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Accepted for services rendered every where from the gates of Williams-Brice Stadium to the checkout at Thomas Cooper Librar y, the CarolinaCard is undoubtedly a utility player.

And through a simple email cor re spondence, t h i rd-yea r nursing student Bradley Quarles may have given USC’s iconic plastic token another function: saving lives.

Quarles, who ser ves as president of t he Col lege of N u r s i n g ’s c h a p t e r o f t h e A merican A ssembly for Men in Nursing, had an idea over holiday break. W it h mental health issues a constant problem on college campuses, students could fall into suicidal thought at any time, especially when alone.

Since each student at USC is issued a CarolinaCard, Quarles f ig u red, print ing t he phone nu mber of a su icide hot line on each card would give each st udent access to emergency counseling regardless of their surroundings.

Last mont h, Quarles contacted t he CarolinaCard office via email and asked if it would be possible to print the phone number of the National Su icide Prevent ion Lifel i ne ( N S P L) o n f u t u r e c a r d s .

When he didn’t receive initial confi rmation, Quarles reached out a second t i me a nd wa s pleased to the number would be printed on all CarolinaCards effective immediately.

“A l l it rea l ly took was a n ema i l,” Q ua rles sa id w it h a laugh.

Q u a rle s s a id he f ou nd it important to “safeguard” against mental health complications.

He also credited his background in t he f ield of nursing as an influence.

“I just want to make people feel as though we’re looking out for them,” Quarles said. “That’s kind of the role of a nurse: We advocate for people even though we don’t know them.”

STUDENTS AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT REACT TO INAUGURATION Brittany Franceschina @BRITTA_FRAN

The nation watched as the historical handover of power from Barack Obama to his successor u n folded at t he i naug u rat ion of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20.

T he event fol lowed a campaign characterized by controversy and protests and Trump’s speech set the tone for the way in which he hopes

former CN N senior W hite House correspondent during the Reagan and Bush ad m i n ist rat ions, sha red his perspect ive on t he inauguration. “ It ’s a n i mp or t a nt day because t his is a constitutionally prescribed process i n ha nd i ng power f rom Obama to Tr u mp …

There’s never been a president who refused to leave and had to be picked up in his pajamas and slippers and carried out of

“In order for this stigma to finally die, we need to change the way we think about voting.” to serve the American people during his term.

“Today’s ceremony … has very special meaning because t o d a y w e a r e no t m e r e l y transferring power from one administration to another or from one part y to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and g iv i ng it back to you, t he people,” Trump said.

Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Information a nd Com mu n ic at ions a nd

the White House,” Bierbauer said.

Many felt t he most notable part of the day was Trump’s straight forward and impactful speech.

“I thought it was a speech that spelled out an agenda.

It wasn’t a feel-good speech in any way, shape or form. In fact, it was in a lot of ways a speech that said, ‘We’re in bad shape,’” Bierbauer said.

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Staley, Martin battle for Twitter dominance Bobby Balboni

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The South Carolina basketball program is #blessed. Not only have t he men’s a nd women’s teams combined for a 11-1 start in SEC play, but both programs are captained by individuals who have reached the upper pantheon of elite t weeters among head coaches.

C oache s a nd soc ia l med ia are a potent ially f rightening c o m b i n a t i o n . Tw i t t e r i s a powerf ul tool and, when employed ef fect ively, can do wonders to promote a program and to connect with a fanbase.

On the spectrum of coaches and their varying levels of disconnect w it h social med ia, t here are generally three distinct regions.

On the far left you have the

Nick Sabans and Bill Belichiks of the world. These are the proud, righteous fogies who will never fi nd any utility in social media.

If a Twitter egg were to hatch in their lap, they would sooner t w ist t he ch ick ’s g u l let i nto licorice before they would even try to engage with it. At least they know they are fogies.

Then you have the coaches w ho e it he r d o n’t r u n t he i r ow n accou nt s or probably shou ld n’t . T he one s i n t h is region, who actually generate their own content, profoundly misunderstand Twitter — it is in fact not a platform to recite maxims from the John Wooden or Vince Lombardi book you just read for the 71st time.

SEECAROLINACARDPAGE2 On the opposite end you have t he coac he s who w i l l t weet sha melessly to conv i nce t he world that they are hip. Author’s Not e: s e e Ji m H a rb au g h @ CoachJim4UM, no explanation needed.

Fortunately for South Carolina fans, Dawn Staley and Frank M a r t i n don’t re side on t hat spectrum of bad coach tweeting.

They are two of the rare coaches, and Twitter users in general for that matter, who generate unique content that actually represents their real personalities.

So who has the most dominant Twitter game on campus?

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Weekly public affairs show premieres ETV aired the first episode of a new weekly public affairs show “This Week in Sout h Carolina” hosted by Charles Bierbauer, Dean of t he C ol lege of I n for m at ion and Communication and former cor re spondent for C N N a nd ABC News. The premiere of the thirty-minute informal show aimed at hav i ng a conversat ion about what’s going on within the state featured S.C. Gov., and President Donald Trump’s nomination for

Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley as its fi rst guest.

Bierbauer, who has worked with ETV since he came to USC in 2002, was approached by the network to host the show that airs Fridays at 7:30 pm on SCETV. “They said they wanted to revive a weekly public affairs show largely focusing on the legislator sessions and asked if I would host it and I said well I can do that for a while but I really want to engage students

in t he process and I really want to do the show from our studios,” Bierbauer said.

T he st ud ios he’s refer r i ng to are the newly opened greenhouse s t u d i o s . T h e y ’r e l o c a t e d t w o blocks from the legislator and two blocks from the Statehouse and are complete with a broadcast studio, office, control room and dressing room.

Bierbauer was able to achieve his other objective of engaging students

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“This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.”

— President Donald Trump in his inauguration speech

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“This is extremely rare for our area, especially in January.”

— John Quagliariello of the National Weather Service about tornado watches for parts of SC

“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.”

— White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer during his first address to the press, a statement which contradicts widely reported fact

“It is embarrassing, as an American, to watch this briefing

by Sean Spicer from the podium at the White House. Not the RNC. The White House.”

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“To be quite honest, it was more i mp or t a nt to accompl ish t ho se two things than for me to get back on telev ision. I’ve had my day,” Bierbauer said.

In what could be Nikki Haley’s last interview as governor, she reflected INAUGURATIONPAGE1 “There was not a lot of, ‘This is good,’ but a lot of, ‘This is bad, and we’re going to change it.’ There was an agenda there, but not a lot of specifics. I thought it was rhetorically rather harsh, talking about carnage.”

Some USC st udents had t he opp or t u n it y t o at t e nd t he inauguration as a part of the Honors C ol leg e Wa s h i n g t o n S e me s t er Program.

“There were strong emotions on both sides … I just wanted to see my first presidential inauguration

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on the accomplishments she’s made in the last six years including strides toward restructuring government w it h a p p o i nt e d p o s it i o n s a n d areas she felt the state could have improved given more time — most notably education. The timing of her appearance on t he show, t he sa me day a s Pre sident Tr u mp’s inauguration, was perfect because she went t h rough conf i r mat ion hearings last week to join his cabinet

as Ambassador to the UN. Haley’s rise to prominence is good visibility for the state as well as the fact that she is one of very few women and minorities in Trump’s cabinet.

“It’s good for the state. It raises the profile. I think she’ll be fine; she’s grown in office, I think she’s grown and matured and has a better understanding for how government functions at all levels having been in an executive branch,” Bierbauer said.

It’s r umored t he conf irmat ion announcement will occur Wed nesday a nd she’l l be swor n in very shortly after according to Bierbauer who said, “Trump doesn’t like to wait around to get things done.”

Future episodes will focus heavily on the legislat ure and they hope to bring in S.C. Lt. Gov. Henr y McMaster after he likely becomes governor.

regardless of whether or not I voted for h i m ,” sa id A ud re y Wa re , a second-year international business and marketing student.

The students remained cautious because of the protests that became violent.

“W hile the protests were really great and necessar y … there was a feeling of unease all around the city. We stayed in on Friday night because we weren’t sure what was going to happen,” said Sara Wallam, a second-year biochem ist r y a nd molecular biology student.

Although many associate Trump

with his confrontational tweets and aggressively publicized candidacy, Bierbauer is i ntere sted i n what he w i l l do nex t a nd bel ieves as Ronald Reagan said the oval office transforms people.

“So when Donald Trump leaves the Capitol and goes back to the White House today, is he gonna look around and say, ‘This is different, I now have different responsibilities apart from all the words that have been uttered and the tweaks that have been issued and what have you.’ The burden has now shifted,” Bierbauer said.

A Supreme Court nomination can be expected as one of Trump’s fi rst actions as president, but he will have to adjust to his new position.

“One of the things that Trump is sure to discover is that no matter what you say on day one, there’s only so much that you can do, and the process has to move forward. He has the benefit of party control of both houses, and so he ought to be able to move legislation forward, but it’s not going to be everything he wants,” Bierbauer said.

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Voices from Columbia’s Women’s rally

Jenna Schiferl @JENNASCHIF

Thousands of people gathered inside Music Farm on Saturday morning to participate in the Women’s March on Columbia. The concert venue eventually reached capacity and event participants overflowed onto Senate Street. Hundreds of men, women and children also met on the Statehouse steps despite the inclement weather. This event was a demonstration of support for the Women’s March on Washington D.C., and over 600 other sister marches took place across the globe. They aimed to raise awareness of a variety of issues ranging from LGBTQ rights to immigration reform. The marches served as a call to action for individuals to become involved in political activism in their community.

Here are some of the things attendees had to say about the Columbia march and its message: “I think it’s important to have our voices heard. I think it is a very important message and it’s a way to show that we are not a minority.”

— Isabel Fox, fourth-year international studies and history student at the University of South Carolina “We must do our part in producing a just society.

Silence is not an option and that’s why I come and stand with you today.”

— Dr. Will Moreau Goins, chair of the Interfaith Partners of South Carolina

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Evening of art, cartography at Cola museum Jenna Schiferl @JENNASCHIF

The Columbia Mu s e u m of A r t w i l l host a lecture and open discussion session feat uring artist James Williams on Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. The event, cosponsored by the Friends of A f r ic a n-A mer ic a n A r t & Cu lt u re, a i m s to highlight the North Carolina artist’s debut museum collection titled “M a k i n g M ap s: T he Art of James Williams,” wh ich is on d isplay on the second f loor of the museum until Feb. 5. T he ex h ibit is t he f inal installat ion of a three-part series at the Columbia Museum of Art that celebrates AfricanAmerican art and culture.

Williams is an associate professor of art at Guilford Technical Com mu n it y Col lege.

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media work, he explores seemingly ordinar y destinations and objects of everyday life, and he simultaneously channels complex themes of selfexpression and identity.

T h e e x h ib it challenges tradit ional ideas associated w it h car tog raphy a nd how maps are spat ially oriented through abstract ex pression ism. There is a strong contrast in the pieces between the chaot ic overlappi ng colors and the structure provided by the use of geomet ric shapes and lines.

“Making maps can lead you in many directions,” Williams said. “They can give you the freedom to navigate what’s important a b o u t t h e j o u r n e y, and thus can help you determine how far your imag inat ion wa nt s to travel.”

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Review: Modern female representation brought to screen “20th Century Women” Release Date: Jan. 20 Director Mike Mills Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes

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Women rule, culture is in a state of flux, and ‘70s punk is thriving in “20th Centur y Women” — director Mike Mills’ fresh-faced lyric poem to relationship and identity set in a groovy, circa-1979 Santa Barbara.

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Column: Nintendo walking on thin ice Darby Hallman

@DARBYHALLMAN1

Nintendo held an event for the Switch, its new TV/handheld hybrid console, earlier this month.

After the financial failure of the Wii U and a severe lack of games over the past year, gaming fans hoped to see a new Nintendo that understands its audience and comes out the gate swinging.

Now, i n t he w a k e of t he presentation, many believe that Nintendo failed to do this.

Over the past year, Nintendo’s f irst-part y of fering of games for the Wii U has been scarce.

Granted, Sony and Microsoft’s fi rst-party development has been somewhat lacking as well, but the difference is PlayStation and Xbox have numerous third-party developers creating games for both platforms, meaning that there is always something to play, even in these dry spells. Nintendo, on the other hand, doesn’t receive the same kind of support, which means that when Nintendo stops releasing games, Wii U owners are simply left with nothing.

The common theory was that Nintendo was holding back on game releases and announcements in order to make the launch of the

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Switch an event so large that it would be impossible to miss out on.

This is precisely why it’s a hard pill to swallow that, at the time I’m writing this, the Switch is set to release with 5 games, only three of which are new games. Many of the games coming out after that are also ports, and even the games that aren’t ports haven’t garnered the most excitement from fans who, like myself, are begging for compelling reasons to drop down money and buy a Switch.

There is the argument that the PS4 and Xbox One launch lineups were also fairly weak, and I will admit that’s true, but the fact of the matter is that Nintendo is in an entirely different situation here.

Neither the PS4 nor the Xbox One were tasked with following up af ter a c at a st roph ic a l ly

under-performing console like the Switch is.

A nd t he whole t hird-part y developer problem shou ld n’t be u nder st ated. D u r i ng t he conference, Nintendo had a fairly abysmal showing of third-party support that included “Skyrim,” which is rumored to not be the HD remastered game but rather the 2011 Xbox 360/PS3 version, and “FIFA,” which is also rumored to be the Xbox 360/PS3 version.

Nintendo had representatives from EA, one of the largest game companies in the world, over to Japan just to vaguely announce that “FIFA” would be coming to the console? And they had Todd Howard from Bethesda appear in the stream to reveal a port of a five-year-old game? Don’t get SEENINTENDOPAGE5

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by Annette Bening) is a single mom with one foot in the past and one in the future. She wants to raise her teenage son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) to be a good man, but she isn’t even sure what that means anymore. Together with houseguests William (Billy Crudup) and Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and family friend Julie (Elle Fanning), Dorothea ponders the evolving relationship bet ween mothers and sons, aging women and an adapting world, and youth and revolution as the five form a non-biological family and discover their own destinies.

It’s only fitting that this film opened in wide release when it did — on the inauguration day of a man who has had one of the most controversial ca mpa ig ns i n regards to gender equality in our history and on the eve of a historic, global women’s march — because the film is not as much about the progression of a plot as it is about the progression of women’s rights, the representation of women and the identity of the male feminist.

While the film is technically centered on the shifting values of the 1970s, it has unlimited cultural relevance in 2017. With competent, authentic characterizations and performances, this film joins the ranks of the oh-toofew cinematic marvels that actually manage to represent women in their full complexity. The women here are flawed and funny and intelligent and sensual and beautiful and masculine and feminine — just as females are in real life. They are not put on a pedestal, and they are not degraded. Instead, they are presented tangibly, as directors have been presenting men in film for decades.

Dorothea, Abbie and Julie are not petty, and they are not pitted against each other in the all-too-common “cat fight” illustration. Their bodies are beautiful but not for men, and neither is their sexuality. While they dance their way through the 1970s to a soundtrack by Roger Neill that flawlessly juxtaposes classic jazz and vintage punk, they discover truths about femininity and their purposes in the world that are just as pertinent to women young and old today.

The film explores in detail the

subtleties of the many roles that women play in the world. How is one a good mother? What does sisterhood look like, and female morality? What does it mean to be infertile, or possibly pregnant? How do women party, dance, have careers and express themselves emotionally, sexually and creatively?

In the tradition of true equality, when it is realized that sexism harms both men and women, the film doesn’t let gender limit its exploration of identity. The film also discusses what it means to be a “good man,” focusing on the fact that a man’s goodness can also be determined by his lack of sexism, and, thus, his feminism. Jamie and William are more sensitive than some of the men often seen on screen. Jamie ponders how to love and how to give as much as he receives in a relationship — valuable lessons for men in 2017.

Aside from its realistic discussion of these values and functions of gender and personal goodness, “20th Century Women” has one other core theme — that of motherhood, both biological and otherwise.

Jamie is Dorothea’s utmost concern, and Bening captures incredibly well the worries, sacrifices and disappointments that all mothers face. Aside from Dorothea, we see Abbie and Julie become mothers to Jamie as well.

They might not be blood relatives or biological parental units, but there is a love and closeness in their relationships with him that proves the ability of anyone to mother or be mothered, father or be fathered, love and be loved.

A landmark development in the arduous f ight for qualit y female representation on screen, Mike Mills’ latest is filled to the brim with universal truths without getting preachy. This f ilm ex plores w it hout lect uring, empowers without rhetoric and unifies without theology. It takes ‘70s rebellion, The Pill, second-wave feminism, the Talking Heads, the Great Depression and an old Ford Galaxy and translates them into something inspiring, equal and modern.

“20th Century Women” may take place in the 1970s, but it’s one of the most modern films of the past decade in its worldview and representation.

The film is a truly refreshing portrait of femininity, masculinity, family, equality and love that 21st century women — and men — shouldn’t miss.

NINTENDOPAGE4 me wrong, I love fighting d r a g o n s a nd put t i n g buckets on shop clerks’ heads so that I can steal their cheese wheels, but a port of an old game isn’t exactly the sign of developers having faith in the hardware.

Nintendo needed to blow ever yone away with this conference and establish itself as a true contender in the market, and this simply didn’t happen. With an awkward presentation, a lack of games and a seemingly backward and def lating e m p h a s i s o n m o t io n controls — which I highly doubt the world is going to fall head over heels for again with VR becoming an accessible option — the conference was ultimately disappointing.

But who knows? Maybe none of t h is mat ters.

Maybe Nintendo doesn’t need third-party support, and t here are enough people like me who are willing to have a second console for Nintendo games. However, even to get fans like myself, Ni ntendo is goi ng to need to prove that it can keep a steady flow of fun games, and right now, the horizon is looking pretty sparse. I hope that Nintendo can get back on its feet with this console, because I truly believe that a vibrant and creative Nintendo f unctioning as both a hardware and software developer is very beneficial to the industry as a whole, and I fear that t his might be t he last chance of securing this future.

I’m far from the first to raise this concern, but if the Switch sees the same f inancial failings t hat the Wii U did, this very

well could mark the end of Nintendo, at least as a hardware developer. I would hope that if this were to happen, Nintendo wou ld recog n ize t hat it s games st ill hold a special place in gaming and continue to develop games on other platforms like PlayStation or Xbox, but t here is a l so t he wor r y t hat Ni ntendo would simply close down completely. I would much rat her t he Sw itch see incredible success and not have to worry, but these are legitimate possibilities if Nintendo doesn’t switch up their strategy.

W h i l e t h e Sw i t c h releases on March 3, it will likely take until later in the year and beyond to truly get a grasp on Nintendo’s success this time around. As someone who loves Nintendo, its characters, history and nu mer ou s i nc r e d ible

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Don’t confuse biology with socialization Olivia Harris Third-year biology student

Trump lies spell bad news for statistics impact on the economy? You’re probably relying on statistics from the Department of Labor.

Are you interested in his effect Third-year on hate crimes? Law enforcement psychology student agencies within the DoJ collect and analyze reports from local law enforcement agencies to Most reasonable and informed determine that. We rely on the political debates require debaters government to provide us with to use facts to support t heir information about the population, positions. For example, if you the economy, the weather. We rely wa nted to qua nt if y Oba ma’s on them for health information, econom ic ach ievement s a s transit information, information president, you might cite the about science and technology.

Bureau of Labor Statistics to show Tr ump’s stooges have been how u nemploy ment d ropped desperately tr y ing to deceive from 7.8 percent at the time of his u s ab out c r owd s i z e at t he inauguration to 4.7 percent when inaug urat ion to placate t heir he left office. If you wanted to talk t hin-sk inned k ing, but t hose about violent crime, you can show aren’t the numbers we should be graphs of how the rate of violent concerned about. We should be crime has been falling steadily concerned about what will happen since 1994, using data from the to the many measures of how our FBI Uniform Crime Report. If world functions that will be under you want to know what offenses their control over the next four people are in jail for, you can go years. How can we reasonably be to the website of the Bureau of expected to trust the important Justice Statistics and find out that st at ist ic s t he gover n ment 68 percent of inmates are held for releases when the White House felonies. On a number of fronts, we has to flat-out lie to us to avoid depend on the government for an hurting the president’s feelings accurate statistical accounting of about something as pett y and our world. meaningless as how many people So one of the many problems showed up to his party? If in four with having a pathological liar as a years economic statistics show that commander-in-chief, particularly President Trump has failed us, one who has f illed his W hite how can we expect his people, who House and cabinet with other insulate him from even the most liars, is that we may experience trifling things that might bruise his an unprecedented blackout of fragile ego, to publish the facts that fact ual informat ion. A re you prove him to be a bad president? interested in tracking Trump’s

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How can we expect them to fund government organizations that aggregate information that might imply the president is not doing his job?

To even begin a conversation on the issues facing this country — issues such as injustice, poverty, war, money — we need to have an accurate foundation of facts to start that conversation on. The media can’t possibly provide the same information that government institutions currently provide to us. They can’t be in every jail, on every street where the police shoot someone, interviewing every family that is being crushed by economic hardship. They can’t shine light into every corner — particularly not without the help of governmental statistics, which can tell you where a story is. They can fact-check everything the White House says and still not come up with what’s really going on in this country. Without the government to track t hings so wide-scale that the media can’t, our scope of knowledge will be reduced to purely what is happening in our towns and our neighborhoods. We won’t be able to see past our own noses. We won’t be able to change things because we won’t know what needs changing.

Trump’s lies and refusals to show information that might be damaging to him are obnoxious and alarming. But as a policy carried over to the government, they’re downright terrifying.

Trump on trade will hurt graduates Nick Sembrat Fourth-year international business and economics student In an address on Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the United K ingdom will not enter the single European market — confirming the belief that the U.K. plans for a “hard Brexit” from the European Union.

Though she mentions an intent to create a free trade deal with the E.U., this is a large step toward a more protectionist U.K. and

it is a move that can galvanize other protectionist supporters in the world, including President Donald Trump. According to his own website, Trump plans for the U.S. to exit the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate the Nor t h A merica n Free Trade Agreement. If these changes go through, the job market for college graduates will look very different from how it does now.

The goal of protectionism and “fair” trade is to bring American jobs back to t he U.S. I n t he best-case scenario, this strategy convinces companies to keep their factories in the States and gives them an incentive to create new jobs by opening new facilities.

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These created jobs will be bluecollar, lower-skill work that do not require higher education.

This strategy is a relief to small cities in the Midwest that have been hit hard by outsourcing and offshoring, but it will not be very appealing to anyone in higher education. As college students, we invest tens of thousands of dollars every year in our education with the belief that we will get a highsalary job when we graduate and make our effort worthwhile.

However, if the world moves toward protectionism, then highskill, education-intensive jobs, which have flourished in the world of free trade, will become more competitive. Another reason for concern is the possibility of trade wars and high tariffs, which could put a strain on the A merican economy. If a recession occurs within the next couple years, protectionism could exacerbate t he problem a nd potent ia l ly see millions of Americans lose their jobs. And as recent college graduates, we will be the first to go. It may not be not very useful to constantly think of the doomsday scenario, but it would be foolish to not plan for the challenges we will face in Trump’s “fair trade” world.

Freshman year I took a n ho nor s t he olog y course entitled Money, Po w e r, G r e e d a nd Theology. As one of the few fiscally conservative students, I made plenty of waves. As a socially l ibera l proponent of feminism and queerness, I think my classmates had quite a hard time s o r t i n g m e i nt o a n appropriate box. There was a boy in that class, a biolog y student like my sel f, who seemed to have a ha rd t i me separating sociology and biology. Whenever we would discuss something about gender inequity or socioeconomic divides, he would always say, becoming famous for this line, “Well, it all comes down to biology.”

At the time, I was mostly hor r if ied t hat t h is biology student seemed to have s uch a poor grasp on the subject.

Now, I understand it to be a running theme in mansplaining systematic sexism.

In my previous article, I referenced a New York Times writer who seems to be struggling with the same concept. David Brooks confused genetics w it h evolut ionar y psycholog y — t he mental g ymnastics of which have not ceased to astound me a week later.

But this is a common idea and a convenient excuse for a very social problem. The fact that most hu ma ns w it h vag i nas ca n produce ch ildren a nd most humans w it h penises have greater muscle mass is biological. The fact that most humans with vaginas are called women and most humans with penises are called men i s so c iolog ic a l.

Biology and sociology are not mutually exclusive — t here is plenty of crossover and interconnectedness — but to blame today ’s gender div ides on biolog y, genet ic s or evolution is inherently shortsighted.

Mo s t p e o ple , at a college level of education, will be familiar wit h the concept of “nature versus nu r t u re.” For those computer scientists a nd m at hem at ic ia n s out t he r e w ho h a v e never been subjected to elementary psychology, let me break it dow n for you. I nd iv idua l development is driven bot h by t he gene s a human has and t heir unique expression, as well as the environment t hey g row up in and the experiences and life events that shape them.

For nearly every aspect of development, there are linked biological, sociological and psychological factors.

This includes behavioral gender differences.

Genetically, it is true t hat women per for m

better on verbal skills and memor y test s.

Genetically, it is true that men perform better on spat ia l sk i l ls a nd systematics. This is true largely because these are the skills that fit the gender roles humans fell under in the period of time in which human beings were still under the pressures of natural selection. Evolutionarily, it w a s de s i r able f or women, who bir t hed children, to be able to work together to rear children and for men, who were larger, to be able to hunt and kill prey.

Humans have, at this point in our metastasis around the world, largely beat or cou nteracted the effects of natural selec t ion, for bet ter or worse. (I definitely think it’s for the worse.)

S o t he s e rei n f orc e d genetic predispositions and adaptations are no longer being selected for or acted upon.

W hat t h is mea ns is that by around the time humans began the widespread cultivation of ag r ic u lt u re a nd domestic animals, the evolutionary basis for gender roles was, for t he mo st pa r t , nu l l.

The fact that pregnancy a nd ch i ldbi r t h ex ac t i ncred ible tol ls on t he fema le body is indisputable. The idea (n o t f a c t , b u t id e a) that women belong in the home to take care of t he s e c h i ld ren i s unfounded, more and more so in our modern c u lt u re. There is no way to escape the social c ond it ion i n g of t he culture you are born into.

You can educate yourself and become aware of the effects it has had on you, but humans are social creatures and as such, there is a learning and training process by which young animals are taught the ways of their environment. This social izat ion is what produces the idea that women are intellectually inferior to men, which many modern cultures h ave i ng r a i ne d i nto their everyday social and political interactions.

Systematic sexism can no longer be attributed to biolog y a lone, or even largely based in b i o l o g y, b e c a u s e i t h a s b ecome a m ajor pillar in the structure of so many social and political regimes. The subjugation of women, such as with racism and queerphobia, is born from a desire of those in power to remain in power, namely straight, white men who want a hot dinner and a hot wife to come home to.

A nd by perpet uat ing t he s y s t e m t h r ou g h which women are trained and socialized to be meek, nurturing and empathetic, while p u n i s h i n g t he m f o r bei ng opi n ionated, a mbit ious or nont rad it iona l, we a re allowing these outdated and ungrounded attitudes to shape the future our daughters will be born into.

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WITHOUT DOZIER, KENTUCKY REVEALS THORNWELL’S NEED FOR SIDEKICK Adam Orfinger @AORFINGER

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When it was announced that second-leading scorer PJ Dozier would miss t he Gamecocks’ matchup with No. 5 Kentucky, it could be expected that it would be a struggle offensively for No. 24 South Carolina. Despite Sindarius Thornwell’s careerhigh 34 points, the Gamecocks c ou ld n’t keep up w it h t he Wildcats’ potent scoring attack, failing to keep up in the 85-69 loss.

As the Gamecocks looked to climb back late in the second half, they let it f ly from the three-point arc, but nothing was falling. Justin McK ie missed three uncontested threes after the break, and Notice air-balled another in the fi nal minutes, as the two combined with Rakym Felder to shoot 0-for-11 from deep.

Thornwell’s help came in spurts from two unlikely candidates. In the fi rst half, sophomore guard Hassani Gravett scored all seven of his points during a 15-2 run, punctuated by a steal and slam. In the early second half, TeMarcus Blanton hit a pair of threes to cut the Kentucky lead to eight, and he would finish the game with a career-high 12 points.

Not ice’s st r uggles on t he offensive end continued with a four-point performance on 2-for7 shooting. The senior didn’t appear to be looking for his shot at times, but he did manage four assists in his 37 minutes while

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In PJ Dozier’s absence, which was further compounded by foul trouble to Chris Silva and Maik Kotsar, one unlikely player stepped up in the game against Kentucky to try and give Sout h Carolina a chance at beating the Wildcats.

Although it still was not enough to bring the Gamecocks to victory in Rupp Arena, TeMarcus Blanton scored a career-high 12 points on just nine minutes of playing time, with 10 of the 12 points coming in the second half.

“I messed up. I should have played him earlier in the game,” said coach Frank Martin when describing his handling of Blanton’s minutes. “I tried to kinda stick with our rotation and I should have just gone with him.”

Blanton, who suffered a major hip injury at the start of his freshman year, was forced to redsh ir t for a l l of t he 2014 -15 season. T h is injury limited his sophomore year campaign, allowing him to play in only eight games. The same injury still greatly affects him today.

“This is a kid playing on one hip,” Martin said as he detailed Blanton’s injury. “That other hip, the way it’s rebuilt, it’s not meant for somebody to play college basketball.”

Yet after his career high against Kentucky, which came on just six shots, Blanton was content with the way he played.

“Considering all I’ve been through it feels great,” said Blanton after

making a strong contribution on the defensive end.

We saw this when Thornwell was suspended. Without Dozier and Thornwell on t he f loor to attack the defense, South Carolina’s opponent can hone in on whichever dynamic guard is on the court. Saturday, Kentucky could let Thornwell hurt them because he simply didn’t have any help.

“It’s not like those guys didn’t try,” Thornwell said after the game. “Shots just didn’t fall our way. It’s one game.”

The shots didn’t fall for the Gamecocks in that one game Sat urday, but t he of fense is teetering on resembling the South Carolina team of last February and March, where all of the burden was being put on Thornwell and Michael Carrera.

Outside of Dozier, Thornwell can often find help from his bigs, as was the case in Wednesday’s win over Florida when Chris Silva joined him in doublefigures with 11 points. Silva and Maik Kotsar weren’t able to stay on the floor Saturday, frustrating Frank Martin while combining for just 25 minutes.

“All they do is foul. It’s feast or famine,” Martin said of his starting forwards. “They either end the game with zero points and five fouls, or they score 12 points, seven rebounds. There’s no in between with them.”

It was famine for both players against the Wildcats, combining for four shot attempts, seven points and five rebounds while

racking up four fouls apiece in their limited minutes. Martin seemed especially frustrated with Silva, who managed just nine minutes, after picking up two fouls in the first five minutes, and recording another in the first 30 seconds after halftime.

With both Silva and Kotsar off the floor, Martin turned to freshman Sedee Keita, who is still developing his offensive game after missing valuable preseason practice time due to a wrist injury. Keita took just one shot in his 17 minutes while picking up a pair of fouls, forcing Martin to play walk-on Jarrell Holliman.

The redshirt junior recorded no stats other than three fouls in his 10 minutes of action.

Dozier’s status is up in the air for Tuesday’s game against Auburn and beyond, as his back issues stem from a practice injury on Friday. If Dozier can’t go against the Tigers, Thornwell’s need for a sidek ick w il l be apparent yet again. Even if he can go when the Gamecocks return to Columbia, the lack of offensive contribution from any other players doesn’t bode well for South Carolina moving forward.

In the 12 games that Dozier and Thornwell have both played this season, the Gamecocks are undefeated. When one of the star guards has sat out, the team is just 3-4. The offensive burden lies in the hands of Martin’s two elite recruits going forward, at least until a third scorer emerges consistently.

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TeMarcus Blanton has averaged 2.3 points per game this season.

Saturday’s game. “I actually got a good chance to contribute. It felt great.”

Prior to the game versus Kentucky, Blanton had played just 40 minutes f or t he G a me c o c k s , s c or i n g 9 points in his limited court time.

Yet Saturday offered a glimpse into what a healthier Blanton can provide to the Gamecocks, offering muchneeded depth to a foul-plagued and injury-riddled South Carolina team.

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Frank Martin handles Twitter like he handles his players. He is brutally honest, and there is no shelter if you cross him.

After South Carolina defeated Florida on Jan. 18, one bitter Florida fan with no fewer than 10 alligator emojis in his bio tweeted that “Nobody cares”.

It did not make a difference to Martin that @ tribble_nathan is still wearing braces in the banner picture on his bio. Frank Martin does not take prisoners:

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Staley is a high volume tweeter, having amassed an incredible 31,600 tweets since joining in 2009. Her style isn’t as confrontational or colorful as Martin’s.

She runs her account like a director of a marketing or public relations division. Her interactions are calculated and meaningful. She retweets frequently, but not excessively and not without purpose.

Staley’s account offers insight into the lives of her players and staff off the court. She often uses her account to chronicle the service activities her team performs to spread goodwill for the program.

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Mart in is also t he engineer of t he hashtag #MartinsMathClub, which he has used to promote his program to teach math to kindergartners by demonstrating connections between basic arithmetic and basketball.

Frank Martin is an elite Tweeter as far as coaches go. He fearlessly defends his program and engages with fans. He is the anti-catfish — his online persona mirrors the way he converses and interacts in real life. His tweets are raw, unfiltered and overtly passionate. At times he will lapse into political discourse, typically a social media no-no from a public relations standpoint, but only in cases where he is informed and qualified to talk about specific issues. Martin frequently shares insight on his family’s experience leaving Communist Cuba under the Castro regime.

The Verdict Staley is a master promoter, using Twitter as a platform to support her program while also giving her fans a view into her team’s everyday life. That said, Martin really lets his personality shine through. Both Staley and Martin are must-follows, but Martin’s burns and disses makes him the undisputed Twitter king of campus.

Sout h Carolina a nd M ississippi State w ill face of f Mond ay i n a showdow n of top five teams as they bot h bat t le to remain undefeated in SEC play.

Both teams have relied heavily on t hei r defen se up t o t h i s p oi nt in t he season, as t he Bu l ldog s a nd G a mecock s respectf ully rank fi rst and second in the SEC in scoring defense. Mississippi State’s opponents average 53.5 points per ga me wh i le t he G a m e c o c k s’ o p p o ne nt s d o n’t fair much bet ter, scor i ng just 54.6 points per game.

With both teams posing such elite defenses, one would expect this game to be a lowscoring affair. Yet Mississippi State’s Victoria Vivians is t he SEC’s fourt h

leading scorer and Sout h Ca rol i na’s A’ j a W i l s o n i s t he SE C ’s 10 t h .

Both these players have the ability to overcome g reat defense and could si ngle-ha nded ly tip the balance in their team’s favor shou ld t hey get hot throughout the course of the game.

Sout h Carolina already has t hree wins t his season over top 10 o p p o ne nt s , recording wins over the likes of t hen No. 7 Oh io St at e , No. 4 L ou is v i l le a nd No. 9 UCLA. M ississippi St ate is in search of it s second top ranked win, having previously beaten then No. 8 Texas in the beginning part of the season.

—Compiled by Abe Danaher, Sports Editor