moore
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Members of t he Da rla Moore School of Business celebrated t he No. 1 rankings its undergraduate and graduate international business rankings nabbed this year. The undergraduate program has been a perennial f e a t u r e a t o p t h e U. S . News and World Report’s i nter nat iona l busi ness rankings, but the graduate
program hasn’t been No. 1 since 2004, said Peter Brews, who became dea n of t he school in January. Last year, it was No. 3. “What is really good is for us to get back to being No. 1 on both of them, and I think that’s an accomplishment that no one else has done,” Brews said Wednesday at a celebrat ion outside t he Close-Hipp Building. “Not only that, but it’s something that I don’t think is going to be matched easily by anyone else.” T he r a n k i ng put s t he international MBA program above a nu mber of top -
ran ked business schools, including t he Universit y of Pennsylvania, Har vard U n i v e r s i t y, C o l u m b i a Universit y and New York University. Brews at t r ibuted t he improvement to a redesign of the international MBA program over the past few years, which Andy Spicer, the program’s chair, said included an increased emphasis on internships and lang uage studies abroad. “ I t ’s t h a t m i x t u r e o f global best practice and local context,” Spicer said. Brews said he has spent his first few months in Columbia
talking to faculty and that he hopes to bring the success of USC’s international business programs to the rest of the school. “We are looking at a few things inside the school which I think over the next five to 10 years may change somewhat the f lavor of the school,” Brews said in an interview. “It’s probably no longer sufficient just to be good in one place.” Brews declined to elaborate on what those changes might entail, saying it was premature to do so. DG
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The 42 newly sworn-in senators milled arou nd t he st udent senate chamber Wednesday evening, waiting for the first session to begin. “If you could turn your name tags so I can see your names, that’d be great,” Student Body Vice President Donnie Iorio said as the senators settled in. As it was the first meeting, there were 42
faces for Iorio to familiarize himself with. There are currently eight vacancies in the senate, which can hold 50 members. Iorio encouraged new senators to get the word out about the vacancies with hopes of filling the gap. No le g i s l at io n w a s p r e s e nt e d Wednesday, as it was the body’s first meeting. Instead, housekeeping matters were taken care of, including the election and approval of senate leadership. Senators elected second-year political science st udent Jonat han Holt as senate president pro tempore, and they approved nine new committee chairs
and assignments. Three senators challenged Holt for the position, including Morgan Smith, Brian Samples and Dennzon Winley. Several senators spoke on behalf of the candidates before Holt was elected with 20 votes. “Our time is now,” Holt said. “It’s time to begin, and I hope to be the advocate for you.” After his first meeting as senate president, Iorio said he thought the meeting ran smoothly, and he was impressed with the initiative several senators took, especially since all but seven were returning members.
Outgoing SG executive officers Chase Mizzell, Ryan Bailey and Haley Guyton stood behind the velvet rope separating the senate floor from the gallery, and watched the next group begin its term. “I’ve actually never witnessed a senate session not from behind the bar,” Bailey said. “Isn’t that crazy?” And with the groundwork set for the body’s next year, Iorio congratulated the senate for a final time and reminded them of what was to come. “The work is only beginning,” Iorio said. “It’s time to get to work.” DG
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3 plead guilty to shooting of Clemson student Three men pleaded g u ilt y Tuesday in t he 2012 shooting of a Clemson University student, according to The Associated Press. The three men — 25-year-old Jaron Bradley Dalton, 20-year-old Jordan Charles Dalton and 20-year-old Bernard Kadeen Ramsey — pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. One other suspect, 19-year-old Lester Devaria Mosley Jr., is awaiting trial. The three who pleaded guilty will be sentenced after Mosley’s trial. The 2012 shooting killed 23-year-old Steven Gregory Grich, an engineering student at Clemson, in his home in Central. There were five others in the house at the time of the shooting, but none was seriously injured. According to investigators, the suspects had planned to rob the victim’s roommate of what they believed was marijuana. —Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor
Congaree boardwalk will not be open before summer
Columbia pastor joins GOP Senate primary
A section of the high boardwalk damaged in an ice storm at Congaree National Park will not be reopened before summer, according to The State. Falling trees damaged three sections of the boardwalk during last month’s storm. Funds had been approved to replace the entire boardwalk this year, so park leaders opted not to repair the damaged section of the boardwalk before it was fully replaced. The replacement process will start in April and continue throughout the summer. Visitor will not be able to complete the 2.4-mile boardwalk loop during construction, but hikers will be able to travel a smaller loop on the Sims Trail. However, due to at least one fallen tree, the Sims Trail is not suitable for wheelchairs. —Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor
Columbia pastor Det Bowers announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate this week, according to The State. Bowers addressed a group of more than 60 people Tuesday, including family, friends and one reporter, to make his bid official.The 61-year-old pastor is among seven Republicans who are challenging current U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Seneca. “America is the envy of all nations,” Bowers said. “They want your vaccinations. They want your education. They want your jurisprudence ... your matchless Constitution ... your precision freedoms.” Among Graham’s challengers are Spartanburg state Sen. Lee Bright, Easley businessman Richard Cash, Orangeburg attorney Bill Connor, Charleston public relations executive Nancy Mace, former Spartanburg police officer Dave Feliciano and Columbia attorney Benjamin Dunn. —Hannah Jeffrey, News Editor
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TOUR • Continued from 1 three days each week for the rest of the semester,” Fallaw said. A fter being inaug urated Wednesday, Harman said he was look ing forward to work ing with St udent Body President Lindsay R icha rdson, St udent Body V ice President Don n ie Ior io a nd t he st udent sen ate but mo st of a l l, t he s t udent s t h at m a k e up t he organizations on campus. Harman said the tour is happening
at the ver y beginning of the new SG leaders’ ter m to bu i ld a n infrastructure to let organizations com mu n icate w it h t hei r SG counterparts. “We want to put in the work on the front end (of the term) to get students excited about using their f u nds,” Har ma n said. “St udent s have the potential to get money for everything.” DG
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INAUGURATION • Continued from 1 where he was chief justice, to the legislative side of things. “ W it hout t he senate, St udent Government could not function in the capacity that it currently does,” Iorio said. R ichardson, Iorio and Harman all said they were looking forward to working with each other and the new senators. Harman noted that the inauguration was the first time all of the newly elected officers were in the same room at the same time, a moment he called “magical” and “literally electric.” “We saw Chase and Ryan and Haley running down the line (of senators), giving everyone high fives, and I can’t wait to spend this year working together and conclude with our running down and giving high fives,” he said. Ha r ma n sa id he was ready to surpass everyone’s expectation of this term’s SG officers, which he said
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would happen as they work together over the course of the next year. E ach of f icer a lso touched on cont i nu i ng t he i n it iat ives t hei r predecessors began, including Walk Home Cocky, Gamecock Pantry and Carolina Convoy, all saying they were looking forward to continuing old legacy and beginning another. Richardson ended her fi rst speech as president w it h her ca mpa ig n slogan — “let’s reach” — wh ich prompted a standing ovation from the crowd. A f ter t he speeches a nd oat hs, R ic h a r d s o n s a id s he h a d b e e n anticipating a wave of emotions at some point in the day but wasn’t expecting it to happen during her inaugural address. “ I t w a s s o w e i r d ,” s h e s a i d , laughing. “I was wait ing for t he hit, to realize t hat it was f inally happening. And it came at the most awkward moment.” DG
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SG representatives starting off term right ISSUE Leaders plan to meet with organizations this semester. OUR STANCE This outreach is both personal and practical. As we’ve said before, this past yea r’s St udent G over n ment of f ic e r s w a s mor e f o c u s e d on internal issues instead of building as big of an outward presence as it could have. This is not necessarily a bad thing, all things considered. SG needed a year to straighten things out and get on its feet. I n it iat ive s l i ke t he re v i sed budget system and a new set of codes needed t i me a nd planning. But now that the next year’s top officers have been placed in their respective offices, it’s time to look toward more pragmatic efforts. The first visible sign of this new push comes in the form o f St udent B o d y Tre a su rer Ryan Harman and House of Delegates Speaker Chip Fallaw’s plan to meet individually with every student organization on
campus that will have them. Their goal for the meetings: Let organizations know about how they can get more funding and how they can have a voice in SG. We think those are needs plenty of student organizations have. W hile many st udent organizations face rising costs or struggle to find money to fund their ideas, many groups don’t use the entirety of their funding allocations, and others don’t know how much funding
“This could signal the formation of a new, closer relationship between SG and the numerous student organizations at USC, and that’s encouraging. Working closer with the student body has long been a promise of SG candidates.”
they could get — or how to get it. H a r m a n a n d Fa l l a w ’s personal intervention will not only provide these groups with the information they need, but also create a n approachable at mo sphere t h at w i l l m a ke further communication easier to conduct. B u t it ’s t h a t f u r t h e r com mu n icat ion t hat w ill ultimately prove key. Meeting with organizations once won’t f ulf ill t heir needs, but it’s a promising fi rst step. This could sig nal t he f or m at ion of a ne w, c lo s er relat ionsh ip bet ween SG a nd t he nu me r ou s s t ude nt org a n i z at ion s at USC , a nd that’s encouraging. Work ing closer with the student body has long been a promise of SG candidates. We hope this year will see improvements in that direction. It ’s not on ly t he k i nd of thing we like to see, it’s also a necessary first step to ensure that next year starts off on the right foot.
Pot shouldn’t be considered dangerous PTSD patients should have all options open There’s a changing t ide in t h is cou nt r y for a w idely misunderstood (but still much enjoyed) drug: marijuana. A l m o s t 45 y e a r s a g o , i t was deemed illegal, I assume w it h a scene si m i la r to t he one depicted at t he st ar t of “Pineapple Express.” B u t n o w i t ’s l e g a l f o r medical use in 20 states and recreational use in Colorado a nd Wa sh i ng ton. C olor ado reported making $5 million off of its 37 new dispensaries within the first legal week. That’s $5 million taxable dollars in just seven days. T here is st ate leg islat ion pertaining to pot being proposed and denied seemingly e v e r y d a y, b ut t he big g e s t roadblock remains the federal government. This is probably because in 1970, t he federal government classified marijuana as a schedule 1 drug (the highest of five levels) along with heroin, LSD, peyote and ecstasy. For c l a r i f ic at io n , a s c he d u le 1 drug must have “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” Ongoing research w it h s y nt het ic T HC a nd cannabinoids has shown that cannabis aids in physical and me nt a l he a lt h f or d i s e a s e s like glaucoma, cancer, PTSD a nd A I DS . It ’s a l so w idely recognized that marijuana is nearly impossible to overdose
on, unlike the other schedule 1 drugs heroine and ecstasy. Colorado and Washington’s legal izat ion votes were l i ke giant beacons of hope for pot advocates everywhere, only to be improved on by stories like the Maryland police chief who thought a satirical news article about 37 pot overdose deaths was real. More history was made last week when the Department of Healt h and Human Ser v ices passed a proposal from t he Un i v e r s it y of A r i z o n a to st ud y t he ef fec t s of t he m a r ij u a n a pl a nt (not s y nt het ic s) i n t reat ment for war veterans’ PTSD. The major holdup after being approved by t he Fo o d a n d D r u g Emilie Ad m i n ist rat ion Dawson was approv ing Third-year public researchers relations student to purchase marijuana from the Nat ional I nst it ute on Dr ug Abuse, which is currently the “on l y f e der a l l y- s a nc t ione d source of the drug,” according to The Associated Press. I w rote ea rl ier t h is week about how we need to withdraw ou r 38,0 0 0 t roop s f rom A fgha n ista n. At ou r peak involvement, we had more than 10 0,0 0 0 sold iers occ upy i ng the country, so there are tens of thousands of veterans from t he war on terror alone who might suffer from PTSD. The number of Americans suffering
from PTSD is even larger when you add in victims of violent crimes or sexual assaults. For veterans, to talk about PTSD often means career suicide, so soldiers looking to move up in the ranks must keep quiet about the problem they got from the very system they’re trying to succeed in. Right now, sufferers of PTSD and the other diseases marijuana c o u ld h e lp w it h a r e g i v e n phar maceut ical concoct ions made from various chemicals. With the organic and health food movement ongoing, why shouldn’t the drugs we put in our bodies be all-natural, too? This step forward in marijuana research is a huge one, but the federal government needs to t a ke a look at t he outdated law t hat cla ssif ies m a r ij u a n a a s d a n g er ou s a s heroin and ecstasy, drugs that have real body counts behind them.
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Confederate banner evokes pride, but horrors as well A few weeks ago, I wrote an impassioned ar t icle for t h is newspaper defending t he Confederate f lag that f lies over the South Carolina State House. I was livid over the very thought that someone would dare to attack our history, a history that I hold close to heart. In the article, I spoke of our grand Southern society, of our desperate fight for independence, how we dared to stand up for what we believed was right even though it was wrong, and of the men (my ancestors included) who died on the battlefield. Yet ju st before I sent it i n, I rea l iz ed something. I had written it in anger. So, I decided to allow myself a few days to think on the words I had written, words guaranteed to anger many people, and as the days passed, I slowly realized something that was hard to admit. I was wrong, terribly wrong. The mistake I made as those words poured out is the same mistake that Southerners have made and continue to make. The history that I had been taught as a young man was a history of ideas. My grandfather told me countless stories that had been passed down through the generations, stories of the grand old South. In my imagination, it was a beautiful place — it was a place where the living image of Jeffersonian democracy was alive and well. I was taught, and believed wholeheartedly, that the fight for Southern society, despite its blemishes, was a just and worthy fight. I was proud to say that the blood of Confederates ran through my veins, and to a certain extent, I still am proud, but I was taught the wrong kind of history. History, in its most basic form, is not about ideas; it is not about glorious batt les and sweeping speeches. It is about people. These people, those who came before, lived and breathed just as we do now. They hoped. They loved. They explored. They dreamed of a better future, and they lived. Our beloved old South did horrible, horrible things to human beings who were no different than you or I. They were never even allowed to taste freedom. They were nothing more than property to my ancestors. Livestock to be worked until flesh fell from bone. As someone whose skin is pale as snow, it is nearly impossible to imagine such a fate. Yet the very thought sends a shiver down my spine. That flag — that horrifically beautiful flag — may inspire nothing but pride for many in the South, yet to the tens of millions of Americans whose ancestors felt the sting of the whip on their bare and beaten backs, it is only a painful reminder of a time in which freedom was just a dream, when it appeared as though even God had abandoned them. I would not wish such a thought on my worst enemy, and neither should any person with a beating heart. It’s time to take it down. — Charles R. Jones, second-year history and political science student
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‘League’ co-star Stephen Rannazzisi talks dirty Comic discusses everything from pranks to ‘fear boners’
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Stephen Rannazzisi is best known for his role as the man-child husband and father Kevin on the FX’s “The League,” a show about a group of 30-somethings who take their fantasy football league all too seriously. He’s also a skilled stand-up comic, per for m i ng at t he Russel l House ballroom Wednesday night. Before his show, Rannazzisi sat down with The Daily Gamecock about fatherhood, getting high and pooping in public (interview edited for space and clarity):
The Daily Gamecock: What did you give up for lent? Why? Stephen Rannazzisi: Hmm ... you’re speaking to an atheist. I gave up giving up t hings for lent. A nd I gave up Catholicism about five years ago. But my brother’s a roman catholic priest and I’m sure he gave up a lot of things for that, so I’m sure I’m on the guest list when I get up there. DG: Do you play fantasy football in real life? SR: I do. We play in a league amongst the crew and cast members of the show, that’s the one that has now taken precent in my life right now, which was not good last year. It’s an eight-man league, and I’ve barely made the playoffs one time in five years we’ve been doing the show ... I think I know what I’m doing, but I think I’ve gotten worse. DG: On the show, you all compete for the coveted Shiva Trophy. What is your real league’s reward for winning? SR: We go to a fancy dinner that we have yet to actually... we’ve been to many fancy dinners, we just never called them “this is the dinner where we thank Katie for winning what we call the Aselton Cup,” because Katie Aselton, the girl that plays my wife on the show, won it the very first year. DG: Katie Aselton plays your wife, Jenny, on the show, but in real life, she’s
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At Wednesday night’s show, Rannazzisi joked about taboo subjects like sex in college, butt chugging and going through airport security after eating a weed cookie. married to your co-star, Mark Duplass (Pete on the show). What’s it like doing the sex scenes with his wife in front of him? DR: I don’t... we don’t call Mark in specifically to watch those scenes and go like, “Hey Mark, we’re about to do a sex scene. I’d like you to stay on monitor, and see how my moves are.” The sex scenes are weird. And I know it sounds fun, but it’s not — you’re in a room half-naked with a lot of other people around with a person you’re friends with and your wife’s friends with, and her husband’s on the show. Now, it’s almost like we’re married; we just kind of go through the motions. But everything I do to Katie, I’ll have you guys know, I also do to Mark when the cameras aren’t rolling. Quid pro quo. DG: You’re a pretty outspoken pot user. What’s your favorite thing to do while baked? SR: Live my life. I actually, believe it or not, like to smoke a little bit and go to the gym, because it’s something that not a lot of people do. If I’m playing basketball, not so much, because I need a lot of wind, but if I’m gonna go lift, I like to smoke a little bit before, because it kind of just loosens you up right away, right off the bat, and. .. it makes lifting heavy things more tolerable. DG: Kevin’s daughter picks up swear words from him and Jenny. What is the most ridiculous thing your kid has ever said? SR: The other day, my five-year-old looked at me and said, “You’re not the
boss of me,” and then preceded ... I said “What did you say?” and then he sang the “Gangnam Style” song, which both those things together made no sense to me. And I said “What do you mean ‘you’re not the boss of me,’ and then he just turned around and walked away. DG: You got your start as an actor on the show “Punk’d.” What is the best prank you’ve ever pulled on someone yourself? SR: I was involved in a prank that was a year in the making. Long story short, comedian friends of mine at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles got into a fight. Somebody left feces on someone else’s car in the handles where you lift up the thing. So they were pissed it was on the windshield and they went to get in the car with their hands, and they got in the car and they sat on it ... It was a very elaborate prank, that my friend then goes, “This is my life’s journey, to get him back.” So a year later, we were performing in San Diego, which is twoand-a-half hours away from Los Angeles driving, and the one friend who pulled the prank was onstage performing, and myself and my other friend had just performed. My friend who was standing next to me turns to me and goes, “I have his wallet, I have his keys, I have everything. We’re getting in the car and we’re leaving,” and we got in the car and left, he said “You have three seconds to make your decision.” And I was like, “I’m in. Let’s go.” And we got in the car and we drove back to Los Angeles. ... Left him for dead in San Diego. It took him
DG: When Kevin ate Yobogoya, it tore up his digestive system, and he was forced to poop in a dog park. What’s the most shameful thing you’ve done in public? SR: S--- in a dog park. That is a real story. ... It was relatively dark, but people were still walking their dogs, and I screamed, “No options!” I was in the car with my wife now but then my girlfriend. I was trying to quit smoking cigarettes, so I took a Chantix, but it makes you have the s----s. ... I had no options, so I just pulled over to a dog park and just found a tree and just ripped it. DG: Rafi, Dirty Randy and Andre: Screw one, marry one, kill one. SR: I am heterosexual, so can I kill all three of them? I’m gonna kill Rafi, if that’s possible. I think we’ve tried before on the show. I’m gonna marry Andre because he’ll take care of me for the rest of my life. And I’ll give Dirty Randy — we’ll have a night of fun. Who knows what’s gonna happen with me and Seth Rogen? One of us is gonna get AIDS, though — only one of us. DG: What’s next for your career? SR: I think I’d like to do my own show. (I don’t know) where and in what capacity that’s going to be, but a family sitcom somewhere in the middle of “Louie” and “Everybody Loves Raymond” on a cable network or, if I find the right showrunner, maybe we’ll do it on CBS or something like that ... I’m going to start pitching soon, so I think hopefully in the next year ... I got an idea of a guy that I’d like to play my brother ... Bill Burr ... He’s one of the funniest stand-ups in the world so I think the idea of him playing my Roman Catholic priest brother would be interesting. DG: If you could have one ’Cocks joke printed in the paper tomorrow, what would it be? SR: I don’t k now, but ... I had a Gamecocks hat when I was in like 8th grade just because it said “Cocks” across the top of it. It was like the coolest thing in the world that you could wear a shirt or a hat that said “Cock” across it and it was perfectly fine because I was representing some institution that I had never even heard of ... It was like, “I’m wearing this ‘Cocks’ hat and f--- you. You can’t make me take it off.” ... So yeah, cock joke? I don’t know. Insert cock joke here. DG
Student rides cross-country for charity Johnson biking from Atlantic to Pacific for Bike & Build Molly Wyatt
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Some people w i l l spend s u m mer brea k rela x i ng at the beach or sitting on their parents’ sofas. Martha Scott Johnson will be biking across the U.S. T he f i r s t-y e a r h i g he r educat ion and st udent af fa i r s g raduate st udent plans to spend three months bi k i ng ac ross t he cou nt r y wh ile spreading awareness for af fordable housing initiatives with the non-profit organization Bike & Build. Joh n s o n w i l l b e g i n he r t r e k o n M a y 15 i n N a g s Head, N.C., by dipping her back wheel into the Atlantic Ocean before embarking on a 3,592-mile journey across nine states. The journey will end July 21 when riders dip their front wheels in the Pacific Ocean in San Diego. Johnson will serve alongside three others as leaders for a group of 28 riders between the ages of 18 and 25. In order to participate in t he t hree-mont h prog ram, riders have to raise $4,500 and log 500 miles of riding t ime before t hey leave. I n addition to riding, the bikers
also com m it to 12 days of service in the form of building a f fordable hou si ng ac ro s s America. “We have been freely given so much and need to freely give it back. I can’t wait to instill that in college students and encourage them to get involved in as many ways as possible,” Johnson said. Cu rrent ly ser v ing as t he g radu ate a s sist a nt for community service programs, Joh nson is no st ra nger to com mu n it y act iv ism a n d v o l u n t e e r i n g. A f t e r graduating from Appalachian St at e Un i ver s it y i n 2011, Johnson participated in the A meriCorps Vista program for a year at Converse College. “Ever yone should have a personal mission statement. M ine is ‘to inspire a nd empower you ng people to engage in a life of service,’” Johnson said. J o h n s o n ’s p a s s i o n f o r volu nteer work a nd socia l justice aligns with the mission of Bike & Build. Of the money that is raised, 80 percent is used to support affordable h o u s i n g programs, like Habitat for Humanity. “ T here’s a dif ference between social
justice and charities,” Johnson sa id. “A f fordable hou si ng is a social justice issue, and hopef u lly t h rough issue awareness, we can add this issue to the discussion.” Affordable housing prog r a m s a i m to prov ide safe, st r uct u rally sou nd and af fordable homes wit h running water and sufficient living space. “There is no county in the U.S. where a person could do a minimum wage job and afford a house,” Johnson said. While many people assume that houses from affordable housing programs are given to families, Johnson stresses the importance of the fact that they are earned and paid for just like any other house. Those who qua l if y have to save money for a dow n pay ment , at tend f i na nc ia l
planning courses and put in a certain number of “sweat hours” on both their house a nd ot her houses i n t he com mu n it y. Fu r t her more, homeow ners are given nointerest loans and trained on how to ma ke t hei r houses more sustainable. “We aren’t making houses to ju st g ive away. We a re empowering people across the country,” Johnson said. “My passion is affordable housing, but it is most important that students are able to identify an issue t hey’re passionate about and commit to a service opportunity to improve those around them.” DG
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Sand volleyball to host 1st home tournament
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Senior Megan Kent is one of several players on the South Carolina sand volleyball team who are making the transition from the indoor game to the beach style of play.
South Carolina taking on Oregon, others over weekend Collyn Taylor
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For the first time ever, the Gamecocks are taking their talents to the beach. The South Carolina sand volleyball team will open its first home tournament Friday night against Oregon and w ill cont inue Sat urday against UAB and LSU. The tournament concludes Sunday with a match against Louisiana-Monroe. Since t his is t he team’s inaug ural season, Friday’s match will be its first home outing in history. “It’s going to be an amazing experience, and I’m hoping for a loud crowd,” senior Megan Kent said. “I’m hoping everyone comes out and gets loud and excited.” The Gamecocks have started the season 2-4 , and Kent said they have been getting better as each match progressed. “The fi rst weekend was the biggest eye-opener for the team,” she said. “For the girls to be able to transition from practicing all the time to applying what they’ve been doing to an opponent is the biggest transition for them. To be able to identify
what works and what doesn’t, what other teams are doing and how we can learn from it is big for us.” Like many players on the team, Kent is making the transition to the sand after playing the bulk of her career on the hardwood. She played her most recent indoor season in 2012, when she started 12 games for coach Scott Swanson’s team. “Going from last fall to now, it’s a complete 180,” she said. “We’re learning to be more beachy than indoor, so we’ve completely changed for the better.” South Carolina has played top-tier completion, including Florida International Universit y, a top-10 team. This being coach Moritz Moritz’s fi rst season in the sand as well, he said his strategy is that “iron sharpens iron,” meaning that competing against tough teams will make his team tougher. “We didn’t schedule easy. We have a lot of good competition,” he said. “We play FIU, GSU, who has great competitors that were at the national tournament. If we can continue and improve against quality opponents, we are doing the right thing.” Like a nu mber of h is players, Moritz got experience with South Carolina’s indoor team. He worked as a member of the coaching staff for
Gamecocks seek 1st SEC win Men’s tennis faces Alabama, Auburn Antoine Thomas
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The South Carolina men’s tennis team will look to earn its f irst conference wins of the season this weekend as it hosts Alabama on Friday and Auburn on Sunday. The Gamecocks (7-9, 0-4 SEC) have been on the wrong side of a tough schedule, as t hey have not been able to find a win in their first four conference games and have dropped their past five games overall. All five teams they’ve faced are ranked nationally in the top 30, and coach Josh Goffi believes the four conference opponents his team has faced are actually top-15 caliber. By playing well against good competition, Goffi said the team has gained confidence heading into t h is weekend de spit e it s rough st a r t i n conference play. He said the tea m is pr i ma r i ly foc u sed on the process of the season rather than the losses. “Our level of play actually isn’t all that bad right now; we’re ju st not get t i ng t he wins,” Goffi said. “There’s a
big difference between being down and just not getting the wins, and right now, t hat’s it. We’re just not getting the wins.” Freshman Andrew Schafer knows the No. 48 Gamecocks need to see some results in their matchups with Alabama (9-9, 2-3 SEC) and Auburn (145, 4-1 SEC) to help the team continue to gain confidence. T hough t hey enter w it h a winless conference record, he says it’s not quite time to hit the panic button. “We’re all staying positive,” Schafer said. “We know that the season is still young, so there’s still a lot of tennis to be played, a lot of teams to play and big wins to come.” Gof f i said t he upcoming matchups won’t be easy, but if South Carolina is able to come away victorious in both, then the team will gain some muchneeded momentum. The No. 42 Crimson Tide and No. 30 Tigers look to seek revenge after losing to the Gamecocks last year. Goffi said the team will have a target on its back and the fact that the contests are against SEC foes doesn’t help. “It’s the toughest conference in the countr y,” Goffi said. “It’s SEC. Everyone’s out for blood.”
T he G a mecock s faced a similar test last season, as they were also in a losing streak before facing the two Alabama s c ho ol s . T ho s e t wo w i n s propelled South Carolina to a four-game winning streak and helped the team win six of its fi nal eight games. Schafer insists the team can repeat the outcome this year, because they still have plenty of energy and they are playing well. “ We c a n feel t h at go o d things are coming our way,” Schafer said. “We just haven’t been capitalizing, but I can feel that this weekend is going to be good.” As the team enters the fi nal part of the season, the coaches h a v e s how n a n i nc r e a s e d emphasis on t he basics. Goff i wanted to put things into perspective for the team because he didn’t want his players to panic, considering t hei r s c he du le i s t ou gher than last year’s and they are competing with the very best. “ We don’t ne ed to pl ay b e t t e r,” G o f f i s a i d . “ We need to play exactly the way we did against Georgia and exactly the way we did against Ten nessee, a nd we w ill be successful coming into this last stretch.” DG
several years after stints with schools like Idaho and Colorado State. Team-sponsored promotions are happening all weekend, with rally towels, stickers and T-shirts being handed out to celebrate the fi rst-ever sand volleyball home match. There will also be a ribbon-cutting ceremony before the Oregon match. “I t hink we are going to have an amazing atmosphere. The promotions that our marketing depa r t ment has been work i ng on is huge,” Mortiz said. “There is a lot of excitement in the community for us because sand volleyball is dynamic and fun to watch. We are a new kid on the block, so there is a lot of interest in it.” The Gamecock s look to make t heir home opener memorable with a win against Oregon and expect a lively atmosphere for this historic match. “It’s opening weekend,” Mortiz said. “The facilities are coming together, and the girls are starting to see all of the hard work they are putting in, that the administration is putting in. We are all genuinely humbled every day to be able to train and do what we are able to do. This is huge for us. We are so excited to be able to share what we have been doing with the community.”
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Staley, Mitchell named finalists for 2 awards Women’s basketball up for more postseason recognition Danny Garrison
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Me mb er s of t he S out h C a r ol i n a wome n’s basketball team have earned a number of postseason awards so far for their historic 2013-14 season, but two Gamecocks have the opportunity to add to their resumes on the national stage before all is said and done. After South Carolina earned a No. 1 seed in this year’s NCAA tournament, coach Dawn Staley has been named one of four fi nalists for the Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year award. Staley has already received an SEC Coach of the Year nod from both The Associated Press and the league’s coaches. Joining her on the list of fi nalists is Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma, Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw and North CarolinaState’s Wes Moore. Sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell is the other Gamecock that will vie for a national award as a finalist for, ironically, the Dawn Staley Award, which is presented by Phoenix Club of Philadelphia. Mitchell was the AP’s only unanimous All-SEC fi rst team selection, and she also won SEC Player of the Year recognition. The Gamecock guard is one of three fi nalists for the Staley award, along with Baylor’s Odyssey Sims and Breanna Stewart of Connecticut. Both awards will be announced in April, as the Gamecocks make a push for the Women’s Final Four in Nashville, Tenn. DG