dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. 114, NO. 29 • SINCE 1908
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Senators propose new changes to constitution Bill would change structure of SG’s executive offices Hannah jeffrey
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Three weeks after student S e n . L i nd s ay R ic h a rd s on p r e s e nt e d a ne w St ude nt G over n ment const it ut ion, the student body presidentelect took to the f loor once again Wednesday to propose another draft of the proposal. The new proposal moves away f rom some of t he controversial aspects of the prev iou s a mend ment ; it would have made the student body treasurer an appointed position, created a position — speaker of the senate — to oversee the student senate and put the vice president’s focus on r u n n ing prog rams a nd initiatives. The new proposal would k e e p t he t r e a s u r e r a s a n elected position and allow the senate, not the student body, to elect the speaker. Under the proposal, the speaker of t he senate would receive a stipend. T he p r e v io u s p r o p o s a l wa s met w it h debate a nd opposition that focused on paying an appointed treasurer and on the speed with which t he new con st it ut ion wa s being pushed through. A n amendment presented by Sen. Pat r ick Ba iley changed this portion of the bill, st rik ing t he speaker’s stipend and instead making t he sp ea ker a n ex- of f ic io member in meet ings of SG’s executive officers and administration. That is, if the amendment i s ap p r o v e d , t he s p e a k e r wou ld at tend t he same meetings as the student body president, vice president and treasurer, but would not be compensated for his or her work i n SG. T he spea ker would serve in essentially the same capacit y that the vice president currently does, but t he posit ion’s name would change. W hen he presented t he a mend ment , wh ich Richardson said she does not support, Bailey said he did not have an opinion one way or another about if the speaker should be paid but t hat he wanted to make sure bot h sides of the argument were represented before the senate votes next week. The constitution referendum and the accompany ing amendment will be on t he second contested reading calendar at next week’s senate session, w he n me mb er s w i l l h ave a cha nce to vote on t he legislation for the fi rst time. The previous draft of the const it ut ion was removed from consideration. SG’s l i ne of s uc c e s s ion would also be changed under the new proposal, with the speaker of the senate taking over for t he vice president if he is unable to fulfill his duties. If the speaker left office, the speaker pro tempore of the senate would take over in the role.
PLAYING IT COOL Courtesy of Lezlie Patterson
Junior Mike Foster said South Carolina’s club hockey team has grown and improved since he joined as a freshman.
Gamecock club hockey makes strides towards national prominence Danny Garrison
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When sophomore Eric Patterson’s peers find out he’s on the hockey team, he is usually met with confused looks and further questions. “A nyone t hat sees me wearing anything to do with hockey pretty much asks me,” he said. Patterson is one of 26 USC students who make up a South Carolina club hockey team that has been on a steady path to national relevance ever since coach Brian Bauman took over the program four years ago.
T he G a me c o c k s pl a y i n t he Sout heastern Collegiate Hockey Conference, or SCHC, which is the club hockey equivalent to the Southeastern Conference and includes 10 of the SEC’s 14 affiliates. The SCHC belongs to the larger American Collegiate Hockey Association, or ACH A , t hat governs more t han 350 programs across its three men’s divisions. I n t h e 2 013 -14 s e a s o n , t h e Gamecocks shattered a number of their previous records on their way to a 21-9-2 mark, the most wins in school history. In the process, South Carolina scored more goals than ever before (154) and Patterson set the individual program record for goals scored in a year (22).
While the South Carolina hockey team has not sought varsity distinction — nor does it plan to, Bauman said — the sport of college hockey is a whole different animal than football, basketball and other mainstream sports. A nd w it h a ver y lim ited number of varsity programs across the nation, the club ranks are a viable alternative for many varsity-caliber athletes. “The drop-off is not as big as most people would think,” Bauman said. “So you’re getting a lot of kids that are playing at a high level. You see many all-state kids from up north that are not making NCAA teams, and they decide that they want to go play club.” HOCKEY • 9
Speaker promotes self love, not harm Carolina Beautiful keynote speaker shares body image story with audience Khadijah Dennis
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Amber Krzys delivered the Carolina Beautiful keynote address Wednesday night, where she told the audience her story about looking past her flaws and learning to love herself.
A m b e r K r z y s t old t he crowd in the Russell House Ballroom Wednesday night t h at she b el ie ve s t he ac t of loving your body starts with establishing a healthy internal relationship. As the founder of “Body Peace,” Krzys has the unique opportunity of working with people to help them love who they are, she said. “ I wa nt you to get a s much as you can out of this e x p er ie nc e ,” K r z y s s a id . “I’m going to share what has worked for me in my life, and it is up to you to process it.” Audience members were encouraged to be themselves as K rz ys shared her stor y of gaining peace wit h her body. She said that in any given moment, every person has a choice they can make: to choose sel f-ha r m or self-honoring. “ M y i nt e nt i o n s a r e t o support you in self-honoring choices,” Krzys said.
A t age 10, K r z y s k new t hat she wa nted to be on Broadway, and before that, s he lo v e d t o d a n c e . S he had t he oppor t u n it y to perform in Mamma Mia, but something was missing from what was perceived by others to be a success story. “I didn’t feel successful. I felt miserable because I was obsessed with perfection,” Krzys said. Her obsession w it h being perfect began in that moment, as she criticized her body and began searching for ways to change it, she said. “ I b el ie ved i n t he idea t h at m y b o d y ne e de d t o be dif ferent,” K rz ys said. “We start to f ight for t he unattainable.” K rz ys deemed her f ight a “vicious cycle” and said it was an example of the ways people begin to turn away from themselves. “ We st a r t to rejec t ou r body and say, ‘You need to do something about that,’” she said. “Our body ultimately becomes the enemy.” Realizing that the lifestyle she had chosen — allowing numbers on a scale to dictate KRZYS • 2
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