As of Oct. 4 the student senate has $156,056.82 left to allocate to student organizations.
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Telemedicine option to bring virtual doctor appointments to USC CAMDYN BRUCE News Writer
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Nicole Roberts, a local drag queen in Columbia, performs onstage at the Famously Hot South Carolina Pride Festival on Oct. 5th, 2019. This was the 30th year of the annual celebration on Main Street, following a parade the night before. It was a family-friendly celebration all day on Saturday.
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This semester, Student Health Services is introducing a new service allowing students to schedule and attend doctors’ appointments virtually instead of going to the Center of Health and Well-Being. Students who use this new service will be able to schedule appointments and speak with a primary care doctor from their smartphones, tablets or computers through a practice known as “telemedicine.” All students enrolled at USC taking at least one credit hour are eligible for this new service as a part of their primary care. According to the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, “telemedicine began in the early 1900s in the Netherlands with the transmission of heart rhythms over the telephone ... From 2012 to 2013, the telemedicine market grew by 60%.” Using the Mend Telemedicine app, students ca n request a nd schedu le telemed ici ne appointments of their own. Just before the appointment begins, students will receive a notification with a link. Once the link is clicked, Mend creates a secure connection to share video and uses HIPAA-compliant video conferencing to enable health care providers to see students. SEE TELEMEDICINE
Previously suspended ‘The mayor’s fraternity returns to USC righthand PAGE 2
man:’ Taylor Wright dives into politics
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Over the last few weeks, several young men have been sitting on Davis Field in a purple tent. These young men represent Delta Tau Delta, a social fraternity that was suspended from campus until last August. A fter regaining off icial recog n it ion f rom USC , Delt a Tau Delta is back — and they’re recruiting. According to a university report f rom Aug u st 2014, Delt a Tau Delta was found responsible for dangerous behaviors and alcohol distribution, among other charges, during an off-campus recruitment event i n wh ich some st udent s were “arrested or transported for underage alcohol intoxication.” This came after the fraternity was found g uilt y of disorderly conduct and alcohol charges in another off-campus incident in February of the same year. The Aug ust incident warranted t he organization’s suspension until fall 2018. “As an institution we are focused on a values based and supportive
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The purple Delta Tau Delta tent has been on Greene Street or Davis Field for the past few weeks. The fraternity is coming back to campus after being suspended in 2014.
fraternity and sorority experience,” Jarod Holt, Fraternity and Sorority Life director, said in an email. “We work with student leaders and the national organization to determine an appropriate timetable for return, depending on the circumstance of the departure.” Despite the lengthy suspension, one potential member said he does not see it as a deterrent. Third-year mechanical engineering student Jason Hink said he is excited about being a founding member of Delta
Tau Delta’s new USC chapter. W h ile lea r n i ng about t he fraternity, Hink said he “realized that it’s a really cool opportunity to just be able to create the fraternity that I wish that I could have had as a freshman.” Hink did not rush any fraternities his freshman year, but gained interest when a friend at another university told him Delta Tau Delta was expanding to USC. SEE DELTA
Former student body president and 2019 USC alumnus Taylor Wright recently started his journey into adulthood. His first stop? City Hall. For the past three months, Wright has worked as special assistant to Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. He said he helps create and put in place the mayor’s vision for the city while working with city hall staff, local business leaders and others around the state and country. One thing Wright said he is excited to tackle is food insecurity. “It affects everything, you know? If you have good food, then you can have a healthy lifestyle; you can live longer and get a better job,” Wright said. SEE WRIGHT PAGE 3
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USC faculty member explores cosplay SARAH CRONIN Arts & Culture Writer Margaret “Markie” Gaddis attended her first anime convention when she was in college. About a decade later, it’s safe to say the event has left a lasting impact on her. In her spare time, Gaddis can be found creating characters through costume designing in order to embody them at future conventions. T he p he no m e no n of c o s t u m e desig ning for comic convent ions, otherwise k nown as “cosplay,” has been growing in America for dozens of years. The term cosplay was originally coined by Japanese writer Nobuyuki
Takahashi after attending the World Science Fiction Convention in 1984. While costume designing itself dates back to the ancient Greeks, cosplay is a relatively new movement in the art world. It is impossible to pin just one artistic medium to cosplay. In fact, that is why Gaddis has become such a big fan of it. “I like to jump from thing to thing, which is why cosplay is very good for me, because it is technically one form of art, but I can do many different things within it,” Gaddis said, “[I can] jump from sewing to sculpting to painting.” SEE COSPLAY PAGE 4
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USC faculty member Markie Gaddis poses with a costume she made. She will be available for questions and advice through December at the Richland County Library on Main Street.