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Grant to fund research
for six undergraduates
BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA
THE GAMECOCK
USC has received a $105,60
grant to award to six undergrac
uate students for research i
chemistry and life sciences.
According to a news relea'
from USC Media Relations, ti
2003 Beckman Scholarship wl
award $17,600 to six undergrl
uate students, each of whom \11
conduct part-time research^
one school year and full-timee
search for two summers.
USC is one of 13 schoolse
lected to receive the scholanip
by the California-based Aiold
and Mabel Beckian
Foundation, which is offdng
the grant to encourage advices
in chemistry and the lifsci
ences.
Ed Miller, director > the
Office of Student Financl Aid
and Scholarships, said he lesn’t
know the specifics of thschol
arship yet.
"The scholarship hasiroba
bly been developed by tl Office
of Development," Milleiaid.
Miller said the university
gives out about 1,000 scholar
ships to graduate and under
graduate stu
dents. New
scholarships are
often created by
private organi
zations or
through the
University
Foundation.
"I'd say
monthly or
more often than
that, a new scholarship is cre
ated," Miller said. "A large num
ber of our scholarships are
awarded by different depart
ments."
Miller said he didn't know
how recipients will be selected,
but that students usually have
to apply for such awards. He
said in most cases, the scholar
ships require an application
process.
Doug Cowser, a second-year
biology student, said he thinks
USC has good life sciences pro
grams.
"It's challenging, and I think
it prepares you for medical
school and other programs that
might come
up later.”
Cowser
also said he
thinks the
scholarship
should im
prove the
university's
life sci
ences pro
grams.
It s getting students to in
vest their time in research, it's
definitely going to affect stu
dents," Cowser said. "It's a
recognition of the programs
here, that they're good pro
grams, and we’re doing some
thing right.”
USC will announce the recip
ients of the award this spring.
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“It’s a recognition of the
programs here, that
they’re good programs,
and we’re doing
something right.”
DOUG COWSER
SECOND-YEAR BIOLOGY STUDENT, ON THE GRANT
USC HAS RECEIVED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Regime
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written and sometimes too exper
imental for main-stage produc
tions, Hogue said.
“I like it when people bring me
material that some of the other the
aters would be afraid to do around
town,” Hogue said. “We try and do
things of an experimental nature,
whether that’s in the text itself or
in the staging of the show.”
“Artless,” the play the group is
working on now, is written by
USC student Steve Nuzum.
“The Puppet Regime, their, like,
whole goal is to put on undergrad
uate stuff, student-directed stuff
and student-written stuff,” said
Nuzum, a second-year English stu
dent. “It’s just like the perfect out
let to do something like that.”
Stephanie Walker, a second
year theater student, is directing
“Artless,” which will be per
formed in Benson Theatre April
22 through April 24.
“I had known that Puppet
Regime existed since freshman
year,” said Walker, whose experi
ence in the group began with
“Artless.” “He (Nuzum) and I dis
cussed performing the play last
semester, and I thought of Puppet
Regime, since it’s pretty much all
student run.”
Walker said the best part of the
Puppet Regime is the group’s in
dependence.
“We’re not part of the USC
main-stage theater.,” Walker said.
“We have our own budgets. We
have our own paint, lights, sets.
We have our own theater.”
Students are involved in all as
pects of production. For instance.
Nuzum, who wrote “Artless,” is
also part of the cast.
Hogue said that, unlike in many
theater classes, students in-the
Puppet Regime can be experimen
tal without having to worry about
negative effects.
“What’s great about it is that
there are no consequences,” Hogue
said. “You can’t fail, you know. It’s
not graded. It’s not a job. You just,
you come and you try things out.
and sometimes they really work,
and sometimes they really don’t.”
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Rafe
Westbrook,
left, a third
year political
science
student, and
Steve Nuzum, a
second-year
English
student,
rehearse for the
Puppet
Regime’s
upcoming
production
“Artless.”
PHOTO BY JOHNNY
HAYNES/THE
GAMECOCK
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