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Former USC
defensive end
to lead cancer
study
Howard Barrett, a former
defensive end at USC,
is the SDokesman tn hein
African American families
' around the nation understand
the dangers of
hereditary prostate cancer.
Barrett and other family
members from Union
are among the first people
in the United States
to become involved in a
national study at USC's
School of Nursing to locate
the gene that causes
hereditary prostate cancer,
which is high in
African Americans.
Viewing, discussion
of "The
Uprising of *34"
today
USC will host a viewing
and discussion of"Ilie
Uprising of *34," a dramatic
documentary about
a 10-state textile strike
during the Depression at
12:15 p.m. today in the
Gambrell Hall auditorium.
Greenville family
endows Volunteers
Service Program
USC alumni Robert
and Catherine Cornesser
Dobson of Greenville announced
a $1 million gilt
to USC to endow a vnlnn
teer service program for
students.
Dobson, 59, a retired
lawyer and businessman
and his wife, a former
teacher with Greenville
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have designated their gift
to establish the Dobson
Volunteer Service Program.
briefs compiled from staff
reports
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staff writer JOSH THOMPSON Progr
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A Texas businessman and aca(je
University of South Carolina ^
alumnus has announced a $20
TF
million gift to USC to endow a
national scholarshiD nrnpram for millio
outstanding out-of-state students, this y<
Robert McNair, a USG grad- womg
uate with a degree in psycholo- Darla
gy, has designated his gift to es- iion \
tablish the McNair Scholars montj
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The Board of Trustees building
and ground committee approved the
construction of a $38.6 million Wellness
and Fitness Center during its
May 21 meeting.
Director of Buildings and Grounds
Charles Jeffcoat said the $38.6 mil
lion budget will be funded with $32.1
million in institution funds, $4,365
million in private funds and $2,135
million in institutional capital project
funds.
The $32.1 million in institution
funds will be paid by USC students.
Jeffcoat said this cost will be paid
by students over several years by raising
the student activity fees by a small
amount each year.
In February 1997, the board approved
$750,000 budget for the planin?
and idea develonment of the cen
ter. Since then, a site has been
determined and a 170,000 square foot
facility has been designed, Jeffcoat
said.
The center will be located at the
corner of Assembly and Blossom
streets on the Gibbes property owned
by the university, Jeffcoat said.
It will house a cardiovascular
equipment area, a weight training
area, basketball courts, indoor multi-purpose
courts, squash and racmiafKo
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track, climbing wall, aerobic areas
and both an indoor and outdoor pool
with locker facilities.
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le gift is the second multi- attract anc
in dollar donation to USC who repn
ear. A successful business- highe
tn and graduate of USC,
Moore, donated $25 mil- Preside!
;o the university three
is ago. The college of busi1
proves Dui
The $38.6 million center is ex
pected to be completed by August H
2001, Jeffcoat said.
The board also approved three B
property acquisitions with a total cost P
of $9.77 million on 300 Sumter, 730 t
Devine and 1600 Hampton streets. 1
According to Jeffcoat, the USC De- ' |
velopment Foundation has already I*
purchased 300 Sumter Street and 730 * ft
Devine Street, and these two proper- *
ties will be bought from the founda- * J
tion for upcoming projects.
Jeffcoat said the Sumter Street !
acquisition will be bought from the |,
foundation for $290,000. This is the
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Greek housing. Housing Maintenanra
Reserve funds will pay for this project.
"This acquisition is requested be- J
cause the property is in the center E
of property currently owned by the Eg
University" Jeffcoat said.
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sent the best of aHHilinnal finalist* Whe
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of 2004, the program wi
it John Palms scholarships for 80 stude
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lion. Two of the sites
are 300 Sumter
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liar gifts
Moore in our effort to attract and retain
students who represent the
nil get best of higher education. As we
les full expand our Carolina Scholars
udents program, so will we expand the
for five opportunities for bright students
n fully and, ultimately, the pool of poet
year tential leaders for South CaroliII
fund na," Palms said,
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Former
Journalism
professor
dies at 73
staff t/TTfcr PATRICK W1ETECHA
Richard Uray,
73, former University
of South
Carolina journal- v > W
ism professor died
last Tuesday of
chronic illnesses. fl
Uray helped fl
start USC's Col- fl
lege of Journalism HKBfl
and Mass Com- URAY
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broadcast sequence.
He was the sequence's first
chairman, a position he held until just
a few years before his retirement
inl996.
"Richard Uray was a tremendous
symbol of the role the University plays
in our state," USC President John M.
Palms said. It would not surprise me
to learn that thousands of his students
have probably worked at every radio
and television station in this state. He,
more than any other single individual,
shaped USC's broadcast journalism
program into one of the best."
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October
29,1924, he received his undergraduate
and graduate degrees from
Kent State University and earned his
doctorate from the University of Houston.
His broadcasting career began in
1938 in Cleveland, and he worked at
stations in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and
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