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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014

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Drag queens, kings strut their stuﬀ for LGBT awareness, dollar bills Alex Buscemi

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Miss Patio Furniture (top) and Samantha Hunter (bottom) perform at the annual Birdcage, a laughter-filled show that students and Hunter started over 30 years ago.

Drag kings and queens strutted their stuff on the catwalk for LGBT awareness — and the audience’s dollar bills — Tuesday night in the Russell House ballroom. The annual Birdcage event, hosted by Carolina Productions and BGLSA, showcased student performers lipsynching and grinding alongside professiona l queens i n a za ny, hilarious and raunchy show. Samantha Hunter, 58, who started The Birdcage back in the ’80s, took the runway fi rst as host and emcee. Hu nter made her way i nto t he audience, sitting on laps and leaving black lipstick smudges on foreheads in exchange for cash. “What’s your name?” she asked one

audience member. “Steffan.” “How old are you?” “18.” “Oh s---” Before heading off, she lounged on the edge of the stage. “This is where y’all do what we like to call in the business ‘make it rain.’” One by one, audience members made their way to the stage, dropping dollar bills on her as she tossed her fake hair back and forth. Next up, Miss Patio Furniture walked dow n t he aisle to A nna Kendrick’s “Cups,” f lipping and tapping red solo cups like the music video, except instead of a table, she used the audiences’ laps as a surface. Miss Roxi Seymour Cox took the stage lip-synching Adele’s “Rumour Has It.” The announcer touted her as a world-class “illusionist”; she bore an uncanny resemblance to the British R&B star. LGBT • 3

Tunnel exhibit Greene goes green again raises awareness of social issues

Healthy Carolina brings back fresh produce, freebies Khadijah Dennis

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Shedding a little light on an otherwise rainy day, the vendors of the Healthy Carolina Farmers Market rolled out their fresh produce on Greene Street on Tuesday. The market, a part of Healthy Carolina, aims to offer students an opportunity to fi nd fresh and locally grown produce at an affordable price. Marking the second farmers market of the semester, Mandy Feeks, a graduate student, is hopeful for the rest of the semester and the market’s growth. “It’s an af fordable way for st udents to eat healthy,” Feeks said. “I would highly recommend students to come out.” Last year, the market was named one of the 10 “most impressive college farmers markets” in the country by Mother Nature Network. The farmers market even includes products not always found in a local grocery store. “We recently got a vendor back that sells goat cheese. I heard it’s a favorite of students,” Feeks said. “We also feature an organic farm that sells interesting things and a vendor that sells fresh squeezed fruit and vegetable juice.” The farmers market will sometimes feature other vendors that offer students campus information. Sustainable Carolina and Campus Recreation had a presence at the market with flyers and freebies.

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USC’s Tunnel of Awareness exhibit seeks to illuminate social just ice issues for interested students. The exhibit, which is in the Capstone House Campus Room, opened Monday and closes today. It will be open from noon to 4 p.m. The tunnel, which uses the tagline “turn on the light,” is an interactive social justice experience that provides participants with the opportunity to move through different exhibits that focus on specific issues of social awareness. Volunteers said the tunnel has attracted over 400 participants so far. All current and future resident mentors were required to attend the event to improve their knowledge of social issues that could affect their residents. The five topics explored by this year’s tunnel were body image, poverty and homelessness, LGBT and disability issues, civility over social media and anxiety. Each issue had its own room with issue-specific TUNNEL • 2

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Students buy produce from vendors on Greene Street.

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Cyclist regulation bill dropped over opposition State Rep. Wendy Nan ney, R-Greenv ille, dropped a bill that would regulate bicyclists hours after fi ling it, The State reported. Nanney posted on her Facebook page that she received “overwhelming response” from cyclists who opposed the bill. Stressing that she believed the bill created a good conversation about bicycle and moped safet y, Nanney said she hopes to continue thinking of ways to fi nd a solution. If it had passed, the bill would have required bicyclists and moped drivers over the age of 15 years old to obtain an official license from the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The scope of the bill also only applied to cyclists driving on roads with speed limits of at least 35 mph. Nanney came up with the provisions of the bill after seeing bicyclists and moped operators creating hazardous conditions in heavy traffic, saying, “It’s really about how to educate bikers that are riding in traffic.” — Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

Emma’s Law passes through House committee

Newcomer challenges Scott for Senate seat

A bill that aims to reduce the number of people killed by drunken drivers has made it out of the state House Judiciar y Committee, The State reported. The bill — known as Emma’s Law — would enforce tougher restrictions on drunken drivers with multiple offenses. Supporters of the bill come from both political parties and were working on a compromise after amendments were passed that weakened those restrictions last week. The version of Emma’s Law that passed through a subcommittee required convicted first-time offenders with a blood alcohol content of .15 percent or higher to use a built-in breath test before operating a car. Safety activists disagree with the blood-alcohol level in that provision, saying drivers with a .12 percent blood alcohol content should also have to use an ignition interlock. South Carolina had the seventh-most DU I deaths in the nation in 2012. — Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

A member of the new American Party has jumped into the race for U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s seat, The Greenville News reported. Jill Bossi, 45, said Scott sides with the far right ideology of the tea party and has contributed to political gridlock. As senator, she said she would work to simplify the tax code and make “health care more affordable without invasive government regulations.” The corporate executive from York County has worked for Bank of America and Verizon Wireless and said she knows she’s an underdog because she has no prior political experience. Just beginning to raise money, Bossi will have to compete with the $3 million in cash that Scott’s campaign has already raised. The American Party that Bossi represents was formed last year by a former Democratic state superintendent of education and a Republican physicia n who challenged Mark Sa nford for governor. The party’s aim is to “govern from the middle.” — Sarah Martin, Assistant News Editor

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exhibits and statistics to ex plore a nd ex pla i n it s concept s. It i ncluded a m i r ror t hat encou raged students to assess what they liked about their bodies, a cardboard-and-newspaper set up t hat depicted t he s he lt e r a ho me le s s p e r s o n m i g ht u s e , a nd statistics about American p er s p e c t i ve s on L GB T issues, disabilities, civility in America and more. Students were led through in small groups, spending around five minutes in each room to appreciate the ideas inside. At the end, students were asked to participate in a group session led by a “reflection leader” to discuss t heir ex periences in t he tunnel and what they had learned. “ L ot s of t he f ac t s i n t he t u n nel were k ind of startling,” said first-year elec t r ica l eng i neer i ng student Anthony Matrejek. “There were a couple times where I had to step back and say, ‘Wow that’s a big percentage. It was really eye opening.’” Jill Rounds, a secondyear higher education and st udent af fairs g raduate st udent a nd assist a nt Columbia Hall residence l i f e c o o r d i n at o r, w a s volunteering for her second year at the event. “We talked as a staff about the point of the tunnel and the reason why we hold it every year,” Rounds said.

And if students don’t have cash, they can opt for free samples, such as hot chocolate and dishes from fi rst lady Patricia Moore-Pastides’ cookbook. “The first lady’s table often comes out and provides recipes from her recipe book,” Feeks said. “She loves to give out free samples and things for students.” The farmers market will run every Tuesday until April 22 and is a partnership between Healthy Carolina, Student Government, Park ing Ser v ices and t he state Department of Agriculture. DG

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Students came face-to-face with the realities of social justice issues and the effects of poverty. “The benefit of this event is that it equips RMs with the knowledge and ability to have conversations with their residents about these kind of things.” Rounds also noted the effect that the event might have on facilitating these conversat ions among students themselves. “Peer-to-peer education is more effective than with a mentor or other person in a position of authority,”

Rounds said. “Hopef ully t h is w ill raise up issues that students don’t often recognize but will now see or things that they wouldn’t have shared otherwise.” A ll of t he rooms were organized and designed by campus offices or student organizat ions. This, according to second-year g raduate st udent a nd Tunnel committee member Lee Roddick, helped keep the issues relevant to the

student population. “Some of t he issues presented have cha nged since last year,” Roddick said. “That’s because we try to use this as a ref lection of what the student body thinks is important. These are issues t hat af fect st udents ever y day. The tunnel is just taking their voices and mak ing t hem heard.” DG

LGBT • Cont. from 1 Wild Cherry Sukrow, a profe s sion a l queen at a club in Atlanta and a graduate from USC, clashed with Clemsongraduate Cox on stage. “Clemson is t he bottom, and Gamecocks are top,” Sukrow said. “With how many USC G a mecock s I’ve been with, I know that’s not always true,” Cox replied. W hile on stage, the ladies made themselves look as fem i n i ne as possible with big wigs, layer after layer of makeup and fake breasts to fill out their “Target-brand dresses.” But Miss Patio Furniture says that’s not how they dress normally. The hy per-effeminate get-ups, like the hypersex ualit y of t heir personalities, are all an act for the sake of comedy. “There’s a difference

between work and life,” she told the crowd. “I wou ld ne ver get la id wearing this in real life.” T he k i n g s d id t he opposite. Morgan McNamara, a first-year criminal justice student a nd t he reig n ing M r. Gamecock who performs under t he stage name Mike Hawk, cut his hair and glued it to his face for the show. Hu nter, who work s as a counselor at a local hospit a l, a lso saves the high heels for her performances, whether that be at USC or The Comedy House. A s someone who has lived in Columbia her whole life, she says the amount of communit y support for the LGBT lifestyle has skyrocketed since a group of USC students approached her about 30 years ago and asked if she could help them set up a

drag show on campus. “The k ids are doing great; they’re doing a lot of things that we could never do,” she said. “Back in my day, we couldn’t even walk down the street without getting picked on.” W h e n it c o m e s t o tolerance for the LGBT c o m m u n i t y t o d a y, however, t here is st ill room for improvement. “I know for a fact that my parents are against drag,” said second-year journalism student Kyler Hall, the reigning Miss Gamecock who performs under t he stage name Koaardour. “To t hem it seems pointless, but I know that drag queens are a powerful force in t he gay communit y. I personally feel that drag queens can bridge the gap between people who don’t experience gay culture.” DG

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Exhibit reminds students there’s work to be done ISSUE USC is hosting an exhibit on social justice. OUR STANCE Bigot or not, the tunnel is worth visiting. As Gamecocks, we’re obligated to follow the Carolinian Creed to create a more welcom i ng school environment. Reading through it, it’s easy to dismiss some bu l let p oi nt s a s mere common sense. “I will respect the rights and property of others,” or “I will practice personal and academic integrity,” sound like lessons we were taught in grade school. In fact, for most of us, they probably are. We’re fortunate enough to live in an increasingly conscientious and tolerant world, but a s t he se va lue s become more and more ingrained, it’s important that we don’t get lazy and lose sight of the injustices that still remain. To t h i s e n d , U S C ’s o w n Tu n nel of Aw a r e ne s s i s a n i nter ac t ive at t r ac t ion op en this week that gives students a chance to explore the issues of social injustice our community faces. Part icipants of t he Tunnel of Awareness will navigate its exhibits, ranging from suicide

and HIV/AIDS to gender and disabilit y. Furthermore, each ex h ibit prov ides mu lt iple perspectives that give visitors a greater understanding of the issues that challenge our society. A lthough cultural moralit y h a s i mproved g reat ly si nc e the civil rights movement and although most of us wouldn’t consider ou rselves bigot s, tolerance and understanding of ot hers and of all walks of l ife is as impor t a nt as ever. Consequent ly, it’s important that exhibits like the Tunnel of Awareness — and the issues they represent — are not dismissed by students. T he recent uproa r over

“Although cultural morality has improved greatly since the civil rights movement, and although most of us wouldn’t consider ourselves bigots, tolerance and understanding of others and of all walks of life is still as important as ever.”

g ay-t hemed book s a s sig ned to freshmen at the College of Charleston and USC Upstate is all the evidence we need that the pursuit of absolute tolerance is still ongoing. If our own state’s leadership was up in arms over homosexualit y, we need to be aware of how similar beliefs permeate the rest of society. This is exactly why greater coverage of social injustices is pa ra mou nt to bet ter i ng ou r culture. T he Tu n nel of Awa rene ss doesn’t advertise that it aims to change anyone’s mind, but awareness and understanding go a long way in knocking down the mental barriers that stand in opposition of greater social acceptance. If anything, visit the exhibits for the knowledge alone. There are people f rom all walk s of life str uggling to get by and f ight ing against t he k ind of oppression that unfortunately wasn’t completely eliminated decades ago during t he civ il rights movement. V i s i t i n g t h e Tu n n e l o f Awareness won’t resolve much bigotry overnight, but simply learning of the difficulties that many live with is a solid first step in the long journey ahead towards ridding the world of social injustice.

Students should flex academic rights Honest assessment helps improve courses Throughout t heir t ime i n col lege, st udent s lea r n a plethora of academic and life lessons. Part of becoming an adult may include maturing and becoming more professional. It may mean learning proper ways to conduct interviews and other professional activities. It may also mean ex periencing new sit uat ions and handling different groups of people. Most importantly, all of us are taught to show others greater respect upon transitioning to college and adulthood. W hile students are taught these lessons f rom t he Carolina Creed in Un iversit y 101 a nd ot her cou rses, t here isn’t as much i nfor mat ion regard i ng what students have the right to expect while in school. In contrast with high school, college is a place where students are supposed to be treated like adults. Students are expected to work more independently and show respect inside and outside of the classroom. Students also have t he right to ex pect t he same respect in return. I n f ac t , ac c ord i n g to t he Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities put forth by the student senate and approved by t he board of t r ustees,

students are entitled to certain expectations. The statement specifically includes protection of f r e e do m of e x p r e s s io n , protec t ion f rom i mproper disclosure of information and f reedom against improper academic evaluation. If you ever feel t he s e r ight s a re v iolated, it is i mpor t a nt to report t hem so Steven that action can be Asbill t a k e n t o prot e c t Fourth-year you and f ut ure pharmacy st udent s. We a l l student have the right to an environment free of discrimination, harassment and disrespect. This also indicates an environment conducive to learning. There have been times in my education where professors have literally screamed at, singled out or d isrespected me or another student. Considering the amount of money we pay to be enrolled here, this should never occur. U n f o r t u n a t e l y, t h i n g s w i l l not c h a n g e f or f ut u r e students if such behavior is not w r it ten dow n a nd repor ted. The proper channels for such documentat ion begin w it h a professor then move to a dean, depa r t ment cha i r or even

the provost. There is also an ombudsma n on campus t hat specif ically deals w it h t hese sorts of issues. A com mon m isconcept ion among students is that course e v a lu at io n s do not m at t e r. Consistent com ment s on e v a lu at io n s a r e not ic e d b y deans, which we should keep in mind when fi lling them out. Your voice does matter. If there is a course that should operate differently or you feel anything at all should operate differently, you need to speak up. A dd it io n a l l y, e xc e l le nt professors and courses benefit w he n s t ude nt s g i v e ho ne s t feedback. Receiv ing posit ive feedback validates a professor who goes the extra mile to help a student. Sp ea k i ng for my sel f, I ’ve had some professors who have made a valuable impact on my life due to t heir w illing ness to go above and beyond. I n r e t a i l , t he “c u s t o mer i s always r ight” ma nt ra reig ns supreme. Similarly, students are “customers” of the university. A lthough students may not always be right, we do have the right to be treated with respect. We also have the right for our voice to be heard.

Running will get you far, but don’t depend on it alone It’s slightly mind-blowing how many different ways there are to work out. There are the classics, like jogging, biking, swimming and tennis; the dance centric, like zumba, hip-hop, aerobics and barre; the new wave, like body pump, Cross Fit, P90X; and on and on. Most of these workouts center around cardio as the way to get slim, which is the ultimate goal for most. The good news is that for people starting out in a very heavy weight range, they’ll see results ... at first. I stumbled across an article entitled “Why women shouldn’t run” and clicked on it because I wasn’t sure if the author meant politically or physically. What I found was a slightly rude, but mostly eye-opening article on why relying on heavy cardio to get and stay skinny is actually hurting your chances. The aut hor t alked about h is g i rl f r ie nd , w ho r a n m i le s o n the treadmill every time she was in the g ym but only got larger. Eventually, a blood test found that Emilie she had hypothyroidism, a common Dawson Third-year public endocrine disorder in which the thyroid doesn’t make enough of the relations student thyroid hormone. One of its major symptoms is the inability to burn fat. Even though she worked out every day, a trait that most people would consider healthy, her condition negated all of her invested effort. As much as people like to believe that cardio is the surest way to get skinny, running endlessly at a fixed pace doesn’t change the body; it maintains it, at best. To burn calories, your metabolism needs to be high, and high metabolisms require muscle mass. I see girls on the treadmills and ellipticals in the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center every day running tirelessly and sweating it out only to see little change. I’ve had plenty girlfriends tell me they don’t want to lift because they don’t want to get bulky, but let’s be real: Lifting weights three or four times a week won’t turn you into the Hulk overnight. There’s a visible divide in the Strom of women on the cardio deck and mostly men on the weight floor working out the vanity muscles. We shouldn’t be afraid of lifting a few heavy things. But I have to admit, this spring I’ve seen more girls than ever on the weight floor, which is a promising sign. If you genuinely enjoy running, then more power to you, but if you’re doing it with the vain hopes of looking better in your bikini this summer, try adding more strength into your workouts and keeping cardio or high-intensity circuits to a 20-minute limit.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Vacationland

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Vacationer to electrify campus

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Electronic experimentation group Vacationer will play songs from their upcoming album alongside Manchester Orchestra and The Mowgli’s for the Vacationland tour.

‘Nu-hula’ group will play Thursday on Greene during Vacationland tour Kalyn Oyer

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The Vacationland tour found a perfect match for its namesake in Vacationer, an American “nu-hula” crew that rose from Philadelphia and Brooklyn, N.Y. The electronic experimentation g roup, which consists of Ken ny Vasol i on lead voca ls a nd bass, Mat t hew You ng on v ibraphone, Ryan Zimmaro on drums, Michael Mu l l i n on ke y b o a rd a nd G reg Altman on guitar, is set to take the stage Thursday for the Sperry TopSider Vacationland Tour on Greene Street, which is being coordinated

by Carolina Productions. “We were part of a short college tour for Sperry last spring on the West Coast, and we are making two of the shows this time around on the East Coast,” Vasoli said. The band’s members say they’re excited to be play i ng a long side friends and mentors Manchester Orchestra, though they were not completely sure of the particular sounds and styles of the other bands they would be teaming up with. “Obv iously, when it comes to performing wit h bands we don’t totally know, it can kind of swing i n eit her d i rec t ion of cool a nd awkward. In this case, it is defi nitely going to be awesome,” Vasoli said. Vac at ioner ha s had plent y of pract ice play ing alongside ot her ba nds, t hough, f rom t heir ver y

first tour with Denmark poppers Asteroid Galaxy Tour to gigs with B r it i s h i n d ie - r o c k e r s B o m b a y Bicycle Club. Though the band has aspirations to play shows internationally, the band wants to stay focused on its cross-countr y tour, which starts April 15. This road t rip lines up wit h a new album release. The disc was mastered just a month ago, and it is still being fi nalized before it hits the marketing department. “It’s hard for me to talk about the record because I’ve been listening to it so much,” Vasoli said. “However, I know that I love the record, and it’s exactly what I wanted to make. Everybody seems to be really excited about it.” The album won’t of f icially be

released until June, but a single is expected to drop around the time Vacationer takes to the asphalt. “It’s a step forward from the last record,” Vasoli added. “Sonically, it’s a little bit more energetic and has this dimension of a cinematic ’60s/’70s soundtrack throwback.” A f ter Vac at ioner’s feel-good, static-laced and sonically playful hits like “Good as New” and “Trip,” t he next record is sure to bring that same vibe but with heightened influence and experience. The band is planning on debuting some of its fresh songs at USC Thursday. “We’re over t he moon excited about playing the show,” Vasoli said. “Come on out and listen to some of our new tracks.” DG

Hand-drawn film is a visual wonder

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“The Wind Rises,” Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, was an Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature. It is playing in Columbia at the Nickelodeon through Thursday.

Oscar nominee a beautiful ode to flight, yet morally contemplative Jonathan Winchell

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“The Wind Rises” AT THE NICKELODEON

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt Rating: PG-13 for some disturbing images and smoking

The Oscar-nominated animated drama “The Wind Rises” is supposedly Hayao Miyazaki’s final film. He says he is retiring, although he has said this numerous times before. This hand-drawn animated film begins with a young Jiro Horikoshi dreaming of majestic airplanes soaring through the sky. Even in his dreams as a child, Jiro desires to make aircrafts because he considers them a beautiful dream. For man to rise off the ground, glide across the sky and grace the clouds should be an act of beauty and serenity, not a means of destruction during war. Early in his life, while on a train, he witnesses a major earthquake that rips through Honsh . Jiro helps a young woman named Nahoko and her mother, who has injured her leg. He meets this woman again later in life, and they marry. The earthquake causes the houses and roads in the

city to rise and fall as if the land were a quilt being tossed up in the air in a wave. The sudden violent shaking and upheaval of the ground causes power lines to collapse and start fires. This brief but massively destructive event, based on the actual Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, is perfectly rendered in Miyazaki’s hand-drawn animation. The shapes and lines of animation move free and lively. The landscape warps in the natural disaster, and the drawings on screen feel animated, meaning the imagery moves in such a manner that it makes the audience aware of the crafted moving pictures. The often simple, but nonetheless detailed style of animation expands, contracts, sways and billows in a slightly slower rate than precise computer animation. Hand-drawn animation, especially Miyazaki’s, has a pulse and vitality to it that even the most astonishing RISES • 7

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Head-in-the-clouds protagonist Jiro has always dreamed of designing airplanes, but when his dream becomes a reality, his machines aren’t always used how he hoped. RISES • Continued from 6 computer animation lacks. Jiro makes a career out of designing airplanes for the Japanese military. He revolutionizes aircrafts because his head is in the clouds looking into the future and not facing the harsh reality of what his machines will be used for. His vision is only to improve and expand the possibilities of aviation. Miyazaki lets the audience question Jiro’s actions without taking a firm stance. Clearly a pacifist, Miyazaki still makes one ponder the effects of what Jiro has created. He does not give easy answers. While not as beguilingly original or strange as his masterpiece, “Spirited Away,” or as kid-friendly as “K iki’s

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Softball • Continued from 10 and strik ing out six batters. The six strikeouts were a career high for Blue. The of fensive explosion didn’t slow dow n i n t he second ga me. After plating two runs already in the second inning, junior outfielder K r i s t e n St r u e t t a nd f r e s h m a n i n f ielder V ic tor ia W i l l ia m s h it back-to-back home runs to push the Gamecocks’ lead to 5-0. “W hen you score early, it takes pressure off your pitcher. We were able to score early in both games, and the kids just relaxed and swung the bats,” Smith said. “Getting ahead was the difference maker today.” A not her dif ference maker was junior pitcher Julie Sarratt, who pitched a complete game shutout and allowed only five hits through five innings and struck out six batters. “The mentality today was just to go out and hit my spots and let the defense work behind me. We all did great, and the offense backed us up and put some runs on the board,” Sarratt said. And back her up the offense did. Si x d if ferent player s i n t he Gamecock lineup had a hit, including senior outfielder Chelsea Hawkins, who fi nished her day going 2-2 at the plate with four RBIs and a walk. Hawkins entered the contest in the midst of a skid, hitting .212 on the season with only six RBIs. After Tuesday’s games, she had pushed her batting average to .235 and her RBIs Holbrook • Continued from 10 said he was pleased with the way his Gamecocks overcame one of winter’s last-ditch efforts to freeze Columbia Tuesday night. “It was tough out there. I don’t know what the wind chill was, but

into double digits. “I went up there and really trusted my self,” H awk i n s sa id. “ T hat ’s something I’ve been lacking lately. I looked back on the past couple days, let it go and just trusted myself.” The sweep came at the right time for the Gamecocks. The team was swept by No. 4/3 Tennessee this past weekend and had gone 3-9 in its last 12 games. A g a i n s t Te n n e s s e e , S o u t h Carolina dropped two games by one run. But on Tuesday night, luck was on the team’s side as it plated runs all night and outscored the Paladins 19-1. “Going to Tennessee, we were only one run short in two games. It was really good to push through tonight and really let our offense hits come out,” Hawkins said. W it h h it s not com i ng at a premium in their last 10 games, the Gamecocks found a way to score. The team combined Tuesday for four extra-base hits and four home runs. The team also drew 11 walks in 10 innings. T he tea m look s to keep it s winning ways up as they face SEC opponent Ole Miss this weekend. “Our kids did a great job drawing the walks today. They did a great job recognizing the strike zone and had great at-bats,” Smith said. “It was great to have people on base when we got the timely hits.”

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Gamecocks brave cold, beats Cougars

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Joey Pankake led the Gamecocks’ offense, going 3-for-4 while tying a career-high with three RBIs. Pankake is one of six South Carolina players hitting over .300 this year.

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It was a chilly night Tuesday when the South Carolina baseball team took on the College of Charleston. But the Gamecocks didn’t seem to mind the cold as they cruised to a 4-2 victory over the Cougars. “I’m proud of our team. I mean, the conditions weren’t necessarily great out there obviously — very cold and windy and blustery,” head coach Chad Holbrook said. “Not very easy to play out there tonight, but our guys hung in there pretty good.” T he scor i ng st a r ted ea rly for Sout h Carolina (20-3, 3-3 SEC), getting on the board in the f irst inning after junior Joey Pankake hit

one of his three RBIs to send Tanner English home. Pankake would cross t he plate himself in t he opening frame, giving the Gamecocks a tworun lead after one inning that would hold for the rest of the evening. Pankake’s RBI total tied his career high for the second time in as many games, as the infielder/outfielder drove in the same number of runs in Sunday’s series f inale against Kentucky. His three hits in the game extend his active hitting streak to 11 games. “I’ve been seeing it really well,” Pankake said. “I’ve basically hit really well, and I’ve felt the barrel good.” Pankake was batting .307 entering Tuesday’s tilt against the Cougars (16-8). He’s one of six Gamecocks hitting over .300 on the year. “He’s ju st get t i ng some good s w i n g s ,” Holbr o ok s a id . “ He’s

not putting too much pressure on himself, not swinging at pitches out of the strike zone, and he’s got some confidence going on.” Ju nior Elliot t Caldwell joined Pankake as the only Gamecock with multiple hits in the game, collecting two to go with Pankake’s three. South Carolina cycled through four pitchers in the contest, with freshman Taylor Widener getting the start on the hill, freshman Josh Reagan and sophomore Vince Fiori pitching in relief and junior Cody Mincey closing out the affair. A lthough Widener allowed just one hit in his three innings of work, he said the thermometer was his worst enemy on the mound Tuesday night. “It was really cold,” Widener said. “It was nippy out there, and I just didn’t feel like I had my best stuff, but (there was a) good team behind

Gamecocks sweep Furman

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Victoria Williams was a part of back-to-back home runs in the second game, fueling a 10-0 thumping of Furman.

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South Carolina’s softball team ended its cold streak on a cold night after sweeping in-state rival Furman Tuesday night. The Gamecocks (19-12, 2-7 SEC) beat the Paladins (14-16) 9-1 in the fi rst game and 10-0 in the second. Both games lasted only five innings due to the mercy rule.

Junior catcher Sarah Mooney helped give the Gamecocks the lead in the third inning of the fi rst game with a grand slam, her eighth home run of the season and fi rst grand slam as a Gamecock, giving the team a 6-1 lead and all the momentum. “Those are game changers; it really changes the momentum of the game,” head coach Beverly Smith said. “We had done a nice job getting base runners up to that point, but to fi nally get the big, timely hit was important.” Freshman Nick ie Blue pitched a complete game, only allowing only one run on six hits SOFTBALL • 9

me.” T he G a mecock pitch i ng st af f combined to allow four hits while striking out seven batters despite the unfavorable conditions. Reagan earned the win for his efforts, and Mincey was credited with the save. Sophomore M a x Sch rock a nd ju n ior Gray son Grei ner sat out Tuesday’s win with nagging injuries to the ankle and thumb, respectively, that Holbrook deemed significant enough to warrant sitting out a nonSEC contest. South Carolina will play a rare second m id-week g a me ton ight when another in-state rival, Coastal Carolina, comes to town. The forecast says t he matchup w it h t he Chant icleers should be sl ight ly wa r mer t ha n t he g a me against the Cougars, but Holbrook Holbrook • 9

South Carolina headed to Sweet 16, will face Tar Heels The South Carolina women’s basketball team (29-4, 14-2 SEC) continued its dominance of the Stanford region Tuesday night, thrashing Oregon State 78-69 in the second round of the NCAA women’s tournament. Three South Carolina players registered doubledigit rebounds as they dominated the post en route to a Sweet 16 berth. Sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell was shut down in the first half, but the reigning SEC Player of the Year scored 20 points in the second half, good for a double-double paired with her 10 rebounds. Junior forward Aleighsa Welch led the team with 21 points, going 8-of-11 from the field. South Carolina shot slightly more than 79 percent from the free throw line, converting on 34 of 43 chances. The Gamecocks held the Beavers’ leading scorer, guard Sydney Wiese, scoreless until the waning minutes of the game. Wiese finally connected on her first three-pointer with just under two minutes left after missing on her first 10 shots from beyond the arc. Wiese entered the game averaging 14.5 points per game, accruing 492 points on the season, the most on the team by 187 points. South Carolina will move on to face North Carolina (26-9, 10-6 ACC), the No. 4 seed in the region, in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday. The Tar Heels handed the Gamecocks their first loss earlier this season, beating South Carolina 74-66 in the Carolinas Challenge. — Compiled by David Roberts, Assistant Sports Editor