The University of South Carolina will be offering a class called "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame" beginning next spring, taught by an obsessed professor with a Gaga fansite. Finally a college class with so many real world applications.

South Carolina mystery candidate Alvin Greene gave his first campaign speech today. Chad Nance has inside knowledge of Greene's campaign and has intereviewed him extensively. He's got some thoughts on today's speech more substantial than: "Haw haw, whatta joke."

The North Carolina Republican Party is going after Tea Party congressional candidate Tim D'Annunzio because he is a druggie, deadbeat dad who once found the Ark of the Covenant (in Arizona). And he is ahead in polls.