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The NBA season is nearing a close, and now it is almost time for the irrelevant playoffs. Okay, so this year they actually look like good games in the first round. The West has been settled, and the East just wrapped up as well. They are so many good players now to watch: Kobe Bryant, The Big 3 in Boston, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard, Chauncy Billups. This years playoffs actually look as if they could be competitive in every round. I have my prediction of who will be in the Finals, and then I'll have another post with who I think wins the Finals. I'll start off my saying that I think the Thunder and Bulls take the 8 and 7 spots respectively in the East, and that the Magic beat out the Celtics for the 2nd spot. And yes, it is because Garnett is out till the playoffs. Now, for the first round in the West: 1 Lakers vs 8 Jazz -I see this series going 7 games. Lakers have home court, but I think when LA has to go to Utah for 3 games, they will get their fill o...

You hear them at the Koger Center stage, and get a close glimpse of them in the University of South Carolina School of Music recital hall. You know there names, their instrument, and their tastes in music. In a way, you know their soul. But outside of the concert halls, they are seldom seen. Just where in the world are they? “We are practicing or working on theory,” Hunter Harris, a sophomore viola player, said. Harris, 20, is a music education major from Greer , SC. USC string players are a hard breed of Gamecocks to track down, and it is because they have one of the most, if not the most, demanding course loads in the University. “Music majors have to complete the most credit hours, next to Pre-Med,” second year violinist Haley Dreis said. “We're not necessarily loaded with heavy textbook courses, but we pursue a lot of our time and energy differently.” Dreis, 19, of Winston-Salem , North Carolina , is actually...