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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. 116, NO. 29 • SINCE 1908
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
On-campus arrests up
Annual report indicates increase in liquor
law, drug law-related arrests on campus
Hannah Jeffrey
@HANNAHJEFFREY34
Liquor law-related arrests and reported sexual
offenses increased on USC’s campus in 2013,
according to the university’s annual crime and
security report released Wednesday.
On-campus liquor law violations went from 10
in 2012 to 46 last year, contributing to a 25 percent
increase in overall on-campus arrests in 2013.
Of the 86 on-campus drug law-related arrests,
48 were in residence halls.
Three of the four forcible sex offenses reported
to USCPD were in on-campus residence halls.
The four reports from last year are an increase
from 2012, when there were two and 2011 when
there was one.
Reports for the 2013 calendar year were the
first to include reports of domestic violence,
dating violence and stalking, but USC’s statistics
indicated no such offenses were reported.
On-campus burglaries and motor vehicle thefts
both saw lowered rates from 2012, as did residence
hall fi res.
In 2013, 13 counts of harassment and stalking
were reported to the office of Sexual Assault
and Violence Intervention & Prevention. There
were 10 sexual assaults reported to SAV IP, as
well as three reports of domestic violence and
37 reports of relationship and dating violence.
These numbers are not included in the overall
crime totals, as they have not been investigated
or confirmed against the Department of Law
Enforcement and Safety’s latest reporting and
some come from anonymous tips.
I n ter ms of t he SEC , USC ra n k s f if t h in
fewest total number of on-campus crimes. (The
University of Georgia is not included in this count,
due to a difference in the format of the data.)
Mississippi State University reported the fewest
crimes on campus with 22, while the University of
Mississippi reported the most with 130.
Universities across the country are required
Mississippi State
Arkansas
50
SEC* On-Campus
Texas A&M
Crimes in 2013
*University of Georgia omitted
Missouri
USC
Alabama
Auburn
Tennessee
Florida
Vanderbilt
LSU
Kentucky
Ole Miss
100
by law to report campus, noncampus and public
property crimes each year under the Clery Act.
On-campus statistics represent crimes reported on
property owned or controlled by the university;
prop er t y “re a son ably cont ig uou s to ot her
University owned property; and property used by
the school in direct support or in relation to the
university’s educational purpose.”
DG
Student shifts gears to movie making Dance school
nationally
recognized
Program rated as ‘under
the radar’ school in
national dance publication
Collyn Taylor
@COLLYNPTAYLOR
The South Carolina School of Dance
was named as one of the top “under the
radar” schools for ballet education by
Dance magazine.
Entering its seventh year, the school
was ranked with Mercyhurst University
and the College-Conservatory of Music at
the University of Cincinnati as top nonconservatory schools to consider. USC
was compared to Jiulliard, the University
of Indiana and Butler University, schools
known for their dance programs.
After the recognition, director and
founder of the USC Dance Company
Susan A nderson said that her phone
Courtesy of Brandon Davis
DANCE • 2
Davis enlisted the help of the Richland County Sheriff’s Department to help film a car chase for his new movie.
Filmmaker raises funds to
support new movie production
Collyn Taylor
@COLLYNPTAYLOR
“Don’t tell me what I can’t do.”
For fourth-year Interdisciplinary
St udies st udent Brandon Davis,
it’s more than the saying he has
tattooed on him.
Dav is has a mov ie called
“Shifting Gears” that he is trying
to raise funds to make. To him, he’s
more concerned about seeing what
he can do rather than what people
say he can’t do.
He has met with the president
of A MC to discuss t urning his
script into a TV show, however the
network pulled away when they saw
the budget.
“Even though I am passionate
about it,” Davis said, “it’s hard to
get someone to spend $26 million
on a 13-episode run for somebody
who’s never proven t hemselves
before.”
After that, he was in touch with
an investor in New Jersey to turn
the script into a movie. When he
found out about that, he worked all
weekend rewriting it, only sleeping
for six hours during that time.
A nd, much l i ke A MC , t he
investor pulled out after seeing the
budget.
“That was so frustrating,” Davis
said. “I had to take off of work, I
had to rearrange my schedule to
make this work only to fi nd out this
guy was going to fade away after we
hit him with the numbers.”
But , Dav is doe sn’t let t hose
things get him down. He said that
he has a drive that is different and
that keeps him going.
For “Shifting Gears”, he was able
to convince a police department to
agree to do a car chase in Columbia
with him. He said that he loves to
fi lm trailers to show to people.
“It was more rewarding to make
the trailer and share it with people
and hear them say, ‘Holy s---, you
really got a police car and got it to
chase you down the street,” Davis
said.
He is work i ng w it h A nt won
Tanner from One Tree Hill and
hopes to get Chad Michael Murray
to work on t he f i l m if he get s
enough money.
He said that he hopes to raise
$20,000 to get both, but he will
DAVIS • 3
Courtesy of Kevin Bush
The program houses 80 total dance majors.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2014
Man at large after cutting
woman’s cheek, throat
Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department is still
searching for a man who cut a woman’s throat,
WIS reported.
According to Sheriff Thomas Summers , 35-yearold Charles Lamont Winston, Jr., invited a woman
over to his house late Tuesday night.
After being in the house for a couple of minutes,
t he woman t ried to leave. Before she cou ld,
Winston cut her throat and cheek before she
escaped.
Summers said Winston has a history of mental
ill ness a nd shou ld be considered ar med a nd
dangerous.
He also said t he at tack on t he woman was
“seemingly unprovoked and brutal.”
Summers said if anyone comes into contact with
Winston they should not try to talk to him and
should call 911 instead.
Anyone wanting to remain anonymous can call
Crimestoppers.
—Compiled by Collyn Taylor,
Assistant News Editor
DANCE • Contd. from 1
“never stops ringing” with
people wanting to be in the
dance school.
She sa id she a nd t he
faculty can bring in great
students and that contributes
to the talent in the school
— Anderson compares her
faculty recruiting students
to that of the football team
w it h he ad coac h Ste ve
Spurrier and his assistant
coaches.
“The dancers come here
to be trained by the faculty
... I am like the Spurrier,”
A nderson sa id. “I have
put an incredible facult y
underneath me, and the
students come here to study
with them.”
The school focuses
primarily on classic ballet,
while most other universities
focus on modern dance.
“W hen you have a
strong classical training
Secret Service Director
resigns after miscues
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned
f rom her posit ion Wed ne sday, USA Today
reported.
The resig nat ion came af ter scr ut iny f rom
lawmakers about her recent miscues in presidential
security.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said
that the Secret Service will now be evaluated by a
panel of “independent experts.”
Pierson will be succeeded by former Secret
Service official Joseph Clancy, who will take over
the position on an interim basis.
The resignation came on the heels of a man
climbing over the fence of the White House and
making his way into the executive mansion before
being caught.
Off icials also said this week that an armed
security guard with a felony record was allowed to
board an elevator with President Barack Obama,
which is a violation of Secret Service protocol.
—Compiled by Collyn Taylor,
Assistant News Editor
Eight teens, one adult
involved in murder case
Eight teens have been arrested in conjunction
with the deaths of two Bishopville teens, The State
reported.
Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simon said Wednesday
that Dontrell Fortune, 18, and Shakez Bracey, 17, were
shot and killed.
The altercation occurred over drug money,
according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Police believe that Fortune and his two brothers
shot and killed Bracey Friday and Bracey’s friends
murdered Fortune in retaliation.
Fortune was shot and killed Saturday morning.
Bracey was reported missing when he didn’t return
from school Friday. His body was found about a mile
from Fortune’s home Tuesday afternoon.
Along with the eight teenagers, a 48-year-old
woman was arrested for being an accessory to murder.
Those involved with the two shootings were
charged with murder. One teenage accomplice was
arrested for accessory after helping the others evade
the police.
—Compiled by Collyn Taylor,
Assistant News Editor
and foundation, your body
is allowed to move in and
out of any position and you
have the security and the
st reng t h to support it,”
Anderson said.
T he school ha s been
able to br i ng big na me
choreographers to teach
dance and perform complex
choreography like that of
George Balanchine.
A nderson said that the
reason students come to
the school is because of the
different styles of dance
they learn.
“You want to go to an
orchest ra bec au se t hey
play Beethoven,” she said.
“My dancers come here
because they want to dance
Balanchine and they want to
have an incredible repertoire
that pushes their career
forward.”
Courtesy of Kevin Bush
DG
The dance program offers several different types of choreography for students to learn and perform.
Wednesday, October 2, 2014
DAVIS • Continued from 1
make a movie regardless of how much money is
raised.
Usually scripts are written and sold to big
movie companies for them to produce. Davis said
that he has no intention to do that.
“I’m not doing it for the money; I’m doing it to
do it, to show everyone my story that I wrote,” he
said.
After seeing his mom win a battle with breast
cancer in high school, he says that he pulls some
of his drive from her.
Raised in a single-parent household, he wants
to pay back his mother for all she did for him. He
said that his mother would be his date to his fi rst
movie premier.
“I watched her struggle and she does everything
that she can to help me out. I want to make her
proud and show her that she raised her kid right
and that he can be successful.”
Davis launched a website for his movie earlier
this week and is still fundraising for “Shifting
Gears” and hopes to get the project off the ground
3
soon.
Right now, he works at Longhorn Steakhouse in
the Vista and as a movie critic for WACH Fox, a
local TV station.
But, he hopes he’ll be able to dedicate his full
time to making movies soon.
“I want to prove to myself and everyone else
that says no or doubts it, I can.”
Courtesy of Brandon Davis
He didn’t just act in the trailer for “Shifting Gears” — Davis is directing it, too.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2014
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USC’s crime data misleading
ISSUE
USC reported crime is on
the decline.
OUR STANCE
There isn’t enough data to
make a judgment yet.
The story isn’t new: a college
campus gets a rash of reported
crimes at the beginning of a new
year. Both the university and local
police call press conferences to
address the issue. Word of mouth
spreads: “Crime wave on campus.”
More people begin to carr y
pepper spray walk ing home at
night. Worried students talk to
their parents. The university, in
response, sends out year-by-year
statistics evidently showing an
overall decrease in crime to mollify
student and parent alike.
Some reported crimes turn out
to be false. Others continue to
be under investigation. Relieved
by the comfort that the statistics
provide, they once again feel secure
for their children. Parents continue
to pay tuition, and the university
has avoided an unflattering media
message.
USC’s storyline basically follows
this pattern: On Parents Weekend,
the university released a two-page
handout concerning crime on
campus to try to quell parents’
troubled questions before they’re
asked.
The proffered statistics tell a
simple story: from 2012 to 2014,
the total reported crime has gone
down each year. Combining the
USC campus and USC area crime,
the handout reports 518 offenses in
2012, 415 in 2013 and 281 in 2014.
The page itself is mostly focused
“We feel that the
statistics presented
in the handout
paint an incomplete
picture.”
around the prominent bar graphs at
the top of the page. It is an effective
pamphlet. A visiting parent, fretting
over the idea that they might have
made a mistake sending their child
to USC, is reassured by the graphs,
clearly demarcating the decline in
crime.
While there are no discrepancies
between the statistics offered by
the pamphlet and the USC’s 2014
A nnual Securit y Report, there
are numerous misleading factors
concerning how the information is
presented.
First off, 2014 isn’t over yet. The
huge jump from 415 crimes in 2013
to 281 this year is only representative
of every month before October,
which the university points out in a
footnote. But for the last two years,
October was the month with the
most reported crime.
While there is no guarantee that
the same October crime “bump”
will repeat itself this year, we feel
that the statistics presented in
the handout paints a incomplete
picture. Printing it at a time when
all the data isn’t yet available is
inherently misleading, and serves
to bolster the reputation of the
university when the information
simply isn’t in yet.
Also, instead of zeroing in on
the period when crime seemed
rampant t his year (t he period
between August and September),
the pamphlet focuses on the entire
year’s worth of crime, f urther
muddying the picture.
We feel that if the university feels
the need to release a report about
on-campus crime, one with a more
complete statistical message that is
released when all the facts are on
the table, would paint a picture of
crime at USC closer to the truth.
Obama should focus on peace at home
While president sets sights
on overseas enemy, tensions
between police, citizenry rise
President Barack Obama stated
that “a gulf of mistrust” exists
between the citizens of America
and their police forces at the
Cong ressional Black Cauc us
Fou ndat ion A n nua l Phoen i x
Awards dinner earlier this week.
There must have been a blue
moon in the sk y that evening
bec au se I ag ree w it h h i m
emphatically.
H is speech focused on t he
racia l d ispa r it ies w it h i n t he
criminal justice system, focusing
on the August shooting of an
unarmed African American teen
in Ferguson, Missouri as but one
example of a widespread problem.
The disproportional targeting of
African American youth “makes
folks who are victimized by crime
and need strong policing reluctant
to go to the police because they
may not trust them.”
The numbers back him up on
those claims. According to 2010
reports, 3.8 out of every 1,000
Caucasians in the United States
are incarcerated, while the same
figure for African Americans is a
whopping 22 per 1000. Amongst
males age 25-29, 14 per 1000
Caucasia ns a re i n detent ion
centers and a mind boggling 89
per 1000 African Americans are
locked up with them.
If you’re not great at math,
I’ll simplify that for you: almost
10 percent of African American
males between 25 and 29 years
old live behind bars and African
A mer ica ns on t he whole are
incarcerated at a rate almost
si x t i me s t h at of Cauc a sia n
Americans.
W it h nu m b e r s l i k e t h at ,
it’s hard to deny that African
Americans are facing punishment
at a disproportionate rate. But
simply ident if y ing/admitt ing
that this discrimination exists
is just the first step — the real
focus needs to be on tracing the
roots of the problem
and weeding them
out . T he s p e e c h
President Oba ma
gave was wonderful
at drawing attention
to t he s y mptom s
but stopped short of
Ross
naming their cause,
Abbott
let alone prescribing
Third-year
business student a solution.
President Nixon’s
war on drugs was declared in
1971, the same time incarceration
rates (of all races) began their
rocket-like ascent from just over
two per 1,000 in 1970 to just shy
of eight per 1,000 now.
W hen t he war on dr ugs
wa s decla red by Pre sident
Nixon in 1971, drug abuse was
t r a n sfor med f rom a d isea se
(like alcoholism) into a crime,
police officers were transformed
from keepers of the peace into
sold ier s, fou r t h a mend ment
search and seizure protections
were transformed from natural
rights into inconveniences, low
income neighborhoods where
d r ug s were ra mpa nt were
transformed from homes into
battlefields, and the residents of
those neighborhoods (who were
disproportionately minorities)
were transformed from citizens
in need of protection into enemy
combatants.
As a result, overall incarceration
rates jumped from a (previously
declining) two per 1,000 to the
nearly eight per 1,000 we see now.
Police officers can’t be blamed
for disproportionately targeting
minorities — Nixon added that to
their job description 43 years ago.
Minorities (and the population
in general) can’t be blamed for
distrusting the police in a nation
with a higher imprisonment rate
than Cuba, Rwanda, Russia, and
Iran.
President Obama should have
an excellent understanding of
the drug war’s role in creating
this distrust; he’s admitted to
smoking marijuana in his youth.
Do you think he’d still trust the
police after a blinding flashbang
grenade exploded in his face,
announcing a no-knock raid of
officers in combat gear pointing
assault rifles at him, all to stop
him from smoking some bud?
The only way to restore the
trust Americans have lost in our
police is to abolish the mentality
of “the police versus the people.”
The war on drugs was started by
one President and can be ended
by another. If he really wants
to make a difference in police
discrimination, President Obama
should find some time during his
busy schedule of starting wars in
the Middle East to end the one
we’re waging against our own
people.
Campus crime
remains issue,
lesser known
events still occur
Association with crime victims
reinforces need for action
Miss Jeffrey,
I was highly disappointed to see your article
t it led "Pr u it t: 4 repor ted cr i mes u nt r ue"
head l i n i ng t he f ront of [ Monday's] Da i ly
Gamecock.
While it may be true that the four specific
incidents mentioned in the article turned out
to be mistaken, the article was very misleading
in that it focused on only those four incidents
and mentioned the numerous actual crimes
committed against students only glancingly on
the second page or not at all.
T here is u ndoubted ly a c r i me problem
centered around the USC campus, and it is
because of my own experience and not because
of social media that I no longer feel as safe as I
once did on my campus.
Several weeks ago, my roommate was robbed
at gunpoint at 2:30 p.m. while coming home
from class, right outside our apartment building
in a student apartment complex across the street
from the USC baseball stadium.
Less than a week later, another girl I have
known since my freshman year was robbed on
Greene Street while walking home with two of
her friends. These are just a few of the recent
crimes that I know to be true because someone
connected to me personally was one of the
victims.
As a junior, I have lived on or near this campus
for over two years and have never before heard
of a crime targeting someone connected to me
personally, and I know many others can relate
to that.
In addition, these are not students who are
making risky decisions such as coming home by
themselves late at night or staying in Five Points
until 3 a.m.
T hese a re responsible st udent s ma k i ng
responsible decisions who had f rightening
crimes committed against them. To have their
hardships downplayed on the front page of a
newspaper that is supposedly their newspaper,
a newspaper run by students for students, was
extremely upsetting.
Although it may be true that the particular
crimes mentioned turned out to be untrue, there
are still far more reports that are true.
So why are we covering up the crime problem
rather than dealing with it head on? Your article
criticized social media outlets that "thrive on
sensationalism," yet it sensationalized the idea
that these four crimes were untrue, proclaiming
it in a front page headline and calling the reports
"stories" in bold print, while the important
message of the article was buried further back
on another page: "'Even if we have to go back in
the end and say that didn't happen, that's OK,'
Hickman said. 'We don't want people to feel like
reporting things is bad if they aren't certain. It's
better to err on the side of caution.'"
There is a crime problem on this campus.
Students present easy targets for crime because
they frequently carry valuables with them and
are less likely than nonstudents to carry weapons
of their own due to campus regulations.
Students should be on the alert and taking
safety precautions, and they should never be
afraid to report any suspicious circumstances.
USCPD, CPD a nd t he u n iversit y need to
be doing more to ensure t he safet y of our
students and visitors to our campus, rather than
attempting to cover up a problem and hide it
from visiting parents.
Most importantly, however, students should
be supporting each other no matter what. That
includes the students who write for The Daily
Gamecock.
—Written by Elizabeth Ernest, third-year
fi nance and marketing student
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Wednesday, October 2, 2014
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‘Ajax’ shows all sides of war
Kendra Little / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Ajax’s madness serves as a commentary on the ravages of war, a more outsized complement to the story of A.J. and her struggle with PTSD and sexual assault.
Longstreet production
“Ajax in Iraq” tells dual
stories of war’s impact
Belvin Olasov
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According to “Ajax in Iraq,” the Iraq
War and the Trojan War aren’t so
different after all — they’re both wars,
with all of the dehumanizing violence
that implies.
“Ajax in Iraq,” a war drama that
will play at Longstreet Theatre from
October 3-11, features two stories in
parallel: that of A.J., an Iraqi soldier,
and that of Greek hero Ajax. Thirdyear theater and English student Jaime
Boller plays A.J., giving the character a
brittle, toughened exterior.
“She’s dealing with PTSD, she’s
far away from home … She has to
survive. In order to survive she has
been having a coercive relationship
with her sergeant, and this is very
traumatic for her,“ Boller said. “It’s
hard enough to be in the Middle East,
but adding in sexual trauma and that
abuse of power is even more for her.”
It ’s t wo i mpor t a nt is s ue s, t he
ef fect s of war a nd t he ef fect s of
gender polit ics, converg ing onto
one soldier. Peter Duffy, director of
“Ajax” and head of the MAT program
in theatre education, looked at the
sexual assault aspects as universal, not
military-specific.
“The military is a microcosm of our
culture as a whole, and I think they
aren’t exempt from gender politics,”
Duffy said. “I don’t think they deal
with it at a more elevated rate than we
do. You know, you just have to look
at the NFL if you want to talk about
gender politics in all kinds of ways.
I don’t think the military is a special
case, and I hope people don’t leave this
play thinking we’re poking a stick in
the eye of the military.”
If the sheer seriousness of the subject
matter is starting to scare you, don’t
worry — the Iraq segments run sideby-side with the story of Ajax, told
by gleefully anachronistic narrator
Athena. His descent into madness
comes from the tradition of Greek
tragedy but blends in a more accessible
theatricality. Ajax is an outsized hero,
savage and noble all at once, and
Athena toes the line between comic
and terrifying.
“To have this striking Athena who
will says things like ‘bonkers’ and
‘bananas’ is really kind of fun,” Duffy
said.
The set is a map of Iraq cracked
to pieces, giving the actors rugged
terrain to explore. And explore they
do — “Ajax in Iraq” is an unusually
kinetic play, a style prompted by the
climactic dance scene in the middle
courtesy of Terrance Henderson.
“He made it look primitive and
primal a nd raw a nd beaut if u l …
grotesquely beautiful, all at the same
time,” Duffy said of the dance scene.
“He is just incredibly creative and
insight f u l a nd he’s just a master
m o v e m e nt c o a c h . He c a n t u r n
nondancers into dancers like —” he
snaps his fingers, “that.”
The dance scene represents the
violence the female soldiers endure,
a theme that encompasses both the
ravages of war on the psyche and the
potentially dangerous power held by
army officials. A.J. bears the brunt
of these abuses, which makes her a
difficult character to portray.
“I have had to be really caref ul
get t i ng i nto cha rac ter w it h A .J.
because it’s a tough thing to play
someone who’s depressed — you
have to be careful to not get into that
headspace too much,” Boller said. “I’ve
had to be really careful to say good
night to her every night and try to
leave her at the theater.”
As the play progresses, its scope
expands to critique the war as a whole
and the way we treat our soldiers.
Duffy sees the play as pro-soldier, not
necessarily anti-war, but critical of the
Iraq War.
“There are absolutely times where
military might is required, and thank
AJAX • 6
HairWalk raises awareness with style
Runway show serves as fundraiser,
rallies support for survivors
Erika Ryan
@RIKA_RYAN
W h i le c a ncer awa rene s s f u nd r a i ser s h ave
traditionally been 5K run-walks, there are more ways
to spread the message.
Strutting your stuff on the catwalk can make the
same impact.
Alisa Barnes, a prominent hair stylist and salon
boutique owner in Columbia, started the event in 2013.
After being in the cosmetology business for 20 years,
many of her clients going through chemotherapy and
radiation for cancer treatment experienced hair loss,
which struck a blow to their confidence. This inspired
HairWalk, an event that celebrates elegance with a
good cause — their mission is to help save lives while
also boosting self-esteem.
“I t hought it would be g reat if t he fash ion
community, hair community and makeup artists could
come together to fight cancer with style,” Barnes said.
“Then, HairWalk was born.”
When supporting the fight against cancer, knowing
what you’re up against is enough to make a difference.
For those stuck in a fashion rut, Barnes believes
changing up your look is enough to spread awareness.
“Every day that fits your style or your trend, you
could look at yourself and say, ‘I can do something
greater and create a bigger impact by joining this
movement, Fighting Cancer with Style,’” Barnes said.
Last year, HairWalk kicked off their event with
100 models, including 50 cancer survivors and around
500 attendees. With such a big turnout, $2,500 was
donated to both Palmetto Health Foundation and
South Carolina Oncology Associates.
As a fundraiser, most of the money raised comes from
ticket sales, but the organization is accepting donations
in time, as well as money. HairWalk gets backing
from a strong volunteer base. Models, designers,
photographers and all general staff behind the scenes
are positions held by supporters lending a helping hand.
After the success of 2013’s HairWalk, the movement
has expanded and will be hosted in Charlotte this year,
as well as Columbia.
This year, special guest Brandi Maxiell of VH1’s
Basketball Wives LA will be featured at the event and
will host a meet and greet Friday morning.
While breast cancer predominately affects women,
it impacts a number of men as well. HairWalk begins
Friday, Oct. 3, with the Pink Tie Charity Sponsor and
VIP Reception. The Pink Tie auction from HairWalk
2013 was meant to spread awareness and raise money
for men that are diagnosed with breast cancer as well
as supporters that have been affected in their roles as
fathers, husbands or sons. This year, the reception
is intended to bring together men who support
those affected by breast cancer. The organization is
encouraging guests to wear pink ties to show that “Real
Men Wear Pink.”
Although HairWalk’s end goal is to spread cancer
awareness, the main event, HeadHunterz, is still a
competition for the cosmetology students participating.
Last year, each school presented their wigs on the
runway with a particular element’s theme, and this
year’s theme is “Animal Instinct”.
This Friday, cosmetology students from the Paul
Courtesy of HairWalk
HAIRWALK • 6
The HeadHunterz competition has cosmetology
students make wigs that go to cancer survivors.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2014
WOW
We’ve had a
makeover.
HAIRWALK • Continued from 5
AJAX • Continued from 5
Mitchell Beauty School on Gervais
and Virginia College-Columbia will
compete for the HeadHunterz 2014
Visionary Award.
HairWalk may only be two years
old, but Barnes is opt imist ic for
this year’s turn out at the Columbia
Metropolitan Convention Center this
Friday night. She said this movement is
something survivors need everywhere
because spreading encouragement and
awareness is the first step to winning
the battle against cancer.
“Wherever there’s a Macy’s, a Cato’s,
a Nordstrom ... there should be a
HairWalk,” Barnes said.
God there are people willing to do
that,” he said. “That being said …
war’s not always the answer. It should
be, to be cliché about it, a last resort.”
Duf f y is i nterested i n t he
reaction of college viewers to the
play, considering their distanced
relationship to the war.
“I think, to a large degree, college
viewers are desensitized to it. It’s
been in the ether so much that it’s
hard to take it all in and give it all
equal measure,” Duffy said. “And
so, I hope the play will make these
people a little more real and will
make the situation a little bit more
tangible.”
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HOROSCOPES
Aries
Leo
Sagittarius
Expect the unexpected.
D o n’t w a s t e a c e nt .
Re-t h in k old beliefs.
Med it at ion revea ls
another level. Private
conversat ions help.
Don’t be stopped by past
failures. Learn from your
mistakes, and your status
rises with new skills.
A surprise job or income
source emerges. Jump
on a chance to fly. Stop
for rest when you need
it. Play to win! Don’t
overspend or speculate,
borrow or lend. Provide
excellent service with a
smile.
Prov ide leadersh ip
at w o r k . Tr y a n e w
idea. Get eclectic and
creative. Listen to all
considerat ions before
committing money, or
it could get awkward. A
bonus could fatten your
wallet. Surprise your
family with a treat.
Taurus
You’re in the mood to
de-clutter. Get family
involved, and lighten
you r col lec t ive load.
Re wa rd ef for t s w it h
fun and treats. Deduct
poi nt s for t a nt r u m s.
Listen to other people’s
id e a s . D a nc e i n t he
newly cleared space.
Listen to your intuition.
Choose an exotic
destination for your next
adventure. Did lightning
strike? It could feel that
way. Rest and cool down.
Play your cards close to
your chest. Study and
make plans.
Virgo
Gemini
Libra
Wait before making your
move; conditions will
improve. Exercise extra
caution when driving, and
watch out for surprises.
Reevaluate your route
and itinerar y. Handle
paper work rega rd i ng
shared resources.
Reward your efforts with
something fun.
Ta k e e x t r a c a r e .
D o n’t f o r g e t t o d o
a n i mp or t a nt job at
home. Unforeseen
c i rc u m st a nce s cou ld
preempt your plans. Be
ca ref u l t r y i ng a new
tech n ique or t r ick .
Things may not go as
ex pec ted. Ta ke deep
breaths.
Cancer
Scorpio
An unexpected
c i rc u mst a nce cou ld
frustrate a collaboration.
Work interferes w it h
travel. Take time outs
to reduce stress. Don’t
t a ke f i n a nc ia l r i sk s .
A l low e x t r a t i me i n
your schedule for the
unforeseen. Compromise
and work it out.
Ta k e c a r e t o a v o i d
m i s com mu n ic at ion s.
Listen to a loved one’s
considerat ions. Don’t
ju st t h row mone y at
a dome st ic problem.
Create t i me for f u n.
Adapt to changes and
allow t ime to adjust.
Think before speaking.
Capricorn
St a r t w it h t he mo s t
difficult thing on your
l i s t . D o n’t b e l i e v e
ever y t h ing you hear,
or make assumptions.
Mechanical breakdown
could slow the action.
Conditions seem
unstable. Grace
under pressure raises
you r con f idence a nd
professional status.
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Numbers within the same heavily-outlined region must produce the number given in the
top left corner of the region when combined with the operation symbol given.
10/01/14
Aquarius
Don’t make expensive
promises or waste
cash. Hold onto what
you have. Identify new
resources. Introspection
and planning save time
a n d m o n e y. D r e a m
about your next
advent u re. You get a
surprise win.
Pisces
Don’t get intimidated.
Take on a leadersh ip
att it ude. Things may
not go as plan ned,
but you r f r iend s a re
here for you. Listen to
intuition. This is a test.
Resourceful efforts pay
dividends.
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10/1/14
1 2 3 4
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today’s puzzle,
go to
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app!
ACROSS
1 Short trips
5 Daylong march
10 Baseball cards
unit
14 Swiss river
15 Stereotypical dog
name
16 __ Bator, Mongolia
17 *Steady,
unobtrusive
background
sound
19 Pixar fish
20 “Roots” hero __
Kinte
21 China’s Mao __tung
22 Gap rival
23 The Blue Jays,
on scoreboards
24 *Highly charged,
as a topic
26 Bustle of activity
28 Kids’ touching
game
30 Automaker with a
four-ring logo
31 *Sleeper sofa
34 Soothing words
38 Bk. before Job
39 Slow-moving
tree-hanging
animal
41 Fingered, as a
perp
42 Arnaz-Ball studio
44 *Nouveau riche
46 Feudal slave
48 Chou En-__
49 Intractable beast
50 *Especially
favorable
agreement
54 Dallas sch.
56 Shopping meccas
57 D-Day craft
58 They’re often
cluttered in
offices
61 Entr’__
62 Mr. who debuted
5/1/1952, or in a
way, what the
first word of the
answers to
starred clues can
be
64 Hershey’s toffee
bar
65 __ Gay: WWII
plane
66 “See ya”
67 Sugar pies
68 Heat-resistant
glassware
69 Out of control
DOWN
1 Taloned bird
2 Pacific island on
which much of
“Lost” was filmed
3 Hard copies
4 Contentious
confrontation
5 Directional
ending
6 Dental whitening
agent
7 French ordercarrying
craft
8 Former coin of
Spain
9 Cockney’s “in this
place”
10 Strict observance
of formalities
11 Warning
12 Brief acting role
13 Familiar
18 Only planet with
exactly one moon
22 Sensei’s teaching
25 Baloney
26 Scored a hole-inone
on
27 Unit of reality?
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today’s puzzle,
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29 Silly
32 Con men
33 King of the ring
35 On and on and
on and ...
36 Average marks
37 Ice cream brand
40 Revealing, like
the heart in a Poe
title
43 “We’re in!”
45 Mess up
47 More than a
misdemeanor
50 Hard tennis shot
51 Screwball
52 “Your Song”
singer John
53 Fur tycoon
55 Zubin with a
baton
59 Green Hornet’s
sidekick
60 State west of
Minn.
62 Get-up-and-go
63 Income __
Wednesday, October 2, 2014
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Women’s soccer hopes to rebound
Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Freshman Savannah McCaskill has helped set up chances on offense, co-leading South Carolina with three assists and leading the team with 11 shots on goal.
No. 24 Gamecocks take on
Alabama, LSU this weekend
Connor Hazelton
@CONNORHAZELTON
After dropping two home games
last week and falling in the top-25
polls to No. 24, the Gamecocks look
to rebound this weekend as they take
on Alabama and LSU.
Sout h Ca rol i na lost to fel low
conference foes Missouri and No.
22 G eorg ia last week , dropping
its record to 8-3-0 with a 1-2 SEC
record. Head coach Shelley Smith
touched on some of the things the
G amecock s need to improve on
in practice this week before they
deepen into their SEC schedule.
“ We h a d t o w o r k o n o u r
aggressiveness in the attacking third,
overall our compet it iveness and
playing to compete and win,” she
said. “They stepped up and worked
extremely hard, and if they train like
they did [Tuesday] morning, we’re
going to win many more games this
fall.”
Smith also added that practices
gain higher intensity during a losing
streak.
“Somet i mes it t a kes losses to
realize what your weaknesses are and
what you need to work on,” she said.
“It can be a good thing, and we can
turn it around from losses instead of
making it another loss. I think that’s
where this team’s at, and I think
we’re ready to go and compete on
Friday.”
Senior goalkeeper Sabrina
D’Angelo took last week’s 1-0 loss
to G eorg ia espec ia l ly ha rd a nd
is look i ng to b ou nce back t h is
upcoming weekend.
“It was a tough one to swallow
— we’re a better team than that,”
she said. “It sucks I let in such a bad
goal, which lost the game for us. We
have to regroup as a team and come
back to be ready for this weekend
coming up.”
The Gamecocks were undefeated
at home last year, but since then have
dropped three of their first seven
home games on the season.
“ It ’s been ou r goa l to w i n at
home, so I think that’s something
we have to look at and fix because
[a home loss] should never happen,”
D’Angelo said.
South Carolina travels to Alabama
(7-3-1) on Friday, and then returns
home for its game against LSU (46-2) on Sunday. Smith mentioned
that having two games in a weekend
is never easy, but it’s something you
have to get used to.
“It’s difficult, Sunday games are
not great,” she said. “In the SEC
we know that, we as coaches try to
spread out games as best we can.
That’s why there are games where
you see some weekends where you
have one game. No one likes the
Sunday games, but you have to rely
on your depth and your fitness you
came in the preseason with and just
dig down to see who wants it more.
You never actually get used to the
Sunday games, but you know what
to expect.”
Volleyball to face Bulldogs
The Gamecock volleyball team w ill
make a trip down to Mississippi State (512, 0-2 SEC) to take on the Bulldogs.
Friday’s matchup will test whether South
Carolina (11-3, 1-1 SEC) can rebound from
its fi rst conference loss against Kentucky
this past Sunday. Freshman Taylr McNeil
and sophomore Koko Atoa-Williams have
paired up to lead the team on offense.
McNeil has accumulated 191 kills while
Atoa-Williams has compiled 143 kills.
In two SEC matches against Mississippi
a n d K e nt u c k y, M c Ne i l h a s le d t h e
Gamecocks with 31 kills combined. Senior
Mikaela Christiaansen has done the dirty
work to keep points alive with 48 digs in
the two conference games. She leads the
team with 234 digs on the year. South
Carolina will look to get an upper hand
quickly against Mississippi State, as the
Bulldogs have yet to show that they can
compete in a tough SEC.
—Compiled by Tanner Abel,
Assistant Sports Editor
T h i s sea son , S out h Ca rol i n a
has received some exceptional play
from freshman midfielder Savannah
McCaskill, who is tied for the team
lead in assists with three, and has
added a goal to her resume as well.
She is probably due to tally up more
goals, as she also leads the team in
shots on goal with 11.
“I think she’s a tremendous player.
She’s a freshman that’s come into a
tough environment, and we’ve put
a lot on her to play right away for
us, and she’s done very well,” Smith
said. “She’s shown the abilit y she
has, and she’s just a good overall
soccer player. We’ve needed her in
the attack, and she’s done well to set
up plays.”
Sophomore forward Sophie Groff
and junior forward Raina Johnson
h ave a l so paced t he G a meco ck
offense with four and three goals,
respectively.
A f ter ret u r n i ng home f rom
Alabama, South Carolina takes on
LSU this Sunday at 1 p.m.
DG
Women’s
tennis heads
to Princeton
Invitational
T he women’s ten n is tea m w i l l
travel to Princeton, New Jersey for
the Princeton Invitational that runs
Friday through Sunday.
The Gamecocks started out the
season strong, posting a combined
23-5 record at the Milwaukee Tennis
Classic wit h sophomore Caroline
Dailey getting the title of singles
cha mpion a nd sen ior Megha n
Blevins earning the runner-up nod in
singles. Dailey and freshman Megen
Cochran also won the doubles’ title in
Milwaukee.
In the Furman Fall Classic, South
Carolina cooled down a little bit, as
head coach Kevin Epley’s group went
5-5 in singles play this past Sunday.
Cochran and Dailey repeated their
Milwaukee success with a doubles
title over Alabama while Blevins and
sophomore Brigit Folland received a
doubles title for knocking off a pair
from Vanderbilt. Cochran and Blevins
are tied for the best record overall on
the team in singles, as each has started
out 5-1.
—Compiled by Tanner Abel,
Assistant Sports Editor
Olivia Barthel / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Senior Mikaela Christiaansen leads the Gamecocks with 234 total digs this year and 48 in conference play.