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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2017 VOL. 109, NO. 19 ● SINCE 1908 SWEET CAROLINA Gamecocks reach Sweet 16 for first time in program history Sarah Stone / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Voices from Thomas Cooper Celebration “It means we’re gonna “I think we’re gonna beat Baylor next week, get a lot of good recruits next year... and South Carolina is P.J. and Kotsar are a basketball school, still in, so I think we’re gonna be pretty good officially.” next year.” — Ian Stuebe, third-year sport and entertainment — Nathan Gates, first-year civil management student engineering student “Especially to beat a team like Duke... that’s a great win.” — John Willcox, first-year business student Monday, March 20, 2017 3 NEW PROSPECTS ONLY LIMITED-TIME OFFER DON’T BE AN TAKE A TOUR AT PALMETTO COMPRESS from 3/20-3/31 and receive a Village Idiot gift card for a complimentary large pizza! The Best of Carolina Just Got Better! 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PATTY’S GALLERY FROM THE FIVE POINTS FESTIVAL “St. Patty’s helps me connect with my heritage and fi nd a friendship with fellow Irish Gamecocks.” — Jeff Smith, second-year international business student Photos by Valencia Abraham / THE DAILY GAMECOCK WEIRD STORIES: RROBOOBOBEES An un-bee-lievable solution Courtesy of Tribune News Service Darby Hallman desire to ensure our own well-being. @DARBYHALLMAN1 Well, scientists in Japan have found A tale as old as time an even more selfish (and ridiculous) If you are someone who lives in solution: replace bees with robots. constant fear of the impending robot These robo bees — designed by uprising then this edition of Weird Eijiro Miyako, who does research at Stories might make you uneasy. If gets a modern update the National Institute of Advanced you fit the above description and you Industrial Science and Technology in also hate bees, you should be twice as Japan — fl y around and use horse hair Disney movies are sorely lacking. concerned (or maybe happy if you really “Beauty and the Beast” coated with a special gel that allows For starters, Emma Watson’s hate bees). them to pick up and carry pollen from Belle is more ostracized by her In recent years, the bee population plant to plant. Also, in order to test the March 17 provincial town. She goes so far has taken a massive hit, with the Release Date: gel, Miyako’s team coated insects with as to be an inventor and teach U.S. losing 44 percent of its honey it and studied whether or not insects Director: Bill Condon B- another girl to read, a heinous bee colonies between April 2015 and with the gel could pick up pollen from act in her bucolic community. April 2016 according to BeeInformed. fl owers. Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes Her loneliness and isolation, org. This, coupled with that fact that So, let’s recap. Bee populations are however, help Belle and the many other species of bees are already dying and these scientists plan to create Beast connect on a deeper level nearing extinction, means the future robots to replace them, and to test their Zoe Nicholson than the original pair — their isn’t looking bright for bees. plan they took sticky gel and coated @ZOENICHOLSON127 labels as outcasts bring them Now, this might not be something other animals with it to see if it was common ground. that you are losing sleep over, seeing Disney’s latest live-action right for the robot replacement. This While Belle and the Beast as it’s likely that the most experience reboot of “Beauty and The would be like if your boss fired you, find a connection being you have with bees is getting stung on Beast” had many expectations then forced you to get your replacement “freaks,” that’s where their the playground as a kid or frantically to live up to. Fans wanting to his coffee and help him set up his onscreen chemistry ends. running from room to room of your relive the whimsy and romance workspace. Emma Watson exudes the house when you accidentally let one in. of the original cartoon will Those who are worried about living a strength and intelligence However, bees are actually extremely not be disappointed, but for real-life Black Mirror episode can rest needed for her character, but important to our ability to survive, as those wanting to see a deep easy for the moment because Miyako’s she falls short in her romantic they are one of the leaders in pollinating connection between the two current robot bees are not ready for the relationship with the Beast, crops, and without them researchers titular lovebirds will be left market and aren’t even autonomous yet. played by Dan Stevens. say we could lose a large portion of wanting more. If we wanted to use them as pollinators Stevens, whose Beast was given our food supply and in turn also take Director Bill Condon’s update right now, some poor intern would have a more nuanced character massive fi nancial damages. does a terrifi c job of staying true to walk around and manually steer the development and glimpse So it seems that the natural solution to the original Disney Classic drone from plant to plant. Though into his spoiled past, makes a would be to get over our hatred of/ while still adding in modern indifference toward bees and try to save twists and a sounder logic that them, if for nothing else than our selfi sh SEEBEESPAGE5the original and many other SEEBEASTPAGE5 Monday, March 20, 2017 5 PAGE4 BEAST villain status. His violence against Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts that expertly introduces Belle as Kevin Kline’s Maurice is increased and the rest of the antique servants the feminist, intelligent outcast that charming and convincing Beast, tenfold, while his narcissism were charming and distinct, each she is. Her morning walk through but his conversations with servants increases exponentially. actor adds a personality that makes her small village sees her attracting Lumiere and Cogsworth were Gaston’s henchman, LeFou, is the one like and care for each cursed strange looks, visiting the bookstore more interesting than his ones with real scene-stealer of the remake. Josh house worker. Two new characters, and rejecting Gaston’s advances Belle. One of the three new songs, Gad, who stole the show in “Frozen” played by Audra McDonald and much more forcibly than the original “Evermore,” is a solo for Stevens, as Olaf, encapsulates a loyal yet Stanley Tucci, played two separated cartoon version. which adds humanity not yet seen confused right hand man to Gaston. lovers that offered a nice romantic While the chemistry between in a character regarded as savage or Gad portrays LeFou’s struggle and parallel to Belle and the Prince. Belle and her Beast is a little stale, spoiled rotten. confusion with his feelings toward The musical numbers are dizzying the extravagant musical numbers Where the movie really finds Gaston with a humor and depth that in their visuals. “Be Our Guest” and charming supporting cast are its groove is in the supporting left me wishing we could skip the is a spectacle that showcases Ewan enough to make this worth the characters. Luke Evans perfectly ballroom scene and see LeFou sing McGregor’s gravitas and skill as watch. For super-fans of the original, embodies Gaston and even gives Gaston’s praises again — “Gaston” a performer — even if it’s only a few small changes are made to keep his self-obsessed war hero a more was the standout number from the through voice-acting. The opening it interesting and entertaining. malicious streak that satisfies his musical. number is an entertaining prologue BEESPAGE4 online or tweet at us at @ tdg_arts. For me personally, maybe avoid the hashtag I just hope that if the robot #DeathTo just to be safe. bees do decide to take over So, do you think this is they will view the “Bee Movie” absurd and that we should meme as a compliment and focus on saving the real bees not an insult.