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Student Health now offers individualized campus care options
Meet Lindsay Webb
General medicine strives to provide better diagnoses through personalized treatment Brandon Waltz
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Groups known as care teams, consisting of physicians, nurse practitioners and a primary care provider, will now give healthcare treatment for USC students. There are three care teams — blue, red and green — housed in the Thompson Student Health Center, and each student on campus is automatically assigned to one. If the primary care physician in a care team is unavailable, other physicians and providers in the care team will see students. “The main message that we want to give to students is that we care about their overall health,” said Marjorie Riddle Duffie, Public Relations and Marketing Director of Student Health Services. “We want to make sure they’re doing OK in all aspects of their lives.” Students will be asked general questions about how they’re doing and sometimes specific questions about other things they may have sought help for, such as stress and tobacco use. “In most instances, if they’re seeing more than one of our providers, those providers are seeing each other’s notes and collaborating on that patient’s care,” Riddle Duffie said. The Student Health Center hopes to provide better overall diagnoses and health recommendations to patients through these new care teams. DG
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Carolina’s No. 1 fan A Carolina legacy relies on her ‘Webb’ of support Amber Stanton @AMBS____
W i t h o v e r 5, 0 0 0 v o t e s , Li ndsay Webb, a t h ird-year advertising student, was selected from five video contestants to be Carolina’s No. 1 fan for this year’s Homecoming. A V i r g i n i a n at i ve , Webb admits that USC wasn’t her fi rst choice even though her mom, au nt a nd u ncle a re a l l USC alumni. After deciding to come to Columbia, Webb has gotten into the school spirit. She heard about the contest last year and wished she had
participated, so when the time came to enter t h is year, she decided to give it a shot. For mer USC qu a r terbac k Connor Shaw and his daughter, M ila Mar ie, a re feat u red i n Webb’s winning video. Webb made signs in for Shaw last year for home games and would run into him on campus, so when she asked him to participate, he agreed. Webb said she didn’t have to spend a lot of time making the video because she brings her GoPro camera to football games — she had recorded most of the material beforehand. For Webb, it wasn’t just the tailgating package she won that made her feel like a w in ner. Bragging rights were really the prize she wanted, she said.
Her mom came down from Virginia for the game against Furman and surprised Webb at t he Homecom ing parade. She said she was excited to have her mom here, especially since she helped her daughter win by getting friends to vote. We b b i s a l s o a m e m b e r of t he K appa K appa Gamma sorority, and last year she was on the morale team for Dance Marathon, which she hopes to be involved with again come spring. It was her moment to shine, but Webb said she doesn’t think she would have won wit hout the help of her sorority sisters, friends and family who shared her message and voted. DG
10 years later, Green Quad still sustainable Students, alumni reflect on decade of sustainability at eco-friendly residence hall John Jones
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Luna and Moore-Pastides both reflected on Green Quad’s environmental impact.
M Monday afternoon, South Carolina st udent s a nd f ac u lt y g at hered at G r e e n Q u a d t o c e le b r at e it s 10 yyear an niversar y. The celebrat ion was at tended by USC’s f i rst lady w M r s. Pa st ide s, a s soc iate V P of Student Affairs/Director of Student Development Gene Luna, as well as Green Quad facu lt y principle Joe JJones. “Green Quad is a beacon of sustainability not only for USC, but the state of South Carolina,” Pastides said, as she kicked off the event.
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Green Quad, built in 2004, was one of the first buildings in the state to be constructed with a green initiative in mind. The building incorporates low-cost bu ilding materials, solar pa nels, a nd va r iou s con st r uc t ion techniques to make the building more energy-efficient. After its construction, Green Quad’s proven energ y ef f ic ienc y bec a me instrumental for a state statute for other buildings to be built in a similar GREEN QUAD • 3
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
3 juveniles arrested after crime spree in northwest Columbia
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Three young people were arrested last weekend after a crime spree in northeast Columbia, according to The State. They were found by K-9 units on Sunday while trying to evade police on Hardscrabble Road. Marquell Thomas, 18, was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and possession of an unauthorized firearm. Two other youths were also charged. One was charged possession of a stolen vehicle and unauthorized firearm, while the other with possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of an unauthorized firearm and unlawful carry of a firearm. Between Oct. 9 and Oct. 17, the trio reportedly stole a pickup truck from a residence in northeast Columbia, as well as a firearm and several other items, including a motorcycle. — Compiled by Lois Carlisle, Assistant News Editor
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An agent from the Drug Enforcement Agency was shot in Orangeburg Sunday, according to The Charlotte Observer. According to a federal report, the Special Agent Barry Wilson was assaulted by Joel Robinson, a 32-year-old man accused of manufacturing PCP in his home for several years. The shooting occurred at around 6 a.m. on Oct. 19 after the agent entered the Robinson’s home with a warrant to search for signs of a drug trafficking operation. Wilson was struck in the elbow. According to an official report, agents did not return fire. Robinson was charged with the assault of a federal officer and carrying a firearm in drug trafficking. He will be held in custody until a hearing, which is scheduled for Oct. 27. — Compiled by Lois Carlisle, Assistant News Editor
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The U.S. Supreme Court denied Billy Wayne Cope’s appeal on Monday, The State reported. Cope was convicted in 2001 of the rape and murder of his 12-year-old daughter, Amanda. The family was living in Rock Hill at the time. Prosecutors argued that Cope manipulated the legal system for years after his daughter’s death, in an attempt to lessen his sentence. He is now serving life in prison without parole. Cope’s attorneys (one of whom defended convicted child murderer Susan Smith and Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber) have vowed to keep fighting for a lesser sentence in court, but the prosecution is adamant that he serve the full term. — Compiled by Lois Carlisle, Assistant News Editor
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Some shared stories about how Green Quad helped them pursue t heir interests in sustainabilit y and how time in Green Quad has led to positions in sustainability research, as well as internships in sustainability. A c c ord i n g t o Pa s t ide s , b e i n g green doesn’t solely apply to the environment and sustainabilit y, but also to health and wellness. The Green Quad Learning Center offers free yoga classes, open mic night and Sunday coffee with the fac u lt y for t hose who wa nt to become more involved. Monday’s celebration wasn’t meant to com memorate cost-ef f icient construction; rather, it was meant to highlight the green initiative that was started on campus in 2004.
GREEN QUAD • Continued from 1 The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.
Alcohol/liquor law violation — 1
Larceny of moped — 2
Assault/simple assault — 1
Larceny/theft from building — 3
Drug/narcotics violation — 4
Traffic/DUI — 1
Drunkenness — 3
Trespass — 2
Larceny of bicyclists — 1 — An officer responded to a callbox activation at 3 a.m. on Oct. 16. A man said four white men had harassed him and thrown glass b ot t le s . T he of f ic er talked to the four men, who were on the corner of Greene and Pickens Street. The men, who were all ident if ied as USC st udent s, had blood on their clothes, and one had a red nose. They had all been d r i n k i ng, a nd, when asked, t hey said t hey had been drinking beer. All four were underage. The four men explained that they had been at Breakers in Five Points when 10 men tried to get in a fight with them. The st udent with the r e d no s e w a s h it i n t he face by someone at t he bar. Colu mbia Pol ic e D e p a r t me nt
was notified about the i n c id e nt f o u r ho u r s earlier, but ever yone i nvolved f led by t he scene before the police could take a report. The four men were arrested for minor in possession of beer. — An officer responded to a n a la r m at t he Byrnes building at 6:54 p.m. on Oct. 15. The of f icer saw someone w a l k aw a y f r om t he b u i l d i n g ’s e nt r a n c e and walk towards the bicycle rack. The officer waited to see what the man would do next and then heard him start to urinate. He approached the man and told him to zip up his pants, and t he ma n sa id he had been drinking alcohol and had slept outside of By r ne s t he n ig ht before. He al ready
had an active trespass warning for an incident from Apr. 29. The man was arrested for public disorderly conduct and trespass after notice.
green style. But the construction of the quad isn’t the only thing green about it. It’s home to 500 USC st udents, as well as many sustainabilit y-conscious groups on c a mpu s s uch a s t he Green Scholars, Green Ambassadors, and ECO Reps. These groups work to promote sustainability, awareness of the environment and let students get a taste of the green initiative. In the words of Luna, “Sustainable Carolina isn’t an office — it’s an idea.” Lu na was part of t he init iat ive that proposed USC’s fi rst LEEDcertified building, and continues to create new ways to make USC more eco-friendly. For many Green Quad residents, the initiatives have been inspiring.
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— An officer observed an older man who d id not seem to be a s s o c i at e d w it h t h e u n iversit y wa l k i ng through the Columbia Hall parking lot in the middle of the afternoon Oct. 16. The man stated he was just passi ng through, but the officer r a n h i s i n f or m at ion a n y w a y. H e h a d a n active trespass warning from an incident that o c c u r r e d M a y 7, a s well as an active arrest warning from Columbia Po l i c e D e p a r t m e nt . The man was arrested for trespass after notice. DG
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Performers go to ‘Other Place’ Trustus Theatre’s newest play entertains, addresses several societal concerns Emily Olyarchuk @TDG_ARTS
“The Ot her Place,” written by Sharr White, opened in New York in the beginning of 2013 and will make its Columbia debut at Trustus. It is directed by Jim O’Con nor, distinguished artist and USC theater professor. T he stor y center s on Ju l ia n a Smithton, a successful 52-year-old neurologist, whose life is slowly unraveling, as she realizes that her husband is sleeping with another woman, her daughter ran off with t he assistant and her doctor just won’t listen to her. “I have a strong belief that theater has to be entertaining but also be something beyond that and serve some social function,” O’Connor said. “I think this play and its subject mat ter address bot h of t hose. It addresses a ver y, ver y important contemporary issue in our society.” Multiple story lines overlap and develop as Smithton is presenting her recent medical discovery, a drug that can slow the effects of dementia. This mysterious play comes to life in t he coz y black box t heater at Trustus. “I have had to really direct it with a gentler hand to try and make the production match the space match the audience,” O’Connor said. “One of the most interesting things I think about live theater is the give and take between audience and performance.” Smithton is performed by Erica Tobolsk i, associate professor of theatre at USC. Tobolski is a wellknown voice and diction coach in Columbia, as well as around t he world. “I fi nd that I am becoming more like her,” Tobolski said. “Juliana is self-confident and arrogant, and it seems that my temper has become very quick lately.” T he play is p er for med by a n
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Originally performed in New York, “The Other Place” is now on stage at Trustus Theatre in Columbia through Nov. 1. ensemble of fou r, but Sm it hton never leaves the stage. She speaks for approximately 80 minutes almost without stopping while time and place change regularly and rapidly around her. “T he st r uc t u re of t he play is extremely complicated,” Tobolski said. “Tracking all of the realities was the most difficult [part].” O’Connor utilized a variet y of
element s to clea rly ex pre ss t he compl icated aspect of t i me a nd space. Light cues, sound cues, vocal variations and minimal set changes t ra nspor t t he aud ience t h rough different moments of Smithton’s life. As the play develops, these elements overlap to confuse the audience and create u ncertaint y in ever yone’s minds. Viewers may leave Trustus questioning their future and present.
Foxygen’s third album inspired by heartbreak “...And Star Power”
C+ Released: Oct. 14, 2014 Artist: Foxygen Label: Jagjaguwar Duration: 82 minutes
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Radio station ‘dresses up’ for weeklong fall fundraiser WUSC hosts concert, dance party to raise money for operating costs Erika Ryan
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Foxygen’s third full-length LP, “...And Star Power” is a deluxe, 82-minute long album that leans toward their fi rst release “Take the Kids Off Broadway.” The Californian, indie-psych rock duo comprised of Jonathan Rado and Sam France has started to go in an experimental direction in their latest release. Foxygen stays true to their nostalgic, lo-fi vibe, garnering a ‘60s classic rock feel. It’s characterized by the soft bass, occasional trumpets, and France’s deep and melodious vocals and overall slow moving tempos. The album reads as a concept album, and according to the band’s label’s website, “star power is the radio station that you can hear only if you believe.” It’s reminiscent of The Rocky Horror Picture show meets the Rolling Stones and Of Montreal. Many of the initial tracks like “How Can You Really,” “Coulda Been My Love” and “Cosmic Vibrations” depict heartbreak and the process of falling in love. Both “How Can You Really” and “Coulda Been My Love” show the disappointment and failure of the relationship. W hile “Cosmic Vibrations” and other preceding tracks show the beginning of the relationship and falling in love, the album spreads into ex istent ial, et hereal boundaries heard in “Star Power III: What Are We Good For,” questioning the reason
“The Other Place” will run from Oct. 17, 2014 to Nov. 1, 2014. Tickets are $20 per seat. “Theater is not off the rack — it is tailor made,” O’Connor said. “This script, this cast, these designers, this theater, Columbia ... You are adapting it every second to fit.”
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Foxygen released their new album last Tuesday. for artistic endeavors if no one is there to listen. On some song s, t he i ntent iona l ambient backg rou nd sou nd reads more as unnecessary noise. While it allows the album to be more experimental in nature, some tracks like “Wally’s Farm” are mostly noisy and cacophonous. “...A nd Star Power” sometimes sounds like it could be a space rock opera about heartbreak and epiphanies. However, the tracks toward the latter half do not seem to be cohesive to the fi rst half of the record. Consequently, the album could have been made into t wo separate albums as many of the noisy, dissonant tracks like “Hot Summer” and “Cold Winter/ Freedom” could have easily fit onto an EP. Overall, Foxygen stays true to their avantgarde roots and expands their sound into more experimental territory. The songs on this album seem a little out of place at times, but the album as a whole is still satisfying.
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Founded in 1947, W USC is USC’s non-commercial, student-run radio station and has become a dependent source for unique music in Columbia, but it would not have survived as long as it has without donations from valued listeners. Every year the station holds two fundraiser weeks, one in the fall and another spring. This year, they’re aiming to raise $14,000 to cover operating costs. Music Director Mason Youngblood said that without revenue raised from fundraiser programs, the station would have to shut down. “[WUSC] depends on donations from our listeners to stay on the air,” he said. “Our fundraiser week … pairs with fundraising events like shows, dance parties, percent nights that all help to raise money for the radio station.” WUSC’s DJs took on the biggest part of the fundraiser week with a change in programming, where they alter weekly radio shows to follow a specific theme. After kicking off Oct. 16, the “Dress up your show,” theme allowed students to change the feel of their time slot with new, diverse music. Whether it’s playing pop on a metal program or hearing bands with male singers on a female fronted show, DJs are getting creative by exploring different genres, while also following WUSC’s strict “no Top 40” rule. Aside from this week’s themed programming, WUSC is hosting several shows to raise money. To kick off the fundraiser’s events, the station held their annual Zombie walk last Saturday. After transforming attendees with face paint, undead students made their way from Russell House to El Burrito to attend a cover show, which featured several groups that dressed as and performed music by iconic bands like the Ramones, Velvet Underground and Devo. WUSC • 5
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WUSC • Continued from 4 A jazz night, to be hosted at Drip in Five Points on Oct. 28, will aim to raise money and awareness of the community’s acoustic scene. To w r a p u p t h i s y e a r ’s f a l l f u ndraiser, W USC is paring up with Youngblood’s Moas Collective on Oct. 30 to host a dance part y at Luck y’s bar, feat uring several electronic artists.
While W USC’s goal is to bring students together to have fun, the f u ndraiser is serious in t hat t he money they raise now will let them continue providing Columbia with a var iet y of i ndependent music. Anyone can make donations to help support the station on their website wusc.sc.edu. DG
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Head to Head Should U.S. be fighting ISIS? Viewpoints writers debate the question of U.S. involvement against ISIS
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Ben Crawford
Kathleen Schipano
Second-year English and Russian student
Second-year print journalism student
The best political position to come out of the 20th century is best summed up in three words: “death to fascism.” It’s a strange concept if you think about it. Wishing death to anything or anyone in such a broad sense isn’t something normal people usually do, except in hyperbole or periods of unusual anger. And it isn’t anything like “death to the patriarchy” or “death to racism.” In these terms, one is (usually) wishing for the death of a mode of thought, instead of those who follow its teachings. “Death to fascism” is different because it also means death to all those who practice it. Because fascism, unlike racism and sexism, cannot be tolerated in any form in a democratic society. This is an extreme-sounding phrase. In fact, it is an extreme phrase because of it’s encompassing nature. But, in my opinion, it is also a necessary one. Scoff all you like. The fact is that ISIS (or whatever acronym you prefer) is the largest and most dangerous fascist movement at the present time. It is not glib to compare it to the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century. It’s M.O. is the same: to expand by any means necessary. It is similar to both the USSR and the Hitler state in that it uses an metanarrative to achieve its ends. The justification for their act comes from Islam, as the USSR’s came from a bastardized form of communism and as Hitler’s came from a mixture of race theory and folk myth. Capitulation to this is capitulation to fascism. There are no other words for it. Just as a normal person would not abide having Pol Pot as a roommate, the civilized world cannot and should not abide having ISIS anywhere on its surface. The arguments against this are pacifist in nature, and are a gut reaction from Bush’s incalculable stupidity in conducting the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Some say that leaving ISIS alone is the answer, and that it will collapse eventually. But from what we know, ISIS has adapted well to modernity. They have the resources and the know-how to turn a movement into a business, and a business into an empire. Just because a regime is disgusting does not mean that it will fall on its own. (North Korea is a perfect example.) For this reason, if no others, ISIS deserves our full attention and that of our full military arsenal. And, once again, the old phrase remains the most relevant: “death to fascism.”
The way forward is not to go back to where we’ve been. Militarizing against ISIS would do mean undoing one of the greatest feats of the Obama administration: extracting the American troops from Iraq. U.S. involvement in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion and that already staggering number could increase to $6 trillion over the next 40 years due to interest. Measure that up with the current $17 trillion in U.S. national debt, and I hardly see how militarizing against ISIS is a profitable venture for anyone. Stepping away from the analytical standpoint, the death toll from the U.S. led invasion in Iraq reached 500,000 according to a 2013 study. Half a million human beings will never talk or think or move again because of U.S. involvement in Iraq. I don’t see the justification. I don’t see anything gained from the loss of those lives. Before you grab for your bumper stickers that declare that you will “Never Forget” the events of 9/11, before you tell me that letting ISIS be is “letting the terrorists win,” let me point to the numbers above and ask you: is this not terror? What is the goal of a terrorist organization? To use fear mongering and intimidation for political gains. We let our fear drive us into a war where we lost lives and trillions of dollars to gain nothing but a false sense of control that we will never actually possess. To allow the admittedly grotesque acts of ISIS to propel us back into the pattern of throwing money and soldiers at a problem until it “goes away” or “we win” will only give them what they want. They want to weaken the powers that could stop their political advances. There has been too much violence. There have been too many costs. Militarizing against this organization so early is not the way to go. I think people will read this as a pacifists view. It’s not — it’s just accepting that there will be fear in this life and throwing weapons and troops at it is not always the answer. Sometimes there isn’t a clear answer, and unfortunately and not surprisingly, I as a journalism student do not have the answer for what we should do to groups like this, but I don’t think shooting at it makes it go away. It’s hard to say that there is no answer, but I think for now inaction is the best action. We cannot jump the gun and start firing blankly into a country where innocent civilians could be casualties of our inability to cope with fear while we decide on a wise, or at least well-thought-out course of action.
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Watterson’s comic has big heart, appeal “Calvin and Hobbes” produces laughs, tears, new thoughts I was about six years old when I read my fi rst “Calvin and Hobbes” strip. Starring Calvin, an energetic and wise 6-year-old and his sarcastic literary foil, the anthropomorphic tiger Hobbes, the cartoon was placed in my lap by my parents, looking to encourage me to read anything and everything. (OK, mom and dad. You win — I like reading.) As a young kid I was captivated by Calvin and his many adventures. In many ways, I saw myself in Calvin: a young boy who loved to play outside and use his imagination. I would spend hours flipping through the pages of my books, laughing as Calvin and his buddy Hobbes would plot to throw water balloons at his peers or battle the Mutant Killer Snow Goons. It was a fun strip with simple concepts, and that’s why I loved it. Except, it wasn’t very simple at all, and that’s why I still love it to this day. Bill Watterson used his comic platform to compose commentaries on the world. Often the daily strips depicted Calvin flying down hills on his toboggan, questioning why our society is the way that it is. Calvin and Hobbes really does have a strip for young and old, and sometimes a strip will capture both audiences in one. One of my favorites involves Calvin finding an injured baby raccoon in the woods behind his house. As he runs off to tell his mom, Hobbes says that he hopes she can help the animal. Calvin replies, “Of course she can! You don’t get to be a mom if you can’t fi x everything just right.” This captures how I saw my parents when I was young. There wasn’t a problem in the world that they couldn’t solve. But as we grow up, we realize that there are some things that even your mom can’t fix. Watterson used his comic to help ease kids into the real world, and the raccoon story arc is the prime example. Like Calvin, this was one of my first real experiences with loss, and I had the same questions he did. Why did the raccoon have to die? He didn’t do anything wrong. Death is confusing and unfair and as kids we often just don’t understand. The story ends with a brief explanation: death is just as much a part of life as living itself, and though we may not understand, we have to do the best we can with the knowledge we have. And though I may not have fully understood the first time I read it, I certainly do now. So thank you Mom and Dad, for encouraging me to read. Thank you Mr. Watterson, for creating a work of art that I have cherished for over a decade. And thank you Calvin, for making growing up in an unfair world just a little bit easier. — Written by Matt McBreen, third-year sports and entertainment management student
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Perspective on health services needs to change ISSUE Student Health Services plans to give each student a “primary care provider.” OUR STANCE While details on the plan are unclear, students must make the most of it. While the specifics aren’t as clear as they could be, the Thomson Student Health Center seems to be making pretty large changes about how students receive healthcare on campus. The big plan is to have a designated “primary care provider” (a physician or nurse practitioner) for each student. This care provider will work with your personal “care team” made up of health-related personnel in other fields (including counselors, nutritionists, wellness professionals and the like). Theoretically, this allows physicians to branch into
other areas while performing a simple check-up on a student. Potential topics like mental or sexual health are fair game for any doctor attending to a student who walks in with the common cold. The potential upsides are apparent. Having a personal physician who can get to k now you is an expedient change. And having access to many different health areas through one person could also be helpful if you don’t know exactly what your problem might be. Nonetheless, the information we have about this change is still much too sparse to form an informed opinion. The Student Health Center has not told us about how long this change is going to take or the nature of the consultation between primary care providers and members of the “care team.” What this development seems to say is that students can expect an experience more like visiting a regular
physician or family doctor than going to the ER. While this may be a good change in theory, the fact is that students treat the health center like an ER — we only use it as a last resort. We stock up on DayQuil and chicken noodle soup and call our parents in lieu of seeing a readily available, trained professional on campus. The big challenge inherent in the new health system change is to shift student behavior from visiting the health center in extreme situations to planning regular visits. Having a personal physician, someone who has treated you before and knows your medical history to some extent, is a great experience and is useful for your long-term health. But we believe it’s up to the students to change their behavior to accommodate for a “reg ular physician” system, and it’s up to the health center to help facilitate this change however it can.
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Advise a loved one not to stir things up — not yet, anyway. Get into an intensive learning phase today and tomorrow. You’re extra brilliant, w it h keen powers of conc ent r at ion. Pl a n your moves and craft the message.
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Volleyball falls short against Texas A&M South Carolina sacrifices early lead in Sunday’s loss to Aggies Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Darian Dozier said poor passing was a factor in allowing A&M to complete the comeback.
Women’s golf captures 2nd tournament win of season The No. 2 South Carolina women’s golf team continued its dominant start to the year over the weekend, winning its second tournament of the young season. The Gamecocks took top honors at t he Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships in Tennessee behind a 13-over performance that saw them f inish 14 strokes better t han t he second-place team. South Carolina’s victory was an exercise in finishing Sunday. The Gamecocks entered the last day in third place, but a 3-under fi nal round as a team completed the charge as a decisive win. I ndiv idually, it took f reshman Nanna Madsen just three t o u r n a m e nt s t o e a r n he r f i r s t tou r na ment cha mpionsh ip. Her 1-under performance was the best of all competitors this weekend, after she fi nished 10th and fifth in South Carolina’s first two tournaments, respectively. Junior Mary Fran Hillow carded a record-breaking fi nal round Sunday to fi nish in a tie for second place on the tournament. Her 65 on the last day was the best ever for both the tournament and the South Carolina program. The Gamecocks will turn right around and get back on the course st ar t i ng Fr iday at The La ndfall Tradition in Wilmington, North Carolina. — Compiled by Danny Garrison, Sports Editor
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In order to make the NCAA Tournament since 2002, South Carolina for the fi rst time si head volleyball coach coa Scott Swanson knows his team needs to win some games they aren’t supposed to. to (13-6, 3-4 SEC) A nd the Gamecocks Gam on Sunday, but blew almost did just that t a 2-1 set lead against No. 20 Texas A&M ag (12-6, 4-3 SEC) and lost in five frames. “Obviously, it’s it tough to lose to a team you know you could have beat, five sets especially,” said sai junior middle blocker Dozier. “I think we just had too Darian Dozier on our side, and we know many errors o better but it’s just the fact we can play b that we need to t do it.” A f ter droppi drop ng t he f irst set, t he well, winning Gamecocks responded r sets. the next two se disastrous fourth frame, But after a d the two teams went to a decisive fifth Texas A&M was able to win set in which Tex 15-13, thanks to cconsecutive kills by junior Shelby Sullivan to end the middle blocker S match. Throughout th the match, the Gamecocks dealt with a fami familiar issue: inconsistency. While South C Carolina dominated Texas the second and third sets, A&M during th head coach Scott Swanson’s South Carolina he team was unable to play at a high level in the fi nal two sets. puzzled about how she and her Dozier was puzzl play so well but, at times, teammates could p so poorly. don’t know what happened,” “Honestly, I don’
Dozier said. “Our passing wasn’t very good. We couldn’t get our setter options to set.” South Carolina fell behind early, losing the fi rst set 25-21. While the two teams were fairly evenly matched for much of the opening frame, Texas A&M was able to build a 21-16 lead as the Gamecocks struggled to field quality serves from the Aggies. The second set was a different story, however. Sout h Carolina did a better job ret urning ser ves, and the Gamecock attack gave Texas A&M’s defense some problems. Still, Texas A&M took a late lead 18-17 after a 4-0 run, but South Carolina was able to close out the set with a 8-5 rally of its own. Determined to take a 2-1 lead, South Carolina came out fi ring in the third set and dominated the Aggies, winning 19-25. The Gamecocks built up an 18-11 lead, thanks to a game-high team hitting percentage of .345 during the third set. “During those two sets, I feel like we were just going after balls — we weren’t making as many errors,” Dozier said. “We were able to keep Kellie (McNeil) on the net with the ability to set. We weren’t relying on one person.” Unfortunately for the Gamecocks, they missed a chance to put Texas A&M away in the fourth set and instead, played their worst frame of the day, committing 12 errors while having just 5 kills. Moving on, South Carolina will travel to face Coastal Carolina on Tuesday. But Dozier knows that this loss will hurt for a while, especially since the Gamecocks had a great opportunity to knock off a ranked opponent for the fi rst time since 2006. “It’s honestly one of the worst feelings right now,” Dozier said. “We know we could’ve beat them in three sets, honestly. There was no huge difference between our skill levels or anything.” DG
Home stretch Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Freshman Mikkel Knudsen scored two goals in South Carolina’s overtime win at Florida Atlantic Friday.
Gamecocks host NC State in 2nd-to-last home game of season Danny Garrison
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T he l a s t t i m e t he S o u t h Carolina men’s soccer team took to t he pitch, t he Gamecocks scored four unanswered goals at Florida Atlantic to earn a 4-3 overtime win. “Four unanswered goals are o u t s t a nd i n g, e s p e c i a l l y o n the road in conference play,” head coach Mark Berson told GamecocksOnline.com. “This group never quit. They fought to the end, and I’m tremendously proud of them. I’m not sure how many Houdini acts we can pull off this year, but [Friday] we did.” And if there was ever a time
for South Carolina to gain some momentum, it’s now. The Gamecocks open their final home stand of the season Tuesday when they host North Ca rol i na St ate i n t hei r la st noncon ference g a me of t he season. The meeting with the Wolfpack offers South Carolina a chance to put together a winning streak for the fi rst time since it rattled off three consecutive victories to start the season. Since then, the Gamecocks have lost three straight then rotated wins and losses the rest of the way. NC State is struggling to stay af loat in the ACC, currently sitting at fifth out of six teams in the conference’s Atlantic Division. The Wolfpack’s last win came on Oct. 7 in a 5-2 blowout of Gardner-Webb. Since then, it has tied with Boston College and lost a 1-0 decision to in-state rival
North Carolina. Though NC State isn’t exactly surging coming into its trip to Columbia, the Wolfpack tends to find a way to attack the goal. S out h C a rol i n a’s opp onent Tuesday has tallied the fourthmost shots in the ACC this season with 196. That averages out to 15.62 shots per game. Tu e s d a y ’ s r e s u l t w o n ’ t impact the Gamecocks’ place in Conference-USA , because only in-conference games are considered in the standings. But a lapse in form at this point in the year is something South Carolina can’t afford, as they occupy sixth place in C-USA, and only six teams make t he conference tournament at the end of the season. The Gamecocks are set to kickoff with the Wolfpack at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at Stone Stadium. DG