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Budget cuts force hike in tuition Students will pay 6.9 percent more next semester

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USC’s Board of Tr ustees passed the 2011 fiscal year b u d g e t Fr id a y, Ju ne 18 , yielding a 6.9 percent increase i n t u it ion for C olu mbia campus students. The increase, which is expected to yield the University $15,525,000, will largely help fill a gap left by the South Carolina General Assembly, which cut $26.1 million from USC’s budget, a 22.5 percent reduc t ion that includes the loss of $2.7 million slashed due to Gov. Mark Sanford’s recent vetoes.

For the 2010-2011 academic year in-state students will pay $9,786 annually in tuition and fees, up $630 from last year, while out-of-state students will pay $25,362, adding $1,630 to last year’s cost.

The student activity fee will stay at $80 per semester, but the transportation fee will increase from $10 to $15 as part of a five-year plan to add green shuttle buses to the existing fleet, cutting down

on campus travel time.

US C i s t he 11t h four-year college or university of 14 total in South Carolina to raise tuition for the Fall.

College of Charleston and Citadel currently have the h ighest t u it ion i ncreases at 14.75 a nd 13 p er c e nt respectively, while others, like Coastal Carolina University, with a 4.9% tuition hike, held their increases below USC’s.

Last year t he Board of Trustees only OK’d a 3.6 percent tuition increase, the lowest in eight years. William T. Moore, the chief financial officer and a vice president of USC said that the last low increase caught up to the budget this year.

“We held it there because of what’s called a h igher education price index, which measures inf lation, and it increased to 3.6,” Moore said.

“Turns out that 3.6 percent was off. When that number

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that the General Assembly’s education spending, which ha s d ipped back to 19 95 levels, is beginning to make public higher education in South Carolina look more like a financially private model.

He did note that other than the larger price tag, students should not see much of a difference in their daily lives as a result of the deep budget cuts.

“In order to offer the services and the academic quality to make your education really worth something outside of the diploma, it was really very necessary for us to have the increase this year,” Schaeffing said. “Last year they held it down as much as possible.

We got to take a breath last year and this year we have to face the reality and count our blessings that we are not at the Citadel or College of Charleston where they had

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safet y enhancements, and things that maintain and allow t he inst it ut ion to operate better. Third is support for the academic mission and that is essentially the funding that we put back into the academic units to help offset the effects of the state budget cut.”

Some of the areas wiped out

by Gov. Sanford’s vetoes were nanotechnology, The African American Professors Program, hydrogen fuel research and t he C ong a ree I n it iat ive, which studies the water in the state. Moore said that each of these programs has 90 days in which the University will continue to fund them as the administrative staff and the Board of Trustees attempt to recalibrate the budget in order to cover the programs based on “strategic importance in the institution.”

Student Government treasurer Peter Schaeffing, a fourth-year economics and political science student, expressed his concern

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was revisited t he act ual inflation rate was more like 5 percent. We were following the guidance at the time, but the inflation rate that we faced was actually higher than that.”

Moore, who is responsible for coordinating the budget by getting the budgets of all persons with f inancial aut horit y t hroughout t he USC system of eight schools, including presidents, vice presidents and deans, said that the budget cycle began in late January. Moore explained that the 6.9 percent increase covers several of the Universit y’s areas of need.

“We have three categories of needs,” Moore said. “Firstly, activities that are effected by i nf lat ion, i nclud i ng utilit y bills, which will be higher; insurance costs have risen; costs of periodicals in t he librar y have risen.

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Southeastern Piano Festival brings in variety of musicians to teach, perform Kristyn Winch NEWS EDITOR

The University of South Carolina School of Music hosted the Southeastern Piano Festival June 13-19.

T h i s w a s t he f e s t i v a l’s eight h ye a r, a nd it featured the most varied i nt er n at io n a l g r oup of participants to date.

The Southeastern Piano Fe st iva l is a week-long event. Student musicians, grades 8-12, from all over the world are invited to stay in Columbia for the week to perform, take lessons, watch per for ma nce s by

world-renowned pianists a nd pa r t icipate i n bot h master classes and open discussions.

Performances by guest art ists were open to t he public.

Roberto Plano, Jacqueline Bei Hua Tang, Oxa na Yablonsk aya a nd Tian Ying all gave concerts during the festival.

T he w e e k c o n c lu d e d w it h t he A r t hu r Fraser I nter nat iona l Concer to Competition and w it h pr iz e s i nclud i ng performance opportunities with the South Carolina Ph i l h a r m o n i c a n d t h e S o u t h C a r o l i n a Yo u t h Orchestra.

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By the end of Thursday, June 17, there was no changing it: Alvin Greene is the South Carolina Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate nominee. After hearing over three hours of evidence and debate on whether the June 8 primary results were correct, the party’s executive committee voted 38 to 7 to allow the vote to stand and reject the protest made by Vic Rawl.

The decision came over a week after frantic speculation over how Greene, an unemployed veteran who was unwillingly discharged from the Army in August 2009 who did no campaigning, managed to beat Rawl, a prominent judge and Charleston County council member. The outrage was intensified when it came to light that Greene has pending felony obscenity charges for an incident that happened in November 2009, in which he showed a freshman female pornography while trespassing on USC campus.

R awl’s at tor ney, Tr uet t Net t le s , p r e s e nt e d s e ven witnesses in an attempt to prove that serious abnormalities existed in the primary, enough that a second vote should be held.

Rawl’s campaign manager, Walter Ludw ig, presented statistical information showing that the comparison between absentee ballots and election day ballot s was ex t remely p e c u l i a r a nd wou ld o n l y happen by chance less than 10 percent of the time. Ludwig

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Members of the Democratic Party met for a three hour hearing Thursday to discuss the primary election results. also discredited several theories of how the upset may have occurred including the fact that Greene’s name appeared first on the ballot, that race played into the vote or that there could have been Republican crossover voting in the primary. Ludwig also admitted that the Rawl campaign knew little and paid little attention to Greene during the lead up to the primary.

“It’s not that he [Greene] wasn’t competitive, it’s that he wasn’t competing,” Ludwig said.

USC computer science and engineering professor Duncan Buell sat as a witness to the severity of the errors in the electronic voting machines’ programming used throughout South Carolina. The machines that utilize LCD screens do not

print or save either a hard or soft copy of the actual ballots, but only tabulate the fi nal results, making fraud investigation difficult. Buell also pointed out inherent password security issues that the company has previously encountered with voting machines in Ohio and California.

“The password errors alone are enough that if I saw them in a freshman’s work they would be marked down a letter grade.

If it were a senior they would not receive a passing grade,” Buell said.

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A bicycle missing its rear wheel lays at the Russell House Tuesday afternoon.

Greene ● Continued from 1 campaign paid him to conduct on the actual voting machines used in the primary, and from what he was allowed access to in Columbia as well as Berkeley county, the machines were not being used in secure ways and that errors were widespread.

After much debate and some legal advice, the committee ultimately decided to let the votes stand.

Don Fowler, a USC political science professor, member of the South Carolina Democratic Party and a former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was at the hearing and was among the many who voted against the protest.

“I thought the decision was the correct decision, though it was an unpleasant one,” Don Fowler said. “I wish we could have reached a different conclusion but in those kinds of hearings you are bound by the law and the court decisions in similar cases and Mr. Rawl’s protests just did not meet those standards. I do think there are some very peculiar, questionable circumstances in this whole affair, but in terms of that standard the committee reached the appropriate legal conclusion.”

In response to some whisperings that the Demo c r at ic pr i m a r ie s do

not matter in Republicandominated South Carolina, Don Fowler disagreed.

“I don’t think Jim DeMint’s election was automatic or a foregone conclusion. If Mr. Rawl were the candidate, I think he would give Jim DeMint hell and would run a very close race,” Don Fowler said. “Jim DeMint is so far to the right that he has narrowed his base so that some Republicans don’t even support him and if we had a credible candidate like Vic Rawl we would stand a chance of winning.”

Though Greene will be listed on the November 2 ballot as a Democrat, the South Carolina Democratic Party will not be standing behind him.

Carol Fowler, the current South Carolina Democratic Party chair, and Don Fowler’s wife , made it clear before the proceedings that Greene declined her request to withdraw from the race and ignored all opportunities to defend himself.

“I w ill adm it t hat I discouraged him from filing,” Carol Fowler said, “not because I thought he had charges against him as we later found out, but because I thought he was so naïve about what it would take to run. But he was insistent, so legally, we accepted him.”

Carol Fowler also said that it is unfair to the party’s strong

slate of candidates to be lumped i n w it h someone who has pending criminal charges Howe ver, G re e ne , w ho was not present at the protest hearing, was pleased with the results.

“T hey made t he r ight decision, that’s it,” Greene said.

“I am the best candidate in the United States race for Senate in South Carolina.”

Greene said that he followed politics his whole life and that he first started thinking about a political career several years ago while he was serving a U.S. Army tour in Korea. W hen asked what would make him a good senator for the state he replied that he grew up here his whole life, graduated from USC (he even noted his lifelong membership in the Carolina Alumni Association) and that he has a strong platform. His major issues are jobs, education and justice.

Greene still had no comment on his pending felony charges, ot her t h a n t o e mph a s i z e that he wants to ensure that pu nishments f it t he crime and that less money should be spent on inmates compared to education.

However, when asked where he got the money for the filing fee, despite not conducting campaign fundraising and the fact that he claimed indigence and received a count appointed attorney at his arraignment in November, Greene stated that he saved it from the Army.

Greene is still emphatic about his candidacy, but in regards to his campaigning, Greene’s plans are still up in the air.

“Right now I have no formal events schedule,” Greene said. ”I want a September debate against my opponent that will be live on TV or a major television ch a n nel. My c a mpa ig n is about getting South Carolina and America back to work and bringing South Carolina and America back.”

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The Daily Gamecock ● WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2010 Tuition ● Continued from 1 double—digit increases. The state government needs to get on the ball and care about education before USC is not what it used to be.”

Ebbie Yazdani, the Student Government President and a fourt h-year histor y and economics student, was one of the first students to participate in the Student Lobby, which began in early 2009. Though he admits t hat t heir f irst Lobby Day at the State House with students from Clemson and College of Charleston was less than effective, he said that the group has learned how to make meaningful contact with representatives.

“What it shows, now more t han ever, is t hat we, t he student body here at Carolina, can no longer be apathetic about how close we are to the State House and how much of a voice we have advocating on behalf of higher education, so we can create a legacy for

future Gamecocks,” Yazdani said. “It’s our responsibility now and we’ve got to take charge of it.”

T hough a l l pa r t ies seem u n happy stomach i ng t he increase, everyone knows that it is the students who will bear the financial burden.”

“One of the core values of the institution is access and equit y,” Moore said. “We want st udents to come to USC, participate in the full experience and graduate with degrees, on time. That means we want it to be affordable.

A t remendous amou nt of thought went into the tuition increase. This is the lowest number possible to maintain the mission and quality that the students should, and do, expect.”

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USC needs volunteers for Move-In Crew Carolina needs MoveIn Crew volunteers Wa n t t o m a k e a dif ference at USC? Become part of the 2010 USC Move-In Crew on Aug. A ug. 14, and help new students move into their residence halls.

L a u n c h e d i n 19 9 4 by fac u lt y a nd st af f vvolunteers, olunteers, the Move-In Crew is still going strong.

Each yea r, more t ha n 125 Colu mbia ca mpus facult y, staf f members and st udents help out.

After A fter signing up online and specifying which two hour block (or longer) t hey are able to ser ve,

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This Fall’s freshman class is anticipated to be quite large, and at leastt 175–200 volunteers are needed for Move-In Day. To volu nteer for t h is year’s effort, go to sc.edu// moveincrew.

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Adopt kids rather than create them

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Nikki Haley exhibits trademark hypocrisy On display Tuesday night only at the South Carolina State Museum: Hypocrisy — The Exhibit. See Nikki Haley — in flesh and blood, not animatronic — throw her primary runoff party at a site she voted to cut funding for, just last week.

Yes, Nikki Haley chose the State Museum to host her soiree for campaign supporters, even though she supported cutting its budget by voting in favor of Gov. Mark Sanford’s vetoes. This level of hypocrisy is too high to be unintentional. Haley must have recognized that hypocrisy is the best way to get into the Governor’s Mansion (see: Mark Sanford), and she has been honing her skills.

According to an Haley chose the ar t icle i n The St ate, State Museum to host Monday, June 21, “Firm paid Haley $42,500 in her celebration, even c o n s u lt i n g f e e s ” b y John O’Connor, Haley though she supported received a large su m for consulting work but cutting its budget. failed to disclose all but $2,000 to t he public.

Here it comes: Haley “has pushed to require lawmakers to report t heir income. She has previously claimed that she voluntarily disclosed all her income and, when first asked by The State, was unaware the Wilbur Smith payments had not been disclosed on her state economic interest forms.” Very well done. The “good ol’ boy” system is making way for a good ol’ girl. As of late South Carolina has provided the nation with many shining examples of hypocrisy, but this one is really outstanding.

Hopefully, voters will see through Nikki Haley’s facade and make sure she receives no more than a boring plaque in the history exhibit.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Founding Fathers likely supporters of Jim DeMint, not Alvin Greene; senatorʼs beliefs mirrored by Bible I would like to make a few comments about Mr. Ryan Quinn’s editorial, which appeared in the June 17 edition of The Daily Gamecock: Mr. Quinn, You made some comments as to how Mr. Greene won the primary against Mr. Vic Rawl. It is my understanding that most politicians are elected or reelected because of their previous record of ser vice, name recognition or just because they are the incumbent. It is a mystery to me how someone who makes almost no information about themselves known could gather 60 percent of the vote. You seem to prefer the incompetent Mr. Greene over the experienced Senator DeMint. If you ever become seriously ill, I do hope and pray that your doctor will not be incompetent. Comparing politicians and doctors is like comparing apples and oranges, but the point remains that any incompetent person that you have to deal with in your own life could be trouble.

As for the felony obscenity charge, t he you ng lady t hat he showed t he pornography to obviously thought that this was a more serious matter than just free pornography: she filed charges.

What if his intentions at that time were

more than just show and tell?

A s for Senator DeMint, all of the items that you listed about his beliefs, I completely agree with him. English is the language of the United States of America, and that should always be the case. Marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that’s according to the Bible. If you could go back and talk to our ancestors who were the first Western settlers of American soil, I believe that they would confirm for you that they came here for religious freedom and liberty. Our ancestors’ families worked hard together for those freedoms. They believed in God and in the Bible, so I really do believe that they would not uphold any other kind of marriage. Be assured, that most people today in this countr y still believe in God and the principles of the Bible.

Ask any American soldier why he risks his life to defend this country and I am sure that he will tell you that he wants to protect the same rights that those ancestors also faught for: life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and, above all, our religious freedom.

If this is nauseating to you, let me know and I will send you some Tums or Rolaids; right now you still have the right to choose.

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Study supports motion to pull plug on food porn Cartoon-adorned packaging catalyzes America’s journey to obesity On Friday, Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” set the record for biggest opening day for an animated film.

Yes, after 11 years the makers of “Toy Story” released the final installment in Andy’s journey to adulthood. I didn’t believe the rumors of a third film were true, until I saw the faces of my favorite “Toy Story” characters “moonlighting as junk-food pitchmen” on grocery store shelves. Peddling junk to America’s youth.

It was just after the end of Spring semester that I found myself hungry, wandering the aisles of my hometown grocery store. Lo and behold, there they were. The toys so notoriously fearful of abandonment and rejection staring up at me from the box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese — the cheesiest. Here was Woody, the so appropriately named cowboy, pimped out by the food industry and prostituting himself to some of the least nutritious brands on the shelf. And how could I just walk away from that face? I couldn’t. I was suckered in to buying two boxes of mac and cheese.

According to an article published by CNN.com entitled “Study: Cartoon characters attract kids to junk food” by Sarah Klein of Health.com on

Monday, June 21, those images on the front of the boxes are designed to stir up good memories and associations, and, for me, they certainly succeeded.

The study offered kids a choice between food with plain packaging and food with character-adorned packaging. What they found comes as no surprise to anyone who has ever seen a 6-year-old beg his mom for a box of Spongebob Squarepants Popsicle Pop Ups: Kids prefer foods with faces.

I n f ac t , b et we e n 73 a nd 85 percent of the 4 to 6-year-olds in the study chose packages with cartoon characters on them. The study goes so far to conclude that “50 percent of children say that food from a Samantha package decorated with a cartoon Edwards celebrity such as Shrek tastes better Second-year than the same exact food from a plain print journalism package.” student Interestingly enough, however, the study found that the rule doesn’t seem to apply when it comes to healthy snack options like carrots.

To that finding, I say duh. Next to a bag of baby carrots, a box of Twinkies sells itself. But it goes to show how unfair this whole exploitation of your favorite childhood friends thing really is. I say if the rule can’t be applied across the board, it shouldn’t be a rule at all.

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Now, I’m nearly 20 years old — old enough to understand that boxes are designed by professionals to sell a product. I also understand that eating junk food in excess leads to obesity and that obesity is a leading cause of preventable death in America. But I would be lying if I told you that I don’t think that those wondrously Scooby-Doo-shaped noodles taste better than normal macaroni noodles.

So imagine how unfair this practice is to small children who “really don’t understand the persuasive intent of marketing.”

“We should protect children ... just like we protect them from other things we think are beyond their cognitive ability, like pornography,” said Dr. Thomas Robinson, M.D., a professor of child health at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the article.

I’m with the American Psychological Association on this one. We should protect our children from this food porn and from the brainwashing I have so obviously been subjected to. The use of licensed characters on food products is on a decline, but it is time to pull the plug on the $1.6 billion spent by food and beverage companies in the U.S. to market to children as a small step toward a healthier America. I mean, isn’t it in the best interest of the food industry for this generation to live long, healthy lives, too?

This Father’s Day, I heard an emotional appeal above the usual shallow advertisements f or m a n l y t o ol s s uc h a s chainsaws and flamethrowers.

I heard ad after ad extolling adoption.

This was shortly after I read Peter Singer’s interesting philosophical piece in The New York Times, “Should This Be the Last Generation?” In it, he considers w h e t h e r bringing a child i nto ex istence is a good thing.

He conveys his Ryan central argument Quinn Third-year w it h t he help print journalism of philosopher student David Benatar, author of “Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Com i ng i nto E x istence.”

Singer states that “To bring into existence someone who will suffer is, Benatar argues, to harm that person, but to bring into existence someone who will have a good life is not to benefit him or her.”

Simply put, not existing guarantees no suffering. But even existing and having a good life is neutral, because if you were never born you wouldn’t care whether you were happy. It is a difficult assertion to grapple with, and I find it can only be countered by a bel ief i n t he i n nate goodness of being. But there is a way to skip the difficult ph ilosoph ical quest ion altogether. Why not adopt?

The t r ut h is t hat t here are children out there who already exist and are already suffering. Taking them into your arms and giving them a family is an act that requires no philosophical deliberation.

It is undeniably positive.

Furthermore, the fact that suffering children already exist is yet another blow against the morality of creating your own children. I was raised by my biological parents, and their standard of living has given me a happy life. But I know that my coming into existence has denied t he chance of some other already existing child to be adopted by my parents and have my happy life. My existence has led to the suffering and possibly the deaths of even more than one child, as the money and time my parents spent on my Western standard of living could have easily supported the lives of several children in Africa. This is the debt of my birth, as it is the burden of all happy, planned nonadopted children. I intend to repay it through my charity and my words. Future fathers, consider adoption. Don’t let social stigmas supersede your conscience. A rose is a rose is a rose. A father is a father is a father. And his child is his child is his child.

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BACK TO THE Late-night TV welcomes return of familiar, quirky cast of characters June 24 marks the return of another canceled television show brought back by the demands of its fans. This Thursday, “Futurama” will return to televisions with all new episodes, and fans are counting down the hours. Comedy Central provided The Daily Gamecock with advance copies of the first two episodes for screening, and they proved that “Futurama” is as funny as ever.

The first two episodes leave viewers in stitches as the quirky characters spring back to life and audiences see a recap of what they missed in the show’s absence. The timing is on point, the jokes are instant classics and the characters still feel like the ones viewers knew and loved from episodes past.

The individual stories and developments remain a part of the characters’ psyche and the voice actors sound the same in the newest episode as they did in the last.

The jokes come fast and often, leaving little time for breathing between laughs as the characters grapple with their newfound lives.

Unfortunately, at times the show comes off as forced, as if it doesn’t quite know which direction to take. One of the great

strengths of “Futurama” was its ongoing storyline that shaped the world around the characters. This storyline seems to have been concluded in the movies made during the show’s absence and settles in the happily ever after part of the “Futurama” story. Familiar characters explore a fresh new world, but the narrative of their story is as foreign as some of the lifeforms featured in the show. This leaves the first two episodes feeling a little lost without direction, but ultimately it’s like the beginning of a whole new show. Only time will tell if we will find an overarching, engaging storyline like the original run enjoyed, or if “Futurama” will be another animated series of unrelated adventures strung together by one-liners and celebrity jokes.

Now...SPOILER ALERT! (Wouldn’t want to spoil things for the casual “Futurama” viewer who hasn’t seen the movies).

Remember that overarching story line mentioned above? Well a main part of that storyline is that “Futurama’s” lead male character, Fry, loved unrequitedly the female lead, Leela.

Through the movies Leela came to terms with her feelings for Fry and the two start off the new episodes as a happy couple.

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However, their relationship takes some of the spark away from “Futurama’s” appeal. Part of what made the show identifiable and enjoyable was Fry and Leela’s individual search for love and their place in the universe. Now they’ve found it and we’re left with a void. Characters seemingly have nothing left to do but live out their days happily ever after, sans confl ict or drama. “Futurama” begins this new season in the place where most stories end, allowing their characters to grow old and retire. The question arises: will the show be able to keep viewers interested without its main characters’ original appeal or will it fall flat and empty as it tries to force a confl ict and plot that no longer exists?

Only time will tell if “Futurama” will make this return from the grave permanent. But if the show remains as sidesplittingly funny as the first two episodes, it’s going to be a hilarious ride either way. Be sure to tune in Thursday at 10 p.m. for the outstanding return from the future.

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Immaculate Consumption stands out Customers indulge in coffee, custom sandwiches in eclectic atmosphere Malia Griggs

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If you are in the mood to “chillax” on a hot day in Columbia (ie every day), then take a break at an independent coffee house near campus. No, not Cool Beans. A block down from Cool Beans and to the left of the Nickelodeon Theatre at 933 Main Street is another local coffee shop, Immaculate Consumption.

Set underneath a green awning that simply reads “IMMAC,” this eatery and coffee fanatics’ favorite haunt offers an eclectic place to escape the heat — and beat it with an icy beverage or freshly made sandwich.

Inside Immaculate, the atmosphere is comfy and inviting; The espresso machine hums, warm wood pews and tables line the walls, running down the center of the shop. There is a hodgepodge of decorations — old rugs, antlers, mismatched lamps — and in the afternoon customers read or work without the distraction of wireless.

If you decide to eat at Immaculate around prime lunchtime, make sure to claim any available table because businessmen, groups of professors, families and friends convening for lunch dates all compete for seating. There are two lines; one for food on the left, and another for coffee and pick-ups to the right.

The food line tends to be lengthy, so while you wait, grab a menu and study the wide variety of sandwiches, salads, and vegetarian alternatives like the veggie and Brie sandwich. Try the Consumption Salad for a filling dish layered with meats, cherry tomatoes and grated cheese.

Check out the posted special of the day; these sometimes run out as they provide a twist to the regular menu. Specials include the Fatty J — a sandwich stuffed with vegetables, apple slices, almond slivers and melted Brie — as well as choices like the hummus plate, olive tapenade and strips of gyro meat wrapped in a pita and slathered in cool tzatziki sauce. Compliment your meal with a treat from the baked goods case, and, if they have it, sample the Mexican chocolate scone.

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Immaculate Consumption offers more than just espresso. The baristas will treat you to freshly made sandwiches, like the Fatty J, above.

If you just want a drink, Immaculate’s beverages are mainly espresso-based and not overtly saccharine. Order the Frozen Mocha for a blended kick of espresso and chocolate. To the right side of the shop, a door discreetly marked “Coffee Roasters” leads to a cellar where Immac roasts its own coffee beans. Customers emerge from the cellar like vampires, thirsting for caffeine as if it were blood, ready to refill their mugs with fair trade coffee and varietals from places like Indonesia and South America.

The main attraction of Immaculate Consumption, however, is its no-frills appeal; its menu does not change, there may never be Internet and the shop remains closed on nights and weekends.

Each weekday breakfast is served from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and lunch is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Yet, patrons keep coming back because, in the midst of their hectic days, Immaculate’s baristas are friendly, the food is always fresh and the coffee strong.

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‘Toy Story 3’ a masterpiece, poignant ode to growing up Toy Story 3 NOW IN THEATERS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩

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For every second of its runtime, “Toy Story 3” elicits a feeling of reunion with a group of friends from another era to reminisce on a bygone era. That era may be childhood, but Pixar’s latest triumph stirs to the core a sense of youthful imagination. It awakens in the spectator a desire to make-believe, to wholly surrender to the realms of the imagination.

When the animation titan launched its nearperfect feature film resume with “Toy Story” in 1995, it felt — even to the eyes of a very youthful viewer — like a revolution, a stunning creative achievement that was destined to push animation into a new plateau.

W hile the studio and its core creative

personnel have moved on to projects arguably more audacious and more complex — “Wall-E,” “The Incredibles,” “Up” — they remain, with each film, committed to the wide-eyed possibilities of the world and unfailingly devoted to how animation can capture new sights.

“Toy Story 3” then succeeds almost because of all the movies that have come since it, and strikes repeated gold for the deft simplicity of its story, the kind of universality that can connect audiences of all demographics. It’s not to imagine toy-owner Andy, now 17 and on his way to college, as a stand-in for the franchise’s original creators having moved on from their original creation, they nonetheless return with added maturity and experience for one more round of playtime.

With returning voice acting from Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, the oddball gang of toys are accidentally donated to a daycare center where the utopian promise of never-ending playtime is not quite what it seems. Expanding the story to the daycare center gives animators the opportunity to devise rich environments and create at least a dozen fantastic new toys, featuring the voice work of such talent as Michael Keaton and Ned Beatty. Every richly-colored, sumptuouslydesigned shot feels melded with palpable care.

The screenplay comes courtesy of Oscar winner Michael A rndt, of “Little Miss

Sunshine,” and it’s not hard to see why Arndt was a perfect choice — his gift for writing of f beat com mu n it ies displaced in new environments comes through clearly as he continually cuts to the core of each character.

“Toy Story 3” packs plenty of humor, drawing on the traits and conventions established in the previous two films and nudging them slightly in new directions through both dialogue and physical interaction.

And yet, for all its bursting creativity, its manic blend of fish-out-of-water and “great escape” jailbreak genres, it’s the unexpected emotion that gives the film its power. More than just a serviceable rehash of character humor and familiar situations, “Toy Story 3” creeps in its themes of maturity and of growing up with such surprising and effective swiftness.

It is an absolute triumph of both an individual film and a sequel because it enhances and expands the story and landscape of its franchise in honest directions. As a coda to one of the most imaginative trilogies of the last twenty years from one of the best group of producers and directors working today, it’s a magnificent and emotionally satisfying masterpiece.

In its final moments, it becomes clear that no matter how old we may get, we can always rely on Pixar to give us that “one more play” we all long for, and remind us that being a kid doesn’t end just because we grow up.

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USC stays alive in College World Series Victory over No.1 Arizona State eliminates Sun Devils Chris Bilko

SPORTS EDITOR

South Carolina erased their hitting woes from Sunday’s rain-soaked loss in a big way.

Carolina defeated No. 1 A r i z o n a S t at e 11- 4 Tu e s d a y t o e l i m i n at e the Sun Devils from the Col lege World Ser ies.

USC scored eight r uns in the second inning and never looked back.

The defeat of t he Sun Devils by Carolina m a rked t he f i r st t i me since seeding began in 1999 that a No. 1 national seed lo st it s f i r st t wo g a me s i n t he C ol le g e World Series.

Adrian Morales led off the second with a single, and the offense exploded from there. Scott Wingo scored Morales and Kyle E nder s w it h a double dow n t he line af ter coming up unsuccessful on t wo bu nt at tempt s.

Evan Marzilli and Whit Merrif ield followed w it h t wo s i n g le s , b ut the inning wasn’t really broken open until Jackie Bradley Jr. blasted a home run over the center field fence.

“I just wa nted to st ay agg re ssive w it h baserunners on,” Bradley said. “I was actually just looking to drive him in.

He made a great pitch, low and outside. I was just able to put a good swing on it. It was wind-assisted a little bit.”

Designated hitter Brady Thomas promptly singled after the homer, bringing Morales back to the plate.

Morales, who took some cr it icism for s w i ng i ng at the f irst pitch in the ninth inning on Sunday, banged a homer down the left field line that resulted in a resounding “ping” off the foul pole.

“I’m my biggest critic,” Morales said. “I felt it the worst, a nd I was dow n on myself for the whole night. I couldn’t sleep. I tried to bounce back and help the team win, and I was able to do that today.”

USC ended the second inning with eight runs on eight hits, one less than t hey had i n t he whole game on Sunday. But the Gamecocks weren’t done scoring. They added two more i n t he t h i rd a nd another in the eighth on a Merrifield dinger that la nded i n t he second deck of t he Rosenblat t Stadium.

“That second in n ing for u s w it h eight r u ns a nd eight h it s was t he most we have had in one inning the entire season,” coach Ray Tanner said.

“We don’t score runs like that very often. I’m proud of these guys.”

Sam Dyson, who st a r ted t he ga me for Ca rol i na, atoned for

his poor outing against Coastal Carolina in the Super Regional. Dyson made it t h rough seven and one t hird in nings, only giving four earned r u n s a nd eight h it s i n process. A surprising stat was that Dyson only had fou r st r i keout s i n t he inning.

“Sam Dyson was out s t a nd i n g,” Ta n ne r said. “If you look at his line score, it is impressive.

The fact that he had only three or four strikeouts against those guys show how good that team is.”

Freshman closer M at t Pr ice, who wa s not feel i ng wel l pr ior t o t he g a me , c a me i n in the eighth inning to shutdown the Sun Devils.

P r ic e w a s o n c e a g a i n faced with bases loaded, akin to the first Coastal Carolina game. The result ended up being the same as Price ended up st rik ing out t he last to batters to end the frame.

The Sumter native went out again in the ninth to fi nish off the Devils, and drew two strikeouts from t he top of t he A rizona State order.

USC w ill face t he loser of t he Clem sonOklahoma game. Tanner said that Blake Cooper, who only had 67 pitches Sunday, will be available to pitch in the elimination game Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Gamecock Baseball Schedule Thursday, June 24 vs. Okla./Clemson If they Win: Friday, June 25 vs. Okla./Clemson

Carolina falls to Sooners in opener USC in losers bracket after rain plagued CWS opening game Chris Bilko

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It’s an affliction that has plag ued Sout h Ca rol i na baseball all season. The i n ab i l it y t o s c o r e w it h runners in scoring position.

After a brief recovery in the regionals, the disease struck again.

C a r o l i n a l o s t 4 -3 t o Ok lahoma Sunday in the first round of the College World Ser ies . The tea m w e nt 0 -9 w it h r u n n e r s in scoring position in the contest, including leaving the bases loaded in the top of t he eight h a nd n i nt h innings.

“We battled,” coach Ray Tanner said. “We had some good at bats. Never came up with a really big hit. It gets a little frustrating, but it’s a part of the game.”

Ev e n M o t h e r N a t u r e seemed to have it out for the Gamecocks. There were over six hours of rain delays, including four before the game started and two during the contest. The last long rain delay the Gamecocks had to endure, they came out of it with a victory against Bucknell in regional play.

“We pret t y much used

each others moment um,” Jackie Bradley Jr. said. “We got each ot her up in t he locker room. We knew we could battle back. You don’t really get down when you are here.”

Once the game got started, the ball started to fly out of the park. Christian Walker cont inued his hot st reak from the Super Regionals a n d b e lt e d a h o m e r i n t he second inning. A f ter Oklahoma shortstop Caleb Bushyhead added a homer of his own in the third, Bradley answered right back with a solo shot.

The Oklahoma pitching staf f managed to keep their lead to 3-2 going into t he eight h in n ing. W h it Merrifield singled and both Adrian Morales walked to load the bases. Designated hitter Brady Thomas, who did not have an at bat in Myrtle Beach, came up and promptly belted a line drive.

But, it was not to be for the senior as the ball zoomed straight to the right fielder.

“Brady Thomas squared that ball up,” Tanner said.

“I guess that was the in the eighth inning, but right at [Cody] Reine. So it didn’t go down.”

A fter Garrett Buechele g ave t he S o oner s a 4 -2 cushion in the bottom of the eighth, USC came up to bat for one last gasp. Both Kyle Enders and Robert Bear y

provided singles for Carolina to start tine inning. Adam Matthews promptly struck out, but the next batter Evan Marzilli walked to load the bases. Merrifield, who had hit into a double play previously in the game, popped out to the third baseman for two outs. Bradley, the best hitter on the team drew a walk on four straight pitches to put the score to 4-3. The next batter, Morales, had a chance to give USC the lead. He swung at the first pitch from Oklahoma closer Ryan Duke and weakly popped out to center field.

St a r t er Bl a k e C o op er was probably most affected by t he rain t han anyone on the team. The second delay occu rred af ter t he fifth inning so Cooper had to come out of the contest.

Before the delay, Cooper had given up six hits and three earned runs.

“I made some good pitches a nd t hey h it some good pitches.” Cooper said.

In the end, the Sooners were the ones who came out of the rain victorious. “ I t ’s a c h a l l e n g e ,” Tanner said. “It’s just part of baseball. You have rain delays. That was a tough one, but it was the same for both teams. We just weren’t able to come up with the big hit.”

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Catcher Kyle Enders runs from first base to score in the second inning during Tuesday’s game.

SEC Championship should stay in ATL Showdown in South equally as important as any bowl game Last month, Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay told the Atlanta Jou r na l Const it ut ion that the team is interested in moving out of t he Georgia Dome and into a new open-air stadium.

The revelation caused some outrage due to the assumption that a new Falcons stadium would lead to the demolition of the Georgia Dome, w h ic h m a ny c l a i me d would be t he end of t he Sout heaster n Cha mpionsh ip (SEC) Cha mpionsh ip G a me i n At la nt a, as t he c o n f e r e n c e wo u ld n’t d a re conte st it s t it le game outdoors.

Such speculation has s i n c e b e e n r e nd e r e d moot, as t he G eorg ia Wo r l d C o n g r e s s Center ha s pledged t hat t he Dome w i l l st ay no m at ter wh at .

Nevertheless, it would be insane for the SEC to consider leav i ng Atlanta for any reason, including the weather.

Birmingham may indeed be the “Football Capital of t he Sout h” and New Orleans may have t he French Q u a r t er. No m at t er.

At la nt a is t he on ly place the game should be held, even if there’s a risk of rain on game day.

Bowl games have to be u nder a dome or in a warm-weat her cit y because t hey r e a l l y a r e n’t a b o u t competition, but

rat her entertainment and f u n. The goal of a bowl game is to give fans a winter vacation d e s t i n at io n , p l a y e r s and coaches receive a reward for a successful season, and bowl execs in t u r n make a lot of revenue. It’s nice to win, but it isn’t imperative.

T h e S E C Cha mpionsh ip G a me i s n’t a b o w l g a m e though. It’s something m u c h b i g g e r. I t i s perhaps t he biggest honor a team can capt u re besides t he national championship.

It doesn’t need g i m m ic k s , b e aut i f u l weather and f un attractions.

What’s at stake is all that is needed.

L o m b a r d i ’ s men played for championships in t he element s. W hy s hou ld n’t Saban’s and Meyer’s? If an outdoor A t l a nt a stadium mea nt t hat we may get James some rain Kratch or heav y Third-year English student w ind ever y fifth or si x t h year, i nstead of p out i n g a nd f i nd i n g anot her dome to play under, the SEC should just deal with it.

But, forget weat her.

There are several other things that make it ob v io u s t he g a me should be in Atlanta.

T h e c i t y i s conven ient ly lo c ated i n t he hear t of t he region the conference e n c o m p a s s e s . Ev e r y member inst it ut ion is within 12 hours driving

distance, with nine of 12 within five hours.

A l s o , d o n’t f o r g e t that a lot of the game’s ex posu re nat ionw ide, wh ich ha s led to it becoming so profitable, is t hank s to media at tent ion. At lanta has helped out in this regard as well. Guess what the busiest airport i n t he n at ion is? It ’s Har t sf ield-Jack son Atlanta Internat ional, wh ich i n fac t is t he busiest airport on Earth at t he moment. W it h so many fl ights coming in and out, it’s rat her easy for national media outlets to get affordable f l ight s to a nd f rom du r i ng t hese rough economic times.

D o n’t s le e p o n t he st rategic regional advantage either. If the SEC were to ever leave Atlanta, the ACC would have a cha mpion sh ip game offer faxed to the GWCC in a heartbeat.

T he A t la nt ic C oa st C on ference (ACC ) Cha mpionsh ip G a me has been an overall flop for its short history, but if it found a way to get to Atlanta-watch out.

The bottom line is t his: t he SEC has a very good thing going w it h At lanta, and t he SEC generally avoids screwing up good t h i n g s it h a s g o i n g.

This one shouldn’t be any different, even if it mea nt play i ng i n bad weather.

Besides, I’d assume a poncho would be more useful in sneaking in a f lask than a purse, and hey, that’s half the battle for most fans.

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