dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014
VOL. 114, NO. 34 • SINCE 1908
Report: USC student to receive Medal of Honor Carpenter to become 1st SC honoree in decades
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Students designed and modeled outfits made out of condoms for Carolina Productions’ Project Condom event.
Students model condom ensembles Models hit the runway to raise awareness about safe sex Davis Klabo
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A spin on the television show “ P r o j e c t R u n w a y,” P r o j e c t Condom asked teams to design and create a fashionable outfit to be graded by a panel of judges. And if that weren’t hard enough,
the garments had to be made p r i m a r i l y o u t of c o nd o m s , an effort to promote safe and healthy sexual practices among USC students. I n t he end, 12 tea ms took o n t h e d au nt i n g c h a l le n g e and created outfits made with condoms to showcase before an eager crowd. Carolina Productions, which organized the event, created a runway that spanned almost half of the Russell House Ballroom.
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Circus-themed outfits created by FMLA, SWARM and Acroyoga won over the panel of judges Wednesday night and swept the competition’s top three spots.
Jen n Gu n sau l lu s, a sex u a l health and psycholog y expert and intimacy counselor, hosted the event. Gunsaullus’ YouTube series, “I n t he Den w it h Dr. Jenn,” led her to give a series of talks and lectures on sexuality and intimacy at colleges around the country. “ We l i k e d t h at s he h ad a background in psychology and was a sex educator,” said Adam Mayer, Carolina Product ions president . “We always like to get recommendat ions on our spea ker s, a nd she had g reat reviews from other colleges.” Gu nsau l lu s k icked of f t he event w it h a presentat ion on physical int imac y and sex ual relat ionsh ips, st ressi ng t hat k now ing your ow n body was a great way to improve sexual self-esteem and remove feelings of shame or doubt. She often tried to cut through the sexual taboos that seemed inherent in the crowd, eliciting bout s of ner vous laughter as she said t hat almost 800,000 Americans were masturbating at that moment. Though perhaps uncomfortable for some, many of her tips managed to arouse the crowd’s interest. The 12 models came out one by one onto the runway to showcase their creations. Shaking off any performance anxiety they might have, the models looked calm and composed despite a crowd that managed to fill the room with excitement, even though it was smaller than past years, Mayer said. CONDOM • 2
Every mile matters for Rooney Graduate student plans to trek from Calif. to Md. this summer Natalie Pita
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While most students spend the summer trying to relax after a long year of classes, Natalie Rooney will spend 42 days of hers running more than 4,000 miles across the country. On June 15, Rooney, graduate assistant for the Capstone Scholars Program, will join a team of around 30 u nderg raduate and g raduate students at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., as part of 4K for Cancer’s 2014 Run Across America. T he g roup w i l l f i n i sh t hei r journey on top of Federal Hill in Baltimore, Md., on July 26 after running between 8 and 13 miles a day. “It’s going to be a really cool
experience, and we’re helping to make a really big difference in the lives of these young adults who are fighting for their lives every day,” said Rooney, who will be the run director. Each member of t he tea m is required to raise at least $4,500, and as of Wednesday, Rooney had raised $2,507, or 55 percent. The money goes direct ly to s uppor t pat ient s, i nclud i ng scholarships and chemotherapy care bags that help make patients more comfortable. Du ring t he t rip, t he r u n ners will give away scholarships to two st udent s bat t l i ng ca ncer. They w ill also make f ive stops to do community service. “For me, I really enjoy doing things that ser ve other people,” Rooney said. “I’m really excited for the service days where we actually get to engage with young adults for cancer. We’re spending time with
William Kyle Carpenter, a Marine veteran and USC student, will receive t he Medal of Honor — t he U.S.’s highest military honor — according to a report from the Marine Corps Times. The Marine Corps Times cited anony mous sou rces who said Carpenter, a 24 -year-old physical education student, will become the third Marine from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the award. Carpenter, of Gilbert, will be the f irst Sout h Carolinian to receive the award since the Vietnam War, according to The State. Carpenter’s nomination came after he reportedly dove on top of a grenade in 2010 to save his friend, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio. The blast cost him an eye and most of his teeth and badly broke his arm and jaw. He’s had more than 30 surgeries since. The W h ite House a nd Ma r i ne C or p s a re f i n i sh i ng pl a n s for a ceremony in Washington, sources told the Marine Corps Times. Carpenter could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday. —Thad Moore, Editor-in-Chief DG
Constitution referendum withdrawn Richardson removes bill before senate vote Hannah Jeffrey
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After five weeks of heated debate and prolonged discussion, a referendum to replace the Student Government constitution was withdrawn at the final meeting of this year’s student senate session. St u d e nt B o d y P r e s id e nt- e le c t Lindsay Richardson, the bill’s primary sponsor, motioned to withdraw the legislation after nearly two hours of debate Wednesday. R ic h a rd son sa id she m ade t he decision to withdraw the referendum for a few rea sons, i nclud i ng t he amount of work the constitution still needed. “There’s still a lot to be done with it,” she said. “Knowing that there are still some changes that need to be made, I did not want to put up three referendums for the constitution. I’d rather just do one for the st udent
them, we’re getting to know them, we’re learning their stories.“ Rooney fi rst found out about the cause when she clicked on an ad for 4K for Cancer on Facebook and saw the journey combined two of her passions: running and cancer awareness. “I’ve lost several close members of my family to cancer, so it’s really important to me to be an advocate for cancer awareness,” she said. “I saw this run that combines running and cancer awareness, and I was like, ‘Well, this is perfect.’” Rooney said losing her u ncle was one of the hardest losses she experienced at the hands of cancer, saying he was well-respected and “very devoted to his family.” He was a captain on an aircraft c a r r ie r, t he US S T he o d o r e Roosevelt, and was a mentor and inspirational figure for Rooney.
body.” Sen. K irk land Gray offered f ive amendments to the bill at the start of the meeting. Those amendments were eventually split into ten and were voted upon separately; almost all of them failed. R ich a rd son c a l led each of t he a mend ment s ho st i le , s ay i ng she wanted to encourage debate on each one. Gray’s amendments would have made first-year students eligible to become speaker of the senate, allowed the vice president to preside over the senate until a speaker was elected and increased the number of senators to 51 to account for the speaker, among other things. Gray tried to keep the legislation in play by objecting the withdrawal motion, but he was rejected, and as the primary sponsor, Richardson was able to withdraw it without a vote. Gray said pulling the bill at the end of the session defeated the purpose of discussing several other pieces of legislation that were presented toward
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