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idrlk • conTinueopRomi survivors or collected from the Internet. “The majority are from USC students,” Carney said. Shoes of various sizes and brands were selected to represent the diversity of the victims. A campus group or individual students donated most of the shoes, and the shoes will be given to local shelters at the end of the campaign. Most of the shoes had victims’ stories attached, but some had facts. “One out of every four ' women and one out of every seven men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime,” said one of the messages. One story told of a 25 year-old girl who was a victim of incest and rape. “The incest lasted for a period of 10 years (ages 7 17). In 1996, I was raped by a co-worker that I didn’t know personally. I am now 25 years old, and I can say I’m doing better,” said the story attached to a pair of black sandals. ”1 am surviving.” Sexual Health Awareness and Rape Education (SHARE) did most of the legwork for this campaign, collecting the stories and the shoes. '“They’re the manpower for our campaign,” said Lee Hartnett, assistant director of the Sexual Health and Violence Prevention Office. Deb Maddox, a fourth year psychology student and member of SHARE, said, “I really support the cause. We do a lot of great campaigns.” Hartnett said the “Walk in my Shoes” campaign is “very powerful.” “The most significant thing about this campaign is it gives people a way to personify it,” Hartnett said. “You can look at the shoes and get that these belong to someone. It helps make it more real.” Kristi Crosby, a third-year English student, agreed with Hartnett. “It’s one of those things that goes on all the time but seeing these people’s personal belongings makes it real to someone who hasn’t experienced it,” Crosby said. “It puts it into perspective.” Jeremy Brown, a third year elementary education student, was struck most by the stories attached to baby shoes. “It’s depressing and crazy to see all these little kids shoes out here,” Brown said. “It’s sick that these men are doing these things to little kids.” While it may be depressing, Brown said he thinks the campaign is successful in raising awareness. “It caught my attention, so hopefully it’ll catch some other people’s too and make people more aware about it,” Brown said. “Walk In My Shoes” will be displayed Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until noon on the north side of the State House. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu Larry (TlcShane THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | NEW YORK — Two highly decorated former detectives were convicted Thursday of moonlighting as hitmen for the mob in one of the most sensational cases of police corruption in New York history. Louis Eppolito, 57, and Steven Caracappa, 64, could get life in prison for their roles in eight murders committed between 1986 and 1990 while they were simultaneously on the payroll of both the NYPD and Luchese crime } family underboss Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso. Federal prosecutor Daniel Wenner described the case as “the bloodiest, most violent betrayal of the badge this city has ever seen.” Prosecutors said the two men carried out two hits themselves — after pulling the victims over in traffic stops — and delivered up some of the other victims to the Mafia to be killed. Neither defendant showed any emotion during the 10 minutes it took the jury forewoman to reply “proven” 70 times to the racketeering acts they were accused of. The verdict was reached after two days of deliberations. The defendants’ $5 million bail was revoked and they were led off to jail to await sentencing May 22. The men’s lawyers said they will appeal. “It’s an appearance of justice, but it’s not justice,” said Bruce Cutler, who once represented John Gotti and put on a thundering defense for Eppolito, claiming the government’s mob witnesses were lying to save their necks. how • comm mom i keep students informed about their application status through e-mail and VIP, where students can check the waiting list status to help them determine what they want to do. Most students can expect to know their assignment by the end of the spring semester, Fortune said, but some may not find out until summer. Many students are concerned about living with their “preferred roommate” or in their top five residence halls, but Fortune said that has about a 50 percent chance of happening. “If you are the next person we’ll offer you what we have,” Fortune said. Fortune said his office is encouraging students to keep their assignment, even if it is not with the person' they originally selected. “We are encouraging students to accept (the assignment given) because we have a high success rate with room changes,” he said. Fortune also said Housing is doing its best to be timely with the assignments. “We try to. do it as quickly as we can,” Fortune said. “Patience is key to getting what you want.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu FflllR • COflTinUED FROm I For the most part, Stewart says FMLA has received a warm response during its two years of service. Amanda Peel, a third-year women’s studies student, started USC’s FMLA chapter. Events sponsored by FMLA have included making midwife kits to send to Haiti, a seminar titled “Know your birth control,” and a recent discussion with Jessica Bearden, a campus organizer for Feminist Majority Foundation, a national group that organizes on-campus chapters. FMLA also participated in the “Vagina Fair” last month, where they distributed information about emergency contraception, also known as the “morning after” pill, passed out stickers and pamphlets promoting feminism, and brought attention to the fact that “nobody thinks they’ll get pregnant, including the 8,224 women who did today.” “It’s OK every once in a while if you have to make someone’s jaw drop,” Stewart said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu mm • coKDfm Christa Bruneau-Flynn, a first-year public relations student, said it was very interesting, adding that she was “definitely” more interested in advertising after the presentation. Bougdanos called the Super Bowl the “one time a year you are a welcome guest in everyone’s living room,” with “everyone from 21- to 81-year-olds” watching. Super Bowl commercials cost around $2.5 million for every 30 seconds, not counting production costs. “A lot goes into 30 seconds,” Knoll said. There are no rules, Knoll sard. “You always have to continuously think about things,” Bougdanos said. “If it doesn’t look real, nobody buys the magic.” The most important element for a commercial is visibility of the product, Knoll said. “Nothing’s worse” than the viewer not connecting the product to the ad. It’s the “ultimate insult,” Knoll said. If the commercial is good enough, people will talk about it and download it from the Internet, and the $2.5 million will all work itself out in free publicity, Bougdanos said. Knoll and Bougdanos began working on the ad as early as August. The audience was walked through the process of how ideas come to life as they were shown scripts, storyboards and finished products. Each commercial can generate hundreds or thousands of feet of film, Knoll said. Knoll and Bougdanos also spoke on their own experiences breaking into the business. Knoll grew up watching TV commercials and thinking, “that (commercial) sucks, I can do that.” The “Secret Fridge” commercial featured two guys who installed a revolving fridge to hide their Bud Light. Meanwhile, in the apartment next door, the four residents worship the “magic fridge.” Knoll and Bougdanos also won the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter. Two other ads they created — Budweiser’s “Clydesdale American Dream” and “The Wave” placed two and three, respectively, in the Ad Meter. “Clydesdale American Dream” wa's a more emotional approach, Bougdanos said. In that commercial, a young .Clydesdale aspires to pull the Budweiser cart. In the end, he achieves his goal with the help from two adults pushing the cart from behind. “The Wave” featured fans in a football stadium holding colored squares to illustrate a bottle of Bud being poured into a glass and then being emptied. At the end of the commercial, the crowd let out a collective “ahhhh.” DDB Chicago has around 15 to 20 other clients, Knoll said, including Capital One and McDonald’s. 1 he Cocky Award was decided by almost 60 faculty and students, including Associate Professor Bonnie Drewniany’s “Super Bowl Commercials: 1984 to 2006” class. Each ad was graded in real-time for categories such as brand identity, likeability and persuasiveness, Drewniany said. DDB Chicago also won a Cocky Award last year for its Bud Light “Sky-Diver” ad, where an instructor tosses a six pack of Bud Light out of a plane to convince a reluctant student to jump, only to have the pilot go after the beer. 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