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59° 49° USC named blood drive winner Carolina exceeds goal, locations next year to make the process Tuesday even faster,” Thommes said, listing beats Clemson in 25th the Coliseum and Russell House as 67° 50° annual competition possible places to expand. Erin Cota, Carolina’s internal head Wednesday chair for the blood drive, said that 67° 47° Sara Hartley a variety of people donated blood. THE DAILY GAMECOCK In addition to students, there were parents, faculty/staff, locals and Ft. A record number of donors Jackson military personnel, said contributed to USC’s victory last week Cota, a fifth-year Spanish and pre- in the 25th Annual Carolina-Clemson physician’s assistant student. Blood Drive, exceeding its goal and Tuesday was also Alumni Day, Cota beating Clemson by almost 1,000 said, so volunteers from the Alumni donors. Association worked the blood drive The results were announced at 8:30 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and alumni p.m. Friday and revealed that the total donated all day. number of donors for Carolina was Like in past years, the winners 4,542 and the total for Clemson was of the raffle will be chosen after 3,480. Carolina exceeded the goal Thanksgiving break. Gruskos said of 4,500 and will receive the blood that the committees are already drive trophy at the Carolina-Clemson choosing leaders for next year and game on Nov. 28 in Williams-Brice working on improving the capacity Stadium. so that students will not have to wait “We had an overwhelming amount as long. of donors this year,” said Amanda When asked why they decided Gruskos, Carolina’s head of the PR/ to give blood despite the long wait, Women’s Soccer Advertising Committee for the blood students provided varying answers drive. South Carolina’s that extended beyond the Carolina- There was more blood collected tournament run came to Clemson rivalry. at USC on Tuesday than by the an end as the Gamecocks Devan McClure, a fifth-year art Columbia blood services region fell at the last second to education student, said she donated to on September 11, 2001, said Mindi Wake Forest. make a difference because she has type Thommes, Carolina’s head chair of A negative blood, which is specifi cally external affairs for the blood drive. See page 7 needed for premature babies. McClure “This year our committees worked learned this at the blood drive last year really hard to publicize the event,” and now donates often. Thommes, a fourth-year chemistry Other students said they were student, said in response to why there encouraged by friends or roommates. THE DAILY GAMECOCK was such a large turnout. Jeremy Aaron/ “My roommates told me I was a Thommes said that new processes, Freshman Drew Rainer donates blood at the blood drive at the Russell House. wuss if I didn’t donate,” said Mike such as nurses working in groups, Arone, a fourth-year political science also a factor for many students. thing. allowed for a greater number of student. “I just want to beat Clemson and it’s “I know it can save a lot of lives and participants this year. Despite these Similarly, Andrew Henning, a for a good cause,” said Sarah Simmons, beating Clemson is always fun,” Hains changes, however, the large volume fourth-year public relations student, a second-year nursing student. said. of donors led to a two-hour wait on said he donated blood for the fi rst time Daniel Hains, a second-year Wednesday and students said they this year after being encouraged by his political science and social work experienced long waits on other days roommate who is a nursing major. student, also felt a mix between the as well. Comments on this story? Of course, beating Clemson was competitive aspect and doing the right E-mail [email protected] “We are hoping to get a few more ‘It Might Get Loud’ New documentary looks at the history of rock ‘n’ MMA event held in SC roll and how it formed but fails to provide more than an entertaining history Palmetto Boxing fights which lasted FFictioniction three rounds each. The lesson. FACTor hosts showcase fi ghters put on a show and See page 5 entertained the audience after law passes throughout the night. Joey Ward, a tall and Derek Legette slim fighter, was able to TIGER BURN EDITION STAFF WRITER hold his own and win U.S. diplomacy against his opponent Mixed Martial Arts Solin Staley, who was Criticisms history was made Saturday much shorter. In a boxing of President The Clemson students became very 107th Tiger Burn to be held, night in Columbia at the match between two Obama’s upset and soon a riot broke out on campus. Radisson Hotel on Bush female fighters, Angel visit to China tradition continues tonight After this incident, the Clemson-Carolina are just River Road. For the first Gladney threw a relentless football game was suspended until 1909 a refl ec- time in South Carolina, assault of punches at tion of the Hunter Hardinge but it sparked the idea to have a giant paper STAFF WRITER boxers and mixed martial Lucretia Meacham and American tiger and burn it days before the big game. misconcep- artists were able to unequivocally won the “Everyone knows that the biggest rivalry tions of U.S. Michael showcase their skills and fi ght. It’s your freshman year at USC and ... is the rivalry between us and Clemson. international Lambert talents under one roof at Some fights lasted negotiations. First-year all you hear about is the rivalry between The Tiger Burn shows how big it is,” Allie a sold out event with an the maximum number comparative Clemson and Carolina. Then, right before Smith, a second-year advertising student, literature attendance of nearly 1,200 of rounds, while others Thanksgiving, you hear that there is said. student people. ended abruptly as soon as See page 4 going to be a Tiger Burn days before the The burning of a giant tiger has turned For four straight hours, the bell rang. In one of Clemson-Carolina football game. You into an annual pep rally. This year the free over a dozen fights were the MMA fights, Brent wonder what exactly is the Tiger Burn and event is happening today at 5:30 p.m. on held while boxers and Weston started off with when did this tradition start? the grassy lot at 743 Greene Street. mixed martial artists a fierce barrage of kicks “The Tiger Burn is where we burn a The 20-foot tall tiger was designed and from all over the country and fast punches against (803) 777-3914 huge tiger to symbolize our rivalry with built by students under the direction of Dr. exchanged various his opponent Chris (803) 777-7726 Clemson. It gets everyone pumped for the Abdel Bayoumi, a professor of mechanical punches, kicks and Benifi eld. But shortly after (803) 777-7182 game. I guess it must have started maybe engineering. grappling techniques in the first round, he was Mix (803) 576-6172 60 years ago,” Haley Wininger, a second- Along with the burning of the tiger, order to achieve the win. in no condition to fight. year nursing student, said. the pep rally will feature Cocky, the The crowd was lively and One of the MMA trainers While some students believe that the Gamecock cheerleaders and the pep band. animated throughout each said that he occasionally Tiger Burn started many years ago, others The winners of the Homecoming Spurs fight. In the beginning, suffers from asthma, believe that it might have been a more and Struts dance competition as well as the attendees were throwing which may have led to his recent tradition. winners of the Step Show will perform. Volleyball recap obscenities and cheering sudden defeat by TKO, or “Honestly I have no idea when the It’s your freshman year at USC and for their respected Technical Knock Out. The Gamecocks were tradition fi rst started. It could have been all you hear about is the rivalry between fighters, and nearly Chris Fitzpatrick and swept in Southeastern 20 years ago. All I know is that it is a huge Clemson and Carolina. Then right got into a conflict with Kelly Anundson were Conference play over the pep rally to get everyone excited,” Lauren before Thanksgiving, you hear that there opposing fans. With an the main attractions weekend. Gillespie, a second-year nursing student, is going to be a Tiger Burn days before upbeat, witty announcer for boxing and MMA said. the Clemson-Carolina football game. and three attractive ring respectively. Dominic According the USC archives, the You decide to go cheer with your fellow girls, the fights were the Robinson-Neal was head- Tiger Burn started when Carolina beat Gamecocks to celebrate a 107-year-old full package. coach for both of them, Clemson in an upset in 1902. Students tradition. Online @ There were four boxing and had confidence in from Carolina, after the win, paraded www.DailyGamecock.com matches that would each their fi ghts. around campus with a banner that featured Comments on this story? last from three to six a controversial picture of a gamecock and E-mail [email protected] rounds, and ten MMA MMA ● 2 a tiger. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 TWO

CALENDAR LOCAL & WORLD NEWS PIC OF THE DAY What: Student Personnel Association LOCAL meeting When: 11:30 a.m. Former UGA student charged Where: Russell House 315 ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia police have charged a former UGA student in connection with a What: Study Abroad complaint by a Clemson University student that he was information table beaten at a fraternity house. When: 3 p.m. Police on Friday charged 23-year-old Gene Whitner Where: RH Lobby Milner III with felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery, his lawyer Manny Arora told What: EMPOWER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Saturday. Arora said meeting Milner plans to turn himself in to police on Monday. When: 5 p.m. A police report says that an offi cer saw 18-year-old Where: RH 315 Stephen Spaseff running, crying and yelling for help as he ran down the middle of a street just before 3:30 a.m. What: Indian Cultural on Nov. 15. His clothes were wet and dirty, and he had Exchange meeting multiple cuts and a swollen right eye. When: 6:30 p.m. Spaseff, who was in town for the Nov. 14 Georgia- Where: RH 302 Auburn football game, told police he was held captive and beaten at the Chi Phi fraternity house. What: Students for Life The offi cer wrote in his report that he had trouble meeting getting details from Spaseff because of the Clemson When: 6:30 p.m. student’s “level of intoxication.” Where: RH 302 “(Milner) was at the (fraternity) and committed the crime at the property — that’s all I will verify,” UGA police Chief Jimmy Williamson told the Athens What: BGLSA meeting Chad Simmons / THE DAILY GAMECOCK When: 8 p.m. Banner-Herald. College students from around South Carolina rally in front of the State House to “There were other people present and it appeared Where: Gambrell 005 urge for climate change action by the state legislature. they were not involved,” Williamson said. “I’m not What: Amnesty going to go into what they saw or what they said.” International meeting Milner, who was last enrolled at UGA during the When: 8 p.m. spring semester and is not a Chi Phi member, had a Where: RH 315 run-in at a bar near the fraternity house after Milner was hit in the face by a beer bottle thrown by one of H1N1 FLU VACCINE What: Wakeboarding three men, the police report says. Club meeting Student Health Services will offer intranasal H1N1 vaccines to faculty, staff, When: 9 p.m. NATIONAL students and their spouses with a USC ID card at a walk-in clinic today. The Where: RH 205 clinic will take place on the main level of the Thomson Student Health Center 9/11 defendants to face trial from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. NEW YORK — The fi ve men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their You must meet the following conditions to receive the intranasal H1N1 vaccine: SPORTS criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of — Be 49 years old or younger SCHEDULE the defendants said Sunday. — Be in good health (no fever, illness, infection) Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist — Not pregnant Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny — Not have children at home six months of age or younger their role in the 2001 attacks but “would explain what — Not be caring for someone with a compromised immunity WOMEN’S BASKETBALL happened and why they did it.” — No chronic health conditions (diabetes, asthma, etc.) Oklahoma The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier — No compromised immunity Thursday this month that Ali and four other men accused of Virgin Islands Paradise Jam murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist 1 p.m. You or your spouse must present a University ID card to receive the vaccine. attack in the U.S. will face a civilian federal trial just The CarolinaCard offi ce issues spouse ID cards for $10. Visit the Web site at WOMEN’S BASKETBALL blocks from the site of the destroyed World Trade http://carolinacard.sc.edu/spouseid.html for complete details. Notre Dame Center. Friday Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi, is a nephew of Student Health Services currently has no injectable H1N1 vaccine, which Virgin Islands Paradise Jam professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. is for people age 50 and older and individuals who do not meet the criteria 1 p.m. Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain “their above. assessment of American foreign policy,” Fenstermaker BASKETBALL said. Please note Student Health Services’ supply of the H1N1 vaccine is very Jacksonville “Their assessment is negative,” he said. limited. Check www.sc.edu/fl u for daily updates on availability of the vaccine Friday Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. and scheduled clinics. Colonial Life Arena prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has not spoken 7 p.m. with the others but said the men have discussed the FOOTBALL trial among themselves. Clemson Fenstermaker was first quoted in The New York Saturday Times in Sunday’s edition. Williams-Brice Stadium Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision TODAY IN HISTORY 12 p.m. to try the men in a New York City civilian courthouse have warned that the trial would provide the defendants with a propaganda platform. 1915: On this day in 1915, fi ghting between Allied and Turkish forces continues into a second day during the Battle of Ctesiphon (or Selman Pak), on the Tigris River in Mesopotamia, modern- FOLLOW US day Iraq. INTERNATIONAL 1936: ONLINE Today in 1936, the fi rst issue of the pictorial magazine Life is published, featuring a cover photo Angry soccer fans riot in Cairo of the Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White. 1940: CAIRO — Angry soccer fans rampaged through TWITTER On this day in 1940, Romania signs the Tripartite Pact, offi cially allying itself with Germany, Italy a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the and Japan. weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting NEWS: thegamecock obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that 1970: SPORTS: TDG_Sports portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird discloses the Nov. 21 U.S. raid on the North Vietnamese of violence. MIX: gamecockmix prison camp at Son Tay. Egyptians were infuriated by media reports alleging their fans were brutalized by their Algerian rivals after 1972: Algeria won a playoff match Wednesday in Khartoum, Secret peace talks resume in Paris between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, the North FACEBOOK Sudan, to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Vietnamese representative, but almost immediately reach an impasse. Egypt’s government — often bemoaned by its people Become a fan of as repressive and indifferent to their suffering under 1979: searing poverty — appears to have seized on the Thomas McMahon, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), is sentenced to life imprison- The Daily Gamecock ment for preparing and planting the bomb that killed Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others furor to demonstrate some unity with its citizens. three months before. Instead of the usual crackdown on demonstrations, YOUTUBE authorities allowed crowds to surge into the streets 1980: near the Algerian Embassy and vent their anger in riots An earthquake strikes Southern Italy on this day, killing more than 3,000 people. The casualty Subsribe to our overnight between Thursday and Friday. toll was so high in part because the tremor struck during Sunday night mass, as many resi- YouTube channel: While the two teams play each other periodically, the dents sat in churches that crumbled in the quake. thedailygamecock stakes for this match were much higher, with entrance to the World Cup on the line. 1981: The troubles began when crowds in Cairo hurled On this day, President Ronald Reagan signs off on a top secret document, National Security stones at the Algerian team’s bus before a fi rst match Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), which gives the Central Intelligence Agency the power to here on Nov. 14, injuring three players. Egypt won 2-0, recruit and support a 500-man force of Nicaraguan rebels to conduct covert actions against the leftist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. forcing the playoff. — Th e Associated Press

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Open Mon-Fri 10-5:30 Sat 10-3 1204 Main Street 803.661.7651 corner of Main & Gervais The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 PAGE 3 Seniors prepare for graduation Students reminisce, America or a career, the with friends — and football Graduation, however, graduating Gamecocks have season of course,” Rasch is a time to celebrate your are optimistic for life spent the last couple years said. hard work rather than think of their life waiting for the With plans to move home about the possibility of not after commencement epic December date. with her fiance in New getting a job. “I can’t wait to move on. Jersey, Rasch is hoping to The graduation Sara Leary I’m excited about starting fi nd a new job in our tough ceremonies are open to the THE DAILY GAMECOCK my life,” said Briannon economy. public and are first come, Griffin, a fourth-year “I loved all my previous first served seating. For As the December fashion merchandising internships, so I hope I those who have family or graduation date approaches, student. can get a job I enjoy just as friends that can’t make it to senior students are Griffin plans on moving much,” Rasch said. Columbia, a live Webcast preparing to finally enter back to New York City The current economic will be made available. the “real world.” after she graduates. With situation has many “I’m really excited about Graduation will be held job interviews lined up at graduating seniors worried walking across the stage,” on Dec. 14 in both the Calvin Klein, Tommy about fi nding the dream job Griffin said. “Having my Koger Center and Colonial Hilfi ger and Liz Claiborne, they worked so hard for in parents see me accomplish Life Arena, depending on her future is bright. school. something so big is going what type of degree students “Its scary though, nobody “I hope I get to start a to feel awesome. Plus, I’ll will be receiving. Once the wants to actually leave new job right away after never have to take another students graduate, however, college,” Griffi n admitted. I graduate. I know some test or write a term paper the fun and games of college Fourth-year public people that graduated last again.” life are truly over. relations student Carli year that still aren’t where Whether they’re headed Rasch agrees. they want to be,” Griffin Comments on this story? to law school, Teach for “I’ll miss all the fun times said. E-mail [email protected]

Jeremy Aaron / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Fighters battle it out Saturday night at the Raddison Hotel.

MMA ● Continued from 1 general manager Matt Ricker. “Do we expect victory? Ricker said they will Yes sir,” Robinson-Neal continue to provide the said. “We train for that.” space as long as the people Fitzpatrick’s was one want it. of the last fights and was “We will absolutely able to defeat his opponent have more of these as long Richard Gibson after six as people keep coming,” rounds of dominating him Ricker said. with left hooks. Being the The showcase would not fi nal and most anticipated have been possible without fight, Anundson ended its hardworking promoter, his match more quickly. Andrew Stokes. Stokes With multiple body slams boxed in the military and and skilled jujitsu used has been promoting it against his counter-part, since 1999. He organized Tyrone Jackson, he rapidly and promoted everything gained the upper hand and for this event. He was acquired victory through unavailable to give a submission. statement. Throughout the USC students that were crowded hallways, people watching the fights were were saying how MMA thrilled to be there. was finally legal and that “It has a pretty strong Alyssa Weiss / THE DAILY GAMECOCK they expect it to sell big. fan base, I think it’s great,” Callen Ring, a third-year dance and English major, studies for the LSAT like many other graduating USC students are doing. “MMA was banned said Eric Ohene-bekoe, a in South Carolina until third-year political science legislation passed it this student. past August, so we said Will Coggin, a fourth- Visit our ‘why not do it here?’” year criminal justice said Robinson-Neal, who student, thought it was Web site @ coached other fighters great in terms of the Stressed besides Fitzpatrick and economy. Anundson. “This is going to open “We finally talked to up a lot of jobs here in people and UFC brought South Carolina,” he said. about a lobbyist and Senator Jake With no interruptions Knotts helped us passed it and no delays between in,” said Robert Williams, fights, Coggin was very a commissioner for the satisfi ed. South Carolina Athletic “Everything ran well,” www. exams? Commission. Coggin said. While taking a break - come learn about the Living and Learning Williams said they are dailygamecock. Communities available for Fall 2010 already planning more Comments on this story? events of boxing combined E-mail sagcknew@mailbox. com with MMA throughout sc.edu the state. Palmetto Boxing was Exam Stress Buster the main support group for the showcase, which at the Top of Carolina would usually consist of only boxing. Along with Go Gamecocks! in Capstone the Radisson Hotel, Come indulge in a they have coordinated in stress-reduction massage December 2 from 6:30 to 8:00 hosting three other boxing or facial. events this year. Save the date!Friday Nov. 27th “I think it’s great, it’s buy 2, get 1 free gift certificates really big and exciting { (either in store or via email) here,” said the hotel’s ‡:LQ)LUVW&KRLFH+RXVLQJIRU\RX DQG\RXUURRPPDWHV ‡:LQSUL]HV ‡)UHH&KDLU0DVVDJHV ‡%UDLQ)RRG

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Roles should be equal in EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief relationships AMANDA DAVIS Not all men are bad; Managing Editor Copy Desk Chief CALLI BURNETT KELSEY PACER women instigate

News Editor Sports Editor disrespect as well KARA APEL CHRIS COX In response to Ms. Joyner’s The Mix Editor Viewpoints Editor article last Thursday, I feel COLIN JONES MARILYNN JOYNER that yes, men do need to Design Director Photography Editor treat women with respect, MORGAN REID KERI GOFF but at the same time, I feel that we as humans need to respect each other regardless of gender. Football season should I’ve heard a girl tell me how special our relationship end with remembrance was, and then seen the same LETTERS TO THE EDITOR girl walk away with my best Carolina spirit should be high this week! friend to spend the night Friday night it was announced that USC trounced Clemson The largest underlying problem with A couple weeks ago, I was thrown into a with him. Twice. in the annual blood-drive by attracting more than 1,000 more Ms. Joyner’s insightful analysis of college situation that I’ve found myself in many I’ve heard donors than Clemson did. Besides the sheer glee that beating hook-up culture is that she is neglecting a a time since freshman year of college. A a girl tell me Clemson at something provides, USC students should be proud major group of people: students who have group of friends, along with myself, had how much she to have helped donate more blood in one day of the blood-drive no desire to date. Believe it or not, there gotten invited to the crown of all college misses me, how than was donated to the Columbia blood services region on are people that have made a conscious fraternal events — a sorority function. I much she can’t September 11, 2001. That is an amazing feat, and the fact that and mature decision that they don’t want accepted, and made it a point to provide wait to see me USC and Clemson have been using their rivalry to foster healthy a boyfriend or girlfriend at this stage in the best time possible for my date, short of and then forget competition that benefi ts others for 25 years is something we can their lives. I can, as a male, be sexually jail or unwanted pregnancy. Michael who I am all be proud of. involved with a female, and she won’t Today, I hear too many people Wunderlich once she finds Instead of giving into the myth expect me to buy her dinner and fl owers. complaining about specifi cs when they are Third-year something else broadcast Whether you put that the winner of the blood- The notion that this shows that men asked out on a date, whether that date be journalism to occupy her drive is always the football loser aren’t respecting women is insane. The platonic or not. This applies to situations student time with. emphasis on the in- come Saturday, this year we urge fact is, you garner the respect you demand. like sorority functions, but also to the real My point students to come in full force and Am I supposed to automatically treat any world. is this: not all state rivalry or not, bring all the spirit and energy girl I encounter with the utmost respect? Remember, the real world is a lot girls are princesses and not they can starting with Tiger There’s not a chance. And I don’t expect to different from this wonderful little bubble all men are ogres who only this helps shape the Burn tomorrow and then to the automatically be given the time of day by of college, but people in both realms often see women as sport. game on Saturday. Tiger Burn every girl I encounter. I prefer to stick to forget the point of being asked out on a The article asked where all Carolina spirit. is an experience meant to pump earning the respect I know I deserve. date: a person has thought enough about the nice guys have gone, and up students and cultivate bonds The fact that this war of the sexes still you as a person to want to spend some when I read that, I laughed. within the Carolina community. exists is absurd. It comes down to treating segment of their free time engaged in I have had a girl who I For the Gamecocks home fi eld advantage has proven to be a people as people, whether they’re male some sort of seemingly fun activity with had been talking to at one huge boost this season — remember the Ole Miss game — and or female. If I want to sleep around, it’s you. Many develop excuses, claiming that point in time look me in the against our biggest rival we need to use all the advantages we can my choice. If a woman wants to sleep because they aren’t immediately attracted eye and tell me that I was in get. Wouldn’t it be nice to end this year’s season and semester by around, that’s her choice, and, quite to the person or because that person fact, “too nice,” and that she beating our rivals not just in the blood-drive but at the football frankly, I thank her for it. These are the doesn’t seem to strike their fancy, they preferred mean guys. game as well? women that are revolutionizing tired ideas dodge invitations with excuses or even I’m not saying I’ve made If you are a senior, you know that this will be the last USC about how men and women should act. worse, go on an extremely awkward date. the best choices with girls, football game you attend as a student, and if you are a freshman, Unfortunately, Ms. Joyner refers to them When people start developing selfish but I can say that any girl I’ve your fi rst semester of USC life is about to come to an end. In as “easy.” Obviously Ms. Joyner thinks reasons behind going on dates, it tried to put my heart into, either case the last football game of the season is bittersweet. that this isn’t how women should act, eliminates the initial purpose — to have a tried to treat with respect, You may not put much emphasis on the in-state rivalry or you but by demonizing the women that enjoy good time with someone. tried to see if we could build may live by it, either way this rivalry helps shape the Carolina casual sex, she is merely perpetuating an So, the next time you get thrown an something meaningful, it’s spirit. Whether it is your fi rst experience or it is going to be your old-fashioned way of thinking. invite to go grab a bite to eat, catch a fl ick fallen to pieces, all because last, we should all try to remember Saturday that win or lose our or put on a ridiculous costume, accept it. I’m too nice, or because they blood will always run garnet long after we leave this University. Vinny Calzone You never know, you could get hit with changed their minds. Our time at Carolina will affect us more than we realize now Third-year marketing student Cupid’s arrow and your dumb costume How am I supposed to and in turn, we need to remember that we as students represent could create a night to remember. respect someone who says and affect the reputation of our University as well. Lets make In response to Dan Solley’s text one thing and does another? Saturday about enjoying and celebrating the things that make us messaging column last week, I would like Robert Sinners Obviously, not all girls are all Gamecocks, now and forever. to share my own experience at a function. Fourth-year political science student as confused, as impatient, as callous and unfeeling as the ones I’ve had the misfortune of dealing with in my short life, but then again, not all Understand what’s missing in Eastern diplomacy men are as brutish, as primal or as disrespectful as Ms. President Obama’s tour of Asia all, Europe is still the West, a region with which we to understand Eastern culture and have thus Joyner’s article makes them still — albeit tenuously — share a cultural past. But stigmatized it whichever way it suits us. Only now to be either. refl ects American misconceptions the same attitude in Asia? are we realizing how important cultural awareness What I’m trying to say is on negotiations with China That strange exotic place always is with our wars in the Middle East — wars that can that women shouldn’t expect assumed — for one reason or only be won through knowledge of and engagement to be treated with respect by another — to be behind the West with the local culture. The same knowledge is not men, or anyone else for that “Escape” may be a more appropriate word for in some way? That place which our just advantageous for military strategy; it also aids matter, unless they act with describing our president’s trip east; after spending Chinese takeout and our Asian décor us in diplomacy. a certain degree of integrity the last weeks squeezing engorged health care originally called home? The fact that We are no longer a republic safely sheltered by towards others. legislation through the House, he probably our president now travels humbly two oceans. I still see us clinging to isolation from Regardless, I refuse to welcomes a little time abroad — even if it means Michael and sincerely throughout this land world politics like children to a security blanket. We respect those women, and dealing with our biggest creditor. Lambert scares us more than we care to admit, need to truly be a part of international diplomacy, men, that won’t show me the There have been high hopes that Obama will First-year and that is our problem. but not in the way Bush was — not with shaking same kind of respect they draw our country and China closer in terms of comparative “We all better learn to speak fi sts and blazing guns. We need to let go of fear and demand. security and the world economy. Negotiations have literature Mandarin.” This is what my support our president’s attempts to negotiate with a Maybe once I was too been shaky concerning human rights issues, and student economics teacher said as the foreign power on new terms and in a new world. Our nice, but after dealing the road to any new attitudes on the part of China recession played itself out this past identity as Americans will not vanish from doing with girls that have lied to may be a long one. But it does not seem particularly fall. I hear that same fear echoed in today’s coverage so; we will simply be making a pledge to include me, deceived me, flat out impossible. of Obama’s tour, critiquing his calmness and how another country in our actions and, in turn, ask to betrayed me and still act Ultimately, I believe our reaction to this trip “unsuccessful” he is at achieving any real progress. be included in the greater world. America needs a towards me with general is more important than the trip itself. Many have What makes us so afraid of this attitude in the East? true picture of the East and the East’s relationship rudeness, maybe now I’m criticized Obama’s complacency abroad — his We know so little about it; even in this multinational to us, no longer fueled by misconception, doubt or just too bitter to care about break from traditional American bravado and world, our Eastern awareness is slim at best. suspicion. Hopefully Obama’s diplomacy will give respect. assertiveness. I think we’ve become comfortable We’ve never really taken the time, as a country, us that. with this attitude when it comes to Europe; after

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009 PAGE 5 Adverse feedback for bland rock doc ‘It Might Get Loud’ provides history lesson, Loud” is “might,” for the fi lm never really cuts fast and loose. It lacks spontaneity and creativity. If the guitarists act too misses opportunities to turn over new stones polite around each other, Guggenheim seems too nervous to fully engage his own staged event. Jimmy Gilmore His cameras sit on the sideline of an impromptu stage, slowly STAFF WRITER circling, desperate to capture something. By not guiding this “guitar summit,” forcing his subjects into interesting and different directions, Guggenheim’s respectful reverence for It Might Get Loud their status as important musicians keeps his project from delivering extraordinary results. ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩ That doesn’t keep him from trying to “demythologize” Director: Davis Guggenheim the guitarists. In between the scant sequences of the guitar summit, Guggenheim follows The Edge and Page Starring: Jimmy Page, Jack White, The Edge around formative sites of their band’s budding years as they Run Time: 97 minutes enthusiastically tell stories that may be interesting for those Rating: PG for mild thematic elements, brief who don’t know much about either band, but rarely turns over new stones. language and smoking. Using a wealth of archival footage, “It Might Get Loud” borders on an odyssey through multiple generations of rock ‘n’ roll, but its considerably fl awed idea is that these three musicians provide the jumping off point for probing that In talking about the best rock-n-rollers of our time, it’s history. not uncommon to hear the word “legend” tossed around. Yes, each has done wonderful and different things with an Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s latest electric guitar. Yes, each of them talks about their instrument documentary, “It Might Get Loud,” wallows in the mythic and their craft with gleeful enthusiasm. And yes, there is a statures of electric guitarists while trying its best to fi gure out certain level of satisfaction that comes from hearing the Edge what rock is all about. play the early four-tracks of “Where the Streets Have No Guggenheim, who turned a PowerPoint lecture into captive Name,” or watching White construct a makeshift guitar out entertainment with his last feature, “An Inconvenient Truth,” of scrap parts. brings together Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, Jack White “It Might Get Loud” has no thrust, no deeper exploration of The White Stripes and The Edge of U2 for a roundtable of the medium. Guggenheim and his directors of photography discussion on the state of rock ‘n’ roll, electric guitars and a do fi nd superbly beautiful ways to photograph the instruments, once in a lifetime jam session. and while the fi lm is never boring, it’s rarely fully satisfying. Bringing together these three disparate but well-respected This documentary provides the opportunity to learn a talents is surely an interesting idea, but one that nevertheless thing or two about the philosophy and technique of the Courtesy of Sony Pictures ends up undercooked electric guitar from three very serious and very diverse “It Might Get Loud” was fi lmed at each guitarist’s home and sporadic. The artists. The information in the fi lm should fascinate serious city, London, Nashville and Dublin, as well as Hollywood. three gather in a music fans and enamor casual warehouse and listeners. artists had debated more, probed deeper into each other’s sit on furniture, If only the empty styles or merely jammed longer. If only the film had, to exchange polite warehouse where Page, borrow from Spinal Tap, gone to 11. small talk and Edge and White mingle eventually and rehearse had exploded Comments on this story? teach each instead of simmered. If only these E-mail [email protected] other some songs and technique. The key word in “It Might Get Mystery shines through grit plot not only encompassing why the girl ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ was killed years ago, but the growing, if explores Swedish murder proving unorthodox, relationship between Blomkvist and Salander. The reader will fi nd that as the dirty, little secrets always exist novel progresses and the mystery deepens, there are prominent ties that show that there Katie Crocker are things that carry on despite the age a person lives in, as well as the discovery that THE DAILY GAMECOCK After a long Trivia Times 2 hiatus The Mix has Blomkvist is somehow tied to Salander. brought it back by popular demand, and in the If you can get past the strange names, and nick of time for Thanksgiving Trivia. Turkey day The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo the uncharted territory that comes with a is full of fun and tradition (unless you are a turkey novel not placed in America, then you will ★ ★ ★ ★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩ of course), as well as a ton of interesting, little discover a gripping criminal mystery drama known facts. Try your hand at this list of trivia Author: Stieg Larsson that offers a different view on the world, a questions that shed a little insight on the pilgrim’s view seen not from the people of the family, Publisher: Knopf fi rst holiday. Pages: 480, hardcover but the on-lookers peering in on something that they do not fully understand. This book, Audrey Ann Green 1) How fast can a frightened turkey run? a dirtier, nastier look at Sweden, does not Second-year English Former political journalist Stieg Larsson’s portray the lovely rolling hills with nuns 2) What basic utensil did the pilgrims not student “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” titled strumming guitars and singing, but rather use at the fi rst Thanksgiving? 1. 30 mph “Men who hate Women” in its original shows the same grit you would find in the 3) What Native American tribe was invited 2. Spoon Swedish, is like most novels in that it back-room business deal of a New York City to partake in the fi rst Thanksgiving? 3. - questions all that the characters believe to alley. 4. Delicious? Nugget? be true. The novel proves shamelessly that no 4) What is a baby turkey called? 5. Teddy Roosevelt The book’s plot is centered around the matter where you live, human nature remains 5) Who was the fi rst president to pardon a 6. holds corn and all those death of the daughter of one of the richest the same and there are always dirty little turkey from Thanksgiving dinner? Thanksgiving goodies families in Sweden and the disgraced secrets. 7. 7 ft tall? 6 ft wide? fi nancial journalist turned amateur detective, 6) What does cornucopia mean? 8. a week Mikael Blomkvist, hired by the girl’s uncle Comments on this story? 7) How big is Plymouth Rock today? 9. Armstrong to discover the means of and reasons for her E-mail [email protected] 10. tomato death, which he is convinced is murder. The 8) How long did the original Thanksgiving problem is that the murder itself supposedly last? occurred four decades earlier and Henrik 9) Who was the first astronaut to eat Vanger, the uncle, is close to death but Thanksgiving dinner on the moon? desperate to know what happened to his beloved great niece. 10) What popular plant eaten today at Blomkvist finds himself drawn into a Thanksgiving dinners did the pilgrims avoid festering pile of secrets along with super because they thought it was poisonous? hacker and partner, Lisbeth Salander, as he uses the cover of chronicling the family This week’s questions proved challenging with history to dig further and shed light on the Rick winning with three correct to Audrey’s one. dark truth of the girl’s death, as well as the So have no fear, eat your mashed potatoes with family whose own murky past is brought up confi dence this year and know just how diffi cult it from the depths. was to catch that bird that’s on your Thanksgiving The novel itself is dark and gritty, and table. sparing no page for description, like at the Rick Carver start when four full pages are dedicated Second-year — Compiled by Ellen Meder, to describing a plant, a relationship and a anthropology and Assistant Mix Editor past event, and all seemingly fl ow into one criminology student singular event that speeds the reader up to where the protagonist is at present. 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Hutchinson quickly crossed season, Carolina’s seven Wake Forest moves the ball into the box and seniors saw the program championship on after scoring midfi elder Bess Harrington continue to improve from goal in final second sent a header past keeper where it was when they Gamecocks take Mollie Patton as time started. crown in inaugural Ryan Velasquez expired. “My freshman year, we THE DAILY GAMECOCK “It was so quick how it sat in our team lounge and year of existence happened,” senior defender watched the NCAA selection In a hard-fought struggle Blakely Mattern said. “I show by ourselves on a small Cameron Widerman with one of the craziest didn’t see how much time television and we didn’t get THE DAILY GAMECOCK endings fans will ever see, was left but I knew it wasn’t selected,” Mattern said. South Carolina’s club football the South Carolina women’s much. We tried to get in “This year, we had a selection team won the 2009 Southern soccer team was eliminated position but unfortunately show party at a restaurant Collegiate Club Football from the NCAA Tournament we didn’t get the break.” and had fans come out and Association Championship Friday night, falling to Wake Carolina’s best scoring watch. Then we got to play Sunday, in just its fi rst year of Forest 1-0 in the third round. opportunity came in minute before 4,000 fans in the existence. Despite the loss, however, 61 when a play in the Wake third round of the NCAA The Gamecocks met the the Gamecocks finish the Forest box saw two close Tournament. Where this defending champion, the year at 19-4-2, the best calls. Gaining the ball off program’s gone from then to University of North Carolina single-season record in a defl ection, junior forward now is unbelievable.” Tar Heels, at Colonial Life program history. Brooke Jacobs took a shot As they prepare to move Field, where they battled “We left that field with that bounced right off the on, Carolina will remember through heavy rain and cold our heads up because we gave keeper’s hands. Getting her 2009 for its positives rather weather to win the Magus Cup everything we had,” USC own rebound, Jacobs had an than its ending. by a 12-7 score. coach Shelley Smith said. open net in front of her but “I’m most proud of the The Gamecocks would get “They need to be proud of sent her shot bouncing off heart and determination this on the board in the fi rst quarter. that.” the right post. The Demon group has shown and they South Carolina downed the The match ended on Deacons then gained the ball did it again tonight,” Smith ball on the one-yard line after one of the wildest plays and cleared it away. said. “We just wish it didn’t Kara Roache / THE DAILY GAMECOCK failing to score on the opening imaginable. In a scoreless tie “We had chance after end.” Senior Samantha Diaz-Matosas (left) is comforted by a drive. SCCFA All-Star and with time winding down, the chance there in the second teammate after USC fell 1-0 to Wake Forest on Friday night. defensive captain Kyle Shorter Demon Deacons made one half. If that goes in, that Comments on this story? fell on the botched handoff to last push and were awarded changes the game right battle and that’s what it is year.” E-mail sagckspt@mailbox. give South Carolina the 6-0 a corner kick. Forward Jill there,” Smith said. “It’s a at this level and this time of Looking back on the sc.edu lead. USC would have some momentum after taking over ARCHIE INJURED AS USC FALLS IN CLASSIC on downs. Stephen Smith found an open Drew Dixon on a post Senior goes down with knee Darrin Horn commented after the game. “We nine minutes remaining. route who took it in for the will reevaluate it tomorrow.” The Gamecocks switched to a full court press touchdown. A blocked PAT injury as Miami tops Carolina The beginning of the championship contest defense late in the game in an attempt to disrupt made it a 12-0 score. was relatively quick and sloppy for both Carolina the Hurricane offense and it worked as they were The Tar Heels responded Justin Wilson and Miami. The entire fi rst half was fi lled with able to cut the lead down to seven with three quickly by returning the kickoff THE DAILY GAMECOCK a plethora of turnovers, eleven for Miami and minutes remaining, but Miami was able to fi gure down the left side to make the This weekend, the Gamecocks traveled to five for Carolina, and questionable shots. The out a way to beat the press and two consecutive score 12-7. nearby Charleston to compete in the second- Hurricanes won the battle on the boards in the 3-pointers by James Dews and Adrian Thomas USC had to make a final annual Charleston Classic Tournament. Carolina first half, as they were able to outrebound the with two minutes left secured the win for the stop with 12 seconds left. entered the tournament looking to capture its Gamecocks 30-16. After Archie went down, it was Hurricanes. Cornerback Travis Nesbitt went first regular-season tournament championship apparent that the Gamecocks would be unable to “We had collectively too many ups and downs to up and knocked the ball down. since beating Richmond in the Guardians Classic recover. get out of the hole,” Horn commented. The fi nal play of the game fell during the 2003-2004 season. Coach Horn pointed out that Archie’s injury was The Gamecocks finished the game shooting incomplete and the Gamecocks After advancing to the title game with wins over the “difference in our game. We never recovered 34 percent from the fi eld including 7-15 from the were crowned the champions. La Salle and South Florida, USC fell to Miami 85- emotionally.” free-throw line. The defense held the Tar 70 after leading scorer Dominique Archie suffered Miami took advantage quickly and went on an Downey led the scoring for Carolina with Heels offense to zero points a serious knee injury. A little more than six minutes 11-0 run just minutes later to take the lead by four. 20 points, but the big surprise was the play of and have held opponents to an into the game, Archie forced a turnover and glided The two teams traded baskets including a fl urry freshman Ramon Galloway who stepped up in average of just 12 points a game into the paint to throw down a dunk when he of three-pointers and Miami led 34-31 going in at Archie’s absence and connected on four three- this season. landed awkwardly, appearing to tweak his right halftime. pointers, tallying a career high fourteen points. Several players and coaches knee. With assistance, he limped into the locker Carolina came out firing in the second half Carolina (4-1) will look to rest and recover from refl ected on the season after the room shortly thereafter. The extent of the injury is as Downey nailed a three to start things off and a strenuous fi ve games in nine days. They will take game. not known, possibly a hyperextension, but Archie Holmes hit a jumper to quickly tie the game up. on Jacksonville at home on Nov. 27. “Really you had to build this did not play after his injury and returned to the However, the momentum quickly vanished and team from scratch,” said team bench with crutches early in the second half. Miami was able to go on a substantial run and Comments on this story? president, founder and safety “[He] suffered a right knee injury,” coach build their lead to as much as 15 with less than E-mail [email protected] Derek Lair. “You went from nothing with the school not really supporting, people not supporting to a championship Gamecocks down Penn State in home opener team in just one year.” Shorter said the game makes a statement and that hopefully a timeout with 1:55 left and a 20-15 by sophomore forward Charenee Nainima nets 18 points some of the guys will have a lead. Carolina scored fi ve times on Stephens. shot at the next level, playing for as Carolina pushes free throws in the last two minutes, The two teams traded points football Coach Steve Spurrier. and a Valerie Nainima 3-pointer in for the rest of the half, with USC In fact, the starting kicker/ past Nittany Lions the fi nal seconds of the half gave the eventually opening up a 48-43 lead punter Max Klekner has two Gamecocks a 28-15 lead heading into and extending it to 54-47 before Paulina Berkovich game-winning field goals as the locker room. calling a timeout with 2:30 left in THE DAILY GAMECOCK well as a game-tying fi eld goal USC coach Dawn Staley said the game. Penn State refused to go and has caught the eye of some The USC women’s basketball inexperience was a huge factor in the quietly, fouling Gamecock players of the varsity coaches. team handed Penn State its fi rst loss Gamecocks’ slow start. until the fi nal seconds, but Carolina Klekner came up big, pinning of the season in a tough contest at the “Everybody talks about the talent managed to make its lead hold up. the ball inside the three-yard Colonial Life Arena Sunday while level,” Staley said. “(But) we’re just Stephens stepped up her play in line twice on punts and giving getting back in the win column after a young basketball team. We’re still the second half after a quiet fi rst. She the Tar Heels poor starting a double overtime loss at Clemson. trying to gel.” played 17 minutes, scoring 13 points field position throughout the Carolina improved its record to Kennedy and Nainima were the and grabbing eight rebounds in the game. 2-1 with the 63-56 victory. biggest contributors for USC in second period. Whether or not any of the Penn State won the game’s opening the first period. Kennedy led the “Charenee does what she does. players make it to the field at tip and scored the fi rst two points of Gamecocks with five rebounds, She’s a rebound machine,” Staley Williams-Brice Stadium, the the game, as the Gamecocks couldn’t and Nainima led all players with said. “She’s a hard worker, and I club football team has been a get their shots to fall early on. It 13 points. Both also recorded three think she was a difference-maker for success. took over two minutes for junior steals. us tonight.” “Out of all the work that guard Samone Kennedy to score The Lady Lions dominated the Penn State head coach Coquese everyone’s put in through the USC’s fi rst points, but USC wasn’t opening minutes of the second half, Washington credited the Gamecocks summer, I’m just proud of worried, as the Gamecocks went on scoring six points before a free throw for their tough play in the closing everyone for sticking through to score nine straight points to take a by Nainima fi nally broke the two- minutes of the game, and in it,” head coach and offensive commanding lead over the Nittany minute Gamecock drought. But particular freshman center Kelsey linemen Dustin Allen said. “We Lions. the Lions continued to play strong, Bone . Zack Plum / THE DAILY GAMECOCK fought through everything you Neither team could get an trimming Carolina’s lead to 29-27 “I think (Bone) is the difference. Junior Valerie Nainima attempts a could possibly fi ght through in offensive rhythm going throughout after three minutes of play and She’s just a bigger presence, and shot Sunday against Penn State. one season and we came out the most of the fi rst half. Carolina shot eventually taking over a 36-35 lead. you have to account for that,” champions.” just 26.5 percent, and after a media Penn missed a chance to pull ahead Washington said. Bone had 10 points Their match against Oklahoma is timeout with 7:46 left in the period, further when forward Nikki Greene and eight rebounds in the contest. scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. USC went nearly three minutes missed three free throws, which gave The Gamecocks return to Comments on this story? without scoring a single point. 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