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University of South Carolina Scholar Commons March 2008 3-4-2008 The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 University of South Carolina, Office oftude S nt Media Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2008_mar Recommended Citation University of South Carolina, Office of Student Media, "The aiD ly Gamecock, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008" (2008). March. 15. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/gamecock_2008_mar/15 This Newspaper is brought to you by the 2008 at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in March by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Sports The Mix Opinion..................4 Puzzles....................6 Fresh off of two wins over Clemson, Hike up your socks and bring the Comics.....................6 USC’s red-hot baseball team prepares funk—Will Ferrell brings ABA Horoscopes...............6 Classifi ed............... 8 for midweek games. See page 7 basketball to big screen. See page 5 dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008 VOL. 101, NO. 105 ● SINCE 1908 Van Dok presenting any views at all.” don’t think it would be a huge promotes “It has a number of vague amount, but it would defi nitely be criteria for funding that allow a blessing and it would help us.” for viewpoint discrimination,” Nalepa said the organization, WHO HAS Mattox said. with around 200 members, has awareness Trey Ingram, president of the various events throughout the local chapter, said the group year and supports a permanent has filed the complaint to let staff. Still, Nalepa said she isn’t ‘Eaten Alive’ attempts to administration know that the worried about the outcome of THE RIGHT issue is important for them. the case because much of the reach out to students with “We’ve been trying to get this organization’s funding comes eating disorders, get help Christian Legal Society proclaims that resolved for over a year and a from private donations. half,” Ingram said. “We’ve just “We’re really not worried about been denied, denied, denied over it,” Nalepa said. “For the longest current system violates rights to free and over again.” time I’ve seen the church and Cassity Brewer Brewer said he is currently ministries not get the help that THE DAILY GAMECOCK in the process of reviewing the they need, but we get it from speech, discourages religious exercise complaint and the university’s elsewhere.” “Eaten Alive,” a nationally practices. Annie Boiter-Jolley, president acclaimed performance Jackie Alexander to free speech and that the current “It’ll be an interesting look-see of College Democrats, said focusing on eating disorder EDITOR-IN-CHIEF system also restricts the free into our systems,” Brewer said. university funding would help awareness, will come to exercise of religion. “We obviously want to do the her organization fund events the Russell House Theater A Christian legal group has fi led The group has not served the right thing.” in conjunction with College tonight at 7. a complaint against the university university with legal papers, Also named on the complaint are Republicans. The one-woman act stars in federal district court, alleging instead giving them until March USC President Andrew Sorensen; “It would be helpful, even with Broadway actress Eva van that the student organization 17 to respond Vice President for Student Affairs non-partisan things like voter Dok as fi ve different women funding system violates the First “We’re hoping that the university Dennis Pruitt; Coordinator for registrations drives,” said Boiter- in different situations that Amendment. will take action to change this Student Government and Student Jolley, a third-year political cope with eating disorders. The Christian Legal Society and before it is even necessary to serve Organizations Angela Dusenbury; science. “I think there are “It is interesting in the fact the USC School of Law Chapter them,” Mattox said. Director of Student Affairs for activities and events that could be that she’s a great actress,” said filed the complaint on Feb. 28, Jerry Brewer, associate vice the Law School Elizabeth Davis; funded by the school that wouldn’t Ashley Watts, the program attorney Casey Mattox said. Mattox president for student affairs and the Student Senate as a body; the further one organizations agenda director of student wellness said the current funding practices who is named in the complaint, student body president as a body; over the other.” promotion. “This is her way do not allow religious or political said he has had no contact with the and the Student Bar Association The Christian Legal Society’s of reaching out to others.” student organizations to receive group beyond the letter he received Finance Committee as a body. most recent religious freedom Van Dok, who was student activity fees. this morning. Mattox said the lawsuit is victory came against the Florida once a victim of an eating “It essentially leaves religious “Historically, we do not take not targeting students, but the State University student senate, disorder herself, uses the and political student organizations mandatory fees and then convert organizations that are responsible who froze funding to the performance to reach out to out of the funding process,” Mattox them to partisan and religious for handling the budgets. Christian Legal Society following college students with similar said. groups that might offend students,” If the group is successful in pressure from a gay rights group. problems or who have friends The Christian Legal Society Brewer said, adding “but we will changing USC’s policies, more In March 1995, the Supreme with eating disorders and is a non-profit organization fund their activities.” than 35 religious and political Court, in a 5-to-4 opinion, ruled need to know how to help. that seeks “to be the national In the complaint, the group organizations could become that the University of Virginia “We are hoping people grassroots network of lawyers alleges “special funding money eligible for funding. imposed a financial burden on come that either have an and law students, committed to was exhausted by the end of the Julie Nalepa, president of a Christian student newspaper eating disorder or know proclaiming, loving and serving fall semester, leaving no money Campus Crusade for Christ, said speech and amounted to viewpoint someone with one and that Jesus Christ, through all we do available for the spring semester.” although receiving university discrimination. can reach out to someone,” and say in the practice of law,” Additionally, according to space for meetings is the Watts said. according to the group’s mission finance codes, religious and organization’s primary concern, — Brad Maxwell contributed to Even if students are in statement. political organizations can only funding would still be helpful. this story. no way associated with an The complaint alleges that the fund “specific content neutral “It’s interesting that this eating disorder, Watts said it current system lacks adequate programs.” is going up,” said Nalepa, a is important to attend. protection against viewpoint Mattox said the code “would hotel, restaurant and tourism Comments on this story? E-mail “You don’t know who you discrimination, violating the right prohibit you from funding anything management student. “I really [email protected] might come across in a couple years who you love that needs help,” she said. Rhea Merck, a university psychologist that works with students with eating VOX advocates safe sexual practice disorders, agreed. She said around 20 percent of students nationwide suffer from eating the ability for college disorders. Group aims to raise campuses to provide birth “Anything we can do to control options at lower increase awareness is good,” awareness, decrease prices for college students Merck said. cost of birth control through relationships with Merck holds group and pharmaceutical companies. individual sessions for Hampton said there has students that have or think Kara Apel often been a five to ten they might have an veating STAFF WRITER percent increase in the disorder. She said there price of birth control on are also dieticians, health Voices for Planned college campuses. educators and medical help Parenthood (VOX) is raising Katie Jarriel, secretary available. awareness of affordable of the university’s VOX Students are encouraged birth control and safe sexual chapter and second-year to seek counseling because, practices by participating in anthropology student, said according to the slogan of “A-B-C Week.” she thinks “A-B-C Week” van Dok’s performance, “A-B-C Week,” or is very vital to USC’s disorders have “nothing to do Affordable Birth Control campus. with eating.” week, is a nationwide “ ‘A-B-C Week’ is “Eating disorders are more movement for VOX chapters important to remind of a mental disorder and the to advocate the importance people to practice safe sex,” only way someone is going of affordable birth control Jarriel said. to come out of them is if options. Sexual health education they change the way they are Kate Hampton, the South is a very important issue to thinking,” Watts said. Carolina field coordinator Jarriel and to VOX. Rebecca Unrue, a third- for Planned Parenthood, “It’s something that I Keryn Senn / THE DAILY GAMECOCK year broadcast journalism said VOX chapters would be feel strongly about,” Jarriel student, attends currently Due to the DRA of 2006 birth control prices have increased fi ve to ten percent on campus. participating in a multitude said, “People just really in the process of recovering of different ways. need to be educated.” from an eating disorder. She “VOX chapters nationwide Current VOX co- always been important to One of the organization’s VOX also entered a dress said it is important to raise will be signing up supporters, presidents Kathleen Kemp me,” said Hinson, a second- events this week will include in Project Condom, which awareness of the mental calling representatives and and Beth Hinson formed year international studies tabling in front of Russell takes place Wednesday problems associated with not encouraging their fellow the USC chapter of VOX student.