Vol. 50 | No. 6September 17, 2013 University of South Carolina Aiken

Celebrating 50 Years

See Page 2

September 17, 20132 |

Editor-in-ChiefT.J. Wright

Sports EditorKyle Dawson

News EditorLacie Rhoden

Art EditorEleanor Prater

Staff WritersJ. Morgan BurtonDylan Timmerman

Nick Terry Orlando Moldovan

Business and Advertising Manager

Judith Templeton

Social Media Manager Fateish Graham

Pacer Times is a weekly publication of the University of South Carolina Aiken. The opinions stated in this paper are those of Pacer Times and in no way reflect those of USCA. The student newspaper is distributed free on campus, one copy per student. To purchase an advertisement, parties must contact the advertising manager at (803) 641-3517 or by email to pacertimes@usca.edu.Advertisements are subject to rejection by the staff.

ABOUT PACER TIMES

© 2013 Pacer TimesUniversity of South Carolina

Aiken471 University Parkway

Aiken, SC 29801(w) 641-3517

Fax: (803) 641-3728E-mail: pacertimes@usca.edu

www.pacertimes.com

Pacer Times is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and South Carolina

Press associations.

Starbucks to open on campus

WELCOME

The university will be holding a press release Wednesday, Sept. 18th, at 8:30 a.m. to inform students and faculty on the status of the Starbucks campus opening.

The promise of the university, eight years in the making, is ready to materialize.

Starbucks will open a branch on campus within the upcoming months.

This comes about after students petitioned for the university to employ another food vendor in order to provide students with more variety in cuisine.

The restaurant will be

located in the Student Activities Center, and will be open to the entire community.

In January of the upcoming year, USC Aiken students will be able to enjoy the services of a new Starbucks branch on campus.

Starbucks’ opening and closing times will mirror those of the SAC’s. Starbucks will provide for the students more than just coffee, but also a variety of food items.

Students will be able to purchase these items using their declining balance.

To go along with the restaurant, the school will be building an outdoor seating area equipped with tables, seats and umbrellas.

However, the promise of the university to bring about this new vendor is specifically for students, and even though access will be given to all, the university will only provide minimal parking

Orlando MoldovanStaff Writer

accommodations to non-USCA affiliates.

All students are welcome to attend Wednesday’s press release.

September 17, 2013| 3

Email issues begin to settleJ. Morgan Burton

Staff Writer

Many students are still experiencing issues with the switchover to the new Microsoft Office 365-based email system. If you are experiencing issues, the solution is fairly simple.

The first step is to go to http://my.sc.edu in your web browser and click on the “View My ID’s” link under the tab labeled “Personal.” You will then be prompted to enter your VIP ID as well as the password associated with it. After doing

this, you simply click the “Manage Password” button for your network username and you will then be asked to enter your new password. This password will now be your password for your email as well as for accessing computers on the campus network.

You will now be able to access your student email accounts by clicking the “Student Email” link at the top of the USCA website, and have full access to Office 365, enabling you to create and edit documents online. In order to do this, however, you must

first download Microsoft Office Professional Plus. This is done by logging into your email and then clicking the “Home” button at the top of the page, next to the “Outlook” button, and then clicking “Downloads” under the “Resources” tab.

From here you just click “Install Microsoft Office Professional Plus” and follow the on-screen prompts to finish the installation. If you have any issues with password resets or Office 365, contact Computer Services located in B&E room 238.

CSD Help Desk

0% interest for 12 months**for qualifi ed buyers

Best PriceBest PriceBest PriceBest PriceBest SelectionBest Selection

GGH

Since 1987 we’ve been buying gold and silver. We’re not new to this.

Why waste your time and gas going to these new little places popping up everywherethat don’t have the cash to pay you the most for your investment?

Come to a reputable jewelerthat can afford to pay youthat can afford to pay you top dollar top dollarfor your gold, platinum or silver jewelrygold, platinum or silver jewelry.

We pay all ofour customers

C A S HHC A S HH

ON THESPOT.

4 |September 17, 2013

Date Sport vs Time9/17 Golf @ Kiawah Island

InvitationalAll Day

9/17 Women’s and Men’s Soccer

Brevard 5 p.m. (w)and 7:30 p.m. (m)

9/20 Cross Country

@ Jaguar Invitational 6 p.m.

9/20 Volleyball Francis Marion 7 p.m.

9/21 Volleyball UNC Pembroke 2 p.m.

9/21 Women’s Soccer

@ Georgia College 3 p.m.

9/23 Men’s Soccer

St. Andrew’s 6 p.m.

This Week in

Pacer Sports

The USC Aiken volleyball team won three of its five matches last week, building some positive momentum with Peach Belt Conference foes looming on this week’s schedule.

Up next for the Pacers (6-3, 1-0 PBC) is a pair of home matches against conference opponents Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke.

The first matchup, a Friday, Sept. 20 clash with Francis Marion, is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center. The Patriots enter this week’s play with a 5-1 record and a 1-0 mark in conference play, having swept Flagler on Saturday.

The Pacers will be back in action on Saturday, Sept. 21, for a 2 p.m. tilt with UNC Pembroke. The Braves currently own a 3-6 record and are 0-1 in PBC play following a Sunday loss to Flagler.

USCA opened last week’s play with three consecutive victories, including two in the USCA Volleyball Invitational. The first, a 3-1 win over Lander, gave the Pacers an important first victory in PBC play. USCA won three straight

Volleyball set to begin post-tourney schedule

sets, including a come-from-behind effort in the fourth, after dropping the first.

“That comeback right there was huge for this team mentally,” head coach Glenn Cox said after the win. “It’s exciting to see a lineup that has that many freshmen out there on the floor mentally step up in that situation and finish.”

“You can’t teach that, as a coach. You can’t teach that mental toughness,” Cox added. “You can try. Some kids are just going to get it and some kids never get it. This group has shown that they can put that run together at any given time. Hopefully we can keep that run going and stay steady and figure out how to play that clean all the time. If you do, then you really have a special season coming.”

A major point of emphasis for the Pacers was slowing down Lander’s Tarryn Angermeier, a preseason All-PBC selection who shared last year’s league Freshman of the Year honors with USCA’s Ashley Diedrich. It worked, as the Pacers limited Angermeier to a .103 hitting percentage.

“I told my girls, ‘I want that girl to go home feeling queasy because of how bad we’re going to shut her down today,’” Cox

said. “That was our goal.”The Pacers followed with

a pair of 3-0 sweeps over Converse and Limestone on Friday to open the USCA Volleyball Invitational. As has been the case throughout the season, a balanced team effort paved the way to the victory.

“We’ve got a lot of weapons, and we’re going to keep using them,” said Cox.

3-2 losses to Valdosta State and Lincoln Memorial on Saturday ended the Pacers’ six-match winning streak.

Joseph JohnsAly Johnson pounds a rocket for the kill, one of her seven in the match, against Limestone.

Kyle DawsonSports Editor

Nick TerrySports Writer

Cross country finishes fourth at Georgia College

The USC Aiken cross country team ran to a fourth-place finish in the Bobcat Invitational last Friday afternoon.

The Bobcat Invitational, hosted by Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga., featured runners from seven different schools. It was USCA’s second meet of the season and first trip to the Bobcat Invitational during head coach Kara Kreutzer’s tenure. Kreutzer said that the result was a good way for the team to open the season schedule after an encouraging finish at the Pre-Conference Meet at Georgia Southwestern.

Meet winner Young Harris and host Georgia College joined the Pacers as the Peach Belt Conference representatives at the Bobcat Invitational.

Keely Gillespie led the Pacers with a fifth-place finish, completing the course in a time of 20:57.9. The effort was her best time on the season. Gillespie finished with a 10 second cushion over sixth-place runner Rachel Pasko of

Georgia College.Alexis Harvin followed

Gillespie for the second week in a row with a time of 24:05.3. Harvin’s time was good enough for a 19th-place finish.

Brittany May and Morgan Payne finished within seconds of one another for the second consecutive meet. May’s time of 24:52.2 put her in 23rd place, while Payne’s 25:16.9 time earned her 26th place.

Kayla Millholland finished 31st with a time of 25:58.8, while Lauren Hodge posted a time of 26:42.2 to finish 34th in the event.

Colleen Cirillo rounded out the effort for the Pacers with a career-best time of 28:43.8, allowing her to finish 40th.

The fourth-place finish was USCA’s tenth top ten and fifth top five during Kreutzer’s tenure.

The Pacers will be in action again when the team competes in the Jaguar Invitational, in which they placed sixth last season, on Sept. 20, 2013 at 6 p.m. The event is being hosted by Georgia Regents University in Augusta, Ga.

Record: 6-3 (1-0 PBC)

Last week’s results

9/11 - USCA 3, Lander 19/13 - USCA 3, Converse 09/13 - USCA 3, Limestone 09/14 - Lincoln Memorial 3, USCA 29/14 - Valdosta St. 3, USCA 2

Statistical leaders (season to date)

Kills: Shawn Hotson - 71Assists: Amanda Bologna - 198Service aces: Sheila Walsh - 16Digs: Shawn Hotson - 133Hitting %: Sheila Walsh - .474Blocks: Hannah Tierney - 32

| 5September 17, 2013

USCAINTRAMURAL

FLAG FOOTBALL

For more information, visit the Student Life O�ce or one of the following:

@USCAIntramurals USC Aiken Intramurals@USCAIntramurals

GO TO IMLEAGUES.COM/USCA TO REGISTERrEGISTER BY sEPTEMBER 24

SEASON BEGINS SEPTEMBER 30

Womens and Mens teams of 7+ players will competeto become the 2013 Intramural Flag Football Championsof USCA! Think you have what it takes? Sign up today!

TH

TH

Joseph Johns

Jason King pauses to find one of his Pacer teammates.

Men’s soccer to host pair of nonconference foes

Nick TerrySports Writer

The USC Aiken men’s soccer team hosts a pair of matches during the coming week after dropping both contests a week ago.

The upcoming schedule for the Pacers includes games against Brevard on Sept. 17 and St. Andrews on Sept. 23.

Brevard is 2-1 on the year with wins over Erskine College and King College.

Last season, the Pacers and Tornados played to a 1-1 tie after a pair of overtime periods.

St. Andrews is 2-4 on the season with wins against Bob Jones University and Bluefield College.

Last year, the Pacers won a hard-fought overtime match against the Knights, 1-0.

Both of these meetings will take place at the Pacer Pit. USCA hosts Brevard at 7:30 p.m. as the second half of a doubleheader. St. Andrews visits the Pacer Pit on Monday for a 6 p.m. start.

The Pacer men played two contests last week, falling to Lenoir-Rhyne and Limestone, 2-0 and 3-2, respectively.

The Pacers fought hard against Lenoir-Rhyne, but eventually lost the home match by a count of 2-0.

USCA struggled in the first half, recording only two shots during the frame. However, the Pacers came out firing shots

in the second half, totaling seven shots while only allowing six by the Bears.

Joshua Poissant led the Pacers defensively, stopping five shots during the match.

Last Saturday, the Pacers once again played a close match but couldn’t come out on top, falling 3-2 to Limestone.

Sajih Daychoum and Armin Lange led USCA offensively, both scoring one goal in the match for the Pacers.

In the match, Limestone out-shot USCA, 16-10, and also held a 5-1 advantage on corner kicks.

Poissant once again led the Pacers defensively, with four saves in the contest.

Nick TerrySports Writer

Women’s soccer looking to build on strong start

The USC Aiken women’s soccer team has gotten off to a solid start this season, compiling a record of 2-2. This week, the Pacers play Brevard at home on Tuesday Sept. 17 before hitting the road to face Georgia College on Saturday Sept. 21.

The match against Brevard, slated for a 5 p.m. start at the Pacer Pit, will be a tough non-conference test for the Pacers and will give them a chance to see the 4-3-3 formation that is used by most Peach Belt Conference teams.

“Brevard is always a tough opponent; the coach there is very good,” said head coach Sue Vodicka. “They are much improved from last year and have some very good attacking players.”

On Saturday, the team will travel to Georgia College for their first match in PBC play this season.

“That’s going to be an intense game,” Vodicka said of

the upcoming match against the Bobcats. “We beat them for the first time ever last year so I know they’ve got revenge on their mind,”

Over the past week, USCA went 1-1 with a 2-1 win against Coker and a 2-0 loss to Barton.

In the match against Coker, Hannah Allison and Megan Smits both scored one goal to lead the Pacers to victory.

“Anytime you win you’re happy and the thing that I was most pleased with was that we scored a goal and gave up a goal right away, yet we found a way to win that game. In years past we might have struggled to do that,” said Vodicka.

On Saturday, the Pacers went on the road to face Barton College. Despite solid play from goalies Melissa Westphal and Alli Edens, USCA fell, 2-0.

Megan Smits led the offense with three shots while Jenna Beauregard and Joi Chrishon each added two shots of their own. Hazel Kelley also added a shot on goal.

Team W L PCT Sportsman-ship Rating

Urine Trouble

2 0 1.000 4.0

Ambitious Souls

1 1 .500 4.0

TKE 1 1 .500 3.0

Lambda Chi Alpha

0 1 .000 4.0

Who dat is? 0 1 .000 4.0

Men’s Intramural Ultimate Frisbee Standings

Results to date

Men9/5 - USCA 0, Pfeiffer 0 (2OT)9/7 - Queens 3, USCA 09/11 - Lenoir-Rhyne 2, USCA 09/14 - Limestone 3, USCA 2

Women9/5 - Rollins 4, USCA 19/7 - USCA 2, USC Beaufort 09/10 - USCA 2, Coker 19/13 - Barton 2, USCA 0

Statistical leaders (season to date)

MenGoals: Sajih Daychoum, Armin Lange - 1Assists: Rodrigo Goncalves - 2Save %: Joshua Poissant - .636

WomenGoals: Hannah Allison - 3Assists: Aubrey Danielson, Megan Smits - 2Save %: Alli Edens - .684

September 17, 20136 |

Novelist creates new adult seriesSamana Mehdi

Contributing Writer

Richelle Mead, author of “Vampire Academy” and “Bloodlines” series, is taking a break from writing her young adult novels to present this new adult dystopian book series. “Gameboard of the Gods” has a little bit of everything - mystery, religion, humor, action and a hint of romance. Despite its slow beginning, it certainly picks up and leaves the reader questioning everything.

This book series is set in the near future after a deadly virus has reduced the population and the world has been ravaged by religious extremists. From this destruction rose the RUNA (formerly the U.S), and

the people who live within this new country have found peace under RUNA’s strict but generous care.

However, religious extremists are still around. Mae Koskinen’s job is to find these men and bring them in, and if necessary bring them down to their death. However, Mae’s world is changed after an altercation sends her to guard and aid Justin March - an exile of the RUNA - to find the

culprit of ritualistic murders that are taking down RUNA’s

officials. Differences of beliefs between the two keep their relationship tense as they try to track down the murderer before more officials are sacrificially killed.

But what they find is not what it seems and they find themselves in more danger the more they uncover. Both are thrust back into the hands of religious extremists, and it threatens to take them down - and change Mae’s whole view of what she has always known and believed about the supernatural, and ultimately - her very being.

This book not only leaves our characters in the dark, but the reader as well since there are twists and turns on every page. Mead, always known for her strong characters and

plot, continues to deliver those two elements in this exciting book series. “Gameboard of the Gods” is the first in Mead’s “Age of X” series and is planned as a trilogy, although dates for future books remains unknown.

As a side note, Mead’s 4th book in her young adult “Bloodlines” series, titled “The Fiery Heart”, drops November 19.

Hotel Aiken

Mapping Out Happy Hour

Pizza JointAiken

Brewing

Company 2-6 p.m.

3-7 p.m.

4-7 p.m.

Are you interested in joining our staff? Come to one of our meetings scheduled every Tuesday at 6.

Volunteer fair to be held this weekLacie RhodenNews Editor

USCA IMPACT will be hosting a volunteer fair on Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the Student Activities Center lobby.

This event will bring in many of the nonprofit organizations of Aiken County and encourages students to volunteer.

These organizations will have representatives on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and they are here seeking volunteers.

“I believe it is vital for students to attend the volunteer fair so that they may learn more about the community that USCA serves, and hopefully take upon themselves an active role in serving the community as well,” said Chris Lucas, Assistant Director of Student Life and Community Service Director.

“Students gain any number of life experiences and skills from volunteering. One of the most basic advantages

that service provides is the opportunity to interact with other students who care about the community, and hopefully form lasting bonds around that initial contact,” Lucas added.

Volunteering has been dominant at USCA and in the Aiken community for many years.

“Students should come out to learn about opportunities with nonprofit organizations around Aiken,” said Kateland Mason, Student IMPACT coordinator and senior

business/marketing major. “This is the way to become a part of something bigger than yourself,” she added.

There will be many organizations represented at the fair, such as Aiken’s Red Cross, United Way Project Vision, Children’s Place, and Pepper Hill Nursing Home.

“Volunteering is one of the best ways to give back to the community. Anyone can volunteer,” Mason said. “If you don’t have the money or even physical abilities to do hard

labor, you can still volunteer. The only requirement for volunteering is having a big heart and a wish to help others.”

Mason has been the IMPACT coordinator for two years and has planned many events on and off campus. A few include the First Day of Service, Sleep out for the Homeless, and the Alternative Fall and Spring Breaks.

“If you aren’t sure about volunteering, give it a shot anyway. The worse thing that

could happen is you get a professional contact for the future or have fuzzy feelings inside,” said Mason, who plans on working with nonprofit organizations upon graduation in December.

The volunteer fair occurs at the beginning of every semester.

Students are encouraged to attend the volunteer fair and lend a helping hand to the Aiken community.

September 17, 2013| 7

“I like to think they’re planning world domination.” Chris Pate, Junior

“I think it’s because [girls] are almost taught that they need someone 24/7. So why not make it a social outing?” Daniel Negrete, Junior

“Because they feel safer... people are crazy these days!” Desmond Thomasson, Junior

Guys Girls

“We don’t want to be by ourselves.” Lianna Epstein, Freshman

“We use the bathroom! We just have power in numbers.” Erin Nickson, Junior

“We just go to the bathroom. We all wait to everyone has to go.” Taylor Stratton, Freshman

why do you think girls go to the bathroom in groups?[ ] V.S. Why do you

REALLY go to the bathroom in groups?{ }

Colleen Welch

Colleen Welch & Chelsea BridgesContributing Writers

September 17, 2013 | 8

RUSH WEEK

Phi Mu’s newest members celebrate their bid with their sisters.Taylor Ludwick

Briana MartinAOII poses with their newest sisters after a successful Rush Week.

Alpha Omicron Pi

Hilarie CovingtonThe newest members of ZTA excitedly join their olders sisters.

Zeta Tau Alpha

Phi Mu

Andrew CornejoNewest TKE members celebrate their bids.

Tau  Kappa Epsilo

n

Shelbey BunkerPhi Mu sisters after a great bid week.

Eleanor Prater Cara DooleyNewest TKE members celebrate their bids. La

mda

Chi

Alp

ha