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USC’s therapy dog brings comfort to students during their time away from home. PG 3
VOL. 111, NO. 14 l SINCE 1908
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Students share mixed reactions following lawsuit against USC
MEGHAN CRUM @megcrum24
Former graduate student A llison Dunavant f i led a lawsu it ag a i nst P r of e s s o r D a v id Vo r o s , President Harris Pastides, t he u n iver sit y a nd t he International Center of the Arts in May, and since then f liers about the case have popped up in staircases in Mc Master Col lege a nd under the seats of chairs in the Humanities Classroom building. ZACHARY MCKINLEY //THE GAMECOCK The lawsuit is currently in federal court and in the Professor David Voros teaches in the School of Visual Art and Design in McMaster College. discovery phase, which will Dunavant’s attorney. was not at fault. not end until the end of March. If the First-year pre-business st udent “I think the universit y handled case does go to trial, the trial will not Perrie Liebergall had not heard about the situation very well. They f lew take place until at least September of the case, but felt that the university her bac k a nd t he y pa id for t he 2019, according to Samantha Albrecht,
expenses and made a statement that they want all students to speak out in case something were to happen,” Liebergall said. “I don’t think there should be a lawsuit against Harris Pastides and the university because it wasn’t a university sponsored trip.” Annalee Brody, a first-year public health student, agreed, but did not like the idea of Voros continuing his time at USC. “The professor should be held accou nt able. He shou ld be investigated,” Brody said. “I wouldn’t want to take a class with him.” R y a n D r u f f n e r, a f i r s t- y e a r anthropology student, did not like how t he u n iversit y ha nd led t he situation. SEE LAWSUIT PAGE 3
Carolina Productions hosts ‘Foreign Film Week’ MELANIE PIERRE @thegamecock
EMILY BOLLINGER //THE GAMECOCK Indy, USC’s therapy dog, meets students during the week on her wellness walks and during her off office hours.
Therapy dog comforts students on campus SYDNEY READ @tdg_dailynews
Since returning from six weeks in a therapy training program in Charlotte, North Carolina, USC’s resident therapy dog, Indy, has been holding office hours for students in an effort to help relieve stress. “I think it’s been pretty obvious, so far, the impact she’s had,” said Justina Siuba, the stress management coordinator at Student Health Services. “We’ve had students who talk about how much they miss their dog and how homesick they are and just that natural ability to connect and start to make relationships happen, and organic connections come from it too.” Siuba spoke to two first-year students who met and bonded over mutual interests while interacting with Indy at her first meet and greet. “The only reason they connected was because they both came to meet Indy at that exact time, so the fact
that she’s helping to foster relationships and help combat loneliness,” Siuba said. “She really helps you with all of that.” A lthough the health center has welcomed visiting therapy dogs to assist with appointment anxiet y in the past, Indy is the f irst dog to work f ull-time on campus. She was adopted out of an accidental litter at Dog Knowledge, the company that became her training center. “We knew that we wanted to get a therapy dog, we actually lucked out that the training facility had some puppies from an accidental litter that they had,” Siuba said. “And the reason that they suggested going through a dog that they knew the pedigree, versus just adopting just a shelter dog, is that you can predict their temperament a little bit better ... that really helps to dictate what
Ca rol i na Product ions is hosting Foreign Film Week in the Russell House Theatre f rom Monday, Nov. 12 to Thursday, Nov. 15. The films featured come from a variety of countries, including Nigeria and South Korea. For t he pa st t wo yea r s, Ca rol i na Produc t ions ha s held events in celebration of I nter nat iona l E duc at ion Week. For this year’s foreign film festival, their goal is to ma ke USC’s i nter nat iona l st udents feel welcomed by i nclud i ng va r iou s st udent organizations involved. The films cover a variety of genres: horror, comedy, drama and fantasy. Students may find an unexpected connection with these film’s themes. “I think viewers might be surprised at how familiar they find these films. Elements of stories Americans have heard all their lives exist in these films with added twists from different countries,” Alex Lee, cinematic arts coordinator for Carolina Productions, said in an email. “Mot her of George” is a d ra ma t hat t a kes place i n Brooklyn. It tells the story of a Nigerian couple that is having trouble conceiving a child. “The Mermaid” is a Chinese film about a mermaid assassin who falls in love with the man she is supposed to kill. “The Host” is a Korean horror film that follows a man and his family tr ying to save his daughter
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