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BRIEFLY: WHILE YOU WERE GONE New Liberal Arts Dean named John Skvoretz has been named interim dean of the Liberal Arts College to replace Joan Stewart, who is leaving to become president of Hamilton CoEege. "One of the reasons I am here is because I enjoyed adminis tration," he said, "the chal lenges of making things work, helping people achieve what they want." While dean of the CoEege of Liberal Arts is already a busy job, said Skvoretz, he wiE also preside over the first year of the university's new value-centered management program. VCM makes individual colleges re sponsible for paying the biEs for internal services. Columnist to deliver Tenenbaum lecture New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will deliver USC's 14th annual Solomon Tenenbaum Lectureship in Jewish Studies Sept. 30. Friedman will speak at 8 p.m. in the Roger Center. A reception and book signing will be held af terward in the lobby. At 3 p.m. Sept. 30, Friedman will participate in a panel dis cussion on topics associated with the Middle East. Both events are free and open to the public. The lecture is funded in part by the Hearst Foundation and co-sponsored by the College of Mass Communication and Information Studies. Friedman earned three Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of Israel in 1983, Lebanon in 1988 and post Sept. 11 in 2002. WUSC returns to the Internet WUSC's webstream will re turn to the Internet this fall, broadening its reach from a 40 mile radius to worldwide. The station must pay $1,500 annually .. A PHOTO BY TRISHA SHADWELL/THE GAMECOCK Sen. Holllngs retires after thirty years of representing the state to maintain its webstream. WUSC held a 24-hour Beatles marathon in July to raise the funds. Webstreaming laws forbid DJs from playing an artist twice in a row, playing an artist twice in the same hour and playing three songs from an artist's box set in a row. Preston lot unpaved for more greening Most of the faculty and staff parking behind Preston College will be gone this fall. The parking lots, bound by Preston, Woodrow, Rutledge and Legare, will be replaced with grass to beautify a new walkway from the Russell House to Rutledge. The $1 million project will feature a plaza at the base of the smokestack tower, a land mark left over from the old en ergy plant. Charles Jeffcoat, the direc tor of Facilities Planning and Construction, said the new construction will "improve the appearance of the space, pro vide better student access from the Horseshoe to the Russell House and improve the service access to the buildings in the area. " The project calls for new lighting, trees, shrubs and flow ers to complement the Horseshoe. .. A A Sen. Hollings to retire after 30 years United States Sen. Fritz Hollings announced his retire ment last Monday at USC'S National Advocacy Center. He said after serving in the senate for 30 years it was time for him to "get out of the way." South Carolina, Hollings said, is focusing too much on tax cuts and not enough on generating income to fund programs like ed ucation. He cited opposition in the Senate to a five-cent gas tax as an example. "It's a tragic thing," Hollings said. "They're saying 'more tax cuts, more tax cuts.'" Hollings said he would like a Democrat to replace him. "Democrats are builders," Hollings said. Half an hour later and two blocks north S.C. Superintendent of Education Inez Tanenbaum announced she would not announce anything about her possible campaign un til Labor Day. Her spokesman for K-12 education, Jim Foster, said she hasn't decided if she will run for Senator or Governor. All residence halls made smoke free All residence halls will be "ab solutely smoke-free" beginning A . ^ A . this fall, according to USC Housing Director Gene Luna. This fall, students on campus must be at least 25 feet away from residence halls to smoke. Previously, certain dorms al lowed students to smoke in their rooms if the roommates agreed, and students living in the tow ers could smoke on their bal conies. Recent studies on the ef fects of second-hand smoke led to the change. "It's not uncommon for uni versities to have no-smoking policies,” said Student Body President Katie Dreiling. "Fire hazards also come into play." Luna said Housing devotes a great deal of attention to stu dents' safety and security. NSF selects USC for fuel cell center The National Science Foundation has selected USC for its Fuel Cell Research Site. The NSF will grant USC $210,000 over three years by selecting USC's College of Engineering and Information Technology as the nation's first Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells. Eleven initial in dustry partners will add anoth er $1.2 million. Fuel cells use hydrogen and oxygen to create a chemical re action that produces electricity. The only emission is water va por. By bringing in 11 national and international companies such as BASF, Entegris, SRTC, DANA and CD adapco, USC President Andrew Sorensen said this will bring in not only "more jobs, but higher paid jobs." USC and Intel to team up for grads USC will offer one of the na tion's first signal integrity engi neering programs starting this fall. Signal integrity is "the sub ject of how to design the com puter chip boards in an efficient k. A ^ K. way," said Yinchao Chen, asso ciate professor of electrical en gineering. Intel donated $33,000 worth of high-speed computer work stations and other equipment to the program. Ansoft Corporation will contribute high-performance electronic de^ sign automation software, val ued at $100,000. Chen, who will be teaching these courses in the fall, said the street value is $2 million. Kristina Cooper awarded $300,000 Kristina Cooper was named a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholar and awarded a scholar ship valued at $300,000 for six years of graduate study. The scholarship is the largest single award ever given to a USC student, and will enable Cooper to pursue a master's de gree in public administration at NYU. She is one of 43 students 842 applicants nationwide. Moore offers new business major A The Darla Moore School of Business will offer a new dou ble major in International busi ness this fall. Fifty students were selected for the program. Students must also major in a business related study. Research garners lots of money Externally sponsored pro gram funding for 2002 to 2003 reached a record $130.9 mil lion, which is 20 percent high er than the $109 million in re search funding in 2001 - 02. "At a time when USC has be come less dependent on state funding, our faculty, staff and students have worked togeth er to pursue external funding awards to enhance the quality of our university," said USC President Andrew Sorensen. USC professor gets an Obie Professor Nic Ularu's set de sign for "Talking Head's Painted Snake in a Painted Chair” won the Obie award on May 16. The award was found- . ed in 1955 by the Village Voice and is regarded as one of the most prestigious off and off-off j Broadway plays. Ularu's work include designs for "The Darker Face of the Earth," "King Lear," "Antigone" and "The Shape of Things." Ularu said for his award winning play he "conceived a set looking more like a TV Soap Opera; but having some special theatrical effects that transform the banality of a house into a strange universe." PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The cast of “King Lear" performs on a set designed by Nic Ularu, winner of a 2003 Obie Award from the Village Voice. 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