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Carolina News Doctoral student wins USC fellowship by Jairus Dayton Staff Writer The prestigious Ford Foundation Pre doctoral Fellowship for minority stu dents has been awarded to Rihana Williams, a doctorial student at USC. Williams is pursuing a degree in experimental psychology. •The three-year fellowship will en able her to study how people acquire vo cabulary when reading. She will be studying under the guid ance of USC’s psychology professor Dr. Robin Morris in the University’s labo ratory for eye movement and cogni tive processes. Williams is the daughter of Dr. Shir-. lene Williams of Hawkinsville, S.C. and Dr. Freddy Williams of Panama City, Fla. With a long history of outstanding academic accomplishments, she gradu ated magna cum laude with a psycholo gy degree from Spelman collage. In 1997, she was awarded the Ca reers and Opportunities Research Train ing award by the National Institute of Health. One year later, she was selected to conduct research at USC's nationally recognized NSF-funded Summer Re search Institute. Williams is also a member of nu merous academic organizations, including Phi Beta Kappa honor society, Psi Chi and Golden Key. She plans to continue her research on the cognitive, developmental and physiological processes of reading. In addition to the Ford Foundation Fellowship, Williams holds a Universi ty of South Carolina Fellowship, which is a three-year, research-based fellow ship that includes an $8,000 stipend. There are only about 50 Ford Foun dation awards given each year for out standing academic achievement, schol arly potential and a research proposal. A $ 14,000 stipend accompanies the award. You've gol to read, so read the Gamecock. |Look/or our Welcome Burl: issur on August IS if ;;j' REPORT ! O e* 'S compiled by John Huiett Sunday, July 23 • Non-criminal misdemeanor, the Horse shoe at McKissick Museum. The sub jects were on the Horseshoe shooting at pigeons with blow guns. Both sub jects were Later found in the basdemet of Davis College and transported to USC Police headquarters. The parents of the subjects were notified and they signed custodial releases. The blowguns were confiscated. A criminal invesigator was informed, but no further action was tak en. • Larceny of bicycle, Swearingen Col lege. The victim stated that an unknown person removed his bicycle from the incident location, saying that the bicy cle was secured by a cable combinarior locked, which was cut in half by un known means. The bicycle was red and considered to be a sports bike with the brand name of Trek. Estimated value: $85. • Trespassing after notice, Greene Street. The complainant observed the subject on the sidewalk on the east side of Davis College. Friday, July 21 • Auto breaking, larceny of cell phone, Pendleton Street parking garage. The victim stated that she parked her car to go to work and when she returned found - the driver’s side window broken and her cell phone removed. The respond ing officers investigated and found one orange Sunkist can used to break the window. The officers dusted the driver’s side door and lifted fingerprints. Esti mated value: $100. Wednesday, July 19 • Failure to yield to traffic, Main and Collie Streets. Complainant stated that while walking in a crosswalk oil a green light, she observed a white USC van en tering the intersection, nearly striking her. She threw a piece of paper at the subject driving the van. -■ AT USC Still Available: • 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for fall semester • Summer leases • Fully furnished apartments West Coast Frames.... New York Brands Too! are available in Columbia al FOMNE VISION CENTERS Downtown Columbia IrenhoImPlaia laylor at Pickens St. Near Hooligan's Deli 779-7783 7900902 J Enrollment from page 1 Davis added. The University of South Carolina's mission statement, adopted by the Board of Trustees in April of 1998 states that USC is “committed to becoming one of the finest universities in America.” According to Davis, USC must im prove its undeigraduate and graduate stu dent body profile. This explains a higher standard of ad mission to USC. System wide, USC Columbia had the greatest decline in enrollment as far as actual number of students lost. Since the fall of 1995, the entire USC system has decreased its enrollment by almost 2,000 students. Every campus has experienced de cline in the past five years, with the ex-'' ception of USC Spartanburg, which has gained 200 students since that time. According to Davis, the University will remain committed to recruiting qual ity students. “It is our hope that with attracting the very top students in the country, that a larger number of your high-B/1100 SAT students will chose to matriculate in Co lumbia.” Davis added that the Admissions of fice never would simply admit students to increase enrollment. “We never admit to reach a cer tain number; everyone that reaches ad mission has earned it,” Davis said. USC continues to have success re cruiting minorities to campus. In the fall of 1999, nearly 19 per cent of the student body was African American. Minority enrollment has in creased every year since 1995. | i Student * | i s Airfares ! f 1 11 8 Europe • Africa • Asia • South America § p f More Than 100 Departure Cities! | p P f Eurailpasses • Bus Passes • Study Abroad j= p l! I - ^ - student ! |l i ° universe t I p I #com i P g IT'S YOUR WORLD. EXPLORE IT. g ^ 11 www.StudentUniverse.com! I p f 800-272-9676 | p