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By SUSAN GOODWIN
Staff Writer
Sociology of Sex Roles. Oral
Interpretation of Literature. Mass
Media and Society. And prison.
To see the connection, one needs
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Correctional Institution, where
inmates take these courses just like
their USC counterparts.
"If English 101 or Psychology
101 is good enough to help people
on campus, imagine what it does
for someone who never expected to
have a chance to go to college,"
said professor Mike Shoen, coordinator
of the USC-CCI program.
Shoen first entered the program
10 years ago while he was a USC
graduate student in psychology. It
was not a maneuver he planned
with long-range goals in mind.
"I didn't ever plan to be
involved in prison education,"
Shoen said. "I got lucky and fell
into it."
For English professor Jeffrey
Helterman, who joined the ranks this
past year, involvement was a followthrough
for a personal theory.
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debate with a colleague of mine
who wasn't satisfied with his class,
and I said, 'You can teach anybody,"'
Helterman said. "I thought
CCI would be a good test of that."
As one of the eight professors
who are teaching at CCI this
semester, Helterman noticed that
the mentality of his students behind
bars differed dramatically from that
of his campus classgoers.
. "The students are far more interested,"
Helterman said. "They
Action flicks
By ERIC GLENN
Photo Editor
Kim Basinger's new film, "The
Real McCoy," should have been
namea ine Keai uecoy Decause
it pretends to
have a story and
The entire
would see in a ^
window at the
mall. Everyone is nicely dressed and
looks lovely but is all fake. There's
no life, no animation, not even a
reason to like or hate the characters.
The heroes, for lack of a better
title, are Karen McCoy (Basinger)
and J.T. Parker (Val Kilmer).
Karen has been recently released
from prison after serving six years
for robbing a bank.
J.T. is a hapless, would-be thief
also on parole. They are both likable
characters, but it's all plastic.
The story never puts you in a position
where you suck in your breath
and pray nothing happens to them.
It's Disney meets "Lethal
Weapon."
Basinger isn't as annoying as
she has been in the past, and
Kilmer still has the charm that has
made him a great supporting character
in other films. However, neither
has the strength to carry the
film.
However, in all the muck, there
are some bright points. One is the
direction. Russell Mulcahy, the
director who gave us
"Highlander," has an excellent
visual style that kept me interested,
even though it is sad story to
Extras needed
for new movie
By WENDY HUDSON
Staff Writer
There will be an open casting
call for extras for the movie
"Renaissance Man" from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. Sunday at Columbia Mall.
The movie, being filmed at Fort
Jackson, is directed by Penny
Marshall and stars Danny Devito
and Gregory Hines. The casting
company is looking for 18- to 30year-old
soldier types of all races.
Some of the roles will require
filming for several days in a row.
The company is also looking for
people to be family members for
the graduation scene.
The casting call will be at the
Center Court in Columbia Mall.
Applicants should bring a recent
snap-shot, but if they don't have
one, a photographer will be there
taking pictures for $2.
)fs take
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absorb information because it's valuable,
not because it will get them a
better degree or a better job."
Shoen isn't surprised at such
sentiments.
"I haven't met a single professor
yet who hasn't said, 'Mike, that's
the best class I've ever had,'"
Shoen said. "Just contrast the college
student pulling himself out of
bed, saying 'shoot,' to inmates with
smiling faces rushing down the
comuor trying 10 get a lruiu scai.
For Shoen, the reason behind
such excitement over attending
class is simple.
"It's kind of like being in heaven
while you're still alive," he said. "It's
a chance to go to class several times
a week where it's not a living hell."
Helterman has also noticed an
ironic difference, a freedom he has
in his prison classroom that is lacking
on campus.
"I have absolute freedom in what
I can say there," Helterman said.
"My classroom is the most unpolitically
correct in the Southeast."
Despite these differences, both
sets of students share some similarities.
Both must have the standard
qualifications for enrollment, a
high school diploma or a GED and
SAT scores if under 25. And both
pursue degrees, as inmates can earn
a two-year associate of arts degree.
While these stringent qualifications
and the sheer nature of the
program provide for limited enrollmerely
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work with.
Although his work isn't on the
level of other directors, Mulcahy
knows how to shoot an action Film.
Also, this is one of the few films
that has characters with believable
Southern accents.
This is a little film. You're not
forced to think or figure anything
out. It's manufactured and Dre
dictable, but it has a charm.
Ironically, the what makes "The
Real McCoy" fail is what makes
"Undercover Blues," the new film
with Kathleen Turner and Dennis
Quaid, succeed. Turner and Quaid
play the Blues, a yuppieish couple
in the spy game who decide to take
some time off to rear their baby girl.
Enter a would-be terrorist in possession
of high explosives, and we
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on CCI
ment, 26 students out of about
1,300 inmates, Shoen still emphasizes
its successes.
"There's something really wonderful
about sitting in the audience
at graduation where there are students
who are serving sentences for
felonies, some violent, in caps and
gowns with tears in their eyes
because they're so proud," he said.
The mentor experience has been
Helterman's major benefit.
"I've had this experience of
being a guru to this group," he
said. "They really want to know
everything I know."
With all the results of the 20year
program, participants feel a
certain sadness over the fact that it
is ending this semester. Because of
the city of Columbia's purchase of
the CCI tract and plans for its
destruction, prisoners will be
parceled out to other Columbia
penitentiaries. A large block will be
sent to a new prison in Bishopville.
Despite this reorganization, there
are plans being made to continue
USC-CCI's work, Shoen said.
Courses could possibly be offered
at the women's prison. Likewise,
the Bishopville prison might have a
similar USC-Salkehatchie program
once its construction is completed.
Though the new programs are
uncertain, Shoen believes that the
work is important enough to continiiA
utiuv.
"Hopefully, one program will give
birth to two," he said. "Once you've
been a part of this, you see that
maybe there are other things that can
be done so that people will change
in prison and not become worse."
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have a story.
In every scene, the good guys
wear white and the bad guys wear
black. The good guys always look
clean and pressed, the bad guys
always look a little dingy.
The entire movie is lighthearted
with nothing to take seriously. The
tense parts are eliminated with a
quick one liner from Turner and
Quaid.
As with "The Real McCoy," this
film is thin. There is no character
development, but these are static
characters. Good versus bad, not
bad guy versus not so bad guy.
This is a great Sunday afternoon
film. There's no emotional component
to pull you down, only a lot of
physical comedy and sight gags.
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