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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013 VOL. 113, NO. 69 • SINCE 1908 Gender-neutral housing support surveyed

SG, BGLSA poll students; “We’re asked for gender, male or female, and But a gender-neutral plan would need top several very important decisions are made based university administrators’ approval, said Kirsten USC says it hasn’t made plans on that — who your roommates can be and what Kennedy, director of University Housing. Thad Moore your living environment’s going to be — and In theory, the survey could be USC’s first [email protected] there’s a lot of students who don’t feel comfortable step toward designating some suites or halls as with that choice,” said Brandon White, Student gender-neutral, meaning students’ gender and sex Government’s secretary of organizational wouldn’t be considered in their room assignments. Do you think USC should have gender-neutral outreach. “People cannot learn if they do not like In practice, however, gender-neutral housing housing? Student Government and USC’s BGLSA where they’re living.” doesn’t look to be coming to USC any time soon. group want to know. White, who doubles as BGLSA’s chair of University spokesman Wes Hickman said in The two groups are conducting a joint survey to advocacy initiatives, said he hopes to take the an email that USC has no plans to add gender- see what students think of gender-neutral dorms results to student senate, the house of delegates neutral rooms. The university gets between one and bathrooms, which supporters say would make and the Residence Hall Association next semester and three requests for special accommodations the campus safer and more welcoming to gay and in hopes of gaining their endorsements. transgender students. HOUSING • 3 Photography show Holiday-themed fair takes Main brings visitors to McMaster Gallery

Students showcase work; Chicago professor speaks Khadijah Dennis [email protected]

For Christina Smith, a fourth-year studio art student, and Julia Bennett, a third-year marine science student, winning the Pop-Up Show meant more than an award. It meant furthering their passions for photography. “[The experience] was new for a lot of us,” said Smith, the fi rst place winner. Meg Griffi ns, a photography professor at USC, said students came together and decided to put on the Pop-Up Show and frame all of their own photographs. Griffins helped students organize the event. In conjunction with the USC Photography Festival, the Pop-Up Show featured 26 pieces of student artwork. Dennis Kiel took on the task of judging the photographs and chose the first-, second- and third-place winners. “It wasn’t easy to narrow it down; it was some great work,” Kiel said. Bennett, who won second place, said that upon arriving at the university, she didn’t know that the photography department existed and now calls her professors her mentors. PHOTOS • 2

he sounds of holiday music mingled Twith the smells of local food vendors along Main Street at last night’s First Thursday celebration. Red, green and white lights set the stage for vendors and shoppers searching for artsy gifts or simply wandering with friends at the latest installment of the Outage takes monthly arts celebration. Also among the First Thursday revelers were ice skaters at the Boyd Plaza skating rink outside the Columbia Museum of Art. out Internet, For S&S Art Supply on the 1600 block of Main Street, Thursday night was one of its last chances to welcome the public before it closes later this month. phones Eight local artists’ works were on display above their near-empty shelves, and the Plowboys played outside the USC experienced outages in telephone storefront. The store — which sold half and Internet service Thursday afternoon of its remaining merchandise to a single because of a break in service at the buyer earlier in the day, owner Eric university’s offi ces at 1600 Hampton St . Stockard said — has hosted local artists As of 4 p.m., university technicians were at First Thursdays every month since its working to solve the issue. UTS did not move to Main Street in June 2011. return a request for further comment. First Thursdays on Main was started The outage affected various campus- in 2009 by Frame of Mind owner Mark wide systems, including wireless Internet Plessinger, who began hosting monthly networks and telephone services, according art shows at his specialty eyewear store. to the UTS website. Those systems The event has since grown to a three- were unavailable throughout Thursday block community party showcasing local afternoon. arts. — Compiled by Hannah Jeffrey, Assistant — Compiled by Sarah Ellis, Assistant News Editor News Editor Photos by Brian Almond / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

MIX SPORTS VIEWPOINTS WEATHER Finals week South Caroli- Editorial Board: Friday Saturday becomes na will return Gender-neutral a lot less to the road housing gives stressful if this weekend USC a chance to you follow a when they be a trend-setter few helpful take on the in the South. exam-time Charlotte High 81° High 66° 5 tips. 8 49ers. 4

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High-income turnout Mandela dies at 95, Jenny Sanford to run leads to strong-mayor loss leaves behind legacy for seat on airport board

The rejection of a strong-mayor referendum held Nelson Mandela, the first black president of Former South Carolina fi rst lady Jenny Sanford Tuesday owes to the combination of heavier turnout South Africa and an anti-Apartheid activist, has is seeking a seat on the board of the Charleston in two higher-income City Council districts and died. He was 95. County Aviation Authority, The Associated Press large numbers of African-American voters staying “He is now resting. He is now at peace,” South reported. home, according to an analysis by The State. African President Jacob Zuma said following Sanford is one of seven candidates seeking In nine precincts, the strong-mayor measure Thursday’s announcement, according to The the position and is joined by five other women, failed by 100 or more votes. These precincts, which Associated Press. “Our nation has lost its greatest according to The (Charleston) Post and Courier. are represented by City Council members Moe son. Our people have lost a father.” Jordan Scott Pace, a field representative for Baddourah, Leona Plaugh or both, provided 1,400 of Mandela was sentenced to prison in 1964 after Sanford’s ex-husband, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, is the 1,629 votes that put “no” voters over the top. being convicted of treason and remained in the also running for a seat. Voter turnout was below 10 percent in 21 precincts, Robben Island Prison until 1990. The seat opened up after a board member and supporters of the new form of government for In 1993, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize accepted a position on the board of the Medical Columbia won 17 of the precincts. for his work, and a year later, he became South University of South Carolina. Charleston County’s According to offi cials on both sides of the issue, Africa’s fi rst black president during the nation’s legislative delegation is expected to decide next African-American voters didn’t vote because they fi rst free elections. week who will fi ll the open seat. were not motivated by the issue or they were If Jenny Sanford is picked for the position, she concerned about offending their neighbors or black — Natalie Pita, Staff Writer will earn a wage of $35 per meeting. leaders, who were also divided on the issue. — Sarah Martin, Staff Writer — Natalie Pita, Staff Writer

PHOTOS • Continued from 1 Gallery. “This project is about the “This program really inspired difference between where love lies me a lot,” Bennett said. “I fell and self-obsession,” Owen said. in love with the photography This project was a side project of department, and photography is her thesis that dealt with the early one of the only things that I know Western civilization’s standards of how to communicate with.” beauty and how they have changed Visiting Columbia College over the past fi ve centuries. Chicago professor and “The idea of the current beauty photographer Myra Greene said standards has constantly been a she would like to reach out more to driving factor [in my work] with students and the community with society’s idea of this is what you her work. She described her work have to be; it’s pushed on us in the as conceptually based and said the media,” Owen said. ideas she comes up with drive her Over time, Owen was able to pictures. open up more about her work’s “I felt that coming here was meaning, and she credited her a nice opportunity to see what adviser, who helped her to “cross students are doing,” Greene said in some lines” and allowed her to “be her keynote address. confi dent in her own skin.” Greene asked the audience about “I want to get out to a larger what people see when they look at audience and find myself in photographs, saying that her goal academic roles, so I can start is always to recognize the different showing my knowledge and giving layers involved. it back to the community,” Owen Jessica Christine Owen, a said. graduate student photographer, Jeremy Marshall Harkness / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Visitors look at students’ photographs at Thursday’s Pop-Up Show, which hosted her own show entitled featured photographs from USC students at the McMaster Gallery. “Amour Propre” at McMaster DG

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HOUSING • Continued from 1 In the Southeastern Conference, only Vanderbilt offers gender- Puppies relieve stress most years, and it handles them on neutral housing, though others, an case-by-case basis. including Missouri, are considering Such requests used to only come the idea. from upperclassmen, Kennedy said, “There other SEC (schools) but more and more freshmen are that are doing it, and they’re not making them. bursting into flames. There are Student Government hasn’t other schools that are considering endorsed the idea, Student Body this,” White said. “This is a time President Chase Mizzell said in when USC can be a trend-setter.” an email, adding, “We serve as The focus of one of the survey’s the representatives of the student questions — adding unisex body.” bathrooms — is already happening, “I believe the University Kennedy said. is committed to promoting Housing has so far made 35 acceptance and equality and will single-person bathrooms unisex, be collaborative in evaluating the and 21 more are on the way. The merits of each of these ideas,” process began a year and a half ago. Mizzell said. The survey also includes a At other schools, the process has question about adding “gender been fraught with controversy. identity” to USC’s non- UNC-Chapel Hill’s trustees discrimination policy. voted earlier this year to allow “That’s not something that gender-neutral dorms on campus, should be debated,” White said. but the UNC system’s board of Meredith Almond / THE DAILY GAMECOCK governors overruled it, banning Students on Davis Field de-stressed with dogs Thursday in preparation for next gender-neutral housing on the week’s fi nal exam schedule. The event was hosted by Campus Wellness and PAALS. UNC system’s 17 campuses. DG

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THAD MOORE KRISTMAR MULDROW MAX STOLARCZYK DANNY GARRISON Managing Editor Design Director Viewpoints Editor Asst. Sports Editor Gender-neutral survey a big step forward

ISSUE go through to fi nd a roommate an attempt to give transgender Students are being polled they’re comfortable living with students a basic comfort most of shouldn’t be harder than the us take for granted. on gender-neutral housing. process anyone else follows. Despite the movement, OUR STANCE That brings us to a survey there’s still a long road ahead It’s a big step forward on being conducted by Student for its advocates. Other schools Editor: Memorable a long road ahead. Government and USC’s BGLSA have tried installing similar group, which asks students what specialized housing, including moments mark newspaper Finals week is always a brutal they think of creating gender- UNC, whose trustees voted in reminder just how hard college neutral housing here. Doing favor their gender-neutral dorms Patterson refl ects on 4 years really is. You’ve made it this far so could make USC a trend- earlier this year. That vote was of work at The Daily Gamecock into the semester, and hopefully, setter — in South Carolina, the overturned by the UNC system’s your grades are still intact, but Southeastern Conference and board of governors, who banned Right now, I’m sitting on the couch in The you’ve got that last stretch of the South overall. gender-neutral housing. Daily Gamecock’s newsroom. People that I’ve papers and exams before the We hope USC’s students and USC has an opportunity to known for years and people that I’ve known for stress is over. Throw in a job, administrators are ready to make step up and show it’s a welcoming, only months are sitting around me, discussing internship applications and all that change. We think it’s time. inclusive university, so we today’s paper, their classes and how we’re going the rest, and you’ve got the This isn’t a movement to encourage the administration to to get the paper done before deadline tonight. I’ve makings of a diffi cult time. let couples live together or to give serious consideration to the been complaining for three hours about how I For most of us, that stress change the system for the idea of gender-neutral housing. have no idea how to write this column, and I still is eased by our friends and majority of students. Instead, it’s It wouldn’t affect the day-to- don’t (about that deadline ... ). roommates, who we can lean on day lives of most students, but for Trying to sum up three and a half years of this and who make our apartments those the change would help, it “College is hard crazy, wonderful experience into a mere 500 words and dorms a comfortable respite. would make a world of difference. is pretty close to impossible, I think. But for many, including enough as it is, but No matter what gender-neutral There are so many things I could say to show transgender students, finding housing’s opponents say, that’s thanks to our friends how much this paper means to me, but I have no that escape isn’t always so easy. what matters most. and peers, most of us idea where to start, where to fi nish or what I could USC’s housing policies in College is hard enough as it possibly say in between. many cases require them to live are happy to say it’s is, but thanks to our friends and There was that time we stayed up with someone of a gender they peers, most of us are happy to say worth it. all night trying to send the paper don’t identify with or someone it’s worth it. until, eventually, I had to leave for who might not understand them. Let’s make sure the Let’s make sure the same my 8 a.m. class. We’re glad that USC works is true for all of our students. same is true for all of There was that time my staff with students who ask for Period. our students. Period.” turned everything in my office special accommodations, but in upside down as a prank. That our opinion, the process they Sydney Patterson included the desk, which must have Fourth-year weighed a few hundred pounds, and journalism all of the pictures and newspapers student hanging on the walls. Healthy habits help in acing fi nals week There were all those times we went to IHOP to celebrate the last Cramming, caff eine [milligrams], and can lead to for yourself each day. Working night of production, and tonight, when we’ll go to significant side effects with out at the gym is a great outlet Waffl e House because IHOP was knocked down. staples, but unwise excessive consumption,” she for “hell week.” Additionally, There were all the times we put a paper out said. eating consistently and getting despite breaking news and uncooperative sources. It’s the most ominous week To put this in perspective, a adequate sleep is paramount. The Daily Gamecock has defi ned my college of the semester. It’s a week cup of coffee contains anywhere Many students study in groups experience. The newsroom where I’ve spent characterized by multiple cups from 200-300 milligrams for extra support. countless hours has become a second home. The (or pots) of coffee, stressful days, depending on the brew, and a It’s really important to plan people I’ve spent those countless hours with have sleepless nights and perhaps 12-ounce soda contains roughly ahead and start early if you plan become my family. And when I graduate in May most notably — a swamped 50 milligrams. to utilize the study rooms at and do ... something, that will be the thing I miss Thomas Cooper Library. While these doses help some Thomas Cooper. These rooms most: the people. Virtually all students, stay alert for a longer period of fill up fast and can have long I’ve never seen passion and talent in such large regardless of major, will face the time, there are side effects to be waiting lists that stretch for quantities as I have in my time at the paper. The dreaded finals week standing aware of if you plan to consume several hours. people that make the eight to 12 pages you pick up between them and Christmas more than usual. Caffeine can The second floor of Russell every day (or something like that) are some of the vacation. While we all strive to increase blood pressure and House also offers rooms for most wonderfully insane human beings I’ve ever make fi nal exams “just like any heart rate and lead student use. These rooms met. other exam,” this task is easier to severe anxiety. contain whiteboards and have They don’t mind staying up until 3 a.m. before said than done. Many of us need During my plenty of space for large groups. an 8 a.m. class just to make sure every Oxford exceptional grades on finals in organic chemistry If you do study in groups, comma is eliminated and all the elements of a page order to fi nish classes strong and fi nal, I had to walk it may be helpful to have an are lined up just right. maintain our GPAs. out of the room and assigned person to talk through They don’t mind covering an event while all But what strategies can be return later due each part of the material. their friends are in Five Points. used to optimize studying while to a panic attack I Additionally, choose your group They don’t mind my incessant harping on keeping our collective stress Steven experienced. I am wisely. Sometimes studying with grammar and AP style. level to a minimum? Asbill certain this was friends can detract from your OK, maybe they mind, but they do it anyway. For starters, know what you’re Fourth-year brought on by the focus. If your study efforts don’t My staff has worked so hard, and I couldn’t getting into if you plan to drink pharmacy student eight cups of coffee require the use of cell phones or possibly complete a farewell column — which, a lot of caffeine. While caffeine I drank the night computers, it might be best to I guess, is supposed to sum up my experience as is a friend to many throughout before, which led leave them at home. editor-in-chief — without thanking them for the semester, students tend to to an “all-nighter” It comes once a semester, everything they’ve done. take consumption up a notch at the library and the subsequent and then it’s history. Winter So thanks, guys. You’ve been the best staff I during fi nals week. In addition to anxiety. break will be here immediately could have ever asked for. coffee, students often drink Red Another important part of following that last exam. Truth Bull, Monster or other energy surviving fi nals week is knowing be told, pressuring ourselves and drinks which contain heavy the best way to study, and stressing out will not accomplish doses of caffeine. According WHAT’S YOUR TAKE? allowing yourself a break. anything. to Christina DeRienzo of While it works for some Exams are important, but they the Palmetto Poison Center, Do you want your opinion voiced students to push through all are not life or death. Things are students should watch how material at once, this may cause rarely as bad as they seem. in The Daily Gamecock? Contact much caffeine they consume on memory retention issues for And remember: In about a a daily basis. “Energy drinks [email protected] others. Changing subjects after week’s time, there will be no contain varying amounts of for more information. a couple of hours is an option. more exams to sweat over until caffeine, some as much as 400 Also be sure to take time out 2014.

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Feeling overwhelmed? Break up everything Stop by the Student Success Center. Located that needs to get done into small tasks with on the mezzanine level of the library, the SSC little rewards upon completion. When facing offers many test-taking strategies. From true/ the daunting task of a 10-page paper with no false tests to essays, the SSC has the resources end in sight, get motivated with something to help you conquer your fi nals. It also offers small like an M&M after finishing each peer revision of papers. Bring in an essay with questions or paragraph. Little rewards like this have been concerns, and the trained students will help fi x typos and shown to increase productivity. errors to help you turn in your best work.

It is OK to take breaks. A fi ve-minute break Don’t be afraid to sit down with a for every 20 minutes of studying reduces professor. Most professors want to help procrastination and allows the brain to rest and want students to succeed. Don’t and process all the information that’s going in. be afraid to go to their offi ce hours or Every hour, take a 10-minute break, get up and to ask about problems, the fi nal or the walk around. By taking breaks, there is no need possibility of doing extra credit work. to feel cut off from the outside world. If you’re simply unable to get off Facebook and Twitter, download the program SelfControl. It blocks Get some sleep. Brains commit facts to you from accessing your favorite websites for memory during sleep. While spending 14 hours however long it’s told to, allowing you the holed up in Thomas Cooper cramming for freedom to study for that English test. chemistry might seem like a great idea at the time, it can actually be detrimental to your ability to remember information once it’s time to take the Change up study locations. By studying test. It’s better to walk into a fi nal rested and ready to go than different information in different places, the bleary-eyed with a venti, triple-shot coffee. brain is better able to remember facts. Local coffee shops like Cool Beans and Drip offer a great environment to review study guides Remember that it’s when the Thomas only a test. Even if Cooper Library is sometimes it seems like too crowded. all hope is lost, keep studying, and remember that this is only a test. Diminish the power the exams have over you, and your stress will Know where printing is available. Thomas Cooper isn’t the only place immediately plummet. Winter on campus that offers printing. Get copies made at Quick Copy in the break is just around the corner, basement of the Russell House, use the lab in the basement of Gambrell and this is only a speed bump Hall or print for free in the Russell House lobby during fi nals week. on the road home.

It’s OK to cry. Finals week is a very stressful time, and sometimes, it can seem like too much to handle. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with work, the Counseling Center offers free walk-in appointments between 2 and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Talk to one of the licensed therapists about ways to reduce stress or manage your test anxiety.

‘Because the Internet’ shows off new sound

Childish Gambino changes up The jazzy, laid-back “Shadows” coexists with style, focus on latest album the energetic marathon that is “The Party,” just as the dark, moody “No Exit” lives side-by-side with Belvin Olasov the chillwave-inspired “Flight of the Navigator.” [email protected] Experimentation suits Gambino well. Making all of these styles work requires technical skill, and Glover steps up to the plate. His rapping Childish Gambino’s new album, “Because on songs like “The Worst Guys” and “The Party” the Internet,” opens with “Crawl,” a strangely brings to mind Kendrick Lamar’s expressiveness, compelling fusion of harsh beats, soaring vocals, a and his singing on “Telegraph Avenue (‘Oakland’ by woozy backdrop and verses that are both energetic Lloyd)” is comparable to Frank Ocean’s on “Channel and laid back. Orange.” It almost defies categorization, leaving the That isn’t to say the album doesn’t have its question: What kind of album is this going to be? problems. It lacks cohesion by design, a choice that As it turns out, “Crawl” is like the album as a pays off musically but hurts it as an album. The whole: scattered, diverse and deeply enjoyable. hooks dominate some songs, making them repetitive Donald Glover has stepped up his game, in both on close listening, and some of Bino’s old punchline lyrics and production, from past efforts “Camp” rap styling — “gut n***as, so Kurt Vonne,” “girl why and “Royalty.” In the past, he’s substituted theme is you lyin’ / girl why you Mufasa” — seem out of for verbal dexterity, punctuating autobiography and place alongside the depth of other verses. braggadocio with clever turns of phrase. Despite these fl aws, the album remains vital and On “Because the Internet,” which will be released enjoyable. Tuesday, however, he has more on his mind than just “Because the Internet” closes with the song “Life: himself. Themes of disconnection, loneliness and The Biggest Troll,” featuring a trippy beat as Glover the search for romantic connection permeate the philosophizes about how we hide ourselves, lose album. track of our identities and fi nd ourselves unable to The bouncy “Sweatpants” is the closest thing to connect with others. Not every song on the album classic Gambino on the album. On the other songs, shares the same thoughtfulness, but most do. he’s heading in new directions, which isn’t to say he For anyone involved in the rap game that lacks his old energy; he’s just more sparing with it, previously dismissed Glover as a comedian playing which lends each earnest moment far more power. at rap or for general music lovers that haven’t gotten Courtesy of MCT Campus Nearly every song on this album works, despite into his music, this is an album to pick up. Childish Gambino will offi cially release his new album their differences. DG with creative lyrics and stand-out songs on Tuesday. 6 Friday, December 6, 2013 December releases may be best of year Star-studded fi lms to dominate ‘The Unknown Known’ (released box offi ce this month Dec. 13 in New York) Doesn’t watching a documentary Jonathan Winchell with former Secretary of Defense [email protected] Donald Rumsfeld sitting and talking into a camera sound wonderful? Well, it should, knowing that Errol Morris ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ (limited directed it. Morris won an Oscar release today; wide release Dec. 20) for Best Documentary for his 2003 Joel and Ethan Coen’s bleakly comic film “The Fog of War,” in which he film, which won rave reviews at the interviewed another former defense Cannes Film Festival earlier this secretary, Robert McNamara. Morris year, follows Llewyn Davis (Oscar has been making devilishly provocative Isaac) as he tries to make a name for documentaries for 35 years. What he himself in the Greenwich Village gets out of the perplexing Rumsfeld, folk music scene in the early 1960s. whom he describes as having the The Coen brothers (“Fargo,” “The grin of a Cheshire Cat, should Big Lebowski,” “No Country For be fascinating. Although it did not Old Men”) are two of the greatest make the Oscar shortlist for Best fi lmmakers of the last 30 years. When Documentary, its release late in the they have a new film out, serious year should make it eligible for other Courtesy of MCT Campus fi lmgoers must see it. Carey Mulligan, awards. Many of his previous films Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio star in one of this month’s celebrity-packed releases. John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, are available on Netflix streaming, Adam Driver and F. Murray Abraham including “Vernon, Florida,” “The ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (wide (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) that co-star in the fi lm. Thin Blue Line” and “Tabloid.” release Dec. 25) is programmed to please him. An Leonardo DiCaprio stars in his interesting note: Johansson is getting fifth collaboration with Martin Oscar buzz in the Best Supporting Scorsese (“Gangs of New York,” “The Actress category for her performance Departed”) as a morally bankrupt Wall in the fi lm. If she gets nominated, it Street banker based on the real Jordan will be the fi rst time in Oscar history Belfort, whose book the fi lm is based that someone received a nomination on. Matthew McConaughey also stars, for a solely vocal performance. Amy continuing his “McConnaissance.” Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, His recent film roles have shown he Chris Pratt, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, can do more than just play the shirtless Brian Cox and Spike Jonze co-star. romantic comedy leading man. The film is Scorsese’s longest to date — ‘Labor Day’ (released Dec. 27 in 165 minutes — and he cut the film Los Angeles; wide release Jan. 31) to avoid an NC-17 rating. Nothing The newest fi lm by Jason Reitman says “Happy Holidays” like a sex-and- (“Juno,” “Up in the Air”) is his first drug-fueled orgy of excess and greed. outright drama. Based on the novel The film is written by “Boardwalk by Joyce Maynard, the fi lm stars Kate Empire” creator Terence Winter and Winslet as a single mom who shelters features Jonah Hill, Kyle Chandler, a wounded, escaped convict played by Jean Dujardin, Margot Robbie, Jon Josh Brolin. The film premiered at Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Ethan Suplee, the Telluride Film Festival earlier this Rob Reiner and Spike Jonze. year to mixed reviews, but Winslet’s performance, as usual, garnered much ‘Her’ (limited release Dec. 18; acclaim. The film is coming out at wide release Jan. 10) the very end of the year to qualify for Love in the modern world is the Academy Awards, but it will most explored in the latest film by Spike likely receive no nominations. 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The Gamecocks only have one active The 49ers, on the other hand, have senior on their entire roster, with most of struggled so far this season, particularly the work being done by underclassmen, on offense; they rank among the NCAA’s who account for over 97 percent of the worst in scoring. team’s scoring output. However, they’ve been a tough team The young players have yet to make a at home, and coach Dawn Staley said she whole lot of mistakes either, with a 1.6 believes the 49ers are going to come out assist-to-turnover ratio, which is good ready to play. enough for sixth best in the country . “They’re going to challenge us. They But Staley said she still sees room for do play well at home. They’re pretty improvement. quick and athletic,” Staley said. “I think a “I think we need to keep continuing lot of their strengths are our strengths.” to get better pounding the ball inside Looking to extend the team’s fl awless against teams that play zone,” Staley record, sophomore Tiffany Mitchell, like said. her coach, seemed determined to make In fact, Staley pointed to Ibiam as the sure the team doesn’t get complacent. most crucial part of their offense but “No, I don’t think we would let that offered a critique; Staley’s looking for happen and get a big head,” Mitchell her to become a more dominant post said. “It really is just a number, and at presence. the end of the day, we still have to play “I think El has got to get a little bit the game.” better with holding her man off. We’ve This game also carries special meaning got to get better at giving her the ball in for Staley, who was born and raised in those situations, because she hasn’t really Charlotte; she said she’s looking forward performed, looking at her stat line,” to going home. Staley said. “She’s got to give us a little “Yeah, I’m excited, getting to play in more in that department, because I know Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Sophomore guard Tiffany Mitchell (25) says the team is not going to overlook front of a lot of family that haven’t seen she’s capable.” the Charlotte 49ers despite opening the season with eight dominant victories. me play in a long time, so it’ll be cool,” Staley said. DG PREDICTIONS Ohio State, Florida State on collision course

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