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'No-need' scholarship ki icUnrl LULV71101 IC'U By Brian Duncan Editorial Page Editor Scholarships are usually awarded on the basis of need, but the USC Alumni Scholarship Program is a little bit unusual. "It's a no-need scholarship," Chris Vlahoplus, vice president for university relations and public affaire saiH "Rut it hrinoc In I1QP some of the better students who otherwise might not come here." The Alumni Scholarship Program began this past year with funds provided by the USC Educational Foundation; a tax exempt, charitable organization which raises funds from private sources for academic programs that are not funded through state appropriations, according to Vlahoplus. The scholarships are awarded by alumni in nonK nf fVin uiuiuiu vv/initiii-two in vavn vi niv, 16 judicial circuits in South Carolina and out-of-town metropolitan areas that have high concentrations of USC graduates, he said. There were 18 scholarships ; awarded this past year, Vlahoplus said, with two going to out-of-state students. That total increased to iu;j lor iyvH-/y, ne saia, witn 2U i awarded to out-of-state students. Each award is for $2,000, covering a four-year period, Vlahoplus said. "It's given to students who score over 1,000 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test and who are selected by the com mittee," he added. All university entrance requirements must be met, Vlahoplus said, in addition to the students' maintaining a 3.0 average. Although it is primarily an academic award, Vlahoplus said demonstration of leadership qualities is also an important factor. The program has two purposes, according to Vlahoplus. One is to provide scholarship money for outstanding students and the other is to "reinvigorate the Alumni \ /It f I /> o rl noavA.ianuii, nc^uiu. Funding for the scholarships comes entirely from dues, which Vlahoplus said are $10 for single memberships and $15 for family memberships annually. "The membership sees it as a tremendous benefit," he said, "because every single penny goes to a deserving student " Because all money contributed from a district is funneled back into scholarships for students from that district, Vlahoplus said growth is encouraged in addition tc giving the program a "local ?1 asoi uvfia ildvui . || ATLANTIC I ' I Seduction of Lyn Carter! Teenage Stepmother | 2 Short Subjects I ATLANTIC II HOT BASKET I BANG! BANG! ?^^;y;www; Dr. Roger Saw Chicke in fofml r " v 8 ' By Althea Sumpter Gamecock Staff Writer Featherless chickens might be unusual subjects for research, but a USC professor is using them to study the causes of birth defects. Featherless chicken mutants might prove to be instrumental in preventing human fetal, deformity, i according to Roger Sawyer, i associate professor of bioloev. Sawyer began working with featherless chickens at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970 under Ursula Abbott, who in the 1950s, discovered featherless chickens caused by radiation exDosure. Sawyer brought his research to USC in 1975 to continue searching for reasons why development sometimes goes wrong, i "Genes control the development, but we don't understand how. We have no idea how cells communicate or how they know to become what they should," Sawyer said. He explained that by using "scaleless" chickens, when mated, will always produce a "scaleless" chicken. Since the egg of a normal or abnormal chicken is the same until six days in incubation, by i*1 ~ 1 >? ~i-- ~i ? ? uniug inc suciitriess cuicnen egg Sawyer tries to pinpoint the moment any genetic abnormality begins in the developing embryo. There is cause to believe initial gene reaction that creates loss of feathers in a "scaleless" chicken haDDens in the ectoderm tho nuter RUNNER! ! 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Naked birds and broilers have already been crossed at the University of Connecticut and are known to be rather tasty, he said. Since the chickens have no feather follicles they become selfbasters in the oven and because of their thicker skin, there "may be cause for crispiness," added Sawyer. oawjici r> unci csi is nui ill Hie product you may one day have for dinner, he seeks a way of communicating with cells so science may one day control abnormality. The project is a $90,000, two-year grant sponsored by the National Science Foundation. ew CHECK THESE ???- PRICES OUT: 5 LDV 35.95 >REME 31.95 27.95 WA la 95 GREAT PRICES i SKI \|m / RUNNING 1 M 1 ' RACQUETBALL BW | EggSM C 1 T7 i^KUin scrieuufc? E n p Following is the schedule ^ for final exams for Summer Session 1: VI July 9 -8a.m. classes ^ Exams from 8-10 q a.m. fj ?11:30 classes fj Exams from 11 n m 1 rv? 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