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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017
‘RISE AND GRIND’
Think Twice campaign fights racism
INSIDER BY HALEY SPRANKLE
At t he genesis of yyour adult life, you are expected to have years of experience, a relevant degree and a triple backfl ip in your back pocket to get a job — the simplistic days of the lattedelivering, a**-k issing intern are long gone. Students at the University of South Carolina are no strangers to this reality as increasingly more majors require at least one internship to graduate. This leaves students no choice but to don t heir baby adult button-downs and begin their occupational journey. Here, however, a road diverges in a yellow wood — does a student take a paid or an unpaid internship? St udent s of ten approach t h is crossroads unsure of themselves, lack i ng t he u nderst a nd i ng of what could be benef icial to their overall careers and what could be exploitative.
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T he l at t er h a l f of November i n Sout h Carolina is largely dominated by one cent ral event: the CarolinaC lem son footba l l g a m e . Pl a y e d o n
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t he Sat urday after Thanksgiving, it’s more than a game in more ways than one for many st udents and fans. Somet i mes t hat manifests in benchclearing brawls, but of ten it inspires a burst of charitable
g i v i ng t h at g i ve s fans a meaningf ul avenue for t hei r strong feelings. I n its 33rd year, the CarolinaClemson Blood Drive is perhaps the best known example SEERIVALRYPAGE4
At home, abroad: Han Go donates essential aid
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J.P. Prodoehl was inspired to found Han Go after going on a mission trip to Jamaica as a freshman at South Carolina.
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community,” said Prodoehl. Then, as a self-described shy f resh ma n, he worked up t he courage to approach the head of the clinic and ask for her contact information. She gave it to him and he knew that he would start a donation drive to help the clinic to stay afloat. W hen Prodoeh l got back to A merica, life took over and he forgot about his plan unt il one day when he stumbled upon this contact information as a third-year student. This moved him to fi nally make good on his promise. P ro do eh l s t a r t e d s m a l l. He reached out to the clinic, found out what medical supplies t hey needed, then began what turned i nt o a n i nc re d ibl y s uc c e s s f u l donat ion drive last year. I n its fi rst philanthropy event, Han Go
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J . P. P r o d o e h l ’s j o u r n e y t o founding Han Go International, o n e o f t h e n e w e s t n o n p r o f it org a n i z at ion s at USC , h a s i n no way been a straight pat h. It began on a medical mission trip to Spa n ish Tow n, Ja ma ica h is freshman year. W hile his group was taking a tour of the free medical clinic in the area, the fourth-year biological sciences student was inspired to make a difference. “Those nurses, physicians, the people that ran the clinic, they donated their time ... their whole livelihood. They’re not getting paid that much and their whole point, they see it as their mission to help out t he people in t heir
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collected over $20 0 0 wor t h of medical and dental supplies. Motivated by his initial success, Prodoehl wanted more. He knew the best way to help people and clinics in need was to create a nonprof it organizat ion. I n t his way, he could build a stable and more sustained effort to assist in one of Han Go’s core values: That ever yone should have access to basic healthcare. Many places across the world and the United States lack essential resources such as toothbrushes, m e d i c at io n s , a nt ib io t i c s a n d many other fundamental medical supplies that most Americans take for granted. Han Go is attempting to alleviate this issue. The name Han Go comes from SEETOOLSPAGE3
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“Where are you from?” “Are you Mexican?” “Wow, you speak English so well.” Va nessa Ru iz, a t h ird-year publ ic relations student, grew up being called “taco” by her peers. At the time, she said, she was afraid to speak up and say that it wasn’t OK. “I u nderst a nd t hat people ca n be curious, but it’s the way that people ask some things that make it come off as offensive,” she said. Ru iz a nd fou r ot her st udent s a re working together on a campaign to fight racial microaggressions at USC. With the slogan “Think Twice,” the JOUR 531 class project is designed to encourage students to share personal stories. On social media and a campaign website, the team has places for USC students and administrators to pledge to fight against microaggressions on campus. “When we all came here, that’s when we noticed that people k ind of make these comments that we’d never really heard anywhere else,” said Amanda Budd, a fourth-year public relations student. All five of the students in the group g rew up out side of Sout h Carol i na. After going to a Jewish private school in Atlanta, Budd was surprised when students at USC would crack Jew jokes at her. A lot of people had never met someone who was Jewish. Before start ing t he campaig n, t he group surveyed about 500 students on how offensive they felt certain statements were and on their awareness of the term microaggressions. Most st udents felt that the statements were offensive, Budd said, but only half knew what the term microaggression meant. “There’s something lost there like, people know this is bad but they don’t k now like it’s actually categorized as something,” Budd said. T h i rd-yea r jou r na l ism st udent T. Michael Boddie, a Columbia Hall resident mentor and former reporter for The Daily Gamecock, blogged about the Think Twice campaign because the awareness campaign hit home. “I personally had never heard t he word ‘microaggression’ until coming SEETHINKPAGE2
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From left to right, Katy Nystrom, Victoria Milligan and Laura Simpson, all members on the team.
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