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In 2002, if a student was awarded a LIFE scholarship, it covered the entire cost of tuition.

Now it only covers just over half.

Tuition in 2002 for in-state USC students was $4,984. Although tuition now is $9,786, the LIFE scholarship is still only $5,000.

“We think that it would be great if the state put more money into the LIFE scholarship program, but I don’t know if the state is in a position to be able to do that,” said Scott Verzyl, associate vice president for Enrollment Management and director of Undergraduate Admissions.

It doesn’t seem, however, that there is too much that can be done to alter the LIFE scholarship amount.

“I don’t know that we’re going to be able to revisit it. It’s an open-ended account and already $30 million of the General Fund is going to lottery scholarships now,” said Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Dan Cooper, R-Piedmont to Channel 7 news. “So I don’t know that we’ll have any additional funds to put into it to make it a higher amount.”

USC has done what it can to help students with the financial burdens, but with state funding cuts, financial aid and scholarship money dwindles and there is more pressure to increase tuition costs.

“We’ve actually increased the total amount of aid that we process here at USC. We

Tuition Costs

$ 9,786

$ 4,984

LIFE $ 5,000

USC charges double since 2002; LIFE incentive now only halfway covers in-state school fees

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Lattimore Shines

Five Points honors Rucker, bandmates

True freshman doesn’t let praise from Saturday’s performance against Georgia go to his head.

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Sarah Blacker Singer/songwriter Sarah Blacker will be performing tonight at The White Mule.

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Photos Courtesy Judy K. Bryan

Sara Fort, the first recipient of the free wedding, poses before her 2008 ceremony.

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Attention, all USC couples: There’s a free wedding up for grabs.

O ne of t he Un iver sit y ’s Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management classes is look i ng for one happily engaged pair to receive a free wedding as part of the fifth annual “USC Love Story” prize.

T he de ad l i ne f or s ub m i s s io n s , originally set for last Saturday, has been extended to this Friday at noon. There have been nine submissions so far and the group is hoping to announce the winner at Saturday’s home football game against Furman.

“We will try to pick the couple that proves they want it more and need it more,” said Elizabet h Sheppard , a fourth-year business management student in the wedding planning class.

Couples are required to be engaged before entering the contest and must be affiliated with the University as current students, alumni or the children of

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In the late 1980s, Hootie and the Blowfish was all the rage in Five Points.

Next month, the band will be all the rage again.

The Five Points Association is hosting “Five Points Celebrates Hootie” from 4 to 11 p.m. Oct. 21. It will feature a press conference with all four band members, a honorary renaming of Santee Avenue to “Hootie Boulevard” and the unveiling of a permanent monument across from Yesterday’s.

There will be a tribute concert as well, with The Blue Dogs , Cravin’ Melon , Patrick Davis , Treadmill Trackstar, Tootie and the Jones, Danielle Howle and the Soul Mites all taking the stage. Merritt McHaffie, executive director of the association, didn’t immediately return calls for comment.

The band came together while all four members were students at USC. They’ve recorded seven studio albums to date. They no longer record together, but lead singer Darius Rucker, or Hootie, has launched a successful solo career in country music. Timeless hits from the band include “Hold My Hand,” “Let Her Cry” and “Only Wanna be with You.” — Compiled by News Editor Josh Dawsey

STUDENTS DISCUSS INTERRACIAL DATING AAAS tackles issue at Russell Derek Legette

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Have you ever seen a black ma n a nd a wh ite woman holding hands at the Russell House? Or maybe an Asian man with a black woman? The Association of African-American Students d e c id e d t o t a c k le t h e topic of interracial dating Tuesday night at the Russell House Theatre.

“I don’t frown upon it,” A A AS President Sharon Yarborough said. “People are ent it led to do what they want to do. As long as

they’re happy, that’s all that matters.”

Yarborough, a third-year social work student, and membership committee official Garridon Hankins held the discussion and defined interracial dating as a “mixing of different r ac i a l g roup s t h rou gh marriage, cohabitat ion, sex ual relat ions and /or procreation.”

St e r e ot y p e s s u c h a s “white women are dating black athletes for money” and “black men prefer white women because t hey’re more subservient and have less att it ude t han black INTERRACIAL ● 2

Fountain receives a $14,000 renovation Josh Dawsey NEWS EDITOR

PEPSI REFRESH Help Dance Marathon win $25,000 by texting 10 13 47 t o 7 3 7 74 .

The organization is competing in the Pepsi Refresh project.

Expect a more explosive fountain in front of the Thomas Cooper Library come Thursday.

University officials are finishing a $14,000 week-long revamp on the 285,000 gallon pool, just in time for Parents Weekend. The fountain will now propel water 30 feet in the air from the center of the pond and will display smaller fountains on both sides of the taller one.

“This will be a much more dramatic fountain,” said Jeff Lamberson, director of Facilities Planning and Construction. “In the past, the fountains just weren’t shooting up in the air very far. We’ve always felt like we didn’t have enough piping and plumbing there.”

The pool was drained and refilled this week to complete the project.

It’s the first major renovation on the pond since its construction in 1971, Lamberson said.

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The construction at the Thomas Cooper Library will be finished by Friday.

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PAGE 2 LIFE ● Continued from 1 awarded the same number of scholarships that we’ve awarded in previous years to incoming students. So it hasn’t been dramatically affected,” Verzyl said.

Verz yl conf irmed t hat one of t he reasons USC decided to admit the largest freshman class in history was to try and keep tuition raises as low as possible. That meant a lower tuition for everyone, but more students were unable to receive financial aid from the University. It seems unlikely that the state will be able to offer the University more funding.

“There’s no way to give them more money without cutting it from some other area, and there’s really nowhere to cut it from,” Cooper told Channel 7.

Along with offering existing fi nancial aid and scholarship opportunities, USC has created the Gamecock Guarantee program to help with tuition costs in the tough economy. The Gamecock Guarantee is completely need-based and is for “first-generation students whose parents have never earned a college degree

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and whose family income is within 150 percent of the poverty guidelines,” Verzyl said.

To t he st udent s who h ave b een invited to participate in this program, USC guarantees that the University will cover all mandatory fees and expenses for four years to make sure that the student has no out-of-pocket expenses.

The University also provides the students with a minimum stipend of $2,500 a year.

The only academic requirement to stay in the Gamecock Guarantee program is to make satisfactory progress toward earning a degree, whereas other financial aid programs, such as the LIFE scholarship, require students to maintain a 3.0 GPA. “I ended up taking a summer course to make sure that I could keep my LIFE scholarship,” said second-year biology student Eric McDaniel. “That’s how important it is to my financial aid.”

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alumni. They can apply by submitting either a 500-word essay with a photograph or a five-minute video explaining why they should be chosen. This year the wedding and reception will take place on Sunday, Nov. 14 and will be held on the 80-foot “Spirit of Lake Murray Yacht.” The winning couple will be limited to 75 guests.

“It’s like a destination wedding without being at a destination far away,” said Annette Hoover, who teaches the class.

The class, made up of about 70 students, will be responsible for planning the entire wedding and must have everything donated by local vendors. Hoover said they have already had several items donated, including flowers, invitations, tuxes, bridesmaid dresses and food, which will be catered by Blue Marlin.

“The community comes out because they realize we’re trying to teach a group how to be real professionals,” Hoover said.

The students in the class formed several committees to plan the different parts of the wedding. Sheppard, for example, is the leader of the catering committee.

She said the class is especially applicable for those interested in the event-planning industry but would be useful for students of any major.

“I personally want to own my own wedding planning business,” Sheppard said. “I figured that getting firsthand experience would be the way to go about it.”

As a certified wedding planner, Hoover emphasized the value of getting firsthand experience in the profession. She is a member of the American Bridal Consultants, the International Association of Wedding Planners and the Professionals of Weddings. The HRTM 362 class is a good way for students to decide if the profession is right for them, she said.

“The students will know everything from how to make a bouquet to how to cut a cake,” Hoover said. “They learn how to do a timeline. It just doesn’t happen; it takes work to make it happen.”

INTERRACIAL ● Continued from 1 women” were brought up by audience members to the panel’s leaders.

Later on, the discussion shifted to how the media reinforces racial stereotypes, which may affect interracial relationships.

The discussion touched upon how black males are presented as strong, iconic athletes and how Asian women are presented as quiet and exotic, but Asian men are presented as nerdy and non-athletic, unless in a martial arts film.

Near the end of the discussion, the speakers asked the audience open-ended questions such as “Have you ever been in an interracial relationship?” Several audience members said “yes,” and most of them said their relationships were with white men and women.

“I feel that if you’re going to date someone, then date them because you’re attracted to them,” said Kourtney Thomas, a second-year pre-medical student. “Don’t discriminate and don’t do it as a trend.”

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SC senator reprimanded by panel of lawmakers The Republican state senator who used an ethnic slur to describe the part y’s nominee for governor and President Barack Obama was reprimanded Tuesday by a panel of South Carolina lawmakers for alleged campaign finance violations.

Sen. Jake Knotts must pay back nearly $25,000 in excess contributions over the past decade and take steps to correct sloppy record-keeping, according to the report released by the Senate Ethics Committee.

The committee said it had no evidence Knotts converted any campaign money to personal use and found no money missing from the senator’s campaign accounts.

Knotts’ campaign ran into a number of problems, including breaking down a $3,000 check from a single corporation into a $1,000 donation from the firm and two separate $1,000 donations from individuals, according to the committee. The campaign also failed to report an $8,000 personal loan to his campaign and $17,000 in interest from campaign bank accounts, according to the report. Knotts was also ordered to keep better records. The committee found a number of instances where individuals donated more than the $1,000 limit. The

senator admitted he had no method of identifying contributors who had donated up to the limit.

The committee also noted that Knotts reported the same $33,000 in expenses on two separate campaign finance reports.

The report did not indicate if Knotts had agreed to the allegations or the panel’s demand he repay the contributions. Knotts didn’t answer calls seeking comment and his voice mailbox was full Tuesday.

The public reprimand came three months after Knotts used the term “raghead” — a derogatory reference to people of Middle Eastern or Indian descent — to describe Obama and GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley during an Internet talk show.

The Lexington County Republican Party asked Knotts to resign, but the state party took no action.

The investigation into Knotts began after the senator asked the Ethics Committee for guidance on how to report interest generated from a campaign certificate of deposit. The committee said Knotts’ account didn’t appear to have enough money to have generated the amount of interest the senator needed to report.

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Sick doctors’ germs endanger patients CHICAGO — Junior doctors quickly learn that exposure to patients’ germs is part of the job, but a study suggests many are returning the favor. More than half of doctors in training said in a survey that they’d shown up sick to work, and almost one-third said they’d done it more than once. Misplaced dedication and fear of letting other doctors down are among reasons the researchers cited as possible explanations.

Dr. Anupam Jena, a medical resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, developed food-poisoning symptoms halfway through an overnight shift last year, but said he didn’t think he was contagious or that his illness hampered his abilit y to take care of patients. Jena, a study co-author, said getting someone else to take over his shift on short notice “was not worth the cost of working while a bit sick.” He was not among the survey participants.

The researchers analyzed an anonymous survey of 537 medical residents at 12 hospitals around the country conducted last year by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The response rate was high and the hospitals

were not identified. The results appear in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Nearly 58 percent of the respondents said they’d worked at least once while sick and 31 percent said they’d worked more than once while sick in the previous year. About half said they hadn’t had time to see a doctor about their illness.

Dr. Thomas Nasca, the accreditation council’s CEO, said residents are trained to put patients’ needs above their own but also should recognize that if they’re sick, their patients would be better served by having another doctor take care of them. Residents’ hands-on postgraduate training is rigorous and demanding.

Many work up to 80 hours a week and sometimes 24 hours a day in hospitals.

The atmosphere in some programs is ultra-competitive, and residents may work while sick because they don’t want to be seen as slackers, Jena said.

The council, which accredits hospital residenc y prog rams, has proposed revisions on residents’ work hours and time off to reduce sleep deprivation and the chances for medical errors. The work week limit would remain at 80 hours.

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Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat PARIS — Paris’ Eiffel Tower and its immediate surroundings were evacuated Tuesday evening after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, but a p ol ic e s e a r c h t u r ne d up not h i n g suspicious, French media reported.

Officials evacuated about 2,000 people and combed through the 324-meter (1,063foot) tower, a Paris police spokesman said.

By midnight, people were walking around and riding bikes underneath France’s most popular tourist spot again. The tower itself, which had 6.6 million visitors last year, usually closes at 11 p.m. Media reported that the scare was a false alarm.

Paris police did not immediately return calls seeking information.

French media also said parts of a second tourist hub — the Saint-Michel subway station near Notre Dame Cathedral — were briefly evacuated following a similar threat. The station was the target of a terrorist attack in 1995 that killed eight and injured scores of people.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the threats, but it came after the head of France’s counterespionage agency was quoted this weekend saying that the risk of a terrorist attack on French soil has never been higher.

Bernard Squarcini told Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper that France’s history as a colonial master in North Africa, its military presence in Afghanistan and a bill aimed at banning burqa-style Muslim veils in public all make the country a prime target for certain radical Islamist groups.

Earlier Tuesday, the ban on facecovering Islamic veils passed its final hurdle in parliament, but there was no immediate indication the threats were linked to the proposed ban. The proposal drew the indignation of the No. 2 of al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahri, who said the drive to ban the veil amounted to discrimination against Muslim women.

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LIFE scholarship must be increased From 2002 to 2010, tuition for in-state USC students almost doubled, rising from $4,984 to $9,786 . The LIFE scholarship, however, remained at $5,000. In 2002, LIFE was good. In 2010, LIFE is pain.

Of course, $5,0 0 0 is an amou nt any st udent should be thankful for, but South Carolina’s flagship scholarship used to pay for the entire tuition of its flagship university. Now, it only compensates for half.

As tuition increases, scholarships should do the same.

But this state, with its hard-line fiscally conservative leaders, keeps cut t ing education funding. We “The University u nderstand we’re in a budget crisis, but if we spent $14,000 to try to save ourselves by slashing education, we’ll make the fountain o n l y b e p o s t p o n i n g calamity. How will our more ‘dramatic.’” state be competitive in the future if our students can’t afford education now?

The University, too, is implicit in this problem. No, USC doesn’t set the LIFE scholarship, but it does increase tuition every year. And for what? Apparently for building a ropes course near Bates and making the fountain in front of Thomas Cooper shoot higher.

Yep. The University spent $14,000 to make the ugly, 39-year-old fountain in front of the library more “dramatic.” Now the fountain will shoot higher, just like our tuitions. Perhaps they should just drain all the water and make it pump out money. New at Thomas Cooper: a $14,000 metaphor.

We, at The Daily Gamecock, don’t need to spend a dime to make the library look better. We’re sending volunteer ninjas to tear down those revolting sequin curtains. They’re training at the ropes course as we speak.

Columnists engage in a shouting match about whether USC fans were unsportsmanlike to Georgia fans at Saturday’s game Come on people, it ’s a footba l l game. No matter how civil you want it to appear, no matter how much you preach about sportsmanship, the game is about pummeling your opponents into submission by running into them at full speed. Georgia has a great team and great fans, and part of what makes their fans great is that they shout expletives at their opponents. It’s our duty as USC fans to insult their pathetic state in return, because let’s face it, Georgia is a blemish on the face of this great nation. I’m just glad enough of our fans stayed at the game long enough to start a controversy.

Ryan Quinn Third-year print journalism student College st udents being loud and offensive at a home football game? Say it isn’t so! W here would football be without the fans fully behind their team ready to show their opponents how wrong they really are just for stepping onto the field and daring to oppose them? As far as I know, Gamecock fans haven’t been lynching anyone, or even throwing bottles at them, so why are we getting so upset when our fans, who we should also be supporting, spark up the (mostly friendly) rivalry at a game? If we wanted a sport where everyone was quiet and no one screamed profanity when the other team did, well, we’d watch golf.

Casey Long First-year computer science student

content. But only verbally. A good shouting match between sporting foes never did too much harm. But unless that happens, let’s just sit back and support our team on the field while they show the opponent what we’re made of.

Alice Chang First-year international business student T he f u n n iest pa r t about spor t s fans is that a person is not in any way defi ned by the team they cheer for - it is a completely unsubstantial way of allowing oneself to feel a part of a bigger whole. So when I see one man spit on the shoes of another man because of the college he was accepted to, and I hear another man yell “Pick up your dawg shit on the way out of town!” to a couple who looks timid at best, I just have to wonder what exactly this “team spirit” is harvesting.

Emily Shipp Third-year English student Of course we should not resort to violence when it comes to sport rivalries.

Although many Georgia fans tried to incite violence with me and my friends on Friday night, I decided not to sink to their level. Throwing full cans of beer and challenging Georgia fans to fight is not spirit: It’s stupidity. Let’s settle this rivalry on the football field, not on the streets.

Steven Kramer First-year business student

Whether it’s a war, a gang-fight or a sibling spat, I’ve always been taught that it’s not cool to throw the first punch because then it’s your fault. A nd as much of a failure state as Georgia is, I believe that avid sporting fans should apply this philosophy to football as well.

There’s no point in wasting your energy or making yourself look like a dumb drunkard by cursing out an innocent UGA fan as he goes to buy nachos.

However, if you’re provoked, then by all means retaliate verbally to your heart’s

The student behavior at the Georgia ga me was u naccept able a nd r ude.

Students need to be more respectful and mature at football games. I’m not saying don’t have fun, but remember that you’re on national TV representing USC and every move you make sends a good or bad impression to viewers.

Kristyn Winch Second-year print journalism student

Recovery must target all US, not just regions Government must disperse funds; use to create new green industries I tend to travel a lot, especially during the summer. I spend a lot of time on the road, whether it be the massive interstate corridors of Atlanta or a random count y road near Pascagoula, Miss. And over all those miles — covering some of the best and worst places in the American South — I’ve seen this sign: “Putting America to Work: Project Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.” How many times have I seen this sign?

Twice.

I’ll admit, this country’s a bit big for my aging Mustang to cover ever y nook and cranny. But for a program that claims to have created approximately 31,000 jobs from Mississippi to South Carolina, one would think its mention would come up a little more frequently. Especially for the price tag: $787 billion, according to the act’s website. We are all used to this figure by now, springing from it into long complaints against government spending. A nd the government is used to

defending itself, lifting up examples of where stimulus programs have “worked” (Cash for Clunkers was a painful case of that). But recent news has thrown this cycle into a different light: Advanced battery companies — overwhelmingly helped by government funds — have opened their factory doors in Michigan, hoping to foster a market for hybrid technology in-country and abroad.

Perhaps you’re wondering: W hy shou ld I ca re about batteries? Because t his is an example of government stimulus that isn’t trying to reinvigorate a failing industr y, but create a place in a new one. Despite all the hype over pollution and Michael global warming, the fact remains Lambert that green technology is popular Second-year comparative and is starting to sell. It seems literature pretty obvious that this kind of student manufacturing will be the next economic leap forward, and the government seems to know it.

However, what the government seems to ignore is that it is unsuccessfully trying to

year in school and area of study.

We also invite student leaders and USC faculty members to submit guest c o l u m n s . C o l u m n i s t s s h o u l d ke e p submissions to about 50 0 words in length and include the author’s name and position. Guest columns are limited to three per author per semester.

The editor reserves the right to edit and condense submissions for length and clarity, or not publish at all.

All submissions become the property of The Daily Gamecock and must conform to the legal standards of USC Student Media.

CORRECTIONS In Monday’s front-page article “Off-campus housing near capacity” by Kyle Moores, University Oaks’ capacity was listed incorrectly. Capacity is actually at 100 percent. The picture directly under the headline was out of date. University Oaks is now owned by American Campus Communities.

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meld development and recovery. What will billions of dollars in this new battery industry do if Americans don’t have secure enough employment to afford a house, let alone a hybrid vehicle? Besides, the placing of these factories in Michigan seems like a conscious payback for the car industry that failed there.

What about the empty plywood and paper mills throughout the Southeast or the oftenquoted empty Main Streets of the Midwest and the Northeast? Other states will have a bid for these factories, but this doesn’t seem like a strong enough industry to stretch its arms across this mammoth nation of ours.

This is the point that links all the results of our f inancial recover y, f rom my t wo roadside discoveries to these factories: For the immense cost of this recovery, the tangible results are usually dubious, highly localized or conditional. The ideas are there — these factories prove that. But the government needs to focus on rejuvenating the U.S. in more far-reaching ways — in truly economically revolutionary ways — rather than working from industry to industry, from region to region.

I am writing to raise awareness about suicide.

I am also writing to raise awareness about efforts to prevent suicide. I have several reasons for doing this. First, I am a survivor of suicide. This means that a person I knew and loved took his own life.

Second, I am a mental health social worker whose primary responsibility is to determine a person’s ability/willingness to hurt t hemselves or ot hers.

A nd t hird, September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Like nearly 90 percent of people who k ill t hemselves, my fat her suf fered f rom ment a l illness . He ref used to seek help and ultimately took things into his own hands. I believe the stigma su r rou nd i ng ment a l illness prevented him from accepting help. He, like many people in our state, neglected his health and paid for it with his life. According to statistics compiled by the Centers f o r D i s e a s e C o nt r o l and Prevention and the A merican A ssociat ion of Suicidology, in 2007 Sout h Carol i na’s rate of su icide exceeded the national rate. The South Carolina Violent Death Reporting System indicates that attempts alone amount to more t h a n $ 35 m i l l i o n i n hospital charges in our state ever y single year with more than 500 of our citizens committing suicide.

We must take steps to prevent this tragic loss of life. Suicide is the most preventable of all deaths.

This is something we can all take part in. We need to learn suicidal warning sig ns, lear n t he steps needed to help someone in crisis and become engaged i n su icide prevent ion a c t i v i t i e s . We n e e d school administrators to make suicide prevention a priorit y. We need to demand parity for mental health treatment. We need to stop whispering about mental illness or ignoring friends and family when they ask for help. And we need to refuse to accept the current rates of suicide in this state.

T he a n nua l O ut of t he Dark ness Walk is on Sunday, Oct. 17 at Columbia’s R iverfront Park . Register today at OutoftheDark ness.org or go to the A merican Foundation for Suicide Prevention website at afsp. org to get started.

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“What is a soul? It’s like electricity — we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.”

-Ray Charles

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Massachusetts-based singer/songwriter will play new music from upcoming album, team up with local musicians Colin Campbell

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Columbia artist Kelley McLachlan and acoustic duo Dayclean join Blacker at The White Mule tonight.

Tomorrow’s Wailers concert on Greene Street may be garnering the most hype this week, but the White Mule on Main Street is the place to go tonight for a great show.

With a talent-packed lineup featuring local acts— singer/songwriter Kelley McLachlan and acoustic duo Dayclean — as well as Cambridge, Mass., native Sarah Blacker, it will surely be an unforgettable night of live music.

In a phone interview, Blacker spoke with The Mix about her influences, music and the upcoming show.

“My first album [“The Only Way Out is Through”] was released in 2009. I’ve been touring since then, as far south as Macon, Ga., and all over different parts of Texas,” Blacker said.

And she’s quickly becoming a sensation. Blacker has enjoyed radio play in five states up and down the East Coast and has shared the stage with the likes of Sara Bareilles, Vince Welnick (of the Grateful Dead), Jason Isbell (of the Drive-By Truckers), Carbon Leaf , Apollo Sunshine and Greg Hawkes (of the Cars).

Ron Bowen, of independent Boston radio station 92.5 “The River,” dubbed Blacker’s music “the perfect blend of Ella Fitzgerald and Joni Mitchell.” She agrees with this comparison, citing Mitchell, as well as Feist and Ray Lamontagne, as her top musical influences.

This tour marks Blacker’s fourth time playing in Columbia and she is looking forward to coming back again for tonight’s show with Dayclean and

McLachlan.

“They’re both new bands that have been striking up a buzz, bringing out good crowds,” she said. “Should be a good show.”

Blacker will perform solo tonight, as she’s had trouble getting her band, which features Chuck Fisher on lead guitar and Sean McLaughlin on bass, to accompany her for many gigs outside of the New England area.

“So far I’ve been unable to pull them away from their real jobs,” she said with a laugh.

The singer/songwriter has been in the studio over the past few months, gearing up for her upcoming November album release, “When Boys Cry.” While she will not officially be touring behind it until February, fans should expect to see a lot of her new material tonight. In the interview, she hinted that she’ll even be breaking out her new “secret” cover of a certain popular hip-hop song.

As for Blacker’s loyal sidekick and touring buddy — her black Labrador retriever, Beasley, who sometimes even sits onstage while she plays or walks around in the crowd (earning him an 85-member fan page on Facebook) — Blacker assured me, “He’ll be with us.”

Check out Blacker’s music at www.sarahblacker.com or MySpace.com/sarahblacker.

For more information on tonight’s show, visit www.thewhitemule.com. Doors open at 6 p.m., with an 8 p.m. start time. Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door.

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COVER Grammar handbooks not extremely popular, still informative reads Katie Crocker

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Welcome back to Under the Cover.

Once again, it’s time to talk about the book world. Taking a break from the norm of the main stream, this week we’re taking a look at a less popular, but still important subject: grammar.

Is there no word more feared in the English language than grammar? It’s a word and a concept beaten into every child’s skull in almost every English class he or she takes. Granted, grammar has its own uses, such as making sure a single sentence doesn’t carry on for pages. More impor t a nt ly, it keeps English majors off the streets and red pens in high demand.

Of course, for many of us, grammar has become a haunting memory echoing in our minds, trying to help us remember what subject-predicate agreement is or where a semicolon goes. More often than not, many people cannot even remember where, or if, a comma belongs in a sentence.

Punctuation becomes some kind of

“The Elements of Style” by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White tackles various grammar issues and how to avoid them.

fancy decoration used to spice sentences up, like using SAT words in a college essay.

Luck ily, for t hose of us w it h a grammar weakness, there are books l i ke, “ T he Element s of St yle” by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. It’s just like “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grammar,” but the title holds a little more prestige, and the book doesn’t weigh a ton. Reading through it won’t make you feel like a Grammar Nazi, but it’s a helpful guide when your English TA is making your papers swim in sea of red for small mistakes. Think of it more as a life preserver that helps you swim in icy waters, but doesn’t exactly keep you from catching grammar hypothermia.

This begs the question: why bother?

If you’ve ever experienced late night hair tearing over your sentences in an English paper or taken a copy editing class, you’ve probably asked yourself this question a lot.

The answer: There’s nothing keeping you from learning grammar, just like t here’s not h i ng keepi ng you f rom streaking naked. The problem is the consequences that follow. Society places a certain value on being able to read and write at the most basic level, and grammar gives any employer a general indicator of your overall intelligence.

Or if you’re a dedicated grammar hunter, you can probably sympathize with Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Herson, authors who actually trekked across the U.S. correcting signs and wrote a book following their misadventures, called “The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time.”

It’s an amusing read, but it is an expansion upon how much two men can love the English language. The book is not for anyone who finds grammar more painful than falling asleep on the bathroom floor. The rest of us can enjoy the fact that while we know basic grammar, uncorrected road signs don’t keep us from sleeping.

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‘Please Give’ contrasts warm cinematography, morbid themes Thomas Moore

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Director: Nicole Holofcener Starring: Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Ann Guilbert, Amanda Peet Run Time: 90 minutes Rating: R for language, some sexual content and nudity “Please Give” is a modern American drama that follows urbanite couple Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt) as they operate their antique furniture business in New York. The two, who have a 15-year-old daughter, are looking to expand their apartment but first must wait for 91-year-old neighbor and tenant, Andra (Ann Guilbert), to die.

In the process, they become entangled with her granddaughters — the jaded and introverted Rebecca (Rebecca Hall) and her superficial and petty older sister Mary (Amanda Peet).

The f ilm effect ively explores t he wide array of emotions and mindsets death imposes upon us. While Andra’s primary caregiver Rebecca feels a great affection for her, Andra’s constant need for attention places a strain on Rebecca’s emotional and social life. Mary, who views the situation as an inconvenience, simply can’t wait for her grandmother to die. Kate and Alex even joke about wishing death on the woman in order to expedite their additions, though they clearly feel guilt and embarrassment about the half-serious nature of the joke.

“Please Give” is able to gauge the interactions of all of these conflicting v ie w p o i nt s o n A nd r a’s e x i s t e n c e because of the completeness that writer/

director Nicole Holofcener brings to each character. Instead of focusing on a single character’s strife, the sharp and terse dialogue of the film’s 21st century A mericans engages the audience by placing it at the epicenter of conversations about death. The permeable discomfort in many scenes exposes our insecurities about death; we all know it is inevitable, yet we have trouble coming to terms with the reality of it.

Additionally, Kate and Alex repeatedly buy the furniture for their business from relatives of the recently deceased.

Kate begins to feel guilt y about the practice and tries to counter it through misg uided attempts at volunteering and supply ing a consistent f low of cash to the homeless that inhabit her neighborhood. Meanwhile, her bored husband looks for comfort outside of the marriage and their daughter struggles with body image issues. Unwillingly placed at the intersection of all these lives, Rebecca tries to maintain her composure throughout. As nicely as the film builds solid characters, it does an equally effective job of breaking them down.

Despite the warm colors, brightly l it r o o m s a nd we l l-f r a me d s hot s throughout, “Please Give” comes off as morbid. The contrast between the content and the visual messages of the film are reflective of the characters’ (and audience’s) mixed emotions surrounding Andra’s anticipated death.

Although the film is a well-written character piece, it occasionally comes off as rife with first-world problems.

Addit ionally, t he f ilm casually and inconsequentially handles Alex’s extramarital relat ionship, which sends a message that dubiously endorses our soc iet y ’s t r ad it iona l ly pat r ia rcha l structure.

“Plea se Give” is la rgely f r a med by death, but it is also a film about consumerism, parenting, the hardships of marriage, siblings and the persistence of time — regardless of circumstance.

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Unfazed by praise Spurrier not concerned with national spotlight focused on freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore

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Marcus Lattimore hadn’t even put the fi nishing touches on his 37-carry, 182-yard masterpiece of a performance against Georgia this past weekend before the names started being mentioned.

Bo Jackson. George Rogers. Herschel Walker. Emmitt Smith. All legendary college running backs. All individuals the tailback has been compared to.

They’re lofty references, but they’re also explainable ones in the opinion of coach Steve Spurrier.

“It’s only human nature,” Spurrier said about the comparisons. “When you have a sensational game like Marcus did last week, that’s going to happen. He’s got to handle it, we have to handle it and not get full of ourselves.

We’re all smart enough to know that one game doesn’t make a career.”

Some might worry that all the attention might go to an 18-year-old’s head. Not Spurrier, though.

“Marcus comes from a big-time high school football program up at Byrnes. He’s had a lot of praise, a lot of accolades, a lot of recognition,” Spurrier said. “High school All-American, Mr. Football in the state. He’s had a lot of attention. Hopefully, he’ll stay well grounded, which I think he is, and get ready to play this week.”

Spurrier’s evaluation of the situation appears to be spot-on with Lattimore’s opinion about the outpouring of praise.

“My roommates have been telling me about it, and all my teammates have been telling me about it. It’s pretty cool to be compared to [legends],” Lattimore said. “But I’m nowhere near that yet.”

In Spurrier’s opinion, one of the aforementioned names bandied about is actually pretty accurate in describing Lattimore’s running style. ”I think his style is a lot like Emmitt Smith,” Spurrier said of the tailback who left Florida right before he took over as UF coach. “Emmitt, his shoulder pads seem to always be square when he comes through the line of scrimmage. Tacklers don’t get a good clean shot at his body because his pad level is so low. Even when they dive at his feet and ankles, he’s able to get his feet [off ] the ground if they come in real low.”

Lattimore, on the other hand, said he tries to emulate a current NFL back who also played in the SEC. “I like Joseph Addai, from the [Indianapolis] Colts,” he

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South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore runs for a first down in Saturday’s 17-6 victory over Georgia. said. “I like him because he’s a complete back, and I try to be like him. I watch him every now and than, and I really like the things he does.”

With Lattimore taking so many carries — a workload that he said left him expectedly sore — many have pondered if his body is prone to break down at some point if he continues to take so many reps. Spurrier says he’s not worried about this, as Lattimore’s running style should keep him on the field.

“Emmitt, I don’t think, ever had knee surgeries, ankle problems or anything over the years. I think Marcus’ style will keep him healthy, I believe,” Spurrier said. “Hopefully it will. We’ll see how it goes. He doesn’t give tacklers a good clean shot at him.”

Lattimore said he has no problem with shouldering a large load on a weekly basis, mainly because he did it for four years in high school.

“That’s what I’m used to. I’ve done it in high school,” he said. “I’m used to being the running back, just getting all the carries and trying to help the team in any way.”

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USC freshman running back Marcus Lattimore is tackled by Georgia linebacker Cory Campbell last Saturday.

Neuhaus: Nothing’s as bad as being a Pirate Pittsburgh represents perfect definition of baseball futility Over the past few weeks, the Atlanta Braves have seen their division lead, which once stood at as much as seven games, crumble before their eyes. The Braves are now locked in a pennant race with the Philadelphia Phillies.

I’ve personally heard numerous Braves fans lament over t heir team’s inability to hold onto the lead they had enjoyed in the NL East for so long. But fear not Braves fans, you could have it much worse.

You could be a fan of another team.

You could be a fan of the team I ’ve h ad t he (d i s)ple a s u re of watching the entire time I’ve been following Major League Baseball.

That’s right, you could be a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Since I started following the Pirates in 1997, the team has never managed a winning season. In that time, the Pirates have compiled an overall record of 955 wins and 1,289 losses. If you average that out over one season, you might need some Pepto-Bismol.

W h ile At lanta was w in n ing division titles in the ‘90s and the early part of this millennium, the Pirates were using number one

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overall draf t pick s on players l i k e K r i s B en s on a nd Br y a n Bullington. Of course, Benson has had a minimal amount of success in the majors; he wasn’t a complete and total bust. Bullington, on the other hand, is more likely to be the answer to a trivia question than a major league success story.

(That trivia question would probably be something along the lines of “W ho was the pitcher that the Pirates wasted their 2002 first overall pick Ed Neuhaus on?”)

Fourth-year Of cou rse, t he broadcast B r aves have had journalism student t heir fair share of he a r t bre a k . T he y haven’t been to the playoffs since 2005. The Pirates haven’t had a winning season since 1992. If their consecutive losing season streak was a person, it could vote.

Braves fans do have it hard, I guess. There are 4-year-old Braves fans who have never seen their team make the playoffs. W hen I was that age, the Pirates were just about to start the fi rst season of their seemingly never-ending losing streak.

Many fans like to use the phrase “wait till next year.” In Pittsburgh, that phrase is “wait till three years

from now.” The inf lux of talent that Pittsburgh needs to succeed still looks like it’s a couple years from blossoming. Braves fans need not worry, as it appears that the talent necessary for Atlanta to take the step to the postseason may already be in place. If the team somehow doesn’t make the playoffs this season, there’s always hope for 2011.

T he d e b at e s e e m s t o r a g e between which is worse: expecting to fail and failing miserably, year after year, or expecting to succeed and then just barely missing your mark at the end of the season. I would most certainly argue the first.

And who knows, there’s always a cha nce t hat t he u nex pected might happen. The Braves might recover from their recent swoon, take control of the Phillies and play their way deep into October.

The wild card might also present a possibility for Atlanta to extend its season. I mean, crazier things have happened.

Some people said a slow first baseman by the name of Sid Bream couldn’t score all the way from second base on the arm of Barry Bonds in left field.

Now why did I bring that up?

I might need some Pepto-Bismol after all.

1. ALABAMA (NO CHANGE)

2. FLORIDA (NO CHANGE)

The Tide keeps humming a long w it hout Heism a n trophy winner Mark Ingram. Back up tailback Trent Richardson certainly didn’t make anyone miss Ingram, however, as he ran wild for 144 yards against Penn State in a 24-3 win.

The Gators keep getting slammed for their st r uggl i ng of fense, but Florida has still won 22 consecutive regular season games. Until that changes, there is no reason to take them out of the top spot in the SEC East.

3. AUBURN (UP ONE)

4. CAROLINA (UP TWO)

The Tigers didn’t blow anyone away in their win over Mississippi State, but Auburn still pulled out a crucial conference win on the road. Cameron Newton is flourishing in the Tigers’ offense and has the chance to keep AU afloat atop the West.

The Gamecocks move up t wo spot s t ha n k s to freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore, who absolutely embarrassed the Georgia defense last Saturday. The next big test for USC lies in t wo weeks when they travel to the Plains to take on Auburn.

5. ARKANSAS (DOWN TWO)

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It ’s h a r d t o p e n a l i z e a team who is blowing its opponents out, but Arkansas simply drops because the Razorbacks haven’t played anyone that compares to the talent of the teams that Auburn and Carolina have played to date.

The Tigers haven’t been overly impressive through their first two games, but t hey ’re st ill u ndefeated thanks to an impressive v ictor y over Vanderbilt in Nashville. LSU should be 3-0 after this weekend when they host Mississippi State in Baton Rouge.

7. KENTUCKY (UP ONE)

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T he W i ldcat s, much like LSU, should be 3- 0 af ter t he weekend wraps up when they host Akron.

Their key has been Derrick L o c k e , w ho h a s s c ore d three touchdowns in three different ways so far. He’s t he SEC’s most versat ile athlete.

T he Bu l ld o g s d id n’t look terrible in their loss to South Carolina over the weekend, but they’ll need to clean up their tackling skills to get back to the top of t he Power Rank ings.

UGA faces a near must-win situation Saturday against Arkansas.

9. TENNESSEE (NO CHANGE)

10. MISS ST (NO CHANGE)

The Volunteers looked strong for nearly a half on Saturday against Oregon, holding a late 13-3 lead in t he second qua r ter. But that’s when things started to unravel in a blowout loss to the Ducks. It doesn’t get any easier this week against Florida.

T he Bu l ldog s hu n g tough against a much more talented Mississippi State team but came up short in a 17-14 loss. If MSU is going to get to a bowl game this season, the Bulldogs w ill need much more consistent play out of their quarterbacks.

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They’ll likely be 0-4 when they finally get to return home to face Easter n Michigan.

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