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Cat final torei By Tom Coyne Staff Writer Charlotte Sulton sat back rocking chair Friday afternoo: Charles Osborn's College of G sociology class work on her ho After fighting the class' renovate her house, "Cat Lat is commonly known, now se< joying the whole process. Cat Lady earlier told the ( didn't want any work done Columbia house because she > HicfllpKonno uinii ia t,;n v,? ?* v.ovui uuuvv. nuuiu IV111 I1C1 toil when he finally convinced Si would be fine in a backyard p< to the renovation. "WHEN PEOPLE talk abc your house you just get afraid. Cat Lady is 87 years old, h? and 95 percent blind. Her husb up the house and cat pfcns, diet Sulton was unable to maintai she brought the cats inside her O i t J5tuaen By Patty McCarthy Staff Writer A USC student has won the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a $20,000 award comparable to the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, USC President James B. Holderman said Friday night. The university should be proud sophomore Stephen Hibbard won the award, UnMnrmon ooirl of o jl Awiuvi man oaiu ai> ex uaui|uci given by the Episcopal. Lutheran-Methodist Center, of which Hibbard is a member. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation's Board of Trustees awards the scholarship to one person per state annually, in honor of Truman, the United States' 33rd president. "INSTEAD OF building I CAROLINA CLI Free Pregnancy Testing Abortion Counseling and Ser Pregnancy can be detected b Birth Control Counseling and Pap Test and other Female Pr j 2009 Hampton ? Call Cnllect ? fc????M ATTE ALL AM MARKETING MEMI SPRINi Monaa (ton at the Alu 6-11 Good Hor Good Turn Ladv ly ag nova Until this we owned six or se^ been collected ? in her new surprised to disc n and watched Asphalt piles i eneral Studies have been r< use and yard. shrubbery has I attempts to ^he rickety w ly," as Sulton replaced by a si ?ms to be en- ^ad infested the , . the strange odo ramecock she Diace on her West vas afraid the "WHAT THE s. Osbornsaid is a miracle," Si ilton her cats Lord for help i in, she agreed swered my pray Renovation w students and fo >ut tearing up available to Osb "Sultonsaid. class undertake ?rd of hearing sort each yea and, who kept .Osborn, it is i 10 years ago. sociology studer n the oens so house. Lisa Rockwel twins s2 Stephen Hibbard another statue in Washington (D.C.), the idea behind the award is to have a living memorial to someone who performed valuable service to the government," Hibbard said. The award, which carries a renewable maximum stipend of $5,000 a year for four years, is presented to a student who shows a firm < WOMEN'S INIC vices I efore missing period Pills oblems | it., Columbia, S.C. 803-256-0128 NTION IERICAN ASSOCIATION 3ERS1I C BASH iv May 4 igtit) mni House p.m. d'oervres5S-0pen Bar *-u . 9 / rees tion ek, Cat Lady thought she /en cats. When the cats had ind put in the pen, she was :over she had 20. vhich covered Sulton's yard emoved, and overgrown >een replaced with flowers, ire mesh fence has been ;urdy steel one. Bugs which house are gone, along with r that once surrounded the PEOPLE at USC have done llton said. "I asked the good md the people of USC aners." as done bv loo of Oshorn's ur Army carpenters made orn for the project. Osborn's s a goodwill project of this r because, according to good experience for the its to see poverty first hand. 1, a student working on the 0,000 a1 commitment to a career in government service. "When they make this award, the Truman Scholarship people are looking for persons who have the potential to make a Qllhctontiol ~ uxuuvuutiui V.V/11V1 1UUUUI1 LU public service and government leadership," Hibbard said. "In particular they select persons whom they feel have a larger commitment to humankind and to the world's collective future." Hibbard was nominated for the award by a committee from the government and international studies Hpnnrtmpnt anH Qmith Carolina College, USC's honors program. HIBBAKD'S MAJOR combines concentrations in p mm mm mm m r You'll L P Sterling Silver \ o heart and C ^6 chain 2 At The Jewein 1 2909 Piatt sprim 9 til 6 Ml ll^ "It's more than kistanc I ? M i $1.0C j Any Wh? i $.50 { Any Ha i | 749 Saluda Ave. I In 5 Points w ?b ? {HH 'Car Lady' project, said that in addil educational experience, wort house "gives you a really gocn side." Rockwell worked on Cat ] three hours Thursday and all da In addition to doing ext students got local merchants' c ward English, political science and international relations under USC's new interdisciplinary degree program, Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae. "I'm very pleased I won the award, but there was probably a certain amount of luck involved," Hibbard said. Hibbard is student director of the Association of 1 Honors Students, an organization affiliated with 1 South Carolina College. He is < a member of Gamma Beta Phi, the Student Alumni s Association and is outgoing president of Alpha Lambda Delta. " J Hibbard plans to use the > $20,000 award to continue his ] undergraduate studies at | ( USC. < ovelt / $2.95 I ~ )) complete ? for hoth ^ l warehouse o as Rd.,w. cola. y jn-Sat j ] >ther J?w?lrv store.'' niQNj J || I ! OFF ! 3IG SUP! I OFF S If Sub! S I 256-6681 | Expires 5/9/811 , Charlotte Su/ton (Photo by Lewis Edge) lion to the for interior additions such as new ting on the wallpaper, rugs and shelves. A new porch d feeling in- has also been added. Lady's house Cat Lady said she couldn't sleep Thursday iy Friday. night. "I was afraid to go to sleep because I erior work, thought I might wake up and find it was all :ontributions just a dream." Dorm screens ?1* on rush order By Tom Coyne Staff Writer As a result of Tuesday s alleged rape in McClintock dorm, USC officials have placed a rush order on wrought iron window screens for dorms on the Women's Quad, according to associate director of auxiliary services Dave Castine. The alleged rape occurred when a man apparently climbed through an unlocked McClintock dorm window and attacked a student. Campus Police Chief M.D. Harrplsnn CpiH it ic "hopfl fA?> I UM?V av liai V4 1U1 the individuals (in Women's Quad rooms) to protect themselves. 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