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New eatery partially open Global-themed restaurant brings exotic flavors to business school Brittany Franceschina @BRITTA_FRAN
The Global Café, the newest addition to Carolina Dining is now partially open on the second floor of the new Darla Moore School of Business. Food options in the Global Café are currently limited to pre-packaged and “grab-n-go” offerings until the final restaurant inspections allow Sodexo to operate in the kitchen. “As soon as we are able to operate in the new kitchen, we are looking forward to offering much more variety,” said the district manager of Sodexo, Dave Sauers. “For the short term, I think our expectations are being met. We can’t wait to be able to offer the full Global Café services to our customers.” Global Café features cuisines highlighting flavor profi les and dining trends from countries throughout the world, such as Brazil, South Africa and Greece. As the academic year progresses, Global Café’s menu is expected to as well to ensure new menu options and provide a true destination dining experience at USC. “It is an international dining destination that prov ides t he USC com mu n it y t he passport required to taste authentic cuisine created by seasoned culinarians from locations throughout the world,” Sauers said. “When asked to design a dining experience in the new Darla Moore School of Business, we knew our solution must directly align with their exceptional standard of international presence, while also infusing the location with innovation and multiple platforms of
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Global Cafe currently offers students food to go, and the hot line will open after a final kitchen inspection. service.” Sodexo is a global company with an active visiting chef program. The visiting chef experience allows highly qualified chefs to share their global culinary expertise. Several international chefs will rotate through the café on an annual basis for four to six week placements.
“We are excited about this experience and the Moore School is the perfect opportunity to introduce this — bringing authentic culinary talent to Columbia and USC,” Sauers said. “It should be a great educational experience for all of GLOBAL • 3
Students create new Community rallies against images for nonprofits gun violence Columbia Peace Walk supports survivors, family of victims Brittany Franceschina @BRITTA_FRAN
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Each year, students give nonprofits free designs during CreateAthon as a 24-hour service learning opportunity.
Eight teams spent 24 hours completing advertising work for local organizations Brandon Waltz
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Students often stay up late on Friday nights but rarely are they using this time to help a local nonprofit. For USC’s 2014 CreateAt hon, 86 st udents spent 24 hours doing advertising work for eight Columbia nonprofit organizations and showcasing their talents. “There is no single goal of CreateAthon because CreateAthon is multifaceted,” Karen Mallia, associate professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and leader of the event, said. “The main goal is to give terrific probono work to needy nonprofits but also to give students service learning in a unique and exciting format, which is beyond what they could get from a typical internship.” Nonprofits were narrowed down from a larger group of applicants, and whether their requests were possible to achieve in 24 hours and the challenge the request posed to students influenced the decision. USC also sought to not use the same CreateAthon clients as Riggs Partners, a Columbia creative marketing consultancy group that has been doing CreateAthon since they invented it in 1997. The nonprofits selected this year were Epworth Children’s Home, SCORE of t he M idla nds, Ronald McDonald House
Columbia, PASOs, Hidden Wounds, 4ward, The Arc and Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Service. “It’s a great opportunity for nonprofits to get what they need in a way that is unique,” Mallia said. “They probably couldn’t otherwise afford the kind of talent that’s being put against their project.” Both students and mentors arrived at the event Friday at 1 p.m., and they didn’t sleep until after they presented their work to the clients Saturday at 3 p.m. Mallia knew the adrenaline of doing the projects in such a short time frame keep students awake, but lots of Red Bull and coffee was available in the event of an energy lull. Derek Walker, mentor for the 4ward group, guided his students using a unique tactic. “I’m treating them like employees. I expect them to do what they can do, and they can do it,” he said. “It doesn’t do them any good to be treated like students. They’re good at what they do, so you trust them.” Other mentors said they were trying to guide their students without doing the work themselves, showing them what the real world after graduation was like. The strengths these mentors saw in their students, including openness, creativit y and confidence, helped them to overcome the challenges of time and exhaustion. When it came time to present, groups had a lot to show from their 24 hours of work. Megan Telencio, president of the American Advertising Federation of the Midlands, named
A group met at Zion Baptist Church Saturday mor n i ng to wa l k . T hey wa l ked t h rough downtown Columbia to the Statehouse. They walked to raise awareness. They walked for peace. Once they reached the capitol building, those participating in the Peace Walk, sponsored by the Faith Coalition on Gun Violence (FCGV) held a brief program which included prayer, reflection and music in recognition of victims of gun violence and their families. Victims and survivors of violence and their families shared brief personal stories. “Basically, we want to get the community thinking about ways in which we take advantage of guns and the resulting use of guns, which is violence and death,” said the Peace Walk Coordinator, Kathy Handel. Walkers were encouraged to “step up to stop violence” as they formed teams to walk together in solidarity against gun violence. Individuals, teams and organizations displayed posters and banners ref lecting the theme of peace. “It’s going to take us all coming together, a multitude, to make this happen because we are the voices of our loved ones,” said Stephanie Wetstone, the mother of a gun violence victim. “So, let’s stand up and speak out because our PEACE • 3
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Eight teams presented their day’s worth of work in hopes of being crowned the winner of the contest. the group that helped The Ronald McDonald House the winners of this year’s CreateAthon. T he Colu mbia chapter of T he Rona ld McDonald House, which provides families a place to stay close to their hospitalized children, CREATEATHON • 3
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Baseball tournament rallies young brain cancer patient A baseball tournament was held in Chapin, SC Sunday to benefit Austin Guy, a 10-year-old diagnosed with brain cancer last month, WIS-TV reported. More than a dozen teams played in the tournament to raise over $15,000 for the Guy family. Guy’s brain tumor was removed and found to be malignant, but chemotherapy and radiation continues to keep him away from his favorite sport. In order to benefit Guy and help ease the fi nancial burden of the family, Guy’s baseball coach, Eric McCoig, helped set up the tournament and encouraged teams from around the community to play at Chapin Elementary. Participants from across the city showed up to give their support to the family and Guy’s battle with cancer. — Lauren Shirley, Staff Reporter
Mecklenburg County missionary under Ebola surveillance A SIM missionary is under surveillance after returning from one of the West African countries affected by the Ebola outbreak, The State reported. The missionary returned to the Charlotte area where SIM has been following CDC guidelines in order to ensure the utmost safety of the community. According to the department statement, the individual had close contact with households and other settings in which they encountered a person with Ebola and “may need to be quarantined.” The missionary will be monitored for 21 days, but the Mecklenburg County Health Department said the risk to the community is very low. The Health Department’s communicable disease staff will evaluate the patient and have further information regarding the situation as it becomes available. The identity of the missionary is being withheld by SIM for privacy reasons. — Lauren Shirley, Staff Reporter
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Winthrop proressor potentially discovers new monkey species Janice Chism, a Winthrop University biologist, may have discovered a new monkey species in the rainforests of Peru, The Charlotte Observer reported. Chism started her research in 2008 in Peru, when she began studying the monk sakis species of monkey. What she found instead was a potential new saki species. Chism, along with her team, will need to work with a geneticist in order to study the DNA of the saki monkeys in order to determine if hers is indeed a new species of monkey. This is no easy task, considering the saki monkeys are some of the most understudied monkey species on the planet, according to Chism. Chism and her team will return to Peru next June in order to continue their research. — Lauren Shirley, Staff Reporter
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CreateAthon Nonprofits SCORE
-Consulting group for small businesses and entrepreneurs -Multiple ads developed by students for them to be used as billboards and print ads
loved ones no longer can.” John Evans, a former religious st ud ies professor at USC , also spoke at the event about ideals of peace. “ We mu st com m it ou r selve s to a nonviolent, peaceful way of life,” Evans said. “That’s right — we must commit ourselves to a nonviolent, peaceful way of life. We must practice the way of peace.” FCGV’s mission is to affect a
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4ward
-A group that focuses on gardening, physical fitness, cooking and stress management -Had a group that helped completely rebrand them with a new logo, tagline, mission statement and website
us. There should also be some really good food that comes with it.” And so far, Global Café has gotten some good reviews from students. “I really enjoyed it. I got the
Hidden Wounds
-Nonprofit dedicated to veterans helping other veterans with PTSD -They developed informational business cards a veteran could easily slip into his pocket and wallet
PAALS
CREATEATHON • Continued from 1 is raising funds to build a bigger hou se, st udent s made t hem a “Build a house where ...” campaign, with everything from billboards to interactive posters. The Columbia
culture change through discourse about violence and its effects on i nd iv idu a l s a nd com mu n it ie s , alternatives to violence in resolving conf l ic t s, educat ion about t he responsible ownership of fi rearms a nd advocac y for reasonable responses to the epidemic of gun violence in our society.
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prosciutto and Swiss baguette,” said Alex Heatherly, fi rst-year business student. “It was very convenient because it’s right above my class.” DG
Red Shoe Society, the fundraising ar m of The Ronald McDonald House, was also rebranded by the same students.
-A group dedicated to training service dogs -Came away with a new campaign and slogan: “Help turn a puppy into a PAAL,” shirts, bone-shaped bumper magnets and a direct mail piece to show previous donors where the money was going
PASOs
-Group that helps local Latinos gain access to resources they don’t know how to get, mainly because of the language barrier -Students working with PASOs helped take information and make it easy to understand for potential supporters, clients and donors
The Arc
-Group that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - Students created campaign called “See the Sparc” that highlights some of the people they help and what makes them unique
Epworth Children’s Home
-Group that helps children from broken family systems -“Students created With You” campaign, which highlights how much volunteers mean in kids’ lives to emotionally appeal to people and get them to volunteer
Ronald McDonald House Columbia -Provides familis a place to stay close to their hospitalized children - Students made a “Buld a house where...” campaign with billboards and interactive posters
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“Birdman” (or “The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”) stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson, an actor struggling to get his life and work together to prove himself relevant again. The movie’s star studded cast, which includes Zach Galiafinakis and Edward Norton, deal with heavy questions of truth and sanity.
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It’s been 22 years since he last donned the dark mask in “Batman Returns,” and now Michael Keaton is getting meta in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s dark new comedy. Keaton plays Riggan Thomson — an actor who used to be famous for his superhero character Birdman. He doesn’t like where his career is now,
and to prove that he’s still relevant, he directs and stars in a play about to open on Broadway. That’s when his obsession to regain fame takes him down a dark path. From t he beg in ning of t he f ilm onwards, Riggan asks himself how he got to where he is now. The complicated relationships he has with family members and coworkers makes his struggle so compelling — he and his daughter Sam, played by Emma Stone, don’t understand each other because they’ve never given each other their time. Thus, they remain at constant odds. The newcomer to the play Mike Shiner, played by Edward Norton, challenges everything that Riggan does. Norton plays the archetypal method actor who doesn’t hold anything back. The two clash egos and butt heads consistently. Riggan fights an internal battle with his alter ego, Birdman. His former movie greatness haunts him in the form of a controlling voice inside his head. That voice is just another reason why he can’t let go of the past. This internal battle helps the viewer understand Riggan better. Birdman is ironically portrayed as
Fratmouth screams ‘hello’ to Cola music USC students band together to create noise punk band
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Patrons drink in autumn ales, music, Rockwell ‘Arts and Draughts’ celebrates art, beer one last time this year
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Fratmouth is a noise rock band. That much is clear. But the other operations and capabilities of one of Columbia’s newer music groups remain mysterious. With of Gabe Crawford on guitar, Connor Brunson on drums and Derry Child, formerly known as Pedro Lopez DeVictoria, on vocals, the trio played one of their fi rst official shows at Conundrum Music Hall Saturday night. Frat mout h likes to consider t hemselves a collective rather than a band, as much of their sound transcends even into their lifestyles. “Fratmouth is both a noun and a verb,” said Child. Child explained that the band’s name comes from his estranged father’s company of the same name, a fraternity lifestyle company. “After he passed, he was never a fan of loud music or anything,” said Child. “By naming it Fratmouth, I’m sticking it to him.” However, the name’s origin has been wiped clean from its present condition. “It doesn’t matter what it was in the past, it is what we say it is now,” said Child. Born in a garage, Fratmouth is the product of many jam sessions bet ween Br u nson and Crawford during the summer. Child is the coup de grâce, deciding his vocals and the song names at the beginning of each set. “Connor and I only know the songs based on their sounds,” said Crawford. Fratmout h’s musical st yle is noise punk, a distinct face in the crowd of the local Columbia music scene. Some songs start out slow, but most are loud and cathartic, depicted by Child’s raw and provocative vocals, supported by upbeat, steadfast percussion and constant guitar riffs. During the show, Fratmouth yell and berate each other on stage.
a hero to the public but to Riggan, he’s the villain. Keaton’s portrayal of Riggan is splendid. People close to him think he’s having a midlife crisis, but t he dept h to his character shows t here’s something more. He holds on to the past to the point of delusion. He starts to hallucinate and blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Even in his fantasy state, Keaton seems believable, making the audience wonder when exactly his real life turns to fantasy. Keaton’s acting is mesmerizing because he plays both antagonist and protagonist. At times, he’s vulnerable and tries to fix his life, but the extremes he takes create his own darkness. His pursuit for relevance harms close relationships and the play that he’s worked so hard on. His character is complicated and does things without thinking them through. He’s either living in the past or looking down on his current life. The film takes the viewer on a ride with Riggan’s ups and downs. His unpredictable character keeps the viewers on edge. Both the plot and
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Derry Child, once known as Pedro Lopez DeVictoria, is the raw, emotive frontman of a noise-rock band. “We aren’t friends. I wouldn’t call us colleagues or even business associates,” said Child. “But they are the only ones that understand anger and raw emotion.” The members’ ch ildhoods are integ ral to understanding their sound objective. It is an FRATMOUTH • 5
Bring together a crowd that loves art, draught beer and good music, and you’re bound to have an event that keeps people coming back. The Columbia Museum of Art hosted the fourth and final “Arts and Draughts” event of the year on Friday night, and this time around, the museum hosted music artists The Howling Man, Stefanie Santana, Can’t Kids and ET A nderson. With stages both inside and out, guests never lacked local music as an accompanying soundtrack to their viewing. The museum’s premiere exhibit “Norman Rock wel l: Beh i nd t he Ca mer a” brought attendees back to the ‘50s to take a closer look at the photos Rockwell used to make his paintings. The exhibit offered 50 of Rockwell’s photographs, each hung beside the subsequent 16 paintings and drawings that came from the photos. The Columbia Museum of Art serves as the last venue to host the exhibition in its national tour. Staying true to the ‘50s theme, the museum offered crafting stations where attendants could make cutouts of bowties and ‘50s-styled glasses to use as props in a Rockwell-esque photo backdrop on the second f loor of the museum. Local artists were showcased their work with tables set up, and a printing station where attendees could make prints of their own and take them home. The rest of the museum was open as well, but creativity wasn’t the only thing celebrated at Arts and Draughts — good draught beer was also a highlight. Samples of Brrr Seasonal A le from Widmer Brot hers Brewing were DRAUGHTS • 5
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BIRDMAN • Continued from 4 camera angles move wrenchingly throughout. Even though his career is a mess, R iggan st ill has t he mot ivat ion to do better. Keaton’s portrayal identifies ambition as that which drives the character both up and down. The play is his last chance for a comeback. What makes Riggan so interesting is that even though his close relationships aren’t great,
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Ale enthusiasts, artists and musicians convened at the Columbia Museum of Art on Friday night for the fourth and final “Arts and Draughts” event of the year. and the best seasonally appropriate ales to accompany the night. Columbia might not be the first c it y t h at c ome s t o m i nd when thinking of art appreciation, but the museum is taking every stride to change that.
DRAUGHTS • Continued from 4 available for all those of age to drink, as were the Widmer Hefeweizen and Widmer Alchemy Pale Ale on draught. Though it might have been a bit chilly outside, spirits were high. The museum provided yet another successful night of art appreciation, a wonderful local music selection
expression of the noise they grew up in. Brunson explains that his passion for noise rock is deeply rooted in childhood. “I worked at a sausage lining factory when I was 12, and a lot of what I heard at that age were industrial sounds and noise,” said Brunson. Crawford had a similar upbringing. “I grew up near an airport — just weird, whooshing noises all the time,” Crawford said.
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he can survive off an unhealthy obsession with his career. T h is f i l m foc u ses on what goes on behind the scenes in the enter t a i n ment i ndust r y, a nd it ultimately shows the costs of the quest for artistic relevance. It poses a question: can an artist truly keep their career going for a long time or do they eventually just fade out? DG
Fratmouth’s concerts aren’t just about the music. Rather, they are more like performance art ists. They like to connect with their audience as if they were just playing in their garage. Their performance at Conundrum ended with all of the band members sprawled on top of each other on the floor. Never t heless, a n even i ng w it h Frat mout h is g ua ra nteed entertainment. Potential attendees be warned: expect the unexpected. DG
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In the past, we’ve editorialized on a number of issues, some of which students may not have found particularly relatable or, to be frank, interesting. So, we’re trying something different. After scanning everyone’s favorite anonymous social media app Yik Yak for a long while last night, our editorial board selected a few posts and took them into consideration. Upvote counts reflect the time at which we originally read them. “This might be lame, but I actually want to try staying completely sober for a while. I feel like I need to find out who I really am after this blur of a storm called “having fun in college.”
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First off, we understand the sentiment. College is the time to get the crazies out of our systems, but it’s also a question of self-discovery. And it’s not a coincidence that students try to do both in the same place. Because, as it turns out, “who you really are” isn’t as easy as being sober or not sober. Is the “real you” the person who goes out to dance frenetically after downing a half-handle of Taaka, or the person who operates every day with all your inhibitions intact? Both? Neither? Hell, we have no idea. We’re students, too.
“If you think segregation is over, you haven’t eaten downstairs at Russell House.”
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As much as we hate to say it, it certainly looks like that at first glance. But we don’t think that segregation is the right word to use here. People hang out with those they’re most comfortable with, those who have similar experiences or interests. That’s the way it works with groups of people. Musicians, Russian students, newspaper enthusiasts, people with similar economic backgrounds — all of these will tend to gravitate towards each other. We think it’s the same with race. Whatever you might think about that, it isn’t pre-civil rights era segregation. However, the question remains: should we change the way we behave to end this kind of “clustering” mentality?
“But FOREAL shoutout to you girls who don’t feel the need to cake on makeup every day. You’re doing it right. Your natural state is attractive too.”
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But FOREAL, we TDG editorial board girls don’t actually wear makeup for anybody else’s benefit. If we do wear makeup, it’s because we wanted to put on makeup that day, not because we wanted attention. If a girl wants to cake it on, more power to her. It’s her choice, since it’s her face. If a girl wants to wear no makeup at all, more power to her. It’s still her choice, not yours. Sure, some days we wake up and want to take the time to put on makeup before heading to class. But other days we’re going to use that time to eat a bagel instead. It’s a personal choice, not a request for validation. So, as for your compliment: thanks, but we care more about bagels than your anonymous opinion.
College football has its charm Matt McBreen Third-year sports and entertainment mgmt. student
Moving to southern university immerses one in SEC culture My f i r st ex per ience w it h the southern US was when I stepped foot on campus at USC for my senior year college visit. Back then, I was a full-blown New Englander, born and bred. You could often find me in a Boston Red Sox hat w it h my Patriots keychain hanging out of my pocket , c a sua l ly dropping “wicked” into all my conversations. I knew tea as a drink you made with a bag, and college sports weren’t much more than an afterthought to a lot of people I knew. It’s been over t hree years since my fi rst experience with Gamecock Nation, and though my allegiance still lies with the North (sorry guys), I’ve come to understand what makes both
regions unique in their own ways. The biggest difference I’ve noticed is during my time here is the football. Not just how much football is watched, but the types of football as well. I n New E ngla nd col lege sports just don’t carry much weight, with the exceptions of college basketball and when the college lacrosse postseason is in full swing. Saturdays in the fall are spent getting chores done so we can watch the NFL uninterrupted on Sundays. Tailgating for games is still a must, but the t ypical New England tailgate usually doesn’t involve much more than some grilled hot dogs and a football to toss around. I got t he biggest c u lt u re shock of my life the fi rst time I took in a football Saturday at Williams-Brice. Preparations for a lot of serious tailgaters start a day or two in advance, and bringing a generator so you can watch the games while you cook out is well within the norm. Inside the game is even more surreal. I can only speak for G i l let t e St ad iu m i n t er m s
of NFL stadiums, and there are t imes t hat t he crowd in Foxborough resembles gallery of golf v iewers rat her t ha n rabid football fans. Though Willy B has seen it s f a i r sh a re of lack lu ster performance this year (that’s a whole other column in itself ), the electric atmosphere blows Gillette out of the water most occasions. Traditions like 2001 a nd S a nd s t or m a re t h i n g s that make college football feel special, and they’re traditions that professional football teams will struggle to acquire. I t ’s b e e n a a b o u t t h r e e years since I’ve lived in t he north full-time, and my time in t he sout h has opened my eyes to t he world of college football. While I’m still deeply entrenched in New England and professional football, the SEC has at the very least left a mark on me. Who knows, maybe someday y’all w ill convert me into a full-fledged SEC football fan (I wouldn’t wait too long on that day, though).
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Good poetry justifies, explains itself Ben Crawford Second-year English and Russian student Best verses are immediate, beautiful, self-contained Ver y recent ly, I’ve beg un to badger my friends about reading poetry. In the middle of a conversation, I will ask at some point if they’ve ever read Philip Larkin. I feel like I deserve the puzzled looks I get in response. I ’m no t s u r e w h y f l i n g i n g t h at d e a d medium in other people’s faces has become a preoccupation of mine. I haven’t picked that habit up from anywhere I can remember. My biggest fear is being a bore, and every time I bring up poetry I can feel my words, en route to the listener’s ears, becoming imbued with boredom, increasing in weight and torpor mid-fl ight and fi nally dropping out of the air and landing dully on the floor. But I can’t stop. There’s too much truth in some of these poems to let them squat there in your head, without acknowledgment. The words of those dead men and women demand to be spoken out loud. (Poetry is fi rstly a verbal form.) If it sounds morbid, that’s because it is. The poets we remember, from Homer to Matthew Dickman, had immortality in mind from the beginning. They want to live through their poems as ghosts in the heads of other people. Even Whitman knew that his words would echo and rebound through future generations. In his audacity to recognize his own genius, he must have known that his many reprints of Leaves of Grass would gain him disciples. (“You shall not look through my eyes, nor take things from me …” Yeah. Whatever you say, man.) But the reason for my recent fascination might have more to do with poetry as a form of connection. Poetry is fluid. It allows for a drawing together of many things; relationships between subject and object come quickly and simply. It does not require continuit y, like prose, although it rewards some degree of repetition. It does not demand abstraction or defi nition, even though there is room for both. It allows for lines like, “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked/ dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fi x.” This passage, from “Howl,” encompasses the fast verse, maniac screeds and concentrated, concrete madness that only poems can touch. It also allows for more a more somber, indefi nite repetition, like this excerpt written by W.B. Yeats: And no more turn aside and brood Upon love’s bitter mystery; For Fergus rules the brazen cars, And rules the shadows of the wood, And the white breast of the dim sea And all disheveled wandering stars. T hese a re words t hat con nec t concept to concept. They don’t require extraneous dialogue, setting or exposition. And because the best poetry is immediate, beautiful and self-contained, it doesn’t need to be explained. This is why talking about good poetry is useless. The poem itself is the explanation.
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Gamecocks storm past CofC, ECU Women’s swim, dive undefeated in last 5 matches of season Liz Jenkins
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Sunday’s loss is only the Gamecocks’ fourth home loss this season, and their home record stands at 9-4.
Late rally falls short, Volleyball drops 3-2 Alabama claims victory after South Carolina forces decisive 5th set Brennan Doherty
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For most of Sunday’s match against Alabama, the South Carolina volleyball team looked evenly matched with Alabama, dare say better. South Carolina head coach Scott Swanson’s team held sizable leads in each of the first two sets, but were unable to finish. The Gamecocks dug themselves into a two-set hole, which proved too difficult to overcome as the Gamecocks dropped their third consecutive match, losing in five sets to the Crimson Tide (23-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-21, 10-15). “I’m disappointed for the team and for the program that we didn’t win that one in five [sets] because it would have been a great win, but I think we learned a lot about ourselves tonight,” Swanson said. Despite trailing two sets to none, South Carolina (15-10, 5-7) put forth a strong effort, winning the third and fourth sets to force a final fifth frame. And though Alabama (20-6, 8-4) took a 4-0 lead in the fifth set, South Carolina fought back and came within one points of the Crimson Tide. But Alabama would hang on, as redshirt sophomore Krystal Rivers ended the match with her 29th kill of the day. Throughout the match, Alabama’s attack proved to be lethal, thanks to Rivers and freshman Kat Hutson. The duo combined for 55 kills, nine more than the entire South Carolina team. “They have two pretty special players in Hutson and Rivers,” Swanson said. “They’re doing that to everybody, so we’re not alone there.” Hoping to mount a comeback, South Carolina
overcame Alabama’s offensive prowess in a backand-forth third set which featured seven lead changes as sophomore KoKo Atoa-Williams paced the Gamecocks with five kills in the frame. Atoa-Williams led the Gamecocks with 14 kills, while junior Sarah Blomgren added 13 kills of her own. South Carolina’s success continued through the fourth set, as the Gamecocks played error free for the most part while Alabama committed five service errors in the set. The Gamecocks trailed 9-4, but South Carolina’s defense tightened up as Rivers and Hutson began to struggle. The two combined for seven attack errors in the fourth frame. The Gamecocks, who entered Sunday’s match with a 12-3 record when winning the first set, had a chance to take the opening frame and led by as many as five points but faltered late in the set as Alabama won 25-23. The Gamecocks led 19-14, but after an Alabama timeout, the Crimson Tide finished the set with an 11-4 run, as South Carolina committed too many attacking errors late in the game. Once up by four points in the second set, South Carolina blew an early lead and Alabama led late 2017, but a four-point swing put the Gamecocks ahead by one. The lead was short-lived as Alabama went on to win the set 25-22. Moving on, South Carolina will travel to face Arkansas on Friday, Nov. 14. Atoa-Williams was encouraged by the way she and her teammates fought back and she hopes that they can carry the momentum they gained in Sunday’s game into Friday’s match. “I think Arkansas this weekend is going to be a great match for us,” Atoa-Williams said. “Hopefully, we can take a ‘W’ out of that.” DG
Women’s soccer kicked out of SEC tournament Pairings for NCAA tournament to be released Monday afternoon Dalton Abel
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The South Carolina women’s soccer team exited Orange Beach, Alabama, on Friday after a 1-0 loss to No. 7 Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament semifinals. The defeat marked the second consecutive year that the Aggies ousted the Gamecocks in the semifinals on their way to the title. Head coach Shelley Smith said the match, which was decided by a goal in the 87th minute, simply left her team unsatisfied. “I’m proud of the girls, but obviously, I’m disappointed with the result,” Smith said. “We wanted to make the finals and put ourselves in position to win a championship.” Although South Carolina (13-5-3) fell short of its second SEC tournament title in program history, the team showed once again that it can hang with anybody on the pitch. Smit h credited A& M for t heir execut ion, saying her team was unable to convert on key opportunities needed to defeat the top team in the conference. “I’m proud of the heart and fight we saw from this team,” Smith said. “I thought we battled. We didn’t have the best first half, but we came back and battled in the second half to get in a position to win the game. We just couldn’t fi nd the back of the net on a couple of opportunities.” South Carolina held a 10-8 advantage in shots for the match, including four on goal compared to the Aggies’ two. Freshman midfielder Savannah McCaskill led the Gamecock offense with three shots, two of which were on goal.
South Carolina’s swimming and diving team dominated the water Saturday as they faced the College of Charleston and East Carolina University at home in the Carolina Natatorium. After a rocky start for the women’s team, the men took to the water for the Gamecocks’ first win of the day in the 400-yard medley relay, as the team of sophomore Jonathan Boland, freshman Nils WichGlasen, redshirt sophomore Kevin Leithold and junior Marwan El Kamash, finished with a time of 3:19.07 to take the top spot over ECU. The women’s team made a splash after placing second in its first event. Senior Victoria Mitchell walked away with two wins in the women’s 1,000 and 500-yard freestyle, and placed second with a time of 2:05.41 in the 200 yard IM. Other notable swimmers included freshmen Heather Merritt with wins in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke and Meredith Vay, who earned first in the 200 and 50-yard freestyle. The women’s team defeated the Pirates 157-116 and College of Charleston 161-131, starting its season 5-1. On the men’s side, freshman Tomas Peribonio took his first career win in the 1,000 freestyle and followed it up with a second win in the 200 backstroke. The men continued their streak with wins from El Kamash in the 200 and 500 freestyle and Leithold in the 100 breaststroke and 100 freestyle. Nils Wich-Glasen remains undefeated in the 200 breaststroke as he made the Gamecock’s first NCAA provisional cut of the season with a time of 1:58.49 but knows there’s still room for improvement. “I am pleased with my time in the 200 breaststroke,” he said, “but I can swim it better, smarter.” Head swimming coach McGee Moody echoed Wich-Glasen’s sentiments, adding there are things he could do to become a better swimmer. “Nils had a great day. He got an NCAA provisional cut in the 200 breaststroke, and I think that puts him around top-10 in the country right now, which is a good place to be,” Moody said. “He still has some things he can improve on, but he had a really good day.” The men’s swim team improved to a 3-1 record, defeating ECU 169-104 and the College of Charleston 157-135. The Gamecock diving team made its contribution with a combined four wins from senior Cole Miller on the one and three-meter, senior Patricia Kranz on the one-meter and junior Lauren Lamendola placing first on the three-meter. Head diving coach Todd Sherritt said he was pleased overall with the team’s solid performance. “We have great divers on our team, and they did a great job. winning an event is huge,” Sherritt said. “It was great to see her go out there [and perform well], and that was the best performances I’ve seen her have. Patty [Kranz] and Julia [Vincent] had solid performances as well.” Sherritt went on to echo the same praise for his team. Looking to the remainder of the fall season and the start of the spring season, Moody remarked on what improvements need to be made. “For us, what we need to take away from this is we need to sharpen up our details a little bit more in terms of our racing,” he said. The Gamecocks will finish their 2014 fall season in Christiansburg, Virginia for the Virginia Tech Invitational on Nov. 20.
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South Carolina’s SEC tournament run was ended by No. 1 seed Texas A&M for the second straight year. And while the Aggies executed when it mattered, they were also afforded more chances. The Gamecocks only registered two corner kicks
while the Aggies had six. For a team that’s been so successful on set pieces in the last few years, the disadvantage proved to be the difference, as the game-winner came off the Aggies’ final corner kick of the night. South Carolina is now 0-5-1 all-time against the Aggies. Moving forward, South Carolina will look to improve upon its body of work in the NCA A tournament, which begins Nov. 14. The pairings will be released Monday afternoon. A fter a 13-game slate against arguably the nation’s deepest and toughest conference, the Gamecocks should be battle-ready in the hopes of making a deep run in the NCAA tournament. South Carolina lost in the second round last year to Stanford, marking the second time in three years the Cardinal ended the Gamecocks’ season. All of South Carolina’s losses this season have been 1-0 results. The difference in each loss has been a matter of execution in key opportunities, meaning Smith will have her team working on fine-tuning their runs and timing in the week leading up to the opener. If the Gamecocks are to get hot at the right time, execution is a must. Smith said she likes where her team is as a whole but acknowledged they need to get better in the next few days. “I thought overall, we played very well,” Smith said. “We’ll build off of that going into NCAA’s next week.” DG