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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 VOL. 102, NO. 32 ● SINCE 1908
City squirrels gone mild
Presence of people,
lack of predators force
USC rodents to adapt
Paul Bowers
ASSISTANT COPY DESK CHIEF
Kevork Djansezian / The Associated Press
The squirrels of Columbia Loved ones create a memorial for Chris Baker and Charles
are infamous for their antics, Still, two of the four who died in Friday night’s jet crash.
especially in crowded public
areas. They have been seen
rocketing from trash cans,
leaping between high tree
Cause of death assessed
limbs and, in some areas,
carrying off humans’ food.
for Learjet passengers
“I had one try to steal my
boyfriend’s biscuit one time Cause of crash under Still was a security guard
near Currell,” said third- for the musician.
year psycholog y st udent further investigation, Set ree sa id it wa sn’t
Laura Schneider. “You can blown tire suspected possible to determine if
the crew members were
definitely tell they’re not
afraid at all.” conscious after the plane
Jay meson Grebenc, Meg Kinnard came to rest. A wit ness
a t h i rd-yea r med ia a r t s Paul Bowers / THE DAILY GAMECOCK The Associated Press who came upon the scene
student, said he recalls one Squirrels in Columbia show less fear due to increased human interaction in city limits. A pilot and co-pilot killed moments after the crash said
persistent squirrel from his in a Learjet crash in South he discovered the musicians
last semester. said the squirrels are free to “In a sense, you could Fo r t he mo s t p a r t , Carolina died from smoke in the street near the fiery
“I’d shoo him, and he’d roam in Columbia. s a y t h e y ’ v e b e c o m e t he squ i r rels’ lea r ned inhalation and burns, and wreck as they frantically
back off about a foot,” he “ W h a t ’s h a p p e n e d domesticated, which means fearlessness only leads to two passengers were killed tried to douse their burning
said. He said he eventually t o p op u l at io n s o n t h i s they’ve lost their fear of minor annoyances—acorns from the impact, officials clothes.
gave in and fed the squirrel c a mpu s a nd dow nt ow n human scent,” he said. thrown from trees and jittery said Monday. The wit ness, William
a French fry. in general is that there is A s for t he w idespread face-to-face encounters, for R e m a r k a b l y, f o r m e r Owens, described the plane
Susan Redmond, a very little predator stress practice of feeding squirrels instance. Blink-182 drummer Travis as a fireball shooting across
St udent He a lt h C enter any more,” Mancke said. on t he USC campus, But at Clemson University Barker and celebrity disc the highway. Owens said
employee, trained some of “I t h i n k t he size of t he Mancke said he is wary of on Sept. 14, one intrepid jockey DJ A M sur v ived he was told there were four
the squirrels to eat from her populat ion here and t he human food sources. squirrel worked its way into the Friday night crash with other people on board, but
hand this summer. behavior is because we have “Acorns are better for a campus electric substation second- and third-degree they were making no noise
“Some of the time, they inadvertently tampered with squirrels, I would imagine, and caused a power outage burns. One of their doctors and the flames were too hot
ac t ua l ly a l most get too the population by building t ha n Cheetos,” he sa id. that lasted more than seven at a Georgia burn hospital to get close. “I immediately
comfor t able,” Red mond the cit y, bringing in lots “It really does change the hours. said he expects them to knew there was no saving
said. of people and scaring away metabolism and sometimes At the time, some students fully recover. them,” he said Saturday.
The Eastern gray predators.” t h e p h y s i o l o g y o f t h e jokingly suggested that the A video of the crash scene The jet, wh ich was
squirrel, the species most He said squirrel numbers animal.” squirrel had taken revenge released by police Monday he ade d f or Va n Nu y s ,
commonly seen on campus, in Columbia are “higher Many squ irrels in t he for the university’s attempts shows an inferno next to Calif., is owned by Global
is not considered to be at than probably they’ve ever v ic i n it y of t he Ru s s el l t o c o n t r o l t h e r o d e n t the road, and screams can Exec Aviation, a California-
any depopulation risk by the been.” House exhibit bald patches population. Beginning in be heard above the din of based charter company, and
Natural Resources South One consequence of and lumpy growths on their the spring, researchers at ambulance and fire truck was certified to operate last
Carolina Department. The t he p o p u l at io n h i k e i s backs. the universit y have been sirens. It is not clear who is year.
problem may actually be a t he squirrels have many M a nc ke do e s not s e e feeding squirrels food laced screaming in the video. NTSB member Debbie
lack of natural threats. opportunities to interact squirrels as potential rabies with a contraceptive agent A fi refighter said it took Hersman has said pieces of
Rudy Ma ncke , a USC with people and this can carriers and said the only and studying the effects. more than an hour to get tire were recovered from the
natural history lecturer and cause t hem to lose t heir real danger when interacting the blaze under control. runway. Goodyear Tire &
star of the long-running natural inhibitions, Mancke with injured squirrels is that Comments on this story? E-mail The pilot and co-pilot Rubber Co. manufactured
ETV program NatureScene, said of painful bites. gamecocknews@sc.edu were burned on their entire the tires on the Learjet
bodies and died w it h in and is cooperating with the
m i nute s of t he pla ne’s investigation, the company
TREE FALLS ON TRUCK OUTSIDE CAPSTONE
crash into an embankment said Monday.
about a quarter-mile from P ubl ic r e c ord s s how
t he end of t he airport’s the jet earlier this month
runway, said Brian Setree, returned to a New Jersey
ch ief deput y coroner airport before reaching its
for Lex i ng ton Cou nt y. destination in Oklahoma.
The two passengers, who The records do not say why
were close friends of the the plane diverted back 20
musicians, died on impact. minutes after it took off
No evidence of smoke was Sept. 12 from Teterboro,
found in their lungs, Setree N.J.
said. Six days later, the aircraft
Of f icials w it h t he took off from Teterboro
National Transportation again, flew for 47 minutes,
Safety Board said they have and returned to the New
not determined what caused Jersey airport, the records
the crash. However, they show. The next night, the
said a cockpit voice recorder plane arrived in Columbia
revealed that crew members at 11:08 p.m. The crash
thought a tire blew and happened less than an hour
tried to abort the takeoff later.
but couldn’t stop the plane. O f f ic i a l s f o r G lob a l
The Learjet 60 shot off the Exec have said t hey
end of the runway, ripped a re cooperat i ng w it h
Christine Galligan / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
through a fence and crossed investigators, but they did
A large tree collapsed into the middle of Gibbes Court outside Capstone House on Monday evening, blocking a highway before coming to not immediately respond
half the road and damaging the bed of a truck in its path. rest, engulfed in flames. Monday to questions about
Bettis Rainsford, a fourth-year political science student, said his truck was sitting in a driveway around 6:45 p.m. Killed in the crash were the Teterboro flights.
when a large portion of a tree fell directly onto the bed of the truck. pilot Sarah Lemmon , 31, Barker starred in t he
Rainsford wasn’t home at the time, but others in the neighborhood alerted his roommates to the situation, and of Anaheim Hills, Calif.; MTV reality series “Meet
they called him. It wasn’t a windy evening, and there was no apparent cause for the tree’s fall. co-pilot James Bland , 52, t he B a r k e r s” w it h h i s
Clay Short , a fourth-year criminal justice student and Rainsford’s roommate, said he believes the tree was of Carlsbad, Calif.; Chris t hen-w ife, for mer M iss
rotting. Baker, 29, of Studio City, USA Shanna Moakler. In a
The City of Columbia was alerted to the situation and the road blockage. Dozens of students inside Capstone’s Calif.; and Charles Still, 25, statement released Monday,
dining hall saw the tree collapse, prompting them to crowd the windows. of Los Angeles. Baker was Moakler thanked fans for
-Compiled by Josh Dawsey and Liz Segrist an assistant to Barker, and their support.
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Descent meeting
5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
RH, Room 302
Freshman Council
meeting
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
W eek
Larrell Wilkinson,
Russell House, Room 315
AAAS meeting USC’s substance abuse
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
RH Theater prevention and education
Pastafarians meeting
director.
6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Leconte, Room 112
RHA Senate meeting
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Q: If you won the lottery, what’s the first
Currell, Room 107
thing you would buy? Sarah Langdon / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Filipino-American A: If I won the lottery, I’d pay off all my student Lindsey Miller, a first-year pre-pharmacy student, registers to vote at the Voter’s Drive
Student Association
meeting loans. I know that’s so boring, but that’s the on Greene Street offered by the College Democrats at USC on Monday afternoon.
7 p.m. to 8 p.m
RH Dining Room
first thing I’d do.
Local National World
O ut of St ate Mentor Q: What’s your favorite animal?
meeting Gov. Mark Sanford said BOSTON — University of CAIRO, Egypt — Kidnappers
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A: A lion. I’m a Leo. Monday Sout h Ca rol i na Massachusetts officials on have seized 11 European
RH, Room 302 ne e d s t o t a c k le c a r b o n Monday quashed efforts by an tourists and eight Egyptians
GAMMA meeting
Q: What do you enjoy doing in your free dioxide and global warming
issues before t he federal
Amherst campus chaplain to
offer two college credits to any
during a Sahara desert safari
to Gilf al-Kebir, a plateau
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. time? government reacts. student willing to campaign famed for its prehistoric cave
RH, Room 305 The Republican governor in New Hampshire this fall paintings, Egyptian officials
A: Playing soccer. formally received a 653- for Democratic presidential said Monday.
SHARE meeting page report Monday from candidate Barack Obama. Egyptian Foreign Minister
8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. his Climate, Energ y, and Chaplain Kent Higgins told Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in
RH Dining Room Q: Where are you originally from? Commerce Advisor y students in a Sept. 18 e-mail, New York that the group
A: Stone Mountain, Ga. Committee that says South “If you’re scared about the had been freed unharmed
Hillel meeting Carolina can release less prospects for this election, Monday, and a military official
8 p.m. to 10 p.m. carbon dioxide than it did in you’re not alone. The most confirmed their release. But
RH, Room 304 1990 by promoting voluntary important way to make a Egyptian officials in Cairo
Q: What’s the best part about your job? efforts driven substantially by difference in the outcome is and New York later said they
Campus Crusade Maxcy incentives and laws already to activate yourself. It would had not yet been freed and that
Bible Study A: The students. on the books. be just fine with [Republican Aboul Gheit’s announcement
9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m “I t hink it’s incredibly candidate John] McCain if to reporters that they had been
Maxcy Common Room timely given the conversation Obama supporters just think let go was based on incorrect
that America is increasingly about helping, then sleep in information.
having on energy,” Sanford and stay home between now The five Germans, five
— Compiled by News Editor Liz Segrist said. “Doing nothing is not
going to be an option.”
and Election Day.”
H igg ins added t hat a n
Italians and one Romanian
were seized Friday along
S out h C a rol i n a’s u n na med “sponsor” i n with their Egyptian guides
Crime Report greenhouse gas emissions
rose 39 percent between 1990
and 2005, said committee
t he u n iver sit y ’s h i stor y
department would offer a
two-credit independent study
and drivers while camping
near the Sudanese border,
Egyptian Tourism Minister
chairman Ben Hagood , a for students willing to canvass Zoheir Garana said before the
SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 Republ ic a n st ate Hou se — identify supporters — or release was announced. The
Intoxicated pedestrian in roadway, 10:50 Public disorderly conduct, 5:28 a.m. member f rom Mou nt volunteer on behalf of the kidnappers took the captives,
p.m. Bates House, 1423 Whaley St. (Bates Pleasant. That’s twice the Democratic nominee. including two Italians in their
Intersection of Devine and Lincoln House rear patio area) national average. If nothing Un iversit y of f icia ls 70s, into Sudan, he said.
streets James Buchanan I nnes had slurred is done, South Carolina’s disavowed the effort after Only a few intrepid visitors
Colon Cagle was approached while speech and was vomiting. When a medical greenhouse gas emissions inquiries Monday by The make the daunting trek of
crossing the street walking crookedly. When attendant arrived on the scene, Innes became in 2020 will be 125 million Associated Press. They said it more than a week in 4X4s
asked if he knew where he was or where he increasingly violent and was arrested. metric tons of carbon dioxide, could run afoul of state ethics across the desert to the Gilf
was going, he said he had no idea. Reporting officers: J. DuPree, C. Bufkin wit h a t hird f rom power laws ban n ing on-t he-job al-Kebir, which lies near
Reporting officers: Cpl D. Adams, Ptl J. production and a third from political activity, as well as Egypt’s borders with Libya
Velders Simple possession of marijuana, 10:30 transportation. university policy. and Sudan beyond a vast plain
p.m. The report offers 51 policy “We do not engage in or of dunes known as the Great
SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 Blossom Street Garage, 1300 Blossom St. initiatives to cut emissions by sponsor partisan political Sand Sea. It is one of the most
Malicious injury to real property, 4:30 Two unknown suspects were intercepted 55 million metric tons by 2020 activity,” said Audrey Alstadt, arid places on Earth.
a.m. smoking a hand-rolled cigarette containing and leave the state emitting 5 chairwoman of the history The plateau has become
Bates House, 1423 Whaley St. marijuana. They immediately put their percent less carbon dioxide department. “We certainly increasingly popular among
An unknown suspect removed seven exit hands behind their head and threw the joint than in 1990, Hagood said. do not give academic credit adventure and eco-tourists
signs from the C wing of the 5th floor of away. Sanford said rising carbon for participation in partisan drawn by the stark desert
Bates House. Reporting officers: J.DuPree and C. Bufkin dioxide levels pose threats politics.” landscapes and the prehistoric
Estimated damages: $400.00. as global warming raises UMass-A mherst paintings in caves that dot
Reporting officers: J. DuPree, C. Bufkin -Compiled by Staff Writer Kyle Moores sea levels in the future and spokesman Ed Blaguszewski the plateau. They include
brings more severe hurricane said Higgins had previously the “Cave of the Swimmers,”
forecasts that raise insurance arranged history department immortalized in the 1996
premiums. credit for students working movie “The English
“This is something that’s on disaster relief efforts or Patient.” The cave features
going to be very real. There other humanitarian ventures, 10,000-year-old paintings of
will be a national reaction to and had raised the idea of people swimming, a hallmark
it. And the question is: Do similarly rewarding students of a t ime when scient ists
we react? Or do we let the who got i nvolved i n t he believe parts of the Sahara
federal government simply political process during the were covered by lakes and
fill in the blanks for us?” 2008 election. rivers.
Sanford praised elements Blaguszewski said university The unpopulated region
of the report, saying he favors officials had envisioned that is a crossroads for ethnic
ideas such as utilities allowing the efforts would involve A f rican t ribesmen —
net metering, which lets nonpartisan work such as get- including smugglers — from
consumers transmit surplus out-the vote campaigns, but Libya, Sudan and even Chad,
electricity they generate from changed their minds about f urt her sout h. It borders
things such as solar or wind the proposal when they saw a Sudan’s Darfur region, where
power and receive credits on portion of Higgins’ e-mail. raging conflicts have given
their bills. rise to armed bandits who
have become notorious for
robberies and hijackings.
Ismail Khairat, a spokesman
for Egypt’s U.N. mission, said
the tourists have not been
released. The information that
Aboul Gheit relied on when
he announced their release
earlier “was based on primary
information and it was not
correct,” Khairat said.
-Associated Press
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Acts of terror
need to be EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor Managing Editor
recognized, BRAD MAXWELL
Copy Desk Chief
CALLI BURNETT
Assistant Copy Desk Chief
not allowed AMANDA DAVIS
News Editor
PAUL BOWERS
Sports Editor
LIZ SEGRIST MICHAEL AGUILAR
Airplane scheme more The Mix Editor Viewpoints Editor
COLIN JONES JOSH RABON
than ‘public nuisance;’
Design Director Photography Editor
threats need recognition ELIZABETH HOWELL CHRISTINE GALLIGAN
Have you ever wondered
why you haven’t been able
t o b r i n g o n a n y l iq u id
cont a i ner beyond t he IN OUR OPINION
security checkpoint? In the
summer of 2006, eight men
tried to carry
ex plosives in
Return of smog shows
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
Voting attitudes need to change lack of real progress
sp or t s d r i n k
b ot t le s ont o
a n a ir pla ne.
Just recently,
If you are planning on taking a trip to Beijing now that
though, a College-aged citizens directly concern us. Our If you can’t because you’re
the Olympics are over, we have one word of advice: Bring
Br it ish ju r y parents lived during a time not registered, there are
AARON only convicted should exercise rights, when they held protests to ways to remedy that. In
GADBURY a gas mask.
t h re e of t he catalyze the Civil Rights fact, as you may have read
First-year
suspects in use voice in elections Movement. yesterday, the USC College
That’s because after nearly two months of clean air and
public smog-free skylines, the city is going back to its old ways
relations
conspiring to Last week I was talking A nd u s? We h ad a n Democrats are holding a
student murder. And of w it h a f r iend of m i ne election during the War registration drive every day of excessive carbon emissions. With any hope, China’s
the eight that about the current elections o n Te r r o r, t h e m o s t this week in order to assist capital city will have that signature haze back by the end
were convicted, ( I t a l k i ng, she mo st ly cont roversial war since students in becoming more
only seven of t hem were pretending to listen), and Vietnam that everybody involved with the election. of the month.
convicted in a conspiracy to then I asked a seemingly had an opinion on, and only And chances are if you’re Beijing’s city government wanted to get back to the
commit a public nuisance legitimate question: “So, half of eligible youth voters reading this newspaper,
while one was still let go. who are you voting for?” between 18 and 29 years you’re only five or so blocks China’s capital old look so badly that it
ignored the wishes of nearly
The charges to commit a To t h is, she scof fed, old showed up to cast their away f rom becom i ng a
terrorist act were acquitted “ D o e s ballot. Seriously, voting is registered voter. There city will have that 90 percent of the city’s 17
of all the defendants. This it really the easiest way in the world have been many articles million citizens who said
seems a little foggy to me. matter? One to make a difference, and running lately that make signature haze that they wanted to keep
So what exactly would the guy says instead, we just updated our it clear the nation doesn’t
British Royal Court consider he’ll do one Facebook in apathy as a way ex pec t much f rom ou r back by the end restrictions that kept the air
a terrorist act? t h i ng, t he to stick it to the Man. Yeah, generation in this election. breathable.
The eight defendants, who ot her g u y I’m sure that got him. I have read countless stories of the month. Shock ing? Maybe not.
were led by a man named promises A lot of young adults that t h at de s c r ib e ou r a g e
Abdulla A hmed A li , were MANDI t he exact I talk to feel the same way demographic as being fickle, Disappointing? Definitely.
schedu led to t a ke seven SORDELET opposite, my friend does about the lazy and unconcerned for The Beijing Olympics were supposed to be China’s
transatlantic f lights to the Third-year a nd eit her election. They either don’t the future of our country.
public
coming-out party, the country’s chance to prove that
major North American cities way, we’re care where the candidates What I’m asking from you
of New York, Washington, relations screwed.” stand on certain issues, they is to prove them wrong. It’s they, like the West, should be taken seriously. Based on
Ch icago, Sa n Fra ncisco, student Sadly, she can’t see how one becoming more than a civil right to the way the city presented itself, most would say that
Montreal and Toronto. Ali, thought she president over the other vote. It’s a civic duty. China did this. But putting a stop to pollution regulations
a 27-ye a r - old c omput er had a rational point. And really affects them, or they Honest ly, what ’s t he
only a month after the games doesn’t send a message of
s y s t e m s e n g i n e e r, w a s frighteningly, that seems don’t think their vote makes point of democracy if you
found with computer files to be the general consensus a difference. Therefore, don’t at least try to make progress. Ignoring the citizens doesn’t help either.
lined w it h t he r ules and on most young adults who they’re looking at Nov. 4 as your opinion count? This Officials say the air won’t be as dirty as it was before
regulations of what sort of don’t plan on voting come a day off from classes that will be my first year that the restrictions were put in place, but that’s not good
materials were allowed to be Nov. 4. What really gets allows them to sleep in and I will be able to vote, and
carried on the aircraft, along me, though, is this blasé put off homework. I’m ecstatic for my first enough. Emissions from Beijing will affect the quality
with other files containing attitude that earned our Here’s the kicker: You opportunity to flex my civil of life for the whole world. As a world power, the
guidelines for baggage rules. generation the reputation can still do all that and find right and have my voice Chinese government needs to realize the effect that their
The defendants planned of being a bunch of lazy 20 or so minutes to head heard. Hopefully, you feel
on carrying with them the brats who don’t really care down to your nearest poll the same way. If so, then I’ll environmental policy has on the rest of the globe.
hydrogen-peroxide explosives about any issues that don’t booth and cast your vote. see you at the polls. Until then, you might want to cancel that plane ticket,
with A A batteries taped to unless you packed some sort of breathing apparatus in
themselves and use disposable
your carry-on.
c a m e r a s a s d e t o n at o r s .
How can a jur y with any
intuition only convict three
Youth need to create solutions CORRECTIONS
of these defendants with just In Monday’s staff editorial, not registering to vote is utterly
conspiracy for murder? unacceptable. The Daily Gamecock regrets this error.
They were not just going to New generation has demand. The word “global” that will fi x these market
was key in the previous inefficiencies.
commit murder. According opportunity to solve sentence. While American I want things to get bad.
If you see an error in today’s paper, we want to know about it.
t o M e r r i a m -We b s t e r ’s E-mail us at sagckvew@mailbox.sc.edu
dictionary definition, murder current predicaments demand is down slightly, I mean really bad. I like
global demand is picking chaos in the markets and
is the crime of unlawfully This is a great time to
up at an exponential rate, the world because, quite ITʼS YOUR RIGHT
killing a person, especially be young.
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Murder is the killing of a we have all the advantages
put the pinch on everybody that’s when problems need
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with the fi nancial side of Our parents had it easy. PAUL BOWERS
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TIMOTHY the world around you are They had bumps in the Design Director Sports: 777-7182
person a terrorist act, then to so much ELIZABETH HOWELL Editor’s Office: 777-3914
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Third-year the $700 billion price tag on such a global, earth- A.J. BIKOWSKI
should consider that what a n d News Editor
finance being put on the fi nancial/ shattering scale.
these men were planning to opportunity LIZ SEGRIST
student homeow ner/econom ic / They never had to Assistant News Editor Public Relations Director The Daily Gamecock is
do was far more than just a if we only KARA APEL CAM BYRD the editorially independent
market /whoever else worry about there being a
murder. It was a attempt at reach out Viewpoints Editor Assistant PR Director student newspaper of the
needs it bail out. W hile way to buy or sell a house JOSH RABON CHRISTINA STRITZINGER
terrorizing the world. and grab it. Assistant Viewpoints Editor Graduate Assistant
University of South Carolina.
some out there will argue or whether their energ y It is published daily during
I do not understand how W h i le some of you DARREN PRICE JESICA JOHNSON
whether this is good or needs would be met in 10 The Mix Editor Student Media Director the fall and spring semesters
people can see right through will value youth because and nine times during the
bad, if this is socialism, years. COLIN JONES SCOTT LINDENBERG
these charges only to have this is the time you will Assistant Mix Editor Faculty Adviser summer with the exception of
which among us is going W h ile mak ing t he ELLEN MEDER ERIK COLLINS university holidays and exam
the defendants get a slap look best in t he mirror
to get the shaft? most of this situation will Sports Editor Creative Director periods. Opinions expressed
on the wrist, compared to (save a genetically gifted MICHAEL AGUILAR EDGAR SANTANA in The Daily Gamecock are
I am just excited about require a bit of intelligence
what they deserved. One of few), I am excited about Assistant Sports Editor Business Manager
those of the editors or author
all of these surrounding and hard work, there is no MICHAEL BAUMANN CAROLYN GRIFFIN
the three named even had the amount of time that Photo Editor Advertising Manager
and not those of the University
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008 PAGE 5
Primetime Emmys
Fall Flat on
anniversary
dominated
Presenters, co-hosts deliver lackluster the evening
show at 60th annual award ceremony in the comedy
c ategor ie s . A lec
Baldwin won Best Lead
Jimmy Gilmore Actor in a Comedy Series ,
STAFF WRITER
while Fey won Emmys for Best Lead Actress
in a Comedy Series and for Best Writing for
The 60t h A n nual Primet ime Em my
a Comedy Series.
Awards were presented both as a celebration
The show received the award for Best
of the greatest television series of all time
Comedy Series for the second year in a row.
and as a night to congratulate the best work
It also earned three Creative Arts Emmys
of the last year.
at a separate ceremony last week honoring
The bitter sting of the writers’ strike,
technical categories and guest performers.
which forced all series to drastically cut
HBO’s highly acclaimed miniseries, “John
programming last fall, seemed completely
Adams,” was the night’s overall big winner.
removed from the celebratory evening.
The seven-part program was nominated for
In a bizarre move, the show was co-hosted
23 total Emmys and won a record-setting 13,
by Jeff Probst, Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum,
eight of which it won in technical categories
Howie Mandel and Ryan Seacrest — the
at last week’s Creative Arts ceremony.
fi ve nominees for Outstanding Host for a
“Joh n Ada ms” won Best M i n iser ies
Reality or Reality-Competition Program, a
in addition to awards for its leads, Paul Kevork Djansezian / The Associated Press
new category for this year.
Giamatti and Laura Linney, as well as for
The hosts were the worst part of the “30 Rock” executive producer Lorne Michaels, left, and Marci Klein, far right, pose
supporting actor Tom Wilkinson and writer
even ing, compet ing for face t ime and
Kirk Ellis. backstage with actor Alec Baldwin and actress and executive producer Tina Fey at the
claiming to be doing their job off the cuff. 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
“The Daily Show w it h Jon Stewart”
Few of their jokes were funny, and the gags
extended its dominance in the world of fake
they tried came off flat and boring.
news by winning the award of Outstanding on the stage that were occasionally rotated evening.
Thankfully, many of the presenters came
Variety, Music or Comedy Series for the during breaks, but there was very little Though a relatively uneventful and boring
to the rescue with relatively funny bits,
sixth year in a row. in the way of praising the vast history of show, made worse by the nonexistent and
including a staged argument between Steve
“The Colbert Report” also got its first television at this 60th anniversary mark. unentertaining quintet of hosts, the awards
Carell and Ricky Gervais and a hilarious
nomination for Outstanding Writing for a A high moment in the show came when t hemselves honored some of t he most
appearance by legend Don Rickles.
Variety, Music, or Comedy Program. Steve Martin presented comedian Tommy respected work in the field after a nearly
A MC’s series “Mad Men” walked away
Though the show moved quickly, the Smothers, who wrote for “The Smothers crippling year with the writers’ strike.
with the prize for Best Drama Series for its
awk ward performances from t he hosts Brothers Comedy Hour” in the 1960s, an
fi rst season , the only award it won in the
left the evening relatively lifeless. The honorary Emmy.
evening.
producers attempted to salute several classic Smothers’s acceptance speech was the Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockfeatures@
Tina Fey ’s N BC comedy “30 Rock ”
programs by creating mock-ups of their sets most eloquent and emotional address of the sc.edu
GRACZYKSTAN: A RANDOM
USC Orchestra welcomes soloist COLUMN, NOT A COUNTRY
First concert of fall to feature Susan Starr on piano,
showcase several Russian composers People must question beliefs, region of rural Kentucky. While
there may have been other clues to
Ashley Warren
analyze tendencies toward indicate the journalists’ presence in
Georgia, the number of variables
THE DAILY GAMECOCK accepting information and the erroneous nature of human
perception prevent the conclusive
proof of Georgia’s existence.
S o c r at e s onc e s a id t h at t he
By the same token, though, it
unexamined life is not worth living.
is also impossible to prove that
His subsequent trial and suicide,
there is no Georgia,
however, might suggest that the
t h at t h e r e a r e n o
examined life does not fare much
Caucasus Mountains,
better. To me it simply shows that
or t hat t here is no
Socrates did not examine life quite
Russia. So, while we
enough.
c a n not k now t h at
The most interesting analyses of
t here is, we also
The USC Symphony Orchestra will life come from the things people
c a n not k now t h at
be performing with a guest soloist tonight in choose to believe or not believe. ANDREW there is not. The only
the Koger Center for the Arts. and M a ny people have i ntere st i ng GRACZYK opt ion rem a i n i ng,
It is the fi rst of the symphony orchestra’s t h a t tendencies when it comes to belief, Second-year then, is to not know
six performances in t he concert season she hopes n a mely t h at t he y w i l l b el ie ve physics defi nitively, which we
and begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 for that students a l m o s t a n y t h i n g, o f t e nt i m e s student do not, and choose
students, $20 for senior citizens, faculty and come out to w it hout quest ion, so long as it
to either accept that
staff, and $25 for adults. support their fellow is told to them. They are much
we cannot know, believe without
T he h i g h l i g ht of t he e v e n i n g w i l l musicians. less willing to believe what they
ample evidence that Georgia exists,
be a piano piece by special guest soloist Ca rley Peace, a are asked. A llow me to explain.
or without ample evidence deny its
Su sa n St a r r backed up t he orche st ra. second-yea r mu sic a nd A pprox i mately one a nd a ha lf
existence.
Starr has held several teaching positions at English student and cellist months ago when it was reported
The really interest ing part is
various universities across the country and for t he orchestra , said t hat that Russia invaded Georgia, some
that the vast majorit y of people
has won a silver medal at the International this concert will be exciting for people likely recognized it as true
w ill choose t he second opt ion,
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Starr, students because “a lot of people but were apathetic to its grander
which leads me to the idea that it is
a renowned pianist, has also performed with will recognize certain parts of the implicat ions. Ot hers likely did
much easier and more comforting
almost every major orchestra in the U.S. pieces.” research into the background of
to believe than to not believe or
S h e d e b u t e d w i t h t h e N e w Yo r k Both Peace and Russell stressed the confl ict to better understand
deny. This is not to say that no
Philharmonic when she was only 6 years t hat t he repertoire to be played is it. Some were certainly surprised
one will choose the second option,
old, mak ing her the youngest soloist to ver y exc it i ng a nd t hat it is spec ia l to know that there was a country
but it is much more difficult to
e v e r ap p e a r w it h a m aj or or c he s t r a . t o h a v e St a r r p e r f o r m w it h t h e m . ca l led “G eorg ia,” wh ile Sout h
accept uncertainty, and it is likely
Tonight Starr will perform Rachmaninoff’s D o n a l d Po r t n o y, t h e p r o f e s s o r o f Carolina saw the ordeal as a step in
that almost no one will choose to
“Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.” conducting who will be leading the orchestra the right direction and considered
deny Georgia’s existence outright,
The music for this piece was originally tonight, said that tonight’s program features invading Atlanta. No one, however,
though such a statement would be
written for the violin and was later translated music t hat is “ver y excit ing, romant ic- dema nded t hat t he jou r na l ist s
just as logically conceivable to most
by Rachmaninoff into a piano piece with sounding music that everyone would enjoy.” prove t here wa s a G eorg ia i n
Americans. It could, however, be
24 variations. This piece truly shows how “Not many st udents realize that this is t hat place called t he Caucasus
perceived as culturally insensitive
virtuosic the piano can be, making it ideal their orchestra, or that they have their Mountains, or prove there was a
or mistaken for a blatant ignorance
for any fans of piano pieces. own symphony orchestra right on campus,” Russia to invade it.
of geog raphy, so t he opt ion of
T he prog ra m ton ight consist s of Portnoy said. Portnoy encourages students It is just as well t hat no one
den ia l is i n f luenced by force s
several different Russian composers. The to come out to show support. A not her asked, for, on a pu rely log ica l
outside of reason.
perfor mance w ill beg in w it h a Glin k a fact students might not know is that the a nd ph i lo s oph ic a l le vel , s uc h
Perhaps, then, Georgia is a bad
o v e r t u r e . T h i s i s t o b e f ol low e d b y orchestra is not only made up of music a feat would be impossible. The
ex a mple. It receives too much
Rachmaninoff’s piece. Lastly, the orchestra students, but undergraduate and graduate journalists could not really even
attent ion. Surely t here is some
will perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. st udent s f rom a w ide range of majors. p r o v e t h at t h e y h a d b e e n t o
place where no one goes and where
5. T he u n iver sit y ’s s y mphony orche st r a Georgia or Russia. All they could
nothing happens. Someplace which
Julie Russell, a fourth-year music education feat ures more t han 100 st udents. They really prove was that they traveled
we can safely question. Someplace
student and violinist in the orchestra , said will be performing five more concerts after (most likely by plane) over a large
like Nort h Dakota. Ladies and
that tonight’s performance “is a really well- tonight, all of which will be held in the body of water to an impoverished,
gent lemen, t here is no Nor t h
put-together concert with a lot of famous Koger Center. mountainous region where people
Dakota, at least not such that it
pieces.” spoke a la ng uage t hey d id not
can be directly proven through
Russell also emphasized that the orchestra Comments on this story? E-mail understand. By this description,
reason, which in this case I accept
is very well prepared for this performance gamecockfeatures@sc.edu t h e p l a n e c o u ld h a v e t u r n e d
as disproof of its existence. It is
a rou nd over t he A t la nt ic a nd
taken the journalists to a remote GRACZYKSTAN ● 6
PAGE 6 The Daily Gamecock ● TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
‘Ghost Town’ marks
Gervais’s lead debut
my own hair and my own
Writer, director face, sometimes my own
of BBC’s ‘The Office’ clot hes because I don’t
want to spend an hour in
lands major film role the makeup chair.”
It’s not laziness, but a
m at t e r o f c o n s e r v i n g
Colin Covert h i s energ y for m at ter s
Star Tribune t hat cou nt — such a s
improvising on the set and
With his acerbic, fast- making his fellow actors
talking wit and eternally d issolve i n laughter, as
e x a s p er at e d deme a nor, Gervais, a notorious giggler,
English comedian Rick y frequently does himself.
G er v a i s i s a m a s t er of “I did warn David Koepp
taking an already ridiculous [a celebrated screenwriter
sit uat ion and mak ing it and ‘Ghost Town’s’ writer-
more so. director], ‘I’ll try only to
A s w r it e r, d i r e c t o r ruin 30 percent of the takes.’
a nd s t a r of t he BB C ’s He reckons it’s nearer 50.
groundbreak ing comedy The first scene was me and
series “The Of f ice,” he Greg Kinnear in a bar when
made the daily grind at a he first tells me New York’s
regional paper wholesaler a full of ghosts. And we were
microcosm of incompetence cracking up and I was going Mark Lennihan / The Associated Press
and ego. In his follow-up, of f on a l l t a ngent s a nd Run-D.M.C., pictured here at the 1988 Grammy Awards, are up for Hall of Fame status along with eight other artists.
HBO’s “Extras,” Gervais doing stupid things. Greg
played a small-time actor was laughing and David was
chasing success, and then
ill-equipped to handle it
laughing and David Koepp
came over and said, ‘Do you
Run-D.M.C., Metallica get Hall of Fame nod
when it arrived. His film think we should try one as
“ G h o s t To w n” (w h i c h
opened Friday), in which he
it is in the script? Just in
case?’ I went, ‘Yes, fine.’”
Broad range of genres represented Rock Hall foundation. “It truly
shows it’s never a closed door for any
month the group released “Death
Magnetic,” which marks a return to
plays a Manhattan dentist Ger vais made up a among next year’s possible inductees artist to be nominated.” its early speed metal days.
pestered by a roster of significant amount of his The f ive leading vote-get ters The Stooges, recently given props
pushy spooks, is Gervais’ dialog on the fly. “I wanted Joe Milicia will be announced in January and in the fi lm “Juno,” get another shot
first leading role on film. to change a few things and The Associated Press inducted April 4, 2009, in Cleveland. after last appearing on the ballot two
Although he specializes in make it mine. I ad-libbed The ceremony typically has been years ago.
neurotic, needy characters, through every scene,” he held in New York but is returning to Left off the ballot were Stevie
CLEVELAND — Run-D.M.C. could
in conversation Gervais is said. “It is that 15 percent Cleveland after more than a decade- Ray Vaughan and Bon Jovi. Both
“Walk This Way” into the Rock and
relaxed. Downright laid- that’s peppered through long absence. Tickets will be made had been eligible for the fi rst time.
Roll Hall of Fame.
back , i n fact. Du r i ng a t he f i l m t h at m a k e s it available to the public for the first To be nominated an act must have
The 1980s rap act, along wit h
hectic press junket for his interesting and real and time. released its first single or album 25
Metallica and the Stooges, are among
new comedy, he took our funnier, dare I say it.” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious years prior.
the nine nominees for next year’s
call flat on his back. Koepp (“Jurassic Park,” Five opened the door for rap at the “They’re great artists,” Peresman
hall of fame class, the Rock and Roll
“A t t h e m o m e nt I ’m “Spider-Man”) welcomed Rock Hall as the first hip-hop act s a id. “ People’s t i me come s for
Hall of Fame Foundation announced
lying down on a hotel bed the unscripted additions to be inducted in 2007. Now, Run- whatever reason when it does.”
Monday.
looking across Manhattan, becau se he k new t hat D.M.C., nominated in the fi rst year Rock fan Neil Walls, who started
The other nominees are guitarist
so it’s OK. It is grueling,” Gervais was an actor with of its eligibility, has the chance to the Web site futurerockhall.com two
Jeff Beck, singer Wanda Jackson,
he said. “I just try to do it ideas of his own. follow on the strength of rock and and one-half years ago to discuss
Little Anthony and the Imperials,
lying down. In the press “There was mut ual rap blends such as the 1986 cover of which of today’s artists could end up
War, Bobby Womack and disco-R&B
interviews, I said I can’t sit respect,” Gervais said. “He Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” and in the hall of fame, said this year’s
group Chic.
in that chair for six hours, knew I’m a writer-director classics like “It’s Tricky” and “My nominees offer great diversity. But he
The list is notable for the wide
so I got two armchairs in. and there’s two ideas put Adidas.” questions why artists like Kiss, Alice
range of musical genres represented
[The studio folks] were all forward and one of them’s “The big thing they did is took Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Chicago and
— hip-hop, metal, punk, disco and
worried, ‘It’ll look weird, the better one. A nd in a hip-hop more into the mainstream,” Rush keep getting snubbed.
R&B — and the large number of
it ’l l look wei rd.’ I sa id good partnership you go, said Jim Henke, chief curator of the “They need to go back to at least
first-time candidates. Only Chic,
I don’t care what it looks yep, that’s the better idea, hall of fame and a member of the nominating 14 or 15 to at least give
the Stooges and Jackson have been
like, I’m sitting down in an whoever comes up with it. nominating committee. “They did the voters more of an option,” Walls
previously nominated.
armchair. There’s no point So I think I got my own combine a lot of rock elements. As said. “It really puts the power in the
“It’s an interesting group because
in forsak ing comfort at way,” he said, breaking into far as hip-hop groups go, they’re nominating committee’s hands.”
it rea l ly show s t he nom i nat i ng
work.” wicked giggles. certainly right there at the top.” More than 500 musicians, industry
committee showed some thought and
The same easy-does-it He also won a concession Metallica jumped on the heav y professionals and journalists vote on
energy into who should be inducted,”
ethos applies to filming, he that many actors would find metal wave of the 80’s and 25 years the inductions.
said Joel Peresman, president and
said. puzzling. Gervais insisted later is still selling out arenas. This
CEO of the New York City-based
“I’m not one of t hese t hat he not do a k issing
actors who says, ‘I shouldn’t s c e ne w it h c o s t a r Te a
use my own hair in case I Leoni.
get typecast.’ Well, I do use
Joel Ryan / The Associated Press
In this Aug. 21 file photo, U.S. band Metallica arrives for the 2008 Kerrang Rock Awards in central London. The group
is officially being considered for induction by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in April.
GRACZYKSTAN ● Continued never met them in North
from 5 Dakota, which allows for
their existence, but only
at b e s t a n a lpi ne a re a while outside of the state.
bet ween Sout h Dakota It is a lso possible t hat
and Canada, a large patch they are subsidized by the
of land with nothing on government to perpetuate
it that is known as North the myth.
Dakota only because we W het her you believe
allow it to be so. It has in North Dakota or not,
no identit y that we can sometimes it is good to
det er m i ne a nd , a s f a r t a ke a few step s back ,
as I a m concer ned, no t h i n k cr it ica l ly a nd
extension. South Dakota determine what we really
could just as easily border k now about l ife or a
Canada as a place called situation. So, examine life
North Dakota. The only and examine geography,
issue rema i n i ng, t hen, but b e yond a l l t h i n g s
is t he st ate’s supposed examine yourself. It may
population. This becomes seem trivial, but it never
less of a problem when hurts to give exercise to
you remember that, even reason. Benedicitas.
if you have met them, you
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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Volleyball opens SEC season 9-5 lead. However, USC went on an the first set, opening up on a 10-2
8-4 run to tie the match at 13. The run and leading all the way before
with home sweeps against Tigers took a 14-13 lead on the next w in n ing set point on a Georg ia
point, but they wouldn’t lead again, error.
Georgia, Louisiana State as Carolina would secure the victory The second set was more of the
with a 12-5 run to win the match. same, as USC opened on an 8-2 run
Junior Ivana Kujundzic had 14 and once again did not trail during
James Kratch k ills and one block, hitting for a the entire set, winning the set on a
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
.394 percentage. Stenlund had nine Georgia error on set point.
k ills and three blocks, A nderson The Bulldogs fi nally gained their
The USC volleyball team kept
had seven kills and two blocks, and fi rst lead of the day in the third set,
about their winning ways this past
junior Bridget Denson-Dorman had 3-2, but it was short-lived, as USC
weekend, opening the 2008 SEC
28 assists and eight digs. went on an 8-1 run to take a 10-4
regular season with style by recording
lead. W hile Georgia would f ight
sweeps over LSU and Georgia at the
back, but USC was in total control
Volleyball Competition Facility in
the whole way.
Columbia.
On Friday night, the Gamecocks
shocked t he defend i ng Wester n
Division champion Tigers with a
“attacking
We got good
and good
For t he match, Kuju ndzic had
15 kills and four digs , and Senior
Belita Salters and sophomore Megan
Laugh l i n b ot h h ad eight k i l l s .
three sets-to-none victory, 25-14,
26-24, 25-19. ball control, and Sophomore A n n ie T hom a s had
seven kills, and junior Sarah Cline
Both teams went back and forth
early on in the first set. Leading that’s attributed provided 14 digs and two aces from
the service line. Denson-Dorman
12-11, the Gamecocks went on a 7-1
run, widening their lead to 19-12 to having great had 39 assists.
Somera praised his team’s passing
and forcing LSU to call timeout.
passers. abilities as a key to their 2-0 start in
The timeout did little to help, as
moments later USC freshman Tory
Anderson drove home an emphatic
kill to give Carolina a 21-13 lead. USC Coach Ben Somera
” SEC play.
“We got good attacking and good
ball control, and that’s attributed to
having great passers.”
The Gamecocks would eventually
Wit h t he win, t he Gamecock s
win the set as sophomore Hannah
extended their winning streak to
Lawing recorded a kill for set point.
On Sunday, the Gamecocks earned 10 games. The last time USC had
LSU rebou nded in t he second
yet another victory, easily disposing a streak that long was 2002, the last
s e t , le a d i n g e a r l y 12-10 w h e n
of the Georgia Bulldogs in a matinee season the Gamecocks qualified for
USC Coach Ben Somera called a
sweep, 25-11, 25-16, 25-17. the NCAA Tournament, a fact that
timeout to regroup his squad. The
A major part of Carolina’s success isn’t ignored by the current squad,
Gamecocks went on a quick 4-1 run
against UGA was their abilit y to according to Somera.
out of the break to take a 14-13 lead,
convert f inesse shots and expose “It’s defi nitely one of our goals to
but LSU would fight back to lead
weaknesses in the Bulldogs’ f loor put another banner up in the gym,
16 -14. However, t he Gamecock s
coverage. but we talk about playing to compete
would end the match on a 12-8 run
“In any sport, if [the defender] only a nd play i ng to t he b e st of ou r
from there, clinching the second set
has to worry about one thing, then abilities — we want to deal with the
26-24 on a set point kill by freshman
it’s prett y predictable. We talked immediate goals fi rst and take care
Teresa Stenlund, playing in her fi rst
about varying our shots, getting the of the process before the outcome,”
collegiate match.
defenders thinking,” Somera said. Somera said.
LSU, down by two sets, came out Alan Tauber / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
The Gamecocks never trailed in
hot in the third set, jumping out to a
Megan Laughlin and Meredith Moorhead block for USC.
Next home game • Oct. 10 vs. Tennessee @ 7 p.m.
Soccer set to roll into conference play
Arthur’s hot streak continues as USC flattens College of Charleston Women’s run ends, but Gamecocks aim to challenge for SEC East
Drew Lattier been playing in multi-team Gamecocks. Sam Davis first half and were produced corner k ick from WCU’s
STAFF WRITER tournaments every weekend USC’s bench performed THE DAILY GAMECOCK by four different players . A rlan W hitt le . The k ick
but were able to dedicate the well as Berson had to shift Freshman Kayla Grimsley landed in a crowd of players
The Sout h Carol i na week before Friday’s game some players a rou nd to The Gamecocks were one scored in her fourth straight and was then deflected into
men’s soccer team played to focus solely on defeating different positions Friday game away from heading gamel. the net, resulting in the lone
to an impressive w in t he Cougars. College of n ight to accou nt for into SEC play as an unbeaten “She’s one of t he most goal of the contest.
Friday night, defeating the Cha rle ston entered t he multiple injuries. team. The South Carolina skilled players I have ever For the majorit y of the
nationally ranked College game on a three-game win “ Un for t u n ately we’re women’s soccer team moved s e e n ,” C o a c h S h e l l e y game, USC played without
of C h a rle ston C oug a r s st reak and had defeated carrying a few injuries at to 6-0-2 after its win over East Smith said of her freshman t he sen ior leader sh ip of
4-0. The victory improved a few nat ionally ran ked this time, but a number of Tennessee State on Friday sensation. “To have that kind midfielder Danila Monteiro,
USC to 4-2-1 on the season teams earlier in the season. our players have stepped night at Stone Stadium. Their of composure as a freshman who was fouled very early and
and was the fi rst win over “Our preparat ion t his up and taken place in the eight-game unbeaten streak is a bonus for us. It’s nice for left the game with a leg injury.
a ra n ked opponent t h is week was excellent,” Berson lineup and haven’t missed a put them not only in USC’s her to step in with that kind Monteiro joined start ing
season, as well as the fi rst said. “Ou r players were beat,” Berson said. record books with the longest of confidence.” forward Brooke Jacobs, who
road win for Carolina. very focused and alert, and T he G a mecock s have unbeaten streak in school Juniors Blakely Mattern left Friday’s game with a leg
Lead i ng t he of fense it showed tonight against a just two games to go before history, but also atop the SEC and Lindsay Small and senior injury, on the bench.
for t he G a mecock s was nationally ranked team on they dive into Conference East. Their last game before Danila Monteiro were the The Gamecocks threatened
sophomore Sam A rt hur, the road.” USA play for the season. conference play, however, was other Gamecocks who put the Catamounts in the late
a for ward who has been The USC defense, led Carolina has not played a at unranked Western Carolina one into the net. Monteiro’s stages of the game by getting
nearly u nstoppable t h is by sophomore goalkeeper conference opponent this on Sunday afternoon, and the goal, which put the team t wo shots off from inside
season. Arthur tallied two Jimmy Maurer, held t he y e a r, h av i n g s p e nt t he Catamounts gave USC more ahead early, was her first of the box in the 84th minute.
goals in t he win against Couga rs to a shutout earlier half of the season than they could handle. the season. Freshman midfielder Lolly
C ol lege of C h a rle ston , despite a 12-9 disadvantage preparing for the critical After crushing ETSU by a “I was pushing so hard to Holland had a shot blocked,
raising his season total to in shots. Maurer collected stretch of games in which score of 4-0, the Gamecocks try to find a spot to put the and junior midfielder Kim
eight goals in just seven six saves in t he contest, they face seven conference were looking like the team team in a situation where M iller’s follow-up sailed
games. stringing together his third opponents in a little over a to beat in the SEC East — a we can relax in a game and high.
Carolina wasted no straight shutout. month. division in which USC was pass the ball around,” said South Carolina now heads
time taking control of the A f ter a f r ust rat ing The Gamecocks now set picked to fi nish fourth. The Monteiro. “I think this goal into conference play. The
game, with Arthur taking scoreless first half for the their sights on Furman, as four goals all came was more important than any G a mecock s w il l t a ke on
advantage of a free k ick Cougars, a more aggressive they travel to Greenville in the of my goals from last season.” Tennessee at Stone Stadium
just four minutes into the squad took the field to open on Wednesday. The second game of the on Friday night, where they
match . Arthur later went the second half. Just in the weekend, however, was are nearly unbeatable (21-3 in
on to score with the help fi rst four minutes of play in a m u c h d i f f e r e nt the last three seasons). Still
of a long throw at midfield the fi nal half, the Cougars stor y for USC . sitting atop the SEC East,
by Da n ny Cates. T he collected two yellow cards. The game was Coach Smith knows it will be
multi-goal performance for College of Charleston de c ide d i n a challenge to remain in the
Arthur was his third in a continued the intensity t he 64t h top spot.
row this season. throughout the half, minute “The SEC every year is very
Senior Kevan Hawkins but stellar defense on a exciting and very competitive
joined A rt hur as an at t he net by from top to bottom. Those
of fen sive le ader i n t he Mau rer held standings will not stay the
match by scoring a pair of t he opponent same throughout the year,”
goals to bring the tally to s c or ele s s . A Smith said. “If we continue
4-0. late goal from to play and get better, we will
“Tonight we played with Hawkins definitely compete for the top
the intensity and focus that put the spot.”
we’re going to need for game on
the rest of the year,” USC ice for the
Coach Mark Berson said.
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