It’s Monday morning and you are on your way to your speech 140 class. You decide since it’s fl u season you should use the hand sanitizer after touching the handle of the door to prevent getting sick. However, is it better to use the automatic hand sanitizer or the pump hand sanitizer?

“I believe that the automatic hand sanit izers are better because the pump sanitizers you actually have to touch — therefore, you are touching germs,” Sarah Wilson, a second-year public health student, said.

Melissa Harden, a f irst-year pre-pharmacy student, believes that using a pump or automatic hand sanitizer gives the same effect.

“Honestly, I do not think that it makes a difference. They are each designed to do the same thing. However, I think using too much hand sanitizer and not enough hand washing itself is bad,” Harden said.

Dr. Heat her Brandt , a profe s sor at t he A r nold School of Public Health, has researched this topic for her classes and says there is no difference between automatic and pump hand sanitizers.

“ T h e r e r e a l l y i s n o d i f f e rence b e t ween t he automatic and pump hand

sanitizers. If you touch the pump sanitizers, the alcohol in the solution will kill the germs either way,” Brandt said.

According to the Center D i s e a s e C o n t r o l a n d Prevention, there is no exact amount of times after using the hand sanitizer that you shou ld wash your hands because the ef fect iveness would wear off. However, hand sanitizers do not replace the importance of washing hands with soap and water.

“Soap and water are still the best, but hand sanitizers work great. It is a good idea to carry around a bottle of it in your car and book bag as recommended by the CDC,” Brandt said.

The CDC also says that in preventing the regular flu and the H1N1 virus, hand sanitizers with a 60 percent alcohol concentration or more are another successful way to prevent catching them. Whether it is a pump hand sanitizer or an automatic one, hand sanitizers are an effective way to help prevent the spread of sickness.

“Regardless of whether or not the hand sanitizer is automatic, it is still a great form primary prevent ion in the wake of cold and f lu season. Furthermore, the university should be applauded in all of their efforts to combat the spread of germs. Finally, I cannot stress enough the importance that hand sanitizer not replace washing hands with warm soap and water, when available,” Wilson said.

I t ’s Mond ay mor n i n g and you are on your way to your speech 140 class. After touching the door handle, it is best to use whatever hand sanitizer is available to prevent yourself from getting sick and make sure you wash your hands with soap and water later.

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Hundreds of students and fans f illed the Carolina Coliseum to watch the annual Homecoming Step Show Friday night.

Fraternities and sororities had been practicing for months to make sure they brought the best possible dances and step routines to the stage. Each performance was filled with uniqueness and originality that kept fans on the edge of their seats and cheering along.

T h e s h o w o p e n e d w i t h a performance by the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Junior Step Team as the girls danced to some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits and impressed everyone with their ta lented stepping sk i l ls . They proudly shouted, “We are the Junior Steppers and we are the best.”

The step routines were between 10 to 12 minutes each and were judged on introduction, diffi culty of steps, synchronization and precision, exit and overall performance. Creativity showed with each team’s theme as the routines ranged from karate uniforms to dolls in a toy store.

A lot of hard work was put into prepar ing these step rout ines. This was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority member Latitia Graham’s fi rst time participating in the show.

“We have been practicing for a couple months now,” the third-year technical support management student said. “Our sorority has had a history of winning and we’re really trying to get back on top.”

The step master of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is Jessyca Roberts,

who is graduating this January as an education administrator. Roberts helped prepare the women for their performance.

“Not the average person can do this dance,” Roberts said.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity has been practicing since summer on their routine. Fourth-year student Jeremy Harkness, a media arts major, said the group practiced for about three hours a night and watched all of their previous step shows and critiqued them.

“We all have a strong bond. I would do anything for my brothers,” Harkness said. “Although all of the fraternities get along with one another, we fi ght for bragging rights when Homecoming rolls along.”

T he mu s i c h a d t he c r owd constantly dancing in their seats and even had other performances in between the competing teams, such as the Southern Dynasty Step Team.

Eventually, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity won fi rst place and sorority Delta Sigma Theta and fraternity Omega Psi Phi took home second place.

Christina Elmore, a third-year journalism student, was all smiles.

“We are so excited. So much time and effort was put in the last two months and it showed tonight,” she said.

A lpha Phi A lpha has won the Homecoming Step Show fi ve years in a row.

“We r u n t he yard and keep bringing greatness,” Alpha Phi Alpha President fourth-year retailing major Donald Wilson said.

A lpha Phi A lpha a lso placed second in the Regional Sprite Step Show and will be moving on in the competition to hopefully win nationals.

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The annual Earth Summit was held Friday at the Green Quad Learning Center to evaluate past successes and future initiatives for making USC a more sustainable campus.

The summit was a comprehensive collection of university faculty, staff and students working together to make USC a more environmentally friendly university.

“ We wa nt to look at what we’ve accompl ished and what we want to accomplish,” said Roxane Lenzo, a second-year environmental science student.

During the day, there were three breakout sessions, each with a different focus. The goal of these sessions was to acknowledge the progress that is being made, look at what is already being done and brainstorm how to accomplish other green initiatives.

The resource management team is focusing on the categor ies of waste management, purchasing, bui ldings, grounds, water and dining. The team is focusing on everything from using low VOC paint to using more local and sustainable foods in the dining system.

Currently the resource management team is working on an audit of the waste stream of USC. By looking at all of the garbage the university produces, this will help the team to better assess what programs will most benefi t the university.

The education and engagement team has a long-term goal of the broad normalization of sustainable behaviors and targeted expertise of key sustainable issues via the integration of sustainability into USC’s curriculum. Currently they are working to simply expose all students to principles of sustainability.

The team is focusing not only on what is happening at USC, but also what other colleges and universities in the state are doing. The goal is to collaborate with the community, the city of Columbia, outside companies and non-profi t organizations and other universities to create a comprehensive approach to making USC a more sustainable campus, both in and out of the classroom.

Peer-to-peer education is also a focus of their approach. The education and engagement team hopes to have students

teaching each other about what it means to be green.

The climate change group wants to make campus carbon neutral by 2050, but is currently focusing on the goal to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020.

What makes these goals so diffi cult is the fact that USC is growing. As more students are coming to the University, there is a need for more dorms, classrooms and dining along with other needs. It is difficult to reduce emissions while still growing. However, the climate change team embraces this challenge and is working to come up with practical solutions.

They are currently focusing on the transportation system at USC. They are also working to see that all new buildings are energy independent. Electricity is where most of the carbon production comes from at USC, so fi guring out how to power the lights, computers and cooling systems in sustainable ways will prove a challenge.

Cinnamon Carlarne, an associate professor with the School of Law and the School of the Environment, was the keynote speaker for the day and spoke about climate change.

“We need to look at climate change with hope, cynical optimism and an attitude to plug away,” Carlarne said. “As climate change is being looked at differently on a political level, we need to do that on a local level.”

Carlarne addressed the reality of climate change and how action from the Earth Summit can help USC to be a part of the solution instead of the problem.

Students also gathered at the summit to connect different campus organizations to ensure that everyone is involved in providing solutions to making USC more sustainable. From Student Government to SAGE, student organizations are hoping to have a more inclusive view of sustainability and making the goals a reality for the university.

“It’s always good to come together and refocus and learn what everyone else is doing,” said Carter Cox, a graduate assistant for the Green Quad Learning Center. “Everyone is going to understand what we need to do to lead the campus in being more sustainable.”

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Back after several complaints from Columbia residents, the 2009 Homecoming parade held on Friday ran smoothly and many USC students came out to support their favorite fl oats.

Kicking off the parade was Ms. United States and USC alum, Kristen Dalton, followed by the winners of Homecoming court, Student Government and the Gamecock basketball team.

Wendy Smits, a fi rst-year nursing student, said that building a fl oat is not so simple when working with chicken wire and tissue paper.

“With 250 guys and girls working together, it still took us three days and a lot of hours to complete,” Smits said.

This was management professor Robert Lambdin’s fi rst year being nominated to judge the parade.

“I’m doing it for our love of Cocky, fl oats and football,” Lambdin said. Based on artistic creativity, theme and school spirit, the panel chose Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon as the winners of the event.

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A newspaper review of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s calendar shows a decline in the number of staff meetings and public outreach sessions between his fi rst and second terms.

The State newspaper of Columbia reported Sunday that, in 2004, Sanford had an average of almost nine scheduled staff meetings a week as he sought to rally support for his vision of a smaller state government.

By this year, the newspaper found Sanford was scheduling just four staff meetings weekly.

Aides to former governors say Sanford’s calendar shows a governor who had too little to do. The scheduling allowed Sanford to disappear in June to meet his mistress, an affair that has some lawmakers calling for his removal.

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The visit Sunday by the four-member International Atomic Energy Agency team, reported by state media, was the first independent look inside the planned nuclear fuel lab, a former ammunition dump burrowed into the treeless hills south of Tehran and only publicly disclosed last month. The inspectors are expected to study plant blueprints, interview workers and take soil samples before wrapping up the three-day mission.

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This weekend, Columbia played host to two exciting events; a USC home football game, where the Gamecocks were fi nally victorious over Vanderbilt, and the South Carolina State Fair, where students and families alike could eat fried foods and hop on a Ferris wheel.

But one thing that was more nerve-wracking than exciting was the traffi c. Post-game traffi c on Saturday night was a tremendous hassle.

Despite the hundreds of cops directing traffi c and setting up outbound-only lanes, many drivers were still stuck in a long line of cars. Some students were even unable to return to their homes unt i l hours a f t er t he g a me ended , because their usual route home had been changed into one-ways or had been blocked off entirely.

This became even more infuriating when some cops posted couldn’t even tell you an alternative route to take, or when the traffi c patterns would return to normal. It’s ridiculous to have so many cops assigned to direct traffi c, yet it still be a huge problem.

At the beginning of the football season, the police department should sit down and map out a postgame traffic route. This route shouldn’t waver all season long, and cops should be able to answer any questions drivers may have about alternative routes, or which direction a certain street is going at the time.

This map could easily be well publicized. The police department can have it printed in any one of the numerous news outlets in Columbia or have it available on their Web site.

Everyone knows that traffic is inevitable in the postgame rush to get home, but the county should anticipate this and take more steps to keep individual offi cers and the public better informed, so everyone can get home in a safe and timely fashion.

I acknowledge that swine fl u could be an epidemic, and maybe the vaccine will be useful, but as with all crises it is a prime opportunity to expand the state’s power, just like September 11, global warming and the financial crisis.

T h e U n i t e d S t a t e s suffered from a similar scare in 1976 under t he Ford administration. President Ford authorized large-scale vaccinations for the populace. The vaccines were rushed and untested and led to the deaths of hundreds of people. This prompted mass

lawsuits against pharmaceutical m a k e r s . N o w w i t h t h e c u r r e n t crisis, Health a n d H u m a n S e r v i c e s D i r e c t o r K a t h l e e n Sebel iu s ha s d e c i d e d t o a u t h o r i z e

an order that will not hold vaccine makers liable for any deaths that may occur as a result of the vaccine.

I guess the government i s lo ok i ng out for ou r b e s t i nt e re s t s a nd not phar maceut ica l g ia nt s’. Pharmaceutical giants can use the swine flu scare to make large profits; Merck could make up for the huge losses it suffered from the drug Vioxx. The United States government has subsidized the production of the vaccines to lower the price for the consumer while giving the drug companies a lump sum of money to produce. As soon as the costs of producing the vaccine near that lump sum of money, you can bet the companies wi l l stop producing and shortages will inevitably arise.

According to the Daily Mail Reporter poll, a British publication, half of British doctors will refuse swine fl u vaccinations because they fear that production has been rushed and the vaccine has not properly been tested. Recently President Obama declared a national emergency on swine fl u. Yet, when asked on CNN whether he would have his daughters vaccinated, he was confused without his teleprompter and started to stutter. But then he slyly stated that he didn’t know if enough of the vaccine would be available to vaccinate his daughters. I am sure that the president of the United States would be able to secure vaccination dosages for his daughters. Could it be that he knows something about the vaccine he is not telling people?

College is not suited for those on a budget. The lack of funds can completely change your entire college experience.

Most students take around 15 hours of class and then on top of that work a part-time job. By the end of the day, there is no time for studying, hanging out with friends or taking advantage of the endless opportunities here at USC.

What is the point of going to college if you can’t f u l ly immerse yourself in the environment? Isn’t college about discovering new things and deciding how that will change your life?

Unfortunately, the only way for many of us to attend college is by taking out loans and working while in school. Some make this juggling act seem effortless, but in reality it

is almost impossible to fully enjoy the college experience while stressing over fi nances.

Not only is there not enough time to be as prepared academically for each class, but there is not enough m o ne y t o c o v e r a n y o t he r activities you wish to participate in. If you want to go to a football game and you happen to be off work that evening, you can request a ticket online. If you are not chosen in the raff le to get a ticket, you have to buy one. Face value of a ticket is on average 45 dollars. The cost alone can sway your decision on whether or not

to attend. After the game, your friends may invite you downtown to celebrate. Food and drinks alone can break your bank, especially if you just shelled out money for a ticket. Then there are transportation costs. Taxis from downtown to campus are relatively cheap, but if you are already stretching it you may not have

enough to cover the costs. Estimate the cost of this one night and it will be roughly around 65 dollars. Working a minimum wage job, like most students do, this is almost nine hours of work before taxes are taken out. Putting this all into perspective, many students would miss out on a common college experience, a football game, simply due to their inability to cover the bill.

Many of the experiences here at USC do not require a great deal of money; however, even small amounts of money can start to add up quickly. Those who are fortunate enough not to have fi nancial woes seem to have more opportunit ies to have a fulf il l ing college experience. Those who are struggling to stay afl oat tend to miss out on memorable moments that make up college life.

College is often referred to as “an experience of a lifetime” but not having the money to fund those experiences makes college life seem less fulfi lling.

Throughout our middle school years, teachers told us a very ideal version of American history.

T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n a n d J a m e s Madison leapt f rom t he pages of textbooks like superheroes, taming our rugged predecessors with words like “inalienable” and “federalism.” I, like

ever y ot her k id dozing away in class, got only some golden and indistinct vision of how our democracy was formed.

The details have been fi lled in over the years with the k nowledge that our founders were anything but the common conception: u n r e l i g i o u s , s o c i a l l y eccentric and fearful of “the mob” they hoped to govern. If anything, true

democracy was the last thing they wanted, which is a lesson we should remember in today’s world.

Our constant work in the Middle East shows how hard we’ve been trying to spread our form of government, and now we’re seeing the results.

Iraq is st i l l l imping along; Iran’s “election” fell f lat on its face — with ma ny a g reen a r mba nd to spare ; Afghanistan now demands a recount in a

voting system that was crooked from the start. Constantly, we press upon other nations our identity and the darker side of it.

Is democracy – at least, the American version – still viable in today’s world? Watch the Afghanistan situation and see that the power of the vote has just been one more way for the corrupt to gain infl uence. They’ve replaced bullets with sheets of paper, missiles with pencils. We think we can teach nations how to rule justly when they have not had our history, our culture or the infl uence of our past leaders. We say “Why, yes, you have a choice now,” shove a ballot into their faceless hands, and leave them in the dust.

This can’t be our plan any longer. The deteriorating situations in the Middle East can be blamed on the lack of strong governments as much as on the lack of suffi cient military force.

The confusion concerning the votes in A fghanistan and the back-and-forth wordplay between Karzai and U.S. of f icials underscore a serious misunderstanding: Our presence in the world shouldn’t be to conform others to our system, but to integrate our democracy with the needs of every country we occupy.

Only then can we see success.Have pride in your history, both the

real version and the glorifi ed one, but remember that it can be abused and it doesn’t arise — almost by magic — from every culture we attempt to engage.

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If Michael Moore did not exist, would it be necessary to invent him? That question seems to ring in the ears throughout the documentary fi lmmaker’s latest fi lm, “Capitalism: A Love Story.”

It is a simplistic, gimmicky, hyperbolic and almost self-contradictory f ilm that is almost always perplexing and scattershot more than it is holistically convincing. The fi lm tries to chronicle the worst aspects of capitalism, ultimately building to a dissection of massive corporate greed in the face of government bailouts. Moore’s ideas about fi scal equality, balanced distribution of wealth, and protection for the lower classes are easy to agree with in theory.

However, his banal simplifi cation, highly selective examples, and inability to both distill his fi lm into a single argument and also to provide a possible solution make it impossible to connect concretely to his plea for a more perfect union.

Moore fulf ills an important function as a documentary filmmaker, giving regular people a microphone, the simple ability to let their individual voices be heard. In his emotional interviews with outraged citizens, he allows his subjects’ fears and angers to be put on full display.

As easy as it is to dismiss Moore as a sensationalist muckraker, it’s worth remembering that he is, at the end of the day, a filmmaker. He collects and juxtaposes images to create an effect, and his command of the medium is indeed fascinating in many regards.

Moore creates impressively manipulat ive montages through a variety of sources. He is able to use the inherent psychological meanings of stock footage, advertisements, classical music and other fi lms to create arguments out of media.

While it’s interesting to ponder the implications of staging an argument in such a way, it’s also hard not to feel defeated by Moore’s insistence to plug winding monologues over every segment, irrationally stroking his own ego as he claims to

fi ght for the common man.His ultimate fault as a f ilmmaker, and why

“Capitalism” fails to strike an inspired chord, is that he’s unable to answer his own questions. He sacrifi ces argument for artifi ce.

When Moore approaches AIG’s offi ces, only to be politely turned away, it reeks of the same repetitive shtick he’s been doing for twenty years. When he wraps crime tape around Wall Street, his insistence on trying to create a meaningful image detracts from any impact such an image could have.

Yet there is one powerful moment when Moore steps back and lets a better orator do the talking. The University of South Carolina’s Moving Image Research Collection supplied “Capitalism” with fi lm footage of an ailing FDR reading an excerpt from his 1944 State of the Union address from the Oval Offi ce.

In this footage, never before shown publicly, Roosevelt delineates his ideas for a “second bill of rights,” a list of things all Americans should be entitled to.

Roosevelt’s argument is explicit and succinct, and it’s saddening to realize how few of his ideals have actually come true, and how contested many of them still are.

“Capitalism: A Love Story” is meant to be both tragedy and irony. Buried beneath its uneven, at worst unformed, structure is an impassioned cry against corporate greed and a plea for a great nation to do more for its middle and lower classes.

It’s an argument that Michael Moore is perfectly capable of making, but it’s Michael Moore that keeps the argument from being perfectly articulated.

Q. Do you think your style changed when you moved from China to America?

A. Yeah. American girls think Asian girls dress up every day. But really, Asian girls dress like me every day in our country. When I came here, I bought some hoodies from Victoria’s Secret Pink brand, Abercrombie, and Hollister. They are very comfy and it looks good I think. Chinese clothing is very decorated. American clothing is very plain, clean, and simple. Chinese clothes have cartoon characters, fl owers, cute styles, pockets and more details. Also, Americans like to look very tan, but Asian girls try to look very pale on purpose. When I wear pink, my Chinese friends say it makes me look too tan. In China girls wear their hair in buns. Here I have become more lazy and wear it down.

Q. How would you describe your style?A. Very Asian, I think. Most Chinese people prefer clothes

from Hong Kong or Japan. Sometimes we like American girls’ clothing, but our petite bodies don’t match those styles. Mostly we prefer Hong Kong girls’ style.

Q. Any pieces you want to buy for winter?A. I want a knitted hat and long coats. Boots to keep warm,

but still look pretty. I like clothes in dark colors — brown, black, because it’s easy to keep clean.

Q. What American/Chinese stores do you shop at?A. In Hong Kong, I like Izzue. Izzue sells my style — young

and casual. I like H&M in Nanjing, but I hate that they don’t have it here in Columbia. In America, I like Banana Republic and Abercrombie and Fitch. Sometimes, when I go to South

Park Mall in Charlotte, I look at Juicy Couture. I love South Park shopping center.

Q. Any celeb fashion icons whose style inspires you?A. I like Nicole Richie’s style. In China we have many

magazines that feature American and European magazines, so I watch her style in those.

Q. Do you have any beauty tips you want to share? A. In China I got my hair chemically straightened so my hair

will stay straight for 6 months. It is a really common beauty treatment in Asia. They put chemicals on your hair, run the fl atiron over it, and leave the product in for 20 minutes. Then you don’t have to straighten it every day! Other girls in China put loose perms in their hair so it will stay wavy. Also, I don’t wear much makeup unless I am going out.

Q. What are your favorite beauty products?A. One is a Japanese product called Shu Uemura. I like

their foundation. I use Mac eyeliner pencils. My face wash is Biotherm, and I use Shiseido “urara” moisturizer. I use a lot of Shiseido. I don’t think I am really good at makeup, most of the time my friends help me. And Lancome mascara.

Q. If you had a free shopping spree at your favorite designer store, where would it be?

A. In America, it would be Alexander McQueen. I like his scarves. He has very nice silk scarves. In China I would pick Izzue, because it is not expensive. Most young Asian girls like it. It’s cute and designed for Asian girls’ bodies, or more petite girls.

Q. What are you wearing today?A. My coat and shirt are from Izzue in China. My pants

are from Vera Moda in China, and my scarf is from a cheap Chinese store. I ordered my boots from the Ugg online store. And my bracelet was a gift from my family to remind they would be thinking about me when I came to school in America.

1. Russia2. Halloween candy3. Yellow, white, and green4. All Hallows Eve5. I have no clue6. The Day of the Dead7. ?8. No clue9. NO idea here either10. All Hallows Eve?

1. Germany2. Candy3. White, green4. All Saints Day5. Hallophobia6. Day of the Dead7. Caspers8. Beatles? Ha Ha9. See ghosts10. All Saints Day

Katie PenningtonFirst-year pre-pharmacy

student

Jeffrey ForsytheThird-year accounting

student

Not to scare anyone, but it is almost Halloween. So this week Trivia Times 2 presents you with some interesting questions about All Hallows Eve to kick off this spooky week.

1. What country did Jack O’Lanterns originate in as hollowed-out turnips?

2. What do Americans spend $2 billion on each Halloween?

3. What colors, other than orange, can pumpkins also be? (2 of 3)

4. What Celtic holiday is Halloween believed to date back to?

5. What phobia do people who are afraid of Halloween suffer from?

6. On October 31 what is celebrated in Mexico instead of Halloween?

7. The title of what 1982 movie refers to a ghost who plays pranks?

8. Who sang the 1962 song “Monster Mash”?

9. According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?

10. Halloween is celebrated on the eve of what Catholic holiday?

Once again the challenger prevails as Jeffrey shows up Katie 5-3. While you’re impatiently waiting for another dose of trivia next Monday, try to enjoy the spooky holiday with pumpkins, candy corn and witchy wear.

— Compiled by Ellen Meder, Assistant Mix Editor

Answers:1. Ireland2. Candy3. White, Blue, and Green4. Celtic New Year, Samhain5. Samhainophopia

6. Dia De Los Muertos, “The Day of the Day”7. Poltergeists8. Bobby “Boris” Pickett9. To see and talk to spirits10. All Saints Day

“Only two things are infi nite, the universe and human stupidity, and

I’m not sure about the former.”— Albert Einstein

Maddy AlfordTHE DAILY GAMECOCK

‘Capitalism’ leaves questions unanswered, audience frustrated

Moore’s new montage

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Capitalism: A Love StoryNOW IN THEATERS

CAUGHT FASHIONABLEYiqian Zhang blends Chinese, American infl uences into her unique personal style

Q & A with Yiqian Zhang, a fi rst-year business student

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Yiqian Zhang poses wearing a stylish ensemble using elements adapted from Hong Kong and America.

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PhD ● Jorge Chan

TODAY

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SO MANY DYNAMOS, CINEMECHANICA9 p.m., freeThe Whig, 1200 Main St.

SARAH BLACKER8 p.m., freeThe White Mule, 1530 D Main St.

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ZACH FOWLER & THE ESSENTIALS9 p.m., freeThe Elbow Room, 2020 Devine St.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE

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PAGE 7The Daily Gamecock ● MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009

At long last, Gamecock fans can have a sigh of relief, as order has been restored in the world of college football.

Despite a shaky start, No. 23 South Carolina (6-2, 3-2 SEC) fi nally got over the hump and broke its two-game losing streak against Vanderbilt with a hard-fought 14-10 victory.

“It was a good win for us. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win over a tough team,” USC coach Steve Spurrier said. “It was a good victory and we’re proud of our players. We didn’t play all that great, but we hung in there and won the game.”

Despite an inept offense early on, the defense continued to step up and keep USC in the game, most notably at the start of the second quarter. On a critical third-and-7 at Carolina’s 8-yard line, safety Antonio Allen broke up a pass by Vanderbilt quarterback Larry Smith, which led to a Ryan Fowler fi eld goal attempt that missed wide right.

Five minutes later, the offense took advantage of the Commodores’ miscue as quarterback Stephen Garcia found freshman receiver D.L. Moore on a 35-yard deep route. Moore fought to haul it in and managed to gain control of the ball before falling out of bounds in the end zone, recording his fi rst career touchdown and putting his team up 7-0.

“It was a great grab. I happened to bobble it about three or four times, but I got my foot in,” Moore said. “When he threw it up I actually thought it was going to a different receiver. When it hit my hand, I kept my eyes on it the whole time and brought it in.”

Vanderbilt was quick to respond, however, as

freshman Warren Norman returned the ensuing kickoff 99-yards for a touchdown, tying the game at seven. The return marked the second time an opponent had returned a kickoff for a touchdown this year against USC’s struggling coverage team.

“I don’t think we’ve had anyone run all the way back since I’ve been here, and we’ve had two this year,” Spurrier said. “That shouldn’t happen. We have to work on that.”

As the game moved into the second half, special teams continued to favor Vandy as punter Brett Upson had two punts downed at Carolina’s 1-yard line and Fowler booted a 21-yard fi eld goal, giving Vanderbilt a 10-7 lead and putting a knot in the stomachs of the 75,624 in attendance.

But the key play of the game came in the fourth quarter. Trailing by three with two years of bad memories beginning to envelop the stadium, Garcia hit freshman receiver Alshon Jeffery

across the middle on a third-and-long play for a 43-yard touchdown, capping a 99-yard drive and giving USC a four point lead.

“We ran that play earlier in the game and we had an illegal formation called. We worked on it all week at practice,” Garcia said. “I thought I overthrew it at fi rst but he got right under it and caught it.”

The defense shut out the Commodores for the rest of the game, securing a win for USC and offi cially getting the Vandy monkey off its back.

“That’s something we preach about — fi nishing in big games,” defensive end Cliff Matthews said. “It’s especially important when it comes down to the wire like it did tonight.”

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For three quarters of football Saturday night, Williams-Brice Stadium felt l ike the Thomas Cooper Library. Save a clap here, a boo there, the 75,624 in attendance stood in deafening silence, the same thoughts bouncing around

every corner of the stadium.

T h i s i s r e a l l y h app en i ng ag a i n? They can’t lose three in a row to Vanderbilt, can they? The late tailspin that engulfed 2007 and 2008 isn’t about to return, right?

About two minutes of game time later, Alshon Jeffery split the secondary and turned on the afterburners, and the Vandy hex became no more as Carolina finally moved past two years of painful nightmares.

“It was a good win for us,” USC coach Steve Spurrier said. “I know it wasn’t real pretty, but it was a win over a pretty tough Vandy team. We didn’t play all that great, but we hung in there and won the game.”

The distance covered between 10-7 Vanderbilt and 14-10 Carolina was about more than beating the Commodores, though. It was about Carolina putting itself in a position to end up where it wants to be come January.

“We’ve got six wins and we’re bowl eligible. That’s the best thing about the win,” Spurrier said. “Hopefully the other part will keep adding up as we go along.”

Now i s t he t i me o f y e a r where every press box has bowl representatives in brightly colored suits visiting. Impress them, and you may fi nd an invite thrown your way a month or so from now.

“Bowl eligible, I guess it’s a goal, but we’re just trying to fi nish out the season at whatever we can get to get to the highest bowl possible,” quarterback Stephen Garcia said. “We’ve got our chances. We’ve just got to go out there and play; that’s what it’s going to come down to.”

In the short term, Saturday’s win broke the Vandy drought and made USC bowl eligible for the sixth straight season. In the long term, it sets up a chance for the Gamecocks to have the type of season they want.

Two-thirds of the way through, USC has navigated every potential road bu mp w it h re s i l ienc y. Depend ing on you r level of pessimism, they’re either one or two games ahead of schedule. A break here or there and they may be unbeaten. Carolina knows this, and that’s what drives them.

“We’re 6 -2 now. We had a chance to be undefeated if we played better,” Garcia said. “We’re st i l l gett ing there, we’re st i l l learning. We’re only going to get better.”

With four w innable games remaining down the stretch (these aren’t your average Gators coming in three weeks) USC has a shot to play in the big-time bowl they talked about, and a shot to be the fi rst team since those guys walking around in pregame wearing the black jerseys to win ten games.

Was beating Vandy a big deal for the Gamecocks? You bet.

“After losing to those guys two years in a row, it was definitely something you don’t want to do for a third year,” tailback Kenny Miles said.

The bigger deal was putting themselves in a position to have the type of season they desire.

“The future’s very bright for us,” Garcia said. “We’re not even close to being done yet.”

CAROLINA (6-2) 1414

VANDERBILT (2-6) 1010

Despite the absence of receiver Moe Brown, receivers Alshon Jeffery and Tori Gurley were still able to perform. But even with Brown sidelined and unable to play, his presence on and off the fi eld was felt.

“Moe Brown is a great leader — even when he’s not playing or when he is playing, he always tells you just make a play,“ Jeffery said.

Make plays is exact ly what Jeffery did. The freshman had five catches for 92 yards in the fi rst half against Vandy, including a 32-yard gain on a catch in traffi c.

Quarterback Stephen Garcia threw a touchdown pass to D.L.

Moore, who came up with the circus catch in the end zone in the middle of the second quarter.

“D.L. had a great game I think, he had that touchdown catch that I thought was out of bounds there

after the replay, but he made a great catch and ran a good route,” Garcia said.

USC cont inued it s aer ia l assault with Tori Gurley’s 43-yard pass from Garcia. Even

with Brown sidelined due to the effects of a concussion, this didn’t change what Gurley and the other Gamecock receivers would normally do.

”Nothing really has changed, we’re just being accountable of each other and going out and making plays when we need to,” Gurley said.

Not to be outdone, Jef fery continued his dominance of the secondary by notching a 43-yard touchdown in fourth quarter.

Jeffery fi nished the game with eight catches for 161 yards and two touchdowns while Gurley fi nished with three receptions for 62 yards.

“As our team grows, and our confi dence grows, I think we’re going to take a lot more chances, and a few more shots down the fi eld, and that’s just a confi dence thing.” Garcia said.

• With the win, Steve Spurrier passed Lou Holtz for sixth all-time on the

Carolina wins list (34) and tied legendary Georgia coach Vince Dooley

for the third most wins in SEC history (105).

• South Carolina had a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver for the third

time this season. Freshman tailback Kenny Miles passed the 100-yard

mark on the ground, while receiver Alshon Jeffery passed the receiving

mark through the air.

• With the win, South Carolina is bowl eligible for the sixth straight

season, and is assured its sixth straight .500 or better regular season — a

feat not accomplished since the 1928-34 span.

• USC defeated Vanderbilt despite being held under 20 points for only

the second time ever. The Gamecocks were previously 1-4 against the

Commodores when failing to go over 20 points.

• In place of injured wideout Moe Brown, center Lemuel Jeanpierre served

as game captain.

• The win was the Gamecocks’ seventh straight at Williams-Brice Stadium,

dating back to last season’s Tennessee game, and fi fth straight home

triumph over an SEC opponent — a fi rst for the program.

• With 312 passing yards, Stephen Garcia surpassed Dan Reeves and

moved into 14th place all-time in career passing yardage at South

Carolina. Garcia now has 2,606 career yards in the air.

• Vanderbilt became only the second SEC team to hold Carolina under 15

points this season (Alabama – 6).

• Vandy tailback Warren Norman had his second return touchdown of the

season — a fi rst in Commodore history.

• Down 10-7 at the end of the fi rst quarter, Carolina was able to win for the

fi rst time after trailing for the fi rst 45 minutes of the game.

• Sophomore receiver Stephen Flint made his fi rst career start, and redshirt

freshman wideout D.L. Moore had his fi rst career touchdown reception.

• With 49 kickoff return yards, Chris Culliver is now third all-time in SEC

career kick return yardage with 2,169 yards.

• Alshon Jeffery’s 161 receiving yards was the most by a Gamecock since

Sidney Rice went for the same amount against Florida Atlantic in 2006.

USC’s victory pivotal to rest of 2009 season

Carolina has potential for amazing season

following victory

James KratchSecond-year English student

Gamecocks fi ght past pesky CommodoresJeffery’s fourth quarter score proves difference

in defensive struggle

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Jeffery reaches for the ball in the second half of Saturday’s game.

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Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery high-steps into the end zone after his fourth quarter touchdown.