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THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
WHO HAS
THE RIGHT
Christian Legal Society proclaims that
current system violates rights to free
speech, discourages religious exercise
Jackie Alexander
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
A Christian legal group has filed
a complaint against the university
in federal district court, alleging
t hat t he st udent orga n izat ion
funding system violates the First
Amendment.
The Christian Legal Society and
the USC School of Law Chapter
filed the complaint on Feb. 28,
attorney Casey Mattox said. Mattox
said the current funding practices
do not allow religious or political
student organizations to receive
student activity fees.
“It essentially leaves religious
and political student organizations
out of the funding process,” Mattox
said.
The Christian Legal Societ y
i s a no n- p r of it or g a n i z at io n
t hat seek s “to be t he nat ional
grassroots net work of law yers
and law students, committed to
proclaiming, loving and serving
Jesus Christ, through all we do
and say in the practice of law,”
according to the group’s mission
statement.
The complaint alleges that the
current system lack s adequate
protec t ion ag a i n st v iew p oi nt
discrimination, violating the right
to free speech and that the current
s y stem a lso rest r ic t s t he f ree
exercise of religion.
The group has not served the
u n iver sit y w it h leg a l pap er s ,
instead giving them until March
17 to respond
“We’re hoping that the university
will take action to change this
before it is even necessary to serve
them,” Mattox said.
Jer r y Brewer, associate v ice
president for student affairs and
who is named in the complaint,
said he has had no contact with the
group beyond the letter he received
this morning.
“Historically, we do not take
mandatory fees and then convert
them to partisan and religious
groups that might offend students,”
Brewer said, adding “but we will
fund their activities.”
I n t he complaint, t he group
alleges “special funding money
was exhausted by the end of the
fall semester, leaving no money
available for the spring semester.”
A d d i t i o n a l l y, a c c o r d i n g t o
f i n a nc e c o de s , r el ig iou s a nd
political organizations can only
f u nd “specif ic content neut ral
programs.”
Mattox said the code “would
prohibit you from funding anything
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
presenting any views at all.”
“It has a nu mber of vag ue
criteria for funding that allow
for viewpoint discrimination,”
Mattox said.
Trey Ingram, president of the
local chapter, said t he g roup
has f iled t he complaint to let
administration k now that the
issue is important for them.
“We’ve been trying to get this
resolved for over a year and a
half,” Ingram said. “We’ve just
been denied, denied, denied over
and over again.”
Brewer said he is current ly
in the process of reviewing the
complaint and the universit y’s
practices.
“It’ll be an interesting look-see
into our systems,” Brewer said.
“We obviously want to do the
right thing.”
Also named on the complaint are
USC President Andrew Sorensen;
Vice President for Student Affairs
Dennis Pruitt; Coordinator for
Student Government and Student
Organizations Angela Dusenbury;
Director of Student Affairs for
the Law School Elizabeth Davis;
the Student Senate as a body; the
student body president as a body;
and the Student Bar Association
Finance Committee as a body.
M at tox sa id t he law s u it is
not targeting students, but the
organizations that are responsible
for handling the budgets.
If the group is successful in
changing USC’s policies, more
than 35 religious and political
org a n iz at ion s cou ld become
eligible for funding.
Ju l ie Na lepa , pre sident of
Campus Crusade for Christ, said
alt hough receiving universit y
space for meet ings is t he
organization’s primary concern,
funding would still be helpful.
“ It ’s i nt ere s t i n g t h at t h i s
is goi ng up,” sa id Na lepa, a
hotel, restaurant and tourism
management student. “I really
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don’t think it would be a huge
amount, but it would defi nitely be
a blessing and it would help us.”
Nalepa said the organization,
with around 200 members, has
various events throughout the
year and supports a permanent
staff. Still, Nalepa said she isn’t
worried about the outcome of
t he case because much of t he
organizat ion’s f unding comes
from private donations.
“We’re really not worried about
it,” Nalepa said. “For the longest
time I’ve seen the church and
ministries not get the help that
they need, but we get it from
elsewhere.”
Annie Boiter-Jolley, president
of C ol leg e Demo c r at s , s a id
universit y funding would help
her organizat ion f u nd events
i n conju nc t ion w it h Col lege
Republicans.
“It would be helpful, even with
non-partisan things like voter
registrations drives,” said BoiterJol ley, a t h i rd-yea r pol it ica l
s c ie n c e . “ I t h i n k t he r e a r e
activities and events that could be
funded by the school that wouldn’t
further one organizations agenda
over the other.”
The Christian Legal Society’s
most recent religious freedom
victory came against the Florida
State University student senate,
who f roze f u nding to t he
Christian Legal Society following
pressure from a gay rights group.
In March 1995, the Supreme
Court, in a 5-to-4 opinion, ruled
that the University of Virginia
imposed a financial burden on
a Christian student newspaper
speech and amounted to viewpoint
discrimination.
— Brad Maxwell contributed to
this story.
Comments on this story? E-mail
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VOX advocates safe sexual practice
Group aims to raise
awareness, decrease
cost of birth control
Kara Apel
STAFF WRITER
Vo i c e s f o r P l a n n e d
Parenthood (VOX) is raising
awa reness of af fordable
birth control and safe sexual
practices by participating in
“A-B-C Week.”
“A - B - C We e k ,” o r
Affordable Birth Control
week , is a nat ionw ide
movement for VOX chapters
to advocate the importance
of affordable birth control
options.
Kate Hampton, the South
Carolina field coordinator
for Planned Parenthood,
said VOX chapters would be
participating in a multitude
of different ways.
“VOX chapters nationwide
will be signing up supporters,
calling representatives and
encouraging their fellow
peers to flex their power as
new voters,” Hampton said.
A nu mber of col lege s
have increased their prices
for birth control, including
USC, due to t he Def icit
Reduc t ion A c t of 20 0 6
(DRA). The DRA eliminated
t he abi l it y for col lege
campuses to provide birth
control options at lower
prices for college students
through relationships with
pharmaceutical companies.
Hampton said there has
often been a five to ten
percent increase in t he
price of birth control on
college campuses.
Katie Jarriel, secretary
of the universit y’s VOX
chapter and second-year
anthropology student, said
she thinks “A-B-C Week”
is ver y v it a l to USC ’s
campus.
“ ‘A - B - C We e k ’ i s
i mpor t a nt to rem i nd
people to practice safe sex,”
Jarriel said.
Sexual health education
is a very important issue to
Jarriel and to VOX.
“It’s something that I
Keryn Senn / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
feel strongly about,” Jarriel
Due to the DRA of 2006 birth control prices have increased five to ten percent on campus.
said, “People just really
need to be educated.”
VOX also entered a dress
One of the organization’s
C u r r e n t V O X c o - always been important to
presidents Kathleen Kemp me,” said Hinson, a second- events this week will include in Project Condom, which
and Beth Hinson formed year international studies tabling in front of Russell t a ke s pl ac e Wed ne sd ay
H o u s e o n We d n e s d a y night. VOX will table again
the USC chapter of VOX student.
Hinson said she still wants t o p r o m o t e S O S (S a f e outside of Russell House
la st yea r du r i ng spr i ng
semester to help promote to see students get the birth Oral Sex) Day. Jarriel said again on March 26.
VOX currently hosts 15
there was a problem with
safe sex around campus. control that they need.
“I want to see birth control misconceptions of oral sex active members and meets
H inson helped start t he
on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in
club as a means to advocate ava i lable for st udent s ,” campus.
“I think that it’s a problem Calcott 202.
sexual health education and Hinson said, “It shouldn’t
be a big deal to be able to on t h is campus,” Jarriel
practices.
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said.
“Pro-choice issues have get it [birth control].”
Van Dok
promotes
awareness
‘Eaten Alive’ attempts to
reach out to students with
eating disorders, get help
Cassity Brewer
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
“Eaten Alive,” a nationally
ac c l a i me d p e r f or m a nc e
focusing on eating disorder
awa reness, w i l l come to
the Russell House Theater
tonight at 7.
The one-woman act stars
Broadway actress Eva van
Dok as five different women
in different situations that
cope with eating disorders.
“It is interesting in the fact
that she’s a great actress,” said
Ashley Watts, the program
director of student wellness
promotion. “This is her way
of reaching out to others.”
Va n D o k , w h o w a s
once a victim of an eating
disorder herself, uses the
performance to reach out to
college students with similar
problems or who have friends
with eating disorders and
need to know how to help.
“We are hoping people
come that either have an
eat ing disorder or k now
someone with one and that
can reach out to someone,”
Watts said.
Even if st udents are in
no way associated with an
eating disorder, Watts said it
is important to attend.
“You don’t know who you
might come across in a couple
years who you love that needs
help,” she said.
Rhea Merck, a university
ps ycholog ist t hat work s
with students with eating
disorders, agreed. She said
around 20 percent of students
nationwide suffer from eating
disorders.
“Anything we can do to
increase awareness is good,”
Merck said.
Merck holds group and
i n d i v id u a l s e s s io n s f o r
students that have or think
they might have an veating
d isorder. She sa id t here
are also dieticians, health
educators and medical help
available.
Students are encouraged
to seek counseling because,
according to the slogan of
va n Dok ’s per for ma nce,
disorders have “nothing to do
with eating.”
“Eating disorders are more
of a mental disorder and the
only way someone is going
to come out of them is if
they change the way they are
thinking,” Watts said.
Rebecca Unrue, a thirdyear broadcast journalism
student, attends currently
in the process of recovering
from an eating disorder. She
said it is important to raise
awareness of t he ment al
problems associated with not
eating.
“It’s not about weight; it’s
about an underlying problem
that is not related to food,”
she said.
Unrue has been attending
Merck’s clinics since 2005 and
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
PIC OF THE DAY
Crime Report
SATURDAY, MARCH 1
Public disorderly conduct,
10:18 a.m.
Intersection of W haley
and Main Streets
Pol ice a r re sted a m a n
who ident if ied h imself
as Charlie Chaplin and
was under the inf luence
of a lcohol. He d id not
provide identification and
used profanity towards the
officers.
Repor t ing of f ice r s: B .
Simon and A. Mitchell
Jessica Belton / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Whitney Heald, a first year pre-Pharmacy student, and Laura Bousaman, a first
year Visual Communications student, play frisbee on the Horseshoe Monday.
Minor in possession of
liquor, 11:29 p.m.
611 Bull St.
Three minors were under
the inf luence of alcohol
in the Bull Street Garage.
They also had two bottles
of liquor.
R e p o r t i n g o f f i c e r : J.
DuPree
SUNDAY, MARCH 2
Breaking and entering
motor vehicle, petit larceny,
2 a.m.
509 Gadsden St.
EATEN ALIVE ● Continued from
1
said she has directly benefited
from the counseling received.
She said many students suffer
from eating disorders and do
not admit it or realize it.
“It can be happening all
around you and you don’t
even know it,” Unrue said.
Ot her st udent s have
recognized people in the
com mu n it y w it h eat i ng
disorders.
Jenn Caniff, a second-year
marketing student, thinks
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WEATHER
[
TODAY
Someone broke into the
v ic t i m’s c a r a nd t o ok
a Zune MP3 player and
stereo dock.
Estimated value: $435
R e p o r t i n g o f f i c e r : J.
Culler
Burglary, 11:40 a.m.
101 Pickens St.
Someone removed a laptop
and two digital cameras
from an apartment.
Estimated value: $2,250
R e p o r t i n g o f f i c e r : J.
Newsom
Simple possession of
marijuana, disregarding
stop sign, possession of an
altered ID, 3: 28 p.m.
Intersection of W haley
and Sumter Streets
John Luce was pulled over
and arrested when police
found marijuana in t he
vehicle. Joseph Pietrantoni
was also arrested for
m a r ij u a n a p o s s e s s ion .
Pol ice con f isc ated t he
marijuana and a glass pipe,
as well as Piet rantoni’s
altered driver’s license.
Reporting of f icer: J.M.
Harrelson
it is important for people to
learn more.
“It is definitely good to
raise awareness,” Caniff said.
“It just happens to people
and you don’t k now how
to address their disorders
without angering them.”
Merck a nd Wat t s a lso
noted t he preva lence of
females at the clinic.
“In our cult ure, young
women in particular spend
too much time talking about
what to eat, food and how
to lose weight,” Merck said.
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Tomorrow
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The student organization,
which advocates Planned
Parenthood as well as safe
sexual practices on campuses,
has more than 200 chapters
nationally, including chapters
at Clemson University and
College of Charleston.
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The ratio of female to male
patients at the clinic is around
8:1, Watts said.
T he sit u at ion c a n get
serious if ignored, Merck
said.
According to Merck, one
of her patients said, “There
were a few days that all I had
was water and even if I had a
breath mint, I had to throw
it up because I kept thinking
about that one calorie.”
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
Legislation
not enough
to decrease
book prices
EDITORIAL BOARD
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JACKIE ALEXANDER
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Online ISBN number posts
will not ease tremendous
burden of textbook costs
EDDIE MANN
IN OUR OPINION
S.C. finally recognizes
slavery’s end—too late
June 19 will mark 143 years since the end of
slavery—and this year, South Carolina will fi nally
officially recognize it with a resolution that passed the
state house of representatives last week.
It’s about time.
People joke about South Carolinians being racist or
redneck all the time, and waiting nearly a century and
a half to recognize the day on which slavery ended
doesn’t do much to dispel those stereotypes.
Reopening the debate
Slavery was an now ma kes on lookers
onder why Sout h
absolute wrong and wCarolina
is bot hering
the darkest chapter in to recognize the end of
y now. W hy not
American history. slaver
t en ye a r s ag o? W h at
fundamental change has
occurred that made now a good time to say, “OK,
guys, slavery’s over now?”
In fact, while we’re at it, let’s apologize for the
nullification crisis, the failed attempt at secession
over taxes during the Andrew Jackson administration.
What about the South Carolina militia’s slaughter of
loyalist troops while they were trying to surrender
at t he Bat t le of K ings Mou ntain du ring t he
Revolutionary War? That was bad, too.
Slavery was an absolute wrong, and arguably the
darkest chapter in the history of the United States in
general and South Carolina in particular. Even so,
having to pass a resolution to recognize its end when
every slave and slaveowner is long dead just makes us
look silly.
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Concrete funding guidelines needed
Brewer makes careless
comments on complaint
over organization money
The Ch r ist ia n Legal
Society’s complaint against
USC is an action that has
cont roversy w rit ten all
over it; whenever religion
a n d m o n e y c o l l id e i n
t he public for um, mass
hysteria ensues. Throw in
the possibility that College
Democrats and College
Republ ic a n s cou ld get
funding if USC loses the
case, and you’ve got three
of the four things you can’t
talk about over dinner.
The most troubling part
of the situation is not the
alleged suppression of free
expression—t he groups
seeking funding have done
well without public funds
before, and will again—it’s
t he com ment by Jer r y
Brewer, USC’s associate
vice president for student
affairs.
“( W )e do not t a ke
mandatory fees and then
convert them to partisan
and religious groups that
might offend st udents,”
Brewer said.
Let ’s leave aside t he
distastef ul idea t hat an
i n st it ut ion of h igher
learning is afraid to act one
way or another because
i t ’s a f r a i d
someone will
g e t h i s (or
h e r, w h i l e
I ’m b e i n g
pol it ica l ly
correct)
MICHAEL
feelings
BAUMANN
hurt.
Third-year
W het her
print
o r
n o t
journalism
something
is
student
of fensive is
an extremely
subjective and haphazard
way to award money. How
many people does a group
have to offend? How badly
does t he group have to
offend them? I’m offended
when people say that Jose
Reyes is a better shortstop
t ha n Ji m my Rol l i ns,
but it of fends me more
when people say that the
Holocaust was a hoax.
W h at ’s m o r e , t h e r e
are plenty of groups that
offend people that already
get student activity funds.
Right or wrong, BGLSA
probably offends as many
people as Campus Crusade
doe s, for i n st a nce. I ’d
argue that both serve vital
f unct ions as havens for
members of groups that
are constantly besieged by
unnecessary, invalid and
unwanted criticism. What
makes BGLSA worthy?
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If we’re really worried
about offending people,
t he problem m ight go
deeper t han anyone
previously realized. If the
st udent body’s react ion
to a year of scandal and
inefficacy is any indication,
Student Government may
be of fensive to a large
plurality of students.
I don’t think that’s what
Brewer had in mind.
The late John Rawls,
Har vard political
theoretician and
preeminent liberal scholar
of the 20th century, said
that the government should
be neut ral to d if ferent
people’s conceptions of the
good—in layman’s terms,
you can believe whatever
you want. It seems like
USC is buying into the
corrupted (and increasingly
common) version of Rawls’s
doctrine—you can believe
whatever you want, as long
as you believe the same
things as me. That’s no
way to run a university.
I n a l l hone st y, most
students will not feel the
effects of this decision,
regardless of which way
it goes. I just hope t he
u n i v e r s i t y ’s m e t h o d
for f u nd i ng st udent
organizations isn’t quite
as slapdash as Brewer has
made it out to be.
McCain too liberal for conservatives
Senator, though billed
as neo-Reagan, shows
more moderate colors
John McCain has held an
extremely comfortable
lead in the primaries as a
Republican candidate. He
has pledged himself as a
“true conservative.” Even
the commander and chief
himself has backed John
McCain, supporting this
claim of conservatism.
“He is tough fiscally. He
believes the tax cuts ought
to be permanent. He is
pro-life. His principles are
sound and solid as far as
I’m concerned.”
The president,
unfort unately, does not
have the best track record
in decision making.
Ta k i ng a closer look
at M c C a i n’s s t a nd o n
important issues — often,
he seems more moderate.
Take for instance, his
st a nd on f isc a l is s ue s.
Yes, he does plan to make
per ma nent t a x c ut s,
especially for the middle
class. And yes, he plans to
cut spending. However,
t he m a n h a s f a i le d i n
t he area of cutt ing any
incentives for spending.
There have been no talks
a b o u t c u t t i n g u s e le s s
g over n ment prog r a m s
specifically, which is what
causes so much wasteful
spending in the first place.
The government wastes
billions of dollars each
year on programs from
the seemingly important
Department
of Homeland
Secu rit y to
the obviously
ridiculous
Strategic
M i l k
Reserve.
MARITZA
It’s craz y
CARROWAY
t
o
t r y a nd
First-year
cut
spending
broadcast
w h i l e
journalism
maintaining
student
so many
government
programs. The more the
government has control
over, the more money it
will “need” to maintain
those programs.
McCain has also taken
a more moderate approach
to c iv i l r ight s issue s
such as abortion and gay
marriage. While he does
not support partial-birth
abortion, he does support
expanding embryonic stem
cell research. And while he
has stated that he believes
marriage is between one
ma n a nd one woma n,
he doe s not s upp or t a
constitutional ban on gay
marriage.
Other more truly
conser vative candidates
such as Mike Huckabee and
Ron Paul have been mostly
snubbed and it seems this
moderate conservative is
the only hope Republicans
have against Democratic
powerhouses like Barrack
Obama and Hilary Clinton.
It seems that America is
changing and traditional
c o n s e r v at i v e s a r e n o t
holding the political power
they once wielded.
John McCain is not the
“t r ue conser vat ive” he
claims to be, and using the
label in order to attract
voters isn’t panning out too
well. A recent Fox News
poll of 1000 conservative
activists showed that when
a s k e d i f t he y t hou g ht
John McCain was a true
conservative, 59.5 percent
said no and 20.8 percent
couldn’t make up t heir
mind.
John McCain’s differing
positions on key issues is
leaving many conservatives
conf used and uncertain
about where he stands on
the political radar.
Even though he has a
comfortable lead in the race
to become the Republican
presidential nominee, his
moderate stance may fail
to unite the voters needed
to take on either Clinton
or Obama.
If McCain is the true
conservative he claims to
be, he is doing a poor job
of showing it.
W hen I picked up The
Daily Gamecock Monday
morning and saw t he
he ad l i ne “ S a me B o ok s ,
Less Money,” I immediately
became interested. After all,
what is more
excit i ng to a
poor col lege
st udent t ha n
k nowing that
t hey m ight
be saving
some money,
DARREN
especially on
PRICE
books?
Second-year
As I began to
print
read, however,
journalism
my excitement
student
gave way to
skepticism
pret t y qu ick ly — who
wouldn’t be skeptical about
textbook costs coming down
simply because a bill says
that book stores have to post
book ISBN numbers online?
It’s no secret that textbook
publ ishers a nd col lege
bookstores are ripping you
off.
Publishers like Pearson
and McGraw H ill use
college textbooks as one of
the primary means for profit,
as “normal” books — things
you would find at a typical
bookstore — are a crapshoot
at profit.
W hy not sell textbooks
to book stores for a high
price? The bookstores that
buy them are then free to
mark up the price as much
as they feel will return the
h ighe st prof it – u s u a l ly
somewhere between 25 and
40 percent. Throw in the
fact that this percentage rises
higher every year as “new”
and “personalized” editions
of books are put out every
year, and it becomes pretty
apparent that you are getting
swindled.
Besides ex t ravaga nt
m a rk up s a nd f a i lu r e t o
publish ISBN numbers on
their Web sites, bookstores
w ill “recommend” book s
and charts that are really
unnecessary, or even worse,
mark unneeded book s as
“required” on their pre-order
page.
What’s worse is that all of
this is common practice to
textbook stores. There aren’t
any real alternatives, save
the occasional low price on
the Internet. Now Congress
has begun to open dialogue
on a remedy, but don’t hold
you r breat h on a ny new
regulations causing prices to
come down.
What good does it do to
post an ISBN number for a
book if you can only buy it at
the bookstore that is already
ripping you off? And with a
legislature that is nearly split
down the middle in both
houses, it’s no sure thing
that any regulation bills will
be passed. I just don’t see
how a reg ulation mak ing
bookstores say exactly what
book they are selling you will
prevent them from taking
more than they should. How
will this save me money?
T hat bei ng sa id, I a m
rooting hard for any and
all bills that would bring
down the price of education.
I’m just not going to hold
my breath and think, “my
books will be cheaper soon,”
because I’m fairly certain
t hat I will t urn blue and
die before that would ever
happen.
“There are people who exist in this world not like
entities but like the speckles or spots on something.”
– Nikolai Gogol
PAGE 5
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
‘Semi-Pro’ hitor-miss comedy
Ferrell advertised as star in latest film,
fails to outshine equally talented ensemble
Thomas Maluck
MOVIE REVIEWER
Courtesy of MCT Campus
"Semi-Pro"
★★★ out of ✩✩✩✩✩
Courtesy of MCT Campus
Will Ferrell has been in the funny business long enough
to polarize audiences. He blows up every profession
he parodies like a balloon and lets his movies def late
them, from news anchors (“Anchorman”) to NASCAR
drivers (“Talladega Nights”). With “Semi-Pro,” Ferrell
targets a pre-NBA American Basketball Association in
the ‘70s. Cue the funky soundtrack, jive talk and retro
fashions. His bumbling showman character Jackie Moon
is advertised as the main character, but in actuality the
comedy is passed between over a dozen comedians on the
ensemble team.
Moon owns the Tropics, an ABA team based in Flint,
Michigan, that he bought with the money from being a
one-hit wonder on the radio. When the ABA and NBA
announce a merger, the Tropics’ only chance for survival
as a team lies in proving they can win enough games
and fill enough seats to be taken seriously. Moon invents
plenty of giggle-worthy gimmicks, from a tropical halftime dance to wrestling a bear, but how will the Tropics
win games?
Training the team falls to Monix (Woody Harrelson), a
championship benchwarmer from the Celtics. Harrelson’s
half of the story is dramatic, as he tries to reclaim some
of his lost glory from years past, as well as the heart of his
former lover (Maura Tierney). He and Ferrell take turns
leading the movie as dark-comedy coach and light-hearted
mascot, respectively, with cameos from across the humor
business.
Will Ferrell steps into some short shorts for his role as
ABA basketball player Jackie Moon in “Semi-Pro.”
A partial list of the scene-stealers includes Will
A rnett, Rob Corddry, Tim Meadows, A ndy Richter
and Matt Walsh. Their scenes will generate as many
college-oriented T-shirts as any involving Ferrell. The
combination would be genius if not for the sketch-comedy
and dramatic legs of the movie tripping each other.
The funny parts occur on sets that could have been
used for “Saturday Night Live” skits, which means the
laughs are delivered in a line of small bites, compared to
the more elaborate or fantastical set-ups of Ferrell’s past
works. Harrelson’s subplot lends the movie heart, but not
enough in its limited run time. Andre Benjamin’s “Black
Coffee” character deserves more screen time instead, but
it feels tacked on due to underexposure.
What do three stars say? Two or less would condemn
a comedy, and four or more would mean it was a gutbuster—three looks like a “meh” by comparison. Bad
comedies are often funnier as self-torture than one that is
only “kind of” funny.
Make no mistake: “Semi-Pro” would be as strong a
comedy as past Ferrell movies, except it’s not his to own.
He’s happy to let his name draw an audience, but the
movie (like the Tropics) scores based on team effort.
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Freezepop enthusiastic about new album
Indie band connects to audience
with ‘80s-tinged synth-pop’ CD
Len Righi
Dr. Ruth, a.k.a. sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, is back
with an updated edition of “Sex for Dummies.”
Sex doctor
visits USC
Dr. Ruth Westheimer comes to Russell House,
answers questions, gives tips on how to ‘do it’
Sarah Bartoletta
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Dr. Ruth Westheimer will be in the Russell House Ballroom
today at 8 p.m. to talk about sex.
For over 25 years, Dr. Ruth has been defying all social
norms with her self-titled show and many books. She is known
predominately for her all-around bluntness as well as for her
jokes and good advice.
Dr. Ruth now an 80-year-old psychosexual therapist, began
to lead the way in media psychology with a short 15-minute
segment that aired at midnight in 1980 on WYNY-FM (NBC)
in New York. It then graduated to an hour-long show where
people would call in to Dr. Ruth, as she became known.
The show proved to be successful, and from there the
doctor became available in all sorts of ways: books, television,
newspapers, a Web site and even games all around the world.
Listeners are encouraged to ask questions in order to get the
information they are looking for. In return, Dr. Ruth will
inform you of all you need to know as respectfully as one
can.
The presentation, “Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth
Westheimer,” is anticipated to be informative, interesting and
eventful. All are free to ask questions, sit back and just take in
the information or come by after the show and purchase all
you need to know in her book, “Sex for Dummies.” The event
is free to USC students, faculty and staff, and no tickets are
required. Be ready to “ask Dr. Ruth.”
MCT Campus
When Liz Enthusiasm was asked to
join Freezepop in 1999, she was cool
to the idea, and a bit suspicious.
“I had never been in a serious
band,” said the singer-lyricist born
Jussi Gamache from her home in
Boston. “I wondered, `Why is this
guy getting in touch with me? I’m a
graphic designer, not a musician.’ “
“This guy” was Kasson
C r o ok e r, Fr e e z e p o p p r o d u c e r vocalist-programmer The Duke of
Pannekoenen, and he was part of a
fairly well-k nown Boston alt-rock
trio called Splashdown.
A nd though Enthusiasm, a 1994
Boston University grad, was “happy”
doing graphic design for her alma
mater’s alumni publicat ion while
working on a master’s degree (which
she got in 20 0 0), she event ually
signed on with the Duke’s electropop outfit.
What helped Enthusiasm overcome
her standoffishness?
First, she found out that Crooker’s
call was arranged by her roommate,
Sea n T. Dr i n k water, Freez epop
s y nt hesizer player-prog ra m merv o c a l i s t T h e O t h e r S e a n T.
Drinkwater.
“He and The Duke k new each
other from the Boston music scene,”
said Enthusiasm. “He answered the
phone when Duke was trying to reach
me. That was back in the days when
we didn’t have cell phones.”
T ho u g h E nt hu s i a s m c l a i me d
“joining a band is something I never
aspired to,” she admitted, “I always
had fun on stage in the [hobby] bands
I was in, especially a cheesy `60sstyle girl group that played original
music.”
At fi rst, Freezepop was just “a fun
little side project” that was run out of
the Duke’s Yamaha QY-70 batterypowered sequencer. “Then, we were
kinda like, `Let’s see what happens.
Let’s do this and this and see how big
we can grow,’” said Enthusiasm.
Two self-released albums — 2000’s
“Freezepop Forever” a nd 20 0 4’s
“ Fa nc y U lt r a-Fre s h” — help e d
turn Freezepop into a major player
in video-game soundtrack circles.
Since 2001, Freezepop’s music has
been included on such hit musicheav y games as “FreQuency” and
“Karaoke Revolution” (both used
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Popcorn’s cost helps keep
movie ticket prices down
Courtesy of MCT Campus
Boston synth-pop band Freezepop, from left, The Other Sean T. Drinkwater,
Liz Enthusiasm and The Duke of Pannekoeken, releases new album.
Cinema lovers pay
fair charge for night
out at theater
Lisa M. Krieger
MCT Campus
“Science G en ius Girl”); “Da nce
Da nce Revolut ion U LT R A M I X
3” ( “ S t a k e o u t ” ) ; “ R o c k B a n d ”
(“Brainpower,” “Super-Sprøde”);
“Guitar Hero” (“Get Ready 2 Rokk”)
and “Guitar Hero II” (“Less Talk
More Rokk”).
No w Fr e e z e p o p i s t r y i n g t o
connect to a wider audience with a
new album of catchy, `80s-tinged
synth-pop, “Future Future Future
Perfect,” which was released on Sept.
25 on a label, Cordless, distributed by
Rykodisc.
“ S o f a r, v ide o g a me s a re t he
main way people hear of us,” says
Enthusiasm. “But we’ve gone way
beyond initial expectations.”
A nd, no doubt , it h a sn’t hu r t
t hat Crooker is audio director at
Harmonix, which makes “FreQuency”
and the “Guitar Hero” series.
“We’ve been told by some people,
`You g uys don’t even play g uitar.
What are you doing in this game?”
said Enthusiasm. “I don’t know if we
really have a good answer to that. On
the fi rst [“Guitar Hero” soundtrack],
we added a guitar part to our song.
Until they make a `Keyboard Hero’
game, we are limited in our options.”
A l t h o u g h s h e d o e s n’t w r i t e
music, Enthusiasm pens almost all
of the lyrics. “I tr y to keep them
lighthearted, but not overtly jokey.
Then I give them to the boys and
they move things around and make
things fit...We walk a line. We want it
to be fun, but not novelty music.”
Freezepop succeeds brilliant ly
on “Pop Music Is Not a Crime,”
which calls to mind the infectious
confections of M (“Pop Muzik”),
Lipps Inc. (“Funkytown”) and The
Buggles (“Video K illed the Radio
Star”).
E nt hu sia sm den ie s Freez epop
intended to echo those `80s synth acts.
And for the lyrics, “I was thinking,
`What do I write a song about now?
Where do I go from here?’ I’ve always
struggled with [writing]. I’m not one
of those super-prolific people. I was
poking fun at the fact that most of our
songs are not about heavy subjects.”
Maybe hef t isn’t Ent husiasm’s
strong suit. But the synth-pulsed
“Less Talk More Rok k ” and t he
revved-up “Brainpower” are surely
worth 100 intellectual exercises.
The former, sung in an inviting
yet insistent coo, was inspired by a
sweltering summer basement party
in Boston.
O n “ Br a i np ower,” Fr e e z e p op
sounds like The Donnas gone disco.
“We jokingly refer to it as our punkrock song,” says Enthusiasm. “It’s a
true story. I did get drunk and say
that Brainpower would be a really
funny name for a band!... It’s also a
cool thing to shout at shows.”
“Thought Balloon” is a decided
change of pace, a positively charming
t u ne about a tong ue-t ied si ngle
pining for another, while “Do You
Like Boys?” is provocat ive in its
sexual ambiguity.
“It’s a cover song,” said Enthusiasm
of “Boys.” “It was written by friends
of ours in the Danish band Si Senor.
They have a guy singer, but the song
works with either gender.”
S A N JO SE , C a l i f . —
W hat’s a mov ie w it hout
popcorn?
According to a new
economic analysis, it would
be a lot more expensive.
As one price goes up, the
other comes down. So rather
than cursing the cost of your
next bag of buttered popcorn,
take comfort in the fact that
it subsid izes you r t icket
— and helps fill seats, say
researchers at the University
of California-Santa Cruz and
Stanford University.
Moviegoers aren’t being
gouged at concession stands,
the researchers conclude.
R at her, t he h igh cost of
snack s helps keep t icket
prices down, which allows
more people to attend.
The researchers’ analysis
— based on dat a f rom
thousands of showings at 43
multiplex theaters in 30 cities
in a five-year period — shows
why a couple of hours in the
dark with Daniel Day-Lewis
costs only twice as much as a
box of Milk Duds.
They say that some diehard film buffs will watch
movies — and eat popcorn
— no matter what the cost.
But for many of us, the
ticket price matters. We’ll
skip the snacks, thank you.
“The theater owner has
two choices. He can make
Diane Bondareff / Associated Press
Actor Steve Zahn uses his
credit card to buy popcorn.
money through admission
tickets or he can make money
through concessions,” said
UCSC economist R icard
Gil. “If he wants to make
money on the ticket, that
may deter a lot of people
from coming in.
“So instead he charges a
higher total price on people
who are willing to pay for
the whole movie experience,”
said Gil, an ent husiast ic
consumer of both movies
and snacks. “And he’s able to
charge a lower price for the
guy who can barely afford
it.”
If mov ie popcorn were
free, Gil est imated, each
ticket could cost at least 25
percent more — boosting
the price of a $10 show to
$12.50.
At t hat pr ice, fam il ies
might stay home with their
DVDs and Jiffy Pop.
The Daily Gamecock ● TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
6
the scene
Inside the Box ◆ By Marlowe Leverette / The Daily Gamecock
USC
PhD ◆ By Jorge Chan
ON BY SEVEN, SAY WHEN, CORSICA
8 p.m., $5 over 21, $8 under 21
New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
Whiteboard ◆ By Bobby Sutton / The Daily Gamecock
New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
Today:
SE XUA LLY SPE A K ING WITH DR. RUTH
WESTHEIMER
8 p.m., Free with USC ID
Russell House Ballroom
LISA PEGHER
GUEST ARTIST PERCUSSION RECITAL
7:30 p.m., Free
USC School of Music, 813 Assembly St.
HOROSCOPES
A r ie s You r f r iends a re
always eager to provide
support and good advice.
They’re so eager, it may
be hard to maintain any
privacy. Be patient with
t hem; t hey mea n wel l.
Taurus There’s something
you’ve always wanted to
do, but you were afraid
t o t r y. P u t i n y o u r
application again. It’s still
tough, but now possible.
G e m i n i Yo u ’r e r e a l l y
tempted to jump the fence
and take off for greener
past u res. Do get out
a nd enjoy t he scener y.
Don’t burn any bridges.
Cancer You’re g row ing
i mp at ie nt r e g a rd i n g a
fi nancial matter, but that
won’t help. Go over the
numbers carefully, even
if there are lots of them.
L e o Yo u d o n’t a l w a y s
h ave to b e t he leader.
Sometimes you can relax
a nd let someb od y el se
take care of you. This is
one of t hose occasions.
Virgo You’re exceptionally
brilliant now in a
work place set t i ng.
There’s more coming in
ever y moment, because
people like what you do.
Libra They say when you
do wh at you love , t he
money will follow. In this
case, doing what you love
could lead to a raise in your
status. It’s a double win.
Scorpio Everybody’s got
an opinion, and you get
to hear them all. Listen
p a t i e n t l y, b u t d o n’t
let t hem decide how
t o s p e nd y ou r mone y.
Sagit t arius It never
ON BY SEVEN, SAY WHEN, CORSICA
8 p.m., $5 over 21, $8 under 21
hurts to have a carefully
constructed plan. This is
especially true if you’re on
a limited budget. Pretend
y o u a r e i f y o u a r e n’t .
Capricorn Pay attention
to what you’re doing on a
shopping spree. By using
your brains and staying
cool, you’ll get more for
your money. And you’ll get
less that you don’t need.
Aquarius You’re especially
c h a r m i n g n o w, a n d
b r i l l i a n t b y a n y o n e ’s
standards. Celebrate by
getting yourself something
you’ve a lway s wa nted.
P i s c e s You’re doi ng a
lot of t hink ing in your
private time. Don’t have
it turn into worries. Help
you rself get mot ivated
to do something
you’ve b e e n re s i s t i n g.
VERSEWORKS OPEN MIC NITE
POETRY SHOW
8:30 p.m., Free
Art Bar, 1211 Park St.
PERSEPOLIS
6 and 8 p.m., $5.50
Nickelodeon Theatre, 937 Main St.
ACOUSTIC CAFÉ
9:30 p.m., Free
Russell House Starbucks
3/4/08
ACROSS
1 Pluck
5 Periods
9 Garlic-basil sauce
14 Gernreich of
fashion
15 Book before
Nehemiah
16 Effective use
17 Aid in a felony
18 To __ a phrase
19 Yearned
20 Howie Mandel's
choice?
23 Fencing sword
24 Some antibodies
28 Nice guy, he's not
31 China location
33 "To be or __ to be"
3/4/08
34 Nice goodbye
35 Signaled
1 2 3 4
for 3/3/08
2005 Song and New Artist of the Year
Concert of Worship - March 22
Resurrection Celebration - March 23
w w w.northsidebaptist.org
DOWN
Solutions from 3/3/08
36 Raison d'__
1 Alum
37 Doris Day's choice?
2 Local yokel
40 Engendered
3 Brainchild
41 Final Four org.
4 Real estate paper
42 Of punishment
5 Court judgment
43 "__ the ramparts..."
6 Allotrope of oxygen
44 Track shape
7 Small combo
45 Almost not
8 Novelist George
46 Conductor
9 Juicy tropical fruit
Toscanini
10 Bad deeds
48 1976-80
11 __ Antonio
Wimbledon champion
12 Equal score
49 Halloweener's
13 On its last legs
choice?
21 Poppy product
36 Undying
52 If all __ fails...
55 Sticking stuff
22 Slur over
38 Closing stanza: var.
53 Lamenter's
58 Sibilant sound
25 Mean
39 Separate
comment
59 Vocalist Fitzgerald
26 Typical
44 Solar-system
54 Like a
60 Higher one of two
27 Hard like metal
mobile
drumhead
61 Cosmetics
28 Cash of Panama
45 Hold your __!
55 Set down
ingredient
29 Worshiper
47 Pronounce
56 Learn like a
62 Biblical twin
30 Shunt
48 Human chest
monkey
63 Inclined to weep
31 Of the ear
50 Confab
57 Hot tub
64 Hanks and Brokaw
32 Actress Ward
51 Metric weight,
65 Bird abode
35 Zany Imogene
briefly
Page 7
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
USC travels
to UNC for
first road test
Battle of Carolinas
goes to diamond
Michael Aguilar
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Ben Fine / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Justin Smoak smacks a pitch against Clemson. Batting has been key in USC victories, the team is hitting .327 and averaging 10 runs per game.
Carolina hosts midweek games
After a great weekend,
baseball faces off against
Gardner-Webb, Charlotte
Michael Finnegan
THE DAILY GAMECOCK
T he No. 3 S out h C a r ol i n a
Gamecocks open a seven-game
homestand this Tuesday as they host
the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs
Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., then turn
around to play the Charlotte 49ers
Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. South
Carolina is now 5-1 on the year after
sweeping all three games last week,
including two this past weekend over
the Clemson Tigers. Gardner-Webb
enters the contest at 3-5 on the year
while the 49ers are 7-1.
On Tuesday the Gamecocks will
send junior Craig Thomas to the
mound to oppose another junior in
Josh Drewery from Gardner-Webb.
Thomas is making his second start
of the year, only lasting four innings
in his previous outing against the
East Carolina Pirates. Drewery is
currently 1-0 on the year for the
Bulldogs with a 1.50 ERA.
On Wednesday, the Gamecocks
will start senior Nick Godwin. The
North Augusta native was impressive
in his last outing as he tossed six
scoreless innings last Wednesday
against UNC-Asheville. Along with
the six scoreless innings, he also only
gave up two hits while striking out
four batters.
USC coach Ray Tanner is looking
for both starters to throw five or six
innings and have a quality outing.
“They have to pitch wel l to
maintain their position. Guys that
pitch well get more opportunities,”
Tanner said. Tanner went on to add
that if the pitchers pitch well, they
will continue to get the opportunity
to pitch in more critical situations.
The bats have continued to lead the
Gamecocks. Junior first baseman
Justin Smoak is holding down the
No. 4 spot in the lineup for USC.
For the year, he is batting .400 on
the year with three HRs and eight
RBIs. The leader for the Gamecocks
has been another junior in Reese
Havens. The Su l l iva n’s Isla nd
native is leading the Gamecocks in
all offensive categories. Currently,
Havens is batting .500 on the year
to go with four HRs and 15 RBIs,
which is almost double Smoak’s, who
is second on the team.
St r uggling right now for t he
G amecock s is t he t hird ju nior
superstar, James Darnell. However,
Tanner is not worried as Darnell has
been hitting the ball well, but just
right at people.
“He has hit a couple of balls on the
day. He is not concerned and neither
am I. He has had some quality at
bats,” Tanner said.
“Yesterday, he hit a ball pretty
hard to lef t of [Clemson t hird
baseman Kyle] Parker. If that ball
goes through, that is another two
runs. He hit it right on the screws
and that is the best you can do,”
Tanner said.
The Bulldogs from GW U are
led by Matt Rizzuto. The junior is
currently third on the team with
a .419 average and leads the team
with 13 hits. Starting pitcher Josh
Drewery will also see action batting
as he has started six of the team’s
eight games at shortstop. He is
currently batting .400 and leads the
team with four doubles.
The 49ers from Charlotte are
out looking for revenge after they
battled the Gamecocks last year in
the Regionals. The 49ers have roared
out of the gate and have swept two
weekend series so far this year. The
49ers are led by senior Chris Taylor.
Taylor. He leads the team with a .483
average and 10 RBIs.
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mailbox.sc.edu
Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Miss. State top SEC tourney
Kentucky, Arkansas,
Florida all need wins
to escape bubble
W it h on ly t wo games
rem a i n i ng on t he SEC
reg ular season schedule,
we’r e le s s
t han t hree
week s f rom
t he start of
t he NC A A
tournament
and the
beginning
AUSTIN
of “March
COLLINS
Madness.” It’s
Third-year
time for me
print
to make some
journalism
postseason
student
predictions,
as well as hand out some
awards to the best in the
conference in 2008.
NCAA Tournament teams:
Tennessee – (26-3, 12-2
SEC) – The Vols struggled
a l it t le t h is week a f ter
earning their first ever No. 1
ranking, falling at Vanderbilt
a nd n a r r ow l y e s c api n g
against Kentucky at home.
Despite the sub par week,
UT’s résumé still matches
up with the best, and the
Vols deser ve a top seed.
Prediction: 1 seed
Vanderbilt – (24-5, 9-5
SEC) – Vandy’s seven game
winning streak was snapped
on Saturday at Arkansas,
but t he Com modores
a re sol id ly locked i nto
the NCA A Tournament.
K nocking off SEC West
leading Mississippi State
on Wednesday would boost
Vanderbilt’s seed up a notch
or two. Prediction: 4 seed
Mississippi State – (20-8,
11-3 SEC) – M ississippi
State overcame a poor nonconference performance and
were able to wrap up first
place in the West. If the
Bulldogs hand Vanderbilt
its first home loss of the year
on Wednesday night, look
for them to start getting
a lot of national attention.
Prediction: 6 seed
Kentucky – (16-11, 10-4
SEC) – After an abysmal
non-conference season, the
Wildcats looked dead in the
water. UK turned things
around in SEC play and had
almost played its way into the
dance, but a season-ending
i nju r y to st ar f resh ma n
Pat rick Pat terson might
derail the Wildcats’ chances.
They played great without
Patterson in a narrow loss
at Tennessee on Sunday, so
there’s still some hope for
the Big Blue. Prediction: 10
seed
predictions
Arkansas – (19-9, 8-6 SEC)
– Arkansas had lost four of
five games before beating
No. 18 ranked Vanderbilt on
Saturday. That win probably
get s t he Razorback s of f
t he bubble and into t he
Tournament. Prediction: 10
seed
F l o r i d a – (21- 8 , 8 - 6
SEC) – The Gators’ overall
record looks impressive, but
their weak non-conference
schedule is hurting their
stock . F lor ida needs to
win at least one of its next
two games, but it won’t be
easy. UT comes to town on
Wednesday, then the Gators
Wade Payne / The Associated Press
head to UK on Senior Night.
The Volunteers are having one of their best seasons ever.
Prediction: 11 seed
Postseason Predictions:
All-SEC fi rst team:
G Devan Downey – South Carolina
G Chris Lofton - Tennessee
G Shan Foster – Vanderbilt
F Charles Rhodes – Mississippi State
F Richard Hendrix – Alabama
All-SEC second team:
G Jamont Gordon – Mississippi State
F Joe Crawford - Kentucky
G Marcus Thornton – LSU
F Tyler Smith – Tennessee
F Dwayne Curtis - Mississippi
All-SEC freshman team:
G Chris Warren – Mississippi
G Nick Calathes – Florida
F Anthony Randolph – LSU
F Patrick Patterson – Kentucky
F A.J. Ogilvy – Vanderbilt
Coach of the Year –
Kevin Stallings – Vanderbilt
Runner-up –
Bruce Pearl - Tennessee
Player of the Year –
Devan Downey – South Carolina
Runner-up –
Shan Foster - Vanderbilt
Freshman of the Year Nick Calathes - Florida
Sof tball w ill match up
against North Carolina in
its fi rst true away game this
season on Tuesday night.
The Gamecock s have
played in t hree dif ferent
t ou r n a me nt s at ne ut r a l
locations and at home but
have yet to play an away
game.
Whatever rust Carolina
would face w ill likely be
negated by t he fact t hat
they are riding a five-game
w i n n i n g s t r e a k . U S C ’s
longest win streak of the
season will bring a lot of
momentum into one of its
toughest opponents of the
season.
The game will likely be
a defensive showdown. The
two teams have a combined
ERA of 1.44. Even though
neither ERA is anything to
scoff at, South Carolina has
a slight edge with a team
ERA of 1.28, against North
Carolina’s 1.59.
Both teams will be looking
for help from offenses that
have struggled thus far this
season.
The Gamecock s are
batting .267 on the season
and will depend on freshman
infielder Jill Semento whose
.438 average is fourth in the
SEC. Semento, a native of
Umatilla, Florida, leads the
team in multiple statistical
categories including batting
average, slugging percentage
and on base percentage.
Also on the offensive side
of the ball, junior utilit y
f ielder A shton Pay ne,
known for defense her entire
career, has caught a spark at
the plate. Payne is riding a
14-game hitting streak, the
longest at USC in the last
five years. Payne’s streak has
brought her to lead the team
in hits with 25 and runs with
10. She also shares the top
spot in doubles and triples
hit with Semento.
Even with two offensive
players in the middle of hot
st rea k s, t he G a mecock s
could have trouble against
t he Ta r Heels’ pitch i ng
staff. Sophomore Danielle
Spaulding and Junior Lisa
Norris are the best on the
mound for UNC and with
their ER As, 0.94 and 1.35
r e s p e c t i v e l y, t he y h a v e
combined for 10 wins.
The series history between
the Carolinas has strongly
f avored S out h Ca rol i n a
for quite some time. The
Gamecocks lead the series
with a 47-11 overall record.
However, history in Chapel
Hill has been for favorable
for U NC. The Tar Heels
have found seven of their 11
series wins at home. UNC
also managed to pull off a
close v ictor y against t he
G amecock s in Colu mbia
last season.
Even t hough a few
statistics weigh in favor of
the Tar Heels, one weighs
even more heavily in t he
favor of Sout h Carolina.
T he G a me c o c k s h ave a
453-137 overall record in
the month of March under
coach Joyce C ompton.
Compton has coached 21
years at USC and during
that time compiled a .768
win percentage in the third
month of the year.
The Gamecocks and Tar
Heels will t hrow out t he
fi rst pitch at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
A f t e r t he g a me a g a i n s t
UNC, the softball team will
begin SEC play.
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