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UNDEFEATED No. 2 Gamecocks keep rolling with win Claudia Chakamian @C_CHAKAMIAN

The No. 2 South Carolina women’s soccer team continued their historic season Sunday afternoon, taking down No. 17 Florida 1-0. The Gators again proved to be a tough opponent as they took the Gamecocks into double overtime.

The two teams were scoreless through regulation and the fi rst period of extra time, as it took over 100 minutes for either team to break through. Two m i nutes i nto t he second over t ime per iod, sen ior m idf ielder Chelsea Drennan was awarded a penalty kick and fi red it into the top of the net, earning the Gamecocks the win and preserving the undefeated season.

Coming into Sunday’s game, t he Gamecocks knew they had a challenge ahead, as their series against Florida has been heated lately. Prior to Sunday’s match, eight of the last 10 meetings between these two teams have been decided by a single goal, with two of the last three going into overtime.

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Experiencing SC State Fair Larissa Johnson @LALARISSAJ

Fried mushrooms or pick les? I’d never really thought about it before.

But at the South Carolina State Fair, it seems like an important decision to make. While I ended up going with an ice cream cone instead, the pervasive scent throughout the vast sea of flashing fluorescent booths was defi nitely one of sizzling fat in hot fryers. I’m pretty sure my clothing and hair soaked it in, or maybe I was just imagining it in a cloud around me when I fell into bed, tired after hours of wandering the unlimited aisles.

It was my first time going — the past two years, I’ve just looked at the lights and spinning rides from afar. It seems so clean and quiet from half a mile away. I’ll admit I was a bit scared to go and shatter the illusion. I’m from Ohio, and my main association with fairs is volunteering with my grandmother at a booth selling smoothies for her church and winning a live goldfish. The fairs were full of Amish children with their 4-H projects.

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Bond set for Recreation Commission director The executive director of the Richland County Recreation Commission is out on a $20,000 bond, WIS reports. James Brown III was charged with intimidation of a witness for allegedly threatening another commission employee. Brown was charged with misconduct in office just before the arrest over sexual harassment.

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Waccamaw River expected to crest Monday The Waccamaw River may bring more flooding to parts of the Palmetto State on Monday, The State reports. The river is expected to crest at 17.6 feet, which would be higher than the crest during October 2015 flooding. It is already well above flood level and is threatening many residential areas.

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North Carolina county’s GOP headquarters firebombed The headquarters of the Orange County Republican party were firebombed and vandalized, WLTX reports. No one was injured at the facility in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The firebomb did damage the interior of the building, and the outside was also graffitied with Nazi references. ATF investigators have been called in.

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Peer leader project to promote body positivity, healthy diets T. Michael Boddie

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St udent leaders a re facilitating body positive dialogues several times for the remainder of the semester as part of an initiative called The Body Project.

Cha ng i ng Ca rol i na Peer Leaders lead t he two-part workshop, which is open to students or organizations with online registration. “ T he Bod y Projec t

is a conversation about body image a nd t he inf luences of cult ural and social interactions,�

Student Health Services said on the workshop’s we b p a g e . T he p a g e a l so say s t he projec t “w ill encou rage t he spread of body positivity a nd a l low women on campus to move towards self- con f idence a nd self-fulfillment.�

The conversat ion aims to focus on ways for women to bu ild

self-confidence in their bod ies a nd ways to t a ke phy sic a l c a re of themselves. Reducing the risk of obesity, avoiding ineffective diet techniques and feeling good in one’s ow n sk in are some of the ultimate goals of the project.

The next Body Project workshops will be held at Sims Residence Hall on Oct. 18 and Oct. 25 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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FAIRPAGE1 I’m not really sure what changed this year, but I ended up with a friend waiting in line for a ticket. From what people had told me, I almost expected it to be full of people wearing overalls w it h t h ick Sout her n d rawls a nd pitchforks. Instead, what I found was a happy community brought together by the draw of food and music — and cows.

Wa n d e r i n g a r o u n d , I f e l t overwhelmed by all of the sensory i nput . T he s weet cloy i ng smel l of funnel cake, the random people bumping into you and the neon stuffed animals begging you to try and win t hem all somehow created a ver y human experience. I’m pretty sure that state fairs are the distillation of everything we don’t want to admit about ourselves, but when we do, it’s actually pretty fun.

And the cows were actually really cute, although much larger than I expected.

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was when a voice came over t he loudspeaker to say, “Dawn Staley, please meet the women’s basketball team by the rocket.” We just looked at each other, then ran and secretly took pictures of them.

We also wandered into an A loe Blacc concert just as he was singing “The Man” and “Wake Me Up,” coincidentally the only t wo songs of his that I know, and it was almost surreal with Williams-Brice Stadium lit up in the background through the stage frame.

Here at t he u n iversit y, I don’t really interact w it h Columbia or South Carolina much at all, perhaps subconsciously because of all of the negative stereotypes about the state.

That’s part of what kept me away from the fair until this year. What I found instead was a lot of fun, and it made me wish I went out into the city more.

I felt like I was actually a part of the community rather than just of USC’s campus.

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‘Rocky Horror’ worth the antici...pation Jenna Schiferl @JENNASCHIF

“The Rock y Horror Show ” musica l t heat re produc t ion delve s i nto all t h ings spook y, sex ual and sultr y at t he Tr ust us Theatre on Lady Street.

R ic h a r d O ’ Br ie n’s musica l hor ror-comedy st age produc t ion “T he Rock y Horror Show” and subsequent fi lm “The Rocky H o r r o r P i c t u r e S h o w,” directed by Jim Sharman, qu ick ly gained a massive cult following in the early 1980s. It became an integral pa r t of t he “m id n ight mov ie” phenomenon, where audiences dressed in costume, shouted responses at the screen and sang along to musical numbers.

Ro c k y Hor ror veter a n Amy Cleckler first saw the mo v ie w he n s he w a s 16 years old. Since then, she estimated she has seen the show over 30 times.

“The music is wonderful, and it’s just the whole idea of actually being free and being yourself and breaking all the chains of societ y,” Checkler said.

The per for ma nce at Tr u s t u s f e at u r e d a l i v e band that included piano, saxophone and percussion i nst r u ment s. T he l ive instrumentals enhanced the show by providing a high energy and upbeat backdrop to performer’s vocals.

Wa lter Gra ha m played the show’s main antagonist, Frank-N-Furter, an alien f rom a foreig n planet k now n a s Tr a n s y l v a n i a .

Graham capt ured t he audience’s attention with his sultry rendition of “Sweet

Transvestite” and emotional performance of “I’m Going Home.”

O ver a l l, t he show wa s f u n , d y n a m ic a nd wel lproduced. However, due to time constraints, some scenes were shortened or c ut a ltog et her f rom t he performance. This isn’t an issue for those who have seen the fi lm or movie before, as the central plot points were still intact, but I wouldn’t recommend this production to individuals who are not familiar with the storyline.

Because the plot is so already f a s t- p a c e d , t he o m it t e d scenes sometimes caused the action to be scattered and hard to follow.

Howe ver, it i s t he m u lt i f a c e t e d s t o r y l i n e t h at m a k e s t he s how s o c a p t i v a t i n g. M a d e l e i n e Edenton, a junior at Spring Hill High School, attended the event dressed up as Janet Weiss, one of t he female leads.

“The characters are complex and t he plot i s c o mple x , a nd a l it t le c o n f u s i n g a n d w e i r d ,” Edenton said, “but t hat’s what makes it so interesting and fun.”

The beaut y of “The Ro c k y Hor ror Show ” i s t h at it r e v o l v e s a r o u n d audience participation. The playbill featured a helpful guide that explained some of t he com mon c a l lback responses. No out side props are allowed inside the theatre but individuals could pu rcha se pre-made prop bags at the door. At different points in the show, audience SEEROCKYPAGE7

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“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” stars the couple Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, who find themselves at Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle.

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“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” plays every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Trustus Theatre until Nov. 5.

Lara Croft returns in new quest Snapchat changing how we read “Rise of the Tomb Raider”

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Darby Hallman

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There is a popular saying in t he v ideo game indust r y t hat “gameplay is king,” and it rings true for the latest installment in the “Tomb Raider” franchise.

With “Rise of the Tomb Raider,” developer Cr yst a l D y na m ic s created a t h r il l i ng stor y but didn’t forget to focus on arguably t he most important aspect of game development — creating something that is fun to play.

The Tomb Raider franchise, a nd prot agon i s t La r a C rof t specif ically, has been a v ideo game icon since 1996, almost my entire life. Though I was less than a year old when Lara Croft

fi rst made her mark on gaming, I have always been well aware of her fame. However, though I played and enjoyed several of t he Tomb Raider games, Croft never appeared to me to be much more than a slightly goofy, over-the-top action hero and, frankly, a sex icon. Lara Croft looked like something out of a 12-ye a r - old b oy ’s fantasy w it h sk impy clot hes, impossibly large breasts and the ability to take down dinosaurs with guns.

I n 2013, developer Cr yst al Dy namics changed t his when they rebooted the series with a fresh, new Lara full of emotion, relatabilit y and more suitable clothing (though I imagine she was pretty cold wearing a tanktop in the game’s snow sections).

“Rise of the Tomb Raider” takes everything that worked in the 2013 game and adds mult iple layers onto it, mak ing for an addictive and fun experience.

W h i le t he adva ncement of Lara as a character — even from

the 2013 reboot — is a strong point, the game truly shines in its gameplay. It’s easy to draw comparisons bet ween the new “Tomb Raider” games and the popular “Uncharted” series, as it’s clear that Crystal Dynamics to ok some i n spi r at ion f rom N a u g ht y D o g ’s w o r k w h e n making their games. However, with “Tomb Raider” and even more so in “Rise of the Tomb Raider,” Crystal Dynamics has fleshed out its design to give its games their own identity.

W h at sepa r ate s t h is g a me from “Uncharted” is its depth in gameplay and customization.

In “Rise of the Tomb Raider,” the player receives a large array of customization weapons and skill points that can be used to unlock different abilities, and these choices allow the player to make t he perfect Lara for their own play style. If you like being stealt hy, you can focus your upgrades on t he bow in SEETOMBPAGE6

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Lara Croft continues her fight against criminal organization Trinity in the sequel to the “Tomb Raider” 2013 reboot.

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If you’re a college student with a phone, chances are you are also a Snapchatter. According to a Bloomberg report from April, Snapchat has more than 100 million users who spend at least 20 minutes using the app everyday.

W hile Snapchat began as a way to send disappearing photos, it has transformed into both a social and news app heavily utilized by, well, us. Millennials account for seven out of 10 Snapchat users, according to a poll by Cowen and Company, and while we first downloaded the app to send unfiltered pictures, we kept it for the Stories, Stickers and Chats.

We screenshot and replay and draw — Snapchat has become just as important and permanent on our home screens as Instagram.

This app has definitely grown since its birth in 2011 and many users enjoy the Snapchat Discover feature, in which brands such as ESPN, Cosmopolitan, CNN and Buzzfeed release daily content. Snapchat Discover was a significant move in many ways. It showed that apps can be monetized and gave media outlets a new medium. It’s also altering the way we read.

Many people use Snapchat because it’s a less filtered, more genuine version of Instagram.

This app has changed the way we take and send pictures. However, if Snapchat changed the way we communicate, it is mutating the way we consume media. As a college student, I get most of my news from the internet. Twitter, Facebook and Google give me all the information I need about what’s going on in the world around me.

I’ve somberly watched coverage of tragic events, such as the Orlando shooting last summer, unfold on Twitter, and gawked at presidential debates that Facebook now streams live.

As much as I believe in and am passionate about the business of print, it’s hard to argue that the rise of the iPhone hasn’t permanently altered how I read. Snapchat is another news outlet that makes the consumption of physically printed media, like buying a newspaper, feel like it’s becoming a thing of the past. It’s also eliminating the demand for magazines. Magazines like Vogue and Cosmo have certainly been feeling the affects of the internet. More and more people choose to look at their phones and E-readers SEESNAPCHATPAGE7

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order to silently take out enem ie s . I f you wou ld rat her cha rge in g u ns blazing, you can put your resources towa rd you r r if le or s hot g u n . T he g a me allows for a lot of variation and freedom when approaching combat, and watching Lara slowly build into the perfect character for my st yle was one of the most satisfying gameplay hook s I’ve s e e n i n q u it e s o m e time.

The pacing for Lara’s new abilities is also a st rong poi nt . E ach time that using Lara’s tools to nav igate t he environment or solve a pu zzle h i nted at becoming repet it ive, a not her element was adde d t h at c h a n g e d the way I approached a n obst acle, wh ich kept the game feeling f re sh. T h at ’s not to say t hat t here wasn’t some padding and pacing issues. Similar t o “ U n c h a r t e d ,” a large amount of time in “Rise of the Tomb Raider” is spent climbing walls, scaling ledges, jumping from crumbling rooftop to rooftop and many other means of travel. While it wasn’t enough to be a major problem for me, t here were a few times, especially in the fi rst hour or so, where I was growing tired of mindless traverse and was itching for some combat.

O n t he p lu s s id e , t he t raversal g ives the player the chance to admire the setting — a nd it su re is a beaut if u l one. T he game takes place primarily in Siberia,

a nd t he pic t u re sque snow y set pieces, antique buildings and tombs that Lara visits are truly stunning. The game also takes a more open approach to its map than the previous g a m e , a l low i n g t he player to ex plore a fairly large hub area f i l led w it h opt ion a l tombs to explore a nd side m issions to u nder t a ke. “ R i s e of the Tomb Raider” isn’t quite an open world in the vein of a “Skyrim” or “ W itc her 3,” but t he sem i-open world direction fit the game wel l , a nd t he added content serves as a fun w a y t o p r olo n g t he playtime for those who are interested, though it isn’t necessary to beat the game.

L i k e i n t h e 2 013 r e b o o t , t h e g a m e ’s we a k e s t p oi nt i s it s s t o r y. “ R i s e o f t h e Tomb R a ider” t a ke s place a year after the events of the previous game ,and we see Lara determined to continue her deceased fat her’s work i n f i nd i ng t he lost c it y of K itez h and investigating into t he legends about an artifact that can grant immortality, an artifact that a dangerous group called Trinit y is also after. The game drives home the idea that Lara is g row i ng ob se s sed w it h t h is da ngerou s line of work, and it adds emot iona l weight to the wild, action-packed journey t he player is setting off on. Where this starts to weaken is with the characters that the story is told with.

Lara herself is a h igh ly i nterest i ng protagon ist, a nd her internal dialog ue and f lashbacks to

her troublesome relationship with her father as a child help the player connect with her. A ll of t he ot her characters, on t he other hand, either fall into well-worn cliches or aren’t given enough screen time to build any meaningful connection with the player. This is most problematic with the game’s antagonists, as the central conf lict for t he stor y come s from these characters, yet they are very bland a nd t y pic a l v i l l a i n s w it h not h i ng t hat really stands out about t hem. A s I played, the only reason I felt compelled to care about what happened to the supporting characters w a s how it a f f e c t e d La ra a nd seei ng her reactions.

The newly released PS4 version of t he game comes w it h a l l t he g a me’s DLC content , i nclud i ng a mission based around t he legend of Slav ic w i t c h B a b a Ya g a ; “Blood Ties” a light, stor y-ba sed m i s sion allowing the player to explore Croft Manor and learn about Lara’s fat her; and “Cold Dark ness Awakened,” a su r v ival combat mode where Lara fights of f zombies. Each of t hese ex per iences is enter t a i n i ng i n completely d if ferent w a y s , of f e r i n g f u n , post-game content that isn’t just more of the same.

For PS4 owners, the year-wait for “Rise of the Tomb Raider” was certainly worth it, and for the base game and all of its DLC content, this is worth your $60.

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“The Rock y Horror Show” openly ex plores themes of sex, sexuality and gender identity. It embraces ever y t hing weird and sensual and provides a safe and inclusive environment for those looking to discuss these subjects, or simply for those looking to have a fun and relaxing evening.

Kristi Cowan saw her fi rst Rocky Horror live show in 2010, and has attended two ot her l ive p er for m a nce s s i nc e . She at t e nde d t he show at Tr u st u s d re ssed up as Columbia, her outfit c o mple t e w it h a g olde n t u xedo vest a nd color f u l bedazzled shor t s. She ef fect ively sum marized the appeal of “The Rock y Horror Show” in one sentence.

“It’s so timeless because there’s nothing else like it,” Cowan said. “It’s the only thing that is just like itself.”

than buy actual magazines that are sold in physical stores. But Snapchat is giving these companies, who founded themselves in ink and paper, a way to grow.

This is a bittersweet development. Some of my favorite and most defining memories center on magazines. Laying on the top bunk during rest period at camp, seriously considering the questions of completely trivial quizzes with titles like “What’s YOUR Summer Shoe?” and “Who Is Your PERFECT Crush?” with a cabin full of new friends was a serious bonding experience. I realized that magazines full of HOT TEEN CELEBS and lip gloss ads, while fun, were probably not the height of academia or literature and definitely not something to be taken too seriously.

Flipping through the pages of National Geographic at my grandma’s house gave me a thirst to wander before I’d ever even left the country. Finding a discarded copy of The New Yorker on my first subway ride made me aspire to be able to write like the people who put their stories on those pages, and curling up with my mom’s latest issue of Garden & Gun, a magazine that focuses on the South, finally made me recognize and respect my roots after years of being almost ashamed of my Southern drawl and inability to drop the word “y’all.”

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According to a Cowen and Company poll, millennials account for 7 out of 10 Snapchat users.

I don’t want magazines to stray too far from their origins of glossy paper.

However messy and flawed this industry is, with its Photoshopped models and emphasis on material things, it is also full of experiences and humor and life. They link us together in a way that other forms of print can’t — we share articles and trade magazines and rip pages out to tack on our bulletin boards.

We page through them in waiting rooms, dog-ear pages, then cast them aside for the next person to open and wonder

what it was, exactly, that made someone mark that page. But, I also understand that things change. I’d rather read my favorite magazine every morning on Snapchat than not read it at all. If this industry needs a safety net, I’m glad they have one — and as much as I love flipping through the pages of a new magazine, I’m not too proud to admit that I’ll never be able to resist reading my weekly Cosmopolitan horoscope on Snapchat. Magazines may be endangered, but they are not extinct.

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Kaepernick’s protests ineffective, disrespectful Isabelle Carroll First-year public relations student

Trump’s anti-free-trade policies bad for economy, employment Cameron Wall First-year international business and finance student It might be attractive to protect local industries, but to stif le free t rade is to st if le prog ress a nd economic growth — t wo of the focal points of this year’s election.

A s bot h candidates prom ise an America rich in jobs, they fail to articulate to the American public the economic realities of their antifree-trade agendas, which will only serve to undermine the economy and workforce, not benefit them.

Donald Trump’s platform formed its foundations on anti-globalization ea rly on u nder t he prom ise of keeping out Mexican immigrants and putting an end to Chinese trade.

Hillary Clinton followed suit last October by revoking her support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is less radical than Trump but worrying nonetheless. Yet rather than addressing the ramifications of such proposals in the last two presidential debates, the candidates h a v e c o nt i n u e d t o p r i o r it i z e pillorying each other’s private lives.

I t ’s t i m e t h e r e a l i t i e s o f globalization are brought to light, lest the U.S. suffer steep economic consequences down the road.

To e x a m i n e t h e e f f e c t s o f globa l izat ion i n A mer ic a is to look to two places: the household and t he Rustbelt. The fact t hat Americans are able to enjoy more goods at lower costs is the result of globalization; competition and lower labor inputs have allowed foreign fi rms that produce more efficiently to make our computers, cars and endless other products that comprise the average American home. In the same manner, hundreds of millions of people around the world benefit from access to American exports.

But to some A mericans, these arguments don’t matter. Trump’s anti-free-trade rhetoric falls on eager ears across the expanse of ailing industrial America. As industries naturally flowed to areas of lower production costs, these towns saw their plants close doors to head south and across the Pacific. Try explaining to the ex-factory worker whose family worked in the steel

industry for four decades how the exportation of his town’s jobs has been beneficial for him.

T he mer it s of globa l izat ion, which come chief ly in enjoying lower prices, are not as easily seen as the highly concentrated negative outcome s , s ub st a nt ia l on ly i n aggregating the total consumers saved. These workers represent those who do lose out on globalization; although both sides of trade enjoy the benefits of lower cost goods, some workers will lose jobs as the resources that employ them f low into other industries.

The anti-tax Trump belies levying harsh tariffs as the key to bringing back jobs to the States. Not only would Trump’s plan raise prices for American businesses and consumers t hat use foreign goods, forcing businesses to cut employment, but it would also cripple A merican export firms as foreign nations raise tariffs against American goods in retaliation.

Recent analyses from Moody’s Analytics predict that once Trump realizes his anti-free-trade crusade, A mericans can expect 4 million fewer jobs and an unemployment rate rounding seven percent due to his high tariff policies, among other proposals. The projected exorbitant tariffs against Mexican and Chinese i mpor t s — 35 a nd 45 percent , respectively — would do Trump’s bidding, plunging bot h nat ions into recession, but not w it hout bringing the stars and stripes down with them. Donald Trump is the schoolyard bully that declares if his team can’t win, then no one gets to play.

I n Ju ne 2016 , he d ispa r aged globalization in the deceptively titled speech “Declaring American Economic Independence,” as if such a thing was remotely feasible or beneficial to our standard of living.

The global economy has developed — and should continue to do so — bidding in such a manner that economies are carefully intertwined, specializing in the goods in which they have an advantage. Immediately withdrawing from globalization would disastrously reverse the role it has played in driving economic growth since the second world war.

The key to Trump’s demagogy in these speeches are statements without explanation. He claimed H illar y Clinton was wag ing “a trade war against the A merican worker” through agreements such as

NAFTA. This “trade war” is more commonly known as competition, something Mr. Trump praises in everything from education, health care, to wages. Before becoming the economic crusader of the jobless middle-class, Trump clearly stated the benefits of such competition h i m s el f , de c l a r i n g it s w i n ner consumers who enjoy “more choice and more quality at lower cost,” in 2000.

Furthermore, Trump, proudly ant i-ta x, blatant ly misleads his supporters from the realit y that t a r if f s a re a d i rec t t a x on t he goods they buy. By imposing taxes on impor t s, t he gover n ment is effectively lowering the American standard of living by artificially raising the prices of the goods we buy.

Any goal to bring jobs to America is laudable, but the question that must follow is whether these jobs are worth more than the overall benefit of the economy at large.

Un f or t u n at el y f or t he h ig h l y concentrated industries that have suffered losses, tariffs consistently cost more than the jobs they protect are worth. The Peterson Institution of International Economics found that NAFTA — just a slice of our countr y’s international trade — causes roughly 15,000 jobs a year to leave the U.S., each of which generates approximately $450,000 in gains for the American economy through lower prices and improved productivity.

The U.S. isn’t dying or facing some catastrophe of job loss, but simply transitioning to the industries in which it is more competitive.

Trump’s rants lead us to believe t hat A merica has become some sort of economic dystopia fueling foreign governments and corrupt politicians, where the industries that have gone abroad are the only that matter to the American economy.

This simply isn’t true.

Our nation is still the economic powerhouse of the world by a large ma rg i n. A lt hough ou r relat ive economic posit ion in t he world has changed, that does not warrant decrying globalization as the crisis of the 21st century, nor does it call for implementing high tariffs to choke out foreign industry and exploit the prices of goods Americans enjoy.

Donald Trump, as much as he likes to tout that he is not a politician, is a player of passions like any other political candidate.

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Colin Kaepernick is the epitome of an NFL benchwarmer success story.

Thrown onto the field in 2012 when Alex Smith, then the San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback, suffered a concussion mid-season, Kaepernick went on to lead his team to the Super Bowl. Although they lost, he started the next year over Smith and fans were enamored with his style. At that point in his NFL career, he looked like a champion. He quick ly lost his hot streak in following seasons, however, and now is a benchwarmer once again.

He started on Sunday for the fi rst time this season. How is it that someone who was primarily a benchwarmer until now currently has one of the top-selling NFL jerseys?

T he a n s we r i s , b e c au s e of h i s protests. Kaepernick refused to stand for “ T he St a r- Spa ngled Ba n ner ” during all of t he 49ers’ preseason games. He said he did this because he did n’t wa nt to show pride in a country where he believes AfricanAmericans are being oppressed by the police force. A lthough Kaepernick had been doing this all preseason, it didn’t gain attention until the Aug. 26 game against the Green Bay Packers.

Just 12 short days later, Kaepernick’s jersey had gone from being the No. 20-selling jersey to the No. 1, topselling NFL jersey.

Was this a publicity stunt? Possibly.

It is impossible to overlook the fact that Kaepernick had not been a starter for most of last season and his coach was facing an upcoming decision of having to cut at least one of his four qu a r terback s. K aeper n ick had to know that refusing to stand for the time-honored national anthem would eventually gain him some much-needed press attention. How would it make his coach look to cut a player making a stand for minorities? On Sept. 3, just eight days after Kaepernick’s publicized protest and when his jersey sales were climbing, he was named the team’s official second-string quarterback.

Not only do Kaepernick’s protests look suspiciously similar to publicity stunts, but they are also disrespectful.

Yes, police brutality is something that needs to be addressed, and yes, it is within Kaepernick’s constitutional r ight s to ref u se to st a nd for t he national anthem. However, the only kind of attention such behavior brings to the issue is negative. Instead of using his celebrity to highlight policing problems by a press release or official statement, K aepern ick decided he would disrespect an anthem meant to honor t hose who have g iven of themselves for their countr y. This is not Kaepernick’s first instance of disrespect towards those serving our country, either.

During the 49ers’ Aug. 10 and 12 summer practices, Kaepernick was photog raphed wearing sock s w it h cartoons of pigs dressed as policemen on them. He did this as a precursor to his refusal to rise for the national a nt hem i n order to st a r t g a i n i ng attention for his campaign against pol ice br ut a l it y. T hese sock s a re nothing short of childish. Believing that you can end a nation’s racial crisis by some offensively decorated socks is ridiculous. Believing you can gain publicity for them is not.

I n s ho r t , a l l of t he w a y s t h at K aep er n ic k h a s prot e s ted p ol ice brutalit y in our countr y have been inef fect ive in solv ing t he problem yet effective in gaining him publicity and securing his spot on the team. I commend players who use their place in the public eye to further important causes, but not those who do so in an offensive, unproductive way. Our country already has enough negativity.

Let’s focus on fi nding positive solutions to negative situations. We need to fi nd ways to work together, to live together, to mend together. We need champions who do more than just hurl insults.

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Express your passion.

Yo u ’ r e e s p e c i a l l y lucky in matters of the hear t over t he nex t month, with Venus in Sagittarius. Romance kindles with the slightest provocat ion. Pract ice artistry.

Yo u f e e l e s p e c i a l l y lucky and beloved this month, with Venus in your sign. Your charms are irresistible. Indulge in a new look. Pamper yourself and your work flowers.

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Ritual and music soothe.

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Gemini Partnerships flower over t he next mont h, wit h Venus in Sag it tarius.

Comprom ise comes e a s ie r. R e l y o n a supportive collaboration.

Listen to a not her a s their biggest fan. Share your heart.

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Transform your space.

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Prof it comes through communications.

Expand your networks.

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Aquarius Get public. Rally friends f r o m h o m e . Yo u ’r e especially popular this month, with Venus in Sagittarius. Participate i n c o m mu n it y f o r a passionate cause. Social activities benefit your career.

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Take on leadership, and a d v a n c e m e nt c o m e s easier. Others back you up. Inspire them with love.

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Knight, Barnett lead SEC award hunt Adam Orfinger @AORFINGER

With seven weeks of SEC football in the books, Alabama and Texas A&M have risen to the top, as Georgia and LSU headline the teams who have fallen short of expectations. Tennessee has provided storylines with miraculous comebacks, and the firing of Les Miles sent shockwaves through the conference.

Per usual, plenty of things haven’t gone as expected this season in the SEC, and there is still plenty of time for everything to change. However, let’s take a look at what players have been stealing the show in the conference this season and could be on their way to some hardware in December. Here are the top candidates for the SEC’s top three awards.

Offensive Player of the Year Oklahoma transfer quarterback Trevor Knight has regained his 2014 form in leading Texas A&M to a 6-0 start. Knight has led the Aggies to wins over UCLA, Arkansas and Tennessee while scoring 18 total touchdowns on the season. With a strong backfield, Knight has the Texas A&M offense rolling, as the Aggies are putting up over 40 points per game. Knight will face a tough Alabama defense Saturday, which should prove how legitimate his candidacy is.

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Defensive Player of the Year The Aggies have some defensive standouts as well, but Tennessee’s Derek Barnett has separated himself from the pack. In Tennessee’s miraculous 5-2 start, Barnett has registered six sacks, which ties him for second in the SEC, in addition to forcing two fumbles and coming up with an interception. Barnett anchors the Volunteer defense that allows just over 11 points per game in the second half, even after allowing 28 against Alabama after the break last week.

With a weak schedule for the remainder of the season, Barnett should be able to improve on his already impressive statistics to wrap up the award.

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SEC Coach of the Year Nick Saban and Kevin Sumlin are the obvious choices here, as they’re leading undefeated teams, but Gus Malzahn’s Auburn team has exceeded expectations after posting just a 2-6 conference record in 2015. The Tigers beat LSU into firing Les Miles and defeated Mississippi State handily. Their losses came by six points to Clemson and 13 to a Texas A&M team that is well-deserving of its top 10 ranking, if not higher. The Auburn defense has been stellar, allowing more than 19 points just once this season for an average of just 16 points allowed per game. Malzahn might be coaching for his job in the next two weeks as the Tigers take on Arkansas and Ole Miss, but all indications point to an Auburn turnaround.

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SOCCERPAGE1 A lot of things have been going wel l for t h i s p ower f u l S out h Carolina team, but the defense has been exceptional. During Sunday’s top 20 matchup, the score was tied at zero at the half, marking the 13th time this season South Carolina has held their opponent scoreless at the half in 15 games. The Gamecocks also continued to have the edge on their opponents on shots taken during the game; their defense being able to stop the other team from getting near the net has been huge in close-scoring matches.

Goalkeeping has been a big factor for the Gamecocks so far. South Carolina welcomed two newcomers to the team this year in Mikayla Krzeczowski and Hunter Peifer.

Both have seen time this season, but Krzeczowski has started in 12 games, while Peifer has started in three. Both goalies have excelled, as they’ve allowed a total of six goals among them over 15 games.

They’ve recorded eight shutouts among them, Krzeczowski with six and Peifer with two.

Entering Su nday ’s matchup, Krzeczowski notched 28 saves with a .848 save percentage, ranking i n t he top 4 0 i n t he cou nt r y.

Krzeczowski has also proved her talent, as she was Week 6 SEC Freshman of the Week, and Week 8 SEC Defensive Player of the Week.

Her first impressions with this team have been outstanding, and haven’t gone unnoticed.

Drennan said Krzeczowski “does not act like a freshman.”

“Her leadership back there is crucial for our success this year and we depend on her to come up with a few big saves,” Drennan added.

Veteran players have also proved to be the leaders they needed to be. Drennan and junior Savannah McCaskill have been at the top of Sout h Ca rol i na’s of fen sive le a d e r s , no t c h i n g 18 a nd 29 points, respectively. Drennan set a program record in career assists on Oct. 9 against Arkansas with 34. She is just two shy of tying the program record of game-winning assists.

The Gamecocks have a special

team this year, off the field as well as on. The team has significant t a lent , but t he chem ist r y ha s brought them to another level “Our team is awesome,” Drennan said, adding that the camaraderie on and off the field makes them better and more successful on the field.

“In the moment, like in double overtime when the grind gets going and it’s hot and we’re all really tired and we’re like okay we’re playing for each other, let’s grind things out and I think that’s what really makes us successful this year,” she said.

“This year, especially, it’s not just chemistry; it’s that they hold each other accountable and push each other in a good way,” head coach Shelley Smith said.

“They love each other as a family and stay together in the ups and downs and that’s huge,” she added.

South Carolina is now 14-0-1 (8- 0 - 0 in SEC) t his year. The Gamecocks travel to Vanderbilt on Thursday as the regular season begins to come to a close.

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Goodwill Punting: Gamecocks’ Mt. Rushmore Bobby Balboni

@ROB_BALBONI1

Even for someone who a l mo st exclusively watches ESPN, Fox Sports 1 and NFL Network, I can’t escape the the slimy tentacles of the 2016 presidential election.

Politics aren’t my realm, but with stories about Wikileaks and a steady stream of considerate and well-timed comments f iltering out f rom The Donald, I can’t help but feel presidential lately.

Again, I’m an outsider, but I think the root of America’s anxiety about the upcoming election stems from the fact we won’t be able to experience both of these candidates’ greatness in the Oval Office. Down the road, can’t you see Hilary’s lovely mug etched out beside George Washington on Mount Rushmore? Maybe they will just knock the whole thing down to show her off in full pantsuit glory. By the way, I can totally envision Trump’s majestic comb up there too, with a single paw caressing Lincoln’s chiseled jaw.

Not so much? Well, at least we have the past to fall back on. Am I right, Gamecock football fans?

W h ile polit ical af icionados are looking to escape this election season, I am trying to distance myself from this 2016 football season. Watching Gamecocks’ women’s soccer is a good start, but for a further remedy, I am going take a stab at creating the South Carolina athletics’ Mount Rushmore. I said I was feeling presidential.

Teddy Roosevelt — Steve Spurrier Who else? Both were fashion icons.

The Bull Moose carried a big stick,

the Head Ball Coach donned a visor.

Spurrier and Roosevelt shared an exuberant level of energy, were elite strategists and possessed a lion-like ferocity. Neither were afraid to ruffle a few feathers while they were at it.

Spurrier changed the culture around South Carolina football, busting up the traditional SEC dynamic with the Gamecocks’ three straight 11-win seasons between 2011 and 2013. He will forever be one of the most beloved figure in South Carolina athletics.

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Thomas Jefferson — Tommy Suggs Like Jefferson, South Carolina, legend Tommy Suggs is a man of many talents, a Renaissance man if you will. One of the true “Founding Fathers” of South Carolina football, Suggs has been the color analyst for Gamecock football on the radio for over 40 seasons. He also quarterbacked the Gamecocks to the 1969 SEC championship and is credited as the inspiration for the “2001” entrance, which he first witnessed at an Elvis concert.

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George Washington — Dawn Staley Washington was a legend by the time he took office, after winning the A merican Revolution and whatnot.

Staley has also flourished in her second gig — transforming South Carolina’s women’s basketball into a perennial powerhouse after completing one of the most dominant careers in the history of the WNBA. Staley is not only beloved in Gamecock nation, she is a true American treasure.

In addition to her three Olympic gold medals, Staley serving as the torchbearer for the U.S. in the 2004 Olympics evokes

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Abe Lincoln — Ray Tanner

Director has had a monumental impact on Gamecock athletics. Tanner was named NCA A Coach of the Year in three different seasons and led the Gamecocks to a National Championship in 2010 and 2011.

I am not even going to try to draw a parallel between Honest Abe and Tanner, but the former South Carolina baseball coach and current Athletic

Alex English, George Rogers, Todd Ellis, Jackie Bradley, Frank McGuire, Marcus Lattimore, Dawn Ellerbe.

images of Washington crossing the Delaware.

Also, George Rogers would be way too easy here.

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Column: Classic Muschamp defense on display despite struggles

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Ryan Lawson

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Before being hired by South Carolina, Will Muschamp had a track record of being an elite defensive coach. Halfway through his inaugural season in Columbia, that record is showing itself.

So far, the Gamecock defense is by no means elite, but in some areas, it’s resembling a classic Muschamp defense.

Before arriving in Columbia, Muschamp had stints at LSU, Auburn and Texas as defensive coordinator before taking the head job at Florida in 2011. Throughout his time as a defensive coordinator, he had defenses that ranked in the top ten in every category.

While at LSU from 2002 to 2004 under head coach Nick Saban, Muschamp’s defense ranked inside the top 10 in total defense all three years.

His best year in Baton Rouge was 2003. The Tigers split the national championship with Southern California that season, and Muschamp’s defense ranked inside the top 10 in total defense, run defense, scoring defense and turnovers.

After the 2004 season, Muschamp went to the Miami Dolphins for a season to be an assistant to Saban. He then took the job as Auburn’s defensive coordinator in 2006. His first year at Auburn, he had the Tigers ranked inside the top 20 in total defense, pass defense and scoring defense. Those rankings improved the next season as Auburn ranked inside the top 10 in total defense, pass

defense and scoring defense in Muschamp’s final year with the team.

In 2008, Muschamp took t he defensive coordinator position at Texas. Over three seasons at Texas, Muschamp had the Longhorns ranked inside the top 20 in scoring defense and inside the top 10 in total defense in 2009 and 2010.

Muschamp then had four seasons as the Florida Gator head coach. During his time there, the Gators ranked inside the top 15 in total defense all four seasons. He then went back to Auburn for a year where the numbers were the worst during his coaching career, as the Tigers ranked No. 71 in total defense.

So far, the South Carolina defense, numberswise, is beginning to look like the defense in Muschamp’s first season at Texas.

The 2008 Longhorns went 12-1 with an elite offense and a bend-but-don’t-break defense.

They ranked 51st in total defense, third in run defense, but 104th in pass defense. Though they gave up yards, they were 18th in scoring defense, only allowing 18.7 points per game. Their red zone efficiency was also ranked 11th, giving up only 31 scores out of 42 attempts. These numbers compare well to the South Carolina defense this season.

The Gamecocks are giving up 395 yards per game at the moment, good enough for 60th in the nation, which is average. Where the numbers are troubling for the Gamecocks is in the run

game. South Carolina is ranked 110th in the nation giving up 222 yards a game. While the run defense is poor, the pass defense is knocking on the door of the “elite” bracket.

The Gamecocks are giving up 173 yards through the air so far, good enough for 14th in the country. They even have more interceptions than touchdowns, giving up five scores while coming up with six picks. The Gamecocks have been able to keep teams out of the end zone as well. They are currently giving up 20.2 points per game, which is good enough for 29th in the country. That is helped out big time by the red zone defense. Carolina is currently ranked eighth in red zone efficiency, only giving up 17 scores on 25 attempts.

Compare these numbers to last season, when the Gamecocks ranked 94th in total defense giving up nearly 430 yards per game. South Carolina ranked 57th in the red zone last season as well, giving up 38 scores out of 46 attempts.

The team also gave up 27.5 points per game, which was ranked 71st. The improvement is massive.

Though all the numbers are not great, at the midway point through the season, the defense is showing signs of a Will Muschamp team. With the lack of help from the offensive side of the ball, we can expect that these numbers can only improve the rest of the year and into the future.