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USC program helps
deaf patients hear
Over the years, Irene Ellis of
Abbeville began to loseber hearing.
She needed hearing aids.
But a small, non-malignant tumor
developed, preventing her hum
wearing a hearing aid in her left ear.
For the past year, the 78-yearold
grandmother couldnt hear at all
and had to rely on faxes to communicate
with family members.
Now, thanks to USC's Cochlear
Implant Program, Ellis has new
hope. She received a cochlear implant,
a medical device surgically
implanted behind the ear to stimulate
the auditory nerve, earlier in
May at Columbia's Palmetto Baptist
Hospital and recently received
the speech processor, microphone
and transmitter necessary to help
her hear.
Ellis can hear again and has begun
rehabilitation at the Speech and
Hearing Center of USC's School of
Public Health.
Researcher receives
international award
Hanif Chaudhry, chairman of
jUSC's civil and environmental engineering
department, will receive
an honorary Doctor "honoris causa"
for science from the Universidad Politecnica
de Valencia in Valencia,
Spain.
Chaudhry will receive the honor
for his contributions to civil and
environmental engineering and
waste resources research.
Also receiving the honor June 22
are Ruldolph Marcus, 1992 winner
of the Nobel Prize for chemistry; Jose
Sarmargo, 1998 winner of the Nobel
Prize for literature; and Spanish
opera singer Monsterrat Cavalle.
Chaudhry joined USC in 1997
as the Mr. & Mrs. Irwin B. Kahn
professor and chairman. He specializes
in water resources research,
including the mathematical modeling
of open-channel and closed-conduit
flows and hydraulic transients.
USC selects nation's
best for research
Tfen of the brightest undergrad
uate psychology students in the country
will research the inner workings
of the brain at USC's Summer Research
Institute in Experimental
Psychology that began May 31.
The students, each paired with
an experimental psychology professor,
will conduct experiments involving
various aspects of brain function
in infants, children and adults.
Their research findings ultimately
could Drove invaluable for the treat
ment of stroke or epilepsy patients.
Colleges
book on
By Cindy Shreuder
College Press Exchange
BLOUMUN UTON, IIND.-For halt a
century, Indiana University has been
a residential campus, a place where
students have come to live and learn,
sharing not only classrooms but also
hallways and bedrooms for everything
from 4 a.m. exam cramming to impromptu
pizza parties.
But after students were given permission
to live off campus during the
political activism of the '60s, a slow,
unanticipated transformation began
to occur that officials say has finally
reached alarming proportions.
More than half of IUs students five
off campus, a full 93 percent of seniors,
and officials worry that it's threatening
the character and academic quality
of the campus.
Officials also worry about a more
intangible loss of community among
students, the lack of upper-class role
models that freshmen have and even
the reduced participation of older
students in campus activities and cultural
opportu- ???
nities.
In a trend
reflected at oth- Around th<
^universities, universitie
IU is trymg to .
lure off-campus similar thi
students back, students 111
with appealing
dorms and oth- more COIYV
er amenities to and more ]
make on-campus
living more
enjoyable.
Studies
show that students who live on campus
are more likely to graduate and
have significantly higher grades than
those who live off campus.
"We see ourselves as a residential
campus," said Bruce Jacobs, IU's assistant
vice chancellor for residential
programs and services. "From an
academic standpoint, we felt we needed
to do something."
Students "see education more as
a consumer commodity than students
did in the past, and this extends to how
they live and in their general approach
to life," IU President Myles Brand.
"If the university does not provide
sucn tnings, crana saia 01 me new
dorms and other amenities, "students
will go someplace else. They'll
move off campus, and that inhibits their
ability to form communities and makes
it harder for them to graduate."
Much of the new philosophy is driven
by the fierce competition for students
that is causing a frantic pace
of building and improvements at universities
across the country.
The centerpiece of the IU plan will
be unveiled in the fall: a $28.6 million
renovation of Willkie, one of the
residence halls. The 1960s-era structure,
built to house 1,100 students in
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rewriting
dorm life
long corridors with one bathroom on
each floor, was redesigned. Now, 781
people will live in apartments and
suites, with no more than two students
to eacn Datnroom.
But university officials aren't stopping
with the living space. They're
adding other features, such as computer
rooms, ice machines and meeting
space. Traditional cafeterias are
being converted to food courts. And
while Willkie was being renovated, officials
began experimenting with new
programs, such as offering tutoring in
a popular undergraduate math course
over a special TV channel that goes into
student rooms.
What IU is doing is increasingly
common. Around the country, universities
are doing similar things to give
students more space, more conveniences
and more luxuries, wrapped in a package
that boasts a little more style.
Northwestern University will open
a new $10.5 million residence hall this
fall, featuring suites and views of Lake
Michigan. In Wisconsin, tiny Beloit Col
lege will begin
an $3 7 million
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several resie
country, dence halls that
S are doing will be linked
ngs to give w,lth a,large
? ? atrium lounge,
LOre Space, complete with
eniences fireplaces,
. . couches and
luxuries. tvs
The University
of Minneso?
ta is building a
new residence hall to house 500 students
in apartment-style quarters.
Northern Illinois University is in the
final phase of renovating its least-popular
residence hall, a 10-story building
with four towers that once held
2,000 students and will now accommodate
1,280.
"The impetus is pretty simple," said
Jim Curtin, an architect with the Chicago
firm of Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz
& Associates, which is redesigning residence
halls at several Midwestern campuses.
"After academics, student housing
is a deciding factor for incoming students,"
Curtin said.
IU decided to renovate dorms after
more modest efforts to keep students
on campus, such as giving free football
tickets to students who stayed in dorms,
met with limited enthusiasm.
In the 1996-97 academic year, only
about 29 percent of sophomores, 12
percent of juniors and 7 percent of seniors
lived in the residence halls.
It's too early to tell whether the new
measures at IU are luring students
back to campus, but early indicators
seem promising. In early May, 2,932
students who had lived off campus during
this academic year have applied to
return to the residence halls in the fall.
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June 5
Attempted burglary, Sloan. The
complainant arrived at the incident
location to hang some paintings for
display. She noticed the door to the
building was ajar and that a large
amount of glass and a large concrete (
block were on the floor. Investigation
continues.
Illegal use of telephone (ha- <
rassing), Bates West The victim said ]
she has received numerous hang-ups 1
and obscene phone calls. A 3 a.m.pam- 1
phlet was issued.
June 2 !
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Larceny of cassette recorder, !
College of Nursing. The complainant 1
said someone removed a tape recorder
from atop a desk at the incident location.
Estimated value: $300.
Larceny of computer, Swearin- i
gen Engineering Center. The complainant
said someone removed a :
Gateway computer with monitor,
mouse and keyboard from the incident
location. Hie items were removed
from a secure room with a combination
lock. Estimated value: $1,799. ;
Trespassing after notice, USC i
School of Law. An officer on patrol observed
someone enter the School of
Law after hours. When the officer 1
confronted the subject, she told him
her named was Cynthia Smith. She
later admitted this was not her real
name, and a check came back showState
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to prepare f(
By jennirer nouana
Associated Press
Most South Carolina state agencies
don't have contingency plans for
what to do if they're hit with year 2000
computer glitches, the state Budget
and Control Board says.
However, three-quarters of the
state's critical computer systems were
on track as of the end of March to meet
a July 1 compliance deadline, the board
reported Tuesday. Fifteen of 74 agen- c
cies said they'd met all requirements 1
to be declared Y2K-ready, the report (
said. 5
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Oiaie agencies nave spent annust
$20 million of the $38.7 million they ^
estimated would be needed to beat the
Y2K bug, the report said. Computers j
with older programs that use just the ,
last two digits of the year could choke
when the calendar rolls over to 2000. c
Some might read it as 1900, and oth- "
er errors are possible. ^
Critical computer systems ? there
are 694 of them ? affect health, safe- T
ty or the delivery of state services such
Wednesday, June 9,1999
ng she had been asked not to return
x) USC property after having been
bund asleep in the Douglas lobby,
[he subject was arrested and transported
to Richland County Detention
Center.
June 1
Driving under suspension, altered
driver's license, 600 Barnwell
?t.. An officer observed someone dri
zing on Greene Street without a
risible license tag. The officer initiited
a traffic stop. The driver told the
)fficer he didn't have insurance and
:hat his driver's license was susaended.
The subject was arrested and
Found to have a Georgia driver's license
in his possession that his friend
tiad made for him. The subject was
transported to Richland County Detention
Center.
Larceny of Wallet, Sumwalt. The
complainant said someone entered
Sumwalt and stole a watch valued at
$60. No signs of forced entry were
found.
Larceny of purse, Gambrell courtyard.
The victim said someone removed
her purse, which was left
unattended and unsecured, from the
incident location. Estimated value:
$60.
May 28
Autobreaking, larceny of CD
player, Coliseum parking lot. The
victim said his passenger side window
was broken into and that
someone tampered with the keyhole
on the driver's side of his car.
The window on the driver's side also
was reported missing. The victim
said a CD player, speakers, amplifier
and cellular phone were taken. Estimated
value: $750.
ts continue
)r Y2K bug
as tax processing. Contingency plans
are in place for fewer than 20 percent
ot them, said led Ligntie, director 01
the state's information resources office.
Department directors must be able
to answer "If the computer goes down,
how do we do business?" Lightle said.
Lightle said he wasn't so concerned
about the lack of contingency plans because
most of the effort has been fo:used
on getting the computers and
irograms fixed. "It's not as rigorous to
:ome up with a contingency plan," he
aid.
The report, based on agencies' surrey
responses, said the state prison
system had completed figuring out its
jotential problems and was about
lalfway toward correcting them as of
March. That now has reached 90 per:ent,
Corrections Department
spokesman John Barkley said.
About 10 percent of the hardware
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vere in place, but none were complete
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