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Attorney General Janet Reno (second from left) breaks ground May 3 at the
National Advocacy center with Coble, Palms, Hollings and Barnes.
Reno warns students
against pessimism, cynicism
CECE VON KOLNfTZ News Editor
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno delivered the commencement address
to almost 1300 undergraduate and master's degree candidates May 3.
Reno, the nation's first female attorney general, asked graduates to reject
extremism, cynicism and defeatism, which she described as the "three deadly
sins" of public life.
Reno said, "You may not like everything government does. I know I don't.
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"So many of our problems took decades to get where they are. Nobody can
choose the problems they face, but everybody can choose how they respond to
them."
Reno encouraged graduates to stand up "for what is right and good in the
world" and to take a stand against hatred, intolerance and violence.
"America is a nation of optimists," Reno said. "America will look to you for
help. For no matter where you go or what you do, you can make a difference."
Kyungsook Lee, president of Sookmyung Women's University, delivered
the address to undergraduate and master's degree candidates in ceremonies
May 4.
Lee earned her doctorate from USC in 1975 and received an honorary doctor
of education degree. She has been president of the world's second largest women's
university since 1994 and is widely recognized as an authority on government,
internationalism and education.
Lee has written and lectured widely on the status and role of women.
More than 200 degrees were awarded to USC law students at a May 10
commencement on the Horseshoe. The USC School of Medicine graduated 120
medical students in a ceremony also held May 10.
Including all eight campuses, the university awarded almost 4,400 degrees.
Summer commencement ceremonies will be held Aug. 10. A time and location
have not been determined yet.
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SUSAN MEYERS Staff Writer
The first steps in constructing a $23 million National Advocacy Cente
the USC campus were taken on May 3 by officials for the university and
U.S. Justice Department.
The center will be built beside the Business Administration building on
corner of Pickens and Pendleton Streets.
The training facility will house the U.S. Justice Department's legal educa
activities and train federal, state and local prosecutors from around the coui
USC President John Palms said, "The university is proud to have been chi
as the site for this endeavor to train some of the nation's best legal minds,
look forward to sharing the resources of a major comprehensive university \
visitors from around the country and fostering cooperative intellectual effo
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More than 10,000 people will participate in the training program each y
and they will be assisted by 2,000 visiting instructors.
Among those who participated in the ceremony were Attorney General J;
Reno and Senator Fritz Hollings.
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department, said "Reger's strengths lie in Reger is the 10th facul
recognizing his students' styles of learning." the College of Science and
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said, "He tells his students, This is how you're Dickinson College and his
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Brendan Delaney, a political science
senior, could have taken a computer science
or criminal justice course to get the three
hours he needs to be graduated, but "Stock
Cars and the South" just seemed like more
fun.
"I could have taken anything. I could
have taken math or English," Delaney
said. "Instead, I come in here and listen
to people talk about car racing to graduate.
It's kind of a new concept for me."
The Maymester master schedule
described the course as "NASCAR, Dirt
Tracks, Thunderbirds and Chevrolets:
Stock Car Racing and the American South."
David Thompson, a journalism
professor and former stock car racer,
teaches the three hour class.
Thompson, whose racing nickname
was "Turbo," said, "We just want to be
exposed to every aspect of racing we can.
A lot of what students will be doing is
documenting the world of stock car racing."
Luanne Moore, a nursing senior and
one of four females in the class of 20
students, said her husband got her involved
with racing when she married him. She
said she wanted to take the class because
ifs different from the usual courses offered.
"I think it's very unique," Moore said.
"Ifs a hobby for me, and it just looked like
a very different class to take. I think
everybody in the class is genuinely
interested in racing."
Thompson said the class will explore
the cultural aspects of racing.
Part of the culture Thompson intends
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Outreach is an organization staffed with
nine full-time chaplains who hold church
services for racers who are away from
home. The group also goes out during the
week to race shops for Bible studies with
the mechanics who work on the cars.
Thompson said, "I want students to
see how this sport has really become kind
of pervasive in our society. This thing that
started as a Southern, redneck hobby has
turned into big business, and it's a big
cultural force."
The class will look at the history of
racing, will take field trips to tracks, racing
museums and racing shops and will listen
to a different racing speaker each day.
Mike Steele, a speaker for the class
and the owner of a Cayce racing shop
called Race Time Souvenirs said he liked
the idea behind the class.
Steele said, "I think it's a good idea.
It looks like it would be entertaining to
students, if nothing else."
Beyond the aspect of fun, Thompson
said he sees racing as a metaphor for life.
He said, "There are just too many
variables in racing. You never know how
things are going to come out. It's kind of
like when you go apply for a job or you
sign up for a class, you don't know what's
going to happen.
"You take all the precautions you can,
and you get to the point where you just
have to go for it, and either it will work
or it won't."
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jiology students they should volunteer
vice work.
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Team, Gundler said she feels like she
reaches.
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