Lane: More to love than winning
It's the first thing you learn when you want to become a member of the sports media. You don't pull for teams. You pull for good stories. No cheering, no booing. You present the facts without bias or prejudice.
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It's the first thing you learn when you want to become a member of the sports media. You don't pull for teams. You pull for good stories. No cheering, no booing. You present the facts without bias or prejudice.
Regardless if the protestors of the worldwide Occupy movement fizzle out in the coming months, Occupy Wall Street has planted a seed in the open minds of people across the globe. With the right amount of nourishment that seed will grow into a reminder for our generation of something long forgotten: You have a voice.
E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) is an annual four-day-long video game trade show where developers, publishers and console creators come together in Los Angeles to unveil new products and promote existing ones. It is, without fail, the most exciting time of the year for video game news. The numerous demos and trailers showcased at this year's show will no doubt be circling the Internet for weeks to come. Here, I'll try to recap the main events of E3 (each console creator's press conference) and offer my opinion on what mattered most.
Leave comfort zone, be proactive in order to get most out of time overseas
Defense of Marriage Act violates 14th Amendment and must be repealed
Gail Collins is a trailblazing journalist, bestselling author and the first woman to head the editorial page of The New York Times. She is currently an op-ed columnist at The New York Times.
It's been a while since I graduated from USC. When I left, Jimmy Carter had just been elected president and Elvis was still shaking his then-considerable hips on stages across America.
I am a woman, and sometimes I get irrationally angry over things.
The state of mental health in this country is abysmal. In 2006, the U.S. ranked first internationally for mental illness, and nearly half of all Americans met the requirements for mental illness at some point in their lives. Also, more than a fourth of adults suffer from a mental illness every year.
What makes Nintendo's new 3DS important is that, no matter the quality of its glasses-free 3-D (though early reports are generally positive), it is the first time 3-D technology for games is going to be made accessible at reasonable consumer prices. And since first impressions are everything, it is very likely the success or failure of the 3DS will shape the future of 3-D's use in gaming as a whole.
I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling, as my future profession is that of an addiction counselor. So this viewpoint I am about to share is very personal, as it will one day affect me. It already has in other parts and times of my life, and this is why I feel cannabis should be legalized.
The MLK Day rally at the Statehouse seemed to spread a different message — one of division rather than peace. The South Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sponsored a rally, the purpose of which was not to celebrate the history of the man who preached love, kindness and tolerance but rather to demonstrate the disdain for the Confederate battle flag and its presence on the Statehouse grounds. Not only did the rally stir up further divides, but its demonstrators made it a point to place a box covering the statue of George Washington. They claim there was no offense intended, and they just needed something to support some of the rally signs.
When I was a kid playing Little League Baseball, I used to complain to my dad constantly about how terrible the umpires were. I’d moan about how they didn’t call any strikes when I was pitching, or how they called too many strikes when I was hitting. There used to be some car rides home from the fields when my dad wouldn’t say more than a few sentences because I’d fume the entire way. On the occasions that he did speak up, it was always the same thing. “Worry about yourself son, not what the umpire is doing,” he said. Unfortunately, I was too stubborn to listen to his advice, my temper was constantly becoming my worst enemy as I became enraged over what umpires and opponents would do on the baseball field that I didn’t like. My fixation on the flaws or wrongdoings I saw by others consumed me to the point that in high school I came within inches of being kicked off the baseball team. The common theme throughout all of this was that I ignored my dad’s advice of worrying about what I was doing rather than worry about what someone else was doing. In my last column of the year, I’d like to pass on the advice that I chose to ignore up until this past year, when I finally started to control the things I could control and let the other things fall into place. We worry so much about the actions of others, how they affect us and how we’re always victimized by some cruelty or another. I always hear, especially during exam week, about how difficult classes suddenly have been all semester, how terrible it is to be studying intensively for a few days and how people can’t wait for summer freedom. Complaining about things that bother you doesn’t fix anything and only spreads negativity to others around you. The only real solution is to ignore the fact that things are going to get bumpy in the next few weeks and grind it out, putting in your best effort because if there’s one thing that you can control for yourself, it’s your effort. Ronnie Coleman, the world famous body builder, one of the most physically imposing men on the planet, once said something prior to squatting a startling 800 pounds: Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift the weight. That’s a man who’s worried about what he can do, rather than letting the things others do drag him down. There’s no reason we should be fixated on the lives of others and what they’re doing, unless it is to celebrate with them on their own personal triumphs. This summer, put aside the excuses about how other people are bringing you down and making life tough for you, focus on yourself and what you can control and everything else will fall into place.
Saying goodbye is always hard. Some people cry and let’s be honest, no one in real life looks like Cameron Diaz when they cry. Or worse, some people laugh, because although it is usually an inappropriate response, the urge to giggle comes so naturally in emotional situations. Other people ignore good byes, but trying to play it too cool usually means an awkward ‘90s phrase like “totally rad” slips out. Then there are those people who would rather grit their teeth and pretend like they never cared at all; problem is the tough guy act never fools anyone. Tonight I am saying goodbye to the Daily Gamecock and the four years I have spent on staff. Throughout my time at USC I have spent hours on the third floor of Russell House in the Student Media offices, hanging out and having some of the funniest moments of my life. I have written countless headlines, some exciting (“Gamecocks notch first victory over top-ranked opponent in school history”) and some heartbreaking (“Beach house blaze kills 7 including 6 USC students”). I have run spell check countless times and still manage to misspell “Colloquium” and “Pastides.” I have been a part of printing over a hundred issues of the Daily Gamecock, a few of which you may have read before flipping to the Sudoku or the crossword. But most of all, I have met some amazing people I never would have met otherwise. In the coming weeks many of us will be saying goodbye to all the people and the things we love at USC. Goodbye to Carolina Cafe bagels and to skipping lab to go to the pool. Goodbye to late nights in Five Points and doodling through class. Goodbye to tailgating and all-nighters. Goodbye to Capstone and the Strom and everything in between. No matter how you choose to say goodbye, whether with some tears, laughter, a “kowabunga,” or just plain denial, make sure to enjoy these last weeks because our memories of USC will long outlast the good byes.