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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 VOL. 111, NO. 36 ● SINCE 1908 Financial aid moved from VIP Hearn takes Self Service Carolina modules the new program. Those who will relationship with it.” to be released gradually be or hope to be attending USC in Current students can view their the fall are currently able to check academic records as well as search winding route Amanda Coyne their admission status , pay their for next semester’s classes with the [email protected] enrollment deposit, certify their in- new program , but those functions state residency and apply for housing are still in testing stages. The offi cial to justice Parts of Self Service Carolina through Self Service Carolina . master schedule will be on the went live last week , allowing current They will never use VIP, according registrar’s website March 11, during Judge is 1 of 2 women to ever students to apply for financial aid Elwood Hamilton, a spokesman for spring break . through the program that will soon OneCarolina. Self Service Carolina “The class schedule is not final serve on SC Supreme Court entirely replace VIP. is part of OneCarolina , an overhaul and is still in development. We are Isabelle Khurshudyan Students will use the same login of the university’s computing not directing students at all to look [email protected] information they use currently on systems . at that schedule,” Hamilton said. VIP — their VIP ID and password “Students who are applying to “There might be changes. We don’t South Carolina Supreme Court Justice Kaye — but some of VIP’s functions are the university and who are being want anyone going out there and Hearn stepped away from the microphone, being taken over by Self Service admitted to the university are making their whole schedule only choosing to ditch the podium and take a more Carolina . already using the system,” Hamilton to fi nd that those classes don’t exist personal approach with the crowd. Admitted and prospective said. “The new students don’t even anymore.” “Everyone can hear me?” she asked. “That’s students will also be introduced to know what VIP is. They don’t have a AID ● 2 never been my problem.” But she’s overcome problems in her rise to being one of the state’s fi ve justices. Speaking to a 17-person crowd at the Russell House Ballroom Monday night, she told her story of being a female in a male-dominated profession, losing her tutu to go to law school at USC. Growing up in small-town Pennsylvania, Hearn wanted to be a ballerina, but she fell in love with history and came to the University of South Carolina to study law. At the time, she said only 20 percent of the students at the law school were women. Hearn said professors would address the class as, “Good afternoon, gentlemen,” before begrudgingly adding “and ladies.” She and South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal are the only two women ever elected to the state’s highest court. Toa l was originally booked to be the speaker for the event but had a confl ict, asking Hearn to take Royal Rooster Tartan & Feather Old Cocky her place. Courtesy of USC Media Relations Hearn said she nearly missed out on a job Anyone is allowed to vote on the three tartans. Several products with the pattern should be out by graduation. opportunity as a law clerk in Bamberg, S.C., because the judge didn’t want a female. Hearn said she quickly responded, “Well, you’ll have to talk to God about that.” After she was USC to choose offi cial tartan hired, she said the judge told her the retort was the reason he changed his mind. Hearn practiced law in Loris, S.C., before g ts g messages. They’re working with a marketing team Retailin studen workin on running to be a judge in family court. She was in the project on how to market the tartans,” Bickle g s r w later elected as an appellate court justice and marketin plan fo ne plaid said. “They’re also working on how to sell the became the chief judge of the South Carolina products and how to display the products.” Amanda Coyne Court of Appeals the year before Toal was [email protected] Some of these students are in a promotional class dedicated to this project, Bickle said. Currently, JUSTICE ● 4 If you’ve ever lamented over being unable to they’re managing the contest’s Facebook, Twitter fi nd that perfect garnet and black plaid bow tie to and Pinterest pages. wear to the tailgate, you’re in luck: USC is about to Once voting closes March 11, the tartan will select its own offi cial tartan. have been chosen and items bearing the pattern Voting is underway to choose among three will start being manufactured. Bickle said they are garnet, black and white patterns. Up for vote are unsure what the fi rst plaid products will be but that “Tartan and Feather,” “Old Cocky” and “Royal some may be available by spring graduation. Rooster,” designed by Collegiate Tartan Apparel. When taking the survey, subjects are asked what “Being in retailing, we understand the items they would like to see the pattern on. These importance of branding,” said Marianne Bickle, items range from bow ties and blankets to pajamas director at the USC Center for Retailing and a and dog collars. Eleven total options are given to retailing professor who has led the effort to choose respondents. the university’s signature tartan since 2010. “We “We will keep adding other products, depending know this company and they presented the tartan on how well they do,” Bickle said. “We’re not sure to us, and we embraced the opportunity to do this what they will be yet, though.” with our brand.” Currently, only 17 other universities have an The project has also given way to several official tartan. Once USC’s is chosen, it will go Brian Almond / THE DAILY GAMECOCK marketing opportunities for retailing students. South Carolina Supreme Court justice Kaye Hearn ● “Students are going to help design the marketing TARTAN 2 addressed students in the Russell House Monday. Professor discusses Latin American business Rydzewski speaks to students speaker in the Global Perspectives in Global Perspectives Series Series hosted by the International Business and Chinese Enterprise Paulina Berkovich Organization . The goal of the [email protected] series is to provide a more inclusive perspective on global business. USC professor Frank Rydzewski “What we’re trying to do is raise once promoted himself to vice awareness ... and also give these president of his company before a amazing professors that we have business meeting with a Latin an outlet to speak about whatever American executive. interests them and not really As Rydzewski explained to students be constrained by a classroom in a lecture at the Darla Moore environment,” said Jason Sigmon , School of Business Monday night, a third-year international business companies in that region tend to and global supply chain student who be hierarchical, and an American serves as the organization’s president . sales manager would not have been The series will continue after granted a meeting with a CEO unless spring break with Chuck Kwok, he had a similar title. Before his a professor in the international business trip, he made himself a new business department who will discuss Andrew Askins / THE DAILY GAMECOCK business card. His strategy worked, basics of doing business in China Professor Frank Rydzewski discussed his history doing business in Latin and he secured the deal. American countries at the Darla Moore School of Business Monday evening. Rydzewski was the second BUSINESS ● 4

Tuesday ‘21 and Over’ A Gross Overreaction Pitching shines 67° 38° “Hangover” writers’ Columnist Chris USC beat Clemson new fi lm uses tired, Norberg criticizes this weekend thanks juvenile humor to conservatives Chris- to its pitching staff al- Wednesday highlight the joys of tians for portraying lowing just 17 hits to turning legal. themselves as victims the Tigers in all three 57° 34° of oppression games combined. See page 6 See page 5 See page 10 2 Tuesday, March 5, 2013 In Brief. Man arrested in killing Record number of sea Eff orts to re-elect Haley of pregnant woman turtles nesting on SC shores already underway

A man has been arrested in a case in which a pregnant More than 4,600 sea turtle nests were found along Gov. Nikki Haley hasn’t formally announced that woman was killed before being set on fi re and left in the South Carolina coast in 2012, according to the state she will run for re-election in 2014 , but efforts to keep the woods near Screaming Eagle Road in Richland Department of Natural Resources. her in the Governor’s Mansion are already ongoing, County . Numbers like that have never been seen before The State reports. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department charged in South Carolina, The Post and Courier reports. Her campaign operation is already open in Tristan Gist, 23, with murder and death or injury of a However, those numbers may be misleading . More downtown Columbia and has received $1.5 million in child in utero due to the commission of a violent crime beaches are being monitored than ever before, which contributions . Two weeks ago , a grassroots steering and took him into custody Monday afternoon, WIS has led to the discovery of more turtle nests . committee was announced, according to The State . reports. There are defi nitely more turtles on South Carolina’s Tim Pearson, Haley’s 2010 campaign manager who Deputies say Gist had a child with the victim, beaches, though, a DNR offi cial told The State. left his position as her chief of staff to become her 22-year-old Dierra Fisher , who was 21 weeks pregnant In 2012 , nearly 2,000 nests were found on the six political consultant , told The State that “there’s not a at the time of her death . beaches most popular with nesting turtles . That’s fi ve segment of the political world out there that’s not on According to investigators, Gist shot Fisher before times as many as were found on those same beaches in [Haley’s] side.” driving her body to the wooded area while the woman’s 2003, according to The State . Pearson told said campaign is preparing for a primary children were in the car . Upon arrival, Gist removed Recent increases in the number of nesting turtles though two potential challengers — State Treasurer the body from the car and set it on fi re, WIS reports. could be related to an increasing number of turtles Curtis Loftis and state Sen. Tom Davis — have decided Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Fisher surviving until sexual maturity, as the reptiles take two not to run. In the election, he believe she will face 2010 died from a single gunshot wound to the head. to three decades to mature, according to The State. rival Vincent Sheheen , who lost by 4.5 percent .

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BUSINESS ● Continued from 1 tour a city prior to having a meeting there. like to do business, citing Home Depot’s and JC “I’m not just a gringo coming down there to Penney’s failures in Chile due to their lack of March 27 . It will conclude March 29 with Robert close a business deal very, very quickly,” Rydzewski cultural understanding. He urged students to take Cox , who will discuss whether Europe can recover said. “I’ve taken some time. Read about the local both deep-rooted traditions and current events of from fi nancial crisis. football teams ... Know some of the basic words — a nation into account if international business was Rydzewski, who joined the Moore School in beer, thank you, good morning, good evening, all their chosen career path. January 2012, has 32 years of experience in fi nance those types of things.” “Someone can’t say, ‘If you know one country, and operations . The former CEO called Latin The professor called Mexico and Brazil the you know them all,’” Rydzewski said. “You really America a land of opportunity, especially for young “big elephants” because about 53 percent of Latin don’t.” people in Spain, where the unemployment rate for America’s population is concentrated there. But he recent college graduates is nearly 50 percent . DG added that Argentina, Chile and Uruguay lead the Much of his lecture focused on the importance way in development. of understanding cultural differences between the All of those nations have a collectivist mentality United States and Latin America and within Latin that contrasts with the individualism of the U.S., America. Personal relationships are critical to and concepts of time and space are markedly business success, and he suggested taking time to different. Listening habits also differ from the norm in the U.S. Rydzewski said he once prepared a 30-minute presentation for a Mexican executive who announced within 10 minutes that he would buy the product and left the room. C AROLINA 2012 While corruption continues to be a signifi cant problem in many Latin American countries — the speaker said his company lost deals multiple times because of its refusal to pay bribes — he mentioned several areas where the business climate has improved, including an increase of opportunities for women and a decrease in crime. Rydzewski warned that companies should not Andrew Askins / THE DAILY GAMECOCK assume anything about countries where they would Rydzewski stressed cultural insight as a business tactic.

JUSTICE ● Continued from 1 sessions subcommittee, and then, lo and behold, a case percolated its way named Supreme Court chief justice. up to us where the public defenders the Institute for African “I’m interested in going the law had asked that the statute that gave route, but I never saw myself as a judge control of the docket to solicitors be so I wanted to hear her perspective of American Research held unconstitutional, and we did. I it,” said Tasha Sanders, a first-year wrote the opinion.” political science student. In Toal’s State of the Judiciary Ciera Barrow, a first-year dance speech last year, she said the court Bancroft Prize-Winning Historian student, said she is looking for a would move to an e-filing system second major, so Hearn’s story “hit a Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin within two years. Hearn said in her personal note.” “reading and writing job” of being a Needing three tries to be elected Professor of Law and History at Supreme Court justice, she can now to the Supreme Court, Hearn takes look at all of her cases on an iPad. Harvard University. pride in being the chair of the docket Reading cases can often be diffi cult management task force. She headed for Hearn, especially when they’re subcommittees for family court, Title of Lecture: Does Protest Work? gruesome, murderous ones. The court criminal court and civil court. After has recently ruled on broader state Date: March 7, 2013 her lecture, she said one of the most issues. In 2009, it ordered then–Gov. signifi cant reforms of the task force Time: 7:00 PM Mark Sanford to apply for a disputed has been taking control of the docket $700 million in federal stimulus aid. Location: Graniteville Room in the away from the solicitors in general Then in 2011, the court refused Gov. sessions. South Carolina was the only Thomas Cooper Library Nikki Haley’s order to call lawmakers state in the country that still let the for an extra session. solicitors — a party to the litigation “We are oftentimes called upon,” — control the litigation. Brown-Nagin’s award winning monograph focuses on the South’s largest Hearn said. “The general assembly “If the solicitor was fair-minded and most economically important city, from the 1940s through 1950, to makes the laws, but we’re sometimes and even-handed, it was fine, but demonstrate how the Civil Rights Movement features a wide array of called upon to interpret it. Those are sometimes there were abuses,” Hearn activists and varied approaches to activism. This event is co-sponsored by interesting issues that we’ve had.” The African American Studies Program and The History Center. said. “As it happened, that was the big recommendation from the general DG A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 5

EDITORIAL BOARD KRISTYN SANITO SYDNEY PATTERSON Artifi cial Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor AARON MCDUFFIE SARAH GENAY food coloring Asst. Viewpoints Editor Copy Desk Chief KRISTMAR MULDROW ANDREW ASKINS dangerous Design Director Senior Photographer Buyers’ choices should ISABELLE MARY CATHRYN KHURSHUDYAN ARMSTRONG change if laws don’t Senior Sports Writer Asst. Mix Editor Knowing what food is good for you and what’s junk is essential to leading a long and healthy life. Self Service Carolina But while it’s easy to decipher an apple from a piece of cake, off to impressive start determining the nutritional value of food isn’t always so After parts of Self Service Carolina straightforward. For instance, went live last week, we’re glad to say it one ingredient that could prove appears to outshine its predecessor in detrimental to many ways. one’s health has VIP, the current outdated computer Christian persecution exaggerated led to a nationwide system for organizing everything from the Christian, conservative former petition calling for financial aid to scheduling, is often ’ it Recent ‘SNL sk sparks governor who argued that the shooting its ban — artifi cial fraught with problems, and it isn’t very unreasonable outrage at Sandy Hook Elementary School was food coloring. user-friendly; almost all USC students “Saturday Night Live” recently aired the result of God’s righteous. It’s just Artificial food have horror stories or major annoyances a skit parodying Quentin Tarantino’s ironic that the same Christians who Kathryn coloring is used in a with the system. “Django Unchained.” It featured a complain about a skit depicting an Duggan wide variety of food But Self Service Carolina’s new mock trailer for the upcoming ultimate “uncharacteristically bloody” Jesus Second-year items we consume, interface promises to offer students a journalism revenge fantasy, “Djesus Uncrossed.” accepts that their own cohorts promote but many people much better student It features Jesus rising from the dead, violence or even have the nerve to don’t consider it and but now “preaching anything but claim the death of children in a bloody a contributor to “Whether you’re hopefully forgiveness.” While massacre was part of “God’s plan.” the health value. But lab tests stress-free a tradional or utterly hilarious, But the incredibly frustrating on animals have supported that experience. conservative Christians part is that conservative Christians the use of these artificial dyes nontraditional Students have come running want to claim this skit as one of can result in allergic reactions, student, this is a can now forward crying foul play, many “instances” of persecution. Pat asthma, decreased cognitive preview the change that we all using this as another Robertson , for example, called this function, and even cancer . new cool and example of Christian simple parody “anti-Christian bigotry And it’s not like we lack a should be grateful innovative Chris oppression in America. that is just disgusting.” Yet beatings, substitute. Due to legislation, the way we’ll for.” Norberg But Christians need stonings and imprisonment were same companies that use artifi cial all register Third-year to actually understand forms of persecution for Christians food coloring here are forced for classes in the very near future. It’s pre-pharmacy what oppression is under Roman rule — 2,000 years to use natural food coloring in much easier for people to coordinate student before they go pointing ago. While those Christians were most of Europe. Other countries their academic schedule with their fi ngers fi rst. persecuted for their faith and belief in that still allow artifi cial coloring personal or professional lives or even And although they labeled it Jesus Christ, modern-day conservative require warning labels on all one’s learning style. Under Self Service “blasphemous,” and “just wrong,” is Christians are not. They’re simply products using the coloring. Carolina, one has the option to search it really? The skit seems to accurately being questioned for supporting causes This strips the companies of for classes in multiple subjects at once , parody the hyper-violence that and issues not covered by Jesus. any argument pleading that the at a particular meeting time or even by saturates American culture, including And besides, conservative use of artifi cial food coloring is professor . religion. It’s not that hard to look Christians should recognize the role necessary. If we can convince the Whether you’re a traditional or around and see representation of the their own brand of religion has played FDA to enforce warning labels on nontraditional student, it’s a change now-popular American theology that in persecuting others. Throughout items that contain artifi cial food we all should be grateful for. It’s a huge progressive Christian David Henson this country’s history, Christianity colorings, maybe food companies improvement over the old system in describes as “camouflage and flag- has been used to wipe out Native would resort to using natural which every subject is listed separately, draped Bibles that segregate the story Americans and encroach on their land, food dyes in America like they and finding that perfect professor of God for American patriots only.” enslave and then later disenfranchise have been in Europe, making our required one to click on each and every In fact, the sword-wielding and African-Americans and limit the nation healthier overall. class time — a waste of everyone’s time. gun-toting Jesus is probably exactly rights of countless minority groups, While the petition has already And while students won’t be able to what mega-pastor Mark Driscoll most recently being the lesbian, gay, found a great deal of support, coordinate their schedule before they would approve of. His version of bisexual and transgender community. it will be a long process before head off for spring break, our fellow Jesus has a “commitment to make Despite living in a country where any definitive action is taken. Gamecocks don’t have to worry once someone bleed.” Driscoll even refuses a church is on almost every block and But until then, the best chance they get back. As long as students to believe in a “hippie, diaper, halo government offi cials are sworn in on people have at being successful remember their VIP number , the Christ” because, as he states, “I cannot Bibles, it’s amazing how some still in a healthy lifestyle is to educate well-needed transition to Self Service worship a guy I can beat up.” complain about how they are treated themselves on the ingredients in Carolina will be refreshingly pain-free. And then there’s Mike Huckabee , but not how they treat others. foods they buy. Teaching code in schools not a primary concern Ad campaign ignores need to focus the importance of teaching coding in our nation’s Clinton , Ashton Kutcher and Snoop Dogg . schools. They even tapped Chris Bosh, a Miami While a handful of supporters actually understand on basic reading, math skills fi rst Heats All-Star, and will.i.am, an original member of and deal with education, it’s important to note the Black Eyed Peas, to offer their insights in the ad . that Code.org is a lobbying group, dedicated to If several Silicon Valley bigwigs, an NBA player The ad is based on the idea that coding not only supporting its own narrow self-interests, not and a recording artist — whose main claim to fame helps people learn how to think but necessarily our nation’s. From the top down, it’s an is being a founding member of band that shares its that it’s the foundation for a successful organization run by the same Silicon Valley insiders name with a legume — decided to get together and future. No matter what career path you who also run companies whose futures depend on make a public service announcement, what cause take, they say, computers will continue a fl ood of cheap and competitive labor to compete would they take up? Ensuring all that computer to be a dominant force, so it’s critical globally. programming is offered in our nation’s schools, of our youth learn coding while they’re And yes, at fi rst glance empowering students with course! still young. And the best part of it all, the knowledge to code seems like a great idea that In a country that often struggles to provide a Aaron it’s not that hard. “It doesn’t take a would be win-win situation. But the sad fact of the basic education, there’s actually an organization McDuffi e genius to read; it doesn’t take a genius matter is, in certain parts of America, it seems it dedicated to making computer programming classes, First-year to code,” they tell us. does take a genius to read, write or really possess any or coding, an option for America’s school children political science Their “Who’s Who”-esque of the other rudimentary skills needed in a civilized — the very same children who fail to compete on student laundry list of supporters share these democratic society. a global scale in practically everything but self- sentiments; just scroll down Code.org’s While it’s laudable to a certain extent that an confi dence . But have no fear, America. In a recent homepage to see the opinions of many so-called organization like Code.org wants to bring computer ad by Code.org , you’ll see the current “movers and leaders and trendsetters in America , coincidentally, programming to the masses through schools, it’s shakers” of the technology industry, such as Bill most of whom are in the technology industry . Other clear America has much bigger problems to worry Gates and Mark Zuckerberg , wax robotically about prominent individuals include former President Bill about right now.

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Courtesy of Ace Showbiz Casey (Skylar Astin, left) and Miller (Miles Teller, right) engage in a night full of wild shenanigans in the hopes of ringing in their best friend’s 21st birthday on a high note. ‘21 and Over’ not a night to remember

“21 and Over” some wannabe director tries to entice all of the is the straight-laced Casey . Together, they visit NOW IN THEATERS party-loving college students into theaters, they their best friend from high school, Jeff Chang try too hard to be just like the classics. (Justin Chon) , on the eve of his 21st birthday party. Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore “21 and Over” is that kind of movie. It’s basically Jeff can’t go out, though, because his uptight daddy a blended cocktail of the great party fi lms we know has scheduled a medical school interview for the Starring: Miles Teller, Skyler Astin, and love, only nowhere near as lovable or funny. following morning . Justin Chon The movie is part “Superbad” mixed with “Animal Still, Casey and Miller cajole Jeff Chang House” with a little “Sixteen Candles” thrown in; (they call him this throughout the entire film, Rating: R for crude sexual content, we get the semi-nerdy boy with his crude, horn- reinforcing his ethnicity) into celebrating with language, nudity, drugs and drinking dog friend, the gorgeous sorority girl dating the “just one beer,” which, as predictably as the rest psychopath frat boy and the Asian character who of the movie, leads to all manners of mayhem. Jeff spends most of his screen time in a drunken stupor. ends up passing out, and his two supposedly best New fi lm combines juvenile humor, Also, comedy kings Jon Lucas and Scott Moore friends have no idea how to get back to his house. tired jokes in lackluster plot (the writing duo behind “The Hangover”) direct Though it’s all material we’ve seen before, Lucas this fi lm as if trying to say, “Hey, we’re the guys and Moore know what they want this movie to be Tyler Simpson who wrote ‘The Hangover.’” It even begins in and never pull any punches, urging us to laugh [email protected] the same “how the f--- did we get here” fashion, about psychotic male cheerleaders, getting spanked with its two leads shuffl ing across a public square by sorority girls and a seemingly likable character They just don’t make great college party movies wearing nothing but athletic socks over certain who thinks racial humor is the best kind. anymore. appendages. In fact, “21 and Over” is about as racist, sexist That’s right. The days of “Animal House” and Miles Teller (“Project X”) is the beer-chugging and overwhelmingly tasteless as it comes — and “Old School” are fi nally behind us. Now, whenever “YOLO” Miller, and Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect”) OVER ● 7 ‘Oblivion’ ushers in era of electronica Trent Reznor’s new band uses dark hooks, high beats to drive fresh album Aaron Jenkins [email protected] “Welcome Oblivion” RELEASED TODAY

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Amid the cascading tidal waves of electronic rumbles, hisses and moans that comprise the climax of “And the Sky Began to Scream,” Trent Reznor hisses, “I will tear it down to the ground and build another one.” And so he has with How to Destroy Angels, the Nine Inch Nails mastermind’s recently formed group with his wife Mariqueen Reznor and frequent collaborator Atticus Ross . The band (if that term even applies here) debuted in 2010 with a self-titled EP, which sounded like a watered-down and less interesting version of Trent Reznor’s former outfit. Trent Reznor admitted he still needed to work at carving out a unique style for the new electronica act. Now, with “Welcome Oblivion,” he has reworked his musical habits to establish HTDA as something more than a side project, and the results speak for themselves. From the album’s opening chords in “The Wake-Up,” the band exhibits a new and explosive confidence. Almost completely absent are the electric guitars of Nine Inch Nails; they’ve been replaced with spasmodic synthesizers atop bellowing bass and ultra-distorted vocals. If NIN was made up of Trent Reznor amalgamating the sounds of bands like Skinny Puppy, Ministry and David Bowie, then HTDA is the odd love child of Aphex Twin , Cabaret Courtesy of How to Destroy Angels Voltaire and Massive Attack . How to Destroy Angels swaps out guitar-driven tracks for synthesized, digital sounds on “Welcome Oblivion.” However, that sort of comparison doesn’t atmospheric tracks, with analog noise playing Reznor has worked on. Then there’s “Too Late, tell the whole story. Trent Reznor once again off digital. “On the Wing” and “Strings and All Gone,” the most notable track on the album exhibits his passion for creating sonically dense Attractors” are soaring, beautiful melodies backed for demonstrating what How to Destroy Angels tracks constructed with minimalistic loops. Here, by glitchy digital bass lines. “Recursive Self- is capable of. however, the sound is completely beat-driven. Improvement” gives a nod to classic electronic Thematically, the album is focused on the The result is a series of 13 electronica tracks so music (a la Kraftwerk ) before the wailing psychological and emotional effects of modern listenable and hypnotic that listeners might not synthesizer lends the track a darker edge. The society. Mariqueen Reznor bemoans a world on even notice the extreme experimentation at play. title track is loud and abrasive, with a grungy the brink, one in which “a million lies that now The album is a bloated 66 minutes , but its guitar backing lyrics seemingly shouted over defi ne us all together.” It’s thought-provoking stuff incredible variety does wonders to ease that issue. a PA system, and the single “How Long?” is (even when it is being overly cryptic), and it comes Tracks like “And the Sky Began to Scream” and the closest thing to a straight pop track Trent “Keep It together” are foreboding and ice-cold OBLIVION ● 7 The Daily Gamecock Tuesday, March 5, 2013 7

OBLIVION ● Continued from 6 to listen to in one sitting. However, that is but a scratch on from a place of personal concern. the surface of what is otherwise an After all, she’s now a mother hour of arresting, genre-bending trying to raise her children in this electronica. “Welcome Oblivion” environment. This disillusionment is a welcome change for Trent is brought to a head in “Ice Age,” an Reznor’s sound, and it represents unusual track that haunts with each his strongest singular album pluck of its folksy bass line. release since “Year Zero” back in Mariqueen Reznor’s lyrics 2007 . If How to Destroy Angels and Trent Reznor’s intensely is to become a regular project for humanistic touches bring incredible him, “Welcome Oblivion” lays the life to this synthetic album. It’s an groundwork for an exciting future. odd yet beautiful mix, and it feels completely deserving of being the DG successor to Nine Inch Nails . Sadly, as much as “Welcome Oblivion” benefits from Trent Reznor’s best tendencies, it’s also damaged by some of his worst. Despite its interesting Courtesy of Ace Showbiz instrumentation and hard-to- Jeff Chang (Justin Chon) grabs the bull by the horns while celebrating his birthday. pin-down mood, “Ice Age” is an exhausting 7-minute slog. OVER ● Cont. from 6 of beer pong and crude himself is probably “Hallowed Ground,” the lackluster Latino jokes. However, the most irritating album closer , does little to add to not in a good way (if the movie offers a few character. Most of the its simple hooks, dragging on in there is any). This not touching moments that movie features him indulgence much longer than “Ice Courtesy of How to Destroy Angels only includes sexism test Miller and Casey’s as some “Weekend at Age.” The album has awkward The album’s heavy energy shines toward all of the friendship. Bernie’s” drag-along, pacing issues that make it diffi cult through on lengthy tracks like “Ice Age.” sorority girls or all of If these characters and he transcends the racist comments were even mildly into this obnoxious about Asian-Americans, likable, maybe we prone whenever he’s but there’s also a crack could actually care awake, urinating on bar toward a suicide attempt about this sorry cadre. patrons and sprinting that’s completely out of It’s diffi cult, especially across parked cars. place in a movie that since motor-mouth But I suppose just aims to be silly partier Miller fi nds too Lucas and Moore entertainment. much enjoyment with deserve some points Suggestions of a racial humor, assuming for originality and deeper plot do come Jeff Chang is a science creativity. It’s not every up, mostly centered on genius just because day we see a film with how Miller’s childish he’s Asian-American. slow-motion footage ways burned most of Latinos, Jews and of a college student his friendship bridges. other ethnic groups be projectile vomiting as But they often get warned as well. he rides a mechanical sidetracked over games But Jeff Chang bull. It’s a comedy cruise line where every stop is as predictable as the last. There’s plenty of juvenile energy to go around, but like a hard-partying night at the best club in town, you probably won’t remember it the next day. So you should know how Jeff Chang feels in the end.

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TENNIS ● Cont. from 10 strong first serves and not giving away free singles match 6-3 and points. 7-5 . “His serve is one of “It’s always a the best in the SEC, great feeling to beat I think,” said Harry Clemson,” Koch said. Menzies , Koch’s doubles “Especially when they partner. are ranked 18th in the Menzies and Koch country. I got a little won their doubles bit nervous there, just match to help give the trying to close it out.” Gamecocks an early Goffi said it was a lead . While the two are great moment for the veterans , this is the fi rst senior to clinch the season they have played victory in such a fashion. doubles together. “Kyle Koch has “We never even tried been working harder it out as a combination, probably than anybody and then we just started that I have ever and we have clicked coached,” he said. “It ever since,” Menzies was really nice for him said. “He’s a good high- to get that payoff. He energy guy like I am, deserves it. A win like and we just mesh really that can set a kid going well together.” in the right direction.” The players and Goffi said it hasn’t Goffi said the win always been easy for would provide needed Koch despite his effort Courtesy of USC Athletics momentum heading throughout his tenure USC high jumper Jeannelle Scheper won the SEC Championship, USC’s fi rst conference title for high jumping. into the team’s with the Gamecocks. upcoming stretch of “A pressure comes TRACK ● Cont. from 10 This weekend, the After breaking a school nationals this weekend, SEC play. with (hard work),” he team traveled to three record in the mile at but she said she looks “It is always good senior long jumper said. “He has kind of different invitationals SEC Championships, forward to seeing how to beat in-state rivals,” Jarrod Hutchen. On fallen short because of in attempts to earn a he set a new mark in the well the women’s team Koch said. “It shows the women’s side, that pressure.” bid to nationals. Senior 3,000 with a time of 8:16. as a group can perform. that we are going to be junior Petra Olsen will Goffi was optimistic Breanna Radford just But he was still several The junior wants to set ready for the rest of the compete in the pole that Koch’s performance missed a nationals bid seconds away from a personal record by SEC.” vault, sophomore Erika against Clemson could in shot put with a throw qualifying for nationals. jumping 6 feet, 4 inches “The SEC is tough, Rucker will compete give him the confi dence that ranked 18th in the In the third meet, and “most definitely but it is wide open this in the 400-meter run he needs to fi nally “get collegiate ranks for the the Virginia Tech place in the top eight, year,” Goffi said. “I and senior Kierre over that hump.” Koch season. But she set a new Final Qualifier, two hopefully the top three. ” think we are ready to Beckles will compete said throughout the personal record with her Gamecocks finished in “It means a lot to me get into a war.” in the 60 hurdles. The singles match, he was throw, which was also the the top three of their that I can contribute DG women’s 4x400 relay also focused on making second longest in school events. Freshman Alexis to making the team qualifi ed. history, at a qualifying Murphy ran a personal better, to us growing,” meet at LSU. best in the 60 meters to Scheper said. “We talk a At the Alex Wilson take third place, while lot about getting to the Show us your Invitational at Notre graduate student Chelsea mountaintop and being Dame, senior distance France took third in the among the best, and I’m runner Robert Razick 3,000 run. happy that I can help get set his second USC Scheper has lofty my team to that place.” record in two weeks. personal goals for DG

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Jeffrey Davis / THE DAILY GAMECOCK USC senior pitcher Nolan Belcher threw a complete game three-hitter in Sunday’s win over Clemson. USC pitchers surrendered just 17 hits in the three games this weekend. Pitchers shine in weekend wins Wynkoop to start for USC said. Friday night starting spot, but with game. Closer Tyler Webb pitched just t ll e Using just five pitchers in the his struggles Saturday compared to one inning Friday, recording three agains Ba Stat today series, USC will have nearly its Montgomery’s poise, he’s likely to strikeouts, so he will be available for Isabelle Khurshudyan entire bullpen available for its two stay in his spot from Saturday’s game. the two midweek games. [email protected] midweek matchups against Ball State. USC was able to rally from the 5-0 Carson scores: Outfielder Shon The Gamecocks play the Cardinals defi cit Saturday thanks to the relief Carson, also a football player for Cool, calm and collected, South tonight at 7 p.m. and Wednesday at work of Adam Westmoreland. In 4 USC , recorded his fi rst score for the Carolina’s pitching staff shined in a 4 p.m. 1/3 innings of relief, Westmoreland baseball team in Friday’s 6-0 win. defensive series against Clemson. Though the USC pitching staff was allowed three hits and no earned Carson was put in the game as a “This isn’t football,” senior left- better than Clemson’s last weekend as runs, and struck out seven. pinch runner for designated hitter hander Nolan Belcher said. “You a whole, Clemson’s freshman pitcher “Adam’s line was very, very Brison Celek . After advancing to can’t pitch off emotion.” Clate Schmidt outdueled senior encouraging,” Holbrook said. “He third on a sacrifice bunt by right The Tigers had a meager Colby Holmes in Saturday’s game kept us in the game and he gave us a fi elder TJ Costen, Carson bolted for .179 batting average against the at Greenville’s Fluor Field. Holmes chance. That performance warrants home on the throw from the short Gamecocks’ pitching staff in this surrendered fi ve runs and eight hits more opportunities down the road, stop to the third baseman to get left weekend’s series win. Sophomore in 4 2/3 innings, while Schmidt went situations in which we’re trying to fi elder Tanner English out. Jordan Montgomery tallied a career- seven innings, gave up two earned win a game instead of coming from The run gave USC a 1-0 lead in high nine strikeouts in Friday night’s runs and fi ve hits and struck out fi ve. behind ... I think this is the best he’s the top of the fi fth. win against Clemson, and Belcher “He pitched certainly beyond his thrown since he’s been here.” “That was total instinct on his pitched a complete-game shutout in years,” USC coach Chad Holbrook Holbrook said left-hander part,” Holbrook said. “It wasn’t the rubber match Sunday. said of Schmidt. “He kept our hitters Jack Wynkoop was also to have anything we did as coaches. He read “To go out there and have that off balance. He deserves the ‘W’ opportunities to pitch over the the ball and took off, and he’s a fast, kind of success against them in a big today.” weekend, but he was announced as fast kid.” game like this is real special,” Belcher Holmes was in contention for the the starting pitcher for tonight’s DG Scheper’s jump wins conference crown for USC High jumper takes SEC Championship in Arkansas Paulina Berkovich [email protected] Head track coach Curtis Frye wasn’t sure what drew him to recruit St. Lucia native Jeannelle Scheper to South Carolina, but he said it may have been her socks. When Frye fi rst met Scheper, she was competing at the Caribbean Junior Championships, known as the CARIFTA Games , when she was 15, wearing knee socks with bright stripes. Although she took third place in the high jump, Frye said her personal record in the event was “good but not great.” But in her junior year at South Carolina, Scheper Courtesy of USC Athletics became the fi rst Gamecock in school history to win Sophomore Kyle Koch won his match against Clemson Sunday to help lead USC to a 4-3 win over the Tigers. an SEC high jump championship, helping USC to a sixth-place fi nish overall. Scheper qualifi ed to compete at indoor nationals, which will take place Koch, Gamecocks win over Clemson later this week, with her jump of 6 feet, 1.5 inches. “Competing with them at SECs and winning Men’s tennis beats Tigers on the right track before the team rival helped us out in getting definitely did a lot for the mental aspect of my by 4-3 score Sunday begins SEC play against Florida ready,” Goffi said. “We were ready jumping because now I know that I’m capable of Friday. for doubles, and I think that set the not only jumping at the same level, but winning in Nate Hammett “They showed a lot of backbone,” standard for the rest of the day.” competition,” Scheper said. [email protected] he said. “That was so impressive. South Carolina clinched the Scheper will be one of fi ve individual athletes That is what I needed to see as a doubles point when Chip Cox and to compete for South Carolina at NCAA Indoor The South Carolina men’s coach.” Tsvetan Mihov won their match Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. The top 16 tennis team ended a two-game Coming into the contest, 9-7 . The Gamecocks secured individuals and top 12 relay teams in each event losing streak by defeating archrival Clemson was ranked No. 18 the win over the Tigers after received invitations to the event. Clemson 4-3 Sunday. nationally and had dropped just sophomore Kyle Koch won his USC’s lone qualifi er from the men’s team was Coach Josh Goffi emphasized one match all season . the signifi cance of the win to get “I think the fact that it was a TENNIS ● 8TRACK ● 8