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Phone Friend program to aid latchkey kids ;
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' In countless homes around the country, children of working parents
1 go home to an empty house where they must pass the hours alone.
To help some lonely latchkey children cope, a USC professor is starting
"Phone Friend," a hot line for primary grade children in the
Columbia area. I
Funded by the Central Carolina Community Foundation, the service .
is patterned after a hot line offered by USC's Coastal Carolina School
of Education for children in Horry and Georgetown countries. (
"If little ones are alone, frightened or just need a friend, we want c
them to call their 'Phone Friend,'" said Dr. Robert Bowman, associate c
professor of educational psychology at USC. "Getting children to talk (
about what's bothering them, frightening them or just reinforcing that s
someone cares is the main point of 'Phone Friend.'"
The pilot program will be offered from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays r
through Dec. 20 and resume in mid-January until the school year ends. a
Student volunteers in USC's College of Education have been trained t
to listen and talk with the children and pick up any hint of trouble. "If s
they need help we can't provice, we'll call someone who can," Bow- \
man said. \
Although "Phone Friend" is not a replacement for the emergency "
911 service, USC hot line operators will call 911 or direct a child to f
call the number in an emergency. (
Stickers carrying a picture of USC mascot Cocky with a phone to his s
ear urging children to "Call your Phone Friend" and the hot line number,
777-6170, are being distributed to Richland District One elemen- c
tary schools. t
If the program gets the response that Bowman anticipates, it will be a
? promoted in other Columbia area school districts next year. r
"We're certain there's a need out there for this service, so we want
to reach out and let kids know that a friend is just a phone call away,"
Bowman said.
Homecoming celebration to occur Friday
Cockfest has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at Williams-Brice |
Stadium. x
The event will be held in connection with Parents Weekend and the
Saturday USC-Florida State football game.
Traditionally held Homecoming weekend, Cockfest was cancelled
because of heavy rain and flooding.
Cockfest will feature appearances by comedian Paul Rodriguez, the
USC marching band, the coaches, football players, cheerleaders and s
Cocky. The event will end with fireworks.
Comedian Henry Cho will emcee the festivities. v ^
Tickets are $3 for adults, $2 for students and $7 for a family ticket l
(two adults, two children). They are available at Carolina Coliseum box
office, the Round House ticket office and the fourth floor Russell
House business office. Tickets also will be available at the stadium
beginning at noon Friday. Tickets purchased for the orginal Cockfest _
date will be honored.
More information can be obtained by calling the student life department
at 777-5780.
Foundation donates $126,273 to family center
The Cindy and Evan Nord Family Foundation has contributed
$126,273 toward the Center for Family in Society at USC.
The Nords have contributed a total of $206,733 to fund operating
costs and program development for the center. Their philanthropic gifts
have benefitted many programs in South Carolina since they moved to
Columbia from Ohio in 1979.
The Center for Family in Society is a community partnership involving
volunteer organizations and public agencies. Its goal is to enrich
families through research, education and service directed to improve
family function, said Dr. David Saunders, senior associate dean at the
USC School of Medicine and chairman of the USC Presidential Task
Force planning the center.
"We have chosen to help the Center for Family in Society because it
is one of our areas of irtterest," Cindy Nord said. "Over the years, Evan
and I have been active in working in the areas of early childhood education
and child abuse and neglect. In my work with the Council on
Child Abuse and Neglect, I have seen the problems of dysfunctional
families.
"I'm interested in bringing the expertise that the university has to
offer to the community, and the challenges in the community to the
university," she said. "There is important research going on at USC that
can benefit the community."
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tudents are trying to develop a
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National Association of College
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This is the First time South Carolina
has been host to SAACURH,
although USC hosted the South
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this past year.
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Van Dyke sponsored a workshop
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attended. McGrail stated that the
conference's chance to turn annual
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We would like it to be annual."
Roy Davis, the assistant director
of Career Planning, said, "Employers
are putting a very strong emphasis
in volunteer work."
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