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CAMPUS BRIEFS
USC Dance to hold auditions
Auditions for "Phantom, the
Ballet," presented by the USC
Department of Theatre, Speech and
Dance, will be held from 2 p.m. to
M3:30 p.m. Sept. 6-7 in room 114 of
USC's Sol Blatt P.E. Center on
Wheat Street.
Auditions are open to anyone
ages 12 and older. Call Susan
Anderson at 777-5636 or 777-7209
for more information.
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registration ior tne uov^ uance
Conservatory has been extended
until Sept. 15. Classes include
instruction in ballet, tap, jazz,
musical theatre and pas de deux.
(a The classes are held on weekdays
and weekends in Blatt P.E. Center.
Theatre USC issues casting call
Open auditions for the new
comedy by Steve Martin Picasso at
the Lapin Agile will be held at 7
p.m. today in Longstreet Theatre.
Roles are available for seven
men and four women, and actors
should prepare for a monologue or
a reading from the script. The
comedy will run Nov. 14-23 in
9 Drayton Hall. Jim Patterson will
direct the show. Rehearsals start
Oct. 5.
Student Nurses Association to
hnlH mAAtinff with stnta orronn
The S.C. Student Nurses
Association will host their annual
fall workshop for the first time ever
in conjunction with the S.C. Nurses
Association annual convention.
a The SCNA is the largest professional
* association for registered nurses
in S.C. The workshop will be Sept.
26-27 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in
Columbia. National and state
nursing leaders will present
seminars on a variety of topics.The
featured speaker is Beverly Malone.
Information is available at the
College of Nursing or by calling the
SCNA at 803-252-4781.
? McKissick Museum's Fall
Folklife Festival receives second
grant
USC's McKissick Museum has
received a grant from the S.C. Arts
Commission to help underwrite its
third annual Fall Folklife Festival
Sept. 27. The festival showcases
folk artistry from the state and
region. About 25 folk artists and
^ performers display and sell pottery,
canes, baskets and quilts.
The festival is on the Horseshoe
in front of the museum.
Fulbright Grants available for
grad study in arts, academics
Students planning on
professional training in the arts or
graduate study should attend the
Fulbright Grants Workshop at 4
p.m. Aug. 27 in the Gressette Room
^ on the third floor of Harper College.
Nationally known speaker
Alvare to talk about respecting
life
Helen Alvare, the spokeswoman
for the Conference of Roman
Catholic Bishops and its national
advocate for the Sanctity of Life,
will give a series of lectures and
meet with priests from the Diocese
of Charleston Sept. 3 at USC.
^ USC to celebrate Faulkner's
birth
The University of South Carolina
will celebrate the 100th anniversary
ot the birth of Nobel Prize-winning
novelist William Faulkner with a
symposium for students and the
public Sept. 4-5.
Women's Healthcare Center to
host migraine seminar
^ The Women's Healthcare Center,
a division of the University Specialty
Clinics-College of Nursing, will host
a free seminar at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at
North Trenholm Baptist Church.
Admission is free. Call 782-1002 to
register.
Goldhagen and Nuremberg
prosecutors to speak at USC
Daniel Goldhagen, author of the
landmark 1996 book, "Hitler's
9 Willing Executioners," will join 10
of the prosecutors from the
Nuremberg Trials Sept. 24-26 at
USC to discuss the trials and their
implication on future international
war crimes trials.
Volunteers needed for USC's
McKissick Museum
USC's McKissick Museum has
volunteer opportunities for
9 individuals age 15 and older
beginning this fall.
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At least six cars parked in Blossoi
; garage last week were broken into or d
j according to USC Police Department
The incidents are one reason v
USCPD has more officers watching 1
j and have increased lighting in the
I said Calvin Gallman, victim/w
coordinator for USC's Division
I Enforcement and Safety.
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He said the USCPD just started a
; Patrol Officers program made up of 16
justice majors who patrol in the eveni
j report suspicious activity.
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incidents all occurred in Blossom
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ISRAEL KLOSS Special to The Gamecock
T.ilia TSirnor aaiYI oho V?aa nnf ooon
j her daughter since Christmas.
Markus Turner, 11, and five-year
old Brittany Turner said they miss
: their mother.
j "I talk to grandma a lot about
I where's my mom and stuff," Brittany
j Turner said.
Turner said she had taken custody
: of two of her daughter's six children.
; The other four are with other relatives,
she said.
Alysha Shabazz said she is not sure
; where the children's mother is living,
j Shabazz is the administrator of the
I Richland County Department of Social
| Services' Working Together Project,
| which helps substance abusing mothers.
: Shabazz said she has not seen the
j mother since she left the Working
! Together Project.
Shabazz introduced Turner to the
"Strengthening Grandparents Across
: Generations" program at the University
of South Carolina Institute for Families
j in Society. It began in October 1996
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ranked 21st in the preseason.
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and ran until December 1996. offer
Barbara Hirshorn, director of Colu
inte^gemerational studies at the Institute from
for Families in Society, started the F
program. She said its goal is to help are i
grandparents who are raising their retii
grandchildren. prep
Hirshorn said the number of for t
grandparents who are raising their gene
grandchildren is increasing. She said "
that the AARP reported that 57 percent gran
of all grandparents who are raising they
grandchildren are doing so in the South, mak
"In all parts of South Carolina, the turn
number of grandparents who are hour
raising their grandchildren is hom
increasing," Hirshorn said. sche
In the United States, between 1970 T
and 1993, the number of children under Grai
18 years of age living in households prog
headed by grandparents increased by her t
more than 50 percent. The number her
increased hum 2.2 million to 3.4 million gran
between those years, according to the " i
AARP. prog
Hirshorn worked together with the c
Shabazz last fall to find grandparents situe
who needed help coping with raising
their grandchildren. The program was
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repair costs.
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ed for free to 10 grandparents in
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firshnrn said manv trrandnarents
at the age when they expect to
e form work, and they are not
ared financially or emotionally
he challenge of raising a new
ration.
When they discover these
dchildren and the conditions that
are in, the grandparents have to
e a huge decision. Their lives are
ed upside down. They work a 40
work week, and they deal with
ework. They have unending
dules," Hirshorn said,
timer attended the Strengthening
idparents Across Generations
ram. She said the classes helped
;o deal with her anger and gave
skill to better cope with her
dchildren.
I was very pleased with the
ram. I learned how to deal with
hildren. I got a better view on the
ition," Turner said.
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lent worth more than $700. Gs
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in education. People are not re]
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A man who police say stole n
than $700 worth of car ste
equipment from Blossom Street gai
was being held Friday under a $50
bail at Richland County Detenl
Center.
Quincey Cortez Theirse, a 20-y
old Benedict College student,1
charged with three count!
autobreaking and one count of laro
Police said Theirse was arm
Thursday and first charged with dri
with a suspended license and ha^
an open bottle of rum in his car.
He was also charged w
trespassing because police told hit
stay off campus in April, police s
Police said they found sev?
speakers and amplifiers with lc
wires in Theirse's car.
According to USCPD records,
amplifiers, two speakers and a S
crossover were stolen from a 1
freshman's car parked in the Blosi
Street garage Aug. 18.
Police said the equipment foi
in Theirse's car matched the descrip
of the USC student's stolen ite
Friday, Aug. 15
Shoplifting/Recovery, A r
was arrested for shoplifting at
Russell House University Bookst
Gary Davis, 58, was arrested i
.charged with taking five books fi
the store on two different occasic
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Larceny of a wallet, vici
reported someone removed a wa
from victim's unsecure vehicle par
at the Business Administration built
parking lot. Estimated loss: $40
Sunday, Aug. 17
Larceny of a bike, victim repa
someone removed a $400 bike fi
the rack outside Columbia Hall.
Health Exj
September
KRISTEV RICHARDSON
Asst. News Editor
Anyone looking to get hea
and fit can get the informal
and guidance necessary at He
Expo '97 Sept. 11.
Health Expo '97 is one of
major events during Wellr
Week, held from Sept. 8 thro
Sept. 12 on the Russell House I
and Greene Street.
USC has sponsored an am
health fair in the fall for m
years.
Wellness information semir
will be held throughout the w
"The goal of this event i
introduce USC students, fac
and staff to campus and commu
resources to help enable
encourage them to live heal
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responsiuie ana iumiiing nv
said Lisa Ann Mohn, directc
Health & Wellness Programs
The Health Expo is base<
different aspects of welln
programs.
"The entire week is desig
to highlight the holistic natui
health and to address the diffe
facets of wellness ? physi
emotional, social, intellect
spiritual and occupational," M
said.
break-ins
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emselves and their cars from break-ins by
lowing a few suggestions.
"First of all, lock your vehicles, and make
re your vehicles are secure," he said. "If
u have any valuables in your car, keep
em locked in the trunk."
He said students shouldn't leave their
iff on the seats of their cars.
omething that may not seem valuable to
u may appear valuable to someone else,
id they'll break into your car to get it,"
illman said.
If you can, he said, do a ride-through before
u park. Check on your car or have a friend
eck on it for you, he said.
"See how things look, if they appear safe,"
illman said. "And if not, drive back out and
port it to the police. .
"We really want the cooperation of the
lole community. The more eyes and ears
i can get helping us out, the more we help
ch other."
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ceny suspect
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ring Monday, Aug. 18
ith Larceny of an answering
n to machine, victim reported someone
aid. stole a BellSouth answering machine
?ral and Sony alarm clock from Sims.
>ose Estimated loss: $60
two Larceny of checks, victim reported
ony someone took a Visa check card, 25
JSC personal checks and three pay checks
30m from the top of her desk in McClintock
and Larceny of a purse, victim
tion reported someone stole her black leather
ms. purse from the USC Post Office.
Estimated loss: $90.
Qan Thursday, Aug. 21
the ...
ore Autobreaking and
an(j Larceny/Recovery, victim reported
?om someone removed a tool bag with $100
)ns worth of tools and two $100 worth of
tools from his car in the LaBorde
loading lot. All items were recovered
t. m from the Douglas loading lot
Lost money, complainant reported
a. she was missing more than $700 in
cash and a $10 check she last saw on
a counter in the University Bookstore.
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- compiled by Rosalind Harvey and
"om Cece von Kolnitz from USCPD police
reports
)o 497 set for
wellness week
Many residence halls on campus
have their own wellness programs.
"I've had a lot of experience in
lthy wellness, and I also plan to put
programs together to turn the
weight room here into a productive
wellness center," said Amy
less Trapanick, graduate student and
1_ pnmmiinifif QrlTnaor fXr* fV?o Wollnnaa
\lgll vuuuuiuuv^ UUVIO^I IUI Wit Tl tlllltoo
'atio floor at Columbia Hall.
"Working with a planning
lual committee for the first time, we
any have expanded our base of campus
support and financial sponsorship
lars event ? Mohn said.
?eto This year's fair is being
ulty sPonsored by Health & Wellness
Programs, the Wellness Week
and committee, the Family Fund Staff
thy, Enrichment Committee, Open Door
es," and many others organizations.
>r of "We feel confident that this
year's Expo will reach a much
1 on wider audience than in past years,"
ess Mohn said.
, For answers to questions
e of concerning Wellness Week or
rent Health Expo '97, please call 777cal(
8248 or 777-7618. Health &
ual, Wellness Programs is located in
ohn Thomson Student Health Center.