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Kappas reward
student leader
^ • Kappa Alpha Psi awards Terrell G. Johnson memorial
scholarship during talent show in Russell House Ballroom
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The Quazi Carolina dance duo took
home the first-place trophy at the Kappa
Alpha Psi-sponsored talent show Tuesday
night, but the show in the Russell House
Ballroom-was about more than talent.
The 2005 recipient of the Terrell G.
Johnson memorial scholarship, Molesey
Knox-Brunson was presented with a $500
scholarship at the end of the show. The
award goes to someone who personifies the
meaning of honor, leadership, character and
scholarship- Knox-Brunson’s contributions
» to the USC community include
P involvement in Alpha Lambda Delta Honor
Society, SAAVY, NAACP, and MAPP.
In 1980, Kappa Alpha Psi held its first
talent show and awarded its first Terrell G.
Johnson memorial scholarship. The
scholarship commemoration the 1979
slaying of Kappa Alpha Psi brother, Terrell
G. Johnson, during a Kappa Alpha Psi
event at the Bates House.
Former Kappa Alpha Psi talent show
coordinator and USC graduate, Lorenzo
Singletary said the talent show and
scholarship demonstrate Kappa Alpha Psi’s
focus on achievement.
“I thifik the scholarship recipient was
very deserving, he said. “Molesey
definitely defines achievement.”
The hip-hop band Lincoln Abe
performed three original songs as the
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The dancers from Benedict College,
third-year business student Demetrius
McIntosh and second-year computer
engineering student Mike Hailey, won a
trophy and a $200 award.
The 2005 talent show featured a variety
of performances, including vocal,
instrumental and dance.
“I think that we had a variety of talent,”
Singletary said. “I especially enjoyed the
dancing.”
Other acts included a vocal rendition of
Luther Vandross’s “Superstar” by first-year
electronic journalism student Lyvotte
Hall, and a saxophone rendition by
fourth-year computer science student
Stephen Vanterpool of Mariah Carey’s
“My All.”
First-year advertising student Daniel
Jones said Quazi Carolina’s dance
performance was the show’s highlight.
“The way the one guy lays on the floor
while the other picked him up with
invisible strings was awesome,” he said.
“It was unique. They did stuff I haven’t
seen before,” said first-year business
student Tom Phan, but he added that he
thought Vanterpool’s saxophone
performance deserved first place.
“We showcased some great talent,”
third-year business management and
marketing student and Kappa Alpha Psi
♦ SHOW, page 3
NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK
Fourth-year computer science student and Alpha Phi Alpha member Steven
Vanterpool plays saxophone during the Terrell G. Johnson Memorial Talent Show.
Filmmaker visits USC to screen documentary
PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
Maggie is one of three female subjects in filmmaker Paula Mozen’s ‘3 Girls I
know.’ Mozen is screening the film at 7 p.m. tonight in McMaster 214.
By Z’ANNE COVELL
FOR THE GAMECOCK
Documentary filmmaker Paula Mozen
visits USC today to screen her film “3 girls
I know.”
The event, which will be held in
McMaster 214, will begin at 7 p.m.
Admission is free. A panel discussion
moderated by USC film professor Laura
Kissel and featuring Mozen and USC
professors Kathryn Luchok and Laura
Woliver will follow the screening and
address the film’s content.
Mozen said her film, which won the
University Film and Video Association’s
Member’s Choice Award in 2004, explores
teen sexuality, specifically HIV/AIDS,
pregnancy and lesbianism. The
documentary compares three girls’
experiences growing up and relates the
consequences of their decisions.
“The three girls come from different
areas, backgrounds and ethnic groups,”
Mozen said. “I knew I would find
differences in their experiences, but I also
wanted to see the similarities.”
Mozen selected Ari, a San Franciscan of
black and Asian descent, Maggie, a
Caucasian from Montana, and Tishaun, a
black of Cherokee descent from Baltimore,
as her subjects.
Luchok, a specialist in women’s health
and reproductive health, said she believes
female audience members will be able to
relate to these girls’ experiences despite
possible ethnic differences because they
discuss universal issues like peer pressure
and finding one’s self during adolescence.
“The issues they’re facing are relevant to
every young woman’s coming of age,”
Luchok said.
Mozen lived in all three areas where the
subjects reside and said she found the
women by meeting and hanging out with
groups of teenagers.
“I was looking for articulate girls, who
had stories to tell, and looked good on
camera,” Mozen said.
“These girls are not Hollywood, but
they are all beautiful girls, who people will
want to watch.”
Mozen said the three young women
candidly share their experiences.
♦ DOCUMENTARY, page 3
I-Comm week features prominent journalists
By JULIA SELLERS
for the gamecock
The College of Mass Communications
and Information Studies is holding its
second annual I-Comm week of guest
lecturers and special events.
I-Comm, short for information and
communications, showcases the School of
Library and Information Sciences and the
five different tracks of communication
studies in the School of Journalism and
Mass Communications through lectures,
special events and social gatherings. The
School of Library and Information
Sciences events took place last week.
“I-Comm week is a week of promoting
the College of Mass Communications and
Information Studies,” said Jen Horne,
School of Journalism internship and
placement coordinator.
Gerald Boyd, a syndicated columnist
^and former managing editor of The New
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York Times, will give a 6 p.m. lecture in
the law school auditorium about
“Journalism in the World Today.”
Hank Gilman, the deputy managing
editor for Fortune Magazine, lectured
Monday on the importance of copy editors
and moving up from a small-town paper to
a major magazine.
“One of the big events [this year] is the
Super Bowl of Advertising,” Horne said.
“We have two creators of the Bud Light
‘Skydiver’ commercial.” The commercial
shows a skydiving instructor tossing a six
pack of Bud Light out of the plane to
persuade a reluctant parachutist to jump.
The pilot pushes the parachutist out of the
way and leaps out of tbe plane after the beer.
The commercial’s two creators received
the Cocky Award for the best Super Bowl
commercial of 2005 from the Super Bowl
advertising class.
♦ I-COMM, page 5
NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK
Journalism and mass communication doctoral students display research
proposals in the Coliseum. Topics range from political cartoons to race relations.
AWARDS DAY
CEREMONY
TO STREAM
ON INTERNET
• USC Web site to offer
video of annual event
for stand-out students
By SYDNEY SMITH
STAFF WHITER
For those who can’t attend in person,
Thursday’s University Awards Day
ceremony will be available in streaming
video on the Internet.
At 2 p.m. Thursday, 250 USC
undergraduates will receive various awards
from the university, including the Algernon
Sydney Sullivan awards for top male and
female students and the Steven N. Swanger
Award awarded for leadership by the
Omicron Delta Kappa honor society.
The ceremony will be available through
a link on USC’s Web site, www.sc.edu,
starting Friday. Past events including
Commencement, the Bicentennial Kickoff
in 2001, and the announcement of Steve
Spurrier as football coach have been
streamed, and in the future, more and
more events will probably be streamed,
USC spokesman Russ McKinney said.
The streaming of University Awards Day
is “an opportunity for people who can’t be
there to see it,” McKinney said, because a
number of recipients are from out of state.
Awards Day recognizes student success
largely in academics, but also in service,
leadership and participation. Student Life
Administrative Coordinator Cheryl Soehl
said it is “the only campus-wide event for all
undergrads” while individual colleges and
departments may have their own events.
“The university has many students who
excel in academics and extracurricular
activities,” said Dennis Pruitt, vice
president for student affairs, in a news
release. “It is a very special event for the
honorees and their families.”
♦ CEREMONY, page 6
Nike reveals
factory sites
after years
of criticism
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BEAVERTON, Ore. — After years of
criticism over its labor practices abroad,
Nike Inc. has disclosed for the first time
the names and locations of more than 700
factories that produce its sneakers, apparel
and other products.
Industry experts said the disclosure,
included as part of the company’s
corporate responsibility report, makes the
sneaker giant the first major apparel
manufacturer to voluntarily disclose its
entire supply chain.
In the report released Wednesday, Nike
also acknowledges that factories with
which it contracts to produce goods have
harassed workers and forced some to work
overtime.
For years, activists have demanded that
Nike and other major companies reveal
where factories are located, so that
independent observers could go and assess
the labor conditions.
Corporations have been reluctant to do
so, arguing that the plants are where the
company’s trade secrets are laid bare and
that advanced products could be leaked to
rivals.
In its 108-page corporate responsibility
report, Nike discloses the names of 124
plants in China contracted to make its
products, 73 in Thailand, 35 in South
Korea, 34 in Vietnam - with others
elsewhere in Asia, as well as in South
America, Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico,
Turkey and the United States.
While the competitive risk still exists,
♦ NIKE, page 6
♦ THE MIX
Not so Hot
Hot Hot Heat’s new album,
“Elevator," fumbles amid
disjointed pop in a
disapproving sophomore
effort
Page 9
♦ SPORTS
Not going
anywhere
USC basketball coach
Dave Odom says he's here
to stay amid departure
rumors.
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Classifieds..14
Horoscopes..11
Letters to the Editor..8
Online Poll..8
Police Report..2
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