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MARCH 8, 2001
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Palms: ‘Combination of
measures’ will be used to
address budget cuts
Editor’s note: The following is President Palms’ March 2 memo to faculty and staff.
Fair weather catch
KIM TRUETT
Sunny skies and warm temperatures in early March brought out spring fever all over campus,
though temperatures cooled down again this week. This student took time out for a quick game
of football on the Horseshoe.
Soaring energy costs hit USC’s pocketbook
As you are most likely aware, the House Ways and Means Committee has recommended a
budget cut of 11.5 percent or nearly $21 million for USC Columbia and the School of
Medicine and 11.9 percent (more than $4 million) for our four-year campuses and the
Regional Campuses (the attached chart provides exact figures).
I write to update you about strategies we are considering to prevent administering such a
significant cut to all units across the board by July 1, 2001.
We are seeking management tools appropriate to an academic community that will
enable us to avoid imposing a large, acrossthe-board cut on July 1, 2001, and to provide
adequate time for us to consider strategic
adjustments to our budgets. If we were
❝We are still working
required to absorb a cut of this magnitude as of
diligently to reduce the
July 1, 2001, our only recourse would be to
budget cut and to seek
eliminate positions. As the sole solution, this
method is not acceptable to us; therefore, we
additional revenue for
are investigating a combination of institutional
operational or capital
measures—including reductions in force,
projects.❞
reductions in campus services, furloughs,
internal budget reallocations, tuition increases,
—President Palms
and restored enrollment—to minimize the
impact of the budget cut. While the management tools we select will be applied to all
campuses, each of our eight campuses will also
require additional campus-specific plans to absorb the cut. We will begin meeting with
these campuses in the next few weeks to discuss possible strategies to ensure equity and
operations.
At USC Columbia, for example, the following institutional measures are necessary to
help offset the impact of the budget cut:
1. Increasing tuition to the extent permitted by state guidelines. A new legislative
proviso under consideration limits tuition increases to $125 per semester ($250 per
year) above the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI), which is currently 3.75
BY CHRIS HORN
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Soaring natural gas costs hit USC Columbia hard in December, handing the campus a bill 143
percent higher than for the same billing period in 1999. USC’s natural gas cost for December
was $686,643, about $400,000 more than December 1999.
“The unusually cold temperatures and higher natural gas prices have affected us quite a bit,”
said Charles Stevenson, assistant director for energy services at USC. “Our consumption rose 9.4
percent, but our costs went up considerably higher. A major portion of the increase in consumption
was due to added loads from the Graduate Science Research Center and the new East Quad
dormitory.”
USC uses natural gas to fire steam boilers for domestic hot water and building heating.
Because of the spike in natural gas costs, the University switched over to No. 2 fuel oil to fire
its boilers during January. The quoted price for natural gas decreased equivalent to the cost for
oil in February, and USC’s energy plants switched back to natural gas.
In September 1999, USC’s Board of Trustees approved an energy master plan that calls for
replacing inefficient boilers, chillers, and other energy infrastructure on the Columbia campus. The
new equipment is expected to save millions of dollars over an 11-year period. Meanwhile, USC’s
electricity usage has risen about 4.4 percent this fiscal year, and its electricity costs have increased
about 4.5 percent.
“The good news is that even with bringing on the Graduate Science Research Center and
East Quad this past year, we haven’t seen a huge spike in our electricity usage. That’s because
some of the current ongoing energy conservation projects have already begun to save money,”
Stevenson said.
USC’s electricity bill for fiscal year 2000 was $7.4 million. The electricity bill for the
Graduate Science Research Center is expected to run about $427,000 annually, or about 5.6
percent of USC’s total electricity costs.
University considers options to cope
with pending state budget cut
As the University is faced with identifying ways to cope with proposed state budget cuts, an
administrative team meets regularly to consider options.
The newest information from the legislative budget process, which has four months to go
before a state or University budget is approved, is the introduction of a furlough proviso.
Jane Jameson, vice president for human resources, recently addressed questions about how a
furlough would affect University faculty and staff:
All of the talk about budget cuts in the next fiscal year for state agencies, universities, and colleges has prompted proposals for employee furloughs as a cost-cutting
measure. What would furloughs mean for USC?
It’s important to remember that furloughs (time off without pay) are only in the legislative proposal stage at this point. A furlough could be an important management tool for the
University because it would provide an additional means of reducing expenditures, which
could reduce the number of employees who would have to be laid off as well as reduce the
amount cut from other operational costs.
No one wants to have time off without pay, but it sounds as if furloughs would at
least protect more positions.
I would anticipate that the ability to implement a furlough would allow the University to
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■ USC NAMED NO. 1 IN RECYCLING: USC was
recently named the top university in South
Carolina for its recycling efforts in 2000. The
award, presented by the state Department of
Health and Environmental Control, was presented
for the scope of USC’s recycling program and the
involvement of many departments on campus.
USC began its recycling program in 1989 and now
provides recycling of paper, glass, plastic,
construction and demolition materials, and other
items, including used oil, fluorescent lights, and
toner cartridges. A pilot project to compost food
preparation scraps also has begun. USC also won
the first place recycling award in 1995.
■ NEW CONCERT SERIES BEGINS: Southern
Exposure, a new contemporary music ensemble
and concert series, will hold its premiere
performance at 7:30 p.m. March 30 with “Extreme
Piano—Music for One, Two, and Six Pianos!” The
concert, to be held in the School of Music Recital
Hall, will feature special guest artists Xak Bjerken,
pianist, and Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, composer.
The program will include “Chaconne,” “Games,”
“Calacas y Palomas,” “The Kiss of the Christ
Child” (from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus),
and “Six Pianos.” The concert is free and open to
the public. A reception in the School of Music
lobby will follow the concert. John Fitz Rogers, an
assistant professor of music, is artistic director.
■ JOURNALISM CONFERENCE DRAWS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA: Six high-ranking journalism
professionals, including the managing editor of The Times of London, will be among featured
speakers at a University conference March 8 to talk about newsrooms of the future and how
they are reacting to change brought on by technology and the emergence of the information
society. About 100 working professionals and journalism educators will take part in the
conference at Williams-Brice Stadium. The meeting is co-sponsored by the USC College of
Journalism and Mass Communications and Ifra, a worldwide newspaper technology agency
based in Germany. Speakers at the first International Summit on Newsroom Experience will
examine how newsrooms are reinventing themselves to work in and across multiple media.
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Business school
receives two $1
million gifts
The Darla Moore School of Business
recently received two $1 million gifts from
businesses in South Carolina.
BMW Manufacturing Corp. gave the
school a $1 million gift to establish an
endowment for international programs and
research. Mount Vernon Mills Inc. also
made a $1 million gift to establish an
endowment for scholarships in honor of its
president, chief operating officer, and
director, Roger Chastain of Greenville.
The gift from BMW, a milestone in the
ongoing relationship between the company
and USC, significantly strengthens the
partnership between the German
automaker and The Darla Moore School of
Business, President Palms said.
“Naturally, we are delighted to
announce BMW’s endowment for the
business school,” he said. “But we are even
more pleased because of its significance
well beyond its monetary value. With this
gift comes the added opportunity to
strengthen our partnership with one of the
world’s top corporations.”
Joel Smith, dean of The Darla Moore
School of Business, said that although the
endowment is geared toward international
initiatives, it also can be used to support
fellowships, scholarships, and academic
programs and to fund areas of mutual
interest between BMW and the business
school.
“This endowment, because of the way it
has been set up, will give BMW and the
school flexibility to determine what
programs can benefit most from the funds,”
Smith said. “For example, one year, the
resources may be put toward an academic
program and then shifted to scholarships
the next.”
The gift from Mount Vernon Mills will
be used to support four-year scholarships
for students in the business school, with
preference given to students from
communities served by the company.
President Palms said Mount Vernon’s
scholarship endowment is particularly
welcome in a climate of rising costs in
higher education.
“In a time when higher-education costs
are increasing, sometimes putting
incredible financial demands on students
and their families, this gift from Mount
Vernon Mills has even more meaning for
the University,” he said.
“First of all, it will help us recruit some
of the most promising students in the
Carolinas and other states. And second, it
will enable these students to pursue their
education at The Darla Moore School of
Business without incurring debt and
worrying about paying for their education.”
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MARCH 8, 2001
KIM TRUETT
Undergraduates Andrew DeWitt, playing Norman, and Emily Northrop, playing Sheila, rehearse a scene from The Boys Next Door, the next production of Theatre
South Carolina. The comedy-drama will run March 23–April 1 in Longstreet Theatre.
Boys Next Door mixes humor with humanity
USC’s Theatre South Carolina presents the comedy-drama The Boys
Next Door, opening March 23 at Longstreet Theatre.
The Tom Griffin play portrays life in a group home for the
developmentally disabled. The “boys” are grown men with mental
problems trying to live independent of institutions and family with
the help of a social worker. When their beloved social worker decides
to move on, the boys must adjust. The resulting play has been called
comic and poignant.
“Whenever a script shows very different people living together,
it’s a recipe for comedy,” said Ann Dreher, director. “This is a very
funny show, but it also has heartfelt passages, giving each of the
‘boys’ a rounded, human dimension. That mix of humor and
humanity is what makes us so excited to be doing this play.”
The boys next door are unforgettable characters. Norman works in
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USC Orchestra
lures opera star home
from Switzerland
The USC Symphony Orchestra will perform in Hartsville March 14.
“Taking the orchestra on the road helps our image immensely and
gives the players a refreshing change of venue,” said Donald Portnoy,
USC Orchestra conductor.
The soloist for the performance will be bass-baritone Jacob Will,
a USC graduate and Hartsville native, who will fly from his current
home in Zurich, Switzerland, for the concert.
Will’s performance will be his first with the USC Orchestra. He
performs with the Zurich Opera and has an extensive list of appearances
with other European opera houses. A graduate of the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music, he has been with the Zurich Opera for 12 years.
The idea to have Will appear in concert with the orchestra began with
a note to Portnoy from Will’s mother, Caroline. She attended a concert
the orchestra performed in Bishopville and wrote, “Your concert in
Bishopville last Saturday evening was an inspiration. The orchestra
played beautifully, and your conducting was wonderful to watch.”
In the note, Will’s mother said her son had toured with the
Metropolitan Opera diva Deborah Voigt when both were with the
San Francisco Opera. Voigt appeared with the USC Symphony Oct.
19 in the Koger Center. That connection prompted the idea to have
Will come home for the appearance with the orchestra. He last visited
South Carolina when he sang for the inaugural of Gov. Jim Hodges.
“Will’s appearance is a wonderful opportunity for our young
a doughnut shop and takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that
dangle from his waist. Lucien has the mind of a 5-year-old but imagines
he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about.
Arnold is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer with a persecution
complex. Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic, fantasizes he is a golf pro.
The play was originally produced off-Broadway. It was made into
a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie featuring Nathan Lane and Michael
Jeter in 1996.
The play runs from March 23 through April 1. Show times are
8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are
$10 for the general public; $8 for faculty and staff; and $6 for
students. For information, call the Longstreet box office at 7-2551.
For additional information, call Tim Donahue at Theatre South
Carolina at 7-9353 or e-mail him at donahue@sc.edu.
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USC graduate Jacob
Will is shown here as
the King of Scotland
in a European
production of
Ariodante. The Swiss
opera star will return
to South Carolina to
perform with the USC
Symphony Orchestra
March 14.
players to work with another opera star and, more importantly, one
with local roots,” said Portnoy, who has conducting experience in
Europe.
In recent years, the orchestra has appeared in Sumter, Lake City,
and Laurens, and on the campus of the College of Charleston.
So far this season, the orchestra appeared in Bishopville’s Lee
County Opera House, sponsored by the Lee County Arts Council
Community Concert Association. The orchestra will perform in
Hartsville through the Hartsville Community Concert Association.
■ BIRCH RECEIVES SILVER CRESCENT: Hal Birch, an adjunct professor in the
Department of Government and International Studies, recently received the
Order of the Silver Crescent. Gov. Jim Hodges presented Birch the award for
his leadership and work in building the South Carolina Korean War Veteran’s
Memorial in Columbia’s Memorial Park. The project was dedicated in June
2000, the 50th anniversary of the start of the war. The memorial took four
years to complete and cost $400,000.
■ USC AIKEN ATHLETES MAKE THE GRADE: Earning GPAs of at least 3.0, 89
student-athletes recently were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll at
USC Aiken. The students averaged a GPA of 2.708. Eleven athletes at USC
Aiken had 4.0 GPAs.
■ DREWNIANY ATTENDS EXPO: Bonnie
Drewniany, an associate professor of advertising
in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, recently attended the 33rd annual
Promotional Products Association International
Very Important Professor program at Expo 2001
in Dallas, Texas. The workshop acquaints college
professors with the promotional products industry
and encourages including promotional products
advertising as part of the curriculum. As part of
the workshop, the professors received a
marketing assignment that required them to work
in teams to develop a marketing campaign using
promotional products.
■ NATIONAL BLACK FAMILY SUMMIT SET: The 15th annual National Black
Family Summit will be held through March 9 at the Embassy Suites Resort
Kingston Plantation at Myrtle Beach. The theme for the summit, which is expected
to attract social workers, educators, healthcare professionals, and religious and
community leaders from throughout the United States, is “Adoption and Foster
Care: Engaging the Faith Community.” A highlight of the summit will be the
presentation of the National Black Family of the Year award during a luncheon at
12:30 p.m. March 8. Other summit events include workshops and discussion
groups on topics such as parenting skills for foster parents, adoptions and the
black church, foster care for children in rural areas, leading African-American girls
to successful womanhood, and faith-based healing in the African-American
community. The summit is sponsored by the College of Social Work, the United
Black Fund of the Midlands South Carolina, and the 100 Black Men of America Inc.
Information about the National Black Family Summit is available at www.sc.edu/
cosw/nbfs2001.html or by calling 7-4309.
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Biology professor
uses new media
to transform class
Leading South African
educator teaching at USC
BY KATHY HENRY DOWELL
BY CHRIS HORN
Picture this: your students come to class each day
already having read the lecture material and ready to
discuss it and do problem solving.
It sounds like a teacher’s wistful daydream, but Dick
Vogt made the dream come true, at least in one biology
class he taught last fall. Vogt edited simple video
lectures for his comparative physiology course and
mounted them on the Web. The video streaming
segments weren’t Hollywood-scale productions, but
they were a big hit with students.
“The students loved it; they could watch the lectures
anytime they wanted and even watch them again if they
didn’t quite understand a concept,” Vogt said.
Video streaming allows video segments to be
downloaded from a Web site, a technology that was
impractical only a few years ago because it requires
substantial bandwidth. Now video streaming takes only
the desire to get it done, Vogt said.
“I had been goading myself to at least start putting
lesson plans on the Web and, in general, to use more
technology in my instruction,” he said. “There always
are excuses and reasons why you can’t do it. At a certain
point, though, you just have to make up your mind.”
His mind made up, Vogt set up a digital video
camera at his home, wrote out the script for each lecture,
then taped himself writing the notes and sketching
diagrams. He made two versions—one for students with
slower dial-up modems and a higher resolution format
for those with high-speed Internet connections.
“Obviously, this is taking a three-credit-hour course
and, for practical purposes, turning it into the equivalent
of a five-hour course in terms of student contact time.
And there is more preparation time involved for the
❝The students loved it; they could
watch the lectures anytime
they wanted...❞
—Dick Vogt
instructor,” Vogt said. “But the payoff is worth it. The
Web is not to be ignored.”
Video streaming isn’t the only way Vogt is using the
Web for instruction. He encourages his students to do
hypothesis testing online by conducting keyword
searches on various scientific topics to see what has
been electronically published.
“In thinking about some scientific issue, a student
can develop a hypothesis that might very well be under
investigation in a lab somewhere,” Vogt said. “Quite
often, a Web search can turn up pertinent research
information. That’s a simple thing, but it shows students
how dynamic scientific research really is.”
Vogt’s video streaming lectures can be viewed at
http://www.biol.sc.edu/~vogt/comp-phys.html.
New Media Group forms on Columbia campus
If you’re interested in video streaming and other forms of “new media,” you might want to join an informal gathering of
Columbia campus faculty called the New Media Group. The group includes faculty members from across campus. “We’re
looking to get people from every college involved,” said Stephen Bajjaly, an associate professor of library and information
science. The group has discussed instructional use of everything from DVD and CD-ROM to video streaming and
synchronous multimedia interface language (SMILE). “What excites me the most is that a group exists that’s bringing
together people from across campus,” said Steve Adams, manager of visual media in Distance Education Instructional
Support. “The most important thing we can do is communicate and share strategies.” For more information about the New
Media Group, contact Bajjaly at 7-0446 or by e-mail: bajjaly@sc.edu.
Biography of George Putnam
wins 2001 publishing award
An English professor’s biography of 19th-century publisher
George P. Putnam has won the 2001 Award for Biography
from the Association of American Publishers/Professional
and Scholarly Publishing Division.
Ezra Greenspan spent about seven years conducting
The transformation of South Africa after apartheid hasn’t always been
marked by quick, heady, or jubilant success, says Peter Kallaway, a
visiting distinguished professor from the University of the Western Cape.
“I think people looking, from a distance, at the process of moving
away from apartheid can get a romantic glow,” he said, “but being at
ground level, you must often trudge through difficult times in education.”
An internationally known expert on the
history of education in South Africa,
Kallaway is at USC this spring. He is teaching
two courses, giving a number of public
lectures, and is available as a resource for
faculty and students.
“Peter is arguably the leading educational
historian on South Africa,” said Alan Wieder,
educational psychology. “He’s known throughout the world in comparative education circles.
Kallaway
When people cite or refer to texts about South
Africa, his book, Apartheid and Education: The Education of Black
South Africans, is one reference that is cited all the time.”
Kallaway’s home institution is in Cape Town, South Africa,
where he is a professor of history of education. He teaches and
conducts research in several fields, including the history of education
and education policy in South Africa, the teaching of history in
schools, teacher education, and rural education. He is currently
completing a massive edited collection on the history of apartheid
and education.
The University of the Western Cape, Kallaway said, is “a working
class university for first-generation, university-going families.” The
university, which celebrated its 40-year anniversary in 2000, has
approximately 10,000 students.
USC’s Department of Educational Psychology and the Honors
College are supporting Kallaway’s visit to USC—his first to the
southern United States.
“We thought it would be a great opportunity for students to study
race, class, and education in South Africa,” Wieder said. “There are
many similar issues in South Carolina concerning race and class. Of
course, there are differences, but the disparity that exists in South
Africa is also very much part of South Carolina.”
At USC, Kallaway is teaching a doctoral seminar in foundations
of education, “South African Education: Historical and Sociological
Perspectives,” and an Honors College seminar, “South Africa in
Transition.” He regularly invites his students to compare the
development of education policy in the United States, particularly in
the South, with that of South Africa.
“In one of my classes, I keep apologizing for the $30 text, and my
USC students just laugh,” Kallaway said. “At the University of the
Western Cape, it would cost about 240 Rand. Our students wouldn’t
be able to afford such a book.”
Kallaway can be reached at pkallaway@yahoo.com or by leaving
a message at 7-5738.
research and writing the book, George Palmer Putnam:
Representative American Publisher. It is the first modern
biography of Putnam and was published by Penn State
University Press, which nominated the book for the award.
“Putnam was one of the most important publishers of the
19th century,” Greenspan said. “His story is also a history of
an important era—the 1830s through the 1860s—when the
first great wave of American literature occurred.”
Putnam, whose formal education ended at age 11, was
editing the first publishers’ trade journal in the history of the
profession in the United States by age 19 and involved in the
publishing business by his mid 20s. He published several of
America’s best-known writers, including Nathanial
Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Susan Warner and was a
leading advocate of international copyright laws.
Greenspan has completed editing of The House of
Putnam: 1837–1872 for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, planned for publication later this year.
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McMaster exhibit features eclectic mix of figures in clay
BY LARRY WOOD
With works by Sergei Isupov and Akio Takamori, the
exhibit of figures currently on display in McMaster Gallery
includes pieces by some of the world’s best known artists
working in clay.
“Figuration in Clay: A Collection” features 31 works from
the private collection of a USC medical professor. The pieces
range from small figures to large busts and
vary in style from abstraction to realism.
“This exhibit is tremendous for us
because it is an opportunity that would
rarely be available to a small university
gallery,” said Mana Hewitt, gallery
director for the art department. “These
works represent the spectrum from
sculptors early in their careers in clay to
some of the best known artists in their
field, as well as others who have passed
away but are considered the finest that the
field of sculptural ceramics has ever
produced.”
“Mask” is a large
Hewitt first saw the collection about
bust by Viola Frey.
three years ago when she was invited to a
Christmas party. “I was truly flabbergasted,” she said. “It was an absolute feast for my eyes.”
Over three years, Hewitt took students to see the
collection and talked with the owner. That relationship
been directed by an interior
decorator or gallery owner.
Here, you have a collector
whose taste runs the gamut
and who can appreciate
works from all
different spectrums.
“It’s wonderful to
find a collection that
can show our students
so many different
approaches. It’s a
wonderful educational
tool. To have an exhibit
that allows our students Jack Earl created “In the Sunday
to simply come down
Afternoon Sunshine.”
the staircase and be
exposed to such an eclectic collection is terrific.”
Other artists represented in the exhibit include Christina
Bothwell, Kerry Wooten, Michael Gross, Robert Brady,
Steven Parker Bradford, Mary Frank, Beatrice Wood,
Stephen DeStaebler, and Jamie McKinnon.
Also, Beverly Mayeri, Valerie Gilbert, Viola Frey,
Adrian Arleo, Jack Earl, Judy Moonelis, Ronna
Neuenschwander, Yoshio Taylor, Indira Johnson, Frank
Fleming, Michael Lucero, and Michaelene Walsh.
If you go
■ What: Figuration in Clay: A Collection
■ Where: McMaster Gallery, McMaster College
■ When: Through March 31
■ Hours: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday and 1–4 p.m.
Sundays
■ Information: Mana Hewitt, gallery director, 7-7480
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .culminated
. . . in .Ron. Porter’s
. . willingness
. . . .to exhibit
. . some
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Staff spotlight
■ Name: Alexa Maddox
■ Title: Study Abroad
Advisor
■ Years at USC: Two,
although I previously
Maddox
spent four years at USC
getting a BA in English,
including a year abroad at the University of Kent,
England.
■ Job description: I’m in the export business—I
help undergraduates find summer, semester, and
year-abroad programs that will allow them to
earn credit toward their USC degrees. One of my
biggest challenges is convincing students that
study abroad is a worthwhile investment, both in
terms of future employment and personal and
academic growth. It’s sometimes a tough sell,
even though we offer exchange programs that
cost the same as USC tuition. Being able to give
more scholarship money to students who want to
make that investment would be a dream come
true. The biggest benefit of study abroad is
personal—you learn a lot about your own
strengths and limitations through travel. The
contributions of students such as Nicholas Miller,
who has studied in China, Ecuador, Siberia, and
the Netherlands and recently won the Marshall
Scholarship to study at Oxford, have the potential
to benefit many more people in South Carolina
and the world.
■ Best part of job: Vicarious travel! I enjoy the
challenge of promoting study abroad to students
who might not have considered it as an option
and also encouraging those students who, like
me, always dreamed of traveling and living
abroad. England and Australia are our most
popular destinations, although I’m seeing more
and more students going to Spanish-speaking
countries and Asia. I’m also honored to assist our
international students, who choose to come to
USC from 120 countries and enrich the campus
in so many ways.
■ Other interests: I carry something to read with
me at all times and travel when I can. If money and
sleep weren’t issues, I would read, write, and make
pottery all day and salsa dance all night. I’d also
learn to fiddle so that I could play bluegrass music
for people when I learn to tango in Argentina, study
pottery techniques in Japan and China, and take a
culinary tour of Thailand and India.
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the collection in McMaster Gallery.
The exhibit gives art students a look not only at some of
the hottest artists in the field but also at styles ranging from
expressionistic approaches to the figure to realism. “One of
the students wrote in a comment book that if you look at
‘Cherubio’ (a piece by Doug Jeck) long enough, you can
see him breathe,” Hewitt said.
The exhibit is divided into several different groupings,
including group figures, anthropomorphic images, different
approaches to the figure, small figures, aspects of the figure,
and images of the bust. The sizes range from small, intimate
pieces to very large, life-size figures.
“Generally, students would never have the opportunity
to see such a variance in styles and sizes,” Hewitt said. “It is
a rare collector who truly collects from the heart and has not
Celebrate Women’s History Month!
Demers, Canadian author. Contact Daniela Di Cecco,
French and Classics, 7-0799.
March is Universitywide Women’s History Month. The
celebration will feature many events, including:
■ March 7—Women’s Studies Pedagogy Brown Bag
Teaching Series: Teaching for Social Justice, noon,
Flinn Hall, Room 101. Contact Vicky Newman, 7-4007.
■ March 7—Connections: Women’s mentoring
program, Meet and Greet, 4 p.m., Russell House,
third floor lobby. Contact Cindy Benton, 7-5780.
■ March 19—Rosamond Kent Sprague Lecture:
Thrasymachus and the Concept of Justice, Reginald
Allen, professor of philosophy (emeritus), Northwestern
University, 4 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 152. Contact
Joan Spencer-Amado, 7-3727.
■ March 21–23 USC Annual Writers Festival:
featuring William Styron, Sue Grafton, Jamaica Kincaid,
Les Murray, and Louise de Salvo. Contact Department of
English, 7-4203.
■ March 21—Women’s Studies Research Series:
Hispanic Women Behind the Camera, Ramona Lagos
and Maria Mabrey, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese,
3:30 p.m., Belk Auditorium, Darla Moore School of
Business. Contact Women’s Studies Program, 7-4007.
■ March 22—Women in Law Guest Speaker Series:
Scott Moise, attorney, Nelson, Mullins, Riley, and
Scarborough, 12:30 p.m., Law Center, Room 138.
Contact Pamela Robinson, 7-3405.
■ March 22—Connections: The Importance of Wellness
in a Professional Woman’s Life, 4 p.m., Russell House,
Room 205. Contact Cindy Benton, 7-5780.
■ March 23— Speaker: Frontiéres mouvantes des
lectorats: jeunes et adultes un même défi?, Dominique
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8 p.m., Russell House Ballroom.
■ March 27—Chimera Self-Defense Class:
Women only, 7 p.m., Russell House Ballroom.
■ March 28—Clothesline Project Display: 10 a.m.–
3 p.m., Russell House, Greene Street.
■ March 29–31—USC Film Symposium: Orphans of
the Storm II: Documenting the 20th Century, focusing
on the preservation, study, and use of orphan films. For
information, call Susan Courtney, English and film
studies, 7-2361.
■ March 29—Outstanding Woman of the Year at
USC: Celebration, 4:30 p.m., Harper College,
Gressette Room, 4:30 p.m. Contact Cindy Benton,
7-5780.
■ March 29—Clothesline Project Keynote: You
Throw Like a Girl: The Language of Sports & Sexual
Violence, Donald McPherson, former NFL player,
7 p.m., Williams Brice Stadium, The Zone. Contact
544-4576.
■ March 30–April 1 Conference—Third International
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Conference, Tillie Olsen,
poet and scholar, keynote speaker. 8 p.m., Gambrell,
Room153. Panels all day Saturday and Sunday. For
more information, contact Cynthia Davis at
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International Week showcases the world
USC will celebrate its annual International Week March 19–23 with lectures,
performances, and other activities.
Featured events will include:
■ “Gullah Connection” with Joseph Opala
of James Madison University at 7 p.m. March 19 in the Russell
House Theater, followed by the 1998 documentary film, The
Language You Cry In.
■ World Night 2001, 7–11 p.m. March 23, Russell House
Ballroom. The International Student Association’s annual
World Night 2001 will feature an international fashion show,
food samples from around the world, and a dance featuring
music from different regions. General admission is $2 for
students, faculty, and staff. Food tickets may be purchased at
additional cost.
■ International Festival 2001, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. March 23,
Greene Street in front of the Russell House (rain location is
Russell House Ballroom). The event is free. Food prices will
range from $3 to $10.
For a full schedule of events, access www.sc.edu/ips. For
more information, call Elizabeth James or Casey Fitzpatrick,
International Programs for Students, 7-7461.
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■ March 17 Women’s softball: Mississippi State, Beckham Field,
1 p.m.
■ March 26 Koger Center:
Violinist Nadja SalernoSonnenberg and the Assad
Brothers, 7:30 p.m., $25 adult,
$15 student. Tickets are available
at the Carolina Coliseum box
office and all Capital Tickets
outlets. To charge, call 251-2222.
■ March 7 Faculty Senate Meeting: 3 p.m., Law School auditorium.
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■ LIST YOUR EVENTS: The TIMES calendar welcomes
submissions of listings for campus events. Listings
should include a name and phone number so we can
follow up if necessary. Items should be sent to TIMES
Calendar at University Publications, 701 Byrnes Building,
e-mailed to kdowell@gwm.sc.edu, or faxed to 7-8212. If
you have questions, call Kathy Dowell at 7-3686. The
deadline for receipt of information is 11 days prior to the
publication date of issue. The next issue will be published
March 22. Remaining publication dates for this semester
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■ March 30 USC Aiken: Seminar, Department of Biology and
Geology, “Plant-pollinator Interactions: A Threatened Mutualism
with Implications for the Ecology and Management of a Rare
Species,” Tim Spira, Clemson University, 1 p.m., Science Building,
Room 327, free.
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■ March 23–April 1 Theatre South Carolina: The Boys Next Door,
play by Tom Griffin, 8 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, 3 p.m. Sundays,
Longstreet Theatre. Tickets are $10 public; $8 faculty, staff, and
senior citizens; $6 students. To order tickets, call 7-2551.
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■ March 29 USC Sumter: Spring Lecture Series, “The American
Public Schools: Our Schools vs. Theirs,” Charles A. Love, dean,
School of Education, USC Spartanburg, 8 p.m., Schwartz Building,
Room 127, free. For more information, call J.T. Myers at 55-3774.
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■ March 29 Career Fair: 2001 A Career Odyssey, hosted by the
College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management, with 30–40
companies participating, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Carolina Coliseum, free.
For more information, visit http://www.hrsm.sc.edu/hrtm.
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■ March 29 USC Aiken: Faculty and Friends Recital, 7 p.m.,
Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call 803-641-3305.
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■ March 28 Clothesline Project: T-shirt display, sponsored by
Office for Sexual Health and Violence Prevention, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.,
Greene Street, in front of Russell House, free.
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■ March 23 USC Aiken: Seminar, Biology and Geology Department,
“Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia,” Faith Zimmerman, Department
of Biology and Geology, USC Aiken, 1 p.m., Sciences Building, Room
327, free. For more information, call 803-641-3299.
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■ March 27 Workshop: Chimera Self-defense, for women only,
sponsored by Office for Sexual Health and Violence Prevention, 7
p.m., Russell House Ballroom, free. For more information, call 77619.
■ March 21–22 USC Aiken: The Lion, The Witch, and The
Wardrobe, University Theatre’s Playground Playhouse, 9 a.m. and
noon; March 21 school performances at 9:30 a.m. and noon;
March 22 public performance at 7 p.m., Etherredge Center Main
Stage. For ticket information, call 803-641-3305.
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■ March 16–17 USC Sumter: The Mouse Trap, noon and 8 p.m.
March 16; and 8 p.m. only March 17. Nettles Building auditorium,
free. For more information, call Carol Reynolds at 55-3757.
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■ Through March 31 McMaster Gallery: “Figuration in Clay—A
Collection,” an exhibition of clay works inspired by figurative motifs,
including works by Viola Frye, Frank Fleming, Adrian Arleo, Doug Jeck,
and Akio Takamori. Free. McMaster College, first floor. Gallery hours
are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday and 1–4 p.m. Sundays. For more
information, call Mana Hewitt at 7-7480.
■ March 27 WellnessWorks: Adult CPR class, 5:30–9:30 p.m.,
P.E. Center, Room 111, $20. To register, stop by the
WellnessWorks office in the lobby of the Blatt P.E. Center. For
more information, call 7-6518.
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■ March 16 USC Aiken: Seminar, Biology and Geology Department, “Zoogeography of Mammals and their Ectoparasites in the
Indo-Australian Region,” Lance Durden, Department of Biology,
Georgia Southern University, 1 p.m., Sciences Building, Room 327,
free. For more information, call 803-641-3299.
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■ March 8–10 USC Aiken: Annual Josef Hofmann Piano
Competition and Festival, recital and two evenings of competition.
Leonid Kuzmin, one of the competition’s judges, performs at
8 p.m. March 8. Tickets for the Kuzmin recital and the two
evenings of the competition will be available at the door of the
Etherredge Center.
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■ March 29 USC Symphony:
Carlos Cuesta guest conducts the
Chamber Orchestra, Mozart’s
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
K. 453, with soloist Charles Fugo,
piano faculty, 7:30 p.m., Koger
Salerno-Sonnenberg
Center, $8 faculty and staff, $5
students. Tickets available at the Carolina Coliseum box office,
Capital Tickets outlets, and the Koger Center the night of the
concert. To charge, call 251-2222.
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■ March 29–31 Film Symposium: Orphans of the Storm II:
Documenting the 20th Century, focuses on the preservation, study,
and use of “orphan films.” For more information, visit www.sc.edu/
filmsymposium.
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■ March 21 Research Series: Women’s Studies, “Hispanic
Women Behind the Camera,” Ramona Lagos and Maria C. Mabrey,
Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, 3:30 p.m., Belk
Auditorium, The Darla Moore School of Business, free.
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■ March 25 School of Music: Faculty member John Adams, piano,
4 p.m., Room 206, free. For more information, call 7-6426.
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■ March 11 Men’s baseball: Arkansas, Sarge Frye Field, 1:30 p.m.
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featuring William Styron, Sue Grafton, Jamaica Kincaid, Les
Murray, and Louise DeSalvo. For more information, contact the
English department at 7-4203.
■ March 10 Men’s baseball: Arkansas, Sarge Frye Field, 4 p.m.
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■ March 20 Koger Center: Ian Hobson, piano, 7:30 p.m. “New
World, New Sounds,” includes pieces by Copland, Barber,
Gershwin, and Joplin. Tickets are $12 faculty and staff, $8
students. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office
and all Capital Tickets outlets. To charge, call 251-2222.
■ March 9 Men’s baseball: Arkansas, Sarge Frye Field, 7 p.m.
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guitar, 7:30 p.m., Room 206, free. For more information, call 7-7067.
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“Three Women,” right, is an earthenware, terra sigilata
piece by Judy Moonelis. The work and 30 other pieces
celebrating the figure are part of “Figuration in Clay: A
Collection” on exhibit in McMaster Gallery through
March 31. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–
Friday and 1–4 p.m. Sundays. (See story page 4.)
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■ FACULTY CLUB OFFERS DISCOUNT MEMBERSHIPS: The Faculty Club at
McCutchen House is offering new members 25 percent reductions in its onetime $100 initiation fee and a 20 percent reduction in its $12.50 monthly dues
for two years. The discounts are part of the club’s Ambassador Incentive
Program in which current members who recruit new members with the
discounts will have their own dues reduced by 20 percent for two years for
each new member they recruit. The Faculty Club has entered a reciprocity
agreement with the University Club in Blythewood. Faculty and staff members
of Faculty Club can enjoy swimming, health club facilities, and golf privileges
at University Club. The deadline for new members to join the club is March 15.
For information, contact Travis or JoAnne Branaman, 7-5206.
■ SEATED MASSAGES CONTINUE IN HEALTH
CENTER: WellnessWorks, USC’s employee
wellness program, is continuing to offer seated
chair massages in Room 316 of the Thomson
Student Health Center. The massages are given by
Cathy Hoyle, a licensed massage therapist. The
cost is $15, with appointments made on the half
hour, Tuesday through Friday. To schedule an
appointment, call 7-6518 and leave a message for
the massage therapist.
■ WRITERS FESTIVAL FEATURES HIGH-CALIBER AUTHORS: The USC
Bicentennial Writers Festival will be held March 20–23. The featured author is
novelist William Styron who will read from his work at 8 p.m. March 21 in the
Koger Center. Other featured authors are:
• Les Murray, poet, 3:30 p.m. March 22, Currell College auditorium
• Sue Grafton, mystery writer, 8 p.m. March 22, Koger Center
• Louise De Salvo, writer, 3:30 p.m. March 23, Gambrell Hall auditorium
• Jamaica Kincaid, novelist, 8 p.m. March 23, Belk Auditorium, The Darla
Moore School of Business.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 7-7120.
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percent. However, the proviso also imposes a freeze on tuition until the HEPI collectively and ultimately
exceeds the percentage represented by the $250 increase. This contingency is punitive in that it does not
consider future inflation or the reality that tuition increases provide the only revenue source for us to cover
unfunded portions of state-mandated salary and fringe benefit increases. Even as we work for relief from the
punitive aspects of the current proviso, a maximum tuition increase at this time is crucial to reducing the
overall cut to the University.
2. Restoring freshman enrollment to 1993 levels without returning the entire student population to 1993 levels, which
means increasing the freshman class by approximately 500 students. We had already planned to increase freshman
enrollment at USC Columbia for the fall 2001 semester, and with applications nearly 15 percent above last year’s
level, I believe we can increase the number of students without sacrificing the quality we have worked so hard to
achieve.
These two measures and the net effect of non-discretionary, fixed cost increases (i.e., utilities and health
insurance) will leave a total cut of approximately $14 million for USC Columbia. Without applying the management tools being considered, this $14 million would result in an 8 percent budget cut spread across all administrative and academic units. Because USC Columbia endured the painful-yet-productive internal reallocation process
just seven years ago, we are hopeful that an appropriate combination of management tools will reduce to less than 8
percent the cut we all will be required to sustain.
At this time, until we identify these management tools, I have asked department chairs and directors to consider
how their units would implement a budget cut of as much as 8 percent, effective July 1, 2001. Many have expressed
the need for latitude in dealing with budget cuts, and we are working to provide this latitude. The hiring freeze will
remain in effect throughout this fiscal year, and I encourage all of you to continue to observe stringent standards on
equipment purchases and travel expenditures.
As we face this budget crisis, I also hope that you will keep the following in mind:
All units will be permitted to carry forward unexpended “A” and “E” funds in their budget from this fiscal year
to next fiscal year without the 5 percent limitation so that savings from the current year can help offset the impending budget cut. While the entire budget cut will be a permanent reduction in the recurring base budget, the carryforward balances can help address the budget cut in FY02.
We must manage this
budget cut without penalizProposed Budget Reductions by House Ways and Means Commitee
ing students or compromisUniversityofSouthCarolina
ing the academic mission of
the University. Thus, each
Base Appropriation
Budget Cut
Before Budget Cut
academic unit will be
expected to remain stable in
USC Columbia
$156,721,268
$18,064,159
terms of enrollment producUSC School of Medicine
$24,553,952
$2,830,162
tivity, and increasing summer
Subtotal-Columbia:
$181,275,220
$20,894,321
school courses may help
generate new revenue.
USC Aiken
$10,636,909
$1,266,329
Ninety-eight percent of
USC Spartanburg
$12,582,372
$1,497,937
the gifts received through our
USC Beaufort
$2,363,021
$281,319
successful Capital Campaign
USC Lancaster
$2,894,921
$344,642
are donated to specific
academic programs. These
USC Salkehatchie
$2,333,887
$277,850
gifts cannot be used to offset
USC Sumter
$4,325,224
$514,920
state support or general
USC
Union
$1,139,032
$135,602
operating shortfalls.
Subtotal: Four-Year & Regional Campuses: $36,275,366
$4,318,598
After the full House of
Representatives considers the
Total - All Campuses:
$217,550,586
$25,212,919
budget in mid-March, the
Senate will begin its
deliberations. Although the
budget the House approves will determine to a large degree the final budget, letters, phone calls, and e-mails to
your senator at this critical juncture may help USC. We are still working diligently to reduce the budget cut and to
seek additional revenue for operational or capital projects.
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee recommended a $206 million bond bill for specific capital
improvements for the state’s colleges and universities.
Of that total, $47.5 million was earmarked for USC projects, including for USC Columbia: $10 million for the
School of Law’s new building (completing the state’s $20 million portion for this project), $9 million for the
renovations to LeConte College, and $11 million for renovations to the buildings on Gibbes Greene (Sloan and
Callcott buildings).
Also included in the bond bill is $3 million for USC Aiken’s Convocation Center (totaling $9 million authorized
for this project) and $14.5 million for the Information Resource Center at USC Spartanburg. As you may recall,
capital projects are not funded through general operating appropriations (those appropriations affected by the cuts).
Instead, capital projects are funded by bonds, private donations, student fees, athletics funds, and other government
sources. I hope you will express support for the capital projects/bond bill that the full House will soon consider.
I appreciate your patience, good citizenship, and efforts to help the University successfully weather this difficult
time. As soon as we receive additional information, I will forward it to you. Thank you.
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reduce the number of employees that otherwise would have to be
laid off to meet the projected budget cuts. However, it is doubtful
that the University can meet the projected cuts without some
reduction in force even if the furlough provisos are approved by the
Legislature.
Would everyone at USC be furloughed?
Again, let me emphasize that furloughs are only a proposal at
this time. Legislators are considering two provisos: one would allow
voluntary furloughs for all state agencies, including colleges and
universities. The other would give institutions of higher education
the authority under specific circumstances to implement furloughs
for up to 20 days during a fiscal year, although we do not contemplate a full 20 days being necessary. If the mandated furlough
proviso was to be approved, it would apply to all University faculty,
staff, and administrators from the president on down.
If the mandated furlough proviso is approved, how would
USC implement it?
The University would plan to implement any furlough in such a
way as to impact our academic mission as little as possible. That
would be our primary effort in determining when any furlough
would take effect. For instance, we might use days students are not
in class as furlough days to avoid interfering with class schedules.
However, whatever is determined, furlough days would be selected
in such a way as to place as little burden as possible on employees
who anticipate receiving a paycheck for a specific amount of money
every two weeks. We’re investigating the possibility of spreading
any furlough-related reductions in pay over several pay periods to
avoid employees losing too large of a portion of their salary from
any one paycheck. Also, according to the legislative proposal,
during furlough days the University would pay the employer and
employee costs associated with insurance and retirement benefits to
insure there was no loss of health insurance or retirement benefits
for our employees.
What other cost-cutting options is the University considering?
A group of administrators has been meeting to discuss and
develop management tools that would assist all units in meeting the
required budget cuts. At this point, nothing has been eliminated
from consideration. In addition to the possibility of furloughs, we
are anticipating there will be layoffs and cuts in operational budgets
for academic and administrative units. The University already has
implemented a hiring freeze, while travel and equipment purchases
have been limited to those that are mission-critical. Everything, no
matter how small, can help as we try to conserve current spending
in anticipation of such a severe budget cut.
What message do you want to tell faculty and staff?
This is the most serious budget cut that higher education has had
to face in my 27 years with the University. It is important for
everyone to recognize that the University is in for some rough
times, but we will do everything we can to protect employee
benefits.
Vol. 12, No. 4
March 8, 2001
TIMES is published 20 times a year for the faculty and staff of the University of South
Carolina by the Department of University Publications, Laurence W. Pearce, director.
Director of Periodicals: Chris Horn
Managing Editor: Larry Wood
Design Editor: Betty Lynn Compton
Senior Writers: Marshall Swanson, Kathy Henry Dowell
Photographers: Michael Brown, Kim Truett
To reach us: 7-8161 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Campus Correspondents: Office of Media Relations, USC Columbia; Deidre Martin, Aiken;
Marlys West, Beaufort; Sherry Greer, Lancaster; Jane Brewer, Salkehatchie; Gibson Smith,
Spartanburg; Tom Prewett, Sumter; Terry Young, Union.
The University of South Carolina provides equal opportunity and affirmative action in
education and employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, disability or veteran status. The University of South Carolina has
designated as the ADA and Section 504 coordinator the Executive Asssstant to the President
for Equal Opportunity Programs.
■ JOB VACANCIES: Although the University
has instituted a hiring freeze, some
categories of jobs are still available. For
up-to-date information on USC Columbia
vacancies, call 777-JOBS (5627) or visit
the employment office, 508 Assembly St.
For positions at other campuses, contact the
personnel office at that campus. Vacancies
also are posted on the human resources
Web site at http://hr.sc.edu.
■ O’LEARY SELECTED AS A TOP 100 HONOREE: Mary Ellen O’Leary, a senior
instructor in the Department of Mathematics, has been chosen as a top 100
honoree by Irish America magazine. The award is given to Irish Americans
who have excelled in various fields. O’Leary has headed Columbia’s Irish
Children’s Summer Program for 18 years. She currently is past president of
the board that oversees the program, which brings Catholic and Protestant
children to Columbia for a summer holiday. O’Leary will be honored at a
special gala presentation at the Plaza Hotel in New York on March 15.
■ FAMILY FUND WEB SITE UPDATED: The Family Fund Web site has been
updated to include a printable online gift form. To learn more about the Family
Fund and to use the new gift form, go to www.sc.edu/development/
FamFund.html. For more information or questions, call Lea Stanley Warner,
Family Fund director, at 7-2985.
■ USC SUMTER PROFESSOR TO LEAD SUMMER TOUR OF IRELAND:
Jack Doyle, storyteller and USC Sumter professor of English, along with
Irishman Batt Burns, award-winning educator, storyteller, and author of seven
books on Irish history and culture, will lead a two-week Cultural Traditions
Tour of Ireland June 21–July 4. Storytellers and story lovers are invited to
enjoy Irish tales, poetry, and folklore while experiencing the Emerald Isle,
from daily life in the picturesque village of Sneem, County Kerry, to the
remote Skellig Islands of the West Coast. Participants will visit the cities of
Galway, Limerick, Dublin, and Belfast, but also will explore the natural beauty
of the Glens of Antrim and the geologic wonders of the Giant’s Causeway on
the North Coast. For more information and a detailed brochure, call Doyle at
55-3755.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Hayes D. Hampton, English, Sumter, “Secondary
Sources on Mary Daly: A Selected Bibliography,” Feminist Interpretations of Mary
Daly, Sarah Lucia Hoagland and Marilyn Frye, editors, Pennsylvania State
University Press, University Park, Pa.
Darrell J. Dernoshek, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, “The South Carolina
Project for Improved Articulation,” Foreign Language Articulation: Current Practice
and Future Prospects, Carolyn Gascoigne Lally, editor, Greenwood Publishing
Group, Westport, Conn.
Varun Grover and James T.C. Teng, business, and Seung Jeong (Samsung
Corporation), “Reengineering Project Challenges,” IS Management Handbook, 7th
Edition, CRC Press, Auerbach Publications, N.Y.
Laura M. Zaidman, English, Sumter, “Ariel, A Legend of the Lighthouse,” “La Belle
Bayadere,” “Betrayed by a Buckle,” “Debby’s Debut,” “Love and Self-Love,” and
“Meadow Blossoms,” The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia, Gregory Eiselein and
Anne K. Phillips, editors, Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn.
the Transgressive Tradition,” Society for the Study of American Women Writers
First International Conference, San Antonio, Texas, also, “Devotion East and West:
Ramprasad Sen and Julian of Norwich,” Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Denver, Colo.
Pamela D. Robinson, law, “Support for Law Students Doing Pro Bono,”
Association of American Law Schools, San Francisco, Calif., also, “Sorting Apples
from Oranges: The Art of Volunteer Screening,” S.C. Association for Volunteer
Administration, Charleston, S.C.
Uwe Bunz, chemistry and biochemistry, “Alkyne Metathesis with Simple Catalyst
Systems,” American Chemical Society, New Orleans.
Ralph Mathisen, history, “Laboring in the Vineyard: Working with the Web, Past,
Present, and Future,” Ancient Studies, New Technology Conference, Salve Regina
University, also, “The Use and Significance of the Adnotatio in the Early Byzantine
Empire,” Byzantine Studies Conference, Harvard University, and, “The Contribution
of Prosopography: The Later Roman Empire,” Conference on Prosopography in
the Twenty-first Century: Late Roman and
■ ARTICLES: Hayes D. Hampton, English,
Byzantine, The British Academy, London.
Sumter, “Carson’s Concerto: The Ballad of the
David Pearlman, Tarun Pathapati, and Subil
Sad Café,” Carson McCullers Society
Bhattal (USC graduate students), “A Tourist City
Newsletter.
or a Criminal’s Paradise,” Graduate Education
Janette Turner Hospital, English, L’Opale du
and Graduate Student Research Conference in
Désert, translated by Virginie Buhl (French
Hospitality and Tourism, Atlanta, also, same
edition of Oyster, Norton, New York, N.Y.),
conference, with Annette Hoover (USC graduate
Editions Rivages, Paris, France.
student), “The Internet Derived Supply Side
Inventory—The Ultimate Sales Prospect List
Stephen Morgan and S. Michael Angel,
Generator: A case of the Columbia, South
chemistry and biochemistry, and W. J. Egan,
Carolina, Metropolitan Convention and Visitors
“Rapid Optimization and Minimal Complexity
Bureau.”
in Neural Network Multivariate Calibration of
Chlorinated Hydrocarbons Using Raman
R. Bruce Dunlap and Lukasz Lebioda,
Spectroscopy,” Journal of Chemometrics.
chemistry and biochemistry, Sondra H.
Burger, pharmacy, Jason Phan, David J.
John Ferry, chemistry and biochemistry, and
Steadman, Sangita Koli, Weirong C. Ding, and
R.R. Ozer, “Kinetic Probes of the Mechanism
Wladek Minor, “Structure of
of Polyoxometalate-mediated Photocatalytic
HumanThymidylate Synthase Suggests
Oxidation of Chlorinated Organics,” Journal of
Advantages of Chemotherapy with NoncomPhysical Chemistry B.
petitive Inhibitors,” S.C. State Research
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry,
Conference, “Molecular Approaches to
Christine A. Little, A. L. Rheingold, K.M. Lam, T.
Biological Problems,” Isle of Palms.
Concolino, A. Mohan, and G.J. Long, “Structural,
James M. Sodetz and Lukasz Lebioda,
Electronic, and Magnetic Properties of
chemistry and biochemistry, Eric Ortlund,
{Fe[HC(3,5-(CH3)2pz)3]2}(BF4)2: Observation of
Chasta Parker, Steven F. Schreck, and Wladek
Unusual Spin-Crossover Behavior,” Inorganic
Minor, “Three Dimensional X-Ray Crystal
Chemistry.
Structure of Human Complement Protein
Gail Barnes, music, “A Comparison of SelfC8gamma at 1.2 A Resolution,” S.C. State
Efficacy and Teaching Effectiveness in
Research Conference, “Molecular Approaches
Preservice String Teachers,” Journal of String
to Biological Problems,” Isle of Palms.
Research.
She’s at her best when she’s at a loss for words.
Stephen Kistler, chemistry and biochemistry,
Michael Myrick, chemistry and biochemistry,
D.A. Fanz, W.R. Hatfield, Gary Horvath, and
M.S. Doescher (USC graduate student), A.
Malathi Kistler, “Hlt-null Mice are Fertile and
Rawlett, and J.M. Tour, “Stripping
Display Normal Spermatogenesis, Although H1 Levels in Spermatocytes and
Voltammetry of Cu Overlayers Deposited on Self-Assembled Monolayers: Field
Round Spermatids are Reduced,” Conference on Germ Cells at Cold Spring Harbor
Emission of Electrons Through a Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomer,” Journal of
Laboratories, Long Island, N.Y.
Physical Chemistry B.
Stephen Kistler and Malathi Kistler, chemistry and biochemistry, “Use of
Terry A. Wolfer, social work, “Coping with chronic community violence: Varieties
Transgenic and Knockout Mice to Study the Function and Regulation of Histone
and implications of women’s efforts,” Violence and Victims.
Hlt,” Statewide Biotechnology Meeting, Isle of Palms.
Catherine Murphy, chemistry and biochemistry, “Intrinsic Bending in GGCC Tracts
Deborah Fowler, retailing, “The Pet-Friendly Bed and Breakfast: A Niche Market,”
as Probed by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer,” Analytical Biochemistry.
Council on Hotel Restaurant and Insitutional Education, Atlanta, Ga.
Jan K. Collins, business, “Good Blood,” The Economist.
John M. Antun, hotel, restaurant and tourism management, “Service Managment
Michael Myrick, chemistry and biochemistry, M.A. Nicholson, W.C. Bell (USC
Principles: A Cross Curriculum Integration and Application Plan,” Council on Hotel
graduate students), J.F. Aust, and K.S. Booksh, “Kinetic and Spectroscopic
Restaurant and Insitutional Education, Atlanta, Ga.
Profiles of Pyridine Complexes at a Silver Electrode Using Surface-Enhanced
Robert Pruzin, music, “Bakery Hill Rising,” and “Til Eulenspiegel,” Southeast
Raman Scattering (SERS) and Evolving Factor Analysis,” Vibrational Spectroscopy.
Regional Horn Workshop, University of Georgia, Athens.
■ PRESENTATIONS: John Wesley Lowery, education (educational leadership and
■ OTHER: Kay McFarland, medicine/Women’s Studies, received the S.C. Women
policies), “Changes and Challenges: Legislative Issues for Judicial Affairs,”
in Higher Education’s Martha Kime Piper Award for advancing women in higher
Association for Student Judicial Affairs Conference, Clearwater, Fla.
education in South Carolina.
John M. Antun, hotel, restaurant, and tourism management, and Juliene Moore
Ed Sharp, geological sciences, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Mathematical
(USC graduate student), “The Effect of Population Growth on Restaurant Openings
Geology.
and Closings in South Carolina,” Graduate Education and Graduate Student
Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, Atlanta.
Lucile Charlebois, Celso de Oliveira, T. Bruce Fryer, Angelica Lopes, Carl
Shirley, and Graciela Tissera, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, are editors of
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry, and Terri D. Wright (USC graduate
Textos, Works And Criticism (Vol. 6, No. 2), a literary journal of the Department of
student), “Tris(pyrazolyl)methane and Tris(pyrazolyl)borate Complexes Pb(11):
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Structural Consequences of the Lone Pair,” American Chemical Society Southeast
Regional Meeting, New Orleans, La., also, same conference, with Christine A. Little
David A. Rotholz, Center for Disability Resources, pediatrics, was elected
(USC graduate student), “Synthesis of Tris(pyrazolyl)methane Iron (II) Complexes
president of the psychology division for the American Association on Mental
with Unique Spin Crossover Behaviors.”
Retardation.
Lawrence Glickman, history, “The Living Wage: Lessons from History,” Living
Faculty/Staff items include presentation of papers and projects for national and
Wage Symposium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.
international organizations; appointments to professional organizations and
Hanno zur Loye, chemistry and biochemistry, “New 2H-Perovskite Related Oxides:
boards; special honors; and publication of papers, articles, and books. SubmisCrystal Growth, Structures and Properties of Ba8CoRh6021 and Sr6Rh5015,”
sions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be sent
Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, Mass.
only once to Editor, TIMES, 701 Byrnes Building, Columbia campus. Send by
Hayes D. Hampton, English, Sumter, “The Power of Satan: McCullers’s Poetry and
e-mail to: chorn@gwm.sc.edu
Lighter Times
USC scientists
investigate defense
against chemical/
biological warfare
BY CHRIS HORN
They work on separate research
projects, but Branko Popov and
Donna Chen share a common goal:
neutralizing the threat of chemical
warfare agents.
Popov, a chemical engineering
professor, has just completed the
first phase of research to build a
highly sensitive nerve gas sensor.
Chen, an assistant professor in
chemistry and biochemistry,
recently launched research aimed at
developing catalysts to neutralize
mustard gas and similar agents.
Their research is supported
separately by U.S. defense department agencies.
“Most detection technologies
are ineffective—they’re usually
accurate but can’t be used
remotely. By the time you know
something bad is in the air, it’s
already got you,” said Popov, who
joined USC in 1993 as a research
professor. “Our goal is to develop
a detector that can sniff out gas
and liquid phase elements of nerve
gases from remote locations.
“We also want to be able to
detect the agents that are used to
make nerve gases, which would
help in monitoring which countries
are trafficking the components.”
Chen is using an ultra-high
vacuum chamber to study nanosized particles that could be used as
neutralizing agents against chemical
warfare substances. Because of their
miniscule size, the catalyst particles
have good surface area and are
highly reactive, she said.
“The military would probably
use these catalysts in some sort of
filter,” Chen said. “The Army
might use it to protect tanks, for
instance, and, ultimately, the
catalysts could possibly be
incorporated into fabric and masks
to protect individuals.”
Chen will use simulated agents
to model the chemical behavior of
chemical warfare substances.
Twenty-five countries are
believed to be producing and
stockpiling chemical warfare agents
even though international agreements ban their usage.
Chris Horn can be reached at
7-3687 or chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
MARCH 8, 2001 7
■ JUDGES CHOSEN FOR HOFMANN COMPETITION: Leonid Kuzmin, Joseph Rezits, and Matthew Manwarren
will be the judges for the Eighth Annual Josef Hofmann Piano Competition and Festival March 8–10 at USC
Aiken. Kuzmin, the performing judge, has won many competitions and presented recitals around the world. He
will perform at 8 p.m. March 8 in the Etherredge Center during the competition. Rezits is professor emeritus of
music at Indiana University where he taught for 30 years. Manwarren is chair of the music department at
Erskine College where he teaches piano and music history. Tickets for the Kuzmin recital and the two evenings
of the competition will be available at the door of the Etherredge Center.
■ THREE AT INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INDICTED FOR FRAUD: The former director of USC’s
Institute of Public Affairs and two staff members have been indicted for taking travel and expense money
for personal use between 1996 and 2000. The state grand jury indicted Doug Dobson, former director of
the institute; his assistant, Sarah Grayson; and former administrator, Betty Sue Branham. Dobson and
Grayson are charged with criminal conspiracy and misconduct in office; Branham is accused of misconduct in office. A University audit of the institute first revealed irregularities that later resulted in the
indictments. Robert Oldendick has been named interim director of the institute.
■ EVENING SHUTTLE COVERS CAMPUS: The USC
evening shuttle offers convenient transportation for
students, faculty, and staff who travel around
campus at night. Two 15-passenger vans run from
7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Monday–Friday. Each van
travels the same route in opposite directions to make
travel quicker and waits shorter. A white strobe light
on top of each van makes it easy to see from the
inside of buildings. Vans stop at 10 different
locations around campus: the Carolina Coliseum,
Russell House, BA/Capstone, Maxcy, Byrnes,
Towers/CLS, Swearingen, The Roost, Bates/Bates
West, and PE/Quads. For more information, call
7-1080 or visit www.sc.edu/vmps/ev_route.html.
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Mr. and Ms. USC 2000 will return this year to
hand out trophies.
Annual contest offers
weighty competition
The USC Bodybuilding and Fitness
Club invites you to admire some
amazing physiques and to appreciate
the hard work that created them at the
22nd annual Mr. and Ms. USC
Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship March 31.
“The contest is open to any USC
faculty, staff, or student, on any USC
campus, who is a novice-level competitor,” said Harrison Greenlaw, director
of orientation and testing services and
the bodybuilding club’s advisor for the
past 15 years. This year, men will
compete in bodybuilding, and women
will compete in fitness.
“We run a very flexible competition,” Greenlaw said. “If there is
enough interest, we’ll add a female
bodybuilding class to the competition,
or we’ll add a male fitness class.”
The men’s bodybuilding competition is divided into three weight
classes—light-, middle-, and heavyweight. Each bodybuilder performs a
60– to 90–second physique posing
routine on stage. Judges look at several
criteria, including how each competitor
demonstrates muscularity, muscle
definition, body symmetry, and stage
presence during individual and
comparison posing rounds.
During the women’s fitness
competition, each competitor performs
a one- to two-minute fitness routine,
such as aerobics, karate, dance, or
gymnastics. There is also a swimsuit
round. Judges look for how well each
competitor demonstrates muscle
firmness and definition, healthy
appearance, proportion, and skin tone.
The USC Bodybuilding and Fitness
Club is open to students, faculty, and
staff. Deadline for entering the clubsponsored competition is March 21.
For more information or to enter,
contact Greenlaw at 7-3903 or
hg@sc.edu.
If you go
■ What: Mr./Ms. USC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship
■ When: 7 p.m. March 31
■ Where: Blatt P.E. Center, Gym
307
■ Admission: Tickets available at
the door for $3 faculty, staff, and
students; $5 all others.
8
MARCH 8, 2001
Forum brings community, University
together to discuss world affairs
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
The Palmetto Forum, a successful lecture
series that takes University professors out of
the classroom and into the community, began
with a simple conversation.
About six years ago, retired Columbia
physician and longtime USC student C.
Warren Irvin was talking with government
and international studies professor Robert
Angel. Angel asked Irvin what he thought the
University could do to attract more interest
from the community.
Irvin suggested that members of the city’s
business and professional community be
KIM TRUETT
invited to a series of luncheon seminars. A
Cole Blease Graham Jr. was a recent forum speaker on the November elections.
USC professor would
speak on international affairs, foreign policy,
Irvin, who serves as moderator, jokingly refers to himself as “the
or another topic in his or her area and then
wagonmaster” because he makes a point of starting and ending the
answer questions from the audience.
seminars on time. “Many of the business people have to leave at
Shortly thereafter, the Palmetto Forum
1:30, and we like them to be able to go without a fuss even though
held its first meeting at Columbia’s Palmetto
some others elect to stay around longer and talk,” he said.
Club, which helped inspire the monthly
USC faculty and staff who would like to attend meetings of the
gathering’s name. The group has flourished
Palmetto Forum should call the Walker Institute at 7-8180 to have
ever since.
their names added to the mailing list for announcements of each
“The idea was to introduce the University
month’s topic. Announcements are mailed one week prior to the
to
the
community
in
this
area
of
international
luncheon. The cost of the three-course meal is $11 with payment at
Irvin
studies, where we are quite strong,” said
the door.
Donald J. Puchala, director of the Richard L. Walker Institute of
Marshall Swanson can be reached at 7-0138 or
International Studies. The institute sponsors and coordinates the
mswanson@gwm.sc.edu.
forum’s meetings usually held on the first Wednesday of each month.
Part of the College of Liberal Arts, the Walker Institute’s faculty
associates are multi-disciplinary, representing government and
international studies, history, geography, and anthropology.
Seminar topics are usually inspired by media reports of current
What participants
events and issues, “but speakers go deeper
say about The Forum
into the topic,” Puchala said. “All of them are
experts in the subject so very often it’s the
Attendees at a recent Palmetto
contemporary relevance of the topic that
Forum had this to say about the
luncheon seminars:
brings people to hear more, and the speakers
then carry it to some depth.”
■ “I’ve been coming to them for a
Kimbrell
Recent Palmetto Forum topics have
year and a half and every one I’ve
included an analysis of the general election in
been to has been very interesting and
very informative, plus it’s a nice
November, an overview of China’s military
group.”
modernization, current developments in the
—Harrison Kimbrell, retired Marine
Puchala
Middle East, relations between India and
Corps
officer and private school
Pakistan, and the situation in Bosnia.
administrator
Sometimes, the meeting is an open discussion with a free flow of
■ “In two years I think I’ve missed
questions and answers.
one meeting. I enjoy them, and they
“We don’t pay our speakers; we just give them a free lunch, and
keep me informed and in touch with
they’re delighted to do it,” said Puchala, adding that the seminars are
what’s going on.”
“quite sophisticated and are a nice occasion” where participants also
—Henry Winters, retired naval
Winters
can network.
architect and marine engineer
“There is a lot of interest in Columbia in world affairs through
■ “They’re great community
people’s connections in business, churches, and educational instituoutreach. One of the roles a
tions,” Puchala said. “All we had to do was give people an opportuuniversity should fill at some level
nity to display their interest. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at the
is to provide current information to
large turnouts.”
the community it serves. It’s one of
From 60 to 80 people from the community, as well as USC
the service goals of any good
faculty and staff, are likely to arrive at the Palmetto Club at 1231
university.”
Sumter St. each month for the seminars, which are open to anyone
—Paula L’Ecuyer, assistant visiting
who would like to attend.
professor, Department of Government and International Studies
Lunch is served promptly at 12:30 p.m. with the speaker beginL’Ecuyer
ning remarks at 12:50 and questions beginning around 1:20. The
seminar adjourns at 1:30.