UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
USC’s bicentennial year
A publication
for USC faculty,
staff, and friends
APRIL 5, 2001
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Palms: Governor’s plan for higher education
is good, but University must look to future
MICHAEL BROWN
President Palms, right, at Gov. Jim Hodges’
press conference on higher education budgets.
Editor’s note: President Palms issued the following memo to the
University community following Gov. Jim Hodges’ proposal to spare
funding cuts for higher education in 2001–2002.
As you may already know, in a recent meeting with South Carolina college
and university presidents at which Chancellor Hallman, Chancellor
Stockwell, and I were present, Gov. Hodges declared his intention and
presented a plan to exempt higher education from current budget cuts for
FY2002. The Hodges’ proposal also would provide funds for technology
and research initiatives. Given the challenges South Carolina faces at this
time, we are extremely heartened by the governor’s plan.
Since January, the University has been preparing to face a budget
cut. Initially, we were told to anticipate a cut as large as 15 percent. The
House of Representatives reduced the anticipated amount of the cut and
late last month passed a budget with a cut of nearly 12 percent in
general appropriations to the University. Such a cut would still have
severe consequences for USC. In my last letter to you, I explained that
we were investigating all possible means for the University to manage
such a cut. We were pleased, however, that the House attended to other
University needs with its recommendation of a bond bill for capital
improvements that included $47.5 million for USC projects.
The governor’s plan will require legislative approval, and I hope that
you will endorse his plan to restore higher education and voice this support
to your representatives and senators. Senate Finance Subcommittees are
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Pre-med students achieving greater
success in medical school admission
BY CHRIS HORN
USC’s pre-med students have met with increasing success in gaining
admission to medical schools in the past four years, improving their
MCAT scores and surpassing national rates of acceptance along the way.
When USC’s Office of Pre-Professional Advising was established
in 1996, about 34 percent of USC students applying to medical
school gained
admission; the
national acceptance
rate was 38 percent.
❝We want to help them
In 2000, 50 percent
clarify their career goals
of USC’s students
applying for medical
and help those who are
school admission
committed to achieving
were accepted, about
their dreams.❞
4 percent higher than
the national average.
—Eileen Korpita
The national
improvement in
medical school admissions is due, in part, to a slightly smaller pool
of applicants.
“We’ve done a combination of things to improve our students’
success rate with medical schools,” said Eileen Korpita, director of preprofessional advising. “We’re doing a special orientation for pre-med
MICHAEL BROWN
Frog man
Kermit the Frog watches as An’J Zabinski, a graduate student in conducting from Atlanta, passes out flyers for his band,
An’J and the Frogmen, in front of Pinckney College on the Horseshoe. Zabinski said he usually doesn’t travel with Kermit,
but “I saw it in my living room on my way out, and I thought, that’s cool.” The musician plays violin with the rock ’n’ roll
band, which was planning a benefit performance for Harvest Hope Food Bank.
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Earth Week celebration makes it easy to be green
This year’s Earth Week activities set for
April 17–22, will include a litter awareness
blitz, a showcase of environmental programs
at USC, and a 15-mile bike ride.
The event, sponsored by the School of
the Environment, SAGE, and the Facility
Services Department, will end with an Earth
Day celebration at Finlay Park.
For information about events, call
Meredith Hewitt at 7-1325 or e-mail her at
earthday@environ.sc.edu. The schedule:
April 17
■ Litter Awareness Blitz, Greene Street
(Pickens to Main). Trash receptacles will be
placed along Greene Street all week.
■ Campus Nature Walk with Rudy
Mancke, 3–4 p.m. Participation is limited.
To register, call 7-1325 or e-mail
earthday@environ.sc.edu.
■ Reception for School of the Environment Faculty, 4–6 p.m.
April 18
Celebration of the Earth and the
Environment Showcase of Environmental
Programs, Research, and Activities at
USC, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Greene Street in front
of the Russell House. The event also will
include community and environmental
organizations. Activities will include a
performance by The Moonshine Band.
Inside
Page 2: Who is the only USC
president buried on campus?
Scavenging middle schoolers know.
Page 3: S.C. Assistive Technology
Project helps give independence to
people with disabilities.
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Page 4: The White Problem, a part
of the bicentennial celebration, tells the
story of USC’s first African-American
professor.
Visit TIMES online at
www.sc.edu/USC-Times
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APRIL 5, 2001 1
■ USC’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS ‘THE
GIFT OF MUSIC’: USC’s School of Music is
celebrating the University’s bicentennial at 7:30
p.m. April 30 in the Koger Center with an evening
of free musical performances by some of the
school’s most talented musicians and performers.
Called “The Gift of Music,” the event is sponsored
by Merrill Lynch and will conclude with a
reception at 9 p.m. at the Carolina Plaza.
Transportation to the reception will be provided.
Free tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum
box office. For more information, call Michelle
Taylor at 576-5763 or access the Koger Web site
at www.Koger.sc.edu.
■ STRIKE UP THE BANDS: The School of Music will present several band concerts this spring. The
Chamber Winds will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 17 in the School of Music Recital Hall. The program will
feature four ensembles made up of USC’s premier wind players. The Concert and Symphonic Bands will
perform at 6 p.m. April 29 on the Horseshoe. Concertgoers may bring a picnic. The program will include
light musical selections, featuring several student conductors. Both concerts are free. For more information, call 7-2152
■ AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCHOLAR TO LECTURE APRIL 5: Houston A. Baker Jr., the George and Susan
Fox Beischer Professor of English at Duke University and a scholar in African-American literary and
cultural studies, will speak at USC April 5. Baker, who also is the editor of American Literature, will give a
lecture, “Turning South Again: Afro-Modernism and Booker T. Revisited,” at 3:30 p.m. in Room 250,
Gambrell Hall. His visit is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the English department. Call 77161 for more information.
■ RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES SPONSOR
CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH:
“Dispelling the Fear and Discovering the Truth:
Linking the Environment and Health,” a two-day
conference sponsored by the state’s research
universities, will be held April 5–6 in the Clarion
Town House Hotel and Suites in Columbia.
Speakers include Bruce Coull, dean, USC School
of the Environment; Harris Pastides, dean,
Norman Arnold School of Public Health; and
Michael Schmidt, Department of Microbiology,
MUSC. For more information, visit www.sc.edu/
sustainableu and click on “Conferences and
Workshops.”
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Trustees consider next phases of master plan
BY CHRIS HORN
Members of USC’s Buildings and Grounds
Committee were presented with an array of
options and plans for various Columbia
campus buildings at their March 22 meeting
as part of an overview of the updated
Campus Master Plan.
The presentation was made by Dick
Galehouse, an architect with Sasaki and
Associates in Boston, which created the
original master plan with the Boudreaux
Group in Columbia.
USC has implemented several facets of
the master plan since it was adopted in 1994,
from building new residence halls and the
Graduate Research Science Center to new
green spaces and major renovations of
existing buildings. Now University administrators and trustees must consider what to do
about several more projects, including:
■ whether to demolish or renovate Carolina
Coliseum, which will be largely eclipsed by
the new arena. “You would gain nine acres
of land by demolishing this building, which
could be used for open space, playing fields,
or future building sites,” Galehouse said.
“Several universities have demolished aging
sports facilities in recent years.”
■ a location for the new law school. The
legislature has earmarked $20 million for
the building, which law school administrators want to locate near the National
Advocacy Center. Possible sites include the
former Museum of Art location on Senate
Street and directly across from the advocacy
center on Pendleton.
■ a new location for the Visitor Center,
currently housed in the ground floor of
Carolina Plaza
■ whether to demolish, relocate, or renovate
the Russell House Student Union and whether
to demolish or renovate Sumwalt College
■ renovation decisions for Petigru (some,
but not all, of the funds needed to convert it
for use by the journalism college are in
place); LeConte (USC hopes to get millions
in state capital improvement bonds to repair
the 49-year-old building); and Hamilton,
which is undergoing roof replacement and
slated for interior repairs.
“My advice is that you stick to the basic
principles that guided the 1994 master plan,”
Galehouse said. “Stick with the spatial
aspects of the Horseshoe [when creating
new buildings]; don’t suburbanize the
campus and compromise the environmental
quality of what you have here.”
Committee members also heard status
reports on the Strom Thurmond Fitness
Center (on schedule); USC Beaufort’s
Beaufort College Building (completed, with
a $75,000 increase for security system,
added insulation, and foundation waterproofing); and Callcott (interior renovations
slated for completion by spring 2002).
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
A(ugusta) Baker’s Dozen spotlights storytelling
The USC College of Library and Information Science and the Richland County
Public Library will co-sponsor the 15th annual A(ugusta) Baker’s Dozen—
A Celebration of Stories on April 27 and 28 at several Columbia locations.
The event, held in cooperation with the USC African-American Studies Program
and the USC Bicentennial Commission, is for librarians, teachers, and others
interested in outstanding storytelling and quality literature for children.
With the exception of the storytelling for Columbia area fourth graders on Friday
morning, the events are free and open to the public. The schedule for April 27 includes:
■ Storytelling for Fourth Graders (by invitation), 9:30–11:30 a.m., featuring
regional storytellers gathered on the grounds of the Robert Mills House and
Hampton Preston Mansion
■ Slow Dance Heart Break Blues, 9–11 a.m., poet and anthologist Arnold Adoff
will lead the session for students at Keenan High School
■ A Sampling of Stories, 3–4:30 p.m., members of South Carolina storytelling
guilds will share stories with all ages in the Bostick Auditorium, Richland County
Public Library, Assembly Street
■ A(ugusta) Baker Lecture: “A Storyteller’s Story,” 7:30 p.m.
Virginia Hamilton, Newbery Award-winning author, will speak in the USC law
school auditorium. The event is open to the public, and a reception will follow.
Hamilton and Adoff will autograph books, which will be for sale.
The schedule for April 28 includes:
■ Storytelling for Families/Stories for the Soul, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., outdoor
storytelling featuring regional storytellers, African drumming, a performance by
NiA, and food vendors, Hampton Street (closed to traffic) beside the Richland
County Public Library, Assembly Street.
“Pictures Telling Stories,” an exhibit of artwork by illustrators Tom Feelings and
Tyrone Geter, will be on display April 24–June 19 in the Wachovia Gallery of the
Richland County Public Library, Assembly Street, as part of the celebration.
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KIM TRUETT
Elementary students from Camden search for historical clues on the Horseshoe.
Get ready, the scavenger
hunters are coming
BY CHRIS HORN
Quickly now, what should you do if a gang of grinning seventh-graders approaches you on the
Horseshoe and breathlessly asks, “What Civil War artifact is in the garden behind South
Caroliniana Library?”
a) shrug your shoulders and walk quickly away
b) call a truant officer to investigate why the students are not in school
c) point out the old library to them and suggest they have a look around back.
Answer C is the nicest response, of course, and you’ll likely have an opportunity to try it
out this spring as hordes of elementary and middle schoolers descend on the Horseshoe.
More than 5,000 K–8 students participate every year in Horseshoe scavenger hunts,
organized by USC’s Visitor Center to familiarize younger students with the campus while
providing a healthy dose of history. Spring is the most popular time for the hunts, which
usually take students about an hour to complete.
“We want them to know this is a fun, great place to be so when they get ready to come to
college, they’ll remember how much fun USC is,” said Denise Wellman, director of the
Visitor Center.
The Visitor Center, staffed mainly by volunteer Student Ambassadors, is a well-oiled
machine when it comes to showing off the campus: the ambassadors escort about 11,000
visitors on walking tours every year. But when 8th-graders began visiting the campus a few
years ago, it quickly became apparent that their attention spans were lagging on the two-hour
cross-campus tour. That’s why the Visitor Center created the scavenger hunt.
“We put together a list of questions that encourages the students to read the text panels in
front of Horseshoe buildings and to look for details that will help them find the answers. It’s
designed to encourage students to ask for help and work as a team,” Wellman said. “In that
sense, it’s a metaphor for college life.”
The scavenger hunters are looking for answers to such questions as:
■ What did Pope John Paul II say when he visited the University of South Carolina?
■ Which building served as a Federal Military Prison during the Civil War?
■ Who is buried on the Horseshoe?
■ What six purposes did Rutledge College serve as the campus’ only building in 1805?
For teachers who want to get more mileage from the campus visit, there is a lesson plan
that guides classroom discussion through important aspects of South Carolina history. But
there are lessons in teamwork for those who participate only in the scavenger hunt.
“We give them two sets of questions and two pencils,” Wellman said. “Some groups
immediately realize they can divide and conquer by splitting up the questions and searching
the Horseshoe for answers. Other groups stick together.”
There’s no right or wrong way to complete the scavenger hunt, of course. The Visitor
Center is far more interested in lasting impressions.
“If a kid comes running up to you and wants an answer, help him if you can,” Wellman
said. “Or steer him in the right direction. Kids form opinions at a very early age, and it’s nice
to think that someone smiling at them or answering a question might help them decide to
come here as students in the future.”
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ DINING SERVICES COLLECTS FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY: USC Dining
Services will sponsor a food drive through April 13. Collection cans will be
placed in dining facilities and housing area offices across campus. For more
information, call Sheila Derrick at 7-6339.
■ HISTORIAN/AUTHOR TO SPEAK APRIL 6: Wilma Dykeman, historian and
author of 18 books, will give a lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 6 in Lumpkin
Auditorium, on the eighth floor of The Darla Moore School of Business. Her
presentation is entitled “A Sense of Place.” Registration is required and will be
accepted through April 5. For more information, send an e-mail to
kat@meerkat-computing.com or access www.meerkat-computing.com/
scnpssymposium.html. The event is sponsored by the S.C. Native Plant
Society. The cost is $15 per person and includes a reception, book signing,
silent auction, and native plant sale. A 10 percent discount will be offered to
faculty, staff, and students.
■ LEARNING STATION TO APPEAR AT USC
SUMTER: The Learning Station, a live interactive,
musical, theatrical production, will perform at
USC Sumter April 18. Show times are 9–10 a.m.,
10:30–11:30 a.m., and noon–1 p.m. in Nettles
Gymnasium. The performance is designed to
encourage children’s natural curiosity to explore,
learn, and grow. For reservations or more
information, call Marilyn Izzard at 938-3709, ext.
3702. For more information about The Learning
Station, access www.learningstationmusic.com.
■ ‘FABULOUS OVER 40’ PROGRAM OFFERS WOMEN’S HEALTH INFORMATION: Health information for women will be available during a “Breakfast for
Women: Fabulous Over 40” seminar from 8 a.m. to noon April 28 at the
Adam’s Mark hotel in Columbia. The USC School of Medicine event is free and
will include discussions on a variety of topics, including “Hot Flashes and
Hormones: Is It Hot in Here? Or Is It Just Me?” “Sexuality and Menopause,”
“Incontinence: Not Just your Mother’s Problem!” and “Heredity and Breast
Cancer.” Faculty speakers from USC’s Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology include Janice Bacon, Karen Brooks, Patricia Carney, and Stephen
H. Cruikshank. Seating is limited. The deadline for reservations is April 16. For
reservations, call 779-4928, extension 224. The event, which will include
refreshments and door prizes, is sponsored by the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, American Medical Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Solvay
Pharmaceuticals, and Watson Pharmaceuticals.
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Technology project helps meet
needs of people with disabilities
BY LARRY WOOD
For 10 years, the S.C. Assistive Technology Project (SCATP) has been helping South
Carolinians with disabilities live more independently and develop to their maximum capacity.
Their mission reflects a tremendous challenge: to help develop a statewide system to
deliver assistive technology devices and services to people with disabilities.
Assistive technology is “any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase,
maintain, or improve functional capacities of individuals with disabilities,” said Richard
Ferrante, director for the USC Center for Disability Resources. “That could be anything from
wider pencils for an easier grip, computer software that reads text aloud, special one-handed
computer keyboards, reachers, wheel chairs, or adaptive equipment for telephones to help
people with hearing impairments.”
As part of the USC School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, the SCATP offers
programs and services to consumers, service providers, and anyone who needs help finding
and using appropriate assistive technology. Located at Midlands Center, the Assistive
Technology Resource Center provides a chance to see and evaluate the latest assistive
technology devices for people of all ages.
The demonstration center shows devices that range from high and low-tech augmentative
communication devices to utensils that make cooking easier for someone with reduced hand
strength. An equipment loan program allows teachers and therapists to borrow equipment “to
find the right kind of technology for the people they serve,” said Mary Alice Bechtler of the
SCATP staff.
“The first thing you always consider with assistive technology is that you want to fit the
technology to the person, not the person to the technology,” said Evelyn Evans, SCATP director.
Computers with adaptive access for people with disabilities fill half of the demonstration
room at the SCATP. One of the computers types as a person talks. Another features a
touchscreen. One wall of the center is filled with simple switches that can be used to operate
other devices and are attached to toys.
“A child who doesn’t have good hand control and can’t play with toys like most kids can
hit a switch to activate a battery-operated toy with whatever part of his or her body works the
best—maybe his head or foot,” Bechtler said.
“That’s valuable because if you are a child with a disability who has someone make toys
work for you all the time, you haven’t completely learned cause and effect,” SCATP staff
member Janet Jendron added. “Making it happen yourself is vital for cognitive development
and self-esteem.”
The SCATP also brings in experts for demonstrations and trainings, provides consultations
to individuals and groups, co-sponsors an annual Assistive Technology Expo showcasing
assistive technology devices and seminars, and is working with state agencies to make their
Web pages accessible to people with disabilities.
BY KATHY HENRY DOWELL
KIM TRUETT
Patti Quattlebaum, a therapist, works with Abi Swearingen, 4, at the S.C. Assistive Technology Project.
“People need us because technology changes from day to day,” Jendron said. “What was
hot yesterday, might not be tomorrow, and there are always new products or improvements to
old products. Our job is to stay on top of all that and funnel this information out to all people
who need to know it in order to help people with disabilities reach their full potential.”
“If we stand for anything as a center, we stand for the fact that disabilities are a normal part
of life,” Ferrante said. “People with disabilities want the same things that everyone wants.
They want choice.”
“They want to be provided access to full citizenship.” Evans added. “For most people,
technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.”
Larry Wood can be reached at 7-3478 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
S.C. Assistive Technology Project
■ What: A demonstration and training center for assistive technology that includes a variety of
devices and equipment that help people with disabilities maximize their abilities
■ Where: Midlands Center, 8301 Farrow Road
■ Staff: Richard Ferrante, director, Center for Disability Resources; Evelyn Evans, project
director, Assistive Technology Project; Mary Alice Bechtler, Janet Jendron, Lily Nalty, and Sally
Young, staff
■ Information: 935-5263 or www.public.usit.net/jjendron
S.C. Center for Oral Narration has story to tell
Hushed by the magic of a well-told tale, a rapt audience listened
to storyteller Shelagh Montes at USC Sumter March 14.
The faculty, staff, and students were gathered in the S.C.
Center for Oral Narration to celebrate the center’s first event
in its new home.
“The center will be a research and resource center for
folklorists and storytellers,” said Jack Doyle, an English
professor and director of the center. “In addition to providing a place for storytellers to practice their craft, the center
will make stories and information available to storytellers.
“We’ll be sponsoring two storytellers a year on campus.
We hope to attract storytellers from all over the South, but
particularly from South Carolina. Then we’d like to
videotape them and have a printed version of their stories
available to anyone doing research.”
The art of storytelling has been fostered on the USC
Sumter campus since the mid-1970s. Dori Sanders, Kathryn
Tucker Windham, Billy Richie, and Buford Mabry, among
others, have been to the campus to share their stories. The
campus also offers a storytelling course.
To be designated as South Carolina’s center, the center
had to receive the endorsement of the University and the
S.C. Commission on Higher Education. That endorsement
came about a year ago. In February, the center moved into
freshly renovated space in the campus’ Schwartz Building.
“Storytelling builds a sense of unity, and it’s a sacred art
that’s been going on forever. Getting storytelling established in
South Carolina has been my labor of love for 20 years,” said
Doyle, who helped establish the S.C. Storytelling Guild, which
now has chapters in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville.
“Storytelling has become a tradition in virtually every
state. It’s nice to have South Carolina’s center anchored in
the middle of the state.”
Montes, a Columbia storyteller, was the featured guest at
the center’s inaugural event.
“Shelagh is probably best known for her ghost stories and
her stories about ‘The Hag,’” said Sandy Richardson, assistant
to the director of the center and assistant to the director of USC
Sumter Galleries.
“Shelagh just returned from a trip to England where she
was researching stories. She came here to try out new stories
on our students, get ideas and feedback, and finesse the
details in her storytelling.”
“There is a difference between a staged presentation and
true storytelling,” Richardson continued. “The true storyteller is
more concerned with conveying the story itself, and less about
acting. The emphasis is on the word and the whole story.”
Though some people may dismiss storytelling as child’s
play, many recognize its importance as a chronicle.
“Some storytellers start with folktales that have been
around for years,” Doyle said. “Stories can be about people,
places, events, even supernatural beings. But they are all ways
of preserving folklore and culture through the telling of stories.
“Originally, that was how our history was kept: passed
down from generation to generation, embedded in the story
itself. These stories are records that tell us who we were,
who we are, who we might become. They are a vital way to
preserve our culture.”
The center’s grand opening, which will feature several
storytellers, is slated for this fall.
Kathy Henry Dowell can be reached at 7-3686 or
kdowell@gwm.sc.edu.
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Staff spotlight
■ Name: Beth Bilderback
■ Title: Assistant manuscripts librarian
■ Years at USC: Started in 1992 at
McKissick Museum; moved to South
Caroliniana Library in June 1993
■ Job duties: I’m responsible for the
processing and care of all visual collections.
That includes photographs, artwork, and
architectural drawings. I also assist with the
manuscripts collection: processing new
materials, providing reference assistance,
and providing image reproduction services
to a variety of patrons. With the photograph
collections, we receive a lot of image
requests from scholars, publishers,
videographers, and people who produce
documentaries. If we can find something for
them, we make copy prints and send the
copy to them. There is normally a $25 fee.
And if they use the
image, we require
proper photo credit.
Our images have
been used in many
projects, including
Verda Mae
Grosvenor’s series
on cooking, which
was done in 1995 on
Bilderback
PBS, and by Ken
Burns in his
documentaries. The Time Life book series on
the Civil War has used many of our images.
The creators of the movie The Patriot used
some of our maps.
The White Problem
focuses on USC’s first
black faculty member
USC will present the world premier of The White Problem on April 5
in Longstreet Theater. The dramatic play portrays the life of Richard
Greener, the University’s first African-American faculty member.
Jon Tuttle wrote the 55-minute play for the University’s bicentennial celebration.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. April 5–7 and 3 p.m. April 8.
Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for faculty, staff, members of the armed
services, and members of the USC Alumni Association with a
membership card; and $6 for students. For purchases of 10 or more
tickets, the price is $5 per ticket. Call the Longstreet box office at
777-2551 for more information.
Tickets can be purchased at the Longstreet box office.
Born in 1844, Richard Theodore Greener grew up in Boston and
became the first African American to graduate from Harvard
University. When USC—then called South Carolina College—
became fully integrated during Reconstruction, Greener became the
school’s first African-American faculty member, teaching moral
philosophy and serving as librarian. Later, when the school reopened
as a segregated college, Greener left the state to pursue careers in
law, politics, civil service, and international diplomacy.
During his early life, Greener was caught between a group of wealthy
Bostonians, who exploited and manipulated him as an educational
“experiment,” and the diverging black community, which was torn
between the opposing views of African-American rights and responsibilities espoused by Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois,
according to Tuttle.
The play’s cast of two includes David Wiles, an associate
professor of theatre at USC, and Darion McCloud. Both actors will
play Greener, with McCloud portraying him as a younger man.
In the drama, Greener gives an address to an audience at USC in
1907, a year in which Greener actually traveled to the state, visited
the University, and spoke at other institutions. He is joined on stage
by a younger version of himself, as well as voices from his past and
The White Problem will
focus on the life of
Richard T. Greener, a
native of Boston who
became USC’s first
African-American
faculty member during
Reconstruction. The
play will be presented
April 5–8 in Longstreet
Theater.
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■ Background: I have a BA in American
Studies from Salem College in WinstonSalem, N.C. I worked for five years as a
museum consultant for the Moravian
Historical Society in Nazareth, Pa. Then I
came to USC to get a master’s degree in
what is now public history. When I was
little, I wanted to be an archaeologist, which
is what took me to Salem College. I did
volunteer work at Old Salem, and that
moved me into the historical culture area. I
realized that I enjoyed working with paper
rather than objects. My husband says what I
really like is reading other people’s letters,
which is what I spend a lot of time doing in
my job here.
■ Best part of the job: It’s always fun to
work with old photographs. There’s such a
variety of processes and formats. The
subject matter is interesting, too, because we
collect from all over the state. It’s always
something new, even with old photographs,
like a photographer you didn’t know about,
or an interesting studio backdrop. That’s
what’s so much fun: you never know what
you’ll find when you start working with
materials.
■ Most challenging part: At times, it’s trying
to help the public find what they are looking
for. Maybe what they want isn’t something
that we have, and then we help them find out
where they can get it. It’s always a challenge
to help them with that next step. It takes us
beyond what we have here and requires us to
know what is available elsewhere. Another
challenge is creating appropriate housing for
the materials and making sure the environment
is good for them. Black-and-white photos need
a cool environment, not too dry, not too
humid, probably around 65 degrees Fahrenheit
and about 45 percent relative humidity. Cold
storage is best for color photos.
■ On a personal note: I like to read,
especially mysteries. My husband also is
interested in history and artifacts. He works
at USC in the S.C. Institute for Archeology
and Anthropology (SCIAA). We have two
little boys, who are 3 and 6, and they keep
us very busy.
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Black Alumni Council sponsors reception for play
The Black Alumni Council (BAC) of the Carolina Alumni Association is sponsoring a reception to coincide with the dramatic
presentation of The White Problem. The reception will be held at
8:30 p.m. April 5 in the lobby of Longstreet Theater immediately
after the play’s premiere performance. The BAC has launched a
fund-raising drive to increase its support of the Richard T. Greener
endowment, which supports Greener scholarships for four
students per year.
future. The simple set, illuminated by equally simple lighting,
consists of two lecterns.
The White Problem is unique in its attention to the AfricanAmerican experience after slavery and before the mid 20th century.
Greener’s zestful idealism for himself and his race is exposed as
tragic naiveté as the era’s racist reality sets in, according to Tuttle.
Tuttle, a faculty member at Francis Marion University, is an
award-winning playwright whose recent Drift won the top honor at
the South Carolina Playwrights Festival.
Director Gregg Leevy is a company member at the Trustus
Theatre in Columbia, where he directs, acts, and teaches in the
award-winning African-American Acting Workshop.
Midsummer Night’s
Dream highlights
Bard’s magic language
Leaving Bristol, by Laura Kissel, a media artist in the art department, is a documentary
film that explores the loss of the filmmaker’s family farm in Bristol, Tenn.
Faculty
exhibit
An exhibit of works by
faculty members from
USC’s art department
will be on display in
McKissick Museum
through April,
featuring more than
20 works of art
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sculpture and
ceramics to oil
paintings and
computer drawings.
Untitled, a computer drawing by Chris Robinson of the art
department, is part of an ongoing series of computer graphic
drawings that explore the difference between illusion and reality.
Theatre South Carolina will present William
Shakespeare’s fantastic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, April 12–14 in Longstreet
Theatre.
The production, directed by MFA candidate Karl Rutherford, is not part of the
theatre’s mainstage series. All tickets are $5
and will be available only at the door before
each performance.
The production takes a different slant on
the often-produced play, Rutherford said.
“Designers and directors love the spectacle
of Midsummer,” he said. “It’s a chance for
flying fairies and magical transformations.
We’re focusing primarily on the language.
After all, Shakespeare’s theater had no
lighting and minimal costumes and effects.
The magic can come through with just the
words.”
As in Elizabethan theater, USC’s production will be staged with a small number of
actors—11 actors sharing more than 20 roles.
Also, the play will be performed on a thrust
stage. Longstreet Theatre has been converted
this year to that configuration, where the
audience sits on three sides of the acting area.
Actors will wear modern dress.
The company will include undergraduate
students and MFA graduate candidates in
acting.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream should
interest all people, no matter their age,
Rutherford said.
“This play shows romance through all the
stages of life, in a penetrating and witty way,”
he said. “There are the young lovers who are
out of control, and there are the older lovers
who are locked in a long but loving battle.”
For more information, contact Tim
Donahue at 7-9353 or donahue@sc.edu.
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Megan Donohoo, a senior outfielder on the women’s softball team,
makes a play during a doubleheader with LSU. USC won one game
and lost the other. For the season through the end of March, the
team is 23-12-1, overall, and 7-4, SEC.
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■ April 23 School of Music: USC Composers Concert, John Fitz
Rogers, director, 7:30 p.m., Room 206, free.
■ April 20 Seminar Series: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, “Patterning the Chick Embryo,” Clifford J. Tabin, Harvard Medical
School, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 006.
■ April 20 Earth Week Lecture: Department of Philosophy and
School of the Environment, “Coming Down to Earth on Cloning: An
Ecofeminist Perspective,” Victoria Davion, University of Georgia,
4 p.m., Gambrell 252, free. For information, call Christopher
Preston at 7-3726.
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■ April 12 School of Music: Swing Shift Jazz ensemble, 7:30 p.m.,
Room 206, free.
■ 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
April 19. Remaining publication dates for this semester
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■ Permanent exhibits: Baruch Silver Collection, an extensive
collection of 18th- and early 19th-century British silver; The Laurence
L. Smith Mineral Collection, gem stones and fluorescent minerals with
a hands-on mineral library. Free. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. weekdays, 1–5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays. For information, call 7-7251.
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■ April 20–29 Theatre South Carolina: The Darker Face of the
Earth, an adaptation of Sophocles’ King Oedipus, by Pulitzer Prizewinner and U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, 8 p.m., Drayton Hall.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sundays. A school matinee will be held at 10 a.m. April 25. Tickets
are $10 general public; $8 faculty, staff, and senior citizens; and $6
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adult, $10 student. Tickets available at the Coliseum Box Office. To
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■ April 17 Koger Center: Moscow Festival Ballet in Swan Lake,
7:30 p.m. $30 adult, $20 student. Tickets available at the Coliseum
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directed by Talmage Fauntleroy, 7:30 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets
are $15 and $10 general, $5 students and senior citizens. Tickets
available at the Coliseum Box Office. To charge, call 251-2222.
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■ April 20 USC Spartanburg: General Faculty meeting, 1:30 P.M.,
Tukey.
■ April 21 WellnessWorks: Adult CPR, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Blatt P.E.
Center, Room 111, $20. For more information, call 7-6518 or email
Wellness@gwm.sc.edu.
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■ April 20 USC Aiken: Cultural Series, the Moscow Festival Ballet
performs Swan Lake, 8 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket
information, call 803-641-3305.
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touring troupe specializing in educational programs for children
nationwide, performances at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and noon, Nettles
Building auditorium, $3. For more information, contact Marilyn
Izzard at 55-3702.
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■ April 21 Women’s softball: Florida, Beckham Field, 1 p.m.
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■ April 13 USC Aiken: Spring seminar series, biology and geology
department, “The Role of Disturbance in Southeastern Floodplain
Forests,” Rebecca Sharitz, Savannah River Ecological Lab,
University of Georgia, 1 p.m., Science Building, USC Aiken, free.
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Night Dream,” 8 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket information,
call 803-641-3305.
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■ April 20–22 Conference: Center for Asian Studies, 2001 Taiwan
Issues Conference, Adam’s Mark Hotel. For more information, call
Polly Brown, conference coordinator, 7-0437.
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■ April 18 Men’s baseball: Clemson, Sarge Frye Field, 7 p.m.
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■ April 20 Regional Campuses Faculty Senate Meeting: USC
Beaufort, 11 a.m., Performing Arts Center auditorium.
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■ April 12 Board of Trustees: 1:30 p.m., Carolina Plaza. Schedule
subject to change. For information, call Russ McKinney at 7-1234.
■ April 7 Men’s baseball: Louisiana State, Sarge Frye Field, 4 p.m.
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Initiative,” Mary Louise Ramsdale, director of South Carolina First
Steps to School Readiness, 8 p.m., Schwartz Building, Room 127,
free. For more information, call J.T. Myers at 55-3774.
■ April 10 WellnessWorks: Adult CPR, 5:30–9:30 p.m., Blatt P.E.
Center, Room 111, $20. For more information, call 7-6518 or email
Wellness@gwm.sc.edu.
■ April 6 Men’s baseball: Louisiana State, Sarge Frye Field, 7 p.m.
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USC Columbia MFA graduate students: Ray McManus, Holly Schullo,
and Charlene Monahan Spearen. Noon, University Gallery, Anderson
Library, free. For more information, call Ellen Arl at 55-3750.
■ April 7 USC Showcase: Annual event featuring USC colleges and
programs, Horseshoe and McKissick Museum, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., free.
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South Carolina and Sumter County,” Harry Lesesne, associate
director and historian of the USC bicentennial, 7 p.m., Nettles
Building auditorium, free. For more information, call Bob Ferrell at
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Members of the New Shanghai Circus, left, will perform
at 7: 30 p.m. April 18 in the Koger Center. Tickets are
$15 for adults and $10 for students and are available
at the Coliseum Box Office. To charge tickets, call
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■ FINALISTS NAMED FOR DEAN OF GRADUATE SCHOOL: Madilyn M. Fletcher, director of USC’s Belle W.
Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, and Gordon B. Smith, associate dean of USC’s
College of Liberal Arts, are finalists for the position of vice provost and dean of the Graduate School. Their
selection followed an internal search.
■ ALUMNI PHOTOGRAPHERS CONVERGE ON CAMPUS: Several professional photographers who are
University alumni will be on campus April 10 to take pictures of all aspects of life at USC. Their work will
be featured in a special section of the August issue of Carolinian, the University’s alumni magazine. The
rain date will be April 12.
■ POLITICIANS TO TALK ON CONTEMPORARY POLITICS APRIL 5: Some of the state’s best-known
politicians will participate in a panel discussion on contemporary American politics from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
April 5 in Gambrell Hall auditorium. Former Gov. John C. West; Donald Fowler, former Democratic
National Committee chair; State Sen. Warren Giese, chair of the Education Committee; and State Sen.
John Courson, a member of the Education Committee, will give their interpretations of the 2000 elections
and their significance for state and national politics over the next few years. Admission is free. For more
information, call 7-3109.
■ COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE HONORED: The College of Criminal Justice has received three
commendations from the South Carolina District of the U.S. Marshals Service. Andrew Chishom,
professor, was recognized for being the South’s first African-American U.S. marshal since Reconstruction.
Danny Baker, associate dean, received recognition for helping the marshal’s service, and the school’s
Criminal Justice Association was recognized for helping students.
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Palms to make decision on Senate run before May 1
Editor’s note: President Palms sent the following memo
to members of the Board of Trustees concerning his
possible bid for the U.S. Senate in 2002
Although I had hoped to reach you by telephone before
various media reports might occur, please understand
the necessity of my conveying the following information
to you in writing and accept my apologies for doing so.
Over the past several weeks, I have been approached
by friends and associates who have encouraged me to
run for the United States Senate in November 2002. While
extremely flattered by their comments, I have also been
moved by their reasons and have given this matter
considerable thought. I believe this seat promises to be
more important than ever before to the educational and
economic future of South Carolina; therefore, a United
States Senator with hands-on experience improving the
quality of public education could make a tremendous
positive difference. In contemplating this opportunity, I
also find that it would enable me to continue serving South
Carolina, but in a different and critically needed capacity.
For these reasons, I am inclined to run for the United
States Senate. Norma and I have discussed this with our
family, and they are very supportive. If I ultimately
decide to enter the race, a decision I expect to reach
before May 1, I intend to begin my campaign in January
2002. Until that time, my first priority remains leading
the University through its historic bicentennial year.
While education has certainly been the center of my
professional life, additional aspects of my career have
prepared me for this opportunity. As a physicist, I have
played a role in America’s nuclear defense policy, and I
have regularly participated in our nation’s dialogue on
nuclear defense policy matters. In working with the USC
School of Medicine and the Norman J. Arnold School of
Public Health, I have seen the importance of finding
realistic solutions to the prescription-drug and health care
insurance problems South Carolinians face. What I most
value from 10 years as USC president is what I have
learned from working each day with USC’s remarkable and
diverse board, faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Your and
their hopes, concerns, and ideas for our state and our future
have challenged and inspired me.
Your confidence and insights are important to my
decision-making process, and I look forward to
discussing this opportunity with you.
Breaking
the silence
Kim Munro, program director in
the Office of Sexual Health and
Violence Prevention, hangs
T-shirts in front of the Russell
House for the Clothesline
Project. A part of Women’s
History Month, the project
provides awareness about the
problem of violence against
women. By writing messages on
the shirts, survivors can heal
and break the silence of
relationship violence, Munro
said. This year, USC students
created about 100 shirts.
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Earth Week
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Awards ceremony, noon, in front of Russell House.
Environmental Stewardship and Environmental Essay
Contest awards will be presented.
■ Clean Carolina Earth Day Sweep, 1–2:30 p.m.,
Greene Street. Participants will receive free T-shirts.
■ Frisbee Fun! 4:30–5:30 p.m., green space next to
Longstreet Theater.
■ The Soul Mites Band, 5:30–7 p.m., Russell House.
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April 19
■ Panel Discussion: “Saving Greenbacks by Building
Green: Practical Sustainable Building Ideas,” 2–3:30
p.m., Currell, Room 107. Panelists include Mark Maves,
architect, the Smith Group; Craig DeWitt, Clemson
University research faculty and statewide chair of S.C.
chapter of the American Lung Association; and F. James
Cumberland Jr., USC Center for Environmental Policy.
Kim Diana Connolly, USC law school, is the moderator.
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Earth Week Seminars, including:
—“Coming Down to Earth on Cloning: An
Ecofeminist Perspective,” by ecofeminist Victoria
Davion, University of Georgia, 4 p.m., Gambrell Hall,
Room 25. Hosted by the Department of Philosophy.
—“How do female beaugregory damselfish find the
best mates?” a marine science seminar with Matt
Draud. Joe Staton is the host.
—“Silent Spring,” an Environmental History seminar,
Honors College.
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■ “Biking for a Cleaner Earth,” a 15-mile bike ride co-
sponsored by Outspokin’ Bicycles. Registration begins at
8:30 a.m. on Greene Street in front of the Russell House.
April 22
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Earth Day Celebration, Finlay Park.
Budget
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now considering the state’s budget. Until the Senate Finance Committee
completes its deliberations, we will not have a formal legislative
response to the governor’s plan or House-adopted budget. Please also
keep in mind that under the governor’s approach the majority of funds
we would receive are
non-recurring funds. As a
result, all measures we
have instituted to reduce
...All measures we
expenditures—the hiring
have instituted to
freeze as well as curtailed
travel and purchases—
reduce expenditures—
remain in effect.
the hiring freeze as
Still, the governor’s
well as curtailed travel
proposal holds great
promise for the coming
and purchases—
fiscal year (relieving the
remain in effect.
immediacy of a
devastating budget cut),
and it would enable us
to prepare appropriately for the FY2003 budget. This plan would give
us the time to conduct during 2001–2002 a thoughtful fiscal review
in conjunction with USC’s stated goals, a review necessitated by the
nation’s and state’s economic situation and associated funding
uncertainties. Only by this measure can we prepare successfully in
the event of state revenue shortfalls or flat growth for FY2003.
This budget year has been particularly difficult for our state, and I
deeply appreciate your diligence in supporting higher education and
the University. Many citizens and students throughout our state have
expressed their belief to both the governor and members of the
General Assembly that higher education should be spared from any
budget cuts. This collective stand—especially that of the students at
USC and those throughout the state—was extremely effective. If you
participated in this effort, thank you on behalf of the University
community and higher education as a whole.
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students, and we’re offering a new MCAT prep course that’s taught by
some of the best faculty in the College of Science and Mathematics.”
The office also arranges a career shadowing program with
Columbia-area physicians to give pre-med students a taste of real-life
medical practice.
“We want to help them clarify their career goals and help those who
are committed to achieving their dreams,” Korpita said. “There is a lot of
work for a student to even get to the point of taking the MCAT.”
The pre-professional advising office serves pre-med, pre-law, and
other pre-professional majors with individual and group counseling
sessions and workshops. For more information, access www.sc.edu/
oppa/ or call Korpita at 7-5581.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Vol. 12, No. 6
April 5, 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.
■ ANNUAL FACULTY AND STUDENT ART AUCTION SET FOR APRIL 10: More
than 100 pieces of sculpture, jewelry, photography, paintings, prints, ceramics,
and iron works made by USC’s art faculty and students will go to the highest
bidders April 10 at the 46th annual USC art auction. The art will be on public
display beginning at 1 p.m. The event will begin at 7 p.m. with a preview party in
the Campus Room of Capstone. The auction will begin at 8 p.m. Admission is free,
and light refreshments will be provided. Participating artists will receive two-thirds
of the proceeds from the auctioned works. One-third will be set aside for the USC
art scholarship fund. Credit cards and checks will be accepted. Last year’s event
raised more than $13,000. Auctioneers for the 2001 auction include Dot Ryall,
executive director of the Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington counties;
Warner Wells, a Columbia banker with First Citizens; John O’Neill, former chair of
USC’s art department; Bob Lyon, chair of USC’s art department; and Boyd
Saunders, a USC art professor and the auction’s organizer. The art department
sponsors the event. For more information, call Saunders at 7-3500 or 7-4236.
■ PROFESSORS RECEIVE FULBRIGHT GRANT: Mark DeLancey, government
and international studies, and Ken Shin, sociology, have been awarded a
Fulbright grant of $70,000 by the U.S. Department of Education. The funds
will support a study in Korea project for USC, Allen University, Richland One
School District, and technical college faculty for the month of July.
■ THESIS EXHIBITION OPENS AT McMASTER: “Show Business for Ugly
People,” an MFA thesis exhibition by Stephen Slappe, will be on display April
16–21 in McMaster Gallery in McMaster College. An opening reception will be
held from 6 to 8 p.m. April 16. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday–Friday. For more information, call Mana Hewitt, gallery director, at 77480.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Gail Wagner, anthropology, “Tobacco in Prehistoric
Eastern North America,” Tobacco Use by Native North Americans, Joseph C.
Winter, editor, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Okla.
Carol Myers-Scotton, English, “The Matrix Language Frame Model: Developments
and Responses,” Codeswitching Worldwide II, Rodolfo Jacobson, editor, Mouton
de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany.
William Harris, Office of Research, Debra Colodner, Leonard Fine, and Bhawani
Venkataraman (Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Ariz.), Biosphere 2: A Place for
Integrative Studies in Chemical Research and Chemical Education in Defense of
Planet Earth, Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Ariz.
Patricia Munhall, Women’s Studies, Qualitative Research Proposals and Reports:
A Guide, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Mass.
Michael Morris, history, Aiken, “George Galphin: Portrait of a Carolina Indian
Trader and Entrepreneur,” S.C. Historical Association, Columbia.
Merrill Horton, English, Salkehatchie, “The Source and Meaning of Suicide in
Faulkner’s Work,” Philological Association of the Carolinas, Charleston.
Mark Davis and Russ Pate, exercise science, and S.M. Jiminez, “Effects of voluntary
wheel running on the development of diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice,”
Southeastern Regional Chapter/American College of Sports Medicine, Columbia.
Patricia Matsen, French and classics, “Seeing Snakes: Some Observations on the
Symbolism of the Serpent in Classical Life, Literature, and Myth,”Joint Conference
of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching and the S.C. Foreign Language
Teachers’ Association, Myrtle Beach.
Michael Myrick, chemistry and biochemistry, Olusola Soyemi (USC graduate student),
Lixia Zhang (USC research scientist), DyLyle Eastwood (USC senior research scientist),
■ ARTICLES: Harvey Starr, government and international studies, and Jeffrey S.
Paul Gemperline (East Carolina University), and Hong Li (USC graduate student), “An
Morton (Florida Atlantic University), “Uncertainty, Change, and War: Power
Optical Computing Device for Chemical Analysis,” Society for Photo-optical InstrumenFluctuations and War in the Modern Elite Power System,” Journal of Peace Research.
tation Engineers Photonics West
J. Larry Durstine, Greg A. Hand, and
Seminar, San Jose, Calif.
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise
Nina Levine, English, “Performing
science, R.A. Velliquette, and P.A.
Consumption in Elizabethan
Davis, “Apolipoprotein, an Important
Language Books,” Hudson Strode
Protein Involved in Triglyceride and
Lecture Series, University of
Cholesterol Homeostasis: Physical
Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Activity Implications,” Clinical
Exercise Physiology.
Stephen L. Morgan, chemistry and
biochemistry, “Statistical Analysis
Nina Levin, English, “Extending
of Laboratory Data,” Arch
Credit in the Henry IV Plays,”
Chemicals, Providence, R.I.
Shakespeare Quarterly.
J. Larry Durstine, exercise science,
Stephen F. Zdzinski, music,
and C. Bopp, “Describing patient
“Developing Reflective Preservice
adherence in a contemporary cohort
Music Educators Using Blackboard
of outpatient monitored cardiac
Courseinfo Software,” Technologirehabilitation patients,” Southeastern
cal Directions in Music Learning
Regional Chapter/American College
EJournal.
of Sports Medicine, Columbia, and,
Linda Lee Harper, English, Aiken,
same conference, with Barbara E.
We’ve
had
a
motion,
a
second,
an
amendment,
discussion,
debate,
and
“Aunt Avis,” The Georgia Review.
Ainsworth, exercise science, and
withdrawal. All those in favor of finding out what’s really going on say, “Aye.”
Ellen S. Reynolds, medicine library,
R.W. Thompson, “Laboratory
“One Library’s Renovation,” Library
Validation of CSA (Model 2.2)
Mosaics.
frequency counts.”
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry, Christine A. Little (USC graduate
Stanley Rich, English, Aiken, “Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century South Carolina
student), A. L. Rheingold (University of Delaware), K-M. Lam, T. Concolino, A.
Names Transferred to West-Central Alabama,” S.C. Historical Association, Columbia.
Mohan (University of Missouri-Rolla), and G. J. Long, “Structural, Electronic, and
Scott Goode, chemistry and biochemistry, and Andrea Thomas (USC graduate
Magnetic Properties of {Fe[HC(3,5-(CH3)2pz)3]2}(BF4)2: Observation of Unusual
student), “Using Response Surfaces to Evaluate Interactions Between Instrumental
Spin-Crossover Behavior,” Inorganic Chemistry.
Parameters in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Pittsburgh Conference, New
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, and K. A. Henderson, “The Connections
Orleans, La., and, same conference, with Richard Hoskins (USC graduate student),
Between Social Support and Women’s Physical Activity Involvement: The Cultural
“Fundamental Studies of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy at Short Times.”
Activity Participation Study,” Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, also,
Patricia Munhall, Women’s Studies, “Phenomenology: Looking Back and Toward
with C.J. Crespo, E. Smit, R.E. Andersen, and O. Carver-Pokras, “Race/Ethnicity,
a Critical Phenomenology,” Sigma Theta Tau Research Day, Hattiesburg, Miss.,
Social Class and Their Relation to Physical Inactivity During Leisure Time: Results
also, same conference, “Out-of the-Box Thinking: Re-emphasized with Urgency.”
from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” American
Gail Wagner, anthropology, “Landscapes of the Eye,” Society of Ethnobiology
Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Conference, Durango, Colo.
James M. Sodetz and M.E. Plumb,chemistry and biochemistry, and S. F. Schreck
Catherine Murphy, chemistry and biochemistry, “Nanoparticles and Nanostructured
and C. P. Parker (USC graduate students), “Human Complement Protein C8?,”
Surfaces: Novel Reporters with Biological Applications,” Society for Photo-optical
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.
Instrumentation Engineers International Symposium, San Jose, Calif.
Jerel Rosati, government and international studies, “The Power of the Human
■ OTHER: K. Sue Haddock, Institute of Public Affairs, has been named a 2001
Cognition in the Study of World Politics,” International Studies Review.
mentor by the International Leadership Institute, part of the Honor Society of
J. Larry Durstine, Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, H. Houle, L. Frizzell, K.
Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Haddock will assist in developing a
Headbird, and M.D. Gilman, “Metabolic cost of traditional American Indian activities in
program to create a center of knowledge for nurses in the Netherlands.
women over 40 years of age,” Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.
Terry Shimp, professor of marketing, has received the Outstanding Contribution to
Graciela Tissera, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, “Tiempo y Ser en la poesía de
Advertising Research award from the American Academy of Advertising for lifetime
Octavio Paz,” South Eastern Council on Latin American Studies Annals.
contribution to the field of advertising research.
■ PRESENTATIONS: James A. Carson, J. Mark Davis, and Greg A. Hand,
James Bradley Jr., economics, has been appointed by Gov. Hodges as chair of the
exercise science, and J. McClung, “Effect of creatine and clenbuterol supplementaboard of economic advisors. The board makes recommendations to the Budget
tion on cardiac muscle in endurance exercised rats,” Southeastern Regional
and Control Board and General Assembly about economic forecasts and general
Chapter/American College of Sports Medicine, Columbia.
fund revenue projections. Bradley joined the board in 1999.
James Farmer, history, Aiken, “A Perspective on Local History in South Carolina,”
Laury Christie and Stephen Taylor, music, presented a lecture recital at the InternaS.C. Historical Association, Columbia.
tional Festival of Women Composers, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa.
Dorothy K. Payne, music, “The Components of Musicianship: Putting the Pieces
Jerel Rosati, government and international studies, received an Excellence in
Together,” Music Teachers National Association, Washington, D.C.
Teaching award from the Alpha Chapter of USC’s Mortar Board Honor Society.
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, “Physical activity in Russian children: The
Carolyn L. Hansen, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, as president of the Southern
Russian longitudinal monitoring study,” Southeastern Regional Chapter/American
Conference on Language Teaching, addressed that group’s plenary session,
College of Sports Medicine, Columbia.
hosted the SCOLT awards luncheon, and moderated the sponsors and patrons
leadership exchange at the joint SCOLT/S.C. Foreign Language Teachers’
Lucile C. Charlesbois, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, “Patriarchy Revisited in Two
Association Conference in Myrtle Beach.
Spanish Novels: Laura and Susana,” Women Studies Conference, USC Columbia.
Lighter Times
Jorge Seminario, chemistry and biochemistry, Cecilia E. de la Cruz (USC research
assistant), and Pedro Derosa (USC research assistant), “Theoretical Analysis of
Metal-Molecule Interfaces,” Sanibel Symposium, St. Augustine, Fla.
Scott Poole, history, Aiken, “The Maintenance of Honor and Manhood: Southern
Conservatism and Agrarian Protest in South Carolina, 1870–1890,” S.C. Historical
Association, Columbia.
Faculty/Staff items include presentation of papers and projects for national and
international organizations; appointments to professional organizations and
boards; special honors; and publication of papers, articles, and books. Submissions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be
sent only once to Editor, TIMES, 701 Byrnes Building, Columbia campus. Send
by e-mail to: chorn@gwm.sc.edu
Workshops set
for national
scholarships,
fellowships
The Office of Fellowships and
Scholar Programs will sponsor
workshops this spring for students
interested in applying for national
fellowships and scholarships.
The workshops will expose
undergraduate and graduate students
to opportunities for grants and
fellowships in every field of study,
many of them for study abroad.
The spring 2001 scholarship
workshop series includes:
■ Truman Scholarship—4 p.m.
April 9, Harper College Conference
Room, first floor. The workshop is
for rising juniors interested in
graduate work leading to a career in
public service or government.
■ National Science Foundation
(NSF) Graduate Research
Fellowship—4 p.m. April 11,
Gressette Room, Harper College.
The workshop is for students
interested in graduate study in
science, math, or engineering.
■ Fulbright Grant—4 p.m. April
17, Gressette Room, Harper
College. The workshop is for
students interested in graduate
study or research abroad.
■ Udall Scholarship—4 p.m.
April 19, Harper College Conference Room, first floor. The
workshop is for sophomores and
juniors interested in environmental
public policy issues.
The Office of Fellowships and
Scholar Programs was established
in 1994 to help academically
talented students pursue nationally
competitive scholarships and
fellowships. Since 1994, University students have won 137 awards
and more than $3.5 million for
advanced academic study.
Approximately 80 faculty and
staff serve on scholarship committees and assist students in the
application and interview process.
Located in Harper College, the
office is open to any qualified
University student.
Students should attend the
workshop for the scholarship or
scholarships that interest them
most. Attending a scholarship
workshop is the first step in
applying for a national award.
For more information, contact
the Office of Fellowships and
Scholar Programs, located in
Harper College 101, or access
www.sc.edu/ofsp.
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■ GOVERNANCE PROJECT SEEKS TEACHERS OF STATE’S SECONDARY
SCHOOLS: South Carolina secondary-school teachers are being sought for a
one-week institute in South Carolina government and politics to be held June
18–22 at USC. The 2001 Summer Social Studies Institute on South Carolina
Government, sponsored by the S.C. Governance Project of the USC Institute
of Public Affairs, is part of a statewide effort to encourage the instruction of
state and local government in public schools. It will be a three-hour graduate
course on South Carolina government and politics and will feature a variety
of lecturers, guest speakers, and tours. Follow-up work in the two weeks after
the institute will include electronic mail with institute directors and faculty.
State Department of Education recertification credit is available, and 25
scholarships will be awarded to defray tuition and expenses of the
institute for teachers of social studies. An application form is available at
www.iopa.sc.edu/scgov. For information, contact Charlie B. Tyer,
7-8156.
■ EXHIBIT TO OPEN AT McMASTER: “Eat Your
Words,” an exhibition by Virginia Casey, will be on
display April 7–13 in McMaster Gallery in
McMaster College. An opening reception will be
held from 6 to 8 p.m. April 7. For more information, call Mana Hewitt at 7-7480.
■ MEMORY STUDY LOOKING FOR SUBJECTS: The Attachment and Cognitive
Process Laboratory at USC is recruiting subjects to participate in a research study
on attachment and memory. Participation will require two separate appointments.
Each appointment will take about one-and-a-half hours. Participants will be paid
$30 after the completion of the second appointment. For more information, call
Kathleen C. Kirasic or Kathleen Phelan at 7-7032 or 7-0449.
■ SPEND AN EVENING ON THE ’SHOE: “Evening
on the ’Shoe: A Bicentennial Celebration,” is
planned for 6 p.m. April 5 on the Horseshoe.
Events include a performance by Jump Little
Children, a fireworks display, and food.
■ USC SALKEHATCHIE AWARDS QUIZ BOWL WINNERS: USC Salkehatchie
recently sponsored the 22nd annual USC Salkehatchie High School Bowl. Fourperson teams from high schools in the Salkehatchie area participated in the
academic quiz bowl, answering questions in math, literature, science, current
events, and other topics. Walterboro High School won this year’s silver bowl.
Williston-Elko High School received a smaller silver bowl as the runner-up.
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Students design arm-lifting
device to help disease victims
❝Taiwan and Korea are both important
trading partners with the United States, and
both represent potential trouble spots that
have the potential of going to war.❞
BY CHRIS HORN
When engineering graduate student Brian Christiano
straps on a battery-powered arm-lifting device to
demonstrate how it works, his excitement isn’t based on
the prospect of commercial success.
He’s motivated instead by the memory of his aunt
who died two years ago with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating disease that gradually
robs its victims of muscle strength and independence.
“A device like this would allow someone suffering
from ALS to lift a quart of milk or a glass of water,”
Christiano said. “There are devices available now, but
they cost too much.”
Christiano sponsored the design of the arm-lifting
device, which was carried out by undergraduate students
in a senior design class taught by mechanical engineering professor Elwyn Roberts. The challenge for the
student design team was to develop a prototype that
could be adjusted to fit different arm lengths, and light
enough and powerful enough to be useful. Their final
design met all those requirements.
“The other challenge, of course, is to make it as
inexpensively as possible. I think this one was built for
about $500. This device would be used for a relatively
short time—it’s intended to improve a person’s quality of
life until they succumb to the disease,” Christiano said.
Christiano hopes to refine and streamline the student-
—John Fuh-Sheng Hsieh
Asian Studies Center plans
conferences on Taiwan, Korea
Brian Christiano demonstrates the student-built device.
designed apparatus, then develop a more user-friendly
means for donning the device.
“This won’t ever be a commercial success, but that’s
not the point—I just want to help those with ALS or with
similar diseases, such as multiple sclerosis,” he said.
About 5,000 new cases of ALS are diagnosed every
year. The disease, which is nearly always fatal, kills 50
percent of its victims within 18 months; only 20 percent
survive five years past the initial diagnosis.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
McKissick story hour
relates books, exhibits
The preschool/kindergarten Story Hour
program sponsored by McKissick Museum
will run through the end of May. The
program is held from 10 to 11 a.m.
Pre-registration is necessary. To preregister or for more information, call Mary
Evans, volunteer and tour coordinator for
educational services at McKissick, at 7-7251.
The dates, books, exhibits, and projects
for this spring’s Story Hour include:
■ April 11 and 12—Rechenka’s Eggs by
Patricia Polacco, Faculty Art Exhibit,
decorated eggs
■ April 17 and 19—Mr. Plum and the Little
Green Tree by Helen Gilbert, Turned Wood
Objects by Gerald Dorn, a tree collage
■ April 25 and 27—The Lorax by Dr. Seuss,
Turned Wood Objects by Gerald Dorn,
create a truffula tree
■ May 1 and 3—The Voice of the Wood by
Claude Clement, Turned Wood Objects by
Gerald Dorn, art in the round
■ May 9 and 10—Moon Rope by Lois
Ehlert, works by folk artist Eddie Arning,
story color collage
■ May 15 and 17—Fish Story by Katharine
Andres, Southern Watercolor Society
Annual Exhibit, watercolors and collage
■ May 22 and 24—Smoky Night by Eve
Bunting, works by folk artist Eddie Arning,
shadowy faces
■ May 29 and 31—Sailor Cats by Emily
Whittle, works by folk artist Eddie Arning,
crayon resist drawing.
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APRIL 5, 2001
World bazaar
MICHAEL BROWN
USC’s annual International Festival capped off International Week
activities March 23 in front of the Russell House. The event
featured food, merchandise, and arts demonstrations from around
the world. International Programs for Students sponsored the
event.
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
About 80 scholars from the U.S. and abroad are expected to attend
academic conferences on Taiwan and Korea at the University in
April and May to discuss issues ranging from economics to security
concerns.
Both conferences, on Taiwan April 20–22
and Korea May 18–20, will be sponsored by
the Center for Asian Studies of the Richard L.
Walker Institute of International Studies at
USC. The meetings, which the center has
sponsored for several years, will be held at
the Adams Mark Hotel.
“Taiwan and Korea are both important
trading partners with the United States, and
both represent potential trouble spots that
Hsieh
have the potential of going to war,” said John
Fuh-Sheng Hsieh, director of the Center for Asian Studies.
“The United States has a large military presence in South Korea,
and Taiwan and China are experiencing serious tensions. Both areas
affect the stability of the region and have a huge economic impact on
the United States.”
Korea and Taiwan rank seventh and eighth in the top 10 countries
that trade with the United States with annual imports and exports of
$68 and $65 billion, respectively.
The Taiwan conference, which has as its theme, “Taiwan in the
New Millennium,” will review the country’s 2000 presidential
election; the economic situation in Taiwan; and relations among the
U.S., Taiwan, and China. The meeting also will look at Taiwan
through papers comparing politics in China and Japan, and Taiwan
and Korea.
Walker, distinguished professor emeritus and former U.S.
ambassador to the Republic of Korea during the Reagan administration, and Eui-Hang “Ken” Shin, a USC professor of sociology,
organized the Korean conference. “Korea and the Four Major Powers
in Northeast Asia” will look at the country’s position at the epicenter
of where four major world powers meet.
Walker and three other former United States ambassadors to
Korea will begin the conference with a roundtable discussion.
Funding for the conferences comes from the Korea Foundation,
the Institute of International Relations, and National Chengchi
University in Taipei, where Hsieh taught before coming to the
University two years ago.
American and foreign diplomatic personnel, as well as academic
experts from the United States, Taiwan, and Korea, typically attend
both meetings, which traditionally draw coverage from the Asian
media.
“For scholars on Taiwan and Korea, the conferences represent
rare occasions to exchange opinions and have become important
events relating to the two countries that have impact on U.S. policy,”
Hsieh said.
For information, contact Hsieh (shay) at 7-5322 or by e-mail at
hsieh@sc.edu.
Marshall Swanson can be reached at 7-0138 or
mswanson@gwm.sc.edu.