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Gamecocks look to bounce back| Page 8 Greene Street gate Campus Moves debate continues Brandon Waltz drunk drivers traveling from Five @BRANDONDWALTZ Points through campus were the most prominent arguments, but many more The closure of the Greene Street were also discussed. gates is still a hot topic of debate in Of the opinion that opening the student senate. Resolutions to keep gates could be dangerous, Sen. Lee it open and closed have both been Goble said, “Why in the world would presented, but only one can pass. we not do something where we can do Sen. Brian Samples heads the effort something?” to open the gates from 7 p.m. until 7 Goble, as well as senators Philip a.m. on weeknights. The major points Allan, Tatiana Chin, Mackenzie Daly, on his side of the argument include the Jonathan Holt, Markus Johnson, current lack of a connection between Zachary Kirby, Katherine LaWall Greene and Bull streets and impeded and Grace Zimmermann introduced trafﬁ c to Columbia residents and USC a resolution to keep the gates students. permanently closed. The resolution to open the gates also One of the arguments in favor of states, “There is no immediate safety this resolution centers on preserving concerns to students given the low campus and looking at its future speed limit, low pedestrian foot trafﬁ c potential. The thought of making during proposed open gate hours, high Greene Street purely a student-focused police presence and driving obstacles.” space and giving it a chance to evolve Senators Stacey Brown, Katherine into this role has gained support of Galang, Michael Norris, Jeremiah those who want to keep the gates Parks, Courtland Thomas, Jeffrey closed. Toler and Christopher Wolfe also A vote is scheduled for next week. helped introduce the resolution to open Students are encouraged to share the gates. their opinions on this issue with Arguments against opening the their senators, who can be contacted gates largely centered on student safety. through Carolina Concerns on the Current freshman who are accustomed USC Student Government website. to closed gates and the potential for ‘Game of Thrones’ DJ coming to Social club

Kamila Melko/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK Music and dancing draws students to Greene Street for Hip Hop Wednesday.

Lauren Shirley fourth-year media arts student, loves @SURELYLAUREN the atmosphere of the event and hopes that more people will come out and join The rumble of bass could be heard in the fun. all across campus. Any students who “I just hope that we’re not followed the sound found themselves misperceived about what we’re doing at a thumping party on Greene Street: out here,” Clyburn said. “I wish we had Hip Hop Wednesday. the entire population coming out and Courtesy of Kristian Nairn “Keep the hip-hop alive out there!” supporting us in this because a lot of Kristian Nairn will be DJing with LiDDLE UGLEEz and Danny B Thursday night. the DJ shouted to the students who people listen to hip-hop these days.” had gathered in front of Russell House Natarsha Bright, a second-year Erika Ryan Thrones,” but they Thursday, Feb. 12 as for the event. Hosted by the Offi ce of fi nance student, and Ja’Covia Johnson, @RIKA_RYAN might not know that part of his U.S. “Rave Multicultural Student Affairs, Hip Hop a second-year criminal justice student, he’s also a DJ. of Thrones” tour, Wednesday draws a crowd monthly have been to several Hip Hop Everyone knows Nairn is coming to which he launched in with its hip-hop music and offers the Wednesdays in their time at USC. Kristian Nairn from Social Bar and Lounge late 2014. opportunity for students to network “It’s about the dancing and hanging his role as Hodor in in the Vista on “Tomorrow night and learn about ways to get involved on out,” Bright said. “It’s a little bit of the series “Game of campus. both.” SEERAVEPAGE3 Dressed in a salmon colored According to some of the students suit, Tony Breth, a first-year mass in attendance, Hip Hop Wednesday communications student, joined the is a lot more than just hip-hop music ranks of dancers in the middle of the and dancing in the middle of Greene street, showing off dance moves that he Street. Partnering with other student picked up from his older brother. organizations, university offices and Students ‘Discover’ “I was walking by Russell House and community partners, the event drew a I heard the music and I just couldn’t crowd in front of Russell House. keep it in,” he said. “I didn’t even know “It’s great to spend time with other seminar opportunities it was Hip Hop Wednesday.” people at USC,” Johnson said. “The Although it was his fi rst time at the music, the people, I like that everybody Madeleine Collins and Krishna Thakker opportunities, how to network and how event, Breth was certain that he would comes out.” @THEGAMECOCK to showcase research. be making a repeat appearance in the This month’s Hip Hop Wednesday Every Wednesday, students involved future. was focused on teen dating violence Wednesday night marked the start in Discover meet to review topics “I have to come back now,” he said. and healthy relationships. The Sexual of the first session of the Discover that will help them jump-start their “It was fun.” Assault and Violence Intervention Seminar program. research. The environment was lively as and Prevention Office set up a booth Discover is a four week not-for- In the past, Magellan awardees members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity on Greene Street and handed out credit program that is open to all who participated in Discover did entertained the crowd with their pamphlets and informational brochures. undergraduate students at USC. The research on cancer, the influence of freestyle stepping. Jabari Clyburn, “I just want to uphold the tradition,” seminars help students form a plan a member of the organization and a Clyburn said. for research, learn about funding SEEDISCOVERPAGE2 2 Thursday, February 12, 2015

Editor-in-Chief HANNAH JEFFREY Managing Editor SAMANTHA LOCKWOOD South Carolina House passes bill Online Editor KATIE COLE Design Director banning abortion past 20 weeks BRITTANY WILT Special Sections Director KELLY VILLWOCK Copy Desk Chiefs DREW MUELLER The South Carolina House passed a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, The MARY KATE GARMIRE EMILY READY State reported. Photo Editors The legislation is based on pro-life supporters’ claims that a fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, KAMILA MELKO HANNAH CLEAVELAND though this fact is disputed within the medical community. News Editors Abortion is legal in South Carolina through 24 weeks. The only exception is when the LAUREN SHIRLEY MADELEINE COLLINS mother’s life is at risk. Features Editor Those who are against the legislation argue that some life threatening abnormalities cannot LOIS CARLISLE be detected until after 20 weeks and that late abortions are often the result of complications. Arts & Culture Editors BELVIN OLASOV If passed by the South Carolina Senate, doctors who perform abortions after 20 weeks would Opinion Editor face up to three years in jail and ﬁ nes between $2,000 to $10,000. BEN CRAWFORD Sports Editor Last year, a similar bill passed through the House only to fail in the Senate. DAVID ROBERTS — Madeleine Collins, News Editor

Assistant Photo Editor SARAH SCARBOROUGH CODY SCOGGINS Business Manager Assistant Design Director KRISTINE CAPPS BIANCA CORREA Creative Director 3 students killed by neighbor in Arts Design Director EDGAR SANTANA GREY KLEIN Production Manager Sports Design Director DEGAN CHEEK Chapel Hill, North Carolina RACHAEL MCGAHEE Creative Services Assistant Opinion Editor ASHLEY CROMPTON BEN TURNER RANNAH DERRICK Assistant Sports Editors LINA LEGARE BRENNAN DOHERTY KODY KRATZER Tuesday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu- KELLI CALDWELL Student Advertising Manager Social Media Director AMBER GRANT Salha and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed by neighbor Craig Stephen Hicks, The MATT MCBREEN Advertising Representatives State reported. Copy Editors DAVID CHEETHAM, THOMAS DEBBIE CLARK, CHELSEA MORRIS, DIGENNARO, MICHELE DRESSLER, Barakat and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha were married. Yusor and Razan Mohammad KELLY ELLIOTT, MADELEINE VATH, DREW HART, IAN PEACOCK, ERIN Abu-Salha were sisters. Barakat was a doctoral student at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School SETH ISMAIL, RANA SOBEIH O’CONNELL, HOLLY HEATON, WRIGHT Faculty Adviser CLARKSON, JOSHUA DAVISON of Dentistry, where Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha planned to begin school soon. Razan DOUG FISHER Mohammad Abu-Salha was a student at N.C. State University. Interim Student Media Director Chapel Hill police said that a parking dispute could have lead Hicks to shoot the three students. The Daily Gamecock is the editorially independent student newspaper The women’s father, Dr. Mohammad Abu-Salha, thought that the execution style shooting of the University of South Carolina. It is published daily during the fall was a hate crime because of their Muslim faith. and spring semesters and nine times during the summer with the exception The investigation has not been launched as a federal hate crime investigation yet. of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Daily Hicks was charged with three counts of ﬁ rst-degree murder and is being held in the county Gamecock are those of editors or author and not those of the University of jail without bail. South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications — Madeleine Collins, News Editor is the publisher of The Daily Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is the newspaper’s parent organization. The Daily Gamecock is supported in part by student activity fees. One free copy per reader. Additional copies may Retired teacher of Greenville, be purchased for $1 each from the Department of Student Media. dailygamecock.com South Carolina dies in car accident

INFORMATION Mike Farmer, a retired physics teacher at Riverside High School, Greenville Technical Offi ces located on the third fl oor of Russell House College and the Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, died at age 73 in a car EDITOR ARTS & CULTURE crash, Greenville Online reported. [email protected] [email protected] NEWS SPORTS Throughout his career, Farmer inspired his students, and some of them went on to [email protected] [email protected] become professors, engineers and brain surgeons. OPINION PHOTO [email protected] [email protected] Farmer was well known for his passion for space and teaching, and was popular among his students. Newsroom: Editor’s offi ce: 777-7726 777-3914 He was a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching and was a Greenville County Teacher of the Year. Farmer also won several awards from Discover Magazine and the National Science Teachers Association. Friends, family and colleagues say they remember Farmer as passionate and friendly. They say they will miss him greatly. CORRECTIONS — Madeleine Collins, News Editor An advertisement in Wednesday’s housing guide misstated when University Oaks DISCOVERPAGE1 undergraduate research. resumes, improve communication would be on campus. University Oaks will “I’m really there to connect with skills and critical and creative be on campus Feb. 26, 2015. The Daily them as a peer and debunk the thinking skills. Gamecock regrets the error. studying abroad the effects of sleep myths of research. A lot of students Students who are interested deprivation along with other topics. are afraid of it and believe it to be a in participating in the Discover Riley Brady, a third year marine ‘dry’ topic confi ned to science, but Seminar program can reserve a spot science student and Magellan I try to get them stoked about it,” in one of the two offered sessions. Ambassador, said the Discovery Brady said. “[Research] has been The fi rst session runs from Feb. 11 Seminar program is a great resource If you fi nd an error in today’s edition of The the most fulfi lling thing I’ve done to March 4, and the second session Daily Gamecock, let us know about it. Email to students who are unsure of how here.” runs from March 25 to April 15. [email protected] and we will to being research. Undergraduate research is an Interested students can sign up print the correction in our next issue. Brady visits University 101 opportunity for students to gain online. classes to explain the basics of real-world experience, build their

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For example, political corruption just getting into Aesop Part Of.” Other times we just play the hits as we one of hip-hop’s most “I bounce checks like a and materialism. Rock, you might want know them. This playlist features a diverse handful underrated artists. Aesop modern man/ sleep with Another track where to start out here. The of my favorite artists and recordings from about Rock isn’t just your one eye open while the this is apparent is instrumentals on their 1966-1975. typical rapper—he’s a other two drift together “Zodiacaccupuncture” records are emphasized phenomenal wordsmith. specimens from the off of one of his earlier and well-thought-out, Party Seacombe Aesop Rock is promised land” from the albums “Fast Cars, making it easier to one of the many song “Bent Life” off the Danger, Fire and uncover Aesop Rock’s George Harrison eclectic, underground album “Labor Days.” Knives.” “The hand talents solo. rappers signed to the According to a recent cannons won’t ask ‘bout In addition, they have label Rhymesayers study, Aesop Rock has your zodiac boy.” recently released a new Cleo Entertainment. 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Maybe fellow rapper EL-P, Aesop Rock’s one drugs and money. A she didn’t feel y’all shared and John Darnielle of I Like My Toys true defining feature is good example of this any similar interests.” the folk-punk band the his colorful vocabulary would be the song The instrumentals Mountain Goats. The Idle Race — he should consider “Fryerstarter” off of the on his albums are also Sure Aesop Rock has changing his stage name album “Skelethon” which noticeable. Trying received a lot of fl ack for Have You Reached Yet? to Encyclopedia Brown. describes what goes on his hand at producing, his sentence fragment, Aesop Rock doesn’t in a donut shop called Aesop once made a haiku-esque flow, but Clap have the typical rhyme “Bob’s Donuts” which 45-minute composition without a doubt he is flow that most hip-hop Aesop has been known to for Nike. These talents talented in the realm Can’t Explain artists do, but that’s okay frequent. are apparent in his work, of production. 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HANNAH JEFFREY MARY KATE GARMIRE HANNAH CLEVELAND BELVIN OLASOV As our campus mourns the loss of a beloved Editor-in-Chief Copy Desk Chief Photo Editor Arts and Culture Editor professor, I can’t help but to refl ect upon a thought SAMANTHA LOCKWOOD BIANCA CORREA BEN TURNER KELLI CALDWELL that passed through my mind last Thursday Managing Editor Asst. Design Director Asst. Opinion Editor Asst. Sports Editor afternoon. As I anxiously waited in my apartment watching news reports of the unfolding tragedy, I updated ISSUE are gone and we can offer our that can seemingly strike my roommate on the situation by saying “he’s still sympathy and perhaps empathy. anyone, we must embrace that Chapel Hill deals with inside.” A few minutes later a TV reporter also We may study at different concept of oneness and try deaths of students. referred to the shooter as “he.” schools or come from different to turn that into a positive. We know now that the shooter was female, so OUR STANCE Everyone should speak out and why did the reporter and I automatically assume Colleges must stand come together because it could the perpetrator was male? Did you think the same together against violence. “We feel compelled to comment, if have been anyone. We must thing? not forget, however, those who only to say we stand united with all If so, it turns out statistics may have infl uenced us. Chapel Hill, the University fell. We must celebrate them so Studies show that 97 percent of school shooters are of North Carolina and North college students especially in times they are not remembered as just male and if you include all mass killings the number Carolina State University are like these.” anyone, but for all the qualities sits at 94 percent. As school shootings have become suffering through some of the that made them who they were. increasingly common the past two decades, why has same emotions we felt last week We cannot speak on our nation not addressed or even mentioned this — sadness, confusion and anger. everything happening in backgrounds, but we must glaring fact? So many of the facts of Chapel Hill — we do not all push back against acts of Jackson Katz of the Huffi ngton Post notes that Tuesday’s events are different presume to know how deep the violence that tear people away after tragedies “we turn on the TV and watch the than what happened here last pain is even after the events of and don’t give us the chance same predictable conversations about guns and Thursday and some are still last week in Columbia. But we to experience their greatness. mental illness, with only an occasional mention that unclear. What is clear is that feel compelled to comment, if College should be a collection the overwhelming majority of these types of crimes yet again a college campus, a only to say we stand united with of the best we have to offer, and are committed by men — usually white men.” community and a family are all college students especially in it is good to see some of those Katz continues, “the key difference is that because reeling from a tragedy. times like these. qualities shine through in an men represent the dominant gender, their gender is Just because an event It is heartening to see the attempt to shut out the darker rendered invisible in the discourse about violence. happens off campus and may be response coming from people parts of humanity that have So much of the commentary about school shootings, unrelated to the school doesn’t who studied with those lost. touched these campuses. including the one at Sandy Hook Elementary, mean that students can brush off As we said last week, we stand In the same way we may be focuses on ‘people’ who have problems, ‘individuals’ these horrible acts. Cherished strong when we stand together. fearful of violent reactionism who suffer from depression, and ‘shooters’ whose members of these institutions motives remain obtuse.” “When opinion leaders start talking about the men who commit these rampages, and ask questions like: ‘why is it almost always men who do these horrible things?’ and then follow that up, we will Stewart leaves void in our hearts have a much better chance of finding workable solutions to the outrageous level of violence in our society.” Ben Turner leading some to suggest he join the news media While what occurred on our campus doesn’t fi t the he so often mocks. I would rather see Stewart norm, it gives us a chance to refl ect on the numbers Third-year print continue in comedy than be stifl ed by a news desk. and start conversations in our community. We can’t journalism student Others see Stewart following in the footsteps keep having events like this, so we must think about of Al Franken — going from comedy to political past tragedies from all angles — weapons used, offi ce. Stewart, despite his Washington D.C. rally mental health, race and gender — to come up with and nuanced policy discussions with heads of state viable solutions. and congressman, has maintained that he does not want to be a partisan member of the political — Erin Steiner, fourth-year political science and Jon Stewart’s announcement that he will leave process. Also, while I have no doubt he could win women’s and gender studies student “The Daily Show” by the end of the year has left office in New York or New Jersey, I wonder if many across the nation feeling verklempt. Stewart would be happy and productive dealing Verklempt, as Stewart could tell you, means with bureaucratic nonsense all day long. LETTER TO THE EDITOR emotional in Yiddish. Judaism and Jewish culture In the short term, Stewart will probably become was just one of the subjects Stewart tackled over REQUIREMENTS a director if his recent fi lm “Rosewater” is any the years. But he became best known for sharp indication. Beyond the question of his future, political and media commentary despite having Letters to the editor must not exceed 500 however, is the question of who will take over no background in politics or news. words. Students must include their full name, “The Daily Show” anchor chair. It was these moments that won Stewart the major and year. Faculty and staff must include Few of our generation remember the first most praise, but also the most criticism. Media their full name, position and department. anchor Craig Kilborn. Kilborn came to the show personalities attacked Stewart for wanting to be a from “SportsCenter” and left to take the 12:30 Community members must include their political player or media critic but retreating into timeslot on CBS. full name and applicable job title. Verifiable the cloak of comedy whenever challenged. While Kilborn left almost no legacy, Stewart statements of fact must include at least one For my part, I see Stewart fitting into the has built a late-night franchise on par with source; if we cannot verify a statement of grand tradition of political satire that has existed “The Tonight Show” if not in viewers in social fact, your letter will not be published until in America for hundreds of years. Stewart is the consciousness. 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Cody Scoggins/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK The Gamecocks and the Tigers met earlier in the season at the Peta Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge where South Carolina ran away with a 75-51 victory.

Kelli Caldwell Overall, South Carolina fi nished Sophomore guard Raigyne @TDG_SPORTS with 17 turnovers as a team in Moncrief and junior guard Danielle the loss to Connecticut. The Ballard each scored 11 points each Returning home after its first Gamecocks struggled to shoot for LSU in the win over Alabama. Women’s loss of the year against No. 2 the ball well, but senior forward Ballard leads LSU with 13.8 points Connecticut, No. 1 South Carolina Aleighsa Welch showed dominance per game this season. (22-1, 10-0 SEC) will take on the on the court, finishing with 17 As for the Gamecocks, junior LSU Tigers (14-9, 8-3 SEC) in points. Welch realizes the mistakes guard Tiffany Mitchell, the the Colonial Life Arena Thursday that she and her teammates made reigning SEC player of the year, golf to tee off night at 7 p.m. on the road, but said that they just is averaging 14.9 points per game. The fi rst time these two teams have to carry on and not worry One key difference between met this season was in Baton about what’s happened in the past. South Carolina and LSU is Rouge, Louisiana, where South “At the end of the day they made offensive production. The Carolina won without much plays. 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A month later, the team was dealt a blow basketball team,” Staley said. “But “I don’t think we’ve peaked yet,” “We have a team’s that’s when freshman phenomenon Nanna Madsen I thought the effort was there.” Staley said. “I don’t think we’ve extremely focused,” Staley said. announced she would forgo the rest of her Although many see Connecticut played our best basketball yet.” “We will be dejected for the next eligibility to turn pro. as the toughest team South As for LSU, the Tigers 24 hours then we’ve got to move The Denmark native placed in the top 10 in all Carolina will most likely face all recently beat Alabama at home on and we’ve got to play this LSU of the team’s four fall tournaments, and she also season, Staley gave credit to the 51-39. Coming off a victory, LSU is team that’s been playing really ended her college career as the No. 3 player in the SEC, saying, “We play in the looking for better play in its second well.” nation. toughest conference of America.” go-around versus the Gamecocks. This is a big loss to the South Carolina women’s golf team to say the least. However, Madsen isn’t the only big-time player to contribute to the team. Senior Justine Dreher fi nished her fall with a No victory found on field second place finish at the Dixie Amateur. The No. 14 player in the country had a strong fall that helped lead the Gamecocks to two wins out of four. The French golfer also won the fi rst tournament of her career. Junior Mary Fran Hillow also ended her fall season by shooting a tournament record 65 on the final day of the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hillow played well all fall and looks to keep up the strong play heading into the longer spring schedule. The Gamecocks begin play this weekend at the Florida State Match-Up. Last season, South Carolina scored a win over two top 10 fi nishers. A win over the 12-team fi eld this year would be a great confi dence boost going forward. The fi eld consists of four of the top 25 teams in terms of scoring average. No. 8 Mississippi State will be a team to keep an eye on. The team contains the No. 8 and No. 9 players in the country according the Golfweek, and fi nished sixth in last year’s NCAA championship tournament. The three-day tournament will be hosted Jessica Wood/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK by Florida State at Tallahassee’s Southwood South Carolina’s softball team left 12 runners on base and for the team as a whole struck out 11 times at bat. Golf Course. Last year, the Gamecocks set the tournament scoring record at 871 and sophomore Connor Hazelton UCF’s starter junior pitcher Shelby Turnier who Katelyn Dambaugh set the second best single @CONNORHAZELTON was ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in ERA and round mark with a Sunday 67 (-5). strikeouts per seven innings last season, moved her The Gamecocks have four tournaments before It was a rough home opener for the South Carolina record to 3-0 by tossing a complete game and striking the SEC Championship in April, but the Florida Gamecocks, as they fell to the Golden Knights from out 11 South Carolina batters, while also giving up State Match-up is the only one in February. UCF, 4-1, putting their record at 4-2 on the season. fi ve hits and six walks, as the Golden Knights remain The next competition for South Carolina will Senior pitcher Julie Sarratt was credited with the undefeated on the season at 5-0. not be until the weekend of March 6 when they loss, and falls to 2-2 on the season. She finished A few of the only bright spots for the Gamecocks host the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. the game pitching 2.2 innings, and recorded three came from White who went 2-2 in her fi rst two at-bats The team hopes to top last year’s school record strikeouts. as a Gamecock, and from sophomore pitcher Nickie fi nish of 13th in the nation. The team fi nished After an abysmal first inning, in which the Blue who pitched a strong 4.1 innings, giving up only 2nd in both the SEC Championship and NCAA Gamecocks let up four runs and fi ve consecutive hits one hit, a walk and striking out three. East Regional before faltering a bit on the fi rst to the fi rst fi ve batters, they held UCF scoreless for UCF’s third basemen Farrah Sullivan was the only day of the NCAA tournament, shooting a 301 the remainder of the game, but only managed to score Golden Knight today who recorded multiple hits, as (+201). one run courtesy of an RBI fi elder’s choice from junior she batted 2-3 from the plate. UCF travels down to For most tournaments, teams choose five outfi elder Alaynie Page in the sixth inning. Florida this weekend as they participate in the NTC players that will factor into the scoring. Like South Carolina was only able to muster up five Spring Games. many teams, head coach Kalen Harris likes to hits today, and loaded up the bases on three different For South Carolina, they host the Gamecock rotate her starters based on factors such as the occasions, but was only able to score one run. South Invitational this upcoming weekend at Carolina course, tournament and whether a player is on a Carolina left 12 runners on base, and struck out 11 Softball Stadium and Beckham Field on Friday at 3 hot or cold streak. times, four of those from looking. p.m. vs. Presbyterian. It continues Saturday vs. the Harris has not announced a starting fi ve yet Gamecock hits were recorded from Page, senior Tar Heels of North Carolina at 3 p.m. and fi nishes up for this weekend, though her lineup may remain outfielder Kristen Struett, junior third-baseman against Appalachian State and College of Charleston at somewhat constant based on this weekend’s Jordan Bizzell and freshman shortstop Krystan White. 12:30 and 3 p.m. results.