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USC Ge
For the past two summers,
teams of USC geologists and
graduate students have been
conducting field research in
Morocco.
Their purpose: To provide
additional scientific data for the
"continental drift" hypothesis that
the African and American con
tinents were once joined.
The project, which includes
scientists from more than 25 major
universities such as MIT, Prin
ceton, Columbia, Rice and
Michigan State University, was
proposed by USC Professors John
A local Vietnam veteran, who quit
school in the 11th grade to join the
Marines, earned three B's and an A
in his first semester of college at
USC.
Robert Bennett accidentally
heard about the Veterans Upward
Bound Talent Search program
sponsored by Carolina from an
aunt in Columbia. He left his job as
a railroad laborer in Charleston
and enrolled in the unique program
last spring.
"I didn't get along well in
school," Bennett said, "so I quit
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funded in 1972 by the National
Science Foundation, with a grant
of $585,494 for a three-year period.
"What geologists are doing in
Morocco," said Kanes, "is to
examine rocks older than 200
million years to see if they match
similar aged rocks in America."
The regional geology of Nova
Scotia, New Jersey, Connecticut,
South Carolina and Georgia has
been compared with that of
Morocco. The most logical match
up seems to be between the
Moroccan patterns of the Atlas
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mountains and those of the United
States' Appalachian mountains
which suggests that these two
areas were joined prior to
separation by continental drift.
The Moroccan project
represents the first international
research undertaken by USC and
has presented some involved long
distance problem solv'1g. In
January 1972, an admin'strator
from the USC Office of Research,
Captain E. J. Hoffman, U.S.N.
(Ret.), was sent to live in Morocco
to expedite administration of the
grant. His other duties include
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years to rise to the next step on the
payroll.
"When I heard about Unward
Bound, I made my decision almost
immediately," Bennett said.
Bennett and his wife sold their
home and moved to Columbia. His
wife. got a job, and he began
receiving VA checks, which pay for
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routine maintenance for various
field vehicles, arranging logistics
for food and supplies being sent to
field sites and routine business
which can become very com
plicated when dealing with a
culture so different from that of
America.
During the summer, a visit was
made to the Moroccan research
sites. by Dr. Thomas F. Jones,
president; Dr. Bruce Nelson,
vice provost for advanced studies
and research; and Dr. James
Durig, dean of the College of
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against a veteran's normal thirty
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Faculty Contri
USC faculty and staff members
have given $27,570.70 to the 1973
annual Columbia area United Fund
campaign.
The donations in the form of
cash, payroll deduction and direct
billing pledges came to Capt. J.H.
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While in Morocco, Dr. Jones
signed an accord with Mohammed
University in Rabat to provide
an exchange of students, research
associates and perhaps science
faculty. Since 1957 Mohammed V.,
originally staffed by Frenchmen
living in Morocco, has been
hiring more Arab instructors.
With the accord, USC will be
playing an important role in
training additional Arab personnel
for higher education positions in
their homeland.
the State GED exam or enroll in
technical training study.
"It does exactly what it says it
could',' Bennett said. "It brought
me up to college level. I couldn't
even multiply or do fractions, but I
learned," he said.
Bennett graduated from the first
cycle of training and entered USC
in the summer session.By the end
of second session he earned
three B's and an A.
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