The Daily Gamecock, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012

University of South Carolina Scholar Commons February 2012 2-21-2012 The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2012_feb Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012" (2012). February. 7. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2012_feb/7 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2012 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in February by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 VOL. 108, NO. 29 ● SINCE 1908 RUSSELL HOUSE WOES Student union beyond capacity Part I of III Limited space stifl es space. Event and meeting reservations for the Fall Russell House director Kim McMahon said organizations, activities 2012 semester will be distributed via a series of four that the lottery system has managed to grant at lottery sessions. Each session yields the possibility of least one reservation to each student organization Kathryn Kranjc one small and one large event slot per organization. that has requested space. Forty-two organizations [email protected] Last spring, the Russell House granted requests for participated in the lottery, but with over 300 student 17 ballroom events , 15 theater events and 20 weekly organizations on campus, McMahon knows that meeting slots to different student organizations that many groups don’t stand a chance. EDITOR’S NOTE requested space for Fall 2011. These bookings are “We’re already not meeting needs ... but meeting The following article is the first part of a given out after priority university events, such as needs and making it work are two separate things,” three-day series that will detail the many orientation and Homecoming festivities, and pre- problems USC faces with its current student submitted Carolina Productions events. RUSSELL ● 2 union. Today’s story focuses on the space constraints in the Russell House and how they affect student organizations and the student body as a whole. Tomorrow’s story will look at the deterioration of the building since its construction 57 years ago and its many deferred maintenance needs. The fi nal installment will be a look into the administration’s plans to remedy these issues. Student organizations and university offi cials are attempting to budget their events into the Russell House’s 218,000 square feet as USC’s population continues to outgrow the 57-year-old building. USC-Columbia’s Master Plan calls for an additional 80,000 square feet of student union space, according to Vice President of Facilities Tom Quasney, which the Russell House currently does not provide. Today student organizations are lining up for their Jeremy Aaron / THE DAILY GAMECOCK shot at a reservation in the university union’s limited A swell in the size of the student body since the Russell House was built has left the building over capacity. A ‘Gateway’ for transfer students Moore School Fee would allow for easier according to a document presented at to Vice President for Student Affairs program aims transition from Midlands Tech USC’s board meeting last week. Dennis Pruitt, this was done so that “Students will pursue transfer- students could offi cially be admitted to Cassie Cope compliant coursework at Midlands, while the program before the rest of next year’s to teach taxes [email protected] benefitting from a variety of support fees are decided in June. programs and student services offered by Gamecock Gateway students would Accounting professor USC’s board of trustees approved each institution,” the proposal said. pay the new fee to Midlands Tech, hopes students will a new deposit fee that would allow An estimated 175 students could according to Leslie Brunelli, USC’s Midlands Technical College students to participate in the program in the 2012- associate vice president for fi nance and learn life lessons reserve their place at USC. 2013 school year, according to the planning. Chelsea Amodio The “Gamecock Gateway” program, proposal. “Midlands Tech will provide set [email protected] a proposed residential bridge program, While the fee increase was approved funding back to USC for program would give Midlands students access to Friday, “Gamecock Gateway” still expenses and for the dormitory space,” Although that dreaded mid- USC student services for one year while needs approval from both USC’s and April day is still months away, tax taking classes at the Airport Campus, Midlands’s boards of trustees. According GATEWAY ● 3 season is in full swing. Mariah Lynch, a Darla Moore School of Business accounting professor , says knowing how to Students chop ponytails for charity properly fi le taxes will save college students, many of whom are new week. Carolina Beautiful Week to the process, from making “It’s all about celebrating celebrates individuality mistakes on their tax returns. ourselves and our “Many new graduates will Priyanka Juneja individuality,” campus dietitian have fairly simple returns that [email protected] Kristen Tice said. “Our they could do themselves if they overarching goal is to help understood the basics,” Lynch Students and faculty people celebrate their bodies said. gathered in the Russell House and their differences.” One issue that might prohibit Ballroom on Monday evening, Tice said the program students from learning how to fi le took their seats and sectioned was implemented last year to taxes is a seeming lack of necessity. their hair into ponytails. The promote a positive self-image. Many students are still supported nervous and excited chatter “There are so many students by their parents, and see no need died down as the song “Good who have eating disorders,” to fi le their own taxes. Life” by OneRepublic began she said. “The best line of “I think there are some college playing, the signal for family defense is prevention. We want students that do know how to fi le members and friends to begin to prevent body image issues taxes,” Amy Foote, a fourth-year carefully cutting off the from spiraling into an eating journalism and English student, ponytails of the participants. disorder.” said. “However, the majority of Instead of littering the Student Health Services was college students either don’t have grounds, as in any salon parlor, excited to incorporate Beautiful jobs or have parents that do their the ponytails were gathered Lengths into Carolina taxes for them.” and placed in zip-close bags Beautiful week this year. As soon as students graduate to be given to Beautiful “It’s a great way to give and enter into the job market, Lengths, a program that turns back to women who are less however, filing taxes becomes donated hair into wigs for fortunate and lose their hair to an annual responsibility. Hiring cancer patients. It is the first cancer,” Trice said. “The fact an outside source to assist in the organization to benefit from that people are willing to give process is common, but being this year’s Carolina Beautiful: up something that they hold able to understand and effectively Celebrate Your Body Week. dear to themselves for others is communicate information about USC is hosting Carolina inspirational.” taxes is a necessity. Beautiful week from Feb. Christina Galardi, a fourth- “Students need to at least be able 20-24 as part of the National year public relations student, to have an intelligent conversation Nicole DeBartolo / THE DAILY GAMECOCK Eating Disorders Association’s approached Student Health Students cut their hair to be made into wigs for cancer patients. (NEDA) annual awareness HAIR ● 2 TAXES ● 3 Tuesday Upcoming Albums Nuclear stockpile Elder shows leadership 67° 45° Six of 2012’s most Columnist Molly Mc- The defensive back anticipated records Carthy supports a signee has proven bring hype to the decrease in America’s himself in high school Wednesday industry’s biggest costly and unneces- and developed a fan- names. sary nuclear arsenal. base with his Twitter. 75° 54° See page 5 See page 4 See page 8 2 Tuesday, February 21, 2012 HAIR ● Continued from 1 RUSSELL ● Cont. from 1 Services with the idea in November. McMahon said. “That’s “I have donated my hair fi ve times,” she said. “The the point of the lottery fi rst time was in fi fth grade, and after that it started to system. We’re trying to be a cycle. When I was ready to donate my hair for the help students understand sixth time I decided I wanted to make it bigger. I had that because of limited no idea it would be this successful.” space they have to plan Beautiful Lengths partnered with Pantene and the well in advance.” American Cancer Society to offer cancer patients However, few student wigs for free. Janie Smith, mission manager of the organizations actually American Cancer Society , explained the effects of hair plan all their events a full loss on cancer patients. semester ahead, meaning “I see patients with cancer who have lost their hair they are left with the every day, and I see how devastated they are,” she said. option of submitting last- “In fact, 60 percent of women say that the hair loss is minute online requests the most devastating part of cancer.” for leftover slots or Smith has seen how much donated hair impacts a finding other spaces in cancer patient. academic departments. “I have women who sit in the chair and when I put This presents the wig on their head they cry and say they feel normal a challenge to again,” she said. “You never know how much your hair Jeremy Aaron / THE DAILY GAMECOCK organizations such as the defi nes you until it’s gone.” According to USC, the Russell House is 80,000 square feet short of what it needs to be.

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