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BRIEFLY USC public history gets national award The USC public history pro gram will be recognized Friday with the Robert Kelley Memorial Award, given by the National Council on Public History in Washington, D.C. The program will be recog nized at the council’s annual conference this week. David Vanderstel, NCPH’s ex ecutive director, said USC’s pro gram has a long commitment to public history education. The program “has a tremen dous track record for innovative teaching and education and for its placement of students in in ternships and careers,” Vanderstel said. “The university and the history department are to be commended for supporting the public history program over the years and making it one of the leaders in public history educa tion.” The Kelley Award is the high est honor given by the council to an individual or organization, and it recognizes outstanding achievements and excellence in the public history profession, a field dedicated to making history more accessible in contempo rary society. History department Chairman Patrick Maney said the award is especially gratifying because it’s from a group of peers outside the university. “The Kelley Award is a won derful recognition of the success that our public historians have in making history accessible to a broad public well beyond the con fines of the university,” Maney said. USC’s public history program is a graduate program in the College of Liberal Arts. The NCPH has more than 1,700 members nationwide and was established to raise public awareness of the value of histor ical preservation and education. Donation CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 McCausland graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1974 and has been chair man of Airgas since 1987. The cor poration sees annual sales of $1.9 billion and has a distribution net work of more than 800 locations. McCausland said the universi ty’s goal to consistently recruit quality professors is one he fully supports. He said the goal should be a major priority for USC this year. “I am pleased to see that re cruiting outstanding teachers is a priority for USC, because students should have that opportunity to learn from men and women who are the best in their disciplines,” he said. USC President John Palms agreed with McCausland that fac ulty recruitment should be a pri ority and said McCausland’s con cern for the faculty made the do nation particularly meaningful for the USC community. “For several years, we have lost some of our top faculty to oth er universities that could afford to pay more,” Palms said. “If we ’ are going to compete with the finest universities in the country, we must be able to offer faculty top salaries and incentives.” Vice President of Human Resources Jane Jameson said, “There are some offers we simply can’t compete with.” She said money is usually the greatest fac tor when a professor gets multi ple job offers. Jameson said the university wants to let the public know that other universities are giving bet ter offers elsewhere. “The university has to make that case to the alumni and to those who have the financial abil ity to make those large dona tions,” Jameson said. She said USC also needs to work toward recruiting more mi norities for faculty positions. The University of Arkansas re ceived the nation’s largest dona tion in the history of public high er education Thursday from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which is headed by the family of the late Sam Walton. Walton founded Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which is now the largest corporation in the world, In 2001, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave a $600 million donation to the California Institute of Technology. Gordon Moore is the former CEO of Intel Corp. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation gavfc $400 million to Stanford University last year. William Hewlett is the co-founder Qf the Hewlett Packard Corporation. “Bigger donors make a bigger difference,” Vice President for Development Bob Staton said about corporate officers, who can afford to make multimillion-dol lar endowments. He said the goal of the Bicentennial Capital Campaign, the university’s donation cam paign, has never been to solicit only large donations. “We want to solicit donations from everyone with an -interest i to support the university,” Stato(n said. He said McClausland’s dona tion was one of many Bicentennial Capital Campaign donations that aimed at faculty recruitment. Staton said donors are generally interested in retaining quality fac ulty through competitive salaries and quality students through com petitive scholarships. McClausland’s donation is one of 68 $1 million gifts that have been made to the university since the Bicentennial Capital Campaign was launched in April 1998. Alumna Darla Moore do nated $25 million to the business school, which is named after her. Alumnus Robert McNair donal ed $20 million. Other m'ultimillion-dollar donations have contributed to the campaign, which is sched uled to end this summer. The donations received during trie campaign totaled $450.7 millioh as of Feb. 28. „ Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Mideast CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 dom’s support in his peace mis sion, which he called "a make-it or break-it trip.” Abdullah urged Powell to in _ crease pressure on Sharon to withdraw his troops and to accept Arafat as "the legitimate leader ship and elected president of the Palestinian people,” according to a palace statement issued after the two-hour meeting with Powell. The king also urged Powell to work toward a detailed peace plan, setting "specific time frames” for a Palestinian state as well as ending the violence and Israeli occupation. Previewing the difficult talks ahead, Powell said, "I go commit ted to carry forward the presi dent’s vision.” He said he would press not only for ending the bloodshed, but for "getting a po litical track started” that would lead to the creation of a secure Palestinian state. It is important, Powell said, "to show the Palestinian people that there is hope out there, hope for them to have their own state, liv ing side by side in peace with Israel.” In Washington, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said that while Israel was withdraw ing some troops neither side had yet met conditions outlined by Bush to end hostilities. "The president calls on all the parties to keep working to get them done,” Fleischer said. • ! Earlier Thursday, Powell chal lenged the idea that strong Israeji military action on the West Bank could enhance security from ter ror. Mirroring an argument pressed by Arab leaders, Powell depicted the Palestinians as ari gry and frustrated. ! "There will still be people whjo are willing to resort to violence and terror, people who are will ing to use suicide bombs and oth er kinds of bombs,” he said. The prescription he will offer . Sharon and Arafat will include statehood for the Palestinians oh land held by Israel and U.S. fi nancial assistance to rehabilitate the West Bank from the damage caused by Israeli forces in then drive against terrorists. - Asked whether he was on ah impossible mission, Powe}l snapped: "I don’t like wallowing with pessimists. It is necessary for me to go.” Moreover, he added, "I am proud to be going... to get us ona positive track. It is what I should be doing. It is what secretaries $f state do.” POLICE REPORT I Each number 01 the map stands for a crime corresponding .with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIME* (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent # Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent G Nonviolent Friday, April 5 ® LOST PROPERTY, 500 ASSEMBLY ST. The victim said he misplaced a sealed, unmarked envelope containing 140 symphony tickets and $30 cash. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. Saturday, April 6 O CIVIL DISPUTE, 1405 WHALEY ST. The complainant said he has continued to have problems with his roommate since the last report. A maintenance report was also filed. Reporting officer: J. R. Merrill. O first degree burglary, 1415 GREENE ST. Victim No. 1 said someone took a Philips Magnavox VCR, a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop computer and a USB Video Capture Device. Victim No. 2 said someone took an Apex DVD player, a Sony camcorder, 20 DVDs, 23 textbooks and novels, and a Dell Dimension computer. Estimate value: $4,045. Reporting officer: J. R. Merrill. Sunday, April 7 MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 902 BARNWELL ST. The complainant said someone punctured the two right side tires of a white Ford Windstar van owned by USC Dining Services. Estimated damage: $50. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. Monday, April 8 MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, 817 HENDERSON ST The complainant said someone pushed a trash bin down the west stairway. Reporting © officer: B. Timbers. 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