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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 /
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his health wasn't up to par," I couldn't te
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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
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"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
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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.
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Rebecca Kihslinger, perform the late-term abortion procedure,
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known to perform Pharmacy, Dr. Buddy Lingle, said the
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or who peforms it, to take the approach he is taking,
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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."
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officer observed right onto Catawba where he parked
sign at Wheat and in front of the Whaley's Mill apartments,
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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.
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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 ?
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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.
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porting officer observed a white Isuzu
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