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Alumni to go
back to class
USC alumni will go
back into the classroom
Oct 16 for Homecoming
to learn about and discuss
the poetry of James Dickev.
Donald Greiner, associate
provost and dean of
undergraduate affairs,
will lead two two-hour
session, which will feature
three of Dickey's poems.
Dickey was USC's poet-in-residence
from 1970
to 1997.
To register and receive
reading materials,
call the Alumni Association
at 777-4111.
Jewish Studies
lecture set
The annual SolomonTenebaum
Lecture in
Jewish Studies will be
Sept 10 and will focus on
whose fault was the fall of
man.
James Kugel, the
Starr Professor of Hebrew
Literature at Harvard
University and Professor
of Bible at Bar Ban University
in Israel, will answer
the question not according
to modem
ideologies and sensibilities,
but as the Bible's
first interpreters answered
it
The 8 p.m. lecture will
take place in Gambrell
Hall auditorium.
Businesses
encouraged to
participate in
Merchant's Fair
Registration is under
way for area businesses
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Merchant's Fair 98.
The event will be from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. August
20 on the Russell House
Patin
Registration is $100.
Call 777-6688.
USC wori
News Editor KMHMFER STANLEY
Director of Financial Aid Gerald Bird
says the 1500 phone calls his office has
been getting each day have been a good
thing if they help students get financial
aid for the fall semester sorted out
What many of the calls have been
about is the new LIFE scholarships, which
the S.C. General Assembly approved in
June.
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The bill awards $2,000, $1,000 each
semester, to students with a 3.0 grade
point average, 30 hours earned from August
of the past year to the end of the
next summer two session and who graduated
from high school on May 1995 or
alter.
Also for eligibility, students who began
college in 1995 must have 90
hours, in 1996,60 hours; and 1997,30
hours. Students who have been convict
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including DUI, are ineligiMe.
Since the legislature approved the
$2,000 annual aid, Bird's staff has been
working to identify and notify those who
are eligible.
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awarded about 2500 scholarships, and
they expect to award more, Bird said.
While some students might have been
surprised to see a $1,000 scholarship
tacked onto their tuition bill, Bird said
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recipients
many students were identified after tuition
hills were printed on July 20.
"A lot has happened since then," Bird
said.
Although the scholarship might not
be included on the tuition bill, it might
be available through TIPS.
Bird said students who expect to receive
the award shouldn't wait to pay
their bill. If they get the scholarship afUFEpagetwo
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native
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arm and hand.
Wheeler underwent
an e^ht-hour operation Thursday
to stabilize his spinal column.
Wheeler, 23, who lives in Hartsvifle,
SlCL, was driving to South Florida for
the start of training camp when the
accident occurred on Interstate 95 near
Palm City, Fia., on Monday. His vehicle
left the interstate daring a rainstorm
and hit a tree.
Wheeler criginaUy was hospitalized
at Martin Manorial Hospital in
Stuart, Fia., before being transferred
to Miami
"He was wearing a seat belt but
suffered spinal fractures of cervical
and thoradc vertebras," Dr Barth A.
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Jackson Memorial, said Wednesday in
a statement Dr. Green is co-fonnder
of the Miami Project to Cure fttraly
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