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GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit the Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http://www.gamecock.sc.edu WEATHER J I INDEX n# in he (5oiti crock Serving USC since 1908 Nationally KAREN LAYNE News Editor While the nation's literary community mourns the death of a prominent American poet, USC faculty and students grieve the loss of a dose friend, mentor and teacher. James Dickey's death Sunday night followed years of declining health, but he met his English GOO dass last week as scheduled, urging his students "onward and inward," according to Julie Bloemeke, an English graduate student in the M.A. program. "He had such vitality, which alwavs made class very interesting," Bloemeke said "As he was getting so sick, he would always try to comfort us, in such a quiet way," she said. "It took him quite a few minutes to start, and he said 'Sometimes I just have to catch my breath. Don't worry...Let's get to poetry.' "He could sense when / people were worried, even when VI his health wasn't up to par," I couldn't te she said. wouldn't have Dickey encouraged his enthusiasm t students to bring their lives to didn't feel tha their poetry but not to fear Cne who's ever writing about things they hadn't ^ teach it as il experienced, Bloemeke said, ^ adding that her recollections only provided a glimpse into James the entire viaon of the professor. ?c ifT He said they should read all the time ? read everything, ? read novels, read poetry, ' Bloemeke said. "He was absolutely fun to be with. His candor and humor made class remarkable to be a part of," she said. Lisa Kerr, a graduate in the M.S.A. creative writing program, said Dickey was determined to teach, wanting students to learn for their writing and for their lives. "Anyone interested in writing at the university who never got to take a class from him suffered a ? great loss," Kerr said. 'He was brilliant, a walking encyclopedia," she said. Graduate student Beth Vincent cites Dickey as one of her reasons for returning to school after 26 years of non-fiction writing. As an "ardent feminist," Vincent said she often S.C. doctors ma) REGINNA GREEN Asst. News Editor a penalt " ~ but life i Any South Carolina doctor who ?lng performs the controversial "intact dilation have to and evacuation" procedure Known as a believe t partial-birth abortion outside of the the prad medical community will be charged with on the c homidde and could face life imprisonment, case]." Attorney General Charlie Condon Acco announced recently at a press conference, by theS< The partial-birth abortion, so called (SCMA) because the procedure aborts a fetus that known t would normally be able to live outside which a the womb, constitutes a homicide and fetus fee is grounds for charges of homicide by doctor t child abuse against any doctor who the bab; performs it, Condon said. punctu Kathleen Poole, an advisor to the removes USC organization Students for life, said process, she definitely believes there should be the doct Friday, Jan. 17 her al Trespass after notice, School of Public of las Health. Reporting officer observed subject sleeping at the above location. Sund Subject had been previously warned to Gran stay off USC property or face arrest. B-l L Suspect was arrested and transported that Y to Richland County Detention Center, was i ' unkn Tuesday, Jan. 14 mean Indecent exposure, Sum wait canteen. Victim reported that subject, a black Assai male between 18 and 90, exposed himself Blatt to her at the above location. Victim a blac reported that this was the same subject struck who had previously exposed himself to him u , t C* itS i tD jazz F ?> /?WS> J??a v * | deta I acclaime butted heads with the professor. "I don't see how anybody couldn't have taken issue on some of his ideas, but he liked a challenge," she said. "He was real," she said 'You knew that for every second of class, he was there. It's the most potent atmosphere. It was scary, but it was a good fear. "You wanted to do your best, and you knew he wanted you to," Vincent said. "Mr. Dickey did more than teach; he gave validity to the idea of being a poet. riveiything to him was the stun ot poetry, she said. Dickey was angered by his failing health because of his love for life, Vincent said. His straggle was epitomized by Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night," particularly the line, "Rage, rage against / the dying of the light," she * ^ said. :ach poetry?I Journalism senior the interest or Andrew Haworth spoke with 0 teach it?IT I Dickey in November for the it I was the only Carolina Reporter in what he been privileged said was one of the t really ought to author/poet's last media night. interviews. 'He had a lot in mind Dickey for the future," Haworth said, terviews" He said he wasn't in any desperate hurry because ) y that would bring panic to him. "He knew what he wanted. He wasn't trying to huny," Haworth said. In addition to the class he was teaching, Dickey was working on several projects, including a sequel to his second and favorite novel, "Alnilam," according to Dickey's close friend and USC Interim Provost Don Greiner. "Crux" was to continue the story of the Pacific air war in World War II, Greiner said. Dickey was also compiling his next volume of poetry and keeping in contact with Hollywood for the film version of his last novel, "The White Sea," Greiner said. "James Dickey was one of two or three unquestioned major American poets since World War II," Greiner said. "He was the greatest literary mind I've ever known," he said. 1 wit life in nrisnn v_x V/ XXJL JL _m_ v/ JLA. u 1 y for performing the procedure, Accordingto imprisonment is extreme. Association President' ;eneral, the punishment would a junior, the actions o fit the crime," Poole said. "I do Condon are unnecess here should be some penalty for "I'm assuming h dee, but it would have to depend mostly pro-life, and he ircumstances [involving each his views public," she is that the procedure rding to a statement released when the mother's lift ruth Carolina Medical Association what I understand; , no South Carolina doctors are Kihslinger said sh 0 perform the procedure, during SCMA's assertion t doctor uses forceps to turn the South Carolina are ] it-first toward the vagina. The the controversial pro hen uses his fingers to deliver "If there's no doct y except for the head. He then [Condon's plan is] no res the base of the skull and Who is he going to pr 1 the brain through a suctioning This is not first . With the head now collapsed, publicized his desires or delivers the rest of the fetus, the South Carolina i t the same location on Nov. 25th | ay, Jan. 12 | id larceny erf a motor vehicle, I JLjUK0 ot (McMaster). Victim reported I???? ler 1990 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight he had done nothii emoved from the premises by confrontation. iown persons using unknown s. Estimated loss: $4,000. Tuesday, Jan. 7 Driving under the nit and battery (unprovoked), without a license, P.E. Center, victim reported that Streets. Reporting :k male came up behind him and subject run the stop ; him under the right eye, knocking Sumter proceeding w inconscious. Victim reported that Reporting officer ac p Little Children will play at kafella's Friday night. The rleston band JUMPING be playing olk-rock-rap- fQR JOYhybrid. For p?ri7 L lils read the W rview with ithan Gray, the bass player. For 01 111 i prnr' lis cnecK oui I $j d poet, US( Bills ' **' i iii I,, in i i M. i DICKEY for late-term aborti< USC Women's The decision to prosecute doctors who Rebecca Kihslinger, perform the late-term abortion procedure, f Attorney General introduced in 1992 by an Ohio doctor, sary. was based on a recent ruling handed is constituency is down by the South Carolina Supreme s his trying to make Court. said. "What I know According to the office of the Attorney } is normally done General, pregnant drug users may be j is in danger, from prosecuted under the ruling for child " Kihslinger said, abuse once a fetus is capable of living on le is puzzled by the its own. hat no doctors in A professor in the USC College of known to perform Pharmacy, Dr. Buddy Lingle, said the cedure. Attorney General has the basis needed or who peforms it, to take the approach he is taking, t really necessary. "I guess I could say I'm supportive osecute?," she said, of his attempt to do this, and I think he time Condon has has the case law in being able to to save and protect prosecute," Lingle said. "I'm a little inborn. concerned over certain things though." MI3 REPORT Robinson V. ^ ng to provoke the and siren and attempted to stop the subject. Subject did not stop. Reporting officer then observed subject failing to stop at the stop sign at Wheat and Main, influence,driving Subject then proceeded to turn Wheat and Sumter southbound on Main. Subject turned officer observed right onto Catawba where he parked sign at Wheat and in front of the Whaley's Mill apartments, estbound on Wheat Reporting officer asked subject for license tivated blue lights and registration and noticed a strong HHHfi NEW KID ON ? THE COURT ^ 91 Lee Davis is new to USC, but he is making an entrance as le ol the Lramecock s best new additions, ports has all information.* I ! profess \*$P* 0 * jH|Hj fl K * 3n procedure According to Lingle, the Attorney General's office is only able to prosecute those doctors who perform the procedure during the third trimester because it is at that point when the fetus is capable of living outside the womb. However, Lingle said the procedure can and has been performed during the second trimester, as it is a medical procedure normally reserved for instances when the mothers life is in danger. Lingle said he thinks Condon has done the right thing despite this. "I think ifs encouraging that someone in his position is taking the stand he is," Lingle said. The director of public information for the Attorney General, Robert McBurney, was unable to be reached for comment. odor of alcohol about the subjects person, wil Reporting officer conducted field sobriety tests which the subiect failed. Susnect Th ? ? I was arrested and transported to Richland Gr County Detention Center. 61 he: Friday, Jan. 3 inc Chemical spill, Physical Sciences Es Building 6th Floor. Officers were dispatched to the above location and were informed that two and a half liters Dr of ammonium hydroxide had been spilled to in the hallway. The Science complex was evacuated but no injuries were ^ sustained. The Columbia Fire Dept.'s ? Haz-Mat team neutralized the acid How many ] JUST are so^ eve in America? FOR FUN answers > or dies Memorial to honor Dickey KAREN LAYNE News Editor A memorial service for James Dickey, 73, will take place at 2 p.m. Monday in Drayton Hall. Dickey died Sunday in Columbia. Born in Atlanta, he was the son of Maibelle Swift Dickey and Eugene Dickey. Dickey joined the Air Force after his freshman year at Clemson University. He flew P-61 night fighters in more than 1UU combat missions m I the Pacific in World War II. He earned I a B.A. in 1949 and an M.A. in 1950 from Vanderbilt University, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. His first poetry collection, "Into the Stone and Other Poems," was published in 1960, and he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962, enabling him to write poetry full time. Dickey accepted the position of poet-in-residence at USC in 1968. In 1979, he was named USC's first Carolina Professor. Dickey was awarded the Levinson Prize by Poetiy Magazine for poems from his book, "Puella." He was also awarded the National Book Award for Poetry and the Melville Cane Award in 1965 for "Buckdancer's Choice" and the French 'Prix Medicis" in 1971 for his first novel, "Deliverance," adapted by the author for film. His second novel, "Alnilam," was published in 1987 and his "Collected Poems" in 1992. His most recent novel was 'To the White Sea" in 1993. Dickey was a fellow of the Amprirnn AraHomv nf Arte anrl Sciences and a member of the National Institute and the Academy of Arts and Letters. He was also a fellow of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and a member of the South Carolina Academy of Authors. He received honorary degrees from Northwestern University, Kenyon College, Wesleyan College, the University of Idaho, Hamilton College, USC and The College of Charleston. Dickey was poet-in-residence and Distinguished Professor of English at USC. In February 1983, the University honored his 60th birthday with a week of events. Gov. Richard Riley awarded him the Order of the Palmetto, and the state House of Representatives awarded him a citation for his contribution to literature. In 1993, the Thomas Cooper Society and USC paid tribute to "James Dickey at 70." Surviving are his daughter Bronwen and sons Kevin and Christopher. h baking soda and cleaned the area, ursday, Jan. 2 wnH Inrrmv n? mfifnr vo)iipl? R. /)t. Victim reported that the subject, r son, removed her truck from the ident location without her permission, timated loss: $14,000. ednesday, Jan. 1 iving under the influence, failure stop for a blue light, no driver's ense, comer of Senate and Barnwell, porting officer observed a white Isuzu CRIME page 2 VI&Ms 100,000,000 Source: Harper's Index