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USC offense falls flat in Athens

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TCoop renovations underway Mary Ramsey

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8 CARRIES 34 RUSHING YARDS 4.4 YARDS PER CARRY Sara Yang / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

A.J. Turner received eight carries while Mon Denson, Ty’Son Willams and Jake Bentley each had three on Saturday.

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I n S o u t h C a r o l i n a’s 24 10 d e f e at o n S at u r d a y, t h e G a mecock s’ r u n ga me a nd o f f e n s i v e l i n e s t r u g g le d t o consistently produce against a physical Bulldog defense.

South Carolina recorded just 11 rushing yards at halftime and fi nished with 43 total.

Quarterback Jake Bentley put it simply, saying “If you look at their defense, I mean not many teams are able to run the ball against them.”

South Carolina’s offensive line had trouble stopping Georgia’s inside linebackers Roquan Smith and Reggie Carter from making dynamic plays. Smith and Carter combined for 16 total tackles, t wo sack s and 2.5 tack les for losses.

G eorg ia f requent ly put pressure on Bentley, forcing him to scramble away from would-be tacklers and to make plays with his arm. With the presence of offensive lineman Zack Bailey back from injury, a connection was established between Bentley

and the offensive line.

But it was not enough.

The Bulldogs’ pressure led t he Gamecocks to t hrow t wo interceptions, give up two sacks and allow five tackles for loss in the game.

A.J. Turner had eight carries compared to three each for the other South Carolina running backs and Bentley. Turner ran for a total of 35 yards. The closest behind Turner was Mon Denson, who picked up nine yards.

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USC students looking to get their studying done at Thomas Cooper Library will have to work around construction in the coming weeks, but they’ll be rewarded next semester with a full service Starbucks.

Graduate student Tyler Jones, who also got his undergraduate degree at USC, expects that students will be pleased with the final result.

“It’ll be pretty good, instead of having to walk over to Russell House like I did this morning,” he said.

Still, others like fourth-year business student Sarah Robertson are a bit more skeptical about the change.

“It’s sounds good to me, but we also have one right over in Russell,” she said. “So I don’t really see the point.”

“Cooper’s Corner,” which served a limited menu of Starbucks products, is already closed. In order to work around the construction zone, a temporary cafe has been set up. It offers hot coffee and some food options along with a microwave and toaster.

Multiple vending machines that were already in place are also still accessible.

The renovated cafe will open with a “full menu” at the start of the spring semester on Jan. 16, 2018.

Students give back at Habitat ReStore prett y f un,” said A lex Braz, fi rst-year international business @THEGAMECOCK st udent. “I felt like it was a more productive use of my time A sea of st udents showing than sleeping.” of f t he i r G a me c o c k p r id e The ReStore was founded in gathered on Saturday’s chilly order to fund Habitat for morning to register for Hu ma n it y projec t s Ser v ice Sat u rday. in the community The gameday and has now excitement was become the juxtaposed nonprofit w i t h organization’s eagerness main source to ser ve the of income. community. “ It ’s 9 4 A group to 96 cent s of 25 US C on the dollar st udent s i n n o n p r o f i t ,” particular said ReStore volunteered with operations manager t he Habitat Mike Vinson. “We for Humanity: Hannah Dear / THE DAILY GAMECOCK k e ep fou r to s i x ReStore to cents out of every help with store dollar.” upkeep and moving furniture.

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Tackling troubles haunt Gamecocks in loss to UGA Logan Jennes

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While South Carolina’s d e f e n s e hu n g a r o u n d f o r a m aj o r it y of t h e g a me , No. 1 G e or g i a a nd it s potent of fen se

couldn’t be stopped in a 24-10 victory over the Gamecocks at Sanford Stadium on Saturday.

Georgia running back s Nick Chubb and Sony Michel both rank i n t he To p 20 i n t he

SEC i n r ush i ng yards, touchdowns and yards per carry, making them one of the hardest duos to stop in the nation. It did not help that the Gamecocks failed to complete tackles.

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SJMC students stay up for CreateAthon Christopher Lorensen @THEGAMECOCK

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Students and staff stayed overnight to develop their multimedia plans.

A classroom is not somewhere you would expect to find students gathered at 11 p.m. on a Friday night. Unless, of course, that classroom is in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and it’s their annual CreateAthon, a 24-hour blitz of pro-bono work for local nonprofits looking to improve their relationship with the local community.

One of those organizations this year was Ensemble Eclectica, a new experience c reated by Su z a n n a Pavlov sk y t h at combines multiple forms of audio and visual art into one setting. For the students of

CreateAthon, it was a blank slate they can help mold and bring to the attention of the local community.

“We have so much room to play that it’s kind of like there’s no direction we can go in that isn’t beneficial,” said Emily Michal Turner, fourth-year advertising major and co-team manager for Ensemble Eclectica. “By giving [Pavlovsky] effective communication materials it’s a lot easier for her to leave CreateAthon and go out into the artistic community and really come out with a bang.”

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Local students eligible to vote in Tuesday’s local elections Thom Barnes

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USC st udent s who a re a lso resident s of t he Colu mbia area w ill have t he chance to cast their ballot this week, but the question rema i ns: W il l t hey actually go to the polls?

Local mu n icipal elections will be held in Columbia on Tuesday.

During this election, the city will decide who will be sitting on the cit y council seats for districts one and four.

Mayor Steve Benjamin is unopposed, so that position will not be on the ballot.

W it h t he elec t ion pressing, most students s a id t h at t he y we r e unaware of it. One such individual was thirdyea r i nter nat iona l business student Chris Fetemie.

“I didn’t k now [the elect ion] was Nov. 7, but I k new there was one i n t h is mont h ,” Fetemie said. “I don’t really know too much about t he candidates a nd I d id n’t wa nt to make an ill-informed decision.”

After learning about the election however, Fetem ie sa id he planned on going out

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Longtime Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is upposed in his bid for another four year team as mayor. and voting.

“It ’s t he f i r st step to something bigger,” Fet e m ie s a id. “ L i ke the game of Jenga, if you take out the very bot tom cube, most likely everything else on t he top layers are going to fall out, so you need to make sure you have a solid base.”

While many students said they were unaware of the election, some si mply d id not ca re.

First-year mechanical eng i neer i ng st udent K hadeem Dennis, af ter learning of t he election, still did not plan on voting.

“I’m really just not interested in polit ics honestly,” Dennis said. “ Us u a l l y no m at t e r w h a t y o u v o t e , i t ’s usually just not really

a change, so it’s just not s o me t h i n g t h at interests me.”

While most students had no idea of t he specifics of the election, many said t hey were determined to go out a nd v ot e a f t e r t he y were informed, such as third-year marketing st udent Dav id Toro.

Toro was completely unaware of the election.

However, after learning of its existence, said he would most likely be going out to vote.

“I t h i n k it’s important because, you know, it is the city we live in,” Toro said.” You have to choose what you want for your city, and if you don’t do it, there’s no way for you to actually make that impact on it.”

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CREATEPAGE1 Turner is part of Karen Mallia’s creative leadership class, which manages the much of the event. They not only participate in the main 24 hours of CreateAthon, but also work with the nonprofits throughout the semester to come up with a media plan. Turner says that part is pretty straightforward, the real challenge comes in meeting the creative design team.

“Our biggest fear was that because Ensemble Eclectica is so hard to put into words that when we described it to them they wouldn’t be able to grasp the abstract concept,” Turner said. “All of our worries were gone within about the first two hours. I really like our team.”

Aside from brainstorming and creative “jam sessions,” the two biggest moments of CreateAt hon are t he m idnight preview and the final presentations at noon. The midnight preview can be quite nerve-wracking since everyone is showing off what they have thus far.

Some groups come out of it with raving reviews, while others may get feedback that sends them running back to the drawing board. Turner’s group had their feet back under them within an hour and had each aspect ready for deadline by 8 a.m., leaving three hours to spare to finalize the presentation for the client.

In the end, Pavlovsky was pleased with the results. “ T he t e a m d id a n e x t r e mel y phenomenal, fantastic job,” Pavlovsky said. “I knew we were in good hands.”

Ensemble Eclectica left CreateAthon with “a general rebranding.”

“We have done a logo, a website, a style guide with the corresponding colors, themes every which way that she can use her logo, a tag line, social media and social media guidebook, PR template, radio spot, billboard ad, three promotional videos, an event flier and a concert program,” Turner said.

Other nonprofits selected for this years creative teams were Beginnings SC, Carolina Children’s Garden, Eat Smart Move More SC, South Carolina HIV Task Force, Hospice & Palliative Care Foundation and Kid’s Chance of SC. USC’s CreatAthon is the brainchild of Mallia and fellow SJMC professor Scott Farrand. They started the project in 2013, and it has only grown since then.

In its five years at USC, CreateAthon has never had an unsatisfied client, and the success rates are high enough that their work is in demand.

“The hardest part is turning somebody away,” says Mallia. “You can only take so many because of the logistics.” This applies to both nonprofits and students.

The event gives students a chance to get work published that can help their portfolios, especially younger students.

“They should be applying right away,” Mallia says. “I would give freshman advice of go and get experiences, do things, don’t wait to be asked, don’t wait for an assignment.”

This year, w it h donat ions f rom Grace Outdoor, they have obtained use of the digital billboard on Assembly and Gervais. The billboard promoted CreateAthon during its main 24 hours and will also feature the top awarded team and their nonprofit after the event.

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HABITATPAGE1 The group spent the day moving and cleaning furniture, arranging the store and pricing items. “ We’re requ i red to h ave 10 c o m mu n it y s er v ic e hou r s f or our U101 class, and I think that Habitat for Humanity would be a good thing to do,” said first-year broadcast journalism student Zach McKinstry. “I didn’t really know what I was getting into, but it’s pretty nice so far,” Habitat for Humanity regularly involves st udents t hrough USC Ser v ice Sat u rday a nd ot her community service opportunities.

The organization’s national brand is a draw for many.

“We have a Habitat Humanity back home, so I t hink it would be cool to get involved in one in Columbia,” McKinstry said.

The ReStore is staffed mostly b y v olu nt e e r s , a nd a l l of t he merchandise is donated from local bu si ne s se s or member s of t he community. Many college students choose to shop at the ReStore as a way to furnish their apartments for

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less, and then donate all of their f urniture to the store when the semester is over to continue the cycle.

“Habitat for Humanity would not exist if it was not for the community getting involved,” Vinson said.

The organizat ion is based in Christianity and makes an effort to help families f ind affordable ways to furnish their homes and goes out to build new homes for families who have nothing. The Service Saturday students were able to get a glimpse of how Habitat for Humanity embodies the Mother Teresa quote, “Do small things with great love,” which is written on a wall of the ReStore.

“You may be made to come here by school,” Vinson said in his fi nal speech to the group. “You may be made to come here by military. You may be made to come here by your parents,” he continued. “Y’all came in, y’all got everything done ... It’s in your heart how hard you work or how much you want to accomplish.”

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OFFENSEPAGE1 usually have an advantage in time of possession. Georgia’s time of possession was 38:22, compared to South Carolina’s 21:38 time of possession.

“It’s hard to get into a rhythm when you can’t stay on the field offensively but defensively you’re not getting off the field,” said head coach Will Muschamp.

“That’s frustrating.”

Muschamp talked further about how the inability to run the ball led to a couple of risky fourth down conversion attempts.

He explained the reason behind the backto-back pass attempts from Hayden Hurst was that the defense was gassed.

He said it was a play the Gamecocks had been practicing all week.

“We got the look that we wanted,” Hurst said. “I trust Skai, he’s a good athlete, and I just put the ball up there.”

South Carolina will look to turn around its run game production on Saturday when facing Florida at home. With Rico Dowdle out due to a fractured fibula, look for the Gamecocks to feed A.J. Turner and Ty’Son Williams with fresh attempts next week.

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Coming off a season-high rushing performance against Vanderbit, A.J. Turner struggled against Georgia’s front four.

TACKLEPAGE1 There were many occasions on Saturday in which a Georgia player would break a few tackles for a first down and would capitalize later for points.

“We definitely should have just tackled better,” South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore said.

Before the game, South Carolina knew it faced a tough test in defending Chubb and Michel, who combined for 183 of Georgia’s 242 rushing yards, which was 46 yards below the team’s season average. The Gamecocks also held the Bulldogs to only 4.6 yards per carry, which is 1.4 yards below the team’s season average.

What South Carolina did not expect from Georgia was its dynamic passing game.

Quarterback Jake Fromm had a phenomenal game, completing 16 passes on 22 attempts with two touchdowns. This performance gave him an impressive quarterback rating of 177.6, his highest rating this season. His previous high was 97.5 against Florida last week.

“We forced Jake Fromm to play quarterback and I compliment Jake. He played extremely well tonight,” South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp said.

While the end result wasn’t in their favor, the Gamecocks had some individual defensive standout performances as well. Moore led the game with 10 total tackles, his second most this season after he recorded 12 against Louisiana Tech. Five of his 10 tackles against the Bulldogs were solo tackles.

Another was two-time SEC Defensive Lineman of

the week D.J. Wonnum. Wonnum set a season-high in an opponent’s 20-yard line this season.

The Gamecocks may have lost, but their defense has tackles with nine and tied for the game high with 1.5 tackles for loss. He was also the only Gamecock this a lot to look back on. The defense is just the second to game to record a sack, bringing his season total to five. keep the Bulldogs from scoring more than 30 points. It Conversely to the Gamecocks, the Bulldog defense was the second time the Bulldogs did not win by more came up big in this win, holding South Carolina to just than 14 points.

“We competed hard. You don’t see anybody giving 43 rushing yards — its third lowest total this season.

A large part of this defensive effort was due to inside up or backing down from them. We really came out linebacker Roquan Smith, who totaled nine tackles and I thought we played hard,” quarterback Jake and had multiple game highs in solo tackles with seven, Bentley said. tackles for loss with 1.5 and sacks with 1.5.

B ef ore t h i s g a me , Georgia was one of three teams in the nation to hold a perfect conversion rating in the red zone this year, going 31-for-31 with 22 touchdowns.

The Bulldogs started the 10th play of their first drive in the red zone on the Gamecock’s 20-yard line. That play resulted in a forced fumble by cornerback Steve Montac and was recovered by defen s i ve end Javon K inlaw. This was the first time Georgia did Sara Yang / THE DAILY GAMECOCK not put up points inside Jamyest Williams recorded three tackles including one tackle for loss against Georiga.

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Theater prepares USC student for future

A student m ay t a ke m a ny dif ferent avenues in order to f ind h i m self i n col lege.

W hether it’s through schoolwork, jobs or the multitude of organizations that USC has to offer, there is always somet hing for a student to get involved with that will push him to become the person he was meant to grow into.

Third-year theater student Sam Edelson thinks he has discovered what it takes for him to fi nd himself with stage acting.

“I rea l ly ju st love present i ng and telling a stor y wit h a group of people. That to me has always been the most exciting, some of my favorite, most profound moments a lot of the times are after I see a really powerful play and you leave and you’re like ‘I need to process this,’” Edelson said.

Edelson stars in the Department of Theater and Dance’s upcoming production of “Speech & Debate,” which will show Nov. 9 through Nov. 12.

“I think it’s going to be a great play, this is the most excited I’ve ever been for a play,” he said. “I think the director is just one of the most amazing people I’ve met through the theater community in regards to support.” “ Sp e e c h & D eb at e” i s ab out a g roup of teenagers who ba nd together to bring down a teacher, but must also deal with their own problems to grow as people.

“Each character kind of tells a bit of a different story or like there’s a different way to connect with each character,” he said.

Edelson grew up in nearby Lexington, where he originally h ad a s pi r at ion s besides acting.

“Originally I wanted to be a f ilm editor, that was the fi rst thing that I knew. It was my fi rst passion and then acting k ind of came after that,” he said.

A fter watching a video of actor Patrick Stewart discuss Ethan Lam/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK Sha kespeare, Edelson t hen decided to pursue a career in stage Sam Edelson (right) will star in the upcoming production of “Speech & Debate.” acting. In his junior year of high school, he performed community theater with On Stage Columbia, seemed like the right fit for him at ‘I don’t really know what I’m doing or who I am,’ so it would be nice as well as bei ng a par t of “The the time.

“My brothers went here, it was Crucible” his senior year. W hen time came to attend college, USC kind of a money thing, a kind of a SEETHEATERPAGE6

Native American Film Festival addresses social issues, current events

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The Native American Film Festival of the Southeast made its debut effort in 1997 to educate the public about the different issues indigenous people face daily. Twenty years later, the festival still comes to Columbia; this year’s will be held from Nov. 5 through Nov. 14, coinciding with Native American Heritage Month.

This year, the launch for the festival was held at the Columbia Museum of Art on Nov. 5 from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., but fi lms will be showed at multiple venues around the Southeast, including USC’s campus.

The festival is the longest ongoing fi lm festival of its kind in the southeast. The issues it addresses are not always the topic of popular discussion, so the it gives people a platform to communicate about things that may be overlooked.

Will Moreau Goins is the chief executive officer for the Eastern Cherokee, Southern I roquois a nd Un ited Tr ibe s of Sout h Carolina. He initially brought the festival to campus with the intention of showing younger filmmakers here what young Native American fi lmmakers were doing.

“It’s a fi lm festival that brings indie fi lms or native-made, -produced, -directed fi lms that are not really coming out of Hollywood but are coming out of Indian country or indigenous communities throughout the entire globe,” he said.

G oi ns ex pla i ned t hat t he fest iva l started with just Native A merican films and has transformed to include work from indigenous people all around the world.

The film festival takes on different themes

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The Native American Film Festival comes to Columbia to celebrate being around for 20 years. every year. A national and international call is put out preceding the festival, so the fi lms focus on whatever issues are prominent at the time.

This year, the fi lms include themes such as water rights, the Dakota Access Pipeline cont rover s y, m a s c ot i s s ue s , dome st ic violence and African American and Native American connectedness.

Kelsey A sbille stars in “Wind R iver,” one of the films shown at the Columbia Museum of A rt, and hosted a FilmTalks Q&A about the fi lm. Asbille is part of the native community and from Columbia.

“It’s really a social film; it really sheds light on the missing and murdered indigenous women,” Asbille said. “It’s just not part of a national discussion right now, so hopefully, it not only raises awareness, but it also ... will affect change.”

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Ever yone k now s t he story of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, but not all can say they know t he stor y of how t hese beloved characters came to be. The newly released “G oodbye Ch r istopher Robin” attempts to change that, and the stor y isn’t entirely pleasant.

T ho s e f a m i l i a r w it h t h e s i m i l a r 2013 f i l m showcasing the origin of Mary Poppins, “Saving Mr. Banks,” may understand the idea that the most loved children’s stories can arise from tragic backgrounds, and A.A. Milne’s life and work is no exception.

“Goodbye Christopher Robin” gives insight into M ilne’s life post-World Wa r I , a f ter he come s home with PTSD and an inability to go to a party w it hout ex per ienc i ng wartime flashbacks.

Director Simon Curtis portrayed these images of Milne’s present life and his time in the war incredibly well, seamlessly blending

t he s ou nd of a b o mb dropping into the popping of a champagne bottle.

These jarring sounds were few and far between, but they made the point they were trying to — Milne, and all of England, was different after the war.

The famous playwright came back to his enigmatic and conceited w ife, Daphne, hoping to pick up right where he left off, on ly to f i nd t hat to be impossible. He can’t get out of the mindset of the war, and when Daphne gets pregnant, they decide move to the countryside.

It is here where Milne spends t i me w it h h is son Christopher Robin, k now n to h is fam ily as Billy Moon. Together they spend time in the woods, creating storylines around Billy’s collection of stuffed animals, giving away to all unaware that Winniethe-Pooh is an alteration of real-life characters.

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THEATERPAGE5 to stay kind of close to home just in case I can’t handle it well,” he said.

Edelson has been handling it ver y well t ha n k s to t he c o m mu n it y a nd t he support he has felt from the theater department.

Grad st udent s a re obligated to work on t he main stage show and their background really helped him grow as a performer.

“Coming from high school where it’s really laid back ... to 20 plus hours a week rehea rsi ng, it was really g reat learning e x p e r ie n c e t o w o r k w it h s o m e of t h e s e people that I’m still in contact with.”

Edelson knew Peter D u f f y, t h e h e a d o f the Master of A rts in Teac h i ng i n t heater e d u c at io n , w he n he came to USC, and the closeness that teachers and st udents share is one of t he keys t hat E del s on s ay s m a k e s

the theater program so strong. “ W i t h m y ex per ience, it ’s ea s y to k i nd of con nect w it h t he teachers ...

Especially my theater teachers always ask, ‘Is t here any t hing I can do for you before class starts?’ Which is really nice.”

U n l e s s i t ’s a b i g blockbuster of a play l i ke “Ha m i lton” or “The Book of M o r m o n”, m o s t c ont e mp or a r y pl ay s do not get t he sa me attention by the public.

Edelson knows that if t he at er pro duc t ion s ca n br i ng up t heir necessa r y messages to the audience, then t heater w i l l st i l l b e relevant in the future.

“If theater can open up dialogue, that’s all.

That’s the point, that’s what it’s trying to do if we ca n look at a n issue.”

Edelson wants acting to be his career; what kind of acting he tries to work in still remains to be seen.

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turned them into a bestselling book.

And when the public became obsessed with the real-life story behind their favorite characters, he and his wife proceeded to capit a l ize on t heir son’s role as t he newly renowned Christopher Robin.

Up to this point in the film, you could almost forgive Milne and his wife for the choices they make. After all, they are just selfish people doing what selfish people do, but after neither parent recognizes the ill effects of this publicity on their son, you start to lose all hope of a redemption arc. And for good reason.

I spent the entire second half of the movie hoping for one of them to recognize that their son wasn’t happy, but neither did.

Despite the lack of love and good

“I’d love to act on stage for a while, but I’d love to do voice-over work , hone st ly. I ’ve done a little bit of that and I just love t hat,” he said. “But I g uess I’ve never done any on camera act ing so I’m c u r iou s to how t hat would feel.”

Edelson is still aware of the uncertainty that comes with a career in acting.

“It feels weird pursuing a career as an actor because it’s one of the few professions where I feel like you’re gonna be unemployed for most of your life.

I t ’s a l w a y s c h a s i n g more work,” he said.

But if acting is one of you r passions, al l t he bumps in t he road that come along with it is just a part of t he jou r ney towa rds success.

“T heater a nd f i l m and music are the three most important things to me, and so if I can pursue a career within film in any way I’d be happy.”

parenting in “Goodbye Christopher Robin,” the cast plays their parts i nc red ibly wel l. W i l l Ti lston, who plays t he par t of t he you ng Christopher Robin, dazzles you with his dimpled smile and dedication to his father. Domhnall Gleeson is the more stiff and uncompromising Milne, and Margot Robbie is Daphne.

The story isn’t an easy one to tell, but screenw riters Frank Cot t rell Boyce and Simon Vaughan stayed true to the reality of the story, and the cast fully understood their roles in creating this plot.

If you plan on seeing “Goodbye Christopher Robin,” you definitely will want to bring a tissue box, but the story told in this movie is important to remember. One thing is still for sure after watching “Goodbye Christopher Robin”: the origin may fade, but the characters never will.

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Founded in 1997, the Native American Film Festival is the longest-running event of its kind in Columbia, South Carolina. The festival promotes awareness of current events and issues.

FILMPAGE5 This is A sbille’s f irst t ime at tending t he festival, and she is excited to bring “Wind River” to her hometown.

“It not only encourages native voices, but it also provides an education that’s ... deeply personal,” Asbille said.

Part of this education is the panel discussions that will take place throughout the festival, meant to facilitate conversations about issues that people might not otherwise explore.

Goins says he hopes that the festival will “open up a window of communication” between what he calls Indian country and non-native people.

He f inds it important to expose non-nat ive people to different voices in the Native American community, and film is one way of doing just that.

“Film is a transformative medium,” Goins said. “It’s a medium that can get people to really think about things. It’s very intimate.”

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Medical use of psychedelic drugs should be legalized De s pit e being used si nce a nc ient t imes across the globe, psychedelic dr ugs remain illegal and Joseph Will st ig mat ized third-year economics in the United student S t a t e s .

The DEA list s psychedelics as Schedu le 1 dr ugs, mea n ing t hey are officially considered to have no more medicinal value than lifethreatening substances like heroin.

This fl ies in the face of the actual scientific evidence and medical literature, which has established that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms have tremendous potential for treating c r ip p l i n g m e nt a l a f f l ic t io n s such as depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder.

Research into psychedelics was interrupted by the War on Drugs in 1970, but modern doctors have returned to the subject and found exciting medical possibilities that warrant further exploration.

In contrast to the government propaganda t hat decries t hese substances as life-destroying and dangerous, clinical psychologists writing in the Lancet Psychiatry Jou r na l last yea r a rg ued t hat p s y c h e d e l i c s a r e “a s s a f e a s riding a bike.” Their statement, while perhaps shocking to those who have only been exposed to gover n ment cla i ms, is ha rd ly anomalous. There has never been a documented death from LSD overdose, and numerous studies have fou nd t hat ps ychedel ic s

do not cause organ damage or neuropsychological issues. Even the dreaded “bad trips” associated with psychedelics are unheard of when the drugs are administered in clinical settings. W hile the recreational use of psychedelics does pose certain risks, those risks are infi nitesimally small when the drugs are administered by medical professionals.

Given t hat t hese substances are very safe when taken in the right setting, it’s a shame that their potential medical benefits are being obstructed by outdated drug legislation. The same drug legislat ion t hat once made t he m e d i c i n a l u s e o f m a r ij u a n a u n hea rd of now t h reaten s to prevent countless patients afflicted by ment a l hea lt h issues f rom receiving potential treatments for their ailments.

W h i l e t h e s c i e n c e h a s n’t exactly been settled, more and more med ica l professiona ls are look ing to psychedelics as possible treatment for a number of disorders. LSD has successfully been u sed i n ex per i ment a l treatments to help patients cope with depression, and the drug has also been shown to be effective in helping patients overcome endof-life an x iet y associated wit h terminal illnesses. LSD has also exhibited real promise as a way of treating anxiety disorders and helping people free themselves of addictions like alcoholism.

Psilocybin is also of medicinal interest, with extensive research into its medical properties being conduc ted at t he pre st ig iou s Johns Hopkins medical school.

I n add it ion to d isplay i ng t he

sa me hea l i ng proper t ies of acid, psilocybin is described by researchers as having “mystical” qualities, with doctor-prescribed mu sh room t r ips f requent ly t riggering deep spirit ual moments. Of the patients given psilocybin at Johns Hopkins, 70 percent rated the experience as one of the top five most significant experiences of their life.

More research is needed before any legislative action is taken regarding t he medicinal use of psychedelics, but even a cursory glance at the literature on t he topic reveals enormous untapped medical potent ial in these supposedly deadly drugs.

Our current dr ug laws regarding the use of psychedelics are outdated and at clear odds with the research that is being carried out. Psychedelic drugs are powerful tools that, when used in the right setting, can profoundly change lives for the better. A s more and more positive research comes out supporting therapeutic p s ychedel ic u se, deny i ng t he abilit y of doctors and pat ients to turn to these substances for treatment is no longer tenable.

Regardless of what one thinks of the recreational use of LSD or mushrooms, it is a fact that t hese dr ugs of fer solut ions to problems ranging from PTSD to alcoholism. Mental health issues are on the rise in America, and psychedelics may offer a safe and effective way of combating these problems. It’s time to drop the unscient if ic bias against t hese substances and allow doctors and patients to expand their options for treatment.

In my journey into t he world of food production and waste, I stumbled upon a way I categorize my food that I never gave much thought to before. It’s something that most Nick Sembrat of us t h i n k about International buisness without realizing the graduate student consequences it has on t he food s ystem and the environment as a whole. That is the “perfectness” of a fruit or vegetable.

When we buy any fruit or vegetable, we have a picture in our minds of its perfect version. This may be different for you or me, but we all search for it when picking out our produce. It’s not wrong to want the best that is available, but it makes it easy for us to disregard something that could be just as good to eat because it is not as pleasant to look at.

I’ve found myself on more than one occasion putting back an apple because I felt like it wasn’t round enough, or that the skin just wasn’t the exact shade of red that I was looking for. I know that I am not alone, because the fruit that appears in grocery stores has already been preselected to try and best fit the image that is in all of our minds. Aesthetics at times matter far more than taste when it comes to which piece of fruit we actually buy.

Perfection may seem great for us, and if your goal was to buy only the best, then you may see nothing wrong with it, but growing fruit is not like copying and pasting words in a document. A plant is not always going to grow perfectly, and fruits and vegetables can be affected by any number of factors in the environment.

If a farmer doesn’t think that fruit can be sold to a grocery store, then she will think of it as no different than waste. If we, the consumer, do not think that the produce matches up with that “perfect” image that we have in our head, then we put it back on the shelf. If enough people think the same then that fruit will never be sold and end up in the trash.

Play out t h is scenar io ever y week all over the country than you start to realize how much waste is being created.

Landfi lls should not be where perfectly edible, but maybe not the most visually appealing, f r uits and vegetables end up. Filling these places with produce creates a buildup of methane gas which can be dangerous and harmful to the environment.

Intermarché, a French supermarket cha i n, c reated a g reat c a mpa ig n to add ress t h is problem. It wa s c a l led Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables, and it allowed customers to buy products that looked strange but were perfectly safe to eat at a discounted price. They focused on the fact that the taste of these products were in no way affected by how they looked. Within the fi rst two days, Intermarché was able to sell 1.2 tons of food per store that would have been discarded otherwise.

A merica should launch a campaign of its own to buy inglorious foods and vegetables. It’s important to change the “perfect” image that creates so much waste in our society.

Fight lobbyists by getting rid of DST Raise your hand if you like dayl ight sav i ng time.

Put your hand d o w n . No o n e l i kes dayl ight saving time.

Johnathon Fuerte W i n d i n g First-year advertising o u rselves back student and forward an hour so frequently has caused so much harm that you can act ually quantif y it.

Work pl ac e i nj u r ie s a nd t r a f f ic accidents both increase the Monday after the time change as we panic ourselves out of bed. We are not machines that can be reprogrammed like our clocks every spring. Jerking ourselves through time boggles the mind and the body.

As The Daily Gamecock reported last year, DST doesn’t actually save electricity, nor does it have any other

positive effect on the average joe.

“Ah, but what of the humble farmer?” you object. “They’re who DST is really meant for.”

We l l , t h a t ’s a m y t h . T h e y appreciate that hour as much as the rest of us do, so you can put your sympathies to rest. In fact, farmers were one of the loudest voices against making DST a law. They loathed the idea from the get-go, and today so does much of America.

If it’s stupid and generally disliked, then why hasn’t it made like a banana and split? Three words: secret shadow government. The very sort of thing Bernie Sanders wagged his finger about. The bigwigs in Washington are in the pockets of the corporations.

Time is money, and it’s the barbecue lobby that controls both.

One more month of DST means $100 million more profit for them.

And it’s not just them. The golf lobby is in on it to, except they see twice

the profit. It’s a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top. First it was the Chamber of Commerce pushing for more shoppers at malls, and most recently it was the candy industry looking to get kids trick or treating more. They ’ve all been push i ng Congress hard to wind our clocks for ward ever y spring. The candy lobby, in a desperate bid to extend DST, once even put a candy pumpkin on the seat of every U.S. senator.

Thanks to their influence, which no grass roots movement can match, the lobbyists won. In the biggest blunder of his presidency, George W. Bush signed into law a bill that extended DST to eight months out of the year.

Standard t ime now covers only a third of our calendar. Lobbyists have already rendered language pointless, warping our sense of what is and isn’t standard.

It ’s a c omplet e s ub ver s ion of democracy. For a few checks, a selfish

few have as much sway over time as the moon does the tides. Almost as if a dollar is worth more than a ballot. In a rat race to the bottom, corporations have fou nd a not her resou rce to exploit: time. And Congress has been too busy counting their cheese to see the consequences. Daylight saving has been demonstrably detrimental to the wellbeing of this country, but corporations are people, too, and apparently their vote counts more than ours.

It’s t ime to take our t ime back into our own hands. Something so fundamental to our lives should not be decided by t he bottom dollar.

And this doesn’t just go for daylight saving time, but g un control and healthcare and renewable energy and every lobbyist donation ever intended to raise profit at the expense of our wellbeing.

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Wilson wins title for grandma, hometown Carson Mason

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When the fi nal buzzer sounded at American Airlines Center on April 1, A’ja Wilson dropped to her knees and started bawling.

The South Carolina leading scorer had just secured the program’s first national championship in a season she had dedicated to her late grandmother.

“She was my pride and joy. She still is my pride and joy, and she really helped me through tough times and adversity,” Wilson said. “For her to just be up there in heaven, sitting a front row seat to this game, I hope she’s cheering for joy. It’s just kind of a great feeling to do this for her.”

The forward’s grandmother passed away in October 2016, an event that caused the SEC Player of the Year to consider giving up basketball. But Wilson persevered through one of the darkest times of her life, knowing her grandmother would’ve been proud to see the way the Gamecocks played on the final stage.

“She probably would’ve told me to stop crying. She always told me to stop crying. Obviously, I’m a sensitive person,” Wilson said with a laugh.

“She was a big fan of mine and was just always there for me.”

W i l s o n , w ho w a s n a m e d t he Most O ut st a ndi ng Player of t he tournament, scored 23 points in the championship game, leading t he Gamecocks past Mississippi State and securing the program’s first-ever national title.

As the No. 1 women’s high school basketball prospect in 2014, Wilson chose to stay in her home state and play for Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks.

As she brings the program its first championship, she said she now knows how Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James feels after he brought an NBA title back to his home state of Ohio.

“I know LeBron has had a great feeling for him to come back home and win this ring, because this feeling is phenomenal. I’m numb to it all. I can’t even put into words how great this feeling truly is just to bring something back to your state, something positive.

It’s just great,” Wilson said.

After the final seconds ticked off the scoreboard, Wilson was joined by tea m mates A l l isha Gray a nd Kaela Davis, who crouched down and embraced her in bear-like hugs.

“It touched my heart to see her crying,” Gray said. “As soon as the buzzer sounded, I knew I wanted to see my teammates and I immediately looked for her because I was like ‘I told you I was not going to let us lose this game.’”

Gray, who is Wilson’s best friend and roommate, said the two had a heart-to-heart Saturday night before the national championship game.

They discussed how far the team had come and how it didn’t deserve to end the year with a loss. By contributing a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds toward the Gamecocks’ win, Gray upheld her promise.

“She k nows me as a person, she knows I really get down on myself. I really get emotional over things that I love,” Wilson said. “Really she just kept a positive mind within me.”

W i l son s cored t h ree - st r a ight baskets in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, giving the Gamecocks a 14-point lead. After the first basket, the All-American turned toward her

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A’ja Wilson scored 23 points in the national championship game against MSU. teammates on the bench, pumped her f ist into the air and let out a triumphant yell. Her teammates stood up in support, knowing the hometown hero had put them on their way to a national title.

“Usually when she scores, she turns around and yells and you’re like ‘Oh

we’re good, give it to her and we’re going to roll with it,’” Davis said.

“She’s just found a way to come into her own as a leader, and I think this year that’s one thing she’s done that really well.”

“I’m proud of just the way she’s evolved throughout the year,” she said.

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P.J. Dozier (left) lifts USC’s’ Final Four trophy at Madison Square Garden.

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South Carolina natives Sindarius Thornwell, PJ Dozier and Justin McKie grew up with Gamecock men’s basketball.

They watched the team through its highs and lows, staying with it from Darrin Horn’s 10-win season in 2011 to Frank Martin’s hiring in 2012.

Last season, the guards led their beloved childhood team to the Final Four for the first time in program history.

“Sig n ing a nd g row ing up in South Carolina, all we asked for was a cha nce to ma ke it ,” Thornwell said. “We didn’t ask for — coach ain’t guaranteed us anything, but to come here and just work hard and give ourselves a chance. A ll we wanted was to make it.”

As the son of USC basketball’s all-time leading scorer BJ McKie, senior Justin McKie got a chance to do something his father never did on the national stage.

“It mea ns a lot to me. I remember watching Gamecock ba sketba l l when I wa s a k id.

Crying on losses, celebrating like I was on the team on wins. To be a part of this is unbelievable. It’s incredible,” McKie said.

The senior Columbia nat ive played basketball at Irmo High a nd led h is tea m to t he St ate Championship at Colonial Life Arena in 2013. While he was in high school, the 2013 Gatorade South Carolina Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year said his father used to walk him around the USC locker room and teach him the history of the team.

“I felt an emotional connection to the guys who were playing after him and before me. I always had confidence in Gamecock basketball just because I had been around it my whole life. Now, to be a part of something like this is truly a blessing,” he said.

M c K i e ’s f e l l o w C o l u m b i a native Dozier has a similar family connection to the Gamecocks.

His sister Asia, his father Perry and uncle Terry all played for the school with Terry Dozier going on to a career in the NBA. SEELOCALPAGE14

Colonial Life Arena, home of Gamecock Basketball since 2002, unveiled a brand new, state of the art centerhung scoreboard for the upcoming season.

Bu i lt b y D a k t r on ic s , the new scoreboard has 12 displays and four 12-footh i g h b y 2 0 - f o o t- w i d e screens, which will provide guests with an improved view of what’s happening on the court.

T he men’s ba sketba l l team held its first exhibition game against Erskine on Oct. 30 , and just from one game, Eric Nichols, USC Senior Associate Athletics Director, said he noticed i mprovement s i n ter m s of t he building’s overall atmosphere.

“Just walking in, it feels like a completely different arena,” Nichols said. “It feels tighter in there, which is great. It enhances the at mosphere. The ribbon boards – you can’t describe it without going. It’s just a ... different environment altogether there. Both the ribbon and the main board

are the nicest and clearest you’ll see in any arena in the United States.”

Bringing a new scoreboard into Colonial Life Arena was a simple decision to make for not only the University of South Carolina marketing department, but also for head coaches Frank Martin and Dawn Staley. Despite part of the renovations being what Nichols said was necessary, the brand-new ribbon boards were an added bonus for the building.

“Part of it was a need,” Nichols said. “The other one needed replacing — it was being held together with duct tape and twisty ties. We needed to replace it. Adding t he r ibbon boa rd was a ‘want.’ Both coaches wanted to enhance the atmosphere ... to do that was with bright lights and mot ion. Bot h programs wanted it and we all felt that it was going to help the programs, and so we thought that we’d transform the arena.”

Following outstanding performances from each of the Gamecocks’ basketball programs during the 201617 season, which included a national championship for

the women’s program and a Final Four appearance for the men’s program, Nichols has a positive outlook for each of the teams this season.

“I think ever y team is dif ferent,” Nichols said.

“Par t of what ma kes Championship and Final Four teams is team chem ist r y. T hey ’re t he greater of the sum of their parts. It’s hard to tell until they get out there and play.

I think we have great pieces just like we had last year and personally, I have fantastic expectations. I hope we win every game. I think both coaches have set the culture to create cha mpionsh ip programs.”

Fifteen minutes before tipoff, the men’s basketball team will raise its Final Four banner at its home-opener against Western Michigan University on Nov. 13.

To celebr ate it s f i r st National Championship title in USC history, the women’s team will take to the court at 6:45 p.m. on Friday for a pre-game banner raising ceremony prior to its 7 p.m. tipoff against Alabama State University.

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Men’s newcomers looking to make big impact

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Freshman guard David Beatty was a highly-touted recruit coming out of high school in Philadelphia, and looks to be a key contributor for the Gamecocks this season.

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The South Carolina men’s basketball team is coming off unprecedented success.

After an exciting run to the Final Four in the 2016-2017 season, the Gamecocks are looking to build off that success in 2017-2018. The foundation for continued success was laid, and in order to help carry it on, head coach Frank Martin has brought in seven new players, along with Kory Holden, who will be eligible to play for the first time since becoming a Gamecock in 2016 after transferring from Delaware.

Here is a look at the eight players who will be eligible to play their first games for South Carolina this season.

Kory Holden Kory Holden spent his freshman and sophomore years at Delaware, where he put up some impressive stats. At Delaware, Holden averaged 15.1 points per game for his career, including 17.7 during his sophomore year. With the departures of scorers Sindarius Thornwell, Duane Not ice and PJ Dozier, look for Holden to help make up some of the lost scoring.

Another positive Holden will bring is outside shooting. South Carolina has always seemed to need more shooters, and Holden shot 38.4 percent from 3-point land at Delaware. He should bring a much-needed outside threat immediately. Whether or not Holden starts will probably be based on his defense. Although Holden has been recovering from a knee injury, Martin sees potential in the guard.

“Kory Holden is a real good player,” Martin said.

Whether he starts or comes off of the bench, Holden should help the Gamecocks tremendously due to his 3-point shooting and all around scoring ability.

Wesley Myers Another player with solid scoring ability, Wesley Myers is a graduate transfer from Maine, where he averaged 16.9 points per game. Although a solid shooter at 34.3 percent from 3-point

range, Myers primarily scores inside the line. As an effective field goal shooter, Myers shot 47.1 percent from that range.

The biggest key for Myers to integrate himself quickly with the team will be to learn Martin’s defensive principles and give maximum effort on that end of the floor. Look for Myers to join Holden as one of the primary scorers this season.

Justin Minaya A freshman from New Jersey, Justin Minaya averaged 19.5 points per game, 11.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game as a senior in high school, according to GamecocksOnline. His senior year highlights show the wing as an explosive athlete who still maintains control in his game. He has a smooth left-handed jumper and looks to be as comfortable shooting 3-pointers as he is exploding to the rim. Listed at 6-foot-5 on the Gamecocks roster, Minaya is marked as a forward, and will most likely play the three position this year for Carolina. In early October, Minaya garnered praise from Martin, who seemed excited about his potential.

With Minaya having put up 13 points and four rebounds on 6-for-9 shooting against Erskine in the first exhibition game of the year, he showed his offensive potential. Not only did he have a good game offensively, he held his own on the other end of the floor.

With Minaya getting praise for his defensive ability, he should be in line for playing time this year. Minaya is an exciting freshman, and should surprise and impress with his talent.

David Beatty David Beatty is a highly regarded freshman from Philadelphia and was South Carolina’s highest-rated recruit in 2017. An excellent recruiting grab for the Gamecocks, Beatty is listed at 6-foot-2 on South Carolina’s roster, although recruiting sites list him as being taller.

Beatty’s senior highlights show him to be a hardworking, crafty guard with good athleticism.

Beatty looks to be a versatile scorer with a nice jump shot and 3-point range.

Like the other newcomers, the key for Beatty to get on the floor will be his defensive aptitude. Beatty projects to be

a contributor as soon as his freshman year, especially given how many players from last year’s squad are gone.

Felipe Haase Felipe Haase is a 6-foot-9 forward, who is originally from Chile. During his senior year of high school in Miami, Haas averaged 19.3 points per game, 12.5 rebounds per game and 6.3 assists per game, according to GamecocksOnline.

Haase does not have much high school film available, but he boasts a smooth, skillful game on the film he does have.

Haase looks to be quick for his size, and his assist numbers suggest strong passing acumen. He boasts a soft touch around the basket and an excellent jump shot.

His 3-point and free throw shooting sk ills both look strong. Haase had solid offers coming out of high school, including offers from Purdue and Pittsburgh. If Martin can toughen Haase up and improve his defense, which is certainly a characteristic of Martin’s teams and players, Haase should see the floor his freshman year. Whether his minutes are in close games or not, will depend on his ability to adjust to Martin’s style.

Frank Booker Born in Iceland, Frank Booker is another graduate transfer coming to the Gamecocks this season. South Carolina is his third college stop after playing two years at Oklahoma and one at Florida Atlantic University.

While he doesn’t have gaudy statistics, Booker has been backed by Martin.

A career 33.1 percent 3-point shooter, Booker has shown some potential as a spot up player on the wing for the Gamecocks.

“You know, Wes and Book are trying, they’re trying to play differently than they’ve ever been asked to play before in college,” Martin said.

“Don’t underestimate the experiences of Frank Booker,” said Martin, who praised Booker’s shoot ing abilit y.

Booker’s decent size at 6-foot-3, 208 pounds, along with his maturity could allow him to be a plus defender. Should Booker shoot and move well in the offense, he looks to become a key role player for South Carolina.

Jason Cudd Jason Cudd of Socastee, Sout h Carolina, joins the Gamecocks after averaging 18.7 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game during his senior year of high school. Cudd projects to be more a developmental player for South Carolina, similar to South Carolina’s fellow seven-footer, Khadim Gueye.

Cudd did not have many offers, but Martin’s track record has proven that he can develop and improve any player, especially raw, big men. Expect Cudd to have a similar freshman year to Gueye’s last year.

Ibrahim Doumbia Ibrahim Doumbia is a freshman prospect brimming with potential for the Gamecocks. As a senior, Doumbia posted eyepopping statistics: 27 points per game, 19 rebounds per game and four blocks per game. The 6-foot-6 lanky forward should be able to swing between the four and the three positions, depending on how Martin decides to use him in certain situations.

Doumbia’s high school coach raved about him to 247Sports, praising his athleticism, size, shooting ability, motor and extreme versatility.

He even compared Doumbia to Rudy Gay and former Gamecock star Michael Carrera.

“I would say, and apologies to both of those gentlemen, but he’s a freakier athlete than both of those gentlemen,” said Coach Hugo De La Rosa of Miami Country Day. Doumbia also has great shooting ability, and looks to play solid minutes du ring h is f reshman year for t he Gamecocks. Martin praised Doumbia along with Justin Minaya.

“Him and Ibrahim are gonna be fun to watch here for the next four years,” Martin said. “They’re big and they’re talented, and they’re competitive.”

South Carolina will look to continue building the program after last year’s success, and the Gamecocks are hoping these new players help in that endeavor.

With many newcomers looking in line for early playing time, they should be able to contribute and develop to help sustain the team’s success in the future.

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Former Gamecock guard Justin McKie is working as a team assistant on Frank Martin’s staff this season.

“I think it’s a different feeling. Just being able to have seen that program from where it was to the downfall to when Frank (Martin) came in, to see the progress each year,” Dozier said. “It’s amazing ... I had the utmost faith in coach Frank and his coaching staff.”

During the final minutes of the Gamecocks’ Elite Eight game against No. 4 Florida, Dozier bent down and pounded the Madison Square Garden court with both his hands. He said he made the gesture because he believes the team was finally being recognized as one of college basketball’s elite.

“We signed up to be in this position. To be amongst the great teams, as you all would call them. So we know we have a team ourselves,” Dozier said.

“That defensive play was just, it was emotion.

We needed a stop, I’m pretty sure all the guys were just as excited as I was,” he said. “We looked over to the bench, the bench is up, excited, getting the crowd pumped, the crowd’s going crazy. So you just dream about being in positions like that on a stage like this.”

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Column: USC should have Midnight Madness

Fresh off a phenomenal year for both the South Carolina men’s and women’s basketball teams, now is the time to start a new tradition.

USC should create a “Midnight Madness” and title it “Carolina Countdown.”

Midnight Madness is a night of basketball celebration that ends at midnight, and it is held by many colleges around the country. Some notable schools that participate include Maryland, Kansas, Michigan State, Kentucky and Duke. At most schools, the women’s basketball team comes out first, does a few drills and then does a scrimmage. The men’s team does the same.

Some schools even have musical guests perform. Not only is this a hype night, but it is also a big night for recruiting.

The tradition started in 1971 when then University of Maryland head coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell had the Maryland team do a mile run at 12:03 a.m. on October 15, 1971. Back then, the NCAA would not allow teams to practice until the closest Friday to Oct. 15. Since then, the NCAA has become more flexible in allowing when these events take place. Kansas had its on Sept. 30.

With both teams coming off appearances in the NCAA Final Four, there is no better time to start the tradition. USC may be dubbed a “football school,” but that does not mean the university cannot capitalize on Sara Yang / THE DAILY GAMECOCK the hype surrounding the upcoming basketball season Students celebrate the Gamecocks’ victory over Duke by congregating at the Thomas Cooper library fountain. and all of the seasons to come.

Ten must-watch matchups this season Logan Jennes @LJENNES17

The 2016-17 basketball season for the both the South Carolina men’s and women’s basketball teams was one of the best in recent memory.

The South Carolina women were crowned national champions for the first time in school history. The men’s team made it to the Final Four for the first time in program history in its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2004.

With the regular season rapidly approaching, the men were ranked 11th in the preseason SEC poll, while the women were seeded second in the country behind Connecticut. Here are the top five matchups that should be circled on Gamecock fans’ calendars for the upcoming seasons.

Men

Dec. 9 at Clemson With a Palmetto point on the line, G amecock fa ns shou ld mark t h is rivalry matchup on their calendars.

South Carolina lost this matchup at home last year and will be eyeing this date for a rematch against a long-time rival. Similar to the Gamecocks losing Sindarius Thornwell, the Tigers lost playmaker Jaron Blossomgame to the NBA draft. Blossomgame averaged 17.7 points per game last year. That void will be fi lled by junior guards Shelton Mitchell and Marcquise Reed, who both averaged at least 10 points per game last year. This will be a good matchup for South Carolina junior transfer guard Kory Holden, who averaged 17.7 points per game at Delaware in the 2015 season.

Gamecock fans will be itching for a big win against a team that has given them trouble over the past few years.

Jan. 6 vs. Vanderbilt Last year, Vanderbilt won three games against ranked SEC opponents, including two against Florida and one against South Carolina. In the team’s last meeting, South Carolina was up by six with a little over nine minutes to play, until Vanderbilt, the SEC’s top

ranked three-point shooting team at the time, took the lead with eight minutes to go. The Commodores return star shooter and the best SEC three-point shooter from a year ago (11th in the nation) in Riley LaChance. He shot 48.3 percent from beyond the arc and also ranked sixth last year in assists per game (3.9) in the SEC. Vanderbilt did not have much success in the NCAA Tournament, losing its first-round game by two points to Northwestern. Despite the poor result, this will still be a game to watch. The Commodores gave the Gamecocks and other SEC opponents trouble by making a run to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament, knocking out Florida in the first round.

Feb. 6 at Arkansas This is another team that gave South Carolina trouble at home in 2016. The Gamecocks lost to the Razorbacks, 8376, at Colonial Life Arena. Arkansas finished with a 12-6 conference record, identical to South Carolina’s last season.

To go along with an impressive SEC record, the Razorbacks made it to the finals of the SEC Tournament. They return last season’s sixth best three-point shooter in the SEC in Daryl Macon, who shot 38.7 percent from behind the arc and could be the X-factor in this meeting. These two teams couldn’t have matched up more evenly over the regular season last year. It will be an exciting matchup after Arkansas’s strong run in the SEC Tournament and South Carolina’s strong run in the NCA A Tournament in 2016.

Jan. 16 vs. Kentucky In the 2016-17 season, Kentuck y fi nished the season atop the SEC with a conference championship and the best conference record to go with it. For the ninth year in a row, the Wildcats rank in the Top 5 in the AP preseason poll (fifth this year). This is arguably the best team that South Carolina plays each year. The Wildcats are consistently ranked among the best teams in the nation and play very well in the NCAA Tournament, having made it to the

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Elite Eight in six out of the last seven years. Kentucky will have huge holes to fill with three players —De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk and Bam Adebayo — selected in the Top 15 picks of the NBA Draft. This team is known for its “oneand-done” players and that will hold true for freshman Hamidou Diallo, a five-star recruit who ranked first among the shooting guard position and 11th among all recruits. Both the Gamecocks’ and the Wildcats’ young teams will go head-to-head in what should be a great game to watch in Columbia.

Feb. 10 vs. Florida This will be a rematch of the Elite Eight game last season, in which the Gamecocks won, 77-70, to advance to their first Final Four in school history.

For t he second st raight year, t he Gamecocks will face off against the Gators twice in the regular season. Last year, the Gamecocks split the regular season series 1-1 with Florida and took the rubber match when it mattered most in the Elite Eight. The Gators will be powered by junior guards Chris Chiozza and KeVaughn Allen. Chiozza averaged the ninth most assists per game in the SEC last season with 3.8, and Allen led the team in points per game with 14 en route to a spot on the All-SEC first-team. The Gators will seek revenge for the loss the Gamecocks handed them in the NCAA Tournament, while the Gamecocks will try to prove they belong in a top spot in the SEC.

Women

T he S o u t h C a r ol i n a w o m e n’s basketball team plays 12 teams this year that received a bid to the NCAAA Tournament in 2016.

Jan. 28 vs. Missouri Missouri finished with the fourth best record in the SEC last season and was 25th in the national standings. The last meeting between these two teams was on Feb. 29 in Columbia, Missouri, where the Tigers beat the Gamecocks, 62-60. Missouri will look to continue its recent success. This past season was the first time the Tigers made it to two consecutive NCA A Tournaments in more than 20 years. The Tigers bring back guard Sophie Cunningham, who averaged 17.5 points per game last season, which was the fourth best in the SEC. South Carolina’s A’ja Wilson ranked second in the SEC in points per game with 17.9. With both teams featuring players who were in the Top 5 in scoring in the SEC last season, Gamecock fans will keep this game circled on their calendars.

Feb. 25 at Tennessee The Volunteers won the only matchup bet ween t hese t wo teams by t wo points last season. During that game, South Carolina was ranked fourth and Tennessee was unranked. This matchup holds a unique story line. Te’a Cooper is a junior guard who transferred to South Carolina this past offseason. Also this past offseason, Cooper’s former teammate Diamond DeShields, who was last season’s fifth best scorer in the SEC, decided to forgo her senior season at Tennessee.

She announced in April she would be returning via Instagram, “Developing my game f u rt her and play ing for championship(s) are always part of the plan, but giving these four young ladies an opportunity to be themselves… is my f irst priorit y,” DeShields said.

Undergraduate transfers must sit out one year at their new school, according to NCA A rules. Cooper missed her entire sophomore season due to a knee injury, and could possibly be ineligible

junior year, too. South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley is arguing the rule because of Cooper’s lack of play last season. Cooper averaged more than eight points and two assists per game in her freshman season with the Vols.

There’s a chance Cooper could play in this matchup since it is in the latter half of the season.

Dec. 3 vs. Duke Identical to the men’s basketball team, Duke’s women’s team earned a No. 2 seed in the NCA A Tournament and was defeated in the second round. It was an unfortunate result for a Blue Devils team, which finished runner-up in the conference tournament, with the second-best record in the ACC and a ninth-place national rank.

This strong Duke squad will be led by redshirt senior guard Lexie Brown.

Brown started her collegiate career at the University of Maryland and decided to transfer at the end of her sophomore year. In her first year at Duke, she averaged career highs in points per game with 18.2, rebounds per game with 3.5 and steals per game with 2.8. The 2016 season was her best in both field goal and three-point shooting at 49.6 percent and 40.1 percent, respectively. Expect this to be a high-scoring affair. Feb. 5 at Mississippi State The rematch of the 2017 NCA A national championship game. Mississippi State knocked off four-time defending champion Connecticut in the Final Four, but lost to all three meetings with South Carolina, including the championship game. I n t he reg u lar season, t he Bulldogs lost by three points on the road at Colonial Life Arena. In the SEC Championship game, the Bulldogs lost by 10, followed by a 12-point loss in the National Championship game in Dallas.

Despite these three losses, they still had a very impressive season. This was a season of many firsts for the Bulldogs, including their first time making it to the Elite Eight where they defeated No. 1 seed Baylor. In the Final Four, Mississippi State took down arguably the best collegiate women’s basketball team in history and the No. 1 seed at the time. This will be South Carolina’s third straight game against a ranked opponent, and the Bulldogs will strive for their first win against the Gamecocks since 2010.

Feb. 1 vs. UConn For many teams, facing UConn is the biggest game in the regular season.

This meeting is no exception for South Carolina. These teams have played each other at least once since the 2014-2015 season. Not once has either team had a lower ranking than six, with one of them always being ranked first. If this game does not get a women’s college basketball fan hyped up, then nothing will. The matchup of the year will consist of two of the best players in college basketball.

Junior guard Katie Lou Samuelson from UConn and Wilson from South Carolina. Both players earned firstteam All-American honors last year, and recorded career highs in points per game. Samuelson finished with 20.2 points per game last year, ranking 18th in the nation.

Some UConn fans speculate that the Huskies could’ve beaten South Carolina in the national championship if Mississippi State didn’t end their season a few days earlier. This gives UConn all the more reason to be motivated for the win they couldn’t achieve in April, while South Carolina looks to prove its the new power force in women’s college basketball.

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Former Gamecocks in the pros The 2017 NBA and WNBA drafts saw a handful of former University of South Carolina basketball standouts selected to compete at the next level.

With 2017 came the first Gamecock drafted to the NBA in more than a decade as well as a new USC record for highest draft spot by a Gamecock to the WNBA. The current total of Gamecocks in the NBA and WNBA is now six — up from just one a year ago.

Sindarius Thornwell Los Angeles Clippers Alaina Coates Chicago Sky

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Sindarius Thornwell was selected with the 48th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft.

Following a remarkable senior campaign that included “SEC Player of the Year” honors and a trip to the Final Four, Thornwell was selected in the second round (48th overall) by the Milwaukee Bucks. Thornwell became the first Gamecocks player drafted to the NBA since 2006. Shortly after, his draft rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. Through the first five games of the NBA season, Thornwell has seen limited action, but he did manage to post an impressive eight points in seven minutes during a matchup against the Phoenix Suns.

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Alaina Coates was named to the All-SEC First Team two times in her USC career.

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Tiffany Mitchell was named the SEC Player of the Year consecutively in 2014 and 2015.

The most decorated player in South Carolina women’s basketball program history is the only returner to this list. In her second season with the Indiana Fever, Mitchell posted impressive game averages through the first 27 matches of the season: 10.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals. Her season came to an early close in August after she suffered a knee injury during practice.

Mitchell is expected to return for the 2018 season.

The Chicago Sky selected the former South Carolina center second overall in April, officially making Coates the highest-drafted Gamecock in WNBA history. Soon after the draft, she underwent an ankle surgery for the injury that took her out of the Gamecocks’ title run just one month earlier. Although the Sky were hopeful Coates would only miss a portion of their schedule, she would end up missing her entire rookie season.

Kaela Davis Dallas Wings

Allisha Gray Dallas Wings

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Kaela Davis was a key factor in South Carolina’s first national championship.

Selected at No. 10 overall in the April draft, Davis reunited with her former USC teammate Gray on the Dallas Wings. She posted 6.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and one assist per game throughout her first season, despite averaging a mere 15.5 minutes per game. Davis’ best offensive outing came on July 16, 2017, when she scored 23 points against the Chicago Sky. Her performance in 2017 was enough to earn a spot alongside Allisha Gray as one of five rookies named to the WNBA’s All-Rookie Team.

P.J. Dozier OKC Thunder G League

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Allisha Gray is the first Gamecock to be named the WNBA “Rookie of the Year.”

P.J. Dozier scored five points in 18 minutes of play in his G League debut on Nov. 3.

After deciding to forgo her senior season and enter the WNBA draft, Gray was selected fourth overall by the Dallas Wings. Her immediate impact was evident, as she led all rookies with 1.53 steals per game and 27.2 minutes per game. Her averages of 13 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game ranked second among all rookies.

Gray was named the WNBA “Rookie of the Year” in September, making her the first former Gamecock to accomplish such a feat.

After going undrafted in both rounds of the NBA draft, Dozier signed a 2017 NBA Summer League contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. By August, Dozier would ink an official deal with the Dallas Mavericks only to be released a few months later. Currently, he is under contract with a two-way deal between the Oklahoma City Thunder and their NBA G League affiliate — the Oklahoma City Blue. Dozier has yet to see action in the pros but has the chance to play regularly during the Oklahoma City Blue’s regular season, which kicked off Nov. 3.

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Puerto Rico Tipoff moved to Coastal Carolina Allen Marcus Harter @ALLENMHARTER

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Coliseo Municipal Tomas Dones is holding victims of Hurricane Maria who lost their homes to the devastation.

The South Carolina men’s basketball team will compete in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic at Coastal Carolina University in November.

Originally scheduled to be played in Pajardo, Puerto Rico, the game was moved because of the devastating impact and damage in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria.

“The aftermath of the hurricane has caused an immense hardship to the island, and our thoughts are with the people of Puerto Rico during this difficult time,” said Pete Derzis, ESPN senior vice president of college sports programming and events. “We are hopeful to be able to return

next year to Puerto Rico, where our teams have enjoyed the warm hospitality and rich culture of Puerto Rico for nearly a decade.”

Thanks to Coastal Carolina and the city of Myrtle Beach, the tournament found a new home for the year.

“It’s under tough circumstances but we’re in a position to be able to help,” said Coastal athletics director Matt Hogue. “Once we were able to check our calendars and saw that it could work out, we were all about helping them out.”

A long with Appalachian State, Boise State, Illinois State, Iowa State, Tulsa, U TEP and

Western M ich igan, Sout h Carolina w ill be competing in the tournament beginning Nov. 16 through Nov. 19.

The event will feature two teams that made the NCAA tournament last year — South Carolina and Iowa State — and two teams that made the National Invitation Tournament — Boise State and Illinois State.

The Gamecocks will face Illinois State to start the opening round of the tournament at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 16 on ESPN2.

Gamecocks face tough road test against No. 13 Maryland

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Fresh off a national championship, the South Carolina women’s basketball team’s non-conference schedule is loaded with heavy competition.

The Gamecocks will play two teams in the Top 13 USA Today Coaches Poll, Maryland and No. 12 Duke, with the possibility of playing No. 5 Notre Dame in the Gulf Coast Showcase before the conference schedule begins.

The tests begin right away as the Gamecocks travel to College Park to face Maryland in their second game of the year on Nov. 13. Maryland went 30-2 in the last regular season, losing to Connecticut by six at home and to No. 12 Ohio State by 11 on the road. Maryland went on to win the Big Ten and was a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament before bowing out to Oregon in the Sweet Sixteen.

Mar yland lost talent to the W NBA draft and from players who transferred out of the program. Shatori WalkerKimbrough, who averaged 18.8 points last year, was drafted sixth overall, and Brionna Jones who averaged 19.9 points and 10.9 rebounds a game last year was drafted two picks later.

Maryland’s Destiny Slocum, who averaged 11.5 points and six assists per game, announced her transfer to Oregon State via Twitter on May 1.

With the transfer of Slocum, Maryland will have its fourth different starting point guard in four years. True freshman Channise Lewis was the No. 55 recruit according to ESPN, but the Terpsare projected to finish second in the Big Ten this season.

Maryland is also known for playing fast up and down the court. For the Gamecocks to win, they’ll need to find a way to slow the Terps down and make them play in a half-court offense.

The Terps worked during the preseason to fix the kinks in their game when they helped represent the United States at the World University Games in Taipei. They showed well, and finished in fifth place.

Last season, the Gamecocks held their opponents to an average of just under 60 points a game and scored just over 76 points a game. Maryland was somewhat a turnover heavy team last season with more than 500 turnovers.On the other hand, South Carolina totaled 471 while playing three more games than the Terps.

While the Terps somewhat struggled at keeping the ball, they were exceptional at creating turnovers, averaging 10.9 steals per game last year. South Carolina only averaged 8.5 last season.

For the Gamecocks to come out on top in their first tough test of the season, they will need to take care of the ball and force a young Maryland team to play in a half-court offense in what is expected to be a good crowd at Xfinity Center on Nov. 13.

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Gamecocks open season with exhibition win over Erskine Ethan Lomas @ETHANLOMAS15

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The South Carolina men’s basketball team opened the 2017-18 season with an exhibition against Erskine Monday night.

The G amecock s won big, 85- 4 4, despite a large number of newcomers seeing their fi rst taste of competition on the squad. Junior forward Chris Silva led all scorers with 15 points on just 15 minutes played. Freshman forward Justin Minaya also played well, adding 13 points and four rebounds.

The Gamecocks attempted several t h ree -p oi nter s , but shot ju st 25.7 percent from behind the arc. W hen asked about the large quantity of shots, guard Frank Booker said, “Some shots were off balance or not shots that we usually take, we are going to try and get the ball inside more and play inside-out basketball.”

Head coach Frank Martin added, “I can’t sit here and tell you we’re a good shooting team and then tell them they can’t shoot ... we got to find a happy balance.”

Whether it was nerves, bad shots or a combination of both, the Gamecocks are hoping to improve their shooting performance in their next time out.

I n t he f irst half, t he G amecock s came out of the gate quickly. Just over halfway through the period, they posted a commanding 23-8 lead over the Flying Fleet. The Gamecocks continued to dominate the first half by finishing it with at 20-10 run over the last seven minutes.

Overall, the fi rst period proved to be the better of the two halves, with the Gamecocks shooting 43.2 percent from the floor and 40 percent from deep.

The second half was a bit of a different story.

W h i le t he scor i ng never slowed down, the shots stopped falling. The Gamecocks began to utilize their size inside, along with easy fast-break points to blow the game wide open. Despite shooting just 6.7 percent (one for 15) from three-point land, the team still shot for more than 40 percent for the game.

The Gamecocks played many different player groups to experiment with who meshed well together. Players who stood out include Booker and Minaya, along with Silva and sophomore forward Maik Kotsar, who most fans expect to have breakout seasons. While they showcased very even scoring, David Beatty, Kory Holden and Khadim Gueye didn’t have as many notable moments on Monday.

Martin preaches heavy ball movement to help his players f ind open shots and that’s exactly how they played on Monday. They were very unselfish with the ball, sometimes even passing up open shots, and will look to continue that playing style on Sunday in their second ex h ibit ion against Virg in ia Tech.

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In an exhibition game with a score of 25-4 after six minutes of play, there were few things that stood out in the Gamecocks’ 116-56 exhibition victory over Coker at Colonial Life Arena on Friday.

Sout h Carolina graduate transfer Lindsey Spann was one.

The redsh ir t sen ior was 6-for-6 from behind the threepoint arc in the first half, and added a field goal for a total of 20 points in the half. She led the Gamecocks with 27 points, going 8-for-11 from the field and 7-for-9 from three.

“My teammates definitely found me. I just ran into open spots,” Spann said.

Spann transferred from Penn State in May and was the team’s second leading scorer with 10.5 points per game.

“I think it is very important just as a stepping stool and a starting point for us t h i s se a son ,” Sp a n n s a id.

“Everybody is playing off each other, and I think we did a great job of doing that today.”

Head coach Dawn Staley added, “She’s been doing that ever since she has been injury free. She’s been shooting the ball extremely well, so I’m not really surprised by her ability to shoot it that way. When she gets her feet set, when she gets open looks, she’s knocked ‘em down.

Hopefully she can continue that.”

A point of emphasis for South Carolina was getting the ball inside. The Gamecocks finished with 58 points inside.

“That is some of t he things that will be key for us throughout the season, is winning that points in the paint battle,” said Staley, explaining the battle could be won by either driving to the basket or by feeding the team’s post players.

While the win was one-sided in the Gamecocks’ favor, they still have areas to improve upon, according to Staley. One of those issues for the Gamecocks

is turnovers. They averaged 12.7 turnovers last season, and recorded 13 against the Cobras on Friday. Staley said she can live with some turnovers, but not “live ball turnovers.”

“Some things we need to get better on is our defense,” Staley said. “We got to figure out how we compete a little bit better, how we come up with loose balls, how we block out and

not give up so many offensive rebounds. So, we got to figure that out — and we will by the time we start on Friday.”

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Monday, November 6, 2017

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