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1I What do you think of Dr. Palms’ decision to consider
LjUt3.KS running for Strom Thurmond’s U.S. Senate seat?
“I don’t really
have a reaction.
If that's what he
wants to do, then
it’s his life.”
Ryajn O'Toole
First-year
Engineering
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“He's done a lot
for this university.
However, if he
were to win a
Senate seat,
USC may get
some clout in
Washington.”
Dime Taylor
Fourth-year
Journalism
“Since he has put
us on track to
enter the AAU,
then he should
stay until we are
at least started in
the AAU.”
Rachel Onley
Fourth-year
Liberal Arts
“Honestly, I don’t
think he’ll make
it. He’ll have to
run against some
strong
candidates.
Jamie Monogan
Second-year
Liberal Arts
“He has done a
lot for the
university, and if
he leaves, he’ll
be missed.”
Derek Pack
Third-year
Engineering
Palms
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that every seat could thrust you into the
majority.”
Another potential candidate, state
Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum, said she would
not run for the seat. She made her decision
after meeting with senators Tuesday.
“I became convinced that this was not a
race I wanted to get into,” she said.
Palms would bring the Democrats the star
power and fund-raising capabilities they will
need to defeat the likely GOP candidate, U.S.
Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who earned
recognition for his role as an impeachment
manager during the Senate trial of former
president Bill Clinton.
However, experts say there are downsides
to a Palms nomination.
“People have this stereotypical view of
academics, that they are out of touch with the
real world,” College of Charleston political
science professor Bill Moore said.
Others say, despite the risk, Palms might
be the Democrats’ best chance of capturing
a seat that has remained in GOP hands for
almost 50 years.
Grove City (Pa.) College professor Charles
Dunn, formerly of Clemson University, said
Democrats don’t have “a ghost "of a chance”
of winning Thurmond’s seat “unless they
can come up with an unusual candidate who
connects.”
“This is a high-risk venture for the
Democrats and John Palms. But it’s worth the
risk,” Dunn said. “Democrats can’t win it any
other way.”
Graham, the only GOP candidate to
announce a bid for the Senate, has his party’s
blessing and will likely run unopposed.
The same isn’t true for Palms. Darla Moore,
named one of the 50 most-powerful women
in business by Fortune magazine, was being
heavily recruited by the Democrats but has
said she won’t run. However, several state
Democrats are mulling a bid. Former U.S.
Ambassador to Britain Phil Lader, U.S. Rep.
Jim Clyburn, Greenville businessman
Hayne Hipp, state Sen. Tom Moore of
Clearwater and Department of Public Safety
Director Boykin Rose are among those who
have been mentioned as potential candidates.
Graham spokesman Kevin Bishop said
Graham was concentrating on his bid for the
GOP nomination and wouldn’t comment on
Palms’ announcement.
The 65-year-old Palms was bom in the
Netherlands and is a naturalized American
citizen. He has spent most of his life in the
academic sector.
Palms’ ties to South Carolina stretch back
to his college days when he attended The
Citadel in Charleston.
* Before coming to USC, he held jobs at
Emory and Geoigia State University, where
he was also president.
Palms has led USC through a series of
turbulent events, including the aftermath of
former President James Holdemian’s resignation
and the current budget crisis, which could slash
the university’s budget between 10 and 15
percent.
The Associated Press contributed to this re
port. Write the university desk at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com
Trustees
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ideas for our state and our future have
challenged and inspired me.”
The reaction among trustees was
mixed.
“I personally hate to see him run for
Senate," said Arthur Bahnmuller, who
admitted he didn’t want Palms to run for
“selfish” reasons.
“I think John Palms has done a
wonderful job as president of the
university,” Bahnmuller said.
However, Bahnmuller said that if
Palms made a bid for the seat, Palms would
have to leave USC.
, “If he runs, he has to resign,”
* Bahnmuller said.
Some trustees worried about the
political ramifications of Palms’
announcement, especially because the
president will have to persuade a GOP
controlled General Assembly to spare
USC from deep budget cuts.
“I believe that the timing is a little
unfortunate coming as it does in the middle
of the budget crisis,” said trustee William
Hubbard, whose term as chairman of the
board ended last fall.
“I’ve actually heard from legislators
expressing their concern about it,” Hubbard
said.
Like Bahnmuller, Hubbard said he
believed Palms would have to step down
if he decided to pursue Thurmond’s seat.
He said Palms would likely need to do
so soon after May 1 instead of waiting until
January.
“I don’t see how he could run a
campaign and devote his full attention
to the university,” Hubbard said.
Hubbard also said a leave of absence
might make it difficult for USC to maintain
its momentum. He said it likely wouldn’t
be in the best interests of the university
to have someone “keeping the chair
warm.”
Another trustee, Michael Mungo, said
political damage has been done.
“Regardless of what he does now, he’s
been branded a Democrat, and that’s going
to hurt... when you have a majority of
Republicans in the State House,” Mungo
told The State.
The Associated Press contributed to this
report. Write the university desk at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com
Drop Date
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SG has said some classes don’t meet
before the drop date, but the committee
said most classes meet before the deadline.
“The vast majority of the classes are
scheduled to meet either two or three
times during the first week of class,”
Reeves wrote. “Course syllabi and other
course information are increasingly
available online.”
According to Reeves’ letter, the drop
date proposal could cost the university
money when USC is facing budget cuts.
It might allow students to sign up for
courses “with less intention of keeping
them than before” the change.
“If so, University instructional capacity
would be wasted, and other students
blocked from adding courses that they
really want and need could require more
time at an additional expense to complete
their program of study,” Reeves wrote.
Homick said she had checked with
the university bursar, however, who
assured that if the proposal didn’t change
the university’s refund date, it wouldn’t
change USC’s financial policy or standing.
In a written statement, Hornick
criticized the committee’s conclusions.
“Their first point was that ‘virtually
all’ classes meet before the current
drop period,” Homick wrote. ‘“Virtually
all’ does not include all and thus does not
give every student a fair advantage.”
“The fact is that while several syllabi
are online, the majority of syllabi are not,”
Homick wrote.
She mentioned the disparity between
USC’s five-day drop period and the
average AAU period of more than 14
days.
“As this University strives to Join the
AAU, I am shocked that this committee
would not be willing to take this simple
step closer to other AAU institutions,”
Homick wrote.
Eaddy said the defeat of the proposal
didn’t color her memories of an otherwise
successful term in office. She said she was
optimistic that USC would eventually
extend the drop date.
“It may not happen this year, it may
not happen two years from now, but I
think USC will see an extended drop date
in the future,” she said.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com
Panelists discuss record,
legacy of George Wallace
BY MARUXA RELANO
The Gamecock
The history department held a
panel discussion about Geoige Whllace
with the makers of an award-winning
documentary on the controversial
politician Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Russell House Theater.
The film, Geoige Wallace: Setting
the Woods on Fire, was shown prior
to the discussion.
Wallace, notorious for being a
segregation advocate during the civil
rights movement in Alabama, was a
four-time governor of Alabama and
ran for the U.S. presidency four times..
The panel was comprised of co
producer Dan Maccabe, co-director
Paul Stekler and USC history professor
Dan Carter. The documentary is
partially based on Carter’s book, The
PohticsofRage.
In making the film, Maccabe
and Stekler agreed they didn’t want
just to record the sequence of political
events the life of George Wallace
precipitated, but also to show the real
man behind the action. To do this, they
interviewed everyone they could find
who had something to do with Wallace,
including his children.
During the discussion, an audience
member asked whether Setting the
Woods on Fire was too sympathetic
towards Wallace.
Maccabe replied, “if this film leans
in one direction, it is in being generous
to George Wallace.”
But Stekler said that in later years
Wallace was elected governor with
considerable help from African
American voters, who responded to
his change of heart and believed in
him.
He said that when Wallace died,
many members of the African
American community came out
“dressed in their Sunday best.” to
see his casket.
The university desk can be reached at
gamecockudesk@hotmail.com
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