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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Because of a specific cluster of
cells which never form in the
featherless chicken, Sawyer
believes anchored filament tissues
connecting inner and outer layers
of skin are involved somehow.
Sawyer does not believe his
research will have any immediate
answers for the treatment of
cancer; for now, only the causes of
birth defects
Ten "scaleless" chickens were
donated to Clemson University's r
poultry science department to be
studied for commeYcial
possibilities.
The birds would be more
economic for Southern poultry
farmers to raise in the summer
uecause 01 less cnance lor neai
prostration, but these naked birds
must be shielded from the sun
since they have a higher chance of
becoming badly burned.
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.
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The project is a $90,000, two-year
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lmost 12 years in the USC
)ivision of Student Affairs, died
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Stoertz had been secretary for
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tudent affairs, for the past four
ears. She had worked for eight
ears for Charles Whitten, a forner
student affairs vice president.
Itoertz was "very people-oriented
md tried to help students any way
he could," Campbell said.
"She mothered everyone,"
Vhitten said, "and treated every
tudent like a VIP."
Stoertz is survived by three
children and her mother, Mrs. G.L.
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