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News EditorLacie Rhoden

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Colleen Welch Staff Writer

There are a handful of orga-nizations on or near campus for students looking to grow spiritually and experience fellowship.

Among several others, three of these organizations are Cam-pus Outreach, Baptist Col-legiate Ministries and Merge. Although all these ministries have different outreach tech-niques, they all have the same general vision: to glorify God in an age-appropriate way.

Campus Outreach meets every Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in H&SS 116. At an average meeting, Campus Outreach has about 70 people in attendance.

USCA offers variety of student ministries

Twenty-five to 30 of those are student leaders. Junior Paige Gibbs has been a part of Cam-pus Outreach for two years, and is now a student leader. She got involved through

friends on campus. According to Gibbs, Campus Outreach gladly welcomes all newcomers. The organization hosts many activities to get new students involved in their ministry.

“We do lots of events at the beginning of the semester to include freshmen, such as capture the flag, our cornhole tournament and we recruit in the dorms for flag football intramurals,” said Gibbs.

Unlike some of the other student ministries, there is no worship band at Campus Outreach. However, there is still music and a time to wor-ship together. Sometimes there will be guest speakers giving thoughtful messages.

Their mission statement is: “glorifying God by building laborers on the campus for the lost world.”

Similar to Campus Outreach, Baptist Collegiate Ministries (BCM) is another spiritual or-ganization on campus. Despite what the acronym reads, BCM is not exclusive to those who testify as Baptist; it welcomes people of all faith.

“You don’t have to be Bap-tist, you don’t have to be in col-lege and you don’t have to be in ministry,” said junior Devon Miller, a regular attendee of BCM. According to Miller, BCM’s primary mission is to equip students with the tools to connect and grow in their faith and to get them involved in church.

BCM holds fellowship every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in B&E 136. On a typical Thursday, there are about 20 to 30 people in attendance. BCM is focused on building relationships, not just trying to get people to join “for the numbers”, according to Miller.

He also said that this orga-nization has always been very welcoming.

“I remember the first time I went I had like three or four people come up to me and made me feel welcome,” he said.

BCM meetings begin with traditional yet contemporary Christian worship. There are announcements, games and then a message from a speaker. There is a new speaker every week, usually from a local church. Currently, the ongoing theme is dealing with tempta-tions as a college student.

BCM is also trying to start weekly bible studies. If any student is interested in be-ing involved they can contact Devon Miller at millerdd@email.usca.edu

Another Christian fellow-ship opportunity is Merge, an off-campus organization that is associated with Cedar Creek Church. It is held every Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the YMCA on Trolley Line Road with a range of about 15 to 30 people attending every week. Unlike Campus Outreach and BCM, Merge is not exclusive to USCA students, although the majority of attendees are 18 to 20-somethings. Merge starts every meeting with songs from the worship band, followed by a comedic yet spiritual mes-sage by the college pastor, Chip Herring.To the delight of any college student, there is free food.

The overall mission of Merge is to help put young adults in a position to discover God’s hope for their lives.

Not every student ministry is going to be the right choice for everyone. But no worries, there are many to choose from; one – if not all - is bound to have appeal.

Cover photo by: Jacob Ellis

On October 10, Campus Outreach,

BCM and Merge will be hosting a joint event called Harvest. It will

take place at 7:30 p.m. on the SAC

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Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named USC Aiken one of the top 20 percent in its 2014 Military Friendly Schools Designation Award.

This is the second time since 2012 USCA has been recognized for the exemplary support its faculty and staff have shown to veterans and military personnel.

Not only has USCA been recently ranked in the top three best colleges of 2014 by US News & World Report, but now it has been designated a Military Friendly School.

Robert Murphy, Director of the Veteran and Military Student Success Center, and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, said, “I strongly believe we received this award because of the university’s partnership with the Aiken/Augusta

Warrior Project…USC Aiken is an outstanding Liberal Arts University, receiving award after award for academic excellence.”

“However, truly being ‘Military Friendly’ takes a great deal more than education alone. The Aiken/Augusta Warrior Project provides direct expertise and services to USCA’s veteran and military students in their transition from the military,” he added.

“We really value having veteran and military students on our campus and have worked hard to put programs and processes in place to make them feel welcome and part of the campus,” said Dr. Deidre Martin, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement.

The USC Aiken Veteran and Military Student Success Center (VSSC) officially opened its doors in April 2013.

Martin fostered the idea of a center of excellence supporting returning service members as well as current military

students. Jim Lorraine, Executive

Director of AWP, a military veteran himself, along with Chancellor Jordan and other senior university staff developed a partnership and moved forward to get funding, space, personnel and other support to open the VSSC.

The AWP is a nonprofit organization fueled to connect and better the lives of Warriors and their families around the Greater Augusta area of Georgia and South Carolina.

“From the moment I stepped foot on this campus as a veteran student three years ago, as the university was beginning to lean forward with best practices and support for its veteran and military student population, I knew it was only a matter of time that USCA would become a leading university in veteran education success and career placement,” said Murphy.

“However, this USCA designation represents the

beginning of a future road supporting thousands of service members in their personal transition, education, and career goal success. My goal is to be not only Military Friendly, but also experts in investing in a national asset,

USC Aiken receives 2014 Military Friendly Award

the men, and women who voluntarily serve in the Armed Forces. It will be our current and future veteran and military students who ultimately will judge USCA as a place that reinforced their continued success,” said Murphy.

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

Courtesy of USCARobert Murphy, Director of the Veteran and Military Student Success Center, smiles at the center dedication last spring.

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Nick TerrySports Writer

Kyle DawsonSports Editor

Date Sport vs Time10/2 Women’s

Soccer@ Lander 4:30 p.m.

10/2 Men’s Soccer

@ Lander 7:30 p.m.

10/4 Cross Country

Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational

5 p.m.

10/4 Volleyball Columbus St. 7 p.m.

10/5 Volleyball Montevallo 2 p.m.

10/5 Women’s Soccer

vs. Ga. Southwestern 5 p.m.

10/5 Men’s Soccer

vs. Ga. Southwestern 7:30 p.m.

This Week in

Pacer Sports

Volleyball looks to extend winning streak in PBC play

Cross country ready to host Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational

The USC Aiken volleyball team will open the month of October with a pair of home matches after posting a 3-0 record last week.

Up first for the Pacers (10-4, 3-1 Peach Belt Conference) is a Friday, Oct. 4 match against PBC newcomer Columbus State. The Cougars (8-6, 2-3) enter the match having lost two straight conference contests and a six of their last 10 matches overall.

After that is a Saturday, Oct. 5 date with Montevallo. The Falcons (10-3, 3-2) have been nearly perfect on the road this season, winning five of their six matches away from home. That mark will be tested this week, with road trips at Lander and West Florida sandwiching Montevallo’s trip to the Convocation Center.

The Pacers, winners of four straight, will look to make the

most of their few remaining home matches. After this weekend, USCA will be on the road for nine of its final 13 matches, adding to the importance of the home contests in the rugged PBC.

“We’ve got to take care of business and protect this house,” said head coach Glenn Cox. “We’re not going to see this house again [after Oct. 11 and 12] until Oct. 30, and then we won’t see it again for the rest of the season.”

“We’re ready,” Cox added. “We’re looking good.”

Sept. 25 - USCA 3, Georgia College 1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 26-24)

USCA shook off a sluggish start Wednesday to notch a three-set victory at Georgia College. The Pacers dominated the Bobcats at the net, out-blocking them 15-5. Fittingly, USCA’s final two points of the

match were scored on blocks by Ashley Diedrich and Hannah Tierney.

Sept. 28 - USCA 3, Lees-McRae 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-16)Sept. 28 - USCA 3, Erskine 0 (25-17, 25-10, 25-15)

The Pacers swept Lees-McRae for the second time this season, posting a .386 hitting percentage to overwhelm the Bobcats on Saturday. Taylor Stratton’s 13 kills came without an error, as she, Tierney, Leah Rodgers and Amanda Bologna all hit over .400 in the match.

The Pacers dominated host Erskine on Saturday, holding the Flying Fleet to a -.010 hitting percentage. Tierney chipped in a couple of blocks, adding to her total that currently ranks second in the league.

T.J. WrightLeah Rodgers elevates near the net. Rodgers ranks among the top 20 players in the PBC with 106 kills so far this season.

This Friday evening, the USC Aiken cross country team will host the Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational at the Pacer Path.

The meet will feature both men’s and women’s teams from across Georgia and South Carolina. The event will be a 5K for the women and an 8K for the men.

“We’ll have a pretty good field out there,” said USCA head coach Kara Kreutzer. “Georgia College and State, Francis Marion, Morris College, Coker College and Paine College are all bringing their men’s and women’s teams to the event.”

The Pacers are coming off of a fifth-place finish in their last meet at GRU Augusta’s Jaguar Invitational. Keely Gillespie led the team with a sixth-place

finish individually, posting a time of 26:12.29. Alexis Harvin followed her with a time of 29:28.43.

Kreutzer hopes the rest of the runners can begin to close the gap with Gillespie, starting with this week’s meet.

“I’ve been very happy with their performances so far and really hope that we can close the gap between Keely and everyone else,” said Kreutzer. “This is their home course; I’m really hoping that we can pull out some good times here.”

In the 2011 Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational, then a 6K, the Pacers finished seventh and were led by Gillespie, who finished 14th individually with a time of 25:31.20. Kayla Millholland also recorded a strong time on the Pacers’ home course with a time of 26:55.80. Harvin finished shortly behind, posting a time

of 26:57.10.USCA did not host the

Bridgestone-Pacer Invitational in 2012.

Kreutzer is looking forward to seeing how the course holds up in this year’s meet. She mentioned a hill on the course, known as “Sandy Hill”, that may give the Pacers an advantage due to their experience practicing on it.

“It’s not necessarily going to be a fast course but I think we’ll still have some good competition,” said Kreutzer, who added, “I’m curious to see how the terrain looks.”

Before the season began, Kreutzer said that the Pacer Path is a tough course that will prepare the Pacers for some of the other hard courses they’ll run in conference.

This year’s event will begin with the men at 5 p.m., followed by the women.

Stay updated on all things Pacer athletics between issues. Follow @thepacertimes and @PacerAthletics on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Also, visit www.Pacersports.com for more information.

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Nick TerrySports Writer

Kyle DawsonSports Editor

Women’s soccer to square off against undefeated Lander

Men’s soccer slated to face pair of conference rivals

Kyle Dawson2013 Intramural Ultimate Frisbee champions Urine Trouble celebrate a 13-9 victory over Who dat is? in the tournament final. Urine Trouble went undefeated en route to the title.

USC Aiken’s women’s soccer team will look to continue its solid start to the season with a pair of conference matches this week against Lander and Georgia Southwestern.

The Pacers (4-4, 1-2 Peach Belt Conference) will begin the week with a road matchup against the Lander Bearcats (6-0, 2-0 PBC) on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Lander enters the game as the No. 1 team in the PBC, having only given up three goals on the year.

In last season’s matchup, the Pacer effort came up short as USCA fell, 3-0, at home.

“The Lander game is kind of a rivalry game. We haven’t played particularly well against them the last couple of years,” said USCA head coach Sue Vodicka. “I think a lot of it is we get over-emotional. Hopefully we can have a good game plan and go in very focused.”

On Saturday, the Pacers will host the Georgia Southwestern Hurricanes (0-8, 0-2 PBC). The Hurricanes have suffered several blowout losses to open the season and have only scored two goals.

Last season, the Pacers won the road contest, 2-1. Despite

Joseph JohnsMegan Smits goes to work against Young Harris. Smits netted a pair of goals in USCA’s 5-2 win over the Mountain Lions.

the Hurricanes’ lackluster record, Vodicka believes it will be a good match.

“It’s always usually a very good game for us; we’re very excited about that,” Vodicka said. “In our conference, nobody is easy.”

Sept. 25 - USCA 5, Young Harris 2

The Pacers had one of their best wins of the season last Wednesday, as they scored five goals in a win over Young Harris. The Pacers fired shots throughout the contest, out-shooting the Mountain Lions, 23-8.

Megan Smits led USCA in the match with two goals. Hannah Allison, Heaven Tylee and Akeyla Furbert followed her with one goal each to help lead the Pacers.

Sept. 28 - Columbus State 3, USCA 1

USCA ended last week with a tough loss on the road to Columbus State.

Caroline Gillespie led the offense with one goal, while Melissa Westphal led the Pacer defense with eight saves on the day.

The loss brought the Pacers back to .500 on the season.

The USC Aiken men’s soccer team will have two opportunities this week to earn its first Peach Belt Conference victory of the season.

The Pacers (3-4-1, 0-1 PBC) kick off the week’s play with a road match at Lander on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

The No. 8 Bearcats (4-0-1, 1-0) enter the match having yet to allow a goal this season. Lander has outscored its opponents, 22-0, in its five matches so far.

The Pacers have won two of their last three home matches after opening the regular season with a scoreless tie and a loss.

USCA’s next match will take place at the Pacer Pit on Saturday. Georgia Southwestern (2-4-1, 0-2) has

lost both of its PBC matches, against UNC Pembroke and Lander, by a combined score of 9-0.

Sept. 25 - Young Harris 3, USCA 2

Sept. 28 - USCA 1, Mount Olive 0

USCA nearly completed a come-from-behind victory against Young Harris on Wednesday before ultimately falling, 3-2.

The Mountain Lions jumped out to a 2-0 lead before halftime, scoring twice in just over two minutes.

Sajih Daychoum cut the deficit in half with a goal in the 55th minute. Daychoum’s goal was his team-leading third of the season.

Noel Mais’s goal 15 minutes later erased the deficit. However, a late Mountain Lion

goal gave Young Harris the victory.

The Pacers claimed a 1-0 victory on Saturday at Mount Olive. USCA held an opponent scoreless for the fourth time this season, twice as many times as it did in 2012.

Austin Ahimbisibwe scored in the 68th minute to put the Pacers on top for good. Armin Lange was credited with his first assist of the season after setting up Ahimbisibwe.

Goalkeeper Joshua Poissant stopped both shots that came his way to preserve the shutout. Poissant, who ranks second n the league in saves, was named the PBC Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week.

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Men’s Intramural Ultimate Frisbee Playoff Bracket

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An article entitled “Who’s Paying for the Coffee House?” appeared in last week’s edition of the Pacer Times. The article requested responses from the administration in regard to several questions, which the administration and the USC Aiken Student Government Association are happy to answer.

“How much, if any of tuition has been invested in the project?”

Tuition has not been increased for the Starbucks, and no part of tuition has been used for Starbucks. The Starbucks is estimated to cost approximately $250,000 and will be funded by food service operations. The exterior por-tion of the concept is intended to create a new gathering place for students and will be funded through capital reserves.

“Why should they (the stu-dents) pay for a service they did not request?”

For a number of years Student Government has been

seeking additional food service options on campus, including options that extend beyond the time the Café is opened. (Starbucks is planned to mirror the hours of the SAC on week-days.) Student Government has participated in the Star-bucks conversation since it was conceptualized on campus.

“Why a Starbucks?”A food service consultant

was engaged in October 2012 to help consider options for USC Aiken. Students and Student Government were involved in the process through panel discussions and a focus group. A central recommenda-tion of the consultant’s report was the addition of a Star-bucks. This option provided a highly visible national brand that included a coffee option as well as sandwich and pastry op-tions, was financially viable at USC Aiken, and was supported by students involved in the discussions.

Follow up conversations with the consultant indicated that companies like Chick-

Fil-A, McDonald’s and Taco Bell require a level of “traffic” in excess of what USC Aiken could regularly provide. Addi-tionally, due to the equipment requirements of these establish-ments (primarily the inclusion of expensive hood/exhaust systems) the related construc-tion costs are prohibitive. (On a side note, USC Aiken and its food service partner, Aramark, have approached a number of off campus venues to attempt to provide additional options using declining balance - similar to the arrangement with Domino’s. To date, none of the off campus establishments have chosen to take part in the program – but conversations will continue).

“Should students have more direct control over the changes and additions such as this?”

As described above, stu-dents and student government were part of the process in the selection of Starbucks. Student Government is regularly con-sulted to provide opinions re-garding campus developments

and events like the Chancellor’s Town Hall in October provide another example of opportuni-ties for students to ask ques-tions and provide input on campus developments. One of the issues related to working on a college campus is that proj-ects can span several semesters, or even years. As students’ graduate and new students arrive on campus, it is difficult to sustain institutional memory among students.

Generally, this announce-ment appears to have been viewed positively. Administra-tion has spoken with stu-dents directly, and they seem supportive of the Starbucks concept, and they appreciate having an additional food ser-vice option. The USC Aiken Student Life Facebook page saw a significant number of “likes” following the announce-ment. Our Instagram post also received many “likes.” Face-book comments ranged from “Awesome” to “Can I come back to school for the Star-bucks?” Only one comment

seemed to view the announce-ment as not desirable.

Additionally, feedback to Student Government has been positive as well, with no concerns voiced regarding the funding of the endeavor. Rather, students have been generally very excited about the Starbucks to arrive on campus.

We are pleased to provide in-formation to the staff of Pacer Times or any students who seek additional information about issues or opportunities on campus.

Our practice is to respond quickly to press questions so accurate information can be shared with the readership and misunderstandings can be avoided. Our doors are always open.

Joe SobieralskiVice Chancellor for Finance & Administration

Sam LaMunionPresidentUSC Aiken Student Government Association

SGA, administration answer Starbucks questionsOPINION

Chelsea BridgesContributing Writer

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The Inter-Curricular Enrichment Requirement was introduced at USC Aiken in the fall of 2009. In the eyes of some students, these ICE events are an annoying graduation requirement. Many students agree that these events are boring, pointless and the perfect time for a nap. However, those students fail to realize that this program and these events put USCA graduates above the rest in regards to cultural and academic intelligence.

ICE events bring cultural experiences to campus

According to Dr. Chad Leverette, larger schools, such as USC Columbia, are interested in bringing a program similar to ICE to their campuses because they see what ICE is doing for USCA students.

For example, ICE has strengthened USCA’s liberal arts focus. USCA is now statistically at the national average or higher in terms of knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, intellectual and practical skills, personal and social responsibilities, and integrative learning, where we

were lower before this program was put into place.

“This indicates that the ICE program is increasing the breadth of cultural experiences on our campus,” said Leverette.

Students need to understand that it is best for them to start making the most of these events because they are important for advancing the USCA college career both culturally and academically.

These events allow students to learn about things outside of their world that they would not be available to at other campuses.

I attended last Tuesday’s performance of “The Jungle Book” when the Etherredge Center was reserved strictly for the elementary schools coming out to watch the play. Upon viewing it, there was no mixed feeling in my mind towards the play’s success.

A bear as friendly as a Labrador puppy; a snake that has completely abandoned the use of her fangs; an aged wolf as wise as an old owl; a little kitten pretending to be a panther; and a lifelong rivalry between a boy and a tiger. With such elements coming together to form the plot of a highly interactive play, crowds could not profess to anything less than full satisfaction.

The chemistry between the members of this very motley crew of actors, combined with the primitive set of the play, emanated from the stage an aura of nostalgia for the lost days of childhood. Being in the presence of Mowgli the Boy’s plethora of charismatic charm, and getting lost in the black curtains hanging behind the set of the play, one could not help but be catapulted into the only

The Playground Players take on The Jungle Book

Orlando MoldovanStaff Writer

other world known where such happiness and courage could so ideally exist. Mowgli’s poise and energy instilled in the crowd a sense that an adventure was never far from taking shape. One could feel this energy slowly leaving the stage and beginning to transport the mind back into a world where the observer was the boy in the middle of his own large jungle.

The adventure would begin at the hands of the most ideal villain, Shere Khan. Actions so well executed as his walk and his facial expressions could immerse an observer into the thick of the play, as Shere Khan started to seem less like a tentative villain and more like a goal-oriented beast of prey.

The entire cast deserves hundreds of claps for their performance. For some of the observers of the play, its beauty was held in the contrast between the simplicity of the set and the complexity and charisma of all the plays actors. In that charisma one could find validation for his or her dreaming about their own jungle. It was a call to an adventure, which resonated deeply inside the soul with feelings of nostalgia.

Written by Kristin Cashore, “Graceling” combines elements of magic and history to produce an eloquently written book.

This book takes place in an alternate universe, though it bears resemblance to the old medieval times – but with magic. In the Seven Kingdoms, there is a race of people named Gracelings who possess magical powers and are always identified by their mismatched eyes.

This story tells of Katsa, the niece of one of the kings, who is graced in the art of killing.

Being so, she is always sent out to kill those who may do harm to her uncle and the people she cares about. While she is on a mission to rescue a kidnapped king of a separate land, she meets her match - Po. Po, who seems to be just as skilled as Katsa, if not more so, seems taken by Katsa, and soon they begin a friendship.

However, there are rumors of a king within the Seven Kingdoms who threatens to disturb the peace. Katsa leaves her kingdom to ride with Po to find this king, and hopefully put a stop to him before war erupts within the kingdoms. However, while there, Katsa makes a discovery about her

own true powers, and what they really mean for her.

When they confront the treacherous king, they find that his power is stronger than they anticipated, and the only person that can keep him from the throne is his daughter, Bitterblue. Katsa and Po must find a way to rescue Bitterblue before she freezes in the wilderness and stop the king before he tears apart the kingdom.

Set as a trilogy, this exciting series has two other books, “Fire” and “Bitterblue”, which continue the story. A film adaptation is currently in the works as well, but there has been no date set.

Kristin Cashore makes her literary debut with fantasy novel“Graceling”

Samana MehdiStaff Writer

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12:15 - 1:05 p.m. Penland 106“A Glimpse into Chinese Academia” Free

7:30 p.m.Etherredge CenterUSCA Faculty Artist Recital Free

8:00 p.m. USCA Planetarium “To the Moon and Beyond” $1 for students with ID

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Penland 106Into the Wild Lecture Series: “The Importance of SC Rivers”Free

4:45 - 5:45 p.m. Penland 106Into the Wild Lecture Series: Free

7:30 p.m. Etherredge Center Shuffle Play Listen$15 for students with ID

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Penland 106 Into the Wild Lecture Series: “Edible Plants in SC” Free

7:30 p.m. Etherredge CenterAiken Concert Band: Fall Concert$7 for students with ID

8:00 p.m. USCA Planetarium“To the Moon and Beyond”$1 for students with ID

12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Penland 106Brown Bag Lunch with Author Terry DalrympleFree

7:30 p.m.First Presbyterian Church, 224 Barnwell Ave. NW, AikenFaculty Artist Recital Free

7:30 p.m.Etherredge CenterBeyond Glory$15 for students with ID

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.Penland 106Into the Wild Lecture Series: “Literary Elements in Into the Wild”Free

8:00 p.m. USCA Planetarium“To the Moon and Beyond”$1 for students with ID

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