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Freshmen cen this fall's hous CECE VON KOLNITZ News Editor Most freshmen living on campus will live in all-freshman dorms called Freshmen Centers. These centers include in Patterson, McClintock, Wade Hampton, the Towers and Bates House. Gene Luna, director of housing, said, "What that means is, because of the unique needs of freshmen, we (the department of housing) will invest some resources in those centers that u xi i v 11 i we wuh i in me upperaass nans wnere. students are more mature and have been at the university longer." The Academic Center for Excellence in the Towers how contains more modern computers and networked computers. Freshmen centers will have resource areas, or places where students can find information about the university. Freshmen who live in the Towers will find a microfridge in their ; room, a feature which is included in their rent package. In addition to these changes, Luna said there will be about 20 sections of i University 101 taught in residence j halls, including Bates House, the Towers, Sims, Preston and Columbia Hall. A $35 technology fee will allow more dorms to be wired directly to the 1 university's computer backbone. Luna said in Sims, Bates House and Preston, 1 students who want them can have ( computer connections in their room and a resident technology assistant 1 will provide help. 1 Capstone Area Office has been s moved to Columbia Hall. Luna said a j new lobby configuration in Capstone \ should enhance safety. He said housing wants to offer students who live in y Capstone an access control system, j which may include the use of their j student identification cards to unlock j doors. According to Luna, the ^ installation of that system will begin next year. * The Roost, formerly an all-athlete * residence hall, will be a traditional r residence hall this fall to conform to v NCAA regulations. I Luna said this year, Sims, the ^ residence hall in the middle of the t women's quad, will look outstanding. 1: Renovations include wall-to-wall mm i?j A 1m >A00's4U| >. ters highlight ing changes carpeting in all of the rooms. He said Preston and Sims will be the new standards for residence halls on campus. Room changes The procedure for changing rooms will be different this fall. On Aug. 28, students can change rooms within their building by going to their area offices. Students who want to change buildings must wait until Aug. 30. "My guess is we're going to be pretty full, and room changes are going to be tight in terms of rooms available," Associate Director of Housing Gretchen Koheler-Sheply said. She said students who want different rooms will have to depend on room changes. students who are still on the waiting list will have to hope for "no-shows." She said there are 55 women and 20 men on the waiting list. For late-breaking news about housing and room availability, KohelerSheply said the RHA channel is the best place to look. Positive momentum Luna said the department of housing will continue to make improvements. He said, "We have some real positive nomentum for continuing to improve :ampus housing at USC." One goal is to help students make esidence hall rooms into homes. Each year, housing conducts a perception study to find out how safe students feel in their residence halls md their opinion of the condition of ;he halls. ~ Luna said the survey is one of the vays the department gets feedback Tom students. He said the best, wav 'or students to have a say in residence lall decisions is for them to become nvolved with their residence hall governments. "I keep a close contact with our Residence Hall Association and our esidence hall councils. They have a j roice with me and with all of my staff," i j una said. i "We keep our doors wide open so i ye can hear what people think we need o do as far as improving campus i lousing." Two named distinguished professors Ward Briggs, director of the USC Classical Studies Program, and Carol Myers-Scotton, a linguistics and English professor, have been named Carolina DistincniishpH Prnfeaonra O ? The honor is reserved for faculty members who have an exemplary record of scholarship, teaching and public service. Briggs and Myers-Scotton will join a group of 27 USC Carolina Distinguished Professors. Briggs, who has taught at USC since 1973, has written numerous books, including The Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists and a new book scheduled for publication this year, Greek Authors, Dictionary and Literary Biography. A native of Riverside, California, Briggs earned a bachelor's degree in English and classics from Washington and Lee University and doctoral degrees in classics from the University of North Carolina. Briggs has also been honored with the Louise Fry Scudder Faculty Award, the highest honor give by USC's College of Liberal Arts. Myers-Scotton, who joined USC's faculty in 1986, has also taught at Michigan State and Yale Universities. A leading expert in codeswitching, or the use of two languages in the same conversation, Myers-Scotton has published two books published on the subject and was awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant in 1994. The grant provides $220,000 to study the grammatical aspects of codeswitching. Myers-Scotton earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin. tv-X: :_i_ _ J n?r. v/aivmia jLuauiiguisneu rroiessors serve three-year renewable terms and receive a $5,000 stipend. The award is based on recommendations from the deans of different colleges, the University Committee on Named and Distinguished Professorships and the provost. Criteria for receiving the honor include outstanding performance in " " " " IP" NwtPfWFI t the quality and number of scholarly works; the ability to enhance the university's reputation though regional, national and international work; quality of teaching; service to the university and their profession; and professional conduct. Scudder Award goes to forensic anthropologist Forensic anthropologist Dr. Ted Rathbun has earned the highest faculty award given by USC's College of Liberal Arts. The Louis Fry Scudder Faculty Award recognizes faculty membersj'or excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching, student mentoring and advising, and other contributions. Established in 1995, the Scudder award is the university's only award that recognizes every aspect of a faculty member's achievements. Rathbun, a professor in USC's anthropology department, is one of only 42 licensed forensic anthropologists in the country. He has served as South Carolina's Deputy State Archaeologist for Forensic Anthropology since 1985 and has been a consultant to the U.S. Army's Central Identification Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 1989. A native of Ellsworth, Kansas, Rathbun earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Kansas. He is former director of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and a current editorial board member for the Journal of Forensic Sciences. Alumni council names new board members USC's Black Alumni Council has announced its new board members for the 1996-98 term. The newly elected board members are Reggie Alexander, who was graduated in 1987 and is an employee of Allstate Insurance Co.; Terrance Alridge, who was graduated in 1988 and is an administrator at Spring Valley High School; Russell Brown, who was graduated in 1985 and is currently a USC graduate student; Davaris Davis, who was graduated 1 Go To 4 ( ' 1 Colonial Life 772-1147 in 1992 and is a customer service 1 employee of 3 Sigma; Deirdre Davis, who was graduated inl989 and is an ( employee of South Carolina Electric i & Gas Company's human resources t division; Vanessa Hill, who was i graduated in 1988 and is ab 1 accountant for the USC Alumni 1 Association; Derrick Huggins, who f was graduated in 1990 and is director ( of USC Transportation Services; and Lewis Nelson, who was graduated I in1984 and is an employee of Allstate g Insurance Company. s The BAC was established in 1980 c to increase participation and a involvement of black alumni in the alumni association and to sustain I black alumni interest in university ii affairs. F The council has established the 1 Richard T. Greener Endowment n Fund, the first endowment and h scholarship fund for black students d studying and performing research o at USC. The Louise Fry Scudder Faculty t] Award is given annually and includes tl a one-time stipend of $2,000. C USCs Department of Theatre, Speech tl and Dance is holding auditions for r< its fall semester shows Aug. 22 at 4 p.m. in Longstreet Theatre. The shows include "Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi!" a musical comedy by F. Scott Fitzgerald, directed by Richard K. Blair; "A Taste of Honey" by Shelagh Delaney, directed U by Jim Patterson; and "To Kill A a Mockingbird" dramatized by Christopher Sergei, from the novel \ by Harper Lee, directed by Ann g Dreher. p Auditions are open to all actors. a Because of production scheduling c requirements principal roles have already been cast for "Fie! Fie! FiFi!," but chorus roles are available. fr All other roles in these productions ^ are open. Each actor should prepare A a two-minute monologue. Each w director will arrange callbacks for g individual shows. tl D Graduate honored posthumously g( Dr. Charles William "Bill" m Murtiashaw III, a 1983 Ph.d. J. chemistry graduate who died last r, October, was awarded posthumously m with the state's highest civilian honor ec during a ceremony at USC's Faculty > Your F | friTf 11 wiriiiWWw^ttm"^"'-|-17rT5i^y II 1 . > CAROLINA ROOM J I; Bffff v | ' g TKTZ E-c a h e? Bouse. S.C. Sen. Warren Giese, acting >n behalf of Governor David Beasley, jresented the Order of the Palmetto o Murtiashaw's family during a eception honoring the late chemist's ife. The award recognized Murtiashaw's "interest in and riendship to the state of South Carolina and its people." The creation of the Murtiashaw Memorial Fund, which will support :raduate fellowships and a lecture eries in-USC's department of hemistry and biochemistry, was nnounced. Murtiashaw, a graduate of Dreher ligh School, was a senior research nvestigator with Pfizer Central tesearch when he died. During his 0 year career with the company, he lade helped advance treatments for uman and animal diseases, including iabetes, cancer, arthritis and other entral nervous system diseases. TVinap wiaVlintr trt w vwiiwiyuiv V\J be Murtiashaw fund may do so irough the USC Development Office, hecks should be made payable to le USC Educational Foundation, s: Murtiashaw Memorial Fund. SC receives seven research wards USC recently received seven of 1 grants awarded to the state's 'epartment of Defense EPSCoR rogram, a program to stimulate >mpetitive defense research in South arolina. The grants, valued at more than 3 million, qualify for matching funds om the S.C. General Assembly, taking them worth nearly $4 million, mong the most valuable awards ere those given to Ron DeVore and jorn Jawerth, faculty members in ie department of mathematics. eVore's grant, worth $515,000, will > toward image processing for both ilitary and civilian applications, iwerth's $499,000 award will fund jsearch applicable to the anufacturing of aerospace [uipment. Tangali Sudarshan, of the loom! . _ ;orest Drive /ftMIRS