Challenge 2003
The Amazing Race
Informational Meeting
March 3rd at 5:30 pm
. Russell House 203
Filing for Candidacy
March 4th-5th from 8:30am-4:00pm
Student Government Office
Mandatory Candidate meeting
March 18th at 5:00pm
Russell House 315
-SENATE NEWS:
Legislation update from February 19th, 2003:
• The motion to bring forth SBL(03) 040 passed and so did the legislation.
• SBL(03)041 was brought forth. Following four amendments proposed amendments,
• SBL(03)041 did not pass.
• Sen. Grooms brought forth SBL(03)043 for a first reading.
• Sen. Wright brought forth SBL(03)044-045 as a slate, both for a first reading also.
Committee Reports
Academics- no report
Athletics- no report
Finance- no report
Judiciary- no report
Minority Affairs- no report
Powers & Responsibilities- they are still taking applications for the remaining 8 open
senate seats.
Rules- no report
Student Services- no report
Special Orders
Two more new senators were introduced, presented as a slate, and the motion to
accept the slate passed.
- CABINET NEWS:
Announcements from Freshman Council Directors Kaleta Brown and Nick
Long:
• Freshman Council is painting a mural at the mailbox location on Sunday
afternoon and plans to have the basketball courts (by Woodrow) redone by
mid-March .
• Freshman Council is participating in a community service program at Epworth in
which members tutor/mentor children once a week.
Announcements from Elections Commissioner, Brooke Vickery:
• Filing for candidacy takes place March 4th-5th in the office of Student
Government and Student Organizations.
• The General Election will be held March 31st-April 1st.
• Inauguration will be held on April 16th at 3:00pm in Rutledge Chapel.
**If you would like to have a speaker attend a meeting of your organization for more
information or to answer questions, please email Brooke Vickery at vickery@gwm.sc.edu.
Kaite McClendon, Director of Women’s Affairs, would like to announce that
tickets for the Vagina Monologues are on sale now at the Russell House Information
Desk and the Koger Center. The show will take place at the Koger Center at 8:00pm
on March 6th. All proceeds benefit violence prevention programs.
Chief of Staff, Jessica Steadman, would like to announce that the new University
Committee applications will be available February 26th in the Student
Government Office or online at www.sg.sc.edu. These positions are for the Fall and
Spring semester of the next academic year. The committees are a great way to get
involved on campus and a unique way to voice your opinion over important
university policy such as safety, parking, and disability affairs or have input in
various awards, the Horseshoe, and Orientation. Applications are due April 3rd at
4:00 p.m. in the Student Government Office in the basement of the Russell House. If
you have any questions, you can contact Jessica at steadman@gwm.sc.edu.
Want to find out more about what’s going on in Student Government?
Student Business Incubator (Center applications are due March 5th at 12:00 noon in
the Office of Student Government and Student Organizations.
Please visit us atwww.sg.sc.edu!
Student Government exists to act as a liaison between the students and the
administration of the University of South Carolina.
Women’s Studies Conference
USC’s Women’s Studies Program will celebrate
Women’s History Month with a series of
exhibitions, workshops, community service
activities, discussions and other events.
The following events are open to the public:
Feb. 27 - March 8
PLAY: “STOP KISS" Anew
play by Diana Son. Directed by
Dewey Scott-Wiley, a USC
Aiken alumna and faculty mem
ber. Curtain times: 8 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday, 3
p.m. Sundays at Longstreet
Theatre. Tickets are $12 for the
public; $10 for USC faculty and
staff, senior citizens and mili
tary; $9 for students; $7 for
groups of 10 or more. For more
information, call (803) 777-2551.
Preview performance and re
ception will be held Feb. 27 at
7:30 p.m. to benefit local gay and
lesbian organizations. Call (803)
777-2171 for details on the Feb.
27 performance.
March 3
READING: “LYSISTRATA” A
reading of Aristophanes’ anti
war comedy. 7 p.m., Drayton
Hall. A raucous yet powerful
comedy about a group of
Athenian women who set out to
stop the men of Athens from
pursuing yet another pointless
war with the Spartans by deny
ing sex to the men as long as
they are at war. Free.
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McGee also said cooperation
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have someone who’s been there
and done that, who can tell you
why you should do it and what
happens if you do something a
certain way.”
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the two institutions to combine
resources to build businesses in
the Columbia area. It is the first
time such an agreement between
a four-year university and applied
technical college has been made
in the state’s history. Columbia
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The USC Women’s Studies
Conference has a registration
fee of $40 per person or $20 for
students, which includes lunch
on Friday. Stimpson’s lecture is
free and open to the public and
will be held in the Belk
Auditorium of the Moore School
of Business.
The Women’s Studies
Department is also recognizing
March as Women’s History
Month and will offer a series of
events for the public to partici
pate in, including “The Vagina
Monologues” on March 6 and a
forum on sexism and homopho
bia on March 7.
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trying to bring together scholars
from all over the state as well as
from Kentucky, Georgia, Florida
and Minnesota, said Laura
Woliver, USC’s interim director
of women’s studies.
Stimpson, the keynote speak
er, is a distinguished scholar of
English, literature and women’s
studies and is the founding edi
tor of “Signs: Journal of Women
in Culture and Society.”
She was previously director
of the Fellows Program at the
MacArthur Foundation in
Chicago and, before that, served
as dean of the Graduate School
and vice provost for graduate ed
ucation at Rutgers.
Stimpson frequently lectures
March 27
LECTURE: “GLOBAL GAG
RULE: COMSTOCK LAWS
REVISITED" Noon. 1731 College
St. Jenny Powers, president of
the Charleston National
Organization for Women
Chapter, to speak. Sponsored by
the College of Social Work
Student Association. Call (803)
544-0986.
March 31 -April 4
CLOTHESLINE PROJECT
DISPLAY WEEK 11a.m. to 3 p.m.
Greene Street in front of the
Russell House. A visual display
that bears witness to interper
sonal violence—sexual assault,
child incest, battering and ho
mophobic violence — in our
community. Call the Office of
Sexual Health and Violence
Prevention for more informa
tion at (803) 544-4576.
STUDIES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSROOM” 3:30 p.m., Room
151, Gambrell Hall. Mary E.
StysJinger, doctoral student in
USC’s College of Education. Call
803-777-4007.
March 20-22
FRENCH LITERATURE CON
FERENCE 4 p.m., Room 250,
Gambrell Hall. Keynote speak
er: Sandra L. Beckett, Brock
University, Canada. Call
Daniela Di Cecco at (803) 777
0799.
March 20
LECTURE: “JULIA PETERKIN’S
SCARLET BLACK MADONNA” 3
p.m., Gambrell Hall auditorium.
USC English professor Judith
James will speak. Sponsored by
the American Literature
Colloquium of USC’s English
Department. Call (803) 777-2145
for details.
March 7
FORUM: SEXISM AND
HOMOPHOBIA 7 p.m., Gay and
Lesbian Community Center, 1108
Woodrow St. Call (803) 771-7713.
March 14 - 28
PLAY: “THE LITTLE FOXES”
Workshop Theatre, 1136 Bull St.
This Lillian Heilman play about
women trying to survive and
prevail created starring roles for
both Tallulah Bankhead and
Bette Davis. USC’s Institute for
Southern Studies will hold a
program on “The Little Foxes”
on March 17 in conjunction with
the play. Call Thorne Compton
at (803) 777-6350 for details.
March 19
RESEARCH SERIES: “TAKING
IT TO THE STREETS: WOMEN’S
LECTURE: “MOTIVATIONAL
WOMEN AWARENESS” 7:30 p.m.,
Russell House Ballroom.
Keynote speaker: Susan L.
Taylor, editorial director,
Essence Magazine. Call
Carolina Productions at (803)
777-7130.
March 6
PLAY: “THE VAGINA
MONOLOGUES” by Eve Ensler.
8 p.m., Koger Center. This Obie
award-winning play addresses
the global movement to stop vio
lence against women and girls.
Tickets cost $10 for general pub
lic and $5 for students and are
available at the Carolina
Coliseum Box Office or by call
ing (803) 251-2222. USC student
tickets also are available at the
Russell House Information Desk.
Sponsored by the USC Women’s
Students Association. For de
tails, contact Bronwyn McNutt
at addelena@hotmail.com.
March 5
BROWNBAG SERIES:
“TEACHING FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE” Noon. Room 101 Flinn
Hall. “Women and the War on
Drugs: Punishing Pregnant
Women.” Wyndi Anderson, S.C.
Advocates for Pregnant Women,
coordinator. Call (803) 777-4007
for details.
RESEARCH SERIES:
“STUDENTS CREATING NEW
KNOWLEDGE” 3:30 p.m., Room
151, Gambrell Hall. Winifred W.
Thompson, Kelli C. Walsh,
Charmaine A. Flemming and
Kirsten C. Huffstetler, graduate
students in USC’s Women’s
Studies Program, will share
their research. Call (803) 777-4007
for details.
Application for the Algernon Sydney Sullivan and ||
Outstanding Senior Awards have been made
available to nominees. The deadline for returning
completed original application for these awards is
4:00 p.m., Friday, February 28,2003 in the Office
of the Director, Department of Student Life, Russell
House 115. No late applications will be accepted;
applications may not be faxed.
The application forms may be downloaded from the
Student Government web-site
(http://www.sg.sc.edu/apps.htm).
Copies are also available in the
Student Government Office,
at the Russell House Information Desk, and in the
Department jof Student Life (Russell House If 5).