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Grant CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 five years, and so, at the conclu sion of this grant, I will expect the people who are working on the grants to be writing other grant proposals for continuing funding,” Sorensen said. Leading this research will be Frank Berger, chairman and pro fessor of USC’s Biology Department, who spent more than three years preparing this grant prpposal with other col leagues. “Colorectal cancer kills about 56,000 Americans yearly, 800 South Carolinians,” Berger said. “It is the second highest cause of cancer death, and while we know a lot about colorectal can cer, we have a distance to go in order to develop better methods of preventing the disease and of treating it, and we hope to make major contributions to those two efforts.” Berger said the grant will be used to support the research of four young faculty members at USC, who will collaborate with the more experienced “senior faculty who are established re searchers,” he said. The grant will also support a number of technologically ad vanced laboratories and fund the hiring of 10 faculty members, eight at USC and two at the Medical University of South Carolina. Gov. Jim Hodges, whose grandfather died of colorectal cancer, commended the team for the award; and said it was “a great day for South Carolina be cause we have a significaijt.in vestment of dollars, a vote of con fidence for our faculty and our university, and a critical mis sion.” The award creates a presti gious NIH-designated Center of Biomedical Research Excellence at USC aimed at increasing the number of NIH-funded biomedi cal researchers in South Carolina. USC will also use the grant to set up a Center for Colon Cancer Research, consisting of a team of 17 researchers in numerous fields, including biology, phar macy, medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, public health, pathology, chemistry, and bio chemistry and statistics. Sorensen said he is pleased that “there are opportunities for undergraduate and graduate stu dents to do research directly” and also that they will be able to attract “remarkably able facul ty” to the university. John Murphy, a graduate stu dent who will be participating in the colorectal cancer re search, said: “The real success is not what happened today. The real success will be measured one year down the road, when they start bringing in new peo ple and get a little momentum going.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Development CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Sorensen. Smith said the com mittee could have the finalists chosen as early as October. Smith said a search firm is help ing in the recruitment. He said a good candidate applies occasion ally, but that the search commit tee usually looks outside applica tions to find ideal candidates. Smith said the committee is looking for someone who isn’t look ing for a new job, but for someone who is satisfied width their job ad whose employers are satisfied with their work. The committee will not release the names of any candi dates until the finalists are chosen. “There certainly are as many jobs like the one we’re looking to fill as there are people who are specialists in development or alumni services,” he said. The committee is looking for a person with a successful record in university development and who can interact with all colleges and departments in the univer sity - as well as with members of the community. “We’re moving as rapidly as we can without compromising the quality of the candidate pool,” Smith said. “We want to make sure that we have an appropriate number of qualified candidates before we go to the point where we have to narrow it down.” Senior Director for Development Cantey Heath said the new advancement division would be a huge step toward orga nizing development efforts and cre ating new goals as a university. “The goals of new leadership under Doctor Sorensen and this new advancement division is to aggressively study the university and then get out and market it like nobody’s business. What are our strengths? What messages do we need to send out there? And how do these messages need to go? And then that will go hand in hand with our campaign plans,” he said. Sorensen said he is eagerly awaiting working with the new advancement division. 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Racism charge fails to derail USC’s Homecoming Showcase BY ALLYSON BIRD TH K OAMKCOCK Despite the USC chapter of the NAACP’s petition alleging that the selection of Homecoming King and Queen is undemocratic, Showcase went on as planned Wednesday night at the Roger Center. Homecoming Commissioner Sarah Grove, a fourth-year busi ness student, said she could only reflect positively on this year’s controversy. “I don’t think it was negative pressure (from the NAACP). It was good to have in terest from any group on campus,” she said. The USC chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People expressed concern Monday about how none of the 14 Showcase fi nalists were minorities and how judges, not students, chose the king and queen. Student Body President Ankit Patel, the one non-Greek contes tant, was crowned king after he sang and played a Dave Matthews Band song on the guitar for his talent selection. Evelyn Ackermann, a fourth year anthropolbgy student, was named 2002 Homecoming Queen. For her talent, Ackermann, the captain of the Coquette Dance Team, performed a Coquette dance solo that her teammates also per formed during a later break. Sarah Bayko, a third-year po litical science student and spon sorship director for Showcase, Said she “was not aware of the controversy" with the NAACP be fore Monday, but said she she didn’t see any effect on funding because of the concerns. Grove said the 14 final contes tants for king and queen were chosen in a three-step selection process. The first round was a basic application, in which 55 students participated and 10 of each gender were allowed to pro ceed. The second step cut the contestants to seven each for king and queen after an inter view session. Wednesday night was the final step in choosing the winner. Entertainment between com petition segments reflected a fo cus on multicultural talent. The performances included classical piano, gospel singing and tradi tional Indian dance. The Saya Dance Ensemble per formed a routine that integrated traditional Indian dance and mod ern hip-hop. “This is our freshman perfor mance at USC,” said Tejal Patel, a second-year biology student. The team formed in 2000 but had grown enough this year to require auditions. “This is a big step for us,” said Bhumi Patel, a third-year psy chology student. Even the talent competition in Showcase reflected diversity, from piano and brass pieces to original monologues, visual art and shagging. Fourth-year chemistry student Brantley Busbee was named sec ond runner-up and Mr. Congeniality. His talent involved juggling in country garb to the tune of “Dueling Banjos.” “The worst part was the flash photography. When juggling, you can't see with cameras flashing,” Busbee said. Rebecca Floyd, another con testant, agreed that the competi tion was not easy, “but none of (the competition) was that bad,” | she said. “The worst part was be ing asked the meanest thing I’ve ever done” during the question portion, she said. Floyd answered that she once tripped a girl dur ing a cross-country race to help her team win. Although some contestants were asked about their most mem orable USC moments or whom they most admired,' other contes tants were posed less personal questions. William Young, the final con testant, was asked what America will work to improve during the next 25 years. His response com pleted the competition portion of an evening run smoothly despite controversy. His answer: civil , rights. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudeskCuthotmail.com -1 I | Great Food FROM THF Dell see you soon/ What's for dinner? Check the grab and go case for whole quiches, pizzas, & pasta entree’s. Lots of vegetarian and vegan choices in the form r \ HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES We know that college can be stressful and busy and sometimes our food choices are not our own. Come and shop at the market to find new foods and healthier alternatives to what you might be putting in your mouth this very second! Try vegetarian and organic alternatives, they taste wonderful and you may not have to worry as much about the effects in the long run! kI/ of wraps and freshly made salads from the deli. ^0 1 Assembly S.reel Ve%aft © > _ o South Harden S Deli: 256-6410 Store 765-1083 g> _ o ^^South Maple Street M-Sat‘ 9-9 2803 Rosewood Dr. Sun: 10-6 Here's to Carolina HOMECOMING 2002 USC Homecoming 2002 Would USC Homecoming 2002 Would Like to Thank the Like to Thank the USC Athletics jf ' 1 DepartmentCarolina first i As a Carolinian Sponsor a Carolinian Sponsor ||