Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jjjsfc TODAY: Isolated T- l * \AJciHTIPQrl QTT July 31,2002 ♦ Vol. 95, No. 4 Storms, High 95, # ^ V V CvllIC/uU.Cl V University of South Carolina ♦ www.dailygamecock.com H AMEGOGK INSIDE VIEWPOINTS Maybe father did know best, really Jason L.Rapp explains why party politics hurt progress in S.C. PAGE 5 THE MIX To Austin with love from Goldmember Michael Myers is gold with third Powers saga, “Goldmember.” PAGE 6 SPORTS Will Derek Watson return to the fold? Lou Holtz talks about former running back’s rumored return. PAGE 3 INULA Comics 8 Crossword 8 Classifieds 11 Horoscopes 8 Letters to the Editor 5 Online Poll 5 Quote of the Day 6 USC Police Report 3 The Carolina Center cordially invites you to attend... PHOTO BY ROB GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK The new Carolina Center, shown here under construction, will play host to tours during the first two weeks of August. The tours will be available to all members of the USC community. -----:-: USC opera professor dies BY BEN BRYAN THE GAMECOCK . Talmage Fauntleroy, an as sociate professor of opera in the School of Music, died Tuesday following Studio Lirico, a four-week summer opera program he led in Cortona, Italy. Fauntleroy, 52, was a Va. native who taught at USC for 10 years and was the first black faculty member at the School of Music. Sources say he fell ill toward the end of the program and was admit ted to a local hospital the day after the final production. Jamal Rossi, Dean of the USC School of Music, said that very few details were known as of yet. “What I’m told is that he had not felt well throughout the four weeks, but it was mostly flu like symptoms,” Rossi said. “Apparently he was in the hospital for the last two or three days of Studio Lirico.” Fauntleroy studied at East Carolina University and Howard University before studying Italian at the University of Florence in Italy. He came to USC in 1992 after ten years in Italy. Fauntleroy directed operas in both Europe and in the United States, including Bizet’s “Carmen,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Humperdink’s “Hansel and Gretel,” and Rossini’s “II barbiere di Siviglia." One of his produc tions from Studio Lirico, Cimarosa’s “L’impresario” was featured in Spoleto dur ing Giancarlo Menotti’s 80th birthday celebration. His last directing perfor mance was a performance of two Puccini’s operas in April: “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” for Opera at USC. Although there .was no ptfblic knowledge of any ma jor health problems, Fauntleroy’s sister, Alana Fauntleroy, told The State that “he had been struggling with cancer." Christian Newman, a se nior music student, said he Jiad worked under Fauntleroy and admired his talent. “He was one of the best I’ve ever known,” Newman said. “He was a great artist. He built a bridge between the student world and the professional [opera] world.” Newman participated in Studio Lirico this summer and learned of Fauntleroy’s death only after he arrived back in the United States. He was aware that the professor had not felt well, but said that, “he didn’t let it affect his work.” ♦ FAUNTLEROY, SEE PAGE 2 Miss S.C. returns Raney learns from tragedy, reign; returns to college life BY GINNY THORNTON TIIK (JAMK(H)CK Jeanna Raney never real ly wanted the crown. “I always thought it was kind of stupid,” Raney says now, after having spent a year as Miss South Carolina. “But the things I’ve been able to do with it, those are my passion.” Raney, a native of Inman, S.C., would have spent this past academic year as a sec ond-year media arts student at USC. Instead, Raney spent the year driving 50,000 miles through each of South Carolina’s 46 counties. By the end of her reign, she made 247 appearances. “Schools, churches, Rotary Clubs, I went everywhere. I gave my speech sometimes three times a day,” Raney said. Raney likens winning the Miss South Carolina crown to applying for a job and be ing accepted. “I told the girls in one of their meetings, ‘If you don’t feel absolutely passionate about your platform, and you somehow squeak by and win, you will be miserable for a year,”’ Raney said. It was Raney’s drive to speak about her passion— suicide prevention—that kept her from being miser able, even during the times she was “physically ex ♦ MISS SC, SEE PAGE 2