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Whether you’re new to USC or a seasoned student
here, The Gamecock thinks it’s important for
you to be familiar with the names and faces
you’ll be reading about during this school year and per
haps beyond. Included here are presidents of organiza
tions listed in USC’s Hall of Leaders, as well as USC’s
highest-ranking officials and other faces you’ll be seeing
a great deal this year.
• BIOGRAPHY: I graduated'from USC in 1978 with
a BA degree in political science. In 1980,1 received
a master’s in education from USC. I began working
for the university in 1980 as director of student
media. I’ve served as assistant dean of students,
director of student activities, and currently serve
as director of student life. I’m married to Mary
Anne McClure Brewer and I have three children. I
enjoy ompetitive softball, non-competitive golf,
reading, coaching, youth basketball and baseball,
and cheering for the Gamecocks.
• LAST BOOK READ: Against the Tide by Harriet
Keyserling
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run
over if you just sit there.” -Will Rogers
• BIOGRAPHY: I am a native of Greenville, S.C.,
and I’m majoring in hotel, restaurant and tourism
administration. I serve as a senator from the
College of Applied Professions and as co-chairman
of the Senate judiciary committee. As president of
the Ambassadors, I hope to expand our involve
ment in campus activities and in the community.
In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, politics, travel
ing, and meeting new people.
• LAST BOOK READ: The Secret History by Donna
Tartt "
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “If you like laws and -
sausages, you should never watch either one being
made.” -Otto von Bismarck
Director, Housing and judicial Programs
• BIOGRAPHY: I’ve been at USC since 1992, and
I’m a clinical faculty member in the College of
Education. I have previous experience at the
University of Georgia and the University of
Florida, where I received my Ph.D. I’m father to
two daughters, Becca, 13, and Emily, 10, and hus
band to Sheila, a special education teacher. I’m an
avid reader, learner, spiritual traveler and aging
athlete. I’m energized and enriched by my relation
ship with students at Carolina.
• LAST BOOK READ: Peace Is Every Step by Thich
Nhay Hanh, Leading With Soul by Bolman and Deal
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “The community of scholars at the University of
South Carolina is commited is dedicated to personal and academic excel
lence” -from the Carolinian Creed
President, Assn, of African American Students
• BIOGRAPHY: I m a senior broadcast journalism
major from Greenville, S.C. I enjoy reading,
singing, and meeting and greeting new people, and
I’m involved in many campus organizations. Tb
improve AAAS this year, I’d like to have a “family”
atmosphere in order to address and combat campus
issues and situations with a united effort, while
educating and enlightening ourselves and others
for increased knowledge and understanding.
• LAST BOOK READ: Fly Girl by Omar Tyrees
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “You either do or you do not. There is no such
thing as try!” -Yoda
President, Residence Hall Association
• BIOGRAPHY: I'm from Glendale, California, but
have lived a pretty uneventful life until coming to
school in Columbia. In my two years here, I have
tried to see all the Southeast has to offer. I've made
it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras and Savannah for
St. Patty’s Day (which doesn’t have anything on
Five Points’ celebration). My interests include bas
ketball, volleyball, racquetball, weightlifting and
traveling. I also enjoy meeting new people and try
ing new things. If you want to know more, you'll
have to come by Rutledge; my door is always open.
• LAST BOOK READ: Executive Orders by Tom
Clancy
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “Money” (as in, “You’re the money!” or “That’s
money!”)
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President, Sorority Council
• BIOGRAPHY: I m a senior broadcast journalism
major, planning to graduate in May 2000. I am from
Greenville, S.C., and 21 years old. This summer, I
irltemed at WOLO-TV as an associate producer.
After graduation, I either pl$n to find a job in
broadcast news or travel for my sorority as a chap
ter consultant. My years at USC have been the
most amazing years of my life. I encourage all of
you to get involved on campus and make the most
of your time here. It really is way too short!
• LAST BOOK READ: Of Love and War by Steve
Brown
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “The time between who you once were and who
you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place.”
President, Fraternity Council
• BIOGRAPHY: I am from Richmond, Va., where I
have an older brother, a younger brother, and a
younger sister. I came to USC to do something dif
ferent than all of my high-school classmates. I
know I definitely made the right decision. I got
involved with Greek Life my sophomore year and
have not been disappointed yet. I’ve done many
things on campus, but none have been as reward
ing as helping out and participati ng in Dance
Marathon, which I urge everyone to get involved
with.
• LAST BOOK READ: Man's Search for Meaning by
Viktor E. Frank
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “We cannot live better than in seeking to become
better" -Socrates
^ Station Manager, WUSC-FM
• BIOGRAPHY: I was bom and raised in Columbia, [
S.C., and have been a big fan of David Lee Roth
since 4th grade. I did a lot of breakdancing in 2nd
and 3rd grade and have listened to the radio all my |
life. I started working at WUSC my second semes
ter here at USC. Except for one semester at KGLT 1
at Montana State, I’ve worked here constantly ■
since then. As a second-year senior, I plan on earn- g
ing my English degree soon and pursuing a Ph.D in
English.
• LAST BOOK READ: The Collected Poems of Jean
Toomer
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “Life sometimes gets all up in your ass, so baby,
you got to work it out.” -DeLaSoul
President, Carolina Productions
• BIOGRAPHY: Bom in 1978,1 come to the
University of South Carolina by way of Greenville,
S.C. I sincerely believe that we learn the most
important lessons outside of class, so I am involved
in many different activities here at USC to enhance
my college experience. In addition to being presi
dent of Carolina Productions, I am a member of the
Russell House Advisory Board, a member of the
MAP team and a founding chairperson of USC’s
Dance Marathon. When free time jumps in my face,
I spend it dancing or involved in sports.
• LAST BOOK READ: Winning Every Day by Lou
Holtz
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “Strive for perfection and you will always achieve
excellence.”
University President and His Wife
• BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Palms: I took office in 1991 as USC’s 26th
president. I’ve served in higher education through
out my career, including 23 years at Emory
University in Atlanta. I’ve committed myself to pur
suing USC’s vision of becoming one of the top five
public universities in the Southeast and deserving
membership in the Association of American
Universities, which includes 60 of the nation’s
finest universities, public and private.
Mrs. Palms: I was bom in Charleston and gradu
ated from Bishop England High School and Sacred
Heart College in Charlotte. We’ve been married for
41 years and have three children and six grandchil
dren. We’ve been at USC for more than eight years.
• LAST BOOK READ:
Dr. Palms: The Great Disruption: Human Nature
and the Reconstitution of Social Order by Francis
Fukuyama
Mrs. Palms: The Return of the Prodigal Son by
Henri J.M. Nouwen
• FAVORITE QUOTE:
Dr. Palms: “Learning humanizes character and
uues nut mean it tu ue uuei — wuiieu uy uviu ui
his Letters from the Black Sea in 8 A.D. and now
the university motto in its original Latin form.
Mrs. Palms: “A thoughtful person is a joyful person.”
^ 'Editor, The Gamecock
• BIOGRAPHY: I’m a senior, and a political science
and history double major from Sound Beach, New
York. Through The Gamecock, I won a prestigious
Anti-Defamation League fellowship to Israel and
Poland, where I was able to study the Holocaust,
which is the period of history I am most interested I
in. At The Gamecock, I have served as news editor, A
managing editor and editor in chief, which I will U|
once again be serving as this fall. I just completed
an internship this past summer at the Democratic
National Committee and at the Dutko Group, a
lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.
• LAST BOOK READ: And The Band Played On by ■
Viktor E. Frank
• FAVORITE QUOTE: Good artists copy; great artists steal -Picasso
VP, Student and Alumni Services
• BIOGRAPHY: I have been with the university for
20 years. My wife, two sons and I are all graduates
of Carolina, and I have two more children who
expect to be part of this tradition in years to come.
I enjoy reading current events, student trends and
issues, and observing and facilitating learning
experiences among the Carolina community.
• LAST BOOK READ: Dancing With the Devil:
Information Technology and the New Competition
in Higher Education by R. Katz and associates
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “It’s got to be the giving, not
the getting there, that’s good” and “It’s better to bum
out than to fade away.”
Editor, Garnet & Black
• BIOGRAPHY: I am a Baccalaureus major in my
final year at the Honors College, studying, among
many other things, economics. While I’ve been
involved with theatre here, most of my time is now
devoted to Student Media. I have contributed sever
al pieces to Garnet & Black, and I have served The |
Gamecock in the Viewpoints and Features sections.
This fall, I serve as editor of Garnet & Black and as
Viewpoints editor of The Gamecock. I am proud to
share the Bess Meyerson Journalism award with
the spring 1999 editorial board of The Gamecock.
• LAST BOOK READ: Cold Mountain by Charles
Frazier
• FAVORITE QUOTE: “The peculiarity of being a writer is that the
entire enterprise involves the mortal humiliation of seeing one’s own
words in print ” -Joan Didion
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