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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012 VOL. 108, NO. 47 ● SINCE 1908

USC student late for class causes police chase

Brittany Fortuna resists ran a red light, Timmons said. A arrived, and Fortuna was pulled proceed through it, and, at that arrest; hits offi cer, vehicle police officer pulled her over and over at 1401 Hampton St., according point, more offi cers arrived on the asked for her driver’s to Timmons. scene, Timmons said. license, to which she Fortuna’s car was between the Fortuna barricaded herself in the Cassie Cope replied she didn’t original officer and the backup vehicle by locking the doors and [email protected] have one. Fortuna officer’s vehicle, but Fortuna refusing to get out. The officers also told the offi cer allegedly refused to get out of the broke the driver’s side window, A USC student has been charged she was late for class. vehicle and sped off a second time, turned off the engine of Fortuna’s with reckless driving, resisting When the officer sideswiping one of the patrol cars, car and took her keys so there was arrest and simple assault, according asked Fortuna to which Timmons said was scraped no threat of her driving off. to Jennifer Timmons, Columbia step out of the but not seriously damaged. Timmons said Fortuna was Police Department spokeswoman. car, she allegedly Fortuna also hit the knee of the combative as officers handcuffed Brittany Fortuna, a second-year FORTUNA refused. The offi cer second police offi cer, causing minor and put her in the back of the patrol English student, was arrested called for additional injuries, though the offi cer did not car. Thursday morning after she refused backup, and Fortuna sped off. need to seek medical attention, Fortuna’s bond hearing is set for 9 to pull over for police, leading to a She drove to the intersection of Timmons said. a.m. Friday. police chase, on her way to class. She Bull and Hampton streets, entered When she sped away from 1401 is currently being held at Alvin S. and exited a parking lot and then Hampton, Fortuna made it to a red Glenn Detention Center. turned her car left on Hampton light at the intersection of Hampton Fortuna was traveling south on Comments on this story? Street. A second police officer and Marion streets but did not Bull Street around 9 a.m. when she Visit dailygamecock.com/news Some majors require zero-credit courses Students’ workload defi ned by more than academic hours

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USC students may be receiving an unfair number of credit hours for the amount of work and effort put in to courses that are required for their majors. Some schools, such as the USC School of Music, are requiring students to take multiple zero-credit classes and participate in activities outside of the classroom in addition to a heavy course load. First-year vocal performance student Nicholas Hawkins was heavily infl uenced to join the on-campus opera group in addition to his normal courses, which include two zero-credit classes. “You need 130-something hours to graduate, but you still have to take these classes that count for nothing,” Hawkins said. “They can be long and take up a lot of time, so it can be a pain.” As for participating in opera, Hawkins says it can be taxing, but worth the experience in the end. “As a vocal performance major I have to do opera, which is fun and you learn a lot, but it also consumes your life,” Hawkins said. “You have to keep your voice in good condition on little sleep, lots of other school work and everything else. It’s hard. It’s really, really hard, and these classes and outside activities that we don’t get credit for make it even harder.” Students enrolled in zero-credit classes receive grades of either “satisfactory” or “unsatisfactory,” which don’t impact grade-point average. A “satisfactory” grade must be earned in order to graduate, though. “The students gain an appreciation and understanding of musical literature and concepts of performance practice, which is essential in their development as musicians,” said School of Music Associate Dean and Director of Undergraduate Studies Robert Pruzin. “These courses assist students in preparing their musical careers, whether it be as performers, educators or researchers.” These zero-credit classes aren’t the only reasons students feel as though they aren’t earning the credit hours they deserve. Fourth-year print journalism student Cameron Powell currently participates in the traditional senior semester within the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. During this 18-week period, Powell works with his classmates to create an online and print ‘Candy Man’ spreads sweetness newspaper, as well as taking four courses — copy editing, reporting, feature writing and graphics design — that total 12 credit hours. Almost all journalism Former USC pitcher, 90-year-old Bill Camp students participate in senior semester. They are tosses treats to fans at baseball games required to work on the newspaper and go to class from approximately 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily during Aston Jeffcoat their fi nal undergraduate semester. [email protected] “The way I look at it is, for a three-credit-hour course, I go in three times a week or two times a week Bill Camp may not be able to throw a baseball after for a total of three hours that week,” Powell said. injuring his shoulder pitching for South Carolina more “For our 12-credit-hour courses, we’re in there from than 60 years ago, but there is one thing he can still anywhere from 40 to 60 hours a week, so by the typical throw — candy. standards of a university course, I don’t feel like we’re Students and fans nicknamed Camp “The Candy getting the credit hours that we deserve.” Man” after he roamed USC baseball games for decades Carol Pardun, director of the School of Journalism handing out free candy, a practice he continues today. and Mass Communications, believes the rewards Camp says he gets a thrill from aiming and precisely reaped from programs like senior semester outweigh throwing candy at his targets. the long work and low credit hours. “I’d tell my buddy, ‘Watch that boy. See that little “Students [are given] a ‘real world’ experience — crate that has the cheese in it. Watch me throw one one they usually cherish,” Pardun wrote in an email in his cup,’” Camp said. “It went bloop, right in the response. “You could argue that lots of classes in the middle of it. He picked it up, licked all the cheese off, Lee Walker / THE DAILY GAMECOCK university require a lot of work, so it’s diffi cult to say opened it and just ate the candy like dessert.” Bill Camp has handed out free candy at baseball games that these 12 hours of credit require more than 12 CANDY ● 2 for decades. He spends about $180 per month on candy. CREDITS ● 2

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CANDY ● Continued from 1 Camp, who says he never sees half of the plays World Night to celebrate global cultures during the games he attends, is incredibly precise when aiming his candy pitches. Event includes singing, the Pan-African Student still can. “I can almost fl ick candy in anyone’s hand. I am dancing, fashion show Association, the Vietnamese “We usually have over 600 really accurate. It goes by the weight,” he said of his Student Association and the Indian people attend, and tickets always technique. “It is easier to throw underhanded.” Amanda Coyne Student Organization. sell out, so it’s good to buy them in Camp, who is approaching his 90th birthday, is [email protected] After the performance, advance,” Eleazer said. always posted behind home plate, but not for long there will be a fashion show of Tickets include a large dinner periods of time, as he walks around the stands for Students from Japan to Germany international garb, called “The spread featuring food from many his alternative to the seventh-inning stretch — and many countries in between Parade of Countries,” as well as an different cultures, provided by showering fans with a sugar rush. will celebrate their culture at the international student organization various Columbia restaurants, “I stand up and say, ‘I need a rally here,’ and try 13th annual World Night tonight fair. including Eric’s San Jose and to get something started,” Camp said, adding that at 6:30 p.m. in the Russell House “That way, if students are Palmetto Pig. he does so by tossing candy in the air. “That is just Ballroom. interested by what they see in the “The dinner will be great. There how I do it.” “There will be lots of dancing performance, they can go right up will be food from so many different His tradition began at Sarge Frye Field, but and performances,” said Leigh and talk to the organizations,” said cultures, and you’ll really be able Camp says he gives out candy everywhere he goes Eleazer, an administrative assistant Jen Smith, a graduate assistant for to get a taste of each,” Smith said. now — “church, the bank, grocery stores” — and he for International Student Services. International Student Services. “One staff member is even making even carries around a bag inscribed “Candy Man.” “The great thing about World A 50/50 raffl e will also be held, homemade baklava.” At the baseball games, Camp stuffs his jacket Night is that we have different with 50 percent of the money raised Students who wish to experience pockets instead, and stadium offi cials let it slide. students participating every year, by ticket sales being awarded to the this night of international sights, “I used to have to hide it, but they know what I so you’ll never see the same thing winner of the raffl e and the other 50 sounds and tastes can purchase do,” Camp said. twice.” percent benefi ting Cooperative for advance tickets at the Russell His supply of Werther’s Original Caramels The International Student Assistance and Relief Everywhere , House Information Desk for $10 or and Caramel Creams yields no obstacles at game Association will host the event, an organization dedicated to purchase tickets at the door for the entrance gates anymore. Camp has become which will feature 12 different fi ghting international poverty. same price. accustomed to special treatment at games. singing, dancing and martial While tickets are also available at “This helps you make friends,” Camp said. “Lots arts acts from members of eight the door, students are encouraged of people know me. I will talk to anyone who will different organizations, including to buy them in advance while they Comments on this story? talk to me.” Visit dailygamecock.com/news Camp’s kindness extends beyond candy. He served six years in the Navy before graduating from CREDITS ● Continued from 1 received only one credit hour was three hours in Carolina with a business degree, and he advises length. students to practice frugality for a long prosperous hours of credit in other areas. I can understand why “I need to be taking 17 to 18 hours per semester,” life. students think 12 hours of credit is not enough, but Malo said. “The problem is I can’t because my one- Spending upward of $180 a month on candy may it is all we can give, given our other requirements, credit labs are more work than my three-hour lectures. not sound frugal, but Camp said he saves the rest accreditation, etc. The bottom line is the students, for BIOL 301L (Ecology and Evolution Lab) was more for his family’s future. the most part, love the experience.” work than the corresponding lecture. It was a one- Rarely missing a game, Camp encourages Pardun also said that the number of hours required credit course, and the lab itself took three hours. Gamecocks to stop by to say hi at their next game. to graduate makes it difficult for most students to “It is ridiculous that a one-credit lab always seems to Whether winning or losing, who can take a sour graduate in four years, an idea that crosses into other be way more work than a three-credit lecture,” Malo game and sweeten its results? Like the classic lyrics fi elds of study as well. said. “It prevents me from taking the hours that I need say, “The Candy Man can because he mixes it with Second-year student Courtney Malo is focusing to graduate on time.” love and makes the world taste good.” her studies on biology with minors in chemistry and psychology, and says the work load will make it Comments on this story? Comments on this story? strenuous to graduate on time. Visit dailygamecock.com/news Visit dailygamecock.com/news According to Malo, a lab course for which she Follow us on @thegamecock Friday, March 23, 2012 3 ‘Greater Good’ event promotes internships, jobs at nonprofi ts

Professional, campus organizations lectures. Interested students can attend discuss career options for students their event on Monday at 6 p.m. in the Career Center. Julianne Lewis Martz, a second-year political science [email protected] student, said he found his internship College Mudd of Harvey Courtesy through JobMate, an online USC Efforts to increase community program that helps students find jobs, service have been pervasive around and helps employers fi nd students. campus. However, many students may Alison Hogue, a program coordinator be unaware that community service at the Career Center, spoke about the can lead to a successful career in the benefi ts of JobMate. nonprofi t sector. More than 300 employers in the “The Greater Good: A Conversation nonprofi t sector are currently listed on for Career and Opportunities in the JobMate. Non-Profi t Sector” took place Thursday Internships are also pivotal in night in the Capstone Campus Room. obtaining a desirable job. Keynote speaker Madeline McGee, “Employers really like to see that president of the South Carolina experience on your resume,” Hogue said. Mathematician to visit campus Association of Nonprofi t Organizations In fact, in 2010, 66.7 percent of spoke passionately about her work in the interns were subsequently offered full- Arthur Benjamin has an interesting faster than audience members armed nonprofi t fi eld. time positions by their employers. Of take on math. with calculators can. McGee grew up in Charleston, S.C., those, 42 percent received offers before Like other mathematicians, He gives an admittedly dorky and attended the University of Virginia. graduation, according to the National Benjamin is immersed in academia. vibe — appropriate, perhaps, for the She did not intentionally begin her Association of Colleges and Employers. But the Harvey Mudd College subject matter — but it’s a striking, career in the nonprofit sector, but has Internships also resulted in students professor made his name elsewhere. engaging feat. loved every moment of it. receiving about $7,000 more per His breakthrough came in February And tonight, the act arrives on “If you like people, you’re going to year than those without internships, 2005 with a TED Talk he delivered campus. love the nonprofi t sector,” McGee said. according to NACE. on what he calls “mathemagic.” Benjamin will speak in Gambrell McGee said personalities suited for The event was created by second- Donning a tuxedo complete with Hall room 153 at 7 p.m. in a nonprofi t work include multitaskers. year students Alex Bren and Kyron a cummerbund and bow tie adorned presentation sponsored by Carolina “You really have to be good at Whitfi eld. Whitfi eld approached Bren, with colorful numerals, Benjamin Science Outreach and the USC juggling,” she said. a business student, about the event speaks at a frenetic pace with an Department of Mathematics. Campus and national organizations because of Bren’s involvement in United obvious zeal for his work — all while also attended. When McGee fi nished, Way, and they worked together to make he calculates the squares of three- — Compiled by Thad Moore, students were given the opportunity it a success. digit numbers in his head and does so Assistant News Editor to speak with representatives from Whitfield is the community service national nonprofit organizations such coordinator at Preston Residential as Goodwill, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, College. He knew that a lot of students United Way, City Year, The Boys and were interested in the nonprofi t sector, Girls Club and Teach for America. but didn’t know how to get involved. Representatives from campus “It gives us the chance to talk about organizations such as Study Abroad and the difference between nonprofit and the Career Center were also available. for-profi t organizations,” said Whitfi eld, “Volunteering gets your foot in a second-year marketing and global the door,” said Community Service supply chain operations management Programs Director Theresa Harrison. student. “A lot of the organizations you work He recommends students get involved with are nonprofi t, so by volunteering through the Community Service with them, that can lead to an internship Program on campus and through Study or a full-time job.” Abroad. Student interns for the Peace Corps, Whitfield hopes interest will build Grant Martz and Jared Owenby, and the event will become an annual attended the event to promote campus occurrence. involvement. They seek volunteers to help market the Peace Corps through Comments on this story? social media, campus posters and Visit dailygamecock.com/news Friday, March 23, 2012 4 EDITORIAL BOARD Proposed law COLIN CAMPBELL Editor-in-Chief

KRISTYN SANITO ANDERSEN COOK would add to Managing Editor Asst. Copy Desk Chief

MICHAEL LAMBERT PARKER JENNETTE abortion trauma Viewpoints Editor Photo Editor

GEORGE HINCHLIFFE KRISTYN WINCH Women will be forced Design Director Asst. Mix Editor to watch procedure

Arizona Rep. Terri Proud, Credits should refl ect R-Tucson, sent an email on March 5 to a constituent student commitment suggesting that women should be required to watch an abortion When students leave USC at the end of before they have one. The their academic programs, they have high email was in response to a bill hopes for their diplomas. They hope that in Arizona that would make the slim piece of paper will be an indication receiving an abortion illegal after of years of commitment to this school and Fla. shooter oversteps bounds of law the 20th week of pregnancy . In to a subject of study that will hopefully lead a statement released Tuesday, to a lifelong passion. However, in many Self-defense claim rings be some law in place that does allow Proud justifi ed her programs, that hollow in Martin case people to defend themselves if they position. “In the end, every commitment or, in some cases, their property “For too is being is being jeopardized. However, long, Planned dollar and every In the recent weeks, the debate ignored by a Martin — a 17-year-old boy Parenthood and over “stand your ground” laws has hour spent at this student’s offi cial snacking on Skittles, talking on his the abortion taken over the national stage after transcript, as cellphone and walking through a industry have university has to Tray von Martin of Sanford, Fla. , many majors gated community — presents very placed selling contribute to the was fatally shot while talking on his are forced to little danger to anyone and would Samantha abortions above cellphone and walking home from diplomas that take courses not likely cause anyone to fear for Hunter the health and 7-11 in February. Second-year with credit his or her life. We need to take safety of women,” each student is Martin was shot public relations hours that do a step back from what the legal student she said in the by a neighborhood seeking.” not adequately systems of these states are doing. release. watchman, George reflect the It is absolutely absurd that this Referring to Planned Zimmerman, who investments of happened. Whether Martin was Parenthood and other clinics police claim cannot time and work said courses require. a victim of racism, profiling or as the “birth control industry” be arrested because of From music to journalism, students must just plain fear, Zimmerman, a 28 and saying they are “selling his use of “justifi able” work hours beyond what appears on their year-old man , should not have abortions” is, frankly, a gross Stephen force. registration in order to fulfi ll requirements shot and killed a teenager unless misrepresentation. According Barry The public outcry that are not necessarily integral parts of their Martin was armed and expressed to Proud, the true goal of such Second-year over this issue is respective programs. While some — like broadcast the intention to cause harm. He a policy would be improving extremely justifi able. senior semester in the School of Journalism journalism should have listened to the police “transparency and education student The fact that a man and Mass Communications — offer students officers and let them handle the in the medical profession.” If can walk down the the professional experience that will be the situation, because it turns out that a procedure or policy does not road, shoot someone with no lifeblood of any career, the work often pushes the self-proclaimed captain of the harm the woman, then why witnesses and then claim he feared them beyond the scheduling limits of the neighborhood watch was wrong should the woman care? for his life should terrify all of normal semester, despite the credit hour total about Martin. This idea is impractical and us, especially because these laws showing up on their VIP account. Ultimately, The biggest problem with the just ridiculous. I do not believe are on the books in 23 states — students are forced into a situation where entire situation is the fact that that women would agree with including South Carolina. what they are contributing does not equal, on Zimmerman had reported a Proud and say the procedures The “stand your ground” laws an offi cial basis, what they’re receiving. suspicious person to the authorities surrounding an abortion do were put into place in Florida In the end, every dollar and every hour and was explicitly told to stop not have an impact or do not in 2005 after a man was shot spent at this university has to contribute to following Martin while the police cause them to “care” beyond and killed while attempting the diplomas that each student is seeking. investigated the matter. their own health. Suggesting to rob a man’s RV in the wake Lengthening a program’s duration by fi lling Despite the need for many of us that a woman should be legally of Hurricane Irene, when police it with zero-credit classes or by packing each to be free to defend ourselves, we required to go through such a responders could not be contacted . semester with unrecognized hours of works should leave the true pursuit of traumatic experience twice This instance is an appropriate may contribute to the university’s overall criminal acts to the public forces — both in watching the video use of the law, because, unlike the profi t, but in the end, the focus must be on that serve us. Zimmerman did not and in the actual abortion — is situation in Sanford, the absence of the student and his or her progression toward do this, and as a result, whether the government overstepping emergency services forced the man a diploma. We all deserve to be a part of purposeful or not, a young man is its bounds. As a woman, Proud to defend himself and his property. programs that honor our interests, cultivate dead. A mother is going to have to should respect another woman’s It should be on rare occasion that our professional developments and fairly bury her son because he wanted a right to privacy and the right to this law should ever be used as recognize the commitments we all bring to box of Skittles. choose. defense in court. this university. I understand that there needs to Drag show highlights changing gender roles Performance indicates culture’s evolution, evangelical, I found that a significant amount of culture is the blending of gender roles in a constructive time and energy was spent by the church to create way. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t virtues in acceptance of alternative sexual identities and establish clear definitions of gender, whether stereotypical male or female actions or attitudes, just masculine or feminine. This constant emphasis on that there is no longer such stigma around bending Today marks the end of Creed Week , a celebration gender roles served to create a world the definitions across gender. As a male, I swing of the Carolinian Creed and the commitment from that could not embrace the subtext of dance, salsa dance and contra dance. Thanks to some each USC student to adhere to its ideals. The creed cross-dressing, or dressing “in drag.” unknown cultural infl uence, dance is often seen as is not sung or spoken at football games, nor is it When I was a part of this world, I feminine. The same goes for one of my best male mandatory to learn. The typical student may graduate had no ability to conceive of this as friends, who bakes. I would call neither one of us any without ever having learned any of its goals, and some anything but immoral or unnatural. I less honorable or less “manly” for doing the things students inevitably do not live by its standard. was wrong. that we love. One line of the creed, in particular, is relevant Patrick I was surprised to see men and women In a culture that is gradually averting itself from to some of this week’s events: “I will discourage Mitchell who were confidently performing in stereotypes that force people into specifi c roles, it is bigotry, while striving to learn from differences in Electrical the gender roles opposite to the ones becoming increasingly acceptable for men to do more people, ideas and opinions.” Such discouragement, engineering society had set for them. It was like feminine things. In the same way, the men who feel and encouragement to learn about others, was the graduate student seeing a new world, where gender their nature and personhood is best expressed through principal aim of The Birdcage, a drag performance stereotypes were completely abated and an embrace of the opposite gender’s traditional dress held Tuesday on the USC campus. their loss was celebrated by use of choreography and or appearance alludes to this changing trend. The fact This performance was the first time I had ever spectacular showmanship. This abatement smashed that on a university campus such an event can even seen a drag show. I had only heard about drag the last vestiges of the religious upbringing I had take place is a tribute to the growing embracement of shows through hearsay , or otherwise imagined what experienced during my youth. diversity across our nation. I am proud to be a part of they might entail. When I was a fundamentalist One of the most beautiful things about today’s such a changing conversation.

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Christian artist Dave Barnes blends genres on latest album “Cat in the Chloe Gould Hat” gets CGI [email protected] remake He’s a sweet Southern guy from South Carolina with Let’s cross our fi ngers happy-go-lucky, tongue- and hope Mike Myers in-cheek ballads that scream won’t be involved. sunshine, happiness and all the sweetest things of spring. And there’s one track that has pushed the longtime up-and- comer into the green — but you’d never really know it. Ever heard Blake Shelton’s Adam Levine “God Gave Me You,” the song may appear on that’s long held the top spot on Photos courtesy of davebarnes.com the country charts? Dave Barnes, who has written chart-topping tracks for artists such “American Horror It was all Dave. as Blake Shelton, released his fi fth full-length album this month. Dave Barnes, an acoustic Story” and family. and relatable sulk of any pop- rocker who walks the lines of Given the show’s The songster’s latest release infused star-crossed strife — contemporary Christian and psychosexual tone, this sticks to the same subject matter but, after a few listens, Barnes country music, was born in the only partially surprises me. — perfecting Barnes’ image as makes it happen. Palmetto State, moving through the most positive, innocent and Barnes promptly bounces the South before an ultimate all-around adorable 33-year- back to a song to hold onto with settle in country music’s capital, old in the whole world — but “Mine to Love,” which kicks in Nashville, Tenn . Although he carries a new tempo. with the Christian inspiration first got into the business as a “White Flag,” the opening with all the PG romance: songwriter, the artist has been “Harry Potter’s” track, is quite literally a song of “There’s a life on my shoulders, recording his own music since forgiveness. With the obvious laughter in the air / You are the Jamie Waylett 2004. titled metaphor, Barnes waves answer to all those midnight Barnes released his fi fth full- his white flag throughout the prayers.” jailed for two length album, “Stories to Tell,” peppy beg for forgiveness, The rounding song titles roll March 13 with RED and Sony’s years which sparks only one question: the music through the same Razor & Tie. The guards better check “What could he possibly have back-and-forth of unashamed, “Stories to Tell” is one of his friends and family for done?” all-consuming loving and a plea those albums — it’s undeniably vials of Polyjuice Potion It’s one that grows on you, as forgiveness for some obviously catchy in its structure and CCourtesyourtesy ofof during visitations. is much of the album. There’s make-or-break transgression. ppoptower.comoptower.com rhythm. Each song is perfectly an odd electronic beat that runs (But really, girl, it’s Dave tailored for a long career on through the chorus and bridge Barnes.) the pop charts, and they’re all breaks, and the oxymoron of the “Heaven Help Me,” “Love lyrically laid-back and fit for lyrical story and the tempo that Will Be Enough for Us” and Facebook statuses, Twitter feeds falls far away from, say, Adele’s “Missing You” lay it all on the The Black Keys and Tumblr reblogs alike. notorious heartache hits is line. But there’s certainly a marked, borderline too much to handle. They take a few listens. give terrible apology pop-heavy change from the old But, despite it all, it reels you It has an appeal to a younger Dave. to Nickelback in. and contemporary Christian Songs like “Crazyboutya” After calling Nickelback And then there’s the sequel: audience with its merited and “Until You” from 2004’s “watered-down, post- The listing’s second track, positivity, but for the more “Brother, Bring the Sun,” as grunge crap,” the duo “How Long,” expands on the critical fan of Barnes’ original well as “More than a Man” from apologized by saying, same plea for forgiveness in releases, “Stories to Tell” is an “There’s much worse bands 2006’s “Chasing Mississippi,” an equally upbeat, but still acquired taste. than Nickelback ... maybe.” have long defi ned the Southern amazingly earnest way. It’s a singer/songwriter as soulfully hard chord to strike — a call acoustic, with the most Comments on this story? for love without the bitterness Visit dailygamecock.com/mix wholesome lyrics of love, life

One Direction Zac Brown Band to rock Colonial Life announces The Mix highlights six of “Toes” American tour country group’s hottest tracks This track off 2008’s “The Foundation” is a Wait, so first Big Time carefree tune with lyrics that could be whimsically Rush and now this Kristyn Winch British-Irish boy band? [email protected] illustrated on a “Life is Good” T-shirt. With the opening line “I got my toes in the water, ass in the Excuse me, but do we still sand,” this song is perfect for a day at the lake or a live in the ’90s? CCourtesyourtesy ofof road trip down to the Lowcountry. Fans will have bbillboard.comillboard.com no problem swaying along to this catchy tune as they hold cold beers in their hands tonight. “Colder Weather” CCourtesyourtesy ofof “Leprechaun” gets bbeyondhollywood.comeyondhollywood.com This piano-driven ballad shows off the band’s softer side. The single, which was featured on remake 2010’s “You Get What You Give,” is a tearjerker. Try not to cry as Brown croons lyrics like “He said The first one wasn’t very I wanna see you again / But I’m stuck in colder “lucky” with the critics, weather .” The vocal harmonies on the song’s so what makes them think choruses are reminiscent of classic country tunes a remake would be any Courtesy of MCT Campus and the storytelling nature of the lyrics is proof of better? the group’s strong lyrical skills. Rock/country group and two-time Grammy “As She’s Walking Away” Photos courtesy of MCT Campus award winner Zac Brown Band will bring its Southern jams to Columbia’s Colonial Life Arena This collaboration with Alan Jackson helped Zac tonight . The band’s sound is most often showcased Brown Band earn a 2011 Grammy for Best Country on country radio, but its songs draw from a variety Collaboration with Vocals and an Academy of of genres, from reggae to bluegrass. Take a listen Country Music award for Top Vocal Event of the to The Mix’s playlist of six of Zac Brown Band’s hottest tracks to get you hyped for tonight’s show. BROWN ● 6 COCK 6 Friday, March 23, 2012

BROWN ● Continued from 5 Hip-hop Wiz releases fresh rhymes Year . Although the guitar lick is similar to “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White Khalifa’s latest mixtape ‘Taylor Allderdice’ T’s, the sweet duet about the one who features guest stars, causes Internet blackout got away has twang that makes it clearly country. The lyrics serve as advice for fellows who may not realize that true love Mary Cathryn Armstrong [email protected] is right in front of them: “Don’t you let regret take place / Of the dreams you have Several areas of the Internet experienced a blackout to chase.” on the eve of Tuesday, March 13. But this time it wasn’t another anti-SOPA campaign initiated by the free- “Highway 20 Ride” speaking meme creators and viral video viewers of the world. This time, it was just Wiz. This slower tune sheds light on a After numerous pushbacks and delays, the 24-year-old relationship gone wrong. The acoustic rapper released his latest mixtape “Taylor Allderdice” guitar on this track may remind listeners shortly after 9 p.m., causing an Internet ruckus of another Southern singer, James as thousands of fans pounced on the Web download Taylor, as “Highway 20 Ride” sounds a like Wiz Khalifa to a lit fl ame. A number of websites, bit like “Carolina in My Mind.” Brown’s including the tape’s main provider, DatPiff, crashed voice sounds smooth on the “oohs” and within minutes due to the infl ux of Khalifa fans clicking crescendoes to powerful held notes as the the “download” button a few too many times. But after song comes to a close. collective disappointment following the release of Wiz’s “Rolling Papers” album, can you really blame them? “Keep Me in Mind” Touted as the promotional predecessor to Wiz’s upcoming “O.N.I.F.C.” album, “Allderdice” is not only Courtesy of MCT Campus “How come all the pretty girls like a block away from the mainstream stylings of “Rolling Wiz Khalifa’s “Taylor Allderdice,” dropped online last Tuesday you are taken, baby?” This playful track Papers,” it’s in an entirely different neighborhood. If and the thousands of downloads caused several sites to crash. chronicles the singer’s flirtation with “Papers” was the explosion of Khalifa’s hip-hop/pop inner sings, “I’m just ridin’ around on my side of town / Got my an unattainable lady as he tells her that child, then the new mixtape is its laid-back, trippy older windows up and my speakers loud / And we smokin’, so “I pray someday that you may love me sister. Named after the high school Wiz attended in his I’m gonna need a pound / Bet the haters wish they could only.” “Keep Me in Mind” switches gears hometown of Pittsburgh , the tape runs more like the see me now.” between upbeat and slowed down, showing “Kush & Orange Juice” and “Flight School” days of old, “The Code,” produced by Kanye West favorite Lex off Brown’s voice with a blues-y chorus, relying less on semisweet beats and sing-along lyrics and Luger, operates in a hailstorm of hip-hop, looping in staying danceable with groovy guitars, more on savory and sexy. Juicy J, Lola Monroe and former Wiz collaborator Chevy bongo drums and folk-y fi ddles. “Allderdice” features a more stripped-down Wiz sound. Woods. Perhaps one of the tape’s heavier cuts, the track Heavy bass, stacked-up synths and poppy lyrics have been plays out with a thick bass, fast-fl owing lyricism and, of “Chicken Fried” all tossed to the curb like Wiz’s empty bottles of Dom course, reps Taylor Gang over everything. “California” Pérignon , replaced with a cloud of haze and slow grinding could have been a quick add-on to “Kush & Orange Juice” This fun track may seem inescapable instrumentals. “Never Been (Part II)” kicks off with a without any confusion, emphasizing a light synth coupled as it is blasted everywhere, from few characteristic Wiz lines and even features guest spots with the same instrumentals featured on the 2010 classic. radio speakers to the crowded stands from rap’s big belly Rick Ross and Wiz’s fi ancée Amber Here Wiz focuses more on the pitfalls and positives of the of Williams-Brice Stadium. “Chicken Rose . “$100,000 it may sound like it’s a lot, really it’s not rap game, hooking a repetitive “top down” chorus with a Fried” is the South’s anthem, with lyrics to me / Now grab some of this weed, ” Wiz spins out over lush fl ow: “Once in a while call my little sister and tell her describing a down-home good time and the follow-up to original “Never Been” off the “Kush & I love her / ’Cause she can get crazy in this industry / All the best things in life, like “a little bit of Orange Juice” album . of your friends become your enemies / That’s why I stay chicken fried / cold beer on a Friday night Other tracks, like “Mia Wallace,” delve into Wiz’s down with the ones that’s been with me.” / a pair of jeans that fi t just right / and more blues-y, jazzy side with the rapper laying down Tracks like “Brainstorm” show that the hip-hop hit the radio up. ” This track is an essential lyrics over a rhythmic piano that would be right at home man takes it all in stride with a few jokes and, believe it selection for any Zac Brown Band playlist, in the waiting room of your doctor’s office. Although or not, he’s happy with the new Wiz: “Amazed how I get as it showcases the true energy and your local doc probably wouldn’t be ticking off a list of so much paper / I’m more amazed how you could be such attitude of the band. This one is sure get local, uh, buds during your appointment. “Number 16” a hater.” the crowd singing along at tonight’s show. is another deliciously jazzy track, heavily incorporating “Taylor Allderdice” gives us hope for the future of harmonious piano with low drum beats and one other Wiz. We’re all still hoping “Rolling Papers” was still Doors open at 6 p.m. and the instrument — Wiz’s voice. Almost every track features a momentary lapse in Khalifa judgment and that the show starts at 7 p.m. with opening Wiz’s characteristic giggle and spoken-word overlay, rapper’s new album, which drops later this year, will be acts Trombone Shorty and Orleans giving an in-depth glimpse into the mind of one of our the real winner in the end. 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With the third round of NCAA Tournament games being played, right-handed pitcher Matt Price found himself trending in the United States on Twitter above top-seeded Michigan State, which was losing to Louisville. Price exited the bullpen, a place he hadn’t been in 21 games, in relief for starting pitcher Michael Roth , sending the sellout crowd at Carolina Stadium into a tweeting tizzy. “I was surprised when I saw Matt running in,” Roth said. “I knew there was potential for him to come in, but I didn’t know if he was coming in then.” The coaches had talked to Price about the possibility of coming out of the bullpen a couple of days ago, if it was a close fi rst game. With the game tied at 2 at the top of the seventh, Price went from the dugout to the bullpen, and it didn’t take long for him to start throwing. It also didn’t take long for him to look like his usual self, keeping the Gators scoreless en route to South Carolina’s 9-3 win that came just a day after the Gamecocks’ fourth loss in fi ve games. Richard Pearce / THE DAILY GAMECOCK “He was pretty special when he got there,” said Freshman Kyle Martin (33) celebrates with LB Dantzler (20) after hitting in the go-ahead runs in the seventh. USC coach Ray Tanner . “Will it be permanent? I don’t know — possibly. We’ll see how everything “Going in like that, you look for a pitch to hit fi eld, so he had Roth hit for himself, not having falls.” and you just try to get the next guy up,” Martin a designated hitter until Price came in the game. Price struck his fi rst batter out on a 91 mph said. “[Tanner] told me to get a pitch to hit and With Price pitching Thursday, the starter fastball to get the Gamecocks to the bottom of hit a [sacrifi ce] fl y — that’s about it.” for tonight’s game is to be determined, though the inning with a runner on second. The run The runs were redemption for the bottom of Tanner said it would likely be between Tyler support came quickly, as in the bottom of the the first, when the Gamecocks had the bases Webb or Forrest Koumas. While the Gamecocks seventh, Tanner pinch-hit freshman Kyle Martin loaded with no outs, but were unable to score any still have questions to be answered off the for catcher Grayson Greiner, who had struck out runs after Florida starter Hudson Randall fanned pitchers’ mound as well, the win over the team at each trip to the plate. the next three batters. USC beat in the national championship was a With the bases loaded and on a 1-0 count, “We blew an opportunity and we know it, but step forward. Martin slapped a ball into shallow right field we busted it open in the seventh,” Roth said. “We “I don’t think we were trying to make a to bring center fielder Evan Marzilli and first were able to respond, and I think that shows a lot statement to Florida or anybody,” Roth said. “I baseman Christian Walker home, giving the of toughness, which is something I was talking think we were trying to make a statement to Gamecocks a 4-2 lead. about last night.” ourselves to prove that we can still play and just Martin had been put in a similar situation After the Gamecocks’ loss to Wofford, Roth get out of that funk we were in.” against Clemson, where he had a runner in said the team needed to grow up as a unit, and scoring position and had to enter the game cold it needed to do it fast. With the No. 1 team in in a pinch-hit situation. town, Tanner opted to have more maturity on the Comments on this story? Visit dailygamecock.com/sports Gamecocks to face LSU Softball looks to a grand slam, so they were able to capitalize on their improve SEC play opportunities.” Kyle Heck Therefore, a good start to [email protected] the games against LSU is a necessity to erase the Chapel In virtually every sport, Hill memory. It won’t be SEC play is a grind. USC’s easy, though, as LSU is led by softball team is fi nding that its outstanding junior pitcher, out the hard way after getting Rachele Fico, who has a 0.74 off to a sluggish 2-6 start to ERA this year in 85.2 innings league play. pitched. She has 10 complete Carolina will look to get games pitched in 13 starts, back on track this weekend at including seven shutouts. home against LSU (20-8, 4-1 “Their pitching staff SEC). USC has had a tough is excellent,” Smith said. Lee Walker / THE DAILY GAMECOCK schedule to start out with, but “They’ve got two No. 1–type Senior guard La’Keisha Sutton said the Gamecocks gained experience from beating Tennessee this season. Head Coach Beverly Smith pitchers. The good thing knows her team can compete about (Wednesday) against with those elite teams. North Carolina is that we “I think we showed that at faced Spingola, who is an Women’s hoops to play Stanford Florida,” Smith said. “It was excellent pitcher. I think we a 1-0 ball game, and we were know that our hitters are Staley to face old NCAA Tournament, but I think [in] a complete 40 minutes. We one hit away from tying the going to have to get in there coach in Sweet 16 we’re a completely different know what we do well, so we game. Our offense all season and compete because when team, and it’s going to be a much just need to make sure we keep long has been excellent. We you face top-level pitching, better game.” doing that. We’re just trying Isabelle Khurshudyan have faced good pitching you have to get in there [email protected] The Gamecocks also have a to emulate what we did in that all season and have been and stay short and get good connection to Stanford through Ten nessee g a me.” successful, so we just have to pitches to hit.” When senior guard La’Keisha Staley, who was coached by The Gamecocks were also able refocus on that.” What makes this LSU Sutton saw someone say on Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer to knock fourth-seeded Purdue The offense has kept the series even more important Twitter that upsets like Norfolk on the 1996 Olympic team . on its home court in the round Gamecocks in almost every is that it’s the last SEC home State, a 15-seed, beating Ironically, VanDerveer tried to of 32. Saturday, the Gamecocks game this season, as the team series before Carolina has to Missouri, a 2-seed , don’t happen discourage Staley from coaching, will not only be playing close to has an impressive .316 batting play eight consecutive league in the women’s basketball NCAA but Staley said VanDerveer Stanford’s home, but will also average. In addition, the games on the road. Smith Tournament, she took offense. probably didn’t know how have to play at 8:30 p.m., or 11:30 team averages around eight maintains that all games are “I kind of butted in, like, serious she was about it. p.m. EST . USC has scheduled hits per game and scores 5.5 important, but the team will ‘What are you implying? Staley praised VanDerveer’s naps to combat the time change. runs per contest. need the home crowd support Anything can happen,’” Sutton attention to detail, saying After USC beat Tennessee, However, USC’s strength this weekend. said. “It’s March Madness.” Stanford probably knows how to Staley wasn’t happy with her became its weakness “We have the comfort of South Carolina will look to run South Carolina’s sets better team’s practices heading into the Wednesday against North playing on our home field, stir up some madness Saturday than USC does. While the two next game at Arkansas, saying Carolina. The team had in front of our fans,” Smith night, as the ladies play top- have a friendship that Staley the team was still hyped over the bases loaded in the fi rst said. “We are going to need seeded Stanford at 11:30 p.m. in values, it won’t be a factor in the the last victory. The Gamecocks inning but did not manage to that support because every Fresno, Calif. While Stanford game. suffered their worst loss of the score. USC went on to lose single SEC game we go into will be the highest ranked “I’d much rather be cheering season at the Razorbacks, but that game 8-0 in fi ve innings. is critical.” team the Gamecocks will have for Tara than be playing against the experience has helped the The team did not have a hit In addition, Carolina will played this season, USC is all her,” Staley said. “It is what it is. Gamecocks better deal with in the game. need a better effort from its too familiar with the squad that We’re playing in the Sweet 16, so success. “I felt like we didn’t get pitchers, as they have given beat them by 30 points early last I wish them well, but just not on “It did help us because I off the bus,” Smith said. opponents too many chances season. Saturday night.” think we were too high after the “We had an opportunity to this season, according to USC Coach Dawn Staley said Stanford is a traditionally elite Ten nessee g a me,” Sut ton sa id. capitalize in the fi rst inning Smith. the team didn’t look at that fi lm women’s basketball program, but “We’re defi nitely focused on the with the bases loaded and “Our defense has gotten in preparation for the Cardinals, the Gamecocks have beaten the game ahead of time. After the one out, but (pitcher) Lori better, but our pitchers are though it’s pretty much the same Lady Vols in Knoxville, Tenn., Purdue game, we talked about Spingola struck the next two giving up too many walks,” team the Gamecocks faced last already this season, something it that night. We danced and hitters out. I really feel like Smith said. “We have to year. South Carolina, however, that hadn’t been accomplished in everything, but the next day, it that if we would have scored decrease that number and is an entirely different squad, 20 years. was all about Stanford, so I think in the fi rst inning, the game really make the hitters earn according to Staley. “I think it gave us a lot of our team’s pretty focused right may have been different for what they get.” “I’m personally going to use confi dence,” Walker said of the now.” us. Then they came up in that as motivation,” said junior UT win. “We know that we the bottom of the inning and Ieasia Walker. “I don’t want to can beat teams like UConn and had the bases loaded and hit Comments on this story? get beat by 30, especially in the Stanford. We just have to put Comments on this story? Visit dailygamecock.com/sports Visit dailygamecock.com/sports