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CAROLINA m BRIEF
Engineering school
appoints new dean
Michael Amiridis,
chairman of the
department of chemical
engineering., has been
selected to be the
engineering dean starting
July 16.
Amiridis has been
a member of the
faculty since 1994,
and his research on
nanostructured catalytic
materials has received
over $10 million in
funding from the National
Science Foundation and
tht U.S. department of
energy, among others.
He has received
numerous accolades
acknowledging his
excellence in teaching, '
including the Excellence
in Teaching Award from
Mortar Board, Michael
J. Mungo Undergraduate
Teaching Award, Michael
J. Mungo Graduate
Teaching Award and
the Samuel Litman
Distinguished Professor
Award. Amiridis has won
the Mortar Board honor
three times.
His research has also
won acclaim, including
the CAREER Award from
the National Science
Foundation.
Amiridis takes the
reigns from Duncan
Buell, who has been the
interim dean since 2005.
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THIS WEEK m USC
TODAY
Society of Women
Engineers meeting: 5:30
p.m., Russell House 348
Jazz Clinic with guest
artist Shelly Carroll,
saxophonist: 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music 206
THURSDAY
Senior Party 2006
— Carolina Alumni
Association: 6:30 p.m.
- 8 p.m., East side of
Williams-Brice Stadium •
SATURDAY
USC Student Composers
Concert: 8 p.m., School of
Music 206
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Peter Lenzo’s ceramic'sculpture titled “Face Jug” sits among other pieces at the 50th
annual USC Student/Faculty Art Auction at McGee Auction Gallery in West Columbia
Tuesday night. The event was sponsored by the Department of Art in the College of Arts
and Sciences. Proceeds from the auctioned works are divided between the artists and
the USC Art Scholarship and Gallery Fund.
State
School choice bill fails
to pass subcommittee
An effort to give parents
a state check or tax credit
to send their kids to private
school died in a House
subcommittee Tuesday,
disappointing school choice
advocates.
The Educational
Opportunity Scholarship
Act was targeted toward
low-income parents
whose children attend
underperforming schools.
It failed despite supporters,
including Gov. Mark
Sanford.
Nation
Duke lacrosse players
arrested in rape case
DURHAM, N.C. — Two Duke
University lacrosse players
were arrested on rape
charges Tuesday in a scandal
that has raised questions of
race, class and the privileges
college athletes.
Reade Seligmann, 20, of
Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin
Finnerty, 19, of Garden
City, N.Y., were arrested
in the attack of a stripper
at a team party at an off
campus house on the night
of March 13.
World
Bus plunges off cliff,
killing 57 in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico — An
overcrowded bus veered off
a highway emergency ramp
and crashed through a metal
barrier Monday, plunging
more than 650 feet into a
ravine. Fifty-seven people
were killed, including a 13
year-old boy.
Only three people
survived the plunge. Two
were in critical condition
and one, an 8-year-old girl,
was stable, according to
hospital reports
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CRIME REPORT
MONDAY, APRIL 17
Suspicious activity,
10:02 p.m.
West Quad,
438 Alain St.
The victim, 19,
said someone used his
password to sign onto
AOL Instant Messenger.
Reporting officer:
T. Brewster-Gooding
Cleary act, 10:50 p.m.
2400 Block
of Devine St.
The complainant,
21, reported that five
black males presented a
weapon, took his wallet
and demanded his PIN
number.
Reporting officer:
T. Brewster-Gooding
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
Attempted
strong-armed robbery,
1:15 a.m.
Capstone,
902 Barnwell St.
The victim, 19, said
someone approached
him as he was exiting the
building and asked him
for his wallet. The victim
refused and the subject
punched him.
Reportmg officer:
A. Mitchell
Cleary act, 2:55- a-m
College
and • Harden streets
The victim, 20, said
someone approached
him from behind and
shoved a hard object into
his back, demanding the
victim’s wallet.
Reporting officer:
J.M. Simmons
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