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When USC Associate Provost Don ^
Greiner chose Charleston novelist lege students.
Jcsephine Humphreys' "Rich in Love" W JbT J S " I 1 o v e
for the subject of this year's First-Year 1 ^yfl| talking to stuReading
Experience, his goal was to of- ic. dents "
fer a story worth talking about. Humphreys said.
The idea is not for us to teach the tHI Tm always sort of
book but to get the freshmen talking j surprised by the
about the book," Greiner said. varying reactions.
After the success of last year's expe- HUMPHRIES People often see
rience, which featured Pat Conroy's The things there I haven't noticed. They usuWater
is Wide," the number of freshmen ally know a whole lot more than I do."
chosen to participate increased from 380 "Rich in Love" is the story of 17-year550.
old Lucille Odom and how she reacts to
The experience begins today with the drastic changes that occur within
Humphreys, author of three acclaimed ^er family- Greiner said he chose the
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Drayton Hall theater, the freshmen will
divide into groups, led by two faculty
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Straw poll:
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Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa?Facing the first
significant slip in his presidential campaign,
Bob Dole labeled an embarrassing
showing here as "an aberration"
Sunday and rejected assertions
by rivals that it proved him out of step
with conservative GOP activists.
"In my view, this is one pebble on
the beach," a stoic Dole said the morning
after he tied with Texas Sen. Phil
Gramm in a presidential straw poll.
"There will be a lot of beaches to cross."
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brought in by car, bus and plane to
vote in the $25-a-hoad straw poll. This
gave credence to Dole's assertion that
Saturday night's results, while stunning,
were probably not representative
of Iowa's mood six months before
its leadoff presidential caucuses.
The Senate majority leader also
got a damage control assist from Republican
National Committee Chairman
Haley Barbour, who said straw
polls "don't really count" and aren't reliable
gauges of candidate support.
But the event raised several questions
about Dole's strategy and the intensity
of his support And after months
of watching in frustration as Dole surprised
them with deft campaign moves,
Dole's rivals got the opening they've
dreamed of. They began making their
? case that Dole is the most fragile of
] front-runners, with support that is
broad but not deep.
1 An exultant Gramm, who matched
Dole with 24 percent support, led the
charge.
"This was the first major victory of
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lid the main purpose of the discussion
ill be to involve the students.
"The most important thing is to let
le students lead the direction of the
iscussion because this is a discussion
r them, for them to benefit from," Giirdi
said. "The first thing to do is get
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At noon, Humphreys will sign books
id have lunch with the students on the
ussell House Patio.
Tve never met an author or had my
ook signed by an author," freshman
aroline Pratt said. "I think it will be
iteresting to see what a professional
Titer has to say to people coming out
f high school and young writers."
Dole stoic
1c after tie
the campaign for president in 1996,
and we won it," Gramm told reporters.
He called Dole "the greatest legislator
of his era" but suggested Republicans
still hungry from their 1994 congressional
takeover were looking for something
more in a president.
"Last night had nothing to do with
momentum," Gramm said before flying
off to New Hampshire, where he
hoped the Iowa boost would help him
whittle into Dole's lead-there. "Last
night had to do with message."
Dole disputed that, saying he had
"a good, solid message" anchored on
the themes of reining in the federal
government, reconnecting government
with Americans' moral values and reasserting
American leadership abroad.
"I would obviously prefer it to happen
tonight than in February," Scott
Reed, Dole's campaign manager, said
as the results were tallied Saturday
night. Commentator Pat Buchanan
ran third with 18 percent, and former
Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander was
fourth with 11 percent.
Dole garnered just 2,582 of the
10,598 votes cast despite the deepest
organization here, and despite the suprw?4
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Charles Grassley and three of the state's
five Republican House members.
Sixth place went to businessman
Morry Taylor, who bought 1,000 tickets
to the event but got only 803 votes,
one less than Keyes. Well behind him
was Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar with
466 votes, or 4 percent, followed by
California Gov. Pete Wilson, California
Rep. Bob Dornan and Pennsylvania
Sen. Arlen Specter.
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The College of Humanities and So- t0 make noteworthy strides in their
rial Sciences has appointed Robert scholarship to enhance and increase
Newman as the new English depart- our notoriety as a faculty, he said,
ment chairnfem. The budget cuts have also hamNewman,
who comes to USC from pered faculty members' research efTexas
A&M University, said the Eng- forts.
lish department is establishing a new "Faculty are turning to their own
undergraduate curriculum beginning bank accounts for research funds,"
this fall. Newman said. "It makes it hard to
"It has been changed to be sensi- hold on to our own faculty (while othtive
to the needs of our undergrade er institutions are able to offer highate
students, particularly involving er Varies)"
the changing directions of our culture," However, Newman said, the Eng-1
ewman sai . lish department will continue to serve
The graduate program is also re- ,. r, ,
examining their curriculum, accord- the needs of ite students,
ing to Newman. Although Newman comes to USC
"We are wide open for discussion from Texas A&M University, he is fa? >
about changes in the graduate cur- with the Carolinas. He received
riculum." bis doctoral degree in English from
Three new English professors join the University of North Carolina. He
the faculty this fall, according to New- said he liked USC for its strong liberman.
James Miller will be teaching in al arts emphasis.
the department as well serving as the "The attraction was to a universidirector
of African-American studies, ty with a.. .commitment to liberal arts,
Andrew Shifflet, who has a PhD from and to the promise that resources would
Princeton, will be an associate pro- be available s0 that the English defessor
spenalizingin 17th century ht- partment ^ continue to e ^
erature. Kwame Dawes wil join the department."
faculty in January specializing in xr jx i_ a.i_
Afiican-American studies and creative Newman said he hopes those
writing promises and resolutions will emei^ge.
With budget cuts hitting many as- Newman is an internationally recpects
of higher education, Newman ognized scholar on the works of James
said the English department has not Joyce and has written and edited five
been spared. books. He will be teaching a graduate
"Despite the economic stranglehold seminar possibly an undergraduate
that has been presented to us, our very American literature class next year.
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rooms, she said. lounges for the students and the facAlso,
one room in each first-floor ulty. She said President John Palms
suite was brought up to ADA compli- had some end-of-the-year funds that
ance. Two students in wheelchairs live were given through the Provost's ofin
Preston. flee to furnish the Junior Common
Suites of rooms with a common area Room. She found out about the gift in
were built on each end of the building May; the only stipulation was that the
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joined with a living area. A kitchenette "It was real intensive work and rewith
a refrigerator, sink and microwave search. We talked to a lot of people"
is also in the area. Lewis said.
The student rooms have new fur- Other university administrators
niture, also. recommended leathef couches for their
"It is a move to personalize the durability. The tables are "stressed,"
space, make it more homey," Newman or already crane with dents and scratchsaid.
"We are beginning to recognize es. Lewis said her husband stood on
that people are looking for a more home- the tables to test them,
like environment." "We are really excited. It was difBecky
Lewis spent part of the sum- ficult, but we are so happy. We hope
mer picking out furniture for the ju- the students like it."
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