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SC Gov. Nikki Haley to become UN ambassador Larissa Johnson @LALARISSAJ

President-elect Donald Trump named rising Republican star Gov. Nikki Haley as his pick for United Nat ions ambassador, a nd she accepted the nomination on Nov. 23. If confirmed by the Senate, she will step down as governor of South Carolina on Jan. 20, 2017, and take her place representing the U.S. on the U.N. Securit y

Council.

“Governor Haley has a proven track record of bringing people together regardless of background or pa r t y a f f i l iat ion to move critical policies forward for the betterment of her state and our country,” Trump said. “She will be a great leader representing us on the world stage.”

Haley has already had a historic career. In addition to being the f irst female and f irst I ndian-

A mer ica n gover nor of Sout h Carolina, she is t he youngest serving governor in the U.S. at 44.

She gained national prominence after calling for the removal of the Confederate f lag from the S.C. Statehouse following the Emmanuel A.M.E. shooting in Charleston and for her handling of the historic floods in October 2015.

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Gin Wigmore to visit Columbia Darby Hallman

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From s i n g i n g i n a bathroom in her native country of New Zealand to receiving the approval of President Oba ma, singer-songwriter Gin Wig more has come a long way, and on Nov. 29, visiting Columbia for the first time will be another step in her journey.

Wigmore is playing at New Brookland Tavern Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. with the soulf ul synth duo Lo/Hi. Tickets are $15.

Since 2008, Wigmore has steadily built herself a career in music with t h re e s t ud io a lbu m s and a variety of awards and accomplishments, including being feat ured on President Obama’s 2016 summer playlist. Wigmore said that she had no idea she

was going to be on the president’s playlist, but when she woke up to calls and messages from her f r iend s , s he wa s excited.

“You know, you have t his romant ic idea of the president just like busting your tunes out in the White House and t hat’s act ually pret t y rad,” Wigmore said.

While this highlight of her musical career came from Washington, D.C., her stor y began in New Zealand, where she is from. Wigmore sa id t hat she st a r ted e x p e r i m e nt i n g w it h music at a you ng age when she would have her friends over and sing i n a sm a l l bat h room bec au se of t he g reat acoust ics. She also brought up her father as a supportive figure in her early stages of playing music.

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With the death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the man accused of murdering nine parishioners of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church out of racial animosity, set to begin in a Lowcountry court, look back on the series of events leading up the trial.

June 17, 2015 Dylann Roof arrives at the Emanuel AME Church and sits in on a regular Bible study session. He then allegedly pulls out a gun and opens fire, killing nine parishioners. The dead range in age from 26-87 and includes state Sen. Clementa Pinckney.

June 18, 2015 After escaping the shooting, Roof is caught about four hours away from Charleston in the town of Shelby, North Carolina. He has to be transported in a bulletproof vest and waives his rights to extradition and counsel. Law enforcement sources tell news outlets that Roof had a .45 caliber gun and confessed to the crime.

July 10, 2015 As the theory that the shooting was racially motivated gains traction, decades-long calls to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds come to a head. Despite some criticism on the right, Republican Gov. Nikki Haley organizes a bipartisan coalition to bring down the flag. It is removed after 54 years, and Haley receives nationwide praise. Many Republicans who changed their mind on the issue credit the loss of Pinckney as a final straw.

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“My dad really not iced t hat t his was something I was i nterested i n, a nd at t hat stage in my life he was kind of hoping that I would jump on any t hing t hat wasn’t d r u g s or b oy s ,” s he said.

Wigmore had a fairly quick rise to popularity, leading to her eventual move to the states at

The Roof trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection.

However, questions regarding his mental competency create a del a y, a nd t he trial date is pushed until a competency hearing can be held.

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“I kept doing music in some way, shape or for m a nd t hen I got offered a record deal when I was 20 yea rs old , a n d t h e n f r o m t here it k i nd of got serious, I guess, and I really haven’t looked back,” she said.

Another controversy arises as media outlets push for access to to Roof’s competency hearing.

A federal judge rules the hearings closed to the public, including media. More arguments are heard as former USC professor and press rights expert Jay Bender leads the charge on behalf of The Post and Courier and other news outlets.

However, the judge still rules the competency hearings closed.

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Machete-wielding man shot by police A suspect is in serious condition after an officer-involved shooting in Aiken County, The State reports. Deputies from the Clearwater community in Aiken County fired shots at the suspect armed with a machete and possibly a gun. SLED is investigating the incident, which is the 37th officer-involved shooting in South Carolina this year. No names have been released by officials.

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Fire damages Columbia apartment complex Four apartments have been damaged in a fire at Quail Run Apartments, WIS reports. No one was injured in the blaze that broke out early Sunday, but residents of the damaged homes were displaced. The fire is still under investigation by the Richland County Fire Marshal.

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Marine honored at CarolinaClemson game A Clemson graduate was honored on the field at the Carolina/Clemson game for his heroism while serving in the Marine Corps, WLTX reports.

Capt. Trey Kennedy is credited with saving four people trapped in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in late 2015. He was presented with the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism, which is the highest noncombat decoration in both the Navy and Marines.

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Roof’s competency hearings begin.

The hearings last two days and no transcripts are released to the public.

A federal judge rules Roof is mentally competent to stand trial.

HALEYPAGE1 In January, she gave t he G OP response to President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address, where she said, “No one who is willing to work ha rd, abide by ou r laws a nd love ou r t rad it ions shou ld ever feel unwelcome in this country.” She also criticized Trump’s refusal to denounce the Ku Klux Klan.

W hile Haley has visited seven countries promoting investment in South Carolina, many of her positions on foreign i s s ue s a r e u n k now n , and this will be her first experience in the federal gover n ment . She ha s expressed support for greater enforcement of immigrat ion laws and favors free markets and global trade.

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W it h Roof declared competent for trial, the trial will begin with jury selection. He faces a 33-count indictment, and the Justice Department is seeking the death penalty.

“My ver y pr ac t ic a l reaction is that she’d be t he least ex per ienced U.N. ambassador in the history of the country,” sa id Ba k a r i Sel lers, a Democrat ic C N N commentator who served i n t he S.C . House of r e p r e s e nt at i v e s w it h Haley.

Current U.N. A mbassador Samantha Power began her career as a foreign correspondent a n d w e nt o n t o w i n a Pulitzer prize for a book on genocide, teach courses at Harvard on U.S. foreign policy and work in the White House focusing on issues such as U.N. reform and human rights.

Trump has faced mixed responses for his cabinet app oi nt ment s. H a le y br i ng s d iver sit y to a largely white, male group including Alabama Sen.

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Haley, who supported M a rco Rubio du r i n g h i s c a mp a i g n , c o u ld provide a more moderate Republican v iew point to a st ill u nk now n administration.

Taking Haley’s place in the Governor’s Mansion will be Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, who lost the Republican primary for the governorship in 2010 to Haley. McMaster was an early vocal supporter of Trump and is also known for his opposition to the Affordable Care Act. “When the president believes you have a major cont r ibut ion to ma ke to t he welfare of ou r nation, and to our nation’s standing in the world, that is a calling that is important to heed,” Haley said when accepting the offer.

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Column: Large franchises can hurt creativity Nick Sembrat @TDG_ARTS

Th is November, I went to t he movie theater to watch two of the biggest premieres of the year: “Doctor St ra nge,” t he 14t h mov ie of t he Marvel movie universe, and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the ninth in the “Harry Potter” franchise.

Universe building is the new vogue in Hollywood, and studios are jumping on t he ba ndwagon to bu i ld a nd combine fan bases.

Two sequels to “Fantastic Beasts” were announced before the first movie was released, and there are rumors of another stand-alone Doctor Strange mov ie w it h t he t it u lar character already set to appear in future Marvel fi lms. James Cameron is planning to make four new “Avatar” films. Next year, Universal intends to release its first movie set in the universe they are developing that would contain and connect the likes of Frankenstein’s monster, Count Dracula, the WolfMan, and other classic monsters. DC is currently building a universe, and even a trilogy about “Tetris” is in the works.

That’s right, a video game that consists of putting blocks together to clear rows is getting three multi-million dollar budget movies. Hollywood truly seems to believe that literally anything can be a movie, and why not make a sequel or two while you’re at it.

This movement, while great for fans of franchises bloated with yearly

content, is stif ling the creativity of filmmakers and limits moviegoers’ options for film. Big-ticket movies are rarely made without a tie to a universe these days, and innovative storytelling is increasingly being shunted to the realm of ‘indie’ films with low budgets.

We have come to expect certain qualities in upcoming Marvel movies.

Witt y banter, massive act ion, set pieces and obligatory set up for the next five years’ worth of movies are commonalities that all of these movies share.

Even the out-of-the-box characters o f “ G u a r d i a n s o f t he G a l a x y,” minuscule scale of “A nt-Man” and crazy visuals of “Doctor Strange” are not enough to break the mold of the Marvel Universe. And for those who like this style, this is akin to a godsend.

Two or three times a year, they can return to the buffet and get something that’s well-produced, consistent and familiar to them introducing a new superhero or, even better, cramming all the ones they know onto a screen.

But for those who don’t, this is more like a never-ending nightmare. Movies in a franchise are difficult to separate from one another by design. It needs to feel natural for one character to slip into the movie of another, and centralizing around a tone or basic movie structure is the easiest way to accomplish that. However, that means that each new movie is a little less individual. Universe movies are made by committees, not by artists.

They have to fit the brand that has been created and properly slot into its puzzle piece in the world as a whole.

That makes it harder for the layperson to jump into any particular movie and enjoy it. Because of the constant set-up-the-next-movie nature, it’s hard to fully appreciate any particular film if you have not seen all of the movies that preceded it.

Mo v ie s e q u e l s a r e not a ne w phenomenon. Movies have always had extensions of a story beyond an original idea, but the movie universe is a fundamentally different idea. The narrative tying movies together in a universe is so vast that it kills any stakes. If it’s known that 10 movies in the franchise are already planned, i nc lud i n g o ne n a me d a f t e r t he

character we are currently watching, how much choice does anyone involved actually have? Writers, directors and actors all have to bend their vision and creativity to the will of the franchise for good or ill. There can be no spontaneity. The narrative has been set and it must be obeyed. This is the new normal in Hollywood.

Fans have happily stepped onto the movie conveyor belt with no end in sight. We rave at the new trailers when they come out. We discuss casting decisions before the fi lm is released.

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Columbia events to get in the Christmas spirit Hailey Covell @HAILEYYEC

As Thanksgiving passes, families start bringing out their decorations, listening to Christmas music and getting into the holiday spirit. No doubt, the holidays bring about a sense of cheer, and along with that comes festive ways to celebrate the season.

Check out some of these fun ways to spend the holidays in Columbia this season.

The Polar Ex press 4-D Experience Why not throw it back to the days of your childhood and hop on the Polar Express this Christmas? The South Carolina State Museum is hosting a showing of “The Polar Express” in a way you’ve never seen it before.

This will be an immersive, 15-minute adaptation of the movie, with 3-D glasses provided and 4-D experiences like bursts of air or sprays of water.

The Polar Express 4-D Experience is showing through the end of the year, and showtimes vary. You can check out the State Museum website for more information on dates and times.

5 0 t h A n n u a l G o v e r n o r ’s Carolighting Each year Colu mbia host s t he annual Carolighting in front of the South Carolina Statehouse on Gervais Street. The event will take place this year on Dec. 1. The lighting of the State’s Christmas tree marks the start

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of the holiday season in Columbia.

Pr ior to l ight i ng t he t ree, t here will be entertainment from various groups like a children’s choir and Fort Jackson’s Army Band. The event begins at 7 p.m. and lasts until 9 p.m.

Swing by to kick off the holiday season — and grab some complimentary hot cocoa while you’re there.

Carols along the Riverwalk As the movie Elf says, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” On Dec. 2 at

the Cayce Riverwalk Park, groups of carolers, church choirs and musicians will be lined up along the Riverwalk caroling for those passing by. Along with carols, there will be free hot apple cider and a pathway lit with luminaries. This event is free to the public, and will take place about a half mile from the North Avenue entrance from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

“A Christmas Carol: the Musical” The classic Christmas stor y by Charles Dickens is coming to life in

musical form this season at Town Theatre. From Dec. 2-18, the Town T heat re is ho st i ng show i ng s of this popular tale — with music and choreography to add some flair to the classic story. If you are not familiar with “A Christmas Carol,” it follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy man with no holiday spirit, as he learns the true meaning of Christmas through the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Thursdays through Saturdays, the show will start at 8 p.m., and there will be a matinee showing on Sundays at 3 p.m.

Holiday Parade of Lights Each year, t he Holiday Parade of L ight s i l lu m i n ate s t he n ight with Christmas-themed f loats and performances. This year, the parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 10.

The route starts near the corner of Meeting Street and 12th Street in West Columbia and continues straight down 12th street until it reaches the Cayce Municipal Complex. Get there early to grab a good spot along the parade route before the crowd shows up to watch this popular event.

With all of the events that come along with Christmas, it’s hard not to have something festive to do. So keep yourself in the holiday spirit and check out some of these events with family, friends or your significant other. Not only are most of these events free but they are fun, festive and bring people together for the holiday season.

‘Starboy’ passionate record with suspect themes

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Grace Batton

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The Weeknd’s third studio albu m, “St arboy,” debuted to an audience of eager fans.

Stocked with retro style, laid back vibes and, as always, a part y mindset, the 18-track a lbu m f u l f i l l s f a n s’ eager expectations after being led on with several track leaks and

teasers, including the short fi lm “Mania.”

Slow percussion, rhythmic lyrics and easy tempo accompa ny ma ny of The Weeknd’s tracks and remind the listener of an older hiphop s t y le , p erh ap s m i xe d with a bit of blues. The artist further displays his throwback vibes to James Dean in the track “Ordinary Life” with the lyric, “Like I’m James Dean, I’ma die when I’m young.”

Electric sounds and a beat reminiscent of an ‘80s st yle over t a ke ma ny t rack s a nd t he t rack “False A larm” in particular, which continues r e i n f o r c i n g t h e a l b u m ’s u nderly ing paradig m of seek i ng t r ue love. Even background vocals and sounds emu late older- st yle mu sic wit h quick, perk y up-beats like “hey, hey, hey, hey” or synthetic backbeats that are fast and peppy, as if taken from an ‘80s workout video— a lt hough pa i red w it h T he Weeknd’s smooth vocals, the

album manages to pull off a unique and trendy effect.

Despite strong implications of a raging social life, one may almost feel personally connected to the musician’s life on a deeper level t han simply part y ing. Somehow The Weeknd seems to display a part of himself through the lyrics of the album, weaving toget her a depict ion of his lifestyle which can relate to his audience’s yearning for love, honesty, and fulfi llment through his own. Revealing ly rics in “Tr ue Colors” — “ Pa i nt me a p ic t u re w it h your true colors / these are the questions of a new lover” — convey a sentiment most everyone can relate to in at least some part of their life: Is the person I’m with showing me who he or she really is and will always be? The Weeknd seems to desire to share his doubt and quest for true love with his listeners and relate to their struggles along this path.

Yet in contrast to his desire

to fi nd someone who loves him for who he is and not just his money or fame, The Weeknd sings aggressively vulgar lyrics about women, ment ion i ng one night stands and ot her sexual exploits and degrading women. T he l istener m ay wonder how T he Week nd can juxtapose the search for unconditional love with sexist, abusive sent iment s toward women in t he same album.

This is certainly one of the album’s downfalls — his lyrics need to be taken with a grain of salt.

One may i nfer t hat t h is album is a microcosm of The Week nd’s day-to - day l ife: partying, women pining over him, but yet his longing to know if any of the women he has been with or will ever be with will love him for who he is, not just his money or fame, shows something else. Perhaps to forget t h is ment a l a nd emotional crisis, he continues a life of rag ing par t ies a nd mea n i ngless, casua l

relationships with women.

Some of the slower tempo songs like “Nothing Without You,” “All I Know” and “Die f or You” a r e i nde f i n it e l y r o m a nt ic a nd u nd e n i abl y personal ex per iences f rom one of The Weeknd’s past or present relationships. Again you c a n see t ra n spa rent ly the conf lict and struggle of an art ist seek ing t r ue love and yearning for one woman standing by his side, yet being constricted by his doubt of w het her her love i s t r ue , transparent and genuine.

A conf l icted albu m of genuine love and the part y lifest yle — in which one of these themes may inf luence t he ot her — T he Week nd seems to challenge questions of time, truth and destiny with retro, throwback tempos and backbeats that add a deeper comp onent to a c u r io s it y about the existence of true, honest and everlasting love.

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theater, we struggle to find much of substance to speak about the next day. “It’s good” is the u s u a l re spon se when prompted, followed by “I liked her” or “I didn’t like him.” Most of the time I find myself saying, “it’s a Marvel movie,” or, “it’s a DC movie.” The conversation about that mov ie prompt ly ends a nd moves to what it means to the universe as a whole.

Whether it’s Marvel, Harry Potter, Star Wars or even Pokémon, the future of Hollywood is set. To all moviegoers, I suggest f inding a franchise to latch onto.

If not, you face being left behind by Holly wood and a long, lonely future without any new movies.

According to Wig more, t here is a big d i f ference between the music scenes in New Zealand and the U.S., with the main difference being that the U.S. has a much larger industr y that is more open to experimentation. W hile she said she always knew she wanted to end up in the U.S. because of t he abu nda nce of opportunities, she is also happy to have experience in both countries. “ I f e e l v e r y f o r t u n at e , because coming from New Z ea la nd i n it ia l ly, it’s t h is really nice, little family-style suppor t g roup net work i n music, which it doesn’t feel like a big sea,” she said. “And then you kind of get that base in New Zealand and then I brought that foundation over to the states where I can try stuff and feel OK about it.”

The road Wigmore took

to break into the A merican music scene wasn’t without its share of cracks and pot-holes.

During an early tour in the states, she fired half of her band and had to play the rest of the tour as a three-piece band.

“I cut my teeth, really, a lot with it because I had a band that I disliked so much. It was just so bad,” Wigmore said.

She said t hat experience taught her how to “adapt and roll with the punches,” and keep pushing forward with a level head, especially when it comes to touring. Since then, Wigmore has continued to make new music and travel across the country.

“I think that it’s really nice for me to see direct resonance between my music ... and the k ind of relat ionship it has w it h a not her person,” she said. “That’s what I really love about touring, and that’s what I think you get a lot of when

you’re in a smaller venue, an intimate venue.”

I n a d d it io n t o b e i n g a musician herself, Wigmore is also married to a singer, Ja son But ler of t he p o sthardcore band, letlive. Butler is known for his high-energy, bombastic live performances where he has done everything from ripping his shirt off to slamming himself into a metal fence, and Wig more has a great deal of admiration for him because of it.

“I don’t know, maybe I’m biased because I’m his wife, but I feel like I haven’t seen a frontman like that in a long, long time,” she said. “He’s so free and just a lunatic.”

Wigmore has a new album set to come out in March 2017, and the first single, “Dirt y Mercy,” is available now. She said that the writing for this album was very different than her previous work because she wasn’t planning on writing a

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new album — it just happened.

She was writing for other artists in Nashville, and as she wrote, she began to save certain songs for herself until eventually she realized she had enough for an entire record.

“So I think it was quite a surprise record for a lot of people within my management and label and team overall, and for me as well,” she said.

“It felt really relaxed, and I t hink t he music is k ind of indicative of that.”

According to Wigmore, fans can expect a fresh style for her new album as she spoke about delving into funk and taking inspiration from artists like Breakbot and Lauryn Hill.

Columbia is the sixth stop on Wigmore’s “Let It Ride” tour t hat began in Mex ico City on Nov. 19 and will end in Albany, New York, on Dec. 9. Tickets can be found at www.ginwigmore.com.

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ASL should count for foreign language credits Linden Atelsek

Third-year psychology student

Human rights abuses served on Turkey Day Griffin Hobson Third-year marine science and economics student

It’s generally easier on the conscience to not think about where the f uel that brought most USC students away from campus last week came from.

Doing so involves delving into America’s past in the Middle East and pollution at home.

But if you’re ever going to care, I beg you to pick t his week to do so.

A s A mer ic a n s celebr ated a holiday that now commemorates Native A mer ic a n cooper at ion a nd historically celebrated Native A merican deat hs, t he latest chapter in A merica’s sordid history with indigenous people was being written in Nort h Dakota.

Energy Transfer Partners is building a pipeline to transfer oil from the fields of North D a k ot a t o c o n s u me r s a nd refineries in the eastern U.S. It is currently planned to cross beneat h t he M issouri R iver ju st nor t h of t he St a nd i ng Rock Indian Reservation. The passage has become a rallying point for Native A mericans, and thousands of protestors have been drawn to the site.

So let’s go through how we got here.

E T P or ig i n a l l y pl a n ne d to build the pipeline so that it crossed the Missouri River nort h of t he predominantly white city of Bismarck, North Dakota. The company claims that there is no risk to human he a lt h f r o m t he c r o s s i n g, but still agreed to move the pipeline away from t he cit y a f ter lo c a l ac t iv ist s r a ised concerns. Experts say there is

no way to guarantee that the pipeline wouldn’t leak in the f ut ure, which would end up ruining Standing Rock’s water supply.

Un d e r c u r r e n t l a w, t h e company is required to consult w it h t r ib a l aut ho r it ie s t o undertake such a risky project.

The tribe claims t hat never happened.

Non-violent protests have b een ongoi ng for mont h s , a nd t he reac t ion s of lo c a l law enforcement and private s e c u r it y f i r m s h a v e b e e n horrifyingly extreme.

A lot of claims as to what exactly happened are hard to verif y: The count y sheriff ’s office uniformly denies them, and national media companies have largely ig nored t he protests. But the sheriff has been caught lying before, so h is word is, qu ite f r a n k ly, far weaker t han t hat of t he protesters.

I n t he past , t he sher if f ’s depa r t ment has a r rested journalists and put arrested protesters in dog cages. Dogs have been u sed to at t ack protesters as well. This has prompted the United Nations to monitor the situation.

The most recent escalation by law enforcement saw them fire water cannons in subzero temperatures, throw concussive g re n ade s a nd s ho ot “no nlet hal” bullets. One woman might lose her arm.

Sometimes I like to think that we have at least shamed racists into being subtler and less violent in the last 50 years.

But right now, it look s like the ghost of Bull Connor is running rampant once more.

It’s worth noting that law enforcement, sworn to serve and protect, is currently doing t h i s to c it i z en s e xerc i si ng their constitutional rights to assembly and protest in order to keep their access to clean water.

Not t hat t he cou nt r y has

historically cared about poisoning Native Americans’ wat er, m i nd you . Ju st l a st yea r t he E PA ac c ident a l ly poisoned the Navajo Nation’s water supply and still hasn’t compensated them for it.

Maybe the worst part of this is what the implications of the public’s silence. The nation’s press has been reluctant to cover an oil company and its local allies brutally repressing protests, even when thousands of people’s access to clean water is endangered. I mentioned in my column last week that it’s hard for white people to learn about white supremacy when the press and education system won’t cover it.

B u t w h it e s u p r e m a c y i s def initely st ill real, even in its most v iolent forms. The government is currently using v iole nc e a g a i n s t u n a r me d protesters of color because we view marginally cheaper oi l for t he m idd le cla s s a s bet ter t han clean water for Native Americans. And White A merica is sitt ing back and letting it happen.

I f you re a l ly v ie w wh it e supremacy as abhorrent, if you real ly deeply dow n despise it a nd al l it st a nds for: Do somet h i ng. Donate mone y to t he main encampment of protesters at ocetisakowincamp. org. Ca l l t he A r my C or p s of Engineers or your Congressional representatives.

Write letters to the editor of national and regional papers calling for them to give more coverage to the situation.

Because if you sit back and do not h i ng, you’re si lent ly voicing your contentment at the situation. You view your gas prices or time or comfort as more important than Native A mer ic a n s’ water. You a re part of t he cou nt r y’s wh ite supremacist problem.

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As class registration ends, many students — mostly freshmen and sophomores — are considering how they can fulfill that pesky language requirement.

A minimum of two semesters is required by the Carolina Core, and we can choose from a relatively wide array of languages to make that happen.

Romance languages and beyond are offered for language credit at USC. But there is one language that you can take that you will get no credit for, although it has all the hallmarks of a language that should earn it.

USC of fers t wo courses in A merican Sig n Language, or ASL — a cumulative eight hours, which would be enough to fulfill the GFL requirement of the Core. However, the bulletin specifies that you may not receive language credit for it — you must simply have the will to spend hundreds of dollars and four class hours a semester on something that does not count towards your degree and therefore does not advance you at the university. Not every student can afford that time and money.

What distinguishes ASL from a language like Spanish? Why can we receive credit for one but not the other?

The argument can be made that ASL is not a “foreign” language — and so of course it can’t fulfill a foreign language requirement — but the definition of “foreign language” gets dicey when the U.S. does not have an official language. More than a fifth of Americans don’t speak English at home, and about a tenth can’t speak it fluently, so for many Americans, English is a foreign language. But we don’t offer English to fill the language requirement.

Not to mention that we’re second only to Mexico in Spanish-speaking population — Spain has fallen to fourth place. Can we really keep calling Spanish a “foreign language” when it will be the first language of a projected third of our population by 2050?

Of course, it is true that ASL, unlike Spanish, is used exclusively in America, which makes it less “global” — but using that as the benchmark to disqualify it from language credit would imply that communicating with people of other countries is the exclusive point of the GFL requirement.

That is slightly undercut by the fact that Latin and Ancient Greek, both dead languages spoken by no one as his or her mother tongue, do count as GFL courses. It’s hard to imagine that any USC students will ever use their classical language education to communicate with other citizens of the world. So what distinguishes a language like ASL, which lets you speak to hundreds of thousands of Americans, from a language like Latin or Ancient Greek, other than its greater usefulness as a tool of communication?

For starters, it fulfills the GFL requirement as it describes itself, which is that it promotes “global citizenship and multicultural understanding.”

Although Latin and Ancient Greek are vital for a classical education and the understanding of various literary, artistic and historical findings, they are unlikely to bring us into any useful cultural harmony with the ancient Greeks and Romans, since they’re all dead.

On the other hand, ASL is the primary language in the American deaf community, which has exactly the same breadth of culture that surrounds the use of any other language. ASL is not simply signed English — it is its own language, with its own vocabulary and grammatical structure completely separate from English, and deaf culture has developed alongside it. But most hearing people are completely unaware of it, even though we’re all likely to come in contact with deaf people at some point in our lives. When we do, many of us will be unable to communicate with them in their language.

The extent of our knowledge of the community mostly extends to the fact that it exists: We all remember Nikki Haley’s sign interpreter, but many of us don’t think much about the people he was employed to inform. An estimated two percent of South Carolinians have some hearing impairment; many of them are simply old and not actually part of the deaf community that has grown around ASL speakers, but there are still thousands of deaf people living in this state alongside us. So there’s substantially more multicultural understanding and citizenship to be found in learning ASL than there is in learning Latin or Ancient Greek.

We should not have to go out of our way to learn to interact with a significant culture that lives within our country. Our school should consider at the very least offering GFL credit for taking the ASL courses that are already offered here.

To sweeten the pot for people who are bitter about Saturday, Clemson not only counts ASL as a language, but has an entire program of study that teaches it for degree credit. Are we going to let them beat us at everything?

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Gamecock players report use of racial slurs in loss Bobby Balboni

@ROB_BALBONI1

Rivalry Week serves to kindle a heightened sense of tension i n college football’s final weekend of the regular season, but for several South Carolina players, C l e m s o n’s d i s p l a y of emot ion s c ro s s e d the line of acceptable competitive behavior.

“They called us N-words — some of the of fensive l i nemen — they did a lot of nasty stuff,” junior linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams said.

T he bat t le i n t he t renches seem ingly went a l it t le too fa r.

Allen-Williams did not identify which Clemson player u sed t he slu r, but did say that on at least one occasion it was directed at one of South C a rol i n a’s def e n s i ve linemen.

Allen-Williams, who recorded 11 tackles and an interception on the night, was involved in a pre-k ickof f sc u f f le with multiple Clemson players.

“I don’t want to talk t o o mu c h ab out it ,” A l len-W i l l ia ms sa id.

“It’s irrelevant now. The score was what it was.”

On Twitter after the game, junior defensive lineman Dante Sawyer and redshirt sophomore receiver Terry Googer also reacted to hearing racial slurs.

I n a t weet, Googer said, “Never t hought I would hear so many racial slurs in my life!!”

Googer later clarified t hat he was referring to the fans and not the Clemson players.

“I was made aw a r e of t h at ,” s a id C lem son head coach Dab o Sw i n ne y when addressing the reports.

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South Carolina players reported that trash talk in the trenches may have gone beyond a normal level.

“Obv iously, ever yone is talk ing about t hat, and that’s a shame, and absolutely I asked my guys about that. To a man, absolutely false, and I believe my guys.”

South Carolina players also took offense

to Clemson’s decision to honor its upperclassmen w it h t i me wa n i ng i n the fourth quarter. The Tigers stopped the clock with time remaining in the game to celebrate t hei r player s for t he last time at Memorial

“They called us N-words — some of the offensive linemen — they did a lot of nasty stuff.”

— junior linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams

Stadium. Quarterback D e s h au n Wat s o n became one of just t hree players in ACC history to compile 100 total career touchdowns with his six-touchdown p er for m a nce ag a i n st t he G a mecock s. The junior declared for the NFL Draft earlier this month and received a curtain call with other teammates before the end of the game. “ H e ( W i l l M u s c h a m p) d i d n o t like what t hey did at the end of the game — applauding the seniors w h i le t he g a me w a s

still going on,” redshirt freshman running back A.J. Turner said. “We k i nd of took t h at to heart.”

“T hat last couple of m inutes t here was prett y disrespectf ul,” sophomore t ight end H a y d e n Hu r s t s a id .

“We got a year to think about that and let it sink in.”

B e f o r e t h e Gamecocks get another shot at their rivals, they will look to prepare for t heir f irst bowl game since beating Miami in the 2014 Independence Bowl.

Diverse offense nearly unstopabble for WBB COLUMN

Adam Orfinger @AORFINGER

With transfers Kaela Davis a nd A l l isha Gray t a k i ng the floor this season, South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley gets to roll out four players who are 6-foot or taller in her starting lineup every night this season. Even better, Davis and Gray, who were AllACC selections at Georgia Tech and North Carolina respec t ively, a re play i ng a lo n g s ide A l l- A me r ic a n bigs A’ja Wilson and Alaina Coates, two of the best players in the country.

Teams have a tough enough time preparing for the highlow g a me of Coate s a nd Wilson, but adding a pair of lethal scorers on the wings has made t he Gamecocks i mp o s s ible t o s t o p , a nd difficult to even slow down.

Davis and Gray combined for 61 points in South Carolina’s season-opening 12-point win over No. 7 Ohio State in their first game under Staley.

Now, the Gamecocks have added anot her impressive w i n, ma n ha ndl i ng No. 4 Louisville 83-59 at a neutral site to improve to 5-0. The attack was more well-rounded against t he Cardinals, as Coates, Wilson and Gray finished with 17 points, while Davis had 13, as the quartet outscored their opponents by themselves. Not to mention freshman Mikiah Herbert Harrigan joining them in double figures with 11.

There’s really not a lot that opposing defenses can do to stop South Carolina. Coates and Wilson are combining to shoot just under 65 percent t hrough f ive games, so it makes sense to collapse down low, as Louisville did in the fi rst half. That strategy only works if the Gamecocks can’t hit outside shots though, as the All-American bigs have the height and vision to fi nd open teammates at the threepoint line.

T i f f a n y M it c h e l l a n d Tina Roy aren’t k nock ing dow n j u mp er s f rom t he wings anymore, but Davis is knocking down 50 percent of her attempts from deep.

Also, while Gray and Bianca Cuevas-Moore have struggled in the early part of the season from beyond the arc, defenses h ave to re spec t t hem a s capable shooters.

So what do you do? If you’ve got the size to handle 6-foot-4 and 6-foot-5 All-Americans, you end up in man coverage and sag off some of South Carolina’s weaker shooters on the wings. If not, you’re forced to bring extra defenders to force a miss from Coates and Wilson or get the ball out of their hands.

But you’re not out of the woods even if you get an initial miss. The Gamecocks

are averaging 15.2 offensive rebounds per game, while they allow 20.2 defensive rebounds per game to their opponents.

When South Carolina misses on offense, the ball is back in t he Gamecocks’ hands 42.9 percent of t he t ime.

With Coates, Wilson and Herbert Harrigan patrolling the paint, the ball generally ends up in the bucket right away, shown by the team’s 20 second-chance points against Louisville.

The Gamecocks have four players who could score 20 points on any given night, not to mention capable scorers in Herbert Harrigan and Cuevas-Moore. With t wo wins over elite competition, both coming by significant margins, South Carolina has proven to give even the best teams fits with its offense.

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Fans shouldn’t linger on Clemson loss Adam Orfinger

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The 2016 Clemson-Sout h Carolina game lasted about three-and-a-half hours, and it should only remain in your mind for that long, if not less.

I w a s a mo n g t ho s e w ho thought the Gamecocks would compete in Memorial Stadium in the rivalry game, having seen so much improvement from Jake Bentley and the South Carolina defense over the course of a roller-coaster season. And I was so incredibly wrong.

But the final score doesn’t matter. Yes, those guys from the Upstate will have bragging rights for yet another year (a lot of them because of that score), but the Gamecocks weren’t supposed to win this game. The spread was 24 points. They weren’t even supposed to come close to winning this game.

It goes even deeper t han that, though. South Carolina wasn’t supposed to play i n December, but the rivalry game disappointment won’t be the last time the Gamecocks take the field in 2016. This was a team that was picked to fi nish last in the SEC East. This was a 2-4 team heading into the bye week with the worst scoring offense in the nation.

For Sout h Carolina, t h is season wasn’t about competing in the SEC East (which the Gamecocks did), and it wasn’t

about beating Clemson. This was about getting the program back in the right direction, and it’s hard to argue that Will Muschamp hasn’t built a solid foundation for the future in Columbia.

G amecock fa ns have to be patient. This team isn’t far removed from three straight 11win seasons, so it can certainly be difficult, but let’s not forget the 3-9 team that lost to The Citadel in 2015.

A 56-7 loss to an in-state rival can certainly take the wind out of a program’s sails, but whether you like it or not, Clemson is one of the best teams in the country.

The Tigers have elite recruits outside the starting lineup and a core of experienced players.

T hey ’l l l i kely play for t he national championship for the second straight season. There’s shame in losing by 49 to any team, but it’s understandable to get blown out by an older, more talented, more experienced team in a road night game.

So get that bad taste out of your mouth. South Carolina will play in December, and nobody thought that would happen. This team was predicted to be as bad as 2-10 by some beat writers. The season was all about rebuilding, and even though the regular season finale was by far the worst performance of the year, the Gamecocks are better right now than they were in September.

No loss can take that away.