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Relay for Life was held at Blatt Field from 7 p.m. Friday night to 7 a.m. Saturday morning, raising $84,000 to fi ght cancer.

“Cancer never s leeps, so neither should we,” said Doni Gibson, a fourth-year pharmacy school student .

Gibson is the president and chair of the Relay for Life at USC . Students and community members came out to walk around the fi eld in order to ra ise money for the American Cancer Society. Luminarias made out of paper bags lined the field, each remembering a loved one who was lost due to cancer or who survived the disease. Gibson said it is an awesome occasion and worth every minute.

“I pour my heart and soul into this and can’t imagine doing anything else with my free time,” she said.

There were a number of Greek organizations in attendance, such the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority .

“I think that this is a good way to get a lot of people together to fight for those who can’t do it themselves,” sa id Mega n Joh nson, a second-year early childhood education student . “It’s very important to us because we have a few cancer survivors in our sorority.”

Honor societies such as Gamma Beta Phi were there

as well. Second-year biology student Victoria Brown said she loves doing community service.

“Th is event i s rea l ly family-oriented,” Brown said. “It unites Gamecock spirit.”

There was a large presence of non-Greek organizations

as well, such as the Capstone Ca ncer C r u s ader s , SC College of Pharmacy, South Carolina Athletic Training and others.

All teams had their creative tents set up around the fi eld. Aside from the walking, there were games being played

and part icipants dancing throughout the night.

Based on the fi nal results, Relay for Life was able to raise $84,000 throughout the year, and $8,696 of that amount came from the Blatt Field alone . Online sign-ups reached 1,400 people, but

approximately 2,000 people came out . The best Greek team was the Alpha Delta Pi for its various activities throughout the week, and the best non-Greek team was Team Jameson , which raised

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On Friday, the International Student Association and the offi ce of International Student Serv ices hosted the 11th annual World Night.

Wo r l d N i g h t , w h i c h International Student Services director Mary Voulgaris called its “pinnacle event,” paid tribute to over 100 countries represented on USC’s eight campuses.

From free food to singing, dancing, music and even a live fashion performance, the event was a night to remember.

World Night, according to the event’s co-sponsors, is the

largest multicultural event to take place on USC’s campus. The Russell House Ballroom was f i l led with students, faculty and members of the Columbia community, all anxious and excited for the performances to start.

World Night not on ly included 13 performances by students and professors, but an awards ceremony, music by DJ OC and three emcees who stole the show in between acts.

The show started off strong with a performance of the Tiger Dance by the Chinese Student Association. Four CSA students control led the bodies of two large, red and gold dancing tigers as they hopped and danced to traditional Chinese music.

The audience was further impressed with performances i n c l u d i n g t r a d i t i o n a l Bangladeshi dance, Punjabi

s i ng i ng a nd Bol ly wood dancing. In addition, Roshni Rao, an international student, wowed the entire audience with her musical act, including a cover of Dave Matthews’ “Everyday.”

World Night also included a fashion show that showcased members of the International Student Association sporting tradit ional clothing from dif ferent count r ies. The fashion show represented many countries, including India, Ghana, China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and South Africa.

Y u p a p o n e Vorapongsukonth, a graduate s t udent f rom Tha i la nd, modeled a traditional garment from Thailand called a Thai Chakri . She said she felt honored to represent her

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Lowcountry basket makers showcased their talents during Basket Day on Saturday. Artisans set up in the Horeshow and sold their baskets among other events such as a performance from The Woyate West African Drum and Dance Company, storytelling and a rice winnowing demonstration. The event was sponsored by Johnson Toal and Battiste, PA; the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties; the SC Arts Commission and Glory Communications, Inc.Basket Day coincides with an exhibit at the McKissick Museum, “Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” which explains the history and cultural signifi cance of the coiled basket. The exhibit showcases the crafts of South Carolinian and African artisans and is open until May 8.For more information about the exhibit, call Ja-Nae Epps at (803) 777-2876.

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$7,980 . Celita Moore , a fourth-year pharmacy

student and member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, thought the money raised would be benefi cial to the cause.

“It’s great for all of us to come together,” Moore said. “It’s all good.”

Gibson was very proud of the results. “Even though we lost to Clemson, who

raised about $95,000, hopefully, between the two of us, we will get to send out $180,000,” Gibson said.

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If you haven’t completely switched over to your new student e-mail account, you may want to do so fast. According to an e-mail sent from University Technology Services on Friday, the @webmail.sc.edu accounts will be shut down on May 17.

Starting on this date, students will not be able to access their Outlook Web Access accounts, and any e-mail sent to these accounts will be sent back as “undeliverable” to senders. E-mails from the Webmail accounts will also no longer forward to the @email.sc.edu accounts.

The new student e-mail system, Outlook Live@edu, was available to students on Jan. 5. Until now, students have been able to access their @webmail.sc.edu accounts, and the e-mails sent to this address were forwarded to the @email.sc.edu accounts.

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culture,” she said.Two students involved in

International Student Services were honored by a brand new award, presented by Patricia Willer, associate vice president for international programs .

USC students Kellie Sharpe and Joe Chen were awarded

the Global Gamecock Award, given to students that continue to help USC become more internat ionally aware and continue to help the global community grow.

Both students are heavily involved in Internat ional Student Services and are role models for other students trying to make study abroad and other travel plans.

Chen, an internat ional student from China, has been

to 28 different countries, his favorite place to visit being Budapest, Hungary.

Both Chen and Sharpe emphasized the importance of t r ave l b ec au se t he i r exper iences abroad have helped them both gain a better appreciation not only of other cultures, but also of their own.

“You never appreciate your home country as much until you leave and look back,” Chen said.

Davit Mrelashvili, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine , said how important it is to have events like this at the University. Mrelashvili, originally from the country of Georgia, said these events bring students together and help them better socialize and network.

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South Carolina teens who drop out of school or habitually skip their classes would lose their driving privileges until they’re 18 under a bill pushed by a freshman lawmaker.

Rep. Tom Young called it a short-term solution to the state’s long-term problem of too many students not graduating. He believes threatening to yank the rite of passage of truant youth would be a powerful incentive for them to stay in school.

“It’s t ime we do something about it,” said Young, R-Aiken, noting that whenever he talked about the idea on the campaign trail in 2008, students were in rapt attention. “A lot of problems in South Carolina stem from the fact that so many people are not adequately educated.”

Under the proposal, co-sponsored by 45 House members of both parties, a student’s parent could appeal for an exception if the teen needs a license to get to work or to drive a sick family member to medical treatments.

Offi cials at the South Carolina Education Department say the idea has potential, and if it works, would benefi t a state where the on-time graduation rate is 74 percent. But they note that moving up the age when students can drop out, from 17 to 18, will cost money at a time when education faces drastic cuts.

“The economy overshadows anything this year,” said Scott Price of the state School Boards Association. “Anything that causes additional staff costs should get a closer look. ... Right now, districts are laying off and furloughing. We can’t add more at this point.”

Young said legislators must consider the long-term costs.

“The cost of paying for high school dropouts far exceeds the cost of incentives to keep them in school,” he said.

A House Education panel last week postponed voting on the bill, saying too many questions remain. The subcommittee chairman, Rep. Lester Branham, said the idea still needs lots of work on how it’s implemented.

“It will not cure the problem of truancy,” said Branham, D-Lake City. “It’s really putting a burden on schools to enforce laws about drivers’ licenses.”

NEW YORK — Five major airlines have agreed not to follow Spirit Airlines in instituting fees for carry-on luggage, and New York Sen. Charles Schumer said he was hopeful other carriers would follow suit.

Schumer sa id Sunday t hat he had received commitments from American, Delta, JetBlue, United and US Air. He had reached out to the companies’ CEOs after Spirit Airlines recently announced it would start charging up to $45 each way for passengers who bring a bag on board and put it in the overhead compartment.

“This is a giant step forward in our effort to make sure you can take a carry-on bag when you fl y without being charged,” Schumer told The Associated Press.

Since 2008, fl iers have had to deal with charges for everything from food to checked luggage. But the carry-on fee, Schumer said, “was a step over the line.”

The senator said he hoped other carriers would follow suit, and he planned to meet with Spirit Airlines leadership in the coming week.

The CEOs he did speak to were responsive to his concerns, Schumer said.

“It was not a hard conversation,” he said. “They understood this would be a very bad move.”

Schumer and five other Democratic senators — Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey — are supporting legislation that would tax airlines if they charged carry-on fees.

Schumer said the legislation would move forward until it becomes clear that no airline will institute the charges.

JIEGU, China — China said Sunday that a flood of badly needed aid had fi nally reached this quake-shattered town, including enough food and shelter for tens of thousands of suddenly homeless, though some complained that chaotic distribution meant it wasn’t reaching everyone in need.

The surge in aid coincided with the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who cut short an official trip to South America to deal with the disaster in this remote Tibetan region where residents have frequently chafed under Chinese rule. The quake Wednesday killed 1,706 people and injured 12,128.

The president’s carefully scripted trip included visits with displaced families living in tents and rescue teams as they dug through debris looking for the 256 still missing. He promised that the Communist Party and the government were doing everything they could to help the mostly Tibetan quake victims. Tibetan anger over political and religious restrictions and perceived economic exploitation by the majority Han Chinese have sometimes erupted in violence.

China Central Television showed Hu sitting with a Tibetan middle school student at a field hospital and comforting her as she wept. Her right arm was bandaged and supported by a sling.

“Rest assured, you will have a full recovery,” he told the girl. “You will have a bright future. Grandpa will be thinking of you.”

Hu and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who visited Jiegu on Thursday, have both cultivated compassionate, grandfatherly images in a bid to portray the leadership as putting people fi rst.

Hu was the party boss of Tibet, which neighbors Qinghai province where the earthquake struck, from 1988 to 1992 and has a mixed reputation among ethnic Tibetans. A hardline governor, he oversaw the imposition of martial law in Tibet in 1989 after anti-government violence erupted there. As the country’s top leader, he has maintained a fi rm line on dissent while also championing policies that have funneled billions of dollars in aid and investment to Tibetan areas.

Rising annual defi cits and long-term liabilit ies leave t he federa l gover n ment with only one option: Find a new revenue stream. After all, polit icians never f ind a project they don’t like to fund. What are some options to raise new revenues so we can spread democracy around the world?

The government could i n c l u d e a n a t i o n w i d e sales tax, but that would disproport ionately af fect the poor plus encourage the growth of black markets for consumption goods. The sales tax would have to be h igher t han t he current state sa les tax and apply to all consumer goods in

order to raise a n e f f e c t i v e revenue stream.

A n o t h e r opt ion would be to increase i n c o m e t a x , b u t w i t h approximately 47 percent of A m e r i c a n s not paying the

income tax it would fall on the rich. As the infamous Laffer Curve shows, a huge jump in income tax rates will deter rich people from investing in American businesses and decrease overall job growth. So what’s a politician to do?

This is where the value-added tax scheme comes into place, the silver bullet to the proverbial Wolfman that is federal deficits. A value-added tax would affect all stages of production from natural resource production to purchasing. A value-added tax could be a small rate while still raising tremendous amounts of revenue through a snowball effect.

The consumer wouldn’t see it at the register nor have to fi le tax forms like they would for the income tax. This new tax would require a new bureaucratic apparatus and more employees to monitor the scheme. Politicians can even point out how many jobs they have created. New employees would be in charge of taxing the net income from every stage of production.

For instance, look at a pencil: The lumber company is charged, along with the g r a p h i t e s u p p l i e r , t h e producer, etc. The new tax would be regressive because the consumer would bear higher costs and suf fer a decrease in their standard of living. This would hurt the poor more than the rich because they spend higher percentage of income on consumption goods.

For those of you in the upper division nursing program here at USC, you might be facing an expansion to nurses responsibilit ies in the next couple of years.

A nd for those of you planning to stay on your parents health care plan a

while longer, you might be receiving your prescriptions from a nurse practitioner.

W i t h 2 8 s t a t e s considering legislation to advance nurse practitioners’ roles to those of doctors, liability will be an issue for some hospitals and medical centers.

South Carolina is not on this list yet, but surrounding states including Georgia,

Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee have already added their names to the list of states expanding nurses’ authority.

Nurses with higher degrees would be able to prescribe narcotics, and those with doctorates would get to be called “doctor.” Nurses have been playing a bigger role in the medical fi eld with the shortage of doctors, and now with the health care bill passed, 32 million more insured Americans are adding to the

strain .These pat ients will be looking for

doctors and will get nurses instead. The American Medical Association has voiced skepticism, saying the legislation could put patients in danger.

Nurse practitioners say they are capable of taking on doctor roles because they are highly trained and spend more time with their patients.

But even though nurses get high-quality training and more hands-on time with patients, how are patients supposed to trust a nurse prescribing them narcotics or recommending medical marijuana rather than having a doctor? There must be a reason for the distinction between titles, after all.

It seems that because of this doctor shortage, these states are scrambling to fi nd people to tend to the more patients coming into their medical centers. Yes, nurses do spend more time with their patients and in some cases might know more than a doctor does concerning each individual patient. But doctors went to their medical schools for a reason, and allowing a nurse to take over their roles is a short-sighted way of solving these shortages.

This legislation should be put to a stop. With doctor shortages, the government should choose a different route to recruit upcoming collegiate scholars, urging them toward the medical f ield rather than just throwing a nurse into a doctor’s position.

How many times have you heard someone say that your college years are the best years of your life? That when you graduate, the all-nighters, failed exams, gained weight and stressful moments will not even compare to the memories and friendships made during the time spent at college.

Summer is almost upon us, and as many students say goodbye to Columbia for the summer — and some permanently — it is important to take some time from our busy schedules to relax and make some memories.

One of the best traditions here at Carolina is the fraternity’s beach weekend. The Greek community is often unnecessarily criticized and stereotyped for being excessive and having no regard for rules.

However, those quick to point the fi nger at fraternities and sororities need to realize that

Greek life at USC provides with its traditions some of our students’ best memories, and it wouldn’t hurt other students to follow suit.

Fraternity beach weekend is a tradition for fraternities on campus and includes a weekend at a local beach with the brothers and a date of their choosing. It has been a tradition for years and provides well-deserved relaxation before exams begin.

Of course, I am not implying everyone needs to part icipate in a fraternity beach weekend to have fun and relax, but many could take a few pointers from these fraternities and realize that college is about making more than just good grades. It’s about making memories as well.

At tend i ng beach weekend is l ike l iv ing out ly r ics to a Kenny Chesney song. Students at Carolina should follow suit and spend some qual it y t ime

with their friends before exams become too overbearing. Spending a weekend with good

friends and good food cannot only improve your mood, but it can also help re-focus yourself mentally for the diffi cult week ahead.

Students miss the importance of enjoying the other side of college. While focusing on your schoolwork defi nitely improves responsibility, letting loose on the weekend with some friends proves that you maintain balance in your life.

Beach weekends have been a tradition for fraternit ies at USC and provide for some hilarious moments that no one will ever forget.

Each year at Carolina is a chance to make new memories, and students should not lose sight of the importance of relaxation and amusement, especially with the year coming to a close.

So head to the beach, go on a sudden road trip, or just go play Frisbee on the Horseshoe with some friends. You might not remember the ins and outs of your fi nal biology project this semester, but you’ll remember the time you spent with close friends, blowing off studying in the summer sun.

About 8,000 people gathered in the streets at James Madison University April 11 for the university’s Springfest block party. When the party turned into an all-out riot, 72 police offi cers used tear gas to tame the crowd. About 30 people were arrested with 40 injured as the crowd exchanged blows and tossed bottles around.

And that’s not even the end of the news. JMU’s student newspaper The Breeze covered the madness, and for the police

looking into the investigation, their photos were valuable. After the newspaper’s editor denied requests to hand over their photos, officers came into the newsroom with a search warrant, conf iscat ing more than 900 photos. Only 682 of them were from the riot.

Not only did the police have no right to take the photos from the newsroom, but they also came

prepared to take the staff’s computers, cameras, documents and anything else they wanted if the staff refused to hand over their photos. We understand the whole investigation thing, but they need to understand the whole law thing before taking advantage of a student staff.

Student Press Law Center, an advocate for student journalists, was contacted by the editor for legal advice and now executive director Frank LoMonte is helping the newspaper with representation and he’s confi dent they have a case against the seizure. The search and seizure, according to LoMonte violates the federal Privacy Protection Act. and from reading an excerpt from the act ourselves we couldn’t agree more. The act says it is illegal for authorities to seize unpublished newsgathering materials, and on top of that the staff should have had time to respond before the police intruded their offi ce.

The Breeze may not be a national newspaper out in “the real world,” but if we want our students to be professionals and learn the lessons of a professional environment, they need to be treated as such.

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Indie Grits is an independent (hence the nomenclature “indie”) fi lm festival that collects the talented works of southern fi lmmakers and showcases them for a small but eager audience. The festival began four years ago and was very diminutive, only relegating itself to local talent and sparse screenings. Now, with the festival’s increase in popularity, it is experiencing inevitable growth, expanding its reach further out and commandeering the Fox Theatre as an additional venue. The longest and most packed program occurred on Saturday and featured short fi lms from people who hailed from all over. Most of the films aimed for a more artistic approach rather than taking an entertainment angle, giving the audience a thorough exposé in experimental fi lmmaking. Fifteen shorts were shown, ranging from one minute to around twenty . Here are 10 that really stood out to me.

“Spaceman” — This fi lm was on the shorter side, clocking in at three minutes. The fi lm recycled old NASA footage that displayed preparations for sending primates in space and then spliced that with the filmmaker’s own shots of a sole spaceman on a beach and in a spaceship. The film was set to an alternative rock song, and many of the shots had oversaturated color effects.

“Elements of Time” — The director said he wanted this short to be about a “film that originated from a single organism.” Interpret that how you will. The f ilm showcased rotating fl owers blooming then simultaneously wilting all set to a classical music score.

“The Golden Mallard” — One of the more humorous shorts, “The Golden Mallard” was a tribute to the silent films that relied on physical comedy rather than the special effects- and dialogue-heavy films of today. The film portrayed a painter composing a portrait of a couple. The painter himself was what made the film; his bizarre antics and unorthodox painting style utilized grandiose physical movements.

“Icthyopolis” — One of the most bizarre f i lms of the program, “Icthyopolis” showed a fish queen and fish wrangler, whose comfortable environments are disrupted by unseen events. The film used psychedelic imagery and music to give the fi lm “trippy” feel. Oh, and the goldfi sh protruding from each character’s abdomen helped as well.

“Cops” — The shortest f i lm in the program, and thankfully so, “Cops” was a brief satire of the show with the same name. Showing the program’s intro in a fuzzy black and white, “Cops” abruptly cut to a disturbingly obese man who was completely naked. The fi lm then thought it was would be best to zoom in and out and show the man moving in slow motion, making sure the audience was fully scarred by the graphic full frontal shot.

“ S a t y r i t o w n : S u r R E E L I n Cabbagetown” — The longest f ilm in the set, “Satyritown” is a voyage through one of Atlanta’s more infamous areas. The neighborhood looks like a setting for a Lynchian nightmare rather than a functioning community. The director described her film as more of “moving images,” which would probably be the most accurate description of the film, for it seemed more like changing pulp photographs rather than a fi lm.

“DornStar TV: Episode 5.2” — By far the best and most unique fi lm, “DornStar TV” was a f resh and orig inal sketch comedy from a group of brothers and friends. Witty and fast-paced, “DornStar TV” kept the audience entertained and showed the most promise out of all the fi lms showcased. Though probably suited better for TV rather than fi lm, “DornStar TV” would thrive on any medium.

“Sw im” — “Sw im” was told l ike a children’s story book, using narrat ion and photographs with original drawings literally pasted on them. The fi lm told of the segregated Atlantic Beach and the African-Americans who, at the time, vacationed there. It was more of a grandfatherly tale than a history lesson, making it vulnerable and accessible.

“Two Downtown” — “Two Downtown” fol lowed ( l itera l ly) t wo women who scrambled all across an urban landscape, performing gorgeous dance numbers in each setting. The fi lm explored the beauty of the human form by letting two talented dancers per form in t he pic t uresque backdrops.

“Spitty” — “Spitty” was composed f rom home v ideos of a for ward-thinking family, making it the most personal and heartwarming of all the films. The film followed a family as they composed “spittys” (short songs) with topics ranging from their love of animals to their thoughts on the Vietnam War. The fi lm also showed the daughters as they were interviewed by the parents on topics many people avoid due to controversy or ignorance. The f i lm’s t ruly special moments came in the interviews, when the girls showed their independence and ability to think for themselves, a rare quality in young adults these days.

Top GritRocaterrania — Brett Ingram

People’s GritPassenger Pigeons — Martha

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Young GritSylvia and George — Cara Clark

Experimental GritSpitty — Phoebe Brush

Helen Hill Memorial AwardLauren Gregory’s TV — Lauren

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Grits remembers Columbia director

Jimmy GilmoreTHE MIX EDITOR

The Indie Grits Film Festival devoted a portion of one of its sessions this past Thursday to honoring the life and work of local fi lmmaker John Lewis through footage compiled of his early 1970s movie, “Miracle at Valley Park.”

The documentary chronicled a concert performance by the Chambers Brothers at the height of racial tensions in Columbia after several students rioted at Dreher High School. The footage, assembled for the screening by USC’s Moving Image Research Collections , contains the concert footage as well as contextual interviews with Lewis, members of his crew and the Chambers Brothers.

Lewis passed away earlier this year from complications stemming from Parkinson’s disease.

Another man featured in the documentary was the Rev. James Redfern, who at the time was a self-described black militant in Columbia working for equal job opportunities for African-Americans. Redfern was in attendance for the screening and shared his thoughts on the documentary and on Lewis.

“John Lewis changed Columbia and South Carolina,” he said. “This [fi lm] ... is the forerunner. Every major show that has come through the Coliseum is because of John.”

Redfern spoke at length and answered questions about

the state of the civil rights movement in Columbia at the time of the concert. He said the event and its fi lm helped open up doors and gather attention for the way it brought people together at a time of great tension.

The documentary was produced at bare-minimum cost, as Lewis used his job at WIS to provide his crew with equipment. John’s wife, Inge Lewis, was also in attendance and offered her refl ections on how the project came to be.

“John just did it,” she said. “He was so persuasive. They built the stage. I don’t know how because they didn’t have any money.”

The celebration of Lewis and his documentary was only one part of what was a larger presentation of footage culled from the Moving Image Research Collections. The Collections’ interim director, Mark Cooper , said the event hoped to “highlight and celebrate the indie and gritty spirit.”

Items showcased included excerpts from the Fox Movietone News Collection and the recently acquired Chinese Film Collection. One item from the Home Movie Collections was of a family hosting a party full of illegal drinking during Prohibition. Ben Singleton, MIRC’s production manager, told the audience that the short will be used by famous documentary fi lmmaker Ken Burns in an upcoming series on Prohibition.

While the event as a whole showed off many gems from the MIRC, which Indie Grits director Andy Smith called one of Columbia’s “fi nest treasures” full of world-class programming, the star of the evening was very much Lewis.

“John could see all our communities, and he empowered us,” Redfern said. “We never even considered the power of art,” he said, speaking of Lewis’s civil rights efforts.

He was sure to emphasize that having someone so willing to use all his creative prowess to document these crucial civil rights moment helped spread and support the local movement.

Unfortunately, MIRC does not hold a complete print of “Miracle at Valley Park.” Cooper encouraged the audience to let him know if anyone knew of any surviving portions of the fi lm for the Collections to house.

It was clearly an evening of celebration, remembering one of the largely unseen and unk nown cultural landmarks of Columbia’s recent memory.

“I’ve known people around the world, and there was only one John Lewis,” Redfern said.

Excerpts of John Lewis’ ‘Miracle at Valley Park’ screened, discussed in honor of local artist


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For the fi rst two months of the season, Carolina’s bats have been among the hottest in the nation. It was the same story this weekend, as the No. 10 Gamecocks tagged No. 14 Mississippi for a combined 18 runs in three games en route to their fifth SEC series win of the season .

After going homer-less in Friday’s 5-0 victory , the Gamecocks used the long ball to their advantage in games two and three, launching two in a 9-5 win on Saturday and two more in a 5-4 loss on Sunday.

“I’m happy to be where we are, but there’s a long way to go,” USC coach Ray Tanner said. “We’ve been able to fi nd a way to get it done so far and have won lots of close

ones. Hopefully we can continue to play well.”

Clutch Hits for Morales: Junior third baseman Adrian Morales continued to come up with big hits with runners in scoring position, driving in fi ve runs over the course of the weekend and improving his season total to a team-high 28.

“It’s amazing for a guy hitting around .250. He’s a much better hitter with runners on base and when the chips are down,” Tanner said. “He’s a clutch player and his awareness is so much better in those situations.”

The fi rst came in game one. With the score tied at zero, two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, Morales launched a 1-0 pitch into the gap in right-center field , driving in all three runners and securing his seventh double of the season.

Game two was a similar story. Trailing 1-0 with runners at second and third in the bottom of the

second, the junior sent a 1-0 pitch up the middle, bringing in both runners and giving the Gamecocks a lead they never relinquished.

Walker Back on Track: After struggling at the plate in recent games, freshman Christian Walker made the most of his return to the starting lineup, leading the offensive barrage in game two.

“Christ ian’s had some good practices lately. We’re heading down the back stretch now and we didn’t want to lose him,” Tanner said. “I told him to go in there and relax and no matter what happened today, the year’s not over.”

Batting third as the designated hitter, Walker capped off a seven-run second inning with a two-out grand slam , the fi rst of his collegiate career and his third home run of the season .

“Coach [ Tanner] has been working with me a lot and trying to get me to be more aggressive,” Walker said. “I knew it was just a

matter of time before I got another chance.”

Thomas Strong at the Plate: Getting the starting job in games two and three, senior catcher Brady Thomas continued to come up with productive at-bats, finishing the weekend with three hits, a double and a home run .

Thomas set up the first runs of game two, sending a 2-0 pitch to right f ield for a double and advancing senior fi rst baseman Nick Ebert to third.

One inning later, the senior launched a 2-2 pitch over the right f ield wall for a solo home run , improving his season total to four .

“I had a good day where I felt comfortable at the plate and saw a few good pitches,” Thomas said. “I was fortunate to get some good swings on them.”

Ole Miss brought two highly touted starters to face USC this weekend, but Drew Pomeranz and Aaron Barrett couldn’t stop the No. 10 Gamecocks from winning their fi fth consecutive conference series , marking the first time in school history that the team has gotten off to such a hot start.

Carolina relied on its own pitchers to shut down the Rebels, with Blake Cooper and Sam Dyson stepping up in the fi rst two games of the series to pitch a combined 15.1 innings without giving up an earned run.

On Friday night, Cooper threw the first complete game shutout USC has seen in five years , allowing just four hits and striking out 10 . Pomeranz shut down the Gamecocks for seven innings, but the offense was able to get to relievers Trent Rothlin and Brett Huber for fi ve runs in the 8th to win 5-0 .

“My breaking ball was a little sharper than normal tonight,” Cooper said. “I was able to throw my slider in for strikes, jam a couple hitters and then be able to throw something away. Lucky for me, everything was working tonight, and I was able to keep them off balance.”

In Saturday’s 9-5 victory , Dyson allowed fi ve unearned runs on three errors and a wild pitch, leaving the game with one out in the seventh and one runner on, who had reached on a misplayed ground ball at third. Dyson allowed hits to the fi rst two Rebels he faced, but was able to settle down and control his pitches all game.

“I was very happy about Sam Dyson tonight,” USC coach Ray Tanner said. “He had a really special day. I thought the ball came out of his hand well. He threw some good changeups. His fastball had some life.”

Jay Brown provided a decent start for the Gamecocks on Sunday, pitching four shutout innings but allowing four runs in the fi fth as the Rebels (24-13, 8-7) salvaged the getaway game with a 5-4 come from behind win.

The bullpen kept USC in the game, with John Taylor , Jose Mata , Steven Neff and Matt Price combining to give up just one run in 4.1 innings.

With the series win, USC has improved its record in the SEC to 11-4 and stands at 28-8 on the season. It is tied for the conference lead, but Tanner is not overconfi dent, knowing how strong the competition is.

“I probably don’t feel all that good about [leading the league],” Tanner said. “I’m happy to be where we are, but there’s a long ways go

to. I guess [Sunday] is the halfway point of the league. Certainly, we’ve held our own through the halfway point, but we’re not awesome. We’re not a devastating team. We don’t dominate anybody. We scratch and claw.”

The Gamecocks will face USC Upstate at home on Tuesday night before heading to Athens, Ga. this weekend, where the team will look to extend its lead in the SEC East.

“We’ve just been able to fi nd a way to get it done,” Tanner said. “We’ve won a lot of close ones. The old adage is, those are going to even out, but we don’t want them to even out. You better get them while you can, because it’s not easy, and our guys know that. Hopefully we can continue to play well. That’s all we can ask.”

The USC softball team finally broke through with an SEC win, but it still dropped the last league home series of the season to Mississippi State .

After losing the fi rst game of Saturday’s doubleheader, USC got off a 0-20 schnide in league play, winning 8-4.

The Gamecocks and the Bulldogs both came out swinging, with each team scoring two runs in the fi rst inning. After a scoreless second inning, the Gamecocks took the lead in the third inning when Evan Childs scored off an errant throw to third

by Courtney Nesbit . The Bulldogs came back to score in the top of the fourth inning when Jessica Spain lined out to right fi eld, scoring Jessica Cooley .

The Gamecocks battled back in the bottom of the fourth inning when Kaitlin Westfall homered off of Bulldogs’ pitcher Stephanie Becker to left fi eld. The homer was Westfall’s second on the year .

While in past weeks errors have hurt the USC, they kept errors to a minimum, committing just one error on the day.

“This is the team that showed up that we thought we had with us the whole year,” USC coach Joyce Compton said.

The USC pitching woes also were absent, as April Borchardt allowed just two hits on the day, pitching a complete game.

The Gamecock bats’ caught fire again in the bottom of the sixth inning as P.J.

Fulmer ripped a two-run RBI down the left fi eld line, giving the Gamecocks an 8-3 lead. The Bulldogs tried to make a game of it in the top of the seventh inning when Ali Bainbridge fl ied out, scoring Cooley. But the Bulldogs’ rally fell short as Borchardt and the rest of the Gamecocks proved to be too much.

“That’s what we always talked all year about,” Compton said. “Playing solid defense, the plays that we made we expect to make, and they fi nally put it together.”

St at e b ou nced bac k on Su nd ay though, taking a 3-1 win and the series . The Gamecocks are in action again this Wednesday at home against Coastal Carolina .

Gamecocks take two of three

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USC got its fi rst SEC win of the season on Saturday.

Compton to retire from USC

The Daily Gamecock has confirmed that South Carolina softball coach Joyce Compton will retire at the end of the season, it was confi rmed Saturday afternoon.

Following USC’s 8-4 victory over Mississippi State — the team’s fi rst conference win of the

season — Compton announced her decision to the current players and alumni in attendance for the annual Alumni Weekend , hosted yearly at the fi nal conference series of the year.

Val Sheley , the senior associate athletics director , was able to confi rm the decision Sunday afternoon.

Compton was the fifth head coach in the sport’s history at USC, leading the team for the fi rst time during the 1987 season .

Two seasons later, Compton led t he Gamecocks to their first Women’s College World Series , and for her efforts, Compton was

named Coach of the Year .During her stay in Columbia, Compton has

amassed over 1,000 total victories but has failed to produce a winner as of late.

The team finished with a losing record of 21-26 last year, and are currently 11-33 and 1-21 in the Southeastern Conference.

A press release will be released later today and The Daily Gamecock will have further coverage in Tuesday’s edition.

Senior George Bryan IV had a superb SEC Championship over the weekend, tying for first place individually in the fi rst postseason tournament of the year.

T he C h ap i n n at i ve s hot a 2-under-par 68 to close out his Sunday round at Sea Island Golf Club at St. Simons Island, Ga . He preceded the fi nal round with a even-par 70 on Friday and an excel lent four-under-par 66 in Sat urday ’s round, post ing h is second best score of the season.

The team as a whole did not fare as well as Bryan. No. 12 USC fi nished in ninth place at 24-over-par . No. 18 Georgia took advantage of their home state advantage and won with a score of 4-over-par . No. 16 Florida and No. 40 Ole Miss tied for second place with 9-over-pars .

Senior Paul Woodbury fi nished t ied for 18th indiv idually with a 5-over-par 215 . Rounding out the individuals for Carolina was sophomore Wesley Bryan , who t ied for 38th with 10-over-par , and senior Patrick Rada , who fi red 19-over-par to place 55th .

T h e U S C w o m e n ’ s g o l f team played in their own SEC Championship a few hundred miles west of where the men were teeing it up.

No. 30 Carol ina f in ished in seventh place at 15-over-par overall at the North River Yacht Club in Tuscaloosa, Ala. No. 6 Alabama continued the trend of the home t e a m w i n n i n g b y e m e r g i n g victorious with a 4-under-par 848 .

S o p ho mo r e K at i e Bu r ne t t fi nished in 15th for the week with a 214 , whi le Sen ior Ben id ic te Toumpsin came in 20th , firing a 217 . Senior Corrine Carr had the best round of her career on Sunday , shooting a 4-under-par 67 in the final round. Carr channelled her inner Phil Mickelson by going bogey-free on the day.

The men have over a month off until the NCAA Regionals on May 20-22 . The women return to action next week .


Richard Pearce / THE DAILY GAMECOCK

USC softball coach Joyce Compton. Comments on this story? E-mail [email protected]

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