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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011 VOL. 107, NO. 33 ● SINCE 1908 IT’S SHAWTIME Garcia benched ready to play,” Shaw said. “We’ll for Saturday’s game see how it goes this Saturday.” Spurrier said that the decision James Kratch to bench Garcia “wasn’t that hard [email protected] a call,” as Garcia’s poor play — he has completed 51.7 of his passes this South Carolina coach Steve season with nine interceptions and Spurrier named Connor Shaw the only four touchdown passes this Gamecocks’ starting quarterback season — had reached a breaking after practice Monday night. point. Shaw replaces fifth-year senior “At some point, we’ve got to quarterback Stephen Garcia, who do something to shake up this has struggled this season. Spurrier offense,” Spurrier said. “This is the said that barring injury, Shaw will fi rst step, so we’ll see how it goes.” play the entirety of USC’s game Garcia was not made available against Kentucky on Saturday, to the media on Monday. Garcia with Garcia serving as the backup. took the decision well according to “It’s his opportunity to go play,” Spurrier. said Spurrier of Shaw. “We think “I think he sort of anticipated it,” he’s ready.” Spurrier said. Spurrier rarely speaks to the It isn’t the fi rst time Spurrier has media on Monday nights, and given the starting nod to Shaw over offensive players are never made Garcia. Shaw started the season available on Mondays. So when opener against East Carolina on Spurrier called reporters over after the merit of a strong preseason the conclusion of practice, with camp but was replaced by Garcia in Shaw by his side, the expected the second quarter. Garcia played change became offi cial. most of remainder of the game and Richard Pearce / THE DAILY GAMECOCK “I feel confi dent. I feel like I’m SHAW ● 2 Coach Steve Spurrier announced Monday that Connor Shaw will start against Kentucky.

Honorary degree selections to have more student input G. Bryant Wright controversy leads to new USC policy

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Students will have more input into who receives honorary degrees from the University of South Carolina, President Harris Pastides said Monday. The move — announced privately to four students in May — came after controversy flared over the honorary degree given to G. Bryant Wright, president of the Southern Baptist Colin Campbell / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Convention. Wright’s denomination Students line up outside the offi ce of student ticketing coordinator Adrienne White Monday to appeal ticketing issues. opposes homosexuality and gay marriage, which some students said violates tenets of the Carolina Creed that guarantee all students will be treated equally . TicketReturn woes persist University leaders said Wright was awarded his degree for his long record USC will consider online provider currently used by the between lower-deck tickets and of service and leadership. Wright has led athletics department. upper-deck tickets. It also prevents mission trips to help refugees, written four dropping system Officials have discussed USC from quickly deleting lost books and started an organization that Ticketmaster with the University of points from a student’s account that delivers inspirational messages on radio. Florida and Penn State, two schools were unjustly there. Several server “Students need to be on the committee Ryan Quinn & Josh Dawsey [email protected] that currently use the service, said issues have kept correct ticket data that looks at names, just like there are Anna Edwards, director of Student from uploading. And it’s often faculty on the committee,” Pastides said. Services at USC. difficult to reach officials from “There isn’t a thing at this university I USC will reconsider its contract “Students see TicketReturn as the service when problems occur, wouldn’t want students to be involved with TicketReturn following unreliable right now,” Edwards said. Edwards said. in, and we need to communicate that to more widespread student ticketing “We’ve had two games when we’ve “TicketReturn allowed us to do them.” problems Monday. not been able to provide the support some things with student ticketing Pastides said students won’t have “veto The fi ve-year contract — currently we’ve needed to provide.” that we had not done before on this power” but will now have a say during valued at about $23,000 a year — Edwards said TicketReturn campus,” Edwards said. “But this has each stage of consideration. Anyone expires in June 2012. The university currently doesn’t allow USC offi cials presented us with a lot of challenges.” can nominate someone for an honorary may then move to Ticketmaster, the to make a clear visual differential TICKETS ● 2 DEGREE ● 2 ‘THERE’S NOTHING LIKE GOING HOME’

MSNBC anchor Information Studies’ eighth where I was born, it’s where I said he chose Melvin because Craig Melvin returns I-Comm Week. got into the business and I’m he was smart and articulate to Columbia for lecture Melvin currently lives in very much looking forward and had good camera skills. Connecticut and works in to coming back,” Melvin “He quickly established Ryan Quinn New York City. His fiancée said. “Even when you go himself as someone [email protected] Lindsay Czarniak, an ESPN away, even when you work with exceptional talent,” SportsCenter reporter , somewhere else for a while, Covington said. “We had a will also appear and take there’s nothing like going lot of good “Our Generation” Columbia’s favorite son questions at his 7 p.m. lecture home.” reporters, but Craig, Craig Melvin chose a good in Gambrell Auditorium . In Melvin began his arguably, was the best.” time to return home — his a phone interview with The journalism career as an Covington said WIS was favorite bar, Jake’s in Five Daily Gamecock Monday, the “Our Generation” high selecting stories one year Points, recently reopened . Wofford College graduate school reporter for WIS. to submit for Associated Melvin, an MSNBC discussed his career and how The program selected about Press awards, and Melvin’s daytime anchor and NBC it feels to come home. four high school reporters story on his favorite news correspondent who “For me, Columbia is each year and tasked teacher stuck out to him as began his career at leading still my favorite place on them with producing and the best contender for the local TV station WIS, will Earth, and I’m not one for reporting one story a week. education reporting category. Photo Courtesy South Carolina African American speak on campus Wednesday hyperbole, but my family is Randy Covington , a USC Former WIS News anchor Craig Melvin as part of the College of there, a good chunk of my journalism professor and will speak on campus Wednesday night. Mass Communications and friends are still there, it’s former news director at WIS, MELVIN ● 3

Tuesday Kevin Lyman speaks A View from China Road to Atlanta 80° 53° Carolina Productions Columnist Alice Sports Editor James hosted the founder Chang thinks coun- Kratch takes a look of Warped Tour in the tries in Africa need at where the SEC Wednesday Russell House Ball- organization before championship race room Monday night. democratization. stands to date. 81° 56° See page 5 See page 4 See page 8 2 Tuesday, October 4, 2011

SHAW ● Continued from 1 start is “an opportunity that I’m willing to take advantage of.” then started the next four games. Despite Garcia’s struggles of late and his Shaw struggled in limited action against the tumultuous career at USC, he has often been a Pirates, going three-for-nine passing for 21 fan favorite, leading USC to some of the biggest yards. Spurrier admitted Monday that there was wins in school history and its first-ever SEC somewhat of a loss in confi dence in Shaw after Championship Game appearance last fall. Perhaps his outing against ECU but that he has improved sensing this fact, Spurrier spoke out to the USC since then, having an “excellent” practice on faithful briefl y while announcing the decision. Monday night. “I just ask all the Gamecocks fans, let’s give “This is no ‘fi rst quarter, see how you do’ like we Connor your support the same way you have all did with the East Carolina game,” Spurrier said. the other players here,” Spurrier said. “I think he’s “This is [Shaw’s] game. He’s now our quarterback. ready to play well.” That’s what we’ve got to do to see if we can’t get something going.” Shaw said he feels more prepared to play against Kentucky because of added experience over the Comments on this story? past few weeks, he is excited to start and that the Visit: dailygamecock.com/news Tie-dye event kicks off Sustainability Week Organization provides shirts, of went with our theme to make attempted to make zero impact encourages green initiatives it real chill and hippie and fun, on the environment while living just to get some attention for in the middle of Manhattan. Jake FitzGerald & Abby Plant Sustainability Week.” “So Sustainability Week in [email protected] Sustainable Carolina is made general is promoting the first- up of graduate assistants and year reading theme,” Patton said. Sustainable Carolina kicked undergraduate interns who are “Sustainable Carolina works to off Sustainability Week Monday divided into teams that focus actively try to create a campus up with a T-shirt tie-dye event on things such as recycling, to its peer institutions in terms Colin Campbell / THE DAILY GAMECOCK featuring ’60s music and free gardening and environmental of sustainability and beyond that. Around 40 students visited the student ticketing brownies behind the Russell action, among others. And Carolina has done some offi ce Monday to complain about TicketReturn errors. House. The tie-dye event was amazing stuff. We’re one of the “We were providing T-shirts scheduled to run from 10 a.m. leaders in green initiatives. And TICKETS ● Continued from 1 that had a Sustainable Carolina to 2 p.m. but the almost 200 just the fact that we’re doing ‘No logo, and all students needed T-shirts were gone by noon, Impact Man’ as a campuswide Edwards’ comments came after 1,400 students to do to get one was swipe cutting the event short. initiative is really exciting. And who attended Saturday’s game were sent an email their CarolinaCard, just so we “And it’s great for us to get we’re just promoting that.” Monday that said they didn’t attend and were could assess who was coming our message out because while Some other events of the no longer eligible for student tickets. Officials and numbers and everything,” they’re tie-dyeing we talk about week include a sustainable jobs attributed the problem to a defunct scanner at said Meggie Patton, a graduate what else is going on and we say presentation on Tuesday from Gate 25. assistant with Sustainable who our group is and why we’re 4 to 5 p.m. in West (Green) By the end of Monday, USC offi cials had dealt Carolina. “And then we provided even doing this,” Patton said. “I Quad and a Sustainability Fair with hundreds of angry students and reassessed all the tie-dye stuff, so we had think that we got a lot of positive on Thursday from 10 a.m. to loyalty points for all students who attended the T-shirts already soaking and all attention from it.” 2 p.m. on the Russell House game, according to Adrienne White, coordinator the colors and everything. And Patton attributes the increased Patio that will feature student for student ticketing. we had collected plastic bags attention to the First-Year organizations to spread awareness Officials also extended the claim period for from grocery stores for a while Reading Experience, which was of opportunities for students in the Kentucky game until Tuesday at midnight so that we could reuse them for “No Impact Man” by Colin the environmental movement. to ensure every student who temporarily lost people to take their wet shirts Beavan. “No Impact Man” is the eligibility could have an opportunity to request home in. And we had ’60s music story of Beavan, his wife and his Comments on this story? tickets, White said. and brownies out because it kind young daughter, who for one year, Visit: dailygamecock.com/news Around 40 students mobbed White’s office around noon Monday appealing their no-show statuses and asking her to return their loyalty points. That’s as many as White said visited her all of last week to make appeals about the Vanderbilt game. So many showed up that they were eventually allowed to just drop off their tickets for appeals and leave. “I got the email saying I was ineligible,” said Cornelius Hair, a third-year political science student standing in line Monday. “I was at the game two hours before it started. It really makes no sense.” It didn’t make sense either to Patrick Leonhardt, a second-year history student at the back of the line that looped around White’s offi ce. He also received the dreaded ineligibility email. “I scanned my ticket, I have my mark, and I don’t know exactly what happened,” Leonhardt said. In response to growing frustration with USC’s current ticket distribution system and security problems at gates and in the student section, Edwards is planning to send out a survey tomorrow to poll students on the changes they’d like to see. The survey will explore many issues, including whether students would be willing to pay for tickets and how important they consider sitting with their friends to be. Jerry Brewer, associate vice president of Student Affairs, said fall 2012 would be the earliest Kelsey Philips / THE DAILY GAMECOCK possible changes could take place. Sustainable Carolina hosted a tie-dye T-shirt event Monday on the Russell House Patio to kick off Sustainability Week. He did not rule out the possibility that USC could discard the lottery system, but said USC needed to collect data before making decisions. stand up, even in the face of the status quo, and say, DEGREE ● Continued from 1 ‘Hold on, this is what we believe,’” Jefferson said. degree, typically seen as the top honor for any “Students need to recognize they have a voice if they Comments on this story? university. But those nominees then face approval from choose to use it. This is a great example of that.” Visit: dailygamecock.com/news several committees and the board of trustees. Jefferson said this move would hopefully prevent the “Honorary degree choices will never satisfy 100 university from awarding honorary degrees to people percent of the audience,” Pastides said. “But we try to “simply because of their connections to the board of seek balance and consider all nominations.” trustees even though their values don’t align with the loestrin: $15 After the controversy last spring, Pastides met with Carolina Creed.” current Student Body President Joe Wright, former Wright praised the university for giving students a pay less for birth control Student Body Vice President Taylor Cain , former “more active role” in what was previously a shrouded RUGHU©UH½OOV©online senior columnist for The Daily Gamecock Hakeem process. use your carolina card Jefferson and former President of Pastafarians Andrew “Before this happened, no one even knew the process park in a reserved space Cederdahl . Tommy Stepp, secretary of the board as to how someone got a honorary degree,” Wright said. of trustees , and Jerry Brewer, USC’s associate vice visit the campus pharmacy president for Student Affairs, also attended the meeting. thomson student health center The move was cheered by the four students. Comments on this story? www.sa.sc.edu/shs 803.777.4890 “This is an example of what happens when students Visit: dailygamecock.com/news Tuesday, October 4, 2011 3 WriteCheck verifi es originality of students’ work Website runs papers plagiarism, while also Journalism professor who may struggle with their King said. “But I wouldn’t offering spelling, grammar Richard Moore said that writing or even struggle with pay for it.” through database and style suggestions . the ethics of using the site citation,” Eifert said. “The And WriteCheck’s for plagiarism WriteCheck scans depend on the user’s intent. Writing Center is available plagiarism prevention does students’ submissions “If you use the site as a for that kind of help, as are comes with a price tag. Users Sarah Ellis through the same database as resource, not having the the students’ professors. must purchase “credits” for [email protected] Turnitin, and using “pattern intention of circumventing “Academic integrity is their submissions. The site recognition” technology, it academic honesty, then at the heart of education. I offers single paper credits This article is 100 percent provides users with a report yeah, it’s OK,” Moore said. would encourage students for $6.95, good for the not plagiarized. that includes a “Similarity “If you have an assignment to uphold the tenets of the submission of one paper And for a fee, it could Score,” which shows the and you can’t do your own Carolinian Creed and utilize of up to 5,000 words and be run through a database percentage of similarity original work, no website in the many free resources up to three resubmissions consisting of billions of Web between a student’s the world can save you from that are available to them of the same paper. Users pages, millions of academic submission and the sources your consequences.” on campus to help them be also have the option of the papers and tens of thousands in the Turnitin database . Kelly Eifert, director successful students here at $24.95 “Basic Package” and of media publications and Though WriteCheck of the Office of Academic Carolina.” five paper credits , or the articles in order to verify its professes academic integrity Integrity, said WriteCheck, Many students at USC “Volume Package,” worth originality. as its goal, the site’s purpose “like any software that is were unfamiliar with $59.95 and 20 paper credits, Students can do the and abilities have raised some available ... may be used WriteCheck when asked. each of which also includes same for school essays ethical questions. While inappropriately.” First-year pre-pharmacy three resubmissions per using WriteCheck.com. some users may utilize She urged USC students student Mary Beth King document. Developed by the same the WriteCheck resource to take advantage of the said some of her high school “You might as well just parent company as the to avoid unintentional resources offered on campus teachers had used Turnitin, write the paper instead of widely used Turnitin.com, plagiarism, in accordance to improve their writing and but she had never heard of going through all that just to a site by which instructors with the site’s stated mission, to ensure their academic WriteCheck. make it not look plagiarized,” can verify the originality critics say WriteCheck integrity. “It would be cool to do King said. of their students’ work, could also allow students “I think there are very it just to see if any of your WriteCheck claims to help the opportunity to cover up good, free services for unplagiarized work came up Comments on this story? students avoid unintentional intentional plagiarism. students on campus already as [accidentally] plagiarized,” Visit: dailygamecock.com/news ATM alarm set off Police officers and firefighters arrived at Russell House Monday around 4:30 p.m. in response to an ATM alarm going off. Capt. Eric Grabski, associate director of USC’s Division of Law Enforcement and Safety, said someone triggered the alarm by accident. Interviewed firefighters said someone pushed too many buttons. — Staff report

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MELVIN ● Continued from 1 a homecoming. For the full list of I-Comm week events go to “Melvin has had a rather rapid career “Craig had done some really great rise, from Columbia to Washington to work, and we though it was as good as New York,” Bierbauer said. “He was the anything we had done with our full-time dailygamecock.com/news youngest, rawest kid on the air, but he professional staff,” Covington said. “So had personality, smarts and the ability we sort of made an unorthodox decision. to tell a story, which is what television journalism community aided his career Melvin remembers going down to We entered this high school journalist’s and journalism is all about. I’ve been tremendously. Five Points with his colleagues as a work into the state AP competition.” able to watch him grow.” “WIS is one of the few stations left young reporter and frequenting his Melvin’s win came as a surprise, as Covington said he was “very proud in this country — and when I say few, favorite bars Jake’s and Bar None. He he didn’t know that his work had been to have played a small part in [Melvin’s] I mean less than 10 — that can brag also misses Gamecock football. submitted. Covington said it was the early career.” and boast about its dominance for 50 “I was telling somebody Saturday, fi rst time any high school student had Melvin stressed at the end of the years,” Melvin said. “They launched a 4 before you guys blew it, that I was down won a state AP award. interview that while technology may be o’clock newscast at that station. No one there every year saying, ‘Things are Melvin studied government at changing the journalism industry both does that, but they do it because people going to be great!’” Melvin said. “And Wofford College and worked as a part- at the local and national levels, the job of watch.” then two or three games into the season time summer employee at WIS. When the reporter is still to tell stories. He said Melvin left WIS to become an you realize this is not going to be the Melvin graduated, Covington hired journalism is undervalued nowadays. anchor at WRC , an NBC affiliate in year; this is going to be another one of him and later named him the associate “What worries me sometimes is that Washington, D.C. those rebuilding years. This is a time producer for the sunrise newscast, a job young people who are in school look He joined MSNBC in July . Melvin of year in Columbia where you got that required him to go to work at 3 or at journalism and say, ‘It’s all biased, discussed the differences between the the State Fair going on, you got your 4 a.m. you can’t make any money, it’s just not national and local broadcast scenes, Gamecocks playing every Saturday, it’s “Randy rolled the dice on a kid worth it, blah, blah, blah,’ and as a result saying the massive number of people not 112 degrees every day — this is one without a journalism degree, whose we end up getting people graduating working on MSNBC stories compared of my favorite times of year in the city.” training at this point was very limited at the bottom of their classes who can to WIS stories introduced a unique set But Melvin said the thing he but who was eager and hungry,” Melvin barely put sentences together,” Melvin of benefi ts and challenges. missed most of was his family. His said. “I will be forever indebted to him.” said. “That’s not the case here, but “I’d fi nish a newscast, and I’d have a parents and most of his extended After Covington left WIS in 2001 that’s the case at some local newsrooms. voice mail from an old teacher or an old family still live in South Carolina. to join the university, Melvin moved Hopefully there is a resurgence.” high school buddy who saw something Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of up to become an evening news anchor. and took issue with it or wanted to Mass Communications and Information In that position, he won an Emmy Comments on this story? correct me on it,” Melvin said. “But now Studies , said he was glad to give Melvin Award and was named “Best Anchor” Visit: dailygamecock.com/news it’s different, the field is much larger by the South Carolina Broadcaster’s and mistakes are magnifi ed. I could get Association. Melvin said Columbia was something small wrong in Columbia a great place to start out in journalism and it not be a big deal. I get something because ridiculous state politics often small wrong here, it’s a big deal, as it made great stories. should be.” He said WIS’s respect in the broadcast Tuesday, October 4, 2011 4 EDITORIAL BOARD JOSH DAWSEY Stay in touch Editor-in-Chief

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CHRIS BROWN JAMES KRATCH Contact with parents Design Director Sports Editor helps transition Constant errors show Freshmen and other students should not hate their nosy families and should instead embrace TicketReturn must go frequent communication with their parents. Students who attended the Auburn game Almost every this weekend woke to a rousing email barring day, I receive a them from future tickets for the season. The loving text message culprit? A scanner at Gate 25 that wasn’t from my mother hooked into the right systems. African economy priority over democracy asking how I’m Much like our team’s woes on the field, citizens, it fi rst has to survive. doing, paired ticketing seems to be much of the same — Developed countries A country must first ensure that with two to three high expectations, must work with continent it has secure enough conditions in Chris Rosa weekly phone calls “To us, 20 lackluster results. which the democracy can continue, First-year print with the purpose of Except this time, Being the last continent left with a conditions that largely involve journalism checking up on me. notepads student university officials plethora of untapped resources and a socioeconomic stability. When the I’ve talked to and pens aren’t to blame. lot of room to grow, Africa has been Libyan people fi rst overthrew Gadhafi several students at the gates Look no further under the careful and constant watch in 2010, the celebration was followed who are dealing with similar than contracted of many developed and developing by disarray, and the question of “what overzealous parents, and they hate to sign in third-party company countries for decades. to do next” was on everyone’s minds. it. But I love it. I love that my sounds like TicketReturn. Its While some countries, such as To date, Libya still has not found parents constantly want to know a better seemingly rigid system China, are eyeing Africa’s abundant an answer, and speculations of civil how I am doing. simply doesn’t fit the natural resources, the West is largely war are now pending in the air. At times, it feels like I am solution.” needs of our students. concerned with helping Africa Without some degree of on another planet, and my life The system failed to transition in its political systems, organization first, there is a high of the past has been completely interface properly at the Auburn game, and specifically toward chance that a country in its social obliterated. The frequent the lingering issues with upper-deck tickets democracy. chaos or poverty will relapse back reminder of home is both cannot be resolved by changing the design In many countries in into an authoritarian regime, turning comforting and reassuring that of the ticket, as TicketReturn simply doesn’t Africa, both political to the power of a leader or group of everything is going to be OK . allow it. At $23,000 students deserve, and and economic systems leaders to bring the people back into a I’ve witnessed firsthand the need, better service, fl exibility and reliability. are in apparent need stable system. classic college freshman who Ticketmaster seems like a likely candidate of major revision and When such concerns exist, there goes crazy once away from the to pick up the slack where TicketReturn left Alice improvement. But in is also a greater need from the watchful eye of his or her parents. off, but we’d encourage university officials Chang a world where stable citizens to share their voices and a Knowing my parents are still with to explore other options as well. To us, 20 Second-year political structures and call to maintain democracy, giving me electronically is the incentive international notepads and pens at the gates to sign in business student a successful economy a democratic system the chance to I need to stay on the right track, sounds like a better solution right now. are linked together in thrive and further its benefi ts to other keep my studies up and avoid the We’d be remiss if we didn’t also applaud the an intricate web, the sectors of a country. temptations of college. university for taking the right steps to right question of what to fi x fi rst does not Finally, the West, if it wishes to Also, knowing that I’m still the 1,400-person mistake in a timely manner. always come with a simple answer. assist Africa and other developing on the minds of my family is The issue was resolved within the day, and At present, many countries in countries in their socioeconomic heartening. At times, it feels like they adjusted the lottery schedule accordingly Africa are already working on the growth, should also remember that I’m completely bereft from their to ensure a fair requesting period. establishment of democracy, a prime democracy does not necessarily lives; their communication, albeit While communication at was first example being the Libyan overthrow precede wealth. mostly coming from within a lackluster, by the end of the day most were of former ruler Moammar Gadhafi . Rather, it is often wealth that cellphone, reminds me that they well informed. Special credit goes to Adrienne Tunisia and Egypt have also recently precedes the success of democracy. are still my family. White, coordinator of student tickets at USC. engaged in revolutions for democracy. These developed countries should For those of you who feel Would you want to handle hundreds of irate However, what these countries, and find ways to work economically suppressed by the constant students complaining about an issue you can’t others that wish to see a democratized with countries in Africa that phone calls, text messages, Skype control? We wouldn’t, but she did so with and prosperous Africa, must keep in would be mutually beneficial but sessions and Facebook wall posts class and patience. mind is that a simple transition to non-exploitative. from your parents and family This saga isn’t over, there are still four more democracy, be it via revolution or Only by first bringing a country members, put the communication home games, and we’ll have to suffer with some other method, doesn’t guarantee out of poverty in an ethical manner in perspective — you have a TicketReturn for the rest of the season. But successful democratization. can the world hope to see continued family that loves you, cares about we can only hope we can move forward, and In order for a democratic system success in other institutions. you and wants to make sure you not backward, from here. to provide the ideal benefits to the are staying the course. Public education system biggest threat to US Infrastructure, lack of funding leaves Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin has remarked politicians to use them as talking points. zbegin by on several occasions, “Children don’t fail en masse; merging the Departments of Homeland Security, the poor behind, rich to pay for themselves adults fail children en masse,” a sentiment that I Interior and Education as America’s infrastructure share. However, as Americans we grow up believing is crumblingand threatenes America’s security. As I watched the documentary “Waiting for the myth that good neighborhoods Though unrealistic, such boldness and innovative ‘Superman’” over the weekend, I realized that produce good schools and bad thinking is necessary if we really want to “leave no America’s public school system is the greatest threat neighborhoods produce bad schools. child behind” and “race to the top.” to national security. Not al-Qaida , Iran , Iraq or Recent studies are suggesting the However, I’ve become doubtful that our leaders Afghanistan . It reminded me of the documentary opposite. Bad neighborhoods are bad in Washington, D.C., or on Gervais, Hampton or “Corridor of Shame,” although the former differed because of bad schools, and good Main streets will be able to do anything to fi x our from the latter by shifting the focus from rural neighborhoods are good because of education problems. school districts without proper funds to large urban Dominique good schools, not vice versa. John The responsibility turns to parents, who make and suburban school districts that have resources yet Grate Hopkins University has found that simple decisions to ensure that their children receive still fail our children. Fourth-year more than 2,000 American high a quality education by sending their children to African American The documentary focused on how lottery systems studies student schools have dropout rates in excess private parochial schools instead of failing schools, a are used to determine which children will attend the of 40 percent . These schools, labeled common-sense solution. best schools and how teachers’ unions sometimes “dropout factories,” create chronically However, such an individualistic approach only create impediments to our children’s education. depressed economic environments, limiting divides communities between the rich and poor, as Although we would all like to believe that we send opportunity for economic development, which leads many individuals don’t have the option of sending our children off to school in a safe environment to fewer jobs, perpetuating the cycles of poverty. their children to private or parochial schools. So the receiving the best quality education, for far too So where do we go from here? We need to rich get good education and good jobs, leaving the many Americans this is a lie. prioritize children’s education and stop allowing poor behind. So much for being equal.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5 LYMAN SPEAKS ON MUSIC INDUSTRY

Founder of Warped Tour Though Lyman is classified by ago. answers student questions Carolina Productions as a “speaker,” “It’s weird when you all of the sudden the first thing he said after getting realize you’ve been doing this for 30 Sydney Patterson comfortable was that he wanted to hear years,” he said. [email protected] questions more than anything. While managing a weight-loss camp “Yeah, I’ll talk a little bit, but you guys for girls in Hawaii, Lyman was asked Kevin Lyman, founder of the massive need to ask some questions; that’s what I by a friend to be a stage manager in Los music festival Warped Tour, took the want,” he said. Angeles. He started setting up shows for stage in the Russell House Ballroom Forgoing the use of a microphone to then unknown bands like Black Flag and a little after 8 p.m. Monday night and talk to the 40 or so students scattered Dead Kennedys and forging relationships immediately kicked off his flip-flops, around the room, Lyman opened the in the punk scene. He was eventually setting the laid-back tone of the entire night with a brief history of his start in asked to work with the Lollapalooza night. the music business more than 30 years festival by another friend from his time in L.A. Lyman said one of the most important tools for anyone in the entertainment industry is the relationships made along the way. “You never know when that guy you talked to once in that alley behind the venue will be giving you a job,” Lyman said. Strangely enough, that situation seemed to be a running theme in Lyman’s life, as he “You know you listed all the music CCourtesyourtesy ofof poptower.compoptower.com have those and entertainment moments where business you think you’re heavyweights he’s ‘HATE IT OR met offhandedly really up there, over the years. LOVE IT’ but you have to There was Sean learn patience. It Parker, founder The Game to perform doesn’t happen of Napster, in at Coliseum Friday over night. You a parking lot; can strive for Fat Mike from Rapper The Game, that, but don’t NOFX in an alley; known as a member of an interesting 50 Cent’s G-Unit and the expect it. It interaction with artist behind 2006’s “Hate takes patience Ice T in a tour bus; It or Love It,” will play a to do well in the and the fact that he free show in the Carolina entertainment booked shows for Coliseum Friday night at 8 business.” the Red Hot Chili p.m., according to Carolina Peppers way before Productions President Lee they were famous. McKagen. “Now you go to their shows, and you Carolina Productions pay $150 just for one ticket. I remember will be distributing 2,000 when I used to pay them that much to tickets at the Russell House play a whole concert,” he said. Information Desk Tuesday Since that beginning in the music at 9:45 a.m. There will be scene in L.A., Lyman said he’s learned an additional 2,000 tickets, that not everything will happen in a day. as well as limited fl oor seats “You know you have those moments and wristbands, available where you think you’re really up there, at the Coliseum box offi ce. but you have to learn patience,” Lyman The Coliseum box offi ce said. “It doesn’t happen over night. You is open Monday through can strive for that, but don’t expect Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. it. It takes patience to do well in the Students, faculty and entertainment business.” staff must have their valid Lyman said he felt the atmosphere of CarolinaCard. Tickets are some of the shows from his time in L.A. limited to one per ID. — particularly relating to the later times EA Sports will have new of the shows — needed to change, and video games “Battlefield that’s where he got the idea for Warped 3” and “Madden NFL Tou r. 12” available to play in “Ninety percent of the problems then the second-floor Russell were caused by 10 percent of the people House lobby from 3 to 6 under the cover of darkness.” Lyman p.m. prior to the concert. said. “I just brought it into the daylight.” Prizes will be awarded. Warped Tour’s original planned name Concert doors open at 7 was “The Bomb,” which Lyman said p.m. Friday and the show harkened back to the slang term. begins at 8 p.m. “It was really bad timing, though, because on the day we were supposed to — Compiled by Chloe Jeremy Aaron / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Gould, Mix Editor ● Kevin Lyman, the founder of Warped Tour, spoke at the Russell House Ballroom Monday. LYMAN 6 ‘Gridiron Belle’ addresses football fashion

Christie Leigh Mueller off ers College in Memphis, Tenn., when the author’s friend was hoping to insight on SEC tailgate culture win over her football-loving crush. Mueller, having grown up a dedicated Chloe Gould fan of her high school team, outlined [email protected] all the ins and outs of the sport in a handmade, pink- and pearl-clad SEC football is a culture in fl ipbook. itself. Everything from the “I didn’t realize all Southern belles perfectly crafted outfi t, complete didn’t know football like I did,” with team colors, pearls and Mueller said. a certain class to the seasonlong After she graduated, Mueller scouted tailgate spot make Saturdays traveled to all the schools in the in the college South an experience SEC, attending tailgates and games unlike any other. to perfect her guide to the game and Christie Leigh Mueller , a self- region’s fan culture. proclaimed Kentucky Belle , has “It takes people out of reality one given women a look into the sport day a week,” Mueller said. “It was a behind the black dresses, bows make-believe world I was happy to be and Southern spirit in her book a part of.” “Gridiron Belles: A Guide to And after attending the 12 SEC Saturdays in Dixie.” universities, she said the towns and “I really stress the game in their Saturday fan lives were all a way that men and women equally memorable. can speak the same language “I’ve never had a bad experience on Saturdays,” Mueller said. “I at an SEC school,” Mueller said. “I equate the game to getting ready equate it to having a favorite child. and how many outfi ts you try on.” Even if you have one, you never admit The book, which breaks down it. There’s something special about the logistics of the sport, while each one.” offering tailgating and etiquette tips Although Mueller didn’t attend an for gameday, started as a birthday SEC school, she grew up an Auburn present for one of Mueller’s friends fan and started shaping her football in college. Courtesy of gridironbelles.com Both girls were students at Rhodes ● Christie Leigh Mueller traveled the SEC for football and fashion book “Gridiron Belles.” BELLES 6 6 Tuesday, October 4, 2011 ‘The Guard’ plays off script’s sharp wit

Cheadle, Gleeson character relationship uncomfortable. In fact, many of the jokes have the fi lm might play too slow and have too subtle provides basis for new comedy thriller a certain guilt associated with them because of of humor. either their subject matter or lack of discretion. But it does not hold back any of the morbidity Neal Hughes “The Guard” is a very minimalist picture, or profanity, making it that much more enjoyable. [email protected] lacking any frills or forced excitement. Instead, it takes its time reveling in character interaction instead of plot happenings. Comments on this story? “The Guard” B At times, this can be extremely entertaining, Visit dailygamecock.com/mix PLAYING AT NICKELODEON with the jokes typically earning huge laughs, but it also makes the fi lm feel incomplete. Director: John Michael It is witty, bordering on the extreme and oversaturated, with jokes having the priority over McDonagh plot development and character creation. With so Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don much of the movie being dialogue, “The Guard” Cheadle, Mark Strong could easily be adapted into a play. “The Guard” plays off the intrigue of Cheadle Rating: R for pervasive language, and Gleeson’s relationship using that as a crux for violence, drug material, sexual content the fi lm. Luckily, Gleeson plays his character well enough to avoid being offensive and generates “The Guard” can essentially be broken down to enough charm that it carries the fi lm. an exercise in dialogue. Outside the sharp wit of “The Guard” is bitingly funny and is destined the script, there is not much more to the movie. to become a cult hit. Viewers who enjoy a smart Luckily, the laughs are frequent and the script and have an open mind will be drawn to dialogue is so well written that certain fl aws, such “The Guard,” but as far as a mainstream audience, as the fi lm’s pacing, are quickly overshadowed. Directed and written by John Michael McDonagh (“Ned Kelly” (2003)), “The Guard” is full of the darkest brand of Irish humor that kicks harder than a shot of Jameson. Sgt. Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is cop in a damp, rural Irish village (rural being a slight understatement — sheep most likely outnumber people), who breaks the law more severely than the people he arrests. When called in to investigate a killing of a John Doe, Boyle initially writes the killing off as an act of religious fanaticism and doesn’t think much of it. However, after being forced to attend a briefi ng about $500 million worth of cocaine being smuggled through his village, Boyle starts to make the connection. Pairing up with FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle ), he and Everett begin to search for the smugglers and unearth the nastier side of the quaint village, all while creating one of the oddest pairings in buddy-cop history. “The Guard” immediately sparks comparisons to “In Bruges” (2008), directed by McDonagh’s brother Martin . Seeing as they were written and directed by brothers, it is clear that the two have almost the same sense of humor, both relying on irreverent quips for the basis of their laughs. However, where they differ is that “The Guard” actually visits the generic buddy-cop premise with the white cop/black cop dynamic that has given the world “Lethal Weapon” (1987) and “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984), and expands on it in an almost satirical fashion. Gleeson and Cheadle play off each other well, but McDonagh ups the stakes with some Photos courtesy of collider.com racial humor that may make viewers feel a bit Top: Don Cheadle (left) and Brendan Gleeson star FBI agent Wendell Evertt and Sgt. Gerry Boyle in “The Guard.”

LYMAN ● Continued from 5 they could fi nd a way into the music BELLES ● Continued from 5 your date or go home early.” business, and others questioned “Gridiron Belles” is not only a announce the name of the tour, the Lyman’s current choices for Warped etiquette following the hometown guide for those looking to learn Oklahoma City bombing happened,” Tour lineups. high school team. She remembered more about the game but also for he said. “I bring what I like to hear,” he saving all of her birthday money to people who “don’t want to be football In another instance of past said. “I also pay a lot of attention buy the perfect green and gold (the people” but fi nd themselves stuck at friendships coming into play, Lyman to the booking agents and people high school team’s colors) outfi t for a tailgate or game, Mueller said. asked the owner of now-defunct working with bands. I want to work the game, and said that’s where her “It’s geared for college students Warp Magazine if he could use the with people I like, so I do.” interest in the fashion behind the who want to understand the game, name for his music festival. Lyman named blink-182 as his fi eld began. and good for girls who don’t want to The festival had its first run in favorite band that he discovered Mueller recommended keeping the be ‘football widows,’” Mueller said. 1994, a year that Lyman said probably through Warped Tour, and comfort factor in mind on gameday, Mueller attended her fifth SEC should have been the end of Warped welcomed those looking to bring while still adding a dressed-up fl air game of the season Saturday, making Tour due to its lack of success. Before their own band on Warped Tour to to your look. the trip to Columbia for the Auburn the start of the second year, Lyman email him at his personal email, even “It should be a very put-together showdown. She plans to go to seven said he “had 15 minutes with the giving it out to the crowd. comfortable,” Mueller said. “You’re more schools this season, promoting guy from Vans.” He convinced then- Lyman still goes out on every tour, in your outfi t all day, from 10 a.m. “Gridiron Belles” along the way. President Christopher Staff that and said he still loves his job as much Bloody Marys to dinner after the The book is available on the self- pairing the music festival and Vans’ as he did when he started. game — you have to be comfortable employed etiquette consultant’s skateboarding persona would lead “Every day, I get up and do what I but chic.” website gridironbelles.com. to profi t for both of the companies. love,” he said. “The day you get out And to all those Southern belles “My closing note to belles is don’t With substantial financial backing of the music business if the day you who keep a stack of school color get upset when your boyfriend wants from Vans, Warped Tour reached don’t get goose bumps opening the T-shirts on tap, Mueller said to to watch the game or is upset after many more cities and had more doors [for a show].” think twice. the game,” Mueller said. “Give him success after its second year. “I want to emphasize comfortable the night to cool off, and after you After the brief history lesson, doesn’t mean casual,” Mueller said. read the book, you’ll understand.” Lyman opened the fl oor to audience Comments on this story? “No T-shirts and old pairs of jeans.” questions. Many students asked how Visit dailygamecock.com/mix Tailgate-hopping and bleacher seats extend the comfort outlook down to footwear as well. “Heels are fi ne, but bring another pair of fl ats in your purse,” Mueller said. “Or wear (the heels) all day, but Comments on this story? they’re not a reason to complain to Visit dailygamecock.com/mix FREE FOOD! GET YOUR FLU VACCINE AT ONE OF THESE CLINICS! Become a fan of Carolina Sep 29: 10 am – 2 pm: Russell House rooms 302/304 Oct 4:ϵĂŵʹϰ͗ϯϬƉŵ͗ZƵƐƐĞůů,ŽƵƐĞƉĂƟŽ Dining and get coupons $15 for students Oct 5:ϵĂŵʹŶŽŽŶ͗dŚŽŵƐŽŶ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ,ĞĂůƚŚĞŶƚĞƌƉĂƟŽ $25 ĨŽƌĨĂĐƵůƚLJͬƐƚĂī Oct 6͗ϵĂŵʹŶŽŽŶ͗dŚŽŵƐŽŶ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ,ĞĂůƚŚĞŶƚĞƌƉĂƟŽ for FREE FOOD every Oct 7: noon – 6 pm: DRIVE THROUGH FLU SHOTS at the You must bring your Colonial Life Center parking lot Tuesday! Oct 11: 5 – 8 pm: Russell House desk across from Freshens $ Carolina Card! Oct 12:ϵĂŵʹŶŽŽŶ͗dŚŽŵƐŽŶ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ,ĞĂůƚŚĞŶƚĞƌƉĂƟŽ Oct 13: 4:30 – 6:30 pm: Bates House outside the cafeteria Thrifty Oct 18: 5 – 8 pm: Capstone/Columbia Hall outside cafeteria Tuesdays

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October is here. Accordingly, it’s time to start taking stock in the Southeastern Conference championship stake. Each of the league’s 12 members has played at least one conference game, and we now know enough about each team to form educated opinions on who has a shot to play in Atlanta on Dec. 3 in the 20th SEC Championship Game, and who doesn’t. Here’s what the road to Atlanta looks like: WESTERN DIVISION In the driver’s seat: LSU (2-0) and Alabama (2-0) The nation’s top two teams according to the most recent Associated Press poll, both No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama have looked downright dominant so far. The Nov. 5 meeting between the two teams in Tuscaloosa will be one of the most anticipated games in SEC history. Whoever wins the game will almost assuredly win the West, the SEC title game and, as history tells us, the BCS national championship. Very much in it: Arkansas (0-1) All that being said, don’t sleep on the Razorbacks just yet. If Arkansas can get past No. 15 Auburn this weekend, its schedule opens up quite a bit. A favorable fi ve-game stretch — at Ole Miss and Vanderbilt before three home games against USC, Ten nessee and Mississippi State — could easily have the Hogs at 6-1 in the SEC heading into their Black Friday clash in Baton Rouge against LSU. If Arkansas wins that one and somehow Alabama loses twice (crazier things have happened), it is headed off to Atlanta. Won’t win it but will have say in who does: Auburn (2-0) and Mississippi State (0-3) The Tigers likely don’t have the fi repower to get out Gary W. Green / Orlando Sentinel of a hellacious October without multiple losses. But Trent Richardson (right) and Alabama are now ranked No. 2 after a dominating win over Florida in Gainesville. they still have yet to play Alabama, Arkansas and LSU. So if anyone is going to shake up the West race with an ranked teams on its schedule (Auburn and Florida ) starting quarterback John Brantley out indefi nitely upset, it will be Auburn. at home and on a neutral field in Jacksonville, with what is reportedly a high ankle sprain — and Mississippi State has fallen flat on its face after respectively. Lowly Kentucky rounds out the upcoming schedule. October won’t be easy for the entering the season to tremendous hype. But the remaining SEC slate. Gators — they are at LSU this weekend, at Auburn Bulldogs will host Alabama on Nov. 12 — a week It’s very possible Georgia wins out and fi nishes 7-1 on Oct. 15 and then face Georgia in the Cocktail after the Alabama–LSU game — in what might be in the SEC. That’s tough to beat. Party on Oct. 29 with a bye the week prior. Chances the game that swings the division. If Alabama loses Very much in it: South Carolina (2-1) are UF exits that stretch with at least two more to LSU and then falls into a trap game in Starkville, Not all hope is lost for the Gamecocks. The next conferences losses, if not three. LSU takes a stranglehold on the race while Arkansas three games (home against Kentucky , at Mississippi Tennessee has talent, but it lacks the depth needed suddenly has an opening. At the same time, State could State and at Tennessee) are winnable no matter to win a division title right now. Plus this weekend’s derail Arkansas’ slight hopes as well when it travels to who is the quarterback. And while the Nov. 5 game game against Georgia is the start of a brutal four- Fayetteville on Nov. 19. at Arkansas will be difficult to win, a 5-2 mark game stretch. After the Bulldogs, UT hosts LSU on Forget about it: Ole Miss (0-2) heading into the SEC season fi nale against Florida Oct. 15 , travels to Alabama on Oct. 22 and then hosts The Rebels’ next three games: home against Alabama in Columbia would definitely give USC a chance USC on Oct. 29 . Like Florida, that’s at least two and and Arkansas before traveling to Auburn. Not even at another division title. It just would be a matter possibly three or four SEC losses right there. Houston Nutt could pull off that miracle. of whether a win over the Gators would be good Forget about it: Vanderbilt (1-1) and Kentucky enough, or if USC would need Auburn to upset (0-2) EASTERN DIVISION Georgia that same Saturday to get back to Atlanta. Vandy is about to crash back to Earth with The Gamecocks’ goal should be to win out. Do upcoming games against Alabama, Georgia, In the driver’s seat: Georgia (2-1) that, and the division is theirs no matter what. Arkansas and Florida . Kentucky’s remaining Yes, the Bulldogs have already lost to South Won’t win it, but will have say in who does: schedule is by no means daunting, but it’s hard to see Carolina head-to-head . But look at Georgia’s Florida (2-1) and Tennessee (0-1) UK fi nding an offense in time to reel off a bunch of schedule and you’ll see the clearest road to the Florida and Tennessee both still have yet to play wins. Georgia Dome. UGA has only two true road games Georgia and USC and are in position to play a major remaining (at Tennessee this week and at Vanderbilt role in the divisional race. Florida itself isn’t likely to Comments on this story? on Oct. 15 ), and it plays the only two remaining be in contention because of its personnel issues — Visit dailygamecock.com/sports USC bounces back against Vandy Gamecocks rally on national she’s done already up to now. She had television after falling to UK another great game, and that shows what a tremendous keeper she is. She Ryan Velasquez comes out to play and keeps you in the [email protected] game.” Hermann Trophy candidate Kayla Grimsley added one more goal in the Nearly 48 hours after being shut out waning moments of the match. Going by Kentucky, South Carolina’s offense one-on-one with a Vandy defender, came back to life in Sunday’s matchup Grimsley managed to find space on against Vanderbilt. the left side of the box and fired a Playing before a national audience shot into the lower right corner. The on ESPNU , the Gamecocks scored goal was her sixth of the season and twice in the first five minutes and secured the 3-0 victory . never looked back from there, “We came off a tough loss on Friday rebounding from a 1-0 defeat on where we didn’t come out the way we Friday to knock off the Commodores wanted to,” Grimsley said. “Coming 3-0 . out and scoring two goals in the fi rst “You go through that drought fi ve minutes really set the tone and let where you just feel like you can’t everybody know that we were ready to score,” coach Shelley Smith said. “We play today.” made a commitment today to turn USC’s scoring barrage came after that around. I’m very proud of the a 14-shot performance against the way the team responded after Friday’s Wildcats that had no goals to show disappointment and how they came for it. UK managed to fi nd the back out and put [Vanderbilt] away early.” of the net in the 42nd minute, which The first goal came just seconds Richard Pearce / THE DAILY GAMECOCK ultimately proved to be the difference into the third minute. Targeted on Carolina’s Kayla Grimsley fi ghts for the ball in the Gamecocks’ 1-0 loss to Kentucky. in the match. an Ali Whitney corner kick, Maria “I knew our group would respond Petroni drilled a header into the top “[Scoring early] just changes the comeback attempt, however, keeping and understand [Friday’s performance] right corner for her third goal of the game,” Smith said. “It really just Vandy scoreless over the course of the wasn’t good enough, and they did season, giving Carolina an early 1-0 puts a lot of pressure on the team short surge. that,” Smith said. “That’s the kind lead. that’s down, and at the same time, Freshman keeper Sabrina D’Angelo of group they are. They rally around Two minutes later, Kortney puts less pressure on the team that’s provided another impressive showing, each other and play hard for each Rhoades fi elded the ball just outside scoring. The fact that we had those making three saves in the midst of the other. That’s been a theme for them the box on a defl ection from another opportunities and fi nished them made shutout, including a crucial defl ection this year. Hopefully now we’ll just corner kick and chipped it to Lolly a big difference the rest of the way.” on a long shot in the 42nd minute that continue to build on those kinds of Holland at the left post. Holland The Commodores came out strong maintained the 2-0 lead. lessons and not have those lapses.” managed to head it past the gloves in the second half, posting three shots “She’s just been at the top of her of Vandy keeper Alexa Levick for her in the opening minutes while also game,” Smith said. “I guess that’s third goal of the year, improving the earning a pair of corner kicks. The what we expect out of her at this point Comments on this story? lead to 2-0. Gamecocks managed to quell any because of the talent she is and what Visit dailygamecock.com/