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Moore CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 compete for faculty and students,” Smith said. According to Smith, the interi or of Close and Hipp Buildings, which totals 305,000 square feet, needs to be completely renovated because the structures lacks tech nological amenities, and the floor plan does not allow the space to be used effectively. Although Smith said the school is considering plans to build a new building, he said renovating the existing structure would be most efficient. “We realized we could do it bet ter and less expensively — not cheaper; it’s still going to be nice, very nice — and stay where we are,” Smith said. According to Smith, the reno vations will either begin in the summer of 2005 or the semester break of2005 and 2006. Moore did not attend Friday’s announcement. Smith attributed her absence to her personal hu mility. “She cares about making a dif ference and not about being hon ored,” Smith said. Moore did not want the origin of the gift to be revealed but con sented after she was convinced that her donation could inspire others to give. Moore prepared a statement concerning the reasoning behind her contribution despite her ab sence. “If our students are prepared with state-of-the-art training and rigorous educational environ ment, then they can add fuel to the economic engine of our state’s fu ture as well as our nation’s.” Sorensen said this gift will con tinue to distinguish the business school similarly to Moore’s first contribution. “When her gift was announced in 1998, this university was jubi lant. We going to be on the map,” Sorensen said. “Now, we are on the map, and we are clearly marked, but make no mistake, we are determined to be the des tination for the very best facul ty, for the very best students, to be the top recruiters. We want all roads to lead to the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.” Comments on this storf?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Odom CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 j^fied. Budget cuts have forced hir ing freezes that have limited Odom’s ability to fill academic po sitions. Because of this, several academic departments have suf fered, including the philosophy de partment. When the philosophy doctorate program was established in 1995, the department had 18 faculty members. A review of the depart ment said it would need two more faculty members to be fully func tional. Today, the department has 12 faculty members. “So where they have needed to add two, they have lost six.” Odom said. “You can go look to every department and see where we have lost faculty by not being able to replace people who leave ■cr retire because of those budget Puts.” Odom’s journey from North Carolina textile worker to USC’s top academic officer began with his decision to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1960. No one in his family had ever earned a college degree. His father had an 11th grade education and his mother had a teaching certificate. “It was very important to them that I go to college,” Odom said. But his parents could only af ford two years of college. So dur ing the summer of his junior and senior years, Odom worked as a patroller at a textile mill. His job was to walk the mill and look for flaws in the knitting machines. “That job was the one that Showed me why I was going to col lege,” Odom said. “I couldn’t stand the thought of getting up and do ing that everyday for the rest of my life.” When he wasn’t watching knit ting machines, Odom was teach ing an introductory chemistry class at UNC his senior year. That experience gave him a de sire to teach. After graduating from the University of Indiana in 1968 with a doctorate in inorgan ic chemistry, Odom was looking to travel. He earned a fellowship from the National Science Foundation at the University of Bristol, England. He took a job as an assistant pro fessor at USC because the univer sity agreed to hire him and let him start when he got back from England - which he says was one of the best years of his life. “I bought a Triumph Spitfire, a little two-seater,” Odom said. “I drove that Spitfire all over Europe.” When he returned in 1969, his starting salary at USC was $10,000. From 1986 to 1991, Odom was chairman of the chemistry de partment. When he left there, he said he missed administrative work. He became dean of the College of Science and Math in 1994. He soon applied for the provost position when it became available. At first, then USC President John Palms made it clear it would be an external search. But Odom was patient, and when the search failed to yield a candidate, USC be gan to consider Odom. He became provost in March' 1997. Odom said it will be difficult to adjust to a more relaxed lifestyle, but he won’t miss his sleepless, stressful nights. USC President Andrew Sorensen said he is glad Odom will still be around to go to for advice. At the doctorate graduation cer emony, where Sorensen and Odom stand next to each other, Sorensen said Odom knows every professor by their first and last name, and also their scholarly in terest. “He’s just an extraordinary man,” Sorensen said. “I’m going to miss him very, very much.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Sign language CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Dubinsky said ASL is widely used. “There are good reasons for having it,” he said, “American Sign Language is, after Spanish, the third most widely-used lan guage in this state.” Second-year accounting stu dent Maria Bravo said she thought the class was a good idea. She said she had been ex posed to sign language for the first time in elementary school but that she hadn’t encountered it since then. “I think a class like that would be very useful,” she said, “and I would definitely be willing to take a class like that.” She said it might help USC. compete in the field. “It would cer tainly be another option for stu dents that are disabled,” she said. The course, Elementary American Sign Language, had just two seats, out of 20, filled by Sunday afternoon. Clemson University already has a thriving five-course ASL program, headed by Alton Brant, the only sign language professor in the state. The cur riculum also includes a culture course, called Deaf Studies in the United States. Edmiston said although USC’s 121 and planned 122 courses won’t count for foreign language credit, it’s possible that they might be approved in the future. “We had to find some people to teach it and then we had to do the paperwork, and it’s been kind of a long process,” Edminston said. “Just this month, in April, it was approved by the faculty senate.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu . ' I (,a>istihiSyour q IPSli Wme: we’U pay you $50 to travel abroadl* _ __ _ ___ 'travel through Europe for as I2TRAVELCU1S ™*"*n*«« See the world your way .receive $50 cash back when you book by March 31! 800-592-CUTS (2887) www.travetcuts.com Grad School Giveaway Win multimedia essentials! Enter Kaplan's Grad School Giveaway for a chance to win a free 42" Sony® Plasma TV, Sony® DVD Dream" System, or MP3 player. Visit kaptest.com/giveaway to enter today! ^tWjWJWiWYk 1 -800-KAP-TEST kaptest.com/giveaway Test Prep and Admissions NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. 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