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University of South Carolina FRIDAY IAMI IARV 00 OOOA VoL97,No.55 www.dailygamecock.com irxIL/MY, JMlNUMKY ZO, ZUU^t _ Since 1908 .Vacancy might slow dean search Odom says USC should replace provost before finding dean BY Z'ANNE COVELL THE HAMMOCK While USC administrators are scrambling to find a dean for the new College of Arts and Sciences, Provost Jerry Odom, who will be stepping down on Aug. 15, said the provost vacancy will hinder the search. A “I think they will need a provost named before a dean will commit,” Odom said. “They must have a good provost first to get a good dean.” Dan Carter, head of the provost search committee, agrees with Odom, saying if the provost posi tion were filled, it would help strengthen the ability to find a dean. “I think it is important to have a provost named considering how much the provost will be work ing with the new dean,” Carter said. “The search could be en hanced if a good provost was in place.” Carter said the provost search is still in its early stages. The committee's goal is to name a provost by mid-March, but Carter said it is impossible to pinpoint a date. Odom said the speed of the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science and Mathematics depends upon this selection. “The merger will not be imple mented until a new dean is found,” Odom said. Odom said he also believes find ing a dean for the new college will prove more difficult than usual be cause of the position's unique de mands. "I think we'll have a challenge to find what we want,” Odom said. “What we are looking for is train ing. We need someone with un derstanding of their specific area but also a good understanding of the other areas of knowledge.” Odom said the position does not require an advanced degree in both liberal arts and math and sci ence. The two colleges are working to establish a search committee, which is the first step of the search process. “Each college will elect three faculty members to be a part of the committee, and then President Sorensen and I will appoint an ad ditional three members,” Odom said. Odom-said the search commit tee will be chosen next week. When the search committee is in place, recruitment will begin. According to Odom, advertise ments will be published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, a weekly newspaper covering all as pects of higher learning, and Black Issues in Higher Education, a sim ilar weekly newspaper geared specifically for blacks. Odom said the advertisements will inform prospective candidates ♦ DEAN, SEE PAGE 3 Youth04 works to get young voters out BY KALYN PALMER THE GAMECOCK With the S.C. Democratic pri mary only 10 days away, a new ^project is in motion to make sure ^the state's young people are pay ing attention. Youth04, a nonprofit, nonparti san organization, is trying to get voters in the 18 to 25 demographic to participate in the 2004 presi dential election. Youth04 is trying to inspire col lege students to vote not only on a national level, but also on a state and local level. Youth04 concen trates on colleges. As of Jan. 15, there were 15 Youth04 college chapters in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The initial effort of the campaign is concen trated in South Carolina, with chapters at Clafiin University, Clemson University and USC. The As.C. primary is proving to be a "crucial step in reaching out to the 18- to 25-year-old voters. In 1972, Generation X won the right to vote at 18. After attaining this long-desired green light, young voters immediately became involved in politics and commu nity issues. In the past two decades, howev er, voting by young adults ages 18 to 25 has dramatically decreased. Many attempts have been made to improve the numbers of young people registering and voting. A news conference was held at USC Jan. 15 to announce the na tionwide launch of Youth04, be ginning in S.C. This news confer Aence came one day after a booklet, W'Youth04: Young Voters, the Internet, and Political Power,” was released online on the W. W. Norton Web site. The booklet, written by David M. Anderson, Youth04 executive director, will also be published as a hard copy and marketed with the most wide ly used college political science textbook, “We the People,” in the fall 2004 semester. So far, Youth04 has received promising evidence that it will be a major player in getting college students to vote. “I regard it as some evidence that Youth04 will succeed that the lead author of the most wide ly published political science ♦ YOUTH, SEE PAGE 3 Franken sense PHOTO BY KATIE KIRKLAND/THE GAMECOCK Al Franken autographed books and posters after he spoke at the Koger Center Wednesday evening. ♦«* MORE SEEPAGE 5 Music Play helps infants BY LADONNA BEEKER THE GAMECOCK A new music education pro gram offered by the USC School of Music will be geared toward teach ing children the language of mu sic when it begins Jan. 26. Music educators claim it is best to start training your children's ears to understand music at the same time they are learning a lan guage. The Children's Music Development Center began Music Play, a class that works to get in as much music as possible in a 30 minute class once a week, when as sociate professor of music Wendy Valerio and a few graduate stu dents wanted to put the theory of Edwin Gordon, author of “A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children,” to practice. “This is informal instruction, unlike the formal instruction a child gets in school,” said Tara Pearsall, a graduate student in mu sic. Music Play accepts children^ from newborns to age five; how ever, this does not-mean that chil dren cannot understand music theory after age five. “Music aptitude is a child's abil ity to learn music. Some kids have a high aptitude and others have a low aptitude. Once a child gets nine years old, it is harder to un derstand because the brain puts [what it learns] together differ ently,” said Katherine Davis, a graduate student in music. Gordon's theory describes three stages children go through in mu sic development: acculturation, imitation and assimilation. Acculturation is when most lis tening occurs. “There is more.gathering of sounds, and [children] begin to in terpret the sounds heard making music babble, both tonal and rhythm," Davis said. Acculturation is overlapped by imitation, when children begin to realize that what they are hearing is not normally what they say, and they begin to repeat what they are hearing. “It is like a game. We imitate the babies, and the babies imitate us,” Davis said. Assimilation, the final step, in volves coordinated breathing. The babies begin to fill quiet gaps with their tones. “Preparatory audiation is what Gordon emphasizes on. It is like your IQ... a mother should start singing to her child when it is in the uterus, because the child can hear everything,” Pearsall said. Each child has her own person al pitch and tempo that she uses all the time. These characteristics ♦ MUSIC, SEE PAGE 3 Opera star to work with aspiring singers BY GABRIELLE SINCLAIR THE IIAMKCIICK Sherrill Milnes, the most recorded American opera singer in history, will be coming to USC to teach vocal students Jan. 30 and Jan. 31. "This gentleman is a major opera star of the Metropolitan Opera,” USC voice instructor Helen tintes-Schuemann said. Tintes-Schuemann, who studied with Milnes at Northwestern University during her doctoral studies, said this master class has been in the works for over a year. Milnes has received five hon orary doctorate degrees and was named in a 1982 Commendatore of the Italian Republic for his com mitment to Italian opera. Along with singing opera and other gen res, Milnes is an author, conduc tor and teacher, and has worked in television and radio commer cials, namely as the voice of the “Marlboro Man” in the 1960s. “He does it all. His emphasis now at this stage in his life is help ing younger students,” Tintes Schuemann said. Milnes made his major debut at the New York City Opera in 1964 and made his career over the next five years in the United States, an impressive feat considering most opera singers in the 1960s and 1970s built careers in Europe where opera is more prominent, Tintes-Schuemann said. Milnes' popularity grew from not only his huge voice but also his presence on stage. “What made him a famous singer and kept him special is that he was an absolutely gorgeous singer on stage. People said he was like a leading man in Hollywood in opera,” Tintes-Shuemann said. Milnes will teach three voice master classes and one conduct ing class. Friday afternoon will be spent working with students participating in the vocal depart ment's production of Puccini's "La Boheme,” which will be held Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 at the Keenan High School Auditorium. The master classes will cover a wide variety of music styles. Milnes grew up on a dairy farm in Downers Grove, 111., where he practiced by singing to his fa ther's cows and studied piano, vi olin, viola, double bass, clarinet and tuba. He found opera rela tively late, initially pursuing medicine and then music educa tion. He graduated from Drake University. Janice Boan, a fourth-year vo cal student who will participate in the master classes, said she's “ridiculously excited” about the opportunity to meet a world renowned opera star. “To have someone of that caliber even visit here for a performance or for any thing with the idea that he’s actu ally going to work with the stu dents just blows my mind.” Boan, who is pursuing a career in opera, said she is looking forward to finding out about his experiences in the opera world. “I'm just getting ready to finish up... with my Bachelor's degree, and I want to see where would be the best place for me to go from here,” she said. Tintes-Schuemann said she hopes this master class will set a precedent for yearly master class es for vocal students. Milnes, a Baritone, performed at the Roger Center in 1992. The master classes will be open to USC students and faculty for free to observe. There is a $15 a day observance fee for the public. Classes will be held at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 and 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 31. The students, in cluding the USC Concert Choir and upperclassmen vocal stu dents, will give a free public per formance on Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. demonstrating what they learned from Milnes. All events will be held in the USC School of Music recital hall. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu ♦ RHAADOftESSHrk outlines objectives to RHA Senate. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 3 ♦ QUORUM Poll reveals that more than two-thirds of Americans support the Iraq war. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 3 ♦ SUW MOMBi USC’s dean searches rival glaciers for speed. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 4 ♦ HMD CLAPS David Stagg explains why the State of the Union is so long. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 4 ♦GOMGGMAThe annual Golden Globes ceremony honors Hollywood’s best. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 5 + FXANKLY SPEAK&tGA! Franken’s Columbia appearance gets political. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 5 mmmmmmmbmwmbi ♦UNLUCKY SEVEN Women’s basketball loses seventh straight game to Florida on the road. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 8 An online petition wants to convince athletics director Mike McGee to retire B J. McKie's number. FOR MORE SEE PAGE 8 Index Comics and Crossword 8 Classifieds 10 Horoscopes 8 Letters to the Editor _ 4 Online Poll 4 Police Report 2 Entertainment News . 2 USC Calendar 2 MBMMHPMMMHM Weather TODAY SATURDAY # # High 50 High 60 Low 27 Lm 45 Sunny, northwest Mostly Sunny, j winds 8 mph winds 13 mph * Visit us online at: www.dailygamecock.com