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Employee works fo 'Students 1 By ELIZABETH LYNCH Staff Writer Think of how the world has change over the past 42 years. Man has gone to the moon, the world has been at war, Vietnam was fought and bell-bottoms barely scratched the surface of modernization. However, one thing has not " changed over the past 42 years: the dedication and work that Lillian Mixon has given to USC. Lillian (or Sis, as she is called by everyone) is the longestemployed person at USC. Mixon, 64, has worked here since 1947. She graduated from USC in 1945 and began working for the university two years later. Mixon works in the University Campuses and Continuing Education Division as an office manager and bookkeeper. "I've seen a great deal of changes in my lime. The first thing that comes to mind is that the students keep looking younger and younger every year," she said. When Mixon attended USC and first started working, the university was much smaller and she knew virtually every student, she said. "Now there's no way I could meet everyone. I think it's great that it's expanded, it's just that the faculty does not know the students individually. That's one of the negative changes that's happened in my 42 years. 'Today I think the students are more mature. When I first came to school a lot of the students were veterans who had a different look on education," Mixon said. However, Mixon feels today's students are more serious and s 1 yw ^ % 1ms Richard Jeni ^ tarn$$$$$$$$$$$ Need money for a new car? Your own apartment? Tuition and books ? or Just to make life a little easier? The United States Navy Nuclear Engineering Program can make it possible. If accepted into our program, you will receive a $4,000 acceptance bonus, a $1,200 a month, free medical and dental coverage, and a guaranteed job upon graduation. 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New York, NY 10017 Part of the worldwide STA Travel Network r USC 42 years lave chan| "I think students now are more serious. They know what they want out . r i i . ui me ana now to work for it " Lillian Mixon seemingly more in control of their lives, she said. "Students back then liked to party. I think students now are more serious," she said. "They know what they want out of life and how to work for it with the help of counselors and advisers to guide them along the path." Mixon said the 1960s were a time of great change for USC. "I remember very clearly the protests over racial integration and Vietnam. It seems to me there were more protests over the Vietnam War than anything else. We, the staff for the extension program, were told not to get involved and to ignore the protests," she said. "A student is a student I think they had a right to protest over integration. When the students charged into the administrative offices during the early '60s it was a very uncertain and unsettling time." During August 1988 Mixon had *%. nrt/1 rAtumA/I V*0/"*Lr tA UfAflr a 5UUKV/ anu i^/iumvu uaviv iu ttuia six weeks later while continuing her speech therapy. 'They would have to keep me in an insane asylum to keep me home." Having not had any children of her own, Mixon thinks it is always a little sad at graduaton time to say goodbye to the students, especially Young cornedi \y STEVE FLOYD Itaff Writer Comedian Richard Jeni will perorm here Tuesday in a program ponsored by the Carolina Program Jnion's Special Programs Committee. Jeni is an up-and-coming name vho's getting more and more po>ular, CPU Special Programs rhair Stephanie LaBella said. The Gamecock 777-4249 Did you forget to Schedule Pap Smear It Is important to detect cancer & other diseases in the early stages. 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A Chicago native, Jakes graduated from DePauw University with a degree in creative writing and from Ohio State with a master's in American literature. Jakes said he has a love for academics and originally wanted to be a teacher hut went into advertising for economic reasons. Jakes' work always involved writing, and he even wrote after work to help finance his children's education. He began his career with science fiction, western and mystery novels. In the early 1970s he began The Kent Family Chronicles. This eight-volume series began his intense research in history as a topic for writing. The next project for Jakes was the North and South trilogy that was later turned into two television miniseries. Though there were many changes in the novel, Jakes said the series helped attract readers, so the effort wasn't all bad. The latest product of Jakes' historical research and creative hand is California Gold, which follows ftirt nrnu/th r\f couprol inHnctri/?c uiv ui jvtviui iiiuujuivj and leading characters through turn-of-the-century California. Like his other projects, Jakes ' spent time in the location of the setting while researching the novel. He spends at least half of the pro OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi ? RESTAURANT Q 199 Knox A <5 (Just Across Blossom X Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11AM O 5 PM 1( X Friday 11AM Q 5 PM X Saturday 1 Q Sunday 12 8 HAPPY HOUR: Mon.-Th 8I" FREE DINN 8 Choose From 3( Q j Buy One Combination Entree And Get C Q | May Not Be Combined With Otl x J Coupon valid only on g 794,3974 0 , X ABC REGUIaATlONS ENFORCED! Upen ' oooooooooooooooooo 1 LOOKING FOR Pi EMEJ PR outh' writer necessary John Jakes ject lime doing research. He said he "weighs and recreates history" on an imaginary blank slate. This "blank slate" analogy often leads him to what he terms "the serendipity of research." 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