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A LEGEND IS LOST

Remembering a legend A collection of photos from Kenny McKinley’s years at Carolina.

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McKinley with his parents prior to USC’s Senior Day game against Arkansas in 2008. He finished his career at Carolina with several school records.

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McKinley waves to the crowd during USC’s 17-6 win over Georgia on Sept. 11.

One of South Carolina’s most beloved football players is gone.

Kenny McKinley, wide receiver for the Gamecocks from 2005 to 2008, was found dead at his Colorado home in Arapahoe County.

He was 23 years old.

“Kenny was certainly one of my all-time favorite players,” coach Steve Spurrier said Monday night after hearing the news. “He was a wonderful guy. It’s hard to figure it, how or why this happened.”

According to Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, authorities found McKinley’s body in his second-floor master bedroom in Centennial, Colo. at 3:35 p.m. local time. Robinson told the Associated Press that detectives believe McKinley died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.“I don’t understand it, if it happened the way they say,” Spurrier said. “It’s hard to comprehend.”

One of USC’s favorite sons was most recently in town for Carolina’s 17-6 win over Georgia on Sept.

11 when he received a round of applause from the Williams-Brice crowd.

“He came for the Georgia game,” Spurrier said.

“Seemed in good spirits, great smile like he always had.”

McKinley is South Carolina’s all-time leader in both receptions (207) and receiving yards (2,781), and finished his career with 19 touchdowns, good for second on the all-time list at Carolina. His name is enshrined on the ramp between the North and East end zones for his honors.

McKinley’s name is littered across USC’s record books in several other categories, as the native of Mableton, Ga., topped the Carolina list for catches in a season with 77 in 2008 and was seventh all-time in

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games played (48) and fourth all-time in starts (40).

Additionally, he was fourth all-time in 100-yard receiving games with seven.

“I cannot believe this, I am sick to my stomach,” USC athletic director Eric Hyman told The State newspaper. “He was such a great kid.”

In his final game ever at Williams-Brice Stadium, McKinley stood out in the Senior Day win over Arkansas, catching seven passes for 130 yards and a touchdown.

Other highlights of McKinley’s career included a 151-yard receiving effort in an overtime loss to Tennessee in 2007 and a 112-yard, two-touchdown performance over Houston in the 2006 Liberty Bowl.

His first career touchdown came in a 14-10 win at Arkansas in 2005. He also threw a touchdown pass against Kentucky in 2006.

After finishing his stellar career with the Gamecocks, McKinley was taken in the fifth round — 141st overall — by the Denver Broncos in the 2009 NFL Draft. He appeared in eight games last season for the Broncos but did not catch any passes.

He was placed on the injured reserve list for the 2010 season on Aug. 5.

“Kenny had a promising future on the football field, but more importantly, he was a great teammate whose smile and personality could light up the room,” Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said in a statement. “This is a tragic loss for our football team, and his family is in all of our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”

McKinley’s death was the first by a recently-departed Gamecock since the shocking passing of safety Jamacia Jackson in 2008.

McKinley is survived by a young son.

“It’s a sad day,” Spurrier said. “Sad day.”

The word is out that the University of South Carolina had the largest freshman class ever enter its campus in August 2010. But does that mean the quality of the students decreased?

W hile students may have various opinions, the numbers say no.

This year, the Honors College students and the Capstone Scholars have seen an increase in average SAT and ACT scores. For example, the average SAT score for a 2010 Honors College student was 1416, and for Capstone Scholars it was 1313.

The GPA of students entering USC also increased from 3.74 in 2009 to 3.75 in 2010.

Abby Dornblaser, a fourth-year business student, agrees that the quality of students has not declined.

“I believe the reason for the increase in student enrollment has to do with the increasing caliber of students each year. I think the University has a harder time now turning away gifted students,” Dornblaser said.

Other students believe that it could be due to a higher demand from out-of-state students who want to attend to USC. FRESHMEN ● 3

Residence halls challenged to reduce water, electricity usage Laura Beggs

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Universit y Housing and Johnson Controls are teaming up to hold an energy challenge for the 19 eligible dorms on campus.

I n hopes of creat i ng awareness campus-wide about conserving energy,

both groups are urging students to take part in a contest to see who can reduce their energy and water usage the most.

“I think the most important thing about this competition is that you can really get the word out to students that what may seem like a really small change can turn into a big one if we all do it together,” said Margaret Bounds, the coordinator for environmental sustainability.

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Representatives of Johnson Controls discuss USC’s Housing Energy Challenge with students to encourage them to collectively reduce their energy and water usage.

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Coastal hotel projects underwayy CH A RLESTON — At least a half dozen hotel projects are in the works in historic Charleston on the South Carolina coast in a sign the recession may be fading.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Monday that hotel occupancy on the Charleston peninsula has increased every month since last spring. Last month alone, occupancy was up more than 12 percent over August of 2009.

The hotel projects range from those under way to some still in the planning stages, although there is some worry whether the industry can support the new inventory as the economy recovers.

College of Charleston tourism professor John Crotts said the recent increase in tourism resulted from visitors who would have visited the Gulf Coast this year had the devastating Gulf oil spill not occurred.

Crotts said new construction will stimulate the local economy but the spike in visitors may drop as people return to the Gulf to vacation.

“The unusual spike we’ve had in occupancy and average daily rate may not be permanent,” he said.

Local hotelier Hank Holliday, who owns the Planters Inn and Doubletree Inn and Suites in the popular City Market area, is more blunt about the new hotels. “If all of those get built, we will have a bloodbath,” he said.

He said new hotels will have to charge higher prices to pay for the projects.

“They’re going to demand a rate north of $160 to $170 per night,” he said. “That’s not achievable at present.”

Perrin Lawson, the deputy director of the Charleston A rea Convention and Visitors Bureau says many developers started working on their plans before the Great Recession hit.

“Based on the results we’ve had for the past several months, it has given these developers the confidence to go ahead,” he said.

Hotelier Duane Parrish, president of the South Carolina Hospitality Association, said Charleston has a broad market that makes it better able to deal with rough patches in the economy.

“We have an even mix of business and leisure travelers which makes people want to build or invest in hotels here,” he said. “Now is the time to do that when capital is available.”

— Compiled by The Associated Press

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The remains of a burned house are seen on Monday in Harriman, Utah, after a destructive fire swept through.

Commander of Utah National Guard takes blame for wildfire H ER R I M A N, Ut a h — T he commander of t he Utah A rmy National Guard took responsibility Monday for a fast-moving wildfi re that led to the evacuation of 1,600 homes, saying Guard officials erred when they allowed live-fire training despite high wind warnings.

Gen. Brian Tarbet said he was “deeply sorry” about what he called a “systemat ic failure” at Camp Williams, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake Cit y. The f lames also destroyed three houses and damaged a fourth.

“Our mission is to support our citizens, not to endanger them, and we failed in that yesterday,” Tarbet said.

Tarbet said no one checked to see if the National Weather Service

had posted a “red flag” high-wind warning before permitt ing t he machine gun exercise to proceed in tinder-dry conditions. He also said guard commanders waited two hours to call outside fi re agencies for help.

It was only the latest example of military training activities sparking large fires at Camp Williams and other facilities.

Utah National Guard officials say they can usually contain any flames, but local leaders questioned the decision to fire weapons at all.

“It’s a regular occurrence with any type of training — small flareups we deal with,” Lt. Col. Hank McIntire said Monday as the fire retreated to the interior of the camp, which, at 44 square miles, is

nearly twice the size of Manhattan.

The f lames were ig n ited Sunday by practice rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun. National Guard crews t hought t hey had the blaze quickly contained, until overnight winds of more than 40 mph fanned the fire across more than 6 square miles.

“People are upset, and I don’t blame them,” Salt Lake Count y Sheriff Jim Winder said Monday.

“They’re getting chased out of their house in the middle of night.”

The National Guard pitched in to fight the flames, deploying 120 soldiers, as well as seven bulldozers and three Black Hawk helicopters.

When the drill got under way, the National Guard said the fire hazard was moderate.

INTERNATIONAL

Hurricane Igor sweeps through Bermuda, knocks out power with no major damage HAMILTON, Bermuda — Hurricane Igor kicked up dangerous surf along the eastern U.S. seaboard Monday after brushing past Bermuda and knocking out power to half the population.

The storm, already blamed for sweeping three people to their deaths, clung to hurricane status with winds of 75 mph as it sped away from the United States on a path projected to take it close by Newfoundland, Canada, on Tuesday.

In this tiny British Atlantic territory, the storm toppled trees and utility poles as its center passed 40 miles to the west overnight. Several boats ran aground, including a ferry, The Bermudian, that is used to bring cruise ship passengers to shore. No major damage or injuries were reported.

By Monday afternoon, the hurricane’s center was about 725 miles southwest of Newfoundland and moving to the northeast at 28 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.

A tropical storm warning was issued for the coast of Newfoundland, where people were urged to prepare for possible flooding and power outages.

The Canadian company Husk y Energ y began evacuating workers from two semi-submersible drill rigs working the White Rose offshore oilfield, spokeswoman Colleen McConnell said.

Igor was not a direct threat to the United States, but forecasters said it would cause high surf and dangerous rip currents.

A 21-year-old man died while surfi ng in the stormchurned waves off Surf City, N.C, where he was pulled from the water on Sunday afternoon. Last week, the high surf kicked up by Igor swept two people out to sea in the Caribbean — one in Puerto Rico and another in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The National Weather Service in New York City said Igor was likely to churn up breaking waves of 6 to 10 feet Monday while passing about 600 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island. A high surf advisory was issued for the city through Tuesday morning.

Bermuda’s power utility reported that roughly 28,700 customers lost electricity on the British territory of 68,000 inhabitants. It said approximately half the island was without power.

In Mangrove Bay at the island’s western end, two sailboats were driven onto the shore, their masts leading against trees. A fishing vessel also ran aground nearby with a large hole in its side. The cruise ship ferry ran

aground near the town of St. George.

But islanders said the impact did not compare with Hurricane Fabian, which killed four people when it hit Bermuda as a Category 3 hurricane in 2003.

“This was a powder puff compared to Fabian,” Claude Wright, 67, said as he surveyed the damage.

Richard Simons, who rents out cottages near Elbow Beach, said he found only downed branches on his property Monday morning.

“It will just take some sweeping and raking to clean up,” he said.

Officials said schools would be closed Monday and Tuesday.

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A resident climbs from the excursion boat “Bermudian,” after it broke loose and was pushed to shore by Hurricane Igor.

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Community Service Report reveals economic impact Sara Hartley

ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

The second annual Community Service Report for the University of South Carolina revealed a local economic contribution of more than $7 million in volunteer time and money during the 2009-10 school year.

A total of 23,436 USC students, faculty and staff members contributed to 346,678 volunteer hours throughout the year, the report indicated.

“There’s so many different parts of the University doing great projects and giving back to the community,” said Michelle Peer, program advisor for Community Service Programs (CSP).

The annual report serves to keep track of what the University is doing for the community across the board and celebrate that, Peer said.

The Office of Campus Life, however, continues to look ahead.

With the recent introduction of the Gamecocks Giving Back challenge, the office is asking at least 2,010 USC students, faculty and staff members to give 10 hours of community service this academic year.

“It is a brand new initiative that we’re implementing for this academic year,” Peer said. “We’re really opening it up to any students, faculty or staff, and are hoping to exceed the goal but [also] just have everyone commit to the spirit of giving back.”

VV Members of the Carolina community can commit to the Gamecocks Giving Back program by signing a pledge form online via the University website.

“There are absolutely no restrictions as to where or how students can serve to honor their commitment,” said Jennifer Conner, fourth-year international business student and president of Carolina Service Council.

CSP is also working with University Technology Services to create an online database for students to track their community service hours, Peer said.

The goal is to have the online database implemented by October. With this new tracking system, Peer also said CSP is planning to start recognizing students who complete 100 hours of community service during a school year. “[Volunteer hours] can be really good for their resume ... and can show skills that are important to employers,” Peer said.

Conner also testified to the benefits of doing community service.

Hav ing joined Carolina Ser v ice Cou ncil to meet people during her fi rst semester at USC, Conner said the program has since connected her to leadership and career opportunities. Volunteer work also makes her feel part of the community.

“Through service, I have learned so much about Columbia’s needs and the people working hard to improve this city, and since I have tried to do my part, I feel comfortable calling it my home as well,” she said.

23,436 students, faculty and staff members who participated in volunteer work

346,678 total hours of community service

$5.6 million economic impact of volunteer work

$1.4 million

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given in philanthropic donations

$7,041,994 total economic impact

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SEASON HIGH IN STUDENT TICKETS SCANNED The student section of Williams-Brice Stadium was empty in the second half of Saturday’s game against Furman, but it sure doesn’t mean students were never there.

USC’s student section was closer to capacity than it’s been all year, with 9,269 students attending this weekend, according to student ticketing coordinator Patrick Donovan.

At the gates of Williams-Brice Stadium, 9,104 tickets were scanned during the Georgia win, and 8,188 were scanned during the season-opening victory over Southern Miss.

There was no lottery for the Furman game, as every student who requested a ticket received one, Donovan said.

“I think it’s impressive we got that many people in for the Furman game,” Donovan said.

It was also the lowest amount of no-shows this year. Up to 9,637 tickets were distributed for this game, which means only 368 students didn’t show up without canceling their tickets. The Georgia win had 646 no-shows, and more than 1,200 didn’t show for the Southern Miss. contest.

Donovan said about 160 students appealed after the Georgia game, saying they were inside the game but not counted. The appeals were largely granted, Donovan said.

Donovan said he was pleased by the reduction in noshows. He expects a large number of students to request tickets for the Alabama game Oct. 9.

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tak ing a shor ter shower ca n help dorms win in the water category.

The Housing Energy Challenge has been taking place annually beginning in the Fall of 2008. Two dorms win each semester, including the one with the greatest energ y reduction and the one with the most conservation of water. The winners from last Fall were Sout h Quad for energ y a nd McClintock for water, while Sims won for energy and Thornwell for water in the Spring.

Brooke Beadle , I M BA g raduate st udent a nd i nter n i n t he Green Quad, wants students to be aware of the competition and the effects of changing their lifestyle.

“We would like to make students more awa re of energ y sav i ng s so they can carry that into their lives after school,” Beadle said. “If they’re rewarded maybe they will realize what they can do in their own homes to cut costs as well as help the environment.”

Ta n see s t he Hou s i ng E nerg y Cha l lenge as one step towa rd becoming a greener campus and hopes that the event will eventually lead to something bigger.

“Later on we want to extend this to all of the other buildings across campus,” Tan said.

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“I think there are more out-of-state students who come to USC because they want to move away from home and they fall in love with the campus. I am out-ofstate and a lot of my friends are out-of-state, so USC is defi nitely becoming more popular,” said Mary Kate Warner, a second-year marine science student.

According to the Admissions Office, there are at least 500 more freshman students than last year’s class, with a total of 4,392 new students. However, even with this increase, the in-state to out-of-state ratio has remained the same.

“Surprisingly, the in-state to out-of-state ratio has remained for both 2009 and 2010 [at] 57 percent South Carolina residents and 43 percent out-of-state residents,” Admissions Director Connie Scrivens said.

Scrivens also said that the reason for the increase in freshman numbers had to do with demand and budget cuts.

“There was defi nitely a greater demand in the number of applicants this year as well as the quality of students. We did not want to sacrifice the quality of our students though. However, we hoped that with the 500 more students would make up for the budget cuts and keep tuition low,” Scrivens said. “We hope that these students would help with the spreading of the costs.”

Despite the increase in SAT scores and GPA of this year’s freshman class, the Admissions Office is unsure whether the number of freshmen for 2011 will stay the same or increase.

“Right now it is too early to tell what will happen next year. What we can say is that the quality of students has been a steady increase at USC for the last 10 years so we will see, but it is too early to predict,” Scrivens said.

Bounds, one of the main facilitators of t h is event along w it h Joh nson Controls, hopes the Housing Energy Challenge will help st udents take cont rol of t heir energ y and water consumption.

To qu a l i f y, a dor m mu s t h ave a meter capable of measuring both the energy and water consumption.

The contest began in Aug ust and will end in December. The winners of the challenge will be determined by the rate of reduction per square foot from the dorm’s measurement last year. The dorms with the highest percentage of reduction in energy and water will receive one of many prizes offered, including an iPod or a variety of gift cards.

S e a k- H w a Ta n a n d W i l l i a m Raines are Johnson Controls’ on-site representatives working with facilities on campus. Johnson Controls is a global company that specializes in products and services that optimize e n e r g y a n d w o r k o n b u i ld i n g s’ operat iona l ef f icienc y. A s USC’s partner in energy, they are committed to sustainability.

“One of the most important ways to conserve energy is if you are not using you r elect rical applia nce, u nplug it, and turn off your lights. It is the fastest and easiest way,” Tan said.

Switching an incandescent light bulb for a compact f luorescent light bulb is another way to help out. Also,

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USC freshman class WANNA FANTA? bigger, yet smarter Student complexes incompetent

When we at The Daily Gamecock first heard about the 4,400 -strong freshmen horde invading our university, the largest ever seen, we lifted our eyes up to the heavens and pleaded for mercy. They would no doubt overrun our fortifications and overcrowd our dining halls and dormitories and, worst of all, lower the average high school GPA and SAT scores, diluting the value of our education.

But the latter has not “USC has increased come to pass. In fact, quantity without t he GPA of entering freshmen act ually decreasing quality, slightly increased. Also, ou r Honor s Col lege and made money.” comrades are now sitting pretty on a 1416 average SAT score and the Capstone Scholars at a lucky 1313. It seems the University didn’t just accept everyone who applied to fill the budget gap.

This is impressive. USC has increased quantity without decreasing quality, and made a bunch of cash in the process. Even more impressive, it has retained the same ratio of in-state to out-of-state students. The only ratio that has changed is the number of sub-par students to excellent ones.

In this case, USC had its cake and ate it, too. It got a little fat off that cake, and now it can’t fit into some of the old dorms it used to wear, but at least it tasted good.

Off-campus communities promise much but problems outweigh their high price Attention on-campus students! In the next few months you will be bombarded with an assortment of f lyers, ads and market ing representat ives from offcampus college complexes that will try to entice you with offers of living in a college wonderland of apartments, cottages and lofts. They will tell you all sorts of things about g reat “dea ls,” excel lent “c o m mu n it ie s” a nd a l l sorts of “benefits” you get from living in one of these complexes. Students, do not be fooled. Living in one of Michelle these complexes can be hell.

Fantone Fourth-year Let me just share my story. political science I currently live in one and sociology of the “premiere” student student complexes. I pay a rent upward of $500, and I can officially say I pay too much for the service I am given. The people who run these communities are some of the most incompetent I have ever come across.

Yes, the communities do offer a couple of great things: most have nice living quarters built within the past three or four years, most have individual bathrooms and all have pools. But that’s about where the niceties stop. Living in these new houses does not guarantee you won’t have to deal with repairs. These buildings are

built so fast and cheaply that I’ve had to call in more repair requests than many of my friends who live in houses are older than my parents.

I, and many of my neighbors, have on many occasions called our off ice numerous times to get help only to be ignored and forced to call again and again.

My community is gated, and yet half the time the gate does not work, causing numerous headaches for visitors and residents. When I do try to use the pool on a relaxing, hot Saturday afternoon, I am kicked out because they have decided to use that time to re-chlorinate ... on a Sat urday afternoon! I have a hard time figuring out when our shuttle is running — and it seems to break quite a lot — because our management won’t send out e-mails to its residents. Instead, it sporadically updates its Facebook page, and unfortunately, I don’t sit on Facebook all day long. I could keep going, but I have a 500-word limit here.

Now, some communities have better management than others, and that really makes a whole lot of difference. So, if you do choose to live in one, try to talk to people who live there now and get the whole truth. Honestly, I would much prefer to pay $300 a month and live in a crappy house near Five Points where I am may be one of five tenants instead of being one out of 800. At least that way, if my landlord was just as much of a pain in the butt as the ones I have now, I’d simply feel like I was getting my money’s worth.

US citizens should embrace other languages Nation lacks enthusiasm for speaking anything other than ‘American’ What is it with Americans and their lack of motivation when it comes to learning about other languages and cultures? I hear every day that this is America and here we speak “American,” but what happens when we carry the same attitude to Germany or France? I don’t want to be that American who sits down at a French café and orders a Bud Lite instead of champagne. We live in a country that speaks the lingua franca and has a geographical isolation from countries that do not speak English, but I believe in order to show respect toward other countries, we should at least learn some basic phrases in the native tongue. It’s not that hard to learn how to say “Where is the bathroom?” in another language. Pamphlets with basic phrases in other languages are easily available at one’s local bookstore. I love my country, but can Americans at least make some sort of effort in appreciating other languages and cultures?

In regards to educating its citizens about foreign languages, the American education system is pathetic. In my high school, only

t wo years of a foreign language class are required to graduate. Though two years may be enough to comprehend basic phrases such as “W here are you?” and “I like to draw,” linguistic development slows as one ages.

These phrases, since they are not used in a daily setting, are often forgotten quickly after one leaves the class. Italians begin their foreign language classes as early as six years of age, when minds are open to learning new languages. English is a required Steven language, but many students take Kramer French or German as well. By First-year the time Italian students are 17, business student they can speak two languages other than Italian with a great degree of proficiency. Even England, the cradle of English, requires several years of education in a foreign language. English school children can easily babble away in French or German.

Compared to the rest of the world, language education in the United States is lackluster and in dire need of repair.

One remedy I suggest to revamp our language

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education programs is a technique used by the Chinese in order to learn English. People may believe the Chinese would love to see America destroyed, but this is not the case. Surprisingly, the Chinese love our culture and are desperate to learn English. American films and books are devoured by the Chinese in a desperation to reap the forbidden fruit known as America. In his book “Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language,” author Robert McCrum describes how hundreds of Chinese university students gather in large groups to practice English via a technique known as “Crazy English.” Here, students learn to speak English before learning to read and write it and are immersed in English; there is not a word of Chinese spoken. These excited students often repeatedly shout their English phrases because the credo of this technique is “To shout loud, you learn.” A mericans need to thrust themselves into the world of languages.

There needs to be passion and engagement with learning a language. If the American school system can’t embody this passion as seen in “Crazy English,” then Americans will remain in a state of linguistic ignorance.

Saturday night after the game, many students were hungry, and with the exorbitant cost of even a hot dog at the stadium most probably hadn’t eaten the entire time. But those of us who wanted to eat and needed to use a meal plan meal were sorely disappointed. The latest time any campus dining lo c at io n i s o p e n o n Saturdays is 9 p.m., long before the game ended. On Fridays a n d Su nday s, the latest t ime you Sydney can eat Patterson dinner First-year print i s 1 0 journalism student p.m. For h u n g r y, poor college kids who already spent plenty of money on meal plans this was a problem.

Why are some dining halls open until 3 a.m. on weeknights? Who in their right mind would want to be up that late when they have class the next day? It makes no sense for the facilities to be open t hat late, requiring workers for t hat shift, when t hey honestly can’t be getting t h at muc h bu si ne s s .

Yet, on Saturday night, when hordes of hungry col lege st udent s a re flocking back to campus after hours of moshing t o “ S a n d s t o r m ,” everywhere on campus is closed. If the “Late Night Break fast” ex periment af ter t he Sout hern M ississippi game proved anything it was t hat af ter a football game the pregame snacks are a faded memor y. They could be getting much more business and mak ing st udents happier and well fed if they would just keep dining halls open to the same times as weeknights. And if the problem with this is that the University doesn’t have the resources to pay workers for t hat time, switch them from weeknights to weekends.

It rea l ly ma kes no sense for every dining option to be closed on t he weekend s , when st udents are act ually up at 3 a.m., and then b e o p e n d u r i n g t he weeknights, when they generally aren’t. In the interest of the students, as well as profits, later weekend hours are the right way to go.

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“It’s hard for me to put my feelings into words.”

— Joaquin Phoenix TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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‘Easy A’ more than makes grade Intelligent, charming satire features hilarious star turn in Emma Stone

Easy A NOW IN THEATERS ★ ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩

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“Easy A,” directed by Will Gluck , doubles as a witty and biting high school satire in the vein of “Clueless” and “Mean Girls” and a clever spin on everyone’s favorite required reading in high school, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” The movie focuses on the trials and tribulations of Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone), a smart and sassy social outcast who would rather stay home and belt out Natasha Bedingfield than go to a party involving activities of questionable legality.

After a weekend alone with “Pocketful of Sunshine,” Olive, afraid of what her best friend might think of her, creates a story of a steamy weekend with a community college boy named George, which ostensibly involves Olive “losing” her virginity. This gossip is overheard by the local high school Jesus freak, Marianne (Amanda Bynes), and the scandalous rumor spreads like wildfire.

Eventually, Olive is solicited by various high school outcasts to pretend to have sex with them in exchange for money. Olive beings sewing a scarlet “A” onto her clothes and goes about the school flaunting her “slutty” personality. Eventually, Olive’s fictional whoring around begins to have unintended and unexpected consequences.

T he h igh l ight of “Eas y A” is t he rema rk able performance of Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast.

Parsing through the words and witticisms at lightning speed, Stone conducts a very special kind of alchemy and turns a dime-a-dozen outcast role into acting gold. The movie is rife with allusions, and Olive is a charming, intelligent and altogether sophisticated young woman very reminiscent of Ellen Page in Diablo Cody’s 2007

Director: Will Gluck Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson Run Time: 93 minutes Rating: PG-13 for teen sexuality, language, some drug use indie hit “Juno”.

In fact, “Easy A” owes huge debts to not only one of the best films of 2007 but to the previously mentioned “Scarlet Letter” and the late director John Hughes’ entire body of work. What makes “Easy A” work is the conflation of Emma Stone’s performance and the ironic, self-aware use of references and cliches in order to enhance the story; Olive is a prostitute with a heart of gold even though she isn’t a “prostitute” by strict definition. She even gets her unnecessary musical number at one point, just like all those ’80s high school movies she watched, and we identify with her sense of isolation throughout the movie, even when she’s wearing the infamous scarlet letter.

What prevents “Easy A” from being an unqualified success is also one of its strengths — its overwhelming sense of irony and stylization, which often juxtaposes awkwardly against the rest of the movie. Attempts to make characters exaggerated caricatures for laughs and leaves most of them lacking any sort of emotional depth.

At some times the comedy falls into slapstick, and at other times it tries too hard to be hip and ironic, and ends up coming off a little cynical in its attempts to make the viewer laugh (unoriginal jabs at Facebook, I’m looking at you). Jokes are often placed within dramatic scenes, but rather than lightening the mood they only

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Star Emma Stone delivers jokes with lightning-fast speed in “Easy A.”

serve to cheapen the dramatic moments the film offers.

Overall, the comedy tends to be hit or miss, but when it hits, it’s very funny, and it hits more often than not.

“Easy A” is a fi lm significantly boosted by the great performance of Emma Stone, who adds nuance and emotional depth to a script that is sly and witty, yet is overly stylized and lacks character development for the supporting actors roles. Despite these flaws, “Easy A” does more than make the grade, and while it’s not an A+, it certainly deserves a solid B. Comments on this story?

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‘Coco’ full of beauty French drama contains lavish period details, lacks engaging narrative Thomas Moore

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Affleck: ‘I’m Still Here’ faked Doc blurs definition of truth, incites debate Jimmy Gilmore THE MIX EDITOR

and commentators who don’t see a point to the stunt, and still stare in disgust as its hyperbolic look at public and private disintegration.

The Columbia community will have to wait to judge the film on its own terms until October, when the Nickelodeon Theatre will screen it from October 8 to October 14. Regardless of what the film itself shows or doesn’t show, and regardless of what it reveals about Joaquin Phoenix as an actor and Casey Affleck as a filmmaker, the conversation about whether it’s an appropriate, insightful or even necessary joke certainly refuses to calm down, even among circles who haven’t seen the movie.

Aff leck calls it “the performance of [ Joaquin Phoenix’s] career,” but the general consensus from critics is one of either shock or dismissal; entertainment writers don’t like to be t ricked. Of course, maybe the broader commentary is directed at those very same columnists and consumers who, in Februar y of 2009, ate up Phoenix’s now-legendary interview with David Letterman and followed his every bizarre move with pure conviction until Affleck announced the “documentary.”

Phoenix will return to the “Late Show with David Letterman” this Wednesday (out of character) to hopefully add a bit of closure to the film’s rabid reception.

Maybe the conversation surrounding “I’m Still Here” has far more to say about how we process the blurred line between rea l it y a nd const r uc t ion, bet ween documentary and narrative, than the actual film could possibly yield.

To believe that any documentary could possibly contain the reality of a situation, a moment, a person, is inherently foolish.

Aff leck did indeed create a space, but not one for spectators to “believe what’s happening is real.”

Rather, he’s sliced open a vein in the broader cult ural commu nit y where others can debate what constitutes the truth, why truth matters and how truth, spectacle, exploitation, celebrit y and performance can possibly intermingle.

That’s a far greater accomplishment.

That’s entertainment.

It’s been quite the weekend for the Aff leck brothers. Older brother Ben’s sophomore directing effort, “The Town,” captured the No. 1 spot at the box office while taking in respectable notices from almost all major critics, securing him as a surprisingly effective talent behind the camera.

But things were a little more interesting for younger brother Casey, who fi nally put speculation to rest about his hotly debated documentary, “I’m Still Here,” which is currently in limited release.

The doc — which follows Oscarnominee Joaquin Phoenix’s decision to “give up” acting in favor of a hip-hop career and develop a drug problem, a mountain man beard and a couple dozen more pounds at the same time — was an act of what Affleck is calling “gonzo filmmaking.”

In an interview with the New York Times where Affleck blew the lid off his elaborate hoax (although he refuses to use that word), he remarked he and Phoenix “wanted to create a space” where “you believe what’s happening is real.”

The interview came on the heels of some ravaging reviews of the film by the nation’s leading critics. The Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News and Slate are among the publications that gave the film zero stars. The Los Angeles Times, seeming to believe the film is mostly real, called it “embarrassing and exploitative at best.”

Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly used that same language in praise of t he f ilm, calling it “an artf ul piece of e x ploit at ion ver ite ,” a nd m a ny ot her publ ic at ion s appl aude d t he mockumentary for delving so deeply into celebrity reality culture.

“I’m Still Here” has been one of the most hotly debated films of the year, and Affleck’s announcement won’t quell the firestorm. Those in praise of the film as an elaborate fake see it as a marvelous dissection of the public’s worship of celebrity breakdowns and our culture’s obsession and commoditization of gossip. Comments on this story?

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M ade for lover s of beaut y by lovers of beaut y, Dutch director Jan Kounen’s “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” is a lush period piece set in and around Paris in 1920.

The film begins with a depiction of t he i n f a mou s M ay 29, 1913, Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” — the same premiere that incited a riot due to its “outrageous” arrangement and ballet.

W it h sha r p ca mera work a nd prec ise, del iberate ed it i ng, t he scene patiently builds as the agitated aud ience becomes ever more restless. As “The Rite of Spring” comes to a climax, the scene closes with the theater in a relative state of bourgeois anarchy.

The narrative then jumps forward to 1920, when Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (Mads Mikkelsen) and his family are exiled during the Russian Civil War. Admiring his daring 1913 premiere, Coco Chanel ( pl aye d b y t he s t u n n i n g A n n a Mouglalis) offers t he Strav insk y family the use of her countryside home just outside of Paris. It isn’t long before the suggestive looks between Coco and Igor turn into scenes of intense passion.

As their affair continues, Coco a nd Igor t r y to h ide t he t r ut h from Stravinsky’s now-ailing wife, K atarina ( Yelena Morozova) . A s they continually switch bet ween their roles as lovers and hostess/ g uest, t heir ca noodling qu ick ly becomes apparent to all within the house. The tension builds as the two pursue professional goals: Coco searches for the perfect scent for her new perfume and Igor labors on his latest composition.

Rife with gorgeous close-ups, the fi lm focuses much of the audience’s attention on the faces of Mikkelsen a nd Mougla l is. Shot w it h each intentional gaze in mind, the viewer is drawn into the relationship. The camera’s proximity to the adulterous couple remains a focus throughout, a nd e c ho e s t he i nt i m a c y t he y experience in the affair.

Their i nvolvement event ua l ly leads K atarina to leave wit h t he c h i ld r e n , le a v i n g b e h i nd o n l y Igor, Coco and their ever-waning ent a nglement. A s bot h creators struggle toward t he next step in their careers, their mutual passion

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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky NOW IN THEATERS ★ ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩

Director: Jan Kounen Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis, Yelena Morozova, Grigori Lindinger Run Time: 115 minutes Rating: R for some strong sexuality and nudity. simultaneously drives t hem and pulls them apart.

Throughout t he f ilm, t he pervasive sense of period impresses, f r o m t he s p ut t e r i n g ho r s e le s s carriages of Paris to t he elegant decanters of Chanel’s home. Kounen c reate s a rom a nt ic at mo sphere into which Coco and Igor’s sex y and tastefully shot encounters are appropriately inserted.

The boldness and elegance of the film’s visual language, combined with the effective intertwining of Stravinsky’s orchestrations almost ove r s h adow t he s p a r s e , a nd at times sub-par, script, which Chris Greenhalgh adapted from his novel i n col laborat ion w it h Ca rlo De Boutiny and Kounen. This is not a fi lm for the easily bored. However, if beautifully represented art about art is your thing, “Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsk y” will be right up your alley.

“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” i s pl a y i n g at t he N ic k elo de o n Theat re t hrough t his Thursday, Sept. 23.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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