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Media Arts .wide-ranginA Staff Photos by Steve Valk lam 4 4"? -4'* ' 3 p4' (I "uu courses in al phases oj BY STEVE VALK Of The Gamecock staff Less than two years ago Don Gillis came to the University as Composer in Residence. Today he directs the Institute of Media Ars with -'more than 300 studenis enrolled. this semester in various courses dealing with the media, "There's a tremendous movement in the natiOn now toward utilization of media in the arts and teaching," -said. Gillis. USC has become part of tht movement recently WIth' the opening of a media arts center located in the basement of the Law Center. The new center houses facilities for photography, graphics, filmmaking, audio and television courses. Students ,the media offered enrolled in these courses also have at their disposal an audio-visual service wbjch allows them to borrow equipment such as tape recorders, movie and TV cameras. When asked about the future of media arts at USC. Gillis said, "We'd prefer to remain a seperate institution. Rather than becoming a department under a specific school such as Journalism, we'd like to be open to all undergraduate schools with each one offering a degree In media arts." There are many depArtments and schools such as, Jounlism,- English, Art, Theater and Music to name a few where a degreeIn media arts could be applied to.in the future, he said. The audio courses are the ones tat Gillis works with. He per 'eNtnued on Page 8 me', ~A W' s