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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

James Kratch

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S e n i o r t i g h t e n d We s l y e Saunders was dismissed from the USC football team Wednesday, according to athletics director Eric Hyman.

“Weslye Saunders is no longer part of our football program,” Hyman said in a release. “Beyond t h at I w i l l h a v e no f u r t he r comment.”

Sau nder s d id not ret u r n a phone message left by The Daily G amecock. USC coach Steve Spurrier confirmed the decision

after Wednesday’s practice. “ We slye Sau nder s is not a member of our team anymore.

That’s all about all we need to say about it,” Spurrier said. “We wish him the best in whatever he does after here. That’s a fact, and that’s the way it is.”

Sau nders w i l l be a l lowed to remain on scholarship and to pursue his degree in print journalism. “ He’s o n s c hol a r s h ip t h rou gh t he ye a r,” Spu r r ier said. “Hopefully, he’ll stay and graduate.”

Sau nders was suspended indefinitely on Aug. 23 due to a violation of team rules, which was later reported by multiple outlets SAUNDERS ● 3

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Weslye Saunders celebrates after a 2009 Gamecock victory over Clemson.

USC to face Minnesota

Jews: Parents Weekend, Yom Kippur don’t mix

The Gamecocks will host the No. 23 Golden Gophers tonight at Stone Stadium.

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Ungar notes displeasure at SG meeting, Pastides promises to avoid conflict in future Taylor Cheney STAFF WRITER

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Mix Editor Jimmy Gilmore compiles five television programs fo r th e u p c o m i n g fa l l season to get obsessed about, including HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.”

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The Wailers, George Strait perform in Columbia tonight Colin Campbell

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Carolina Productions is bringing the Wailers to USC tonight.

Starting at 7 p.m., the free concert

will block off Greene Street outside of the Russell House and is expected to elicit a huge turnout of USC students.

The late Bob Marley ’s worldrenow ned reggae band has been tou r i ng w it h g uest s Dua ne Stephenson and Bishop La Mont, promoting — both through its music and humanitarian efforts — love, peace, unity and sympathy for those in need.

C P ’s C u l t u r a l C o m m i t t e e Chairwoman Amartha Ogburu said the decision to invite the Wailers to Columbia rested largely on their iconic, unifying nature.

George Strait , Reba McEnt ire and Lee Ann Womack will also be performing on a Columbia stage ton ight at 7 p.m. T he dy na m ic country show will take place at the Colonial Life Arena, in what will be the other main music event in Columbia this week.

While tickets to see the country

Tennis heads to Duke The USC men’s tennis te a m w i l l c o m p ete at Duke this weekend in a homecoming for new coach Josh Goffi.

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USC of f icials are announcing a $30 million donat ion tomorrow, one of the largest private donations in the history of the institution.

The announcement will take place at the Discovery I building on Greene Street at 9 a.m. An anonymous couple from Florida chose to give the University the money, but officials have declined to reveal their identities yet. Their identities, and the purpose of the gift, will be revealed tomorrow.

The gift was first announced by USC President Harris Pastides in June. Other large gifts in previous years include a $20 million donation from oil tycoon Bob McNair and a $25 million gift from businesswoman and USC trustee Darla Moore, both made in 1998.

In the wake of statewide higher education cuts from the General Assembly, universit y officials are touting private donations as more important than ever. There are plans to launch a long-term capital giving campaign in 2011, but specifics have not been announced yet.

— Compiled by News Editor Josh Dawsey

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Sen. Matt Ungar presents concerns with the scheduling of Parents Weekend during Yom Yippur to SG on Wednesday.

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St udent G over n ment Sen. Matt Ungar s a id We d ne s d a y he i s d i s app oi nt ed w it h t he Parents Commit tee decision to host Parents Weekend on Yom Kippur, the holiest holiday of the Jewish religion.

“Pa rent s Weekend is something to look forward to, and people of the Jewish faith cannot celebrate it,” the senator said. “I find this to be an injustice and insulting.”

Ung a r sa id he ha s

addressed his concerns with USC officials, including President Harris Pastides.

Universit y leaders have been receptive to concerns a nd h av e p r o m i s e d t o en s u re t he s c hedu l i ng conf l ict never happens again, Ungar said.

Parents Prog rams Director Melissa Gentry didn’t immediately return messages left by The Daily G a mecock . A lt hough Ungar is Jewish, he said his beliefs are in no way related to the legislation he brought up at Wednesday night’s SG meeting. While there are SG ● 3

USCPD issues safety bulletin for 5 Points Downtown plagued with violent incidents in recent months Josh Dawsey NEWS EDITOR

U S C ’s D i v i s i o n o f L a w Enforcement and Safety issued a special safety bulletin for the Five Points area Wednesday, noting a rash of crimes in the popular nightclub district.

T he most recent i ncident was this weekend when shots were fired on College Street S u n d a y a r o u n d 2: 4 0 a . m .

Over the summer, there were

various assaults, a stabbing and a shoot ing in t he dow ntow n d ist r ic t . It ’s led to t a l k s of proposing a mandatory 2 a.m. bar closing for all Columbia nightlife establishments.

Most of the incidents have occurred after 1 a.m., according to the release from the USC’s Police Department.

The release urged students to travel in groups instead of walking alone and to exercise caut ion in t he wee hou rs of the morning, especially while drinking. It also asked students to avoid traveling on the path USPD ● 4

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The Daily Gamecock ● THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Green Party candidate launches campaign

California residents outraged at city pay

In his quest to replace South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint in the U.S. Senate, anti-nuclear activist and Green Party candidate Tom Clements says he hopes to pick up support from Democrats wary of backing their own nominee: Alvin Greene.

“I have general knowledge of a lot of issues, and I don’t believe the Democratic candidate does,” said Clements, 59.

Clements has spent his life fighting for environmental issues. A graduate of Emory University and the University of Georgia, Clements has worked for the Peace Corps, Greenpeace and the now-defunct Nuclear Control Institute. He has now joined Friends of the Earth, where he serves as a watchdog on reprocessing and environmental cleanup activities at South Carolina’s former nuclear weapons plant, the Savannah River Site.

Nominated by South Carolina’s Green Party in May, Clements was officially in the U.S. Senate race before he says the state’s Democratic Party “imploded” when voters nominated Greene, a 33-year-old unemployed military veteran who had done no campaigning or fundraising prior to the primary.

The day after Green’s victory June 8, The Associated Press was first to report that Greene had been arrested in November on a felony obscenity charge for allegedly showing Internet pornography to a female University of South Carolina student.

Greene was indicted by a grand jury last month. No hearings have been scheduled.

Party officials were shocked when Greene defeated a former lawmaker and became more apprehensive when news of his arrest broke, asking Greene to withdraw and saying they would not financially support his campaign.

Greene has declined to discuss the charges but says he’s soldiering on with his campaign, which has had its rough patches. Last month, a county Democratic party rescinded an invitation for Greene to address its members. Police were called when Greene showed up anyway, and a woman he called his “personal assistant” began arguing with party members.

Shying away from Greene, Clements said Democratic officials in several counties have begun inviting him to address their members instead. In an online list of Democratic candidates, one county party lists Greene but also includes a link to Clements’ website with the note, “should you consider this???” Some parties omit Greene from their lists entirely.

He has not had official conversations with state-level party leaders, but Clements says he has heard from Vic Rawl, who Greene defeated in the primary.

LOS ANGELES — The California attorney general’s office sued eight current and former officials of the scandal-ridden city of Bell on Wednesday, accusing them of defrauding taxpayers by granting themselves salaries so high they were illegal and a disgrace to public service.

T he s u it dem a nd s t he of f ic i a l s , including former City Manager Robert Rizzo, return hundreds of thousands of dollars they were paid to run the small, working-class city where one in six people live in povert y. It also demands t he reduction of bloated pension benefits that were based on the high salaries.

The salary scandal sparked nationwide outrage and calls for cities of all sizes to publicly disclose what employees are paid.

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Residents of Bell, Calif., protest city officials’ salary boosts outside City Hall.

Rizzo’s salary was $787,637 a year — nearly double that of President Barack Obama. Bell Police Chief Randy Adams, who later resigned, was paid $150,000 more than the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

“You can’t just take the public’s money and give it to yourself or give it to your friendly employees or members of the city council just because you want to,” said Attorney General Jerry Brown, a ca nd idate for gover nor. “T here’s a standard and that standard is that the pay must be commensurate with the duty and the work.”

Brow n ca l led t he Bel l sa la r ies “e no r mo u s a nd ob s c e ne” a nd not any where in line with those paid to officials in most cities of comparable size.

Rizzo’s attorney James Spertus said his client believes he did nothing wrong.

“His contracts were presented by the City Council and countersigned by the city attorney, and he acted openly and transparently when he interacted with the city,” Spertus said, adding the council kept raising Rizzo’s pay to retain him.

T he B e l l c a s e p r o m p t e d Br ow n to launch a statewide investigation of public employee salaries. On Wednesday, his office issued a subpoena ordering the small, neighboring city of Vernon to produce its employee compensation records.

Those records “may pertain to possible violations of various state laws and the waste and misuse of public funds,” the subpoena stated.

Peace talks end after Palestinian attacks

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Green Party candidate Tom Clements (left) hopes to replace Republican Jim DeMint.

JERUSALEM — A mortar attack by Palestinian militants and airstrikes by Israel formed t he grim backdrop as Mideast leaders ended their latest round of peace talks Wednesday, still divided on major issues. There was no word on when they would meet again.

T he i nc onc lu s i ve U. S .-brok ere d talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas left in doubt the prospects for their new effort to end generations of hostilities in the region and create a sovereign Palestine alongside a secure Israel.

George Mitchell, the U.S. envoy for Mideast peace efforts, emerged from an evening session to say the talks had been encouraging but had fallen short of agreement.

“A serious and substantive discussion is well under way,” Mitchell told a news conference.

Abbas and Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretar y of State H illar y Rodham Clinton for about two hours at the Israeli leader’s official residence and agreed to continue the search for a peace deal, he said.

But the leaders face a looming crisis with the expiration this month of Israel’s pa r t ia l mor ator iu m on We st Ba n k settlement construction, and it was not

clear when they would reconvene. Lowerlevel officials will meet next week to work out a plan for the next meeting between Netanyahu and Abbas, Mitchell said.

Clinton planned to meet with Abbas on Thursday at his West Bank offices in Ramallah, and then travel to Amman for a working lunch with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who has been a forceful supporter of the peace talks.

Militants opposed to any deal with Israel have t hreatened to derail t he negotiations, and the Israeli military said eight mortars and one rocket hit Israel Wednesday — the highest daily total since March 2009. There were no injuries.

I s r a e l i w a r p l a ne s r e s p o nd e d b y bombing a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border, the military said.

Hamas officials said one person was killed and four wounded.

Mitchell said no one should expect an easy road ahead, but he contended important progress was being made.

“The t wo leaders are not leav ing t he tough issues to t he end of t heir discussions; they are tackling upfront — and did so this evening — the issues that are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conf lict,” he said. “We take this as a strong indicator of their belief that peace is possible and of their desire to conclude an agreement.”

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The Daily Gamecock ● THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 A native of Durham, N.C., Saunders had 32 receptions for 353 yards and three touchdowns last fall as a junior. For his career, Saunders had 60 receptions for 718 yards and six scores.

Only one USC player, left tackle Jarriel K ing , had any personal fallout from the Whitney hotel situation. King was ineligible for the season opener against Southern Miss for issues related to his stay at the hotel but had his eligibility restored in time for Carolina’s 17-6 win over Georgia this past weekend.

Both Saunders’ trip and the Whitney hotel situation led to the NCAA sending a formal letter of inquiry to USC last week, informing University President Harris Pastides a full investigation of the football program will take place and should be completed by the end of the year.

Spurrier has said he is not concerned with the situation, and the investigation has nothing to do with any actions taken by him or his coaching staff. The letter states the investigation was prompted by the t wo k nown issues, and if any new issues were to arise, USC would be informed immediately.

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SG ● Continued from 1 no official statistics available on USC’s Jewish population, Ungar estimates there are 750 or more Jewish students on campus.

“This is not an attack on the Parents Committee, but I think Carolina should make an effort to avoid planning events on religious observances,” Ungar said.

Parents Weekend is k nown as not only an opportunity for parents to visit their students on campus but also a huge economic boost for the University and t he cit y of Columbia. To gain maximum attendance, the weekend is always scheduled on the weekend of a home football game — this year, Furman vs. Carolina. According to the Parents Weekend website, tickets to attend Yom Kippur services were available during t he reg ist r at ion per iod. O pt iona l transportation is also provided to three local synagogues.

Members of the Jewish fraternit y, Alpha Epsilon Pi, have made other plans

to accommodate their observances. The fraternity’s new member educator Jon Bolt said both Alpha Epsilon Pi and USC’s Jewish organization, Hillel, have allowed members to become sponsored by local host families to attend services with them. The fourth-year computer engineering student said he will not be partaking in Parents Weekend activities but instead visiting College of Charleston to obser ve t he hol iday w it h ot her fraternity members.

“In the future, I hope USC would avoid scheduling things on Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah and Hanukkah,” Bolt said.

SG Academics Committee Chair Jade McDuffie said she also empathizes with Ungar’s frustration.

“As a minorit y myself, I would be highly upset if my faith was disregarded by the University,” McDuffie said. “It’s as simple as looking at a calendar.”

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SAUNDERS ● Continued from 1 to stem f rom ly ing to t he coaching staff. He also was suspended briefly this past January for team issues, but that suspension was lifted after about a week.

Saunders also has been part of an NCAA investigation into sports agent activity.

His airfare and hotel accommodations for a spring break trip to Miami, Fla., were brought into question, and Saunders met with the NCAA for an interview to discuss the situation.

The NCAA never ruled on Saunders’ eligibilit y, however. Sau nders made comments on social networking sites this past weekend that he had been reinstated to the team and was awaiting NCA A clearance to practice, but that was not the case.

A s a n of fshoot of t he or ig i nal investigation, questions arose about the living arrangements of Saunders and nine other USC football players at Columbia’s Whitney Hotel. Spurrier asked all the players to move out in a show of good faith when concerns were expressed about possible impermissible benefits related to both reduced rates and back payments.

Saunders was the only player that did not oblige, and he remains at the Shandonarea hotel to date.

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PAGE 4 USCPD ● Continued from 1 that leads across the railroad tracks and Laurens Street, from the 1900 to 2000 block of College Street. This area has been particularly prone to violent crime, according to USCPD. Most victims have been alone or in small groups at the time of violent incidents, USCPD said.

USCPD Capt. Eric Grabsk i said a n acc u mu lat ion of i ncident s led police to make a statement. USCPD has released more statements recently in hopes of better communicating major news across campus, Grabski said. After this weekend’s incident, local leaders have amped up t heir calls to increase patrolling and safety in the student-heav y bar district. A committee of city and county leaders plan to address issues regarding the district in upcoming months.

— Compiled by News Editor Josh Dawsey

The Daily Gamecock ● THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 USC’s Division of Law Enforcement and Safety issued these tips to help students stay safe: — If you see suspicious act iv it y or persons, or if you hear what you believe to be gunshots, seek safety in a well-populated building and call the police by dialing 911.

— Do not allow strangers to ride in your vehicle or accept rides from persons you do not know well.

— If you choose to drink alcohol, drink responsibly and do not allow yourself to become intoxicated.

— Do not accept beverages from persons you do not k now well and never leave your drink unattended.

— T he Un iversit y has a nd encourages the use of several available shuttle ser vices for transportation to and around campus — Cock y’s Caravan, Late-Night Shuttle, A PO Escort and several others. For more information, visit www.sc.edu/vmps/ shuttle.

College Republicans host Wilson

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Alan Wilson, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, spoke to USC’s College Republicans Wednesday night inside the Russell House Ballroom. Wilson touted his military experience and his work as a prosecutor as reasons he is qualified for the position. Prominent South Carolina politico Wesley Donehue also spoke at the meeting, which more than 50 students attended.

MUSIC ● Continued from 1 legends have been available online for months, the show is not completely sold out. Prices range from $22 to $91.50.

As part of an added fall leg of the 2010 “George & Reba” tour, the touted “King and Queen of Countr y” are coming through South Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana before they head North to perform in Pennsylvania, New York and

Minnesota.

Look for coverage of both shows, an exclusive interview with the Wailers and photo slideshows in tomorrow’s edition and online at www.dailygamecock.com.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Our nation is addicted to addictions

EDITORIAL BOARD KARA APEL

I-dosing newest way to get ‘high’

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USC should utilize $30 million wisely An anonymous couple from Florida donated $30 million to USC, one of the largest donations in its history. Thank you two so very much for making it rain on this money-parched university.

As it’s obvious the state legislature will never tire of cutting funding, it’s heartening to know there are people out there who are tireless in USC’s defense, who understand the value of education for South Carolina.

“Thank you two so A s s t a t e m o n e y much for making it dries up and federal stimulus dollars recede, rain on this money- increased support from donors has been the parched university.” only thing keeping this institution above water.

This $30 million is a welcome deluge.

Hopefully, USC won’t blow it. Perhaps it’s ironic the revelation of the intent of the gift and the donators’ names will take place tomorrow at the Innovista site, the place where money goes to die.

Perhaps the money is going to some project at Innovista. Perhaps we have reason to worry.

But no matter what this money goes toward, regardless of whether USC squanders it, we’re grateful for the generosity of these two Floridians.

And heck, USC can’t possibly waste it all— unless it decides to figure out how high a $30 million fountain shoots.

EVALUATION OF ALL VALUES

Palavers can beat climate change Environmental problems can be solved by initiatives of localized action groups Ver y recent ly, t he org a n izat iona l structure of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been under review after the Climategate and Himalaya-gate crises. While the workings of global climate organizations need reform, institutional reformatting is not going to solve the overarching problem of increased action against environmental degradation unless nations start working on building effective and efficient local palavers.

A palaver is an assembly of people who recognize Apoorva they do not know enough Srivastava to solve a mutual problem.

Fourth-year interdisciplinary The strength of a palaver studies student lies in the fact that each expert comes from a strong background in a certain discipline. While many of our organizations do follow such a structure, it is crucial to realize that if the arguments and the people are not chosen carefully, the palaver will just end up being a non-virtual blog full of opinions going in no particular direction.

Failure of a large-scale environmental palaver — the Copenhagen Summit — occurred because every country has a difference stance due to unique economic statures and lifestyles. Therefore, local communities should create their own

palavers, assess their ways of thinking among their small surroundings and see what works best for them, despite the lack of a national or international political consensus. Successful local palavers and initiatives can deliver substantial practices in fighting local climate change.

The key to any solut ion stemming from these palavers is to use incentives to engage people to become a part of both the economic and practical solutions needed.

CEREAL is a co-operative in south Brazil that built two river-based, low-tech, lowcost mini-hydroelectric plants — with .72 and 1.0 megawatt capacities, respectively, — that produce about 5.5 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, or 25 percent of overall demand of the 6,300 rural customers. In northern Tanzania, the Mwanza Rural Housing Programme trains villagers to be self-sufficient entrepreneurs making bricks that are used in more than 100,000 homes in 70 villages, which reduces deforestation.

Locally derived solutions alleviate the lack of control people often feel in the midst of environmental policies because they may affect them but not benefit them, at least in immediate monetary terms.

In essence, creation of local palavers with definitive objectives that incentivize and empower people could be extremely powerful in tackling climate change. This will lead to support and resources for people and practical local climate change solutions will follow. Meanwhile, as big global deals are being sought, the local communities will already be moving on with the task at hand.

Basel III sets banking system up for collapse Accords use pretense of protection to funnel money into government This past Sunday the United States and several other countries agreed to another update of the Basel Accords. Basel III is a revision of previous agreements that recommended bank reserve requirements, which stipulate how much reserve money a bank must have on hand in case of a bank run. The Basel Accords played an important role in the current recession.

The Basel Accords attempted to standardize bank reserve requirements internationally. The Accords differentiated types of assets banks held and suggested capital requirements.

In 2001, regulators added an amendment to the Basel Accords named the Recourse Rule that extended risk differentiation to asset-backed securities or bonds backed by credit card debt, mortgages, etc. These only required a 2 percent capital requirement as long as they were triple-A, double-A or issued by government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Banks would naturally choose mortgage-backed securities from the GSEs because it would

maximize their profitability.

By 2008, 93 percent of all mortgage-backed securities were triple A or sponsored by GSEs. Problems arose when banks loaded up on these securities because they thought Fannie and Freddie’s solvency was guaranteed by the federal government — this, and the belief that credit rating agencies had accurate ratings turned out to be true . It turns out the agencies would bundle good securities with subprime mor t g age s a nd sel l t hem a s Will Potter triple-A bonds. Rating agencies Second-year enjoyed an oligopoly because economics i n 1975, t he Sec u r it ie s a nd student Exchange Commission limited competition in the marketplace by only anointing certain fi rms as “Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations,” such as Moody’s. Moral hazard and governmental preference for mortgage-backed securities caused the banks to respond by buying these toxic assets in large quantities. These assets naturally defaulted in late 2007.

Now the current Accords aim to raise the

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reserve requirements, which is fine, but it breaks the requirements down into level 1 and level 2 liquidity assets. Sixty percent of the requirements will consist of level 1 or cash, central bank reserves and sovereign debt. Forty percent of the requirements will consist of high-quality liquid assets such as GSEs — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The federal government recently took over both Fannie and Freddie. Banks will flock to the GSEs because they offer more reward than traditionally safer treasury bonds. Fannie and Freddie will be more reckless with their investments because they will be in the portfolios of most banks. The government will have to bail them out again.

Once a bailout of GSEs and banks occurs, people can expect inflation to increase globally.

Basel III will drive bank money globally from safe, private investments into riskier investments of questionable paper like sovereign debt and Fannie and Freddie paper. Instead of making banks safer, Basel III will reproduce the causes of the current recession in 2018 and beyond. Basel III is essentially a secret agreement to funnel money from the private sector to the government and its cronies.

After appearing at the hospital about a year ago, my friend received the unfortunate nickname of “The Spice Man” after overdosing on nutmeg in an attempt to get high.

Th is caused me to wonder why society has resorted to praising a qu ick h igh so much.

Anything and everything i s now a me t ho d of gett ing high, from compressed air cans to chok ing you r s e l f .

M o s t recent ly it’s playing w h i t e noise. It’s Casey Long c a l l e d i- do si ng, First-year computer and it’s the science student latest in a long list of examples of how far we’re trying to go for a quick high.

It has been k now n for two centuries that playing a different tone in each ear can cause a different beat to be he a rd i n o ne’s he ad a nd c a n c au se wei rd effects. However, sites l i ke i- do ser.com a re more t han w illing to sell “quality goods” to any sucker willing to pay for a quick, legal high. From how many reaction videos there are on Youtube, it looks like the website is doing well.

In i-dosing’s defense, it’s not hurting anything but my faith in today’s youth and the wallets of some g ullible k ids. But the problem isn’t how much damage it’s doing to our communities — it’s that it shows how hopelessly addicted to addiction our country really is.

Doctors have shown there is no chance that usi ng special i-doser tracks can result in a high like that produced by cocaine or any other hardcore dr ugs. So why, then, are so many people claiming to get high off of these beats?

A nd w hy a re he a lt h clinics across America distributing warnings against i-dosing like it’s a legitimate threat, such as huffing or that dastardly nutmeg?

Please stop making a big deal about nothing.

It’s much better to let your children “get high” off of a placebo than to let them smoke a real drug.

As Wired Magazine put it so well, “Will future presidential candidates defend their i-dosing past by saying, ‘But I had it on mute?’”

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While the original Twitter feed (and subsequent books) are vulgar, occasionally shocking and have really no place near network television and the FCC, CBS still tried to find a way to bring the show to life.

With Shatner bringing his unique comic timing and eccentricities to the central performance, it could even grow into a small, endearing series.

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Boone lights up career Blues, pop artist on rise, continues to aim higher Sydney Patterson

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Patrick Davis returns to Columbia this weekend to play two shows at the White Mule.

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Acoustic country singer/songwriter and USC alum Patrick Davis is making his way back onto the Columbia stage, g e a r i n g u p f o r t w o b a c k- t o - b a c k hometown shows at the W hite Mule Friday night.

A f t er g r adu at i n g f rom C a rol i n a in 2000, Davis has made a career for himself as an independent art ist, as well as a very successful songwriter for EMI Music Publishing. After signing with EMI in 2006, he has spent the past four years focused on songwriting and producing hits for big names in country music like Jason Michael Carroll, Pat Green and Darius Rucker, including Carroll’s country radio success “Where I’m From.”

“I make most of my income writing for

other people,” Davis said. “I write for a bunch of country artists, and I have all of that going on, so I’m trying to decide if I want to be a full-time artist. It’s a whole different ball game.”

Dav is released h is f i rst a lbu m, “Chances Are,” which was produced by Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan in 2003. Erring more on the side of cou nt r y rock , t he mult i-talented musician spent three years mak ing a name for himself, touring up to 200 days a year.

“If you’re an artist and decide to take on a record deal, you’re going to be gone 90 percent of the year,” Davis said. “You have to decide if you really, really want it or not, and I’m kind of in that place now.

I have to decide if I just want to keep writing songs or play what I want.”

Describing himself as a “Southern Bruce Springsteen,” Davis emulates the artists he writes for, achieving a sound DAVIS ● 7

The members of the band formerly known as Red House, who now go by the name of front man Tyler Boone, met in high school, playing music for their jazz band. Those roots, combined with musical tastes and styles unique to each member, led to their self-described musical “marriage of blues and pop music.”

During Boone’s freshman year of college, his friend and drummer of the band, Eric McMichael , came to him with a unique proposal.

“He flat out told me, ‘Jam band — let’s do it,’” Boone said.

Soon after, they met up with bassist John Fletcher and began evolving into the band they are today. While the members go to different schools and have different schedules, they pride themselves on being able to “be just as explosive from the last gig to the next.”

Boone often plays acoustic gigs alone, and in July he released a full-band album entitled “Stuck Between,” as well as an acoustic record named “Connections.”

While Boone and his band don’t have an actual label, they have been receiving support from the Chucktown Music Group and have relied on hard work to self-release their albums onto iTunes and bandcamp.com.

Boone advocates the do-it-yourself method for aspiring artists.

“You get out of the music scene what you put into it,” Boone said. “Just be patient, and it’ll happen.”

He has definitely been patient, waiting for his chance to shine as a musical artist since he first formed Red House

in college. He remembers the band’s biggest challenge as getting onto its feet as a brand new ensemble, adding, “Just trying to write good tunes, and of course over time using trial and error, it always got better.”

This evolvement and use of trial and error has served the band well, as is readily displayed through its most recent releases. Boone said of his band’s maturity: “We’ve come from a wimpy blues band to a more powerful blues trio with better covers [and] tunes, and we just work together as a band better.”

This is evident from the first song on “Stuck Between,” where each part seems to come together and produce the fun sound that catches the listener’s ear.

Boone’s vocals and lyrics showcase the fact that one of his major influences is John Mayer, while still fleshing out his own sound. The “Connections” record connects with the listener on a similar level with its quieter and often more personal songs. Both are almost overwhelming displays of his talent on guitar.

In the future, Boone hopes to first raise money for studio time in December and then in the long run to land a deal with a label to get more gigs and publicity. Fans can help him achieve this by buying his music on iTunes, Amazon and his Bandcamp website, tylerboone. bandcamp.com.

Tyler Boone w ill be play ing in Lexington Saturday at the Watershed at 8 p.m., as well as performing in Columbia Sunday on 99.3 “WXRY Unsigned” at 8 p.m., followed by a Nov. 13 show at the White Mule, where Boone’s enthusiasm for his music guarantees an energetic, top-quality show.

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Spoken Word Night loud and clear Carolina Productions event gives spotlight to unique poets, rappers Nichelle Torres

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Last night, Carolina Productions presented the fi rst of three Spoken Word Nights this semester in the Russell House Theater.

The event was presented as part of the Cultural Awareness Committee of Carolina Productions and was introduced by the committee’s director for this semester, Amartha Ogburu, a second-year AfricanAmerican studies student . Spoken Word Night is an effort to attract spoken word artists to a central stage and also to give more students in the audience a chance to gain exposure to this very specialized art form.

Clearly, the plan worked, as the Russell House Theater appeared to be a packed house.

DAVIS ● Continued from 6 similar to his Southern music influences Tom Petty, Dave Matthews Band and Hootie.

“I grew up in South Carolina, and when I write songs, I write songs about things we’ve all grown up around — things like really hot weather and South Carolina football,” Davis said.

His song “Big Ole Cock ( Just A),” which can be purchased as a single on iTunes, pays homage to his alma mater. It opens with Cocky’s crow and runs through a history of Gamecock football. Davis sings, “I hate those Georgia Bulldogs, Florida Gators and Rocky Top / Oh, what else can I say? I’m just a big ole cock.”

“It’s kind of a ridiculous song, but now they play it on the radio down there, and my mom’s so proud,” Davis said.

Starting off his career with the local music bar crawl, Davis was fortunate to find a couple of big breaks into the industry that have helped carry him through to where he is now.

“When I was in school at Carolina, I was playing in bars down in Five Points, and the guys from Hootie were living in Columbia at the time. We became friends, and they would come out and see me play. I was very fortunate and had the opportunity to open

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S e v e r a l s t ude nt s of d i f f e r e nt c u lt u r e s a nd backgrounds expressed themselves through rap and poetry. Many issues such as poverty, freedom and politics were expressed through the spoken word of the performers. Instead of just sticking to broader cultural issues, some even chose to speak of very personal experiences.

Jesse Ford, a graduate student, said, “Why do we have children on the streets wrapped in rags, but we can all rap the words to Pretty Boy Swagg?”

Ford went on to speak strongly on many issues central to American society today.

Most of the performers spoke off-handedly, except for English student Jackson Midyette, who read a series of prepared poems from paper. Midyette’s poetry was more of an insight into his personal life, and he said that he tends to write late at night, when he has not eaten and he cannot sleep.

Some other topics discussed were death, abuse and even religion. One speaker pointed out his belief that the statement “America, the land of free” is a false one.

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for them a few times out on tour,” Davis said. “It’s all about the Carolina connection, I guess.”

Currently, Davis is producing albums for Carroll and rising country artist Whitney Duncan. He’s also getting ready for the official release of his newest album “Numbers,” which is now available in digital form on his website.

“I’ve been doing a lot of producing and songwriting, and trying to get as much stuff happening as I can on all fronts,” Davis said.

Davis will be playing on the White Mule stage Friday night with his father, Camden guitar shop ow ner Rust y Dav is, and Colu mbia’s Crossfade guitarist Les Hall. Old industry friend Cary Ann Hearst, an acoustic Americana artist from Charleston, will also join him as the opening act.

There will be an early show at 7 p.m. and a late show immediately following at 9:30 p.m. Tickets will be $10 at the door with a valid student ID.

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to further explain that God’s true freedom is what you really need and that freedom brings responsibility.

The host of the event was Oveous Maximus, a spoken word performer who has made a name for himself through performances he posts online on YouTube. When he hit the stage, the show switched to live recording so that it could be added to his online series, which fi red up the audience.

For these performance artists who were yearning for a spotlight, and for Carolina students equally wanting to experience alternative poetry and rapping, the Spoken Word Night promises to be a continued success.

It set a standard for the rest of the Spoken Word events, which will take place once a month throughout the semester. The next one will be Wednesday, Oct. 20 in the Russell House Theater.

Patrick Davis, a University of South Carolina alum, now produces and writes songs for country artists in Knoxville.

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Carolina squares off with Gophers Gamecocks play host to No. 23 Minnesota squad Ryan Velasquez STAFF WRITER

Nearly a month into the 2010 season, No. 20 South Carolina is once again proving to be an arduous obstacle for its non-conference opponents.

Com ing of f t heir fou r t h st raight Carolina’s Cup title last weekend, the Gamecocks will look to continue to defend their home turf when they take on No. 23 Minnesota tonight at Stone Stadium.

With the start of conference play barely a week away, tonight’s match against Minnesota (6-1-1) will provide one of the last opportunities for Carolina (5-1-1) to continue to make improvements and fine tune its game plan before kicking off the SEC portion of its schedule.

“I think we’re so much further along than we were a couple weeks ago,” USC coach Shelley Smith said. “We went into the season trying to fill some of the roles we lost after last year’s team. The schedule we’ve been playing has been very competitive, and I think it’s giving us a chance to play top opponents, which is what we’re going to need to face when we get into conference play.”

Providing a bit of a cushion in the midst of their difficult non-conference schedule has been a six-match home stand, one in which the Gamecocks have gone 3-1-1 so far and will look to improve against the

Golden Gophers.

“Being at home is such an advantage,” Smith said. “For us to go on the road the first two games of the season and win, that was probably the biggest help for us to learn how to win on the road and come back home and continue that. It’s been a good run.”

Shining brightly during the run has been freshman midfielder Danielle Au. After scoring two goals over the weekend and earning Carolina’s Cup MVP honors, the reigning SEC Freshman of the Week has been a major contributor in Carolina’s game plan. While easing her way into the offense, Au has continued to show steady improvement from game to game and enters tonight’s match tied for second on the team with four points.

“It’s always nerve-racking for freshmen to go into their first college game. I think you’ve seen her every game get a little bit more confident and sure of herself, and now she’s showing what she can do,” Smith said. “She’s definitely done what we thought she could do as a prospect. We didn’t know how she’d do right away, but she’s obviously come through huge and should continue to get better.”

After starting the season with health issues, such as junior defender Ellen Fahey’s knee injury, the Gamecocks enter the final weekend of non-conference play relatively injury free.

Still working to recover, however, is junior midfielder Kortney Rhoades, whose ankle injury could continue to keep her limited tonight.

“Kortney’s had some setbacks. It’s been frustrating for her. It’s been tough on us to figure out how effective she’s going to be,” Smith said. “We’ve been trying to give her more minutes, but she had another issue come up with her ankle so she had to sit out [Monday]; so it’s been up and down for her. Once she gets on more of a routine, I think she’ll start to get back into her game.”

The Gamecocks will look to continue learning from early-season matches and to make the most of goal-scoring opportunities when facing a Minnesota

team that’s outscored opponents 17-4 so far this season.

“We’ve got to come out and play our best game yet this year. They’re going to be a tough opponent,” Smith said. “Every game, we’ve talked about getting a little bit better, and I think we’ve done that.

We obviously did well to outshoot our opponents this past weekend, but we need to make sure that we take advantage of the chances we do create against this team.”

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The USC men’s soccer team returns home this weekend to host the Gamecock Classic with matches against UConn and Iona.. USC coach Mark Berson is very pleased with the team’s progress so far.

“We use the early part of the year to get our team ready,” Berson said. “We play a lot of good competition and that gives us a good measuring stick for where we are and what we need to improve on.”

That competition won’t get easier this

week as both Iona and Connecticut are ranked in their respective regions.

The Gamecocks are looking to defend their home field, where they are 2-0 this season, including a win over Clemson in front of a record audience.

“I want to thank the student support; the home crowd has given us a huge lift,” Berson said. “Our players — they play for their team, for their coaches and most of all, they play for their classmates.”

USC will play against Iona on Friday and against Connecticut on Sunday.

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up your responses with as many right answers as you can.”

The Gamecocks will play Tennessee at 7 p.m. Friday in Knoxville and Kentucky at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Lexington.

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Both UT and UK are coming off backto-back wins. The Gamecocks had a rough 0-6 start to the season but pulled off two home wins against Furman and S.C. State last weekend.

USC coach Ben Somera said he hopes his team can do the same on the road.

“With a young team you’ve got a pretty long laundry list of things you have to get better at,” Somera said. “But I feel pretty good that we can beat anybody when we’re playing well. It’s just a matter of putting things together and eliminating errors.”

Carolina has yet to win an away match, but Somera feels that since the team now knows the routine of winning, it can continue to utilize that routine on the road.

“We have to maintain an environment that allows us to play our best volleyball and not get discouraged point to point, Somera said. “Not one point loses a match; not one point wins a match.”

In their t wo wins this season, the Gamecocks found their rhythm in their offensive and defensive systems. Somera said the team’s focus is on refining these systems before heading into SEC play.

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The USC cross country team will look to build on a strong start when it travels to Winthrop this weekend for its second meet of the season. Junior Beatrice Biwott won the Gamecock Invitational two weeks ago, helping the team to a third-place finish.

Fr e s h m e n L i z L o c k e a n d S c o l a Jepngetich also fi nished in the top 20 at that meet, although both surged early on in the race only to fade at the end.

USC coach Stan Rosenthal has talked to both runners about improving their

strategies for this weekend’s race.

“The two women that got a little too excited — one has been told specifically to stay with the little group that she trains with for at least the first part of the race,” Rosenthal said. “For the other one, I told her to not get in front of Beatrice.”

Ca rol i na won la st yea r’s meet at Winthrop, and Rosenthal said the team hopes to repeat that performance.

“I think we have a good chance of winning, but we’re not going to be the only good team there. The other really good team there is going to be Appalachian State,” Rosenthal said. “There’s going to be 15 teams, so we’re going to try to run and win, but everyone’s goal is to try to do what they’re supposed to do, race-wise and tactic-wise. At the end of the day, if

everyone does that, I think we’ll be very successful.”

Because of the terrain, the course at Winthrop poses a greater challenge to the Gamecocks.

“Winthrop’s a little hillier, so usually what I’m looking for is that obviously we want to beat our t imes from t he home meet, but if we match our times from the home meet, it’s actually still an improvement because the course is slower there,” Rosenthal said. “It’s hard to say if it’s 10 seconds slower or 15 seconds slower, but it’s defi nitely a more difficult course than our course.

Rosent hal said Wint hrop’s course features all of the hills in the first half of the race, which makes it hard to adjust to.

“If you go out too fast at Winthrop, it

really makes the last mile very difficult,” Rosenthal said.

At the Gamecock Invitational, juniors Nicole Rheinlander and Ashley Evens, as well as f reshman Penny Boswell, joined Biwott and Locke as the top five Gamecocks. Several runners also had personal best times. Locke’s time of 18:28.72 was a personal record by 42 seconds, and Rheinlander knocked 24 seconds off her time.

Carolina will look to cont inue its improvement at Winthrop.

“We should have a couple of people, hopefully, in the top 10 and our scoring places in the top 20 to 25,” Rosenthal said.

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