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Merger
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The proposed merger also rais
es questions about core curricu
lum requirements for the two col
leges as well as merging the ad
ministrative staff of what Knapp
. calls “very different colleges.”
But Maney says the committee
. - is not laying out a blueprint for the
merger, but is serving primarily
as an information-gathering
source and will present a recom
mendation to the administration.
Maney received his Bachelor of
. Science at a branch of the
University of Wisconsin, where the
colleges are merged. He said his ex
posure to liberal arts while at
Wisconsin encouraged him to go
to graduate school and study his
tory at the University of Maryland,
where the colleges are separate. He
said both situations worked, and
the question facing this committee
is finding the right fit for USC.
Madilyn Fletcher is director of
USC’s Baruch Institute, which
falls under the College of Math
and Science. She is serving as co
chairwoman of the committee
with Maney, and said the two col
leges really aren’t that different.
“This is the heart of the educa
tion that you provide to your un
dergraduate students,” she said.
“A good liberal education includes
not only doing mathematics, but
also being able to read and under
stand literature.”
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Meet the Committee
rAi ivitAi'ii, co-cnairman,
history department
MADILYN FLETCHER,
co-chairwoman, director of
baruch institute
SUSAN CUTTER, geography
department
KARL H EIDER, anthropology
department
STEVEN LYNM, English
department
kun rniri4, psycnoiogy
department
CHADEN DJALAU, physics and ’
astronomy department
JOHN SPURRIER, statistics
department
BOB THUNELL, geological
sciences department
SARAH WOODIN, biological
sciences department
Nutrition
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ranks third in the nation for car
diovascular disease and first for
stroke.
“We definitely have an obesity
epidemic in our state and the na
tion,” DHEC nutritionist Teresa
Hill said.
The consortium will “open up
a lot of areas for study in the state
that wouldn’t have been possible
without the entire funding com
ing together,” she said.
This will be a prime time for
students interested in research
and internships, said Russ Pate,
: an exercise science professor at
the Arnold School of Public Health
and a project leader in the consor
tium. Pate said long-term goals
such as improving the food envi
ronment on all of the campuses
are being discussed.
“The intention is for any USC
faculty with an interest in nutri
tion to be potentially drawn into
the consortium,” Pate said.
The three universities might
also be used in the future as mod
els for wellness outreach pro
grams, such as teaming with the
Strom Thurmond Wellness
_. Center.
The research authority, an or
gamzauon mat wonts 10 Dring re
search and technology jobs to the
state, will provide administrative
leadership for the consortium.
Rob Davis, vice president of
technology development at the re
search authority, said the pro-,
gram should be self-sufficient in
four years through federal grants
and contracts. He said this could
be the beginning of other, possi
bly larger projects, citing regen
erative medicine as a good candi
date. Earlier this week, the three
universities were awarded $6 mil
lion in state lottery proceeds to
help establish the South Carolina
Center for Regenerative Medicine.
Davis said he is excited about
the prospect of the universities
helping South Carolina in this
new “knowledge economy.”
“As you are able to bring re
search to the university, you’re
able to spring economic develop
ment,” Davis said.
Initial research initiatives for
the project will focus on reducing
the prevalence of childhood obe
sity, dietary supplements and neu
traceuticals, and prevention of
complication from poor nutrition
in hospitals. Research topics will
range from psychology to agricul
ture to chemistry to food science.
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Textbooks
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The exact items needed, how
ever, may pot be available right
away. Also, shipping expenses add
into the total cost of the textbook.
“Shopping online can save
money, but not always,” Laura
Nakoneczny, of the National
Association of College Stores,
said. “The companies advertise all
- the savings, but they include other
supplies as well, not just text
books.”
A study funded by the National
Association of College Stores
shows the percentage of online
shoppers has dropped since 2000,
when 90 percent of students re
ported satisfactory shopping ex
; periences online.
The association notes the av
erage student pays $765 each year
on books and school supplies.
That is a 4.8 percent increase from
last year.
“I have only spent $177 so far on
books, but I still need three books
that are on order at the book
store,” Haylee Dawkins, a third
year liberal arts student said.
“Thankfully, since I changed my
major from exercise science to lib
eral arts, the books cost less.”
Nakoneczny said that the col
lege bookstores do not make much
profit by selling books.
“College stores are operated as
a student service. College stores
price textbooks in a manner that
makes only a few cents profit for
every textbook dollar sold,”
Nakoneczny said.
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THE GAMECOCK
USC’s private contributions
for 2003-2004 totaled a school
record of $53.7 million, surpass
ing the $50 million goal set by
• USC for this year.
Although the funding will
help alleviate the financial
strains created by the state bud
get cuts to higher education, pri
vate giving does not fund the
university’s daily expenses,
said Hudson Akin, USC vice
president for university
advancement.
.“Private funding helps, but
it doesn’t overturn the magni
tude of the budget cuts,” Akin
said. “Private support is tradi
tionally seen as an enhance
ment, and truly, it still serves
as an enhancement. Generally,
unless it is for a specific build
ing project, these funds are not
used to keep the electricity
running.”
University enhancements will
include creating scholarships,
improving academic programs,
recruiting distinguished facul
ty, updating campus facilities,
bettering libraries, and strength
ening regional campuses.
“Private support allows us to
do things we might not have
been able to do with just tuition
and the state budget,” Akin
said. There are many things we
want to accomplish, and private
support is incredibly impor
tant.”
Accomplishing USC’s goal of
becoming one of the top 50 re
search universities in the nation
will partially depend upon the
university’s level of private
funding.
According to Akin, the guide
lines for being noted as a top
notch institution are largely de
termined by other universities
and other university presidents.
“As we attract more private
money, other universities recog
nize the support we’re receiving,
which will indicate our programs
are doing well.”
Akin describes the ranking
as a measure of a university’s
overall enhancements, which
are often enabled by private
funding. A university becomes
recognized as a top 50 research
institution as a result of out
standing students, faculty and
programs.
“The ranking might be benefi
cial, but it only occurs after the
enhancements are in place,”
Akin said.
While working to earn nation
al distinction through advance
ment, USC must also work to in
crease its private funds.
“We need to enhance relation
ships with people and let them be
come more involved, “ Akin said.
“We try to keep in touch with
alumni through the different
schools, keeping them plugged in
so they are aware of the univer
' sity’s happenings.”
Although a set goal does not
exist for USC’s 2003-2004 private
contributions, Akin definitely
wants to see an increase.
“I am encouraged by signs of
economic indicators of a greater
sense of giving back to institu
tions of higher learning,” Akin
said.
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Swing
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Soon the Big Apple became a na
tional phenomenon. It was being
danced in clubs all over America
and was featured in several movies
of the time. It even prompted
Marshall Fields stores to design
and sell a dress with large, red de
licious apples printed all over it.
“They were dancing to that kind
of music long before it ever hit pop
ular America,” Breedlove said.
She said it is considered the third
most popular dance sensation in
history after the twist and the
Charleston.
Durlach said swing dancing on
USC’s campus made a comeback in
the late 1990s, mostly as a result of
Gap commercials and rock-swing
combos like the Brian Setzer
Orchestra.
Breedlove said the movement
was, in part, students enjoying
• themselves during the economic
rut and a way to escape the close
quarters of ragtime dancing.
“They danced all close to one
another,” she said while demon
strating with Durlach. “There was
no room to show off. ”
Some people say it even con
tributed to New York City’s being
nicknamed “The Big Apple,” but
Breedlove said the claim is largely
unsubstantiated.
Coplan said the dance was one
of the most exciting parts of being
a student.
“It was part of my youth and
part of Carolina,” she said.
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PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK
This photo, from the 1938 Garnet and Black yearbook, shows students dancing the Big Apple
and the Lindy Hop at the May Queen Coronation. It was tradition for the event to take place
the first week of May.
BY TED BRIDIS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Just days af
ter the shuttle Columbia disaster,
a NASA employee at headquar
ters proposed scrubbing the agen
cy’s safety office Web site to re
move outdated or wrong infor
mation that could become “chum
in the water to reporters and con
gressmen.”
“We wouldn’t be sucker
punched by someone based on
something we have posted,” em
ployee Wilson Harkins wrote in
an e-mail released this week by
NASA.
NASA said Thursday that 18
routine documents were added to
the Web site since the accident and
none was removed. Spokeswoman
Melissa Motichek defended
Harkins’ e-mail by saying he was
trying to make sure the site was
accurate and up-to-date.
“The e-mail speaks for itself,”
Motichek said.
A former NASA investigator,
Joseph Richard Gutheinz, said
that in the aftermath of the shut
tle accident it was inappropriate
for NASA to suggest removing
any documents until they were
reviewed by investigators.
“Whenever you have an inves
tigation, everything should
freeze,” said Gutheinz, who
worked in NASA’s inspector gen
eral office for 10 years. “You don’t
get rid of anything. You have a
duty to your country, to the
NASA program and the investi
gation to allow them to see ev
erything you have before you
start tossing this stuff.”
Harkins’ e-mail and other new
ly disclosed documents describe
how NASA was braced for the in
vestigation into the Columbia
tragedy. Harkins urged that the
agency should review NASA
mishap files to answer inevitable
questions from “some enterpris
ing newshound or congressional
staffer.”
“Has anyone done a complete
scrub of the Code Q (safety divi-.
sion) Web pages to make sure they
are current?” Harkins wrote in a
Feb. 6 e-mail, five days after
Columbia’s breakup killed its
crew. “Out-of-date or erroneous in
formation is like chum in the wa
ter to reporters and congressmen.”
Harkins was on vacation
Thursday and did not return mes
sages left at his home and office.
The recipient of the e-mail, man
ager John Lemke, has retired and
did not return a message left at
his home in Virginia.
The e-mail emerges as NASA
Administrator Sean O’Keefe
promises that his agency will rad
ically change its culture in re
sponse to a stinging investigative
report that partly blames the
agency’s bureaucracy for the
shuttle’s demise.
Columbia investigators have
publicly praised NASA for its co
operation, and one outside pub
lic relations executive said it is
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