UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
USC’s bicentennial year
A publication
for USC faculty,
staff, and friends
NOVEMBER 1, 2001
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Geographers study ‘quick
response’ in New York City
Forever plaid
Bagpiper fills the
Horseshoe with
sound of Scotland
BY KATHY HENRY DOWELL
BY CHRIS HORN
Pascal Reber was still in grade school
when his mother suggested he consider
taking up a musical instrument. Any
instrument will do, she said cheerfully,
expecting her young son to choose
piano, guitar, or perhaps the saxophone.
Reber immediately offered that he
would like to play the bagpipes. His
mother was dumbfounded. Bagpiping?
How would she find an instructor in
their Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds?
The subject of musical instruments
wasn’t brought up again.
But Reber’s dream of playing the
pipes didn’t fade. When he moved to the
United States 10 years ago, he found a
bagpipe teacher and began the arduous
task of learning to make music with the
temperamental one-octave instrument.
“It was extremely frustrating, but the more you practice, the better you get,”
said Reber, who earned a master’s degree in international relations from USC in
2000 and now is pursuing a Ph.D., studying Middle East security issues.
So how did a native of Switzerland get the bagpiping bug in the first place?
“I can’t remember when it bit. The pipes just stir something within me. I love
history, and I love piping,” Reber said. “There’s an old saying that every time you
play the pipes, you can hear generations from long ago.”
Perhaps it’s in his genes. His middle name, after all, is MacLellan: a tribute to
long-ago ancestors on his mother’s side who called Scotland their home.
Reber usually wears the green-and-black plaid Gordon kilt and the Gordon crest
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Pascal Reber
often plays the
pipes on the
Horseshoe,
though not
always with a kilt
and Glengarry.
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Inside
Page 2:
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars examine faith in
discussions sponsored by the Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship in
Jewish Studies and the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lectureship.
Page 3: Francis Lieber, one of South Carolina College’s most
distinguished faculty members, is the subject of a two-day
symposium.
Page 4:
Hamlet’s school
chums take
center stage,
left, in Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern
are Dead,
presented by
Theatre South
Carolina.
Visit TIMES online
at www.sc.edu/USC-Times
Deadline to submit time
capsule items is Nov. 30
Nov. 30 is the deadline to submit material
for USC’s bicentennial time capsule to be
buried Dec. 7 on the Horseshoe.
Justin Smith, a junior marketing major and
volunteer tour guide at the Visitor Center, is
coordinating the time capsule project. He and
other student tour guides at the center will
accept material for the capsule. Call the Visitor
Center at 7-0169 to learn more about contributing items.
Material already collected includes
programs from the Jan. 10 opening ceremony
of the bicentennial, bicentennial editions of
The State and USC TIMES, garnet and black
Tupperware, a USC “Gift of Music” compact
disc, an Outback Bowl T-shirt from USC’s
January 2001 bowl victory, and a USC Aiken
40th anniversary brochure.
Facilities maintenance personnel are
constructing the time capsule and will assist
in burying it on the Horseshoe.
When the World Trade Center complex collapsed Sept. 11, among the
material losses was New York City’s emergency management office.
In such a disaster, how can a support team function when their
entire headquarters—including computers, critical data, and technological tools—is lying under millions of pounds of rubble?
To begin to explore this and other questions, geography professor
Susan Cutter took a team of graduate students to New York City
Oct. 7–10.
“Our role was to look at how geographical information and geographical technologies were used in the rescue and relief operations. That
is, did they use GPS (Global Positioning Systems), GIS (Global
Information Systems), or any of the remote sensing technologies, such as
satellite images?” she said.
“We met and interviewed the behind-the-scenes people: not the
firefighters and police officers, but the people who support that effort and
direct them where to go, let them know where the hot spots are or where
the rubble pile is very deep. We’re looking at how geographic information was used—if it was used—to make those determinations and some
of the problems they may have encountered.”
Two graduate students, Mike Gutekunst and Steve Jones,
accompanied Cutter. Deborah Thomas, a faculty member from the
University of Colorado at Denver who received a Ph.D. in geography
from USC in 1999, also made the trip. Michael Hodgson, associate
professor of geography, remained at USC to conduct telephone
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Treadwell to speak at
University Day Nov. 15
Henrie Monteith Treadwell will be the
keynote speaker at University Day set for
1 p.m. Nov. 15 on the Horseshoe.
“Higher Education in South Carolina: The
Next 10 Years” will be the theme of the event,
which was originally scheduled for Sept. 11 to
Treadwell
mark the day in 1963 when Treadwell, Robert
Anderson, and James Solomon became the first African Americans to
enroll at USC since Reconstruction.
Today Treadwell is an educator and biochemist and program
director in health for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek,
Mich.
She is leading a six-year,
If you go
$55-million initiative to
improve health care for the
■ What: University Day
nation’s uninsured. She also
■ When: Nov. 15
is a national leader in
■ Where: Convocation at
developing new strategies
1 p.m., Horseshoe; panel
for higher education.
discussions at 2 and 3 p.m. in
H. Thorne Compton, chair
Euphradian Hall, Harper College
of
the
USC Bicentennial
■ Admission: Free and open to
Executive Committee, will
the public
welcome guests at the
convocation. President Palms
and the Honorable Matthew J. Perry, senior judge of the U.S. District
Court of South Carolina, will make remarks. As an NAACP lawyer in
1963, Perry won the legal battles to desegregate Clemson and USC.
Following the convocation, two panel discussions will be held in
Euphradian Hall on the third floor of Harper College on the Horseshoe.
The President’s Panel will begin at 2 p.m. Rayburn Barton,
executive director of the State Commission on Higher Education, will
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NOVEMBER 1, 2001 1
■ NEW WEB SITE OFFERS DISABILITY, AGING INFORMATION: Information
on disability and aging services in South Carolina is now just a click away. The
S.C. Services Information System (SCSIS) has put all information about
resources and services available for people with disabilities and senior citizens
on a new Web site at www.scsis.org. The site takes the place of the toll-free
number for information and is designed to give people greater access to the
variety of services available. To make comments or suggestions for the Web
site or database or to inform SCSIS staff about changes and new information
for the site, send an e-mail to scsis@cdd.sc.edu. SCSIS is a program of the
School of Medicine’s Center for Disability Resources.
■ LAKE CITY RESIDENTS SHED 600+ POUNDS:
Residents in the Lake City area are about 625
pounds lighter because of an innovative weight
loss program sponsored by The Norman J. Arnold
School of Public Health and the School of
Medicine. The program, which began in February,
is called TelePOWER. Through interactive
television, a nutritionist in Columbia delivers the
program to Lake City residents. TelePOWER
incorporates healthy eating and physical activity
to help participants lose weight. During the
program, participants keep a record of what they
eat and drink and wear a pedometer to measure
the number of steps that they take during the day.
■ LECTURES WILL REVIEW CIVIC EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY: The Department of Government and International Studies, in collaboration with the USC
Bicentennial Commission, will sponsor “The University and Civic Education:
Foundation of Democracy.” The panel discussion and lecture will be from 1 to
4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Lumpkin Auditorium on the eighth floor of the Moore
School of Business. The program is free and open to the public. Session 1,
from 1 to 2:30 p.m., will be a panel with Sheilah Mann, director of education
for the American Political Science Association, speaking on “Political Science
and Education for Democracy.” Charlie Tyer of USC’s Department of
Government and International Studies will follow, speaking on “Civic
Education: The S.C. Response.” Session 2, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., will feature
Richard Dagger of the Department of Political Science at Arizona State
University speaking on “Three Concepts of Citizenship.” The programs are
intended for students and faculty, but also will be of interest to members of
the general public and those involved in government.
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Through the
looking glass
Recycling steers
electronic junk
away from landfill
BY CHRIS HORN
Got any use for a 33mhz computer or a
monitor with a burned-out tube? It’s definitely
junk, but USC isn’t throwing it away.
For the past five years, the University’s
Purchasing Office and Consolidated Services
have been finding new ways to get rid of
unwanted property without trucking it to the
landfill.
“Generating revenue was not our primary
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aim—we just wanted to get rid of the material
Bobby Baker of Consolidated Services inspects a palletized load of electronic scrap destined for recycling.
without putting it in a landfill,” said Scott
Reynolds, USC’s director of purchasing.
the items are purchased to cover the cost of future disposal; but for
“With this process, the University rids itself of material which the
now we’re able to let a private recycler pick it up, and we get a little
state of South Carolina has determined is junk, and USC gets money
revenue, too.”
back from the recycling vendor.”
In the past year, the University has recycled 122 tons of scrap
The amount of revenue is small—$0.0175/lb for scrap electronics
metal, 69 tons of scrap electronics, and 1,669 mercury lamps. The
and $0.009/lb. for other scrap materials, including steel—but the
University is now purchasing Eco-Lamps, which last longer and are
recycling vendors for both types of material remove the material in a
suitable for landfill disposal but still are recycled.
timely fashion. Obsolete computer equipment is picked up by a
Since 1996, more than 850 tons of junk material from USC
recycling company that strips usable material—including platinum
campuses have been recycled. Items that are determined to have value
from the circuit boards—and recycles the plastic.
are kept in a 90-day inventory at Consolidated Services, and University
“Computer and TV monitors are considered hazardous material
units often select items such as furniture for further use. In the past year,
because of the mercury in the cathode ray tube,” Reynolds said.
more than 1,600 items have been transferred to State Surplus.
“Eventually, we might have to pay a fee to the manufacturer when
Technology incubator
graduates first companies
Four Midlands businesses marked a
milestone Oct. 18.
The group became the first graduates of the USC Columbia Technology
Incubator program. The program spurs
economic development by giving new
businesses access to USC resources,
including faculty and students; reduced
rent in the incubator’s downtown
Columbia offices; and assistance in
finding service providers, including
lawyers and accountants.
Joel Stevenson, the program’s
director, recognized the following
businesses and their leaders during the
graduation ceremonies:
■ Tom Winterstein, president of
NetGen Learning Systems of Columbia, which provides continuing
education course software
■ Mat Parker, president of Bandgap
Technologies of Columbia, which
develops SiCrystals for high-tech
devices
■ Al Quick, president of KryoTech of
West Columbia, which manufactures
the world’s fastest personal computer
■ Jeff Helm, general manager of
Correlated Solutions of West Columbia, which specializes in measurements
of objects using computer vision
techniques.
The USC Incubator program has 16
tenants in its Columbia offices.
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NOVEMBER 1, 2001
Jewish, Christian, Muslim scholars
to discuss faith in wake of attacks
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, three scholars of Jewish, Christian, and
Muslim tradition will discuss “Neighbors and Strangers: What Does Faith Require of Us?” in
a public program Nov. 29.
The interfaith program will feature Rabbi Elliot Dorff of the University of Judaism in Los
Angeles, Mary Boys of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and Muzammil Siddiqi,
president of the Islamic Society of North America. The discussion is supported through the
Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies and the Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Lectureship.
From 1:30 to 5:15 p.m., the scholars will make individual presentations on the theme and
then participate in a panel discussion from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan Love, religious studies, will
moderate. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the School of
Law Auditorium.
The topic begs for attention as people try to understand the terrorist attacks, said Carl
Evans, chair of religious studies. “The path toward healing must be walked together by
people of diverse traditions and cultures,” he said. “We hope that this program will take the
initial steps.”
Dorff is rector and distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Judaism and
is a member of the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.
Boys, the Skinner and McAlphin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological
Seminary, is a consultant to Christian and Jewish theological faculties on teaching and
curriculum in the area of interreligious understanding.
Siddiqi, an adjunct professor of Islamic studies and world religions at California University in Fullerton, recently was the Muslim speaker during a service at the Washington
National Cathedral in remembrance of those who died in the terrorist attacks in New York
City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies is funded by Melvin and Judith
Solomon of Charleston and Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum of Columbia. The Joseph Cardinal
Bernardin Lectureship honors the late Joseph Bernardin, a Columbia native and former USC
student, who was elected cardinal by the Roman Catholic Church in 1983 and served the
Diocese of Chicago until his death in 1996.
Both lectureships are administered by the Department of Religious Studies. For information, call Evans at 7-4522.
Marine scientist uses infrared
technology to measure
temperature effects
BY CHRIS HORN
When USC marine scientist Brian Helmuth
peers through an infrared camera, the earth
becomes an other-worldly blur of hot
oranges, cool purples, and icy blues.
Helmuth uses the special camera in his
research to determine how changing
temperatures affect the physiology of animals
in coastal environments. For some of the
coastal zone animals that he studies, the
world is getting a little too orange.
“We have evidence that many species are
at the edge of temperature tolerance,”
Helmuth said.
“We’ve seen 25
percent declines in
coral reefs due to
slight increases in
water temperature.
“The effects of
climate change are
potentially even more
pronounced when we
look at intertidal
Helmuth
organisms, those
animals and plants that are exposed to the
terrestrial environment each day.”
The problem for intertidal organisms is
that their environment changes so dramatically: at high tide they are immersed in cold
turbulent water, and at low tide they’re
exposed to hot sunlight and desiccating wind.
As global temperatures rise, the extremes
between hot and cold become more pronounced, sometimes with deadly effect.
“We’ve been studying intertidal communities on the West Coast—mainly sea stars,
mussels, and snails—to see how they are
affected,” Helmuth said. “We’re finding that
some populations of species are becoming
isolated from one another because certain parts
of the coast are becoming uninhabitable.”
For decades, scientists have measured air
temperature alone in animal studies, but that
single measurement often doesn’t reflect how
organisms are actually affected. Infrared
cameras measure varying amounts of heat
emitted by different objects, which presents a
more accurate idea of how they are responding to the environment.
Helmuth, who teaches physiological
ecology and honors biology, plans to begin
similar studies on East Coast organisms,
using the same infrared image gathering.
To view some of Helmuth’s infrared
photos, go to the TIMES online page and
access www.sc.edu/USC-Times/
infraredpixshow.html.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ CENTER RECEIVES $1.9 MILLION GRANT: The Center for Child
and Family Studies in the College of Social Work recently received
a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The
five-year grant will be used to develop and implement a High
School Equivalency Program (HEP) for Spanish-speaking farm
workers in Saluda, Lexington, and Lee counties. The USC HEP
program will provide opportunities for migrant and seasonal farm
workers to attain their GED, receive employment skills training, and
pursue a degree in higher education. The program also will work
with families of farm workers in education, social services, and
health education.
■ APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR MUNGO AWARDS: The deadline to apply for the
annual Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Awards is Dec. 10. The five awards of
$2,000 each recognize and reward excellence in undergraduate teaching on the Columbia
campus. All full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who teach undergraduates are
eligible. Three of the awards are reserved for faculty in the colleges of liberal arts and
science and mathematics. The remaining two awards go to faculty from other colleges.
Nominations may be brief and will be accepted from students, faculty, department chairs,
and deans. Nominees will receive a request from the University Faculty Committee on
Instructional Development to provide specific information, which will be due Feb. 4,
2002. Winners will be selected by the University Faculty Committee on Instructional
Development under the supervision of the Provost and will be announced at the General
Faculty Meeting on May 2, 2002. Send nominations to Donald J. Greiner, associate
provost and dean of undergraduate affairs, Office of the Provost, Osborne Administration
Building. The awards have been presented for 10 years.
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Renaissance man
Francis Lieber takes the spotlight
at bicentennial symposium
BY LARRY WOOD
He was a German-born scholar, a Napoleonic War casualty, a gymnastic
trainer and swimming instructor, and a political economist, essayist, and
legal theorist.
Now Francis Lieber, the renowned scholar who taught at S.C.
College from 1835 to 1856, is the subject of an international conference
celebrating USC’s bicentennial. “Francis Lieber: Intermediary Between
Minds,” set for Nov. 9–10,
will feature sessions on topics
ranging from art criticism to
law, linguistics, gymnastic
training, and moral philosophy—all subjects that
interested Lieber. (See
schedule at right.)
“Francis Lieber was one
of the most significant and
important national and
international figures ever to
serve as a faculty member at
USC,” said Harry Lesesne,
associate director and
Francis Lieber
historian for the Bicentennial Office, who is helping
coordinate the symposium.
“He taught a host of subjects and is best remembered for his
writings on political economy and political science, but he was really
a Renaissance man who wrote on many different subjects. We want
the symposium to convey the breadth and impact of his knowledge
and showcase what a great institution S.C. College was before the
Civil War.”
H.J. Rupieper of the Institute for History of the Martin Luther
Universitaet in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, will deliver the plenary
address at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 in Euphradian Hall on the third floor of Harper
College, a building Lieber frequented. His topic will be Germany and
the United States in the Age of Lieber. A reception will follow in the
Faculty Club at McCutchen House.
During the two-day conference, 18 scholars, four from USC, will
present papers. An exhibit of Lieber-related artifacts and materials in
South Caroliniana Library will complement the conference. The
symposium is dedicated to the late Oswald F. “Mike” Schuette, former
chair of the physics department, who studied Lieber and his career.
Lieber (1798–1872) came to S.C. College as the school’s first
professor of history and political economy and served as interim
president in 1851. He left the school when his unionist views collided
with the secessionist attitudes of slave-holding South Carolinians.
The scholar authored the Union’s Civil War code of military
conduct, which later influenced the Hague and Geneva conventions.
During his career, he also introduced into English such terms as
“publicist,” “nationalism,” “penology,” “city state,” “pan-American,”
and “bureaucracy.”
Lieber, who founded the Encyclopedia Americana, concluded his
career on the law faculty of Columbia University in New York.
“Francis Lieber lived a life of intellectual challenge, accomplishment, and quite a bit of adventure,” said Charles R. Mack, an art
history professor, who has written a book about Lieber’s travels in
Europe and will present at the conference.
“A man of obvious talent and considerable charm, he seems to
have had an acquaintance with everyone of interest on both sides of
the Atlantic. His was a life from which a film could be made.”
Symposium sponsors include the USC Bicentennial Commission,
Professor Oswald F. Schuette and family, Consulate General of the
Federal Republic of Germany, German Institute for International
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Lieber schedule
The schedule of sessions for “Francis Lieber: An Intermediary
Between Minds” is listed below. All sessions will be in Euphradian
Hall/Gressette Room on the third floor of Harper College. An exhibit
of Lieber materials will be on display from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 8–
10 in South Caroliniana Library.
■ Nov. 9
• 9–10 a.m.—Opening
• Frank Avignone, physics, USC, In memoriam: Oswald F. Schuette
• Peter Becker, history, USC, Lieber’s Place in History
10:30–11:30 a.m.—Slavery and the Constitution
• Paul Finkelman, law, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lieber,
Slavery, and the Constitutional Union
• Michael Vorenberg, history, Brown University, Francis Lieber,
Constitutional Amendments and the Problem of Citizenship
1–2 p.m.—The South and the Civil War
• Michael O’Brien, history, University of Cambridge/Miami
University of Ohio, Lieber and the South
• Robert Wolfe, National Archives (ret.), Alexandria, Va., Francis
Lieber and Son: Archivists of the Captured Confederate Records
2:30–4 p.m.—Linguistics and Hermeneutics
• John Catalano, philosophy, USC Lancaster, Homophony: The
Origin of Words and Their Connection to Sound
• Shirley Brice Heath, anthropology and English, Stanford
University, Lieber and Linguistics
• Stuart Davis, linguistics, Indiana University, Observations
Concerning African American English in Lieber’s Writings
6 p.m.—Plenary Address
• H.J. Rupieper, Institute for History, Martin Luther Universitaet,
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, Germany and the United States in the
Age of Lieber. A reception will follow in the Faculty Club at
McCutchen House.
■ Nov. 10
• 9–10:15 a.m.—Practical Reason
• Steven Alan Samson, Liberty University, Francis Lieber:
Transatlantic Cultural Missionary
• James Farr, political science, University of Minnesota, From
Moral Philosophy to Political Science: Francis Lieber and American
Political Thought
• Jerry Hackett, philosophy, USC Columbia, Lieber and Moral
Philosophy
10:30–11:30 a.m.—Tour of South Carolina College campus
2:15–3:45 p.m.—Thoughts on Armed Conflict
• Lynn Hogue, law, Georgia State University, Lieber and the Military
Code
• James T. Johnson, religion, Rutgers University, Lieber and the
Theory of War
• Gregory Raymond, political science, Boise State University,
Lieber and the International Laws of War
4–5:30 p.m.—The Art of Living
• Ronald W. Hyatt, exercise/sport science, UNC Chapel Hill, Lieber
and the Gymnasium in Germany and America
• Shawn Kimmell, Program in American Culture, University of
Michigan, Political Economies of Friendship and Philanthropy in
Lieber’s Correspondence
• Charles Mack, art, USC Columbia, Francis Lieber and the Arts:
Lessons in Looking
Relations, College of Criminal Justice, College of Liberal Arts,
School of Law, College of Science and Mathematics, Honors
College, and College of Education.
Other sponsors include the departments of art; Germanic, Slavic,
and East Asian languages; government and international studies;
history; psychology; and sociology.
All sessions are free and open to the public. For information,
contact Lesesne at 7-1801 or hlesesne@gwm.sc.edu, or Mack at
7-3895 or crmack1@gwm.sc.edu.
Larry Wood can be reached at 7-3478 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
Helen Power and aerosol measuring
instrument.
Microscopic
particles may be
dampening global
warming
Climatologists concur that greenhouse
gases are trapping the world’s heat, but
their computer models suggest that
global warming should be even hotter
than it already is.
What’s keeping things relatively
cool? Scientists point to billions of dust
particles called aerosols that are
floating in the atmosphere, reflecting
solar radiation back to space.
These tiny particles—emitted by
volcanoes, vehicles, and factory
smokestacks—are the research focus of
geography assistant professor Helen
Power, who is using an NSF grant to
model the amount of aerosol over
western Europe.
The extent of the aerosol cooling
effect on climate is uncertain, but more
data should help clarify the picture,
Power said. “If we understand better
how and why aerosols vary over time
and space,” she said, “we can improve
current climate models so that they
more accurately account for the
influence of aerosols.”
Accurately quantifying the amount
of aerosol in the atmosphere can be
difficult, requiring expensive equipment and lots of sunny days. Power has
an instrument capable of such field
studies, but for the current project she’s
using mathematical modeling and
climate data from dozens of cities in 10
European countries.
“To model aerosols, you need
accurate historical climate data.
Fortunately, Europe has good quality
data and a lot of it,” Power said. “We
have climate data from Germany going
back 40 years.”
Power hopes to document seasonal
and long-term trends in aerosols, as
well as spatial differences in the aerosol
signal.
“There is so much variability in the
amount of aerosol,” Power said. “There
tends to be more aerosol over deserts
and urban areas but not as much above
other terrestrial regions.”
Finding out where aerosol concentrations are greatest and quantifying
their effects on climate could prove
challenging but vital in the quest to
better understand climate systems,
Power said.
—Chris Horn
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern gives
audience insiders’ look at Hamlet
Interfaith Celebration
honors many traditions
USC’s Interfaith Celebration, a bicentennial
event, will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 8 on the Russell House Patio.
The event, rescheduled from Sept. 11, is
free and open to all students, faculty, and
staff. In case of rain, the service will move
to the Russell House Ballroom.
The event is a celebration of a variety of
faith traditions. The faculty, staff, students,
and invited guests who will participate
represent some, but not all, of the religious
traditions valued by the USC community.
“In this interfaith celebration, we gather
together in mutual respect to share a
spiritual expression of a purpose that
extends beyond our individual lives—the
search for truth and an understanding of our
places in the world,” President Palms said.
Participants will share their faith through
dance, song, storytelling, and prayer. The
event will conclude with the International
Prayer for Peace and the lighting of candles.
Free parking will be available in the Bull
Street garage.
Sponsors include the President’s Office,
Carolina Chaplain’s Association, Student
and Alumni Services, and the Department of
Religious Studies. For information, access
http://hr.sc.edu/interfaith.htm on the Web.
There is a joke about an actor hired to play the gravedigger in
Shakespeare’s Hamlet. When asked by his wife what the play is about,
he replies, “It’s about a gravedigger who meets a prince.”
In Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, the title characters, two of
Shakespeare’s bit players, think it’s about them. USC’s Theatre South
Carolina will present this witty, irreverent comedy by the Oscar-winning
author of Shakespeare in Love Nov. 9–18 in Drayton Hall.
The play, which is an all-student production, begins as Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern, having forgotten their summons to Hamlet’s castle
at Elsinore, pass the time by flipping coins and mulling over a
seemingly endless run of heads over tails. A group of strolling players
approaches the men who, by betting “heads” in a series of coin tosses,
win the price of a performance.
As the actors prepare, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are suddenly
transported to Elsinore where they are welcomed by King Claudius
and Queen Gertrude.
In the scenes that follow, the audience gets a behind-the-scenes
look at Hamlet through the eyes of the Dane’s bumbling college
chums, caught in the intersection of three strange worlds: their own,
isolated and confused; Hamlet’s, shown in small glimpses; and the
Player’s, where everything is painted paper, movement, and silliness.
Tom Stoppard’s trademark wit and wordplay are evident in
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, in which the clownish pair
debate existentialism, the merits of acting, and mathematical probability and statistics with equal fervor.
USC Theatre South Carolina’s production of Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern are Dead will use the directing and design talents of an allstudent production staff.
Third-year MFA candidate Karl Rutherford will direct, while MFA
candidates Danielle King and Danielle Wilson will provide the
costume and lighting designs.
The production will feature MFA candidate John-Patrick Driscoll and
senior theatre major Stephen Cone as the bewildered Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern and MFA candidate Michael Kroeker as the Player.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead premiered in London in 1967 to
critical acclaim and moved to Broadway the next year, where it received a
Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award. Other
Stoppard plays include Jumpers, Travesties, and The Invention of Love.
Theatre South Carolina performed Stoppard’s Arcadia last year.
Performances of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead will be
held at 8 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $12 for the public; $10 for USC faculty and staff,
senior citizens, and military; and $8 for students. Special discounts for
opening weekend are $10, $8, and $6, respectively.
Tickets are available at the Longstreet Theatre box office or by
calling 7-2551. The box office will open at noon Nov. 5.
For information about USC Theatre South Carolina, call Tim
Donahue at 7-9353 or visit the Web site at www.cla.sc.edu/THSP.
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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. Remaining
publication dates are Nov. 15 and Dec. 6.
If you require special accommodations,
please contact the program sponsor.
KIM TRUETT
John-Patrick Driscoll, top, and Stephen Cone play the title characters in
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead.
If you go
■ What: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
■ When: Nov. 9–18 at 8 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sundays
■ Where: Drayton Hall
■ Admission: $12 for the public; $10 for USC faculty and staff,
senior citizens, and military; and $8 for students. Special
discounts for opening weekend are $10 for the public; $8 for USC
faculty and staff, senior citizens, and military; and $6 for students
■ Information: 7-9353 or www.cla.sc.edu/THSP
Conference to focus on democracy, diversity in public education
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
Seven scholars and educational administrators from throughout the United States will address diversity in public education
and democratic citizenship in the coming century during a
Nov. 8–10 conference in Gambrell Hall Auditorium.
A bicentennial event, the three-day seminar will look at
democracy and education in a multicultural arena from historical
and current viewpoints. The Honors College, the bicentennial
commission, and 15 campus departments, programs, and colleges
are co-sponsors of the program.
“We’ve invited speakers who will look at educational
diversity in the past, along with implications of the past for the
present and the future,” said Valinda W. Littlefield, an
assistant professor of history and African-American Studies,
who is coordinating the conference with Jerald T. Wallulis, a
professor of philosophy.
The conference, which is free and open to the public, will
be of special interest to students, faculty, and staff, along with
K–12 teachers of history and social studies, Wallulis said. The
S.C. Department of Education has posted information about
the conference on its Web site (http://schc.sc.edu/DemDiv/).
Littlefield said some people think of multicultural education as an education that “helps others, whoever they may be,”
but it really impacts everybody. “The key is that there are
other people who can also be included in the conversation,”
she said. “If you hone in on one group only, you’re not telling
the whole story.”
Some people see multicultural education as a threat, she
said, “because if you bring in other groups to talk about their
contributions to American history, you’ll leave out white men,
which is probably the biggest myth there is.”
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The schedule
The Democracy and Diversity in Public Education
conference, to be held in Gambrell Hall Auditorium, will
include the following programs:
■ Nov. 8
• 7 p.m., Marie-Louise Ramsdale and Theresa Perry on the
importance and challenges of multicultural education to
South Carolina and the South.
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• 1 p.m., Charles Payne on the struggle for equality and
democracy
• 2:30 p.m., refreshments
• 3 p.m., Louis F. Miron on equality, education, and
democracy
• 7 p.m., Kwame Anthony Appiah on global diversity and
world democracy
• 8:30 p.m., reception
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• 8:30 a.m., continental breakfast
• 9 a.m., Ronald Takaki and James D. Anderson on
multiculturalism, education, and democracy.
Because of the football game with Florida on the weekend of
the meeting, Wallulis wants people to think of the conference’s
Saturday morning session as a “different kind of double-header,”
in which attendees will “really enjoy hearing the two speakers
who are passionately concerned about diversity.
“We’ve also included an array of other educators, historians, and philosophers who will focus on other aspects of
multicultural education, equality, and diversity in democracy,”
Wallulis said. “These are scholars who can communicate ideas
in a popular and effective way. They’re excellent public
speakers and will talk in ways that will engage audiences.”
Speakers include Charles Payne, the Sally Dalton Robinson
Professor of African-American Studies and History, Duke
University; Ronald Takaki, professor of ethnic studies, University
of California-Berkeley; and Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor
of African-American Studies and philosophy, Harvard.
Also, Theresa Perry, vice president for community
relations, Wheelock College; Louis F. Miron, professor of
education, University of Illinois; James D. Anderson, head and
professor of educational policy studies, University of Illinois,
Urbana Champaign; and Marie-Louise Ramsdale, director of
the S.C. First Steps to School Readiness Program.
Wallulis said one purpose of the conference is to celebrate
the bicentennial, “but I think this is also an event that can point
us toward the tricentennial in that we can expect in the future
of the University more contributions from different voices.
Hopefully this event will appeal to people as we look toward
the future of the University.”
“I hope the conference raises questions and encourages
people to think about how they teach, look for places where
they can be inclusive, and give them ideas about how to do it,”
Littlefield said. “We want the conference to give people a
thirst for getting the information so it can be included.”
For information, contact Wallulis at 7-3730 or
wallulis@sc.edu.
Marshall Swanson can be reached at 7-0138 or
mswanson@gwm.sc.edu.
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■ Nov. 5 School of Music: USC Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Koger
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■ Nov. 8 School of Music: USC Jazz combo concert, 7:30 p.m.,
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■ Nov. 1 School of Music: USC Percussion Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.,
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■ Nov. 10 Football: Florida, 1 p.m., Williams-Brice Stadium.
■ Nov. 17 Football: Clemson, 1 p.m., Williams-Brice Stadium.
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■ Nov. 7 Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs: Fall Workshop
Series, State Farm Fellowship for campus leaders preparing for
careers in business, 4 p.m., Gressette Room, Harper College.
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■ Nov. 12 Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs: Fall
Workshop Series, Rotary Scholarship to study abroad for all
majors or degree levels, 4 p.m., Gressette Room, Harper College.
■ Nov. 2 College of Education: Bicentennial Witten Endowed
Lecture, “The New Pecking Order in American Higher Education,”
George Keller, a scholar of American higher education institutions
and practices, 3 p.m., Wardlaw College, Room 126, free. For more
information, call 7-5741.
■ Nov. 13 School of Music: University Chorus, Timothy Koch,
conductor, 7:30 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall, Room 206, free.
■ Nov. 14 School of Music: Concert Choir, Larry Wyatt, conductor, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Cathedral, free.
■ Nov. 15 School of Music: Graduate vocal ensemble, 6 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall, Room 206, free.
■ Nov. 9 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: “Proteins of
Zona Pellucida,” Jeff Harris, Zonagen Inc., 4 p.m., Jones Physical
Sciences Center, Room 006. Free.
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■ Nov. 16 Koger Presents: Bayanihan Philippine National Dance
Company, 8 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets are $27 adults, $20 students.
Tickets available at Carolina Coliseum box office (9–5 p.m. Monday–
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■ Nov. 13 Women’s Studies: Brown Bag Pedagogy Series:
Teaching for Social Justice, “Face to Face in Ghana: Families and
Communities in the African Diaspora,” Ingrid Reneau, Women’s
Studies and English, and Sadye Logan, social work. 12:30 p.m.,
Flinn Hall Seminar Room 101, free.
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■ Nov. 12 Koger Presents: Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Aquila
Theatre Company, 7:30 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets available at
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PATHS Curriculum,” Mark T. Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University, 3:30 p.m., Walsh Conference Room, Barnwell College. Free.
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■ Dec. 19 Bicentennial Closing Ceremony: Sponsored by the USC
Bicentennial Commission, the ceremony will commemorate the
chartering of South Carolina College on Dec. 19, 1801. Time TBA,
South Carolina Statehouse.
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studies and GINT, 3:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 250; reception
following in Gambrell Hall, Room 428, free.
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Capsule: Sponsored by the USC Visitor Center and the
University Ambassadors, the capsule will contain memorabilia and
messages from 2001. 3 p.m., Horseshoe.
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■ Nov. 11–18 Theatre South Carolina: Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead, a comedy by Tom Stoppard, directed by
Karl Rutherford. 8 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday (no
performance Monday), Drayton Hall. Tickets are $10 for faculty,
staff, senior citizens, and military; $9 students. Special discounts
for the first weekend: $8 for faculty, staff, senior citizens, and
military and $6 for students. Box office hours are noon–6:30 p.m.
Monday–Friday in Longstreet Theater, beginning the Monday
before the first performance. The box office reopens one hour
before performances. For information, call 7-2551.
■ Nov. 27 A.C. Moore Garden Rededication: A
mid-afternoon ceremony commemorating the
dedication of the garden to A.C. Moore on Nov.
27, 1941, and celebrating the garden’s recent
refurbishment. Time TBA. Corner of Pickens and
Blossom streets.
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■ Nov. 16 Tiger Burn 2001: Annual rally
before the Carolina/Clemson football game.
Sponsored by Carolina Productions. 6 p.m.,
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■ Through January 2002: “Catawba Clay: Pottery from the
Catawba Nation,” organized by the North Carolina Pottery Center in
Seagrove, N.C., this exhibit features the ceramic works of Catawba
Indian potters spanning four centuries. McKissick Museum.
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Literature: An exhibition featuring first editions, manuscripts, and
letters by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David
Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. Thomas Cooper
Library. (See story page 8.)
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■ Through Nov. 30 USC Sumter: The Upstairs Gallery features an
exhibit of 10 paintings from artist Eileen Blyth’s Edisto Series.
Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday. For information, call Cara-lin Getty at 55-3727.
■ Nov. 15 “USC Lancaster—Past, Present, and Future”: A
symposium featuring a panel discussion of USC Lancaster’s
creation, growth, and impact. 6:30 p.m., James Bradley Arts and
Sciences Building, USC Lancaster.
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the State, Part II—The Future”: Public programs sponsored by
the College of Liberal Arts. Columbia campus.
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Garden: The Jack and Elaine Folline Collection of the Works of Louis
Comfort Tiffany, more than 100 objects dating from the late 19th
century through the 1920s. A tour of the exhibition is offered every
Saturday. The Columbia Museum of Art is located on the corner of
Main and Hampton streets. Museum hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tuesday–Saturday and 1–5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $5 adults, $2
students, and $4 senior citizens; free for museum members and
children 5 and under. The first Saturday of every month is free to all.
■ Nov. 5–Dec. 18 USC Sumter: The
Anderson Library’s University
Gallery presents South by
Southwest, an exhibit featuring
digital images of the American
Southwest by photographer Tom
Ogburn. Gallery hours are 8:30
a.m.–8:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday;
8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Fridays; closed
Saturdays; and 2–6 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, call Cara-lin
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■ Through Dec. 30 Columbia Museum of Art: From Fauvism to
Impressionism: Albert Marquet at the Pompidou, 42 oil paintings
and 15 works-on-paper, making it the world’s most extensive
Marquet collection. Columbia is one of only five venues in the
nation to exhibit the collection. A tour of the exhibition will be
offered at 1 p.m. every Saturday. The Columbia Museum of Art is
located on the corner of Main and Hampton streets. Museum hours
are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday; 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Sundays.
Admission is $5 adults, $2 students, $4 senior citizens; free for
museum members and children 5 and under. The first Saturday of
every month is free to all.
■ Nov. 9–10 Francis Lieber Symposium: The conference,
sponsored by the Bicentennial Francis Lieber Symposium
Committee, will feature Lieber scholars from USC and other
institutions in the United States and Germany; a concurrent exhibit
in the South Caroliniana Library will display USC’s Lieber
collection. Columbia campus. (See story page 3.)
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■ Nov. 4 USC Sumter: The Arts and Letters Division Fall Writer
Series presents short story writer Wendy Brenner, author of
Phone Calls from the Dead, noon, Nettles Building auditorium.
Free. A book signing will follow the
readings. For more information,
call Carol Reynolds at 55-3757.
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and the Thirties,” an exhibition from the Speiser and EasterlingHallman Collection, free. For more information, contact 7-8154 or
scottp@gwm.sc.edu.
■ Nov. 9–10 “Education and Democracy in Transition”: The
conference will examine democratic citizenship and the preservation, progress, and reform of public education in the coming
century. Columbia campus. (See story page 4.)
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Emperor, 8 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call
803-641-3305.
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created by Computer Service personnel and their families, main
lobby and second floor balcony, 1244 Blossom St. Free.
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Awadagin Pratt plays Piano Concerto in A minor by
Robert Schumann with the USC Symphony on Nov. 14
at 7:30 p.m. in the Koger Center. Tickets are $15 general
public; $12 USC faculty, staff, and senior citizens; $7
students. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum
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■ OXFAM EVENTS HELP FIGHT HUNGER: Oxfam Carolina
will sponsor two events in November to help combat
hunger and poverty. A Hunger Banquet will be held at
6 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Campus Room of Capstone. About
15 percent of the participants will dine on a gourmet meal;
30 percent will eat rice and beans; and 55 percent will have
only rice and water. The banquet dramatizes the unequal
distribution of food around the world. The cost is $3 for
students and children and $5 for all others. On Nov. 14,
students, faculty, and staff will skip a meal, go without
eating for the whole day, or fast from junk food or
cigarettes as part of a Day of Fast. The money they would
have spent will be donated to Oxfam America’s hunger and
poverty relief programs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the
Caribbean, and the United States.
■ NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR OUTSTANDING ART
EDUCATOR: The Columbia Museum of Art seeks nominations
for the annual Mac Arthur Goodwin Award. The award honors
individuals who foster progress in visual arts education,
create a greater awareness of the arts resources within South
Carolina, and encourage collaboration among community
organizations that implement visual arts programming.
Deadline for nominations is Nov. 30. For more information,
including criteria for nomination, contact Joelle Ryan-Cook at
803-343-2197.
■ USC SALKEHATCHIE TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVE: USC
Salkehatchie will sponsor a Red Cross blood drive from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Nov. 6 in the atrium of the Science Classroom Building.
For more information, call Jane Brewer at 58, ext. 117.
■ GURGANUS TO SPEAK AT USC AIKEN: Author Allan Gurganus will give a reading at
8 p.m. Nov. 13 as part of USC Aiken’s Oswald Distinguished Writers Series. The event
will be held on the main stage of the Etherredge Center. Born in Rocky Mount, N.C., in
1947, Gurganus is the author of The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, which
won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and White
People, a collection of stories and novellas set in the fictitious Falls, N.C. His novel, Plays
Well With Others, was nominated for the Lambda Literary Award.
■ USC SALKEHATCHIE EVENT TO HELP NYC FIREFIGHTERS: USC Salkehatchie will
sponsor a home and beauty show from 2 to 6 p.m. Nov. 1 in the atrium of the Science
Classroom Building. The show is a fund raiser held in conjunction with the Allendale
County fire, law enforcement, and EMS departments to raise money for the families of
firefighters in New York. The event is open to the public.
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Fourth SDI Committee forum
draws more questions, comments
About 50 faculty, staff, and students attended the fourth forum Oct. 18, offering opinions for and asking
questions of the Strategic Directions and Initiatives (SDI) Committee.
The 17-member committee, chaired by Provost Odom, is meeting twice each week to gather detailed
information about the University’s various units to develop recommendations for efficiency and improvement. Their recommendations are scheduled for completion and delivery to President Palms by mid
December.
Geoff Alpert, a veteran professor in the College of Criminal Justice, said he and several of the college’s
junior faculty concurred that if their unit were to be disbanded as a college, their desire was that criminal
justice become a department in the College of Liberal Arts.
“For us to move to the next level, we would need more senior faculty and a chair from the field [of
criminology] who knows what we do and how we do it,” he said.
Odom said no decision has been made about the future status of the college.
John Mark Dean, biological sciences, Madilyn Fletcher, Baruch Institute, and Al Goodyear, S.C. Institute
of Archaeology and Anthropology, individually addressed the committee on the importance of USC’s
various institutes and centers.
“These units increase multidisciplinary research, they provide platforms for undergraduate and graduate
education, and they are more flexible than traditional departments,” Fletcher said.
Asked by a committee member if it might be good policy to require centers and institutes to be selfsupporting, Fletcher responded: “If there is going to be an expectation for them to become self-supporting,
we need to consider each [center or institute] on its own merits and develop a timeline and strategy for that
to occur.”
Larry Salters, director of USC’s Career Center, asked what types of retirement incentives might be
offered since the committee’s recommendations might involve reductions in force.
“We’re studying two different plans—an early retirement option and a voluntary separation incentive—
to determine what criteria we might put in place to determine who would be eligible if the University
decides to approve either plan,” said Jeff Cargile, director of human resources programs and services and a
member of the SDI Committee.
“We have to look at the fiscal impact of paying out these incentives to determine whether USC could
show savings within two years, which is a condition set by the state Budget and Control Board.”
Faculty and staff who already have signed up for the TERI (Teacher and Employee Retention Incentive)
program would not be eligible for the early retirement option but would possibly be eligible for the
voluntary separation incentive if approved, Cargile said.
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make opening remarks, and James Hudgins, executive director
of the S.C. State Board of Technical and Comprehensive
Education, will moderate the panel.
Panel members will include James Barker, president,
Clemson University; L. Fred Carter, president, Francis Marion
University; Benjamin B. Dunlap, president, Wofford College;
Nancy Oliver Gray, president, Converse College; and Barry W.
Russell, president, Midlands Technical College.
The Business and Public Affairs Panel will begin at 3 p.m.
Joel A. Smith III, dean of USC’s Moore School of Business,
will make opening remarks, and Terry Peterson, senior fellow
for education policies and partnerships at USC and the College
of Charleston, will moderate the panel.
Panel members will be Warren K. Giese, South Carolina
Senate; Harry M. Lightsey III, president of South Carolina
Operations for BellSouth; Barbara Rackes, president and CEO
of Syneractive and Levity Technologies; Jeanne Stiglbauer,
principal, Dreher High School; and Jesse Washington Jr.,
commissioner, State Human Affairs Commission.
“University Day celebrates the power of a great idea—
public higher education—that was expressed in the charter of
this University in 1801,” Compton said. “As we come together
to plan the next century of higher education in South Carolina,
Dr. Treadwell reminds us that history is made by individuals
who have the courage and commitment to forge the future.”
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on his Glengarry, the woolen pleated cap worn by
Scottish bagpipers. The ribbons that hang down the
back of the Glengarry typically are tied in a bow for
married pipers and left untied by bachelors.
“I’m engaged, so I’m not sure what I should
do with mine; maybe twist them?” Reber said.
His fiancée, an elementary school teacher,
also is a piper; she plays in the Palmetto Pipes
and Drums band with Reber and several other
piping enthusiasts.
To practice for his many bagpiping engagements with the band and at weddings and
funerals, Reber usually plays on the Horseshoe
two or three times each week. These late
afternoon piping sessions often draw curious
looks and appreciative words from onlookers.
“Quite a lot of people who are walking past sit
down and listen. Some come up and want to talk
when I’m finished playing a song,” he said.
On this sunny October afternoon it’s time for
more practice. His left arm flexes the bag that
supplies air to a bass drone, two tenor drones, and
the eight-holed chanter. Soon, the lyrical trilling
of the bagpipes is wafting across the Horseshoe,
echoing the music of generations from long ago.
Anthrax threat rings phones
at USC’s Poison Control Center
Anthrax fears have kept the phones ringing at the Poison Control
Center at USC, which has fielded scores of calls from anxious
citizens across the state.
“People have a more heightened awareness, which is good,” said
Brooks Metts, director of the Poison Control Center and an associate
professor in the College of Pharmacy. “The call I got a few minutes
ago was from a pharmacy where they saw a white powder on the
outside of a shipment. I told them to wash their hands—they already
had—and to call their local law enforcement.
“Any of these instances that we’ve gotten calls on could be the
real thing, so we always urge caution.” The center, which offers
emergency consultation on all types of poisoning, can be reached at
800-922-1117.
A memo from USC’s Office of Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety regarding mail handling precautions at
USC can be accessed at http://hr.sc.edu/handlingmail.htm.
Geographers
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interviews with agencies that are part of the federal response plan.
The USC team was one of 16 social science teams sent to the site
by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at
Boulder and supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The center’s quick response program enables people to get into the
field quickly after a disaster.
Quick-response reports from each of the 16 teams will be pulled
together into book form and presented at an NSF meeting in New
York City in late fall.
A larger proposal submitted by Cutter’s team, in conjunction with
the Association of American Geographers, has been funded by NSF.
The new project will take part of the current study and expand it to
look at all geographical issues surrounding terrorism.
For now, the team is focusing on the events of Sept. 11.
“The city lost its emergency management office, and that’s where
they had their data—and as best as we can tell at this point, they
didn’t have a backup,” Cutter said. “So they needed to reconstruct
not only the command and control center to manage the emergency
but also the whole database system from scratch.
“It took about three days to get the office fully operational, which
may or may not have hampered the rescue effort, but it means an
element in the response was not available initially. We are trying to
find out now how critical was the absence of that capability.
“The need to have an off-site backup of critical geographic
information is just one of the lessons that we will learn from this,”
Cutter said. “This particular lesson is applicable to any place,
including the state of South Carolina.”
Vol. 12, No. 18
November 1, 2001
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■ DOCUMENTARIAN TO PRESENT LECTURE ON
FILM AS AGENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE: John
DeGraaf, founder of the Hazel Wolf Environmental
Film Festival and producer of many nationally
acclaimed documentaries, will present a public
lecture Nov. 7. The 7:30 p.m. lecture, which will
include film clips and will focus on film as an
agent of social change, will take place in Gambrell
Hall Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.
DeGraff’s most recent films, Affluenza and Escape
from Affluenza, deal with consumerism and
sustainable development. He has coauthored a
book, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic,
which parallels his documentary films. The lecture
is sponsored by the School of the Environment.
■ JOB VACANCIES: For up-to-date
information on USC Columbia
vacancies, access the human
resources Web page at http://hr.sc.edu
or visit the employment office, 508
Assembly St. For positions at other
campuses, contact the personnel office
at that campus.
‘Call me George’
As much for professional accomplishments,
Terry is remembered for his warmth and humanity
BY CHRIS HORN
It seems George Terry left at least two legacies at USC in the wake of his untimely death Oct.
20 at age 51.
His professional accomplishments are well documented, beginning with his stellar
administration of McKissick Museum from 1976 to 1988 and his later role as vice provost and
dean that catapulted USC’s libraries to national prominence in the 1990s. His academic
record—bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees, all in history from USC, and membership
in Phi Beta Kappa—point to his scholarly prowess and affinity for the University.
But friends and colleagues remember another, equally powerful,
legacy: Terry’s personal warmth that extended to everyone with whom
he crossed paths.
“I remember walking across the campus one day with George, and
he acknowledged by first name every single facilities or grounds
person he saw,” said Tom McNally, University librarian for public
services. “Every one of them would say, ‘Hey, Dr. Terry,’ and he’d
say, ‘Call me George.’
“So many senior administrators are unapproachable. George never
treated anybody differently, whether you were the guy who repaired
Terry
the plumbing or if you were a dean.”
“I really don’t believe he had any enemies,” said C.J. Cambre, librarian for administrative
services. “No one I ever met disliked him—he had some knack for making everyone feel
important. For some reason, even when you disagreed with him, you still liked him.”
Cambre, a 30-year veteran at Thomas Cooper Library, remembers George Terry as a
graduate student, organizing softball games between history graduate students and library
staff. “They always won,” Cambre said with a chuckle.
C. Warren Irvin, a Columbia resident and one of many who donated valuable collections to
the library under Terry’s leadership, recalled their friendship.
“I was a book collector of a very amateur rank, and, because of George and his very nice
way—never pushy—I decided that USC was where my collection on Charles Darwin
belonged,” Irvin said. “I think anyone who met George couldn’t help but feel his love for
people, his love for books, and his love for libraries.”
“He was friendly, well liked, and trusted,” said Patrick Scott, associate University librarian
for special collections. “Within a week of coming to the library, he had a handshake with Dr.
Ross Roy that led to USC getting the [Robert] Burns collection.”
Terry, who joined the University shortly after earning a Ph.D. in 1975, led USC’s efforts in
acquiring rare and valuable collections; building a library storage and preservation facility;
committing resources to book and journal acquisitions needed by students and faculty; and
preserving the heritage of the University. Earlier in his career at USC, he helped McKissick
Museum carve a niche for itself and garner national recognition in the field of Southern
folklife and history.
“One of his many lasting contributions is that he established the bedrock for this library
that will allow us to build for generations to come,” McNally said.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Pat Hubbard and Robert
Felix, law, South Carolina Law of Torts—2001
Cumulative Supplement, second edition, South
Carolina Bar, Columbia.
Carolyn Matalene, English, and Katherine Reynolds,
education, Carolina Voices: Two Hundred Years of
Student Experiences, USC Press.
William Richey, English, and Daniel Robinson,
editors, Lyrical Ballads and Related Writings,
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Mass.
Carolyn L. Murdaugh and Mary Ann Parsons,
nursing, and Nola J. Pender (University of Michigan),
Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, 4th Edition,
Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
■ ARTICLES: Alexandra Evans, health promotion and
education, E. Edmundson-Drane, K.K. Harris, and T.
Campbell, “A cervical cancer CD-ROM intervention:
Lessons learned from development and formative
evaluation,” Journal of Health Promotion Practice.
Keen Butterworth, English, “The Danaher and South
Fork,” Chariton Review.
Charles Mack, art, “Fictive Spaces for Monastic
Places: Art and Architecture in Fifteenth-Century
Florence,” Arris.
■ PRESENTATIONS: Blake Gumprecht, geography,
“Who Killed the Los Angeles River?” Western History
Association, San Diego, Calif.
John Dawson and Masanori Sono, chemistry and
biochemistry, Mary Lamczyk and Heather Voetgle
(both USC graduate students), and Amy Ledbetter
Rogers (USC Ph.D. graduate), “Cryoreduction of
Oxyferrous Chloroperoxidase: Transient Generation
of an Intermediate and Comparison to the Parallel
P450 Derivative,” International Conference on the
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology of
Cytochrome P450, La Grande Motte, France, and,
with Alycen Pond and Mark Roach (USC Ph.D.
graduates), “Gly Myoglobin as a Versatile Template
for Modeling Ferrous, Ferric and Ferryl Mixed Ligand
Heme States,” Southeast Regional American
Chemical Society Meeting, Savannah, Ga.
William H. Brown, educational psychology and
Institute for Families in Society, and Maureen A.
Conroy (University of Florida), “Promoting Preschool
Children’s Peer-related Competence,” International
Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral
Disorders, Atlanta, Ga.
Peter G. Murphy, English and Spanish, Union,
“Conscience as a Path Beyond Rebellion in Manlio
Argueta’s Un día en la vida,” Mountain Interstate
Foreign Language Conference, University of North
Carolina, Wilmington.
Phebe Davidson, English, Aiken, “Unpacking the
Back Story: Expanded Context for the Forties Social
Protest Film,” Popular Culture in the South
Association, Atlantic Beach, Fla.
Matt Bernthal and Peter J. Graham, sport and
entertainment management, “Collegiate Baseball
Versus Minor League Baseball: A Comparative
Analysis,” American Marketing Association
Conference, Washington, D.C.
Peter J. Graham, sport and entertainment
management, and Steve Morse, hotel, restaurant,
and tourism management, “Economic Impacts on
Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Businesses of College
Football Game Times,” International Sport and
Entertainment Business Conference, Columbia.
Carol Myers-Scotton, English and linguistics, and
Janice Jake, “Constraints on bilingual speech: You
can just say what you want to say,” New Ways of
Analyzing Variation conference, North Carolina State
University, Durham, N.C.
Bryan Burgin, continuing education, “So You Want
to Plan a Conference—Making Jello Without a
Mold,” S.C. Association for Higher Education, Myrtle
Beach, and, same presentation, Association for
Continuing Higher Education, Vancouver, B.C.
■ OTHER: Charles Mack, art, was conference chair
at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of
the Society of Architectural Historians, Columbia.
Peter J. Graham, sport and entertainment
management, received an honor award from the
American Marketing Association for his contributions
in sport and special event marketing.
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
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once to Editor, TIMES, 701 Byrnes Building,
Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to:
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Lighter Times
What good is it to tell you a secret if a month later nobody else has heard?
Former professor lost in Sept. 11
attack will be portrayed in movie
“Like a pillar” is the way former USC
leagues advised Rescorla to leave, he said he
criminal justice professor Richard C. “Rick”
would, “as soon as I make sure everyone
Rescorla was remembered by a colleague
else is out.”
following his death in the Sept. 11 terrorist
“He was one of the brightest people I
attack on the World Trade Center.
ever knew and an excellent teacher, one of
Rescorla, 62, who taught and co-authored
the best,” said Gene Stephens, a professor
a textbook while he was in the College of
with the College of Criminal Justice.
Criminal Justice from August
Stephens met Rescorla when the
1975 to December 1976, was the
Britisher from Cornwall,
subject of an Oct. 11 profile in the
England, came to the college for
Wall Street Journal.
the start-up of its master’s
A decorated Vietnam veteran
program.
who fought in the battle of the Ia
Rescorla wrote several
Drang Valley in 1965, Rescorla
chapters for the textbook,
will be portrayed in an upcoming
Foundations of Criminal Justice
movie about the battle starring
(Prentice Hall), with Stephens
Mel Gibson.
and William J. Mathias, then the
1975 FILE PHOTO
Rescorla worked as first vice
college’s dean, before moving
Rescorla
president of security with Morgan
on to bank security work, first in
Stanley and was credited with
Chicago, then in New York.
helping thousands of fellow workers flee
Although Stephens said he never discussed
after the first plane hit the World Trade
it, Rescorla was a U.S. Army platoon leader
Center’s north tower, according to the
with the 7th Cavalry in Vietnam when 450
Journal.
American soldiers were surrounded by 2,000
After the second plane hit the south
North Vietnamese regulars. What was to
tower, Morgan Stanley marketing executive
become the first major battle of the conflict
Bob Sloss said he spotted Rescorla near the
lasted from Oct. 23 to Nov. 26, 1965.
ground level with a bullhorn and walkieThe battle was documented in a book,
talkie telling people to keep moving and stay
We Were Soldiers Once, and Young: Ia
calm, the Journal reported.
Drang: The Battle That Changed the War in
“He was like Steady Eddie. Like a
Vietnam, which has been made into a movie
pillar,” Sloss told the paper. When colset for U.S. release in 2002.
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■ SOUTHERN EXPOSURE CONCERT SET FOR NOV. 30: The Southern
Exposure New Music Series will feature guest artists Lisa Moore, pianist, and
Martin Bresnick, composer, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in the School of Music
Recital Hall, Room 206. Moore will present a multimedia recital, featuring
works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Frederic Rzdwski, and Bresnick. The title of the
concert is “Modern Masters.” The concert is free and open to the public. John
Fitz Rogers, music, is coordinator of the series.
■ SCORE HOCKEY TICKETS FOR HALF PRICE: The Inferno Hockey team
invites all USC faculty and staff to purchase tickets for Tuesday night hockey
games at half price with no limit on the number of tickets purchased. The
price of the ticket varies depending on the seat location. A University ID card
will be required at the time of purchase. The dates of the Tuesday night
hockey games are Nov. 13, Dec. 11, and March 5, 2002. For information, call
the Inferno office at 256-PUCK or the Coliseum box office at 7-5112.
■ HIGHER EDUCATION IS TOPIC OF WITTEN LECTURE: George Keller,
author and scholar of American higher education institutions and practices,
will deliver USC’s Bicentennial Witten Endowed Lecture Nov. 2. The lecture,
“The New Pecking Order in American Higher Education,” will take place
from 3 to 4 p.m. in Wardlaw College, Room 126. Keller’s talk is free and
open to the public and is intended for anyone interested in issues related to
higher education. A reception with refreshments will follow in the Museum
of Education exhibit area. Keller’s 1983 book, Academic Strategy, sparked
strategic planning endeavors at colleges and universities throughout the
United States. The Witten lecture, created by Dr. And Mrs. Charles Witten,
is a biannual event designed to bring to the Columbia campus a scholar
whose research and writing have contributed to the field of education. For
more information, call 7-5741.
■ CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR CONTINUES
THROUGH DEC. 13: A Children’s Story Hour will
be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on selected days in the
McKissick Museum gallery through Dec. 13. The
children’s stories and activities explore a variety
of subjects and themes, often related to current
museum exhibitions. Admission is 50 cents for
children ages 3–6. For a list of dates, stories, and
activities, call Mary Evans at 7-7251.
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USC researchers
posed for this group
photograph in front of
the Chernobyl nuclear
power plant on a
recent trip to the
Ukraine.
Chernobyl research trips probe effects
of nuclear mishap in the Ukraine
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
way into the ecosystem; Jerome A. Eyers and John M.
The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power
Shafer’s look into ground water contamination; and
plant in the former Soviet Union created a disaster of
Coull’s research into the presence of strontium, a
monumental proportions. But, for the scientific
radioactive element, now turning up in Black Sea snails
community, the tragedy has become a research opportuand clams.
nity of equal magnitude.
Other studies include biology professor Timothy
“You can’t do an experiment like that purposefully,”
Mousseau’s work, through a collaboration with French
said Bruce C. Coull, dean of the School of the Environresearchers, on the genetic effects of radiation on birds;
ment. “The scary thing about Chernobyl is that everyone
and Morris and geology professor Miguel Goni’s work,
thinks it’s going away because it
in collaboration with Ukraihappened in 1986. Most of the
nian scientists, on the
world has forgotten about it, but
circulation of carbon isotopes
Partners in Research
it’s like a bacterial infection or
and other radiotracers.
This is the fourth in a series of articles
virus that keeps growing at a
S.C. ETV naturalist and
about interdisciplinary research at USC.
slow pace.
Nature Scene host Rudy
“We’re seeing ground water
Mancke has accompanied
contamination leaking further and further away from the
USC teams twice to explore the 30-mile exclusion zone
Chernobyl site and into populated areas like Kiev, which
around the Chernobyl reactor, which might become the
now has radioactivity in its water supply 90 miles from
subject of a future NatureScene program. The zone
Chernobyl, and in the Black Sea, 500 miles away.”
became a de facto wildlife preserve when all human
For the past four years, Coull has led nine teams of
inhabitants were forced to evacuate the area after the
USC researchers to Chernobyl and other parts of the
reactor explosion.
Ukraine to pursue interdisciplinary research opportuniMancke will join the School of the Environment
ties related to the reactor accident.
faculty in 2002 to teach natural history courses.
The trips, known as the Ukrainian Initiative,
Studying the effects of the accident at Chernobyl will
introduce University faculty members to Ukrainian
be particularly useful if another nuclear accident occurs,
scientists and health care professionals. USC faculty
Coull said.
members then write proposals for funded research
“Imagine if we had something like this happen at the
relating to the accident.
Savannah River Site,” he said. “We’d like to know how
Led by Coull as principal investigator, the research
the radioactivity moves in the ecosystem and how fast it
teams have been pursing two major initiatives: a health
would happen. Of course, these are all ‘what if?’
care effort by the College of Nursing and The Norman J.
scenario cases.
Arnold School of Public Health, and a variety of
“For our faculty to be able to ask some fundamental
multidisciplinary environmental studies relating to the
science and health questions related to radioactivity that
reactor accident and radioactive pollution.
can’t be done anywhere else in the world is a wonderful
Mary Ann Parsons, dean of nursing, and nursing
opportunity.”
researcher K. Sue Haddock have been to the Ukraine
Seed grants from the Samuel Freeman Charitable
several times to study factors that influence health
Trust, chaired by USC alumnus William E. Murray, ’45,
outcomes and to hold nurse training workshops funded
’48 law, fund the trips. Murray, a New York lawyer and
by the School of the Environment. Researchers from the
real estate investor, also serves on the board of the EastSchool of the Environment, the College of Science and
West Institute, an independent transnational public
Mathematics, engineering, and other disciplines have
policy think and activity network interested in defusing
been looking at various effects of the reactor meltdown.
tensions in central and eastern Europe, Russia, and other
Included in their studies are biology professor James
states of Eurasia.
T. Morris’ examination of how Carbon 14 has found its
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NOVEMBER 1, 2001
Exhibit of Myerson Collection
opens Nov. 15 at Cooper Library
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
The first major exhibition of materials from the Joel
Myerson Collection of 19th-Century American Literature
will go on display at Thomas Cooper Library Nov. 15
through January 2002.
The exhibit, “Transcendentalists and Friends,” will feature
selected items from the collection, which the University
acquired from Myerson, former chair of the English department, under a multi-year gift-purchase arrangement.
“The library is pleased to announce this extraordinary
addition to its American literature collection, the first
recent substantial addition to focus on pre-20th century
American writers,” said Patrick Scott, associate University
librarian for special collections.
“Announcing such a noteworthy acquisition in pre-1900
American literature for the library marks a great conclusion
to the University’s bicentennial.”
The collection, totaling more than 11,000 volumes, was
conservatively appraised at more than $750,000 in 2000,
Scott said.
Myerson, a leading scholar on the Transcendentalist
movement, built the collection during more than 30 years.
The Carolina Distinguished Professor of American
Literature came to the University in 1971.
The materials include comprehensive collections of first
editions by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Theodore
Parker, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson, along with
manuscripts, letters, proofs, later and posthumous editions, and
associated scholarship. The collection also includes works by
lesser-known writers of the Transcendentalist movement, such
as Christopher Pearse Cranch.
Early editions from other writers of the period, including
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson and
Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, and Harold Frederic, are
part of the collection, which also includes a 7,000-volume
reference collection of scholarly publications about the period.
Myerson authored or edited about 60 books on 19thcentury American literature, from his early studies of Margaret
Fuller to such recent titles as Transcendentalism: A Reader
(2000), Whitman in His Own Time (2000), and The Later
Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson (2 vols., 2001).
Myerson published the standard scholarly bibliographical studies on each of the main authors he collected, and he
established and edited the major scholarly journal on the
period, Studies on the American Renaissance (20 vols.,
1977–1996).
For information, call Scott at 7-3142.
A receipt for royalty payments signed by author Walt Whitman to
his publisher, David McKay, is included in the Joel Myerson
Collection of 19th-Century American Literature that goes on
display at Thomas Cooper Library Nov. 15.