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THE GAMECOCK ♦ Wednesday, October 24, 2001 CONTACT US TTTTl MIX -222SE Story ideas? Questions? Comments? I I I A I W 11/ thing about egotists is that they Writeusatgamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com B B __B__^4i -A. f B B -A, w don’t talk about other people.” STUDENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS TEAM UP TO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE These hands PONT HURT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS BY ASHLEY VAUGHAN THE (MMBGOCK USC’s Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention asked students, faculty and other community mem bers to give a hand and a handprint on Monday at the second annual “These Hands” art exhibit, in hon or of domestic violence awareness month. Before entering the exhibit, at tendees were asked by volunteers to paint their hands on a banner, sym bolizing a pledge of action against .domestic violence. The brick walls of Hunter-Gatherer bore original artwork related to the exhibit’s theme, “These Hands Don’t Hurt.” The artwork consisted of everything from paintings to Polaroids, and the artists were there to receive recog nition for their-work. Graduate art student Rachael Buddin wasn’t going to submit her artwork, but her friends persuaded her. “A bunch of people told me to submit it, and, finally, several friends talked me into it. I didn’t want to do it... but I’m happy now. My work would have stayed in the closet. They have a function now. They have a purpose here,” she said. The sponsors also asked for other types of submissions, such as poems and short stories, and several peo ple read their powerful entries. Denise Romel narrated a moving poem, which her mother wrote about a personal experience, that gave inspirational insights, such as: “I was young enough to start over. You’re never too old.” Romel’s mother submitted the piece after Romel told her about the event. Romel said, “I’m reading it on her behalf.” Romel became in terested in domestic violence aware ness through her work as a peer ed ucator. She is part of SHARE, Sexual Health Awareness and Rape Education Peers, a student organi zation that educates and answers college students’ questions. As part of this year’s exhibit, ac tors from Trustus Theatre per formed an excerpt from The Laramie Project, a play about the hate crime that led to the death of homosexual student Matthew Shepard. Touted as “the Our Town of this genera tion,” The Laramie Project runs at Trustus until Nov. 10 and depicts the crime through the eyes of Laramie’s townspeople, while examining the crime’s effects on the people and the town. Volunteer Lisa Perricone de scribed the play as “fantastic and disturbing at the same time ... It made me want to cry.” While the hate crime involved Shepherd’s sex uality rather than domestic vio lence, the message was the same as that of “These Hands Don’t Hurt.” Tricia Phaup of the Sexual Health Office said, “We wanted to expand the event and talk about all kinds of violence and the impact that these types of crimes have.” Social Action and Service Committee representatives also at tended the exhibit. Co-chairman Eileen Newman wondered how she could help raise domestic violence awareness and encouraged her graduate social work students to get involved. “It’s important for social work students to get out into the community to actually experience what social work is like,” she said. Newman also worked to promote the event. “I sent flyers and asked professors to promote it in their classes. I was hoping that they would make turning in submissions an assignment, but that is some thing for next year,” she said. And, according to Phaup, there will be a next year. “We will definitely con tinue this event,” she said. The event’s sponsors were pleased with the response to it. “The turnout was excellent,” Perricone said. “I was impressed by the diver sity of the crowd; people of all ages and both men and women came out to show their support.” The exhibit also raised funds for Sistercare Inc., a local organization that provides shelter for battered women and their children in five Midlands counties. It also provides support groups, legal advocacy and a 24-hour crisis line. Volunteers collected donations of money and other goods for the women’s shelter. Janice Cohen of Sistercare encourages women to use the crisis line, but she advises them to call 911 if they’re in immediate danger. Cohen emphasized the impor tance of domestic violence aware ness. “It’s not just a women’s issue; it’s a community issue.... It’s some thing that affects us all,” she said. “Most importantly, we want women to know that they don’t have to do it alone.” To help or get help on campus, visit the Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention in the Thomson Student Health Center or call 777-7619. To give time or dona tions to Sistercare, call (803) 926 0505, and, if you are the victim of do mestic abuse, call the 24-hour crisis line at (803) 765-9428. “It’s not just a women’s issue; it’s a community issue.” JANICE COHEN SISTERCARE, INC., WHICH SERVES BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN “They have a function now. They have a purpose here.” RACHAEL BUDDIN GRADUATE ART STUDENT mail * “It’s important for social work students to get out into the community to actually experience what social work is like.” EILEEN NEWMAN CO-CHAIRMAN OF SOCIAL ACTION AND SERVICE COMMITTEE PROFESSOR PICKS KRISTIN VON KAROWSKY English instructor 4 FAVORITE BOOKS Notes From Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky Escape From Freedom Erich Fromm The Arden Edition of the Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet edited by Harold Jenkins The Extended Circle: A Commonplace Book of Animal Rights edited by Jon Wynne-Tyson 4 BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ The Observing Self: Mysticism and Psychotherapy Arthur Deikman, M.D. The Wasteland and Other Poems T.S. Eliot. Animal Liberation Peter Singer We Eugene Zamiatin (Zilboorg translation) Edgewise releases CD BY VICTORIA BENNETT THE (iAMECOCK After enjoying more than four years of popularity in the southeastern concert circuit, Columbia’s Edgewise Is finally releasing its first CD, Can't Get a Word In. The band, which describes itself as a conglomeration of U2, Radiohead, the Beatles and Sting, formed in August 1997. Members include Ed Edge, lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Rob Grookett, saxophone and wind controller, Andy Luadzers, lead guitar, Chris McPherson, bass, and Daniel Crider, drums. Though they have played in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia with much success — even opening for Tonic in Raleigh—Grookett said the band has been at a disadvantage without a CD. “It really hurt us. We played a lot of good shows but there was no product for people to take home and remember us by.” Grookett said he hopes the album will give fans something more than they experience at live shows. “People who have always seen us play will be able to listen carefully to the songs. It won’t be just the melody; it’s introspective, something deeper.” In addition to giving fans something to keep, Edgewise ♦ EDGEWISE, SEE PAGE 10 Ed Edge, Daniel Crider, Chris McPherson, Rob Grookett and Andy Luadzers comprise Edgwise. photo SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Dido and Aeneas opens opera season BY JENNIFER BIRD THE GAMECOCK The first great English opera, Dido and Aeneas, will open the 2001-2002 USC Opera season with three performances on Oct. 25, 27 and 28. When it opened in 1689, this opera defined a new level of musical ex pression in England and uncovered the depths and tonality of lyric dra ma. Henry Purcell based his classic sto ry on the fourth book of Virgil’s Aeneid. This ancient epic Roman tale, di rected by Talmage Fauntleroy, recre ates the journey of Aeneas, the opera’s heroic protagonist, after the tragedy of the Trojan War. The story unravels as Dido, the Carthaginian queen, steals the heart ♦ OPERA, SEE PAGE 10 Dido and Aeneas Oct. 25 and 27, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28,3 p.m. Longstreet Theatre $25, adults; $10, students Coliseum box office 251-2222 Kerri Roberts, J.L. McDaniel and Simone Muller star in Dido and Aeneas, photo special to the gamecock