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Students breaking out facepaint and “Maty Mauk likes Nickelback ” signs can only mean one thing — ESPN’s College GameDay is coming back to the Horseshoe. The weekly marquee matchup show will head Columbia Saturday to do a live three-hour pre-game show for USC’s game against unranked University of Missouri. “GameDay seeks to be at the biggest game of the week,” said Dave Nagle, director of communications at ESPN. “You have two solid teams, new rivals in the SEC. [College GameDay has] been to Columbia (South Carolina) before, and it’s a great scene, and we are looking forward to another great Saturday morning there.” The matchup with Missouri, who joined the SEC two years ago, has already blossomed into a new rivalry, with each Columbia team annually fighting for the Mayor’s Cup. College GameDay wants to capture that atmosphere. College GameDay is returning to Columbia for the seventh time and the third time since 2010. The Gamecocks are 3-3 in the times GameDay has visited.

Last year’s game in Columbia, Missouri featured a double-overtime thriller that ended with a missed field goal and a Carolina victory. The last time College GameDay visited the historic Horseshoe was in 2012 for the annual clash between South Carolina and the Georgia Bulldogs. And the Gamecocks won that game in dominating fashion, beating the rival 35-7. “We’re always fired up to get those guys here,” coach Steve Spurrier said. “We’ve had some good fortune when they come around. Hopefully that will continue.” Spurrier’s not the only one getting pumped — students are just as excited to welcome the GameDay crew back to the Horseshoe. “I was so excited this morning I almost messed up my haircut because I jumped so high out of the salon chair,” Student Body President Lindsay Richardson said. “My advice to everyone this week is to save up your energy and your voice to bring the best and loudest fan excitement College GameDay has ever seen.”

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White House intruder identified as veteran The man who was accused of scaling the fence and entering the White House Friday was identified as Omar Gonzalez, 42, a veteran from Iraq, the Associated Press reported. He was awarded a medal for his service but retired due to disability. The Texas native served from 1997 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2012. The military will not release information about Gonzalez’s disability, due to privacy concerns. Gonzalez entered the White House with a knife, which his former stepson, Jerry Murphy, said he always carries with him. He said Gonzalez owns “plenty of firepower” that he could have brought with him and argued that Gonzalez had no intention to harm anyone. Gonzalez is expected to face charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon in federal court Monday. — Natalie Pita, News Editor

Armed robbery of CVS under investigation

Firemen under investigation for campaigning on city time Fou r Charleston f iremen are subject to a person nel i nvest ig at ion for t hei r role i n a television advertisement for U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Ravenel, The State reported. The men dressed in their uniforms, gave a thumbs up in the advertisement, while they posed in front of a red fi re engine, which violates the city’s rule against employees campaigning on city time. Ravenel is an independent candidate running against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic state Sen. Brad Hutto. The firemen under investigation are Capt. Rober t Fu l mer, Eng i neer Dav id Chappel l, Firefighter William Finley and Firefighter Grey Mumpower. — Natalie Pita, News Editor

Columbia police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery at the Harden Street CVS on Saturday night shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, WIS reported. The suspect, after entering the store, held a handgun at several employees and at least one customer. The pharmacy area was locked and closed for business, so the suspect demanded over-the-counter pain medicine and money. One employee gave him money, which was when the suspect to flee on foot. There were no injuries resulting from this incident. The suspect is described as a white man with a black or dark brown mustache. He was last seen wearing a dark shirt, blue jeans, a blue handkerchief around his neck and sunglasses. — Natalie Pita, News Editor

Couple ‘blessed’ with free USC wedding Students will throw fairy tale wedding for USC grad and fiancé for free Collyn Taylor

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The sunlight shone through the trees and hit the table filled with a cake, champagne glasses and other wedding essentials. A dress sat next to the table. Next to it, were Kevin Sinkler and Danielle Dubose. The couple stood on the Horseshoe, a s t h e We d d i n g Pl a n n i n g a n d Ma nagement class blew bubbles around t hem and read t heir love story to the crowd assembled at the McCutchen House Saturday. Dubose, who is four years older than Sinkler, met him while she was in high school and he was in middle school. The two went out of touch when she went off to college, only

to meet up again and start dating in 2010. Dubose said she knew her his brother before she knew her future husband. Now, after four years of dating, the two are ready to tie the knot. But Sinkler and Dubose’s wedding won’t be like ot her weddings — everything from the cake to the dress, all the way down to the invitations, is either made by the students in the class or donated by stores in Columbia. “It’s a lot of really good networking in Columbia because I get to meet a lot of people that supply things for our area,” second-year tourism management student Morgan Tolson said. “I get to see what I want to do. It’s a lot harder than what I think it would be in real life.” Dubose’s dress has been made, but the cake and other wedding essentials are still in production. Tolson said WEDDING • 3

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Kevin Sinkler and Danielle Dubose were concerned about how they were going to afford their winning, but the Wedding Planning and Management class have it covered. WEDDING • Continued from 2 that after she saw the couple win, she’s ready to get back to work on the wedding, and the rest of the class is ready to get back, too. “Everything has been hectic so far,” Tolson said. “We didn’t know each other to begin with. It’s nice to fi nally see everyone on the same page and we know what we are working for.” The wedding is scheduled for Nov. 20, and the couple is excited for their newly announced big day. Sinkler is in the National Guard, while Dubose works wit h BM W. Sinkler graduated from Newberry College and Dubose graduated from USC with a degree in social work. A nd as far as the wedding goes, Dubose said she’s excited for the reception. “You get to be with all your friends, the stress is gone, and you get to have fun,” Dubose said.

To get the wedding, the couple submits their love story to be reviewed by the class and the class chooses who gets the wedding. Sinkler and Dubose were chosen over t wo other couples to receive the wedding. As the bubbles swirled around them and the class read their to t he aud ience, t he sm iled a nd thought about how they met and their previous four years of dating. After the announcement, Dubose said she was thankful that they were chosen and are happy to get t he process going. “It means a whole lot. We both graduated from school and we didn’t know where we were going to get the money,” she said. “We were planning on getting married but there was not much of a way we could have gotten anything this extravagant on our own. It’s a blessing.” DG

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Keep parents in mind when GameDay comes to campus for attention or spare change. But aside from the heavy TV st udio equipment, hordes of parents will also be en-route to USC’s leafy-green campus this weekend. College GameDay’s location is a weekly spur-of-the-moment

ISSUE GameDay and Parents Weekend coincide Saturday OUR STANCE The storm of screaming fans that will follow won’t exactly set the right tone for parents. For the first time in two years, College GameDay is coming to USC. As it turns out, the good folks at ESPN think the South Carolina-Missouri game is the most excit ing football game going on in the nation Saturday. And that may well be true. (Seriously, though, what else are they supposed to cover? The Buffalo Bulls against the Miami (of Ohio) RedHawks?) It’s always nice to see our campus so prominently featured on national television — even if it will be hard to see the full glory of the Horseshoe behind the rabid, sleep-deprived fans t hat w i l l c rowd a rou nd t he CGD sports desk like apostles jostling their various prophets

“With parents around, students may be a little less frenetic and a little more tepid. After all, what selfrespecting student could appropriately respond to the general command to “chug,” with her mom standing next to her?” de c i sion. Pa rent s Weekend preparations, however, are not. The problem inherent in this arrangement of “big football game” and “parents coming to visit” isn’t hard to figure out.

When College GameDay comes around, they’re almost expecting roving masses of sports junkies to give the scene behind the a n nou nc e r s a l it t le f l a vor. Wit h yelling, noise-makers, plastic hands, swirling towels and perhaps a smidgen of freeflowing alcohol. With parents around, students may be a little less frenetic and a little more tepid. After all, what self-respecting student could appropriately respond to the general demand to “chug,” with her mom standing next to her? College GameDay coinciding with Parents Weekend festivities was unpredictable to say the least — t here’s no one who could really be blamed for this situation. So, parents, if you’re going to go to the football game with your child, try to keep in mind that in the world of collegiate football is a wild and not-alwayscontrollable one. A nd st udents, maybe warn mom and dad. It could be a bumpy ride.

Protesters show need for Pride Demonstrators show why LGBT Pride necessary On Saturday, a vast congregation of sexually frustrated misfits and general freaks gathered together in one space under the shadow of the State House. I am, of course, referring to the clot of elderly white people that saw fit to protest the 25th annual South Carolina Pride Parade. Holding cheerf ul signs like “Walk with SHAME,” a long line of these f labby men (I counted one woman) stood side-by-side in pained, unsmiling silence, their multiple chins quivering furiously in unison like Jello. Some were literally waving and thumping bibles. Ma ny of t hem looked l i ke Wodehousian stereotypes; it was as if they had been poured into their suits in the morning and forgot to say “when.” Compared to the booming, cheerf ul Pride crowd on t he other side of the street, these loser-types puttered around in sad little vectors, desperately trying to keep their atrophied joints from dropping t heir heav y-handed signs. It was a study in opposites. On one side, movement, color and laughter. On the other side, stillness (aside from their hyperactive multiple chins), black and white signs and an aching silence. T here was a rea l spi r it of antagonistic public demonstration,

which is rare — if not unheard of — in South Carolina. There isn’t nearly enough of it now, and there should be. Solid public demonstrations, unlike internet discussion boards, have a defined image and attract TV cameras like nobody’s business. At least they managed to spell “alternate lifest yles” correctly on t heir various sig ns. I had always thought that they were as unintelligent as t hey were unsightly. In other words, they had always seemed as smart as they looked. H a p p i l y, t h i s was not t he case this time around. Someone who could spell, surely revered among their Ben number, had mass Crawford produced the signs Second-year and were handing English and them out. Russian student (But, then again, how hard is it really to mess up a sign saying “Sodomy is sin?”) Best of all were the counterprotesters dotted t hroughout the morose line, waving rainbow f lags a nd sig ns mock ing t he demonstrators. Some took up the soft Christian message: “Jesus said ‘love thy neighbor.’” Others were more subversive, like the one guy holding a neon “I have a sign!” poster. If you could compile all of the dirty looks he got by the humorless demonstrators into a book, you’d have a tome about as long as any holy scripture.

W h i le t he y were rou nd l y ignored by the bible-thumping side, their presence goes to show that there is an actual debate to be had here. Many who walked in the parade did so as members of pro-LGBT Christ ian congregat ions — I would be out of line if I didn’t mention that. They were met with some of the loudest cheers of the whole bunch. (After all, no one is more fanatical than a convert.) W hile I st ill t hink t hat all religion is more or less a racket, it did my heart good to see a grinning old man decked out in a pastor’s frock, holding a bible with a rainbow flag carefully tucked between its pages. After a while, I almost felt bad for those sad, sweaty men wasting their Saturday afternoon waving angry signs. The world is leaving them behind and they know it. When the 50th South Carolina Pride event comes around, chances are there will be few, if any of them left — apart from their hate-indoctrinated children or grandchildren. W h ich is a l most a sha me. Their pit if u l, r u mpled-sh ir t presence gave a sor t of heat to the performance. The Pride event had a strong image to fight against. Their stern faces remind us just how important the LGBT movement is, especially in a state full of used-car-salesmen types who would rather see their sons disowned or dead than kissing other men.

In the classroom, instructor attitude is all that matters Professor’s talent based more on ability to teach than showing off The gnawing feeling of anxiety is prodding at your insides. Your shoulders are tense; you grip your pencil so tightly it leaves trenches where it pressed into your fingers. You hate this professor. You skip class and leave angry when you actually do go. When they talk, you roll your eyes but keep your head down, so they don’t notice you. Instead of preparing for class, you just dread going. This is the effect that professors can have on their students. The morale of a student and a classroom is completely dictated by the attitude of one individual, standing at the front gripping a piece of chalk. This can be an amazing opportunity. Many professors slave away through yea r s of school i ng a nd t r a i n i ng to en l ighten you ng m i nds about something they are passionate about. They consider t he composit ion of their course: is the book useful? Kathleen Schipano Does this project work? Does this assig n ment help t hem bet ter Second-year print journalism understand the material? student This can also be a dangerous amount of power for the self-righteous and pretentious of the world. It’s easy for students to tell when a teacher wants the students to learn or if the teacher wants to show how much they personally know about a subject, after a lifetime of study. W hile this can be irritating and downright pathetic to watch from a desk, it also affects the morale, and thus, the education of the students. We’ve all had professors we didn’t click with, or classes that we hated, but I sense this constant theme in all those irritating classes: the professor had a bad attitude. Whether they had failed the practical aspect of their field and gone into teaching, keeping their resentment in their suitcase or if they were a TA who thought they were too cool or a veteran of the trade who delighted in the power trip of their position, they were not there to help. I fear that this issue does not have a solution. There will be classes and teachers you don’t like and part of growing up is learning how to deal with people and things that you don’t care for. But refuse to let that truth stand in the way of another truth: sometimes it is the professor’s fault too. A degree does not make a person perpetually right. Tenure does not negate deep-seated flaws.

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25 years of progress

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South Carolina Pride has celebrated the LGBT community with an annual weekend full of speeches, performances, celebration and parades for the past 25 years.

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The sun finally came out on Saturday, and with it came rainbow flags, banners and clothing. Columbia’s 25th annual S.C. Pride Festival kicked off with a noon parade beginning on one end of Main Street, continuing down Sumter and ending in front of the State House. Columbia native Mara Cowen, a f irst-year biological studies student, carried the lead banner for this Saturday’s parade after making a friend at last year’s festival. “I carried the banner for Young Democrats last year, and I met this woman who is a cancer survivor. I think it’s relapsed and she has it again,” Cowen said. “She’s lead the parade for 15 years — I met her last year and carried [the banner] with her. I ran into her this morning, and she said, ‘Do you want to lead the parade with me again?’” Guests like Cowen who have attended t he festival over the years are noticing significant progress, with an increase in overall attendance and a decrease in protestors. Pride events have been growing in Columbia w it h i nvolvement a nd s upp or t f rom USC

undergraduates and the overall youth culture of t he c it y, c reat i ng a t h r iv i ng, s y mbiot ic relationship. According to Ben Aaron, third-year computer science and mathematics student and LGBT supporter, the city is proving privy to the currents of change. “It shows how forward-thinking you are, and it opens you up to experiences you might not have had otherwise,” Aaron said. “I think that’s what college and the undergraduate experience is supposed to be about. It’s about expanding horizons and doing things that maybe, when you graduate, you won’t be able to do. I think Pride is one of those things.” All signs are indicating increased openness, freedom and overall optimism amongst the local LGBT community. Though South Carolina Pride is fi nally getting its long-awaited day in the sun, it has had to come a long way over its 25-year history. This Saturday was Columbia resident John Dawkins‘ 24th consecutive attendance to the Pride festival, and he has noticed an emphasis on the cultural aspect of the festival as it has changed over the years. “It’s a lot more family friendly and a lot less political,” Dawkins said, who attended his second Pride festival with his fiancé. “It’s really exciting for me to bring him here for that.”

Dawk ins worked for a number of polit ical organizations centered around LGBT rights, including South Carolina Pride, South Carolina Equality and nonprofit group Stand Out. While past festivals might have been more political, this year’s attendants reveled in the sense of harmony and empowerment in the community. Despite t he smiling faces and excitement, Dawkins feels that it still takes a great deal of courage to make it out to the festival. “I t hink for a lot of people, t his is Sout h Carolina, so this is a huge step to make that step out,” he said. “The thing for me that is really cool is watching the youth. Watching the youth come out and really accept themselves ... I’ve worked in this realm for years politically and it’s great to see that.” Thrilled with the turnout amongst the younger generation, Dawkins said feels it’s important that all kinds of people make their presence and encouragement felt. “I t hink it’s good for anybody. Especially if you’re LGBT youth, come out and express yourself,” Dawkins said. “Be who you are. Our allies, its very important for them to be out to show support but also to experience other realms of culture and other people.” DG

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‘Dores finally break down Jeﬀrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

Sophomore wide receiver Pharoh Cooper gained 188 total yards (114 receiving, 74 rushing), including a 70-yard run in the fourth quarter that helped seal the game.

Cooper’s career night helps overcome shaky special teams Danny Garrison

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Vanderbilt had barely put up a fight against its three opponents prior to South Carolina, but if we’ve learned anything from the 2014 Gamecocks, it’s to expect the unexpected. No. 14 South Carolina survived Saturday in Nashville, escaping Vanderbilt Stadium with a 4834 win. But to say head coach Steve Spurrier was disappointed in the Gamecocks’ effort would be an understatement for the ages. “The way we play is embarrassing,” he said. “And I’m the head coach of this embarrassing group of guys.” South Carolina’s path into its head coach’s bad graces began immediately, as Vanderbilt’s Darrius Sims took the opening kick-off 91 yards for a touchdown. The Commodores would expand their lead to 14-0 before South Carolina could even get on the board. A f ter t hat, t he Gamecock s would score 24 uninterrupted points to take the lead for good. It was, by most accounts, a good day at the stadium for the South Carolina offense. Redshirt senior quarterback Dylan Thompson threw for 237 yards

and three scores and junior running back Mike Davis collected 112 all-purpose yards on the day. But it was sophomore wideout Pharoh Cooper who stole the show against the Commodores, hauling in a career-high 10 catches for 114 yards on top of his 74 yards on the ground. “Pharoh, he can just do it all,” Thompson said. “He’s a humble kid that comes to work every day, and you’ve got to appreciate that.” The only thing missing from Cooper’s impressive stat line is a touchdown, but he came half of a yard short of a score in the fourth quarter when he took a shotgun snap 70 yards before being tackled at the goal line. “I want to be a guy our team can count on,” Cooper said. “Whether it be any position I’m in, through special teams or Wildcat or receiver, I want to be a guy that the whole team can count on.” Vanderbilt Stadium hasn’t t y pically been a hospitable place for the Gamecocks. The last time they visited Nashville, it took some late magic from Connor Shaw to pull out a 17-13 win over the Commodores. That, on top of a banner day for several offensive players, should be a recipe for encouragement after the win, but once you go below the surface, there are a host of red flags that shot up Saturday night. The Gamecock defense looked like it took a significant step back against a decidedly inferior opponent. The special teams unit was no better,

allowing a second kick-off return touchdown in the third quarter. And based on the pulse of the locker room, the players are just as alarmed as their head coach about the performance they turned in against Vanderbilt. “We can’t play like that,” Thompson said. “We’ve got to sharpen up in every facet of the game.” The execution was suspect in the beginning of the game, with Thompson admittedly overthrowing his receivers on some occasions and his targets outright dropping the ball on others. But the idea was also to blame. For virtually the entire first quarter — until there were less than 10 seconds left in the period — South Carolina refused to run the ball. Questionable tactics like this, combined with South Carolina’s at-times miserable defense and its slow-tostart offense, are the reason Spurrier and his team take no solace in Saturday’s victory. But the Gamecocks won, just like they did last week against Georgia and the week before that against East Carolina. And with the meat of its SEC schedule still ahead of it, it’s yet to be seen if South Carolina’s shortcomings will prove insurmountable again this season. “We’ve all seen good football teams, we ain’t one of them,” Spurrier said. “But maybe we can be. I don’t know. It’s no fun for me watching us play.” DG

South Carolina defense remains a question Williams’ interception for touchdown is one of few defensive positives Tanner Abel

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The 34 points Vanderbilt put up looked bad for the Gamecock defense u nt i l you rememb er t wo of t he Commodores’ touchdowns came on special teams. Still, besides senior defensive back Brison Williams’ 53-yard interception return right before halftime, South Carolina did not impress any critics going up against a below average offense. Head coach Steve Spurrier was one of those critics. He went as far to say he used trickery with sophomore wide receiver Pharoh Cooper late in the fourth quarter because he wanted to keep his defense from getting back on the field. He told the SEC Network after the game that if he didn’t put Cooper in at Wildcat quarterback, the Vanderbilt offense would have came back to tie the contest up “in a minute.” The Head Ball Coach seemed to settle down once he started looking at the stat sheet in his post-game press conference. He noted Williams’ huge touchdown, which was the first interception return for a score since 2012 against Arkansas. Spurrier added that his defense held the Commodores to just 55 plays, as well as under 400 total yards of offense. “Vanderbilt has not been an offensive juggernaut in the SEC, and we did hold them to really not a lot of points,” Spurrier said. The Commodores came into the matchup averaging just 252 total yards per game and surpassed that mark with

379 against the Gamecocks, despite hav ing to lea n on t r ue f resh ma n quarterback Wade Freebeck for the majorit y of the game. Sophomore Patton Robinette got the start but lasted just two drives before leaving due to a head injury. He led Vanderbilt to a 14-0 lead after an eight-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman C.J. Duncan. Freebeck went 11-for-20 and compiled 168 passing yards with a touchdown and interception apiece. The interception was costly, as it gave the Gamecocks momentum and a 17-14 lead before the break. Williams said that he was covering the slant on his interception, but the receiver ran an out route and Freebeck just took a long time to throw the ball, allowing the defensive back to get over in time Considering he is battling a forearm injury, Williams played well and was one of the lone bright spots for the South Carolina defense. He started the game at safety, but moved back to cornerback after some of the younger players were struggling. A notable error came in the third quarter when t he Gamecocks had Vanderbilt pinned deep in its own territory. Freebeck lobbed a seconddown pass from inside his own 10-yard line to Steven Scheu for a 31-yard gain because redshirt sophomore Rico McWilliams did not turn his head around in the secondary to locate the ball. Instead of extending its lead with the opponent in bad field position, the Gamecocks allowed a field goal to make the score 27-24. Things got a bit more positive in the fourth quarter when redshirt senior defensive tackle J.T. Surratt blocked a Vanderbilt 46-yard field goal attempt.

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Senior J.T. Surratt blocked a 46-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter. Shortly after, South Carolina helped preserve its two-touchdown lead after true freshman Bryson Allen-Williams recovered a fumble by the Commodores’ kick return team. The f u mble was a much bet ter outcome for t he Gamecocks t han the two kickoffs sophomore Darrius Sims took to the house, which kept the Commodores alive. Understandably disgusted with the play of his kickoff coverage, Spurrier said he told special teams coordinator Joe Robinson that the head coach would now be in charge of that unit. Spurrier was not happy at how the defense finished either, allowing an easy

four-play, 70-yard drive that resulted in a Vanderbilt touchdown. Williams said everybody on the defense was a bit embarrassed about how the end of the contest played out. “We gave up a lot of junk yards at the end of the game,” he said. “I think [Spurrier] was mad about that.” Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said his team is giving up too many big plays in simple coverages, and it may be a while before the defense becomes one of South Carolina’s strengths. “We’re still a long way away,” Ward said. “You hate to end the game the way we did the last drive.” DG

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