Building a New Community

2008 - 2009 • University 101 • University of South Carolina • Columbia, SC
Transitions
Building a New Community
Health & Wellness • Career Planning • Academics • Technology • Responsibility • Research • Diversity • Campus Resources
Jennifer A. Latino, Misty S. Lawrence, and Michelle L. Ashcraft
Editors
Misty S. Lawrence and Michelle L. Ashcraft
Project Coordinators
Trish Willingham
Copy Editor
Erin Morris
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for The First-Year Experience® and Students in Transition.
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Contents
List of Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
List of Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
About University 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What is University 101? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Your University 101 Instructors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Course Content and Required Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Class Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
University 101-Sponsored Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Further Involvement in University 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The University 101 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Two
Gamecock Connection Login Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The University of South Carolina: An Historical Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
University of South Carolina Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Carolinian Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How Our University Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
University Emblems and Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Three
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting to Your Campus and Community . . . . . . . . . . 25
Opportunities on Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opportunities in Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Scenario from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Four
Appreciating Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Diversity on a College Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exploring Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
On-Campus Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Off-Campus Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Scenario from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Five
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Your Academic Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Being a Successful Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Important Academic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Academic Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Academic Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
University Libraries: Much More Than Books! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
University Technology Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Scenario from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter Resources, Contributors, and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Six
College Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Managing Your Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Managing Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Personal Financial Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Protecting Yourself and Your Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Your Responsibilities to the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Planning for Your Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Planning Your Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Pre-Professional Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Getting Involved in Undergraduate Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Healthy Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Healthy Carolina: Making Healthy Choices Simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Physical Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Student Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Nine
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Risky Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Who Is at Risk for Alcohol- and Drug-Related Problems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
South Carolina Alcohol-Related Laws and Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Other Drug Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Related Risky Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Substance Abuse Prevention and Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Ten
Chapter Resources, Contributors, and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Healthy Interpersonal Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Transitions in Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Sexual Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Scenarios from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
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Chapter Resources, Contributors, and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
When Interpersonal Boundaries Are Crossed . . . . . . . . . 195
Interpersonal Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Sexual Health & Violence Prevention and Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Scenario from College Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Chapter Resources and Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Appendix A:
The University of South Carolina Calendar of Events . .
209
Appendix B:
Fall 2008 Final Exam Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Appendix C:
The University of South Carolina Campus Map . . . . . . . . 217
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Scenarios from College Life
A Little Too Involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
To Help Yourself or Please Your Family? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Is It Worth It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
When the Cards Are Piled High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Just Friends? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Follow Your Family or Follow Your Interest? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
The Price of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Going All-In on a Blind Bet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
The “Not So Drug” Drug Deal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Long Distance Isn’t So Distant Now … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
The Tight Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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Illustrations
Cover collage, Erin Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cover
Inside cover collage, Erin Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Student circle, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dan Friedman, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
University 101 Office, Bert Easter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Gamecock Connection website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Gates to the Horseshoe, Erin Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Spencer Bennett, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Longstreet Theatre, University Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
South Caroliniana, University Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
McKissick Museum, University Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
First female graduates, University Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
University of South Carolina official seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Gamecock Block C logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tigerburn, Wayne Loveless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cocky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Students participating in Service Saturday, Keith McGraw, UIS . . . . . . . . . . 25
Caroline Niland, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Students helping Katrina victims, Carmela Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Garnet & Black magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Students in residence hall, Kimberely Truett, University Publications . . . . . . 33
Intramural flag football, Kim Dozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Shevon - NCAA Indoors 400m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Equestrian athlete, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lacrosse athlete, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Soccer athletes, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cheerleaders with Cocky, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tailgating, Larrell Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gervais Street Bridge, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Congaree River, Courtesy of River Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
World Night, Sara Hassan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cellist, CWU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Finlay Park, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Lace House, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
South Carolina State Fair, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Eddie at Edventure, Edventure Children’s Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Gardens at Riverbanks Zoo, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Koala Bear at Riverbanks Zoo, Ron E. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Faces of students, UIS and University Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cheslyne Brighthop, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SafeZone Ally logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Students in class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Shanice Graham, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Student Success Center logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Academic Centers for Excellence logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Academic advising, Erin Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Thomas Cooper Library, University Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Inside Thomas Cooper Library, Kimberley Truett, University Publications . . . . 88
VIP website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
webmail.sc.edu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Blackboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ruckus logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Managing responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tara Scott, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cocky using the call box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Bicycle rack, Erin Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
West Quad, Kimberley Truett, University Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Graduation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Christopher Keese, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Guiding students, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Résumé online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Sample résumé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Student with planner, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cocky at Healthy Carolina tent, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Amy Petrocy, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wellness wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
mypyramid.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center, University Archives . . . . . . . . 150
Group fitness, Kim Dozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Students on elliptical machines, Kim Dozier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Thomson Student Health Center, Kimberley Truett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Blood pressure check, Wellness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Tailgating responsibly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Tricia Thompkins, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
BLAH position, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
mystudentbody.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Healthy interpersonal relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Michelle Ashcraft, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Silhouettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Megan Mann, Jason Ayer, UIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Students in library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Students in hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Female student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Male student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
SHVP website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
South Carolina campus map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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