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June 26

Cincinnati Enquirer

columnist Paul Daugherty

Draft Day has to be bittersweet for Ovinton J'Anthony Mayo. Sure, he will be up for a two-year guaranteed professional contract that will pay him millions for playing basketball in the NBA and fulfilling a lifelong dream. There is that. But what about all those wonderful campus moments at good ol' USC: Moonlit nights strolling the quad, copy of Plato's Apology in one hand, yearbook in the other, letter sweater protecting him from the cool of the evening. Mayo will be a millionaire, finally doing what he wants to do. He'll have a nice car, nice house, he'll be able to provide for his mom and whomever else. He'll be playing ball in the best league in the world. But man, what about the 8 o'clock classes and Homecoming and Debate Club and - oh, the memories - singing "Louie, Louie" on the steps of the Delta House? Life is full of painful choices.

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