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St udent G over n ment executive candidates reached out to BGLSA on Monday n ight to ex pla i n t he i r campaign platforms and talk to students one-on-one.
The Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Alliance held their regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. featuring presentations from six of the nine SG candidates.
Presidential candidates Alesha Brown and Andrew G ae c k le were pre s ent along with vice presidential candidate Deshawn Mitchell and Kathr yn Witzke, a representat ive for v ice pre s ident i a l c a nd idate Meredith Ross. Treasurer candidate Terrance Lanier was present along with Alex Kinlaw, a representative for candidate Randy Gaines.
The general theme of the night was connecting Student Government with the students they serve. Almost all the candidates spoke about strengthening bonds between students and
their representatives.Brow n, a t h i rd-yea r
political science student, presented two initiatives under her “Lucky 7 Plan:” Internet for off-campus students and implementing
a $10,100 textbook voucher program.
Lanier, a second-year e c o n o m i c s s t u d e n t , discussed three topics under his platform: improving the availability of Bonus Bucks and pushing back the budget deadline for student organizations.
Mitchell, a third-year polt ical science student, ta lked about increasing t he a mou nt s o f L I F E scholarships and decreasing textbook prices.
Andrew Gaeckle, a third-year international studies student, said he is running on three main ideas: effi ciency, experience and excellence. He said he hopes to make paying parking tickets more effi cient.
Kathryn Witzske, a fi rst-year political science student, presented Meredith Ross’s platform. Witzske said Ross plans to bring accountability to Student Government and create an on- and off-campus CarolinaCard.
Witzske said Ross will have an edge in her campaign because Ross is currently
serving as vice president, following the resignation of former SG President Nick Payne last Wednesday.
Alex Kinlaw, a third-year philosophy student, presented Gaines’s platform. Kinlaw said Gaines hopes to create a revised CarolinaCard as a prepaid Visa or Mastercard to use off-campus.
BGLSA President Owen McKagen said he was glad to have the SG candidates present their platforms to their organization.
“We are an extremely volat i le orga n izat ion ,” McKagen said. “We in the BGLSA community always
In a continuing series of presentations recognizing Black History month, the A ssoc iat ion of A f r ican-American Students hosted the “Chamber of Oppression” in the Russell House Ballroom on Monday.
AAAS President Amber Guyton said the event aims to highlight the patterns and modes of racism that many black students face. Many of the about 15 students in at tendance found the presentation effective.
The presentation began w it h a documentar y on racism exercises conducted
by Jane El l iot , an Iowa s c h o o l t e a c h e r w h o i s white. Elliot began using the exercises on col lege st udent s soon af ter t he assassinat ion of Mart in Luther King Jr. in response to her perception that racism wasn’t understood fully by white students.
In the video she said that whites should “feel how if feels to be other than white in this country.”
In these exercises, 24 white students were segregated and forced to sit surrounded by a group of their peers, based solely on the blue color of their eyes.
The “blueys”, as referred to in the video, were then subjected to verbal abuse leveled on them by Elliot and the other students.
Multiple students openly cried and one student left
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Sports
Josh Cleveland charged at a fi gure in a yellow suit of armor, battle rifl e in hand.
The second-year business student took aim and fi red in short bursts, taking out the yellow soldier’s shields. He finished him by smacking him with the butt of his rifl e. The soldier crumpled to the fl oor.
The crowd roared, shaking pizza and glasses in the commotion. E x c i t e d
onlookers pointed
to projection screens, with an Xbox 360 droning in the background.
C l e v e l a n d i g n o r e d everything around him, busy searching the area for his next kill. If you stay
still in Halo 3, you die. Welcome to Northside
Baptist Church.The church’s first Halo
Tournament isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of youth group mission outreach. But according to Brian Ulmer, a third-year electrical engineering student, that’s exactly the point.
“We want to show people that Christians are people too,” Ulmer said. “It’s a unique way to share the gospel.”
The tournament was the brainchild of Ulmer a nd Jonat ha n Sn ipes ,
a second-year pharmacy student, two volunteers
that lead Northside’s college ministry.
“We called a meet i ng la s t
year, over the summer, and w e a s k e d ou r se l ve s , ‘W hat can w e d o t o bring people into church
and tel l t h e m
about Jesus?’” Ulmer said. “We came up with using the video game Halo for outreach. It was the hot thing at the time and we all enjoyed playing it.”
U l mer s a id t he idea became very popular.
Snipes and Ulmer said they don’t feel they are doing anything wrong by using Halo to bring youth into church.
“We’re not out to mislead anybody,” Ulmer said. “We let people know beforehand that we will be presenting the gospel to them.”
Snipes and Ulmer also downplay the violence of the popular video game.
“It dumbs down reality,” Snipes said. “It’s not really gory. And our target is strictly college students. They are mature enough to handle this.”
At f irst, the game was incorporated with church activities in small ways.
“The initial idea was a small Bible study,” Ulmer said. “We would have a Bible study for 30 minutes, and then we would play Halo afterwards.”
A s t he b ib le s t ud y ’s popularit y grew, Snipes and Ulmer began to expand the bible study. Snipes said they began advertising on campus through fl iers and a Facebook group.
The Bible studies were put on hiatus in December, but Sn ipe s a nd U l mer
wanted to bring back Halo outreach at the beginning of the spring semester.
“ We w a n t e d t o d o somet h ing on a bigger scale,” Ulmer said. “We decided that we should have a tournament.”
Forty people attended the tournament that was held last Friday. Free pizza was served and a grand prize of $100 was awarded. Four competitors faced off on one of four game consoles prov ided by Ulmer and Snipes.
C l e v e l a n d w o n t h e tournament.
Before the award was presented, a four-minute video of college students discussing their thoughts on the afterlife was shown.
Snipes and Ulmer have considered expanding their ministry to incorporate more games in the future.
“We would like to bring some Wiis, play Guitar H e r o a n d h o l d o t h e r tournaments,” Ulmer said.
Ultimately, Snipes and Ulmer hope games wil l bring youth back to the church.
“We have to change the way we get people into church,” Snipes said. “We need to use the technology of the times to get people in here.”
Sean GruberSTAFF WRITER
Baptist church uses popular video game to attract students
Presentation shows full scale of bigotry, patterns of abuse
SG hopefuls present campaign platforms, connect with BGLSA
The National Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Koger Center tonight at 7:30 in a continuation of their 2008 American Residency tour.
Making stops in various South Carolina communities this week, the tour is part of an effort by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the orchestra to promote the arts in the state.
The 100-piece orchestra will be directed by associate conductor Emil de Cou.
Violinist Peter P. Haase, 60, has been playing with the orchestra for 23 years.
“We hope t hey enjoy listening to music as much as we like playing it,” Haase said.
He said music is an integral part of his life, and he hopes students who go to see the symphony will get a sense of music’s importance.
“Classical music is fun,” Haase said.
Also a music professor at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., Haas coaches violin students and the chamber orchestra, all while practicing three to four hours a day and attending multiple rehearsals every week.
Although the orchestra holds regular performances for national and international events, they annually choose a dif ferent state for the American Residency tour.
Patricia O’ Kelley, the orchestra’s spokesperson, said this is the tour’s 18th year and South Carolina was chosen after the Arts Commission placed a bid for the state last
year. This is the fi rst time the orchestra has traveled to the state for a performance.
Donald Portnoy, conductor and musical director of the USC Symphony Orchestra, said the orchestra is one of the fi rst major musical events to occur in the state.
“Not a lot of students from South Carolina have seen a major orchestra before and it’s an important experience,” Portnoy said.
Portnoy said that there is a large difference between seeing a smaller symphony orchest ra as opposed to the Nat ional Symphony Orchestra.
“We are fortunate that we have the opportunity to experience this,” said Portnoy.
Jorge Uzcategui, a graduate a s s i s t ant in t he School of Music, said the event is historical for the university.
“Imagine the Superbowl is coming and you could pay $8 to see it” Uzcategui said. “That’s how big this is.”
Tickets are $8 for students, $20 for USC faculty and staff and senior citizens and $25 for the general public.
Tickets for the concert are available for advanced purchase at the Coliseum or by calling 251-2222.
‘Halo’ lures churchgoers
Candidates reach out
Chamber opens eyes to racism
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National Symphony plays at Koger Center
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Dave WardTHE DAILY GAMECOCK
Orchestra performs in South Carolina for annual American Residency tour
CHAMBER ● 2
BGLSA ● 2
Sarah Langdon/ THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Alesha Brown speaks to students at a BGLSA meeting.
Courtesy of USC School of Music
Conductor Emil de Cou will lead the symphony in SC.
Courtesy of MCT Campus
Haley DreisSTAFF WRITER
have to be looking forward and making sure that the people that are going to represent us will have our best interests in mind.”
M c K a g e n s a i d i t ’ s important for BGLSA to be aware of the SG candidates.
“It’s extremely important that we educate our members as fully as possible on who is running,” he said. “We want to let them know that we are here as a community and that we are here as voters.”
McKagen said BGLSA cannot endorse specif ic candidates.
Jolie Hale, a fourth-year English student, said she thought Brown stood out the most.
“ S h e w a s t h e m o s t articulate, easy to understand and follow,” she said. “I met
Andrew Gaeckle and Alesha Brown before and they were very friendly toward the people they were in front of tonight.”
Kevin Alexander, a second-year psychology student, was impressed with the number of candidates who showed up.
“I look for someone who is concerned with the student body, is intelligent and has good ideas,” he said. “My vote will depend on who has the strongest plan.”
President ia l candidate A ndreas K rammer, v ice p re s ide nt i a l c a nd id at e Christopher McNamee and treasurer candidate Jonathan Antonio were not represented at the meeting.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Alan Tauber / THE DAILY GAMECOCK
Alex Coco, a third-year fi ne arts student paints a landscape in front of Davis College Friday.
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11 a.m.Roses for Life Fundraising for Students for Life
Greene Street
6 p.m.AAAS/NAACP Quiz bowl
Russell House Theater
6:30 p.m.Dr. Jerry Hilbish lectures for Darwin Day
“What does evolution tell us about religion?”Calcott 011
7 p.m.Scuba Club Weekly meeting
RH 205
7 p.m.Filipino-American Student Association meeting
RH 309
7 p.m.RHA Senate meeting
Calcott 201
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Greene Street
5 p.m.Student Senate meeting
RH 322 & 326
7 p.m.SAVVY meeting
RH 302
7 p.m.University Bible Study
RH 303
7 p.m.College Democrats meeting
RH 203
THURSDAY, FEB. 7
Breaking and entering into motor vehicle, petit larceny of compact discs, 4 p.m.
1423 Whaley St.Someone broke into the
victim’s car and stole 60 CDs.Estimated value: $600Repor t ing of f i cer : M. Winnington
FRIDAY, FEB. 8
Petit larceny of cell phone, 10:50 a.m.
1705 College St. Someone stole a black
cellular phone and then sold it. The person who pu rc h a sed t he phone returned it to the victim in exchange for a $40 reward. Estimated value: $250Repor t ing of f i cer : W.
Guyon and L.A. Diaz
M a l i c i o u s i n j u r y t o personal property, 2:30 p.m.
300 Bull St.Someone damaged the
left front fender and hood of the victim’s car.Estimated damage: $1200Repor t ing of f i cer : M. Winnington
Petit larceny and forgery, 5:08 p.m.
300 Main St.Someone stole and cashed
a check worth $416.Reporting off icer: W.D. Jones
SATURDAY, FEB. 9
D r i v i n g u n d e r t h e inf luence, assault while
resisting arrest, 4:15 a.m.Intersection of Gervais
and Pickens streetsPolice arrested Zenobia
Hurdle for driving under the infl uence of alcohol. Hurdle refused to exit the vehicle several times and attempted to kick the officers while being handcuffed. Repor t ing of f i cers: S . Wilcox and L.A. Diaz
Disorderly conduct, 4:50 a.m.
1216 C Wheat St. Mist y Blackburn was
found under the infl uence of alcohol and arrested outside of West Quad. Reporting of f icer: L.A. Diaz
S i mp l e p o s s e s s i o n o f marijuana, 11:45 p.m.
502 Lincoln St.D a n ie l B o d s o n w a s
the exercise in an angry and disgusted manner.
Immediately following the v ideo presentat ion, a student round table to discuss the video was hosted by M ichel le Jay, USC professor of educational studies.
Jay asked the students how t he pre sent at ion a f f e c t e d t h e m a n d responses varied. Some students said the v ideo opened their eyes.
One black student said he was accustomed to the abuse depicted in Elliot’s exercises.
Students were also asked about whether they would speak up if they became the victim of racism and most sa id t hey wou ld. But a lone dissenter said
that to be successful he cou ld n’t say a ny t h i ng about it in everyday life or he could possibly face repercussions.
The round table seemed to be in agreement that racism is evident, even on campus today, but felt it would continue to occur as long as people refused to change their perception of those that have a different skin color than their own.
At the conclusion of the discussion, Jay said it’s hard for those in attendance to change other people’s perceptions at the end of the day.
“ R a c i s m i s n ’t o u r p r o b l e m , i t ’ s t h e i r problem.”
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Controversial columnist says goodbye, reminisces on scathing commentary
It has been a great run as a columnist for The Daily Gamecock, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the newspaper staff and to reflect on some of the comical and not-so-comical moments during my time at USC.
M y c o l u m n s h a v e achieved their intended pu r pose a lmost ever y w e e k : g e n e r a t i n g discussion among readers. Unfort unately, not a l l students are interested in such discourse.
It was campus liberals, supposed champions of free speech, who led the charge to silence me. Here is a very brief selection:
“Yes, when a person given the privilege to be involved with the media fails to accurately present a viewpoint ... the privilege ... SHOULD be taken away.”
Stalin would be proud. I knew I had arrived
when open-minded campus liberals started a Facebook hate group designed to rally students to be “unifi ed in an effort to have [me] banned (or discouraged? or opposed? or marginalized) from publishing viewpoints i n t h e G a m e c o c k . ”
W hatever happened to tolerance?
Last fall, Ed Carr of the geography department
wrote in the newspaper and the message boards t hat my concern for A f r ica’s p o o r a n d diseased was disingenuous, “d ist u rbing a n d demeaning,” a n d o n l y “mere political
fodder” for me rather than a true concern.
I’ve often wondered if the geography department o r t h e u n i v e r s i t y administration approves o f their faculty attacking the integrity of individual students in a public forum.
Many t imes students re sor ted to h i l a r iou s personal attacks. One liberal labeled me “a progress-hating, woman-oppressing, fascist conservative with a bad haircut.”
M y v e r y f a v o r i t e c o m m e n t c a m e l a s t November from a reader named Jeff: “Mommy and Daddy taught you well, Brad ... A lso, you’re in college now. You don’t have to keep cutting your hair the way Mommy likes it.
I’ll bet my life savings that your father is a religious leader of some sort ... P.S. Love those teeth!”
Dad is a CPA working in food service distribution, but I guess eat ing is a religious experience for some. And yes, mom does like my haircut (or so she claims).
The r u n ner-ups a re these gems from October and April: “If I knew you, I would punch you in the face ... I hate you, Brad,” and “your horse-toothed grin, bowl haircut and deer caught in the headlights expression scares me.”
Liberals resort to name-calling when backed into a corner with the truth, and my columns were no exception. According to some USC students, I am a “rhetoric-vomiting windbag,” “outspoken, uninformed idiot,” “little neocon monkey,” “poorly-informed loudmouth” and a “moron.”
To the many students who have been supportive, I say thank you. To the campus liberals who are afraid of opposing opinions and want them silenced, I hope that you will realize that only good can result from fair, free, and open debate on the important issues of our day.
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IN OUR OPINION
Water shortage leaves Southeast high, dry
In order to relieve pressure on the escalating water problem, the Georgia legislature proposed moving the border north one mile — effectively annexing parts of Tennessee along the way.
Tennessee promptly responded by metaphorically singing, “To Hell with Georgia” with their legislators calling the idea ridiculous.
While Georgia’s plan is a ridiculous pipe dream, the issues facing our region are serious. Atlanta was at
the brink during the late summer months, literally counting down the days until the rivers and lakes dried up. Lawns witheredin a mass conservation effort. But the crisis isn’t limited to Georgia and Tennessee.
The entire Southeast is slowly drying out with no end in sight. A four-month deluge won’t even solve our water woes.
But it shouldn’t take us seeing the brink in order to conserve water. And obviously, states would rather fi ght about water rights than fi ght to protect our most precious resource.
The federal government needs to step in and create a long-term sustainable plan for water consumption and put an end to the squabbles. Although federal involvement is never favored, it is their job to regulate interstate commerce, including our waterways. States already proved they will only continue to squabble as the well runs dry. The federal government needs to create a plan for fi nding alternative water sources and managing the resources that we have.
Something needs to change before the Southeastern states become Saharan.
States have already proved they will
continue to squabble as the well runs dry.
Farewell to intolerant campus liberals
BRAD LEAKEFourth-year political science student
‘Escape pods’pull listenersaway fromreal worldConstant MP3 player use builds social boundaries, impairs necessary senses
As John Donne wrote and Bon Jovi sang, “No man is an island.”
But look ing down the streets of Columbia at all the people plugged into their
i P o d s , o n e would call such convent ional wisdom in to question. I am not opposed to the technology itself. As usual, what concerns me is the way in wh ich we depend upon it.
We cross the line when the iPod becomes more than just a music player — when it becomes, in effect, an escape pod.
I see it every day: The earbuds go in, and a wall goes up. It has become all too easy to wrap yourself up in a musical microcosm and tune out the world at large. Friends walk by and offer friendly greetings that fall on voluntarily deaf ears.
This can’t be healthy. For one thing, there are safety concerns. This c it y has enough speeding motorists, aggressive bicyclists and neurotic dog-walkers that impairing one of the f ive senses is a virtual death wish. Not to mention the havoc that earbuds at max volume can wreak on eardrums.
The real issue, though, is our latent desire for isolation. All people want to be left alone at certain times, but there are some among us who would like to go one step further and build our own islands. An MP3 player can afford just such a luxury by giving users the opportunity to create a personal listening experience, shared with no one and tailored to one’s every whim and inclination.
Keep those headphones on during meals — don’t laugh; I’ve seen it — and during all public appearances except classes, and you can cloister yourself like a monk in a cave.
The book “Into the Wild” retells the journey of Chris McCandless, who graduated from college in the early ‘90s and then immediately hit the road, essentially abandoning society for months before dying alone in the Alaskan wilderness. If McCandless were alive, I do not doubt that he would love his iPod.
He was a young man who had witnessed humanity at its bleakest and most selfi sh, and he decided to give up on people altogether. I can’t count the number of times I’ve felt that same call of the wild, the call of indignant resignation. But I thank God that I have yet to answer it.
I u s u a l l y h a v e m y headphones on when I go running, and there have been days when I’ve turned the music up as loud as it wil l go just to erase my surroundings. But I fi nd that some of the runs I truly enjoy are the ones when my ears are unencumbered. I hear my friends saying hello as they walk by, the birds cheering me on from the trees and the cars sputtering down the city streets.
There’s a wide, noisy world out there. Let’s start listening again.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
PAUL BOWERSFirst-year print journalism student
THE LEAKEY FAUCET STOPS DRIPPING
CORRECTIONSIn Monday’s news section, the USC chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha is Theta Gamma. The Daily Gamecock regrets the error.
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Laws cannot prevent obesity problemGovernment interference, restaurant bans not best ways to solve weight issue
M i s s i s s i p p i s t a t e representative John Read recently proposed a new bill that would ban restaurant owners from serving food to obese customers. The proposal came in light of a 2007 study that showed about one-third of adults in Mississippi are obese.
The growing obesit y rate in America is a serious problem. Every year it seems more and more Americans, both young and old, are diagnosed as clinically obese.
Obviously, no one wants anyone in America to be morbidly obese. Not only does it hurt the country’s reput at ion — ma k i ng us seem like a nation of g lut tons — but more ser iously, it has many health risks associated with it. While some of us may want to help those who are obese, controlling them is not the way to do so.
And that is the very fi rst problem with this bill. Not only does it tell people where they can and can’t eat, it tells business owners who they can and can’t serve. That is too much
government involvement. The bill also never specifi es how you’re supposed to tell
if someone is obese. About t wo-t h i rds of American adu l t s a r e overweight, a n d w i t h o b e s i t y usually being def i ned a s a b o u t 3 0 p o u n d s overweight, s o w h o ’ s to tel l t he difference?
While many Americans may be u nhappy w it h their physique, they aren’t miserable either, and some in fact are quite satisfied with themselves and their lifestyles. The last thing they need is someone else telling them they’re not thin enough.
The second problem is that the bill seeks to attack obesity in an oversimplifi ed manner. This bill suggests that eating too much is the only cause of obesity. While this may be a major cause, it is hardly the only one. Many factors contribute to obesity in an individual: genetics, diseases, prescriptions and sedentary lifestyles.
A n a d d i t i o n a l
c o n s id e r a t io n i s n o t necessarily eating too much, but eating foods which are high in calories. Even small portions of high-calorie foods can add up to more than one’s daily allowance.
Let’s also not overlook the fact that, on the whole, high-calorie foods tend to be cheaper and come in larger quantities. A cheeseburger, fries and a drink will cost only a few dollars, which is cheaper than most healthy alternatives.
I’m not so sure what the bill planned to achieve by banning obese customers from restaurants, since even overeating and high-calorie eating doesn’t only take place at restaurants.
Ob e s i t y i s more of a soc i a l a nd c u lt u r a l issue than anything else. America is a place where food is often the center of family gatherings and social outings, and quality food often indicates a good time. Many obese Americans are eating too much, and our culture raised them that way.
Read stated that he only proposed the bill to raise awareness, and he never expected the bill to pass. Raising awareness is good, but using the legal system is not the way to do it.
MARITZA CARROWAYFirst-year broadcast journalism student
Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, Yesterdays has become one of the mainstays, never mind central attractions, of Five Points. Open seven days a week, unlike many of the other eating establishments in Five Points, Yesterdays is host to a wide array of dishes prepared from scratch which might make you believe your mother was back in the kitchen.
In the center of a struggling Five Points in 1976, Duncan McRae, Scottie McRae and Darrell Barnes began the restaurant with the intention of veering away from the “microwave-crazed” preparation m e t ho d s o f t he i r wo u ld - b e competitors. And it certainly seems to have worked.
Despite the fact that all of their dishes are made from scratch, I have never been served a dish that was cold, over- or undercooked, or in signifi cant disarray.
The atmosphere is jovial and lively; it feels like an uncontrived vers ion of T.G.I . Fr iday ’s or Applebee’s. On the tables there are pictures of people you don’t know next to old-fashioned ads. However, it feels like an actual person put together these collages, rather than a team of marketers. In other words, the restaurant actually has a fun feel of quirkiness, rather than a manufactured feel.
But the greatest asset Yesterdays has, by far, its freshly prepared meals. I have been to Yesterdays on almost 20 occasions and never left disappointed. Some big hits at the joint: the Confederate Fried Steak, the Homemade Meatloaf and the Arkansas Traveler, which was
recently featured on ESPN during the nat ional air ing of a South Carolina home football game this year.
The Confederate Fried Steak is pretty self explanatory: a cube steak battered in f lour and spices, then deep-fried a n d s e r v e d w i t h gravy on top. The H o m e m a d e Meatloaf is a half-pound serv ing o f d e l i c i o u s meatloaf, again s e r v e d w i t h g r a v y . B u t t he d ish t hat made nat ional television has it all: roast beef served on top of cornbread with black-eyed peas and gravy. It’s hard to make a dish much more Southern than that.
But there are plenty of gravy-less items to be had at Yesterdays as well. They serve wings, big, juicy hamburgers, a wide selection of seafood ranging from shrimp and grits to broiled salmon to fried f lounder, salads, nachos, pasta, chicken dishes … The list goes on and on.
Once you fi nally decide what you want to eat, the helpful wait staff will bring out your dish in no more than 20 minutes.
Finally, if you decide to wash down your dinner with a drink, look no further than the infamous Murphy’s Pump Room. The Tavern is always open until 1:30 a.m. and features a variety of beers on tap.
If you haven’t already, check out Yesterdays, especially if you have picky eaters for company.
PAGE 5TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008
In the summer of 2005, Vince Vaughn decided to assemble a group of longtime friends to f ilm a Comedy Central special — er, comedy documentary — spanning 30 days and 30 cities, from California to Il l inois and much of t he M idwest in between.
There are two styles at play, and they don’t complement each other. Much of the documentary (not a stand-up special) is about watching Vaughn, his comedians and some celebrit y guests on the road together, talk ing about the ins and outs of the comedy business and life on the road. Snippets of their routines are inserted, sometimes to break up the travelogue (every stop of the tour is animated on a map, likely to kill time), and other times to illustrate the comics’ backgrounds.
For example, Bret Ernst
had a gay brother who died of AIDS in 2001, so it makes sense that Ernst has a routine about his brother being born with a l isp and having an obsession with redecorating houses. But it’s a rout ine that was old back when his brother was still alive.
B e t w e e n f o u r - l e t t e r w o r d s , J o h n C a p a r u l o makes observational jokes about life’s uncomfortable situations. His stand-up, for instance, could count as one, along with listening to jokes about how boys and girls have differences.
Ahmed Ahmed manages some more original fare about being Egyptian in America, especially his real-life arrest on non-ex istent charges before the 2004 election. But instead of mining this topical subject for laughs, the film gives the audience stale one-liners about taking a long time to go through airport securit y. Maybe this was funnier in 2005 (let alone 2001) after a few drinks, but in 2008 it’s hack material.
Eve n w he n S eb a s t i a n M a n i s c a l c o ’ s f o o t a g e breaks even (a mix between observational and physical comedy) , h i s t wo cent s of documentar y footage amounts to a “waiter grateful for a big break .” This is heartwarming, but it should
be included in retrospect — when these comedians have proven themselves beyond the club scene.
T h e e n d o f t h e d o c u m e n t a r y i n c l u d e s epilogues on each comedian a nd how t he y ’ve fou nd greater success: Where’s that footage? The group does a series of shows to benef it real-time Katrina victims, even handing refugees tickets to a show by hand. Why not make a stand-alone fi lm about that, instead of lectures about Dw ight Yoakam’s icon ic status, following a musical number and montages of several cities that don’t add to the laughs or biographies?
T here a re f u n ny b i t s (especially the cameos), but the comedians are hit-or-miss; they deserve a full feature to show of f their rhythm over the length of a night. The documentary portions are like sitting next to the performers’ parents before the show. Nevermind that all of the comedians’ parents are actual ly interv iewed. Nevermind this movie, catch the comedians when they get a cable special or come to Columbia instead.
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Frat Pack member Vince Vaughn misses the mark in his unoriginal documentary.
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Yesterdays remains a Five Points staple, serving up traditional Southern cooking.
A my W i nehou se a nd K a n y e We s t w e r e b i g winners at the 50th annual Gra m my awa rds at t he St ap le s C ent er i n L o s Angeles Sunday night, while jazz pianist Herbie Hancock pulled an upset, winning best a lbum for h is Jon i Mitchell tribute, “River: The Joni Letters.”
“I ’d l ike to thank the academy for courageously b r e a k i n g t h e m o l d ,” Hancock, 67, said, accepting the first album of the year award for a jazz disc since “Getz/Gilberto,” featuring “The Girl From Ipanema,” which was honored in 1965. “This is a new day that proves the impossible can be made possible. Yes we can, to coin a phrase,” he said — echoing the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Winehouse, the troubled Brit ish retro-soul singer, took home f ive trophies, including new art ist and best song for her stubbornly def ia nt “Rehab.” West , the self-confident Chicago rapper, won four awards, including best rap album for “Graduation.”
In accepting that trophy, West — who had the word
“Mama” stenciled into the back of his hair in honor of his mother, Donda, who died unexpectedly in December — said, “All I’m gonna do is keep making you proud. We own this!”
West chastened Grammy producer s for s t a r t i ng the ex it music before he finished his short speech, and he cheekily said that Winehouse and her producer Mark Ronson deserved the album of the year honor “as much as I do. I deserve it too.”
Neit her W i nehou se’s nor West’s success was a surprise. West had topped the nominat ion l ist with eight, while Winehouse — who performed via satellite from London — rated second with six nominations.
Fully beehived, tattooed and mascaraed in a f luffy black minidress, Winehouse ap p e a r e d ne r v ou s a nd unsteady but downright healthy compared with the absolute wreck she presented on a recent videotape that seemed to show her smoking crack. She performed from London because she was initially denied a U.S. visa last week, then was granted one too late for travel.
She sang the spooky “You K now I’m No Good,” as well as “Rehab,” altering the
lyrics to drop the name of her jailed husband, Blake Fielder-Civ i l , into both songs.
When she won record of the year for “Rehab,” she accepted hugs f rom her mother and members of the Dap Kings, the Brooklyn, N.Y. , back up ba nd she borrowed from American soul singer Sharon Jones. Winehouse, 24, thanked “Blake, incarcerated,” and ded icated t he award to “London, `cause Camden Town is burning down!” a reference to the fires that ravaged Camden Market th is weekend, damaging one of her favorite pubs, the Hawley Arms.
T h r e e G r a m m y s were awarded to Br uce Spr i ng s teen . Two each
went to the Foo Fighters, the White Stripes, Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige and Hancock.
West, 30, provided the musical highl ight of the early part of the show. He appeared in glow-in-the-dark glasses and jacket for “Stronger,” for which he had won a rap solo performance prize in the pre-telecast ceremony, and was joined by the French techno duo Daft Punk, in the fi rst television appearance of their 14-year career.
West took off his shades for a heartfelt “Hey Mama,” his tribute to his mother, that left audience members l ike country star Carrie Underwood (who herself won two awards) with tears on their cheeks.
Ronson, who also worked with Brit ish singer Li ly A l len , whose exce l lent “Alright, Still” was all but ignored by the Grammys, won a s b e s t p ro duc er, defeating Timbaland, among others. “I can remember 10 years ago hearing `One in a Million,’ and listening to it 18 times straight,” Ronson said, speaking of the 1996 hit Timbaland produced for Aaliyah. “I thought it was the best thing I ever heard, so it’s quite an honor.”
I n i t s 50 t h yea r, t he Recording Academy took time to honor its past. The show k icked of f w it h a duet between Alicia Keys, looking like a Popsicle in a lime green dress, and a b l a c k- a nd-w h i t e v ide o projection of Frank Sinatra,
on “Learnin’ the Blues.”“Frank Sinatra looked
good for 150, didn’t he?” quipped Prince (Actually, were he alive, Sinatra would be only 92).
Li fet ime ach ievement a w a r d s w e r e g i v e n t o the Band, as well as Burt Bacharach, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, M a x R o a c h a n d E a r l Scruggs.
The young-and-old duet theme was kept up with the pairings of Rihanna and `80s funk group the Time, Beyonce and Tina Turner, and, most bizarrely, rap-rocker Kid Rock and jazz-pop singer Keely Smith.
Signif icant screen time was given to the Beatles, who won best compilation a lbu m for “ L ove ,” t he remastered mashup of their hits that is the soundtrack to the trippy Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show of the same name, which the t roupe performed. The award was accepted by Ringo Starr and producer George Martin, who sa id of John, Pau l , George and Ringo, “I guess we miss those guys a hell of a lot.”
Starr also presented Vince Gill with the country album gramophone, prompt ing Gill to quip, “I just got an award handed to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen to you yet, Kanye? Just kidding.”
Music ians weren’t the only ones to win awards Sunday night. Obama won a spoken-word award for the audio book of “The Audacity of Hope: Reclaiming The American Dream,” beating former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.
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Young-and-old theme spices up GrammysPerformers blend old hits with new music in duets
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Beyonce sang a duet with musical legend Tina Turner during the Grammy awards ceremony.
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KANYE WEST PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER WITH HIS SONG “HEY MAMA,” WHICH LEFT THE AUDIENCE IN TEARS.
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & USC SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA7:30 p.m., $8Koger Center for the Arts, 1051 Greene St.
THE BRENT MCDONALD BAND, MERCY MERCEDES, JOHN JETT7:30 p.m., $7New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
FAMILY NIGHT5 p.m., $1EdVenture Children’s Museum, 211 Gervais St.
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ARLO GUTHRIE8 p.m., $37.50Newberry Opera House, 1201 McKibben St., Newberry
DELEVELED, GREYMARKET, ISRAEL’S SON, DECADENCE7:30 p.m., $5 over 21 / $7 under 21New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
FEBRUARY CELEBRATION: AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY4 p.m., FreeRichland County Public Library, 7421 Garners Ferry Rd.
MR. B’S GOODTIME KARAOKE EXPLOSION9 p.m., FreeArt Bar, 1211 Park St.
DEVON ALLMAN’S HONEYTRIBE10 p.m.5 Points Pub, 2020 Devine St.
MARGOT AT THE WEDDINGToday at 6 and 8 p.m., $5.50
Nickelodeon Theatre, 937 Main St.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2008Page 8
The men’s tennis team continued its strong non-conference play Saturday at the USC Indoor Fieldhouse, k nock ing of f Charlot te 6-1 in the morning, then handling Davidson 6-1 in the afternoon.
Coach Kent DeMars’ squad improved its overall record to 6-0 on the year, just two weeks away from the start of the SEC season.
The Gamecocks started poorly in the morning match against Charlotte, dropping t w o o f t h r e e d o u b l e s matches against the 49ers. USC’s Yevgeny Supeko and Diego Cubas won at the No. 1 position, 8-1, against Charlotte’s Jeff Archer and Jesse Hutchinson.
The 49ers then took doubles positions 2 and 3 against the Gamecocks to take the point 2-1. Jamie Cuellar and David Wolff fell to Felix and Moritz Bernhoerster 9-7 at No. 2, while Chris Sheehan and Joe Veeder dropped an 8-6 decision to Chris Huynh and Michael Anders at No. 3.
South Carolina picked things up at singles play,
winning every match over the 49ers to earn six points and the victory. The singles matches were highlighted by Supeko’s 6-2, 6-1 victory over Felix Bernhoerster at No.1 and Pedro Campos’ 6-1, 6-2 win against Ricky Cuellar at No. 2.
In the afternoon match against Davidson, South Ca rol i na cont i nued it s solid play. The Gamecocks bounced back from a doubles loss ea rl ier in t he day, sweeping the Wildcats 3-0 to earn the match’s fi rst point.
USC then secured match victory in singles play by w in n ing at pos it ions 1 through 5. Sheehan lost at No. 6 singles, but the Gamecocks had done enough to earn the 6-1 victory on the day.
I n d i v i d u a l l y, S o u t h Carolina aces Supeko and Campos remained undefeated in singles play this season, moving their marks to 4-0 and 6-0 respectively.
The Gamecocks play their fi rst road match Sunday at 1 p.m. against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Gamecocks gain another victory as Supekos, Campos remain undefeated in singles play
Tennis team heads north
I’m an optimist, especially when it comes to Carolina athletics.
I’m the type of guy who, when Sidney Rice said he was going to the NFL, I said, “Well, at least now K e n n y M c K i n le y w i l l get the attent ion that he deserves.”
I’m the type of guy who, when Tre Kelley didn’t get drafted into the NBA, I said, “Well, at least now he’ll get
a chance to see the world.”
I ’ m t h e t y p e o f g u y w h o , w h e n D a v e O do m got a contract e x t en s ion , I s a id , “ Wel l , at lea s t now recr u it s w i l l know that our program has consistency.”
I’m the type of guy who, when Br ian VanG order left without even signing a contract, I said, “Well, at least Ellis Johnson has a cooler fi rst name. Not to mention, I heard VanGorder smelled a little funny.”
I’m the type of guy who, when we lost the last f ive games after being ranked No. 6 i n t he nat ion , I said, “Well, at least now next season we’ll be under everybody’s radar.”
I’m the type of guy who, w he n N ic k Fu l le r a nd Lon n ie Ch i sen ha l l got thrown off the team, I said, “Well, at least we know that we don’t have bad seeds like that on the team anymore.”
I’m the type of guy who, when Steve Spurrier said the Gamecocks looked like a Division III team against A rkansas, I sa id, “Well,
at least he didn’t say that we looked like an out-of-practice Pop Warner team whose coach was drunk at game time.”
It is for these reasons that I have always been bothered by Carolina fans who refer to the “Carolina Way.” As in, “then we missed the fi eld goal to lose the game in overtime ... That’s the Carolina way.”
That simply made no sense to me. How could losing be the “Carolina Way?”
How c a n a g roup o f fans be so negat ive and pessimistic that they start
to expect losses?It simply made no sense to
me for the longest time. My dad went to Florida State as an undergrad and Duke for business school. I was raised in the ‘90s loving Florida State footbal l and Duke basketball. No matter what, I expected wins. Even when my team was down, they were never out.
Peter Warrick or Jayson Williams could always make a play that would br ing the Seminoles or the Blue Devils screaming back into
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Straying further from ‘Carolina Way’
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USC tennis coach Kent DeMars looks on as his team swept Charlotte and Davidson at home on Saturday. The team heads to North Carolina to face Wake Forest.
State court to hear
Rodriguez lawsuit
WVU seeks $4 million from former coach for
early resignation
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The lawsuit over a $4 million buyout clause in the contract of former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez will be heard in state court.
W V U is essent ially an arm of state government, not an independent agency, and lawsuits involving state government can be heard on ly in t he s t ate cou r t system, U.S. District Judge John P. Bailey said Monday.
He sent the case back to Monongalia County Circuit Cou r t i n Morga ntow n, where it was filed Dec. 27 after Rodriguez resigned to take the head coaching job at Michigan.
H is abr upt depar t u re ended a successful seven-year run with the Mountaineers, left the team without a head coach just weeks before the Fiesta Bowl and touched off a bitter, continuing public feud.
“The university obviously
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Despite all the sour endings in Carolina sports, people like Gamecock Jesus always fi nd a way to continue cheering.
Retired jersey honoree John Roche, point guard for the 1971 ACC Champion Carolina basketball team, will be appearing at Safran’s Antiques on Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon to benefi t the March of Dimes.
Roche will be signing autographs for $25 or $50 for personalization. Tickets can be purchased at
Safran’s antiques at 1015 Whaley Street or at the March of Dimes Columbia headquarters at 240 Stoneridge Dr.
Later that evening, Roche will be honored during the USC vs. Alabama game at the Colonial Center as part of the school’s 100th Anniversary of Carolina Basketball Celebration.
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agrees with the decision of the court and has always felt that the proper place for this action was the Circuit Court of Monongal ia Count y,” said W V U attorney Jef f Wakefi eld. “We believe the Circuit Court will be very fair in its consideration and handling of this matter.”
Rodr ig uez’s at torney, Mar v Robon, cou ld not immediately be reached for comment.
Rodriguez unsuccessfully argued that he and wife Rita were already residents of Michigan on the day the lawsuit was filed, offering the court a townhouse lease agreement and Michigan driver l icenses as proof. They argued it made the case an interstate matter that should be heard in federal court.
Ba i ley, however, s a id t he residenc y is sue was irrelevant because of the state’s clear jurisdiction.
Bot h stat ute and case law show the universit y “can hardly be said to be autonomous,” Bailey wrote.
Among his 12 reasons for declaring WVU the “alter ego” of state government were: 12 of the 18 members of the Board of Governors a r e a p p o i n t e d b y t h e governor; money can be w it hd raw n f rom W V U accounts only v ia checks issued by the state treasurer; and all university property is considered the property of the state.
Bai ley a lso noted that university employees are state employees with salaries set by law, and that all tuition and fees must be certifi ed by the state auditor.
His ruling said it’s clear the outcome of the case w i l l have an impact on state f unds because any money paid to or held by the university is considered state money.
R o d r i g u e z c l a i m s a ny bu yout f u nd s t h at are recovered would go to t he s chool’s pr ivate f u nd ra i s i ng ent it y, t he WVU Foundation, because that’s what happened with a settlement reached in a buyout dispute with former b a s k e t b a l l c o ac h Joh n
Beilein.Beilein, who also went
to Michigan, u lt imately agreed to pay the W V U Foundation $1.5 million.
“ T h i s cou r t w i l l not consider what may have t ranspired as part of an ag reed set t lement w it h respect to Coach Beilein,” Bailey wrote.
“The contract in question, under which the ‘buyout’ moneys are sought , is a contract between Coach Rodriguez and the West Virginia University Board of Governors,” he wrote. “That contract, assuming that it is valid and enforceable (an issue not presently before this court), requires Coach Rodriguez to pay the money to the university.”
W VU argues it’s owed the full $4 million because R o d r i g u e z b r o k e h i s contract early.
Rodriguez, however, has repeatedly claimed W VU broke t he ter ms of h i s contract first by failing to honor a variety of verbal promises, including one to reduce or eliminate the buyout.
W V U de n ie s s uc h a prom ise wa s made a nd insists it was work ing to accommodate the coach’s demands when he quit.
The nex t s tep i n t he case likely will be WVU’s response to a counterclaim Rodriguez fi led, arguing the WVU Foundation should be
made a party to the lawsuit.The foundation, which
had been run in part by W V U P r e s ide nt M i k e Garrison’s chief of staf f, Craig Walker, is not legally obligated to open its books to public scrut iny under ordinary circumstances.
But it funnels money from
boosters to WVU athletic programs, and Rodriguez contends a review of those books is the only way to prove whether the university has been harmed by h is departure.
LAWSUIT ● Continued from 8
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Rich Rodriguez, former football coach at West Virginia, is introduced at Michigan.
the game. It was never over until the clock read straight zeros.
Now, I’ve been going to USC for t wo and a half years and I’ve seen a lot and learned a lot. I’ve been to every regular season football game in person except for one. I’ve spent countless evenings at Damon’s in the Vista watching basketball games on FSN because campus cable doesn’t carry them. I ’ v e b e e n t o A t he n s , Clemson and Charleston once each to follow the baseball team in its quest for Omaha.
Fina l ly, I t h in k I ’ve
begun to believe. It hurts to say that because I’ve fought it for so long. I’m fi nally falling into the rut of the “Carolina Way.” I can’t explain it but I can only give you an example.
With six seconds left on the clock, the Gamecocks w e r e u p b y o n e a n d Vanderbilt was about to inbound the ball. I turned to my friend sitting behind me and said, “We’re going to lose this game.”
I hate to admit it, but until somebody or some team proves me wrong, that’s just the Carolina Way.
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The Florida Panthers and Buffalo Sabres are both in need of wins as they chase playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. So there was a lot at stake going into Sunday night’s game.
But R ichard Zedn ik ’s injury changed all that.
B l o o d g u s h e d f r o m Zednik’s neck after he was hurt midway through the third period of Buffalo’s 5-3 victory, creating a frightening moment that delayed the game for about 15 minutes. There was a l so a br ief discussion about postponing the game altogether.
Two hours after the game, the Panthers announced Z e d n i k w a s r e s t i n g comfor t ably at Bu f f a lo General Hospital after having surgery. He was hurt with 9:56 left, in what was a freak but frightening accident.
Zednik was behind the play and skating into the right corner of the Sabres’ zone, when teammate Olli Jokinen was upended by Sabres forward Clarke MacArthur. Jokinen fell headfirst to the ice, and his right leg fl ew up and struck Zednik directly on the side of the neck.
Clutching his neck, Zednik raced to the Florida bench, leaving a long trail of blood. When he arrived, he nearly fell into the arms of a team trainer, who quickly applied a
towel to the cut. Zednik was then helped off the ice by the trainer and teammate Jassen Cullimore, and escorted to the Panthers’ dressing room before being loaded into an ambulance.
After a 15-minute delay, a nd a f ter t he Pa nt her s were assured that trainers stopped the bleeding, the game resumed but with little intensity or fl ow.
After Buffalo squandered a 3-1 lead, Thomas Vanek scored the go-ahead goal, defl ecting in Brian Campbell’s shot from the blue line, 9 minutes into the third period. Derek Roy, with his career-high-tying 21st goal of the season, then sealed the win by scoring with 1:23 left.
Ja son Pom inv i l le and Patrick Kaleta also scored for
the Sabres, who improved to 6-0-2 in their past eight games. Ryan Miller stopped 22 shots in earning his 100th career win, while Campbell had three assists.
Nathan Horton had a goal and assist, while Jokinen and Branislav Mezei scored for the Panthers, who lost for only the second time in six games (4-2).
The Panthers blew an opportunity to move within one point of division-leading Washington, which took over the top spot following a 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers.
Buffalo inched to within o n e p o i n t o f B o s t o n , which holds the Eastern Conference’s eighth playoff spot.
Panthers’ player receives severe neck injury in third
period pile-up accident; Sabres win 5-3
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