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Fashion Board helps make dreams reality
through Cinderella prom dress program
Leslie Draffin
THE GAMECOCK
Even though prom night
is a high school occasion,
female college students
can still get a chance to
participate in the rite of
passage event through
the USC Fashion Board’s
Cinderella Project.
The Cinderella Project
collects prom dresses,
shoes, accessories and
unused makeup for girls
who cannot afford to buy
them themselves.
Sponsored by the South
Carolina Bar, the Cinderella
Project ends each year with
a “boutique” held in the
School of Law where girls
from the area can come and
“shop” for items they need.
“The Fashion Board
provides a welcoming social
environment for students
to further their knowledge
and interest in the fashion
industry,” said Kristen
Anderson, president of
the board and a third-year
retailing student. “We were
so excited to learn about the
- •
Cinderella Project because
it allows us to help others
in a way that corresponds
with our purpose.”
Donations to the project
can be taken.to the office
of Caroline Taylor in the
department of retailing,
located in room 2024 of
the Coliseum; items will, be
accepted through Friday.
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PRICE • CORTIRUEDFROIRI
“The Price is Right to
Live On Campus”, which
also gave the event a “fun
atmosphere” Houston said.
“It was great to win a
lot of prizes and be able to
meet people,” said Johnny
Dotson, a first-year athletic
training student.
Housing representatives
compared the off-campus
living rates to on-campus
living rates of two USC
students, and the result^
supported their proposal.
“It’s just easier to live
on campus,” Houston said.
“People overlook a lot of
the extra costs of off-campus
housing.”
Houston was delighted
with the overall attendance
of more than 750 students.
“I was really pleased with
the turnout of a lot more
students than we had
anticipated,” she said.
Studejits attended
the series of game show
gatherings with incentives.
Some of the prizes given
away were gift certificates to
restaurants in the downtown
area, movie passes, free
and discounted loft beds,
garage parking spots, free
massages, up to $200 in
Carolina Cash, and on
campus housing perks.
Some underclassmen won
the classification of “senior
status” when applying for
housing next semester,'
allowing them housing in
the upperclassmen residence
halls. Also, some won the
opportunity to have top
choice — meaning that they
could choose wherever they
wanted to live next semester
and take their roommates
with them.
“It was fun watching
everyone win some pretty
sweet prizes, and it made
me think twice about living
off campus,” said Lizzie
Carver, a first-year hotel
and restaurant management
student.
While construction and
development on campus
leave some questions
about the reduction of
living spaces, Houston
said “Housing will be
accommodating to all
that sign up before the
deadline.”
• The sign-up dates to
live on campus began Feb.
17 and end March 17 at 5
p.m. Students can sign up
on VIP and, if they have
any questions, can contact
Housing at 803-777-4283.
Students can also contact
Housing via AOL Instant
Messenger — screenname
USCCHousing — Monday
through Friday between
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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mflHEOUER • COnTinUED FROfTl I
to promote Habitat for
Humanity as much as
possible and raise awareness
of the store,” Triskett said.
The competition was
narrowed down to five
finalists, and Miller’s room
was chosen.
Along the way there were
problems with the move
in last Wednesday, like
where the old beds would
go and how to arrange
the new furniture, but the
group quickly solved the
situations.
In the first three hours, all
the major furniture pieces
were set in place, and the
rest of the day was devoted
to making the room look
aesthetically pleasing.
Miller said it turned out
“a nice room” and said he
wasn’t expecting anything
like it. •
The Merlin Group wants
students to know that they
can donate their unwanted
things to the store, which
will pick them up for free.
Sonya Vanderheide, an
Americorps worker and
a volunteer with Habitat
for Humanity, said this
makeover will “get more
people to come to the store,”
which just moved closer to
campus.
The Merlin Group will
compete against two groups
from USC at the regional
level in the competition.
The winner will move to the
national level.
The Merlin Group is
Kat Salters, Jean Triskett,
Alicia Cooper and Jennifer
Davidson.
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GUEST • CQTTTinUED PROfTI I
The third SG election
of the year was called last
Wednesday after Guest
filed a complaint about
her opponent, first-year
philosophy student Brad
Setzler, who was determined
to have been going door to
door at University Oaks and
College Suites apartment
complexes Feb. 16, the night
of the first runoff. At least
two other students were also
determined to be with him.
Soliciting is prohibited
at both complexes and
s punishable by law as
i misdemeanor, but no
:harges will be filed against
setzler.
The Elections
Commission threw out the
-esults of the first runoff,
firing an “irregularity” that
tad a significant impact on
Jhe numbers. Guest lost by
?8 votes in the first runoff.
Setzler appeared stunned
ay his narrow loss and
ittributed it to a personal
ack of campaigning.
“It was poor timing. It
vas just tough to work
he schoolwork and the
election, so that’s 12 votes I
could have gotten if I hadn’t
had so much schoolwork,”
Setzler said.
While he said he intends
to stay involved in SG,
Setzler said that for the
moment he was “planning
to get ice cream.”
The vote comes on the
heels of SG’s inauguration
ceremony today, held at 5
p.m. in Rutledge Chapel. A
reception will follow at the
President’s House.
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