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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
MARCH 27, 2003
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Iraqi war puts
USC’s Newsplex
in the spotlight
BY CHRIS HORN
USC’s Newsplex, a high-technology “newsroom of the future,” got
its first real taste of action March 20 when S.C. ETV trained its
cameras on the facility and several USC faculty and staff in a threehour broadcast entitled “The Nation at War.”
Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass Communications
and Information Studies and a former CNN correspondent, moderated the live program, which showcased the multimedia newsgathering efforts of USC students and faculty members.
“This is a live convergent news broadcast, which means we are
gathering information from news sources all over the world—from
print, the Web, radio,
TV, live call-in, and
expert guests,” said
❝This is a live convergent
Kerry Northrup, an
executive with the
news broadcast, which
German-based Ifra
means we are gathering
Foundation, which
information from news
provided start-up
funding for
sources all over
Newsplex. Northrup
the world....❞
is director of
—Kerry Northrup
Newsplex for its first
year of operation.
During the live
broadcast, students acted as news resourcers, combing through
diverse Web sites and looking for tidbits of breaking news and
interesting background facts.
“I found a Web site that had comments from two women who are
protesters in Baghdad; they gave an account of what happened during
the first hours of missile strikes in the city,” said Emily Bomar, a
senior journalism student.
Fellow senior Sara Garner came across another site that featured Iraqi
citizens commenting about the start of the war. “It seems like we’ve
heard from everyone about the war but the Iraqi people,” she said.
Many of the students had stayed at the Newsplex until 3 a.m. the
night before, gathering information for stories and links at a
Newsplex Web site that can be viewed at www.scetv.org/war. During
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MICHAEL BROWN
Protest march
About 50 people gathered in front of the Welsh Humanities Building March 20 to protest the war with Iraq. Members of the
group—which included USC students and students from nearby Dreher High School—stood in the morning rain and
shared their opinions via bullhorn. The group then moved to the Strom Thurmond Federal Building to join a larger rally.
Research has implications for biowarfare
Biostatistician studies methods
for detecting clusters of disease
BY CHRIS HORN
If an outbreak of disease—either natural or
the result of bioterrorism—strikes the United
States, public health authorities likely will
rely on sophisticated methods of statistical
mapping to track its spread.
“There is growing interest in tracking
health indicators of large population groups
so that public health agencies can react
quickly if something is amiss,” said Andrew
Lawson, a biostatistician in the Arnold School
of Public Health who has written three books
on disease mapping.
Lawson
Lawson’s research, sponsored by the National Institutes
of Health, focuses on biostatistics and geographical
analysis to confirm the existence of disease clusters. His
studies have implications for dealing with both bioterror
and natural outbreaks of disease related to
environmental, viral, or genetic causes.
“There are certain types of cancer that
naturally cluster, such as childhood leukemia,
and no one is entirely clear on why that happens.
Also, many infectious diseases—measles and
AIDS, for example—will naturally cluster,” he
said. “So you have to allow for the fact that
some diseases cluster in a given area in
assessing if an unusual cluster actually exists.”
Neighborhoods located beside industrial
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Bookstore to undergo major renovation in April
A massive renovation of the Columbia campus University Bookstore in April will result in several new
features, including an expanded periodicals selection
and a more eye-pleasing décor.
The $300,000 renovation will include new carpet,
flooring, lighting, furnishings, library-style bookshelves
and display racks, and—for the first time—sofas and
chairs for relaxed browsing. Barnes & Noble operates
USC’s bookstore under contract and is picking up twothirds of the renovation costs; the new look will reflect
the interior of the company’s retail bookstores.
“We wanted to dramatically improve the appearance
of the bookstore, to make it the kind of place faculty,
staff, and students would want to spend some time,” said
Helen Zeigler, USC’s director of business affairs. “USC’s
share of the revenues from the bookstore is earmarked for
student scholarships; so, it’s in our best interest to do
everything we can to increase traffic there.”
Barnes & Noble has operated the bookstore since
May 2001 and studied usage patterns to determine the
best plan for renovations. A major new feature will be a
second entrance that will connect the bookstore to the
interior of the Russell House near the Grand Marketplace. The new entrance will allow patrons to conveniently purchase food or beverages at nearby Zia Juice
or Seattle’s Best, then relax on new seating in the
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Inside
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McKissick Museum brings back
popular Southeastern crafts workshops.
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Southern Exposure New Music Series and Computer Music
Concert combine for a cutting-edge performance.
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USC partners with six of South Carolina’s historically black
colleges and universities through a $2.75 million grant from the
Kellogg Foundation.
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■ FORUM TO EXAMINE UNFOLDING WORLD EVENTS: The Richard L. Walker
Institute of International Studies has changed the schedule of presentations in
the Palmetto Forum to add depth and provide context for unfolding world
events. The forum meets at 12:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month
at the Palmetto Club, 1231 Sumter St., for lunch and a speaker from the USC
faculty. Meetings are open to USC faculty and staff and their guests. The cost
is $12, payable at the door. Reservations are required by 5 p.m. the day before
by calling 7-8180. The schedule of presentations might change to accommodate further developments in world affairs and speakers’ obligations. The
current schedule is:
• April 2, “Why Are Women’s Issues Global Issues?” Jan Love, associate
professor, Department of Religious Studies
• May 7, “What the South Koreans Voted For and Why We Should Even Care,”
Richard L. Walker, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of
Government and International Studies.
■ NANOCENTER SYMPOSIUM SET FOR APRIL 11–12: The USC
NanoCenter will hold its NanoCenter Symposium IV April 11–12 on the
Columbia campus. The event, which features five speakers, is free and
open to faculty, staff, and students. The schedule is:
• April 11, “Nanostructures for Quantum Information Technology,” Tom
Reinecke, Naval Research Laboratory, 2:15–3 p.m.; “Some Key Areas of
Research in Nanoelectronics,” Ray Tsu, University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, 3:15–4 p.m.; “Fundamental Approaches to Building MoleculeBased Electronic Devices,” David Allara, Pennsylvania State University,
4–4:45 p.m., Swearingen Engineering Center, Amoco Hall.
• April 12, “Mechanics of Nanotubes and Nanotube-based Devices,”
Sean Washburn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 9:30–10:15
a.m.; “One-dimensional Nanostructures,” Piedong Yang, University of
California at Berkeley, 10:15–11 a.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center,
Room 210.
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Student speak
■ Name: Jeremy Cain
■ Year: Freshman
■ Major: History
■ Hometown: Moncks Corner
Q. You look like you’re up for any
challenge: you measured your
pitching speed at one booth and then
dove through a gigantic, inflatable
Ironman Challenge obstacle course
here at the USC Housing Carnival.
A. I’m between classes and just came
out to see what there was to do. I’m on
my way over to the Housing booth to
sign up for a chance to get a free
parking space for a year.
Q. Where are you living this year?
A. In Snowden, over in the Honeycombs. Next year I’m staying in
Capstone so I can live in a suite with
some friends. And it’s closer to all my
classes.
Q. What has your first year been like?
A. It’s been easier to meet people than
I thought it would be. I’ve made friends
with people from the dorm and from
classes, and I met the people I’ll room
with next year. I also got involved with
the Aikido club, and I play intramural
Ultimate Frisbee. Actually, it’s been an
all-around easier transition (to college
life) than I thought it would be.
Q. How, or why, did you choose USC?
A. The LIFE Scholarship, for one, and
the fact that USC offered me the most
scholarship money.
Q. Why did you choose history as
a major?
A. I want to go to law school, and I
figured history would be a good
background. I’d like to go into general
law, either in private practice or with a
small firm.
Q. Why law?
A. I was involved in a mock trial
program at my high school—Berkeley
High School in Moncks Corner—and I
liked it. I was interested in law before
that because I know some lawyers and
I’ve talked to them about their work.
Next year I’m going to get involved in
mock trials at the college level. I think
that’s sponsored by a student organization on campus.
Q. Do you have plans for the summer?
A. I’m going back home to intern at a
law firm. And I’ll work for my
county’s school district, as part of their
technical team, helping to set up
computers. I’ve worked for them parttime for the past year and a half, and
I’ll keep doing that.
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MARCH 27, 2003
Faculty support helps amend ‘at-will’ bill
BY LARRY WOOD
Telephone calls from USC faculty members to state legislators
helped amend the “at-will employment” bill currently making its
way through the General Assembly, Robert Wilcox told the
Faculty Senate at its meeting March 5.
If approved, the bill would allow employers to fire workers
without cause, unless the firing violated a written contract.
Wilcox, chair of the Faculty Senate and a professor in the School
of Law, said faculty members expressed concerns about the bill’s
effect on tenure rights.
“We were able to get an agreement, and the bill has now been
amended on the floor of the Senate to include language that nothing in
the bill shall affect the rights and policies regarding tenure of
university or college faculty,” Wilcox said.
“We got what we thought was the best language we could get
politically. We had asked for language that simply excepted
faculty at the University from that bill.”
The bill has been returned to committee in the Senate and faces
an uncertain future because of an amendment, unrelated to tenure,
that was added on the Senate floor.
Wilcox thanked faculty members and the University administration for their support in having the bill amended.
“I appreciate very much the efforts that many of you made,” he
said. “There was an amazing difference in the three days before
the faculty had called and after they had heard from a number of
you. The last thing we heard was, ‘Will you please tell your
colleagues to stop calling?’ That is the best thing we can hear.”
President Sorensen repeated a presentation that he had made at
a joint board retreat Feb. 28 on the proposed research campus to
be begun on the block bounded by Assembly, Blossom, Main, and
Wheat streets. (For more information, go to www.sc.edu/usctimes/
articles/2003-02/research_campus_revealed.html.)
Rick Kelly, USC’s chief financial officer, gave a presentation
of value-centered management (VCM), a budgeting system that
attributes revenue and cost to the department of origin. The
University has been running VCM in parallel to its current
budgeting system for fiscal year 2002–03. Kelly noted the
following VCM progress:
■ development of a tuition allocation model
■ provision of tuition revenue data by course ownership
■ recommendation to adopt a credit-hour basis for tuition
■ allocation of service costs to each unit.
Kelly called the VCM model “a work in progress” and emphasized that the system does not generate more revenue for USC.
McKissick Museum
brings back traditional
craft workshops
McKissick Museum will offer a workshop series for adults this
spring highlighting four Southeastern traditional crafts.
The crafts include appliqué and pieced quilting, Gullah grass
dolls, traditional woodcarving, and sweetgrass basket making.
Each participant will learn basic techniques from masters of their
trade while creating a functional piece of art.
The workshops will begin in April in conjunction with the
McKissick Museum exhibit “Considerable Grace: Fifteen Years of
the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards.”
“The workshops are a great opportunity to learn about the
many cultural and material traditions still thriving in the South,”
said Alice Bouknight, curator of educational programs and
organizer of the series.
“The museum has offered workshops of this nature in the past.
The response was very good, and we’re starting up the series
again. It is my hope that we can continue to offer three to four
workshops each year.
“In the coming years, we’d like to offer workshops in split oak
basketry, lye soap making, furniture painting, chair caning, tatting,
kudzu paper making, lace making, and cane carving, to name a few.”
Workshops being offered this spring include:
■ Appliqué and Pieced Quilting, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. April 26, $45.
The workshop is for people who have never quilted as well as
experienced quilt makers seeking to learn a new technique. The
instructor is Maree Dowdey, an educator of traditional crafts who
has taught special folk-art workshops in the public schools and
continuing education courses at USC. Class size is limited to 20.
The cost includes a picnic lunch. Registration deadline is April 18.
■ Gullah Grass Dolls, 10 a.m.–noon May 17, $25. Participants will
learn this very old Gullah tradition and leave the class with a finished
doll. The grass will be provided. The instructor is Vermelle
Rodrigues, who learned to make grass dolls from her mother, who
FILE PHOTO
South Carolinians have been making sweetgrass baskets for 300 years.
learned from her mother, who, most likely, learned from her mother.
Class size is limited to 20. Registration deadline is May 9.
■ Basic Woodcarving, 1–5 p.m. Sept. 13, $35. The workshop will
introduce beginning woodcarvers to the art and teach new
techniques to seasoned carvers. Participants will finish the day
with a hand-carved wooden spoon. Participants will work with
18th- and 19th-century tools, including hatchets, draw knives, and
gouges. Fresh cherry, peach, and plum woods from South Carolina
will be provided. Right-handed participants should bring a leather
left-hand glove; left-handed participants should bring a right-hand
glove. The instructor is Ike Carpenter, a third-generation
woodcarver, cabinetmaker, and carpenter. Class size is limited to
12. Registration deadline is Sept. 5.
■ Sweetgrass Basket Making, 1–5 p.m. Oct. 18, $35. The
workshop is designed to introduce participants to the basic
construction methods of making a sweetgrass basket, an art that
has been passed from generation to generation for more than 300
years. Participants will make a small basket by the end of class.
Participants should bring their own scissors. All other materials
will be provided by the instructor, Mary Graham-Grant, who
apprenticed with a McClellanville basket maker in 1990 and has
been leading workshops for several years. Class size is limited to
12. Registration deadline is Oct. 10.
■ STUDENT NEWSPAPER NAMED BEST IN NATION: The Carolina
Reporter, the student-run newspaper based in the College of Mass
Communications and Information Studies, has been recognized as
the Best All-Around Non-Daily Newspaper in the Nation by the
Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Earlier named the top
non-daily in the Southeast region, The Carolina Reporter went up
against other region winners in the national competition and came
away with the top award. The Carolina Reporter received several other
regional awards, including:
• first place, Best All-Around Online Newspaper
• first place, General News Reporting, Kevin Langston, Georgetown
• first place, Sports Reporting, Rick Johnston, Sumter
• second place, Feature Writing, Emily Stewart, Hartsville
• third place, Online In-Depth Reporting, Emily Stewart, Hartsville
• third place, Feature Writing, Williesha Lakin, Columbia.
■ T.O.A.S.T. RECEPTION SET FOR MARCH 31: The eighth-annual Outstanding Achievement and Student Triumph (T.O.A.S.T) reception will be held at
5 p.m. March 31 in the Russell House Ballroom. The Office of Leadership
Programs and the Department of Student Life co-sponsor the reception to
honor students who have achieved special distinction in any area of campus
life, including academic excellence, contributions to student organizations, or
outstanding athletic achievements. For more information, call 7-8165.
■ McKISSICK SETS SPRING STORY HOURS: McKissick Museum will offer
story hours for children ages 3–6 at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday
through May 29. A participation fee and advance registration are required for
each child. Children will be read a story relating to one of the exhibits, tour
the exhibit, and engage in a craft-related activity. Call 7-7251 to make
reservations.
■ ABSTRACTS SOUGHT FOR INFOTECH 2003: Presentation
abstracts are being solicited for InfoTech 2003, the thirdannual information technology conference sponsored by the
College of Liberal Arts and the USC Office of Information
Technology. Innovative learning and research environments
are the primary focus of the conference. The conference will
be held May 12–14 and will include individual and panel
presentations on the use of technology in teaching, research,
service, or scholarly activities. The deadline to submit
abstracts is March 31. E-mail abstracts of no more than one
page to claitech@gwm.sc.edu. Messages should have
“PRESENTATION” as the subject and should include name,
affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address. For more
information, call 7-7841 or 7-1109 or access http://
infotech.cla.sc.edu.
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Concert combines music, electronic technology
BY LARRY WOOD
PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLEN ANDERSON
Misha Eady dances the lead role in Ondine: The Sea Sprite.
Dance Company presents
spring performances in April
The USC Dance Company and USC Dance Conservatory will present
the ballet Ondine: The Sea Sprite and a new work, Visions of the
Amazon, April 12 and 30 at the Koger Center.
USC sophomore Misha Eady will dance the role of Ondine, a
water nymph who falls in love with a drowning sailor she rescues
with a magical spell. For the sailor to remain underwater with
Ondine, he must resist the meddling sea witch and return Ondine’s
love before the spell fades.
Columbia Classical
If you go
Ballet’s John Cronin will
portray Captain Forsythe,
■ What: Ondine: The Sea
the rescued sailor. Shawn
Sprite and Visions of the
Hilton, also of the ColumAmazon, presented by the USC
bia Classical Ballet, will
Dance Company and the USC
dance the role of Lieutenant
Dance Conservatory
Austin.
■ When: 8 p.m. April 12 and
A cast of 40 dancers will
6:30 p.m. April 30
portray sea creatures,
■ Where: Koger Center
■ Tickets: $10 general public
including coral nymphs,
and $8 students; call 7-2551
manta rays, and sea
serpents. Susan Anderson,
dance, recruited many of
the male dancers in the
production from beginning ballet and dance appreciation classes, the
men’s swim team, and ROTC.
Anderson’s choreography will be set to music by Howard Hanson,
Ottorino Respighi, Jean Sibelius, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faur,
Samuel Barber, Maurice Ravel, Aram Khachaturian, and the Talking
Heads.
Scenic design by Nic Ularu, theatre, will feature a whimsical
seascape, glittering sea life, and a ship that will descend into the
ocean during the performance.
A new work by Miriam Barbosa, dance, formerly of the Martha
Graham Dance Company, also will be on the program. “Visions of
the Amazon” was inspired by Amazon life in Barbosa’s native Brazil.
Set to the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Barbosa’s choreography
depicts the most primitive cultures and movements of South
America.
Performances of Ondine: The Sea Sprite and Visions of the
Amazon will be at 8 p.m. April 12 and 6:30 p.m. April 30 in the
Koger Center.
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $8 for students. For
tickets, call 7-2551.
The Southern Exposure New Music Series and the
annual USC Computer Music Concert will join forces
this spring to present a program with a technological
edge.
The concert, which is free, will be presented at
7:30 p.m. April 8 in the School of Music Recital Hall.
“Almost all of the pieces interact with technology in
some way,” said John Fitz Rogers, an assistant professor of
composition and artistic director of the Southern Exposure
series. Reginald Bain, an associate professor of composition and theory and director of USC’s computer music
studios, is artistic director of the Computer Music Concert.
Some of the interaction is “fairly low tech,” Rogers
said. “Pitch Black,” by Jacob ter Veldhuis, is for
saxophone quartet and boom box. Some of the interaction is more sophisticated. “NoaNoa,” by Kaija
Saariaho, is for solo flute and computer.
“The computer interacts with what the flute is
playing,” Rogers said. “It’s really cutting edge.”
The concert will feature two works by visiting
composer Scott Lindroth. Cameron Britt, a visiting
percussionist, will perform “Bell Plates,” by Lindroth,
which incorporates nontraditional instruments.
“It’s for CD playback and live percussionist, but the
percussionist is playing an unusual set of percussion
instruments,” Rogers said. “Some of them are standard
orchestra percussion instruments. Some of them are, for
example, aluminum pipes that you might buy at Home
Depot.
“It’s an incredible piece, just amazing. I think it will
really be very exciting.”
Lindroth’s other work on the program is “Terza
Rima” for solo oboe and electronic playback.
“Firecracker,” by Michael Daugherty, will feature
Rebecca Nagel, music, on solo oboe and a small
If you go
Rogers
■ What: Southern
Exposure/Computer
Music Concert
■ When: 7:30 p.m.
April 8
■ Where: School of
Music Recital Hall
■ Admission: Free
chamber ensemble made up of members of the Southern
Exposure New Music Ensemble.
Brad Edwards, the School of Music’s faculty
trombonist, will perform a piece composed by Bain for
trombone and electronics called “degrees of accuracy.”
“The concert is going to be very exciting with a very
diverse group of pieces,” Rogers said. “Some of them are
very ethereal and otherworldly, such as ‘NoaNoa.’ ‘Pitch
Black,’ which is based on text spoken by Chet Baker, the
jazz trumpet player, is very jazzy in its feel and pretty hard
driving. The concert’s program exemplifies the idea of
Southern Exposure, which is to present a very broad array
of contemporary classical music.”
The School of Music also will present its annual
student composers concert at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the
Recital Hall. The concert is free.
The final concert of the Southern Exposure New Music
Series 2002–03 season will be performed at 7:30 p.m. April
29 in the School of Music Recital Hall. The lecture/concert
will feature the music of Morton Feldman and a discussion
of the paintings of Mark Rothko.
Larry Wood can be reached at 7-3478 or
larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
The Shape of Things is modern
twist on Pygmalion theme
If you go
■ What: The Shape of Things,
an MFA director’s showcase
The Department of Theater and Dance will present The Shape of
■ When: 8 p.m. April 2–5
Things, an MFA director’s showcase production, April 2–5 at
■ Where: Longstreet Theater
Longstreet Theater.
■ Tickets: $5 at the door
The play is the story of Adam, an English student and
■ Information: Tim Donahue,
security guard at a Midwestern university art gallery. When
donahue@sc.edu or 7-9353.
Adam meets Evelyn, an ambitious art student, he begins to
change everything—his hair, his waistline, his glasses, his nose,
and his friends. Adam thinks he’s falling in love, but Evelyn has
other ideas.
“Imagine Pygmalion retold as a contemporary suspense story and tragedy,” said Jerry Winters, the play’s
director. “That’s this play in a nutshell.”
In this modern interpretation, the play raises new questions.
“The play asks, ‘How much are you willing to change for love? What comes from art that is devoid of
moral purpose? Are positive things still good if they come from a thoroughly self-centered motivation?’”
said Jim O’Connor, chair of theatre and dance and USC Theatre South Carolina artistic director. “That said,
the play is funny, suspenseful, surprising, and absolutely up-to-the-minute.”
The cast includes Matt Purdy as Adam, Rebecca Williams as Jenny, Mary Winn Heider as Evelyn, and
Matt Cullum as Phillip. Elizabeth Eells is the stage manager. Sarah Barker is movement coach, and Margo
Regan is vocal coach. The crew includes Lisa Martin-Stuart, costume design; Nic Ularu, set design; Andrew
Hungerford, lighting design; and Morgan Jones, sound design.
The play, which runs about two hours, will be performed without an intermission. Performances start at
8 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door. The play contains adult language and themes and is
inappropriate for children. For more information, e-mail Tim Donahue at donahue@sc.edu or call 7-9353.
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■ Name: Scotty Peek
■ Title: Preparator
■ Department: McKissick Museum
■ USC staff since: Sept. 2001
■ What does a preparator do?
Prepares the objects that will be
shown in an exhibit. In other words,
at McKissick I’m one of the people
wearing a tool belt: I hang the
artwork and light the shows. If a
show has to travel, then I crate the
artwork so it can be moved safely
with no damage. I work closely
with Dwayne Clark, the museum’s
exhibit designer. We try to present
Peek
exhibit objects in a way that best
shows the form and purpose of the
objects. Within McKissick, we have four galleries; so,
there’s always something new going up or old going out,
plus we must maintain what we have currently on display.
■ What was the first exhibit you prepared? When I was
hired, the McKissick staff was working on “‘… A Portion of
the People’: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life,” a
big show that’s now traveling around the United States. When
the show closed here, I packed it to travel (with lots of
assistance), including designing the crates so that they could be
opened and repacked easily by staff at other museums. That
exhibit requires two 18-wheelers for shipment.
■ What are you involved with now? The Folk Heritage
Awards exhibit, titled “Considerable Grace,” which opens
April 6. It’s a big exhibit, and it will be housed on the entire
first floor of the museum, which is more space than we usually
devote to one show. We’re displaying work from artists who
have won the award during the past 15 years. We’ll have text
panels about their lives and their work. We’ll have paintings,
audio samples, baskets, woodcarvings, even Pappy Sherrill’s
fiddle and James Brown’s jumpsuit.
■ How did you prepare to be a preparator? Accidentally, and out of necessity. I was a gallery assistant as an
undergraduate scholarship worker, but I mostly learned the
trade by handling and exhibiting my own work. I’ve studied
and created installation art, which uses every possible
aspect of a space to better communicate an idea.
■ When did you know art was “it” for you? Since before
kindergarten, I never gave a lot of thought to doing anything
but art. In college, I initially considered industrial and
graphic design, but I kept coming back to fine art and
drawing. I went to Austin Peay State University in
Clarksville, Tenn., and I was impressed with a professor
there—Billy Renkl—who had attended USC for graduate
school. He was a strong draftsman and a solid conceptualist,
integrity is hard to achieve. I came to USC because of the
stringent MFA program and, luckily, was able to work with
Chris Robinson, who had greatly influenced Billy.
■ Tell us about your solo exhibit now on display in The
Vista. It’s called “her/my family (and other drawings),” at
City Art Gallery, 17 works on canvas and a handful of
drawings on paper. I’ll also make a noncommercial
installation piece for Artista Vista this year.
■ Talk about your musical side. Music is a hobby that
gets out of control. I like playing shows here in Columbia,
writing and recording songs when I have time. I’ll be
performing in the Free Times Colossal Music Crawl in
April. My interests may seem diverse, but I see drawing,
music, and exhibit preparation as, basically, forms of
presentation and efforts at communication.
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■ March 28 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Molecular Innocence and
Guilt: Consequences for Electrochemistry, Optics, and Magnetics,” Jon
McCleverty, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 4 p.m., Jones
Physical Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
■ March 31 Biological sciences, “Human Damaged DNA Binding Protein
(DDB): Its regulatory interaction with p53 and consequent effects upon
apoptosis and carcinogenesis,” Stuart Linn, molecular biology, University
of California-Berkeley, 4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences, Room 005.
■ April 4 Civil and environmental engineering, “Effect of Coarse
Aggregate Characteristics on the Modulus of Elasticity of High
Performance Concrete,” Jean Hansen, MS student, civil and environmental engineering, 3 p.m., 300 Main St., Room B213.
■ April 4 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Catalytic Transformations via
Transition Metal Based Hydrogen Transfer,” Jan Backvall, Arrhenius
Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden, 4 p.m., Jones Physical
Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
■ April 7 Biological sciences, Joseph Nadeau, topic TBA, Case
Western Reserve University, 4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences, Room 005.
■ April 8 Science Studies and NanoCulture Seminar, “Nancy
Cartwright’s Hermeneutics of Science and Nature,” Alfred Nordmann,
philosophy, 12:30–2 p.m., Preston College, Seminar Room.
■ April 9 Chemistry and biochemistry, Peter Battle, topic TBA, Oxford
University, England, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room
006. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
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■ March 28 Civil and environmental engineering, “Trends in
Engineering: The Growth of Failure Analyses,” Luis Mariaca, owner,
Engineering Structures Inc., 3 p.m., 300 Main St., Room B213.
■ April 11–12 USC NanoCenter, NanoCenter Symposium IV,
Swearingen Engineering Center and Jones Physical Sciences Center,
free. For complete schedule, go to www.sc.edu/usctimes/
nanocenter_symposium.
■ April 11 Civil and environmental engineering, “Time Domain
Reflectometry and its Application in Small-Scale Lab Models,” Nathalia
Rodriguez, MS student, civil and environmental engineering, 3 p.m.,
300 Main St., Room B213.
■ April 11 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Chemical Studies on DNAProtein Assemblies,” Debra Mohler, Emory University, 4 p.m., Jones
Physical Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Liberal Arts
■ April 2 USC Sumter: The USC Sumter Education Association will
present three performances by The Learning Station, a children’s
educational touring company, 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and noon, Nettles
Building auditorium. A $3.50 donation is requested. For more
information, call Linda Lemon at 55-3702.
■ April 2 USC Sumter: “Celebration of the Spoken Word: Poetry
2003,” presented by the Division of Arts and Letters and the S.C.
Center for Oral Narration, noon, Schwartz Building, Room 129. MFA
students J. Matthew Boyleston and Rebecca Randall of USC Columbia’s
Creative Writing/Fiction program will read selections from their work. Free.
For more information, call Michele N. Reese at 55-3755.
■ April 3–6 USC Aiken: Company, presented by University Theatre
Players, Etherredge Center. Performances are at 8 p.m. April 3–5 and
3 p.m. April 6. Tickets are $5 students, $10 adults. To purchase, call
the Etherredge Center box office at 803-641-3305. For more
information, go to www.usca.edu/ec/.
■ April 8 USC Aiken: Spring Concert, USC Aiken/Aiken Community
Band, 8 p.m., Etherredge Center, free. For more information, call the
Etherredge Center box office at 803-641-3305.
■ April 10–12 USC Sumter: Our Town, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play
by Thornton Wilder, directed by Park Bucker, English, USC Sumter,
Nettles Building auditorium, free. Presented by the Division of Arts and
Letters. Curtain time is 8 p.m. April 10–11 and 3 p.m. April 12. For
more information, call Carol Reynolds at 55-3757.
■ Through April 30 USC Sumter: The Upstairs Gallery, Administration
Building, will feature works by South Carolina landscape artist May
Reisz. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday. The gallery
is closed Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call Cara-lin
Getty at 55-3727 or Laura Cardello at 55-3858.
■ Through April 30 USC Sumter: The University Gallery, Anderson
Library, will feature selected works from the permanent collection of
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tenn. On March 7,
Patrick Terjak, curator for the Arrowmont collection, will be the guest
speaker at an opening reception, which is open to the public, for the show
at 6 p.m. in the University Gallery. Refreshments will be served. Gallery
hours are 8:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Fridays, and 2–6 p.m. Sundays. The gallery is closed Saturdays. For more
information, call Cara-lin Getty at 55-3727 or Laura Cardello at 55-3858.
concerts
■ April 1 Philosophy, “Sartre and Maritain: Existential Paths to the
Fraternal City,” Joe Pappin, philosophy, 12:30–2 p.m., Department of
Philosophy’s Reading Room.
■ March 27 School of Music: Graduate Vocal Ensemble, 6 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall, free.
■ April 2 Anthropology, Wednesday Archaeology at South Carolina
Lunch, “Archaeology at Willtown: Searching for Slave Cabins,” Andrew
Agha, graduate student, noon–1 p.m., Hamilton College, Room 201.
■ April 2 School of Music: Costa Rican Trombone Quartet, 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall. Tickets prices TBA. For more information, call 7-1869.
■ April 7 Philosophy, 11th-annual Sprague Lecture in Ancient
Philosophy, “Sober Second Thoughts? Some Reflections on Plato’s
Laws,” Thomas M. Robinson, University of Toronto’s Department of
Philosophy, 4 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 152. A reception will follow
in Gambrell Hall, Room 428.
■ April 3 School of Music: Jazz Combos, Bert Ligon, director,
7:30 p.m., School of Music Recital Hall, free.
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Social Work
■ March 28 S.C. Center for Gerontology, “Current Gerontology/
Geriatrics Research in South Carolina” symposium, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.,
Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle, free.
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■ April 6 School of Music: USC Bands Spring Concert, James
Copenhaver and David O’Shields, conducting, 3 p.m., School of Music
Recital Hall, free.
■ April 6 School of Music: Carolina Alive Spring Concert, 7 p.m.,
Koger Center. Ticket prices TBA.
■ April 7 School of Music: USC Faculty Brass Quintet, 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall, free.
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■ April 8 School of Music: Southern Exposure/USC Computer Music
Concert, Reginald Bain and John Fitz Rogers, directors, 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music Recital Hall, free. (See story page 3.)
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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, 920 Sumter St.; 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 for 2003 are
April 10 and 24, May 8 and 29, June 19, July 17, Aug. 7
and 28, Sept. 11 and 25, Oct. 9 and 23, Nov. 6 and 20,
and Dec. 11.
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found on the USC Calendar of Events
at http://events.sc.edu.
■ April 11 USC Symphony: University Chorus and USC Concert Choir
will join the USC Symphony for Verdi’s Requiem, 7:30 p.m., Koger
Center. Tickets are $15 general public, $12 senior citizens and USC
faculty and staff, $7 students. Tickets are available at the Carolina
Coliseum box office or by calling 251-2222.
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miscellany
■ March 28 Science and Engineering Fair: The 47th-annual Central
South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair, Carolina Coliseum.
For more information, call Don Jordan, director of the USC Science and
Engineering Fair, at 7-8759, or go to www.hrsm.sc.edu/jordan/.
■ April 2 Palmetto Forum: “What the South Koreans Voted For and
Why We Should Even Care,” Richard Walker, government and
international studies, 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m., The Palmetto Club, 1231
Sumter St. Open to USC faculty and staff and their spouses. The cost
of the three-course meal is $11, payable at the door. The schedule is
subject to change to accommodate world developments and speakers’
obligations. Reservations are required by 5 p.m. on the Tuesday before
the meeting by calling 7-8180.
■ April 2 Last Lecture Series: Loren
Knapp, biological sciences, 7 p.m., Harper
College, Gressette Room, free. Sponsored
by the Carolina Scholars Association. For
more information or to nominate a
professor for the series, e-mail
LastLecture@hotmail.com.
■ April 7 Scholarship Workshop: Goldwater
Scholarship, $7,500 for one to two years of
undergraduate study, 4 p.m., Harper College,
Gressette Room. For rising sophomores and
juniors pursuing bachelors’ degrees in natural Knapp
sciences, mathematics, or engineering with
the intent to earn a graduate degree in these fields to pursue a career in
research and/or college-level teaching; strong GPA and research
experience. Must be nominated by the University; no direct applications to
the Goldwater Foundation will be accepted.
■ April 1 Koger Concerts: Sandy Duncan Celebrates Broadway, joined
by the Dick Goodwin Orchestra of Columbia, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
adults $30 orchestra, $20 grand tier, $10 balcony; children under 12
$20, $10, $8. Tickets for all performances are available at the Carolina
Coliseum box office, all Capital Tickets outlets, or by calling 251-2222.
■ April 2–5 USC Theatre Department: The Shape of Things, an MFA
Director’s Showcase production, directed by Jerry Winters, 8 p.m.,
Longstreet Theater. Tickets are $5 at the door. This play contains adult
language and themes and is not appropriate for children. For more
information, contact Tim Donahue at 7-9353 or Donahue@sc.edu.
■ April 4–5 Comédiens
Carolingiens: Candide (Lite),
Voltaire’s most celebrated and
comical philosophical tale,
performed in French, 8 p.m.,
Gambrell Auditorium. Sponsored
by the Department of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures.
Admission is $3 general, $2
students.
■ April 9–12 Theatre South
Carolina: Second season
production, Macbeth, by William
Shakespeare, directed by MFA
directing candidate Jerry Miller,
8 p.m., Longstreet Theater.
Tickets are $5 at the door.
mckissick museum
■ April 6–Dec. 31 “Considerable Grace: Fifteen Years of South
Carolina Folk Heritage Awards,” an exhibition celebrating the
contributions of past recipients of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage
Award, created by the South Carolina legislature in 1986 to recognize
lifetime achievement in the state for traditional folk art. The award
recognizes individuals or groups who have used their lives to create
beauty and meaning for their communities and the state as a whole in
media that have become part of tradition. Winners have included
traditional string-band musicians, basket makers, storytellers, woodcarvers, gospel singers, and artists in many other media. The museum
is open 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday; 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Thursdays; and 1–5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 7-7251.
■ April 11 “Blues, Bluegrass, and Barbecue,” a fund-raiser celebration
in conjunction with the exhibit “Considerable Grace: Fifteen Years of
the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards,” will feature special
musical performances and traditional South Carolina barbecue, 7–
10:30 p.m., McKissick Museum. Proceeds will be used to buy items
for the museum’s collections and to provide for conservation needs on
existing holdings. Tickets are $35 individual, $60 couple. For more
information or for tickets, call the museum at 7-7251.
■ Through April 27 Faculty Art Exhibition, recent works by members
of USC’s art department studio faculty. McKissick Museum exhibitions
are free and open to the public.
exhibits
■ April 8 Scholarship Workshop: Udall Scholarship, one year of support
for eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books, and room and board, up to a
maximum of $5,000, 4 p.m., Harper College, Gressette Room. For
sophomores and juniors, especially Native American and Alaska Natives,
with demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in the fields of
environmental public policy, healthcare, and tribal public policy.
■ April 9 Scholarship Workshop: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Graduate Research Fellowships, 4 p.m., Harper College, Gressette Room.
■ April 10 Scholarship Workshop: Truman Scholarship, up to
$30,000 for graduate school, 4 p.m., Harper College, Conference
Room. For rising juniors preparing for a career in public service. Must
be nominated by the University.
■ April 12 USC Showcase 2003: Annual event on the Horseshoe features
campus tours, food, entertainment, and exhibits, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., free.
■ April 12 Mr. and Ms. USC Contest: The 24th-annual bodybuilding
and fitness competition, open to faculty, staff, and students, 7 p.m.,
Blatt P.E. Center. Tickets sold at the door for $3 faculty, staff, and
students; $5 general public.
Scotty Peek’s “white skirt,” a 20” x 16” canvas created
using charcoal, gesso, and shellac.
sports
Voltaire
■ April 12–13 USC Dance: Ondine: The Sea Sprite, USC Dance
Company Spring Gala, Koger Center. Performances are 8 p.m. April
12; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 13. Tickets are $10 general public, $7
students. To purchase, call 251-2222. (See story page 3.)
■ March 28 Men’s baseball: Vanderbilt, 7 p.m., Sarge Frye Field.
■ March 29 Men’s baseball: Vanderbilt, 4 p.m., Sarge Frye Field.
■ March 30 Men’s baseball: Vanderbilt, 1:30 p.m., Sarge Frye Field.
■ April 1 Women’s softball: Tennessee, 5 p.m., Beckham Field.
■ April 1 Women’s softball: Tennessee, 7 p.m., Beckham Field.
■ April 2 Women’s softball: Tennessee, 4 p.m., Beckham Field.
■ April 2 Men’s baseball: Clemson, 7 p.m., Sarge Frye Field.
■ April 12 Women’s softball: Florida, 1 p.m., Beckham Field.
■ Through May 3 City Art Gallery: “her/my family (and other
drawings),” a solo exhibit by Scotty Peek, McKissick Museum. City Art
Gallery, a commercial gallery, is located at 1224 Lincoln St. in The
Vista. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday–Friday and 11 a.m.–
3 p.m. Saturdays. The gallery is closed Sundays. For more information, go to www.cityartonline.com/.
■ Through March 30 McMaster Gallery: “Robert Bonsack: A
Centenary Celebration,” an exhibition of 27 drawings and paintings by
the German-born artist. McMaster Gallery is free and open to the
public. Located on the first floor of McMaster College, the gallery
features art exhibits by USC faculty, students, and alumni, as well as
other artists, particularly from the Southeast. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–
4:30 p.m. weekdays and 1–4 p.m. Sundays.
■ April 12 Women’s softball: Florida, 3 p.m., Beckham Field.
■ April 13 Women’s softball: Florida, 1 p.m., Beckham Field.
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■ IN MEMORIAM: Funeral services for Preston Cheeseboro, a USC
equipment operator, were held March 15 in New Bethany Baptist
Church. Cheeseboro, 50, died March 9 in Palmetto Baptist. Born
Nov. 24, 1952, in Calhoun County, he is survived by his widow, Ora
Bell Cheeseboro, Gadsden; several sons, brothers, and sisters; and
two grandchildren.
■ USC STUDENT HEALTH CENTER RECEIVES COMMENDATION:
USC’s Thomson Student Health Center has received the Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation’s (COLA) Laboratory
Excellence Award. The award recognizes laboratories that
demonstrate exemplary patient testing. COLA is a nonprofit,
physician-directed organization promoting quality and excellence in
medicine and patient care through programs of voluntary
education, achievement, and accreditation.
■ SUPERCONDUCTIVITY EXPERT TO SPEAK
MARCH 27: Donald U. Gubser will present
“Superconductivity: An Emerging, Energy Efficient
Technology” from 4 to 5 p.m. March 27 in the
Rogers Room of the Jones Physical Sciences
Center. The presentation is open to faculty, staff, and
students. Gubser, an internationally recognized
authority on superconductivity, is the superintendent
of the materials division of the Naval Research
Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and an officer of the
American Physical Society. His presentation is
supported jointly by the USC Department of Physics
and Astronomy, the USC NanoCenter, and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
(IEEE) distinguished lecturer program.
■ MAJOZO TO READ THE MIDDLE PASSAGE: 105 DAYS: African-American poet, public
arts artist, and scholar Estella Conwill Majozo will read her narrative poem, The Middle
Passage: 105 Days, at 7 p.m. April 3 in the Williams Brice Auditorium, Nursing 231. A
question-and-answer session will follow the reading. The poem expands the narrative of
the middle passage by breaking the silence of captured Africans submerged in the bowels
of the slave ship. Majozo has published several books of poems, including Jiva Teling
Rites. She also is the author of Come Out The Wilderness: The Memoir of a Black Woman
Artist, published by the Feminist Press. Majozo will sign copies of her work, which will be
available for purchase, after the reading. Light refreshments will be served.
■ LEADERSHIP, SERVICE RECOGNITION RECEPTION TO BE APRIL 29: The annual
Leadership and Service Recognition Reception will be held at 5:30 p.m. April 29 in the
Russell House Ballroom. The reception recognizes USC’s outstanding students, faculty,
and staff for their community service and leadership.
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Thursday night’s newscast, several faculty
members from the School of Journalism and
Mass Communications also were posted at
Newsplex workstations, gathering multimedia images and compiling information that
had been gleaned by the students working at
computers behind them.
While faculty members Tim Brown, Van
Kornegay, Cecile Holmes, and Scott Farrand
worked the computers, two other faculty
members, Doug Fisher and Dan Barron,
KIM TRUETT
observed the students to measure their
S.C. ETV’s Newsplex broadcast put faculty and students in the TV spotlight.
performance under the glare of studio lights.
“We’re trying to get a sense of how accurate
they can be in gathering news on the fly from diverse
director for S.C. ETV, interviewed several USC faculty
sources,” Fisher said. “That’s one of the challenges of
members. Harris Pastides, dean of the Arnold School of
convergent media, but it’s important because it can mean
Public Health, commented on safety precautions for
better information for journalists and—the bottom line—
possible terrorist attacks in the United States. Peter
better information for the public.”
Sederberg, dean of the Honors College, has written
The actual broadcast of the show was only the
extensively on terrorism and spoke about the likelihood
beginning for the students, Barron said. “We’ll be
of a terrorist act on U.S. soil. Jan Love, a religious
debriefing them after this is over to evaluate how well
studies professor, was interviewed about religious
they did. One thing we’re seeing already is that they
implications in the conflict, and history professor Walter
need to do a better job of summarizing the Web stories
Edgar conducted interviews on other aspects of the war.
and giving appropriate citations.”
The Newsplex might be used for another S.C. ETV
During the broadcast, Tom Fowler, public affairs
broadcast on the war in the next few weeks.
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bookstore to eat or drink.
Another change will move the trade books section to the
front of the store’s 16,475-square-foot area and increase the
number of periodicals from about 70 to 250 titles.
“This renovation will make the store an attractive destination
for faculty and staff,” said Mike Comiskey, manager of
University Bookstore. “This will look like a regular Barnes &
Noble bookstore when we’re through.”
University Bookstore will remain open during the renovations, which will begin early in April and will be completed four
to five weeks later.
Funds from USC’s share of the bookstore’s revenues—about
$495,000 or more annually—cover the tuition costs of 350 to
500 University Scholars every year. Those $1,500 scholarships
are granted on the basis of SAT scores and GPAs.
Vol. 14, No. 5
March 27, 2003
TIMES is published 20 times a year for the faculty and
staff of the University of South Carolina by the
Department of University Publications, Laurence W.
Pearce, director.
Director of Periodicals: Chris Horn
Managing Editor: Larry Wood
Design Editor: Betty Lynn Compton
Senior Writers: Marshall Swanson, Kathy Henry Dowell
Photographers: Michael Brown, Kim Truett
To reach us: 7-8161 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Campus Correspondents: Office of Media Relations,
USC Columbia; Deidre Martin, Aiken; Marlys West,
Beaufort; Sherry Greer, Lancaster; Jane Brewer,
Salkehatchie; Tammy Whaley, 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.
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Disease
Colla Voce in spring concert
Colla Voce will present “Look Yonder: Songs of
Faith and Redemption” at 7:30 p.m. March 28 in
the chapel of the Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary, 4201 Main St. The program will
include solos and ensemble music by Bach,
Parry, Averitt, Brahms, and Mozart.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors,
children, and the military. Tickets may be reserved
in advance by calling 7-5369 or purchased at the
door on the evening of the concert.
Colla Voce, which means “with the voice,”
comprises 16–20 professional musicians from the
Midlands. Under the direction of Larry Wyatt,
director of choral studies at USC, the group presents
three to four concerts each year with a repertoire
ranging from the classics to Broadway. Colla Voce
also sponsors music education activities for precollege and university students.
Lecture examines pitfalls of biblical
and constitutional interpretation
Jaroslav Pelikan, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale
University, will discuss the problems of biblical interpretation and
compare it to the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution March 27–28
at USC’s eighth annual Nadine Beacham and Charlton F. Hall Sr.
Lectureship in New Testament and Early Christianity.
“Neither the Bible nor the U.S. Constitution tells us how to
interpret it,” said Pelikan, who has written 37 books on the history of
Christianity and historical biblical interpretation. “We do this
somehow on our own. The U.S. Supreme Court and the church take
ancient text and have applied it today on the assumption that it can be
made to speak to a variety of situations. These texts made interpretation necessary, and they cannot be picked up as if they can be applied
in a one-to-one way.”
USC’s Hall Lectureship is held annually during Lent to make
leading New Testament scholars available to South Carolinians and
clergy. Pelikan will give two lectures in Columbia and another at
Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner. Lectures will be held at:
■ 10 a.m. March 27, Clergy Day at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at
the corner of Sumter and Gervais streets. In his lecture, “The Sensus
Literalis and the Quest for Original Intent,” Pelikan will address
Protestant ministers, Catholic priests, and Jewish rabbis and discuss
the demand to go back to original texts for meaning and clarification,
the reason for the appeal to the original, and the problems it raises.
The lecture is intended for clergy but is open to the public.
■ 8 p.m. March 27, Pelikan will give a public lecture, “Issues of
Interpretation in the Bible and in the Constitution,” in the Russell
House ballroom. Pelikan will look at the process of teasing meaning
from historical and ancient texts and the problems it presents.
■ 2 p.m. March 28, Pelikan will give a public lecture, “Development
of Doctrine: Patterns and Criteria.” He will look at the seven
principles put forth by Cardinal Newman in 1845 for distinguishing
the difference between legitimate and illegitimate traditions and
interpretations.
The lectures are free. Many of Pelikan’s books will be for sale at
each location.
Pelikan’s works include the five-volume collection, The Christian
Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, The Riddle of
Roman Catholicism, Jesus Through the Centuries, and Mary Through
the Centuries. Among his edited texts are the 22-volume Works of
Luther and the forthcoming four-volume Creeds and Confessions of
Faith in the Christian Tradition.
Pelikan earned his bachelor of divinity degree at Concordia
Theological Seminary in St. Louis and his doctorate from the
University of Chicago. He taught at Yale from 1962 to 1996. He has
24 lectureships and 44 honorary degrees, including one from USC.
On Jan. 10, 2001, Pelikan delivered USC’s bicentennial address.
For more information, call Donald Jones, religious studies, at 7-2283.
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sites and nuclear power stations or atop inactive landfills often are
suspect when residents become seriously ill. But many perceived
cancer clusters prove to be false when examined closely.
“You might have a number of cancer cases in a group of neighborhoods in close proximity, but then find that the cancers are of
different types and have different origins, some of them due to
lifestyle choices,” Lawson said. Less than 5 percent of all cancers
have been tied to pollution, while some 60 percent are linked to
smoking, poor diet, and obesity.
Health authorities in Great Britain used spatial mapping to track
and contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, which affected
numerous livestock herds there in the past two years. Detecting
disease outbreaks among human populations and pinpointing their
location will require similar methods of biosurveillance, including
data mining, Lawson said.
“With syndromic surveillance you very quickly try to detect
patterns of unusual events such as high rates of job and school
absenteeism in specific locales or a spike in pharmacy sales for a
particular medication,” he said. “Epidemiologists call it WSARE,
which stands for ‘what’s strange about recent events.’ Nurses,
emergency room physicians, or pharmacists often are the first to
notice when lots of people start seeking treatment for similar
symptoms.”
The potential for false alarms in such wide-scale biosurveillance
is significant, Lawson said, but can be improved over time.
“Before 9/11, no one was much interested in this field, but now a
lot of money has been put into health and environmental control
agencies around the country to build up biosurveillance,” he said.
“It’s a sign of the times.”
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ JOB VACANCIES: For up-to-date
information on USC Columbia
vacancies, access the human
resources Web page, http://hr.sc.edu,
or visit the employment office, 508
Assembly St. For positions at other
campuses, contact the personnel office
at that campus.
■ SPARTANBURG FACULTY MEMBER RECEIVES ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARD: USC Spartanburg biology professor Jack Turner recently received
the 2002 S.C. Environmental Awareness Award. Turner’s vision of providing
an educational outreach program to enhance the environmental education of
young people in Spartanburg County led to the creation of the Watershed
Ecology Center at USC Spartanburg in 1999. By November 2002, the program
had reached 3,864 students across the seven local school districts, and more
than 300 programs have been scheduled. The Watershed Ecology Center
conducts research in water quality and offers educational programs for the
citizens of Spartanburg County. The center also monitors the water quality in
Turner
the North and South Pacolet Rivers, conducts water quality studies for the
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Spartanburg Water System, and involves
the USC Spartanburg faculty and staff with county resources. The General Assembly established the
award 11 years ago to recognize outstanding contributions made toward the protection, conservation,
and improvement of South Carolina’s natural resources.
■ BENEFITS OFFERS PRE-RETIREMENT SEMINARS:
The Benefits Office will offer pre-retirement seminars
covering the basics of the S.C. Retirement Systems,
insurance options, financial planning, Social Security,
and other legal issues. Employees with 15 or more
years of service should attend the May 15 session.
Employees with fewer than 15 years of service should
attend the April 21 session, which will focus on the
S.C. Retirement Systems’ services and benefits,
service purchase, financial planning, and S.C. Deferred
Compensation. All sessions will be held in the Hampton
Street Annex, Room 104. For a registration form, go
to http://hr.sc.edu/hr/benefits/seminar_regs.pdf.
To register, complete the registration form and fax it
to 7-1584.
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■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Meili Steele, English, “Three Problematics
of Linguistic Vulnerability: Gadamer, Benhabib, and Butler,” Feminist
Interpretations of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Lorraine Code, editor,
Pennsylvania State University Press, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nicholas Vazsonyi, languages, literatures, and cultures, editor,
Wagner’s Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation,
University of Rochester Press, Rochester, N.Y., also, same volume, “Die
Meistersinger: Performance, History, Representation (introduction),”
“Richard Wagner’s Cobbler Poet,” “We must finally stop apologizing for
Die Meistersinger: A conversation with Harry Kupfer,” “‘I married Eva’:
Gender Construction and Die Meistersinger,” and “Climbing Mount
Everest: On Conducting Die Meistersinger.”
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, and Michael J. LaMonte, “Field
Assessment of Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure,” Nutritional
Assessment of Athletes, Judy A. Driskell and Ira Wolinsky, editors, CRC
Press, Washington, D.C.
William J. Padgett, statistics, and Sneh Gulati (Florida International
University), Parametric and Nonparametric Inference From RecordBreaking Data, Springer-Verlag, New York.
Freeman G. Henry, languages, literatures, and cultures, editor, Geo/
Graphies: Mapping the Imagination in French and Francophone Literature
and Film, French Literature Series 30, Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York.
Michael Witkoski, mass communications and information studies,
“The End of the Road,” Cyclopedia of Literary Places, R. Kent Rasmussen,
editor, Salem Press, Pasadena, Calif., also, same volume, “Exiles,”
“The Floating Opera,” “Lord Jim,” “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,”
“The Secret Agent,” “The Sot-Weed Factor,” and “Under Western Eyes.”
Susan L. Schramm-Pate, education, “Intersection of Gender and Race,”
Women in Higher Education, Ana Martinez Aleman and Kristen Renn,
editors, ABC Clio, Santa Barbara, Calif.
John Wesley Lowery, education, “Students’ Rights,” Women in Higher
Education, Ana Martinez Aleman and Kristen Renn, editors, ABC Clio,
Santa Barbara, Calif.
■ ARTICLES: John M. MacDonald and Geoffrey P. Alpert, criminology
and criminal justice, with Patrick Manz (Florida State University) and
Roger Dunham (University of Miami), “Police Use of Force: Examining
the Relationship Between Calls for Service and the Balance of Police
Force and Suspect Resistance,” Journal of Criminal Justice.
Kenneth D. Phillips, nursing, Gregory A. Hand, exercise science, and
Christopher M. Bopp and Laura J. Fulk (exercise science Ph.D.
students), “Clinical Implications of Therapeutic Exercise in HIV/AIDS,”
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
Patrick D. Nolan, sociology, “Toward an Ecological-Evolutionary Theory of
the Incidence of Warfare in Preindustrial Societies,” Sociological Theory.
Gregory A. Hand and James A. Carson, exercise science, and Won Jun
Lee and Joseph McClung (exercise science Ph.D. students), “Overloadinduced androgen receptor expression in the aged rat hind limb
receiving nandrolone decanoate,” Journal of Applied Physiology.
Charles S. Bryan and Brian K. Wise, medicine, and Ward Briggs,
languages, literatures, and cultures, “William Osler and Basil
Gildersleeve on Plato’s Eryximachus,” Journal of Medical Biography.
Kim Diana Connolly, law, “Elucidating the Elephant: Interdisciplinary
Law School Classes,” Washington University Journal of Law and Policy.
J. Larry Durstine, exercise science, M.A. Ferguson, N.L. Alderson,
Stewart G. Trost, Paul G. Davis, and P.E. Mosher, “Plasma lipid and
lipoprotein changes during prolonged treadmill running,” Scandinavian
Journal Clinical Lab.
Clif Flynn, social and behavioral sciences, Spartanburg, “A Course is a
Course, Of Course, Of Course (Unless It’s an Animals and Society
Course): Challenging Boundaries in Academia,” International Journal of
Sociology and Social Policy.
Barbara E. Ainsworth, exercise science, and Karla A. Henderson, “A
Synthesis of Perceptions About Physical Activity Among Older AfricanAmerican and American Indian Women,” American Journal of Public Health.
Susan Johnson and Don Songer, government and international studies,
“The Influence of Presidential Versus Home State Senatorial Preferences
on the Policy Output of Judges on the United States District Courts,”
Law and Society Review.
Faculty/Staff
Peter G. Murphy, literature and Spanish, Union, “Historicizing Simms’s
‘Logoochie,’” Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South.
Michael E. Hodgson and John R. Jensen, geography, L. Schmidt, S.
Schill, and B. Davis, “An Evaluation of LIDAR- and IFSAR-derived Digital
Elevation Models in Leaf-on Conditions with USGS Level 1 and Level 2
DEMS,” Remote Sensing of Environment.
Janet L. Fisher, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience, Brandon
C. Drafts (USC graduate student), and Richard T. Robinson, “Fluoxetine
Increases GABAA Receptor Activity through a Novel Modulatory Site,”
The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures, Gillian Lord
(University of Florida), and Melanie Manzer (Pennsylvania State
University, Erie), “Merging Foreign Language Theory and Practice in
Designing Technology-Based Tasks,” Dimension.
Lighter Times
No, that’s not the red carpet treatment. We’re just sloppy.
■ PRESENTATIONS: Allen Miller, languages, literatures, and cultures,
“It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got das Ding: The Desire of the Literary
Analyst,” “The Desire of the Analysts: Psychoanalysis and Cultural
Criticism in the Twenty-first Century,” Comparative Literature
Conference, Columbia, also, “Cynthia, Propertius, Gallus, and the Boys,”
American Philological Association, New Orleans, La.
Caryn F. Melvin, communication sciences and disorders, “Laryngectomy: Counseling and Assessment,” S.C. Speech-Language-Hearing
annual convention, Myrtle Beach, also, same conference, “Treatment
with the Artificial Larynx.”
Robin Fretwell Wilson, law, “The American Law Institute’s False
Promise to Protect Children of Cohabiting Unions,” Family Law Project,
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
William F. Edmiston, languages, literatures, and cultures, “The Critical
Obsession with Sade’s Sexuality,” Southeastern American Society for
Eighteenth-Century Studies, Columbia.
Danielle Varnedoe, Sarah Scarborough, and Brittany Royals,
communication sciences and disorders, “Implementing BabyNet
Guidelines for Birth to Three,” S.C. Speech-Language-Hearing annual
convention, Myrtle Beach.
Michael Witkoski, mass communications and information studies,
“Women’s issues and ‘women’s issues’—Who decides?” Women’s
Studies conference, Columbia, also, same conference, “An example
from the early American news media,” and “Women’s diverse voices
and meanings: Feminism in culture and society.”
Julius Fridriksson, Leigh Ann Spell, and Eric Healy, communication
sciences and disorders, Henri Sandifer, and Kerry Warren-Couch,
“Research Methods for Practicing Speech-Language Pathologists,” S.C.
Speech-Language-Hearing annual convention, Myrtle Beach.
William R. Stanley, geography, “Questionable Tourism—Questionable
Development,” International Geographical Union’s Marginal Regions
Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Kim Diana Connolly, law, “Existing Models of Interdisciplinary Teaching
and Practice,” Conference on Promoting Justice Through Interdisciplinary Teaching, St. Louis, Mo.
Marlene A. Wilson, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience,
“Amygdalar Opiods and Anxiety,” American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Wendy Balsley, Cheryl Rogers, Gina Crosby-Quinatoa, and Scott
Thompson, communication sciences and disorders, “The Team
Approach: Identifying a Cochlear Implant Candidate,” S.C. SpeechLanguage-Hearing annual convention, Myrtle Beach.
Kendrick A. Clements, history, “Woodrow Wilson,” Symposium on
Presidential Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, Historic Augusta
Foundation, Augusta, Ga.
Ed Madden, English, “Sexual Orientation and the First-Year Classroom,”
National Conference of the First-Year Experience and Students in
Transition, Atlanta, Ga.
Katherine Reynolds and Susan L. Schramm-Pate, education,
“A Separate Sisterhood: Women Who Shaped Southern Education in the
Progressive Era,” Southern History of Education Society, Atlanta, Ga.
Carmen Harris, social and behavioral sciences, Spartanburg, “On the
Losing Side of the Battle: Desegregating the South Carolina Extension
Service in the Civil Rights Era,” Citadel Conference on the South,
The Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina, Charleston.
Terry K. Peterson, education, with Marti Blank, “Funding Community
Schools and Afterschool Programs,” Conference on Funding Education in
an Uncertain Economy, National Conference of State Legislatures,
Charleston, also, “Linking School and Afterschool Opportunities,” National
Meeting of the Statewide Afterschool Networks, Kiawah Island, and
“Boosting Student Performance and Parent and Community Engagement,”
S.C. School Boards Association Annual Conference, Hilton Head.
Cecelia Jeffries, communication sciences and disorders, “The Final
Answer is … Language Sampling,” S.C. Speech-Language-Hearing
annual convention, Myrtle Beach.
■ OTHER: Joyce Wiley, political science, Spartanburg, was a panelist at the
S.C. Political Science Association annual meeting at Winthrop University.
Elaine M. Frank, communications sciences and disorders, received the
Frank Kleffner Award for Lifetime Clinical Achievement from the S.C.
Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Timir Datta, physics and astronomy, presided over a focus session at
American Physical Society meeting in Austin, Texas.
Juliann Sivulka, mass communications and information studies, was
named a 2003 Josephine Abney Research Award Recipient by USC’s
Women’s Studies program.
Susan L. Schramm-Pate, education, received the Carol Jones Carlisle
Award for Research in Women’s Studies.
Gay Clement-Atkinson, Center for Disability Resources (medicine),
received the 2003 S.C. Advocate of the Year Award from the S.C.
Council for Exceptional Children.
Faculty/Staff items include presentation of papers and projects for
national and international organizations, appointments to professional
organizations and boards, special honors, and publication of papers,
articles, and books. Submissions should be typed, contain full
information (see listings for style), and be sent only once to Editor,
TIMES, 920 Sumter St., Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to:
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Public Health grant targets physical activity in preschool children
Physical activity among children in preschools is the
target of a $1.3 million grant from the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Arnold School of
Public Health.
The grant, awarded to USC exercise science
researcher Russ Pate from NIH’s National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, is aimed
at reducing the rate of obesity, believed to be caused
partly by decreased physical activity.
The USC study, the largest in the nation so far to
focus on the amount of physical activity of children
who attend preschool programs, will be conducted over
four years in 24 licensed preschools in Richland and
Lexington counties and will involve 720 children 3–5
years old. The study will be in done in church,
commercial, and public preschools, including those
with First Steps and Head Start programs.
“Obesity rates are increasing in children of
preschool age, and decreased physical activity is a
likely contributor to this trend,” Pate said. “Millions
of American children spend several hours a day in
preschools, but researchers and healthcare professionals know little about how much physical activity
children have while they are at school.”
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■ USC WOMEN OFFER SOCCER CAMPS FOR KIDS: The
USC Women’s Soccer staff has announced two upcoming
soccer camps:
• Spring Break Camp for Boys and Girls Ages 5–12,
April 14–18, 9 a.m.–noon, Monday–Friday, $90
• Summer Day Camp for Girls Ages 5–12,
June 9–12,
9 a.m.–noon, Monday–Thursday, $99.
Children of USC faculty and staff will receive a $10
discount. Camp applications can be found at
www.uscsports.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/
041802aaa.html.
■ SUMMER CAMP GETS KIDS IN TUNE WITH MUSIC, MOVEMENT: The School of Music Summer Camp for Kids Music and
Movement Playshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 2–6
for rising third–fifth graders. Campers and area music teachers
will participate in music and movement activities to explore and
express themselves through singing, percussion, and drama.
Participants will transform favorite stories and folktales into minimusicals as they create, improvise, and compose music and
movement to bring those stories and tales alive. Wendy Valerio,
music, will be the instructor. The registration fee is $90, which
will include all materials and one afternoon snack per day.
Students must each bring a morning snack and bag lunch each
day. The camp is limited to 30 students and is available on a firstcome, first-served basis. For more information, call 7-5382.
■ FRASSETTO NAMED GOLDWATER SCHOLAR: Andrew
Frassetto, a junior geophysics major at USC, has been
selected as a 2003 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. Jae Jun
Kim, a sophomore physics and mathematics major,
received an honorable mention. Frassetto, a student in
the Honors College, has done research in the Department
of Geological Sciences with Alicia Wilson and Tom
Owens. During the summer of 2002, he participated in
the National Science Foundation Research Experience for
Undergraduates—Summer of Applied Geophysical
Experience (SAGE) at the University of California and Los
Frassetto
Alamos National Laboratory in Santa Fe, N.M. He plans to
pursue a Ph.D. in geophysics, teach, and perform research at a major university.
Jae Jun Kim, also a student in the Honors College, has conducted research with
Sanjib Mishra in the Department of Physics.
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Graduate Student Day is
April 2 in Russell House
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
KIM TRUETT
President Sorensen, center, is flanked by Harris Pastides, left, dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and co-principal investigator
of the Kellogg Foundation–sponsored grant, and representatives of South Carolina’s historically black colleges and universities,
including, second from left, David Swinton, Benedict College; Howard Hill, Claflin College; Ernest Finney, S.C. State University; Jason
Darby, Allen University; and Gerald Polinsky, Morris College. Not pictured: Leroy Davis, Voorhees College.
Arnold School of Public Health joins black
institutions to tackle health disparities
USC’s Arnold School of Public Health has received a
$2.75 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
to partner with six of the state’s historically black
colleges and universities for research and to increase the
number of minorities entering public health fields.
The schools are Allen University, Benedict College,
Claflin University, Morris College, South Carolina State
University, and Voorhees College.
The five-year grant is designed to reduce health
disparities among African Americans and other groups.
It will link researchers at the Arnold School of Public
Health with faculty of similar interests at the partner
institutions and provide funding for research. On the
academic side, it will fund programs for high-school
students and offer financial assistance and research
opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Saundra Glover, a USC public health researcher, will
oversee the five-year grant. President Sorensen said this
type of partnership is unprecedented in this state.
“This is an historic step for healthcare in South
Carolina,” Sorensen said. “This collaboration marks the
beginning of an unprecedented partnership among the
University of South Carolina, the state’s historically black
colleges and universities, and the people of South Carolina.
“African Americans in South Carolina have a disproportionate share of the health problems such as stroke, heart
disease, diabetes, hypertension, HIV and AIDS, infant
mortality, and prostate cancer. With its nationally recognized faculty and programs in research, education, and
outreach, the Arnold School of Public Health is well
positioned to undertake an effort of this magnitude, an
effort that could become a model for the rest of the nation.”
English major deploys during final semester
After four years in the Army,
Pfc. Jill Thompson, an English
major in her senior year at USC,
is in her first deployment.
Thompson, who is from
Columbia, is a military police
officer with the 132nd Military
Police Company.
“I was upset. I was supposed
to be graduating in May,” said
Thompson, who was in the
middle of the semester when she
was deployed. “But it was my
duty. So, I’ve put off graduating
for a year or more.”
Pfc. Jill Thompson
Thompson was called to
active duty just after Sept. 11,
2001, to guard the armory and perform other
missions in South Carolina. “I missed a whole week
of school,” she said. “That didn’t bother me—I
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knew when I joined that something might happen, I might go
somewhere.”
Thompson plans to become a
high-school teacher and eventually
wants to pursue her master’s and
doctoral degrees.
Thompson, who is minoring in
criminal justice, became an MP
because she thought of becoming a
police officer after high school.
She’s still considering law enforcement and will have a head start in
some police departments if she
pursues a criminal justice career.
“In South Carolina, some
departments don’t require you to
go through the full academy, just the legal parts, so
you know the laws applying to civilians,” Thompson said.
The University will celebrate its eighth-annual Graduate Student Day
April 2.
The event spotlights graduate students and their work in a series
of competitive presentations followed by an afternoon awards
ceremony that recognizes their achievements.
“The intent of the day is to show a wider audience what goes on
in graduate school,” said event coordinator Richard Lawhon, the
Graduate School’s director of instructional
development. “The presentations show us
what kinds of research and creative work the
students are involved in and how people
benefit from it.”
Selected students will provide 15-minute
oral presentations, and others will make
poster presentations (table top demonstrations) about their research or creative work
during the day. Presentations will begin at 8
Lawhon
a.m. and continue until noon in the Russell
House auditorium and nearby rooms on the
Russell House’s second and third floors.
At 1:30 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom, colleges and
departments will present graduate student awards for yearlong
achievement. Award winners from the morning presentations also
will be honored.
The morning sessions differ from regular professional meeting
papers in that they are designed for a general audience, Lawhon said.
Students compete in nine categories, such as communications, health,
and physical and life sciences, based on the topic of their work.
Faculty members and graduate students from other fields judge the
presentations.
About 100 students will participate in the competition. They will
be eligible to win first-place prizes of $1,000 in the oral presentations
and $500 in the poster presentations. Second- and third-place prizes
in the oral presentations are $400 and $100.
“This is a chance for students who normally don’t get much air
time to strut their stuff in a way their peers can be proud of, and their
faculty like to see them do well, too,” Lawhon said. “The posters are
enjoyable to look at, and the presentations are described in a way that
isn’t highly technical. That’s what makes it fun.”
A schedule for the event is available at the Graduate School Day
link on the Graduate School’s Web page at www.gradschool.sc.edu.
Lawhon can be reached at 7-8749.
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Gerontology symposium set
The S.C. Center for Gerontology will hold a symposium from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. March 28 in the Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle.
“Current Gerontology/Geriatric Research in South Carolina” is free
and open to faculty, staff, and students. The schedule:
■ “The S.C. Resource Center on Minority Aging,” 11–11:30 a.m.,
Barbara C. Tilley, MUSC
■ “Factors Influencing Physical Activity in Rural Women,”
11:30–noon, Sara Wilcox, exercise science
■ “All-inclusive Care for Veterans” and “Case Mix Reimbursements for Managed Long Term Care,” noon–12:30 p.m., Daryl
Wieland, School of Medicine
■ “Overview of Data and Research at DHEC–Vital Records,
BRFSS, Chronic Disease Research and Registries,” 12:30–1 p.m.,
Patsy Myers, S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.
For more information, contact Geraldine Washington at 7-4221 or
Geraldinew@gwm.sc.edu or Gerald Euster at 7-0139 or
Gerald.euster@sc.edu.