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BRIEFLY Fund-raiser pits USC against Clemson The Habitat for Humanity chapters at USC and Clemson University are having a “dollar war” to raise money for a project house. Between now and the Nov. 23 USC-Clemson football game, sup porters are asked to donate $1 to the school of their choice. The school that raises the most mon ey will be declared the victor. Proceeds will go toward a house for a needy family. Donations can be made to Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity at 209 S. Sumter St., Columbia, S.C. 29201. Clemson fans should send their dollars to Clemson Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 412, Clemson, S.C. 29633. For additional information, caU Beth Tally at 252-3570, ext. 102. Honor society gives bridge a makeover Alpha Lambda Delta, USC’s largest honor society, cleaned the Blossom Street bridge be tween the Bull Street and Blossom Street garages. ALD members conducted a poll to determine whether there was an area of campus that was missed by university mainte nance, and the No. 1 response was the bridge. Old stickers, tape, glue, and years of dust and dirt covered the 128 glass win dows of the bridge. ALD members, armed with trash bags, window cleaner, ra zor scrapers and gloves, scraped and washed the windows. USC’s chapter of ALD inducts 400 to 600 first-year students each February who earn a 3.5 to 4.0 GPA their first semester. The USC ALD chapter was recognized this year as the most outstanding ALD chapter in the nation. Eat More Tees CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 what we ask, he’s always on time with our orders, and he keeps the money here in South Carolina,” she said. Schumacher’s story is one of hard work and corporate lad der-climbing. He moved from Tennessee to South Carolina in 1993 and began gaining print ing experience at Zipsheet. In October 1997, at a friend’s suggestion, he bought Eat More Tees first located in Five Points, and he hired four em ployees. Schumacher started printing T-shirts on the side. “I didn’t have anything to lose back then,” Schumacher said. “Now, all I do is print T shirts.” In 2001, the manager of Barnes and Noble approached Schumacher and encouraged him to become licensed to sell merchandise to Williams Brice Stadium and the Russell House Bookstore. 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Headline News * College Sports * Campus Calendar Local Weather • Daily Horoscope Its the best way to stay informed... and its free. www.dailygamecock.com •4 Noble covers the two locations. “The manager, first of all, knew me,” Schumacher said. “Then, he saw what I could do through my prints. No one local was printing, and they needed someone local, which is a great thing.” This school year is the second year Schumacher and Eat More Tees have b.een licensed to sell USC apparel at Williams-Brice Stadium and the Russell House Bookstore. Schumacher said be coming licensed is one of the best decisions he has ever made. “Eat More Tees is local. We make T-shirts with palmetto trees and Cocky on them,” Schumacher said. “The big players, like Nike, aren’t going to do that.” Now, Schumacher’s company has two locations in Columbia, one shop on Elmwood Drive and a shop and printing facility on Meeting Street just past the Gervais Street bridge. His merchandise is sold all over Columbia, including Williams-Brice Stadium, the Russell House Bookstore, Addams Bookstore, Jewelry Warehouse, Todd and Moore, Howard’s Sports, and Gamecock Country. He has 14 workers under him now and a partner, Rusty Koss, a USC graduate. Eat More Tees makes not only T-shirts but tow els, sweatshirts, shorts, bags, totes and backpacks. “Anything you can lay flat made of cloth, I can print,” Schumacher said. Eat More Tees also embroiders anything a customer wants on anything from caps to golf shirts. Of course, the most popular item is the T-shirt. According to Schumacher, the most commonly bought T-shirt, ranking up there with Nike and other brand-name products, is the T-shirt with the two red and blue flags on the back that says, “South Carolina by birth, Gamecock by the grace of God.” “It’s one of my favorite T shirts,” said Martha Farmer, a first-year business student. “It was a gift from my best friend who’s coming here next year.” •Schumacher said several de signs were exclusive to the stadi um last year, but this year those designs have been sold in the bookstore. “That’s why that shirt is so pop ular and you see it everywhere," Schumacher said. On any given day, Schumacher must print about 1,000 to 2,000 of the popular T-shirts. Recently, at the beginning of football season, Eat More Tees printed 9,000 T shirts for the stadium in one and a half weeks. In a year, Eat More Tees prints 200,000 T-shirts. “Our goal is to sell millions,” Schumacher said. “We’re han dling the 200,000 well for now.” Schumacher also has been in volved with USC, providing T shirts for sororities, fraternities, Housing, Homecoming events, dance marathons and many oth er student organizations. “USC is the one of the largest segments of who we sell to, being that we are right down the street,” Schumacher said. “We don’t charge for artwork when you place an order, and students like that.” As manager and owner, Schumacher makes sure Eat More Tees is doing the job well. He takes care of marketing and training* Lately, he has been making plan? to build a new store that could pri marily sell goods in Northeast Columbia and a new production facility. Eat More Tees hopes to expand by setting up more stores around South Carolina. “We’re going to grow. 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