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South Caroliniana opens empty
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The library collections are now housed at off-site locations: the library annex in North East Columbia, the Graniteville Room and the old South Carolina State Archives building.
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It’s all cleared out, except for a single painting left on the wall. The Sout h Carolin iana L ibr a r y is f u l l of empt y p e d e s t a l s w h e r e m a r b le busts once sat, and empt y
book shelve s where t here were once invaluable collections. It might come as a surprise af ter t he f ive-week move that practically emptied the building, but t he historic librar y reopened its doors to t he public on Monday.
Although it’s mostly vacated, you c a n now once ag a i n request collection items. The collection move was in preparation for renovations t hat, according to Henr y F u l m e r , C a r o l i n i a n a ’s director, won’t happen for at least a couple of years until
there is sufficient funding. “ T he c ol le c t io n m o v e was in preparation for the renovations,” Fulmer said. “So that the renovations can go on without damaging any of the materials.” With the move, students and t he public look ing to
use the documents that were once in the Caroliniana are required to request t hese collect ion items 24 hours in advance. The books and manuscripts will be driven over f rom t h ree of f- site SEELIBRARYPAGE3
USC Diversity Retreat offers students new perspective Anna Hirshfield @THEGAMECOCK
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The colors of the T-shirts that students painted Monday represented different types of sexual and domestic violence.
Clothesline Project gives survivors creative outlet James Stewart @THEGAMECOCK
Painting T-shirts may seem like just a craft project, but for USC sexual assault survivors, it’s a new means of expression that helps with the healing process. USC’s Office of Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention and Prevention (SAVIP) has kicked
of f M a rch w it h t he a n nua l Clothesline Project, a national campaig n represent ing men and women affected by violence and sexual assault. The event brings both survivors and nonvictims together to paint shirts to help raise awareness and open a dialog ue about sex ual and domestic violence. A s April is Sex ual A ssault
Awareness Month, SAV IP is hosting the preparations for Clot he sl i ne Projec t on t he Russell House Patio from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 2, 16, 23 and 31, and April 1 and 6. The shirts will be displayed Monday April 13. Given t he recent bout s SEECLOTHESLINEPAGE3
It didn’t have picket signs or hunger strikes, but even the most seasoned activists had something to learn from this year’s Diversity Retreat. Every year, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at USC hosts a weekend-long Diversity Ret reat w it h st udent s f rom bot h USC a nd Columbia College. For the past six years the trip has been headed by Gavin Weiser, the Assistant Director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. He also runs SJP, the Student Justice Activist Program, which helps make students and staff sociallyconscious activists. “As administrators, we don’t usually build close relationships with students. But here, there’s no power dynamic,” Weiser said regarding the retreat. “The goal is to learn together.” Weiser also believes t hat t he ret reat is an opportunity for individual’s at the universities to step away from “regular” college life. “There’s this stereotypical college idea that you have to go out and consume substances in order to have a good time,” he said. “One of the great parts about the trip is that students push SEEDIVERSITYPAGE3
Gamecocks lose series against Tigers Will Helms @WILL_HELMS
Fifth ranked South Carolina (7-3) came into Monday’s rubber match w it h Clemson eager to extend their series-winning streak over the Tigers to seven. Instead, the Gamecocks ran into a buzz saw named Brody Koerner and lost 7-0. Sout h Ca rol i na was on t he defensive t he ent ire game, as Clemson ju mped out to a n early 2-0 lead. From there, the
Gamecocks struggled to keep the game close before the Tigers broke it open in the seventh inning, taking home the win. R a i n p o st p oned t he g a me , which was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Officials and players alike applauded the decision, as temperatures were in the low 60s Monday afternoon. South Carolina sent sophomore Josh Reagan to the mound again as the third starter in the rotation. However, Reagan pitched just
three innings, allowing two runs on five hits. It was the second straight game Reagan failed to play through to the fifth inning. Clem son st a r t i ng pitcher K o e r n e r f a r e d b e t t e r. T h e j u n i o r r i g h t- h a n d e r m o w e d down Gamecocks on his way to a complete-game shutout. The Gamecock hitters had no answer for Koerner as he challenged them inside all game. SEECLEMSONPAGE8
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This Clemson win breaks the winning-series streak dating back to June 2010 for the team’s rivalry history.
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LIBRARYPAGE1 locations twice daily, and will only be held overnight before they are returned to their new off-site homes. It’s all a matter of protecting the collection, according to Fulmer. “We’re just asking students and researchers at large to pardon the inconvenience,” he said.”A nd help spread t he word t hat what we’re doing is really trying to preserve this major portion of South Carolina’s documentary history.” With the reopening on Monday, the phone has already been ringing off the hook, according to Fulmer. They’ve gotten their fi rst requests for mater ia ls, one such request coming from fourth-year political science student Keith Taylor. Ta y l o r c a m e i n l o o k i n g f o r Euphradian Societ y records and had been anxiously awaiting for the library to reopen so that he could access the materials. With the new system that is in
CLOTHESLINEPAGE1 of relat ionsh ip v iolence USC has experienced, namely with the murder-suicide in Copper Beech last November involving Diamoney Greene and Brandon Earl, and the more recent on-campus shooting of Professor Raja Fayad by his ex-wife Sunghee Kwon in February, it comes as no surprise that the SAVIP office is redoubling its efforts this year, with an emphasis on violence prevention over mere awareness. Started in Massachusetts in 1990, the Clothesline Project was chosen by SAVIP not only to show support for survivors, but also to “emphasize the importance of consent, acknowledge accountable bystanders and raise awareness for sex ual assault and violence,” according to the SAV IP website. Kristin Tanner, an intern with the SAVIP office and graduate student i n t he M a ster s of S o c ia l Work program, said t hat based on t he turnout Monday, she feels optimistic that this year’s Clothesline Project will take meaningful strides towards prevention and raising awareness. “ S e x u a l a s s au lt , r el at io n s h ip v iolence a nd ot her k inds of interpersonal violence aren’t really
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place, Taylor needs to wait 24 hours to receive his materials from the offsite location, but when he thought about it, he decided it wasn’t much of a problem. “If it preser ves the documents, then it’s certainly worth the 24 hour wait,” Taylor said. “I like it. I’ve had nothing but good experiences here, and if it streamlines the process then that’s wonderful.” For Fu lmer, t h is reopen ing is just anot her step in t he process. He hopes that the collection will cont i nue to g row a nd t h at t he renovations will preserve the evergrowing collection that was once housed in the Caroliniana. “ T h is is a once i n a l i fet i me opportunity for this staff and for this university community and for the people of the state of South Carolina to do somet hing t hat really will ensure the survival of this portion of the state’s history for another 175 years,” Fulmer said.
t a l k e d ab out a s muc h a s ot her crimes and we think they need to be,” Tanner said. “One of the goals for the Clothesline Project is to be able to raise this awareness while also supporting survivors.” Janece Gough, a graduate assistant and fellow SAVIP organizer, runs the Clothesline Project table with Tanner and added that one of the biggest challenges they face is figuring out how to turn the difficult subject of sexual violence and crime into an interesting conversation piece. The Clothesline Project’s ultimate goal is not just to educate people, but also to open a discussion about these issues in a relatable context that they hope will leave a longer-lasting impression. “We’ve actually been discussing why it’s really important, especially after the tragedies that have happened recently, that relationship violence prevention be talked about more on campus,” said Tanner. “It’s something that campus has defi nitely started to become more aware of, and I think that it’s events like this that give us an opportunity to come together and help to provide the first step in the healing process.”
DIVERSITYPAGE1 outside of t heir comfort zones, meet new people and have these unanticipated learning outcomes.” Although Weiser is the primary coordinator of the trip, he has a few facilitators to help work with the students, most of whom are g raduate st udent s major i ng i n higher education. The retreat is centered around e d u c at i n g y ou n g me mb e r s of society and helping them to become allies, advocates and activists for significant social issues both within their communities and beyond. The objective is to assist students in learning the necessary skills so they can independently generate change and impact those around them. A broad range of social aspects are covered from race and gender to sexualit y and socio-economic st at u s. Disc u s si ng t he se of ten ignored or overlooked issues and how they relate to every individual’s identity is both eye opening and a key process that can foster trust between students. “ It ’s a n e n v i r o n me nt t h at ’s
extremely conductive to learning, where people a re w i l l i ng to share their experiences with one another,” shared Cathy Santos, fi rst time retreat-goer and secretar y o f F e m C o , U S C ’s f e m i n i s t organization. The participants are encouraged from t he start of t he ret reat to engage in activities that involve teamwork and creating personal connections with one another. Ranging from biology students to English students, the participants a l l have at lea st one f ac tor i n common: they want to change their communities for the better. As well as coming from different areas of study, the students also come from various backgrounds and diverse knowledge of social issues. “I originally decided to p a r t ic ip at e b e c au s e I w a nt e d t o b r o a d e n m y k n o w le d g e of diversit y and learn from other’s perspectives,” Santos said. “I will defi nitely be going again next year.”
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The best thing about WUSCFM, the on-campus radio station at USC, is that it’s not for profit — but the station has to pay the bills somehow. Until March 5, is W USC’s spring fundraiser week, where they host several events and theme shows to raise money for their annual operating costs. While WUSC is partially funded by the university, the station is expected to come up with additional money for their FCC licensing fee. This year, WUSC is required to cover $14,000 in operating costs, and their goal is to raise $7,000 throughout each semester — t hat’s where t he bien nial fundraiser week comes in. Every semester, WUSC comes up with a cohesive theme for its fundraiser that the DJs use to tailor their shows and hopefully earn donations. This semester’s theme, Spring Break, has DJs working together to plan their s e t s a r ou nd r o ad t r ippi n g, relaxing and vacationing. Aside from tailoring on-air tunes around the week’s theme, W USC is host i ng several events this week as part of their fundraising process. To kick off the fundraiser, the station paired up with Breaker’s to host a four-hour dance party on Thursday night, complete with live music from ACADEMIA,
DJ Kodo and Callosum. This Tuesday, W USC is hav ing a percent night at Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint, and Wednesday, Mason Jar Menagerie will be taking the stage at Tin Roof with Noah and the Real Girls and The Half Measures.
Want to donate? For people interested in donating to WUSC-FM, visit wusc.sc.edu for more information. “We put on really great shows, a nd we t r y to g ive enough diversity, so that we can reach new audiences,” said Sean Taylor, W USC’s d i rec tor of publ ic affairs. W USC St at ion M a n ager, A ri Robbins, ex plained t hat fundraising weeks are not only important to raise money, but they also serve as a way to invite the public to support and enjoy everything that WUSC has to offer. “I think that [Fundraiser week] is a staple of WUSC,” Robbins said. “People know that we have all these great events and people make sure to come out.” According to Robbins, WUSC typically raises about $3,500 from donations and around $1,500
from the events that they host t hroughout f undraiser week. Any additional money they raise comes from other events held throughout the semester. But you might be think ing — why should people donate to WUSC? Aside from providing a platform for students to learn hands-on the ins and outs of the radio industry, WUSC-FM is the only non-Top 40, noncommercial radio station in Columbia. While WUSC is fun for the listeners and the DJ, the station works directly with local artists to help promote their music and performances too. “We don’t do it for money,” Taylor said. “We do it because we love it. Because of that, I think we’ve become a pretty important staple in the community.” With all of the communit y outreach, the station is viewed as a beloved element of t he Columbia arts scene. W USC hopes that their supporters will come out to prove their love for the greater good of the station because, without donations, they would have to shut down. “Fundraiser week is a really good time for us to capitalize on what people are already feeling all year long,” Robbins said. “People say, ‘I love WUSC, this is great,’ but I should remind them: if you love us, we’ll stick around, but we need your donations to do that.”
St udents who saw Sonya Renee Taylor’s presentation “The Body Is Not An Apology” last Wednesday might remember her aversion toward “the binary.” Usually this refers to the gender binary, or the categorization of gender into just male and female, but Taylor spoke about how other binary systems, such as gay/straight, rich/ poor or black/white, can be just as discriminating by excluding everything that falls in the inbetween categories. In the same way, people tend to separate human creations into discrete categories, such as “music” or “literature,” or categorize them even further into “fiction,” “opera” or “narrative.” Here are five pieces of art that complicate these categories in some way and show that exploration of the in-between space can be a great thing. My Struggle” — Karl Ove Knausgaard “My Struggle,” first published in 2009, is a series of six novels that have enjoyed a level of success that’s difficult to explain. It describes the life of its Norwegian author, Karl Ove Knausgaard, in endless detail, which can feel like an eternal therapy session. It’s not as if K nausgaard has had an unusual life — the strongest parts of the books explore his troubled relationship with his father, his mediocre high school band and his tense marriage. But the real honesty and brilliance of the work doesn’t come from the details Knausgaard reveals. It comes from the passages in which he articulates his fears about death, his frustration at his self-referential thoughts and his longing for his childhood. For much of the series, Knausgaard the character pines for fame and expects it to bring him a feeling of relevance and significance. But now that Knausgaard the writer has achieved fame, he has said publicly that he wishes he hadn’t, as his book has alienated many of his friends and family members. Despite being a beautiful piece of art, “My Struggle” almost feels like a cruelly insensitive comment, defended by the phrase “I was just being honest!” “Nixon in China” — John Adams John Adams’s 1987 opera “Nixon in China” is an exploration of how legends and heroes are made. Everything about it is earnest, but its subject is the man who generated more cynicism than anyone else in the 20th century. What really makes “Nixon in China” unique is its complete lack of irony. In 1972, President Nixon shook hands with Chairman Mao after a quartercentury of separation between the U.S. and China, and Adams uses opera to capture the excitement of that event. Overwhelming and SEEWORKSPAGE5
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Shoegaze is a subtle, spacey sub-genre of rock that’s often overlooked. Even though it started sometime around the ‘90s, it deserves just as much recognition as beloved older movements. Shoegaze was pioneered by bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr., Lush a nd My Bloody Va lent i ne. Cha racter ized by layered sou nds, t he movement’s name comes from musicians looking down at their effects pedals, making t h e m s e e m l i k e t h e y ’r e looking at their shoes. It’s not just layering the sounds that lends shoegaze its signat ure sound — it’s reverb and tons of distortion.
A ll of t hese noise ef fect s saturated over repeated riffs give shoegaze its distinctive quality. Shoegaze can best be described as a comfortable, cloudy, overcast day. Tr y picturing a cloud of amplifier effects over solid rock music and you’ll get a rough idea. W hether you liked it or hated it, the shoegaze genre quietly faded away, much like its songs. But in the 2000s, shoegaze saw a comeback, w h i c h w a s d u b b e d “ nu gaze,” and the movement has persisted into the 2010s, often known as “nu-nu gaze.” Here are some bands that could be categorized as “nunu gaze,” and are definitely more pa lat able to a w ide audience: Unknown Mortal Orchest ra — Many of
Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s older releases can be considered t he brainchild of nu-gaze movements. The voca ls sou nd d ist a nt a nd muffled behind loud, ambient noise. Their signature sound can be heard in songs like “Ffunny Ffrends.” Tame Impala — Ambient r o c k at it s f i ne s t , Ta me I mpa la is pret t y close to shoegaze. The vocals are layered to the nines, and the inst r umentat ion might as well be on reverb cloud nine. Songs with strong shoegaze influence include “Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything That We Could Control,” “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Solit ude Is Bl i s s .” P ret t y muc h a ny Ta me I mpa la song ha s a bridge soaked with distorted,
reverberated effects. Grizzly Bear — While you might know them as “quirky Apple commercial” music, Grizzly Bear’s discography is more t h a n t h at . T he y defi nitely use a lot of reverb in songs such as “Half Gate” and “Yet Again,” both tracks from the band’s 2012 release “Shields.” While many would consider t his band hardly shoegaze, there are defi nitely t races of t he movement’s influence. Grizzly Bear should probably be categorized as “acoustic shoegaze.” Nu-nu gaze rev ives t he shoegaze movement of decades past, but with subtle differences. Most notably, instead of guitar riffs being drowned out by effects such a s reverb, t he voc a ls a re ensconced in ambient sound.
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Renovate Caroliniana ASAP ISSUE The library is open to the public, although many of its documents are kept off-site.
OUR STANCE While we’re glad it’s open, work on the Caroliniana needs to be a priority. A side f rom educat ion, universities have a responsibility to preser ve local h istor ical documents and open them up to the public wherever possible. It’s a sad day when a university needs to empty out a historical library to save its precious contents from rotting. USC fou nd it self i n t hat position five weeks ago, when v i r t u a l l y a l l of t he S out h Caroliniana Library’s contents were moved to outside storage for fear of damaging its many documents.
T h at ’s n o t t h e p r o b l e m — for such an old building, renovations should be expected. The real problem comes with the universit y’s lackadaisical t i me l i ne: t he s he l l of t he building will wait, its skeleton shelves unused, for a renovation that “won’t happen for a couple of years,” according to Henry Fulmer, the library’s director. T h is is a rea l sha me for t he st udent body a s wel l as t he u n iversit y. St udent s w ill st ill be able to request specific documents from the Caroliniana, but the requested items will be delivered to the library from an outside location, rather than found in the library. We ’ r e g l a d t h a t t h e s e documents are still available to the public, but a library should be more than a delivery desk. The Caroliniana has housed its collect ion for 175 years, making it an integral institution
in the historic Horseshoe. Now, students who want to explore t he historical wealt h of t he Ca rol i n ia na mu st pick a nd choose which specific documents seem interesting and wait to see if they are helpful the following day, and v isitors look ing to explore the librar y will find empty hallways. We know that the Caroliniana isn’t the most popular destination on campus, which makes it very easy to become an afterthought to the university. But we insist that its quick restoration is urgent for the same reason that restoring the Horseshoe wall was urgent: because it has a central place in the history of USC and because it offers real, tangible value when fully operational. It would be easy to cast this obligation aside, but USC should work to renovate the Caroliniana as soon as possible.
Temper anonymity with kindness Anonymity has always been a v it a l pa r t of Third-year political and social public relations commentary, and it student has flourished with the expansion of the Internet. As the Internet moves from living in our computers to inside our pockets, anonymity has become that much more common. This is generally a positive thing, as anonymity is an essential part of the First Amendment guarantees of free speech. But anonymity does have the tendency to bring out the worst in us from time to time, and those t imes become more f requent as the Internet becomes more omnipresent. Yik Yak, an incredibly popular social media tool which acts as an anonymous Twitter, highlights the positives and negatives of anonymity. While Yik Yak enables users to openly share ideas and
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criticisms, it also opens the door to cruelty behind the defense of a keyboard. Yik Yak has the ability to be incredibly funny, off-color and sometimes thought provoking. But more times than not, Yakkers use the anonymity features of Yik Yak to be cruel, demeaning and racist. I bel ieve a nony m it y to be incredibly important, but as with most important values, it comes with a high threshold of responsibility. There are times when being anonymous is incredibly important to the virtue of freedom of thought and speech. But more often than not, anony mit y is used as an excuse to devalue the opinions of others, which devalues the entire public forum of the Internet. The idea of an open, public forum for citizens to express their opinions lies in the bedrock of democracy, yet the anonymous nature of the Internet allows people to be lazy. Rather than free debate and a true exchange of ideas, sites across
the Internet have become nothing more t han public deposits of misguided, aimless anger and hate. It is up to the population to change this and allow the Internet to be used to its full potential. R at her t h a n h id i n g b eh i nd anonymity in order to harm and demean other citizens, anonymity should be used as a tool aimed against corruption and injustice when the time is right. Let t he I nter net be t he sanct uar y for open t hought, communication and debate that it is able to be. W hen gover n ment s abu se their people, let anonymity be t he weapon against t y ran ny. But to misguide that weapon of anonymity against the good nature of other people for no reason is an unacceptable infringement upon the responsibility of the citizenry. It is important to consider that as the Internet becomes more omnipresent, we can continue to let the world grow crueler, or begin to treat one another like the human beings that we are.
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Running an all-inclusive method toward greatness This past Sat urday, over 1,200 people crossed the finished line of the Gamecock 6K in Colonial Life Arena. First-year As with any road race, the diversity public relations student was remarkable: young and old, elites and beginners, locals and out-oftowners. It showed that there’s no such thing as a typical runner. During high school I learned the ins and outs of racing, like running mechanics, pacing and competitive mentality. I went from a nonathletic freshman to senior co-captain of the girls’ track and cross-country teams. The experience of becoming a runner, and of adjusting to a less competitive atmosphere since then, has taught me that anyone can run. Over and over, when the subject of running comes up with friends or strangers, I’ve heard the same phrase: “I can’t run.” For whatever reason, many people seem to think that the only point of running, for those who are not fast, is health. Don’t get me wrong, running is great for your health. It can help manage weight, strengthen your heart and lead to both lower blood pressure and cholesterol. But these are just the first few entries on running’s long list of benefits. I’ve often said runners are the greatest people you will ever meet. This does not mean that only runners can be great, and I know plenty of awesome people who don’t run. But I believe that running, and the process of making yourself a runner, makes you great. Running is the best decision I’ve ever made, by far. I was never the fastest, and never the girl that the best runners set their sights on during a race. Instead, I set my sights on them. I chased them and found myself doing things I wouldn’t have thought possible. When I no longer had ponytails whipping back and forth ahead of me, daring me to catch them, I dared myself to chase something new. And so I ran my first half-marathon, another thing I wouldn’t have thought possible. Every runner has a story something like mine, but there are no requirements. If the longest race you ever ran is a 5K, you are a runner. If you walk-jog your way through a marathon, you are a runner. If you never sign up for a single race and just do laps around your neighborhood, you are a runner (although I highly recommend road races, because they’re a hell of a lot of fun). It boils down to this: Running is the best investment anyone can make. Any runner, seasoned or beginner, can tell you the incredible things that happen when you start running. For one thing, you meet an incredible, if sometimes quirky, group of people. Running is always easier with others, particularly when you first begin, so find a buddy and don’t make yourself go at it alone. And whether it’s the first time you run a mile without stopping or when you blow away your goal time in a race, you amaze yourself. And you learn to love the road or trail. Sometimes you need to get rid of stress, and it’s nice to come home sweaty, tired and proud of it. There will always be runners who leave the rest of us in awe, like Usain Bolt, who holds both the 100- and 200-meter world records, or Roger Bannister, who ran the first sub-four-minute mile in 1954. Not all runners will be like the girl on my high school team, who runs faster as a seventh grader than I ran as a senior (and my times weren’t bad). The point is not always to be better than everyone else. We run because it makes us happier, healthier and better. Runners are the greatest people, and anyone can run.
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Softball prepares swing Column: College against UNC-Charlotte basketball needs
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The Gamecocks continue their five-game home stand Tuesday night.
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The South Carolina softball team improved to 15-5 for the season after a powerf ul weekend of multiple homeruns, shutout per for m a nce s a nd strong defense. T he G a me c o c k s ho s t e d the Carolina Classic this past weekend, a nd beg a n t hei r play Friday afternoon against Charleston Southern. Nine of the players had hits, five drove in runs and seven scored in the Gamecocks 10-3 win over the Buccaneers. T he y cont i nued play on Sat urday against Marshall, where sophomore Nickie Blue pitched a two-hit shutout in the team’s 2-0 win. Blue also recorded a c a reer -b e st 12 strikeouts in the win, while juniors Alaynie Page and Jordan Bizzell helped with the offense. Page tripled in the fi rst and scored on a wild pitch, while Bizzell hit a solo-shot to left field in the fourth to give the Gamecocks their two runs. The Gamecocks played two games on Sunday, but had a rough start in the first game,
falling to South Alabama 4-1. After allowing three unearned runs in the first to the Jaguars, the Gamecocks had trouble coming back. But somewhere in between the two games, the Gamecocks got their momentum back and dominated Tennessee State 8-0 in five innings. Bizzell got the ball rolling in the fi rst with a huge threer u n homer, wh ich was t he first of a few big surges for the Gamecocks. They had a big fourth inning, where both Victoria Williams and Page had two-run homers, extending their lead to 7-0. I n t he f if t h, f resh ma n Caroline Cash reached first on a Tennessee State throwing error, which put her in scoring position for Page. Page doubled to center, scoring Cash and ending the game there. Head coach Beverly Smith was impressed with the team’s performance over the course of the games. “The biggest success from the weekend was our pitching,” Smith said. “Nickie Blue and Julie Sarratt did an awesome
job on the mound and kept us in every ballgame. We had really solid defense.” South Carolina played very strong defense all weekend, with both Blue and senior Julie Sarratt pitching two-hit shutout games. They also had good defensive plays behind them, including ten g rou nd ball outs on game t wo Sunday and great catches and plays throughout t he games. They made big offensive plays as well, totaling 30 hits and 21 runs during the tournament. T he G a me c o c k s h ad a n especially strong offensive day versus Tennessee State with three home runs, two of which came in the same inning. Outfielder Page shared the team’s goal to finish strong throughout the rigorous game schedule. “I think the positive that came from this weekend is our offense,” Page said. “It showed that we can do anything when we set our minds to it. It’s just getting us going and getting that one hit that we need. That showed this weekend, but we can still get better at it.” Sout h Carolina w ill host t h e Un i v e r s i t y o f N o r t h Carolina, Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon, and is ready for what should be a good competition. Currently 7-4 on the season, Charlotte is always a good and aggressive team, but won’t be a problem to compete against in the next game, according to Page. “ I t h i n k we h a v e e v e r y opportunity to win this game,” Pa g e s a id . “A nd i f we do Gamecock softball and show Charlotte what we’re about, it will be good for us.”
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Gamecocks’ Josh Reagan suffered a loss agaisnt Clemson after pitching three innings, allowing two runs. CLEMSONPAGE1 Koerner came into the game with a respectable 2.25 ERA. When the dust settled and he struck out designated hitter Alex Destino to end the game, his ERA had been lowered to an incredible 1.29. The Gamecocks amassed just four singles against the Concord, Nor t h Ca rol i na native and hit a total of just seven balls out of the infield. Sout h Carolina put a runner in scoring position just once the whole game, when moment u m s eemed to b e shifting in the sixth inning. Sophomore Gene Cone walked to leadoff the inning — his t h ird t ime on base — and senior Elliott Caldwell singled. But with runners on fi rst and second, junior Max Schrock grounded into a 6-4-3 double
play. “I mean, you got tip your cap to their pitcher,” said Schrock. “You k now he prett y much st uf fed us. He was mix ing pitches and throwing strikes and he had us off balance.” Schrock, hitting .299 last season, is just 5-31 to start the season. Head coach Chad Holbrook supported Schrock. “I didn’t bunt Max [Schrock] there with first and second and nobody out ‘cause he’s our best hitter,” reiterated Holbrook. “I said ‘Bud, you’re our best hitter — you’re here to hit. You’re hitting in the three-hole.’” Cone continued his strong start to the season with a single to leadoff the bottom of the first inning. Cone went 1-2 with a pair of walks. His hit extended his hitting streak to 11 games, dating back to last season.
The sophomore f rom Columbia is hitting .389 this season with seven runs scored. The G amecock relief pitchers kept the game close, getting out of jams seemingly every inning. However, the u s u a l ly- sol id defen se wa s suspect. The Gamecocks had four errors, the same as their hit total. “Somet imes you r best defense isn’t out on the field when you can’t swing the bat,” said Holbrook. “There’s no excuse in that. And we do have some talented infielders, but it sure didn’t look like it today.” South Carolina won’t have t ime to dwell on t he loss, as t hey ’l l face Cha rleston Southern Tuesday at 7 p.m. The team will then continue its 12 game home stand with a Wednesday game against High Point.
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This past Tuesday, No. 5 Wisconsin faced a tough road test when going up against No. 14 Maryland. The matchup was supposed to be the best game on that particular night, and it lived up to the hype. But when my friend yelled “59-53 Maryland” after checking for the score on his phone, I asked “How much time’s left?” To my surprise, he told me that it was already over. 59-53 is an early third quarter score in the NBA, and would even be a strange score at the college level 10 years ago. This is why many people believe that college basketball is facing a scoring crisis. No. 2 Virginia, one of the nation’s top teams, has developed a reputation for playing an extremely slow and at times tedious brand of basketball. The Cavaliers average only 66.1 points per game, 205th in the country. What gives? How can a national championship contender rank so low in scoring? The answer comes in pace of play. As a general trend, college basketball has become slower and slower with each passing season, but Virginia has taken this phenomenon to another level. The reigning ACC champions average only 58.3 possessions per game, the fourth fewest at the Division I level, according to Kenpom.com. Because of this, many fans and media members have advocated for a variety of possible solutions to college basketball’s scoring and pace problem. One of the more popular ideas is a shorter shot clock. Currently, college basketball has a 35-second shot clock while the NBA uses a 24-second clock. NCAA women’s college basketball uses a 30-second shot clock as well. At first glance, forcing teams to use a shorter shot clock would result in more possessions and shot attempts in a sport that desperately needs more scoring in order to keep its audience entertained. According to data from KPISports.net, the amount of points per possession that a team scores is down 2.9 percent throughout college basketball compared to last year and there are 1.36 fewer field goal attempts per game. Among other causes, many coaches believe that the defensive schemes at the college level are more sophisticated than ever before, which causes offenses to take longer. More and more teams are using zone defenses, which slows down the game. With this being the case, how can we expect scoring to increase if there is a change to a 24-second shot clock? If teams struggle to fi nd a rhythm on offense when given 35 seconds to shoot, an 11 second drop off would probably cause even less offensive production. “What we’re going to have is more possessions of bad basketball,” South Carolina men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin said on the proposal. Instead of trying to fix the scoring issue at the college level with in-game rule changes like the shot clock, the American basketball system as a whole, from the youth level all the way to the NBA, needs to take a step back and re-evaluate a few things. For one, the AAU youth basketball culture is holding back player development. High school players that are good enough to play at the college level come onto campuses more athletic than ever and know how to score in one-on-one situations. However, a lot of them lack the basketball IQ, fundamentals and general know-how to play as a cohesive group. Martin said he believes that the high school basketball system in America, which doesn’t play with a shot clock at all, needs one before the college game considers messing with its own. Secondly, the one-and-done system that has been in place since the 2005-2006 season needs to be altered. More times than not, the nation’s top high school players will come and play at the college level for only one season before declaring the NBA Draft. Before this rule went into effect, players could go straight from high school to the NBA and those who were actually committed to playing in college would normally stay for multiple seasons. But when coaches are forced to build their teams around superstar players who will probably be gone one year later, it’s hard for players to build chemistry with one another. Earlier this season, it was announced that the NIT tournament will use a 30-second shot clock. This is good news, because it allows for experimentation, and maybe what college basketball needs is a compromise between a 24-second and 35-second shot clock. Nonetheless, to truly fix its scoring issue, college basketball needs to find a way to improve the level of competition at the youth level and find some sort of way to keep its star players in school for more than one year.
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