A publication
for USC faculty,
staff, and friends
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
USC’s bicentennial year
NOVEMBER 15, 2001
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USC responds
to mid-year
budget cut
Football
fever
Selected departmental cuts,
tuition hike implemented
Faced with mandatory state budget cuts
totaling nearly $9.5 million for its eight
campuses, USC has implemented a mid-year
tuition increase and hiring freeze and dipped
into reserves earmarked earlier for the midyear cut.
The Executive Committee of the Board of
Trustees approved the tuition increase Nov. 8.
The budget cuts, which will affect all state
agencies, were necessary because of the state’s
slowing economy and declining revenues.
The Columbia campus’ share of the budget
cut—$6.8 million—will be covered by:
■ a $98 spring semester tuition increase for
resident and nonresident undergraduates,
which will generate about $1.2 million
■ an additional $109 (resident) and $86
(nonresident) for graduate students
■ departmental budgets selectively cut from
zero to 4 percent, saving about $2 million
■ about $3.6 million from reserves previously
allocated for the anticipated cut.
“We have the responsibility of managing
this budget reduction and preparing the
University for further fiscal exigencies,”
President Palms said in a letter to the
Executive Committee. “To help departments
manage this cut and plan accordingly, we
will permit a 100-percent carry-forward into
the next budget year.”
The regional campuses will increase their
spring semester tuition by $50 for resident
and $129 for nonresident students. USC
Spartanburg will increase tuition by $95 per
semester; USC Aiken will absorb its
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Inside
Page 3:
New CD-ROM offers
virtual tour of historic
Horseshoe.
Page 4:
Pianist Lisa Moore
combines music and
theatricality in Southern
Exposure concert Nov. 30.
Page 8:
Bicentennial conference focuses on
state’s changing demographics.
Visit TIMES online
at www.sc.edu/USC-Times
MICHAEL BROWN
Discover Card Tailgate
visited campus
Nov. 8–9, giving
members of the USC
community a chance
to be a television
commentator on a
mock set of ESPN’s
College GameDay, left,
with cardboard
cutouts of the
sportcasters.
Participants also could
test their skills as a
quarterback or
receiver with interactive games. College
GameDay made its
first visit to USC and
broadcast live from
the fairgrounds before
the USC-Florida game.
SDI Committee in midst of decision-making process
BY CHRIS HORN
After weeks of PowerPoint presentations from deans and administrators,
the Strategic Directions and Initiatives (SDI) Committee now is in the
midst of deliberations and decision making that will produce recommendations to President Palms by mid December.
The 17-member committee began meeting in August to explore
opportunities for selective enhancements and cost-cutting efficiencies
across the campus. During September and October, the committee
gathered reams of information from USC’s 18 colleges and its multiple
centers, institutes, and departments. Four 90-minute forums were held to
get input from faculty, staff, and students.
A.C. Moore Garden’s
rededication Nov. 27
BY LARRY WOOD
“Clearly, it’s been an education,” said Russ Pate, associate dean
for research in the School of Public Health and an SDI committee
member. “The meetings have been long and exhaustive, but they’ve
provided an excellent foundation for the work we have left to do,
which is to develop meaningful recommendations.”
The SDI Committee is scheduled to meet for about four hours every
Tuesday and Thursday through early December to sort through information presented in the previous sessions. By the end of November, the
committee will have considered human resources and enrollment issues,
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If you go
■ What: A.C. Moore Garden
rededication
■ When: 2 p.m. Nov. 27
■ Where: Patterson Hall back
patio
■ Parking: Reserved parking
available in the Bull Street Garage
The landscape plan for the newly restored
A.C. Moore Garden will be rooted both in
aesthetics and educational opportunities.
“We’re refurbishing the garden as a place
where people can relax, enjoy being outside,
and learn about the environment,” said Kirstin
Dow, an assistant professor of geography who
is helping coordinate the renovation.
“We want to present a landscape that is
beautiful and educational at the same time,
that visitors can appreciate how lovely it is as well as how the ecosystem supports a
variety of forms of life.”
As a bicentennial project, the A.C. Moore Garden Restoration Committee began working
about two and half years ago to revitalize the urban greenspace and make it more accessible.
Last March, the Carolina Alumni Association helped clear the garden of limbs and debris on
National Service Day and is interested in continuing its support of the garden.
A ceremony to rededicate the garden will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 27 on the back patio of
Patterson Hall overlooking the garden. In case of rain, the ceremony will take place in the
Patio Café of Patterson Hall. Reserved parking will be available in the Bull Street Garage.
The University originally dedicated the garden to A.C. Moore, a biology professor
Tree lighting Nov. 28
USC will mark the beginning of
the holiday season with the
47th annual Holiday Tree
Lighting at 5:30 p.m. Nov.
28 on the Horseshoe. The
ceremony, which will
include music performed
by USC students, will
celebrate community-service
agencies and will highlight service programs
sponsored by the University’s Office of
Community Service Programs and USC
students. The Stocking Stuffers program offers
individuals, organizations, and offices the
opportunity to assist people in need with gifts
and essentials for the holidays. Filled
stockings, to be distributed by the Salvation
Army, will be collected at the tree lighting
ceremony. The ceremony also will mark the
beginning of Winter Wishes, a program in
which individuals, organizations, and offices
provide holiday gifts to “adopted” children or
families. Winter Wishes will benefit the
Nurturing Center and Epworth Children’s
Home. For more information, call 7-8402.
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■ RELIGION SCHOLARS TO DISCUSS FAITH IN WAKE OF
ATTACKS: 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.
For more information, call 7-4522.
■ WOMEN’S STUDIES MAKES CALL FOR PAPERS: Women’s
Studies invites submissions of abstracts or proposals for the
15th-Annual Women’s Studies Conference to be held
Feb. 28–March 1 at the Daniel Management Center in the
Moore School of Business. The conference theme is
“Women’s Well-Being 2002: An Odyssey of Body, Mind, and
Soul.” Fifteen minutes will be allotted for individual papers
and 45 minutes for panel/session presentations related to the
conference theme. Abstracts and proposals must be at least
300 words, contain a cover sheet, and provide information for
all individuals included in the panel/session proposal. All
presenters must register for the conference (general
registration $40, students $20). Deadline for abstracts or
proposals is Dec. 14. For more information, contact Rosa
Thorn at 7-4200 or Thorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, AND SPORT MANAGEMENT HONORS ALUMNI,
FRIENDS: The College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management honored
outstanding alumni and distinguished friends at its 23rd Homecoming Gala in
October. Andre Bauer of Chapin and J. Michael Collins of Greenville were
named 2001 Distinguished Alumni of the Year. Three members of the
college’s Dean’s Council—Marvin Chernoff of Columbia and USC alumni F.F.
“Rocky” Holscher Jr. and James C. “Jimmy” Richardson Jr., both of Hickory,
N.C.—were named Distinguished Honored Friends of the College. Patricia G.
Moody, dean of the college, announced that the college’s main entry area will
be known as the Southwood-Holscher Foyer in honor of Holscher and his
company, Southwood Furniture. The college’s newest educational and service
arm will be known as the Richardson National Restaurant Institute in honor of
Richardson and his family.
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ADHD and alcohol a risky
combination for college students
Modern Political
Collections launches
its first virtual exhibit
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
South Caroliniana Library’s Modern Political Collections has long used exhibits to highlight its holdings and
to create awareness of the collections as a depository of
historically important papers.
Now the unit, which collects, preserves, and
maintains the personal papers of prominent South
Carolina politicians, has taken the exhibit concept a step
further by turning a recent display on former South
Carolina Gov. John West into a site on the World Wide
Web.
“It’s exciting to have done the library’s first electronic
exhibit,” said Herbert J. Hartsook, the collections’ curator,
adding that transforming the exhibit’s information into a
Web site “demonstrates how hard we’re working to
encourage use of the collections. Any new exhibits we do
also will be recreated electronically.”
The exhibit on the life and career of West first went
on display at locations in Camden a few years ago
during a community celebration honoring the Kershaw
County native.
Transforming the panels depicting West’s life into
the virtual version fell to Katherine V. Moore, processing archivist with the collections, and Brian Cuthrell, the
South Caroliniana Library’s electronic access archivist,
who created the library’s homepage and is its electronic
cataloger.
At first Moore and Cuthrell considered a direct linear
transfer of the information from the exhibit panels to the
virtual display. They soon realized, however, that
differences in the formats often meant they would have
to combine, add, and, in some cases, condense information to fit the electronic format.
The result is a virtual look at West that allows users
to click on stages of his early public service in South
Carolina, his 1970 gubernatorial campaign, his ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, and other topics.
The exhibit includes a timeline of West’s career,
MICHAEL BROWN
Katherine Moore worked with Herb Hartsook on a virtual exhibit
about former Gov. John West.
along with photos, political cartoons, and campaign
slogans. The site is at www.sc.edu/library/socar/mpc/
exhibit/westexh/front.html.
“There’s a lot of variety in the kinds of material you
can add to the Web exhibit,” said Moore, noting her
work with Bill Schmidt, an Internet specialist and Web
master with the state Budget and Control Board, on the
possibility of inserting video and audio segments that
are part of the West collection.
Although it’s unlikely an electronic exhibit would
contain complete copies of all available audio or video
files in a political collection, one option might be to
provide text with partial audio or provide audio
segments of particular interest, Moore said.
While electronic exhibits can provide a gateway to
the rest of the collections’ holdings, they can also
inspire research on recent history, Hartsook said. That
might lead to the collections’ next electronic initiative:
mounting an electronic list of suggested research papers
that individuals could do based on information in the
holdings.
The idea has been developed by other political
collections as another form of outreach, which Hartsook
sees as one of his department’s most important functions.
“There’s no way we could have reached out to this
many people as effectively and as broadly without this
technology,” he said. “It’s provided a night-and-day
difference in how we operate.”
Sam,
I am
Research reception recognizes
research and scholarly work
The University
celebrated
Veteran’s Day a
little early at the
USC-Wofford game
Nov. 3. In addition
to a 20-foot
inflatable Uncle
Sam, the program
included a convoy
of military vehicles,
a fly-over, and a
ceremony
recognizing two
members of
Doolittle’s Raiders
from World War II.
KIM TRUETT
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NOVEMBER 15, 2001
A USC study on student drinking suggests that students with
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) engage in more
binge drinking, drink more frequently, and have more alcohol-related
problems than their peers.
The study of nearly 1,500 USC freshmen, now in its second year, is
being conducted by Brad Smith, an assistant professor in psychology,
and is funded by the Alcoholic Beverages Medical Research Foundation
and U.S. Department of Education.
“Students with ADHD already are at risk for academic problems such
as getting behind in their studies and having grade troubles,” Smith said.
“Our research also indicates that these students typically drink more and
experience even more problems as a result.”
The study used self-report checklists with
University 101 students to establish four groups:
those with attentional problems, functional
problems, ADHD, and a control group.
The students then were asked to report the
number of alcoholic drinks they consumed
per occasion, their frequency of drinking, and
alcohol-related problems they experienced. In
every category, students who reported
Smith
behavior consistent with an ADHD diagnosis
also reported the highest drinking levels and most significant levels
of alcohol-related problems. Students in the control group reported
the lowest levels of binge drinking, frequency of drinking, and
alcohol-related problems.
“It would appear that ADHD students are more vulnerable to the
effects of alcohol and would possibly benefit from more intervention,” Smith said. “These students already face a tougher time of it in
the non-structured environment of college.”
The survey indicated that about 4 or 5 percent of USC’s freshman
class reported enough symptoms to suggest an ADHD diagnosis.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has been recognized
since the turn of the century when it was called minimal brain
damage dysfunction. In 1980, the diagnosis was called Attention
Deficit Disorder (ADD) and in 1987 was changed to the current
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. People with the disorder
have been treated with stimulants since the 1930s.
“Forty years ago, doctors would say that you’d outgrow it,”
Smith said. “But longitudinal studies determined that 60 to 80
percent continue to have ADHD into adulthood.”
Smith plans to begin pilot testing interventions for college
students with ADHD. He also plans to use a new grant to study highrisk drinking behavior associated with 21st birthday celebrations, the
legal age for drinking alcohol.
More than 250 USC researchers and scholars were recognized Oct.
17 at the sixth-annual research reception to honor recipients of grants
of $20,000 or more or those who published articles in refereed
journals. The Office of Research sponsored the reception.
Regional Campuses earned the Leadership in Research Award for
research activities resulting in the strongest funding growth during
2000–2001. Other units receiving that award were the School of Law,
Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, and the College of Education.
The colleges of Science and Mathematics and Engineering and
Information Technology received a Collaborative Award for
developing the NanoCenter.
The Focal Points of Excellence Award provided additional
funding to the Center for Full Cell Research and to the Center for the
Philosophy and Ethics of Complexity and Scale.
The reception also recognized those receiving seed grants and
equipment grants from the USC Research Foundation.
■ BRICK INFORMATION EN ROUTE TO FACULTY, STAFF: Flyers from the
Carolina Alumni Association with ordering information for Bicentennial
Walkway Bricks are en route to faculty and staff. The commemorative bricks
make excellent gifts, and faculty and staff don’t have to be alumni of the
University to purchase them. The bricks will be placed on the Horseshoe’s
Bicentennial Walkway for orders received by Dec. 19, the date the University
was chartered by the Legislature in 1801. Individuals can pay for the bricks,
which are $100 each for members of the alumni association and $140 for
non-members, by check, credit card, or payroll deduction. Each brick will have
two lines of text, up to 14 characters per line, including spaces and punctuation. Bricks also can be purchased in honor of or in memory of others. For
information or to place an order, contact Erica Gambrell at 6-6005 or
ergambr@gwm.sc.edu.
■ HERNANDEZ DONATES $1 MILLION TO USC AIKEN BASEBALL:
Former USC Aiken baseball player Roberto Hernandez, a two-time
Major League All-Star, recently announced a donation of $1 million
to the USC Aiken baseball program. Hernandez, an 11-year veteran
of Major League Baseball, is currently the closer for the Kansas
City Royals. The donation will help build of a new 1,000-seat
stadium to be named in his honor.
■ TELEPHONE SERVICE DISRUPTION SET FOR NOV. 21:
Computer Services/Communications will continue telephone
switch updates at 5 p.m. Nov. 21. This next phase is the upgrade
of the G3R extended phone network (EPN) connectivity, which will
take the entire G3R down for approximately five hours. There will
be no training required to the users because of this upgrade.
■ NEWBERRY LIBRARY ANNOUNCES HUMANITIES
FELLOWSHIPS: The Newberry Library announces the
availability of long-term and short-term fellowships, as well
as special awards in the Humanities for 2002–2003. Longterm fellowships are for nine to 11 months and provide a
stipend of up to $30,000. Application deadline is Jan. 21,
2002. Short-term fellowships award $1,200 unless otherwise
noted. Application deadline is Feb. 20, 2002. Special awards
have various deadlines. The Newberry Library in Chicago, Ill.,
is an independent research library and educational institution
dedicated to the expansion and dissemination of knowledge
in the humanities. More information about the library’s
fellowships and awards, including application materials, is
available at www.newberry.org. Questions can be sent by
e-mail to research@newberry.org.
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Patch Adams to speak at USC as part of Search for 6
BY KATHY HENRY DOWELL
When faced with asking a very famous, very busy doctor to
speak to them for free, USC students did what seemed
natural: they stuck bulbous red clown noses on their faces
and posed for goofy photographs.
They mailed the photos and some
cryptic messages, a few at a time, to
Hunter “Patch” Adams. Weeks later,
the students called Adams to explain
their antics and to formally invite the
doctor to USC.
Adams, who has been known to
wear a clown nose when he visits
patients, wholeheartedly approved of
all the silliness. He’ll be in Columbia Adams
to talk to students Dec. 4.
As one of USC’s Search for 6 speakers, Adams was
chosen by students as someone whose life typifies the
Carolinian Creed.
“He’ll speak about service as a way of life. He’ll use
examples from his own life, and he’ll relate that to building the
kind of community that we outline in the Carolinian Creed,”
said Gene Luna, director of Student Development and
University Housing and co-chair of the Search for 6 Business,
Industry, Science, Technology, and Medicine Group.
Actually, Adams will speak twice at USC. At 3 p.m., he’ll
address medical students at the School of Medicine, and at
7:30 p.m. he’ll talk to the general public in the Russell House
Ballroom. He’ll follow the evening presentation with a signing
of Gesundheit! and House Calls, his latest books. He’ll bring
copies of the books with him, and the proceeds from sales will
go to fund the Gesundheit! Institute in West Virginia.
Adams is the founder and director of the Gesundheit!
Institute, a holistic medical community that has provided free
medical care to thousands of patients since it began in 1971.
The idea that healing should be a loving human interchange and not a business transaction has guided Adams for
more than 20 years. About 10 years ago, he stopped seeing
patients so he could concentrate on raising $2.5 million
needed for the institute’s permanent home.
“When we phoned Dr. Adams, we explained the idea
behind Search for 6, and we explained that we could help
with his transportation costs but that there would be no
speaking fee,” Luna said. “He was honored that students had
chosen him as one of the six most admired people in the
world, so he agreed to come.
“He shared with us that he draws a salary of only $400 a
month, and his speaker’s fees (which are in the $20,000
range) all go to the Gesundheit! Institute.”
To help Adams, USC students began a fund-raising
campaign with the goal of raising $15,000 for the Gesundheit! Institute. They’ve raised between $6,000 and $7,000 so
far, Luna said, and they are continuing to work to reach their
goal by the time he arrives.
“Any organization or individual who gives $500 or more
will receive two tickets to a private dinner with Adams
while he is in Columbia,” Luna added.
In addition to Luna, event organizers include Don
Kenney, medical school, and Ben Johnston, student chair of
the Search for 6 Business, Industry, Science, Technology,
and Medicine Group.
For more information about Adams’ visit, or to make a
donation, contact Luna at 7-6911 or Johnston at 544-2584.
USC Dance Company
to celebrate ‘Visions
of the American Spirit’
New CD-ROM highlights people,
places on historic Horseshoe
BY LARRY WOOD
Produced by the Bicentennial Commission, a new CD-ROM can
carry viewers—with the simple click of a mouse—through 200 years
of the history of USC’s Horseshoe.
The Horseshoe: Heart of the University features contemporary
pictures, old photographs, and detailed text outlining the history of
the nine buildings on the University’s original campus. The CDROM also offers a glimpse of a typical student’s room from the early
1800s to today and readings of letters written by students and faculty
during the past two centuries.
The CD-ROM, which costs about $15, is available at bookstores
across the state in both Macintosh and PC formats.
The CD-ROM grew from a desire to present the University’s
history in a new way, said Thorne Compton, a theatre professor and
chair of the Bicentennial Commission Executive Committee.
“I was interested in the possibility of using state-of-the-art
technology to look at the past,” he said.
To begin, Compton put together a team of creative people—Jim
Hunter, a lighting designer in theatre, speech, and dance, and Harry
Lesesne, historian and associate director of the Bicentennial Office—
and they sat down and started brainstorming.
For about a year, Compton, Hunter, and Lesesne went through all
the material they could find on the Horseshoe—everything from
blueprints of buildings to historic photos—with help from Elizabeth
West of University Archives. From those resources, which grew as
the project progressed, they put together a timeline for each building.
But, at the same time, the team wanted to make the CD very
personal so that people could connect with it.
“We wanted the CD to be not only about buildings but also about
the people who lived and worked and studied in those buildings,”
Compton said. “We decided we wanted to show how one room might
have looked to people in a variety of times.”
To make the re-creations as accurate as possible, the team
photographed a contemporary student’s room in Rutledge, completed
in 1805 as the first building on campus, and then built a replica on
the stage in Drayton Hall.
Then they asked two scene design students in the theatre program
to dress the room as it might have looked in the early 19th and 20th
centuries, the 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, and today.
They borrowed books printed in the early 1800s from Thomas
Cooper and items from alumni who lived in Rutledge in the 1940s to
add detail.
“One of the students told me, when she finished her MFA, that the
project was the most useful project she had been involved in,”
Compton said. “It was a different learning experience. It taught the
students not only about design but also about the place where they
had studied and might not have thought much about. It really made
her take an archaeological approach to her work.”
To add voices to the people who lived and taught in rooms on the
Horseshoe, the team asked student actors and faculty members to
read excerpts from student letters and other documents in Carolina
Voices, a new book by Carolyn Matalene, English, and Katherine
Reynolds, education.
One of the letters describes the University’s first graduation. In
another from 1819 that could have been written today, a student
writes home for what every student needs most: money.
“As the project emerged, it became less a walk around the campus
and more a biography of buildings that contained the lives of real human
beings,” Compton said. “We hope that’s what people will experience
when they view the CD. Created as a University project entirely by
students, faculty, and staff, the CD really represents what USC is.”
Larry Wood can be reached at 7-3478 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
The USC Dance Company will present
“Visions of the American Spirit” Nov. 30–
Dec. 2 in Drayton Hall. The dance program
is a showcase of faculty and student works
reflecting on the tragedy of Sept. 11.
Dance pieces choreographed by faculty
and students will be performed by 25
members of the USC Dance Company.
Choreographers have dedicated their pieces
to the unity, strength, and passion of the
American people.
Terrance Henderson, a graduate student
from Newberry, was inspired by Americans’
unity after the terrorist attacks. His uplifting
piece, “Gathering,” reflects the power of a
tragedy to bring people together.
USC Dance Company artistic director
Susan Anderson has choreographed a classical
ballet piece, “The Gans Jam,” with musical
selections from George Gershwin, Claude
Bollin, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Senior Jen Marshall’s piece, “Finding a
New Reflection,” is set to the song, “Man in
the Mirror” by Michael Jackson. Marshall’s
work represents the purpose with which the
American people are uniting.
USC dance concert director Kris Cangelosi, USC dance instructor Valery Ganiev, and
Stanislav Issaev of the Governor’s School for
the Arts, and USC students Jake Alderson and
Harley Brunson also will contribute pieces to
the program, which includes classical ballet,
modern, and jazz dance.
Performances of “Visions of the
American Spirit” will be held at 8 p.m. Nov.
30 and Dec. 1 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 2. Tickets
are $5. To reserve tickets, call 7-5636.
For more information, call Kris
Cangelosi at 933-9629.
NOVEMBER 15, 2001 3
Staff spotlight
■ Name: Mary Evans
■ Title: Coordinator of volunteer, education, and tour programs, McKissick Museum
■ Years at USC: I joined the full-time
museum staff in October 1998, but I was a
volunteer for the Storytime Reading
program for three years before that. I had an
afternoon job, so I was able to spend
mornings at McKissick Museum. That
experience really whet my appetite for the
museum and its
programs.
■ Previous related
experience: I was
the afterschool
coordinator for
Trenholm Road
United Methodist
Preschool for five
years. For me,
Evans
working with
children is heaven, and Storytime is my
favorite thing at McKissick. When I was a
volunteer, I came on board to be a storyteller
when that program had just begun. That was
my favorite thing; I just loved it and still do.
We have a wonderful volunteer corps that
helps with our programs, but I still do many
of the readings myself.
■ You must have loved reading to your
own children. Oh, yes, and now we have
five grandchildren. Our son lives in South
Carolina, and he and his wife have a baby,
and it’s nice to be close to that grandchild.
Our daughter lives in Maryland with her
husband, who’s in the Navy, and their four
children. I wish we could see them more,
but I know what it’s like to move around.
I’m a Virginia native; my husband is from
the Upstate. We’ve been married 41 years,
and during our married life, we’ve lived all
over: Minnesota, Florida, South Carolina.
We came to Greenville in 1975, then
Charleston for three or four years, then on to
Columbia in 1993.
■ What upcoming museum events will
interest families? A very large project that
we are consumed with creating programs for
right now is “A … Portion of the People:
Three hundred years of Southern Jewish
Life,” an ambitious exhibit that will run Jan.
13–May 19 and will travel to three other
museums on the East Coast. Before Ellis
Island was established, the majority of Jews
living in the United States lived in South
Carolina. Many of them were traders and
merchants and, in fact, they were the
economic backbone of the state, if you will.
The exhibit explores the rich history of their
lives through 300 objects, photographs, and
portraits. We’ll have things like candlesticks, items from people’s homes, and
portraits of early Jewish settlers in the state.
We’ll also have displays, like part of a
Jewish deli, and a loading station at an early
railroad station platform, and an early-20th
century store from Abbeville, S.C. My role
is arranging for volunteers to do tours of the
exhibit and helping with educational
programs. We’ll have a lot of educational
programs associated with this: Jewish
celebration workshops for families, food
samplers, weekend projects. We’ll also have
a lecture series, and a film and panel
discussion series.
Southern Exposure
concert combines piano
and theatricality
BY LARRY WOOD
When Lisa Moore takes the stage Nov. 30 as part of the Southern
Exposure New Music Series, she’ll not only play the piano but also
speak, sing, and—in her words—even whistle, and grunt.
Moore’s program will combine the piano with theatre, including
the spoken word, animation, and projected video images. Composer
Martin Bresnick will join Moore, who will perform one of his pieces.
“Playing the piano is very theatrical, but many people don’t
perceive it that way,” said Moore, during a telephone interview from
her home in New York City. “As a performer, I’ve taken it one step
forward.
“Most musicians are not comfortable speaking, but I had early
training in acting. I got interested in piano works that have text as
well; so, I’ve been able to combine many worlds. It’s quite unusual.”
Moore’s program will include Musica Ricercata (selections IV, V,
VII, VIII, and X) and Etudes (“Fanfares” and “Autumn in Warsaw”),
by Gyorgy Ligeti;
De Profundis (for
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speaking pianist),
by Frederic
Rzewski; and For
■ What: A concert featuring Lisa Moore,
The Sexes: The
pianist, and Martin Bresnick, composer,
part of the Southern Exposure New Music
Gates of ParaSeries
dise, with DVD
■ When: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30
projections and
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Where: School of Music Recital Hall,
animation, by
Room 206
Bresnick.
■ Admission: Free and open to the public
“They are
some of the
masterpieces of
the late 20th century,” Moore said.
De Profundis is based on a letter that Oscar Wilde wrote to his
lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, when he was imprisoned for homosexuality. Moore called the work, which touches on spirituality and other
life issues, “moving but with a lot of humor, as you would expect
from Wilde.”
With its spoken text, the piece also highlights the theatricality of
Moore’s performance. “It’s about as theatrical as you can get in one
position,” she said and laughed.
Bresnick took the poems and drawings of William Blake as the
inspiration for his piece. Leslie Weinberg, a set and costume
designer, brought Blake’s original images to life.
Moore
Bresnick
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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
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to kdowell@gwm.sc.edu, or faxed to
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Dowell at 7-3686. The deadline for
receipt of information is 11 days prior to
the publication date of issue. The
remaining publication date for this fall is
Dec. 6. The first issue of the spring
semester is Jan. 17.
If you require special accommodations,
please contact the program sponsor.
Theatre auditions set for Nov. 26–28
USC Theatre South Carolina will hold open
auditions for its spring productions Nov. 26–28.
Interested students and community actors must
sign up for audition times on the fourth floor of
Longstreet Theatre by 5 p.m. Nov. 26. The
auditions will be held in Room 104 of Booker T.
Washington. Auditions for Antigone and BeeLuther-Hatchee will be from 7 to10 p.m. Nov. 26–
27. Actors auditioning for Antigone should
prepare a three-minute monologue. Auditions for
Hay Fever will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28. A
three-minute monologue should be prepared. Call
backs for all shows will be held from 8 to 10 p.m.
Nov. 28. For more information, call 7-9353.
“They will be projected on to a large screen as I play,” Moore said.
“The music complements the images while I say the Blake text, which
is about the life cycle: birth and age and then death.”
Raised in Canberra, Sydney, and London, Moore moved to
America in 1980 and has lived in New York City since 1985. She has
commissioned and premiered many new works and has worked with
composers in music and music-theatre. She has won many awards,
including the 1992 Sounds Australian Award and the silver medal in
the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition.
She has performed in concert halls around the world and has
recorded three solo discs. She earned her DMA degree from SUNY
Stony Brook and holds music degrees from the Eastman School of
Music and the University of Illinois.
Bresnick has had his works performed in festivals and concerts
throughout the world. He has won numerous prizes, including the
Stoeger Prize for Chamber Music from the Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center, the first Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Aaron Copland Award for
teaching from ASCAP.
Bresnick also will give a free public lecture from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Nov. 30 in Room 210 of the School of Music.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to have such internationally known and
respected musicians visit us,” said John Fitz Rogers, an assistant
professor of composition who coordinates the Southern Exposure
series. “In addition to the concert and lecture, our students also will
have the opportunity to work with Bresnick and Moore individually.
“It’s really a highlight for our composition program and an
incredible opportunity for our students to interact with two of the most
important figures in contemporary music.”
Moore said concertgoers can expect to be “moved, surprised, and
delighted” by her performance. “They can expect tonal, rhythmic, and
happy music,” she said. “I’ve had very positive responses from
audiences. It’s unusual, but if people are not afraid to take a chance, I
think that they will enjoy it.”
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are
dead, or are they? Who really cares?
BY FRANCEE LEVIN
Special to the TIMES
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, now
playing at Drayton Hall, is existentialism
carried to extreme. The current Theatre South
Carolina production, written by Tom Stoppard
and directed by Karl Rutherford, leaves you
constantly wondering “what’s it all about?”
And the answer seems to be: “very little.”
Oh, all the life and
death
questions are
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there, over and over
again. But the answers
seem to be “who cares?” or “what does it
matter, anyway?” There are moments of broad,
slapstick, pants-falling-down comedy and some
charming glimpses of Hamlet that left you
wanting more. No cliché is ignored; no laugh
left unmilked. And there are some nice touches,
such as making Queen Gertrude, played by
Jackie Coleman, an Eva Peron clone.
But after almost three hours, it all
becomes a bit tedious. So when the characters start again on the “what does it matter”
theme, the audience is inclined to agree. This
said, the show features some wonderful
actors, and John-Patrick Driscoll is spectacular as Rosencrantz.
Driscoll’s is one of the most outstanding
performances seen at USC. His timing,
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■ What: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are
Dead
■ When: Nov. 15–18 at 8 p.m. Thursday–
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday
■ Where: Drayton Hall
■ Admission: $12 for the public; $10 for
USC faculty and staff, senior citizens, and
military; and $8 for students
■ Info: 7-9353 or www.cla.sc.edu/THSP
delivery, and characterization are all flawless.
He takes a very difficult role and makes it his
own. And Stephen Cone is the perfect foil as
the bumbling Guildenstern. As he says, he
“can’t be original, my role is support.”
Performances are good across the board,
and Michael Kroeker as The Player and Danny
Hoskins as Hamlet are worth special mention.
As usual, the show is excellent technically,
under the direction of Andy Mills. The sets by
Susan Tooker are, in a word, wonderful.
Those sets and Driscoll’s performance
keep the evening alive. But to paraphrase one
of Rosencrantz’s lines, the show is “off
course, of course.” The play runs through
Nov. 18th. Call 7-2551 for reservations.
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chartering of South Carolina College on Dec. 19, 1801. Noon.
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■ Dec. 1 Men’s Basketball: Colorado State, 7:30 p.m., Frank
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■ Dec. 6 Men’s Basketball: Georgetown, 7 p.m., Frank McGuire
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■ Nov. 16 Board of Trustees: Meetings, 11 a.m. Academic Affairs
and Faculty Liaison Committee; 2 p.m. Building and Grounds
Committee; 3:30 p.m. Student-Trustee Liaison Committee. Carolina
Plaza Board Room. Schedule subject to change. To confirm
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■ Nov. 29 and 30 World AIDS Day: Theme “Be a Force for
Change,” quilt assembly beginning at 5 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Russell
House, ceremony to follow at the Statehouse. OraSure testing Nov.
30 at the Russell House. For information on making a quilt or to
find out about OraSure testing times, call 544-4576.
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■ Dec. 7 Burial of the Bicentennial Time Capsule: Sponsored by the
USC Visitor Center and the University Ambassadors, the capsule will
contain memorabilia and messages from 2001. Time TBA. Horseshoe.
miscellany
■ Nov. 19 Men’s Basketball: Chaminade, Lahaina, Hawaii, 2 p.m.,
Frank McGuire Arena.
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■ Nov. 27 A.C. Moore Garden Rededication: A ceremony commemorating the dedication of the garden to A.C. Moore on Nov. 27, 1941,
and celebrating the garden’s recent refurbishment. 2 p.m., Patterson
Hall back patio overlooking the gardens. A reception and garden tour
will follow the ceremony. (See story on page 1.)
■ Nov.17 Football: Clemson, 12:30 p.m., Williams-Brice Stadium.
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■ Nov. 16 Tiger Burn 2001: Annual rally before the
Carolina-Clemson football game. Sponsored by Carolina
Productions. 6 p.m., State Fairgrounds.
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■ Nov. 30 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: Fall
Seminar Series, “Correlations Between Structural Arrangement and
Physical Properties. Case of the Hexagonal Perovskite Type AxB03
(A=Ca, Sr, Ba; B=Co, Ni) and SrxTiS3, and the Layered Compound
Sr6V9S2202,” Stephane Jobic, Institute des Materiaux Jean
Roucel, France. 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, free.
■ Dec. 2 School of Music: USC Concert Choir Christmas Concert.
Larry Wyatt, conductor. First Presbyterian Church. 6 p.m. Free.
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■ 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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■ Nov. 16 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry: Fall Seminar
Series, “New Selenocarbonyl Promoted Chemistries: Technologies for
2H, 13C Labeling of Nucleic Acids and Carbohydrates,” Louis “Pete”
Silks, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, alumni
speaker. 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, free.
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■ Dec. 9 USC Beaufort: Festival Series, chamber
■ Nov. 29 School of Music: USC Concert Choir
music concert featuring Schubert’s Trout Quintet,
The Boys Choir of Harlem will perform at the Koger Center Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Christmas Concert, Larry Wyatt, conductor. 6 p.m.,
and works by Bach and Debussy. Two major artists
Lake City Presbyterian Church, free.
the Carolina Coliseum box office, at all Capital Tickets outlets, or by phone at 251-2222.
from Finland, Ralf Gothoni and Elina Vahala, join the
■ Nov. 30 School of Music: Modern Masters, part
New York Philharmonic’s Carter Brey and others. 5
of the Southern Exposure New Music series, featuring Lisa St.
p.m., USC Beaufort Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 and
John Moore, pianist, and Martin Bresnick, composer. 7:30 p.m.,
$25, and can be purchased at the door before the performance or
School of Music Recital Hall, Room 206, free. (See story page 4.)
by calling the box office at 843-521-4145.
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■ Dec. 8 USC Aiken: Augusta Symphony Holiday
Pops, presented by the Aiken Symphony Guild, 8 p.m.,
Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call the box
office at 803-641-3305.
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■ Nov. 28 and 29 School of Music: An Evening of
Ethnic Percussion and Dance, performed by the USC
Palmetto Pans Steel Band and the USC West African
Drumming and Dance Ensemble, 8 p.m. Tickets are
available at the door and are $8 adults, $5 students.
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Southworth, photos. Lower Gallery, Etherredge Center.
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■ Nov. 27 School of Music: USC Swing Shift Jazz
Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Room 016,
free.
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paintings. Lower Gallery, Etherredge Center.
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Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Koger Center, free.
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■ Dec. 3 and 4 USC Aiken: Feast of Carols 2001,
presented by USC Aiken’s Visual and Performing
Arts, 6:30 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket
information, call the box office at 803-641-3305.
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■ Nov. 15 School of Music: Graduate Vocal Ensemble, 6 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall, Room 206, free. For more information, call 7-4280.
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■ Dec. 2 USC Aiken: Masterworks Chorale, 4 p.m.,
Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call the
Etherredge Center box office at 803-641-3305.
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■ Nov. 16 and 17 School of Music: Colla Voca
presents “All The World’s A Stage,” under the
direction of Larry Wyatt, 7:30 p.m., School of Music
Recital Hall, Room 206. Program includes solos
and ensemble music by Vecchi, Monteverdi,
Mozart, Puccini, and Sondheim. Tickets are $8
adults, and $5 seniors, children, and military;
available in advance by calling 7-5369, or at the
door on the evenings of the concerts.
■ Nov. 30–Jan. 19 USC Aiken: Aiken Artist Guild,
mixed media exhibit, Upper Gallery, Etherredge Center.
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chamber music, 3 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets are $22 adults, $12
students, and are available at Carolina Coliseum box office, at all
Capital Tickets outlets, or by phone at 251-2222.
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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.
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■ Nov. 30–Dec. 1 USC Dance: “Vision of Dance: A USC Student
Dance Showcase,” student and faculty choreography showcase,
8 p.m., Drayton Hall, $5. For ticket reservations, call 7-5636.
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■ Nov. 29 USC Aiken: Mauldin Series, Archie Jordan Concert,
composer, 7 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call
the Etherredge Center box office at 803-641-3305.
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■ Nov. 18 Koger Presents: Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear Live on
Stage, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets available at
Carolina Coliseum box office, at all Capital Tickets outlets, or by
phone at 251-2222.
■ Nov. 15–Jan. 31 Thomas Cooper Library: “Transcendentalists and
Friends,” an exhibit of 19th-century American literature from the Joel
Myerson Collection. Exhibition features first editions, manuscripts,
and letters by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Henry David
Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. Free. For information on
the collection or the exhibit, call Patrick Scott at 7-3142.
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■ Nov. 16 Koger Presents: Bayanihan Philippine National Dance
Company, 8 p.m., Koger Center. Tickets available at Carolina Coliseum
box office, at all Capital Tickets outlets, or by phone at 251-2222.
■ Nov. 27 USC Aiken: USC Aiken and Aiken Community Band
Christmas Concert, 7 p.m., Etherredge Center. For ticket information, call the Etherredge Center box office at 803-641-3305.
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■ Nov. 20 USC Aiken: Classic tale of the tortoise and the hare, The
Great Cross-Country Race, by Alan Broadhurst, 7 p.m., Playground
Playhouse. For ticket information, call the Etherredge Center box
office at 803-641-3305.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2001 5
■ USC ATHLETICS TO UNDERGO REACCREDITATION PROCESS:
President Palms recently announced that the University will begin a year-long,
campuswide effort to study its athletics programs as part of the NCAA
Division I athletics-certification program. Areas to be covered include
academic and fiscal integrity, governance and compliance, as well as a
commitment to equity, student-athlete welfare, and sportsmanship. The
committee responsible for the study will be chaired by Pat Moody, dean of the
College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management, and will include faculty,
staff, and representatives from USC’s athletics department. The University will
examine how the activities of the athletics programs relate to the mission and
purpose of the institution.
■ NATIONAL ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES
PROGRAMS: The National Association for Public
Worksite Health Promotion (NAPWHP) recently
recognized two USC Programs. The Prevention
Research Center of The Norman J. Arnold School of
Public Health and the Faculty and Staff Wellness
Programs at the Thomson Student Health Center
received NAPWHP Leadership Board Outstanding
Programs Awards. Barbara Ainsworth, exercise
science, is director of the Prevention Research
Center. Elise Vaughn is director of wellness
programs.
■ DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL TERRORISM PANEL IS DEC. 4: The Department
of Government and International Studies will sponsor a panel discussion on
“Diplomacy and Global Terrorism: What Can Diplomats Do?” at 7 p.m. Dec. 4
in Gambrell Hall Auditorium. The session is free and open to the public. The
third event in a GINT program on Sept. 11 and its aftermath, the panel will
feature former South Carolina Gov. John C. West, former ambassador to
Saudi Arabia; Richard L. Walker, former ambassador to South Korea; Paul M.
Kattenburg, former Foreign Service officer; and Shahrough Akhavi, a
professor in the Department of Government and International Studies. The
program will be moderated by Normanne Potter, president of the Columbia
World Affairs Council, which is cosponsoring the event with GINT, the
Professional Society of International Studies, and The Walker Institute of
International Studies. For information, call 7-3109.
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SDI
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information technology, the Graduate School,
indirect costs, research issues, administrative
units, and USC’s colleges, centers, and
institutes.
“One of the things I’ve been struck by is
that people at this University have done an
awful lot without a lot of money,” said
Mike Sutton, a mechanical engineering
professor and committee member. “I think
we’ll make progress with our recommendations, but this University won’t get there all
the way without getting some stability in
state funding.”
The recent 4-percent state budget cut
and looming cuts in appropriations for
2002–03 have lent an added sense of
urgency to the committee’s work although
committee members are trying to take a
longer view of their decision-making
process.
“It’s been difficult to look long range in
light of these budget cuts, but we have to
try to get past that and ask ourselves where
we want this University to be positioned in
2005 and beyond,” said Provost Odom,
chair of the SDI Committee. “We can be a
comprehensive university, but, strategically, we have to make priorities.”
Reaching consensus on every recommendation, particularly those that might
call for downsizing or merging units, could
be difficult, but committee members say
they believe the group is up to the task.
“I will be very disappointed if we don’t
do our job,” Pate said. “These are not
simple issues, and nobody wants to think
about their units being downsized or
earmarked for flat funding. But everybody I
talk to says we need this—we need strategic
direction for USC.”
Fellow committee member Bill Hogue,
USC’s chief information officer, concurred:
“I have high hopes that in the next six
weeks we will look at issues and make
recommendations that are so substantial
that 10 years hence, the University still will
be talking about the success of this
committee.”
Although he isn’t officially scheduled to
do so, President Palms might be asked to
meet with the committee before it finishes
its list of recommendations. The committee
likely will meet at the end of November
with members of the Washington Advisory
Group, a group of higher education
consultants who will be presenting their
own recommendations aimed at enhancing
USC’s research efforts.
When the SDI Committee’s recommendations are finalized, Odom will present
them to President Palms, who will make his
recommendations to University trustees.
The committee’s recommendations also
will be forwarded to the Faculty Senate.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2001
Telephone switch upgrades continue
On Nov. 30, Computer Services/Communications will continue with
telephone switch updates.
The next phase is the replacement of the Columbia Hall module,
affecting the following buildings: 819 Barnwell, Alumni House,
Capstone, Columbia Hall, 1819 Pendleton, Spigner House, Gibbes
Court Apartments, 1719 Greene St., 1723 Greene St., Callcott House,
1710 College St., 1714 College St., 1716 College St., 1728 College
St., NADA Apartments, 814 Henderson St., and 816 Henderson St.
The projected cutover date will be at 5 p.m. Nov. 30. To meet this
date, Computer Services/Communications will freeze moves, adds,
and changes of all telephone services to the affected buildings on
Nov. 16 to ensure programming is correct. Updated information will
be directed to the IT Bulletin and Announce ListServ.
Avaya (formally Lucent/ATT) representatives and Computer
Services/Communications staff will survey offices for digital phone
sets. The survey will verify phone location, type, user name, and
department.
All digital phone sets in the affected areas will be replaced at no
charge to departments. Digital phone sets will be changed out after
normal business hours during the weekend of the cutover.
In high security areas, departmental representatives may be needed
to unlock doors and chaperone representatives.
Digital phone users should make a list of all speed dials programmed on their phone sets. The new digital sets will allow users to
program their own speed dial lists.
Because of the upgrade process, voice service to the affected area
will be intermittently interrupted beginning at 6 p.m. Nov. 30, and
interruptions may continue through the evening of Dec. 2.
Training will be provided for new digital set users as an introduction to new features and options. Training dates and times will be
announced. Training will take place in the Computer Services
building in the classroom directly behind the reception area and will
take approximately one hour. Class sizes will be limited to 20 people.
An Avaya representative will visit on the Monday following the
upgrade to help new digital phone users. Users also may call 7-0022
for immediate help from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 or send a GroupWise
billing question message to PhoneSupport@gwm.sc.edu.
Schedules for remaining upgrades will be provided when dates are
resolved.
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mandated cut without imposing a tuition increase.
A hiring freeze, implemented Nov. 2, affects permanent positions
on all eight campuses.
“Should revenue shortfalls for the state continue, we most likely
will sustain another budget cut, ranging, we believe, from 0.5 to 1
percent, but it could be larger,” Palms said in his letter to the
Executive Committee.
“At that time, we will have to consider more austere measures
(such as tapping into the funded annual leave reserve, furloughs, and
deeper departmental cuts) than have already been implemented.”
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who twice served as interim president, on Nov. 27, 1941.
The restoration will include planting azaleas native to South
Carolina, restocking a spring-fed pond with fish, and enhancing
lighting.
“The azaleas we see most often in South Carolina are not native,”
Dow said. “We’ll feature the natives, which have been donated, and
give people a chance to see the variety of azaleas that were originally
in this habitat. That’s going to be exciting.”
The plan for the development of the garden will continue Moore’s
original vision for the land as a showcase for plants native to South
Carolina, said Ben Coonrod, the University’s landscape architect.
“Our state has a great diversity of geography and ecology,” he
said. “The result is that we also have a wealth of variety of native
plants. New plantings in the garden will continue to focus on
bringing additional native plants into the garden. We also are trying
to have plantings reflect a mix of species that might occur naturally
in a specific habitat in the state.”
For educational opportunities, the garden will feature posted signs
based on the science standards of grade schools and a weather station
where visitors can look at the mitigating impact of trees in city
environments.
“We received a grant from the S.C. Forestry Commission to
install more educational materials discussing the value of urban
forests and what they do for the ecology of a city as well as for our
peace of mind,” Dow said.
The garden has been designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the
National Wildlife Federation. “We’re interested in presenting the
backyard wildlife habitat in a way that highlights the value of the
ecosystem to birds and animals as it provides food, shelter, water,
and places for raising young and also shows people the natural
beauty of the environment,” Dow said.
The restored garden also will emphasize the cultural heritage of
the landscape. “There had been a house on a hill slope, and you can
still see the stairway and the foundation,” said Dow, whose specialty
is human impact on the environment. “We’ll look at the human
dimension of the landscape as well.”
Dow called the garden “probably one of the least disturbed pieces
of land in the original two-square miles of Columbia because it was
steep and wet. One little house was built, and the rest of the land was
divided for house lots, but they were never built.”
USC purchased the property, at the northwest corner of Blossom
and Pickens streets, in 1937 to be used as an arboretum and dedicated
the garden to Andrew Charles Moore in 1941.
Moore, born in 1866, was the first honor graduate of South
Carolina College in 1887. In 1905, he became the first chair of the
newly created biology department, establishing the herbarium that
also bears his name.
He served twice as interim president of the University from 1908
to 1909 and from 1913 to 1914. He died on campus in 1928.
For more information about the A.C. Moore Garden, access
www.sc.edu/acmooregarden on the Web.
Vol. 12, No. 19
November 15, 2001
Columbia campus budget reductions by unit:
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.
■ No reduction: Honors College; library books and periodicals fund;
energy services and utilities; scholarships; law enforcement and
safety
■ 0.5 percent reduction: information technology; College of Liberal
Arts; Moore School of Business; College of Engineering and
Information Technology; College of Science and Mathematics;
facilities services operating
■ 1 percent reduction: College of Education; School of Music
■ 4 percent reduction: School of Law
All other units received a 1.5 percent reduction.
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 Assistant to the President
for Equal Opportunity Programs.
■ 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.
■ APPLICATIONS OPEN 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.
■ CARGILE RECEIVES AWARD: Jeffery G. Cargile, director of human resource
programs and services, recently received the Distinguished Service Award
from the College and University Professional Association for Human
Resources (CUPA-HR). The award recognizes a CUPA-HR member who has
given outstanding service to the association through constituent activities,
including service in governance or leadership roles or through professional
development contributions in support of the association. Cargile has served
on the association’s national board of directors, representing the southern
region, and served on the Southern Region Board since 1995.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: T. Bruce Fryer, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese,
“Four Decades of Foreign Language Education: Are We Still at Cheese-Station N?”
Dimension 2001: The Odyssey Continues, C. Maurice Cherry, ed., Southern
Conference on Language Teaching, Valdosta, Ga.
Scott Gwara, English, Aldhelmi Malmesbiriensis Prosa de virginitate cum glosa
latina atque anglosaxonica, Brepols Publishers, Belgium.
Charles W. Kegley Jr.,government and international studies, From War and
Peace: Fateful Decisions in International Politics, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Boston,
Mass.
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, and K.A. Henderson, “Social Support,
Constraints, and Time for Physical Activity Involvement: Perspectives of American
Indian Women from the Cultural Activity Participation Study,” Minding the Time in
Family Experience, Kerry J.
Daly, editor, JAI, New York.
Nicholas Vazsonyi, Germanic, Slavic, and East Asian languages, “Beethoven, the
Beer-Hall, and Hitler? On Adorno and the Ninth Symphony,” German Studies
Association, Washington, D.C.
James T. Day, French and classics, “Five Twentieth-Century Stendhals,”
Nineteenth-Century French Studies Annual Colloquium, Madison, Wis.
Michelle A. Maher, education, “Educational Cohorts: Potentials and Pitfalls of a
Collaborative Learning Environment,” Association for the Study of Higher
Education, Richmond, Va.
Laura Woliver, government and international studies, and Angela Ledford,
“Regulating RU-486: For Women’s Health or Restricting Access?” 2001 Politics
and the Life Sciences Convention, Charleston, S.C.
Joshua M. Gold, psychology, Kathy Evans, James L. Moore III, and Gary Miller,
“To the Other Side of the
Desk: The Transition from
Ph.D. Student to Assistant
■ ARTICLES: Robert F.
Professor,” Southern
Valois, health promotion and
Association for Counselor
education, E. Scott Huebner,
Education and Supervision,
psychology, J. Wanzer
Athens, Ga.
Drane, epidemiology and
biostatistics, and Keith J.
Jeff Persels, French and
Zullig, (USC doctoral
classics, “A Catholic
student), “Relationship
Catholicon: Marot, Désiré
Between Perceived Life
and the ‘Counterpoison’ to
Satisfaction and Adolescents’
the Huguenot Psalter,”
Substance Abuse,” Journal
Sixteenth Century Studies
of Adolescent Health.
Conference, Denver, Colo.
Dan Ruff, educational
Robert R. Weyeneth,
leadership and policies,
history, “What’s Missing?
“From Frederick Farmboy to
Toward Inclusiveness at
Higher Education Leader in
Historic Sites,” Colonial
South Carolina: Americus
Williamsburg Seminar for
George David Wiles,” Journal
Historical Administration,
of the Historical Society of
Williamsburg, Va.
Frederick County, Maryland.
Scott Gwara, English,
Helen C. Power, geography,
“Enhancing Partnerships:
“Estimating atmospheric
Finding Common Ground in
turbidity from climate data,”
the Midst of Diversity and
Atmospheric Environment.
Change,” National Network
for Educational Renewal,
Jeanne Garane, French and
Denver, Colo.
classics, “Orality in the City:
Mweze Ngangura’s La vie est
Harvey Starr, government
belle and Raoul Peck’s
and international studies,
Lumumba: La mort du
“The Power of Place and
prophète.” L’Esprit créateur.
the Future of Spatial
Analysis in the Study of
Richard Heiens, marketing,
Conflict,” North American
Aiken, Mark Kroll (Louisiana
Meeting of the Peace
Tech University), and Peter
Just this once, could I do the history, vision, mission, and background, and you do the ask?
Science Society, Atlanta.
Wright (University of
Memphis), “Macro-Economic
George Geckle, English,
Risk Factors in Industrial
“The Presentation of
Markets: Are Elite Firms Less Susceptible?” Journal of Business and Industrial
Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Past and Present,” Shakespeare Association of America,
Marketing.
Miami, Fla.
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, M.L. Irwin, and J.M. Conway, “Estimation
■ OTHER: Theresa Smith, pharmacy, selected as a member of the Chemical
of Energy Expenditure from Physical Activity Measures: Determinants of
Pathology Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Health.
Accuracy,” Obesity Research.
Susan Mole, continuing education, awarded the John J. Duffy Outstanding
Patrick J. Maney, history, “Joe McCarthy’s First Victim,” The Virginia Quarterly
Graduate Student Scholarship from the S.C. Association for Higher Continuing
Review.
Education.
George Geckle, English, review of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry IV,
Thomas A. Coggins, Office of Research Compliance, appointed to represent the
Parts I and II at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare Bulletin,
National Council of University Research Administrators on the Board of Trustees of
also, “Narrativity: Edward II and Richard II,” Renaissance Papers 2000.
the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
Joshua M. Gold, psychology, and Lisa D. Hawley (Oakland University), “A Study of
International.
the Gender Role Orientations of Beginning Counselors,” Journal of Humanistic
Judith Alexander, nursing, Patricia Christensen, nursing, Spartanburg, and Linda
Counseling, Education, and Development.
Johnston, nursing, Aiken, received the Outstanding Continuing Education
Sara Wilcox, exercise science, P. O’Sullivan, and A.C. King, “Caregiver coping
Cooperative Program Award from the S.C. Association for Higher Education.
strategies: wives versus daughters,” Clinical Gerontologist.
Lowndes F. Stephens Jr.,journalism and mass communications, was elected to
Ed Sharp, geological sciences, and Colin Laidler (Akrokerri, Ghana), “An example
the nine-member Standing Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility
of mining by fire setting in West Africa,” Mining History.
of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
Judith W. Alexander, nursing, and Margaret Kroposki, “Using a management
perspective to define and measure changes in nursing technology,” Journal of
Faculty/Staff items include presentation of papers and projects for national and
Advanced Nursing.
international organizations; appointments to professional organizations and
boards; special honors; and publication of papers, articles, and books. SubmisJ. Larry Durstine, exercise science, and P.D. Thompson, “Exercise in the
sions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be
Treatment of Lipid Disorders,” Exercise in Secondary Prevention and Cardiac
sent only once to Editor, TIMES, 701 Byrnes Building, Columbia campus. Send
Rehabilitation.
by e-mail to: chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ PRESENTATIONS: John Dawson and Masanori Sono, chemistry and biochemistry,
Mary Lamczyk and Roshan Perera (USC graduate students), and Alycen Pond and
Mark Roach (USC Ph.D. graduates), “Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy as a
Probe of Heme Iron Coordination Structure,” European Conference on the Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules, Prague, Czech Republic, also, “His93Gly Myoglobin as a
Versatile Template for Modeling Ferrous, Ferric and Ferryl Mixed Ligand Heme States,”
International Conference on Bio-Inorganic Chemistry, Firenze, Italy.
Lighter Times
New Child
Development Center
may open next fall
BY LARRY WOOD
The University’s Child Development
Center may be back on track, Provost
Odom told the Faculty Senate at its
meeting Nov. 7.
“We’re looking at trading some land
with the Development Foundation to
build the center on Wheat Street,” he
said. “I am very hopeful that some time
next fall we will have a new Child
Development Center on campus.”
Odom said he has talked with
representatives from S.C. ETV about
the possibility of combining the
University’s center with ETV’s
childcare facility, Children’s Place.
“They’re interested in knowing if
they can partner with us on a permanent
basis, and they talked to us about either
building on their ground or using our
facilities,” Odom said.
“The private developer we’re
working with who is going to build the
facility from his corporation is not very
interested in building at ETV. Right
now, the discussions are aimed at
incorporating the Children’s Place into
our facility.”
The center would partner with
Gateway Academy, a private contractor
that provides childcare, to build the
facility at Pickens and Wheat streets,
where tennis courts are now located.
The center and Gateway had
planned to build the facility at Blossom
and Henderson streets, but the City of
Columbia’s planning commission
denied a rezoning request needed for
the project.
If built, the new center, which
would serve about 200 children, would
be about the same size as the building
planned for Blossom Street—about
23,500 square feet of childcare and
research space.
The Child Development Center
moved to a temporary location at
Whaley and Bull streets when Booker
T. Washington was demolished to make
room for the South Quad residence hall.
The temporary center would stay open
until the new facility is complete.
Three candidates for the position of
dean of the College of Social Work
have visited campus, Odom said. He
added that he has met with the search
committee and President Palms and
“we will be moving forward.”
In other business, senators denied a
motion that the “Reports of Officers”
be permanently removed from the
Faculty Senate agenda.
The next Faculty Senate meeting
will be at 3 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Law
School Auditorium.
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■ BEST CENTER MOVES INTO NEW HOME AT STATE LIBRARY: USC’s BEST Center, the
state’s official preview center for recently published children’s books and learning resources,
recently moved to a new home on the mezzanine of the State Library on Senate Street. First
Lady Rachel Hodges helped dedicate the facility Oct. 17. Fred W. Roper, dean of the College of
Library and Information Science, also participated. The BEST Center provides educators,
parents, students, and librarians with access to recent and award-winning books for children
and young adults.
■ LIGHT LASER IS TOPIC OF NANOSCIENCE COLLOQUIUM: Asif Khan, chair of the
Department of Electrical Engineering, will discuss “Race for the Light Laser” at a nanoscience
colloquium at 4 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Jones Physical Science Center, Room 002. The USC
NanoCenter and the Department of Physics and Astronomy are sponsors of the colloquium.
Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.
Water center focuses combined
efforts on Savannah River Site
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
Water is a universal resource that is vital to South Carolina’s environmental and economic health.
Its importance to the Palmetto State led to the creation of the University’s Center for Water
Research and Policy four years ago with a $3 million grant from the Department of Energy.
“The University has a role in providing interdisciplinary research that will further the state from
an environmental standpoint and also, hopefully, allow us to better manage economic growth,” said
Tom J. Temples, the center’s director, who also is a research associate professor in the University’s
Earth Sciences and
Resources Institute.
The center, which
operates as part of the
School of the Environment, works primarily on
water-related issues at the
Savannah River Site near
Aiken but also has
developed interests in
other areas that have a
direct bearing on the
state’s ecosystem and
development.
At the Savannah River
Site, researchers from a
number of the
University’s academic
MICHAEL BROWN
departments have been
Christine Rust, foreground, Marjorie Aelion, and Lubo Liu collaborated on a
working on several waterstudy of microcapsules to control groundwater acid.
related issues. They range
from remediation
programs that cleanse
Partners in Research
contaminated water, to the
This is the fifth in a series of articles
use of miniature sensors
about interdisciplinary research at USC.
that monitor water quality,
and development of
landfill covers that will prevent rain water from seeping through the landfill to contaminate
surrounding groundwater.
Other researchers are using genetic screening techniques to detect unusual levels of DNA
alterations in wild alligators and tiny crustaceans called copepods living in radioactively contaminated aquatic habitats to predict the risk of genetic damage to resident organisms at similar sites.
Still others are studying the use of microcapsules to control groundwater acid and base levels
that can play a role in cleanup of contaminated groundwater systems.
More than a dozen colleges, departments, and institutes are working on projects, including
geography, geological, biological, and computational sciences; civil and chemical engineering;
environmental public health; and journalism and mass communications, which mounted a campaign to promote public awareness of the center’s work.
The center provides coordination and outreach in the research and integrates the expertise,
facilities, and resources of the teams.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to give the Savannah River Site some techniques and tools it can use
in its remediation program that will allow cleanup a little bit faster, maybe better, and hopefully
cheaper,” Temples said. “That’s the primary thrust, to see if we can give them some additional
tools they currently don’t have to accelerate their cleanup program.”
Fortunately, less than 10 percent of the Savannah River Site’s ground water is contaminated, but of
that amount, some significant problems have drawn the attention of researchers, Temples said.
Most of the contamination is from volatile organic compounds—dry-cleaning solvents and
substances such as trichloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride that were used in the site’s manufacturing processes. These are the primary industrial wastes that USC researchers have worked with
over the past four years, Temples said.
Also present at the site is tritium, an isotope and element of hydrogen. The Department of
Energy grant has focused most of its attention, however, on other contaminants because tritium will
decay naturally over time if it can be contained, Temples said.
“The researchers have done a good job of getting a handle on what’s going on there, designing
some cleanup schemes, and dealing aggressively with some of the major plumes,” he said. “Most
of the departments are working on individual projects, some of which overlap and have involved
the sharing of resources. But as a general rule, they’re looking at different specific problems under
an umbrella objective.”
One of the grant’s tasks was to establish the water center to address the multidisciplinary
research efforts that individual departments alone wouldn’t be able to work on because they lack
the resources, Temples said. “For example, if you wanted to study a watershed, that project would
involve civil engineering, environmental sciences, and perhaps biology, chemistry, and geology.
“A department that wouldn’t be able to look at a proposal like that because it lacked the necessary
resources can do it through the water center. We can assemble researchers from each of the departments
and put them on a team to directly work on a problem. That’s a primary purpose of the center.”
Although the center is officially wrapping up its last year of operations under the four-year
DOE grant, it has received a six-month extension to complete ongoing work. It also has a proposal
out to extend the current contract for another year to pick up some new tasks and address issues
that have come about as a result of its ongoing work.
Included in the other proposals are a study of watershed processes on Lake Murray to look at how
urbanization is affecting the lake; a method for developing ways of estimating the potential for pollution
of water sheds where military training is conducted; and development of geophysical methods to prevent
saltwater intrusion into freshwater aquifers along the South Carolina coast near Beaufort.
“If we can help develop some tools to give planners and managers better information about
dealing with potential water problems before they start, we’ve offered quite a bit,” Temples said.
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Changing faces: Bicentennial
conference looks at state’s
new diverse population
BY LARRY WOOD
A bicentennial conference
Conference schedule
set for Nov. 29–30 will
“Changing the Face of South Carolina” will take
focus on changing
place Nov. 29–30 at the State Museum.
demographics in South
Carolina as people from
■ Nov. 29: New Faces
■ 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—New Faces: Discussion
around the world make the
of changing demographics of South Carolina,
state their new home.
presentations and a panel representing several
Sponsored by the
disciplines, including
Institute of Southern Studies
sociology, geograand the Bicentennial
phy, history, Latin
Commission, “Changing the
American studies,
Face of South Carolina” will
and representatives
feature panel discussions
from local business
that will address how the
■ 2–4:30 p.m.—New
state’s new diverse
Faces: The Impact
population will affect social
of New Cultures on
Health and Social
services, politics, and
Structures,
culture. The conference, to
presentations and a
Compton
be held at the State Museum,
panel, including
also will honor citizens who
representatives from medical, public health, and
have made extraordinary
social service sectors
contributions by addressing
■ 7–9 p.m.—Concert for a New South Carolina
state problems and bringing
Celebrating Citizen Leadership, a presentation of
South Carolinians together.
music, dance, and performance from a variety of
(See schedule at right.)
cultures within South Carolina; and presentations
“The conference is about
of Citizens and Community Building Awards to
how the face and culture of
citizen leaders
South Carolina are changing
■ Nov. 30: New Coalitions, New Cultures
right now and what that
■ 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.—New Coalitions,
means for all of us who live
presentations and a panel, including political
scientists and representatives from the Republihere,” said Thorne Compton,
can and Democratic parties, Legislative Black
a theatre professor and chair
Caucus, and Hispanic and Asian citizen groups
of the bicentennial’s
■ 2–5 p.m.—New Cultures, presentations and a
Executive Committee.
panel, including South Carolina literary, visual,
In the past 10–20 years,
performance, and musical artists and critics.
South Carolina has
attracted new residents
from Latin America, Asia,
Eastern Europe, and other areas, Compton said. Many rural counties now have a large
population from Colombia, Guatemala, or El Salvador who have moved to the state to
be a part of life here.
“This has changed the way our politics work, our culture works, and the way we
look at ourselves,” Compton said. “For 300 years in South Carolina, we focused on
black people and white people, and as difficult as that relationship has been over three
centuries, they were two groups of people who got to know each other pretty well.
“They shared a lot of commonalities in their food and music and expectations and
came together and developed an indigenous culture. Now there are a lot more players
at the table, and we all have to look at each other in new ways.”
In addition to the panel discussion, the conference will include a Concert for a New
South Carolina from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 29 at the State Museum, featuring performers
from a variety of cultures in the state.
“The idea is to hear what the voice of South Carolina is going to be like,” Compton
said. “It will speak with different tongues and listen to different kinds of music, and
people are going to move to different dance steps than we have in the past. And it’s
going to represent a broader range of colors.”
During the concert, six citizens, five living and one from the past, who have
dedicated themselves to reaching across ethnic and cultural lines to build strong
communities will receive awards.
“We want to thank them for helping to create the rich tapestry that South Carolina
has now and will have in the future,” Compton said. “That richness will be important
to everyone’s life.”
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NOVEMBER 15, 2001
Marshall Swanson can be reached at 7-0138 or mswanson@gwm.sc.edu.